corruption South Carolina's feudal magistrate system may take a modest step toward modernization Cory Doctorow

racism Meet the Krazy Klown Kavalcade of racists, homophobes, islamophobes and transphobes serving as appointed South Carolina magistrates Cory Doctorow

corruption South Carolina's magistrate judges are a clown-car of corrupt cronies, but they get to put people in jail Cory Doctorow

Funny Taxi Driver, the sitcom David Pescovitz

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MeidasTouch On Trump's tax returns, "Supreme Loser" video tells Trump, "You lost. Bigly." Carla Sinclair

education Harvard and MIT are suing over the Trump administration's student immigration ruling Thom Dunn

Coffee Review of the fantastically complicated 9Barista stovetop espresso machine Mark Frauenfelder

coronavirus Covid cases are up but fewer patients are needing ventilators. 5 reasons why Mark Frauenfelder

Internet Parler, the "free speech" alternative to Twitter, breaks out the ban-hammer Rob Beschizza

newsletters Recommended newsletter: Exploding Topics, "a list of rapidly trending topics, insights and analysis." Mark Frauenfelder

unsolved mysteries Unidentified object in Japan leaves people asking if it's a UFO…or a coronavirus contraption Carla Sinclair

COVID-19 Model predicts 200,000 Covid deaths in US by October 1 Mark Frauenfelder

politics Russian cake shop builds life-sized Putin cake bust for Russia Day with 'mystery filling' Xeni Jardin

Comic Books Creator of the Punisher is organizing a Black Lives Matter benefit to reclaim the skull symbol from police Thom Dunn

police The ACLU analyzed the number of police in schools compared to social workers, and the results are staggering Thom Dunn

COVID-19 "Explaining the Pandemic to my Past Self," Part 2 Mark Frauenfelder

riots BBC coverage of 1990 tax riots in London Rob Beschizza

racism It's the 99th anniversary of the Tulsa Race Massacre that destroyed "Black Wall Street" Thom Dunn

neck restraint Video: Cop in Seattle pins man down with his knee on neck. His partner doesn't like it. Carla Sinclair