What Viral Food Are You Based On Some Random Questions?
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Only People With Kids And Grandkids Can Pass This History-Spanning Disney Trivia Quiz
Only true Disney fans can score 75 percent or higher!
Listen, These 45 Products Have Hundreds Of Rave Reviews And Maybe You Should Pay Attention
A bunch of strangers love this stuff so much it feels like they're offering me candy, aaand I think I'm gonna go for it.
23 Extremely Shady Things Health Insurance Companies Get Away With, From Medical Workers
"I saw an ALS treatment medication get denied and delayed for a young mom of four. She died while fighting for a medication that could have helped prolong her life. Disgusting."
Go On A Euro Trip And We’ll Guess If You Prefer Appetizers Or Desserts
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Doctors Say These Are The Side Effects Of GLP-1s That Everyone Should Know
"These medications also come with risks that aren’t as freely talked about as their benefits."
Done Throwing Money Away On Things That Don’t Work? Try These 39 Personal Care Products
Because we're not putting up with excess sweat, ingrown hairs, and dry cuticles anymore!
15 Jaw-Dropping Confessions From People Who Dated Someone With Completely Opposite Political Views
"He shouldn’t have picked a liberal Latina baddie with a smart mouth and an even smarter mind."
Only People With Real Crafting Knowledge Can Match These Tools To Their Craft
Test your crafting knowledge by matching 15 specialized tools to their creative crafts. Can you score like a true artisan?
Gen Z Women Don’t Want To Get Married Anymore. Here's Why
I guess being in your 20s means having major reality checks you're not prepared for.
40 Extremely Embarrassing Things People Absolutely LOVED 20 Years Ago
Gone to the sands of time.
Raising many questions, Grandpa Pudding Brains says he’s “studied” circumcision for a long time
America’s ongoing experiment in handing microphones to cranks took another turn when RFK Jr.
23 Things On Sale At Amazon This Week That Are Really Worth Buying — Especially At These Prices
If you've been putting off buying a new foundation and the viral hair waver — I think now is the right time.
‘Rick and Morty’ Season Nine Starts With A Necessary Canon Cut
“There’s Something About Morty” says goodbye to doomsday
Design A Gothic Wedding To Find Your Monster Match
There's a monster in all of us, right?
24 Things On Sale At Amazon This Week That’ll Make Your Day-To-Day A Little Better
Oh, look at that — products that'll make your day a little better *without* making your wallet a whole lot lighter.
If Your Dad Is The King Of Dad-Jokes, He Might Love These 28 Quirky Fathers’ Day Gifts
Your dad might not say it, but he'll feel seen by these weird gifts.
22 American Cities And States That People Say Have A Strange And Unshakable Energy
"The streets of New Orleans are crowded even when there's not a soul in sight. One can hear and feel the hustle and bustle of centuries past."
DeepSWE blows up the AI coding leaderboard, crowns GPT-5.5, and finds Claude Opus exploiting a benchmark loophole
For months, the leading AI coding benchmarks have told enterprise buyers a comforting but misleading story: the top models are all roughly the same. OpenAI's GPT-5 family, Anthropic's Claude Opus, and Google's Gemini Pro have clustered within a narrow band on Scale AI's SWE-Bench Pro leaderboard, making it nearly impossible for engineering leaders to determine which agent will actually perform best inside their codebases.
These 29 Hilarious Tweets By Women Will Have You Cackling Your [Redacted] Off
"sneaking therapy tips into conversation with my mom like how u give a dog a pill wrapped in cheese slice"
38 Of The Very, Very, Very Best Political Tweets Of The Week
"The IRS has audited every President annually for decades to ensure there was no corruption. Only one president found that to be a problem."
Trump’s new plan to quash leaks
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You’re Gonna Feel Pretty Darn Proud Of Yourself For Snagging These 39 Products
Allow me to introduce you to the wonders of instant hair-filling fibers.
20 Years Later, The Movie That Almost Killed X-Men Is Better Than You Remember
The durable mutants almost perished in 2006. Who knew this wasn't their lowest point ever? Here's why 'X-Men: The Last Stand' is not the worst X-Men movie.
My Son’s Math Homework Is Essentially Just Pokémon
My Son’s Math Homework Is Essentially Just Pokémon. “As I watched my son play Prodigy, it became clear there wasn’t much learning happening. In about 10 minutes of gameplay, he spent less than 30 seconds answering math questions.”
A new Supreme Court opinion is terrible news for federal workers
Remember DOGE, the Elon Musk-led “government efficiency” project that spread chaos during President Donald Trump’s first few months back in office, fired tens of thousands of federal employees, and then vanished almost as abruptly as it began?
People Without ADHD Are Getting A Taste Of What It’s Like After Seeing These Screenshots
"Movie idea: Andy Samberg, Jesse Eisenberg, and Michael Cera are triplets. Adam Sandler is the dad."
Bears, smarter than average, decide to attend Calabasas school
In an unsettling sign that Southern California's bear population may be entering its prep-school era, two smarter-than-average bruins were caught on video casually hopping a fence onto a Calabasas school campus with the kind of confidence usually associated with students arriving late to first period.
’Mandalorian And Grogu’s Box Office Is A Historic Star Wars First — But Not For The Reason You Think
When Solo: A Star Wars Story grossed a meager $100 million in its opening weekend in theaters, it was a new low for a franchise that once seemed too big to fail. With a budget of $275 million, it was relatively cheaper than its contemporaries — like The Force Awakens, which reportedly cost somewhere in the ballpark of $500 million to produce. But unlike the other films of Star Wars’ Disney era, Solo failed to gross $1 billion worldwide, a feat that was becoming commonplace otherwise.
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Tell Us The Best Queer Books You’ve Read In 2026
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AdGuard VPN offers five years of private browsing for $35
AdGuard VPN helps encrypt your browsing, reduce tracking, and access geo-restricted content across up to 10 devices, now $34.97.
