racism Brave boy stands up to man with confederate flag, tells him that it's racist Carla Sinclair

cool kids 8-year-old, denied school picture over cool hairstyle, becomes star of own photoshoot Rob Beschizza

books Cory Doctorow's "Reverse Centaur" book — why AI is hell on workers Mark Frauenfelder

movies This fan edit corrects the continuty problems of a Star Wars favorite Séamus Bellamy

History Workers routed a highway through this boulder rather than blast it Popkin

History Medieval castle toilets doubled as assassination shafts Popkin

crowdfunding An artist painted a monster, an occult poet conjured it to life, and now it wants to kill your Mörk Borg character Gareth Branwyn

art Ancient Roman gemstone shows a grasshopper driving a butterfly-led chariot Popkin

design These vintage car-shaped baby carriages are cooler than any stroller today Popkin

art Victorian girl's sketchbook turns her cat Mouton into a playful fantasy hero Popkin

Food Bottle of salt from before the dinosaurs has an expiration date of 2019 Popkin

books John Shirley's guide to wrecking your career in science fiction John Shirley

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vintage This vintage Scotch Tape ad reveals questionable 1940s beauty hacks Popkin

Off the rails Grok generated sexualized images of kids, and xAI hopes silence will fix it Jason Weisberger

History The 1990s toy that simulated shaking a baby to death Ellsworth Toohey

virtual pets Creator of delayed Kickstarter toy uploads instructions for anyone to make one themselves Gail Sherman

politics "Conservative content mill" PragerU could soon control public school curricula Jennifer Sandlin

politics Tom Morello releases "FUCK ICE!" playlist Jennifer Sandlin

Science Dissecting owl pellets: a window into nocturnal hunters' feeding patterns Jennifer Sandlin