pranks A basket full of revolting EasterFools' Day 'treats' Rusty Blazenhoff

flowers Do you have trouble keeping your plants alive? Try this Atreyu and Artax flower pot set. Thom Dunn

late stage capitalism Manhattan: a city of empty luxury condos and overflowing homeless shelters Cory Doctorow

science fiction Read: Jeannette Ng's Campbell Award acceptance speech, in which she correctly identifies Campbell as a fascist and expresses solidarity with Hong Kong protesters Cory Doctorow

tabloids Drugs, booze and kidnappers, oh my, in this week’s dubious tabloids Peter Sheridan

art 'Station Eleven' is a haunting tale of the apocalypse Jason Weisberger

books Trailer for Doctor Sleep, the sequel to The Shining David Pescovitz

horror Unsettling British pork advertisement Rob Beschizza

happy mutants Listen up: you really owe it to yourself to read 15 Vlad Taltos novels, seriously Cory Doctorow

happy mutants Soupy Leaves Home: a masterpiece of YA graphic storytelling, about hobos on the open road Cory Doctorow

History Live in a Tree Stump! Richard Kaufman

b-side The "real" Silent Hill is sick of tourists Rob Beschizza

playing cards The Playing Card Design of MISC. GOODS CO. Michael Borys

cancer Punktober, not Pinktober Naomi Horn

Robogenesis: the terrifying sequel to Robopocalypse Daniel H Wilson

Entertainment Hannibal sets the table for the season finale [s2e12] Theresa DeLucci

how-do The Floating Playpen: Summer fun, or cruel and unusual punishment? Matt Maranian

Entertainment True Detective ends its first season as it began: with two indelible performances [Recap: season 1, episode 8] K.M. McFarland

Entertainment 'After You’ve Gone' sets everything up for True Detective finale [TV recap: season 1, episode 7] K.M. McFarland