drugs Twitterbot mines Venmo's public-by-default transactions and tweets presumably sarcastic drug buys and sexual services Cory Doctorow

Science Scientists discover that "fluorescence is very common in mammals" Jennifer Sandlin

animals Cast your vote for Aotearoa New Zealand's "Bird of the Century" (and listen to dozens of bird songs while you're at it!) Jennifer Sandlin

Internet The new rise and fall of .TK domain names Thom Dunn

politics Ohio votes for abortion rights and recreational marijuana. Dems doing well everywhere except Mississippi. Rob Beschizza

politics Trump's least intellectually gifted son lies about his father's corrupt business practices Mark Frauenfelder

politics Dem thrashes GOP candidate in local election some media treated like a close thing Rob Beschizza

house puppets After Fetterman jabbed McCarthy over impeachment inquiry, GOP Senators piled on: "It's a fool's errand" Carla Sinclair

politics Elected mayor of Newbern, Alabama sues to take control of government after incumbents change the locks Rob Beschizza

maga Summit for "female conservatives" was feast of transphobia and far-right crackpottery Jennifer Sandlin

tabletop gaming Warhammer 40,000 and its growing fascism problem Gareth Branwyn

politics House approves debt limit deal Rob Beschizza

politics Texas and Uganda pass new anti-gay laws Rob Beschizza

gop RNC chairperson thinks global economic chaos will help the Republican party Jason Weisberger

trump After racking up $7.8 trillion in public debt, Trump tells Congress not to pay it Mark Frauenfelder

social media Surgeon General sounds alarm, again, on kids' social media use Rusty Blazenhoff

politics Walgreens won't sell abortion pills in "Red" states, even where it is legal Rob Beschizza

Texas' Pride Ted Cruz angry on behalf of gamers Jason Weisberger

Engineering US Army Corps of Engineers published a weird-cute calendar of cats and big infrastructure David Pescovitz

Ancient Apocalypse debunked Society for American Archaeology asks Netflix to reclassify Ancient Apocalypse as "science fiction" Jennifer Sandlin