music "Black Me Out" review — a powerful journey through punk rock and gender dysphoria Thom Dunn

History Nixon gave Cyprus a piece of the moon. Then a coup made it disappear. Ellsworth Toohey

internet culture A mystery DVD mailed from Poland hid coded threats in a plague doctor video Ellsworth Toohey

History In 1681, a mystery attacker who vanished instantly terrorized London Ellsworth Toohey

holidays This poop dog firework puts a funny twist on the classic black snake Popkin

Technology Clicks Communicator brings back the physical keyboard for $500 Séamus Bellamy

Mountains out of mole hills JD Vance discovers the Nicene Creed in a yard sign Jason Weisberger

conspiracy theories Fred LaBour invented most of the 'Paul is dead' clues as a joke and was stunned when the world believed them Ellsworth Toohey

folklore The Bunny Man was a real hatchet-wielder in 1970 Virginia — but the internet turned him into something else entirely Ellsworth Toohey

videos Black cat makes perfectly precise cardboard bite marks in a row Popkin

trump FEMA official who teleported to Waffle House teleports out of agency Rob Beschizza

Ruger AC-556 That time road rage met a 6'8" guy named Gary with a machine gun Jason Weisberger

Pedo Protector Leon Black's Epstein testimony ends with Congress demanding receipts Jason Weisberger

History In 1942 Los Angeles fired 1,440 anti-aircraft rounds at nothing Ellsworth Toohey

Science Dissolving crust on dead lithium batteries allows restoration to 95% original capacity Rob Beschizza

Weird New Jersey has a road called Shades of Death and residents grease the sign to stop theft Ellsworth Toohey

Science Blood-red rain fell on India for two months and some physicists blamed a comet Ellsworth Toohey

History A mountain man spent 25 years eating the livers of the people who killed his wife Ellsworth Toohey

gadgets Leica's SL3-P loses the dot, gets 8K open-gate video Rob Beschizza

music Ancient Loops turns the Playdate's crank into a sound instrument Ellsworth Toohey