The first-ever Enhanced Games (open to those using
The first-ever Enhanced Games (open to those using performance-enhancing drugs) featured 42 athletes, three of whom were competing clean. All three won their respective events.
Donald Trump Sure Seems Like He Was Having Trouble Physically At Yesterday’s Memorial Day Event
Me when it's *definitely* time to leave the bar.
If your brain had tabs open right now, what would they be?
Be honest. What's going on in that lil' head of yours?
Chelsea Handler Revealed The Bad Celebrity Date She Went On, And It Will Blow Your Mind
Now that's not who I expected.
A Baseball Player Is Going Viral For Brushing His Teeth In The Most Chaotic Way Possible
Gargoyles, psychics, everything's ungodly, etc.
A Viral Video of RFK Jr. Has The Internet Spiraling Out Of Control
His wife was NOT happy.
Safeguarding the Human Person in the Time of Artificial Intelligence
Pope Leo XIV released his first encyclical letter yesterday; it’s entitled Magnifica Humanitas Of His Holiness Pope Leo XIV On Safeguarding the Human Person In the Time of Artificial Intelligence. It is very long and I haven’t been able to read the whole thing;
I Own 50 Pairs Of Running Shoes, But Only These New Hokas Make Me Feel Invincible
I forgot about all the other running shoes in my closet.
US Military Members And Veterans Are Sharing Their Brutally Honest Thoughts About Donald Trump
"I served 24 years, and I will stand up and fight for the Constitution and against enemies FOREIGN and DOMESTIC."
Kevin Hart Just Responded To George Floyd Joke Backlash, But It’s Backfiring Big Time
"He got paid and he has moved on, that’s all he cares about"
The attack dominating financial services doesn't steal passwords. It resets MFA and steals the token
The attacker who hit the most financial services organizations over the past 12 months never phished a password. They called an IT support line, convinced an employee to reset their MFA, and registered their own device on the network.
Japan Is Rearming and Embracing Nationalism
On April 21, Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi officially announced that Japan had lifted a decades-old ban on exporting lethal weapons. The new offer concerns at least seventeen countries as potential buyers for Japanese fighter jets, missiles, and warships.
250 to 250. We Are America
The 250th birthday of the United States is coming up and I know many of us are having a tough time feeling celebratory because *waves hands around at everything*. To mark the occasion in a decidedly non-jingoistic manner, historian Heather Cox Richardson is producing a series of one-minute videos, each featuring one of “the many people, places, and events that have built our country and remind us of the power of each person to make history”.
Trump still thinks he’s winning in Iran
There’s an old line, sometimes attributed to President Dwight D. Eisenhower, that the best way to solve a difficult problem is to make it bigger. That might be the most generous interpretation of how the Trump administration is approaching its ongoing peace talks with Iran.
Zach Cregger Is Finally Fixing Resident Evil’s Biggest Flaw
After redefining the horror genre in the ‘90s, the Resident Evil franchise went through a radical gameplay evolution. The original game was iconic for its jarring and uncanny camerawork, punishing resource management, and intentionally unwieldy controls: almost everything about it was designed to be as oppositional to the player as the Spencer House itself. It’s an ethos that was honed to a fine point with the next installment, Resident Evil 2, which upped the scale but maintained the desperate circumstances and high-anxiety level of challenge.
‘Spider-Noir’ Release Date, Time, Trailer And Plot For Amazon’s New Superhero Show
Here’s everything you need to know about 'Spider-Noir,' from its release date and time to the versions it’ll be available to watch in.
Tenderly Tracking My Husband . “Knowing when to
Tenderly Tracking My Husband. “Knowing when to step in and tell a loved one with [Alzheimer’s] that they can no longer do something because it’s too risky is a game of chance we caregivers hate to play.” Lovely & heartbreaking.
Caitlin Clark’s 4-Word Comment During A WNBA Game Has The Internet Going Wild
Caitlin Clark sparked a major online conversation after yelling these four words.
How the UAE Built an Empire of Kleptocrats
On October 25, 2025, El Fasher, the capital of Sudan’s North Darfur, became the site of one of the most intense episodes of mass killing since the Rwandan genocide. A genocidal militia blocked off neighborhoods and went house to house executing people. The United Nations Human Rights Office documented at least 6,000 killings in the first three days, with countless others still missing, uncounted, or hiding in this murdered city.
All The Best Deals At Walmart This Week
Do yourself a favor and pick up this half-price 3-in-1 portable AC/dehumidifier/fan before the summer heat waves arrive.
Megyn Kelly Just Said That Trump Has “Cheated On Every Wife” He’s Ever Had
The president’s first wife later recanted the allegations made under oath during the couple’s contentious divorce proceedings.
London police launch manhunt for artist behind “I farted in yoga” graffiti
British police are reportedly expending actual investigative resources in pursuit of the mystery artist behind a bit of graffiti reading "I fart3d in yoga," proving once again that somewhere between Banksy and bathroom-stall confessionals lies the true soul of public art.
It’s Officially Summer And Things Are Heating Up In This Week’s Community Challenge
We already know your quizzes are gonna be HAWT!!
Pope Leo’s Comments About AI Are Going Massively Viral, And The Reactions Are Top Tier
The Pope made a bold statement about AI.
21 MOST Deserved Movie Deaths In Cinemanic History — I’ll Fight Anyone Who Disagrees
I didn't think I'd cheer this much about death!
32 People Who Made One Bad Decision And Then Somehow Kept Making It Worse And Worse And Worse
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K6 Project maps Britain’s red telephone boxes
The K6 Project aims to record and map red telephone boxes in the United Kingdom, these being a much-loved vestige of an earlier era in telecommunications. Unlike in other countries,
15 Books Hudson Williams From “Heated Rivalry” Is Obsessed With
He's quite the Joan Didion and Eve Babitz fan.
35 Retro-Inspired Products That Will Make You Feel Like You’re Living In A Vintage Ad
If you remember posting about being "born in the wrong era" on Tumblr 15 years ago, you need to see these products.
