Science Archaeologists discover remains of ancient mystic with six fingers Allan Rose Hill

art Phone call leads police to $800,000 in stolen art by an artist who believed Jesus was a space alien Xeni Jardin

AI The mystical Kabbalah roots of natural language processing David Pescovitz

books Dungeon Crawler Carl is a fun read but the audiobook is a work of art Gail Sherman

psyops The Sinophobic history of brainwashing Thom Dunn

trailers Dune part 2 teaser Rob Beschizza

religion Conspirituality: A podcast that dismantles New Age cults, wellness grifters, and conspiracy-mad yogis Elías Villoro

video essay The psychic con game Devin Nealy

books Amaze: A book about how to think like a magician David Pescovitz

puzzles My trip through the Starmaze: a world in the 9th dimension Jane Frauenfelder

music Interview with musician and artist Genesis P-Orridge Sarina Claire and Case Esparros with Kane Lafia

happy mutants Margaret Atwood's "The Testaments": a long-awaited Handmaid's Tale sequel fulfills its promise Cory Doctorow

History Medieval people bathed Cory Doctorow

roleplaying games What's new in the world of tabletop gaming? Gareth Branwyn

gaming In search of an awesome general interest gaming magazine Gareth Branwyn

smile A historian of "Positive Thinking" surrenders (almost) David Pescovitz

offworld Black characters in video games must be more than stereotypes of the inhuman Sidney Fussell

Dungeons & Dragons The awesome glory that is Dungeons and Dragons 5th Edition Jason Louv

Reviews Mice and Mystics: awesome dungeoncrawler board game for all ages Jon Seagull