airport security This Christmas tree is so fucking metal Thom Dunn

NASA I didn't know chipmunks could attend Space Mission Bible Camp! Thom Dunn

weird art Please enjoy @facebookshirts, an Instagram account of greatness Xeni Jardin

tech Spotify to lay off 1500 workers Rob Beschizza

tech Windows is automatically installing HP printer bloatware, even if you don't have one Rob Beschizza

politics Trump rejects Liz Cheney's report on his lack of appetite and insists he was overeating Jason Weisberger

Weird Salad Fingers and "Weird YouTube" Rob Beschizza

music Weird Al Yankovic tells the truth about Spotify in his "Spotify Wrapped" video Jennifer Sandlin

elon musk Musk's odd expression at NYT event linked to SpongeBob fish Mark Frauenfelder

animals I met the world's perfect mammal at a reptile sanctuary Grant St. Clair

art If you've ever wanted to smoke weed out of a fried chicken drumstick, now you can Jennifer Sandlin

safety tips Firefighters demo "safe" turkey fryer — which hilariously bursts into flames (video) Carla Sinclair

Entertainment Happy Life Day, the Star Wars holiday celebrating Wookiee life Ruben Bolling

Games Classic 90s game Worms 2 hacked to run on modern computers—and to have its hidden features Rob Beschizza

books Curious and compelling filmstrip adaptation of "Brave New World" from 1974 (video) David Pescovitz

Science How long would it take for a human brain to form in a void, complete with a memory of having existed? Mark Frauenfelder

History When the Black & Tans left Ireland for Palestine Thom Dunn

Science This scientist fed his own flesh to a Venus Flytrap David Pescovitz

child abuse "God, The Rod, and Your Child's Bod" is somehow worse than it sounds Thom Dunn