As you might guess from their name, Light thinks most modern football helmets weigh too much--and are exacerbating head injuries because of it.

Their competitors disagree.

It's a fight over physics, medicine and business strategy that could change the face of the sport.

To report this story, I travelled to Light's HQ in sunny Carlsbad CA, as well as the country's premiere independent helmet-testing lab in Blacksburg, VA to learn more about the engineering marvel that is a modern football helmet.

But not everyone agrees on what constitutes a good one.

Nomi's chatbots have become an overwhelmingly positive force in Karalyn's life. But the wider chatbot industry is also at a crossroads in the wake of two high-profile, chatbot-related suicides. Can this software really shoulder the weight of our country's loneliness epidemic?

I wonder if he's seen Mickey 17 yet

Feat. this massive nutcracker, face-down in a cardboard box, its head crushed under a Swedish leafblower.

Always find the local angle

January round of media layoffs :/

Me leaving Twitter after seeing too many race science posts

Based on the (great!) Jon Stewart profile in The Nation, it appears that there may have been a brief period of time in which Steve Carell was living on the same campaign bus as David Foster Wallace

Ummmm CTCSquares.bsky.social - why are there shrimp tails in my cereal? (This is not a bit).