News Venice is flooded right now and it looks miserable Mark Frauenfelder

canada Canada Post apologizes for stamps bearing decapitated head of prime minister John Macdonald statue David Pescovitz

tabloids Jeffrey Epstein’s prison confession, the world’s most dangerous woman, and the end of the world, in this week’s dubious tabloids Peter Sheridan

black lives matter Proceeds from this "White Claws Not White Pride" shirt/mask go to Black Lives Matter Thom Dunn

Science Tropical Storm Fay imaged by NASA's Atmospheric Infrared Sounder (AIRS) Xeni Jardin

spycraft Here's the everyday-carry for Australian cyberspies in China Mark Frauenfelder

racism Lawyer for gun-toting St. Louis couple describes his clients as "melanin-deficient human beings" Thom Dunn

facebook In a panic over fleeing advertisers, Facebook launches PR blitz to announce it is "a mirror to society" Mark Frauenfelder

Gadgets Microsoft to permanently close its retail stores Rob Beschizza

covid 39,327 new Covid cases on America's worst day yet for new infections Rob Beschizza

coronavirus Today Arizona reports its highest Covid daily death toll, and it's not even noon yet Carla Sinclair

voter suppression Kentucky Election Board conveniently cuts 3,500 polling stations ahead of primaries Thom Dunn

politics VOA to be run by Steve Bannon, Sebastian Gorka, and Trump CEO pick Michael Pack, so two top VOA directors just quit Xeni Jardin

ebay Six members of eBay’s global security team charged with sending bloody pig mask to critic Mark Frauenfelder

extremism John Cleese's 30-year-old rant on extremists seems relevant today Rusty Blazenhoff

censorship Bowing to China, Zoom deactivated accounts of US-based activists Xeni Jardin

trump Tickets for Trump rally come with Covid-19 liability waiver Rob Beschizza

News China censors Weibo for 'interfering with online communication orders, disseminating illegal information' Xeni Jardin

b-side Is 2020 over yet? Mark Frauenfelder

News Troop of monkeys attack lab assistant, steal COVID-19 samples Jason Weisberger