california Fur industry paid protesters to attend California and New York hearings on a fur ban Cory Doctorow

History Captain Billy's Whiz Bang gave a pastor's Egypt trip the pulp treatment in 1922 Ellsworth Toohey

News Florida judge rules red-light cameras violate due process, tosses ticket Ellsworth Toohey

Dumber Alina Habba still doesn't know who or what she is talking about Jason Weisberger

automotive Jiffy Lube: too much jiffy, not enough lube Jason Weisberger

shame month Target CEO resigns after boycotts and "plummeting" sales Rob Beschizza

television 1983 Thomas and Friends pilot episode uncovered Rob Beschizza

mistakes 40% traffic drop for Trump-friendly Target as "DEI" shoppers go elsewhere Rob Beschizza

Fifty years after the cult suicide, Guyana invites dark tourists to Jonestown Allan Rose Hill

retrocomputing Atari parts store still operating after 41 years Rob Beschizza

gadgets Micro Journal ReVamp is a compact ortholinear writer deck Rob Beschizza

News Mysterious case of American woman found chained to a tree in Indian forest was a hoax, say doctors and police Ellsworth Toohey

rock star candidates Harris mocks Trump at packed Georgia rally of 10,000 people: "Donald Trump is feeling it" (video) Carla Sinclair

Rev. Terry Anderson passionately supports Kamala Harris for President Jason Weisberger

Funny I love these spooky and playful shadow illustrations from 1856 Popkin

donald trump The moment young Ramaswamy was shut down by Sharpton — a supervillain's origin story Mark Frauenfelder

new york Prisoners' headstones in New York now humanized with names, not just ID numbers Rusty Blazenhoff

music Harry Belafonte, singer and civil rights activist, RIP David Pescovitz

television Remembering the many lessons of Aaron McGruder's "The Boondocks" Elías Villoro

politics NYT: Supreme Court justice Samuel Alito leaked 2014 anti-contraception ruling to evangelicals Rob Beschizza