happy mutants Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez has a plan to pay for the Green New Deal: a 70% tax on the super-rich Cory Doctorow
nonsense Trump perfects his gibberish today while babbling about Biden's economic plan Carla Sinclair
science fiction "Southland Tales" is the perfect hot mess of a movie for the 4th of July in the hellscape of 2020 Thom Dunn
tabloids America set to be nuked, anarchy in the US, and the men who knew too much, in this week’s dubious tabloids Peter Sheridan
anti-endorsement Daughter of GOP candidate begs "Please for the love of God do not vote for my dad" Mark Frauenfelder
censorship Church of England refuses to allow foreign language on a gravestone, calling it a "political statement" Thom Dunn
podcasts A new podcast explores the CIA's involvement with writing a hit song for the Scorpions Thom Dunn
Innovation Listen: Inspiring commencement speech from Astro Teller, X's captain of moonshots David Pescovitz
Post-truth is pre-fascism Excellent Atlantic article about QAnon and how it is becoming an anti-Enlightenment religion Mark Frauenfelder