elections Europe's surging, far-right, "anti-establishment" parties: funded by billionaires, voting for billionaire-friendly policies, lining their own pockets Cory Doctorow

music Watch an inebriated Bob Dylan troll a bored John Lennon about stealing "Norwegian Wood" Ruben Bolling

science fiction Jason Momoa won't touch the Escape from New York remake Séamus Bellamy

censorship Help save Internet Archive's Wayback Machine by signing this petition Jennifer Sandlin

apple Will the new season of Silo stack up to the first two in the series? Séamus Bellamy

History A stolen slice of watermelon sparked a deadly 1856 riot in Panama Ellsworth Toohey

consequences Florida sues OpenAI over ChatGPT's alleged body count Jason Weisberger

$80 DIY bird listening device creates painterly collages of avian visitors Rob Beschizza

gadgets United flight declares emergency over Bluetooth broadcast, passengers say Rob Beschizza

movies Backrooms is a blockbuster Rob Beschizza

Entertainment Freedomland USA: was this 1960s theme park just a five-year land scam? Ruben Bolling

Entertainment Disney World's "Carousel of Progress" now to include progress Ruben Bolling

star wars "The Mandalorian and Grogu" looks incredible until you realize almost nobody is actually acting Jason Weisberger

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television Paramount backs off attempt to suppress Stephen Colbert's post-Late Show public access party Ruben Bolling

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

tv Of course Amazon turned The Boys into a cinematic universe Grant St. Clair

Technology What actually makes hybrid cars fuel-efficient? Ellsworth Toohey

china Would you spend $650,000 to ride a transforming mecha? Séamus Bellamy

literature Granta published a likely AI-written story as a prize finalist Ellsworth Toohey