they had a cool bus Remembering the Partridges Jason Weisberger

animal ASMR This giant anteater uses his dancing tongue to keep cool in the summer's sweltering heat Jennifer Sandlin

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

Comics Legendary cartoonist Will Eisner's life's work, including The Spirit, is up for sale Ruben Bolling

Games Asus quits smartphone business Rob Beschizza

gadgets Thermal cameras show our noses cool when we are stressed Rob Beschizza

sustainable fashion Founder of iconic buy-sell-trade store, Buffalo Exchange, dies at age 83 Jennifer Sandlin

music Median age of MTV viewers is 56 Rob Beschizza

politics "Conservative content mill" PragerU could soon control public school curricula Jennifer Sandlin

sponsored DaVinci IQ3 review: A cooler, bigger, better dry herb vaporizer Advertiser

politics Bezos breaks his favorite toy: Ruth Marcus bails after 40 years at The Washington Post Ellsworth Toohey

science fiction Starman at 40: John Carpenter's forgotten sci-fi masterpiece, interview with special effects artist John Rosengrant Lee Keeler

vegetable oil Freak fire: Man's clothes "spontaneously combusted" while he was sleeping — he woke up to flames Carla Sinclair

Science "On-site generative artificial intelligence" for nuclear power plants Jason Weisberger

electronic music The Faint: 25 years of Blank Wave Arcade (Todd Fink Interview) Lee Keeler

law Vermont man charged with drunk driving in Canada thought he was in U.S. Rob Beschizza

"A dream in the making" Ikea to sell used furniture online Jason Weisberger

Guided by Voices interviewed on their 30-year-old EP that became a cult classic  Lee Keeler

military SXSW quietly drops US Army sponsorship Thom Dunn

science fiction "Big Germs" — short fiction by Rudy Rucker Boing Boing