christmas Does the creepy Santa mask from "It's a Wonderful Life" exist somewhere? Rusty Blazenhoff

white supremacists The legal battle over those novelty Sea Monkeys and X-Ray Specs involves white supremacy and a 60s bondage film star Thom Dunn

novels An interview with Charlie Kaufman about his new novel takes a weirdly meta Kaufman-esque turn Thom Dunn

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animals WATCH: Rescued sloth bears are having fun learning to be free Xeni Jardin

music Almost Famous cast and creators reunite for 20th anniversary podcast series David Pescovitz

Spoken Word with Electronics Space Aliens are no longer visiting Earth due to an allergy to our cell phones Ethan Persoff

music Watch this Prince & The Revolution smoking live concert from 1985 David Pescovitz

books Hardcover edition of The Making of Prince of Persia Rob Beschizza

alexa Easy ways to use Alexa just to mess with your children Thom Dunn

Food Chipsteaks are unique and delicious, with tremendous protein value Rob Beschizza

gun violence This "bulletproof" hoodie comes with a lifetime warranty Thom Dunn

boing boing 20 years of blogging at Boing Boing Rob Beschizza

biology Interactive online tour of Antarctica's microworld from science hacker Ariel Waldman David Pescovitz

Science Anne Dagg, pioneering giraffe biologist and feminist critic of "evolutionary psychology" receives the Order of Canada Cory Doctorow

Tabletop gamer's gift guide for 2019 Gareth Branwyn

music Spirit of The West's John Mann dead at 57 years old Seamus Bellamy

san francisco San Francisco Symphony to perform "Ghostbusters" score live alongside the film Rusty Blazenhoff

happy mutants Thanks to an article about why science fiction great John M Ford's books are out of print, they're coming back Cory Doctorow

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