ukuleles Watch a prim and proper cover of 500 Miles by The Ukulele Orchestra of Great Britain Carla Sinclair

politics Self preservation: Chief Justice of the United States rebukes Trump Jason Weisberger

Entertainment Universal Orlando's VelociCoaster ride is an innovative roller coaster that reaches 70mph Ruben Bolling

History From the Pig Town Boys to the Green Avenue Stompers: A 1954 map of New York City street gangs Ruben Bolling

television Archer + Bob's Burgers and the other weirdest crossovers in TV history Allan Rose Hill

chess Chess champ Magnus Carlsen ejected from tournament for wearing jeans Rob Beschizza

the blame game Harris campaign advisor David Plouffe blames Biden for her loss — then zaps X account after swift backlash Carla Sinclair

News US Army objects as Republicans use fallen US soldiers as props Jason Weisberger

science fiction "Big Germs" — short fiction by Rudy Rucker Boing Boing

france Carved leaves made by soldiers in the trenches Natalie Dressed

Delightful Creatures Sperm whales unleash poop tornado to fend off orcas Gail Sherman

tattoo Tattooist to Victorian England's wealthiest patrons Natalie Dressed

Ukraine U.S. planned "rigorously" for Russia using nukes on battlefield in Ukraine Rob Beschizza

russia Russia's former president and current war cheerleader says it will nuke London, Washington D.C., Berlin and Kyiv if it loses war Rob Beschizza