language National Spelling Bee seeks new executive director, d-i-r-e-c-t-o-r, director David Pescovitz

Republicans Mississippi Republican calls to "succeed" from the union after Biden victory Thom Dunn

History History professor and high school textbook author pushing to capitalize the "b" in "Black," and why that matters David Pescovitz

Boston Marathon A healthcare worker ran her own Boston Marathon to spell out "Boston Strong" but she spelled it wrong Thom Dunn

Kids Fun and helpful blog on homophones is coming out as a book Andrea James

Kids 5-year-old wins Tulsa spelling bee, heads to nationals Andrea James

Technology Associated Press Style: No more capitalizing internet and web David Pescovitz

security theater America's secretive, 1,566,062-record No Fly List leaked and published Rob Beschizza

What Elton John, Brad Pitt and Joe Biden have in common, in this week's dubious tabloids Peter Sheridan

culinary delights Chinese delicacies: watch century eggs get made! Jennifer Sandlin

language "Turkey" is now officially Türkiye within the US State Department David Pescovitz

HDSF Meet the Terrenes, the people of Earth in (some) science fiction Jesse Sheidlower

photography The reason why Bokeh is spelled with an "h" at the end Andrew Yi

artificial intelligence Who is "Loab" and what lesson about AI is she trying to teach us? Jennifer Sandlin

recipes Recipe for Goblin Sandwiches (1946) Thom Dunn

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bad idea Convicted Florida blimp owner simply considered defrauding the US government to be "risky and aggressive business decisions" Jason Weisberger

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film Aaarrgh is a short film by Tanya Weinberger featuring upside-down chins as faces Popkin