Kids Watch this guy melt down 1,000 aluminum cans to make huge ingots Andrea James

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

makers Watch: iron bottle opener being forged by hand Mark Frauenfelder

rpgs D&D's latest module, "Vecna: Eve of Ruin," and the trouble with high-level adventures Gareth Branwyn

bitcoin UK judge: Craig Wright is a technobabbling liar and forger, not as clever as he thinks he is, and also not Satoshi Nakamoto Rob Beschizza

Banksy Police bust factory forging Banksy artworks David Pescovitz

Comic Books "The Buildings are Barking": Cartoonist Bill Griffith's haunting graphic eulogy to his cartoonist wife, Diane Noomin Ruben Bolling

corruption After overturning Roe, Alito took a luxury trip to Rome sponsored by anti-abortion activists who filed at Supreme Court Mark Frauenfelder

Delightful Creatures Man ties doggo to his chair — and comically learns why that's not a good idea (video) Carla Sinclair

Japan What is the deal with Japan's smile merchants? Matt Alt

crime Ontario cop convicted of drug trafficking and raping an unconscious woman still has his $120k-a-year job and has been on paid leave for 8 years Rob Beschizza

Scruples no, rubles yes Retired FBI official arrested over ties to Russian oligarch Rob Beschizza

COVID-19 A woman who sold fake COVID-19 immunization cards gets three years in Federal prison Jason Weisberger

music Check out these awesome unreleased tracks from Kid Cudi's Entergalactic by Dot da Genius Devin Nealy

philosophy Buddha's approach to making friends Devin Nealy

accents The history of Blaccent Devin Nealy

books The Metamodernism of Hanzi Freinacht Ferdinando Buscema

humor David Letterman hosted the Late Show for the last time seven years ago today Devin Nealy

Food Check out this dove and branch made out of chocolate. Devin Nealy

COVID-19 Two nurses in New York arrested for selling fake vaccine cards that allegedly brought in $1.5 million Mark Frauenfelder