schadenfreude When Barney got gloriously wrecked at the 1997 Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade Rusty Blazenhoff

halloween Charles Phoenix's outrageous Cherpumple dessert concept will be a parade float Rusty Blazenhoff

art Yayoi Kusama balloon to fly in Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade Rusty Blazenhoff

science fiction Exclusive excerpt of Rudy Rucker's new novel: Million Mile Road Trip Mark Frauenfelder

never heard the word impossible Penny Marshall, RIP Jason Weisberger

art Artist creates enormous colorful sculptures by reusing single-use materials Andrea James

web theory Deepfakes has democratized the creation of extremely realistic video faceswapping, especially in porn Cory Doctorow

picks Halloween Gift Guide Rob Beschizza

Japan Hey, this ice cream don’t melt! Richard Kaufman

History The fascinating and ego-killing existence of human wormholes Ryan Holiday

ersatz genitalia Giant penis graces parade in Japan Rob Beschizza

Silkpunk – playing engineer in an imaginary world Ken Liu

offworld The radical games event where the next speaker is you Laura Hudson

fiction The Age of Dingdong David Cairns

Borg Like Me Gareth Branwyn

North Korea's creepy fake civilian village fools no one Alastair Bonnett

Science The Opal's Fire Maggie Koerth