According to the ACLU, Officer Go Fuck Yourself has just been removed from duty in Ferguson. (more…)

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The boxcar-living, Justin Bieber-loving, darkly funny, 12-year-old drifter @tweenhobo wrote a delightful book, Tween Hobo: Off The Rails, in (ahem) "collaboration" with playwright Alena Smith and featuring wonderful illustrations by my hypertalented designer pal Kate Harmer! Read the rest

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This Saturday (8/23) in S.F., our pals at Noise Pop and Ne Timeas Restaurant Group are hosting the annual 20th Street Block Party, a truly killer food and music festival with performances by the likes of Melted Toys, Cayucas, and headlined by beloved indie power popsters Rogue Wave (video above). It's free!!!

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Part of Fantagraphics’ fabulous EC Library series, collecting and beautifully-presenting the best of Max and William Gaines’ EC Comics, Bomb Run collects the 50s-era war comics of Kurtzman and Severin. Read the rest

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Over at re:form on Medium, Charles Moss gets nostalgic about the mixtape and how it embodies "emotional design" in a physical, tangible time capsule of the moment it was recorded.

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Cats with watermelon hats. Cats with watermelon pillows.

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Astronaut Reid Wiseman tweets from the International Space Station: "Never in my wildest dreams did I imagine this. 10 minutes ago on the #ISS #aurora." Another shot below. Read the rest

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"How does it feel to be America’s premier blow-job queen,” someone asked Monica Lewinsky at a public appearance in 2001.

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For Haim's track "My Song 5" from the perfect Days Are Gone LP, the badass sisters take to a faux tabloid talk show with A$AP Ferg, Kesha, SNL's Vanessa Bayer, Grimes, Big Sean, Ezra Koenig (Vampire Weekend), and the girls' proud parents.

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Oh dear. A CNN anchor asked a question about police response to Ferguson protesters that upset the internet. Read the rest

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Painter James Jean and astounding artisans Pressure Printing teamed up on this beauty, "Tiger III," only available until 7:59am PDT tomorrow, and future offerings coming to Jean's online shop.

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Hello Kitty is aboard Japan's Hodoyoshi-3 satellite orbiting the Earth. Read the rest

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SF author/physicist Gregory Benford reminisces about his friend Philip K. Dick: Read the rest

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Star Wars before they ruined it, available again? So says Comicbook.com.

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"Every Movie Robot Supercut," Song A Day #2057 by Jonathan Mann.

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These arrests are a gross violation of the reporters' First Amendment rights, and attempts to prevent journalists from lawfully doing their job on the streets of Ferguson are illegal. Read the rest

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The name of this band is Talking Heads (not The Talking Heads), indeed. At The Atlantic, Dale Eisinger examines the use of "The" in band names.

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By Tony Zhou.

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What can you say? Other than: this is insane. Read the rest

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