music Watch Talking Heads' delightfully quirky presentation of their eponymous category on Jeopardy! Jennifer Sandlin

web theory David Byrne: The secret appeal of technology is that it takes away the need to talk to people Cory Doctorow

religion Atheist ad on a bus in Madison, Wisconsin Cory Doctorow

politics Woman who called a child a racial slur raises over $600,000 in donations from white supremacists Grant St. Clair

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Internet flooded with merch glorifying murder of UnitedHealthcare CEO Rob Beschizza

AI I interviewed the AI ghost of a famous dead porn star Thom Dunn

politics A comprehensive guide to Donald Trump's malodorous offenses Jennifer Sandlin

art Mad Magazine at the Norman Rockwell Museum Ruben Bolling

dogs Take your dog on a "sniff walk" Jennifer Sandlin

Technology Roku update turns on hated motion-smoothing feature, with no off switch Rob Beschizza

education Harvard University will no longer issue official statements on public matters unrelated to its academic core Yoy Luadha

science fiction "Big Germs" — short fiction by Rudy Rucker Boing Boing

bruce springsteen The enduring power of Bruce Springsteen's music: a fan's journey Mark Cerulli

AI models Essays explore the hellscape of freelance AI model training Jennifer Sandlin

gadgets Apple shows off M4 chip and new iPads Rob Beschizza

zoom These renditions of the London Incidental Orchestra's "Every Zoom Call Ever" are hilariously brilliant Jennifer Sandlin

King Charles dead in 6 months, and Biden & Trump "get down and dirty" in this week's dubious tabloids Peter Sheridan

soundtracks Linda Lindas, Toro y Moi, and The National covering Talking Heads "Stop Making Sense" in its entirety (video) David Pescovitz

tabloids Meghan Markle's "casting couch" and an Epstein "sex slave" murdered in this week's dubious tabloids Peter Sheridan