ONLY GOD CAN JUDGE ME Police say Texas woman ate half a cake while roaming Walmart, then refused to pay Xeni Jardin

video games Real-life "Blades of Chaos" are both breathtaking and terrifying (video) Grant St. Clair

books Best book covers of 2024 Allan Rose Hill

Cult of Trump Donald Trump's MAGA army calls for violence over the internet: "War" Carla Sinclair

mental health Some of my favorite quotes from Stoic philosophers Yoy Luadha

crime UK courts falsely convicted hundreds of postal workers of crimes because of an accounting bug. Why are they not being exonerated? Rob Beschizza

politics If Justice Thomas repaid that RV loan, it wasn't with "money" Jason Weisberger

qanon shaman QAnon Shaman is back, dropping new "wisdom" on Twitter Jennifer Sandlin

tabloids Royal scandals in this week's dubious tabloids Peter Sheridan

body language Giving the finger is a "God-given right," rules judge David Pescovitz

larping Ohioans critique the Polish LARPers who recreated an "American 4th of July in Ohio" Jennifer Sandlin

books The Metamodernism of Hanzi Freinacht Ferdinando Buscema

ducks Cook's books "Ducks: And How To Make Them Pay" not about revenge Thom Dunn

ghosts Oldest-known drawing of a ghost found on ancient Babylonian tablet Thom Dunn

corruption Steven Donziger proved oil company Chevron dumped billions of tons of toxic waste. But he's the one going to jail. Thom Dunn

tabloids Sex, meth and flatulence in this week's dubious tabloids Peter Sheridan

treason Ignoring Trump's threats Pence announces he won't reject electoral results Mark Frauenfelder

music Dark Side of Light's "bummer summer" breeze Daniel Siwek

noads Channeling Timothy Leary on the Centennial of his Birth, October 22, 2020 Boing Boing