Medicine for the Blues, by Jeff Stookey | Book Guide

The 1920s are often remembered as a decade of jazz, economic prosperity and social change. Images of flapper dresses, speakeasies and bustling cities dominate popular culture’s understanding of the era. Yet beneath this glamorous image was a reality that many people rarely discuss: what life was like for LGBT individuals during a period when homosexuality […]

What Lies through the Smoke, by C. C. Ford | Book Review

What Lies Through The Smoke by C. C. Ford, released in 2025, is a debut novel that introduces readers to a world of dieselpunk vibes, a term I had never even heard before reading this book (in contrast to steampunk). The easiest comparison I can make is that it feels a little like Blade Runner […]

Ruins

Hushed piano sketches recorded alone in a remote Portuguese village – barely louder than the rain outside the window.

history of the entire world, i guess

Bill Wurtz races through 13.8 billion years in 19 minutes, half-singing his way from the big bang to the modern day with a piano, an ad-libbed melody, and a sense of joy that has made the video one of the internet’s permanent fixtures.