Kids Watch this kid do a good thing with his candy Xeni Jardin

Safety This vintage Halloween safety video from 1985 is a real treat Rusty Blazenhoff

halloween So much great vintage Halloween stuff at my local flea market this month Rusty Blazenhoff

History "Halloween in a Box" tells the story of plastic costumes of yore Rusty Blazenhoff

Trick or Treat Watch 221 pieces of candy corn perfectly spiral and fall like dominoes Carla Sinclair

architecture The Tombstone House was built with 2200 discarded gravestones Rusty Blazenhoff

facebook Facebook's new Fact-Checking policies have carved out an exemption for climate deniers Thom Dunn

News Philonise Floyd, brother of slain George Floyd, asks U.N. to investigate police brutality and racist violence against Black Americans Xeni Jardin

police NYPD says Shake Shack did not intentionally give poisoned milkshakes to cops Mark Frauenfelder

ghosts Quarantining with ghosts David Pescovitz

coronavirus South Dakota governor tries to crush Native American efforts to contain the coronavirus Thom Dunn

Beatlemaniacos The time a fake Beatles group tricked South America Mark Frauenfelder

Gadgets Ready to turn the kitchen into your new safe space? These appliances and cooking aids are all you need. Boing Boing's Shop

books Ray Bradbury's captivating explanation of his Mr. Electrico character's uncanny origins David Pescovitz

television Watch the Tiger King Rob Beschizza

video games Talking Adventure Games with Mark Yohalem Jeffery Klaehn

tabloids Coronavirus is the new black. COVID-19 hits the stars and the Royals in this week’s dubious tabloids Peter Sheridan

happy mutants I reviewed William Gibson's novel "Agency" for today's LA Times Cory Doctorow

guns Gun Violence Isn't a Problem — it's actually 5 Problems, with Different Solutions Thom Dunn

tabloids Adjectival overload, and the tabloids finally get one right, in this week’s round-up of the rags Peter Sheridan