corruption Company suspected of blame in Office of Personnel Management breach will help run new clearance agency Cory Doctorow

music Cyberculture pioneer RU Sirius's new album of "rhymes against reality" David Pescovitz

Funny SwearSky: sweary posts from social media read in a British accent Popkin

music 27 musicians try to interpret "Hit 'Em," a baffling song from a stranger's dream Thom Dunn

Comic Books "Alter Ego" is a great new crime novel about IP, AI, and comic book industry con artists Thom Dunn

politics Hillary Clinton minces no words Jason Weisberger

donald trump Trump: "I need the kind of generals that Hitler had," say witnesses Ellsworth Toohey

books "Houses of the Unholy" is a cleverly unsettling Satanic Panic graphic novel Thom Dunn

competition Hong Kong hosts 9th annual International Daydreaming Competition Thom Dunn

DRONES Hawaii using drone warfare on invasive frogs Thom Dunn

Games Cards Against Humanity to pay "blue leaning" nonvoters $100 to vote Jason Weisberger

politics "Dark MAGA" Elon Musk pleases himself by uttering an insipid witticism Ellsworth Toohey

science fiction Jeff VanderMeer's "Absolution" is a dark mirror to the Southern Reach Trilogy Thom Dunn

art This interactive op art will spank your eyeballs and twist your synapses Allan Rose Hill

new zealand Mayor to sovereign citizen demanding private information about staff: "Go f✴ck yourself" Rob Beschizza

horror "The Unmothers" is Lovecraft for horses and abortion rights Thom Dunn

wifi Redditor seeks specific vodka to bribe his family gnome and regain WIFI access Thom Dunn

Martin Shkreli That super special Wu-Tang album now seems not so special Thom Dunn

commercials Fight for their rights! Beastie Boys sue Chili's Thom Dunn

Guided by Voices interviewed on their 30-year-old EP that became a cult classic  Lee Keeler