music Get in the mood with this commercial from the 90s "Pure Moods" music collection Thom Dunn

ChatGPT pays Kenyan workers $2 an hour to review obscene content Mark Frauenfelder

colonialism New documentary: "A Very British Way of Torture." Elías Villoro

Creepy Interesting and Real These sheep walking endlessly in a circle is pure folk horror Mark Frauenfelder

Delightful Creatures Reporter is interrupted by a hilarious baby elephant who can't keep her trunk off him (video) Carla Sinclair

art Celebrating the 35th anniversary of Star Trek: The Next Generation with mixed-media meme art Gareth Branwyn

animation Get ready to go Entergalactic with Kid Cudi Devin Nealy

facebook Facebook blames those pesky algorithms for approving pro-genocide ads in Kenya Mark Frauenfelder

afrofuturism Mark Dery on the "everything, all at once" art and life of Jean-Michel Basquiat Gareth Branwyn

television Thief seeks witch doctor's assistance after TV set he swiped got stuck on his head David Pescovitz

marathons Watch the incredibly close back-and-forth race for the finish in the Women's 2022 Boston Marathon Mark Frauenfelder

Science Richard Leakey, fossil hunter and anthropologist, RIP David Pescovitz

politics Proud Boys leader complains that jail conditions are appalling and he is right Rob Beschizza

Pandora Papers: report details finances of tax-evading, wealth-hoarding world leaders Rob Beschizza

quad cities marathon Illinois man wins marathon after two much faster runners from Kenya go the wrong way Carla Sinclair

denver Yet another vocal anti-vax talk show host dies from Covid-19 Kevin Reome

murder Florida man interrogates his own son in court after killing the rest of his family Thom Dunn

music Listen to Enya's "Watermark" cut up, looped, and transformed into stunning new ambient work David Pescovitz

tabloids Warring UFOs and warring Royals in this week's dubious tabloids Peter Sheridan