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language This linguistic analysis of "The Pop-Punk Accent" is absolutely fascinating Thom Dunn

Food Some folks call green peppers "mangoes" for a centuries-old reason Andrea James

linguistics This tiny North Carolina island is last place in America where people talk like actual pirates (video) Ellsworth Toohey

alternative facts CNN's Scott Jennings defends Elon Musk's Nazi salute — until he's asked to "do it right now on TV" (video) Carla Sinclair

computers Chart helps you convert between BASIC dialects in 1984 Rob Beschizza

mistakes MAGA dork tweets from wrong account Rob Beschizza

television Americans put subtitles on to comprehend British television Rob Beschizza

linguistics Pittsburgh smokers more inclined to say "Jagoff" than "Yinz" Rob Beschizza

travel Writer fabricated stories for Atlas Obscura Rob Beschizza

politics Comedians aren't constrained by cancel culture; they are freer today than ever Ruben Bolling

COVID-19 This "leftist ASMR" channel is where "political education meets cozy tingles" Jennifer Sandlin

dance This "giant-step" Cupid Shuffle is one of the funniest things I've seen lately Jennifer Sandlin

twitter White House condemns Musk's antisemitism; Apple finally suspends advertising on Twitter Rob Beschizza

BBC Documentary How England's most famous steeplejack brought down a chimney without a single explosive (video) Mark Frauenfelder

Entertainment From "Song of the South" to positive representation: Disney's Splash Mountain gets rethemed Ruben Bolling

language The surprising origin of "dandelion" revealed! Mark Frauenfelder

History Sixty years of A Confederacy of Dunces' Ignatius J. Reilly Elías Villoro

animation "The Magician's Elephant" Review: An Elephant-Sized Misfire for Netflix Greg Nussen

podcasts "The Witch Trials of J.K. Rowling" podcast is out now Elías Villoro