music Pandemic playlists to watch the world burn by Rusty Blazenhoff

sports Owen Morse sets hang gliding world record for piloting 222.22 miles over California's Owens Valley Xeni Jardin

science fiction "Southland Tales" is the perfect hot mess of a movie for the 4th of July in the hellscape of 2020 Thom Dunn

Chaos in America, O.J. Simpson framed by cops, and Brad Pitt’s saggy butt, in this week’s dubious tabloids Peter Sheridan

kickstarter Duncan Jones is raising money for a great looking graphic novel follow-up to "Moon" Thom Dunn

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tabloids Kim Jong-un is dead, Prince Andrew is broke, and Kobe Bryant killed himself, in this week’s dubious tabloids Peter Sheridan

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science fiction Max Barry on how science fiction prepares us for the apocalypse Mark Frauenfelder

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

tabloids Unstoppable plague, Doomsday is here, and Cruel Meghan, in this week’s dubious tabloids Peter Sheridan

Business CoronaCoin: A coronavirus speculative deathwatch cryptocurrency Xeni Jardin

politics Passport and Nobels Jasmina Tesanovic

News UPDATED: Tony Robbins accused of sexually assaulting high schooler at summer camp Xeni Jardin

videos Make: a scary, jerking "groundbreaker" zombie for your lawn Cory Doctorow

books Permanent Record: Edward Snowden and the making of a whistleblower Cory Doctorow

happy mutants Sarah Pinsker's "Song for a New Day": outstanding dystopian rock-and-roll novel of rebellion and redemption Cory Doctorow

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Old school In 1943, the chairman of the NY Fed backed Modern Monetary Theory: "Taxes for Revenue Are Obsolete" Cory Doctorow

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