polari Short film shot in Polari, legendary British slang Rob Beschizza

facebook In a panic over fleeing advertisers, Facebook launches PR blitz to announce it is "a mirror to society" Mark Frauenfelder

politics Facebook studied how it polarizes users, then ignored the research Xeni Jardin

rona Trump admits Covid death toll will be higher, compares self to Abraham Lincoln Rob Beschizza

COVID-19 Politico asked 34 big thinkers to predict how the coronapocalypse will permanently change our world Gareth Branwyn

physics Chaotic pendulum wanders field of magnets Rob Beschizza

scholarship Facebook promised to provide academics data to study disinformation, but their foot-dragging has endangered the whole project Cory Doctorow

art Call for entries: Share Festival 2020, themed "RIOTS Here we are" Cory Doctorow

labor Colombians take to the streets in the third general strike in two weeks Cory Doctorow

guillotine watch With "OK boomer," millennials are killing intergenerational resentment Cory Doctorow

Business Shepard Smith quit Fox News right after Trump AG Bill Barr met with Rupert Murdoch Xeni Jardin

disease Cows painted like zebras keep flies from biting them Mark Frauenfelder

climate change Errol Morris and Bob Odenkirk team up to "capture the absurdity and the desperation" of climate change Mark Frauenfelder

Science The Milky Way from Anza Borrego desert, a sky-stabilized timelapse Xeni Jardin

late stage capitalism Ex-Fox & Friends host, accused of a Ponzi scheme that turned Indianapolis real-estate investors into slumlords, moves to Portugal Cory Doctorow

scholarship An academic pollster explains why she thinks any Democratic nominee will win the presidency in 2020 Cory Doctorow

health Why is the American Medical Association finally weighing to oppose anti-abortion bills Cory Doctorow

Games A "Fake News Game" that "vaccinates" players against disinformation Cory Doctorow

elections All weekend, California Democrats booed neoliberal would-be presidents who talked down the Green New Deal and Medicare for All Cory Doctorow

picks Twitter co-founder Ev Williams says Fox News is "much, much more powerful and much more destructive than Twitter" Xeni Jardin