apologies My mea culpa to the Ig Nobel Prizes Yoy Luadha

History In 1888, a French adventurer convinced Vietnamese tribes to crown him king Ellsworth Toohey

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

Science Eating kimchi might help clear nanoplastics out of your gut! Jennifer Sandlin

china China is using recruitment sites to buy top secret information Séamus Bellamy

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

books New biography captures Doonesbury's 50-year sweep of American life Ruben Bolling

politics University of Iowa students must take Intellectual Freedom classes whether they want to or not Rob Beschizza

politics Irish councilor proposes tiny statue of mosquito blamed for killing invader Oliver Cromwell Rob Beschizza

law Armed with German copyright, Fender threatens makers of Strat-style guitars Rob Beschizza

books Here's a terrific search hack for the Internet Archive Book Images Flickr photo stream Jennifer Sandlin

reading One year with the 12th-generation Kindle Paperwhite SE Jason Weisberger

Technology What Claude thinks of Kevin Kelly's essay about Claude Mark Frauenfelder

Pedo Protector Bondi, DOJ continue procedural chicanery over Epstein questions Jason Weisberger

politics U.S. Senators bans themselves from trading on prediction markets Rob Beschizza

gadgets Free Universal Construction Kit: 3D-printable adapters to connect Lego, Duplo, K'Nex, Stickle Bricks and other systems Rob Beschizza

law Florida teens arrested after riding lawnmower through Target Rob Beschizza

Technology Congressman wants AI out of kids' toys after chatbots got weird with children Mark Frauenfelder

neuroscience Neuroscientist explains why Harry Mack's freestyle brain is different Jennifer Sandlin