art Hollow rock turns into a router full of survival info when you build a fire beside it Cory Doctorow

video games Another GTA 6 leak, another tantalizing disappointment Grant St. Clair

weird history Iowa's weirdest uprising: The great Cow War of 1931 Ellsworth Toohey

art Whimsical objects that blur the line between art and everyday life Jennifer Sandlin

video "The greatest restaurant in the world" has South Park ownership, cliff divers, and a 600,000-person long wait list Ruben Bolling

tabloids King Charles abdicates, Hollywood's most hated hunk, and Taylor Swift's engagement in this week's dubious tabloids Peter Sheridan

News Funeral home sued for giving families fake ashes instead of their loved ones' cremated remains David Pescovitz

video games Screenshots of next Dragon Age leak online Grant St. Clair

scams Watch street scammers get busted as they are scamming Mark Frauenfelder

movies How "natural" sounds are faked for nature documentaries David Pescovitz

manga Yoshiharu Tsuge: the first manga artist who used his personal life as story material Mark Frauenfelder

trump Trump cowers in White House bunker as protests hit capitol Rob Beschizza

threatin Threatin, "fake" singer-songwriter you haven't thought about in about a year, now on tour Rob Beschizza

Business Adblocking: How about nah? Cory Doctorow

fake news Kidnapping solved, Tom Cruise's love plot, and inside Area 51 – in this week's fact-challenged tabloids Peter Sheridan

web theory Deepfakes has democratized the creation of extremely realistic video faceswapping, especially in porn Cory Doctorow

music Exquisite Rube Goldberg-esque machine plays "Here Comes the Sun" David Pescovitz

tabloids Vampire corpses, Obama's plot to steal back the White House, and other tabloid stunners Peter Sheridan

media This week in the bloids Peter Sheridan

robbery Utah neighborhood uses decoy packages on porch to discourage thieves Mark Frauenfelder