musicals "The Moon Made Me Sh!t My Pants" — an improvised Red Dead Redemption 2 Musical Thom Dunn

guns DeSantis brings permitless gun carry to Florida Jason Weisberger

facebook Mark Zuckerberg's Metaverse now a "deserted fantasyland" Rob Beschizza

stranger things A prisoner who was forced to listen to Baby Shark on loop was found dead Devin Nealy

florida Ron DeSantis adds cops and firefighters to the list of new Florida "teachers" Carla Sinclair

Ukraine Russian woman in Ukraine is being shelled but her parents in Moscow don't believe her Gareth Branwyn

russia Russian "influencers" recite identical denunciations of Ukraine Rob Beschizza

rip Interview with a Vampire author Anne Rice dies at age 80 Carla Sinclair

vaccines Ted Cruz is mad that Big Bird got vaccinated Annie Rauwerda

Boing Boing Gadgets How television saved my family's relationship with our dog Boing Boing's Shop

Billionaire amateur architect of windowless dorm says artificial windows are better — they can be set to be "cheerful" or "romantic" Mark Frauenfelder

politics Politicians keep writing children's books. Most are quite bad. Annie Rauwerda

Science Survey finds 22% of scientists who do media interviews about COVID get violent threats Clive Thompson

south korea Why is Squid Game such a huge international hit? Maddie Lee

Science WHO approves the first malaria vaccine Annie Rauwerda

tv Bozo the Clown is back, thanks to David Arquette David Pescovitz

gross Washington State county commissioner likens mask wearing to sexual assault, flips off constituent Mark Frauenfelder

COVID-19 Florida couple busted in Hawaii with fake vaccine cards Mark Frauenfelder

Comics Substack is trying to break into comic books, with a ton of great creators Thom Dunn

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