videos The Paradox of Tolerance: should intolerance be tolerated? Cory Doctorow

design The No CSS Club celebrates websites with no stylesheets, let alone javascript. There should be a No HTML Club for websites that are pure text Rob Beschizza

twitter Threads is the censorial fake-woke corporate brand paradise right wingers thought Twitter was, and it's going to crush what Twitter has become Rob Beschizza

Games 32-bit computer built inside Terraria Rob Beschizza

cover songs Fall Out Boy re-wrote "We Didn't Start the Fire" for 1989-2023 Thom Dunn

health "Dieting is poison" – the anti-diet movement gains ground Mark Frauenfelder

video games Preorders refunded for Bloodlines 2, the long-awaited sequel to a classic vampire game Grant St. Clair

music Check out Victor deMartin's satisfying computer-generated marble rendition of the Legend of Zelda theme Devin Nealy

tabloids Melania's Pay-Off and King Charles "master-stroke" in this week's dubious tabloids Peter Sheridan

video games Relive disappointment with this list of delayed games Grant St. Clair

humor The Introvert's Paradox: Brave Dave's TikTok explores the love-hate relationship with socializing Jennifer Sandlin

Science Participating in anti-masturbation groups tied to depression, anxiety, and suicidal thoughts David Pescovitz

elon musk Tesla stock sinks another 11% as Elon hypes Russian Prime Minister tweet "predicting" U.S. civil war Rob Beschizza

HDSF Have you committed a Time Crime? Maybe you will… Jesse Sheidlower

aliens Dark Forest Sim lets us play out what happens to humanity if we survive war, disease and earthly disaster Rob Beschizza

climate change Patagonia founder transfers ownership to environmental trust Jennifer Sandlin

space exploration Jaron Lanier's crazy idea for signaling/searching for ETs Gareth Branwyn

books Fascinating interview with dystopian author JG Ballard on the "Art of Fiction" David Pescovitz

Author Mark Dery's account of taking magic mushrooms as a treatment for angst Mark Frauenfelder