politics Coup: North Carolina Republicans convene a special session to strip incoming Democratic governor of executive powers Cory Doctorow

GOP Convention Mitch McConnell is 7th senator to back away from the Republican National Convention Carla Sinclair

Gadgets These new monitors can bring a whole new shine to your WFH world Boing Boing's Shop

pizza Chuck E. Cheese has filed for bankrupty David Pescovitz

podcasts Open Culture has a new directory of the "Best Podcasts to Enrich Your Mind" Mark Frauenfelder

Talking comics with One Man War on Terror cartoonist Benjamin Marra Jeffery Klaehn

picks Senate approves John Ratcliffe as top U.S. spy Xeni Jardin

police This man is so happy he is going to jail that he is singing "I Feel Good" Mark Frauenfelder

conspiracy theories Someone dubbed Alex Jones' ranting over video of Chuck E. Cheese Thom Dunn

Business Who will rescue the U.S. Postal Service? Xeni Jardin

UFOs Pentagon releases UFO footage Thom Dunn

music Support a new documentary about vaporwave music Lux Sparks-Pescovitz

Weird How To Buy Meat, the record album David Pescovitz

Business More reporting links Clearview AI to Trump-aligned racists, neo-Nazis, and alt-right trolls Xeni Jardin

politics Trump mocks hospitals' 'insatiable appetites' for coronavirus medical supplies Xeni Jardin

Funny Watch a Looney Tunes cartoon with Bugs and Daffy as drug addicts (1975) David Pescovitz

makers Seven top tips from makers so far this year Gareth Branwyn

interviews An interview with legendary bass player Carol Kaye Gareth Branwyn

Angry gentlemen Gentleman who tossed buckets on nails on Oregon roads for two years given a 30-day jail sentence Mark Frauenfelder

animatronics Watch a bunch of anthropomorphic animatronic animal musicians perform an Arcade Fire song Thom Dunn