detroit Watch: Michael Jackson and the Jackson 5 audition for Motown in 1968 Rusty Blazenhoff

mashups "I Want You Back" by Jackson 5 but it's also the Super Mario theme Thom Dunn

robot That time Michael Jackson did the robot with Cher (1975) Rusty Blazenhoff

music Joe Jackson, musical family patriarch and Michael Jackson's famously abusive dad, has died. Xeni Jardin

politics In 1979, President Carter's bizarre battle with an aggressive swimming rabbit became a political nightmare Ellsworth Toohey

politics DC cop convicted for tipping off Proud Boys about police operations Ellsworth Toohey

Incredibly strange holiday card photos from Christmases past Allan Rose Hill

photography Unusual vintage snapshots featuring questionable question marks Allan Rose Hill

toys "Wicked" toys from Mattel featuring link to porn site pulled from shelves, now available on eBay Allan Rose Hill

music Quincy Jones dead at 91 Rob Beschizza

fundraisers Robyn Hitchcock and Emma Swift to host livestream fundraiser for indie rocker Matthew Sweet Jennifer Sandlin

computer history Watch the 1968 Bell Labs documentary that inspired HAL 9000's famous death scene Ellsworth Toohey

foia Cops use drug-sniffing dogs to detect abortion pills Ellsworth Toohey

art These impressive stop motion music videos are made for fall Jennifer Sandlin

politics Headliners bail on heavy metal festival because Kyle Rittenhouse Jennifer Sandlin

copyright Copyrightus Infringio! Public library ends Harry Potter-themed child literacy program after legal threat from Warner Brothers Rob Beschizza

Cryptozoology Michigan cops post photo of roadside Bigfoot encounter Allan Rose Hill

Space NASA's "Hidden Figures" awarded Congressional Gold Medals Rob Beschizza

music Tito Jackson, of the Jackson 5, dead at 70 Rob Beschizza

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