free music Moby relaunches free music library for creatives, with 500 new tracks Jennifer Sandlin

politics Moby wants you to give him a call Jennifer Sandlin

music You've definitely heard Kevin McLeod's music Rob Beschizza

twitter Twitter users will no longer be able to hide their blue checks Rob Beschizza

music Chechnya bans fast and slow music, including Russian nat'l anthem Natalie Dressed

audiobooks In 1996, Burt Reynolds narrated an audiobook of Moby Dick Thom Dunn

AI AI-generated nightmare fuel of Will Smith eating spaghetti Jennifer Sandlin

literature Moby Dick translated into Gen Z English Thom Dunn

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

podcasts What would Bartleby the Scrivener click on? Elías Villoro

Unusual talents Watch a "balance master" stack objects in seemingly impossible arrangements Mark Frauenfelder

magazines Reasonably Sized Homes magazine should exist Rob Beschizza

Games Comparing the 16- and 256-color versions of the classic adventure game Loom Rob Beschizza

History Software was expensive as heck in the 1980s Rob Beschizza

music Listen to 60 songs from 1999 mixed into 3.5 minutes David Pescovitz

Funny Famous novels' opening lines rewritten for the present pandemic moment David Pescovitz

music Listen to Moby's new version of "Porcelain" with Jim James (My Morning Jacket) David Pescovitz

public domain Here's where you can get your public-domain copy of The Great Gatsby Mark Frauenfelder

music Watch blues maestros Son House and Buddy Guy on TV in 1958 David Pescovitz