George Carlin Powerful short "America Wake Up" invokes George Carlin: "The reason they call it the American Dream is because you have to be asleep to believe it." Rusty Blazenhoff

literature Salman Rushdie wins the Freedom to Publish award at the British Book Awards Elías Villoro

Republicans Watch a MAGA rave on about technologically advanced mermaids from the kingdom of darkness Jason Weisberger

movies Blade becomes a victim of the writer's strike Devin Nealy

trumpism Christian Nationalist "prophet" leads thousands to pray in tongues to prevent Trump's arrest Mark Frauenfelder

rap The early gospel quartet that influenced rap Rusty Blazenhoff

art Ukraine postal service introduces Banksy's "FCK PTN!" postage stamp David Pescovitz

conspirituality Chakras aligned and conspiracies entertained at the Conscious Life Expo Jennifer Sandlin

performance art The PriceMaster determines garage sale prices in this 22 year-old footage Jennifer Sandlin

books "The Caliph and the Imam" looks to be a fascinating historical read about the Sunni-Shii split in Islam Elías Villoro

books Bayt Al Fann, questions, and Thomas Jefferson's Qur'an Elías Villoro

prophetic visions 100 years later, T.S. Eliot's The Waste Land still resonates Jennifer Sandlin

music A compilation of cover tributes to Public Enemy Elías Villoro

music RIP Krautrock legend Manuel Göttsching of Ash Ra Temple David Pescovitz

science fiction Octavia Butler's Kindred to premiere on Hulu on December 13 Elías Villoro

AI interprets 'Mr. Blue Sky' lyrics, human makes music video with the art Rusty Blazenhoff

christofascists Lauren Boebert calls for laws to enforce "biblical citizenship training" in our schools Jennifer Sandlin

very stable geniuses MAGA-loving Christian prophetess Kat Kerr promises you can ride sabertooth tigers and woolly mammoths in Heaven Mark Frauenfelder

books Unhappy birthday, George Orwell's Nineteen Eighty-Four! Devin Nealy

music MIDI pioneer Dave Smith dead at 72 Rob Beschizza