words Is "Goblin Mode" really the Word of the Year, or are we being gaslighted? Thom Dunn

words Exploring the fascinating origins of job names Gareth Branwyn

language Let's talk about the haunting world of "ghost words" Gareth Branwyn

bears How the etymology of "Arctic" complicates the cryptic etymology of "bear" Thom Dunn

politics Trump's Great American State Fair is "kind of rubbish" Jennifer Sandlin

Great Vote Caper Grandpa Pudding Brains brags about how rigged U.S. elections are Jason Weisberger

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apps Beloved Windows text editor Notepad++ now on Mac Rob Beschizza

Sid Krofft, who filled childhoods with glorious weirdness, dies at 96 Jason Weisberger

books The Tokyo Vice author digs into cryptocurrency's darkest chapters Roger Park

Funny Roman philosopher Pliny the Elder mocked "yaghurt" as a dumb food fad nearly 2,000 years ago Popkin

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Games No, you didn't get Titanfall 3, but at least you got something infinitely worse-looking Grant St. Clair

movies Tron: Ares — Jared Leto's latest flop can't match his previous box office disaster Grant St. Clair

"Make me" — Oliver challenges media to resist government censorship Ellsworth Toohey

adorable animals Aye-aye caught picking nose with finger reaching its throat Jennifer Sandlin

manufactured evidence Alleged texts of accused murderer Tyler Robinson sound nothing like how people his age actually speak Jason Weisberger

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writing This compact word processor is a writer's dream Séamus Bellamy