inequality Rebecca Solnit on Jeffrey Epstein: "In patriarchy, no one can hear you scream" Cory Doctorow

picks Kavanaugh's weeping, shouting, and blaming is classic DARVO behavior Mark Frauenfelder

aliens Pentagon whistleblower claims Vatican has knowledge of a "non-human intelligence" Thom Dunn

hypocrites in congress Rep. Jasmine Crockett calls BS on GOP's crime-in-DC hearing, pointing to their own criminal — George Santos Carla Sinclair

courting insurrectionists Donald Trump held an intimate dinner with J6 families to hug them, says his lawyer Carla Sinclair

surveillance Maker of stalkerware and spyware fined Rob Beschizza

mistakes Searching for "Gary Glitter" on Apple Maps gets you a map of nearby public toilets to visit Rob Beschizza

movies Rian Johnson says Dave "The Animal" Bautista is the best wrestler-turned-actor Devin Nealy

books Books about contemplative practices, healing, and the politics of care work Elías Villoro

politics Site documents Republican "sexual predators, abusers, and enablers" Jennifer Sandlin

trolls Wikipedia's list of "long-term abusers" reads like a roster of pathetic supervillains Mark Frauenfelder

police Former head of Boston Police Union pleads guilty to molesting at least six children Thom Dunn

tabloids Biden "lies" and Bob Saget "embalmed" in this week's dubious tabloids Peter Sheridan

content farms This YouTube channel investigates weird, bogus, and creepy food videos Mark Frauenfelder

middlebrow shock-jocks Atlantic staff writer David Frum angers Trump voters by calling them obese drug abusers who enjoy "weirdly homoerotic fanfic images of Trump" Mark Frauenfelder

tabloids Duchess Kate's pregnancy and World War III in this week's dubious tabloids Peter Sheridan

mistakes Finance startup names itself Nonce, a cryptographic term that is also UK term for child rapists Rob Beschizza

sexual assault Livingston couple faces 150 felony charges, including sexual abuse of dog and serving semen-tainted pastries Jess Sabine

guns A new investigation from the Trace shows that the ATF rarely enforces the law Thom Dunn

guns First-time buyers send gun sales through the roof Rob Beschizza