video Watch a blacksmith create a gorgeous Damascus steel knife Andrea James

trump Canada's Carney tells world how to survive Trump's America Séamus Bellamy

Games The eternal quest to beat Red Dead Redemption 2 without killing anyone Grant St. Clair

websites Collection of 1990s website background tiles from Geocities Rob Beschizza

politics Deep state somehow forces Hegseth to fire his own allies, share war plans with family Ellsworth Toohey

Unfit Trump picks Inept: Pete Hegseth accidentally texts U.S. war plans to Atlantic editor, says new report Carla Sinclair

Rep. Crockett drags AG Bondi, questions her intellect Jason Weisberger

what makes America great Putin-puppet Musk calls Sen. Mark Kelly "traitor" for standing with allies — gets schooled in return Carla Sinclair

nuclear weapons We're all gonna die: Adults scramble to rehire nuke experts after Musk's efficiency bros' mass firing Ellsworth Toohey

politics Britain's Chancellor Rachel Reeves fibbed on resume and was investigated over expenses at last real job Rob Beschizza

Science Scott Manley has a plan to save the Earth from Asteroid 2024 YR4 Gail Sherman

archaeology This 2,500-year-old Chinese sword looks like "something from the J.R.R. Tolkien universe that has entered the actual historical record" Ellsworth Toohey

geometry Why did this famous mathematician want a 17-sided shape on his tombstone? Ellsworth Toohey

politics Trump makes worse comments about Medal of Honor recipients Jason Weisberger

science fiction "Big Germs" — short fiction by Rudy Rucker Boing Boing

elon musk Tesla engineer pleads: Stop shooting your Cybertrucks! Carolyn Townsend

tabloids Scientology doomed, Royal family doomed, and Island of the Damned in this week's dubious tabloids Peter Sheridan

tabletop gaming Celebrating my birthday in the BattleTech universe Gareth Branwyn

conspiracy theories "Deep State Weather Engineering" conspiracy theories run rampant in wake of Maui fires Jennifer Sandlin

anger Printers are the most popular object of destruction in America's Rage Rooms. There's a problem with that. Rob Beschizza