music "Jenny," a favorite character from indie band The Mountain Goats, is back in a new album called "Jenny from Thebes" Jennifer Sandlin

inflation Dia de los Muertos altar prices up more than 25% Thom Dunn

Boing Boing Gadgets Serious Apple tech at a garage sale price: Check it out! Boing Boing's Shop

Comics The final volume of the DUNE graphic novel lands on an odd note Thom Dunn

Delightful Creatures Year of the cicadas: two 17-year broods wake up at once Carolyn Townsend

poetry The ancient Roman poem so explicit it wasn't published until the 20th century Natalie Dressed

late stage capitalism World's largest cruise ship, "Icon of the Seas," which includes the largest swimming pool at sea and an "Ultimate Family Townhouse" costing $100,000 per week, sets sail on its first voyage Jennifer Sandlin

maga Pent-up Mike Johnson is so distrustful, he spies on his son (and vice versa) Carla Sinclair

politics House Speaker Michael Johnson and his son monitor one other's use of pornography Ruben Bolling

the mountain goats The Mountain Goats rocked out during a recent set on Live on KEXP Jennifer Sandlin

libertarians Mystery land buyer in California turns out to be Silicon Valley investors, to build utopian community Rob Beschizza

DC Comics The Flash loses its momentum Devin Nealy

music The ongoing legacies of The Disposable Heroes of Hiphoprisy Elías Villoro

jeffrey epstein Jeffrey Epstein's calendar reveals a strange date with Noam Chomsky and Woody Allen Thom Dunn

audiobooks At 264 hours, "The Charles Dickens Collection: 10 Novels" is the longest Audible audiobook available right now Andrew Yi

movies Ant-Man 3 drops 72% in its second week at the box office Devin Nealy

pride The New York Times called out for editorial bias about transgender, non-binary, and gender non-conforming people by its own writers Jason Weisberger

fish Investigations begin into Berlin aquarium failure; some fish survived Jennifer Sandlin