Great title for a book: Fascist Yoga . “Ever
Great title for a book: Fascist Yoga. “Ever since, the world of yoga has been full of grifters, occultists and white supremacists, all out to exploit and recruit via the medium of exercise.”
One Of The Best Fantasy Franchises Of The Century Just Got A Surprising New Writer
What’s the best film of all time? That’s a question that could start a fiery debate in some circles, but for a little bit, the verifiable answer was, in fact, Paddington 2. Orson Welles’ Citizen Kane has long held the title on Rotten Tomatoes, but after a negative review resurfaced, it was brought down to a 99% score, meaning Paddington 2’s 100% score beat it.
Hengefinder finds streets that perfectly frame the setting sun
Hengefinder is an app that, given times and places, can help you experience “stunning moments when the sun or moon aligns perfectly with city streets and buildings.”
Marlon Wayans Addresses Dave Chappelle Trans Controversy
Marlon Wayans having a trans child of his own puts him in a unique position when it comes to his thoughts about Dave Chappelle's controversial jokes.
New Subaru repeatedly prevents its owner from the joy of distracted driving
For decades, dystopian fiction has warned us that artificial intelligence may one day turn against humanity. Instead, it appears to have taken the form of a mildly passive-aggressive Subaru that shrieks at drivers for the audacity of glancing at scenery, changing a Spotify playlist, or briefly behaving like a human being rather than a laser-focused DMV exam proctor.
Netherlands blocks US firm from buying DigiD cloud host
The Dutch government has imposed a “complete prohibition” on the acquisition of Solvinity, a Dutch cloud provider, by Kyndryl, the American IT infrastructure company spun out of IBM in 2021. The deal, valued at roughly €100 million, would have given a US-headquartered firm control over the platform that runs DigiD,
Tennessee Black Man’s Failed Execution Sparks Lawsuit
Tennessee prison officials tried for over an hour to execute Tony Carruthers but failed. Now, attorneys and activists are calling for systemic change.
Take a Peek Inside Rick Ross’ Miami Mansion
We're taking a look at Rick Ross' Star Island home. Prepare to have a serious case of house envy!
We Rarely See Films as Fresh as I Love Boosters
Jacobin readers hardly need to be told that the new Boots Riley movie I Love Boosters is a must-see. It’s been eight years since the sleeper hit Sorry to Bother You, during which time Riley was busy with his Amazon Prime series, I’m a Virgo. In that time, he seems to have taken a great leap forward as a director. And I say that having loved Sorry to Bother You.
The most alarming parts of Elon Musk’s SpaceX filing, ranked
SpaceX filing reveals Elon's business plan remains "all of civilization, plus ads" Elon Musk's newly public SpaceX filing reads less like a sober disclosure document and more like a hobbyist megalomaniac's manifesto.
Pinterest Has Become Unusable . “When I started
Pinterest Has Become Unusable. “When I started painting again in January, I went back to Pinterest and found it overrun with AI slop. It’s continued to get worse and worse, and it’s now basically unusable.”
Dropbox founder Drew Houston steps down as CEO
Drew Houston, the co-founder who built Dropbox from a Y Combinator demo into a company with more than 700 million registered users, is stepping down as chief executive. Ashraf Alkarmi, Dropbox’s current head of product, has been named co-CEO effective immediately.
27,224 people pre-ordered the Trump Phone
Sz´The Trump Phone was supposed to be made in America, but ended up being a white-label knockoff of something or other.
The saga of the weirdest theme park in the Midwest via Defunctland
Defunctland returns! I promise you won’t be able to predict where the saga of a humble Midwestern theme park goes.
Paramount backs off attempt to suppress Stephen Colbert’s post-Late Show public access party
24 hours after CBS/Paramount pulled the plug on Stephen Colbert's Late Show, Colbert turned up guest-hosting a local public access television show in Monroe, Michigan, "Only in Monroe," as reported on Boing Boing here.
Breaking bad, but Walter’s hat keeps getting bigger
It would be just like disgruntled, egotistical chemistry teacher Walter White to think a pork pie hat, of all things, makes him look badass. His descent into villainy, or, as some would argue, his acceptance of the villainy present in him is masterfully charted over the course of Breaking Bad, carried by strong writing and an even stronger performance from former sitcom dad Bryan Cranston.
This air quality monitor is a cute bird that dies when you need to air out your home
Birdie has a simple tag line: "Dead bird: open your window." Harsh, but clear. Like the coal mine canaries of yore, Birdie collapses when air quality drops and revives when it improves.
Dead by Daylight snaps up another horror icon
People have called asymmetrical multiplayer slasher-versus-survivors game Dead by Daylight a horror-themed Fortnite for its seeming reliance on endless crossovers. (It's me. I'm people.) Today, it earns that title once again as it welcomes another slasher icon into its roster, joining other such famous genre figures as Michael Meyers, Freddy Krueger, Leatherface, and actor Nicolas Cage.
13 “Rich People Things” That Changed How Normal People See Wealth Forever
"I've been chasing that high ever since."
Scientists confirm alcohol is, in fact, bad for you despite civilization’s vigorous objections
A sweeping new review of decades of research has reached the kind of conclusion your pancreas could probably have offered for free: alcohol contributes to a startling range of diseases, injuries, cancers, infections, neurological problems, and assorted bodily catastrophes affecting pretty much every major organ system.
‘Vought Rising’ Trailer Reveals First Look At The Future Of ‘The Boys’
Regardless of what you think of that divisive ending, The Boys as we know it is over. The flagship series of Prime Video’s superhero satire franchise may have wrapped up its story after five seasons, but it’s only the start of the franchise as a whole, and it has a shiny name to match: the VCU. There are multiple spinoffs in the works, and we just got our first look at the next one set for release with Vought Rising.
Your WiFi router knows it’s you
Turns out you may not need to carry a tracking device everywhere if the room itself is already doing the job: researchers say ordinary WiFi can recognize individuals with startling accuracy just from the way their bodies disturb radio waves.
