christmas The Monkees recorded a new Christmas album Rusty Blazenhoff

music This ska-jazz cover of the Animal Crossing: New Horizons theme is everything Rusty Blazenhoff

tabloids Bill Clinton’s party on Epstein’s Lolita Express jet, Two Meghans demand millions, and a very Merry Christmas, in this week’s dubious tabloids Peter Sheridan

rip Rest in Power, Allee Willis — Queen of Kitsch Rusty Blazenhoff

tabloids Royal brawl in palace, Brad & Jen’s reunion, and 2020 predictions in this week’s dubious tabloids Peter Sheridan

politics Trump impeachment heads to Senate, but… Xeni Jardin

tabloids Killing the Queen, John Lennon’s murder, and William Shatner’s talking horses in this week’s dubious tabloids Peter Sheridan

Jesus Merry Christmas, someone stole Jesus's foreskin Thom Dunn

Gadgets 14 gift deals to jump on before Green Monday arrives Boing Boing's Shop

dana gould Los Angeles: Dr. Zaius hosts 'Christmas with a Z' Jason Weisberger

christmas This amazing Godzilla Christmas tree breathes smoke Rusty Blazenhoff

tabloids Johnny Depp dying, Caitlyn Jenner’s baby, and the sexiest man alive, in this week’s dubious tabloids Peter Sheridan

elections AOC really plays in Iowa Cory Doctorow

class war The right is bankrolled by self-interested one-percenters making long-term investments; the left, by one-percenters with "moral whims" Cory Doctorow

Journalism After a police raid, a Nicaraguan cartoonist has found sanctuary in the United States Thom Dunn

LGBTQ Microsoft employees want to starve its PAC, which keeps giving money to homophobic, racist, climate-denying Republicans Cory Doctorow

elections Europe's surging, far-right, "anti-establishment" parties: funded by billionaires, voting for billionaire-friendly policies, lining their own pockets Cory Doctorow

rpgs What's new in tabletop gaming (February 2019 edition) Gareth Branwyn

Business Blizzard/Activision celebrates record revenues by laying off 800 employees Cory Doctorow

media Archive of the incredible mid-1960s magazine, "fact:" Mark Frauenfelder