books The brilliant ideas and radiant visions of reclusive SF author Greg Egan Patrick Lohier

Technology YouTube bans 6 channels for hate speech, white supremacists Stefan Molyneux, David Duke, and Richard Spencer among them Xeni Jardin

coronavirus Florida Pastor arrested after encouraging people to come to church in person during the coronavirus lockdown Thom Dunn

coronavirus Idiot pastor in Ohio holds Sunday service in his megachurch David Pescovitz

tabloids Coronavirus is the new black. COVID-19 hits the stars and the Royals in this week’s dubious tabloids Peter Sheridan

music Paul K, songwriter and guitarist, RIP David Pescovitz

canada Canada PM Trudeau self-isolating as coronavirus precaution after wife becomes ill Xeni Jardin

Robert Anton Wilson Robert Anton Wilson's daughter Christina on the new edition of her father's book, Ishtar Rising Mark Frauenfelder

tabloids Predator priests, Game of Thrones, and why Italians don’t use Viagra, in this week’s dubious tabloids Peter Sheridan

religion Congregants allegedly pressured to to sell their own blood and donate the funds to their church Seamus Bellamy

Business TikTok owner ByteDance launches new deal with Chinese government Xeni Jardin

religion Church under investigation after worshiper pinned down to ‘pray the gay away’ Xeni Jardin

happy mutants Marc Davis in His Own Words: Imagineering the Disney Theme Parks Chris Merritt

carceral state Edelman PR drops GEO Group after employee revolt at the prospect of laundering the reputation of private US concentration camps Cory Doctorow

corruption Sony's copyright bots remove a band's own release of its new video Cory Doctorow

politics U.S. budget deficit now $739 Billion, despite GOP promises and Trump tariffs Xeni Jardin

elections Joe Biden repeatedly claimed to have marched for civil rights. He didn't. Cory Doctorow

education Zuck turned American classrooms into nonconsensual laboratories for his pet educational theories, and now they're rebelling Cory Doctorow

music Seattle mainstay musician Shawn Smith of Brad, Satchel, and Pigeonhed, RIP David Pescovitz

fake news Scientology hell, Hollywood destroyed, and Prince Charles’ illegal marriage, in this week’s dubious tabloids Peter Sheridan