scholarship AMA study: shooters armed with semiautomatic rifles kill twice as many people Cory Doctorow

music Watch Blondie's Debbie Harry on a pogo stick explaining the punk Pogo dance (1978) David Pescovitz

education Harvard and MIT are suing over the Trump administration's student immigration ruling Thom Dunn

cats Cat food recall: Natural Balance pulled for 'deadly' side effects Xeni Jardin

Technology U.S. is investigating claims that TikTok violated children's privacy Xeni Jardin

County fair Fair food fix: California county fair hosts drive-thru events Rusty Blazenhoff

police Police militarization is objectively bad for police and for society, according to science Thom Dunn

COVID-19 COVID Safety Guidelines for Shared Workshops Gareth Branwyn

fireworks Government safety video reminds us that fireworks are no joke Rusty Blazenhoff

Business Tesla denies reports of firing workers who chose to stay at home to avoid coronavirus risk in Elon Musk's factory Xeni Jardin

News Arizona closes bars, nightclubs, gyms, movie theaters and water parks for 30 days as coronavirus ravages state Xeni Jardin

baseball No more spitting in Major League Baseball David Pescovitz

#COVIDIOTS Los Angeles taco stand closes because maskless covidiots attacked workers Mark Frauenfelder

books Please don't microwave your library books David Pescovitz

Gadgets Microsoft to permanently close its retail stores Rob Beschizza

jeffrey epstein The "Jeffrey Epstein's Financial Assistant Scheme" is a 2020 twist on the classic Nigerian Prince Scam Thom Dunn

covid 39,327 new Covid cases on America's worst day yet for new infections Rob Beschizza

Technology WATCH: Virgin Galactic's SpaceShipTwo Unity completes 2nd flight from Spaceport America (mission recap video) Xeni Jardin

unions A supposedly progressive vegan food company called No Evil Foods was involved in some evil union busting Thom Dunn

Science We are all part of the biggest psychological experiment in history David Pescovitz