immigration The American right loves forms, paperwork and other bureaucracy Cory Doctorow

free speech Why Harper's "Letter on Justice and Open Debate" is dumb Mark Frauenfelder

Barbados If you can work remotely, Barbados want you to come and stay for a year Mark Frauenfelder

trees Your allergies are bad because of tree sexism Thom Dunn

sponsored If Cannabis Is “A Potential Way To Prevent COVID-19” Then Why Is Trump Blocking Research? Boing Boing

#COVIDIOTS The screaming no-masker was fired from his job Mark Frauenfelder

cats Cat food recall: Natural Balance pulled for 'deadly' side effects Xeni Jardin

Business How Japanese-style business culture applies to today’s new “business normal” Mark Frauenfelder

novels An interview with Charlie Kaufman about his new novel takes a weirdly meta Kaufman-esque turn Thom Dunn

native americans That time George Washington ordered "total destruction and devastation" of the Haudenosaunee Thom Dunn

COVID-19 COVID Safety Guidelines for Shared Workshops Gareth Branwyn

science fiction "Southland Tales" is the perfect hot mess of a movie for the 4th of July in the hellscape of 2020 Thom Dunn

spycraft Here's the everyday-carry for Australian cyberspies in China Mark Frauenfelder

writing tools The Writers' Co-op is a great new podcast about how to make your freelance writing career work Thom Dunn

art How a Black woman turned quilting into a surprisingly radical art form Thom Dunn

youtube Top YouTube influencers canceled Rob Beschizza

Science A Scheme of Heaven is a deep investigation of astrology from a scientist’s perspective Ferdinando Buscema

sponsored It's Time for Silicon Valley To Finish Its Job of Disrupting the Racist Drug War Boing Boing

jeffrey epstein The "Jeffrey Epstein's Financial Assistant Scheme" is a 2020 twist on the classic Nigerian Prince Scam Thom Dunn

politics George Floyd Justice In Policing Act, Democrats' police reform bill, passes in House & heads to Senate Xeni Jardin