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

picks FBI and ODNI now back CIA's assessment that Russia hacked U.S. election for Trump win Xeni Jardin

trump America's top spy won't stick around to watch Donald Trump wield his doomsday device Cory Doctorow

security Clapper hacked: US Intelligence director’s personal e-mail and phone breached Xeni Jardin

Gadgets The Ocushield is more than a screen protector it’s a blue light smashing medical device Boing Boing's Shop

trump New Lincoln project ad says Trump is a "weak, shaky, unfit president" Mark Frauenfelder

Business Las Vegas reopens and people are gambling again, 2.5 months after COVID-19 closed casinos Xeni Jardin

law Supreme Court rejects church lockdown exemption Rob Beschizza

politics State Department inspector general Steve Linick fired on a Friday night, weird, wonder why? Xeni Jardin

Business Tesla gets approval for U.S. factory 'reopening as soon as next week' Xeni Jardin

animation Budfoot, starring psychedelic fantasy artist Skinner, delivers 420 cult movie excellence. Janelle Hessig

new york city A day in NY in the early 1980s through the eyes of musicians, artists, activists, filmmakers, and more Gareth Branwyn

Disney Disney's tone-deaf Bedtime Hotline was clearly recorded pre-quarantine Rusty Blazenhoff

COVID-19 Renowned mathematician and "Game of Life" inventor, John Conway, died this week of COVID-19 Gareth Branwyn

coronavirus Las Vegas shuts down, casinos closed over coronavirus Xeni Jardin

animal friends The penguins at the Chicago Aquarium are not practicing social distancing Thom Dunn

photography Vintage snapshots of people sleeping David Pescovitz

V/H/S The Internet Archive has a treasure/trash trove of 20,000 VHS recordings from the 1980s and 1990s Mark Frauenfelder

whales Two arrested for possession of whale vomit Mark Frauenfelder