music Spike Jones Christmas is still the best Christmas Andrea James

science fiction Sci-fi magazines are getting inundated with AI fiction submissions Thom Dunn

junk science Oil and tobacco lobbyist blames Trans-Atlantic slave trade on wind Thom Dunn

sociopathic cults One-fifth of Americans believe every school shooting is a fake event filled with "crisis actors" Jennifer Sandlin

racism On this day, George Stinney became the youngest American executed in the 20th century Devin Nealy

mental health Self-proclaimed Sith Lord arrested for trying to assassinate Queen of England Thom Dunn

Business The UK government gave away cheap money for property purchase deposits, which the wealthy abused, driving up property prices and leaving UK taxpayers exposed Cory Doctorow

politics The Atlantic explains why it hired a columnist who wants a quarter of American women put to death Rob Beschizza

videos The incredible true story of the Epcot Horizons superfans who ruled the ride Cory Doctorow

Copyfight Public Domain Day outside the USA: what Canada and the rest of the world get today Cory Doctorow

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

meat Big factory pig farms are some of America's worst polluters Xeni Jardin