Business A sweeping new tech bill from Silicon Valley Democrats promises privacy, interoperability, and protection from algorithmic discrimination and manipulation Cory Doctorow

immigration Civil rights lawyers have one simple piece of advice for border stops: Keep your mouth shut Ellsworth Toohey

law Jail for man who publicly sodomized himself with cucumber, etc. Rob Beschizza

conservation Kind human helps hermit crabs move out of their trash homes and into fresh clean shells! Jennifer Sandlin

politics AI-generated Christian persecution movie is exactly as bad as you'd expect Grant St. Clair

fascism DOJ's menacing letter to med journals "a chill down the spine of scientists" Jennifer Sandlin

junk science Predatory journals even worse since "Get Me Off Your F*ck*ng Mailing List" was accepted for publication Jennifer Sandlin

Culture Gotta catch all grandpas: Japanese town turns seniors into trading card stars Ellsworth Toohey

noads Supporting ongoing Los Angeles wildfire recovery efforts Hannah Patterson

graphic novels An exclusive peek at The Folio Society's new edition of "Perdido Street Station" Gareth Branwyn

china Restaurant offers to compensate 4,000 diners after teenagers caught peeing in the hotpot broth Allan Rose Hill

music industry Record labels attempt to bankrupt Internet Archive over grandpa's dusty old 78s Ellsworth Toohey

politics Nazi in trouble after child abuse videos found in his possession Rob Beschizza

gadgets Apple's iPhone 16e is relatively cheap and fast Rob Beschizza

Bio-sonification Watch an apple tree play music Popkin

videos Man legally becomes best friend's grandfather to get revenge over a petty text Grant St. Clair

History Vintage cameras of the 1930s Rob Beschizza

politics Elon Musk tells Germans not to feel "guilt" over country's past at far-right rally Grant St. Clair

politics America's crime grandpa gets slapped with contempt charge for being a sneaky little sh*t Ellsworth Toohey

cute Grandparents create life-size Totoro sculpture for grandkids, now a beloved attraction Popkin