mark dery Mark Dery interviews Greil Marcus about his hugely influential book "Lipstick Traces" Gareth Branwyn

Science Mindless drawing is good for your mind Mark Frauenfelder

books Jonathan Lethem ponders: "Did Philip K Dick dream of Palestinian sheep?" Thom Dunn

Comic Books "Alter Ego" is a great new crime novel about IP, AI, and comic book industry con artists Thom Dunn

science fiction Sexy Asian lady robots haunt science fiction Rob Beschizza

mistakes Candle label resembling KKK hoods doesn't go over too well — Bath & Body Works apologizes Carla Sinclair

politics Ryan Routh: former Trump-supporting Hawaii handyman with a criminal past Ellsworth Toohey

eastern equine encephalitis Deadly mosquito virus kills a man near Boston, causing parks and events to shut down Carla Sinclair

FDA denies approval of MDMA-assisted therapy for PTSD Allan Rose Hill

books "Amusing Ourselves to Death" was a 1985 wake-up call we didn't know we'd need forty years later Mark Frauenfelder

cultural theory Bernie Sanders and philosopher Slavoj Zizek in a provocative conversation about the state of the United States (video) Allan Rose Hill

art Impressive propaganda in an immersive Turkish panorama painting Natalie Dressed

education Harvard University will no longer issue official statements on public matters unrelated to its academic core Yoy Luadha

AI models Essays explore the hellscape of freelance AI model training Jennifer Sandlin

Earthalujah! Reverend Billy is opening for Neil Young and Crazy Horse on the Love Earth tour. Go see them! Jennifer Sandlin

immigration The six bridge workers who perished were not "poisoning the blood of our country, they were replenishing it" Yoy Luadha

batman How are you celebrating Batman's 85th birthday? Grant St. Clair

rowling J.K. Rowling claims Nazis didn't burn trans books, issues lawsuit threat when called a holocaust denier Rob Beschizza

capitalist killjoy Stanley water bottle madness grips America Jennifer Sandlin