History Rare photos from a 1965 Selma March participant's POV Andrea James

art Drew Friedman's latest book: Shtick Figures: The Cool, the Comical, the Crazy Mark Frauenfelder

statistics A comprehensive statistical analysis of Six Degrees of Kevin Bacon Thom Dunn

Funny I dare you to not giggle while watching this video of Snowee the cockatoo laughing with her human Jennifer Sandlin

finland Finnish hobbyhorsing phenomenon gallops on: watch this year's championships Rusty Blazenhoff

art KAWS wins lawsuit against counterfeit operation Jennifer Sandlin

music Micky Dolenz sues to get The Monkees' full FBI file David Pescovitz

entrapment Arizona police investigate "sex trafficking" by paying victims to perform sex acts on them Jennifer Sandlin

tabloids "Humiliated Meghan" in this week's dubious tabloids Peter Sheridan

tabloids Queen "kills" Andrew sex probe in this week's dubious tabloids Peter Sheridan

voting rights New video demolishes Joe Manchin for "standing with racists" Carla Sinclair

Ghislaine's daddy issues in this week's dubious tabloids Peter Sheridan

tabloids The tabloids use news stories to mirror and amplify their own Weltanschauung Peter Sheridan

Comic Books Comics Beat's choices for best comics of 2020 Gareth Branwyn

cosplay Civil rights leader Rep. John Lewis cosplayed as himself at Comic Con. Janelle Hessig

happy mutants Ava DuVernay is directing an HBO adaptation based on Brian Wood's DMZ Cory Doctorow

happy mutants A secret Finnish subculture of women and girls who ride hobbyhorses has come out of the shadows Cory Doctorow

robots Shapeshifting microrobots to travel through your bloodstream David Pescovitz

Business SON OF COCKY: a writer is trying to trademark "DRAGON SLAYER" for fantasy novels Cory Doctorow

cannabis The first weed-friendly campground resort in the country just opened Carla Sinclair