hot wheels Big fun with tiny car racing Bob Knetzger

art Drew Friedman's latest book: Shtick Figures: The Cool, the Comical, the Crazy Mark Frauenfelder

bruce springsteen The enduring power of Bruce Springsteen's music: a fan's journey Mark Cerulli

film criticism The top films of 2023, thus far Greg Nussen

tabloids Aliens built the Pyramids and monitor Earth, in this week's dubious tabloids Peter Sheridan

fossils Visit Arizona's Petrified Forest National Park Jennifer Sandlin

animation Exclusive Interview: "My Little Pony: Make Your Mark" star Maitreyi Ramakrishnan Devin Nealy

nazis More than one ton of Nazi uranium is still missing Thom Dunn

tabloids Queen ends sham marriage, JonBenet's devil cult, and killer vending machines in this week's dubious tabloids Peter Sheridan

News Coronavirus in Ireland: Leo Varadkar's St Patrick's Day broadcast (video, full text) Xeni Jardin

cars Watch: Wild hyperreal Hot Wheels and Matchbox car race video complete with announcers David Pescovitz

Games Trans woman trains her new vagina's pelvic floor with a kegel-controlled version of Flappy Bird Cory Doctorow

tabletop games Converting die cast toy cars into post-apocalyptic combat vehicles Mark Frauenfelder

amazon UK press doesn't understand chemistry or Amazon, launches bomb-making panic Cory Doctorow

obits Mandy Johnson, 1953-2015 Rob Beschizza

gender Idiocraski: the apocalyptic situation in Poland after a year of trumpism Cory Doctorow

News Halt and Catch Fire: The Most Relevant Show on Television is Set in the 80s Maureen Herman

uk Happy Chilcot Day (A Fairy Story) Charlie Fletcher

picks Are Leonardo DiCaprio and Robert Downey Jr white enough to star in a Hollywood biopic of medieval Muslim poet Jalaluddin al-Rumi? Rob Beschizza

books Read: Strategic Dog Patterning, a story from "Why I Hunt Flying Saucers" Hugh AD Spencer