cuba Cuba reportedly jammed amateur (ham) radio communications during last week's protests David Pescovitz
louisiana Louisiana reintroduces the electric chair, adds nitrogen hypoxia to execution methods Natalie Dressed
politics Media Matters publishes useful guide to Project 2025, the extreme right-wing agenda that "represents a threat to democracy, civil rights, the climate, and more" Jennifer Sandlin
biology Iron Maiden is popular among biologists and taxonomists, so they just named a new lizard species after frontman Bruce Dickinson Jennifer Sandlin
tabloids JFK's second gunman, and alien life on Earth, exposed in last week's dubious tabloids Peter Sheridan
Postmodern Jukebox Watch this Roy Orbison-esque version of the Pixies' "Where is My Mind?" Jennifer Sandlin
politics Billy Bragg writes "Rich Men Earning North of a Million" as an antidote to Oliver Anthony's "Rich Men North of Richmond" Jennifer Sandlin
literature Salman Rushdie wins the Freedom to Publish award at the British Book Awards ElĂas Villoro