aurora Let's talk about Madonna's post-Aurora decision to play with fake guns in her show Jamie Frevele
tabloids Kim Jong-un is dead, Prince Andrew is broke, and Kobe Bryant killed himself, in this week’s dubious tabloids Peter Sheridan
music Madonna's "Justify My Love" with only Lenny Kravitz's backing vocals is excellent mutant pop David Pescovitz
tabloids Adjectival overload, and the tabloids finally get one right, in this week’s round-up of the rags Peter Sheridan
algorithmic bureaucracy Getting deplatformed from Apple. “Your account has been permanently disabled. There is nothing else you can do, there is no escalation path.” Mark Frauenfelder
homophobia Woman faces two years in Poland prison for art showing Jesus and Mary with rainbow halos Mark Frauenfelder
Copyfight Eclectic Method's latest remix asks 'Is it illegal if you take just one note?" Rusty Blazenhoff
1980s These videos of Radio Shacks and Furry Conventions in the 1980s are incredible time capsules Mark Frauenfelder
happy mutants Prince's entire catalog of obscure, hard-to-find music videos, collected and annotated Cory Doctorow
music The Ramones rock a medley of songs from movies like The Lion King and Pulp Fiction (1995) David Pescovitz
fake news America’s killer volcano, Angelina Jolie’s collapsing face, and Prince Charles’ murder confession, in this week’s tabs Peter Sheridan
museums Desktop museum for sale contains dinosaur bones, "space gems," and sliver of Steve Jobs' turtleneck David Pescovitz