politics Trump claims he didn't know racist origin of his 'when the looting starts, the shooting starts' tweet (and WH retweet) Xeni Jardin
coronavirus South Dakota governor tries to crush Native American efforts to contain the coronavirus Thom Dunn
Robert Anton Wilson Robert Anton Wilson's daughter Christina on the new edition of her father's book, Ishtar Rising Mark Frauenfelder
music Witchy woman on the cover of Black Sabbath's eponymous first album finally identified Gareth Branwyn
politics Canadian "protesters" at Huawei extradition hearing say they were tricked, thought they were in a music video Cory Doctorow
uk A quick trip through the ghastly, racist, sexist, eugenicist, authoritarian things that Boris Johnson has said in recent years Cory Doctorow
education Indiana University Provost: The First Amendment says we can't fire our notorious bigot professor, so here's what we're doing instead Cory Doctorow
Copyfight Minnesota Public Radio sent us one of the weirdest legal threats we've ever received (and they won't explain it) Cory Doctorow
explainer videos Why did Venezuela collapse? Watch this short excellent explainer video Mark Frauenfelder
tabloids Princess Diana’s killer found (yet again) and Epstein scandal blackmail, in this week’s dubious tabloids. Peter Sheridan
bronze age wisdom Florida's new Board of Education chairman: “I won’t support any evolution being taught as fact at all in any of our schools.” Mark Frauenfelder
florida Florida cops charged after one punched teen and another tried to destroy the evidence Rob Beschizza
