movies Fan theory: in Home Alone, Kevin is dead Rob Beschizza

trump Reddit shuts down The_Donald for hate speech, harassment, and targeting Mark Frauenfelder

activism Goodbye to the racist statue of Roosevelt and two people of color outside NYC's Natural History Museum David Pescovitz

Gadgets Nearly 200,000 happy students can’t be wrong about this machine learning-AI deep dive training Boing Boing's Shop

unsolved mysteries Unidentified object in Japan leaves people asking if it's a UFO…or a coronavirus contraption Carla Sinclair

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

facebook Facebook makes 'Boogaloo' groups advocating US civil war harder to find, after arrest of participants plotting violence Xeni Jardin

coronavirus The suicide rate in Colorado has dropped 40% during COVID quarantine Thom Dunn

police brutality Wife of George Floyd's Killer has filed for divorce Thom Dunn

Gadgets $350 USB stick claiming to block 5G is just a cheap thumbdrive Rob Beschizza

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

trump Twitter says it's "deeply sorry about the pain" Trump's tweets have caused Mark Frauenfelder

#COVIDIOTS Over 40% of Republicans think Bill Gates is going to implant tracking chips through Covid vaccine Mark Frauenfelder

picks Senate approves John Ratcliffe as top U.S. spy Xeni Jardin

trump Russia mocks Trump's attempt to 'break' World Health Organization Xeni Jardin

conspiracy theories How come so many Christians fall for conspiracy theories? Thom Dunn

Post-truth is pre-fascism Excellent Atlantic article about QAnon and how it is becoming an anti-Enlightenment religion Mark Frauenfelder

science fiction Kim Stanley Robinson on how the coronavirus is rewiring our imaginations Gareth Branwyn

media Fox News ditches Diamond and Silk Rob Beschizza