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weird but true For 40 years, this Russian family was cut off from all human contact, unaware of World War II Mark Frauenfelder

trees Your allergies are bad because of tree sexism Thom Dunn
Innovation Listen: Inspiring commencement speech from Astro Teller, X's captain of moonshots David Pescovitz
tabloids Roy Horn lives, China lied, and Murder Hornets Swarm America, in this week’s dubious tabloids Peter Sheridan
Cartoonists Cartoonist Richard Sala (1955 – 2020) Mark Frauenfelder
Science Coronavirus 'acts like no pathogen humanity has ever seen,' say doctors Xeni Jardin
Comics Read the first 10 chapters of my serialized Comic-con satire novel Thom Dunn
gambling What Steve Forte can do with a pack of cards borders on the unbelievable Ferdinando Buscema
science fiction Max Barry on how science fiction prepares us for the apocalypse Mark Frauenfelder
post-punk Who needs super powers when you have Kid Congo Powers? Gareth Branwyn
politics Trump NEGATIVE for Coronavirus and COVID-19, says White House physician Xeni Jardin
music Interview with musician and artist Genesis P-Orridge Sarina Sinclair and Case Esparros with Kane Lafia
art Art in the age of artifice Ferdinando Buscema
Games Japan’s "Filthiest Underground Gaming Magazine" enters the Internet Archive Rob Beschizza
Jesus Merry Christmas, someone stole Jesus's foreskin Thom Dunn
Business Prasad's Law: there's always enough health spending to concentrate wealth, never enough to diffuse it Cory Doctorow
podcasts "Obscure" podcasts worth checking out Rusty Blazenhoff
History alt.interoperability.adversarial Cory Doctorow
music Butthole Surfers' Gibby Haynes wrote a young adult novel and it sounds fantastically weird David Pescovitz
happy mutants Medallion Status: comparison is the thief of joy, and John Hodgman is the thief-taker Cory Doctorow