movies Watch the trailer for "5-25-77," a romance film about seeing STAR WARS Thom Dunn

music John Darnielle of the Mountain Goats becomes a singing, dancing ghost in new video, "Murder at the 18th Street Garage" Jennifer Sandlin

california U.S. Senator Dianne Feinstein dies at at age 90 Carla Sinclair

twitter Yaccarino makes doubtful claims about Twitter's profitability while insulting Musk's ability as a manager Jason Weisberger

Science Maybe put off going to another continent for vacation—it may be coming to you Ruben Bolling

maga MAGA congresswoman furious that Border Patrol seized fentanyl Mark Frauenfelder

crime Target opening 9 new stores in New York City and dozens nationwide Rob Beschizza

Netflix A fascinating look at Netflix's now-defunct DVD shipping assembly line Thom Dunn

Boing Boing Gadgets This refurbished Lenovo Tab 4 is great tech for under $80 Boing Boing's Shop

names The real-life Barbie Oppenheimer has had a very strange summer Thom Dunn

star wars Disney quietly removes jizz from Star Wars continuity Thom Dunn

Games The video game cutting room floor Rob Beschizza

tabloids JFK's second gunman, and alien life on Earth, exposed in last week's dubious tabloids Peter Sheridan

video games Mortal Kombat fans decry Switch version's poor performance Grant St. Clair

donald trump Conman Trump tells GOP to shut down the government to stop his criminal trials (which it won't) Carla Sinclair

corruption Clarence Thomas also sold out to the Koch Bros Jason Weisberger

law Michigan bans child marriage Rob Beschizza

music 19-year-old college student absolutely nails "Name" when invited onstage to play guitar with the Goo Goo Dolls Jennifer Sandlin

donald trump Megyn Kelly is a "nasty woman" says nasty groper Donald Trump (video) Carla Sinclair

oops Police rescue woman from toilet who was trying to save her Apple Watch David Pescovitz