star wars San Francisco's competitive lightsaber academy opens this week Jason Weisberger

photography Sixth great-grandson of Thomas Jefferson re-creates his presidential portrait Rusty Blazenhoff

tabloids Hollywood hypocrites tearing America apart and rioters battling to destroy the United States, in this week’s dubious tabloids Peter Sheridan

Comic Books Talking The Rough Pearl with Xeric Award-winning Canadian cartoonist Kevin Mutch Jeffery Klaehn

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Comic Books Talking Jack Kirby: The Epic Life of the King of Comics with Visionary Comic Book Creator Tom Scioli Jeffery Klaehn

social isolation Nebula-75, a new puppet lockdown drama from the folks that brought us Thunderbirds, Stingray, Fireball-XL5 Gareth Branwyn

movies The social distancing of Wes Anderson David Pescovitz

Gadgets Become the author you always dreamed you'd be with this creative writing training Boing Boing's Shop

trump Trump calls mail-in ballots "corrupt" but reiterates that it's fine when he does it Thom Dunn

News Social security for all — for now Maureen Herman

science fiction Max Barry on how science fiction prepares us for the apocalypse Mark Frauenfelder

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

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Earthship An Earthship meets a tiny house Gareth Branwyn

arizona Remembering the Awhatukee House of the Future, a "shining home of dreams" that became a $3 tourist trap Cory Doctorow

florida Neighbors sue over Florida man's wild multicolored, spray-painted home David Pescovitz