video games You can now play the unauthorized Indiana Jones video game created by Czechoslovak protestors in the 80s Thom Dunn

picks What 'Independence Day' Is Like In Transnistria, An Unrecognized Country Inside Moldova Katherine Leipper

books Holidays in Soviet Sanatoriums Andrea James

Kids Watch this trippy Soviet kid's cartoon from 1976 Andrea James

california California is home to five micronations Jason Weisberger

russia Russia's former president and current war cheerleader says it will nuke London, Washington D.C., Berlin and Kyiv if it loses war Rob Beschizza

russia Putin wants Alaska back Jason Weisberger

Extraterrestrials Uri Geller explains how grey alien vaginas work Thom Dunn

capitalism The failed promises of exporting American-style capitalism Elías Villoro

movies Tumblr users have created an elaborate mythology around a fake Scorsese film Thom Dunn

russia If you want to understand Putin, learn about Alexander Dugin, the fascist Russian charlatan beloved by the U.S.'s far-right Mark Frauenfelder

military Brain-frying energy weapons actually do exist, say scientists who would know David Pescovitz

useful stuff Excellent cheap puzzle book: The Moscow Puzzles: 359 Mathematical Recreations Mark Frauenfelder

Soviet Union Waiting for the American Khrushchev: Who will deliver the "Cult of Personality" speech to Americans? Mark Frauenfelder

china China's Chang'e 5 return capsule begins trip home, carrying moon rocks back to Earth from space Xeni Jardin

podcasts A new podcast explores the CIA's involvement with writing a hit song for the Scorpions Thom Dunn

News Maria Butina plea hearing set for Thursday, her spy boss Torshin missing, Putin unhappy Xeni Jardin

politics Sheryl Sandberg ordered Facebook staff to investigate George Soros after he gave THIS speech (READ IT) Xeni Jardin

News Trump's son Don Jr. promotes false smear linking Jamal Khashoggi to Osama bin Laden and terrorism Xeni Jardin