travel Learn to speak like a New York City subway conductor Séamus Bellamy

music From punk rocker to poster king: Mike King's 5-decade journey Ruben Bolling

pokemon 1996 Pokemon prototype cards have 2024 printer dots Rob Beschizza

music Go Fund Me for indie rocker Matthew Sweet raises $300k in two days Jennifer Sandlin

gadgets What if the gadgets in all those "best of" and "tested" articles aren't the best and weren't tested? Rob Beschizza

valentine's day This Valentine's Day, express your love with a pickle bouquet Jennifer Sandlin

television Behind the Screens: what the computer code seen in movies and TV shows actually does Rob Beschizza

music Matthew Sweet's album "Girlfriend" celebrates 32 years of "fuzzy power pop perfection" Jennifer Sandlin

trans These real-life stories of trans teen athletes are incredibly mundane, and that's awesome Thom Dunn

art Artemizia Foundation in Bisbee, Arizona hosts a spectacular collection of contemporary, street, and graffiti art Jennifer Sandlin

beer "Anti-woke" Bud Light knockoff is $35 for a six-pack Thom Dunn

books Tears of the Trufflepig is a head-shakingly brilliant novel about contraband animals, Mexico and a labyrinthine conspiracy Elías Villoro

music Pass the Sault Elías Villoro

sesame street Happy Sesame Street Day! Jennifer Sandlin

tomatoes Meet the man who grows world-renowned tomatoes Jennifer Sandlin

tabloids Secrets the Queen took to her grave, in this week's dubious tabloids Peter Sheridan

animation The Superman cartoon from the 90s is extremely underrated Devin Nealy

Games These videogames are queer David Pescovitz

conspiracy theories QAnon has some weird overlaps with MMA, WWE, and Wellness Influencer Culture Thom Dunn

Delightful Creatures Celebrations from Elephant Country, by renowned elephant scientist Caitlin O'Connell and author of the new book, Wild Rituals Boing Boing