art Classic album covers mashed up with Star Wars characters Andrea James

politics Trump commutes Roger Stone's prison sentence Xeni Jardin

tabloids America set to be nuked, anarchy in the US, and the men who knew too much, in this week’s dubious tabloids Peter Sheridan

police violence A US Air Force Sergeant linked to Boogaloo Bois charged with killing police officer Thom Dunn

music Members of Flaming Lips and Los Lobos score Cecil B. DeMille's The Ten Commandments (1923) David Pescovitz

coronavirus Elon Musk: 'Tesla is restarting production today against Alameda County rules' Xeni Jardin

usps They're never going to get rid of the Postal Service because then who would deliver the scorpions? Thom Dunn

politics 'Acting' Navy Sec. Modly resigns after insulting ousted coronavirus ship commander Crozier as 'stupid' Xeni Jardin

pranks A UK man dressed as a bush sneaks through a neighborhood on lockdown Gareth Branwyn

guns A fascinating computer analysis of the linguistic context around the 2nd Amendment Thom Dunn

urban theory Owner of Phoenix apartment building serves eviction notices to every tenant so he can turn their homes into unlicensed hotel rooms Cory Doctorow

Police Blotter Florida cop accused of false drugs arrests held on $1 million bond Mark Frauenfelder

lgbt YouTube totally blows it on response to Steven Crowder's hate channel Xeni Jardin

toxic brands YouTube carves policy exception allowing "hurtful" homophobic slurs Rob Beschizza

racism ‘Put them all in a gas chamber,’ said Border militia member, 'go back to Hitler days' — Report Xeni Jardin

Copyfight Read the source code for every classic Infocom text-adventure game! Cory Doctorow

writing Here are cognitive scientist Steven Pinker's 13 tips for better writing Mark Frauenfelder

paradoxes The paradox of The Bottle Imp Mark Frauenfelder

Man spent more than a month in jail for heroin that was actually laundry detergent David Pescovitz

trump Moscow might have nukes in Crimea, hacked EU cables warn Xeni Jardin