books Fun book about toys of the '50s, '60s and '70s Bob Knetzger

high school How to win the Soap Box Derby – a high schooler's essay from 1957 Mark Frauenfelder

egypt In 1958 Egyptian audience laughs over proposal for women to wear head scarfs Mark Frauenfelder

television Watch: DeSotos in space! David Pescovitz

Gadgets The IBM 1620, an affordable “scientific computer” from 1959. Xeni Jardin

Environment The revenge of the lawn Mark Dery

activism How to be a guerrilla theatre activist David Pescovitz

documentaries Short documentary about Kharkovchanka, huge Antarctic off-road vehicles made by the Soviets Rob Beschizza

movies Legendary comedian Carl Reiner, RIP David Pescovitz

poetry Beat poet Michael McClure, RIP David Pescovitz

native americans It was a mistake to remove the native American maiden from Land O' Lakes packaging, says artist's son Mark Frauenfelder

Reviews Two fun Little Archie comic book stories Mark Frauenfelder

animal crossing "Animal crossing is a political hypothesis about how a different kind of world might work Dash with no losers" – Bogost Mark Frauenfelder

art A signed Salvador Dalí woodcut print turned up in thrift shop David Pescovitz

fbi One of the jurors who convicted Whitey Bulger started up a strange pen pal friendship with him Thom Dunn

science fiction Here's the trailer for "The Vast of Night," a 1950s sci-fi thriller on Amazon Prime Video Mark Frauenfelder

art Rare new video interview with R. Crumb David Pescovitz

music Jazz great Jack Sheldon, the voice of Schoolhouse Rock!, RIP David Pescovitz

canada Canada's infrastructure was once cheap and effective to build. Now, it's a titanic transfer from taxpayers to the world's biggest businesses and investors Rosemary Frei