russia Look how cool these old Soviet calendars are Mark Frauenfelder

ephemera Creepy Victorian era advertising fad Mark Frauenfelder

retro Pre-internet analog Dash Buttons Andrea James

video EXP TV has a huge lineup of retro found footage Andrea James

novels An interview with Charlie Kaufman about his new novel takes a weirdly meta Kaufman-esque turn Thom Dunn

arts and crafts This Instagram account features thrift store arts and crafts Mark Frauenfelder

Business Zoom shares crash as security + privacy concerns grow Xeni Jardin

books The New Yorker's profile of William Gibson: "Droll, chilled out, and scarily articulate" Cory Doctorow

books Boing Boing's 28 favorite books in 2019 Rob Beschizza

restaurant There is one remaining Woolworth lunch counter left Rusty Blazenhoff

Art and Design All hail The Crap Hound Big Book of Unhappiness by Sean Tejaratchi Mark Frauenfelder

The Beatles The Beatles – The Singles Collection is a box set with all 22 singles issued in the UK between 1962 and 1970 Mark Frauenfelder

happy mutants Posters that mash up Talking Heads songs with pulp covers and vintage ads Cory Doctorow

halloween So much great vintage Halloween stuff at my local flea market this month Rusty Blazenhoff

art "How to Get Syphilis," a psychedelic educational filmstrip from 1974 David Pescovitz

music Ishkur's legendary guide to electronic music updated Rob Beschizza

music Tiktok is valued at $75b, is spending $3m/day on US advertising, and in China, it has been turned into a state propaganda vehicle Cory Doctorow

Copyfight Open archive of 240,000 hours' worth of talk radio, including 2.8 billion words of machine-transcription Cory Doctorow