art Rare new video interview with R. Crumb David Pescovitz

ghosts Quarantining with ghosts David Pescovitz

happy mutant I chatted with Danny Elfman about his new MasterClass, and his ventriloquist dummy "Buddy" Rusty Blazenhoff

china Massive leak of Chinese government documents reveal the "no mercy" plan for Muslims in Xinjiang Cory Doctorow

politics Rudy Giuliani's shady links to Ukraine energy projects probed by feds Xeni Jardin

music Butthole Surfers' Gibby Haynes wrote a young adult novel and it sounds fantastically weird David Pescovitz

laws Convict who died and was resuscitated argues that his life sentence has been served David Pescovitz

jellicle cats come one come all I love TS Eliot and Andrew Lloyd Weber but the 'Cats' trailer scares me Jason Weisberger

fake news The Queen dying, Brad Pitt’s bigamy, and official approval for hand jobs, in this week’s dubious tabloids Peter Sheridan

picks La Croix CEO's wacky 'handicapped' slur makes me want to stop drinking La Croix Xeni Jardin

law GOP lawmaker driven mad by bill that would decriminalize children who take naked photos of themselves, delivers a frenzied rant about anal sex on legislature's floor Cory Doctorow

Business Trump picks former oil lobbyist David Bernhardt to run U.S. Interior Department Xeni Jardin

trump White House events "more dimly lit than in previous administrations" to hide conspicious orangeness of Trump's winter tan Rob Beschizza

arbitrage The "reverse supply chain": vast warehouses of deeply discounted, returned goods Cory Doctorow

News Vladimir Putin's old Stasi ID card discovered Xeni Jardin

wonderful creatures Why is the octopus so smart? Rob Beschizza

News That time Outdoor Channel, Maria Butina, & NRA tried to launch a 'non-political' Vladimir Putin TV show Xeni Jardin

News Trump-Putin in Helsinki: Transcript and Video Xeni Jardin

italy Italy’s Matteo Salvini is back on his racist bullshit again Seamus Bellamy

voice assistants What Google Assistant calls will actually be like Rob Beschizza