corruption Oakland mayor denies firing police chief over officers who statutorily raped teen sex-worker Cory Doctorow

tabloids Jeffrey Epstein’s prison confession, the world’s most dangerous woman, and the end of the world, in this week’s dubious tabloids Peter Sheridan

hamilton Hip hop & AOL: Lin-Manuel Miranda shares his influences for Hamilton's 'My Shot' Rusty Blazenhoff

coronavirus The world is putting America in quarantine Mark Frauenfelder

conspiracy theories How come so many Christians fall for conspiracy theories? Thom Dunn

tabloids Royals Clash, Clooneys divorce, and Jacko’s rotten feet in this week’s fact-challenged tabloids Peter Sheridan

Food Which expiration dates on food packaging should you pay attention to? Mark Frauenfelder

cats Cats: The Butthole Cut that everyone asked for is here Rusty Blazenhoff

Book The Elements: A Visual Exploration of Every Known Atom in the Universe Mark Frauenfelder

politics Conservative politician shared office with "Sugar Daddy" website Rob Beschizza

horror movies Watch the gloriously brutal trailer for Danzig’s horror movie directorial debut "Verotika" Thom Dunn

movies Rian Johnson posted a director's commentary track for Knives Out John Struan

movies Tenet movie new Nolan's Christopher for trailer shifting-time the Here's John Struan

star wars Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker receives dismal reviews Rob Beschizza

Robert Anton Wilson Wilson and Shea's Illuminatus! trilogy to become TV series Gareth Branwyn

Games Popular Chinese video game invites players to "hunt down traitors" in Hong Kong Cory Doctorow

Weird Alaska man arrested for $400,000 of heroin and meth stuffed in rotten goat guts Xeni Jardin

guillotine watch Guillotine watch: Louis XVI's final chateau, never occupied by royalty, is for sale, just in time for the next revolution Cory Doctorow

surveillance America's rotten ISPs object to encrypted DNS, argue that losing the ability to spy on your traffic puts them at a competitive disadvantage Cory Doctorow

monopolism Bill Gates: if we break up Big Tech, we'll just have more bad companies Cory Doctorow