fantasy The children's fantasy series currently dominating my family is… Jason Weisberger

Funny John Hodgman's outstanding Vacationland: now in paperback! Cory Doctorow

crime TikTok psychic must pay $10m to professor she falsely claimed was Idaho killer Rob Beschizza

politics Dial-A-Poem is back, with the revolutionary poetry we all need right now Jennifer Sandlin

Robert Anton Wilson's 45-year span of political essays challenges traditional left-right thinking Mark Frauenfelder

donald trump "J Mail" is a clone of Gmail, except "you're logged in as Epstein and can see his email" Jennifer Sandlin

tech Kobo just saved one of its e-reader's best features Séamus Bellamy

comedy These Faulkner-style comedic shorts are utterly brilliant Jennifer Sandlin

trump 2.0 DeSantis opens Alligator Alcatraz — only to have it flood on 1st day (video) Carla Sinclair

art Explore the extraordinary legacy of Nazi-slugging comic book pioneer Jack Kirby Mark Frauenfelder

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politics How mutual aid groups are leading both pandemic and climate emergency responses Jennifer Sandlin

AI Which will be the first LLM to win a Pulitzer? Rob Beschizza

books AI hallucinated a "best summer reading" list and, the Chicago Sun-Times published it Jason Weisberger

Nintendo Ben Drowned was the ultimate unauthorized Nintendo content Rob Beschizza

Ancient painted penis bone found in quarry Allan Rose Hill

Japan Mount Fuji snowless in November for first time in recorded history Rob Beschizza

lawsuits Students fight false accusations from AI-detection snake oil Rob Beschizza

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