teeth Teen forced dentist to remove braces, at gunpoint David Pescovitz

fashion Bay Area artist creates whimsical purses Grant St. Clair

LGBTQI+ positivity Whiskey ad sends message of love and celebration Jennifer Sandlin

book review Review: Some New Kind of Kick is the moving memoir of punk rock icon Kid Congo Powers Gareth Branwyn

memes Libertarian Party embraces antisemitism Rob Beschizza

music Grandmaster Melle Mel & The Furious 5's rarely heard sequel to "White Lines (Don't Do It)" embraces 1980s hip hop David Pescovitz

cars Remember the Hummer H3 tofu commercial? Elías Villoro

COVID-19 Unjected is a dating site for unvaccinated "safe blood" people Jennifer Sandlin

government agencies that do more harm than good CIA coder threatens to make his trial "maximally painful for the CIA" Mark Frauenfelder

gun reform Helpful hints to stay safe at NRA protests Jennifer Sandlin

Holiday in the Sun Confusingly, Florida's DeSantis denounces communism with a new holiday Jason Weisberger

science fiction Taking a look at Star Trek: Strange New Worlds Gareth Branwyn

No Lazer Wizards here Auralnauts offers a superior edit of Boba Fett's Chapter 1 Jason Weisberger

Japan UFO and alien sightings are far and wide in this small Japanese Town Popkin

tabloids World War III and Biden-Harris "knife fight" in this week's dubious tabloids Peter Sheridan

trumpism AT&T is responsible for 90% of far-right propaganda network One America News' revenue Mark Frauenfelder

fire fire fire Southern California's Santa Ana winds threaten even more fire Jason Weisberger

fashion Goblincore in The Guardian Rob Beschizza

climate change Visceral new graphic novel of "Parable of the Sower" brings the dystopian prophecy to life Thom Dunn

tabloids Clinton murder conspiracy and Wuhan bats out of hell in this week's dubious tabloids Peter Sheridan