muppets Someone made a fake trailer for "The Muppets 1984" Thom Dunn

uk London cops are using an unregulated, 98% inaccurate facial recognition tech Cory Doctorow

surveillance UK's new surveillance law creates a national browser history with a search engine to match Cory Doctorow

movies Curious collection of movie clips that misrepresent looking through binoculars Allan Rose Hill

music Enjoy a 1984 junior high school chorus's moody cover of "Total Eclipse of the Heart (Turn Around)" Allan Rose Hill

Games What it was like working with procrastinator Douglas Adams on "The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy" game Mark Frauenfelder

Science Humans can't prick up our ears like dogs but a vestigial muscle tries anyway Allan Rose Hill

pokemon 1996 Pokemon prototype cards have 2024 printer dots Rob Beschizza

air drops Watch: U.S. fighter jet nosedives in Alaska, exploding into flames (pilot survives!) Carla Sinclair

computers Chart helps you convert between BASIC dialects in 1984 Rob Beschizza

science fiction Dyson Trees could make a home for humans—and other things Rob Beschizza

Science Controlling lucid dreams, for real Rob Beschizza

delightful creatures Doggos chase a mouse — but when the critter stands her ground, comical confusion ensues (video) Carla Sinclair

science fiction Starman at 40: John Carpenter's forgotten sci-fi masterpiece, interview with special effects artist John Rosengrant Lee Keeler

politics Nazi defender Candace Owens banned from New Zealand Rob Beschizza

simpsons Steamed Hams and the beautiful degradation of copying VHS tapes (video) Lux Sparks-Pescovitz

History Tetris Forever is both a game and a documentary Gail Sherman

Games Classic Elfquest pen-and-paper RPG gets deluxe box-set edition Rob Beschizza

music A musical reminder that everyday is Halloween David Pescovitz

barack obama Watch MAGA candidate squirm when asked to autograph her violent Obama tweets Ellsworth Toohey