australia This poor koala is having an existential crisis Jennifer Sandlin

books John Shirley's guide to wrecking your career in science fiction John Shirley

politics Airport therapy animals are way better for making travel better than Sean Duffy's dress codes Jennifer Sandlin

Entertainment Remember when people paid real money to watch bug apocalypse documentaries? Mark Frauenfelder

opossums Carson the opossum has "died," again Jennifer Sandlin

tabloids A paranoid prince, proof of UFOs, and a panicked Trump in this week's dubious tabloids Peter Sheridan

fashion The arguments against washing your clothes David Pescovitz

censorship Substack CEO refuses to say whether he would ban explicitly racist content Thom Dunn

useless animals Meet the animals of Useless Farm Jennifer Sandlin

Great Pacific Garbage Patch How do we clean plastics out of our oceans? Jennifer Sandlin

murder How a successful author went broke buying toys to overturn a wrongful conviction and got stalked by Nazis Thom Dunn

dogs Dogs are smarter than cats, but raccoons are off the charts crafty Jason Weisberger

books Cult of Personality: Two crime writers discuss the allure of cults in their own dark fiction Alex Segura

picks Adventures in Pain Mangement: a TENS unit really helps Jason Weisberger

obits Mandy Johnson, 1953-2015 Rob Beschizza

Delightful Creatures America's Snake: The Rise and Fall of the Timber Rattlesnake Ted Levin

Institute for the Future What I learned after spending two days with futurists and positive psychologists Mark Frauenfelder

picks Yellowstone bison calf killed by park rangers after tourists placed it in their rental car trunk Xeni Jardin

music Walt Disney Records Legacy Collection: 20 hours' worth of rarities, 12 books' worth of history Cory Doctorow

lifehacks How do I handle people who have a bad opinion of me? James Altucher