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It’s Totally Fine to Beg Trump Supporters to Die for Him, Twitter Says

Donald Trump has spent the weeks since his humiliating loss in the Nov. 3 presidential elections to Democrat Joe Biden lying about the outcome and urging various Republican governors and GOP-controlled state legislatures to burn democracy to the ground and cast their electoral votes for him instead. Since he’s had zero success in his quest…

Politics Tom McKay

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The Best Animated Series of 2020

While live-action productions were dealt a significant blow this year by the ongoing covid-19 pandemic, the animation industry was in a prime position to step up to the plate and tell some of 2020’s most riveting stories. Here are the ones that transported the io9 staff to far-off worlds and dimensions this year. Whimsical as…

io9 io9 Staff

Ryan Zinke Unveils Official Portrait Featuring National Monument He Shrunk

It’s portrait season in Washington, DC. The latest Trump official to get the official portrait treatment is scandal-plagued former Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke. He unveiled his official portrait (as well as an unofficial joke one) that will serve as a reminder of his greatest accomplishment during his tenure: shrinking a national monument that tribes hold…

Earther Brian Kahn

Clark’s New Superman & Lois Suit Is Mighty Easy on the Eyes

With Superman & Lois, the CW plans to explore a phase of Clark Kent and Lois Lane’s shared lives that’s typically only had but so much time in the spotlight within DC’s comics. Here, the Metropolis-based couple isn’t just a talented team of reporters, they’re also parents who somehow find the time to fit saving…

Books & Comics Charles Pulliam-Moore

Cobra Kai Season 3 Trailer Reveals Old Favorites and New Problems

The glory of love is alive and well in the world of Cobra Kai. After a long delay where the show went from YouTube to Netflix and became a fan favorite all over again, the first trailer for the highly anticipated third season is here. And in it, we see the return of two familiar…

Trailers Germain Lussier

You Can Finally Play the Classic Nokia Snake Game on Your Apple Watch and iPhone

A month ago, when we first covered App Craft Studio’s Retro Widget that gave the iPhone and Apple Watch a Nokia make-under using iOS 14’s widget tools, we lamented that for two bucks it should have included Nokia’s classic Snake game, too. A month later, Retro Widget has been updated and our wishes have come…

Gadgets Andrew Liszewski

‘Cat Scratch’ Bacteria Linked to Psychiatric Symptoms in People

Evidence is mounting that certain bacteria spread by cat scratches and other animal exposures can sometimes have startling effects on our brain. In a new study, researchers detail a group of patients with psychiatric illness who simultaneously showed signs of infection from bacteria called Bartonella, including tell-tale skin lesions. However, a direct cause-and-effect link between…

Health Ed Cara

Fire TV Gets a Big Redesign That Should Make It More Usable

Amazon’s new Fire TV experience will begin rolling out to users today. Amazon initially announced back in September that an update to its Fire TV experience was expected before the end of the year. The update, which will be available on the third-generation Fire TV Stick and Fire TV Stick Lite, will finally introduce multi-user…

Gadgets Catie Keck

Declaring Flash Dead Is Dead

As 2020 comes to a close, do you find yourself noticing that nothing ever seems to end? Is the election still going? Are we still fighting about Star Wars? The Supreme Court’s looking at Obamacare, you say? Every little topic just seems to go on and on. Well, friends, allow me to inform you that…

Tech News Rhett Jones

Trump’s EPA Throws Polluters One More Giant, Toxic Bone on the Way Out

Pollution kills some 200,000 Americans every year, since exposure to toxins makes people more vulnerable to respiratory and heart diseases, cancers, and other illnesses. But the Trump administration has finalized a rule to base pollution restrictions on cost, not on human safety. Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Andrew Wheeler formally announced a rule change at the…

Environmental Justice Dharna Noor

Super Mario Manga Mania’s English Translation Will Take You on a Wild World Tour

Each time Mario and Luigi journey off for the Mushroom Kingdom—or any one of the other countless worlds found within Nintendo’s Super Mario Bros. franchise—the pair of titular brothers get down to the nitty, gritty business of protecting the innocent from those who would do them harm. The plumbers also happen to look damned good…

Books & Comics Charles Pulliam-Moore

Lenovo ThinkPad X1 Fold Review: Standing at a Crossroads

Right now the laptop industry is at a crossroads. Traditional clamshells aren’t going anywhere anytime soon (for good reason), and over the last decade convertible machines like Microsoft’s Surfaces, Apple’s iPad Pros, Lenovo’s Yogas, and others have helped address the needs of people who need flexible computers that are good on the road. But as…

