trains Amtrak to launch nonstop Washington D.C. — New York Acela train service, weekdays only, on September 23 Xeni Jardin

recipes How to make Elvis's famous Fool's Gold sandwich: The King's 8,000-calorie obsession Ellsworth Toohey

podcasts Musicland Stories is a delightful music-themed fantasy adventure podcast for all ages Thom Dunn

murder The strange sad story of a schizophrenic murderer who worshipped Sigourney Weaver as a goddess Thom Dunn

tabloids Hitler raised from the grave in this week's dubious tabloids Peter Sheridan

bdsm Armie Hammer has already launched his post-cannibal kink redemption campaign Thom Dunn

football Celebrate the World Cup with these bloody, sexy true crime soccer stories Thom Dunn

music Rock and roll pioneer Jerry Lee Lewis, RIP David Pescovitz

cannibalism The Badlands podcast looks into the lurid life of Armie Hammer, the "Cannibal Lover" Thom Dunn

podcasts The new Badlands season goes deep into Robin Williams' mental health Thom Dunn

books Flatland is one of my favorite Math(ish) books Mark Frauenfelder

micronations In 1948 James T. Mangan declared the entire universe to be a country under his protection Mark Frauenfelder

murder There are a surprising number of unsolved murders involving Grateful Dead fans Thom Dunn

tabloids Royals sell souls to the devil, TV's most hated host, and Cougar manhunts in this week's dubious tabloids Peter Sheridan

Boing Boing Gadgets Spider Board: horripilating data recovery Rob Beschizza

tabloids The multiverse, universal wave function and quantum mechanics in this week's tawdry tabloids Peter Sheridan

AI The worst thing about deepfakes is that we know about them Thom Dunn

jim turner Los Angeles: Join Dr. Zaius and Jim Turner as they 'Stand Up for America' Jason Weisberger

math Dover edition of Edwin Abbott Abbott's Flatland (1884) Mark Frauenfelder

fake news Hoover killed JFK, RFK & MLK, Brad Pitt's private hell, and Mick Jagger's mental disorder, in this week's dubious tabloids Peter Sheridan