schoolhouse rock A reminder: SchoolHouse Rock's 'Three Ring Government' Jason Weisberger

politics Mike Pence Arizona trip was delayed because Secret Service agents got coronavirus Xeni Jardin

Science Fauci: US government announced funding of three vaccine trials, on track for scale by end of the year/early 2021 David Pescovitz

Technology Hacking firm in India spied on 10K+ email accounts over 7 years: Report Xeni Jardin

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

tabloids The Man Who Knew Too Much! Why China murdered its own ambassador, in this week’s highly dubious tabloids Peter Sheridan

rona UK unemployment soars during pandemic Rob Beschizza

trump Why tabloid reporters are like Donald Trump Peter Sheridan

UFOs Pentagon releases UFO footage Thom Dunn

politics Warren endorses Biden Rob Beschizza

News Social security for all — for now Maureen Herman

social distancing Annalee Newitz looks at the Great Plague of London and 17th century social distancing Gareth Branwyn

china Kevin Kelly on the future of the Internet in China Mark Frauenfelder

uk Coronavirus: UK will pay 80% of lost wages for those laid off due to COVID-19 outbreak Xeni Jardin

climate Greenland and Antarctica melting 6x faster than in 1990s: NASA Xeni Jardin

coronavirus Trump's coronavirus travel ban conveniently exempts all of his European resorts Thom Dunn

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

travel My life on the road: Marrakesh Seamus Bellamy

Business Coronavirus and oil wars sink world financial markets Xeni Jardin

Drugs Without the Hot Air: the best book I've ever read on drugs and drug policy, in an expanded new edition Cory Doctorow