corruption Philippines' new "dictator" will give a hero's burial to Ferdinand Marcos Cory Doctorow

trump AP: Trump aware of Russian price on U.S. troops' heads since 2019 Rob Beschizza

Hell Someone invented convertible hospital beds that turn into coffins Thom Dunn

coronavirus Here are three ways the pandemic could play out Mark Frauenfelder

tabloids Unstoppable plague, Doomsday is here, and Cruel Meghan, in this week’s dubious tabloids Peter Sheridan

Weird Hawaii police seek fruit thieves who stole $1K worth of durian and other exotics Xeni Jardin

climate change What happens when climate change ravages graveyards? Thom Dunn

books Publisher cans Naomi Wolf book about homosexuality in Victorian England Rob Beschizza

war Devastating remix of Ellen's lecture on befriending George W. Bush disappears after copyright takedown … then reappears in force Rob Beschizza

law New York AG finds a billion dollars that the Sacklers funneled through a single bank Cory Doctorow

wonderful creatures Vultures occupy Florida home, fill it with vomit and excrement Rob Beschizza

fox news Tucker Carlson "goes on vacation" after calling white supremacy concerns a "hoax" Rob Beschizza

health How Quebec's health-care system uses "vaccine whisperers" to keep "vaccine hesitancy" from turning to anti-vax Cory Doctorow

leaks #TelegramGate: leaks show Puerto Rico's appointed officials mocking the dead as hurricanes devastate the island Cory Doctorow

racism "I'm 10-15": the secret CBP Facebook group full of racism, sexism, and jokes about migrant deaths Cory Doctorow

politics Billionaire newspaper monopolist family cancels editorial cartoonist after anti-Trump drawing Cory Doctorow

mummies Someone decapitated an 800-year-old mummy and ran off with its head David Pescovitz

wonderful creatures Toxic Mooseculinity Rob Beschizza

Journalism The problem with all the mistakes in Jill Abramson's book on journalism is you'll never know who wrote them Rob Beschizza

late stage capitalism Artist Nan Goldin leads protests at the Guggenheim and the Met over their reputation-laundering of the Sacklers' opioid epidemic fortunes Cory Doctorow