humor Swedish author steals the show with humor and honesty Rusty Blazenhoff

chuck tingle Treat your partner to a Chuck Tingle Valentine Grant St. Clair

writing Lynda Barry's 'Writing the Unthinkable' lesson Rusty Blazenhoff

books Philip Roth donating his personal book collection to Newark Public Library David Pescovitz

books Kurt Vonnegut's 8 rules for writing with style David Pescovitz

documentaries Short documentary about Hunter S. Thompson in the 1980s David Pescovitz

AI Ted Chiang argues an LLM chatbot is as conscious as Microsoft Word Ellsworth Toohey

science fiction 'They're Made Out of Meat,' rewritten as a dialogue about LLMs Ellsworth Toohey

politics Indiana declares June "Nuclear Family Month" Jennifer Sandlin

law AI beat law professors in 75% of blind matchups, Stanford finds Ellsworth Toohey

Science Scientists use yeast from body of Ötzi the Iceman to make "very very good" sourdough Gail Sherman

Science Pigeons may navigate using magnetic cells in their liver Ellsworth Toohey

books Cartoonist Jeff Smith, author of "Bone," is getting comics' most prestigious honor Ruben Bolling

poetry This poem perfectly captures AI-induced rage Jennifer Sandlin

prison Man who stole $11 million from prison has a new trick: escaping Jason Weisberger

Vaccine beliefs RFK Jr.'s "just a rash" disease filled Texas hospital beds Jason Weisberger

politics Judge orders Trump's name removed from the Kennedy Center Rob Beschizza

Entertainment Freedomland USA: was this 1960s theme park just a five-year land scam? Ruben Bolling

Internet Library of Leng archives decades of articles about Magic: The Gathering Rob Beschizza

law CIA officer stashed 308 gold bars and $2m cash at home Rob Beschizza