documentaries Documentary about famed sideshow performer Schlitzie "coming out soon" Jennifer Sandlin

pottery How did this gentleman get stuck in a clay pot? (video) Mark Frauenfelder

very special people Today is Koo Koo the Bird Girl appreciation day! Popkin

vampires Meet the Philanthropic Vampire Courts of Texas Thom Dunn

News First 'baked in space' cookies: 2 hours at 325º in zero-g oven Xeni Jardin

white supremacy Ecofascism isn't new: white supremacy and exterminism have always lurked in the environmental movement Cory Doctorow

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

trump Ban on Trump's #MuslimBan upheld by U.S. Appeals Court in unanimous ruling. Next stop, Supreme Court? Xeni Jardin

books Guillermo del Toro: At Home with Monsters: Inside His Films, Notebooks, and Collections Bob Knetzger

movies 14 "lost" films still to be found Rob Beschizza

music The stars look very different today Mark Dery

Copyfight Appeals court rules Batmobile is a "character" and is copyrighted by DC Cory Doctorow

books Jo Walton's "My Real Children" [book excerpt] Boing Boing