death "If we love, we grieve," Nick Cave gives fan heartfelt advice Rusty Blazenhoff

grief Tumblr of tweets from Trump supporters who regret voting for Trump Mark Frauenfelder

canada Short film: "Denali" Xeni Jardin

science fiction Philip K. Dick: "If You Find This World Bad, You Should See Some of the Others" David Pescovitz

Spoken Word with Electronics In Praise of THE SPAMP! And SPIT-COIN: A Proposal to Convert All Money to Saliva Ethan Persoff

#blacklivesmatter A powerful portrait series of Black Americans killed by police that uses time as a visual medium Thom Dunn

News Know your rights while demanding justice for George Floyd #BlackLivesMatter Xeni Jardin

picks Happiness and fitness come from my DIY-Peloton: the 2020 update Jason Weisberger

horror The Mind Thing, by Fredric Brown: excellent pulp-era science fiction Mark Frauenfelder

baking Pandemic Baking: I made bagels for passover Jason Weisberger

coronavirus Tokyo records highest number of new coronavirus cases in a single day Xeni Jardin

pandemic fears Harvard Business Review talks to David Kessler about "anticipatory grief" in the face of a global pandemic Gareth Branwyn

china China mourns Li Wenliang, the Wuhan whistleblower doctor who warned of coronavirus outbreak Xeni Jardin

cancer Love, loss, and Carrie Fisher’s lamp Gina Loukareas

Funny Police sad over spilled donuts get sweet surprise ending Xeni Jardin

security New York Times abruptly eliminates its "director of information security" position: "there is no need for a dedicated focus on newsroom and journalistic security" Cory Doctorow