george michael 100 instruments on the 'Careless Whisper' lick, except for the sax Rusty Blazenhoff

covers Listen to a cover of WHAM's "Last Christmas" by a Japanese noise rock band Thom Dunn

mashup Careless Whisper in the Abyss: A Wham!/Slayer mashup Rusty Blazenhoff

Games Goodbye LDB game, Hello Whamageddon Rusty Blazenhoff

music Listen to Wham's "Careless Whisper" before George Michael fixed it David Pescovitz

eighties My Friday Jam: "Everything She Wants," Wham! (1984) Xeni Jardin

Science High-fat high-sugar diets make you suck at games Rob Beschizza

CDC Dr. Deborah Birx: "Our agencies are making the same mistakes they made with COVID" Jennifer Sandlin

Wham-O How African killifish almost became Wham-O's coolest toy of the 1960s Ellsworth Toohey

Boing Boing Gadgets They'll have a holly jolly holiday when they find these touchscreen earbuds under the tree Boing Boing's Shop

law Vermont man charged with drunk driving in Canada thought he was in U.S. Rob Beschizza

george michael After 39 years, Wham!'s "Last Christmas" finally reaches UK Christmas Number One Jennifer Sandlin

music Fender's new Tom Delonge Strat is out of this world, in more ways than one Thom Dunn

angry puppets Kevin McCarthy also shoved Adam Kinzinger — not once but twice! Carla Sinclair

music When Wham!, Black Sabbath, and Van Halen collide: Wake Me Up Before You Go-Go to the Grave Mark Frauenfelder

gadgets HP covers printer's USB port with warning sticker to make sure you don't go right ahead and use it Rob Beschizza

film criticism The top films of 2023, thus far Greg Nussen

nazis American Neo-Nazi Leader found dead after trying to shut down Drag Queen Story Hour Thom Dunn

documentary Back to the '80s: WHAM!'s meteoric rise revisited in new Netflix documentary Mark Frauenfelder