Delightful Creatures Serving insects to unwitting food critics Grant St. Clair

bad smells Famed ballet director smeared dog poop on critic's face after bad review Mark Frauenfelder

art Watch Mel Brooks' wonderfully funny and very short animated film "The Critic" (1963) David Pescovitz

movies How did 19 films each get an F on CinemaScore? Andrea James

art What's the most pretentious movie you like? Rob Beschizza

History How a businessman's hunch became New Age gospel Ellsworth Toohey

movies Backrooms is a blockbuster Rob Beschizza

movies Backrooms makes $10.4m in preview screenings Rob Beschizza

animation X-Men '97 gets season two trailer and premiere date Gail Sherman

movies Critics like being in the Backrooms Rob Beschizza

Stable Genius As war looms, Grandpa Pudding Brains delivers emergency remarks on decorative water features Jason Weisberger

Technology Amazon will stop selling 40 mph "hooligan bikes" in California Ellsworth Toohey

eff This Utah law is a risk to everyone's digital liberty Séamus Bellamy

politics Clueless graduation speaker astonished to find that media students hate AI Rob Beschizza

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

Technology Security researcher tears apart White House app and finds a tracking and security nightmare Jason Weisberger

Science A 1964 art school study predicted who would still be painting in 5 years Ellsworth Toohey

conspiracy theories This morning I met the "QAnon Shaman," and here are ten takeaways from our conversation Jennifer Sandlin

Internet Teens are speedrunning the Scientology building in LA Grant St. Clair

surveillance Stop Flock campaign targets invasive surveillance network Rob Beschizza