FDA FDA warns against using corrosive "black salve" — a deadly cure-all that's disfiguring lives Jennifer Sandlin

politics Wildfire expert, and anti-semitic misogynist Mel Gibson speaks out Jason Weisberger

Technology How AI-generated "sadcore" posts exploit Facebook users for profit Ellsworth Toohey

disappointment MAGAs are mad GOP Senators didn't do what they expected Jason Weisberger

magic How to find a good magic wand in Salem Thom Dunn

Comic Books "Alter Ego" is a great new crime novel about IP, AI, and comic book industry con artists Thom Dunn

law Vermont man charged with drunk driving in Canada thought he was in U.S. Rob Beschizza

viral videos Two planks and a prayer: Amazon truck's doomed attempt to board river boat (video) Ellsworth Toohey

Marvel cinematic universe The Marvel Cinematic Universe nominated for its first Razzie Thom Dunn

Guided by Voices interviewed on their 30-year-old EP that became a cult classic  Lee Keeler

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

television Seinfeld vs. Stewart on whether Woke/P.C. has ruined comedy Ruben Bolling

television 40 Years Later, Jeremy Brett is Still the Best Sherlock Holmes Lee Keeler

lucky buffoons Michael Moore urges anti-Trumpers to try harder — because "Trump is smarter than us" Carla Sinclair

parodies Recreating legendary albums with nothing but a voice Grant St. Clair

serious business Enshittification is coming for everything Rob Beschizza

thrift stores "Charley Varrick"— like a Steve McQueen movie but with a grumpy high school principal starring in his own fantasy Lee Keeler

tabloids King Charles to abdicate, and JonBenet Ramsay's killers caught in last week's dubious tabloids Peter Sheridan

News Trump's social media network loses less than Elon Musk's Jason Weisberger