writing Lynda Barry's 'Writing the Unthinkable' lesson Rusty Blazenhoff

books Philip Roth donating his personal book collection to Newark Public Library David Pescovitz

books Kurt Vonnegut's 8 rules for writing with style David Pescovitz

documentaries Short documentary about Hunter S. Thompson in the 1980s David Pescovitz

Food Pope: God says sex and food are A-OK David Pescovitz

crime Tourist fined $1,200 for swiping sand from Italian beach David Pescovitz

education Man, 21, busted for posing as 14-year-old and enrolling in high school David Pescovitz

activism How to be a guerrilla theatre activist David Pescovitz

animals An author wrote a beautiful tribute to his late dog disguised as writing advice Thom Dunn

free speech Why Harper's "Letter on Justice and Open Debate" is dumb Mark Frauenfelder

trees Your allergies are bad because of tree sexism Thom Dunn

sponsored If Cannabis Is “A Potential Way To Prevent COVID-19” Then Why Is Trump Blocking Research? Boing Boing

Tom the Dancing Bug A Calvinesque and Hobbesian look at Antifa Ruben Bolling

Japan Japanese rapper Kan a.k.a. GAMI busted for 0.5 grams of weed Mark Frauenfelder

media Right-wing media ran dozens of "Middle East hot takes" by fake authors Rob Beschizza

police Police militarization is objectively bad for police and for society, according to science Thom Dunn

native americans That time George Washington ordered "total destruction and devastation" of the Haudenosaunee Thom Dunn

photography Sixth great-grandson of Thomas Jefferson re-creates his presidential portrait Rusty Blazenhoff

COVID-19 COVID Safety Guidelines for Shared Workshops Gareth Branwyn

Space US silver dollar coin design commemorating astronaut/schoolteacher Christa McAuliffe David Pescovitz