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tabloids The coming alien invasion and a sweet-smelling Kardashian vagina in this week's dubious tabloids Peter Sheridan

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books Check out this new book about the man who read every single Marvel Comic ever written. Thom Dunn

Boing Boing Gadgets GameThrill is offering 30 cool Steam games for less than $2 each Boing Boing's Shop

authoritarianism Cops and spooks all over the world rely on a junk-science "walking polygraph" method to steer their investigation Cory Doctorow

collections Woman recorded 70,000 hours of news broadcasts Rob Beschizza

Games Review / Control Rob Beschizza

horror David Lynch's Mystery Man's place in the horror pantheon Rob Beschizza

art The Weird of Wendy Pini Rob Beschizza

NASA How to decode the images on the Voyager Golden Record Ron Barry

Entertainment Better Call Saul reveals the tortured origin of Mike Ehrmantraut K.M. McFarland

offworld When Twin Peaks meets video games Leigh Alexander

math The beauty and wisdom of mathematics Clifford Pickover

comedy A Conversation with John Cleese Ethan Gilsdorf

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