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Introducing More Coins!

Look for these freshly minted coins, coming soon to a lint trap (or jar!) near you.
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Production Notes on Amazon’s Melania Trump Documentary

Note 1: Use clip of her smiling, but crop out Putin and Chernobyl.
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I’m the P.I. Who Tailed Your Husband and I Regret to Inform You That He Has a Work Wife

That’s the two of them, in the break room, sharing an inside joke about avocados.
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Other Apps the Government Might as Well Ban

Candy Crush, so that we may all have relationships with our mothers again.
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Dear Pepper: What a Way to Make a Livin’

Juggling life and work as an artist feels like trying to juggle a live, squirming human child and Schrödinger’s theoretical cat.
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Daily Cartoons

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A man and a woman sit at a kitchen counter reading on their devices. The man is looking at a post about DeepSeek.
“Apparently, there’s a new Chinese A.I. company that can much more cheaply make us have to hear about A.I.”
Cartoon by Adam Douglas Thompson

The Singularity

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Meet My Shitty A.I. Friends

Crystal: Only ever messages you when she needs something—usually a software update—but still starts the chat acting like she’s just checking in.
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Introducing PenceGPT, from the Makers of ChatGPT

You may be wondering, What can I expect from a chatbot that generates text based on Mike Pence’s speeches and interviews? Well, look no further than this handy guide.
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Emerging Fields in Artificial Intelligence

Automated Web-series creation, deep text-message analysis, and other developments in machine learning.
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Why I’ll Never Be Replaced by a Robot

I do certain things at work that a robot would never be able to replicate, like spending two to three hours in the bathroom every day.

Comics

Blitt’s Kvetchbook

Heil or No Heil?

A fascist field guide.
Culture Desk

Revisiting “The Plot Against America”

I read and reread Philip Roth’s book to try to understand the present, to make sense of what may happen.
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Different Ways to Keep in Touch with Your Long-Distance Friends

Bribe their therapist to let you surprise-join one of their Zoom sessions.
Sketchpad

The Risks of Standing Still in New York

Beware! You might start an impromptu queue or get declared a landmark.

More Humor

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Millennials: Where Are They Now?

Once, they were everywhere—in laugh tracks for “The Big Bang Theory,” in breathless think pieces about social-media narcissism. Then—poof! Gone like yesterday’s avocado toast.
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How to Style Thrifted Clothes

Take those designer jeans and lay them on a baking sheet. Sprinkle lightly with sea salt.
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I’m a Hundred and Thirty Years Old—Here’s What I Wish I’d Known When I Was a Hundred and Ten

When you’re a hundred and ten years old, you don’t think twice about attempting a backside one-eighty-degree nosegrind down the suicide stairs at Crack Park.
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Welcome to Our First/Final Book Club

Since reading isn’t our strong suit, let’s skip talking about the book that was recommended by a hot movie star and just eat brunch.
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Just in Case

How about this for fun: let’s try pasteurizing our own milk.
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App Privacy Updates for Teens

Parents can rest assured that the new security features won’t interfere with your child’s secret Snapchat account.
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Expanding Our Two-Factor Authentication System

Our top priority is making sure no hacker gets into your account. So, as soon as we locate your biological grandparents and compare their DNA to yours, we will allow you to safely log in to your account.
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From the Makers of Roach Motel

Introducing a roach prewar dream house, a Taco Bell crispy five-cheese roach cantina, and a roach CrossFit gym.
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Is It Anxiety, or Is a Tiger Trying to Kill You?

Are you gasping for air because your mom texted “Call me” with zero context, or is there an apex predator on the Brooklyn-bound L train?
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The Ideal New Year’s Eve Party for People Who Want to Go Out but Also Stay In

There is a champagne tower, and then next to it a water-glass tower to remind you to hydrate.