language Poll warns "Colder Than A Witch's T!t" and other phrases in danger of dying out Thom Dunn

language English over the centuries Rob Beschizza

History English isn't uniquely expressive or fluid, but it is uniquely, dysfunctionally weird Cory Doctorow

police Police struck by crabs in protestor-related incident Thom Dunn

weather Actor Julian Sands missing after California storms Rob Beschizza

covers The Beatles' "Blackbird" performed in the indigenous Mi'kmaq language by a 16-year-old girl Mark Frauenfelder

trump Twitter reactivates Trump's account Rob Beschizza

russia Russia's top diplomat looking to bestow special heroic rank upon Elon "Pedo Guy" Musk Jason Weisberger

human rights No Más Bebés: a documentary about forced sterilizations of women of color in California Elías Villoro

cognitive biases This Silicon Valley startup wants to help call centers sound more white Thom Dunn

fiction The international Werewolf Erotica gig economy is booming Thom Dunn

tabloids Monkeypox is a Chinese bioweapon in this week's dubious tabloids Peter Sheridan

language An Australian language spoken by "barely anybody" Devin Nealy

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

poetry The incredibly complicated question of how to translate inaugural poet Amanda Gorman Thom Dunn

tabloids Insiders, sources and pals–the dubious origins of this week's tawdry tabloids Peter Sheridan

Reviews Watching "Herself" while reading "Himself" Thom Dunn

deaths Diana Rigg, 1938–2020 Rob Beschizza

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