Here’s my picks

HAPPY 70th BIRTHDAY, HARVEY PEKAR!
Take a stroll through this illustrated salute to a beloved American original, and join us in wishing Harvey Pekar a very happy birthday.

Radley Metzger’s Erotic Masterpiece: The Lickerish Quartet
Steven writes “I had the great pleasure of meeting Radley Metzger last month. A true gentleman. The Lickerish Quartet is my favorite.
Thanks to Richard Metzger for this. (no relation, although he wishes he was!)

How Nonsense Sharpens the Intellect
The new research supports what many experimental artists, habitual travelers and other novel seekers have always insisted: at least some of the time, disorientation begets creative thinking.

BBC Attack Piece Promotes Cottage Industry Of Debunkers
Self professed “skeptics” claim they promote critical thinking while doing the exact opposite

The Psychedelic Transhumanists
Transhumanism in a fortune cookie: the familiar human world is just one point along a continuum of evolution, and we have an unprecedented capacity to participate in that process.