Dems Outraged Over Wasserman Schultz Running in Black FL Seat
Black leaders in Florida are raising eyebrows after one longtime, white Democrat announced plans to run in a majority-Black district.
Grandpa Pudding Brains pauses Memorial Day tribute to workshop a joke about dead soldiers named Donald
At Arlington National Cemetery, in a speech ostensibly honoring Americans who died in military service, Donald Trump somehow veered into a strange little stand-up routine about how many of the dead shared various first names while pausing to note, with his textbook mistimed and dumb-lloking grin,
Stephen Colbert Hosts Only in Monroe
The day after ending his run on The Late Show, Stephen Colbert hosted a show called Only in Monroe on a Michigan public access channel. His musical director for the show was Jack White, nestled onstage between a boombo and a reel-to-reel recorder. His guests included Byron Allen, Jeff Daniels, Steve Buscemi, and Eminem.
New Rule Forces Green Card Seekers to Leave U.S. to Apply
For 60 years, the path to legal residency remained steady. Now, a major policy shift forces green card hopefuls to return to their home countries to apply.
Brussels plans to ringfence two-thirds of EU mobile-satellite spectrum for European firms
The proposal expected to be announced on Wednesday would leave Starlink and Amazon’s Kuiper able to bid only for the remaining third of the bloc’s 2 GHz mobile-satellite band.
Stord raises $250M at $3B valuation to take on Amazon
Stord, a logistics technology company that helps retailers manage inventory, checkout, and fulfillment, has raised $250 million in a Series F round that values the company at $3 billion. The round was led by Strike Capital with participation from Founders Fund, Kleiner Perkins, Franklin Templeton, Baillie Gifford, G Squared, and Bond.
Kevin Hart Defends George Floyd Joke During Roast
Kevin Hart is making it clear where he stands when it comes to that controversial George Floyd joke told by a white comedian. And fans are not feeling it!
The Pro-Israel Lobby Is Trying to Fly Under the Radar
Amid widespread public disapproval of Israel’s mounting destruction across the Middle East, pro-Israel donors aligned with the American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC) appear to be resorting to new, innocuous-sounding fundraising vehicles to covertly channel money to favored candidates in high-stakes Democratic primaries.
An unusual new-to-me animal: the aardwolf . It’s a
An unusual new-to-me animal: the aardwolf. It’s a hyena but it eats insects like an aardvark. The cubs are incredibly cute.
University of Iowa students must take Intellectual Freedom classes whether they want to or not
The Center for Intellectual Freedom is a comically-named educational institution established by Iowa’s conservative legislature to counter the liberal indoctrination of traditional education.
xAI warns staff to limit contact with Cursor employees
Elon Musk’s xAI has told employees to limit their contact with staff from Cursor , the AI coding startup that SpaceX has an option to acquire for $60 billion. The directive came from James Burnham, xAI’s general counsel and former chief lawyer at the Department of Government Efficiency, according to Bloomberg.
Ferrari stock drops 7% after Luce EV reveal
Ferrari shares fell as much as 7 per cent in Milan trading on Monday, dropping to €290.55 and wiping roughly £3 billion from the company’s market cap. The sell-off came one day after the Italian carmaker unveiled the Luce, its first fully electric vehicle, at the Città dello Sport in Rome. The Luce is a four-door,
Essential summertime reading: Drowning Doesn’t Look Like
Essential summertime reading: Drowning Doesn’t Look Like Drowning. “Drowning is almost always a deceptively quiet event. The waving, splashing, and yelling that dramatic conditioning (television) prepares us to look for, is rarely seen in real life.”
Who Should Take Care of the Children?
In Sweden, few institutions are as ideologically celebrated as preschool. For decades, Swedish childcare has been held up as proof that gender equality and a strong welfare state can coexist with high labor-force participation. Universal childcare, one of the many progressive family reforms that were introduced during the social democratic Prime Minister Olof Palme, enabled women’s mass entry into the paid workforce while simultaneously promising children professional care and early education regardless of class background.
Chicago and New York Move Closer to Slavery Reparations
Outside of just New York, there are plenty of cities around the country dedicated to delivering reparations to the descendants of slavery.
Queen Latifah’s Best Hair Looks Through The Years
When it comes to hair, rapper,
Alan Moore Has “Disowned 95 Percent” Of His Books. But His New Novels Are Maybe His Best Work Yet
The comic book legend Alan Moore is writing new fantasy novels. In this interview, he talks about why this books matter so much to him.
NYC’s Economic Development Corporation Can Build Public Options
In January 2021, workers at the Hunts Point Produce Market in the Bronx walked off the job for a one-dollar raise. Some pro-labor politicians like Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez flocked to the picket line. But Mayor Bill de Blasio stayed home. The awkward truth was that Hunts Point sits on land owned by New York City and managed by the city’s Economic Development Corporation (EDC). In 2013, the EDC handed the market’s owners an 11 percent rent reduction when they threatened to move the market to New Jersey.
Court Blocks Alabama’s Redistricting Map
A federal court has officially jumped into the debates on if Alabama's unprecedented redistricting efforts unlawfully target Black-led districts.
Microsoft Project Professional 2021 wrangles workplace chaos for only $10
Microsoft Project Professional 2021 helps teams manage schedules, resources, timelines, reporting, and collaboration workflows.
Black Iraq Veteran Saves Stranded Woman in Atlanta Flood
After a severe storm stalled over Atlanta last week, commuters were stranded in high floods— until one brave man sprung into action.
Best and Worst Black Tiny Desk Concerts
From De La Soul to Amerie and Rick Ross--let's get into a handful of the most memorable and worst-sounding NPR Tiny Desks performances!
25 Years Later, A Bonkers Sci-Fi Epic Deserves To Escape The Shadow Of Its Inspiration
The futuristic mega-city from the silent film looks — and sounds — very different.
