breakfast Cyriak's obsession became his trippy, weird "Breakfast" Rusty Blazenhoff

music Obsession: A lot of trees died for OK Go's new music video Rusty Blazenhoff

racism The US Department of Justice was originally created to tackle white supremacy Thom Dunn

science fiction "Southland Tales" is the perfect hot mess of a movie for the 4th of July in the hellscape of 2020 Thom Dunn

Science A Scheme of Heaven is a deep investigation of astrology from a scientist’s perspective Ferdinando Buscema

trump Joe Scarborough in WaPo Op-Ed: The slimy tsunami of bilge spewing from President Trump is hurting innocent people Mark Frauenfelder

star wars Listen to the original NPR radio drama adaptations of the first STAR WARS trilogy Thom Dunn

coronavirus A bleakly touching webcomic compares our apocalyptic fantasies to the real experience of coronavirus quarantine Thom Dunn

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

rona Covid misinformation videos overwhelm YouTube Rob Beschizza

avant garde Avant-garde drummer Art Tripp talks about working with Zappa, Beefheart, John Cage, and others Gareth Branwyn

plumbing Drain Addict is a popular YouTube channel about a professional drain unclogger's successes Mark Frauenfelder

Gadgets Save the planet with a coffee pod sampler of tasty flavors in eco-friendly, compostable capsules Boing Boing's Shop

gender This gender reveal could benefit from some social distancing Thom Dunn

kickstarter Jim Starlin, creator of many awesome cosmic comics, has a new Kickstarter for his labor of love Thom Dunn

Nintendo A review of Animal Crossing by someone who hates it Mark Frauenfelder

Comics "The Black Ghost" is a fun Latina twist on urban noir superheroes Thom Dunn

Dick Cavett Watch Salvador Dali mistreat an anteater and talk about his mustache on Dick Cavett Mark Frauenfelder

tabloids Your dollar bills could kill you, and Prince Andrew tries to kill himself, in this week’s dubious tabloids. Peter Sheridan

surveillance What it's like inside the CIA during Donald Trump's "Deep State" purge Thom Dunn