telcoms Santa Clara fire department: Verizon's pants are on fire Cory Doctorow

Science Watch the world's brightest flashlight burn stuff Andrea James

burning man This Burner couple torched a little Burning Man for their 'gender reveal' video Rusty Blazenhoff

hotels Lists of the most bizarre items left by hotel guests and oddest room service requests Allan Rose Hill

natural phenomena Turkmenistan wants to extinguish the fiery Darvaza Crater, known as The Gates of Hell Carolyn Townsend

tabloids Scientology doomed, Royal family doomed, and Island of the Damned in this week's dubious tabloids Peter Sheridan

interview Interview with Case Esparros, independent filmmaker and director of "The Absence of Milk in the Mouths of the Lost" Natalie Dressed

feminism Review: Poor Things is a masterfully decadent third-wave feminist film Natalie Dressed

animal rescues Watch these newborn baby bobtail skinks lapping up some tasty vittles for their very first meal Jennifer Sandlin

vanity plates DEZNUUTZ, 2HI, VENMO, and 3,000 other vanity license plates rejected by New York's DMV David Pescovitz

kickstarter Snuggle up with a Charles Burns "Creepy Crawlers" blanket Mark Frauenfelder

maga Sen. Marsha Blackburn complains that Biden is catching too many terrorists Mark Frauenfelder

gadgets HP covers printer's USB port with warning sticker to make sure you don't go right ahead and use it Rob Beschizza

wildlife Woman takes baby raccoon to Petco for a nail trim — with unfortunate results Carla Sinclair

education Kids who have to crawl under freight trains to get to school Ruben Bolling

fascism Kari Lake threatens to burn down Maricopa County in desperate bid to overturn election Mark Frauenfelder

trains Norfolk Southern gave $5 to Ohio East Palestinians affected by toxic train explosion Thom Dunn

mistakes Eight aggressive cops raid wrong home in no-knock warrant, terrorizing Black family holding a baby Mark Frauenfelder

art Celebrating the 35th anniversary of Star Trek: The Next Generation with mixed-media meme art Gareth Branwyn