censorship Georgia college students started burning books because someone called them white Thom Dunn

tabloids Hollywood hypocrites tearing America apart and rioters battling to destroy the United States, in this week’s dubious tabloids Peter Sheridan

occupy Seattle activists have established a 6-block autonomous zone around an abandoned police station Thom Dunn

books Two far-out books about California counterculture reviewed by Erik Davis David Pescovitz

ireland Elf-shooting is a disease from which cows suffer. Thom Dunn

social distancing Why is everyone suddenly baking bread? I think I know Gareth Branwyn

News Social security for all — for now Maureen Herman

happy mutants DIY Catface N95 mask cover, whiskers and all Rusty Blazenhoff

Heavy Metal The singer of a KISS cover band caught on fire in the middle of a show and kept playing Thom Dunn

podcasts "Obscure" podcasts worth checking out Rusty Blazenhoff

canada Announcing the winners of Sense About Science's 2019 Maddox Prize Cory Doctorow

books Beastie Boys & Run DMC in 'Together Forever,' new Glen E. Friedman photo book Xeni Jardin

happy mutants On Fire: Naomi Klein's book is a time-series of the shift from climate denial to nihilism to Green New Deal hope Cory Doctorow

burning man Not going to Burning Man this year? Here's how you can keep the FOMO at bay Rusty Blazenhoff

media Prince Charles’ gay scandal, Tom Cruise destroys Scientology, and Michael Jackson’s afterlife, in this week’s dubious tabloids Peter Sheridan

happy mutants The magic theatre of High Weirdness Ferdinando Buscema

Business Microsoft is about to shut off its ebook DRM servers: "The books will stop working" Cory Doctorow

books "The Grand Dark": Kadrey's latest is a noir, dieselpunk masterpiece that's timely as hell Cory Doctorow

art San Francisco celebrates legendary culture jammer John Law at art opening tonight (Friday) David Pescovitz

Business Male tech execs accused of sexual misconduct now getting second chances Xeni Jardin