Afflictor: Transfixing Moscow street vendors since 2009. (Image by Adam Jones.)
- Classic DVD: The Gleaners and I (2000).
- Strange, Small & Forgotten Films: Last Night (1998).
- Old Print Articles: Awful Story of Cannibalism (1898) + Freakish European fraternal clubs (1901).
- Recently Posted on NYC’s Craigslist: Saddam Hussein memorabilia + Free hay + Selling ugly-ass piece of furniture + Gypsy pastor is robbing you blind.
- Gigantic mailbox in Times Square in 1961.
- Featured Video: The K-Tel Record Selector + Rock singer gets voice lessons + World’s largest record collection + Dong Kingman in NYC’s Chinatown (1954) + Sharp LC-8 Calculator (1971) + Rube Goldberg greatness.
- Excerpted: The Eclectic History of the United States (1881).
- Gleaned: A 1997 Paris Review that recalls the final days of Samuel Beckett.
- Sophie Crumb discusses her oddball genius dad, R. Crumb.
- Steven Johnson on the importance of physical density in urban environments.
- Economist Tyler Cowen analyzes Tuesday’s election results.
- Election Day in NYC in 1860.
- Stephen King on the rise of the e-book.
- NYC’s 311 phone center gets its 10,000,000th call.
- Thirteen-year-old social marketing whiz opines.
- Closing the racial divide at National Parks.
- The prison industry’s role in Arizona immigration law.
- This week’s Afflictor keyphrase searches.
- Afflictor Nation: We crown a new champion!