children of tay Yet another chatbot, trained on online utterances, starts spewing hate Clive Thompson

mass shooting in america Georgia gun shop owner quits after too many mass shootings: "I just can't." Carla Sinclair

hate preachers Ron DeSantis supports pastor who says gay people should be "put to death" Carla Sinclair

tabloids Biden health crisis and Britain's clown prince in this week's dubious tabloids Peter Sheridan

Failure After raging about the debt ceiling deal, Boebert misses the vote Jason Weisberger

Republicans Marjorie Taylor Greene keeps playing her one-note song about the insurrection Jason Weisberger

video games Ratchet and Clank: Rift Apart is the latest PlayStation Studios PC port Grant St. Clair

professional puppet masters Roger Stone forgot about his hot mic when he explained how he manipulated Donald Trump (video) Carla Sinclair

education Florida teacher tells school board, "No one is teaching your kids to be gay! …I have math to teach" Jason Weisberger

Boing Boing Gadgets This portable jump starter is a great gift for Dad and it's on sale for $109.97 Boing Boing's Shop

music Watch the new video for "She Might Look My Way," from The dB's' Chris Stamey Jennifer Sandlin

Entertainment "The Little Mermaid" gets review-bombed by racists Ruben Bolling

Junipero Serra Rejecting forgiveness, Catholics demand more punishment Jason Weisberger

tabloids The Fat & The Furious, in last week's dubious tabloids Peter Sheridan

torture A look back at Ron DeSantis's time working with interrogators at Guantanamo Thom Dunn

animal attacks Snorkeler pries open the jaws of a crocodile "to get my head out" Carla Sinclair

skateboarding Tony Hawk and the origin of the trick "The Madonna." Elías Villoro

seeds De-extinction event: York groundsel, eradicated in wild, re-established there from seeds Rob Beschizza

politics Texas House overwhelmingly votes to get impeach Attorney General Ken Paxton. But will the state Senate agree? Rob Beschizza

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