crime SLIM: An open, transparent, hand-computable sentencing algorithm Cory Doctorow

COVID-19 This Republican strategist says "members of the Church of Secular Science" wear masks to prove superiority Mark Frauenfelder

Gadgets Review / Logitech MX Keys Rob Beschizza

tabloids Hollywood hypocrites tearing America apart and rioters battling to destroy the United States, in this week’s dubious tabloids Peter Sheridan

trump John Bolton's book, packed with dirt on Trump, is out tomorrow Rob Beschizza

Chaos in America, O.J. Simpson framed by cops, and Brad Pitt’s saggy butt, in this week’s dubious tabloids Peter Sheridan

riots BBC coverage of 1990 tax riots in London Rob Beschizza

trump Joe Scarborough in WaPo Op-Ed: The slimy tsunami of bilge spewing from President Trump is hurting innocent people Mark Frauenfelder

Gadgets These are 40 of the coolest things that are on sale this week Boing Boing's Shop

ghosts Quarantining with ghosts David Pescovitz

tabloids Do the tabloids deserve a government bailout? This week’s dubious offerings make a poor case for their survival. Peter Sheridan

fbi Newly released documents show that the FBI used standard FBI tactics on Michael Flynn Thom Dunn

Technology Amazon used a China firm on U.S. blacklist for thermal cameras to monitor workers for COVID-19 fever Xeni Jardin

skateboards Santa Monica Airlines sent me an awesome Natas Kaupas/Burrito Breath deck Jason Weisberger

books Edward Gorey's new book reviewed by Mark Dery David Pescovitz

coronavirus The makeshift coronavirus hospital in Central Park requires workers to oppose LGBTQ rights Thom Dunn

music Watch The Americans play Tom Waits together, apart David Pescovitz

useful stuff What's in author Richard Kadrey's bag? Mark Frauenfelder

music Remix of bug-eyed megapreacher ranting about Covid-19 Rob Beschizza

Gadgets Your barista may be at home, but that doesn’t mean your coffee game should suffer Boing Boing's Shop