social distancing WWE minus the audience is even better with the music from "Twin Peaks" Thom Dunn

performance art WWE Smackdown without an audience is a like Beckett-esque absurdist theatre Thom Dunn

fashion The 'Kaiju Cage-Match' shirt shows smackdown of strange creatures Rusty Blazenhoff

reality tv Reality TV is the New French Novel Marc Weingarten

DRONES Chris Anderson: Drone mogul and former bass player for REM (no, not *that* REM). Rob Reid

News U.S. to end restriction against grandmas & grandpas from nations in Trump's dumb Muslim ban Xeni Jardin

picks Trump goes feral on Muslim ban ruling, vows to destroy 9th Circuit court, crowds: “Lock Her Up!” Xeni Jardin

music Music video features trash-talking UN smackdown Rob Beschizza

law British judge sentences racist "cunt" to 18 months in jail Rob Beschizza

fights Hair salon smackdown: bad haircut recipient v. inordinately loyal customer Rob Beschizza

law Courtroom smackdown! Judge and defendant get nasty Rob Beschizza

politics Join me at Politicon 2016, 'The Coachella of Politics' —Xeni Xeni Jardin

surveillance Two top police body camera makers are locked in an epic patent battle Xeni Jardin

debates Republican debate with all the dialog removed Rob Beschizza

Business With Roca Labs smackdown, the FTC slams non-disparagement clauses for the first time Cory Doctorow

smackdowns J.K. Rowling delivers work-of-art smackdown to Twitter sexist Rob Beschizza

Harry Potter J.K. Rowling delivers fabulous smackdown to Westboro Baptist Church Rob Beschizza

game of thrones Game of Thrones heads for uncertain destinations Rob Beschizza