education Today, Michigan regulators vote on conservative education "reform" plan to purge the word "democracy" from curriculum Cory Doctorow

activism "Laxative" brownies turn Nantucket School Committee meeting into Schrodinger's shitshow Rob Beschizza

Science No one knows why dark side of Venus has a faint glow Ellsworth Toohey

Business Fantasy book community Tome shuts down Rob Beschizza

crime Man hid in Best Buy at closing to get drop on new Pokémon cards Rob Beschizza

Technology Anthropic's "too dangerous" AI was accessed by guessing the URL Ellsworth Toohey

Same old song and dance Trump returns to his reality TV roots. Who gets fired next? Jason Weisberger

politics Kash Patel sues The Atlantic over story claiming he often drunk or missing at work Rob Beschizza

travel "Weird Al" Yankovic among the celebrities joining the Muppets on Disney World's upcoming Rock 'n' Roller Coaster ride Ruben Bolling

Comics The Superfan Podcast Asks Comics Creators the Right Wrong Questions Gareth Branwyn

art The world's most traveled religious artifact has her own boarding pass Popkin

Culture Bald Mr Clean mascot "retired" Rob Beschizza

Science Your brain can crack a new language's patterns in three days. Fluency takes 64 weeks. Ellsworth Toohey

movies The Devil Wears Prada 2 trailer Rob Beschizza

mistakes CSAM on X is a choice, says politician who wanted to ban web browsers over anonymous porn Rob Beschizza

News An 86-year-old man fined $334 for spitting out a leaf that blew into his mouth Ellsworth Toohey

finance Why gift card fraud victims almost never get their money back Ellsworth Toohey

politics The Nerd Reich podcast investigates Silicon Valley's slide into authoritarianism Ellsworth Toohey

mystery A flock of sheep investigate a killing in The Sheep Detectives Séamus Bellamy