music Ernie K. Doe has his heart set on "A Certain Girl" Jason Weisberger

short 'Tokri,' a gorgeous stop-motion short 8 years in the making Rusty Blazenhoff

#blacklivesmatter Homeland Security analyst filmed telling black teen girl, “You don’t deserve to be here” Mark Frauenfelder

Comics The Mountain Goats have a new song about Marvel Comics with possibly the longest title ever Thom Dunn

Nature A featherless nestling fell out of its nest and onto our doorstep, here's what we did Rusty Blazenhoff

music Douglas Rushkoff on Genesis Breyer P-Orridge (1950-2020) Douglas Rushkoff

tabloids Coronavirus cured (again), Britain’s Royals clash (again) and the woman who pees alcohol (unprecedented) in this week’s dubious tabloids Peter Sheridan

greta thunberg Bristol newspaper publishes names and photos of local men calling for violence against Greta Thunberg Rob Beschizza

Robert Anton Wilson Robert Anton Wilson's daughter Christina on the new edition of her father's book, Ishtar Rising Mark Frauenfelder

happy mutants After more than a decade, Cecil Castellucci and Jim Rugg's YA classics The PLAIN Janes are back! Cory Doctorow

tabloids Johnny Depp dying, Caitlyn Jenner’s baby, and the sexiest man alive, in this week’s dubious tabloids Peter Sheridan

happy mutants The Black Ghost: superhero noir comic starring an antiestablishment vigilante and a hacktivist sidekick Alex Segura and Monica Gallagher

books The Babysitter's Coven Cory Doctorow

tv 1977 Woolworth TV commercial for Halloween masks, candy, and a record of spooky sounds Rusty Blazenhoff

happy mutants Marc Davis in His Own Words: Imagineering the Disney Theme Parks Chris Merritt

tabloids Drugs, booze and kidnappers, oh my, in this week’s dubious tabloids Peter Sheridan

tabloids Celebrity grave-digging, flesh-eating bacteria and alien abductions in this week’s dubious tabloids Peter Sheridan

fantasy The children's fantasy series currently dominating my family is… Jason Weisberger

Kids Teens are filling Tiktok with memes deploring #Life360, a parenting app that tracks teens Cory Doctorow

trump E. Jean Carroll accuses Donald Trump of sexually assaulting her in the mid-1990s Xeni Jardin