surveillance EU to create 350m person biometric database for borders, migration and law enforcement Cory Doctorow

tabletop gaming Wizards of the Coast changes course, gamers win Gareth Branwyn

movies Zoe Saldana is the queen of the box office Devin Nealy

photography Smithsonian's Open Access now has over 4 million free-to-use images Mark Frauenfelder

psychology How misophonia, aka "sound rage," can destroy relationships David Pescovitz

vehicles New York using roadside sound meters to fine drivers of obnoxiously loud vehicles David Pescovitz

psychology Here are 21 of the most common thinking errors (video) David Pescovitz

optical illusions Mindbending optical illusion: Which of these buses is going faster? David Pescovitz

fronthanded insults David Duchovny explains how Quentin Tarantino rejected his Reservoir Dogs audition Devin Nealy

john darnielle John Darnielle's Devil House nominated for 2023 Edgar Allan Poe Award for "Best Novel" Jennifer Sandlin

Science Prepare to be grossed out: baby horses are born with something called "foal slippers" Popkin

HDSF Meet the Space Bum, ambiguous stock character of generations of science fiction Jesse Sheidlower

History English commoners' rights come from The Charter of the Forest, not the Magna Carta Elías Villoro

History Neolithic farmers in northwest Europe extremely violent, say archeologists Rob Beschizza

Republicans In failed stunt, Ron DeSantis suggests no tax on gas stoves — even though most Floridians use electric Carla Sinclair

politics Republican congressman George Santos took $3000 from GoFundMe for US Navy veteran's dying dog Rob Beschizza

studies Gel manicures lead to "cell death and cancer-causing mutations," says new study Carla Sinclair

guns Gun manufacturer pitches the "JR-15", a rifle for kids styled on the AR-15 Thom Dunn

injustice Man arrested for pointing finger at cops, then starves to death in jail Mark Frauenfelder

art Headless, bodyless sculpture of MLK Jr and Coretta Scott King's arms embracing has people talking Rob Beschizza