cephalopods Fishmonger buys 70-pound octopus just to set it free Rusty Blazenhoff

television 'The Wonder Years' but with a Black family Rusty Blazenhoff

statues The last time a Frederick Douglass statue was vandalized in Rochester, it was because of drunk college kids Thom Dunn

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

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

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

Technology Senate GOP introduce bill to end 'warrant-proof' encryption, end-to-end encryption on WhatsApp is targeted Xeni Jardin

politics Trump uses racist 'Kung Flu' slur against Asians again, was 'coronavirus' too many syllables? Xeni Jardin

music UK Royal Mail issues stamps honoring the band Queen David Pescovitz

climate change Horrific mudslide in Norway dragging houses into the sea Mark Frauenfelder

haunted mansion A touring Bolivian orchestra is stranded in a German castle surrounded by 23 packs of wolves Thom Dunn

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

Comics Furry Freak Brothers coming this fall, voiced by Woody Harrelson, John Goodman, Pete Davidson, and Tiffany Haddish Gareth Branwyn

Funko This is it! This is the big one! The Fred Sanford FunkoPop! Jason Weisberger

creativity How a children's book about a mouse is keeping me motivated in quarantine Thom Dunn

queen This Queen outtake is everything Rusty Blazenhoff

Funny Watch Fred Armisen imitate every North American accent David Pescovitz

politics Map of state-level coronavirus coordination efforts look like apocalyptic sci-fi Rob Beschizza

trump Trump insists he was trolling with the bleach suggestion, but he may have gotten the idea from a religious cult Thom Dunn

google How to get a refund on an app you don't like Mark Frauenfelder