accidents An overturned semi-truck "loses its load" and spilled sex toys all over an Oklahoma highway Jason Weisberger

truckers The origins of mudflap girl Annie Rauwerda

trucks Ford introduces an obnoxious new trucker hat to help truckers stay awake Thom Dunn

Business U-Haul decides to stop hiring nicotine users Xeni Jardin

Kids Trucker tries to cross a tiny bridge with a load of logs Andrea James

Moons over My Hammy Denny's fires server for refusing service to Black customers Jason Weisberger

Possum by Night A live version of The Mountain Goats' Possum by Night, and an essay celebrating the song Jennifer Sandlin

disruptive convoys Hordes of people pelt eggs at "People's Convoy" when truckers get stuck in Oakland traffic (video) Carla Sinclair

Convoy Cyclist frustrates the DC trucker convoy Jason Weisberger

rogue political parties A GOP Senator kindly gave trucker protestors a tour of the Capitol Carla Sinclair

People's Convoy A Freedom Convoy spinoff is traveling from California to Washington DC Carla Sinclair

Mike Lindell MyPillow truck tries — and of course fails — to join "freedom convoy" in Canada Carla Sinclair

alternative facts Fox host forgets Trump was ever a president, blames Biden for 2020 BLM protests Carla Sinclair

music New Zealand weaponizing Barry Manilow and James Blunt against vaccine mandate protestors David Pescovitz

MyPillow Mike Lindell worried that "obstructionists" will foil his plans to send pillows to antivax truckers Mark Frauenfelder

teenagers Federal government will allow teenagers to drive 80,000-lb big rigs Mark Frauenfelder

clowns There's a clown-themed motel in Nevada, with a cemetery next door Thom Dunn

politics 'We're gonna lose over 100,000 perhaps,' Trump says of deaths, and 'Nobody blames me for that' on job losses Xeni Jardin

Business Vast majority of truck-driving jobs are not under threat from automation Cory Doctorow

religion Interview: Dr. Karl E H Seigfried talks Ásatrú, Heathenry and beards Séamus Bellamy