scholarship Quantifying the influence of 4chan's alt-right trolls on normies' discourse Cory Doctorow

MAGAland Marjorie Taylor Greene: Diddy and Jay Z should face death penalty if found guilty (but not Matt Gaetz) Carla Sinclair

Funny In-depth analysis of Grand Theft Auto V's power infrastructure Grant St. Clair

News Bounty for United Healthcare shooter raised to $50k, still no leads Grant St. Clair

bah humbug Decorate your Mac for the holidays with Festivitas Gail Sherman

Culture Tom Whitwell's annual collection of 52 fascinating facts returns, featuring expensive calculators and trademarked scents Mark Frauenfelder

cars Here's why an elderly woman's old Star Trek vanity plates are still generating parking tickets years after she stopped driving Allan Rose Hill

Highway construction reveals ancient buried pyramid that they quickly reburied Allan Rose Hill

politics Conservative judge upset at "diversity policy" rejects Boeing's deal in 737 MAX crashes Rob Beschizza

Science Lead may have driven Gen X bonkers after all Rob Beschizza

dictatorships Project 2025 offers senators $1 million to confirm scandal-plagued boozer as defense secretary Carla Sinclair

science fiction Starman at 40: John Carpenter's forgotten sci-fi masterpiece, interview with special effects artist John Rosengrant Lee Keeler

medicine UPDATED: If your surgery runs long, Anthem will stop paying for the anesthesia Allan Rose Hill

faulty brakes Watch Illinois deputy save frantic driver in runaway car from plunging into a lake (video) Carla Sinclair

politics Prepare for the worst: journalists who survived dictators sound alarm over Trump's press threats Ellsworth Toohey

social media Bluesky's bot invasion: AI accounts argue with everything you post Mark Frauenfelder

police Turns out the "thin blue line" has a thick black market Jason Weisberger

ghosts Villagers feared haunting cries was a ghost but it was something much more disturbing Allan Rose Hill

law Deny, Defend, Depose: words found on shell cases by  UnitedHealthcare CEO's body Rob Beschizza

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. Tainted raw milk CEO asked by RFK Jr to apply for FDA policy position Jennifer Sandlin