True thanks
A holiday comic from Trevor Alixopulos
Armed with Gratitude
Salad days / Happy hours
Carrie Frye and Edith Zimmerman on The Hairpin archives; old-fashioned barhopping with Anna Merlan
Women Laughing Again On The Internet
The Fabulous Fern Bar
Freedom flowing
Zito Madu reflects on a turbulent youth
Chi from the Cosmos
Bill of goods / Feline fame
Felipe De La Hoz on immigrants’ regrets; Ace and Jack on Hollywood cats
“I shouldn’t have done this.”
Ace Goes to Hollywood: Episode 13
Settling accounts
Jonathan M. Katz and Maria Bustillos connect the geopolitico-cultural dots
Yakkin’ About the Bad Writers
Carpe omnia
Brian Hioe hasn’t got all the time in the world
FOMO’s Arrow
Poor minds / Rich memories
Zach Rabiroff on tech bro sadness, and Harry Siegel revisits his father’s archives
Musk and Epstein in Hell
Time Warp, Again (1976-1994)
On the shoreline
S.I. Rosenbaum debuts a new graphic memoir of devastation and love
TEETH BEACH: A Stranger Told Me a Secret
Troubled troves
Kọla Túbọsún on the entwined beauty and tragedy of Benin’s looted treasures
Brutish or Elusive Museums
Fit check
Tal Lavin’s wardrobe metamorphosis
New Clothes
Vanished route
Nathan Munn’s long way home
Three Days of Going West
Diagnosis defined
Misha Angrist on how language shapes medical treatment
To Name a Rare Disease
Man complaining / Man explaining
New fiction from Colin McGowan; frontiers in masculinity, considered by Maria Bustillos
Alone in the Manosphere
The Parameters
Dead can dance / Lyrics live
Tod Seelie’s exquisite photos of New Orleans, and a poem from the olden time by Harry Siegel
Día de los Muertos in New Orleans
One Half-Life Later
Tinseltown treat / Puzzle pro
Diana Moskovitz at the Chappell Roan show, and Carrie Frye talks game design with Dan Kois
Game theories
Pink Pony World
Gadget works / Red redemption
David Moore talks Kodak (and war machines) with author Alice Lovejoy; Jack and Ace hit the road
Kodak, for the Wartimes of Your Life
Ace Goes to Hollywood: Episode 12
Hill bully elegy
Parker Molloy talks media with Jael Holzman of Ekko Astral; a photo album from Flaming Hydra’s first-ever party
D.C. Journalist’s Nightmare Song
A plague on art / The tasteless torus
The passion of John Saward, and Hamilton Nolan’s views on an autumn treat
Caravaggio, Sam Altman, and Me
Apple Cider Donuts = BS
HYDRANYM No. 23
Grave occasion / Wheel time
Anna Merlan walks among the shades, and so does Luke O’Neil; Tod Seelie photographs Bike Kill mayhem
Cemetery Gates
How it is done
Riders on the Storm
Rolling blackout
Jídé Salawu on politics and power (outages)
Generators for the Powerless
Boring tattoos / Spooky music
Sam Thielman on Graham Platner, and a harrowing holiday surprise for Trevor Alixopulos
Boys’ Lives
Ghostly Melodies
Yellow brick road / The long march
Laurie Woolever visits the Emerald City, Carrie Frye reflects on last week’s protests, and Wicker Man Week comes to a close
No Space Like Dome
No Kings: One Week After
Let locals lie / Build the beat
A holiday in the land of ‘The Wicker Man’ with Kim Kelly, and Kọ́lá Túbọ̀sún on Afrobeat muse Sandra Izsadore
My Summerisle Samhain
Godmothering Afrobeat
Blindered faith / Giddy vision
Miles Klee takes on ‘The Wicker Man’; Jennie Rose Halperin and Julianne Escobedo Shepherd return to ‘Party Girl’
The Presumption of Innocence
Yakkin’ About ‘Party Girl’
Young and restless / Odds and ends
Time travel with Maria Bustillos; Amy Chu’s got collectibles
‘The Wicker Man’ Was About 1973
Top Tchochkes
Hear the music / Feel the burn
Wicker Man Week opens with Tal Lavin and Annalee Newitz, jointly and severally
‘The Wicker Man’: The Musical
An Oppositional Reading of ‘The Wicker Man’
Yakkin’ About ‘The Wicker Man’
Nice day outside / Evil stars
Reports from No Kings (var.), and Annalee Newitz on the devolution of online ratings
Rise of the Review Bomb
Flaming Hydras at the Demo
Growing Older on the Way to Making a New World
Celluloid recovery / Seasoned subversive
Rax King reviews 'The Smashing Machine'; reflections of a maturing activist, by Brian Hioe
Repairing ‘The Smashing Machine’
Hardened borders
Zach Rabiroff talks with Stephanie Canizales about undocumented children and U.S. citizenship
Wolves in Sheep’s Clothing
HYDRANYM No. 21
Abduction afloat / Day of remembrance
Kọ́lá Túbọ̀sún talks with released Sumud Flotilla captive Zukiswa Wanner; Emily Flake’s notes on a new holiday
A Flotilla Captive, Released
Ways to Observe Charlie Kirk Day
Deep stacks
Jídé Salawu on the recent crowdfunding for the national library of Nigeria
How to Crowdfund a National Library Like a Queen
Opportunistic infection
Jennie Rose Halperin on the career twists and turns of Instagram influencer Jessica Reed Kraus
Clout Chasing Will Be the Death of Us All
What’s the poop? / Where’s the dough?
Tom Scocca learns new words; Ace and Jack on the gambling type atmosphere of Hollywood