lego Artist sues Lego for copying Queer Eye leather jacket design Mark Frauenfelder

gritty The QUEER EYE crew gave Gritty a makeover even though Gritty is already perfect Thom Dunn

books John Shirley's guide to wrecking your career in science fiction John Shirley

Technology Elon Musk threatens to buy D&D after company removes racist content Ellsworth Toohey

kickstarter "Oddly Compelling" explores the life of comic artist and CBLDF founder Denis Kitchen Thom Dunn

SpookRate finds spooky films based on your preferences Popkin

Technology Punk programmers and queer hackers expose Reagan-era tech corruption in Cory Doctorow's new novel, on Kickstarter now Mark Frauenfelder

News Pandering news hosts called out Jason Weisberger

bizarre competitions Wolfing down scalding hot biscuits and other weird contests from 1897 Mark Frauenfelder

batman A radical unlicensed queer comic book movie returns to theaters Thom Dunn

education Field trip to Willis Wonderland included in UCLA's summer kitsch & camp course Rusty Blazenhoff

politics Media Matters publishes useful guide to Project 2025, the extreme right-wing agenda that "represents a threat to democracy, civil rights, the climate, and more" Jennifer Sandlin

LGBTQ Almost 30% of Gen Z adults are LGBTQ David Pescovitz

censorship New school board president sworn in on stack of banned books Mark Frauenfelder

tabloids JFK murder cover-up and Trump's mob ties in this week's dubious tabloids Peter Sheridan

politics Human Rights Campaign declares a state of emergency for LGBTQ+ Americans Elías Villoro

fbi Still free: Assata Shakur, fifty years on the FBI's most wanted list Elías Villoro

arrested ex-presidents New Yorkers come to Trump Tower in droves to spread their message: "New York hates you!" (video) Carla Sinclair

Grace Jones to headline OUTLOUD Pride Music festival Elías Villoro

music 1974 anti-fascist version of "Space Oddity" sung in Spanish by Hermanos Calatrava Elías Villoro