happy mutants Al Jaffee's MAD Life: how a traumatized kid from the shtetl became an American satire icon Cory Doctorow

patents This US president is the only one to hold a patent Allan Rose Hill

Entertainment A deep, deep dive into the history of Disney's animatronics Ruben Bolling

politics Inside the parallel world of the ultra rich: private courts, secret storage, and diplomatic immunity Ellsworth Toohey

Comics The second annual Jewish Comics Experience (JewCE) in NYC Ruben Bolling

crime TikTok's popular Mr. Prada arrested after driving car of murdered man Carla Sinclair

fantasy prone personality disorder Delusional Trump so puffed up, he imagines that he "made Abraham Lincoln look like nothing" (video) Carla Sinclair

gay Documentary highlights the men that Abraham Lincoln slept with Thom Dunn

Entertainment Disney announces huge theme park expansions Ruben Bolling

politics Trump's NABJ meltdown: Orange snowflake roasted by Black journalists Ellsworth Toohey

airplane 'Airplane!' is more than a spoof, it's a comedic remake of a 1957 film Rusty Blazenhoff

apologies My mea culpa to the Ig Nobel Prizes Yoy Luadha

photographs Strange snapshots of Abraham Lincoln David Pescovitz

losers Experts rank Donald Trump as worst president ever in new survey (guess who came in first) Carla Sinclair

trump Trump: Civil War didn't need to happen, could have been "negotiated" David Pescovitz

tattoos Tattoo of Grampa Simpson's rambling"bust heads" story…. all of it David Pescovitz

donald trump Trump reels in MAGA suckers yet again with digital "trading cards" Mark Frauenfelder

cults New docuseries explores the "Love Has Won" cult Jennifer Sandlin

San Francisco Bay Area man rode around on tricycle selling ice cream, snacks, and, um, cocaine David Pescovitz

education Kansas teacher fired for joking (?) about farting on students now having success as a comedian David Pescovitz