humor Denise, heaven's receptionist, is helping people through the grieving process with humor and kindness Jennifer Sandlin

Science People are better at paying attention now than 30 years ago, study shows David Pescovitz

prisons Florida poet on death row died ahead of schedule from a fentanyl overdose… somehow David Pescovitz

crimes Harvard morgue manager indicted for stealing and selling human remains Thom Dunn

movies A look back at 1998's Wild Things, "increasingly appreciated as a slice of wanton sleaze" Mark Frauenfelder

music Burning Bush and the early origins of Riot Grrrl Elías Villoro

movies Take a first look at Pixar's new film Elemental Devin Nealy

Angry gentlemen Watch: A man loses it at a gas station when he thinks a woman cut in line Carla Sinclair

tabloids FBI's 9/11 "cover-up" and Prince Andrew's "secret deal" in last week's dubious tabloids Peter Sheridan

anti-vaxxers Truffles, the Trumpian anti-vaxxer Floridian clown, dies from COVID Mark Frauenfelder

Food The sweetest tomatoes are underripe Thom Dunn

crime U.S. Army Ranger charged with murder after beating security guard to death Rob Beschizza

texas After Texas lifts mask mandate, 'I hate it here' trends on Twitter Carla Sinclair

music New album from pioneering all-woman 1960s band, Ace of Cups Mark Frauenfelder

tabloids Princess Diana exhumed, satanism & Mariah Carey, and the White House's China gamble, in this week's dubious tabloids Peter Sheridan

Boing Boing Gadgets Become the author you always dreamed you'd be with this creative writing training Boing Boing's Shop

Entertainment Yaphet Kotto turned down the role of Jean-Luc Picard Rob Beschizza

epa Federal court rules that Scott Pruitt's sham EPA can't ban scientists from its scientific advisory board Thom Dunn

Enjoy this Star Trek fan's delightful "Ode to Spock" recorded after the Vulcan's film death in 1982 David Pescovitz

Food Gingerbread Groot Xeni Jardin