video Watch this interesting description of what it's like to be bipolar Andrea James

cancer Love, loss, and Carrie Fisher’s lamp Gina Loukareas

algorithmic racism The Chinese version of 23andMe purports to tell you what percentage Uighur you are John Struan

drugs US FDA approved chemical twin of dissociative psychedelic ketamine to treat depression David Pescovitz

class war American towns survive by fining poor people, and use debtors' prisons to make them pay Cory Doctorow

acting Breaking a leg's for amateurs: actor cut off his own arm to land more roles Seamus Bellamy

A poorly organized refugee camp Fyre Festival founder blames everything but himself Jason Weisberger

movies Margot Kidder, "Lois Lane," RIP David Pescovitz

fake news Prince Charles’ four love children, the Clintons’ corruption, and who needs Brad Pitt anyway, in this week’s dubious tabloids Peter Sheridan

religion Man destroys Arkansas' Ten Commandments monument Rob Beschizza

mental illness It’s Mental Health Awareness Month: Trumpcare’s dangerous impact on mental health care Maureen Herman

Funny Animated series about Donald Trump's hair from Ferris Plock, Kelly Tunstall, Form & Fiction David Pescovitz

media Tabloid warning: "Children with soulless black eyes terrorize residents foolish enough to let them in" Peter Sheridan

media Tom Cruise intends to "dethrone the Queen” and other tabloid stunners Peter Sheridan

offworld How games are keeping traditional symphony orchestras in business Critical Distance

corruption NYPD steal black woman banker's BMW, commit her when she asks for it back Cory Doctorow

health Mentally ill man jailed over $5 worth of snacks dies in cell after waiting months for mental health care Xeni Jardin

Space Hubble captures shimmering, luminous Twin Jet Nebula Andrea James

art Genetic links between creativity, schizophrenia, and autism David Pescovitz