machine learning Disney, Netflix aggressively hiring AI Content Scabs amid writer/actor strike Thom Dunn

unions Major film schools scab WGA strike by bringing in movie executives to speak at commencement Thom Dunn

jeopardy Ken Jennings returns to host 'Jeopardy!,' crossing picket line in the process Rusty Blazenhoff

suspensions Parents outraged after children get tattoos at Texas school — allegedly in front of teachers, using same needle Carla Sinclair

robots Factory robot convinces 12 other robots to go on strike Thom Dunn

Games The New York Times Tech Guild built a page of games to play during the strike Gail Sherman

law Vermont man charged with drunk driving in Canada thought he was in U.S. Rob Beschizza

lawsuits Donald Trump and Elon Musk sued by United Auto Workers union after last night's debacle: "Scabs" Carla Sinclair

Exotic fruit leaves British traveler's face blistered and burning Mark Frauenfelder

science fiction "Big Germs" — short fiction by Rudy Rucker Boing Boing

tattoo Tattooist to Victorian England's wealthiest patrons Natalie Dressed

top talent These wine descriptions are perfectly absurd! Jennifer Sandlin

music Vince Clarke's first solo album Rob Beschizza

books LeVar Burton replaces Drew Barrymore as National Book Awards host Rob Beschizza

Weird Remembering the time Henry Rollins eviscerated Bill Maher Grant St. Clair

WGA Scab: Drew Barrymore will not host the National Book Awards Jason Weisberger

animals How the Hollywood actors' strike is hitting animal actors Thom Dunn

books New book collects the secret communist cartoons of famous children's book author Syd Hoff Ruben Bolling

protest Watch Warner Bros' CEO graduation speech get interrupted with boos and chants of "Pay your writers!" Thom Dunn

celebrities Wil Wheaton crushes Ken Jennings for crossing the WGA picket line Jason Weisberger