class war McMansion meanings: why do America's jumbo-sized status homes have useless "formal spaces?" Cory Doctorow

piketty Because cybersecurity: the private jet edition Cory Doctorow

Trump walks back problem he created; declares victory Jason Weisberger

"A hostile and political act": White House unlikely to renew Amazon Prime (video) Jason Weisberger

"It's wonderful, isn't it?" Trump is butt of joke on Russian TV, where hosts can't stop laughing: "Pure buffoonery!" (video) Carla Sinclair

folding MAGA boasts of tariff 'deals' with Canada and Mexico while rest of world laughs: 'Trump got played!' Carla Sinclair

economics Why humans crave expensive things just because they're expensive: The science of Veblen goods Ellsworth Toohey

politics Tormented Trump turns obsession with Kamala Harris into therapy session: "I'm very angry at her" (video) Carla Sinclair

vending machine A vending machine of mystery unclaimed packages Rusty Blazenhoff

france France now has baguette-scented baguette postage stamps Rusty Blazenhoff

A.I. Permission is hereby granted: sad AI sings the MIT license Rob Beschizza

precedents meant to be made Speaker Mike Johnson shamelessly frets about expelling George Santos (video) Carla Sinclair

video games Fallout: New Vegas fan celebration still going strong a decade later Grant St. Clair

social media British Museum shocked as its stolen artifacts are stolen from it Mark Frauenfelder

media bias Twitter fined $350k for protecting Trump; gave up the goods anyways Jason Weisberger

twitter Twitter is running major brands' ads on Nazi account Mark Frauenfelder

bananas From capitalism to banana-less society: the bizarre vision of socialists exposed! Thom Dunn

late stage capitalism MSCHF's back, with a microscopic luxury handbag Jennifer Sandlin

the swissness act Toblerone chocolate bars loses its Swiss status and must chuck the Matterhorn from its packaging Carla Sinclair