Mecca More than 700 killed in Hajj stampede Rob Beschizza

art Impressive propaganda in an immersive Turkish panorama painting Natalie Dressed

tourism The weirdest free tourism spots in the U.S. B.R. O'Deal

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crosswords Get some help on the New York Times crossword with easy mode Gail Sherman

hip-hop Digable Planets bring the freshest old school hip hop to THING Festival 2023 Gareth Branwyn

toys Meet the inventor of the Spirograph (video) David Pescovitz

cutlassfish These ribbonfish look like liquid mercury Jennifer Sandlin

ohio Exploring America's abandoned malls Popkin

zines New '90s-era American Girl twins are opposites: one makes zines, the other Y2K lists Rusty Blazenhoff

video games Xbox, Nintendo, and Sony all pass on E3 Grant St. Clair

a lovely book to trumpet Arnold the Elephant is stranded on a small, rocky, deserted island in Leo Timmers's new book. Elías Villoro

music 90s hip hop trio Digable Planets' "The Art of Easing" still out of this world Elías Villoro

art Celebrating the 35th anniversary of Star Trek: The Next Generation with mixed-media meme art Gareth Branwyn

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Ho;lidays Christmas with a Z: Zara Bode KO's COVID with a Holiday Special All Her Own Matt Maranian

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