muppets Cookie Monster, Big Bird, and other Sesame Street characters shill DoorDash in Super Bowl ads Rusty Blazenhoff

News Travel tip: don't throw coins into your plane's engine "for blessings" Cory Doctorow

World War II How WWII sailors made torpedo juice from weapon fuel Ellsworth Toohey

mistakes Google withdraws its heartcooling "Dear Sydney" AI ad Rob Beschizza

Business Fox Business viewers rush to buy $2 bill with Trump's mugshot for $20 Mark Frauenfelder

politics The WWII soldier who died fighting for the "precious ideals" of liberal arts education Yoy Luadha

books Ditch the pursuit of happiness and seek out wonder instead Gail Sherman

politics Media Matters publishes useful guide to Project 2025, the extreme right-wing agenda that "represents a threat to democracy, civil rights, the climate, and more" Jennifer Sandlin

tabloids King Charles abdicates, Hollywood's most hated hunk, and Taylor Swift's engagement in this week's dubious tabloids Peter Sheridan

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

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tabloids Kurt Cobain murdered (and World War 3 starts again) in this week's dubious tabloids Peter Sheridan

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scams Pearl parties: The multi-level marketing scam that just won't die Jennifer Sandlin

Black Friday Instead of Black Friday, try Buy Nothing Day! Jennifer Sandlin

Comic Books Love and Rockets gets a documentary after 40 years of being the best comic book ever made Mark Frauenfelder

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