mashup Careless Whisper in the Abyss: A Wham!/Slayer mashup Rusty Blazenhoff

Games Goodbye LDB game, Hello Whamageddon Rusty Blazenhoff

music Listen to Wham's "Careless Whisper" before George Michael fixed it David Pescovitz

eighties My Friday Jam: "Everything She Wants," Wham! (1984) Xeni Jardin

smithsonian The origin story of that all-American toy, Slip 'N Slide Andrea James

game of thrones Would you pay $30,000 for one of these ugly-ass Game of Thrones guitars? Thom Dunn

music New Adam Schlesinger tribute album features covers by Rachel Bloom, Charly Bliss, Sarah Silverman, Nada Surf, and many many more Thom Dunn

Gadgets The Zubi Flyer is the hackable frisbee that could launch your kid’s STEM career Boing Boing's Shop

literature Get lost in one of 50 contemporary books over 500 pages long Gareth Branwyn

music Watch Wham's "Last Christmas", the second-worst Christmas song, in gorgeously remastered 4K Rob Beschizza

serious business Private equity company acquires .org domain registry Rob Beschizza

infinite monkeys StoryAI, a bot that autocompletes a story for you Clive Thompson

Health Care Here's how to help women in Alabama get an abortion Xeni Jardin

music THE BUREAU: Part Seven, "Lockdown in the Building, News of an Active Shooter Near the Cafeteria" — with Mr Quintron's Circuit-Bent Guitars Ethan Persoff

christmas The Monkees recorded a new Christmas album Rusty Blazenhoff

religion Republicans were so eager to pass the #TaxScam that they didn't notice they were taxing the churches they depend on Cory Doctorow

music Enjoy some terrific bluegrass banjo from Steve Martin's band Andrea James

Delightful Creatures Watch: Clever squirrel uses slinky to shoot chipmunk away from its food Carla Sinclair

trumpism Fearing deportation, Houston's undocumented immigrants improvise storm survival strategies Cory Doctorow

Kids Terrific longread on the origins of Wham-O Andrea James