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Albert Burneko

Los Angeles Angel Of Anaheim Does Amazing Baseball Thing, For Naught

Politics

Bring Forth The Arrest

Barcelona players celebrate Franck Kessié's stoppage-time winner against Real Madrid, Mar. 19 2023

La Liga

Things Are Looking Up For Barcelona, So Long As You Don’t Look Up

Chefector

How To Break Free Of Recipe Dependence

Ron DeSantis with his big gross mouth open like a nightmare baby bird.

This Is So Stupid

Which Three Fingers Did Ron DeSantis Use To Slurp Down Chocolate Pudding Like A Damn Raccoon?

Erling Haaland of Manchester City next to a desperately diving Janis Blaswich of RB Leipzig in Champions League round-of-16

Champions League

Erling Haaland Is A Bolt, Or Five, Of Lightning

Kylian Mbappé, looking skyward in frustration.

Paris Ain’t Germane (To The Discussion Of Possible Champions League Winners)

The Great Outdoors

I Have Been Defeated And Humbled By My Hated Foe, The Wind

Elon Musk and the Cybertruck, in front of a digital readout bragging about the caliber of gunfire it can withstand for some reason.

The Machines

Get A Load Of This Sorry Piece Of Crap

Lonzo Ball watches a Bulls game from courtside, in a hoodie and ball cap.

Chicago Bulls Organization Experiences Performance-Limiting Brain Condition While Participating In Lonzo Ball Injury Updates

Soup cans on a supermarket shelf, with a big Chefector logo in front

It’s Good To Make Your Own Stock Sometimes

A creepy childlike automaton in an old black-and-white photograph

Google’s Search Engine Reveals Its Feelings: Destroy All Humans With A Rain Of Nuclear Fire

Ben Simmons takes a short shot during the Brooklyn Nets' loss to the New York Knicks on Monday night.

Nets Coach: The Challenge With Ben Simmons Is He Is A Crappy Player

Tom Ley

Here Is Your 2023 NBA Trade Deadline Roundup

LeBron James looking up at what's probably a rebound

LeBron James’s Former Colleagues Laud His Greatness, Incredibly Rudely

A vegetable grocery display with carrots and scallions and radishes

You Have No Excuse For Disliking Vegetables

Barry Petchesky

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Chris Thompson

SANTA CLARA, CALIFORNIA - JANUARY 22: Dak Prescott #4 of the Dallas Cowboys reacts during the second half of the game against the San Francisco 49ers in the NFC Divisional Playoff game at Levi's Stadium on January 22, 2023 in Santa Clara, California. (Photo by Lachlan Cunningham/Getty Images)

Which Of These Was The Worst Trick Play Of All Time?

Elon Musk makes a weird face next to a Tesla car

How Not To Interrogate The Ethics Of Tesla’s Busted Autopilot Technology

Three chefs hold a giant fish in an old black-and-white photo

Send Me Your Food Questions

Old-timey scientists fiddle with knobs and toggles on a contraption

Science

Are Your Memories Indexed By Year?

Robot Chomp (L) clashes with Robot Skorpios during the BattleBots Challenge at the Amazon Re:MARS conference on robotics and artificial intelligence at the Las Vegas Speedway, Nevada on June 6, 2019. (Photo by Mark RALSTON / AFP) (Photo by MARK RALSTON/AFP via Getty Images)

The Coolest BattleBots, According To Me, A BattleBot Sicko

A grizzled prospector sits in front of a hovel in an old black-and-white photo

In My Day You Couldn’t Fake-Die For Two Years Without Real Commitment

Mr. Met stands on the dugout at a Mets game

End-Stage Loser Brain Is Ditching Your Favorite Team Because It Wants To Be Good Now

FRANCE - CIRCA 1890: La Sorbonne : chemistry laboratory. Paris, about 1900. (Photo by ND/Roger Viollet via Getty Images)