music Joe Jackson, musical family patriarch and Michael Jackson's famously abusive dad, has died. Xeni Jardin

GOP Convention Mitch McConnell is 7th senator to back away from the Republican National Convention Carla Sinclair

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tabloids Hollywood hypocrites tearing America apart and rioters battling to destroy the United States, in this week’s dubious tabloids Peter Sheridan

Kids Building beautiful little keycap watercolor vibrobots Gareth Branwyn

card games Steve Jackson Games posts solo rules for their classic card game Illuminati Gareth Branwyn

tabloids Royals Clash, Clooneys divorce, and Jacko’s rotten feet in this week’s fact-challenged tabloids 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

coronavirus Quarantined family re-creates 1981 Journey video shot by shot Rusty Blazenhoff

coronavirus Amazon workers have been infected with coronavirus in 10 warehouses across the U.S. Carla Sinclair

photography Vintage snapshots of people sleeping David Pescovitz

a la Michael Jackson Watch: Incredible dancer glides around as if he's on ice Carla Sinclair

income What we talk about when we don't talk about our salaries Thom Dunn

tabloids An Epstein tell-all, a vengeful Queen wannabe, and Harry & Meghan’s final insult, in this week’s dubious tabloids Peter Sheridan

law Roger Stone sentenced to 40 months (3 years + 4 months) in prison Xeni Jardin

florida Move over, Florida Man, and make room for feral Florida monkeys with herpes Thom Dunn

politics Top Mueller prosecutor Aaron Zelinsky resigns from Roger Stone case, and Special Assistant United States Attorney, 'effective immediately' Xeni Jardin

radiation There's a new radiation-eating fungus strand growing at Chernobyl Thom Dunn

Civil War Virginia will eliminate state holiday honoring confederate generals and make Election Day a holiday instead Mark Frauenfelder

road trips Drivers headed to Atlantic City get stranded when a glitchy Waze ad sends them to the wilderness Carla Sinclair