Weird Mysterious trumpets of the apocalypse heard in Spokane, Washington David Pescovitz

soundscapes Listen to the eerie sounds of near silence in formerly bustling cities Mark Frauenfelder

spooky Zone out with 10 hours of ambient footage from Dr. Strange's Sanctum Sanctorum Thom Dunn

Gadgets These weighted blankets will help soothe those frayed nerves Boing Boing's Shop

tabloids Coronavirus cured (again), Britain’s Royals clash (again) and the woman who pees alcohol (unprecedented) in this week’s dubious tabloids Peter Sheridan

fast food Mysterious "demonic sounds" heard inside McDonald's David Pescovitz

music Listen to this strange and compelling mix of field recordings, cut-ups, and sound art David Pescovitz

elon musk This ambient mix of a new sci-fi-themed Rentals song is a sonic trip to outer space Thom Dunn

artificial intelligence This company wants to use AI to help you pretend to increase diversity Thom Dunn

anxiety A handy pamphlet for coping with extra-dimensional anxiety Thom Dunn

tabloids Johnny Depp dying, Caitlyn Jenner’s baby, and the sexiest man alive, in this week’s dubious tabloids Peter Sheridan

music Butthole Surfers' Gibby Haynes wrote a young adult novel and it sounds fantastically weird David Pescovitz

animals This is the world's loudest bird David Pescovitz

Science Listen to 'dinks and donks,' Marsquakes, and other weird sounds from the Red Planet David Pescovitz

france Is France's capital city lying to its citizens about a new audio surveillance project? Seamus Bellamy

Musical instruments Review of the $150 CraftSynth 2.0 synthesizer Mark Frauenfelder

music Chuck Klosterman on space rock David Pescovitz

happy mutants SO LATE SO SOON: fun, genre-celebrating SF for young readers (of all ages!) Harry Tynan AKA Moose Malloy

music THE BUREAU: Part Nine, "Your Sandwich Speaks!" — with SBaGen-based Digital Drugs for New Year's Eve Ethan Persoff

music New anthology of Michele Mercure's 80s synth music from the cassette underground David Pescovitz