art Closeness lines Rob Beschizza

design Veiny map shows best car route from center of US to every county Andrea James

politics Animated graph shows how USA has become more polarized in last 20 years Mark Frauenfelder

maps Blueprint-style map of alternative music Rob Beschizza

tabloids Hollywood hypocrites tearing America apart and rioters battling to destroy the United States, in this week’s dubious tabloids Peter Sheridan

photographs The chemist who made big bucks hoaxing ghost photos David Pescovitz

writing Raymond Chandler is the once and future king of opening paragraphs Seamus Bellamy

Audio Ghost boxes, psycho-phones, and other devices for listening to spirits David Pescovitz

police brutality NYPD officers assault Associated Press journalist, force crew to stop covering protest Rob Beschizza

photography Image Scrubber is a website that removes EXIF data and blurs faces in photos Mark Frauenfelder

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

Gadgets This bundle of online classes will help you learn the math you forgot in high school and college Boing Boing's Shop

Science Look at this photo printed on algae in a petri dish Xeni Jardin

books Molecules: The Elements and the Architecture of Everything Mark Frauenfelder

surveillance Under coronavirus lockdown, Russia expands surveillance state Xeni Jardin

books In honor of today's LSD anniversary, a sale on The Family Acid: California David Pescovitz

design Tape as a COVID-19 design intervention David Pescovitz

coronavirus Coronavirus destroyed U.S. job market, this chart shows how badly your state was hit Xeni Jardin

art Ruth Asawa postage stamps are coming soon: U.S. Postal Service Rusty Blazenhoff

Science These are the two COVID-19 data sites I incessantly check Jason Weisberger