music Listen to this trippy mashup of Journey and Beyoncé Rusty Blazenhoff

statues Melania statue in Slovenia is removed after it was burned by mysterious "vandals" Carla Sinclair

music Meeting Little Richard at his old Hyatt haunt David Katznelson

music Outstanding, free, and far-out music stream from Aquarium Drunkard David Pescovitz

tabloids An Epstein tell-all, a vengeful Queen wannabe, and Harry & Meghan’s final insult, in this week’s dubious tabloids Peter Sheridan

sex workers This 1849 guidebook was a Yelp for whorehouses Mark Frauenfelder

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

tabloids The multiverse, universal wave function and quantum mechanics in this week’s tawdry tabloids Peter Sheridan

memoirs Strange Cures is a compulsively readable memoir by musician/magician Rob Zabrecky Mark Frauenfelder

jellicle cats come one come all I love TS Eliot and Andrew Lloyd Weber but the 'Cats' trailer scares me Jason Weisberger

happy mutants David Silverberg's "Terms and Conditionals": the things you just agreed to David Silverberg

picks God of Hammers cosplay with LED eyes (don't try this!) Xeni Jardin

cheesecake You can get a 5-tier wedding cake made of cheese at Costco Rusty Blazenhoff

fake news Queen in drunken brawl, Prince Harry’s hell, and Meghan Markle’s secrets, in this week’s dubious Royal tabloids Peter Sheridan

australia Aussie cops filmed beating kid with autism, disabled senior, and more Rob Beschizza

booze Hard boozing raccoons mistakenly thought to be rabid Seamus Bellamy

booze LG to unveil home brewing hardware at CES 2019 Seamus Bellamy

Science Neil DeGrasse Tyson accused of rape and sexual harassment by 4 women Xeni Jardin

happy mutants His Dream of Skyland, a mysterious and touching journey through opium-drenched colonial Hong Kong Cory Doctorow

#metoo Someone pulled their dick out: Louis C.K. and the #MeToo movement Maureen Herman