Gadgets A device for "germ-proof" kissing David Pescovitz

Sex Safer sex now means wearing a mask, says Canada's Chief Public Health Officer David Pescovitz

tabloids America set to be nuked, anarchy in the US, and the men who knew too much, in this week’s dubious tabloids Peter Sheridan

music Interview with musician and artist Genesis P-Orridge Sarina Sinclair and Case Esparros with Kane Lafia

tabloids An Epstein tell-all, a vengeful Queen wannabe, and Harry & Meghan’s final insult, in this week’s dubious tabloids Peter Sheridan

happy mutants After more than a decade, Cecil Castellucci and Jim Rugg's YA classics The PLAIN Janes are back! Cory Doctorow

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

republic of gilead Hallmark channel flips, then flops on hate group's pressure over lesbian kiss commercial Mark Frauenfelder

homophobia One Million Moms, a far-right Christian group, is offended by Hallmark commercial of newlywed women kissing Mark Frauenfelder

christmas 'I Saw Mommy Kissing Yog-Sothoth' and other Cthulhuian Yuletide classics Gareth Branwyn

Business Uber says 3,045 sexual assaults involving drivers and passengers reported in U.S. rides last year Xeni Jardin

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

books The American Library Association says Melvil Dewey is canceled John Struan

auto erotica BMW pulls video that advertised the benefit of having sex in self-driving cars Mark Frauenfelder

art Robert Doisneau's famous street photo "The Kiss" was actually staged David Pescovitz

discrimination Angeleños boycott Langer's Deli after owner kicks out queer couple Jason Weisberger

music How software sterilized rock music Rob Beschizza

nostalgia Leia kisses Luke for good luck in this 'A New Hope' LEGO set Jason Weisberger

tabloid journalism Did the ‘National Enquirer’ finally get one right with its sensational exposé of Bezos’s affair? Peter Sheridan