The Beatles An extended version of The Beatles psychedelic anthem "It's All Too Much" Jason Weisberger

music There's actually an interesting (and obsessive) story behind Wheatus's "Teenage Dirtbag" Thom Dunn

This is (allegedly) the original Star Wars Episode IX plot by Colin Trevorrow and Derek Connolly David Pescovitz

#standedatnarita No trains or buses from Narita to Tokyo after the category 3 typhoon = chaos for thousands Sean Bonner

music Four great SoundCloud songs you've probably never heard Jane Frauenfelder

biographies Edward Gorey's macabre tarot deck from 1966 Mark Dery

politics California Fires: Why doesn't cable news cover them as much as East Coast hurricanes? Xeni Jardin

Copyfight Music professor shows how the EU's looming extinction-level internet policy will work (fail) Cory Doctorow

amazon The Guardian digs into the dangers of working for Amazon Seamus Bellamy

cool tools Interview with Scotty Allen, host of the Strange Parts Youtube channel Mark Frauenfelder

happy mutants Mashup Maker: Another entry for the Catalog of Missing Devices Cory Doctorow

picks I rode Amtrak's Coast Starlight the wrong direction. I still loved it. Jason Weisberger

NASA How to decode the images on the Voyager Golden Record Ron Barry

books Crooked: a photo catalog of protest signs to benefit the American Refugee Committee, Planned Parenthood, and Reading Partners Soona Amhaz

better part of valor Killing my unfinished game dev projects Rob Beschizza

music Kid Koala's "Collapser" featuring Emilíana Torrini and chemical puppeteer Karina Bleau Gareth Branwyn

wonderful creatures Uplifting! USPS replaces dead canaries after live bird shipment crushed, mangled Rob Beschizza

podcasts Questioning the nature of reality with cognitive scientist Donald Hoffman David McRaney

podcasts The Texas Sharpshooter Fallacy David McRaney

missing money Claimdog – a site that finds and collects your unclaimed money Mark Frauenfelder