music Sir George Martin, 1926-2016 Rob Beschizza

movies Legendary comedian Carl Reiner, RIP David Pescovitz

Business Ben & Jerry's on Black Lives Matter and the police killing of George Floyd: We Must Dismantle White Supremacy Xeni Jardin

police procedurals If Samuel Beckett was the star of a 70s cop show Thom Dunn

grifters George Zimmerman is suing Trayvon Martin's mother for $100M in order to promote a movie Thom Dunn

happy mutants Thanks to an article about why science fiction great John M Ford's books are out of print, they're coming back Cory Doctorow

wikipedia Someone at the NRA has been quietly editing Holocaust Denial articles on Wikipedia Thom Dunn

star wars "To Boldly Go With The Force", Mindy Clegg's essay on the politics of popular sci-fi Ken Snider

happy mutants The 2019 Locus Award nominees: your guide to the best sf/f of 2018 Cory Doctorow

music Save the ARC, the largest popular music library in the United States David Pescovitz

fake news Princess Di’s killer, Burt Reynolds is a killer, and a killer milkshake, in this week’s dubious tabloids Peter Sheridan

art Meow Wolf documentary headed to theaters Nov. 29 Rusty Blazenhoff

History Gentleman who thinks Confederates were the good guys in the Civil War gets epically self-owned Rob Beschizza

racists George Zimmerman threatened to feed Beyoncé and Jay Z to alligators Rob Beschizza

art The Weird of Wendy Pini Rob Beschizza

writing WordTsar: WordStar updated "for the 21st Century" Rob Beschizza

music The Beatles' "White Album" demos: listen and learn David Pescovitz

uk It's back! British Conservative politicians' habitual "go ahead, kick me in the balls, I can take it" pose Cory Doctorow

picks Two people were very disappointed with Hamilton Mark Frauenfelder

Santa Fe Meow Wolf is opening a second 'world' in Denver Rusty Blazenhoff