offworld Take an interactive look inside an anxious brain with Neurotic Neurons Laura Hudson

novels An interview with Charlie Kaufman about his new novel takes a weirdly meta Kaufman-esque turn Thom Dunn

weapons of math destruction Airbnb has software that searches social media to identify creeps and psychopaths Mark Frauenfelder

Fleabag originated as a Kickstarter campaign in 2013 Mark Frauenfelder

media The British press used to be amazingly homophobic, and the backsliding has begun Rob Beschizza

science fiction When golden-age science fiction and Scientology parted ways Rob Beschizza

happy mutants The PrEP Diaries: A safe(r) sex memoir Evan J. Peterson

Science Why the NYT hired a science denier Rob Beschizza

mistakes Already regretting assigning J.G. Ballard to cover the Fyre Festival Rob Beschizza

obits Mandy Johnson, 1953-2015 Rob Beschizza

picks Actor Gene Wilder dies at 83 Xeni Jardin

Comics Heart and Brain have extremely different view points but always remain best buds Wink

News Halt and Catch Fire: The Most Relevant Show on Television is Set in the 80s Maureen Herman

Games Nintendo Power at Internet Archive (Update: Nintendo yanked it) Rob Beschizza

books Building Stories – Chris Ware's magnum opus includes 14 lavishly presented stories in different formats, all in one box Wink

yanss How the illusion of control leads you to perpetually wait for your life to begin David McRaney

steve jobs Who exactly is the audience for the Steve Jobs movie? Rob Beschizza

Self-Dissection: a conversation with satirical English author Will Self Mark Dery

trailers Trailer homesteading in the Mojave Reanna Alder