ted cruz Ted Karen Cruz refuses to wear a mask when asked, says he's following CDC guidelines when he's not Carla Sinclair

racism Battle of the victims: how Asian hate and the housing crisis collide in the city Maddie Lee

CIA CIA releases new documents about Russian telepathy experiments in the 60s Thom Dunn

when qnuts invade Butterfly Center in TX forced to shut down after QAnoners make bizarre, 'credible threats' Carla Sinclair

worst-of lists Famous Brits pick their most-hated books Mark Frauenfelder

Food English baker caught using illegal sprinkles smuggled from the US Thom Dunn

mermaids A brief history of what we think mermaids might look like Thom Dunn

Trump's folly Smugglers sawed through Trump's wall 18 times in a one-month period Mark Frauenfelder

This is (allegedly) the original Star Wars Episode IX plot by Colin Trevorrow and Derek Connolly David Pescovitz

trump's walls Smugglers are sawing through Trump's border wall with a $100 cordless cutter Mark Frauenfelder

tabloids Royal scandals and the Obamas divorce, in this week's dubious tabloids Peter Sheridan

trump Border Patrol detains 9 year old U.S. citizen for 36 hours after falsely accusing her of lying about her identity Xeni Jardin

crime The National Park Service's version of the FBI is no joke David Pescovitz

novels Late bloomers: 10 classic books with terrible initial reviews Alyssa Favreau

art The Weird of Wendy Pini Rob Beschizza

movies Actually, Solo is good David Mizejewski

happy mutants Hope Larson's "All Summer Long," lively YA graphic novel about tween friendships, rock and roll, and being yourself Cory Doctorow

racism Old UK military film about Belize incredibly smug and insulting Rob Beschizza

marketing Broetry is the perfect blogging format for the age of Trump Rob Beschizza

fake news Inside Kim Jong-Un's bunker, the plot to kidnap Prince George, and other fabrications in this week's tabloids Peter Sheridan