politics Billionaire tech investors back ballot initiative to purge homeless people from San Francisco Cory Doctorow

politics Trump administration sues John Bolton to block publication of new book that claims presidential misconduct Xeni Jardin

trump Why tabloid reporters are like Donald Trump Peter Sheridan

new york city A day in NY in the early 1980s through the eyes of musicians, artists, activists, filmmakers, and more Gareth Branwyn

Comics "The Black Ghost" is a fun Latina twist on urban noir superheroes Thom Dunn

coronavirus Finally, Amazon + Whole Foods workers to get masks, temperature checks Xeni Jardin

interviews Talking adventure games with Olivia Wood Jeffery Klaehn

Book World Made By Hand is a post-pandemic world novel Mark Frauenfelder

Business Four US senators write Jeff Bezos to ask how Amazon protects workers from COVID-19 Xeni Jardin

Purrrre Genius: CatVideoFest 2020 is clawing its way to a theater near you Matt Maranian

music Interview with musician and artist Genesis P-Orridge Sarina Sinclair and Case Esparros with Kane Lafia

surveillance Surveillance is the new blooming onion at Outback Steakhouse Thom Dunn

eff In serving big company interests, copyright is in crisis Cory Doctorow

happy mutants Documentation Gathering, Sanitization, and Storage: an excerpt from "A Public Service" Tim Schwartz

tabloids Penis fish, Simon Cowell’s missing boobs, and Hillary Clinton’s gay flings, in this week’s dubious tabloids Peter Sheridan

books The New Yorker's profile of William Gibson: "Droll, chilled out, and scarily articulate" Cory Doctorow

AI I played this AI-generated text adventure as the Mandalorian and here's what happened John Struan

housewares "Mist showers": a decadent shower that the planet can sustain Cory Doctorow

science fiction Amazon PR accidentally confirms the existence of a fictional dystopian Amazon technology Thom Dunn

helicopters Video shows daring helicopter pilot refilling bucket in swimming pool Rob Beschizza