animals Sonic the Hedgehog is pretty slow in real life Leigh Alexander

novels An interview with Charlie Kaufman about his new novel takes a weirdly meta Kaufman-esque turn Thom Dunn

Comics Fluorescent blacklight comic book Rob Beschizza

Gadgets This digital ruler is the gadget that just gave measurement a 21st century makeover Boing Boing's Shop

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

science fiction Max Barry on how science fiction prepares us for the apocalypse Mark Frauenfelder

Enjoy this Star Trek fan's delightful "Ode to Spock" recorded after the Vulcan's film death in 1982 David Pescovitz

Games EA to brick Tetris phone app Rob Beschizza

happy mutants Coming soon to a city near you: HUMP, Dan Savage's amateur smut fest, banned from Facebook! Cory Doctorow

mistakes Disgraced Instagram star account rebrands as another person Rob Beschizza

christmas In 1986, MTV reunited the Monkees for a "Christmas Medley" Rusty Blazenhoff

The Ramones A new court battle over the Ramones' legacy goes back to a song about the KKK Thom Dunn

Disney Talking about Disney's 1964 Carousel of Progress with Bleeding Cool: our lost animatronic future Cory Doctorow

recipe Vincent Price and Boris Karloff both used some weird ingredients in their homemade guacamole recipes Thom Dunn

Games The weird sexually-themed ad campaign for a Candy Crush style game Mark Frauenfelder

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

happy mutants J Michael Straczynski's "Becoming Superman": a memoir of horrific abuse, war crimes, perseverance, trauma, triumph and doing what's right Cory Doctorow

Comics New Elfquest series Rob Beschizza

Games Filmmaker promises to change live-action Sonic the Hedgehog's widely-disliked design Rob Beschizza