mondo 2000 San Francisco, June 7: Celebrate the cyberculture with Mondo 2000's RU Sirius, Mark Pauline, Cintra Wilson, Rudy Rucker, Cindy Cohn, and phriendz David Pescovitz
Entertainment Remember when people paid real money to watch bug apocalypse documentaries? Mark Frauenfelder
Funny Watch painful moment Olympic pole vaulter's "pole" (ahem) knocks him out of the competition Allan Rose Hill
los angeles Legendary L.A. eatery Clifton's Cafeteria is back! (but is called Clifton's Republic now) Yoy Luadha
new york times New York Times Gaza writer has no journalism experience and boosted call to slaughter Palestinians: "violate any norm" Rob Beschizza
music Transgressive artist Monte Cazazza, who coined the term "industrial music," RIP David Pescovitz
muppets The Muppets' iconic 'Mah Nà Mah Nà' song originated in a steamy softcore Italian film, here's how Jim Henson found it Rusty Blazenhoff
The Beatles Hear the haunting original sketch for The Beatles "Yellow Submarine" sung by John Lennon Gareth Branwyn