crime Facemask prevents store from ID'ing man who stole a 3-foot, 40-pound dildo in broad daylight Thom Dunn

gingerbread Small Dutch town invaded by gingers Thom Dunn

Weird Professional blockage busters battle monster fatberg in England Allan Rose Hill

cuisine Elite shoplifter stole 798 Cadbury's Creme Eggs Rob Beschizza

gender The weirdly conservative story of a famous American drag artist from the 1910s Thom Dunn

politics Five conspiracy theories MAGAs love to cling to Jason Weisberger

anti-DEI Tractor Supply Company ends DEI efforts and Pride month participation to please conservative critics Jennifer Sandlin

Add Violence Guess why the manager of Albuquerque's anti-violence program wasn't a good hire after all Allan Rose Hill

politics Pope Francis admits using homophobic Italian slur "frociaggine" Rob Beschizza

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

britain UK to ban new unisex toilets Rob Beschizza

cannabis The racist roots of the term "marijuana" Carolyn Townsend

Games Lego Fortnite has an island of cats, and I am here for it Gail Sherman

Art and Design Eisner Award-winner Craig Yoe launches surreal graphic novel: WOMAN & MAN+ Mark Frauenfelder

vladimir putin New Age conspiracy theorist praises Putin and Tucker Carlson's charge against the Satanic Cabal Jennifer Sandlin

new mexico Crazy Zillow listing reveals floor plans inspired by Harriet Tubman and Frida Kahlo Jennifer Sandlin

crimes Man charged with manslaughter after woman dies at "slap therapy" worskshop Rob Beschizza

tabloids Scientology's secrets, Kardashian brain damage, and Chinese bioweapons in last week's dubious tabloids Peter Sheridan

tabloids Biden suffers strokes, Prince Andrew's new sex scandal, and a UFO over America, in this week's dubious tabloids Peter Sheridan

Omegle The tragic downfall of a website meant to connect us Natalie Dressed