politics Trump campaign: "we can safely assume" 201 electoral votes Rob Beschizza

History Man with metal detector turns up rare 2,000-year-old Roman artifact David Pescovitz

jeffrey epstein The "Jeffrey Epstein's Financial Assistant Scheme" is a 2020 twist on the classic Nigerian Prince Scam Thom Dunn

police violence A US Air Force Sergeant linked to Boogaloo Bois charged with killing police officer Thom Dunn

censorship Bowing to China, Zoom deactivated accounts of US-based activists Xeni Jardin

Gadgets The bundle of 11 award-winning apps will straighten out your Mac in minutes. Boing Boing's Shop

red pill Fox & Friends host explains the Matrix, poorly Thom Dunn

disasters Sci-fi author Ted Chiang on the disaster novel we're currently living through Gareth Branwyn

coronavirus Cats and coronavirus: 3rd animal case in Hong Kong, and SARS-CoV-2 can replicate in cats says new China study Xeni Jardin

Science The subreddit r/coronavirus is a pretty great COVID-19 news source with 1.2M+ members Xeni Jardin

Gadgets Take your gaming to the next level with these chairs and desks Boing Boing's Shop

crime "A piece of shit": Government report on Wells Fargo corruption shows top executives' direct complicity in millions of acts of fraud Cory Doctorow

surveillance Surveillance is the new blooming onion at Outback Steakhouse Thom Dunn

eff In serving big company interests, copyright is in crisis Cory Doctorow

deepfake Steven Seagal deepfaked as The Witcher Rob Beschizza

weapons of math destruction Airbnb has software that searches social media to identify creeps and psychopaths Mark Frauenfelder

retro Model rocket pioneer, Vern Estes, celebrates his 90th birthday Gareth Branwyn

sports Baylor University used puppets to announce its newly signed football players John Struan

authoritarianism Political journalist Omoyele Sowore arrested and tortured under Nigeria's overbroad "cyberstalking" law Cindy Cohn

Creepy Interesting and Real Mysteries of the Unknown: Inside the world of the strange and unexplained Mark Frauenfelder