anti-vaxx Measles strike the unvaccinated in Washington Jason Weisberger

politics 'We're gonna lose over 100,000 perhaps,' Trump says of deaths, and 'Nobody blames me for that' on job losses Xeni Jardin

christ what an asshole Chris Christie says losing 3,000 humans lives every day to Covid-19 is a fair price to protect the economy Mark Frauenfelder

UFOs Pentagon releases UFO footage Thom Dunn

Funny An oral history of The Office David Pescovitz

music Interview with musician and artist Genesis P-Orridge Sarina Sinclair and Case Esparros with Kane Lafia

gun violence This "bulletproof" hoodie comes with a lifetime warranty Thom Dunn

science fiction Welcome to 2020 and your annual State of the World discussion with Bruce Sterling, Jon Lebkowsky and The WELL Cory Doctorow

mistakes Disgraced Instagram star account rebrands as another person Rob Beschizza

robots AI, machine learning, and other frothy tech subjects remained overhyped in 2019 Cory Doctorow

happy mutant I chatted with Danny Elfman about his new MasterClass, and his ventriloquist dummy "Buddy" Rusty Blazenhoff

Science The 2019 Halloween Candy Hierarchy David Ng and Ben Cohen

happy mutants Talking science fiction, technological self-determination, inequality and competition with physicist Sean Carroll Cory Doctorow

music Grateful Dead lyricist Robert Hunter, RIP David Pescovitz

happy mutants Marc Davis in His Own Words: Imagineering the Disney Theme Parks Chris Merritt

Technology Trump to 'impose a 5% Tariff on all goods coming into our Country from Mexico' June 10 Xeni Jardin

music Lead Belly sings about Mr. Hitler (1942) David Pescovitz

alternative facts Busted: Fox host Chris Wallace fact checks Sarah Sanders on air Carla Sinclair

social media Without social organizations, social technologies will eat us alive Marina Gorbis

psychedelic A handful of psychedelic "Atlantis" mushrooms in Amsterdam Jason Weisberger