david bowie "All the Young Dudes" turns 50 Gareth Branwyn

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

Young Adult The extraordinary queer life of Harriet The Spy author Louise Fitzhugh Janelle Hessig

chicago The naming of 'Inside Vladimir' Kevin Reome

Bill and Ted Bill and Ted's excellent adventures are worth re-watching Jason Weisberger

music Kamasi Washington's killer new soul-jazz track inspired by videogame arcades of yore David Pescovitz

books Thoughtful, devastating critique of Jordan Peterson's "12 Rules for Life" Cory Doctorow

twitter Explaining marine invertebrate reproductive strategies to the lobster-obsessed Jordan Peterson Cory Doctorow

music Mark Dery visits the "David Bowie is" exhibit David Pescovitz

keanu reeves Most excellent: Third 'Bill & Ted' flick in the works Rusty Blazenhoff

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

smurfs Review / Smurfs: The Lost Village Rob Beschizza

happy mutants Eleanor & Park: a terrifying YA romance that has rescued its readers and frightened their parents Cory Doctorow

fanac The Rocky Horror Picture Show and four decades of queer sci fi punk Evan J. Peterson

pulp fiction Five inspirational pulp heroes A. Lee Martinez

music The stars look very different today Mark Dery

Games A Canadian teenager used America's militarized cops to terrorize women gamers for years Cory Doctorow

offworld No girl wins: three ways women unlearn their love of video games Juliet Kahn