racism What happened in the racism scandal at Bon Appetít Thom Dunn

1990s Reply All goes on a wild scavenger hunt to find a song that might not exist Thom Dunn

History At a medieval church festival, the priest brayed like a donkey and the congregation brayed back Ellsworth Toohey

bias Bari Weiss' CBS News swims in Epstein-related baggage Jason Weisberger

Games Games matter because games don't matter, says a philosopher Ellsworth Toohey

reddit "Smosh Reads Reddit Stories" is my new podcast obsession Jennifer Sandlin

Games Would-be Pokémon Professor sues Nintendo for denying him the status Rob Beschizza

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

gadgets Meadow is a small square smartphone with a few useful apps Rob Beschizza

art Banksy conclusively identified by Reuters as Robin Gunningham Rob Beschizza

video games Game dev adds tofu character for men who can't play as a girl Gail Sherman

actual sock puppets "Grassroots" MAGA influencer turns out to be… the White House Jason Weisberger

politics Discord messages in Bannon crypto lawsuit: "This looks sooooo neglegent" Ellsworth Toohey

politics Bannon texted Epstein a rehab plan, called him "God," shared lawyers Ellsworth Toohey

failure Bovino attempts comeback, spontaneously combusts Jason Weisberger

News Epstein and a top Wall Street lawyer plotted to have a woman deported Ellsworth Toohey

Audio Update your headphone firmware to avoid this hack Séamus Bellamy

Food The first ingredient in these frozen dinners is water Gail Sherman

Something is two sizes too small Florida bishops preach goodwill; Trump admin vows to repatriate all Whos to Whoville Jason Weisberger

AI abominations Hegseth adds Grok to US "AI arsenal," enemies reportedly dying of laughter Jason Weisberger