television Beginner painters try to learn from the master: Bob Ross Rusty Blazenhoff

animals Cat and rhino are best friends Xeni Jardin

privacy Interoperability and Privacy: Squaring the Circle Cory Doctorow

claymation MADtv's violent Rankin/Bass Christmas spoofs Rusty Blazenhoff

happy mutants How to Win Friends and Convince People to Watch Eurovision Catherynne Valente

fake news Royal wedding bombshell, the CIA’s Trump assassination plot, and the stars really are like us, in this week’s dubious tabloids Peter Sheridan

addiction Public ignorance about “drunk/drugged up losers” is expensive and deadly Maureen Herman

obits Mandy Johnson, 1953-2015 Rob Beschizza

books The best young adult literature from 1967 Joshua Glenn

movies World's first app-turned-movie reveals why those birds are so dadgum angry Carla Sinclair

law Exclusive: Snowden intelligence docs reveal UK spooks' malware checklist Cory Doctorow

rape culture The Jackie Fox rape disclosure shows we still have a lot to learn Maureen Herman

Games The Dwarven Lord of Kickstarter Ethan Gilsdorf

fiction The Man Who Sold The Moon Cory Doctorow

40 of the world's weirdest flowers Nadina Hughes

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

music Who Cares What Steve Albini Thinks? You Probably Do. Maureen Herman