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

literature Cornell English Department votes to change name to "Department of Literatures In English" Thom Dunn

russia Justice departmen: right-wing influencers paid by Russians Rob Beschizza

Japan 1 dead and many ill after eating eel at Japanese department store Rob Beschizza

writing Stephen King's shameless self-promotion on NY Times' "best books" list amuses and outrages Natalie Dressed

News Child labor abuses at two Los Angeles-area poultry processing plants Jason Weisberger

police Read the official police incident report for that Boston Cop On A Slide Thom Dunn

Master of Swiftian Sciences Casualties are expected when Stanford students fight for seats in a new course studying Taylor Swift Jason Weisberger

new york city Crosswalk signals with authentic New York accents Rusty Blazenhoff

weather Actor Julian Sands missing after California storms Rob Beschizza

racism US FEMA's aid instructions translated into "Alaska Native languages" that turned out to be gibberish David Pescovitz

occult The Enduring Legacy of Parapsychologist J.B. Rhine Mitch Horowitz

politics Orlando Bosch and anti-Cuban terrorism A.E. Gómez

meat "Quantities of intercepted bologna are so large it's hard to believe there are any pigs left in the world," says reporter about bologna seizures on Texas border Jennifer Sandlin

COVID-19 New study: pointing out racial disparities in COVID-19 makes white people more reckless Thom Dunn

music The Music of the Beatles as Channeled in 1958 by the Echo Lake Home for the Potentially Clairvoyant is a fascinating experiment Thom Dunn

media NYT declares "bullet" killed 14 year old girl, not the cop that fired it Rob Beschizza

1960s Gorath, a 1962 Japanese sci-fi movie, has incredible miniature sets and special effects Mark Frauenfelder

poop "Ultimate Slip 'N Slide" pulled from Olympic lineup after explosive diarrhea outbreak Thom Dunn

useful stuff Excellent cheap puzzle book: The Moscow Puzzles: 359 Mathematical Recreations Mark Frauenfelder