COVID-19 15-year-old Pennsylvania teen pens a peppy yet sad ode to 2020 Gareth Branwyn

Copyfight #Elsagate: a subreddit that's sleuthing out the weird videos of Youtube Kids Cory Doctorow

tiktok Latest idiotic social media trend has kids setting their laptops on fire Gail Sherman

art Cathedral of Junk is a "the best three-story junk tower you will ever see" Popkin

lego Lego xylophone made entirely with bricks–and works beautifully Jennifer Sandlin

top talent Now's your chance to be part of a tattoo animation "flipbook" Jennifer Sandlin

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Funny Dating sim lets you date your own existential dread and fridge Grant St. Clair

Culture Gotta catch all grandpas: Japanese town turns seniors into trading card stars Ellsworth Toohey

Technology Dystopia for kids: this $249 stuffed dinosaur reports everything your child says back to you Ellsworth Toohey

toys NYC's Museum of Nostalgia is a retro wonderland Popkin

politics Is a Hearse or Cybertruck the perfect family car? Jennifer Sandlin

television Comparison of top animated shows Bluey and Cocomelon Rob Beschizza

music Watch this comedian brutally mock every UK rap video ever made Grant St. Clair

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Science Pastor and anti-vaxxers celebrate low school vaccination rate amid measles outbreak Jason Weisberger

criminals Watch this woman pull a horse's tail causing it to buck and throw off child riding it Allan Rose Hill

video LEGO can be horrifying (video) Popkin

politics Shut the F*** up! Funny but helpful PSA explains how to talk to the cops Jennifer Sandlin

evacuations A sinkhole 5-stories long swallows UK street, followed by a second hole — 30 homes evacuate (video) Carla Sinclair