books This book explains how to tell when your country's going to hell and how to stop it Séamus Bellamy

new york times NY Times editor Ellen Pollock stands by their disgraceful piece on Elizabeth Holmes Jason Weisberger

music Let's Get what now? Original version of badly-aged Black Eyed Peas song a viral hit despite "censorship" Rusty Blazenhoff

gadgets Reborn Sound Burger turntable sells out Rob Beschizza

tabloids The Fat & The Furious, in last week's dubious tabloids Peter Sheridan

skateboarding Tony Hawk and the origin of the trick "The Madonna." Elías Villoro

She turned me into a newt Connecticut pardons the "witches" it executed centuries ago Rob Beschizza

photography Columbia Pictures logo's Torch Lady wasn't a model, never modeled again, and her shoot happened during a lunch break Rusty Blazenhoff

arizona Research into magic mushrooms pondered by Arizona legislators Elías Villoro

hush money criminal trials Donald Trump gets visibly angry at March 2024 trial date — smack in the middle of primary voting season Carla Sinclair

Science Orcas now teaching each other to ram and capsize boats Ruben Bolling

tabloids Melania's Pay-Off and King Charles "master-stroke" in this week's dubious tabloids Peter Sheridan

paparazzi Prince Harry and Meghan spent hours in "near catastrophic car chase" last night Carla Sinclair

music Is the Trailer Park Boys' Jim Leahy dancing like Ian Brown from the Stone Roses? Elías Villoro

colonialism Puerto Ricans resist disaster capitalists and "Puertopians" in Hurricane Maria's wake Elías Villoro

tabloids LBJ killed JFK in this week's dubious tabloids Peter Sheridan

music Happy Birthday to you, Stevie Wonder: The story of "Fingertips, Pt. 2" Ruben Bolling

mississippi Come for the pickles, stay for the agricultural history lesson Jennifer Sandlin

buzzfeed BuzzFeed News shares oral history on its last day, from people who worked there Rusty Blazenhoff

mass shootings Texas mall shooter was wearing Right Wing Death Squad patch Carla Sinclair