music Listen: The Afghan Whigs' Greg Dulli covers "Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas" David Pescovitz

interviews Talking adventure games with Olivia Wood Jeffery Klaehn

guns Gun Violence Isn't a Problem — it's actually 5 Problems, with Different Solutions Thom Dunn

cancer Love, loss, and Carrie Fisher’s lamp Gina Loukareas

books The National Security Sublime: On the Aesthetics of Government Secrecy Matthew Potolsky

Business Facebook shares plummet on tiny shortfall in predicted growth Cory Doctorow

facebook An elegant plan to use peer-pressure to fight Alex Jones on Facebook Cory Doctorow

music Prophets of Rage play Cleveland RNC, kick off 'Make America Rage Again' tour in 35 U.S. cities Maureen Herman

books Interview: Joëlle Jones, the artist behind Lady Killer Heather Johanssen

lemony snicket A Series of Unfortunate Questions for Daniel Handler Mark Dery

The Twinkie Murder trial of Harvey Milk's killer Paul Krassner

Death, Science, Sexology: Joanna Ebenstein of the Morbid Anatomy Museum Mark Dery

mushrooms How I learned to think like a mushroom Tradd Cotter

Games Escape: The Curse of the Temple (game review) Jon Seagull

books Jo Walton's "My Real Children" [book excerpt] Boing Boing

Environment The revenge of the lawn Mark Dery

music Yé-Yé Girls of '60s French Pop Jean-Emmanuel Deluxe

nsa Opinion: NSA's surveillance programs are the "most serious attacks on free speech we’ve ever seen." Josh Levy