sweden Novice spends a year building a cabin by hand Andrea James

video Slow TV: spend an hour on this Swiss mountain rail line Andrea James

internet culture Mazeball kept my sanity intact through a boring phone call Popkin

sports Major League Baseball can now call balls and strikes with 100% accuracy… but will only use the system in the most annoying way possible Ruben Bolling

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

television The web but with a cable TV menu Rob Beschizza

television This TV commercial for beef stew delivers the psychological tension of a Kubrick or Tarkovsky film David Pescovitz

television 40 Years Later, Jeremy Brett is Still the Best Sherlock Holmes Lee Keeler

Entertainment Happy Life Day, the Star Wars holiday celebrating Wookiee life Ruben Bolling

television Suzanne Somers was fired from "Three's Company" for demanding equal pay, then made $300 million from ThighMaster Mark Frauenfelder

secrets Ken Burns slowly distances himself from Clarence Thomas photo Rob Beschizza

tabloids Testicles in a jar (and China's invasion of America) in this week's dubious tabloids Peter Sheridan

werner herzog The curious history of the dancing chicken in Werner Herzog's 1977 film Stroszek Jennifer Sandlin

france Inside a looted store in France — news channel live broadcasts encounter between police and alleged thief Mark Frauenfelder

movies How they executed the stunts in John Wick 4 Devin Nealy

parody YouTuber Man Carrying Thing pokes fun at an overused trope in multiverse movies Devin Nealy

Brian David Gilbert Short "camcorder horror" film explores memory, trauma, and loss Jennifer Sandlin

Funny The iconic clip that introduced color TV to Australia Popkin

Games Netflix is going all in on Gears of War Devin Nealy

television Get ready for The Boys spin-off "Gen V" Devin Nealy