late stage capitalism World's largest cruise ship, "Icon of the Seas," which includes the largest swimming pool at sea and an "Ultimate Family Townhouse" costing $100,000 per week, sets sail on its first voyage Jennifer Sandlin

travel The famed crooked house of Windsor is now a cafe bar and bottle shop Popkin

Science RFK Jr establishes Soviet-style pre-approval system for 23 "controversial" research topics at National Cancer Institute Ellsworth Toohey

books McAtlas documents, analyzes, and celebrates the international multiformity of McDonald's Ruben Bolling

politics Fan trailer imagines Fallout game set in China Grant St. Clair

law Sailors "essentially imprisoned" on abandoned ships Rob Beschizza

video games We were inches away from the fabled Doom and Halo crossover Grant St. Clair

Entertainment Apple TV+ is free this weekend and you should binge Harrison Ford in Shrinking Gail Sherman

Surgically changing your eye color may be a bad idea Allan Rose Hill

rpgs Tabletop gamer's gift guide for 2024 Gareth Branwyn

politics Would you live on a cruise ship for four years to escape the Trump presidency? Jennifer Sandlin

podcasts How the "Death of Superman" comics explain the modern Democratic Party Thom Dunn

Japan Mount Fuji snowless in November for first time in recorded history Rob Beschizza

game of thrones $21 million raised in Game of Thrones prop auction Rob Beschizza

vegas Tropicana Hotel demolished in the most Las Vegas way ever Gail Sherman

whatsapp Passenger kicked off world cruise for WhatsApp complaints Mark Frauenfelder

travel Amazingly big cruise ships "stretched" to become absurdly massive Gail Sherman

TV shows New book looks back on things we lost since LOST premiered 20 years ago Thom Dunn

Race to Survive contestants Reality TV contestant kills and eats protected New Zealand bird — claiming he was "desperate and hungry" (video) Carla Sinclair

health Chronic pain sufferers betrayed: how the FDA and DEA deny access to safe, effective pain relief Ellsworth Toohey