happy mutants As usual, Vi Hart's annual Pi Day video is the best way to ring in 3/14 Cory Doctorow

Science See lightning damage buildings in ultra-slow motion video Popkin

politics Alina Habba once again reprimanded for prosecutorial misconduct Jason Weisberger

politics The story behind Trump's grift jet keeps getting worse Jason Weisberger

books AI hallucinated a "best summer reading" list and, the Chicago Sun-Times published it Jason Weisberger

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Funny Tortoise hero saves his upside-down buddy Popkin

nightmare fuel Flesh-eating screwworms march north as DOGE cuts funding on everything we need to stop them Séamus Bellamy

supercuts Incredible supercut of Eminem's "Lose Yourself" (video) Jason Weisberger

Incredible video from Myanmar earthquake shows the ground rupture and shift Gail Sherman

2 jets 1 carrier: second fighter plops into sea from same ship Rob Beschizza

politics "Could be anything": Trump hypes 'biggest ever' announcement with surreal vagueness Jason Weisberger

art Forest artist built a clay castle that lights up and does water tricks Popkin

music R.E.M. releases remix of its song "Radio Free Europe" in support of Radio Free Europe Ruben Bolling

Weird "Anything Can Be a Podcast" proves creativity is not limited by budget Grant St. Clair

health Scientists just added chicken to the ever-growing list of foods that will kill you Ellsworth Toohey

art Cathedral of Junk is a "the best three-story junk tower you will ever see" Popkin

fraudsters Conman George Santos burst into tears at the sound of "87 months" Carla Sinclair

cloud Terrifying "doomsday cloud" over Australia isn't actually end times Popkin

Science National Science Foundation director resigns after funding slashed Rob Beschizza