Funny Watch this preacher speak in tongues while he checks his phone David Pescovitz

miniseries Watch the trailer for HBO's "The Plot Against America" miniseries debuting 3/16/2020 Mark Frauenfelder

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

religion Church under investigation after worshiper pinned down to ‘pray the gay away’ Xeni Jardin

religion Full story of the missionary killed when trying to convert an "uncontacted" tribe David Pescovitz

religion Rare footage of the "uncontacted" tribe that killed the missionary who illegally went to their island to preach David Pescovitz

corruption How the "prosperity gospel" convinces poor people to give everything to grifty millionaire preachers Cory Doctorow

religion Watch Christian TV news show 700 Club's report on Burning Man (1996) David Pescovitz

picks Megachurch Pastor Hope Carpenter: 'I cut people. I got a knife right in that pocketbook.' Xeni Jardin

late stage capitalism Most Americans want a 70% tax rate on earnings over $10,000,000 Cory Doctorow

twitter Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez reaches more people on Twitter than the press and establishment Democrats Cory Doctorow

doppelgängers A 1950s TV show had a fear-mongering conman named Trump who wanted to build a wall Carla Sinclair

#metoo Someone pulled their dick out: Louis C.K. and the #MeToo movement Maureen Herman

Science Flat earth-preaching rocketeer finally gets off the ground Seamus Bellamy

scholarship Data shows young people are free speech advocates, but mainstream support for censoring "anti-American" speech is rising Cory Doctorow

likely stories Conservative Iranian television host spotted drinking beer in public without hijab Mark Frauenfelder

Delightful Creatures Watch: incredible dance routine by dog and woman Mark Frauenfelder

fake news Hillary Clinton’s a Russian spy, Jennifer Aniston’s sex swap shame, and own your own alien – in this week’s tabloids Peter Sheridan

cool tools Favorite tools from the director of Creative Collisions at the San Jose Tech Museum Mark Frauenfelder

fake hippies Friday Freak-Out: The Chocolate Watch Band – Are You Gonna Be There (At The Love-In) Mark Frauenfelder