A Chilean tourist's shopping trip with her 12-year-old daughter in Times Square turned traumatic when NYPD officers violently arrested her after she approached them for help, leaving her child alone… Read the rest of the article: ICE agents not involved in wrongful arrest of Chilean mother in NY
Aesop's fable "The Frogs Who Asked for a King" is about human folly and the dangers of discontent. This version comes from the beautifully illustrated 1915 edition Aesop's Fables for… Read the rest of the article: Illustrated 1915 Aesop's fable: When frogs traded democracy for tyranny
A drunk American tourist broke into and damaged a centuries-old Zen temple in Kyoto, reports Tokyo Weekender. The incident occurred at Shoden Eigen-in, a subtemple of the historic Kenninji monastery,… Read the rest of the article: Drunk American tourist damages 800-year-old Kyoto temple
A surreal music video reimagines America's political elite as violent crime bosses. Joe Biden rides in a wheelchair, flanked by attack dogs, while Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and Kamala Harris prowl looted… Read the rest of the article: Viral AI video reimagines DC elite as brutal crime bosses
A Chinese hotel must stop letting red pandas wake up guests by climbing into their beds, following orders from local authorities concerned about both safety and animal welfare, reports The… Read the rest of the article: Chinese hotel ordered to stop letting red pandas wake guests in their beds
Trillions of insects are being boiled alive in taxpayer-funded facilities that promised to save the planet but are actually making things worse. The insect farming industry sold us a dream:… Read the rest of the article: How tax dollars fund the great insect protein swindle
In Malaysia, cooking oil is government-subsidized to stay cheap — about 60 cents per kg. However, used cooking oil is worth $1 per kg, because European airlines pay premium prices… Read the rest of the article: Malaysian fraudsters get rich by pretending clean cooking oil is used
AI worship is spreading across social media, with thousands claiming ChatGPT is a divine being sent to save humanity, according to tech journalist Taylor Lorenz. She has a 45-minute video… Read the rest of the article: The rise of AI worship: the cult that believes ChatGPT is divine
If you're interested in psychedelic history, listen to the Otherworld podcast interview with journalist Susanna Cahalan, who discusses her new book, The Acid Queen, a biography of Rosemary Leary, the… Read the rest of the article: Untold story of the "Acid Queen" who helped Timothy Leary escape prison
A vast digital trove of over 10,000 historical children's books is available for free browsing and download at the University of Florida's Baldwin Library. The collection includes centuries of children's… Read the rest of the article: 10,000 historical children's books free to explore in digital archive
Republican-led states that often champion fiscal conservatism and small government are the biggest beneficiaries of federal spending, according to a new MoneyGeek analysis of Census Bureau and Bureau of Economic… Read the rest of the article: Gimme states: The proud hypocrites taking billions in federal dollars while opposing aid
A street camera in Lower Manhattan is doing more than just streaming video — it's using artificial intelligence to analyze how New Yorkers are dressing and moving through the summer… Read the rest of the article: This live AI camera tracks NYC pedestrians to reveal weather
"People don't buy out of need or desire; they buy because they've been sold," writes Franklin Schneider in a 2024 essay in Slate about his experience as "the No. 1… Read the rest of the article: Inside the desperate world of high-pressure phone sales
The Moomins — creatures who live in the whimsical Moominvalley — will make their U.S. exhibition debut at Brooklyn Public Library starting June 28, 2025. "Tove Jansson's books and comics… Read the rest of the article: Moomins' first US exhibition coming to Brooklyn Public Library
Giulia Gotti's "A day in the life of a bottle collector" is a behind-the-scenes look at how bottle collectors from Romania and West Africa prop up Denmark's Roskilde Festival's image… Read the rest of the article: While 130,000 Danes party at Roskilde Festival, an invisible workforce collects their trash for survival
The Organized Crime and Corruption Reporting Project (OCCRP) reports on the alarming trend of journalists and activists being summoned to court in Georgia simply for criticizing government officials on social… Read the rest of the article: Georgia's clampdown on criticism — journalists and activists face punishment for social media posts
A teenage actress from California just joined a club that usually only includes kings, duchesses, and medieval warriors — she's been knighted by the Vatican at age 19. Sydney Thackray,… Read the rest of the article: California teenage girl becomes youngest American knighted by Pope
A bizarre hoax that captivated America in 2009 gets a fresh examination in "Trainwreck: Balloon Boy," premiering July 15. The documentary revisits the day when Richard Heene called 911 claiming… Read the rest of the article: New documentary revisits infamous 'Balloon Boy' hoax after 15 years
Four prominent tech executives, including Meta's CTO Andrew Bosworth, have joined a special U.S. Army Reserve unit where they'll serve as lieutenant colonels without completing basic training. As reported in… Read the rest of the article: Rich tech bros bypass military training to secure high-ranking positions
A massive data breach has exposed 16 billion login credentials, with nearly all of them coming from previously undiscovered databases, according to a report from Tom's Hardware. While most large-scale… Read the rest of the article: Unknown hackers leak 16 billion login credentials in major breach
