maker Remote control for your facial expressions David Pescovitz

tabloids Hollywood hypocrites tearing America apart and rioters battling to destroy the United States, in this week’s dubious tabloids Peter Sheridan

tabloids Kim Jong-un is dead, Prince Andrew is broke, and Kobe Bryant killed himself, in this week’s dubious tabloids Peter Sheridan

Science Maybe the coronavirus emanated from a China research lab after all, say US and UK intelligence Xeni Jardin

music The 27-song playlist that Lou Reed made just before he died Gareth Branwyn

politics Nothing to Xi here: Chinese premiere "disappears" during virus crisis Rob Beschizza

Reviews This cheap professional grade electric razor is an upgrade I never knew I wanted Seamus Bellamy

cocaine PSA: The Air Force isn't partial to cocaine Seamus Bellamy

Gadgets These totally wireless earbuds have a 150-hour battery life Boing Boing's Shop

trumpgrets Watch this Infowars caller flame Roger Stone Mark Frauenfelder

astronomy Interview with the astronomer who speculated that Oumuamua might be a sign of extraterrestrial life Rob Reid

trumpism Trump is bailing out a Chinese owned pork producer to compensate it for retaliatory Chinese tariffs Cory Doctorow

This guy made a little robot that mimics his expressions Mark Frauenfelder

Funny Tattoo artists share their craziest client stories Andrea James

happy mutants Joi Ito's dissertation, The Practice of Change: using networks, not markets, to solve problems Cory Doctorow

wash your mouth A 1788 dictionary of vulgar slang Clive Thompson

lakes Councilman seems to think he owns public lakefront area by his house Rob Beschizza

Science Horses' facial expressions similar to those of humans David Pescovitz

The Name Game Hurricane Ivanka? Petition to change Hurricane Irma's name sweeps through Internet Carla Sinclair

science fiction Sci-Fi Sundays: Worlds of IF Science Fiction, August 1964 Caleb Kraft