obituaries RIP Boris Spassky: "one of the greatest chess players of the Soviet era and the world, but also a true gentleman" Ellsworth Toohey
History "Washington's Gay General" is a fabulous look at the queerness of America's founding Thom Dunn
music Kamasi Washington's killer new soul-jazz track inspired by videogame arcades of yore David Pescovitz
twitter Explaining marine invertebrate reproductive strategies to the lobster-obsessed Jordan Peterson Cory Doctorow
antifa Richard Spencer says that antifa sucked all the fun out of college appearances, calls it quits Cory Doctorow
happy mutants William Gibson interviewed: Archangel, the Jackpot, and the instantly commodifiable dreamtime of industrial societies Cory Doctorow
happy mutants Eleanor & Park: a terrifying YA romance that has rescued its readers and frightened their parents Cory Doctorow
Games A Canadian teenager used America's militarized cops to terrorize women gamers for years Cory Doctorow