birds An old viral bird video is perfectly enhanced with Led Zeppelin Rusty Blazenhoff

420 Weekend Tunes: Dread Zeppelin Seamus Bellamy

science fiction That time Charlton Comics published a trans sci-fi story in 1953 Thom Dunn

britain Why Essex is crap, or at least why everyone thinks it is Rob Beschizza

racism Catherynne Valente schools her racist neighbors about the asylum seekers in their midst Catherynne Valente

barack obama Barack Obama lists his favorite books, music, and movies of 2018 Gina Loukareas

social malaise This 70-year-old book about racist mass movements perfectly describes Trumpism Mark Frauenfelder

ROCKET MAN Trumpsters seek out Rocket Man, only to be confused or enraged by a pro-refugee video Ruben Bolling

hamilton A powerful, political Hamilton mixtape music video and the #Ham4All challenge Caroline Siede

hamilton Watch: The music video for Lin-Manuel Miranda's 'Immigrants' from 'The Hamilton Mixtape' Rusty Blazenhoff

uspoli When Mike Pence came to Hamilton, the cast added a special afterword, just for him Cory Doctorow

happy mutants Kids explain how banned and challenged books helped them and even saved their lives Joan Bertin and Millie Davis

music A new generation discovers the wonder of playing 45 RPM singles at the 33 1⁄3 RPM album speed Rob Beschizza

music Video: "A History of Rock in 15 Minutes" David Pescovitz

trump Did Nostradamus predict President Trump? Rob Beschizza

music Badass schoolchildren perform "Kashmir" and "The Immigrant Song" on xylophone Rob Beschizza

Book How to help get guitars and instruction into the hands of inner-city and at-risk youth Dave Finkel