television Watch Hunter S. Thompson on 1967 TV game show "To Tell The Truth" David Pescovitz

movies Inside a San Francisco basement where the weirdest VHS tapes are archived and honored David Pescovitz

tabletop gaming What's new in tabletop gaming for August, 2023 Gareth Branwyn

reddit Reddit going dark means you can't find anything useful on Google (or at least by googling Reddit) Rob Beschizza

movie Barbie must decide between high heels and Birkenstocks in wild new 'Barbie' trailer Rusty Blazenhoff

viral videos Red House Furniture's 2009 ad gets attention for comically tackling race issues Jennifer Sandlin

satire Getting swole with The Mountain Goats Jennifer Sandlin

Tapir Talk Tapir falls into storm drain Jennifer Sandlin

animation Weird Al's 1999 'Your Horoscope for Today' gets its first music video and it's a beautiful animation Rusty Blazenhoff

Boing Boing Gadgets This personal heater will keep you cozy well into your hibernation Boing Boing's Shop

Comic Books Love and Rockets gets a documentary after 40 years of being the best comic book ever made Mark Frauenfelder

Technology The Vessel of the Ritual of Damnation is being auctioned off on eBay Thom Dunn

occult The Enduring Legacy of Parapsychologist J.B. Rhine Mitch Horowitz

kickstarter Oscar Isaac is kickstarting a new graphic novel Thom Dunn

books LitHub essay on plagiarism removed due to plagiarism Thom Dunn

lawsuits Bizarre lawsuit: mechanic kills boss with car, car owner gets sued Mark Frauenfelder

Remembering Crazy Eddie, the electronics store chain that was run like Studio 54 Rob Beschizza

Vintage Weird The Johnson Smith Novelty catalog offered 600 jam-packed pages of vintage weirdness Mark Frauenfelder

music video George Harrison's 'My Sweet Lord' gets its first music video and it's star-studded Rusty Blazenhoff

law The weirdest "Writer Beware" alert of all time Rob Beschizza