alabama Train load of NYC poop stinks out small town little league Jason Weisberger

Virtual reality Digital synesthesia: Tricking your brain into experiencing smell as temperature in virtual reality David Pescovitz

Killers hunt Prince Andrew, Brad Pitt’s secret daughter, and George Clooney’s plastic surgery shocker, in this week’s dubious tabloids Peter Sheridan

futility closet In 1957, an underdog Mexican team stunned the world of Little League baseball Futility Closet

music Meeting Little Richard at his old Hyatt haunt David Katznelson

new york city A day in NY in the early 1980s through the eyes of musicians, artists, activists, filmmakers, and more Gareth Branwyn

COVID-19 Renowned mathematician and "Game of Life" inventor, John Conway, died this week of COVID-19 Gareth Branwyn

Gadgets That home office may be your office for a while. These accessories can bring it to life. Boing Boing's Shop

toilet paper Stop flushing shit besides TP and shit down your toilet Thom Dunn

Science This tiny skull trapped in amber belongs to the smallest dinosaur ever discovered David Pescovitz

books Trump showed an inordinate interest in badgers, according to new book Mark Frauenfelder

cats Cat defies supermarket ban Rob Beschizza

science fiction RIP, Mike Resnick Cory Doctorow

happy mutants Documentation Gathering, Sanitization, and Storage: an excerpt from "A Public Service" Tim Schwartz

psychedelics Counterculture icon and psychedelic pioneer Ram Dass, RIP David Pescovitz

surveillance Amazon used "security" to sell Ring doorbells, then blamed customers when hackers broke into them Cooper Quintin and Bill Budington

tabloids Killing the Queen, John Lennon’s murder, and William Shatner’s talking horses in this week’s dubious tabloids Peter Sheridan

Science The DNA in his semen was completely replaced with another man's DNA John Struan

eff We need to save .ORG from arbitrary censorship by halting the private equity buy-out Mitch Stoltz

tabloids End of the British monarchy, FBI’s Epstein cover-up, and Mary Poppins’ orgy, in this week’s dubious tabloids Peter Sheridan