california Waze has turned the nearly undriveable, fifth-steepest hill in America into a disaster-strewn major thoroughfare Cory Doctorow

books Cartoonist Gemma Correll's moving and funny book about her lifelong mental illness: Anxietyland Ruben Bolling

It's a world of hopes MAGA protests Disneyland by having 30 people buy $200 tickets  Jason Weisberger

Nature Peru's seven-headed palm: tree of prophecy Popkin

Legendary producer reveals untold Beastie Boys collaboration stories Lee Keeler

Games "Emotional Fraud Simulator" controversial in China Rob Beschizza

art This mouth-shaped bulding burps when you enter it Popkin

music Machine Girl meets Game Boy: an 8-bit photo gallery Lux Sparks-Pescovitz

ebay Antique seller banned on eBay for "illicit" 1880s cast iron item Ellsworth Toohey

los angeles Los Angeles is home to "Dancing Jesus Guy" Jennifer Sandlin

Guided by Voices interviewed on their 30-year-old EP that became a cult classic  Lee Keeler

law Rich people are killing trees to improve their views, despite massive fines Ruben Bolling

politics Argentina cult worships "King" President Milei as peso becomes worthless Mark Frauenfelder

architecture The oldest skyscrapers in the world Natalie Dressed

parrots Zoo's new strategy to teach manners to foul-mouthed parrots David Pescovitz

fascism MAGA man says he would vote for Trump even if he was smoking crack with Hunter Biden Mark Frauenfelder

politics Swine flu detected in UK for first time, days after former Prime Minister famed for sex with pig rejoins government Rob Beschizza

death Mohamed Al-Fayed, billionaire ex-owner of Harrods who feuded with royal family, dead at 94 Rob Beschizza

Firework disaster Terrifying firework disaster shatters peaceful suburban evening Mark Frauenfelder