music Music: "Coming On Strong," Brenda Lee (1968) Jason Weisberger

politics Here's a list of the 77 members of House who now favor an impeachment inquiry on Donald Trump Xeni Jardin

happy mutants 2019 Hugo Award finalists announced Cory Doctorow

The Ballad of Buster Scruggs The Coen Brothers' Ballad of Buster Scruggs looks like too much fun Seamus Bellamy

documentaries Cyberpunk: a 1990 documentary featuring William Gibson, Timothy Leary, and Brenda Laurel David Pescovitz

science fiction Top science fiction writers imagine a flight that accidentally jumps to the year 2037 Mark Frauenfelder

happy mutants Political theater: swapping gender roles in recreations of the Trump/Clinton debates Cory Doctorow

media Hillary Clinton Sparks World War 3, and other tabloid stunners. Peter Sheridan

corruption Oakland mayor denies firing police chief over officers who statutorily raped teen sex-worker Cory Doctorow

picks Omar Mateen posted to Facebook during Orlando mass shooting Xeni Jardin

scholarship It's too late to do anything about sudden oak death, which has already killed 1,000,000 trees Cory Doctorow

happy mutants Dead media soundboard: the Museum of Endangered Sounds Cory Doctorow

Jackasses Suspended sentence for idiot who pushed fisherman into a pond Mark Frauenfelder

offworld The other side of Braid Liz Ryerson

Homer's Last Theorem Simon Singh