writing Lynda Barry's 'Writing the Unthinkable' lesson Rusty Blazenhoff

books Philip Roth donating his personal book collection to Newark Public Library David Pescovitz

books Kurt Vonnegut's 8 rules for writing with style David Pescovitz

documentaries Short documentary about Hunter S. Thompson in the 1980s David Pescovitz

music Let's Get what now? Original version of badly-aged Black Eyed Peas song a viral hit despite "censorship" Rusty Blazenhoff

Atlanta conference CDC conference cursed by Covid outbreak, 181 infected Mark Frauenfelder

music Third man just charged with 2002 murder of Run-DMC's Jam Master Jay David Pescovitz

History Sixty years of A Confederacy of Dunces' Ignatius J. Reilly Elías Villoro

public health RFK Jr.'s journey from environmental lawyer to anti-vax presidential candidate Jennifer Sandlin

Tom The Dancing Bug Tom the Dancing Bug: Super-Fun-Pak Comix, feat. "The Six Million Dollar Man Meets Bigfoot," and MORE! Ruben Bolling

italy An old Italian tradition of conjuring fictional streets helps homeless people today Ruben Bolling

punk I am looking forward to the punk opera "Black Lodge" Jason Weisberger

twitter Twitter abandons disinformation pledge, may be tossed out of Europe Jason Weisberger

dupe Air New Zealand will weigh passengers before they board David Pescovitz

police A new study confirms what Black people already know about traffic stops Jason Weisberger

science fiction Clarkesworld editor Neil Clarke on the writers' strike and AI Elías Villoro

wildlife Woman takes baby raccoon to Petco for a nail trim — with unfortunate results Carla Sinclair

seeds De-extinction event: York groundsel, eradicated in wild, re-established there from seeds Rob Beschizza

mistakes Correctile Dysfunction: the global crisis of men correcting women who know more than they do Elías Villoro

Japan What is the deal with Japan's smile merchants? Matt Alt