Japan Naked Japanese hermit forced back into civilization after 29 years on deserted island Rusty Blazenhoff

poetry How would Emily Dickinson fare with online dating? Rusty Blazenhoff

music Neil Young hates what the internet has done to music Xeni Jardin

tabloids Brad Pitt’s brush with death, Julia Roberts quitting Hollywood, and Christmas kittens, in this week’s dubious ad-packed tabloids Peter Sheridan

Sex Regular says she was banned from eating at the bar at Manhattan's scammy Nello restaurant because she might be a sex-worker Cory Doctorow

happy mutants All's Faire in Middle School, a wonderful graphic novel about misfits, middle school and the middle ages Cory Doctorow

Science Biologists find new hermit crab that uses living corals as shells Andrea James

north korea Assassin of Korean dictator's brother wore LOL shirt Rob Beschizza

media “Mainstream media is the Real Fake News!” says National Enquirer Peter Sheridan

picks What is the celebrity uncertainty principle? Peter Sheridan

Games Punk Games Zoe Quinn

Solitary Vices: Mikita Brottman on the Books in Her Life Mark Dery