india Short documentary about why championship chess sets are so expensive Rob Beschizza

makers Making a suitcase out of paper Gareth Branwyn

makers Watch this cobbler do a magical restoration of a totally thrashed pair of dress shoes David Pescovitz

Kids Interesting 1959 documentary on the art of gold beating Andrea James

art Li Ziqi making paper by hand Rob Beschizza

Kids Watch this artisan install a vertigo-inducing tile floor Andrea James

History Watch artisans make Freddie Mercury's Blue Plaque Andrea James

art Spectacular, swirling custom-built stone walls and furniture Andrea James

politics Texas Republicans move to oust Ken Paxton, their own long-indicted, scandal-plagued state Attorney General Rob Beschizza

donald trump Watch a 2003 Tucker Carlson complain about Bill O'Reilly's "deep phoniness" Mark Frauenfelder

books Echo is a beautiful and mesmerizing history of concert posters Thom Dunn

politics Biden mocks Marjorie Taylor Greene, to raucous laughter: "Isn't she amazing? Oof!" Rob Beschizza

politics Who killed masking? Elías Villoro

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music Listen to these new covers of classic fighting songs Elías Villoro

politics New York passed the nation's first right-to-repair law. Pleasing tech lobbyists, Governor Kathy Hochul hasn't signed it Rob Beschizza

movies Watch Paul Dano talk about his litany of great characters Devin Nealy

occult The Enduring Legacy of Parapsychologist J.B. Rhine Mitch Horowitz

sycophants Pence feels sorry for the man who wanted to see him hanged to death on the Capitol grounds Mark Frauenfelder

trump Yale history professor Timothy Snyder predicts the horrific aftermath of a Trump coup in 2024 Mark Frauenfelder