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Failure to Launch Pence ends campaign for President Jason Weisberger

politics Washington state senator arrested trying to bring gun into Hong Kong, then gets into altercation with news reporters outside court Rob Beschizza

politics Triggered by a skateboard, "Proud Boy" starts and loses a fight Jason Weisberger

diplomacy US Secretary of State covers "Hoochie Coochie Man"on guitar at State Department function Thom Dunn

privacy Philips Hue to make you create an account and log in to adjust your lightbulbs Rob Beschizza

mistakes Lego gives up on making bricks with recycled plastic, for now Rob Beschizza

cheese Celebrating the 10th anniversary of the World Cheesemonger Invitational Thom Dunn

tv Breaking Bad cast has impromptu reunion on striking writers' picket line Grant St. Clair

Pee-Wee Herman In one of his first interviews from 1981, Paul Reubens tells the origin story of Pee-wee Herman Mark Frauenfelder

boats Behold "Icon of the Seas," the world's largest ocean liner Rob Beschizza

pigs George Orwell on the real meaning of Animal Farm: get rid of the pigs Thom Dunn

television Beast Boy is about to get his own animated show Devin Nealy

bari weiss The rise and fall of the "Anti-Woke" industrial complex Thom Dunn

animation The trailer for My Adventures With Superman breathes new life into the Man of Steel Devin Nealy

art The Lady Egg is an artist who creates giant egg sculptures and more Jennifer Sandlin

deaths Feminist scholar Maria Mies dead at 92 Elías Villoro

trumpism Watch 1958's "I Married a Monster from Outer Space" a sci-fi horror allegory for ideological fanaticism Mark Frauenfelder