gadgets Western Digital still selling defective Sandisk-brand SSDs that it refuses to answer questions about Rob Beschizza

science fiction Ibrahim Moustafa's cybernetic sci-fi western, "CYN," comes to life Gareth Branwyn

conspiracy theory The 2024 Santa Monica Film Festival was chock full of red-pilled conspiracy content Jennifer Sandlin

vladimir putin New Age conspiracy theorist praises Putin and Tucker Carlson's charge against the Satanic Cabal Jennifer Sandlin

rudy giuliani Trial expert says Giuliani caused $47.5 million in reputational damage to 2 election workers Mark Frauenfelder

Musician reimagines Michael Jackson's "Beat It" with a Chinese zither Mark Frauenfelder

donald trump Ron DeSantis campaign uses fake AI-created photos of Donald Trump hugging and kissing Dr. Fauci (video) Carla Sinclair

Comics Shueisha-the publisher of Shonen Jump- has a new imprint in the works Devin Nealy

books Checking out the Black Speculative Arts Movement Elías Villoro

graphic novels "Laguardia," by Nnedi Okorafor, is a comic book set in the context of not-so-futuristic conservative fascist forces A.E. Gómez

russia If you want to understand Putin, learn about Alexander Dugin, the fascist Russian charlatan beloved by the U.S.'s far-right Mark Frauenfelder

trailers "Boys From County Hell" is a great new Irish vampire flick with some surprising heart (and blood) Thom Dunn

climate change New report shows that 10 Facebook pages are responsible for 69% of climate denial posts Thom Dunn

fun facts Mind-blowing facts about gourds Annie Rauwerda

Comics Substack is trying to break into comic books, with a ton of great creators Thom Dunn

music How one electronic music producer wants to decolonize music software Thom Dunn

crime Ex-Microsoft engineer convicted of 18 felonies after stealing $10M in digital currencies from Microsoft to make extravagant purchases Xeni Jardin

Business China is using big data to track people with coronavirus Xeni Jardin

Science The 2019 Halloween Candy Hierarchy David Ng and Ben Cohen