surveillance Surveillance is the new blooming onion at Outback Steakhouse Thom Dunn

nashville Nashville restaurant makes it easy for diners to buy their cooks a round of beer Rusty Blazenhoff

Gadgets This 8-inch Japanese Style chef's knife might be your next step toward true culinary mastery Boing Boing's Shop

racism Lawyer for gun-toting St. Louis couple describes his clients as "melanin-deficient human beings" Thom Dunn

tabloids Hollywood hypocrites tearing America apart and rioters battling to destroy the United States, in this week’s dubious tabloids Peter Sheridan

police NYPD says Shake Shack did not intentionally give poisoned milkshakes to cops Mark Frauenfelder

coronavirus Why "reopening" the economy won't save the economy Mark Frauenfelder

Gadgets Enter now for your chance to win a $1000 gift card to DoorDash Boing Boing's Shop

tabloids A beheaded tot, isolated stars, and cure coronavirus with herbs, in last week’s dubious tabloids Peter Sheridan

interviews Talking adventure games with Olivia Wood Jeffery Klaehn

obits Kenny Rogers, 1938–2020 Rob Beschizza

coronavirus People are putting their holiday lights back up to bring joy and hope Rusty Blazenhoff

mistakes Wendy's fires staff after sink used as bathtub Rob Beschizza

tabloids Adjectival overload, and the tabloids finally get one right, in this week’s round-up of the rags Peter Sheridan

restaurants Behind the velvet rope hierarchies of NYC restaurant reservations David Pescovitz

Science We need a "science of the night" David Pescovitz

tabloids Killing the Queen, John Lennon’s murder, and William Shatner’s talking horses in this week’s dubious tabloids Peter Sheridan

Holiday New Jersey waitress surprised with $1200 tip in Christmas act of kindness Xeni Jardin

Business 'Cars now run on the new oil — your data.' Xeni Jardin

Food The south's latest culinary trend: inadequate, rotting prison food, supplemented by cattle feed Cory Doctorow