tweets Is this the saddest brand tweet ever? Rob Beschizza

COVID-19 Obsessive-compulsive disorder as practice for COVID-19 David Pescovitz

music Michael Connelly's imaginary Blue Note albums David Pescovitz

pandemic fears Harvard Business Review talks to David Kessler about "anticipatory grief" in the face of a global pandemic Gareth Branwyn

Ozzy Osbourne releases touching autobiographical video for his recent single, "Ordinary Man" (featuring Elton John) Gareth Branwyn

flowers Do you have trouble keeping your plants alive? Try this Atreyu and Artax flower pot set. Thom Dunn

happy mutants McMansion Hell awards its annual prize for the best gingerbread McMansion! Cory Doctorow

cancer Love, loss, and Carrie Fisher’s lamp Gina Loukareas

music Spirit of The West's John Mann dead at 57 years old Seamus Bellamy

memebrities "Hide the Pain Harold" describes what it is like to become a famous meme Mark Frauenfelder

photography Visiting the dead on Google Street View David Pescovitz

canada My Life on the Road — Staying Still Seamus Bellamy

bad decisions Forever 21 tossed diet food samples into online clothing orders Seamus Bellamy

climate AOC and Greta Thunberg talk tactics and hope Cory Doctorow

rascal clouds The five best Bob Ross pep talks Mark Frauenfelder

movies Peter Mayhew, "Chewbacca," RIP David Pescovitz

music Prodigy vocalist Keith Flint dead at 49 Rob Beschizza

fake news Hoover killed JFK, RFK & MLK, Brad Pitt’s private hell, and Mick Jagger’s mental disorder, in this week’s dubious tabloids Peter Sheridan

medicine Ho ho no: risk of suffering a heart attack is 40% higher on Christmas Eve Seamus Bellamy

passings Pete Shelley of The Buzzcocks (1955-2018) Mark Frauenfelder