video Video: Spectacular aerial views of Los Angeles via drone Andrea James

politics Citizen journalist arrested for photographing sheriff's deputy at Texas county meeting Ellsworth Toohey

politics Copyright Office head fired after failing to bless copyright exemption for Big Tech's AI training Rob Beschizza

coconuts Lost art of coconut shell navigation: How Pacific islanders crossed oceans Bob Knetzger

music Minecraft soundtrack inducted into Library of Congress Rob Beschizza

Roy Ayers, soul-jazz pioneer who sang "Everybody Loves the Sunshine," RIP Allan Rose Hill

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

ebooks 10 free radical ebooks to help you plan for the next 4 years Thom Dunn

copyright Lovecraft's unwritten Necronomicon was the Happy Birthday of weird fiction Rob Beschizza

Russian state TV Panicked Putin pundits say "old" Trump should have been "a little bit smarter" against Biden Carla Sinclair

art The art of Jack Davis, MAD cartoonist and one of the all-time greats Ruben Bolling

hatemongers Woman flies into rage when she sees drag queens in Honolulu hotel lobby (video) Carla Sinclair

Comics Brian Azzarello, Stephanie Phillips, and more to pen EC Comics' return from the grave Thom Dunn

donald trump Trump's top AG pick hates democracy, loves cages for kids Mark Frauenfelder

tabloids Taylor Swift's prenup battle and King Charles' facelift, in this week's dubious tabloids Peter Sheridan

happy mutants This slowed Chipmunks version of "Chariots of Fire" feels like distorted sludge Jennifer Sandlin

Science This scientist fed his own flesh to a Venus Flytrap David Pescovitz

restaurants San Francisco Bay Area restaurants charge patrons who barf at brunch David Pescovitz

documentary "Black Barbie" focuses on the history of Black female representation, through an exploration of Mattel's Black Barbies Jennifer Sandlin

movies Timothee Chalamet as Wonka in first trailer Rob Beschizza