the matrix How could there be two famous people named Wink Martindale? Kevin Reome

face palm Placerville proud to be called 'Old Hangtown' Jason Weisberger

california Santa Claus flies into power lines, needs rescue Kevin Reome

cancer Love, loss, and Carrie Fisher's lamp Gina Loukareas

AI I played this AI-generated text adventure as the Mandalorian and here's what happened John Struan

Copyfight The EU's plan to impose mandatory copyright filters is on life-support and may die Cory Doctorow

art The Weird of Wendy Pini Rob Beschizza

Copyfight Desperate Comcast commits copyfraud in bid to silence its critics Cory Doctorow

authors Grant Morrison interview: "Laughter can banish any and all demons" Propaganda Anonymous

media 100 yard-long kraken surfaces near Antarctica, and other tabloid stunners Peter Sheridan

lemony snicket A Series of Unfortunate Questions for Daniel Handler Mark Dery

fashion When fashion is frightening Anna Anthropy

Better Call Saul's compelling first season ends K.M. McFarland

religion The divine witches of cyberspace Leigh Alexander

nsa Snowden and Venezuela: My bizarre experience in the surveillance state Isabel Lara

surrealism Nerval's Lobster: Is walking a crustacean any more ridiculous than a dog? Mark Dery

ed piskor The Ed Piskor Interview Marc Sobel

Games What it's like to be on Jeopardy Glenn Fleishman