Real things you can actually buy Soap that goes from happy to sad as it gets used Rusty Blazenhoff

oregon Enormous smiley face appears in Oregon forest every fall Rusty Blazenhoff

facial recognition I tried to access my secret consumer data. Their facial recognition software told me to smile. Thom Dunn

smiley face Alex Pardee's 'Half a Nice Day' Rusty Blazenhoff

gadgets Qudi Mask hides your face behind an LED display Rob Beschizza

museums The Busy Beaver Button Co is one of the few museums on earth which is devoted to collecting and displaying pinback buttons Popkin

art Duda Lozano creates beautiful, realistic "patch-style" tattoos Jennifer Sandlin

fun Ms. Pearl is a 14-foot-tall squirrel who lives in Cedar Creek, Texas Jennifer Sandlin

roadside attraction Visit the World's Largest Chile Pepper in Las Cruces, New Mexico Jennifer Sandlin

politics According to Pizzagate conspiracy theorists, the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles on Pizza Hut boxes are encouraging Satanic ritual abuse Jennifer Sandlin

Barbie movie Evangelicals rail against Barbie, demand Americans not take children to see film Jennifer Sandlin

Real things you can actually buy Penny loafers made modern with emojis Rusty Blazenhoff

How cute! Mommy and son arrested for helping to steal Nancy Pelosi's laptop during Jan 6 Capitol assault Mark Frauenfelder

walmart WalMart moves to stop Yeezy registering trademark on dotted sun logo Rob Beschizza

language Tone indicators and the ever-evolving quest to clarify what we're saying online Clive Thompson

Business Ernst and Young subjected women employees to "training" about keeping the company's men happy Cory Doctorow

Business Male tech execs accused of sexual misconduct now getting second chances Xeni Jardin

monopoly "Monopoly for Millennials" recommends playing in your parents' basement Gina Loukareas