privacy GDPR: Don't forget to bring a towel! Sean O'Brien

towel day Towel Day, remembering Douglas Adams Jason Weisberger

DIY This is the most Portland thing you'll see today: Tree stump hot tubbing Popkin

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human rights Canadian detained by ICE for two weeks tells her story: "Everything felt like it was meant to break you" Ellsworth Toohey

travel British cartoonist R.E. Burke, detained by ICE, "simply wants to return home to her family" Ruben Bolling

top talent Primus' new drummer submitted an awesome audition—Hear it for yourself! Jennifer Sandlin

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

bizarre competitions Wolfing down scalding hot biscuits and other weird contests from 1897 Mark Frauenfelder

Delightful Creatures "Where are the kittens?" Mama cat needs a break, so she stashes kitties in unusual "playpen" (video) Carla Sinclair

Tokyo $16 Tokyo hotel deal: clean sheets, free coffee, and a stranger in your room Mark Frauenfelder

muppets Amphibia is a cologne for man, woman and frog Gail Sherman

doggo Gus the Weimaraner is a precious piccolo playing pooch Jennifer Sandlin

adorable animals Watch cows relax on spa day Jennifer Sandlin

late stage capitalism Save yourself $925 by not buying Balenciaga's "towel skirt" Jennifer Sandlin

RNC Hucksters Desperate Donald Trump talks Lara Trump into hawking MyPillow junk — and it's cringe (video) Carla Sinclair

oregon I stayed in a 180 sq ft cottagecore tiny house hotel room Rusty Blazenhoff