Business Thomas Cook travel collapsed and stranded 150,000 passengers, but still had millions for the execs who tanked it Cory Doctorow

History Every day I learn from the Twitter account @AfricanArchives Elías Villoro

genesis story Sally Schmitt and the genesis story of The French Laundry Andrew Yi

ESP Is Precognition Real? Mitch Horowitz

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tabloids Bidens fexting (not sexting) in this week's dubious tabloids Peter Sheridan

crypto How to heat your chickens (and your home) with Bitcoin Thom Dunn

micronations In 1948 James T. Mangan declared the entire universe to be a country under his protection Mark Frauenfelder

COVID-19 Nicholson Baker writes on the "lab leak hypothesis" of COVID-19 Clive Thompson

politics Protests erupt in Belarus after longtime dictator wins another "election" Rob Beschizza

apple FAA just banned these recalled Apple laptops from flights and cargo Xeni Jardin

Funny Michelin three-star restaurant French Laundry serves mushroom soup from a bong David Pescovitz

health After promising health care execs that Medicare for All was dead, Pelosi's team plans toothless pharma deal Cory Doctorow

health Tennessee doctors make a fortune kicking disabled people off Medicare Cory Doctorow

Copyfight Happy Public Domain day: for real, for the first time in 20 years! Cory Doctorow

fake news Royal feud, Cosby's hell, Aniston trapped, and alternate universes, in this week's dubious tabloids Peter Sheridan

fake news Bible predictions: talking pets, the Mark of the Beast, and an exploding pop star, in this week's tabloids Peter Sheridan

Food Breathtaking botanical illustrations and photographs in a guide to the world of spices Marykate Smith Despres

music Watch: David Bowie's first TV appearance at age 17 was a delightful prank David Pescovitz

podcasts Questioning the nature of reality with cognitive scientist Donald Hoffman David McRaney