music The 27-song playlist that Lou Reed made just before he died Gareth Branwyn

video JOHN WILCOCK: Andy Warhol's First Meeting with The Velvet Underground (and other events of 1965) Ethan Persoff

music Lou Reed's archives acquired by New York Public Library David Pescovitz

Comics The FUGS First Rehearsal and Lou Reed's Earliest Known Recording of 'Heroin' Ethan Persoff

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

donald trump Trump rally youth: 'Aunt Jemima was canceled… She was the picture of the American dream' Xeni Jardin

Harry Potter Annotating JK Rowling's bonkers anti-Trans rant Thom Dunn

mistakes Engineering screwup turns Golden Gate Bridge into creepy wind siren Rob Beschizza

facebook Over 30 ex-Facebook employees slam Zuckerberg's inaction on harmful political posts in open letter Carla Sinclair

Business Investigation into TikTok as risk to U.S. children's privacy urged by 4 U.S. senators Xeni Jardin

useful stuff How to get rid of hideous pantry moths Mark Frauenfelder

coronavirus Irish repay a 170-year-old favor to Native Americans affected by COVID-19 Thom Dunn

software Adobe: to read the Terms of Use, you must agree to the Terms of Use (Update: bug, fixed) Rob Beschizza

Spoken Word with Electronics FAKE NEWS NOW. FAKE NEWS FOREVER. FAKE NEWS MUST NEVER DIE! (A Final Audio Tribute to Paul Krassner) Ethan Persoff

politics Senate unanimously passes ~$500 billion coronavirus relief bill to add funds for hospitals, testing, small business loans Xeni Jardin

police Protesting is a non-essential activity, according to the Raleigh Police Department Thom Dunn