wealth disparity Idle rich baffled by poor people's distaste for dangerous, low-paying jobs Mark Frauenfelder

Offended clowns ask that we call Trump something else Jason Weisberger

Money, sex, and science: What drives sugar dating? Ellsworth Toohey

News White South Africans get fast-track refugee status while others wait in limbo Ellsworth Toohey

economics America's 19 wealthiest households barely squeak by with trillion-dollar windfall in 2024 Ellsworth Toohey

book reviews Review: Chapel Perilous: The Life and Thought Crimes of Robert Anton Wilson Gareth Branwyn

threads Grim UK nuclear war classic Threads to be revived as new series (video) Rob Beschizza

archaeology This 2,500-year-old Chinese sword looks like "something from the J.R.R. Tolkien universe that has entered the actual historical record" Ellsworth Toohey

Internet flooded with merch glorifying murder of UnitedHealthcare CEO Rob Beschizza

donald trump Musk rooting for Trump to tank the economy Jason Weisberger

movies From Million Dollar Baby to Requiem for a Dream: the most depressing mainstream films Ellsworth Toohey

News Multiple Disneyland unions authorize a strike Jason Weisberger

politics John Oliver: Britain's 14-year decline more about austerity economics than Brexit, but all of it sucked Rob Beschizza

Funny The Clapper commercial from 1984 Popkin

guns Murderer and firearms advocate Kyle Rittenhouse abandons his wheelman/mother Jason Weisberger

politics Trump doesn't realize that outside his MAGA cult, no one likes him Jason Weisberger

politics Japan disagrees with Lindsay Graham's enthusiasm for nuclear wars Jason Weisberger

art These "Clothesline Animals" are simple, clever, and beautiful Jennifer Sandlin

art Artist creates adorable creatures with simple line drawings on photos of clouds Jennifer Sandlin

music industry LiveNation spins greed into a PR win Thom Dunn