music Simon Gallup has quit The Cure (again) David Pescovitz

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

Comic Books Hobtown Mystery Stories returns with another perfectly unsettling slice of small-town high weirdness Gareth Branwyn

scams Crypto ATMs profit as scammers run wild Jason Weisberger

Legendary producer reveals untold Beastie Boys collaboration stories Lee Keeler

human rights Cyberscam trafficking victims trapped in dangerous Myanmar detention centers Ellsworth Toohey

honoring the constitution 21 DOGE staffers ditch Elon Musk in mass resignation Carla Sinclair

eff EFF sues Musk: Keep your grubby mitts off our government worker data Ellsworth Toohey

crime FBI busts $44M publishing scam that preyed on aspiring authors Ellsworth Toohey

protest Group of Blue Men protest corporate labor actions Thom Dunn

google Father of 2 young boys loses $5 million after falling for terrifying new Google scam Ellsworth Toohey

twitter The ugliest Cybertruck in the world has been found Grant St. Clair

animals Mystery creature caught on video near Yellowstone may be exceedingly-rare animal Allan Rose Hill

electronic music The Faint: 25 years of Blank Wave Arcade (Todd Fink Interview) Lee Keeler

law Vermont man charged with drunk driving in Canada thought he was in U.S. Rob Beschizza

movies From Million Dollar Baby to Requiem for a Dream: the most depressing mainstream films Ellsworth Toohey

bizarre competitions Wolfing down scalding hot biscuits and other weird contests from 1897 Mark Frauenfelder

Cult of Trump Donald Trump's MAGA army calls for violence over the internet: "War" Carla Sinclair

fun "This site will self-destruct" finally self-destructs after no-one signs guestbook for 24 hours Rob Beschizza