News "I don't have conversations about conversations" — Kristi Noem says about her made-up encounter with Kim Jong-Un Mark Frauenfelder

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

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

graphic novels An anti-boring book guide: six great gift picks Mark Frauenfelder

politics Watch MAGA vendor's excitement fade as he learns how Trump's tariffs affect his business Ellsworth Toohey

politics "Don't be certain of anything" Bertrand Russell's 1951 guide to fighting fanaticism is more relevant than ever Ellsworth Toohey

politics SNL recruits Kamala Harris for a showstopping cameo Grant St. Clair

politics Musk ordered to appear in court to explain why he's giving money to voters Rob Beschizza

politics New York Times finally realizes Trump is old and confused Jason Weisberger

politics Actual climate scientists debunk Marjorie Taylor Greene's weather-related conspiracy theories Jennifer Sandlin

conspiracy theories Marjorie Taylor Greene says "They" control the weather and caused Hurricane Helene Allan Rose Hill

Comic Books The new TOXIC AVENGER comic book is great Thom Dunn

politics Trump lies, sows division, and wastes recovery resources as Americans suffer Jason Weisberger

politics Election board: sheriff who threatened Kamala Harris supporters won't provide election security Rob Beschizza

reproductive rights If Trump wins, say goodbye to IVF: GOP blocks bill to protect in vitro fertilization Carla Sinclair

politics JD Vance lies about lying Jason Weisberger

politics Elon Musk encourages assassination of Joe Biden and Kamala Harris in quickly-deleted tweet he later decides was a joke Rob Beschizza

Fourteen pro-Trump fake electors back for 2024 Ellsworth Toohey

politics CNN pushing back on Trump's mail-in voting lies Jason Weisberger

NASA Starliner returns safely to Earth, without the astronauts Rob Beschizza