bird is the word 9-year-old British boy wins Europe-wide Imitation Seagull Screeching Competition Thom Dunn

eighties Pee-wee Herman performing 'Surfin' Bird' in 1987's 'Back to the Beach' Rusty Blazenhoff

animals See the stunning moment when a murmuration of starlings join together to form an even larger bird Thom Dunn

art Watch 70 birds play guitar in Canada Thom Dunn

birds Harvard study shows that Harvard kids are dumber than a grey parrot Thom Dunn

video games Pretty sure this bird just discovered that the Earth is a simulation Thom Dunn

bird is the word The real story behind Mister Rogers' joyful flipping of the bird Jason Weisberger

archaeology This 2,500-year-old Chinese sword looks like "something from the J.R.R. Tolkien universe that has entered the actual historical record" Ellsworth Toohey

Energy Enron is back and just announced plans for a home-size nuclear generator Thom Dunn

CDC Dr. Deborah Birx: "Our agencies are making the same mistakes they made with COVID" Jennifer Sandlin

Billie Eilish played NPR's Tiny Desk and it's magnificent (video) Allan Rose Hill

music Learn how to play the mouth trumpet—or have a good laugh failing Jennifer Sandlin

trump "Recrudescence" is the word of the day Jennifer Sandlin

delightful creatures Hilarious French bulldog loudly argues for a walk until his human finally gives in (video) Carla Sinclair

animals Bring home the bagels, not the bacon: animal rights activists urge us to change idioms Allan Rose Hill

photography Wildlife photographer snaps image of mysterious hairy beast that turned out to be something even odder Allan Rose Hill

batman A radical unlicensed queer comic book movie returns to theaters Thom Dunn

butter Butter made from carbon dioxide instead of animal fat Allan Rose Hill

psychology Nature's fake news: how supernormal stimuli trick animals (including you) Ellsworth Toohey

science fiction "Big Germs" — short fiction by Rudy Rucker Boing Boing