happy mutants Thanks to audiobooks, reading's popularity still strong in America Cory Doctorow

usausausa American tech adoption has flatlined Cory Doctorow

Engineering NYC's massive steam network vaporizes two Olympic pools of water per hour Ellsworth Toohey

politics CDC axes its flu vaccination campaign Jennifer Sandlin

pokemon 1996 Pokemon prototype cards have 2024 printer dots Rob Beschizza

education More students using AI for homework; also AI not very good at homework Jason Weisberger

retrocomputing Word processors on the VIC-20 Rob Beschizza

Funny This vintage brooch lets you tell the world if you're having a good day or bad day Popkin

politics Trump and Vance's Haitian rhetoric causing real harm Jason Weisberger

trump Desperate Donald claims he'll be "great for women's reproductive rights" Mark Frauenfelder

marijuana Recreational marijuana sales begin in Ohio today Rob Beschizza

Axios polls Harris skyrockets 20 points ahead of Trump with young voters: "Key to victory" Carla Sinclair

politics 1 in 3 Americans OK with Military Rule Ellsworth Toohey

sinkholes Uh-oh. Huge sinkhole swallows up Illinois soccer field — which was built over a working mine (video) Carla Sinclair

law Social Media needs warning labels, contributing to teenage mental health crisis says US Surgeon General Jason Weisberger

ai-generated content The Poetry Camera uses AI to make poems out of photographs and it's actually pretty cool Thom Dunn

medicine Tapeworms took up residency in Florida man's brain after he ate undercooked bacon David Pescovitz

politics "At least" 16 dead in various Memorial Day shootings across U.S. Rob Beschizza

religion Survey reveals the numbers of Christian Nationalists Elías Villoro

junk science Oil and tobacco lobbyist blames Trans-Atlantic slave trade on wind Thom Dunn