web theory Amazon orders Signal to stop using AWS to defeat censorship Cory Doctorow

History How a raunchy love charm became an innocent nursery rhyme Ellsworth Toohey

movies Backrooms is a blockbuster Rob Beschizza

podcasts A murderer's daughter listened to a podcast about her dad and got physically sick Mark Frauenfelder

music Radiohead's OK Computer performed with Nintendo 64 soundfonts Rob Beschizza

News UK Births drop for fourth straight year as costs and dread pile up Ellsworth Toohey

Austrian plane clips paraglider mid-air; emergency chute saves pilot Popkin

the duh in Florida Florida cops drop ticket for woman accused of holding phone in hand she does not have Jason Weisberger

spacex The most alarming parts of Elon Musk's SpaceX filing, ranked Jason Weisberger

politics University of Iowa students must take Intellectual Freedom classes whether they want to or not Rob Beschizza

movies Films more likely to star talking animals than older women Rob Beschizza

crime Nebraska dog shoots woman at convenience store Rob Beschizza

ice cream Ice-cream-obsessed senior dog proves that the sweet treat is the key to longevity! Jennifer Sandlin

reddit "Smosh Reads Reddit Stories" is my new podcast obsession Jennifer Sandlin

ireland Irish seagull shits on King Charles III Rob Beschizza

History Victorian hair jewelry: bracelets and rings woven from the dead Popkin

Comic Books Dave Baker's "Halloween Boy" resurrects pulp adventure comics Gareth Branwyn

Bewitched Dr. Pompeii, Dr. Pompeii! Emergency! Come right away! Jason Weisberger

Large Language Models Grammarly caught using AI to simulate dead writers… again Séamus Bellamy

History 1936 exposé: How Chicago's charity rackets worked Ellsworth Toohey