immigrants This musician looks uncannily like the Statue of Liberty Jennifer Sandlin

politics "Conservative girl makeup" tutorials mock the "brutal aesthetics of MAGA" Jennifer Sandlin

obituaries RIP Boris Spassky: "one of the greatest chess players of the Soviet era and the world, but also a true gentleman" Ellsworth Toohey

TVs in the Dept of Housing and Urban Development played AI video of Trump sucking Elon's feet Rob Beschizza

olympics The 1904 Olympics Marathon gold medalist won while hallucinating on rat poison and brandy Ellsworth Toohey

art Painting of Maori elder fetches record price Rob Beschizza

politics Former comedian Russell Brand ended up selling "magical amulets" for "EMF protection" Jennifer Sandlin

One-in-30-million mutant orange lobster has more than a dozen very cute orange babies (video) Allan Rose Hill

taxidermy Museum refuses DNA test on suspiciously large "pet" frog Popkin

money 5 most evil con artists in history: Their shocking scams revealed  Ellsworth Toohey

tesla Tesla fires its Supercharger division Rob Beschizza

Comics Brian Azzarello, Stephanie Phillips, and more to pen EC Comics' return from the grave Thom Dunn

Vintage Weird Princess Nicotine: an enchanting short film from 1909 Popkin

Sir David Attenborough A hilarious and educational look at the symbiotic relationship between tree shrews and pitcher plants: "This Tree Shrew is Shitting!" Jennifer Sandlin

censorship "Titicut Follies" (1967) is a once-banned documentary about the horrific treatment of prisoners at Bridgewater State Hospital Jennifer Sandlin

Weird Contents of an Ostrich's Stomach from 1930 Popkin

crimes Four missing members of Hells Angels motorcycle club may have been clandestinely cremated David Pescovitz

media "Right-wing" websites scamming readers with fake celebrity pitches Rob Beschizza

film criticism The top films of 2023, thus far Greg Nussen

architecture Mark the 130th anniversary of the Chicago World's Fair by reading "The Devil in the White City" this summer Jennifer Sandlin