offworld Wouldn't it be great if Ellen Ripley from Alien was your therapist? Leigh Alexander

tabloids Jeffrey Epstein’s prison confession, the world’s most dangerous woman, and the end of the world, in this week’s dubious tabloids Peter Sheridan

new york city A day in NY in the early 1980s through the eyes of musicians, artists, activists, filmmakers, and more Gareth Branwyn

tabloids LBJ killed JFK, the Queen’s secret lover & Julia Roberts’ divorce, in this week’s highly dubious tabloids Peter Sheridan

viral Ms. Tanqueray on Humans of New York is everything Xeni Jardin

happy mutants The Black Ghost: superhero noir comic starring an antiestablishment vigilante and a hacktivist sidekick Alex Segura and Monica Gallagher

happy mutants Brian K Vaughan and Cliff Chiang bring Paper Girls in for a perfect landing Cory Doctorow

useful stuff Carla Sinclair talks about some of her favorite tools on the Cool Tools podcast Mark Frauenfelder

Kids University of Tennessee stands by elementary school kid bullied for his fandom Jason Weisberger

tabloids Drugs, booze and kidnappers, oh my, in this week’s dubious tabloids Peter Sheridan

jeffrey epstein Jeffrey Epstein gave dirty money to cops, but also Harvard, Ohio State, science & technology institutions Xeni Jardin

law Appeals court orders unsealing of the Jeffrey Epstein files Cory Doctorow

web theory Massive, careful study finds that social media use is generally neutral for kids' happiness, and sometimes positive Cory Doctorow

happy mutants 2019 Hugo Award finalists announced Cory Doctorow

fake news Glenn Miller’s death plane, Robert Durst’s cannibal appetites, and exploding heads in this week’s dubious tabloids Peter Sheridan

women United Nations: too many women are being killed by their loved ones at home Seamus Bellamy

Copyfight Happy Public Domain day: for real, for the first time in 20 years! Cory Doctorow

barack obama Barack Obama lists his favorite books, music, and movies of 2018 Gina Loukareas

News FBI describes 'Proud Boys' as 'extremist group with ties to white nationalism' in law enforcement document Xeni Jardin

art Memories from Warhol's Factory David Pescovitz