security ISO rejects the NSA's IoT crypto standard, believing it to be backdoored Cory Doctorow

Copyfight After industry adopts open video standards, MPEG founder says the end is nigh Cory Doctorow

photography Low-light filming is about to make a big leap forward Andrea James

Spider-Man Bolivian brothers let a black widow bite them all in hopes of getting superpowers Thom Dunn

music Watch Blondie's Debbie Harry on a pogo stick explaining the punk Pogo dance (1978) David Pescovitz

Technology Turning bricks into batteries David Pescovitz

History Aviation museums' "most wanted list" of cool aerospace artifacts lost to history David Pescovitz

activism How to be a guerrilla theatre activist David Pescovitz

tabloids Jeffrey Epstein’s prison confession, the world’s most dangerous woman, and the end of the world, in this week’s dubious tabloids Peter Sheridan

coronavirus U.S. sets record high COVID cases for 3 days in a row, nearly 69,000 new cases today Xeni Jardin

politics Trump commutes Roger Stone's prison sentence Xeni Jardin

trump Michael Cohen sent back to jail after being seen dining in Manhattan while on house arrest Rob Beschizza

models Artist creates cool models of postapocalyptic levitating homes Andrea James

trees Your allergies are bad because of tree sexism Thom Dunn

politics Facebook removes Trump ally Roger Stone's accounts and pages Xeni Jardin

sponsored If Cannabis Is “A Potential Way To Prevent COVID-19” Then Why Is Trump Blocking Research? Boing Boing

#COVIDIOTS The screaming no-masker was fired from his job Mark Frauenfelder

pop music Modern English performs "I Melt With You" in Isolation Gareth Branwyn

Twighlight Zone Great deal on 25-DVD set for The Twilight Zone: The Complete Series Mark Frauenfelder

Japan Japanese rapper Kan a.k.a. GAMI busted for 0.5 grams of weed Mark Frauenfelder