social distancing High schoolers planning virtual proms Rusty Blazenhoff

COVID-19 The European Union may not admit Americans once their borders reopen Seamus Bellamy

police How every police officer becomes complicit in a terrible system Thom Dunn

music Emerson, Lake & Palmer's prog rock epic, "Karn Evil 9," to be made into a film with Daniel Wilson penning the screenplay Gareth Branwyn

Copyfight Happy Public Domain Day 2020! Cory Doctorow

neural network What happens when a neural network tries to write a bad sex scene Thom Dunn

california Burbankers! Help put an eviction-protection measure on the 2020 ballot! Cory Doctorow

audible illusions I just learned about the delightful speech-to-song illusion Mark Frauenfelder

censorship Europe's highest court Facebook verdict hits a new low for technomagical thinking Cory Doctorow

Business Amazon wants to draft model facial recognition legislation Cory Doctorow

fixed it for you Scholar finds John Milton's copy of Shakespeare, marked up with corrections and improvements Clive Thompson

happy mutants William Gibson, danah boyd and Oakland Privacy will all receive this year's EFF's Pioneer Award Cory Doctorow

happy mutants J Michael Straczynski's "Becoming Superman": a memoir of horrific abuse, war crimes, perseverance, trauma, triumph and doing what's right Cory Doctorow

poetry Joy Harjo named 23rd Poet Laureate, first Native American to serve in U.S. position of honor Xeni Jardin

happy mutants A(nother) Lego Turing machine Cory Doctorow

politics Read the full text of the Mueller report here, as redacted by Barr Xeni Jardin

homework hacks Mother tries to shame daughter for using robot to do her homework, but public comes to the rescue Carla Sinclair

experience economies The College of Extraordinary Experiences transforms you in the most mind-blowing way Ferdinando Buscema

books Judy Blume's "Are You There God? It’s Me, Margaret" coming to to big screen David Pescovitz

art The Weird of Wendy Pini Rob Beschizza