racism Racist: Prada called out for blackface monkey products Rusty Blazenhoff

tabloids Penis fish, Simon Cowell’s missing boobs, and Hillary Clinton’s gay flings, in this week’s dubious tabloids Peter Sheridan

dubious fame The Devil wears Etsy Rob Beschizza

tabloids Brad Pitt’s brush with death, Julia Roberts quitting Hollywood, and Christmas kittens, in this week’s dubious ad-packed tabloids Peter Sheridan

health One company bought all the retail outlets for glasses, used that to force sales of all the eyewear companies and jacked up prices by as much as 1000% Cory Doctorow

Ripoffs The eyeglass industry is a ripoff, with "markups often approaching 1,000%" Mark Frauenfelder

fake news Hillary Clinton’s funeral plans, and how to be like Donald Trump, in this week’s dubious tabloids Peter Sheridan

fake news Las Vegas gunman’s hooker, Hillary Clinton’s lies, and Jerry Lewis’s forged will in this week’s tabloids Peter Sheridan

tabloids UFO sightings are on the rise, say tabloids Peter Sheridan

fake news National Enquirer thinks Trump is almost too smart for his own good Peter Sheridan

fake news Forget “alternative facts.” This week’s tabloids shoot for an entire alternate universe Peter Sheridan

happy mutants It’s about Time: Reading Steampunk’s Rise and Roots Rachel A. Bowser and Brian Croxall

art Adam Savage writes about space nerd sculptor Tom Sachs David Pescovitz

loot Why we want luxury items Rob Beschizza

Wes Anderson's new cafe David Pescovitz