picks How to take care of yourself when exposed to sexual violence in media and online Xeni Jardin

politics Carl Bernstein: Trump 'delusional' & danger to national security — McMaster, Tillerson, Bolton, Mattis, Kelly Xeni Jardin

misogyny "Tingle Monsters" is an incredibly unsettling ASMR feminist horror film Thom Dunn

red pill Fox & Friends host explains the Matrix, poorly Thom Dunn

tabloids Your dollar bills could kill you, and Prince Andrew tries to kill himself, in this week’s dubious tabloids. Peter Sheridan

Robert Anton Wilson Robert Anton Wilson's daughter Christina on the new edition of her father's book, Ishtar Rising Mark Frauenfelder

Sex Understanding the neuroscience of pleasure Mark Frauenfelder

Gadgets Upgrade your sock drawer with these all-season bamboo yarn socks Boing Boing's Shop

travel The yeti is no longer Nepal's official tourist mascot because it didn't look like a yeti David Pescovitz

citizenship Airline forced woman to take a pregnancy test before flying to US Territory [updated] Mark Frauenfelder

marijuana Citing experience selling marijuana, unemployed Chicagoans seek permits to sell legally Jason Weisberger

guns Gun Violence Isn't a Problem — it's actually 5 Problems, with Different Solutions Thom Dunn

crime Harvey Weinstein hit by Los Angeles prosecutors with 2 new sex crime charges, hours after his rape trial began in New York Xeni Jardin

b-side Kentucky's former GOP governor pardoned a bunch of rapists and murderers on his way out of office, including a child rapist Cory Doctorow

politics Christianity Today: Trump should be impeached and removed, 'morally lost and confused' Xeni Jardin

News UPDATED: Tony Robbins accused of sexually assaulting high schooler at summer camp Xeni Jardin

tabloids Nipple clamps, squeezed breasts, and a Royal rude awakening, in this week’s dubious tabloids Peter Sheridan

law Poland changed its laws regarding IVF, denying women access to their own embryos John Struan

Business Ernst and Young subjected women employees to "training" about keeping the company's men happy Cory Doctorow

happy mutants Margaret Atwood's "The Testaments": a long-awaited Handmaid's Tale sequel fulfills its promise Cory Doctorow