jimmy kimmel Jimmy Kimmel interviewed the Irish family behind that hilarious bat video Rusty Blazenhoff

censorship Church of England refuses to allow foreign language on a gravestone, calling it a "political statement" Thom Dunn

pizza Irish people have a very strange understanding of "pizza" Thom Dunn

booze These festive cocktails will kick your holiday celebrations up a notch Seamus Bellamy

evangelicals A harrowing look inside the apocalyptic Evangelical cult around Donald Trump Thom Dunn

philosophy How America's hatred of poor people ties back to Puritan work ethic Thom Dunn

pranks Man pranks his friends and family at his own funeral Carla Sinclair

happy mutants The lost audiobooks of Roger Zelazny reading the Chronicles of Amber Cory Doctorow

fake news Wacko Jacko “Perv” proof, Queen shafts Prince Charles, and Angie “anorexic” (again) in this week’s fact-challenged tabloids Peter Sheridan

late stage capitalism How a millionaire slumlord got sweetheart government deals to maintain armed forces housing and then left them to rot Cory Doctorow

ireland Anti-corruption yellow vest protesters in Dublin's streets, protesting the 2008 bailout, Catholic church scandals, spiraling housing costs and no legal weed Cory Doctorow

crime Whitey Bulger's family, lacking a sense of irony, file lawsuit over his 2018 murder Seamus Bellamy

photography A modern mudlarker finds treasures washed up on the River Thames banks David Pescovitz

Weird Listen: Harriet the Singing Donkey serenades passers-by in Ireland Xeni Jardin

religion Interview: Dr. Karl E H Seigfried talks Ásatrú, Heathenry and beards Seamus Bellamy

happy mutants How to Win Friends and Convince People to Watch Eurovision Catherynne Valente

music Ireland lost a musical giant this week Seamus Bellamy

tv Check out Mrs. Brown's Boys Richard Kaufman

authors Grant Morrison interview: "Laughter can banish any and all demons" Propaganda Anonymous

dogs Meet the dog with the world's longest tail David Pescovitz