Last week, Twitter removed posts about a BBC documentary, India: the Modi Question, which exposes and explores Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi's involvement in the 2002 Gujarat riots in which… Read the rest of the article: BBC took down own Modi documentary from Internet Archive

This one's animated, so go and check out the interactive Pigeon Neck illusion at Michael Bach's website. In the animation above you see "pigeons" craning their neck while scurrying along,… Read the rest of the article: Have you ever seen the Pigeon Neck illusion?

Why would Arizona's Republicans, of all people, want to dead-letter the state's open government act, making it legal for them to destroy all their letters, emails, texts and other communications… Read the rest of the article: Arizona Republicans exempt politicians from state's open meetings act, allowing them to destroy records within weeks

BuzzFeed disclosed Thursday that it was using AI to produce stories for the site—an admission that saw its stock price soar as investors slavered at the prospect of replacing human… Read the rest of the article: BuzzFeed discloses use of AI to write stories

Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp declared a state of emergency and activated 1,000 National Guard troops early Friday after unrest in Atlanta, reports CBS News. Two things led to the boiling-over… Read the rest of the article: Georgia governor activates National Guard troops after Atlanta unrest

Fonts in Use explores the mystery of the typeface used on 1970s U.S. editions of Frank Herbert's Dune books. It's difficult to track down because it's a hand-made derivative of… Read the rest of the article: Font of Dune: the mystery of the science fiction series' classic book cover typeface

Art game legend Pippin Barr (previously, previously, previously, previously, previously as Boing Boing and Offworld) is taping GAMETHING, an audio book club about videogames, in collaboration with oral historian David… Read the rest of the article: Gamething is an "audio book club" about videogames by Pippin Barr and David Wolinsky

Installers in Bournemouth, England, left a large sofa wedged in the turn of a small staircase. The homeowner is upset, reports the BBC. Luke Ansell ordered the sofa from online… Read the rest of the article: Large sofa stuck on small staircase

In a lawsuit, drinkers complain about Fireball Cinnamon miniatures that do not contain any whisky. The little bottles are sold for 99 cents in gas stations and grocery stores and… Read the rest of the article: Lawsuit: Fireball Cinnamon miniatures containing no whisky are fraudulent

Shawn Denning, the police chief of Greensburg, Pennsylvania, was arrested and faces federal drugs charges, reports ABC News. On the DOJ's press release we find two counts of aiding and… Read the rest of the article: Pennsylvania police chief charged with running drugs

A Secret Service study of mass attacks concludes that most attackers have a personal grievance in the workplace or other social environment, and about a quarter of them are motivated… Read the rest of the article: Most mass shooters driven by personal grievance, and about one quarter by conspiracy theories and hate

Though already played in open court, videos of the attack on Paul Pelosi, Nancy Pelosi's husband, were withheld by police when the media asked for copies. A judge yesterday ordered… Read the rest of the article: Judge orders release of Pelosi attack videos

I've never watched Rick and Morty but from its online fandom it doesn't surprise me in the least bit to learn that its co-creator is accused of beating up his… Read the rest of the article: Cartoon Network "severs ties" with Rick and Morty co-creator over domestic violence case

The Intercept reports that Twitter and Youtube have both censored postings about a BBC documentary which exposes Indian premier Narendra Modi's role in the 2002 Gujarat massacre of Muslims. Kanchan… Read the rest of the article: Twitter censors BBC documentary revealing Narendra Modi's role in 2002 massacre of Muslims in India

Loaded, chambered, and left with the safety off in the truck bed? The dog was just there. The shooting unfolded around 9:40 a.m. in a truck on the 1600 block… Read the rest of the article: Dog steps on rifle, firing it and inadvertantly killing owner

Led by killings in Haiti, Ukraine and Mexico, journalist deaths rose by 50% in 2022, reports the New York-based Committee to Protect Journalists. In Mexico, the slayings appeared to be… Read the rest of the article: Journalist deaths increased 50% last year

After days of wrangling—including Britain pledging a couple of dozen retirement-age tanks and Poland threatening to send its own German-made tanks without permission—the U.S. and Germany have finally signalled their… Read the rest of the article: U.S. and Germany to send tanks to Ukraine

George Santos, the GOP congressman who lied about virtually every aspect of his life to win his Long Island seat, also claimed to have been the target of an assassination… Read the rest of the article: GOP liar George Santos claims assassination attempt in 2021

In 2018, Elon Musk tweeted that he was about to take Tesla private at $420 a share, sending the company's stock into turmoil for weeks. The general presumption was that… Read the rest of the article: At trial, Elon Musk claims his "taking Tesla private at $420" tweet has nothing to do with weed

Police in the U.S. are downplaying the prevalence of hate crimes and failing to report them to the Department of Justice, it says. The 7,000 forces that do not do… Read the rest of the article: Department of Justice says 7,000 U.S. police departments, including NYPD and LAPD, failing to report hate crimes