poetry The oldest written record of "fuck" has been discovered — and it comes from a plague quarantine Thom Dunn
timemachine Blogging History: Snowden's Russian asylum statement; Swearing helps with pain Cory Doctorow
science fiction "Southland Tales" is the perfect hot mess of a movie for the 4th of July in the hellscape of 2020 Thom Dunn
science fiction Philip K. Dick: "If You Find This World Bad, You Should See Some of the Others" David Pescovitz
marketing "Like a glory hole for your hands": Socially distanced mani trucks announced Rusty Blazenhoff
police brutality North Carolina cop: "We are just going to go out and start slaughtering them f—— n——" Rob Beschizza
thailand Macaques have colonized a city in Thailand and converted a movie theatre into a cemetery Thom Dunn
racism The US military is allegedly investigating the cause of racial disparities in the US military Thom Dunn