china China's mass surveillance and pervasive social controls are based on a rocket scientist's advocacy for "systems thinking" Cory Doctorow

ebay Antique seller banned on eBay for "illicit" 1880s cast iron item Ellsworth Toohey

Cryptozoology Michigan cops post photo of roadside Bigfoot encounter Allan Rose Hill

shrinkage Trump's crowd size is just a flaccid version of its former self, as exposed in new video (video) Carla Sinclair

Science New York feeding rats tasty birth control Gail Sherman

electricity UK ends coal power generation today after 142 years Rob Beschizza

kamala harris Drunk racist faces prison for assaulting mail carrier with a knife for putting Harris flyer in his mailbox, say prosecutors Mark Frauenfelder

rare accidents Two planes crash mid-air near L.A., killing pilot. One lands just yards from woman and granddaughter Carla Sinclair

attacks 1 day after deadly pagers, walkie-talkies simultaneously explode in Lebanon, killing 9 and injuring 300 (video) Carla Sinclair

Delightful Creatures New parasite wasp species discovered inside of adult fruit flies Thom Dunn

kamala harris Watch MAGA senator Joni Ernst's prop fail spectacularly in cringeworthy political stunt Ellsworth Toohey

Technology Man with zero coding skills builds AI that haggles with hotels Mark Frauenfelder

dangerous rhetoric As Trump blames assassination attempts on Kamala Harris, video shows Alex Jones saying, "Please, kill him!" (video) Carla Sinclair

River otter attacks child on dock and pulls them underwater Allan Rose Hill

mistakes The Campbell Soup Company drops 'soup' from its name and adds the apostrophe Rob Beschizza

big liars Down-in-the-dump Trump calls for ABC to lose its license for fact-checking him (video) Carla Sinclair

hotels Lists of the most bizarre items left by hotel guests and oddest room service requests Allan Rose Hill

apple iPhone 16 pinker than ever Rob Beschizza

gadgets Generic e-bike chargers deemed dangerous Rob Beschizza

music Critics down on Lara Trump's new music video Jennifer Sandlin