late stage capitalism Schadenfreude watch: Porno copyright trolls' investors sue, say the grifters they backed stole their money (the grifters say their lawyer stole the money from them first!) Cory Doctorow

politics 2018 essay: "The Case for Letting Malibu Burn" Mark Frauenfelder

airplanes Amazing video of aerial firefighters refilling their planes Jason Weisberger

law L.A. Sheriff's deputy allegedly smuggled drugs into jail Natalie Dressed

tabloids Meghan Markle's "casting couch" and an Epstein "sex slave" murdered in this week's dubious tabloids Peter Sheridan

tabloids Queen Camilla's divorce ultimatum and the Clintons betray Joe Biden, in this week's dubious tabloids Peter Sheridan

star wars Mark Hamill talks about being an 'elderly recluse,' playing Luke Skywalker, and his new father-son film, 'The Machine' Rusty Blazenhoff

Comics The story of Malibu Comics and The Ultraverse Devin Nealy

tabloids World War III and Biden-Harris "knife fight" in this week's dubious tabloids Peter Sheridan

tax havens As Western nations gave billions to Jordan, the king bought 14 luxury properties abroad worth $106 million Mark Frauenfelder

tabloids Fauci and Royal Nazis in this week's dubious tabloids Peter Sheridan

music Dark Side of Light's "bummer summer" breeze Daniel Siwek

climate change Misstopia — Simon Stephenson's word for a world where everything has missed its intended mark due to human error Mark Frauenfelder

short stories Short story: Schrödinger's Hat Box Jason Weisberger

horses William Shatner wins a huge load of horse semen in his divorce settlement Thom Dunn

war criminals How Doonesbury helped turn George HW Bush into a mass-murdering war criminal Cory Doctorow

media Ferocious bipedal dog-like beast prowling American forests! says tabloid Peter Sheridan

fantasy My 20-year-obsession with DragonStrike's instructional videotape Don Jolly