August 2021 Impact Articles
- Sidney Powell trying to explain her election conspiracy to an Australian reporter is pure cringe comedy
- How to talk to conservatives about climate change
- 50 incredibly clever things under $30 you should already own
- Can you recycle pizza boxes? How to handle the most confusing "recyclables"
- A woman demanded a doctor treat her husband's COVID with horse dewormer. A judge backed her up
- Hurricane Ida, supercharged by climate change, was a terrifying preview of the future
- Someone tell Mississippi's governor that heaven isn't a consolation prize for COVID
- The 6 best cheap Apple Watch bands for men
- The conservative Supreme Court just sentenced tens of thousands of people to homelessness
- Researchers discovered the bones of a "god of death" whale that walked on land
- A group of Capitol cops just sued Trump for the Jan. 6 insurrection
- You know it's time to log off when the Holocaust nostalgia begins
- The "winners" and "losers" of climate change, according to scientists
- Even Floridians really, really don't want Ron DeSantis to run for president
- Lindsey Graham is about 8 months late to the impeachment party
- Erik Prince, one of the worst men alive, is trying to make a fortune off the Afghanistan chaos
- Airbnb will house Afghan refugees, a great reminder that the resources to help people in need already exist
- Anti-vaxxers turn on Trump, who was always just a useful idiot for them
- The Capitol police are trying to move past Jan. 6 — by moving beyond D.C.
- The wall Trump built for a fake crisis just got washed away by floods from a real crisis
- Andrew Cuomo reportedly abandoned his dog on his way out of the governor's mansion
- The future of the GOP isn't legislating. It's shitposting
- I will personally fight and overpower Elon Musk's new Tesla robot
- GOP Rep. Mo Brooks totally gets why you'd want to blow up the Library of Congress
- These researchers are launching a modern day Noah's Ark to save species from extinction
- Afghans don't need the West to "save" them from Islam
- Far-right pillow enthusiast Mike Lindell really went off the rails this week
- Decluttering is bad for the planet. Here’s how to do it sustainably
- Facebook introduces VR workplaces, a thing no one wanted
- Turns out Lauren Boebert's husband made a fortune from one of the country's worst polluters
- Kyle Rittenhouse killed their son. Now they're suing the cops they say let it happen
- Texas is the perfect microcosm of America's next COVID surge
- 48 wildly popular things to get before they sell out
- Fox News wants to know whether the U.S. really needs to take in Afghan refugees (Spoiler: Yes)
- How to best help Haiti, according to Haitians
- Artists are creating interactive music videos to show the effects of climate change
- How to talk about the news without being an asshole
- Everyone is bungling their Afghanistan commentary in favor of covering their own ass
- The death toll of the Haiti earthquake just keeps rising
- Let's revisit Barbara Lee's lonely vote against the Afghanistan invasion
- Colorado's Secretary of State says a Republican County Clerk helped leak voting machine passwords to a conspiracy website
- Fox News is weirdly thirsty for Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, according to leaked emails
- This Friday the 13th is very unlucky for Trump, who is still not the president
- MyPillow maestro Mike Lindell held the world's worst cybersecurity conference
- Rudy Giuliani is on Cameo, and we have some ideas
- Rand Paul suddenly remembered his wife tried to make money off of COVID treatments
- Science Has Bad News for the Jerk Who Claims Those Flirty Texts Aren't Cheating
- There's One Thing You Should Say if You Want to Be Awesome at Doing Sex
- Millennials Are the Best-Educated Generation in History — But It's Not All Good News
- Senate Democrats are finally taking climate change seriously in their reconciliation bill
- An alpaca named Geronimo is tearing England apart
- Crabs are horny for plastic, and humans are all too eager to provide
- Welcome to conservative media's war on … 'Muppet Babies'?
- The real reason prescription drugs cost so much
- Chicago is releasing feral cats to deal with its rat problem
- Even the former surgeon general who served under Trump thinks banning mask mandates is "unconscionable"
- Twitter's photo-cropping algorithm preferred young, white faces
- Why is the DOJ going so easy on the Capitol rioters? A federal judge wants to know
- Andrew Cuomo steps down after report finds he sexually harassed employees
- This Is Why Dudes Love Morning Sex, Survey Confirms
- New Study Says You Can Fix Your Sleep With One Delicious Mineral: Magnesium
- What Are the Health Benefits of Turmeric? Here's What Science Says About the Spice
- Oh dear god, viewer trust in Fox News has actually gone up this year
- This fake website shows how depressingly easy it is to convince anti-vaxxers of almost anything
- The largest employer on Earth is making COVID vaccines mandatory
- “Code red for humanity”: The new UN climate report is a blaring wake-up call for action
- "We will not wear a mask": Rand Paul takes a bold stance on being a dumbass
- The Gulf Stream is at risk of collapse. If it does, the global results would be catastrophic
- Florida kids can now use anti-bullying grants to transfer schools instead of having to wear masks
- Move over, Barefoot, this new MAGA wine is now the worst wine
- A criminal complaint has been filed against Andrew Cuomo
- No longer a congressman, Steve King is free to simply be a racist
- A Texas Republican leader who shared anti-vaccine memes has died from COVID
- Climate change is ravaging Florida. So why is everyone buying homes there?
- The FBI reportedly wants to know more about Rudy Giuliani’s burgeoning film career
- We waited too long to act on climate change, and now the world is on fire
- 44 ridiculously helpful things you'll be so glad you bought
- Trump’s latest grift: Completely pointless membership cards
- Tennessee wants to fine schools millions for even hinting at critical race theory
- Climate change could wipe out Emperor penguins by 2100 and I'm devastated
- Mexico is suing U.S. gun manufacturers over firearms flowing across the border
- No matter who wins, the Olympics host city always loses
- Arkansas's governor is very sorry he engineered a COVID surge in his state
- Quick Healthy Dinner Recipes: What nutritionists cook when they're feeling lazy
- Andrew Cuomo sexually harassed multiple women, attorney general investigation finds
- What Madison Cawthorn packs for his flight: Heat
- ISIS has invaded Trump-centric social network Gettr
- Obama is hosting a massive birthday bash with Pearl Jam, for some reason