fantasy A free short story about Irish history to read while you're quarantined over St. Patrick's Day Thom Dunn

short story Dandelion Leo Vladimirsky

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short 'Tokri,' a gorgeous stop-motion short 8 years in the making Rusty Blazenhoff

animals An author wrote a beautiful tribute to his late dog disguised as writing advice Thom Dunn

pandemic In an ominous sign for economy, 32% of US fell short on July housing payments Mark Frauenfelder

Barbados If you can work remotely, Barbados want you to come and stay for a year Mark Frauenfelder

coronavirus Covid-19 hospitalizations increased 50% in California Mark Frauenfelder

crime Woman points gun at mother and daughter in Chipotle car lot, charged with assault Rob Beschizza

racism Facebook says they removed 220 'Boogaloo' groups and 95 Instagram accounts Xeni Jardin

Science A Scheme of Heaven is a deep investigation of astrology from a scientist’s perspective Ferdinando Buscema

police brutality North Carolina cop: "We are just going to go out and start slaughtering them f—— n——" Rob Beschizza

writing Raymond Chandler is the once and future king of opening paragraphs Seamus Bellamy

Spoken Word with Electronics In Praise of THE SPAMP! And SPIT-COIN: A Proposal to Convert All Money to Saliva Ethan Persoff

sesame street A dark fan theory explores the illicit affair between Elmo's mom and his Uncle Jack Thom Dunn

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drugs Today is the 50th anniversary of Dock Ellis's legendary baseball no-hitter on LSD Thom Dunn

entomology David Lynch tells the story of a small bug Mark Frauenfelder

police iPhone shortcut to record encounters with the police Mark Frauenfelder