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News Trump was just being 'sarcastic' by thanking Putin for kicking out U.S. embassy staff in Moscow Xeni Jardin

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

Sex Safer sex now means wearing a mask, says Canada's Chief Public Health Officer David Pescovitz

aviation Pilots over LAX report "a guy in a jetpack" flying beside them David Pescovitz

animation Pixar director shows how to make flipbooks, from inside his closet Rusty Blazenhoff

science fiction New edition of Cory Doctorow's Little Brother/Homeland with intro by Edward Snowden Mark Frauenfelder

sports Owen Morse sets hang gliding world record for piloting 222.22 miles over California's Owens Valley Xeni Jardin

animals Photo of a freaky human-sized bat David Pescovitz

police brutality Cops charged with murder after tasing man 50 times Rob Beschizza

Delightful Creatures Officials honor hero cat who saved an old man trapped in a canal Andrea James

tabloids America set to be nuked, anarchy in the US, and the men who knew too much, in this week’s dubious tabloids Peter Sheridan

law Epstein confidante Ghislaine Maxwell arrested by FBI Rob Beschizza

science fiction Philip K. Dick: "If You Find This World Bad, You Should See Some of the Others" David Pescovitz

News CCPA: California to enforce new digital privacy law starting today, despite calls for further pandemic delay Xeni Jardin

racism Sacha Baron Cohen trolls conservative rally with racist sing-along Rusty Blazenhoff

youtube Top YouTube influencers canceled Rob Beschizza

Science This is how some snakes can fly David Pescovitz

Games Bernband: explore a looming yet intimate alien city Rob Beschizza

Technology WATCH: Virgin Galactic's SpaceShipTwo Unity completes 2nd flight from Spaceport America (mission recap video) Xeni Jardin