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music Leni, of Puppy Songs fame, crosses the Rainbow Bridge Jennifer Sandlin

startups How a bartender turned dick-shaped candy into a $100K business Ellsworth Toohey

AI I interviewed the AI ghost of a famous dead porn star Thom Dunn

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

the hate party Donald Trump channels Hitler to whip up his angry, chanting Pennsylvania mob (video) Carla Sinclair

laughingstock MSNBC hosts mock and laugh at Trump Jason Weisberger

JD Vance JD Vance fumbles through painful small talk with donut shop employees in viral campaign stop fail Mark Frauenfelder

endangered animals Lynx poses majestically for a trail camera Gail Sherman

politics JD Vance brags that he told his 7-year-old to "shut the hell up"about Pokemon when Trump called him (video) Ellsworth Toohey

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez AOC bashes Biden-bashing Democratic colleagues in midnight livestream rant: "It's bullsh*t" (video) Carla Sinclair

racism "I wouldn't wish it on anyone": Baseball legend Reggie Jackson describes racism early in career Ruben Bolling

politics Vermont lawmaker caught pouring water in colleague's bag Rob Beschizza

police "Oh my god, I'm gonna get shot" — Vermont cops terrorize high school students with mock mass shooting Mark Frauenfelder

History 10 bizarre facts about the Symbionese Liberation Army Ellsworth Toohey