weirdos of christofascistland Bizarre GOP Mark Finchem, running for secretary of state in Arizona, could decide elections in the state Jennifer Sandlin

book bans American Library Association reports book banning at an all-time high Jason Weisberger

arcades This psychic chicken will tell your fortune! Jennifer Sandlin

Weird Pick your nose (finger puppets) Rusty Blazenhoff

useless animals Meet the animals of Useless Farm Jennifer Sandlin

rpgs What's new in tabletop gaming Gareth Branwyn

delightful bugs Meet the cockchafer Jennifer Sandlin

surveillance ShotSpotter "wastes millions of taxpayer dollars" and doesn't even work, say critics Rob Beschizza

History Brief history of the graphical user interface Rob Beschizza

Mitch O'Connell Kid's book of the week: "Hi Weirdo!" by Mitch O'Connell and Aiden O'Connell Popkin

movies Creepy documentary and feature film pairings for Halloween David Pescovitz

tabloids Queen "kills" Andrew sex probe in this week's dubious tabloids Peter Sheridan

happy mutants Make squirrels look like garden gnomes with this funny feeder Rusty Blazenhoff

COVID-19 Joy Reid angers Republicans for calling them a "creepy little COVID-loving death cult" Mark Frauenfelder

off-grid A glimpse into Slab City, the most lawless place in California Popkin

Comics Groovin' on GJDRKZLXCBWQ Popkin

los angeles Humans displaced as L.A. cleans beach-side handball courts Jason Weisberger

movies For the last 54 weeks, The Rocky Horror Picture Show played in this empty theater every Saturday night David Pescovitz

Republicans Watch this hilarious analogy between being stuck at a house party full of weirdos and the Republican party Carla Sinclair