china Virgin's subsidized smartphones come with unremovable Chinese malware Cory Doctorow

space flight Virgin Galactic crash blamed on “single human error” Xeni Jardin

voter suppression Trump's campaign against mail-in voting is backfiring by discouraging Republican absentee voters Thom Dunn

statues There are 43 giant stone Presidential heads crumbling in a field in Virginia Thom Dunn

law Epstein confidante Ghislaine Maxwell arrested by FBI Rob Beschizza

Science This is how some snakes can fly David Pescovitz

Technology WATCH: Virgin Galactic's SpaceShipTwo Unity completes 2nd flight from Spaceport America (mission recap video) Xeni Jardin

Space NASA renames DC headquarters after Mary W. Jackson Rob Beschizza

Science "My dad launched the quest to find alien intelligence. It changed astronomy." David Pescovitz

law IRS says it bought in to location database for millions of US cellphones to track tax crime suspects Xeni Jardin

high weirdness Petition to replace every Confederate statue in West Virginia with Mothman Gareth Branwyn

activism How to safely topple a statue using science David Pescovitz

white supremacists Noted white nationalist and guy who got punched in the face Richard Spencer is "financially crippled" from lawsuit Thom Dunn

maine 100-year-old "Lobster Lady" gets a film about her unusual life Thom Dunn

politics Pentagon to remove Confederate names from military assets within 3 years Xeni Jardin

slavers Columbus statue trips, falls into lake Rob Beschizza

terrorists Incel blows off own hands trying to make anti-cheerleader bomb, still a wanker Rob Beschizza

COVID-19 Catholics have more fun: baptism by squirt gun Matt Maranian

Science Virgin Orbit fails on first rocket launch attempt, 'next big test ASAP' for Richard Branson’s spaceflight firm Xeni Jardin