Things I miss When music videos were bafflingly absurd Jason Weisberger

#blacklivesmatter Homeland Security analyst filmed telling black teen girl, “You don’t deserve to be here” Mark Frauenfelder

Comics Friday: the new digital-first, pay-what-you-want Lovecraftian YA detective comic from Ed Brubaker, Marcos Martin, and Muntsa Vicente Thom Dunn

books Ray Bradbury's captivating explanation of his Mr. Electrico character's uncanny origins David Pescovitz

non-fiction Good nonfiction: "Cowhand – The Story of a Working Cowboy" (1953) Mark Frauenfelder

Robert Anton Wilson Robert Anton Wilson's daughter Christina on the new edition of her father's book, Ishtar Rising Mark Frauenfelder

nest Mattress shopping with a bad back Jason Weisberger

documentary "Beastie Boys Story" drops in April, watch the first trailer Rusty Blazenhoff

uk A quick trip through the ghastly, racist, sexist, eugenicist, authoritarian things that Boris Johnson has said in recent years Cory Doctorow

books The Babysitter's Coven Cory Doctorow

tabloids Aretha Franklin murdered, Kevin Spacey in slaying scandal, and Obama’s secret lover, in this week’s dubious tabloids Peter Sheridan

ski lifts Five young teens save an 8-year-old boy who is dangling from a ski chairlift Carla Sinclair

happy mutants Man-Eaters: Handmaid's Tale meets Cat People in a comic where girls turn into man-eating were-panthers when they get their periods Cory Doctorow

Copyfight Happy Public Domain day: for real, for the first time in 20 years! Cory Doctorow

Japan Have you ever heard of the superstition "Don't Pee on the Worm"? Thersa Matsuura

novels Late bloomers: 10 classic books with terrible initial reviews Alyssa Favreau

art The Weird of Wendy Pini Rob Beschizza

Science Girls sometimes inherit almost two full sets of their dad's genes Andrea James

buh-bye Donald Trump Jr.'s wife Vanessa filed for divorce Carla Sinclair

crime #ENOUGH: Striking instant camera photos memorialize victims of Chicago gun violence David Pescovitz