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coronavirus Covid-19 hospitalizations increased 50% in California Mark Frauenfelder

police Massachusetts governor proposes a $5000 bonus for cops who undergo anti-racist training Thom Dunn

Tom the Dancing Bug Chagrin Falls, USA: "Black Allies Matter" Ruben Bolling

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law Supreme Court rejects church lockdown exemption Rob Beschizza

vote California Republicans sue to stop mail-in voter ballots Thom Dunn

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

coronavirus Elon Musk to CA factory employees: Back to work. Gov. Newsom: This may violate public health order Xeni Jardin

coronavirus Irish repay a 170-year-old favor to Native Americans affected by COVID-19 Thom Dunn

coronavirus Priest in Italy accidentally leaves on camera's filters during online service, hilarity ensues Rusty Blazenhoff

music Donna Summer sings "Bad Girls" a capella David Pescovitz

coronavirus California governor issues order allowing state to commandeer hotels for coronavirus patients Mark Frauenfelder

health Coronavirus: First possible person-to-person transmission of COVID-19 in California Xeni Jardin

Technology Google users in UK will soon lose EU data protection: Report Xeni Jardin

Science CLIMATE: 2019 was hottest year on record, NASA and NOAA report Xeni Jardin

happy mutants Bunnie Huang's classic "Essential Guide to Electronics in Shenzhen" is now free online Cory Doctorow

AI Peter Thiel claims AI is "Leninist" and "literally communist" in a sprawling speech for a think tank Thom Dunn

music Music that inspired 1980s Japanese environmental music composer Yukata Hirose David Pescovitz

happy mutants A Museum of Neoliberalism is opening in London next week Cory Doctorow