Comic Books A sneak peek at Mark Russell's scathing late capitalism satire Billionaire Island: Cult of Dogs Gareth Branwyn

boston This-City's-Makin'-A-Comeback Bingo Card Thom Dunn

bob ross There's a Bob Ross toaster (and it chars an image of him on the bread) Rusty Blazenhoff

corruption Mind-boggling graph of Trump's business ties Andrea James

Comics Marvel's greatest hits curated by Patton Oswalt and Jordan Blum Gareth Branwyn

graphic novels Graphic novel adaptation of Thomas Piketty's "Capital & Ideology" Thom Dunn

privacy Grindr fined $6m for passing user data to commercial partners Rob Beschizza

AI Google's AI search summaries use 10x more energy than just doing a normal Google search Thom Dunn

vending machine A vending machine of mystery unclaimed packages Rusty Blazenhoff

book reviews Opting out: the freeing philosophy of avoidance and refusal Roy Christopher

Delightful Creatures A bird hotel in Borneo Carolyn Townsend

world news The lies that convinced people to vote for Brexit Yoy Luadha

conspiracy theory The 2024 Santa Monica Film Festival was chock full of red-pilled conspiracy content Jennifer Sandlin

conspiracy theories Man claims Walgreens' fridges are the gateway to the apocalypse (video) Mark Frauenfelder

gadgets Worst gadgets at CES Rob Beschizza

News Graffiti defaces a Los Angeles Jewish neighborhood and its famous deli Jason Weisberger

bmw BMW's $18 seat warmer subscription gets iced Mark Frauenfelder

climate change Smash Mouth wrote "All Star" to warn us about climate change & anti-intellectualism and we turned it into a meme Thom Dunn

COVID-19 Naomi Klein unmasks Naomi Wolf's wild conspiracy theories in new book Mark Frauenfelder

bananas From capitalism to banana-less society: the bizarre vision of socialists exposed! Thom Dunn