locks How to unlock a door chain from the outside using tape and a rubber band David Pescovitz

chains Epic chains ad explains benefits of chains Rob Beschizza

statues Melania statue in Slovenia is removed after it was burned by mysterious "vandals" Carla Sinclair

police Massachusetts governor proposes a $5000 bonus for cops who undergo anti-racist training Thom Dunn

Gadgets Nearly 200,000 happy students can’t be wrong about this machine learning-AI deep dive training Boing Boing's Shop

schoolhouse rock The Roots teach a 'Schoolhouse Rock!'-style lesson on slavery Rusty Blazenhoff

Comics Cartoonist Kayfabe takes a look back at James O'Barr's The Crow Gareth Branwyn

starbucks Starbucks says "it will thrive" right before telling landlords they must lower the rent Carla Sinclair

politics Coronavirus scams prove a federal anti-price gouging law is needed — Amazon's VP of public policy Xeni Jardin

tv The Simpsons predicted 2020 including the murder hornets David Pescovitz

Technology State-sponsored hackers are using COVID-19 as cover for espionage, report from Google's Threat Analysis Group shows Xeni Jardin

economics The retail TP shortage may be real and due to the shift in where we poop Jason Weisberger

News Coronavirus in Ireland: Leo Varadkar’s St Patrick’s Day broadcast (video, full text) Xeni Jardin

coronavirus WHO on Coronavirus: 'Test, test, test. Test every suspected case' Xeni Jardin

Funny Video of chatty dog perfectly synced to audio of a chainsaw Rob Beschizza

soap What happens to hotel soap Rob Beschizza

gender Two years after a federal law banning shackling women during childbirth was passed, prisoners in America are still giving birth in chains Cory Doctorow

eff In serving big company interests, copyright is in crisis Cory Doctorow

Engineering Ten minutes of collapsing water towers Gareth Branwyn

logging Darwin Award nominees: idiots with chainsaws Gareth Branwyn