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Great new t-shirt for Gracie’s Ice Cream features a Jaws-shaped cone about...

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Smokey Bear Through the Years

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“James Lovell, the commander of Apollo 13 who helped turn a failed...

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The Danish post office will stop delivering mail (but not parcels) at...

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“New FBI data shows that both violent crime and property crime are...

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Why wildlife crossings and crucial for animals and humans: they embiggen habitats...

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From the Phonograph podcast, a look at the early days of 99%...

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Tractor beams exist in the real world. They use ultrasound to hover...

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Vintage Bike Tricks, Circa 1965

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Substack’s extremist ecosystem is flourishing. “The Nazi push alert was only possible...

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Emily Wilson’s current project is translating The Odyssey (again). “I am doing...

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The Bluesky Dictionary is tracking every single word used on the social...

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There’s a Bend It Like Beckham sequel in the works, says director...

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My Recent Media Diet, the Resistance Edition

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Potatoes are tomatoes! Ok not exactly, but scientists have worked out that...

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Jamelle Bouie on the Death of the Fourth American Republic

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Watchdog Group Downgrades U.S. From Democracy To Whatever Political System Lobsters Have....

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The official online copy of the US Constitution is missing some critical...

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Classical Statues Dressed Up As Hipsters

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“At a Wisconsin pond, a pair of cranes is raising an abandoned...

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I analyzed more than 100 extremist manifestos: Misogyny was the common thread....

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The case for memes as a new form of comics. “Memes —...

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From restitution to confronting authoritarian regimes, here are five ways museums can...

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“As a clinical psychologist, I was curious: Could ChatGPT function like a...

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Matt Webb on copyrighting your faults. “I think part of growing up...

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mRNA vaccines for HIV trigger strong immune response in people. “Two vaccine...

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“Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has canceled nearly $500 million of...

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Molly White: Curate your own newspaper with RSS. “What if you could...

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The McDonald’s Quarter Pounder With Cheese Is a Lie. A Delicious Lie.

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What Kids Told Us About How to Get Them Off Their Phones....

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At 17, Hannah Cairo Solved a Major Math Mystery. “The math world...

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Philip Bump on the results of a recent poll. What Makes an...

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The Case of the Terrifyingly Affordable Flashlight

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Corporation for Public Broadcasting says it’s shutting down (due to a lack...

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Lonely Avenue

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I’d like to say that I’m a proud member of The Great...

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The Panama Playlists is a collection of the Spotify accounts of celebrities,...

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Cory Doctorow is coming out with a book on enshittification in the...

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“If the behavior that this administration has exhibited in just its first...

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1787: “Caroline Lucretia Herschel became the first woman to receive a salary...

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Two Ways To Film The Same Scene

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Two of the most promiscuous snack brands, Oreo and Reese’s, are teaming...

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The Rule of Law Is Dead in the US. “I did not...

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How to Upload an Image to a Bird

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Motherfucking windfarms. In Europe, they’re called Royale with Breeze. (I stole that...

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Always Stand on the Side of the Egg

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Forthcoming book from Bill McKibben: Here Comes the Sun. “Energy from the...

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Bill McKibben: Rooftop Solar Is a Miracle. Why Are We Killing It...

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Rebecca Solnit: The renewable energy revolution is a feat of technology. “It...

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The End of America as a Center of Science

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