movies “Baby It’s Cold Outside” gets a tap dance twist Caroline Siede

art The Weird of Wendy Pini Rob Beschizza

authors Grant Morrison interview: "Laughter can banish any and all demons" Propaganda Anonymous

fake news Hillary Clinton’s a Russian spy, Jennifer Aniston’s sex swap shame, and own your own alien – in this week’s tabloids Peter Sheridan

obits Mandy Johnson, 1953-2015 Rob Beschizza

Gadgets Boing Boing Gift Guide 2016 Gift Guide

fiction The Man Who Sold The Moon Cory Doctorow

Entertainment Better Call Saul: Jimmy and Chuck unite for seniors' rights in "RICO" K.M. McFarland

films How Adam Curtis' film "Bitter Lake" will change everything you believe about news Aaron Stewart-Ahn

Victims of police torture fight for reparations Caroline Siede

40 of the world's weirdest flowers Nadina Hughes

Self-Dissection: a conversation with satirical English author Will Self Mark Dery

trailers Trailer homesteading in the Mojave Reanna Alder

The charley horse from Hell — why you should work at a standing desk Gammy Hamhock

portland The narrative lottery at XOXO Glenn Fleishman

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