productivity 10 pearls from Kevin Kelly's new book "Excellent Advice for Living" Mark Frauenfelder

dataviz Web tool that generates flowcharts from text Clive Thompson

california Suspect tries Spider-Man escape under Bay Bridge, it does not work (video) Jason Weisberger

worse things happen at sea California's ocean protections work, so naturally we're arguing about them Jason Weisberger

politics Hegseth's broker tried to buy millions in defense stocks before Iran attack Ellsworth Toohey

Science How do you score on the Corporate Bullshit Receptivity Scale? Rob Beschizza

crooks ProPublica uncovers the Trump administration's impressive collection of conflicts of interest Jason Weisberger

Iran's $2,000 drones vs. America's $5 million missiles Ellsworth Toohey

What Me Worry? Jack Dorsey nukes 40% of Blocks staff because AI Jason Weisberger

Science The "brain isn't done until 25" factoid is based on a funding cutoff Ellsworth Toohey

mistakes W is a European clone of X for the Davos set Rob Beschizza

COVID-19 Recent study revealed that 7 out of 10 folks with previous COVID infections didn't realize they had an impaired sense of smell Jennifer Sandlin

History The Roman who promised to die for Caligula and lived to regret it Ellsworth Toohey

tourons American gets stuck in giant German vagina, rescued by 22 baffled firefighters Jason Weisberger

mistakes Things going from bad to worse at Target Rob Beschizza

Technology AI's impact: not about killer robots, but about power, control, and who benefits from automation Ellsworth Toohey

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Disney One week after caving, Disney pretends it never blinked on Jimmy Kimmel Jason Weisberger

sustainable fashion Founder of iconic buy-sell-trade store, Buffalo Exchange, dies at age 83 Jennifer Sandlin

one-trick phonies "Two-week Trump" is paralyzed by middle east decisions, so he attacks Biden instead Carla Sinclair