Fighting the power / Riding high
Minneapolis activists talk with Myriam Gurba; Tod Seelie photographs a Cuban bike genius
Lessons from Minneapolis
Viva la bicicleta alta
Sudden decay / Chorus (repeat)
Cinema fantasy by Trevor Alixopulos; Kọ́lá Túbọ̀sún writes from a faraway literary festival
Recurring Nightmare
Freaky Friday Realism
Reference works / Optical illusions
Anna Merlan returns to (1939) NYC, and Zach Rabiroff saw these clips on the internet
New York, Forever Lost and Found
Two Videos
Spellbound solitude
Carrie Frye with a sorceress’s lament; vote in the final HYDRANYM
Two Witch Poems
Head room / Showbiz duo
Jídé Salawu on AI in the classroom, and Jack Pendarvis returns with a new traveling companion
Truth or Consequences
Kent Goes to Chelmsford: Episode 1
Fortunate man / Despairing diversion
Jonathan M. Katz on journalistic ambition, and meme master Tom Tomorrow
FAMOUS MEME Comics
Fate and ‘The Stringer’
The New Food Pyramid
Close quarters / Toxic triangle
Speculative fiction from Nathan Munn; service journalism from Emily Flake
Welcome Home
See no evil
Some advice from Ian Williams
Get Off Twitter
The Last HYDRANYM
Male men / Automatic aphorism
jj skolnik considers masculinity; Brian Hioe on the echoing truths in our lives
What Is Manhood?
My Catchphrase
That Was the Moby-Dick That Was
Manly meditation
Paternal musings (cinematic) by J.D. Connor
Taking It Lying Down
Murky red / Dull blue
The new Avatar movie and Marjorie Taylor Greene, dissected, respectively, by Miles Klee and Tommy Craggs
Marjorie Taylor Greene’s True Colors
New Goo Review
Movie madness
Josephine Riesman on the thrill of revenge
Inglourious Vengeance
Lust for life / Recessional
Carrie Frye on the romances of Moby-Dick; a farewell shanty from Joe MacLeod and friends
A Farewell Sea Shanty
A Heart as Big as a Whale
Rich legacy / Hidden knowledge
Kim Kelly pays her respects; close encounters with Amy Chu
My Friend Raj Persuades Me That Moby-Dick Is Already in My Life
The Bones of Gåshamna
Cocktail hour / Hour of reckoning
Laurie Woolever hoists Moby-Dick themed cocktails; memories of Mike F with Luke O’Neil; S.I. Rosenbaum on whaling and origins
Quick Eternity
Killers
In post memoriam
Big talk / Loud noise
Tal Lavin and Jack Pendarvis talk Moby-Dick; the titanic style of John Bonham, by Misha Angrist
Cetacean Solo
Pursuit of the White Whale
Whale hunt
Moby-Dick Week begins, with Ben Ehrenreich reading aloud
Bedtime Story
Mug shot
Trevor Alixopulos vs. modern life
Little Buddy
Vision blurred / Seeing good
The eyes of Zach Rabiroff; David Roth, cinéaste, shares rare holiday films
Have Yourself a Hallmark Little Christmas
Blind Spots
Happening now
Cultural reckonings in a new short story by Sam Thielman
Modern Times
Discomfort shopping
Anna Merlan aboard the Titanic (Museum Shop)
A Gift Shop to Remember
A message from the Flaming Hydra Holiday Bear™
Monster flicks
Annalee Newitz on (real) bad guy movies, and a new Reader Poll
Movies that Dictators Love
READER POLL! Choose Your Favorite Flaming Hydra Blogs
Naive noël
Tod Seelie reflects on long-ago SantaCons
Ten Thousand Santas
Love story / Green day
Rax King remembers Rob Reiner; the metamorphosis of Amy Chu
Becoming Kermit
A Wonderful Life
Give me Memphis, Tennessee
Jack and Ace at the end of the road
Ace Goes to Hollywood: Episode 14
Lost and found
S.I. Rosenbaum returns with the second installment of TEETH BEACH
TEETH BEACH: The River Gave Me a Bead
Fearful symmetry / Lost connection
Nathan Munn on the sinister side of robot assistants; Brian Hioe has destroyed his phone
Cell Deathwatch
You, Robot
Cold cash / Hot mess
What Jennie Rose Halperin learned from Joi Ito; introducing a new column, News on Fire
Where the Money Comes From
NEWS ON FIRE
Personhood for everyone
jj skolnik on autonomy and sovereignty
Children Deserve Better
Crimes forgiven
Jídé Salawu worries about his hometown
Insult and Impunity in Nigeria
The mighty jungle
David Moore visits the new Rousseau exhibit
The World of Pure Imagination
Leaving home / Coming back
Laurie Woolever’s bureaucratic burden; enjoying a family trip with John Saward
FAFSA Is Breaking Me
Home for the Holiday
San Francisco treat / Ohio players
Rax King on ‘The Last Waltz’, and J.D. Connor reflects on U.S. presidents and TV histories
‘The Last Waltz’ Is a Hell of a Movie
Let’s Remember Some Presidents
Essex girl
Leila Brillson has a party 4 u
Travels with Charli
Every day / A new world
Miles Klee is a camera