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candy Making taffy is an absolutely fascinating process Seamus Bellamy

white supremacists The legal battle over those novelty Sea Monkeys and X-Ray Specs involves white supremacy and a 60s bondage film star Thom Dunn

DIY Analog Tetris — the homemade cardboard version Rusty Blazenhoff

novels An interview with Charlie Kaufman about his new novel takes a weirdly meta Kaufman-esque turn Thom Dunn

statues The last time a Frederick Douglass statue was vandalized in Rochester, it was because of drunk college kids Thom Dunn

science fiction "Southland Tales" is the perfect hot mess of a movie for the 4th of July in the hellscape of 2020 Thom Dunn

News Trump says Russian bounty story is 'a made up Fake News Media Hoax ' (it is not) Xeni Jardin

about face Fox host Steve Doocy pushes the idea that Trump should wear a mask Carla Sinclair

coronavirus Covid cases are up but fewer patients are needing ventilators. 5 reasons why Mark Frauenfelder

design Pop-up wearable tent for COVID-19 protection in offices, schools, and medical facilities David Pescovitz

youtube Top YouTube influencers canceled Rob Beschizza

sponsored It's Time for Silicon Valley To Finish Its Job of Disrupting the Racist Drug War Boing Boing

animals WATCH: Rescued sloth bears are having fun learning to be free Xeni Jardin

bugs How could anyone resist this 7-inch model of a Murder Hornet? Mark Frauenfelder

#blacklivesmatter Why America's police look like soldiers Mark Frauenfelder

DIY Sword-maker crafts The WREKTANGLE, a giant sword of magnificent glory Xeni Jardin

infosec How to spy on someone using a lightbulb as a remote microphone Thom Dunn

music NirvanA.I.: This bot wrote a Nirvana song David Pescovitz