nice guys Study finds nice people sometimes win Rob Beschizza

Funny Star Wars: Episode II – Attack of the Clones recut as a buddy cop film David Pescovitz

trump Why tabloid reporters are like Donald Trump Peter Sheridan

skateboards Santa Monica Airlines sent me an awesome Natas Kaupas/Burrito Breath deck Jason Weisberger

UFOs Pentagon releases UFO footage Thom Dunn

News Venice skate park filled with sand Jason Weisberger

interviews An interview with legendary bass player Carol Kaye Gareth Branwyn

marijuana I had dinner at LA's OG Cannabis Cafe Jason Weisberger

happy mutants Samuel Delany's 1977 Star Wars review: why is the future so damned white and male? Cory Doctorow

music Interview with Rare Blues Collector John Tefteller, who bought a $37,100 record Roger Park

Cooking My first attempt at smoking meat on a compact bullet smoker Jason Weisberger

Kids Apple removed a teen's award-winning anti-Trump game "Bad Hombre" because they can't tell the difference between apps that criticize racism and racist apps Cory Doctorow

politics Shutdown: Dot-gov websites vulnerable to cyberattacks, certificates expiring amid funding pause Xeni Jardin

psychedelic A handful of psychedelic "Atlantis" mushrooms in Amsterdam Jason Weisberger

censorship Printer refuses humor magazine because "Christian owners" want to protect "the kids" Cory Doctorow

music "A Scary Time (For Men and Boys)," a mockingly pitch-perfect ukelele protest song by Lynzy Lab David Pescovitz

Kids Watch these guys drop a giant metal dart from atop a tower onto stuff Andrea James

writing Richard Kadrey talks about his latest book and what comes next after Sandman Slim Seamus Bellamy

spooks James Comey: A freak of nature with the power to cloud liberals' minds Cory Doctorow

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