Spotify tests narrated magazine articles inside the audiobook tier
Spotify began testing a new content format on Tuesday: narrated long-form magazine articles, slotted in alongside audiobooks rather than podcasts. The launch announced from the company’s newsroom on Tuesday morning, includes more than 650 English-language pieces from a roster that runs through Rolling Stone, The Atlantic, Vogue, Variety, Billboard, Vibe, GQ, WIRED, Vanity Fair and Pitchfork.
Irish councilor proposes tiny statue of mosquito blamed for killing invader Oliver Cromwell
A Green Party councillor in Cork wants the Irish city to honor the mosquito blamed for killing Oliver Cromwell, the English Lord Protector whose conquest of Ireland made him a reviled figure there. Oliver Moran tabled the motion at a Cork City Council meeting on May 12, proposing what he describes as the world's smallest public statue, to be mounted on an empty plinth outside City Hall.
Wall Street is paying $25,000 a day for AI trainers who used to work there
Felipe Sinisterra and Dave Wang, two ex-bankers, are booked out for the next two months teaching financial institutions to actually use the AI tools they have already bought.
Pope Leo Apologizes for the Church’s Role in Slave Trade
Pope Leo isn't the first leader of the Catholic Church to acknowledge chattel slavery's dark past, but the Chicago-born pope just took things much farther.
Honeywell’s Quantinuum settles on $12.7bn IPO target after $20bn whisper
Quantinuum, the quantum-computing company majority-owned by Honeywell, is targeting a valuation of $12.7bn in its US IPO, according to a Reuters report on Tuesday,
Films more likely to star talking animals than older women
Motion pictures are more likely to star a man named "Chris" or a talking animal than a woman over 60 years old, according to Age Without Limits, a British charity campaign.
When AI makes you worse at your job
If you’ve ever used an online patient portal to message your doctor in the middle of the night, you won’t be surprised to learn that responding to those messages takes an increasingly big bite out of clinicians’ workdays.
Pope Leo’s first encyclical reads as tech regulation as much as theology
The 24 hours since Pope Leo XIV published his first encyclical, Magnifica Humanitas, have produced something unusual: a papal document being read in earnest by financial and policy capitals as a piece of tech-regulation analysis rather than a piece of theology. The text addresses governments, parliaments and the executives of the largest AI companies directly,
BNP Paribas works with Mistral on a European answer to Anthropic’s Mythos
BNP Paribas is working with Mistral AI to prepare for a category of AI cybersecurity tools its US peers already use and its European supervisors cannot reliably get hold of, according to a Bloomberg report on Tuesday.
“Dead body” turns out to be a sex doll
A reported corpse in the bushes of an English neighborhood was a discarded sex doll, according to the Peterborough Telegraph,
SpaceX wants the Pentagon to pay five times more for Starlink in the Iran war
With US strike drones over Iran relying on Starlink for guidance, SpaceX has told the Defense Department the current $5,000-per-terminal rate undervalues what the network is actually doing.
Scottish politician illegally used party funds to pay for camper van, fancy pencil sharpener, toilet seat, and curry sauce
If you need to sharpen a pencil, you are unlikely to do better than the Caran d’Ache pencil sharpener, with an 80-year-pedigree and a $180 price tag.
Iran-linked hackers reached LA Metro’s rail-yard control display in March, Israeli firm finds
Iranian hackers were behind the cyber-attack that forced parts of the Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority offline in March, according to research published on Tuesday by Gambit Security, a Tel Aviv cybersecurity firm that says it traced 700 gigabytes of stolen emails,
The shocking death toll of cars in poor countries
The story of global health over the last few centuries has generally been one of great progress — vastly longer lifespans, far fewer women dying in childbirth, many fewer children dying from miserable diseases like measles and smallpox. But there is one often overlooked feature of modernity that has brought a new and enormous degree of mortality and injury to everyday life, a risk that falls most heavily on the world’s poor.
SPARQ opens $8.5M seed round for AI-native game engine, with a16z’s scout fund on the cap table
SPARQ, a UAE-based startup building what it calls an AI-native game engine, has opened an $8.5m seed round with early participation from the a16z Scout Fund, the vehicle Andreessen Horowitz uses to back early-stage deals through external scouts. The cheque size from the scout fund was not disclosed;
Best Black Fashion At The American Music Awards
Take a look at the best Black fashion we saw at the American Music Awards.
Pony AI raises year-end fleet goal to 3,500 robotaxis after a strong Q1
Pony AI, the Beijing-based driverless car company, raised its 2026 year-end robotaxi fleet target on Tuesday to more than 3,500 vehicles, up from a previous 3,000, after reporting first-quarter robotaxi revenues that rose 395% year-on-year. The revised guidance came in the company’s Q1 2026 earnings release on Tuesday. Pony AI’s robotaxi fleet has already passed 1,700 vehicles,
Why everyone is talking about the Antichrist
In case you didn’t notice, the Antichrist is back. All right, forgive the hyperbole — this biblical agent of Satan hasn’t actually returned to lead a rebellion against God before Christ’s second coming. But in the year of our Lord 2026, a curious surge in chatter about this herald of the apocalypse seems to be underway. A number of far-right dissidents, from Marjorie Taylor Greene to Nick Fuentes, are asking questions about whether President Donald Trump is more than he seems. “Could this be the Antichrist?”
Naomi Osaka Responds to Backlash Over Tennis Dinner
Naomi Osaka has never shied away from celebrating her Blackness. But her latest move has racist folks speaking out about it—and now she'd responding!
Every Tired Thirtysomething Could Benefit From These 34 Products
Perpetual exhaustion and random pains are no match for these items.
Mississippi is Still Fighting for Black Political Power
The Supreme Court's ruling in Louisiana v. Callais didn't just redraw a map. It told Black people in the South, again, that our political power is negotiable.
“Scandalous” Lenovo gaming handheld comes preloaded with classic game ROMs
A budget retro gaming handheld carrying Lenovo branding and loaded with thousands of copyrighted game files has surfaced on AliExpress, and the company has confirmed it is real.
