COVID-19 Cornish pub installs an electric fence around its bar for safer distancing Rusty Blazenhoff

culture jamming Payless punks fashionistas by opening a fake luxury store and inviting them to comment on its 'designer' shoes Rusty Blazenhoff

sheep Watch droll sheeple (actual human 'sheep') being shepharded Rusty Blazenhoff

language If your brain short circuits when you see something cute, that's gigil Gail Sherman

archeology Turns out, the mystery of Sumerian "handbags" is no mystery at all Gareth Branwyn

contests Footage from a sheep imitation contest Rob Beschizza

Stranger Congresspeople "It's actually healthy for us!" — Marjorie Taylor Greene touts the benefits of global warming Jason Weisberger

qanon Necklaces that "protect" people from 5G are radioactive Mark Frauenfelder

coins!!! The group that failed to buy a copy of the US Constitution lost a lot of crypto in transaction fees Jason Weisberger

taco bell Yet another subscription service emerges… this time, from Taco Bell Annie Rauwerda

conspiracy theories Is Kanye West actually Ziggy Stardust? A TikTok-er explores the secrets of the Bowie song. Thom Dunn

conspiracy theories How conspiracy theories challenge Snopes' mission to find the "truth" Thom Dunn

Games Sriracha, yowza, and sheeple among 300 new words in Scrabble dictionary David Pescovitz

Science Sheeple created in lab Rob Beschizza

apple The word "sheeple" is now in the dictionary, with Apple fans as example David Pescovitz

class war Extreme wealth inequality will always devour the societies that produce it Cory Doctorow

Tom The Dancing Bug TOM THE DANCING BUG: Nate Totally Debunks Global Warming! Ruben Bolling