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media New York Times opinion editor out Rob Beschizza

politics State Department inspector general Steve Linick fired on a Friday night, weird, wonder why? Xeni Jardin

books Ray Bradbury's captivating explanation of his Mr. Electrico character's uncanny origins David Pescovitz

coronavirus Amazon and eBay punished coronavirus price-gougers by making it harder for the rest of us to get hand sanitizer Thom Dunn

passings RIP Sy Sperling, founder of Hair Club for Men Mark Frauenfelder

cults Love Letters to Hitler Mike Shaughnessy

boing boing 20 years of blogging at Boing Boing Rob Beschizza

Games Japan’s "Filthiest Underground Gaming Magazine" enters the Internet Archive Rob Beschizza

bats Cute fruit bats featured on new 2020 quarter Rusty Blazenhoff

los angeles LA police union will not defend cop accused of sexual assault on a corpse Cory Doctorow

News UPDATED: Tony Robbins accused of sexually assaulting high schooler at summer camp Xeni Jardin

florida Student body president at University of Florida is facing impeachment proceedings over payments to Donald Trump Jr Thom Dunn

tabloids Bill Clinton dying, a Hollywood baby boom, and a cross-dressing star outed in this week’s dubious tabloids Peter Sheridan

Trump Whistleblower Trump repeatedly (8 times) urged Ukraine president to investigate Biden’s son Xeni Jardin

music Pedro Bell, the psychedelic painter behind Funkadelic's visual vibe, RIP David Pescovitz

grifters Billionaire who gave Jeffrey Epstein power of attorney in order to manage his finances says Epstein stole "vast sums of money" Cory Doctorow

youtube YouTube pushes children's videos to pedophiles through content recommendation engine Xeni Jardin

politics Lyndon LaRouche, 1922-2019 Rob Beschizza

picks R. Kelly is under criminal investigation in Georgia, 'direct result' of #SurvivingRKelly Lifetime docu-series Xeni Jardin