I hope that the Budapest Smile School is the weirdest thing you read about today.
Being struck by lightning is more terrifying than I can imagine.
Attention nerds: big deal prime number news.
Maybe Marco Polo came to North America? Maybe a lot of things.
And now some Japanese retrofuturism to ease you into the weekend.
![National Poetry Month: “WHEN PRAYER DIDN’T AWAY THE GAY, MY DAD TAUGHT ME HOW TO PLAY DOOM ON THE FAMILY COMPUTER [Golden Shovel]”](https://therumpus.net/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/pic-Ty-Raso.jpeg)
