art 31 Visions of Hell, Satan, and Demons, according to a 1775 book obsessed with genitals Thom Dunn

nightmare fuel Flesh-eating screwworms march north as DOGE cuts funding on everything we need to stop them Séamus Bellamy

politics Luigi Mangione shares first public statement since incarceration Grant St. Clair

art The playful and spooky puppets of Paul Klee Popkin

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

i have no mouth and i must scream The Amazing Digital Circus Episode 2 is a candy-coated existential crisis Gail Sherman

dune David Lynch's unfinished script for Dune 2 unearthed Rob Beschizza

VR The Library of Babel implemented in VRChat Rob Beschizza

television Ain't it Fun: new graphic novel reveals the untold story of Cleveland's punk music scene Lee Keeler

david cronenberg Watch David Cronenberg's "Four Unloved Women, Adrift on a Purposeless Sea, Experience the Ecstasy of Dissection" (2023), featuring four 18th-century life-size wax anatomical models Jennifer Sandlin

unions Major film schools scab WGA strike by bringing in movie executives to speak at commencement Thom Dunn

Return to the sinister hospital in Romford Remembering Garth Marenghi's Darkplace Elías Villoro

podcasts What would Bartleby the Scrivener click on? Elías Villoro

tabloids Monkeypox is a Chinese bioweapon in this week's dubious tabloids Peter Sheridan

neuroscience Timothy Leary interview from Folsom prison Devin Nealy

19A0s Loki's retro-tech world is the best 19A0 Rob Beschizza

Culture Creative industry workers suffer the most stolen wages, according to UNESCO Thom Dunn

tabloids Terrorists and spies swarm America in this week's dubious tabloids Peter Sheridan

baking Why is everyone suddenly baking bread? I think I know Gareth Branwyn

late stage capitalism Doomsday Preppers are now selling timeshares, too Thom Dunn