ted cruz Ted Cruz sore that NY Times won't let him cheat his way onto best-seller list Carla Sinclair
novels An interview with Charlie Kaufman about his new novel takes a weirdly meta Kaufman-esque turn Thom Dunn
Science A Scheme of Heaven is a deep investigation of astrology from a scientist’s perspective Ferdinando Buscema
tabloids Hollywood hypocrites tearing America apart and rioters battling to destroy the United States, in this week’s dubious tabloids Peter Sheridan
sponsored It's Time for Silicon Valley To Finish Its Job of Disrupting the Racist Drug War Boing Boing
News Philonise Floyd, brother of slain George Floyd, asks U.N. to investigate police brutality and racist violence against Black Americans Xeni Jardin
police violence A US Air Force Sergeant linked to Boogaloo Bois charged with killing police officer Thom Dunn
books Number-crunching the New York Times' bestseller list is not a good look for diversity Thom Dunn
politics Justifying police violence, Trump lies about Buffalo man bleeding from ear after police attack Xeni Jardin
Comic Books Talking The Rough Pearl with Xeric Award-winning Canadian cartoonist Kevin Mutch Jeffery Klaehn
facebook Over 30 ex-Facebook employees slam Zuckerberg's inaction on harmful political posts in open letter Carla Sinclair
podcasts A new podcast explores the CIA's involvement with writing a hit song for the Scorpions Thom Dunn
tabloids Kim Jong-un is dead, Prince Andrew is broke, and Kobe Bryant killed himself, in this week’s dubious tabloids Peter Sheridan
rights Original "Yesterday" screenwriter says Richard Curtis took more than a one-sentence idea Rob Beschizza
Post-truth is pre-fascism Excellent Atlantic article about QAnon and how it is becoming an anti-Enlightenment religion Mark Frauenfelder