places To Be or Knot to Be: The Museum of Everyday Life seeks submissions for its new exhibition Matt Maranian

geography What to call residents of each US state David Pescovitz

religion Vardø, the witch capital of Norway Rob Beschizza

AI British place-names generated by a neural net Rob Beschizza

free speech Why Harper's "Letter on Justice and Open Debate" is dumb Mark Frauenfelder

Games Non-Euclidean game worlds Rob Beschizza

history of the future 1947 film about the future shows handheld TV users bumping into each other Mark Frauenfelder

fantasy Watch this Tolkien expert's master class on every race in Middle Earth Andrea James

Gadgets This app keeps all your online information safe and encrypted and keeps you from forgetting passwords Boing Boing's Shop

rona Europe bans travelers from US over Covid fears Rob Beschizza

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

inspiration Advice/inspiration: The "best part of getting laid off" Rusty Blazenhoff

politics VOA to be run by Steve Bannon, Sebastian Gorka, and Trump CEO pick Michael Pack, so two top VOA directors just quit Xeni Jardin

useful stuff This broadbeam LED headlamp illuminates a wide area around you Mark Frauenfelder

antifa Trump's tweets about Antifa show his ignorance of US law Thom Dunn

politics Trump claims he didn't know racist origin of his 'when the looting starts, the shooting starts' tweet (and WH retweet) Xeni Jardin