Slayer Calls to ‘Kill the Kardashians’: I don’t think he meant like kill them, kill them, do you? (Billboard)

Rush Limbaugh’s downward spiral continues: Another demotion, another step toward irrelevancy: Why won’t this toxic asshole just keel over and die? Spite? (Salon)

Yes, androids do dream of electric sheep: Google sets up feedback loop in its image recognition neural network - which looks for patterns in pictures - creating hallucinatory images of animals, buildings and landscapes which veer from beautiful to terrifying (Guardian)

Anti-ageing pill pushed as bona fide drug: Regulators asked to consider ageing a treatable condition. (Nature)

Daft Punk’s Thomas Bangalter appears unmasked in new film: The robot willingly removes his helmet. (Consequence of Sound)

Rob Zombie moves out of horror to direct ‘Raised Eyebrows: My Years Inside Groucho’s House’: The film will tell the bizarre story of the last years in the life of Groucho Marx,as told by a young Marx Brothers fan who spent those years as his personal secretary and archivist. (Deadline Hollywood)

Bacteria From Earth Could Survive On Mars: Of all the planets in the solar system, Mars is the closest to having Earth-like conditions. (TLN)

Why we should take Donald Trump seriously: Trump fans follow the philosophy of Glenn Beck, Joe McCarthy and P.T. Barnum. To the average Tea party goofball he’s telling it like it is, with a sort of free-floating grievance about everyone who doesn’t agree with them mixed with simplistic patriotic boosterism and faith in the fact that low taxes makes everybody rich. Not even Roger Ailes can control the way their minds work. As of today Ben Carson is the GOP frontrunner and he’s an idiot. How long before Trump, an even bigger idiot who’s white, is the frontrunner? 4…3…2…1…(Salon)

Ralph Steadman’s twisted Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland Illustrations:  Celebrating the story’s 150th Anniversary (Open Culture)

Americans Have Lost Confidence ... in Everything: It’s not just Congress and the economy that have Americans concerned these days. It’s basically everything. (US News)

Watch The Rolling Stones Handle The Press At Danceteria In 1980: Almost exactly 35 years ago, The Rolling Stones were celebrating their album Emotional Rescue at Danceteria on West 37th Street. In the video below, WABC anchor Peter Bannon asked them, “Can you do this forever?” (Gothamist)

Drug overdose death rates increase in 26 states: Overdoses continue to outpace car crashes as the leading cause of injury-related deaths, according to a new report. Have doubled in past 15 years. Most deaths attributed to prescription drugs, not street drugs. (USA Today)

Brian Jonestown Massacre frontman talks Apple Music bullying tactics for not complying with royalty-free policy on Twitter: “It’s not ok for these fucking idiots to decide art has no value.” (Fact)

Fox’s Steve Doocy: It’s Extraordinary That Charleston Church Shooting Is Being Called A Hate Crime: Steve Doocy once again proves that he is about as smart as he looks. (Media Matters)

Here’s Why Hollywood Imported Sixty Tons Of Radioactive Sand: There are many films that have picked up a reputation for being “cursed,” and one that may actually deserve it. It’s the lingering effects of radiation that haunted The Conqueror. And in true horror movie fashion, the film crew brought the curse home with them. And it may have them. (io9)

Below, a classic Steve Martin set from 1979: