obsessions Take out your zit-picking obsession on this pimple-popping toy (and not your skin) Rusty Blazenhoff

trains A little film about the world's largest model train installation Rob Beschizza

toys Man has marble addiction Mark Frauenfelder

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

happy mutants The Black Ghost: superhero noir comic starring an antiestablishment vigilante and a hacktivist sidekick Alex Segura and Monica Gallagher

happy mutants Posters that mash up Talking Heads songs with pulp covers and vintage ads Cory Doctorow

jeffrey epstein Jeffrey Epstein gave dirty money to cops, but also Harvard, Ohio State, science & technology institutions Xeni Jardin

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

books Adam Savage, 'Every Tool's a Hammer: Life Is What You Make It' [BOOKS] Xeni Jardin

wonderful creatures The mysterious wild cats of Britain Rob Beschizza

picks Model makers Kayte Sabicer and Adam Savage build a jaw-dropping replica of the Blade Runner blimp Gareth Branwyn

Dungeons & Dragons Tabletop gamer's gift guide for 2018 Gareth Branwyn

schizophrenia 1961 psychiatric interview with a schizophrenic Mark Frauenfelder