Laptops Sam Rutherford

Scientists Uncover the Mysterious Origin of Pterosaurs

Pterosaurs are among the most recognizable creatures from the dinosaur age, yet scientists know very little about their origins. New research finally pinpoints a possible precursor to these flying reptiles. Pterosaurs—the first vertebrates to evolve powered flight—were a wildly successful group of flying reptiles, emerging some 220 million years ago and expiring 66 million years…

Biology George Dvorsky

Lord of the Rings’ Viggo Mortensen Shares Some Depressing Horse News

The perils of a mortal life don’t just apply to the love between an Elf and a Dúnedain, but an actor and his horses. Speaking to NME about his recent directorial debut Falling and his career—and discussing scenes that didn’t even make it into the extended editions of the beloved Lord of the Rings trilogy—actor…

Movies James Whitbrook

How to Read Apple’s Upcoming App Privacy ‘Nutrition Labels’

When Apple software chief Craig Federighi first announced in June that the company would be issuing app-specific “nutrition labels” as part of its privacy-focused iOS14 update, there was reason to be cautiously optimistic. The basic pitch—that these labels would give us a chance to peruse an app’s data-collecting specs before downloading the app—is an idea…

Privacy & Security Shoshana Wodinsky

Could Even More Familiar Faces Return for Spider-Man 3?

Michelle Pfeiffer says she’ll be back for Ant-Man 3. Indiana Jones 5 producer Frank Marshall offers an update on the film. LeBron James promises there will be basketball in Space Jam: A New Legacy. Plus, Hawkeye set pictures give us a look at Kate Bishop’s new costume. To me, my spoilers! Ant-Man 3 Appearing as…

Television James Whitbrook & Gordon Jackson

The Best Game Controller Maker Is Making Gaming Headsets Now, Too

Scuf has made some of the best controllers I’ve ever held, and now the company is introducing a new headset that promises customizability, but not in the way you’d expect. Gaming headsets can be complex. Most have lots of different ways to connect to your console, PC, or mobile device—some will only handle things wirelessly,…

Reviews Alex Cranz

New York State Just Set a New Standard for Fossil Fuel Divestment

After an eight-year fight to get New York to divest its $226 billion pension fund from fossil fuels, activists have won a major victory. On Wednesday, New York Comptroller Tom DiNapoli announced the state will take a systematic approach to ensure the third-largest pension fund in the U.S. divests from fossil fuels by 2025. But…

Climate Change Brian Kahn

Two Allergic Reactions to Covid-19 Vaccine on Tuesday Prompt New Warning in UK

The UK’s top health agency issued a warning on Wednesday that anyone with “significant” allergies to food, medicine, or vaccines should not receive the vaccine, according to a new report from the BBC. The warning comes as two health care workers in England with histories of severe allergies experienced allergic reactions to the new Pfizer/BioNTech…

Tech News Matt Novak

‘Cruise to Nowhere’ Returns to Somewhere After Passenger Tests Positive For Covid-19

One passenger on a so-called “cruise to nowhere” in Singapore has tested positive for covid-19, just a week after Royal Caribbean cruises began operating again in the region during the coronavirus pandemic, according to the Strait Times. All 2,800 people aboard the Quantum of the Seas ship, which set sail on Dec. 3, have been…

Tech News Matt Novak

It’s Totally Fine to Beg Trump Supporters to Die for Him, Twitter Says

The Best Animated Series of 2020

Ryan Zinke Unveils Official Portrait Featuring National Monument He Shrunk

Clark’s New Superman & Lois Suit Is Mighty Easy on the Eyes

Cobra Kai Season 3 Trailer Reveals Old Favorites and New Problems

You Can Finally Play the Classic Nokia Snake Game on Your Apple Watch and iPhone

‘Cat Scratch’ Bacteria Linked to Psychiatric Symptoms in People

Fire TV Gets a Big Redesign That Should Make It More Usable

Declaring Flash Dead Is Dead

Trump’s EPA Throws Polluters One More Giant, Toxic Bone on the Way Out

Super Mario Manga Mania’s English Translation Will Take You on a Wild World Tour

Lenovo ThinkPad X1 Fold Review: Standing at a Crossroads

Scientists Uncover the Mysterious Origin of Pterosaurs

Lord of the Rings’ Viggo Mortensen Shares Some Depressing Horse News

How to Read Apple’s Upcoming App Privacy ‘Nutrition Labels’

Could Even More Familiar Faces Return for Spider-Man 3?

The Best Game Controller Maker Is Making Gaming Headsets Now, Too

New York State Just Set a New Standard for Fossil Fuel Divestment

Two Allergic Reactions to Covid-19 Vaccine on Tuesday Prompt New Warning in UK

‘Cruise to Nowhere’ Returns to Somewhere After Passenger Tests Positive For Covid-19

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