A recent Boston Police report has revealed the probable plot to Ben Affleck's next crime movie: A 29-year-old male from South Boston, had stolen a box truck loaded with at… Read the rest of the article: A stolen lobster truck crashed into another lobster truck, because Boston

I don't know why this exists, but I'm glad it does. I just want to know how it sounds, and how it plays! I guess I'll have to visit Cranmer… Read the rest of the article: Some guy made a Super Mario guitar out of a popsicle sticks

The Catholic church has plenty of weird relics stored in ornate boxes around the world. Tourists flock to these churches to get a glimpse of the vessels that allegedly contain… Read the rest of the article: Merry Christmas, someone stole Jesus's foreskin

In last week's Superman #18, the eponymous hero held a press conference to reveal his identity to the public. Comic book continuity is ever-shifting, of course, and the connection between Superman… Read the rest of the article: Why is the FBI protecting Superman's civilian identity?

My Wirecutter colleague Thorin Klosowski has written a great new article on what not to do on your employer-issued computer. He consulted with security experts at the New York Times… Read the rest of the article: A clear breakdown of everything your employer can (or can't) see on your computer

Nancy Astor was the first woman to sit in Parliament; this is true. She took her seat as a member of the Conservative Party on November 28, 1919. And so,… Read the rest of the article: The UK's Conservative Party recently put up a new statue of known anti-Semite Nancy Astor

I have kind of an unhealthy fascination with the cultishness of Christian Nationalist American Evangelicals. I was raised Catholic; before I went to high school, my mom actually worked at… Read the rest of the article: A harrowing look inside the apocalyptic Evangelical cult around Donald Trump

The Trump administration's brazen propaganda game has always been strong, and always finds impressive new ways to out-horrible itself. So this is really just the latest example of dehumanizing language… Read the rest of the article: Homeland Security labelled a group of volunteer doctors as "radical political activists"

I think we can all agree that the endless plague of robo-calls has spiraled out of control. But the folks at the public data directory  BeenVerified wanted to quantify exactly how… Read the rest of the article: It's not just you — social security scam phone calls are 23 times more common this year

I release music sometimes, under my own name, or with my rock band, the Roland High Life. And in order to get our songs onto all the major music services,… Read the rest of the article: My music distribution service is now offering automated memes

Back in October, TV writer Liz Alper started posting on Twitter about her harrowing experience as a writer's assistant in LA, hoping to break into the industry. Alper had spent… Read the rest of the article: Hollywood assistants are the latest group to come together, share their salaries, and demand better working conditions

Santa Claus holds a monopoly on Christmas spirit that prevents fair competition in the free market. The time has come to break up his oligarchical empire and free the reindeer… Read the rest of the article: We need to close the North Pole tax loopholes to pay for Universal Elfcare

Yes, this is real. Someone actually made a first-person shooter for the New Testament. From the game's Steam page: "I am Jesus Christ" is a realistic simulator game inspired by… Read the rest of the article: I have so many questions about this new video game where you play as Jesus

Looks like "Grace from Boston" has fallen on some hard times. It's not clear if she's pounding back that smooth Aviation gin during her year-long exercise binge, or after she realizes… Read the rest of the article: A gin company already made a sequel to that dystopian Peloton ad

The Ramones were never a happy family. They never gave much of a crap for the political idealism that would come to be associated with the sound that they defined,… Read the rest of the article: A new court battle over the Ramones' legacy goes back to a song about the KKK

Oh look. A bunch of American police cadets giving a Nazi salute. Whom ever could have seen this coming? From the Charleston Gazette-Mail: Several West Virginia state employees have been… Read the rest of the article: BREAKING: A quantity of those who labor in police departments are the same as those who ignite crucifixes

On Tuesday, December 2, the current Attorney General and former Iran-Contra fixer gave a speech at the Attorney General’s Award for Distinguished Service in Policing in which he threatened to… Read the rest of the article: Bill Barr's police speech proves the GOP doesn't actually care about "small government."

Alan Moore is one of the most well-known names in modern comics. Even if you're not a comic book fan, you've probably at least heard of the guy. There's a good… Read the rest of the article: Leah Moore, Alan Moore's daughter, offers a compassionate defense of her father's infamous crankiness

My only complaint is that it doesn't end with "And introducing Baby Yoda as…THE CHILD!" Nothing has ever spoken to me like this 80’s version intro for #TheMandalorian. Nothing. ???… Read the rest of the article: "The Mandalorian" as a wacky 80s sitcom

In 2003, artist Tom Kiefer took a part-time job as a janitor at a Border Patrol facility in Ajo, Arizona. It was just something to subsidize his creative work. But… Read the rest of the article: A janitor at a detention center saved immigrants' belongings and turned them into art