Single-use kitchen gadgets can be contentious, but some tools really do the job better than anything else. A pizza cutter is precisely that kind of tool. Even with a great set of knives, a pizza cutter is better equipped to handle hot, melty cheese. And if you don’t fancy yourself much of a chef, a […]

You’ve likely seen the headlines about the newfound dangers of gas stoves, prompting renters and homeowners everywhere to begin frantically searching for alternatives to gas stoves. That’s right, the stovetop that is featured in every HGTV makeover, Nancy Meyers-dream kitchen, and gritty TV show about restaurants is now out. Carmy, tell us it ain’t so. […]

There’s a classic Curb episode in which Larry David investigates which of his friends doesn’t respect wood — that is, he tries to get to the bottom of who damaged Julia Louis-Dreyfus’ table by not putting a coaster down. Many of the grievances of the fictionalized version of Larry David are frankly ridiculous, but we’re […]

When it comes to consuming anything chilled, it’s the ice that makes the drink. And no, not all ice is created equal. There’s inferior ice, like those large cubes that take up the whole glass, or half moons that are inexplicably underwhelming. There’s ice that tastes like it was pulled directly from a picturesque Montana […]

In May of 2019, when a 28-year-old Washington Post video journalist named Dave Jorgenson thrust his employer to the vanguard of Gen Z media by inaugurating @washingtonpost on TikTok, he followed two other accounts from the Post’s new handle. One was @ashtonkutcher. (Impostor.) The other was @nytimes. (Also an impostor.) “It was just some kid […]

The spectacular collapse of Sam Bankman-Fried’s empire was as much a shock to the cryptocurrency markets as it was a personal surprise to those in the halls of power. For years, SBF, as he’s known, had established himself as arguably the chief lobbyist for the blockchain world; he was a friendly, helpful face guiding lawmakers through […]

Elon Musk’s ultimatum—that Twitter employees either go “extremely hardcore” or get lost—appears to have backfired. Instead of motivating the social media company’s remaining employees to stay on (he already laid off about half of the staff when he took over), Musk’s edict for workers to commit to this “new Twitter” by 5 p.m. Thursday reportedly […]

In the same vein, the Babylon Bee account was banned for misgendering Rachel Levine, a four-star admiral of the U.S. Public Health Service Commissioned Corps, and the nation’s highest-ranking openly transgender official. Kathy Griffin’s ban was brief; she was suspended on November 7 after changing her account name to Elon Musk. While impersonating Musk, she tweeted: “After much […]