trump Trump personally involved in quest to find National Parks staffer who retweeted image of his sparse inauguration crowd Rob Beschizza

law I found out about this amusing Karen parody of American Girl dolls because they want it taken down Rob Beschizza

transgender Bank card makes it easier for trans and non-binary people to display their true names Thom Dunn

racism CNN and Sesame Street to address racism in town hall special Rusty Blazenhoff

cthulhu Get ordained in the First United Church of Cthulhu Thom Dunn

books The best 250 adventure novels of the 20th century Mark Frauenfelder

nihilism Two great deep-dives mine the endless hole at the bottom of Mitch McConnell's inhumanity Thom Dunn

Entertainment Federal judge rejects R. Kelly’s coronavirus get out of jail request Xeni Jardin

anime Netflix's CASTLEVANIA show is so much better than it has any right to be Thom Dunn

tabloids Coronavirus cured (again), Britain’s Royals clash (again) and the woman who pees alcohol (unprecedented) in this week’s dubious tabloids Peter Sheridan

censorship A new play lets formerly incarcerated people tell their stories. Meanwhile, prisons are still banning books. Thom Dunn

fast cars Most BMW drivers are jerks, according to science Carla Sinclair

crime Court rules that removing a GPS tracking device from a car isn't the same as stealing it Mark Frauenfelder

sexual harassment Academic published erotic fiction about own students Rob Beschizza

education Security expert offers hacking advice to students whose campuses have implemented pervasive wireless surveillance Cory Doctorow

books How to read long, difficult books Cory Doctorow

Journalism VICTORY! New Free File rules ban tax-prep firms from hiding their offerings, allow IRS to compete with them (a love-letter to Propublica) Cory Doctorow

novels Review: "The Nobody People" is like a literary X-Men novel for the Trump era Thom Dunn

cancer Love, loss, and Carrie Fisher’s lamp Gina Loukareas

fox news Gretchen Carlson to Fox: release employees from NDAs, 'buying silence instead of stopping harassment is immoral and unjust' Xeni Jardin