post-punk Bob Mould on "What's in my bag?" Gareth Branwyn

music cEvin Key of Skinny Puppy plays the Home Edition of What's In My Bag? Gareth Branwyn

tools Retractable Apple certified Lightning-to-USB cable also comes with good advice Jason Weisberger

boiled peanuts You should try these boiled peanuts Jennifer Sandlin

tabletop gaming Tabletop gamer's gift guide for 2022 Gareth Branwyn

youtube Popular YouTube music stream Lo Fi Beats taken down after "false" copyright claim (updated) Rob Beschizza

tabloids Royal rampages and facelifts in this week's dubious tabloids Peter Sheridan

oscars There's nothing in the $137,000 Oscar gift bag I'd want. Here's my fantasy gift bag Mark Frauenfelder

covid 11 percent of the unvaccinated blame Trump for the COVID-19 surge Kevin Reome

useful stuff What's in author Richard Kadrey's bag? Mark Frauenfelder

tabletop games What's new in tabletop gaming (Indie edition) Gareth Branwyn

useful stuff What does writer and human guinea pig AJ Jacobs keep in his bag? Mark Frauenfelder

law Germany demands an end to working cryptography Cory Doctorow

science fiction Exclusive excerpt of Rudy Rucker's new novel: Million Mile Road Trip Mark Frauenfelder

surveillance Oh for fuck's sake, not this fucking bullshit again (cryptography edition) Cory Doctorow

Games Grim times for indie game devs Rob Beschizza

hollywood What's inside the Oscars gift bag, valued at $120K apiece Rusty Blazenhoff

photography Skies, a zine of landscapes shot from airplane windows Rob Beschizza

spooks Australia announces plan to ban working cryptography at home and in the US, UK, New Zealand, and Canada Cory Doctorow

christ what an asshole Theresa May wants to ban crypto: here's what that would cost, and here's why it won't work anyway Cory Doctorow