Foreign-brand phone shipments to China rose 1.8% in April, CAICT data shows
Foreign-branded smartphone shipments to China, a category dominated by Apple, rose 1.8% year-on-year in April to 3.59 million handsets, according to Reuters calculations based on figures published by the China Academy of Information and Communications Technology, the government-run research body that tracks domestic handset shipments. The number is a meaningful deceleration.
Should you feel guilty for killing the bugs in your house?
Your Mileage May Vary is an advice column offering you a unique framework for thinking through your moral dilemmas. It’s based on value pluralism — the idea that each of us has multiple values that are equally valid but that often conflict with each other. To submit a question, fill out this anonymous form.
I asked a billionaire about his environmental philanthropy. It didn’t go well
Earlier this year, a billionaire investor and philanthropist named Tom Kaplan auctioned off a small Rembrandt drawing of a lion at Sotheby’s in New York City. It sold for nearly $18 million. A press release prior to the auction noted that Kaplan would donate the proceeds of the sale to an environmental organization that he co-founded, called Panthera, which conserves wild cats like lions and jaguars.
13 Times Trump Outmaneuvered the System
From questionable business bankruptcies to dodging political accountability, we rounded up 13 times Donald Trump successfully gamed the system—while the rest of us were left holding the bag.
If You Were A Weird Kid Who Grew Up To Be A Weirder Adult, You’ll Probably Love These 30 Items
(*swims over to you in the pool*) Do you want to play mermaids?
What’s The Creepiest Thing That’s Ever Happened To You?
I have been to the most haunted hotel in America, and...it was spooky, NGL.
29 TikTok-Approved Items To Recommend To Your Friends Before They See ’Em On Reels In Two Weeks
If you’re not up to date on the latest viral beauty product, wardrobe must-have, or why-didn’t-I-think-of-that invention, fret not — we've done the scrolling for you.
27 Shoes Reviewers Say They Traipsed In For Miles…So They’re Perfect For Your City Vacation
Those 20,000 steps in London will feel like an easy ~feat~.
Inside The Murder Of Matthew Shepard And The Controversial Trial Of His Killers
University of Wyoming student Matthew Shepard was beaten to death in October 1998 by two men who targeted him because he was gay. A decade later, his murder spurred federal legislation against hate crimes.
Weird Stuff Under $20 That’s Getting Super Popular Now
These things might be strange, but they're earning the adoration of thousands of shoppers.
OpenAI needs a 26x revenue increase to justify its buildout
J.P. Morgan ran the numbers on the AI buildout: to clear a 10% return on current capital expenditure, the sector needs to generate roughly $650 billion a year in revenue. The actual run-rate is about $25 billion.
27 Outdoor Toys That Reviewers Say Kept Their Kids Busy For “Hours”
This is stuff that core summertime memories are made of.
Journalist who investigated Epstein's New Mexico compound says she's been hit with directed-energy weapons
Alisa Valdes-Rodriguez, a veteran journalist who spent years investigating Jeffrey Epstein's Zorro Ranch compound in New Mexico — including ties to surveillance of nearby U.S.
US lost 4 million tourists in 2025 — and the World Cup won’t fix it
Eighty million more people traveled internationally in 2025 than the year before. But they weren't coming to the United States. CNN's analysis of the tourism collapse: roughly 4 million fewer international visitors and $14 billion in lost spending — a 5.5% drop.
Nebraska dog shoots woman at convenience store
A woman was shot in the arm Sunday by a dog inside a parked truck at a convenience store in Scottsbluff, Nebraska,
This refurbished ASUS Chromebook handles the basics for $150
The refurbished ASUS Chromebook CM30 combines a detachable touchscreen design, stylus support, 8GB RAM,
Why prompt debt, retrieval debt, and evaluation debt are quietly reshaping enterprise AI risk
Over the past two decades, technical debt meant outdated architecture, messy code, and poorly maintained documentation. That definition is no longer sufficient in the AI era, where failure modes are more subtle and often non-linear. AI systems are introducing new layers of technical debt that live across prompts, models, and data dependencies — making these layers less visible, harder to measure, and often more dangerous than traditional debt.
The International Space Station has sprung a new leak
The very premium air leak in the very best Russian part of the International Space Station is back! It may well be that, much like the Little Green Men in Crimea, it's been there waiting to cause trouble all along.
Stephen Colbert follows up Late Show finale by hosting Michigan public access program
On July 1, 2015, shortly before taking over “The Late Show” on CBS, Stephen Colbert unexpectedly spent an hour at midnight guest-hosting a public access television show in Monroe, Michigan,
Sea lions play “pufferball”with unfortunate fish
Sea lions are the adorable dogs of the ocean, but lacking balls to play with, they play with the next best thing — fish that turn into balls when threatened. Puffer fish inflate into a ball when frightened, much to the delight of sea lions, who use them in a game that has been dubbed "pufferball."
Trump Mobile data breach may affect far more than its own customers
As Rob mentioned on Friday, the Trump phone can’t be found in the wild: the only models out there, as far as any outlet can see,
Albino softshell turtle looks like a real-life Pokémon
An albino softshell turtle looks more like a rare Pokémon than a real animal. Its pale body, leathery shell, and long snorkel-like nose make it seem like a fantasy creature. I had no clue that turtles could look this way, and I'm delighted to find out that they do.
Baby aardvarks look like tiny aliens
Baby aardvarks look like little aliens. Their long snouts seem almost too big for their bodies, and their hairlessness makes them oddly endearing.
DHS issues “Be On The Lookout” notice for Ben Palmer and his fake ICE hotline
With Kristi Noem out of there, it seems like Homeland Security finally has the freedom to tackle the issues that really matter: namely, all those pesky comedians and their pesky comedy.
Ice-cream-obsessed senior dog proves that the sweet treat is the key to longevity!
A sweet ice-cream-obsessed senior dog is giving me so much joy today! Meet Edward, a super cute senior gray bully mix with adorable little white "socks" on his feet.
Netflix’s Avatar season 2 keeps the washed-out look fans hated
There is no color grading in Ba Sing Se. Whoever first made that joke about how men should stop being influencers and become gaffers clearly had the right of it.
