san francisco Watch a puppet robot on a piano-mobile sing 'A Thousand Miles' through San Francisco Rusty Blazenhoff

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

books Denis Kitchen: Alternative comics' unsung hero Ruben Bolling

Modern Time Machines finishes dream pop collaboration with "September" songwriter Mark Frauenfelder

Games Fallout TV Season 2: Everything we know about New Vegas adaptation Grant St. Clair

Entertainment Universal Orlando's VelociCoaster ride is an innovative roller coaster that reaches 70mph Ruben Bolling

art Drew Friedman's latest book: Shtick Figures: The Cool, the Comical, the Crazy Mark Frauenfelder

california Venusian time machine: the strange tale of California's "Giant Rock" Mark Frauenfelder

Entertainment The most 1970s moment in TV history: Gabe Kaplan vs. Robert Conrad in the Battle of the Network Stars Ruben Bolling

tabloids JFK's second gunman, and alien life on Earth, exposed in last week's dubious tabloids Peter Sheridan

corruption Sheriff gave out deputy badges for cash, say prosecutors in Virginia Rob Beschizza

Starbucks' union-busting tactics shared by others Elías Villoro

movies Adam Sandler is teaming up with the Safdie Brothers again Devin Nealy

music Watch the hyperkinetic frenzy of No Wave band The Stick Men on the TV show that helped inspire Pee-wee's Playhouse David Pescovitz

racism Bomb threats at more than a dozen historically Black colleges on the first day of Black History Month David Pescovitz

science fiction There's a new Substack for speculative fiction and it looks great Thom Dunn

tabloids Warring UFOs and warring Royals in this week's dubious tabloids Peter Sheridan

Comics EXCLUSIVE: introducing "The Dusk," a new superhero for dads who realize Batman is not the best role model Thom Dunn

marjorie taylor greene 12 GOP members voted not to honor Capitol police for protecting Congress during Jan 6 overthrow attempt Mark Frauenfelder

movies The trailer for Disney's Cruella promises a campy Joker treatment Mark Frauenfelder