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On a warm night last August, a 12-year-old boy named Shawn Dunkley took a family friend’s electric scooter out for a spin near his home in London, Ontario. It was a powerful machine, ordered from the Chinese online retailer Alibaba....
Written clickbait articles. It’s harder to avoid than it may seem * Cared for celebrity anything * Sent or engaged with WhatsApp forwards * Believed in Astrology, Homeopathy or any Pseudoscience * Engaged in nationalism * Been a “fanboy”...
A photo a day, every day for 2026
Good morning from Charlottesville, Virginia! ☕️ We have the kiddos for the weekend so let’s see how much of this I can get through before they wake up. My first cup of coffee is nice and hot and my fingers are ready to type. I hope you...
Comics Curmudgeon readers! Do you love this blog and yearn for a novel written by its creator? Well, good news: Josh Fruhlinger's The Enthusiast is that novel! It's even about newspaper comic strips, partly. Check it out! Family Circus,...
Today's links The prehistory of the Democratic Nuremberg Caucus: Do bounties for ICE whistleblowers next! Hey look at this: Delights to delectate. Object permanence: Colbert v GWB; Wallaby milk; Jay Rosen's journalism precepts; Radical...
I grew up not being great at giving compliments. This was because I often saw grown-ups around me deploy compliments in a fake, ritualistic way. This made me overcorrect by holding back my appreciation for other people's gifts as some...
By Thom WilsonThrowiGamesShadowdark"Low Levels" Be it known that the evil wizard Kuzax, having performed cruel and twisted experiments on the living and dead, is wanted for crimes against humanity. A bounty of 100 gold coins is offered...
This week sees a comic about a high school.