slavery As Nottoway "Plantation & Resort" burns, it's a great time to remind you that plantation weddings are wrong, period Jennifer Sandlin
Weird This man died in 1902 and then sat in a chair for three months, looking more alive than you do right now Popkin
Games Fortnite adds generative AI-powered Darth Vader for players to interact with; goes as well as you'd expect Grant St. Clair
public health Norovirus outbreak on the cruise ship Iona sounds like real-life vomiting scene from "Triangle of Sadness" Jennifer Sandlin
big tech Eoin Higgins'"Owned" is a harrowing history of the right-wing billionaire tech takeover Thom Dunn
Technology Anonymous investor pours millions into undersea community — "to live in the ocean, forever" Ellsworth Toohey
Entertainment "Adults cannot be trusted": The brutal 1999 Japanese movie that influenced "Squid Game" Ellsworth Toohey
Entertainment "Chainsaw Jerry" reveals untold stories from Texas Chainsaw Massacre movie 50 years later Mark Cerulli
science fiction Jeff VanderMeer's "Absolution" is a dark mirror to the Southern Reach Trilogy Thom Dunn