lds Funeral potatoes are not as grim as they sound Rusty Blazenhoff

tabloids His Royal High-ness Prince Harry’s Pot Farm, and stars with only months to live, in this week’s dubious tabloids Peter Sheridan

elections A vast network of shadowy news sites promote conservative talking points mixed with floods of algorithmically generated "news" Cory Doctorow

court Over Charles Manson's dead body: grandson to cremate cult leader's remains Seamus Bellamy

books All about the Black Death flea that killed 100 million people Amy Stewart

smurfs Review / Smurfs: The Lost Village Rob Beschizza

mistakes Turkey cat funeral explained Rob Beschizza

happy mutants Parasitic Souls: what if there was a tech bubble, but for magic? Kater Cheek

media Deep-fried Oreos, beer ravioli, chocolate-covered bacon are tabloid favorites Peter Sheridan

politics Watch Barack Obama, Joe Biden, Tim Kaine, Mike Bloomberg speeches at 2016 DNC (Video) Xeni Jardin

Food Warning: At least two eels were definitely harmed during the reporting of this story Linda Rodriguez

fiction The Man Who Sold The Moon Cory Doctorow

The Twinkie Murder trial of Harvey Milk's killer Paul Krassner

Entertainment The unthinkable blooms on Hannibal "Futomono" [s2,e6] Theresa DeLucci

london Three Friends, a Breakdown, and a Lawsuit James Siddle