Police department Actor and activist Danny Glover speaks at Chicago rally Kevin Reome

spiders Spider's mouth infected by Kyle Rittenhouse Séamus Bellamy

tech Microsoft plans to let you turn off Windows updates Séamus Bellamy

books John Shirley's guide to wrecking your career in science fiction John Shirley

politics Canny Valley: art book of Cory Doctorow's topical collages Rob Beschizza

Funny ChatGPT became such a sycophant even hardcore AI bros noticed Grant St. Clair

review This mechanical keyboard won't fill your backpack Séamus Bellamy

Entertainment How LA movie fans created a cult following around RRR screenings Lee Keeler

backlash Arizona man talks 9-year-old out of Trump tattoo — only to give her a flag tattoo instead (video) Carla Sinclair

crime Las Vegas must pay $34m to woman jailed 16 years on evidence fabricated by police Rob Beschizza

AI I interviewed the AI ghost of a famous dead porn star Thom Dunn

electronic music The Faint: 25 years of Blank Wave Arcade (Todd Fink Interview) Lee Keeler

Comic Books "Alter Ego" is a great new crime novel about IP, AI, and comic book industry con artists Thom Dunn

music 25 years of "Short Music for Short People," the greatest music compilation ever made Thom Dunn

books Band People: the artistry and economics of supporting musicians Thom Dunn

facebook Facebook is paying people to make the AI slop that infests it Rob Beschizza

batman A radical unlicensed queer comic book movie returns to theaters Thom Dunn

Guided by Voices interviewed on their 30-year-old EP that became a cult classic  Lee Keeler

science fiction "Big Germs" — short fiction by Rudy Rucker Boing Boing

interview Interview with Case Esparros, independent filmmaker and director of "The Absence of Milk in the Mouths of the Lost" Natalie Dressed