social media Giggling woman removes Israeli kidnapping victims' posters in viral video; speculation links her to Redmond mayor Mark Frauenfelder

Copyfight Heiress "Instagram influencer" whose parents are accused of paying a $500K bribe to get her into USC has trademark application rejected for punctuation errors Cory Doctorow

happy mutants Come see John Scalzi and me today at the LA Times Festival of Books! Cory Doctorow

science fiction Come see me at UCLA tonight and then with John Scalzi on Sunday at the LA Times Festival of Books! Cory Doctorow

libraries San Diego! I'm keynoting the 40th anniversary of the Friends of the Public Library today (then: UCLA and LA Times Festival of Books) Cory Doctorow

education McMansion Hell tours the homes of the "meritocratic" one-percenters who allegedly bought their thickwitted kids' way into top universities in the college admissions scandal Cory Doctorow

health For decades, it was an open secret that patients of USC's only full-time gynecologist were complaining about sexual assaults during exams Cory Doctorow

donald trump Relieve stress with Trumpiñata, a Donald Trump piñata app Leigh Alexander

Vaccine beliefs RFK Jr.'s "just a rash" disease filled Texas hospital beds Jason Weisberger

trump Here's the $250 bank note with Trump's mugshot on it Rob Beschizza

books New biography captures Doonesbury's 50-year sweep of American life Ruben Bolling

television Stephen Colbert follows up Late Show finale by hosting Michigan public access program Ruben Bolling

Science There was a T. Rex of the sea and it was terrifying Gail Sherman

crime Police sue to stop Trump's apparent Jan. 6 loyalty rewards scheme Jason Weisberger

Science Humans are the only primates with a lopsided hand preference Ellsworth Toohey

Science Vulture vomit is the leading theory for Kentucky's 1876 meat shower Ellsworth Toohey

Large Language Models Grammarly caught using AI to simulate dead writers… again Séamus Bellamy

crime Man who stole a coworker's identity for 30 years had his victim jailed Ellsworth Toohey

News Safeway blames a "wood pulp shortage" for its handleless paper bags Ellsworth Toohey