ikea This isn't an IKEA receipt, it's a rug that looks like an IKEA receipt Rusty Blazenhoff

worse things happen at sea Sketchy deaths are nearly as likely on cruise ships as contracting an infectious disease Jason Weisberger

MAD magazine artists reveal how anti-Semitism shaped American comics (video) Mark Frauenfelder

Evertop is a solar-powered e-Ink portable PC: "thousands of hours on a single charge" Rob Beschizza

fantasy Peter Bebergal's "Appendix N" in a revised, expanded edition Gareth Branwyn

documentary Stand By for Failure, the full documentary on Negativland Natalie Dressed

Science Update on the COVID-19 "Ohio cryptic lineage": Wastewater tracking shows that it abruptly disappeared Jennifer Sandlin

books Spirituality and Abolition, a new book from the Abolition Journal Elías Villoro

star trek Harlan Ellison auction includes the world's most (in)famous "Star Trek" photo Mark Frauenfelder

likely stories MTA superintendent claims blow-up doll in his passenger seat is "for the company," not for carpool lane Mark Frauenfelder

music Elderly British drill rappers Rob Beschizza

fantasy Read the authors that inspired Gary Gygax and the origins of D&D in Appendix N. Gareth Branwyn

ghosts Go behind the scenes of a real-life high school paranormal investigators club Thom Dunn

museums Are there ghosts haunting the antiquities of the British Museum? Gareth Branwyn

nuts Eating nuts helps 'busting a nut' be more fun Jason Weisberger

Cooking Do not bring a duffel bag full of 40 vacuum-sealed frozen piranhas into LAX Xeni Jardin

happy mutants 2017 Hugo nominees announced Cory Doctorow

History A typography historian shares his favorite typefaces Andrea James

retro Sci-Fi Sundays: Worlds of IF, March 1968 Caleb Kraft

science fiction Sci-Fi Sundays: Worlds Of If, January 1964 Caleb Kraft