tiktok Dolly Parton is a starring in a new TikTok musical about Taco Bell's Mexican Pizza Thom Dunn

tiktok Listen to a new jazzy take on the Mountain Goats' TikTok hit "No Children" Thom Dunn

meanwhile on tiktok Is it #BonesDay? A lazy pug named "Noodles" forecasts the day's mood Annie Rauwerda

Business 100 money-losing Red Lobsters are eating all the profit Ellsworth Toohey

religion Pope tells priests to stop using AI to write their sermons Rob Beschizza

Technology How Musk's decisions led to Grok making abusive deepfakes of kids Ellsworth Toohey

Business Meta knew Chinese ads were scams, kept money Ellsworth Toohey

gadgets Chinese gadget brands rising fast in popularity Rob Beschizza

new jersey Toddler defeats overpriced, wobbly table in NJ cafe Mark Frauenfelder

south park Thirst-trap totalitarian who poses with caged humans shocked to be mocked on South Park Ellsworth Toohey

politics Sydney Sweeney ad outrage reveals darker political manipulation strategy Ellsworth Toohey

Trump 2.0 Men violently remove and reportedly zip tie woman from Idaho Republican town hall: "Speak up" and you will "suffer the consequences" (video) Carla Sinclair

delightful creatures Watch: Huge Saint Bernard trolls his owner by taking a nap — right against the front door (she can't get in the house!) Carla Sinclair

politics TikTok goes dark, but hopes Trump "will work with us to reinstate" service Rob Beschizza

it's all in the name Teenager bites into a candy jawbreaker — and breaks her jaw Carla Sinclair

News Florida woman clogs stormwater pipe with concrete, flooding neighborhood Mark Frauenfelder

politics Support for banning Tik Tok evaporated in the summer heat Rob Beschizza

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

Funny Over-bonded hound dog won't even let his human go potty alone without a howling hissy fit (video) Carla Sinclair

Delightful Creatures Man who plays Rock Paper Scissors with his dog for food is met with snaps and snarls (video) Carla Sinclair