prisons Florida poet on death row died ahead of schedule from a fentanyl overdose… somehow David Pescovitz

Japan Pop-up restaurant serves last meals of death row inmates Rusty Blazenhoff

capital punishment Most common last words spoken by death row inmates Mark Frauenfelder

Science RFK, Jr. says "depriving" children of whole milk constitutes "a form of child abuse" Jennifer Sandlin

adorable animals Eastern black rhino Zuri cools off with a hose — and it's adorable Jennifer Sandlin

Games Hideo Kojima joins the dark side; creates AI short film Grant St. Clair

News UK Births drop for fourth straight year as costs and dread pile up Ellsworth Toohey

politics Irish councilor proposes tiny statue of mosquito blamed for killing invader Oliver Cromwell Rob Beschizza

Weird Tiny conspiracy notes keep turning up inside sealed groceries in Pennsylvania Ellsworth Toohey

books Here's a terrific search hack for the Internet Archive Book Images Flickr photo stream Jennifer Sandlin

Business AI Graveyard: 142 AI companies so far buried, many more to come Rob Beschizza

privacy Google using Chrome to install AI files without permission Séamus Bellamy

spiders Spider's mouth infected by Kyle Rittenhouse Séamus Bellamy

Science The man who discovered microwaves measured a flower's heartbeat in 1926 Ellsworth Toohey

books An editor who read "Crash" called JG Ballard "beyond psychiatric help. Do not publish" Mark Frauenfelder

whales "Save Willy Act" proposes Coast Guard 'whale desk' to prevent whale deaths in San Francisco Bay Jason Weisberger

music Inferno, Boards of Canada's first album since 2013, is out in May Rob Beschizza

Technology An open-source bot that only bets "no" on Polymarket is making money Ellsworth Toohey

politics Pittsburgh Post-Gazette bought by nonprofit Rob Beschizza