happy mutants J Michael Straczynski's "Becoming Superman": a memoir of horrific abuse, war crimes, perseverance, trauma, triumph and doing what's right Cory Doctorow

babylon 5 Get the awesome Babylon 5 encyclopedia print edition before it sells out Ken Snider

streaming Babylon 5 now available to stream for free in the US Ken Snider

rome Ancient Rome in five-minute animated fly-through Gareth Branwyn

cannabis Celebrate 4/20 by watching the weed exploitation classic Reefer Madness David Pescovitz

music Josie Cotton released a new album more than 30 years after it was recorded Matt Maranian

gender RIP, science fiction pioneer Dorothy "DC" Fontana Cory Doctorow

Games Kickstarting Flotsam, an RPG about "marginalized people in space" Cory Doctorow

happy mutants At the Golden-Calf Slaughterhouse: an interview with Johannes Grenzfurthner Thomas Kaestle

star trek First Star Trek: Discovery trailer Rob Beschizza

peanuts How "A Charlie Brown Christmas" almost wasn’t Mark Frauenfelder

art Vibrant mesh ceiling art installations Andrea James

leadership What I learned about leadership when I interviewed the biggest drug dealer in history James Altucher

John Dee was the 16th century's real-life Gandalf Jason Louv

portland The narrative lottery at XOXO Glenn Fleishman