Curiosities
Don’t fall for claim US Navy officer refused Trump’s order to strike Iran
Claim:
U.S. Navy Rear Adm. Paul Lanzilotta refused President Donald Trump's order to attack Iran by issuing "a formal legal rebuttal" that froze the chain of command until Trump's deadline to attack passed.
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In April 2026, a series of Facebook posts claimed...
Books
Where and How Book Censorship Is Impacting Children’s Publishing Right Now: Book Censorship News, April 10, 2026
In mid-March, Dial Books, a long-time imprint at Penguin Random House, shut down unexpectedly. No one knew it was happening, including the authors or the editors, many of whom lost their jobs. News about the closure offered no answers...
TV Shows
Law & Order – “Beyond Measure” – Review: Faith Without Justice is Just Another Theft
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When Faith, Power, and Justice Don’t Add UpLaw & Order’s “Beyond Measure” is an episode about faith—but not the kind that lives in churches or catechisms. It’s about the faith people place in institutions, in justice, in moral authority,...
TV Shows
The Pitt – Hour Fourteen (8:00 p.m.) – Review: Hard Place To Leave, Harder Place To Stay
In the penultimate hour of the season — written by Noah Wyle — an exhausted team is asked to give everything they have left in order to finish their charting, while some of them are forced to confront their...
TV Shows
Hacks – Season 5 – Open Discussion + Poll
Season 5 of Hacks has started airing on HBO Max.Let us know your thoughts as the season progresses in the comments below and vote in the poll.NOTE: People will be posting their thoughts/reactions to the season as a whole,...
TV Shows
Use Them or Lose Them: Grey’s Anatomy Has Two More Characters It May Need to Write Out
When Grey’s Anatomy announced that both Teddy and Owen would leave the series after Season 22, there was some buzz.There’s no doubt their story has stagnated, but they’re not the only...
Books
Overnight by Dan Richards audiobook review – an immersive journey into the night worker’s world
‘To stay out late, to remain awake and mobile from dusk till dawn, to walk the streets all night as Charles Dickens did during a bout of insomnia in 1860, is to enter an unfamiliar state of being and...
Movies
Netflix’s “Big Mistakes” Starts Off Feeling Small but Settles into Its Best Self
The first two episodes of Netflix’s “Big Mistakes,” which basically play as one hour-long episode, actively annoyed me. A premise that feels overly familiar in the era of ordinary people getting caught up in violent situations a la “Ozark”...
Latest News
South Korea jails 90-year-old woman for laundering son’s drug money
The woman has been sentenced to a year in jail for laundering money for her son who is imprisoned...