1960s 1960s civil defense movies are soothing compared to today's news Seamus Bellamy

offworld Fallout Shelter makes you shut tiny, happy people underground in a nuclear wasteland Leigh Alexander

music Shut in sounds: Donald Fagen's "New Frontier" Gareth Branwyn

Entertainment The next few months are going to be amazing for Nintendo Switch ports Seamus Bellamy

cold war Cold War Soviet gas masks available on Amazon David Pescovitz

Gadgets ProtonVPN brings Swiss legal protection to the privacy game Boing Boing's Shop

politics The Tea Party's baseless claims of IRS discrimination left the agency on life-support, unable to police dark money gushing through "charities" Cory Doctorow

mistakes Nuclear War Survival Skills (PDF) Rob Beschizza

Nixon Let's deconstruct Nixon's "Resignation Lunch," shall we? Mark Dery

architecture Survive the coming apocalypse inside a big pipe buried underground David Pescovitz

media Do dolphins really like chilled pickle-eating celebrities? This week’s tabloid stunners. Peter Sheridan

History Inside the nuclear bunker holding America's film history David Pescovitz

offworld The 10 coolest things from E3 that weren't video game sequels Laura Hudson

offworld The only things you really need to know about Sony's E3 press event Leigh Alexander

WATCH: Beatnik in a fallout shelter breaks orphan's cigar box guitar (1964) Bill Geerhart