In fairness, audible indifference is still technically a reaction. Devoid of charisma, JD Vance stepped up to the podium and was greeted with the kind of applause usually reserved for… Read the rest of the article: Thunderous applause: JD Vance edition
Proof that even in the 80s, immense wealth could not protect you from aggressive beige. You might expect the hidden crash pad of CNN founder and billionaire media baron, yacht… Read the rest of the article: Ted Turner's secret newsroom lair looks like the saddest airport lounge ever
One assumes this was either a routing glitch or the first step in selecting tribute. Atlanta residents recently awoke to what appeared to be the opening scene of a very… Read the rest of the article: Waymos perform ritual robot pilgrimage around suburban Atlanta cul-de-sac
The problem wasn't that the money went somewhere; it was that the jingle strongly encouraged donors to imagine it going somewhere else. In a rare triumph for both consumer protection… Read the rest of the article: California declares war on the Kars4Kids earworm
Nothing says "serious law enforcement leadership" like a secret VIP snorkel at Pearl Harbor The FBI was reportedly very keen to emphasize that Kash Patel's Hawaii trip was absolutely, definitely… Read the rest of the article: FBI director's secret "VIP snorkel" at Pearl Harbor raises fascinating judgment questions
Threatening the messenger instead of addressing the message is one of history's less convincing tells. Nicholas Kristof publishes a deeply reported piece in the New York Times collecting horrific allegations… Read the rest of the article: Israel's response to rape allegations: threaten the newspaper
The "sir" anecdote is always a handy red flag that reality has left the building. Once again, as constant as the northern star, Donald Trump has entered the familiar third… Read the rest of the article: As usual, Trump has now never heard of his close personal reflecting pool guy
Beijing once again gets the full Grandpa Pudding Brains experience! There's diplomacy, and then there's whatever it's called when The Orange Menace visits China and attempts cultural flattery by inventing… Read the rest of the article: Chinese leadership watches Grandpa Pudding Brains confidently explain imaginary fast-food statistics
Nicholas Kristof's latest column is a brutal reminder that "believe survivors" often becomes negotiable the moment the survivors belong to an inconvenient population. Palestinians describe sexual torture and abuse in… Read the rest of the article: The silence around alleged Israeli sexual violence against Palestinians is deafening
Just over a year ago, I upgraded my 11-year-old Kindle Voyage to the latest Paperwhite SE. I had a lot of fears, but they were all unfounded. I've been a… Read the rest of the article: One year with the 12th-generation Kindle Paperwhite SE
As usual, MAGAs will paint themselves into corners trying to rationalize things that simply can not be. The insistence that the United States is a "Christian nation" runs into a… Read the rest of the article: Rebel HQ asks MAGA how their one-religion fantasy squares with Trump's Jewish family
An unexpectedly and weirdly specific way Trump's global disruption is touching civilian life: the Iran war has apparently reached the snack aisle. Japanese chip maker Calbee is sending some of… Read the rest of the article: War-related shortages push iconic snack brand into monochrome packaging
The Justice Department is reportedly exploring a novel and innovative new legal doctrine in which the president sues the government he controls, then orders that same government to pay him… Read the rest of the article: DOJ explores having taxpayers personally apologize to Trump in cash
Nothing could be more perfect than the Tiny Chef singing Mr. Rogers' theme. Debuting with his program in 1968, Fred Rogers wrote the song himself. The song is very intentional,… Read the rest of the article: Tiny Chef sings "Won't You Be My Neighbor" and the internet's blood pressure drops
It would appear that convicted felon and credibly accused of assault by more than two dozen women, Donald Trump, is having a bad day. Not only does he slip up… Read the rest of the article: Why is Grandpa Pudding Brains so grumpy today?
The Trump Justice Department continues its belligerent reinterpretation of constitutional rights, with Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche publicly suggesting that journalists who receive information about government misconduct should maybe start… Read the rest of the article: Trump's Justice Department rediscovers its enthusiasm for intimidating the press
This August 20th through the 23rd, San Diego plays host to ImprovCon, and their announced lineup is pretty spectacular. The chance to see duos TJ & Dave, Susan Messing and… Read the rest of the article: An incredible lineup at San Diego's ImprovCon
American politics continues its long-running experiment in seeing whether public figures can pretend not to understand obvious racial subtext, with Rep. Jen Kiggans now facing backlash after nodding along to… Read the rest of the article: 'The hood is off': Virginia Republican steps onto America's most obvious rhetorical landmine
For more than a century, the Titanic has generated the kind of mythmaking normally reserved for Elvis sightings and alien autopsies, but historian Tim Maltin has spent years doing the… Read the rest of the article: Six years of obsessive forensics challenges some of the Titanic disaster's favorite myths
After a tourist hurled a rock at an endangered Hawaiian monk seal, one local resident reportedly responded with the kind of rapid peer review that skips the comment section entirely,… Read the rest of the article: Hawaiian official endorses "find out" as wildlife enforcement strategy
