movies Heartwarming story about how Olivia Newton-John got back her iconic Grease leather jacket David Pescovitz

sports Owen Morse sets hang gliding world record for piloting 222.22 miles over California's Owens Valley Xeni Jardin

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

gambling What Steve Forte can do with a pack of cards borders on the unbelievable Ferdinando Buscema

COVID-19 Politico asked 34 big thinkers to predict how the coronapocalypse will permanently change our world Gareth Branwyn

healthcare Universal health coverage not radical Rob Beschizza

corruption Foxconn wants Wisconsin to keep paying it billions, but it won't disclose what kind of factory it will build Cory Doctorow

peloton A gin company already made a sequel to that dystopian Peloton ad Thom Dunn

random acts of kindness Man buys Hitler's top hat and other Nazi items at auction for £513,000 and donates them to Jewish org Mark Frauenfelder

politics Peak billionaire: a billionaire tries to purchase a party nomination to outflank anti-billionaires so he can run against another billionaire Cory Doctorow

corruption How the "Varsity Blues" admissions scam punished deserving, hard working kids so that mediocre kids of the super-rich could prosper Cory Doctorow

science fiction Read: Jeannette Ng's Campbell Award acceptance speech, in which she correctly identifies Campbell as a fascist and expresses solidarity with Hong Kong protesters Cory Doctorow

glam Triple Chaser: a short documentary that uses machine learning to document tear gas use against civilians, calling out "philanthropist" Warren Kanders for his company's war-crimes Cory Doctorow

skateboarding Watch these pro skaterboarders, including Tony Hawk, shred an empty water park David Pescovitz

france Having burnished their reputations with extravagant promises, the billionaires who pledged €600m. to rebuild Notre Dame are missing in action Cory Doctorow

eff Adversarial interoperability: reviving an elegant weapon from a more civilized age to slay today's monopolies Cory Doctorow

gaming Stephen Colbert plays D&D with Matt Mercer for Red Nose Day Gareth Branwyn

late stage capitalism That billionaire who paid off a graduating class's student loans also supports the hedge-fundie's favorite tax loophole Cory Doctorow

happy mutants Fundraising to save Burbank's horror bookstore Dark Delicacies Cory Doctorow