There I Ruined It 'Poker Face' as a circa 1940s Western swing tune Rusty Blazenhoff

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History What Neanderthals looked like 75,000 years ago Rob Beschizza

aging Justine Bateman doesn't give a sh*t if you don't like the way she looks: 'I think I look rad' Rusty Blazenhoff

rap The early gospel quartet that influenced rap Rusty Blazenhoff

sixties Liberace and young folks performing "Feelin' Groovy" (1968)  Rusty Blazenhoff

halloween A ditty about what really scares grownups Rusty Blazenhoff

apple Apple fires misogynistic employee just hours after he was hired Mark Frauenfelder

photography "Ordinary Sacramento," a photo series honoring hometown listlessness Claudia Dawson

health On-nomi (オン飲み) is the new Japanese term for drinking online Rob Beschizza

Sex Understanding the neuroscience of pleasure Mark Frauenfelder

rip Rest in Power, Allee Willis — Queen of Kitsch Rusty Blazenhoff

NSFW Thrift store saves dirty donations for special adults-only sale Rusty Blazenhoff

law Kansas judge tells government debt collectors they can't hound a broke 58-year-old woman until her 84th birthday Cory Doctorow

fortnite SNL tackles mid-forties Fortnite Jason Weisberger

happy mutants Steven Boyett on Fata Morgana, his new WWII/alt-history mashup novel Cory Doctorow

books The best young adult literature from 1967 Joshua Glenn

drugs Ancient psychedelic Ayahuasca's Brooklyn and Silicon Valley devotees David Pescovitz

music Living synth legend Giorgio Moroder: from Donna Summer to Bowie to Blondie to Daft Punk David Pescovitz

obama President Obama's final State of the Union address Xeni Jardin