Business Desperate Toronto hotelier pays millions to take Trump name off its business Cory Doctorow

television Studies show watching Pokemon and Spongebob may make your kids smarter Devin Nealy

Billy Bragg "Life's a Riot with Spy vs Spy" was recorded 40 years ago this week Jennifer Sandlin

Comic Books "Spy Superb" is a fun new comic about the best and worst spy in the world Thom Dunn

street art Will Coles' street art Jennifer Sandlin

science fiction Infinite Oddyssey is the first sci-fi magazine created completely with AI Thom Dunn

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maps Redlining maps show racism and white supremacy "in 1930s technicolor" Elías Villoro

If you know you know The only thing I miss about San Francisco is the It's-It Jason Weisberger

Staughton Lynd, 1929-2022 Elías Villoro

strikes Call for the "largest labor action in higher education history" Elías Villoro

tips Why we procrastinate and what we can do about it (TED Ed video) Mark Frauenfelder

goblins What it's like to buy a real-life goblin on the Internet Thom Dunn

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Japan Hiroshima police are on the lookout for the person who threw a paper airplane into its atomic bomb monument Mark Frauenfelder

movies Shudder as you learn that Disney's live-action Hercules movie will draw influence from Tik Tok culture Devin Nealy

photography Lev Rukhin's amazing street photography of Los Angeles Jason Weisberger

MAGA cultists Mrs. Betty Bowers, America's Best Christian, on GOP's two-faced talking points Mark Frauenfelder

bourbon Arby's — the sandwich company famous for "Horsey Sauce" — is now making "smoked bourbon." Jennifer Sandlin

music Happy Birthday, Eminem Devin Nealy