rick astley Rick Astley and Blossoms cover The Smiths in secret set at Glastonbury Festival Rusty Blazenhoff
tabloids Joe Biden's "dementia" and Ghislaine Maxwell's "shocking photos' in this week's dubious tabloids Peter Sheridan
afrofuturism Read Mark Dery's fabulous evisceration of a paleoconservative's hand-wringing review of the Met's Afrofuturist exhibition Mark Frauenfelder
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riots Authorities charge far-right extremists with attacking police at Black Lives Matter protests Thom Dunn
los angeles After six days, LA teachers settle their strike, wringing huge concessions out of the school district Cory Doctorow
trump Facebook gave $120,000 to CPAC, half in cash and half in-kind contributions, Daily Beast reports Xeni Jardin
the rent is too damn high Man lives in a storage unit and explains how to get away with it Rob Beschizza