hair Watch this guy's hair grow out in a two-year span Rusty Blazenhoff

occupy Seattle activists have established a 6-block autonomous zone around an abandoned police station Thom Dunn

b-side Is 2020 over yet? Mark Frauenfelder

tabloids Royals Clash, Clooneys divorce, and Jacko’s rotten feet in this week’s fact-challenged tabloids Peter Sheridan

coronavirus How a woman from Wuhan took care of her infected mother without becoming infected herself Gareth Branwyn

tabloids An Epstein tell-all, a vengeful Queen wannabe, and Harry & Meghan’s final insult, in this week’s dubious tabloids Peter Sheridan

corruption Defense contractors gleefully report record earnings in divisions that bid on "classified" projects, the fastest-growing part of the Pentagon's budget Cory Doctorow

security China's new cybersecurity rules ban foreign companies from using VPNs to phone home Cory Doctorow

fantasy The colonialism behind fantasy's vaguely Irish Elves Thom Dunn

Weird UK couple grows their own furniture from living trees Xeni Jardin

Safety Here's how to take Wired's advice and get your own e-scooter, for a fraction of the cost Cory Doctorow

dogs Very long dog is adorable Xeni Jardin

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

tabloids Drugs, booze and kidnappers, oh my, in this week’s dubious tabloids Peter Sheridan

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

Technology Phone companies get to block robocalls if this proposed FCC rule happens Xeni Jardin

Business How Amazon's crackdown on dirty sellers has made it easier for dirty sellers to kill good sellers' accounts Cory Doctorow

Business Mark Zuckerberg to the governments of Canada, UK, Australia, Ireland and Argentina: "Go fuck yourselves" Cory Doctorow

christ what an asshole Devin Nunes's much-touted California farm secretly moved to Iowa in 2006, in a district dependent on undocumented workers Cory Doctorow

baldness The scent of sandalwood may cure baldness according to a new study Carla Sinclair