poetry Watch Leonard Cohen read "The Only Tourist in Havana Turns His Thoughts Homeward" (1965) David Pescovitz

teeth Teen forced dentist to remove braces, at gunpoint David Pescovitz

trees Your allergies are bad because of tree sexism Thom Dunn

rona Screaming man threatens shoppers at Florida Costco Rob Beschizza

Disney VFX student's TikTok superhero reel catches the eye of Disney's Bob Iger Rusty Blazenhoff

racism Racist professor fired Rob Beschizza

science fiction "Southland Tales" is the perfect hot mess of a movie for the 4th of July in the hellscape of 2020 Thom Dunn

books "Let's Never Talk About This Again" is a touching memoir about birth, death, and dad's amateur erotica career Thom Dunn

jeffrey epstein The "Jeffrey Epstein's Financial Assistant Scheme" is a 2020 twist on the classic Nigerian Prince Scam Thom Dunn

satire What to do if you think your grandparents are Antifa Thom Dunn

News 'Black lives matter' —Mark Zuckerberg, who says Facebook may change policy on state violence, voter suppression Xeni Jardin

trump Joe Scarborough in WaPo Op-Ed: The slimy tsunami of bilge spewing from President Trump is hurting innocent people Mark Frauenfelder

podcasts A new podcast explores the CIA's involvement with writing a hit song for the Scorpions Thom Dunn

Weird "Clever Creature" is part podcast, part experimental variety show, and all perfectly weird Rusty Blazenhoff

graphic novels Casting announced for the upcoming Audible adaptation of Neil Gaiman's "Sandman" Thom Dunn

NSFW These photos of a pandemic drive-thru strip club are pure cyberpunk dystopia Thom Dunn

creativity How a children's book about a mouse is keeping me motivated in quarantine Thom Dunn

nihilism Two great deep-dives mine the endless hole at the bottom of Mitch McConnell's inhumanity Thom Dunn

UFOs Pentagon releases UFO footage Thom Dunn

Spoken Word with Electronics Paul Krassner's Underground Abortion Referral Service, Kathy Acker's Don Quixote, and "Nightwalks During the Pandemic" Ethan Persoff