Public safety PSA: "The ATM, probably the best invention ever to exist." Thom Dunn

public service announcements PSA: Baby doll heads may cause damage to your iron Popkin

Sex Funny (and true) PSA about helping kids understand that porn isn't reality David Pescovitz

politics Associated Press and Encyclopedia Britannica still calling it Gulf of Mexico despite White House tantrum Rob Beschizza

politics First-class flights and Disneyland: Inside the 1970s federal energy scandal Ellsworth Toohey

politics Trump attacks science, research, and public health systems Jennifer Sandlin

1970s "Everything Has A History" explores Parker Brothers' 1971 toy, the "Johnny Horizon Environmental Test Kit" Jennifer Sandlin

Technology Waymo, facing opposition against expansion in San Francisco, announces Austin as a new market Jennifer Sandlin

wonderful creatures Grubby the opossum is on the loose in Homer, Alaska Jennifer Sandlin

politics Peste Magazine announces its "Snowzzies"—2022 Public Health Disservice Awards Jennifer Sandlin

television New Green Lantern series "scrapped" Devin Nealy

health FDA proposes ban on menthol cigarettes and flavored cigars Rob Beschizza

News Moderna coronavirus vaccine gets FDA emergency use authorization to fight worsening COVID-19 pandemic Xeni Jardin

youtube YouTube to run ads on videos, monetized or not Rob Beschizza

COVID-19 Trump administration scraps plans to give early coronavirus vaccines to Santa Clauses Thom Dunn

Weird How To Buy Meat, the record album David Pescovitz

elections A vast network of shadowy news sites promote conservative talking points mixed with floods of algorithmically generated "news" Cory Doctorow

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