video Grace Jones ominously asks: Do you know where your children are? Andrea James

cancer Love, loss, and Carrie Fisher’s lamp Gina Loukareas

Weird Modern archaeology is entering a paywalled Lovecraftian forum to access a 1929 edition of an Egypt travel guide John Struan

privacy A thoughtful interview with David Tennant about the loss of anonymity Seamus Bellamy

happy mutants 2019 Hugo Award finalists announced Cory Doctorow

Business Google engineer calls for a walkout over China censorship and raises $200K strike fund in hours Cory Doctorow

mistakes Republican lawmaker screams racial slurs and exposes self on Sacha Baron Cohen show Rob Beschizza

losers Roy Moore continues to defy reality Mark Frauenfelder

Games Goodbye LDB game, Hello Whamageddon Rusty Blazenhoff

knight rider Alternate version of the Knight Rider theme tune Rob Beschizza

Kids Candy cigarettes, the best worst thing since Jarts Andrea James

videos Frederick Douglass' "The Meaning of July the Fourth for the Negro," read by James Earl Jones Cory Doctorow

politics Join me at Politicon 2016, 'The Coachella of Politics' —Xeni Xeni Jardin

Food Adorable little Star Wars desserts offered at L.A. restaurant Xeni Jardin

books Tales of the Gold Monkey, another lost tv treasure Jason Weisberger

hollywood Hollywood's seniors "won't put down the gun" Rob Beschizza

lemony snicket A Series of Unfortunate Questions for Daniel Handler Mark Dery

books Jo Walton's "My Real Children" [book excerpt] Boing Boing