creativity Woman uses her vitiligo as a template for body art Andrea James

gus harper Gus Harper and Isaac Rodriquez collaborate on 'Soft Against the Ages' Jason Weisberger

Barbie Basquiat Barbie Rusty Blazenhoff

trump Why tabloid reporters are like Donald Trump Peter Sheridan

horror The Mind Thing, by Fredric Brown: excellent pulp-era science fiction Mark Frauenfelder

art Why Warhol painted soup cans David Pescovitz

Tabletop gamer's gift guide for 2019 Gareth Branwyn

ransomware The penniless hero of the ransomware epidemic has written more decryptors than anyone else Cory Doctorow

useful stuff Chinese Sci-Fi/Writing advice/DIY aromatic shower in the new Recomendo Mark Frauenfelder

happy mutants Marc Davis in His Own Words: Imagineering the Disney Theme Parks Chris Merritt

Art and Design Upcoming exhibition by Latvian artist Jana Brike Mark Frauenfelder

Artistic L.A. trucker transforms road grit into truck masterpieces Xeni Jardin

books The National Security Sublime: On the Aesthetics of Government Secrecy Matthew Potolsky

art "A Message From the Future": short film about the "Green New Deal Decade," narrated by AOC, drawn by Molly Crabapple, presented by Naomi Klein Cory Doctorow

happy mutants BATHDOOM: A Doom level based on a terrible bathroom remodel Cory Doctorow

biographies Edward Gorey's macabre tarot deck from 1966 Mark Dery

books Schneier's "Click Here To Kill Everybody pervasive connected devices mean we REALLY can't afford shitty internet policy Cory Doctorow

art The Weird of Wendy Pini Rob Beschizza

Dungeons & Dragons What's new in tabletop gaming (June edition) Gareth Branwyn

occult Touch Me Not, a surreal 18th century manual on how to raise the Devil, and then send him treasure hunting Gareth Branwyn