Shag carpet around the toilet — the 1970s were something else
These were the bizarre carpeted bathrooms of the 1970s. People put shag carpet around bathtubs, toilets, and sinks because it was considered luxurious and cozy at the time. Some bathrooms even had giant sunken tubs, mirrors everywhere, fake plants, velvet textures, and pink fixtures.
Why are these antique pipes shaped like human hands?
From the Lost Found Art personal collection, these amazing wooden pipes span the 19th century and across continents, each one turning a simple pipe into something part tool, part talisman. They are shaped like hands, each holding the pipe's bowl.
“Smosh Reads Reddit Stories” is my new podcast obsession
If you need something new to listen to while you cook, drive to work, or walk your dog, I have the perfect podcast! I recently discovered "Smosh Reads Reddit Stories"—yes, that Smosh, the YouTube sketch comedy-improv collective founded by Anthony Padilla and Ian Hecox that took off in the early 2000s.
Of course Amazon turned The Boys into a cinematic universe
Seriously, guys? Homelander's body isn't even cold yet. For a prime example of "die a hero or live long enough to see yourself become a villain," look no further than Amazon's superhero satire The Boys.
There was a T. Rex of the sea and it was terrifying
An examination of fossils found decades ago revealed a new species of T. Rex. This T. Rex swam in the ocean but was undoubtedly as terrifying as its terrestrial namesake.
NYC bounty hunters earn 25% of fines for catching idling trucks
In 2018, to combat the scourge of vehicle emissions, New York City instituted what amounts to a bounty program for idling vehicles. After losing his non-smoking brother to lung cancer,
This guy bent 70 trees into ladders and bird cages
This collection of photos shows the magical tree experiments of Axel Erlandson.
Alaska's "Dr. Seuss House" is a stacked-cabin tower deep in the woods
Deep in the Alaskan wilderness near Talkeetna sits a mysterious, leaning tower of stacked cabins that people have compared to something out of a children's storybook. Known online as the "Dr.
French Spider-Man rests mid-cliff at 60, no harness needed
Watch legendary rock and urban climber Alain Robert (often called "The French Spider-Man") casually stop to rest his arms in the middle of a climb at age 60 while in leather rock star pants. He's hundreds of feet above the ground hanging onto a tiny ledge, and meanwhile, he looks as relaxed as someone leaning against a fence.
Giant crop postcards turned oversize produce into folk art
During the postcard boom of the early 20th century, people became fascinated with humorous “giant crop” images showing absurdly oversized produce and animals.
The thrift store that exists because airlines lose your bags
Unclaimed Baggage Center in Scottsboro, Alabama, is what happens when lost luggage doesn't get reunited with its owner. After airlines try and fail to return missing bags, the contents end up here instead of disappearing into some storage void. The store then sorts everything out and sells it like a massive, slightly surreal thrift shop.
Rev. William Barber Brings ‘Moral Mondays’ to D.C
Barber is leading faith leaders to mobilize in Washington, D.C., calling for a national movement against "policy violence."
Harlem Restaurant Inspires Apple TV+ Series
Oprah Winfrey and Kenya Barris are turning Melba Wilson’s iconic Harlem restaurant story into an Apple TV+ comedy, finally bringing its legacy to the Hollywood stage.
Tell Us The Movies That Permanently Changed How You Viewed Certain Actors
I know you probably have several.
The pope takes on AI
Monday morning, the Roman Catholic Church made its biggest foray yet into the discourse on artificial intelligence and the role it should play in human life as the technology develops.
ABFF 2026: Best Films at the ‘Homecoming’ Festival
From psychological thrillers to soulful romances, here are the most anticipated films you need to see at this year’s American Black Film Festival in Miami.
65 Years Later, We’re Still Trying To Make The Star Wars Jetpack A Reality
No well-dressed man should be without one. Here's the science behind real-life jetpacks, like in The Mandalorian.
45 Years Later, A Polarizing Cult Classic Thriller Is More Relevant Than Ever
When it was released, 'Possession' was derided as a “video nasty.” Now, it closely reflects our absurd times.
The most underrated sites at our national parks — according to a guy who’s seen them all
Before Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy took his great big American road trip, Mikah Meyer did it first.
How to make the most important choice of your life
The average person works 80,000 hours over the course of their career. Ideally, that time should be fulfilling, well-paid, and spent doing things that make the world a better place.
A Professor Explains the 2026 Midterms
Professor: If you're confused about the midterms, don’t worry. I have you covered. I'm breaking down what you need to know as we head into midterms.
Tuskegee University’s 10 Perfect-GPA Graduates
Tuskegee University's “Talented Ten” are on full display as 10 members of the Class of 2026 maintained perfect GPAs while preparing for careers in healthcare, engineering, education and beyond.
Renewable energy just broke a 100-year-old streak
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Why we need a Memorial Day for civilian victims of war
The first observance of what came to be known as Memorial Day was on May 30, 1868, when a Civil War general called on Americans to commemorate the sacrifices of Union soldiers. It was initially called Decoration Day, for the practice of decorating graves with wreaths and flags. And there were so many graves — more than 300,000 men had died on the Union side, and nearly as many for the Confederacy. In total, more died on both sides of the Civil War than in every other US conflict through the Korean War, combined.
70 kooky things that are so cool & so cheap on Amazon
Within the depths of Amazon you’ll find some of the coolest and weirdest things. These kooky things are so cool and so cheap on Amazon, and you’ll want all of them.
The Best Part Of ‘The Mandalorian And Grogu’ Has Nothing To Do With Visuals
If The Mandalorian was beloved for any reason, it might have been the vibes. The live-action Star Wars series was always, admittedly, light on substance, leaning on the inherent coolness of its titular bounty hunter (Pedro Pascal) and the irresistible cuteness of his adopted son, Grogu, to guide the way. But the atmosphere that made the show so compelling was also delivered in part by Ludwig Göransson, the Oscar-winning composer behind films like Oppenheimer and Sinners.
