News San Francisco drinks its way thru the pandemic Jason Weisberger

Technology The appeal of AI girlfriends isn't the AI — it's that she can't say no Mark Frauenfelder

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Games Superhero management sim Dispatch is a lot of fun Grant St. Clair

politics "Measles and Polio Down in the Schoolyard" is a perfect musical critique of RFK, Jr. Jennifer Sandlin

Funny Laugh through your tears with McSweeney's "Faculty Meeting Icebreakers" Jennifer Sandlin

politics JD Vance memes are still going strong and are better than ever Jennifer Sandlin

politics Top UK judge tired of MI5 lying to him about its violent Nazi spy Rob Beschizza

toronto Guillermo del Toro bringing horror film festival to Toronto Séamus Bellamy

politics Associated Press and Encyclopedia Britannica still calling it Gulf of Mexico despite White House tantrum Rob Beschizza

consumer rights Judge rules herbal tea purchase doesn't count as damages, personally attacks our entire lifestyle Ellsworth Toohey

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Science Germ theory denial is dangerous and on the rise Jennifer Sandlin

animals Absurdly cute images of baby elephants sucking on their own trunks for comfort Popkin

tech Linus Torvalds: AI is 90% marketing, 10% reality Rob Beschizza

twitter Elon Musk's latest rant targets chess, claiming it's too simple and needs space lasers Ellsworth Toohey

los angeles LA hacks: free parking, secret shortcuts & more  Mark Frauenfelder

Games Sony blew $400m on a flop game it reportedly thought was the next Star Wars Rob Beschizza

musk Elon Musk, from behind a massive army of bodyguards, now tweeting 150+ times a day Rob Beschizza

book reviews Brittle Joints is a beautiful and harrowing graphic memoir about chronic pain Thom Dunn