design fails This is the worst place to attach a ballot drop-off location sign [Updated] Mark Frauenfelder

security Microsoft to delete 1 billion weak passwords Rob Beschizza

politics Dobbs decision working as designed Jason Weisberger

Audio Master recordings of 90s music on slowly dying media Thom Dunn

politics MyPillow's $14.88 deal surely just a coincidence Rob Beschizza

Funny Obvious Plant's prawn gods, inaction figures and weird art Popkin

The Atari 7800+ is a trip down the retro rabbit hole Jason Weisberger

News Starbucks fails noise level test against competitors Mark Frauenfelder

Technology "Scathing" reviews of AI Pin that's supposed to replace your cellphone Rob Beschizza

Worse Things Happen At Sea Community attempts to use sand to stop the ocean and fails Jason Weisberger

failures Ron DeSantis fails again: Appeals court stops 'Stop Woke Act' — calls it the 'greatest First Amendment Sin' Carla Sinclair

new orleans Will Katrina victims ever get settlement money from Brad Pitt's Make it Right Foundation? Natalie Dressed

Games Enjoying the Atari 2600+ experience Jason Weisberger

lawsuits HP fails to dodge lawsuit over scanners that run out of ink Rob Beschizza

tabloids Joe Biden dying and a UFO cover-up in this week's dubious tabloids. Peter Sheridan

Weird Two-headed snake Pancho & Lefty is back to health and wowing crowds in Texas David Pescovitz

tabletop gaming What's new in tabletop gaming for August, 2023 Gareth Branwyn

representation Moviegoers question the lack of Japanese perspectives in Oppenheimer Thom Dunn

Atlanta police shot climate activist Manuel Esteban Paez Terán 57 times Elías Villoro

jerks The artist who posted that horrible personal assistant ad was Tom Sachs, and now Nike has dumped him Mark Frauenfelder