science fiction "Southland Tales" is the perfect hot mess of a movie for the 4th of July in the hellscape of 2020 Thom Dunn
Science "My dad launched the quest to find alien intelligence. It changed astronomy." David Pescovitz
Chaos in America, O.J. Simpson framed by cops, and Brad Pitt’s saggy butt, in this week’s dubious tabloids Peter Sheridan
rube goldberg Mark Rober's Rube-Goldberg squirrel feeder is the unicorn chaser you need right now Ken Snider
Comic Books Talking Jack Kirby: The Epic Life of the King of Comics with Visionary Comic Book Creator Tom Scioli Jeffery Klaehn
avant garde Avant-garde drummer Art Tripp talks about working with Zappa, Beefheart, John Cage, and others Gareth Branwyn
swapsies Pompeo entertains suggestion of swapping Anne Sacoolas for Prince Andrew; UK says "no haggling" Rob Beschizza
guns A Pittsburgh church held a gun buyback in honor of MLK Day and ran out of money in 40 minutes Thom Dunn
happy mutants Year of the Rabbit: a graphic novel memoir of one family's life under the Khmer Rouge Cory Doctorow
books The Monsters Know What They're Doing: an RPG sourcebook for DMs who want to imbue monsters with deep, smart tactics Cory Doctorow