sourdough It is national sourdough day, fools Jason Weisberger

tabletop games Solo roleplaying a Thousand Year Old Vampire Gareth Branwyn

Business Fatal car wrecks are correlated with stock-market fluctuations Cory Doctorow

inequality Rebecca Solnit on Jeffrey Epstein: "In patriarchy, no one can hear you scream" Cory Doctorow

finance AOC grills Equifax CEO: the Congressional record now contains the obvious, infuriating truth that everyone else already knew Cory Doctorow

fake news Brad Pitt tells all, Prince Charles divorces, and JonBenet Ramsey’s murder solved, in this week’s fact-challenged tabloids Peter Sheridan

law What's at stake in the fight over printing files for guns Cory Doctorow

fake news Melania humiliated, a JFK conspiracy bombshell, and beautiful people in this week’s dubious tabloids Peter Sheridan

class war Does capitalism breed greed, or elevate the greedy? Cory Doctorow

picks I rode Amtrak's Coast Starlight the wrong direction. I still loved it. Jason Weisberger

motorcycle Hunter Thompson's Ducati 900 Supersport review Jason Weisberger

poetry Hawk Moon: Sam Shepard’s Forgotten First Book Mark Dery

obits Mandy Johnson, 1953-2015 Rob Beschizza

books There is only one man with the gold, and that man is Mr. T Jason Weisberger

happy mutants Bruce Sterling and Jon Lebkowsky's annual State of the World wrangle on The WELL Cory Doctorow

stoicism Here’s an ancient philosophy so simple even a 5-year-old could understand it Ryan Holiday

trump A rape survivor on Trump's "Locker Room Talk" Evan J. Peterson

science fiction Fiction: The Boy Who Made Flowers S.B. Divya

happy mutants George RR Martin's "Fevre Dream": the Lannisters as vampires Cory Doctorow

sports Where Muhammad Ali's public persona came from Kembrew McLeod