Copyfight An Indian research university has assembled 73 million journal articles (without permission) and is offering the archive for unfettered scientific text-mining Cory Doctorow

corruption Text-mining journalists find that lawmakers introduced 10,000 bills that were copypasted from lobbyists' "model legislation" Cory Doctorow

politics Trump only writes the angry tweets, the nice ones are written by a staffer with an Iphone Cory Doctorow

AI How LLMs work, put simply Rob Beschizza

Games Nvidia RTX 5090s sold out immediately at top retailers Rob Beschizza

wealth Diamond prices dropping sharply Rob Beschizza

anthropology Our early ancestors weren't big meat eaters after all Allan Rose Hill

sports Discofoot "shakes, shimmies and twirls us further away from our society's cumbersome classifications" Jennifer Sandlin

books Library doesn't even want overdue copy of 1971's "Baseball's Zaniest Stars" back Rob Beschizza

bitcoin A Bitcoin mine in Congo is fueling a surprising conservation effort Thom Dunn

crime Atlanta man dies in shootout with deputies after "possible registration violation" and high-speed chase Rob Beschizza

graphic novels This new graphic adaptation of DRACULA is absolutely gorgeous Thom Dunn

lauren boebert Lauren Boebert's son Tyler pleads guilty, dodges jail time Ellsworth Toohey

Alex Jones Rapper cashes in on conspiracy theories with clothing line Jennifer Sandlin

40% of people choose ignorance to avoid guilt about being selfish Yoy Luadha

apple Goodbye, green bubble? Justice Department sues Apple over iPhone monopoly Mark Frauenfelder

deep sea creatures This deep-sea creatures has dozens of beautiful, undulating arms Jennifer Sandlin

cognitive science New study investigates over 2,000 orgasm recordings Mark Frauenfelder

film The curious erotic connection between Twin Peaks and Betty Boop's Snow White Thom Dunn

bari weiss The rise and fall of the "Anti-Woke" industrial complex Thom Dunn