1980s Watch this kid lose it over his new Nintendo (1988) Rusty Blazenhoff

voter suppression Trump's campaign against mail-in voting is backfiring by discouraging Republican absentee voters Thom Dunn

whispers The Lincoln Project's new video has just one goal — to freak out Trump Carla Sinclair

randy rainbow Randy Rainbow sings Trump is a 'poor deplorable troll' in 'Little Mermaid' parody Rusty Blazenhoff

animals Photo of a freaky human-sized bat David Pescovitz

fireworks Government safety video reminds us that fireworks are no joke Rusty Blazenhoff

politics Carl Bernstein: Trump 'delusional' & danger to national security — McMaster, Tillerson, Bolton, Mattis, Kelly Xeni Jardin

randy rainbow Randy Rainbow's delightful new ditty: Cover Your Freakin' Face! Carla Sinclair

linguistics A great fucking explanation of expletive in-fucking-sertion Thom Dunn

trailers The new trailer for season 2 of DOOM PATROL brings the SeX-Men to HBO Max Thom Dunn

coronavirus Doctors say DO NOT take Dexamethasone to prevent COVID-19, no evidence it works as a coronavirus prophylaxis Xeni Jardin

music Freaky 1980s Leonard Cohen TV performance David Pescovitz

podcast New podcast: "Burning Man Live" offers stories from its community Rusty Blazenhoff

COVID-19 "Explaining the Pandemic to my Past Self," Part 2 Mark Frauenfelder

History Jayne Mansfield: Viral Warrior Matt Maranian

tips Freakonomics interviews Kevin Kelly about his "68 bits of unsolicited advice" Mark Frauenfelder

Weird Who ya gonna call? India's first paranormal help line David Pescovitz

Comic Books Talking BOWIE: Stardust, Rayguns & Moonage Daydreams with Eisner Award-Winning Comic Book Creator Michael Allred Jeffery Klaehn

tabloids Roy Horn lives, China lied, and Murder Hornets Swarm America, in this week’s dubious tabloids Peter Sheridan

coronavirus Elon Musk: 'Tesla is restarting production today against Alameda County rules' Xeni Jardin