surveillance Rhode Island proposes blocking all online porn and charging $20 to unblock it Cory Doctorow

law Killer dies of heart attack while disposing of victim's body Rob Beschizza

politics A man got 30 years for moving boxes of left-wing zines Ellsworth Toohey

History In 1942 Los Angeles fired 1,440 anti-aircraft rounds at nothing Ellsworth Toohey

monuments Ignoring tire tracks, NPS hunts mystery Reflecting Pool vandal Jason Weisberger

Science The poster child for psychedelic mushrooms is named after a country that doesn't use it Ellsworth Toohey

music Watch an inebriated Bob Dylan troll a bored John Lennon about stealing "Norwegian Wood" Ruben Bolling

science fiction Jason Momoa won't touch the Escape from New York remake Séamus Bellamy

Games Sealed 1985 Super Mario Bros game fetches record $3m at auction Rob Beschizza

Francis Cadell painting bought for $100 in thrift store fetches more than $250,000 at auction Rob Beschizza

Japan What happened to the 2.5 mile high building designed to be taller than Mount Fuji? Ellsworth Toohey

Games New God of War game does not feature the god of war Grant St. Clair

music This playful online rave is the perfect party for homebodies Popkin

Entertainment Freedomland USA: was this 1960s theme park just a five-year land scam? Ruben Bolling

trump Here's the $250 bank note with Trump's mugshot on it Rob Beschizza

books New biography captures Doonesbury's 50-year sweep of American life Ruben Bolling

tv Of course Amazon turned The Boys into a cinematic universe Grant St. Clair

IRS immunity DOJ quietly slips Trump what looks a lot like permanent audit invisibility Jason Weisberger

art Drew Friedman's new Mel Brooks portrait marks the comedian's 100th birthday Mark Frauenfelder

Games Aaron Paul enters the Wasteland for season 3 of Fallout Grant St. Clair