late stage capitalism A self-appointed wing of the American judicial system is about to make it much harder to fight terms of service Cory Doctorow

video games Uncharted gets a real-life roller coaster Grant St. Clair

video games The metaverse is no more Grant St. Clair

elections Democrat Adam Frisch has raised $1 million more than Lauren Boebert (so far) in 2023 Carla Sinclair

books Echo is a beautiful and mesmerizing history of concert posters Thom Dunn

video games Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild gets a chaotic multiplayer mod Grant St. Clair

science fiction Flux is a dizzying, dazzling debut novel about trauma, time travel, and 80s cop shows Thom Dunn

law Michigan State University shooter kills 3 then self Rob Beschizza

happy mutants 20th Century Men brilliantly flips the Cold War on its head, with superheroes Thom Dunn

africa New evidence of African writing system that pre-dates European colonialists Thom Dunn

animation Marcel the Shell with Shoes On is a stop-motion, comedy-adventure docu-drama Elías Villoro

music The Music of East meets West: Üsküdar neighborhood, Istanbul  Katherine Hreib

twitter Selling Blue Checks hits the reset button on Twitter's anointed elite Rob Beschizza

movie reviews Instead of "Triangle of Sadness," try "Gilligan's Island." It doesn't think so highly of itself Natalie Dressed

art A tribute to Korean artist Kim Jung Gi, dead at 47 Devin Nealy

memes This "GTA in real life" parody is too accurate Devin Nealy

HDSF New entry from the Historical Dictionary of Science Fiction: "Time Opera" Jesse Sheidlower

graphic novels REVIEW: second volume of Dune graphic novel heads deep into Sietch Tabr Thom Dunn

Comics Comic legend Alex Ross takes Marvel's first family into uncharted territory in "Fantastic Four: Full Circle" Devin Nealy

television Check out how they made "Arcane" in the first episode of "Bridging the Rift" Devin Nealy