humor Tavin Dillard: mowin', edgin', grass-cuttin' legend Elías Villoro

books Inside Alan Moore's Head David Pescovitz

music Quantum Criminals: a book based on characters from the music of Steely Dan Elías Villoro

Natalie Merchant Listen to Natalie Merchant tell the origin story of "Verdi Cries" Jennifer Sandlin

movies The teaser for Bong Joon Ho's next project is finally here Devin Nealy

anime See the Japanese art of paper theater—Kamishibai—in Seattle this fall Bob Knetzger

psychiatry Psychiatrist evaluates authenticity of movie psychopaths Devin Nealy

storytelling The Moth: the craftwork of unscripted storytelling Andrew Yi

books The wonderful "50 Years of Text Games" newsletter is becoming a book Thom Dunn

music Here's the first single from the unreleased David Bowie album coming in January David Pescovitz

animation Orson Welles narrates 1973 animation of Plato's Cave Gareth Branwyn

Journalism Watch the first ever online Pop-Up Magazine, tonight (5/27) at 6pm PT David Pescovitz

late stage capitalism Wework, Uber, Lyft, Netflix, Bird, Amazon: late-stage capitalism is all about money-losing predatory pricing aimed at creating monopolies Cory Doctorow

biographies Creator of Zippy the Pinhead writes a fantastic comic book biography of Schlitzie the Pinhead Mark Frauenfelder

Business The Curse of Bigness: Tim Wu channels Brandeis on Big Tech (and Big Everything Else) Cory Doctorow

barack obama Barack Obama lists his favorite books, music, and movies of 2018 Gina Loukareas

san francisco The Untold Tales of Armistead Maupin, 2017 documentary about 'Tales of the City' creator Rusty Blazenhoff

happy mutants EFF's first VR app trains you to spot surveillance devices in your community Cory Doctorow

politics Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez's campaign video team just made a killer ad for a Hawai'ian Democratic Socialist Cory Doctorow

happy mutants Mother American Night: John Perry Barlow's posthumous memoir Cory Doctorow