Gadgets Powerful Russian Orthodox cleric summoned to spritz computers with holy water to fight ransomware Cory Doctorow

books "Let's Never Talk About This Again" is a touching memoir about birth, death, and dad's amateur erotica career Thom Dunn

music New Adam Schlesinger tribute album features covers by Rachel Bloom, Charly Bliss, Sarah Silverman, Nada Surf, and many many more Thom Dunn

typography The Butt Types: a bootyful typographical project for parenthesis in different fonts Thom Dunn

music Josie Cotton released a new album more than 30 years after it was recorded Matt Maranian

Funny Socially conservative mom says racy halftime entertainment drove distraught 13-year-old son to his bedroom Mark Frauenfelder

republic of gilead Hallmark channel flips, then flops on hate group's pressure over lesbian kiss commercial Mark Frauenfelder

documentaries Netflix has a documentary about extremely creepy founder of Bikram Yoga Mark Frauenfelder

music New Pussy Riot video: 1937 Mark Frauenfelder

Bond… James Bond's classic quips David Pescovitz

happy mutants False Flag: my science fiction story about the future of copyright filters in an Article 13 Europe Cory Doctorow

music THE BUREAU: Part Seven, "Lockdown in the Building, News of an Active Shooter Near the Cafeteria" — with Mr Quintron's Circuit-Bent Guitars Ethan Persoff

music Devo's open letter on "Drowning in a Devolved World" Cory Doctorow

same playbook Bernie Sanders releases video that shows how similar Kavanaugh and Trump are when defending against sexual assault allegations Carla Sinclair

censorship Pussy Riot gets a surprise rearrest as soon as they're released from jail for World Cup stunt Carla Sinclair

addiction Public ignorance about “drunk/drugged up losers” is expensive and deadly Maureen Herman

valentine's day Casey Weldon's retro Valentine's Day cards bring the snark Rusty Blazenhoff

crowdfunding Clitter is glitter of sparkly vulvas, boobs and ovaries Rusty Blazenhoff

shithole presidency White women are leaving the GOP Mark Frauenfelder

trumpism Donald Trump redesigned the Presidential Challenge Coin, replacing "E pluribus unum" with "Make America Great Again" Cory Doctorow