Why Your Favorite Childhood Nursery Rhymes May Have Been Darker Than You Thought
On the surface, these popular nursery rhymes may seem lighthearted, but their origin stories might be far darker than you ever imagined.
The Tragic True Story Of Nicholas Markowitz, The 15-Year-Old Whose Murder Inspired ‘Alpha Dog’
In 2000, drug dealers kidnapped Nicholas Markowitz and then partied with him for days before finally killing him outside of Santa Barbara, providing the chilling basis for the film "Alpha Dog."
60 Bougie Home Upgrades That Are So Effing Practical & Cheap
It’s easy to trick out your home in top-tier style, using practical finds with small price tags — things that look expensive but cost very little.
30 Historical Photos Of Times Square, The ‘Crossroads Of The World’
Times Square rose to prominence as a hub for news and commerce in early 20th century New York CIty, but it became a center of illicit activity for several decades before its revitalization in the 1990s.
The SEO conference circuit in 2026 is one long argument about what comes next
One of the confirmed sessions at MozCon’s New York date is titled “Preparing for the Death of the Open Web.” The speaker is Mike King, founder of digital marketing agency iPullRank. It is not the most alarming talk title on the 2026 conference calendar. It might be the most honest.
HP pushed a critical BIOS update through Windows Update. It bricked its most expensive laptops
HP customers are reporting that BIOS updates pushed through Windows Update are rendering premium laptops unbootable. The affected devices include the ZBook Ultra G1a, a mobile workstation that costs upwards of £4,000, and the EliteBook X G1a. The updates were flagged as critical, meaning they were applied automatically with no user intervention required.
Congress Must Investigate War Profiteers Once Again
In April, President Donald Trump requested a $445 billion dollar increase to the defense budget, meaning the United States will be spending around $1.5 trillion on the military. Much of the largesse will benefit the “big five” war contractors: Boeing, General Dynamics, Lockheed Martin, Northrop Grumman, and RTX (formerly Raytheon). These are the companies behind such budget-shredding boondoggles as the F-35 and the littoral combat ships.
Inside George Clinton’s Most Iconic Samples
From Funkadelic all the way to Childish Gambino and Salt-N-Pepa, these are some of Clinton's most sampled songs across hip-hop.
Two Amazon data centres in the UAE were hit by drones. The Gulf’s AI ambitions are being tested
Two Amazon Web Services data centres in the UAE were targeted early in the Middle East war. Nearly three months later, oil prices remain around $100 a barrel and the Strait of Hormuz remains closed. The Gulf’s ambition to become a global AI hub is facing its first real stress test.
The Death Of Sam Cooke And The Conflict Details Of His Final Hours
On December 11, 1964, R&B legend Sam Cooke was shot to death by a hotel manager named Bertha Franklin. It was ruled self-defense, but was that really the case?
Is Ann Arbor Ready for Democratic Socialism?
Last year, Zohran Mamdani, Katie Wilson, and other socialists surprised mainstream commentators by overcoming billionaire resistance to win major offices across the country. Their example has been electric: the Democratic Socialists of America (DSA) crossed one hundred thousand members for the first time ever, a suite of progressive Democrats look set for big primary wins ahead of the midterms, and new progressive and democratic socialist candidates are popping up across the country to run for municipal government.
The US blacklisted Anthropic as a security threat. Its spy agencies are using Claude anyway
The US government has a problem it cannot publicly resolve. The Pentagon has officially blacklisted Anthropic as a national security supply chain threat. The NSA is using Anthropic’s AI anyway because there is no alternative.
This Zurich startup built a four-armed robot for space stations. Each astronaut hour it saves is worth $140,000
Orbit Robotics, a Zurich-based startup, has unveiled Helios, a four-armed robot designed to work inside space stations. In microgravity, legs are useless. Helios replaces them with two extra arms that serve as both mobility aids and working hands. The design logic is simple. Two arms anchor the robot to the station interior while the other […]
The Apple Watch is 11 years old and losing momentum. Screenless rivals are winning the next phase
Whoop, Oura, and Google’s Fitbit Air are redefining wearables around AI coaching and passive tracking. Apple’s Health app still feels like a waiting room.
Work offline and on the go with MS Office 2021 for just $30
Get your lifetime license to MS Office Pro 2021 for Windows for $29.97 (reg. $219.99). Sale ends May 31 at 11:59 p.m. PT.
The Outsize Political Power of Canada’s Western Separatists
Alberta Premier Danielle Smith, a conspiracy theorist radio host before entering politics, has scheduled a referendum for October on whether the oil-rich Canadian province should hold . . . a future referendum on independence.
Class Struggle Was a Crucial Part of the American Revolution
Late in 1776, with the War of Independence underway in the American colonies, a twenty-four-year-old housepainter named James Aitken walked into Britain’s most important naval dockyard and set it on fire. The damage was significant: estimates for repairs were twice the value of the tea destroyed at Boston harbor three years earlier.
Is British Steel the Next Green Betrayal?
Just days after Britain’s right-wing party Reform won a huge number of local government seats in Lincolnshire, home of the UK’s last remaining coal-fired steel mill, Keir Starmer’s Labour government announced it will bring forward legislation to nationalize British Steel. But rather than save the mill and Labour’s remaining votes in the region, the move puts thousands of jobs at risk.
You can do everything right and things can still go wrong. “Moral luck” is a way to live with that
Your Mileage May Vary is an advice column offering you a unique framework for thinking through your moral dilemmas. It’s based on value pluralism — the idea that each of us has multiple values that are equally valid but that often conflict with each other. To submit a question, fill out this anonymous form.
How clips ate the internet
Our social media feeds are being inundated by clips. Big names like Justin Bieber, reality shows like RuPaul’s Drag Race, and even AI companies like Perplexity — they’re all using bite-sized video segments to advertise themselves on social media. And they’re not just posting from their own accounts; they’re paying thousands of anonymous people to do it for them.