pop culture National Lampoon co-founder Doug Kenney speaking at UCLA (1972) Rusty Blazenhoff

Gadgets Notebag appeals to note takers who hate getting distracted Boing Boing's Shop

art Art in the age of artifice Ferdinando Buscema

go round and round How school buses became yellow, and some of the safest vehicles on the road Clive Thompson

special skills The "sitting and smiling" guy sat and smiled for 8 hours straight yesterday Mark Frauenfelder

videos Glossary of Broken Dreams: now available to stream! Cory Doctorow

trumpism Bundyville: a bingeable new podcast that delves into the apocalyptic cult of Cliven Bundy Cory Doctorow

happy mutants At the Golden-Calf Slaughterhouse: an interview with Johannes Grenzfurthner Thomas Kaestle

podcast Podcast asks: "What would you say to the one who got away?" Rusty Blazenhoff

art Interactive sound pendulum evokes stream of consciousness Andrea James

georgia The B-52s and a tour of their old Athens, GA haunts (1989) Rusty Blazenhoff

book reviews To Read Aloud is a portal straight to that Middle Earth where magic happens Ferdinando Buscema

privacy Happy Data Privacy Day! A turning point for anonymity, privacy, and the tools that deliver them Gabriella Coleman

podcasts After On Podcast: The Tim O’Reilly Interview Rob Reid

books Less than Human, More than Human Jasmina Tesanovic

interviews Interview with Timothy Leary archivist Michael Horowitz Lisa Rein

books A Beginner's Guide to Immortality: From Alchemy to Avatars Wink

authors Grant Morrison interview: "Laughter can banish any and all demons" Propaganda Anonymous

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

Science 'Voyage of Time,' Terrence Malick IMAX film with Brad Pitt narration, is an awesome cosmic meditation Xeni Jardin