the bible Making a biblically accurate angel tree topper Gareth Branwyn

happy mutants Empire Games: Charlie Stross starts a new phase in the Merchant Princes series, blending spycraft, Leninist thought experiments, and parallel dimensions Cory Doctorow

News Strange 1996 "Markovian Parallax Denigrate" Usenet posts remain a mystery Ellsworth Toohey

museums A visit to the museum of hell Allan Rose Hill

politics Eight facts about hemp-hating, Hitler-heiling MAGA weirdo Mary Miller Mark Frauenfelder

law enforcement An escaped convict hid out in a shuttered Circuit City for six months Jason Weisberger

happy mutants Please leave this new family alone. They are begging you. Jennifer Sandlin

ChatGPT New AI Chatbot app finally answers the question "What would Jesus text?" Thom Dunn

conspirituality #HonestWellnessInfluencer hashtag mocks conspiritualists and reveals the truth behind their grift Jennifer Sandlin

Culture El Pochcast, Talking to Houseplants, and the podcast worlds of Rodrigo Nuñez Elías Villoro

religion God spoke to modern man in 1952 and it's quite a sight David Pescovitz

Jesus The "Holy Spirit Board" is Ouija for Jesus Thom Dunn

prophetic visions 100 years later, T.S. Eliot's The Waste Land still resonates Jennifer Sandlin

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

podcasts Listen to the new Vice podcast all about the science of Dune Thom Dunn

tabloids Bill Gates and the Royal wiretap scandal in this week's dubious tabloids Peter Sheridan

conspiracy theories QAnon has some weird overlaps with MMA, WWE, and Wellness Influencer Culture Thom Dunn

white house Trump White House commemorates 850th anniversary of Christian martyr St. Thomas Becket Thom Dunn

happy mutants Slack is back: "J.R. 'Bob' Dobbs and the Church of the SubGenius" trailer drops Rusty Blazenhoff

religion Church under investigation after worshiper pinned down to 'pray the gay away' Xeni Jardin