halloween How was Halloween celebrated in the early 1900s? Gareth Branwyn

public domain Here's where you can get your public-domain copy of The Great Gatsby Mark Frauenfelder

infectious diseases Penny lick bowls served up ice cream, with a side of infectious disease Jennifer Sandlin

aspics Here are some resources about aspics Jennifer Sandlin

kickstarter Exclusive art from a stunning new graphic novel adaptation of The Great Gatsby Thom Dunn

politics Attacks on free speech rising in U.S. Rob Beschizza

censorship Indoctrination is nothing new in Florida's schools Elías Villoro

museums Museum of Sex coming to Miami with robots and an "erotic carnival" David Pescovitz

Stanley Kubrick Stanley Kubrick explains the endings of 2001 and The Shining in unreleased 1980 documentary footage Mark Frauenfelder

Republicans GOP Congressperson elect George Santos also lied about his family fleeing Nazi Germany Jason Weisberger

phone numbers You can still call a phone number and be told the time by the U.S. Naval Observatory Elías Villoro

HDSF Meet the Terrenes, the people of Earth in (some) science fiction Jesse Sheidlower

Games But have you experienced Peaky Blinders in VR? Devin Nealy

Black Friday Instead of Black Friday, try Buy Nothing Day! Jennifer Sandlin

events Lucha VaVoom, a glam slam wrestling show in downtown LA celebrates 20 years Lee Keeler

politics Antifa means Anti-fascist Elías Villoro

occult The Enduring Legacy of Parapsychologist J.B. Rhine Mitch Horowitz

HDSF Telescanner: a new entry in the Historical Dictionary of Science Fiction Jesse Sheidlower

movies The trailer for Damien Chazelle's Babylon is mesmerizing Devin Nealy

HDSF What is a Supervillain? A new entry in the Historical Dictionary of Science Fiction Jesse Sheidlower