politics "Thank you and now goodbye" Europe's break-up letter to America Ellsworth Toohey

Science Archaeologists discover remains of ancient mystic with six fingers Allan Rose Hill

france France now has baguette-scented baguette postage stamps Rusty Blazenhoff

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

whiskey You can finally buy a Thin Lizzy whiskey in the bottle (not a jar) Thom Dunn

sexism 1975 film captures the heartbreaking transition from countercultural free spirits to corporate office drones Mark Frauenfelder

events Slow Impact is a four-day event bringing home the incremental effects of skateboarding Elías Villoro

transgender Tarot expert, comic writer, and trans icon Rachel Pollack has passed away Thom Dunn

music Happy Birthday, Kurt Cobain Devin Nealy

children What was it like being a child during the last Ice Age Gareth Branwyn

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

music It's been forty years since Depeche Mode's "transitional" Construction Time Again Elías Villoro

History Time-lapse map of the colonization (and decolonization) of Africa Elías Villoro

art The world's oldest narrative art has been discovered. It's a picture of a guy jerking off to horny leopards Thom Dunn

television Here's a funny meme about goth girls dealing with the success of Netflix's Wednesday Devin Nealy

arizona For skaters, will Tempe, Arizona be the American Malmo? A.E. Gómez

neuroscience A new scientific study tried to crack the secret of creative hot streaks Thom Dunn

north carolina North Carolina Republicans want to deny care to transgender youth Jess Sabine

Robert Anton Wilson Robert Anton Wilson's daughter Christina on the new edition of her father's book, Ishtar Rising Mark Frauenfelder

health E.P.A. won't ban chlorpyrifos pesticide that scientists say damages children's brains Xeni Jardin