video games Review: "Don't Read The Comments" is a delightful YA antidote to GamerGate Thom Dunn

History Aviation museums' "most wanted list" of cool aerospace artifacts lost to history David Pescovitz

animals An author wrote a beautiful tribute to his late dog disguised as writing advice Thom Dunn

smithsonian The origin story of that all-American toy, Slip 'N Slide Andrea James

youtube 'Aerial America' series is now on YouTube Andrea James

racism The US Department of Justice was originally created to tackle white supremacy Thom Dunn

#blacklivesmatter Daveed Diggs: "What to my people is the Fourth of July?" Rusty Blazenhoff

black hills Why Native Americans are protesting Trump's celebration at Mount Rushmore Maddie Lee

photography Sixth great-grandson of Thomas Jefferson re-creates his presidential portrait Rusty Blazenhoff

art Thomas Jefferson portrait recreated with distant descendant Rob Beschizza

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

occupy Seattle activists have established a 6-block autonomous zone around an abandoned police station Thom Dunn

News General Mark Milley sorry for posing with Trump in combat uniform after protesters gassed by goons Xeni Jardin

History Tony Hawk's first skateboard is now in the Smithsonian David Pescovitz

mitch mcconnell Trump also fired another watchdog investigating Elaine Chao, wife of Mitch McConnell Thom Dunn

deaths Roy Horn, of Siegfried and Roy, dies at 75 of Covid Rob Beschizza

Gadgets The Gimdow turns your dumb door into a smart lock Boing Boing's Shop

Business Coronavirus outbreak leads to beef production cuts at Cargill plant in Canada that supplies McDonald's patties Xeni Jardin

coronavirus Stream this powerful theatre production about class and motherhood right now Thom Dunn

science fiction 400 pages of Judge Dredd available for free Gareth Branwyn