storytelling Rape scenes are lazy Rob Beschizza

Games 007: First Light review: From Denmark with love Grant St. Clair

art Giant crop postcards turned oversize produce into folk art Popkin

Rise and Fall of the United States US Department of Education decorates headquarters with Charlie Kirk Jason Weisberger

billionaires buying things With CNN in their sights, the Ellisons ask Trump who to axe Jason Weisberger

law Comedian Russell Brand accused of rapes Rob Beschizza

How Les Sewing Sisters are tailoring a new sound in music Lee Keeler

History Every day I learn from the Twitter account @AfricanArchives Elías Villoro

Blaire Erskine Hell House parody: Don't pet that dog 'too good'! Jennifer Sandlin

tabloids Joe Biden's "dementia" and Ghislaine Maxwell's "shocking photos' in this week's dubious tabloids Peter Sheridan

corpses A dead man's body was dissected in an "Oddities and Curiosities" show to a paying audience without consent Carla Sinclair

new york city This 1970 documentary shows dirty old New York at its meanest and most decrepit Mark Frauenfelder

documentaries The Met just posted Hilary Harris's Organism (1975) to YouTube Mark Frauenfelder

reddit This bot turns Reddit arguments into videos of animated courtroom dramas Mark Frauenfelder

flowers Do you have trouble keeping your plants alive? Try this Atreyu and Artax flower pot set. Thom Dunn

History Watch this impressive c.1929 footage of construction workers atop NYC's Chrysler Building David Pescovitz

Games Review / Control Rob Beschizza

News New federal rules will limit police searches of DNA ancestry databases Xeni Jardin

television Meet HBO's sex scene coach David Pescovitz

DIY Arts & Crafts: build your next home out of shipping containers Séamus Bellamy