administrative incompetence Scandal-haunted Scott Pruitt's staffers are shopping dirt on Ryan Zinke to create a distraction Cory Doctorow

politics Mexico swears in Claudia Sheinbaum, its first woman president Rob Beschizza

Republicans Liz Cheney joins Kamala Harris on the campaign trail in Wisconsin Mark Frauenfelder

kamala harris Drunk racist faces prison for assaulting mail carrier with a knife for putting Harris flyer in his mailbox, say prosecutors Mark Frauenfelder

JD Vance JD Vance mocked for cringeworthy "Big Buck World" publicity stunt Mark Frauenfelder

politics JD Vance describes preposterous Elon Musk led commission Jason Weisberger

bigfoot Is that Yeti hair real? Maine's cryptozoology museum will make you wonder Popkin

Entertainment Footage from Eddie Murphy's scrapped "Hong Kong Phooey" movie Ruben Bolling

politics Newsom, Whitmer and Buttigieg all back Kamala Harris for President Rob Beschizza

Guided by Voices interviewed on their 30-year-old EP that became a cult classic  Lee Keeler

bolivia Bolivian army chief arrested after coup fizzles Rob Beschizza

bank robbers Florida man arrested after walking into an accidentally unlocked bank after hours and finding nothing to steal Allan Rose Hill

politics Japan disagrees with Lindsay Graham's enthusiasm for nuclear wars Jason Weisberger

retro games Retro game store robbed in California—and another attempted Lux Sparks-Pescovitz

books Combat Heroes: the 1980s RPG gamebook craze got so wild they were implementing multiplayer grid-based dungeon crawlers in print Rob Beschizza

weirdness Meet your fellow mudlarks at this curiosity shop Bob Knetzger

politics Media Matters publishes useful guide to Project 2025, the extreme right-wing agenda that "represents a threat to democracy, civil rights, the climate, and more" Jennifer Sandlin

videogames Pong's creator auctioning off incredibly rare Atari protoypes and other videogame rarities David Pescovitz

cabinets of curiosity Medical museum embroiled in brouhaha over bequeathed body parts David Pescovitz

1980s Bizarre commercial for "Popeet" extendable food storage containers Popkin