COVID-19 Manhattan cathedral has been converted into a field hospital Seamus Bellamy

music A rare, new interview with Bob Dylan David Pescovitz

Gadgets From Star Wars to Borderlands, check out these Steam games at big savings Boing Boing's Shop

photography The new Barbie Polaroid camera actually sounds pretty wonderful Thom Dunn

art Plague mask of bugglegum cyberpunk apocalypse sparkly rainbow fabulousness Xeni Jardin

social distancing Annalee Newitz looks at the Great Plague of London and 17th century social distancing Gareth Branwyn

music The 'Super Bad Transmittable Contagious Awful Virus' song, a parody of 'Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious!' Xeni Jardin

Comics Meet these incredible collectors of the gags and novelties sold in old comics David Pescovitz

robocalls It's not just you — social security scam phone calls are 23 times more common this year Thom Dunn

Business Youtube copyright trolls Adrev claim to own a homemade MIDI rendition of 1899's Flight of the Bumblebee Cory Doctorow

Science Rats' nests are rich with unrecorded history and urgent scientific data David Pescovitz

Business Bird Scooter reportedly lost $100m in three months, needs more capital to stay afloat Cory Doctorow

books "The Grand Dark": Kadrey's latest is a noir, dieselpunk masterpiece that's timely as hell Cory Doctorow

writing Here are cognitive scientist Steven Pinker's 13 tips for better writing Mark Frauenfelder

music Scott Walker, pioneering art rock singer, RIP David Pescovitz

late stage capitalism Small business in Wisconsin cancels its unusably bad internet service from Frontier; Frontier demands $4,300 cancellation fee Cory Doctorow

music Trailer for "Lords of Chaos," the horror-thriller about Norwegian black metal and murder David Pescovitz

corruption Using data-science to evaluate whether Xi Jinping's anti-corruption sweeps were really about consolidating power Cory Doctorow

protests 23,000 refugees have fled violence in Nicaragua Seamus Bellamy

picks Trump sours on Kushner, wishes his daughter married someone else Jason Weisberger