Eat your dinner guests.

ISIS has yet to claim responsibility for the attack on a Sufi mosque in Egypt that killed 305. 1/17

TIME says it didn’t offer “Man of the Year” to Mr. Trump, as Mr. Trump claims. Meanwhile, Jeff Bezos is worth over $100 billion, thanks to Black Friday. 2/17

Twenty-five North Korean defectors explain what life is really like under Kim Jong Un. 3/17

Putin’s opponents in Russia hate the Russian-meddling story, saying it’s the exact story the Kremlin needs to hear to stay in power. 4/17

A member of India's governing party offered a $1.5 million reward for someone to behead a leading Bollywood actress. 5/17

Rebecca Solnit re-maps New York City to recognize women who've shaped it since the beginning. 6/17

Here’s the complete list of women, with all of their evidence, who've accused the president of sexual misconduct. 7/17

“It’s still a teachable moment where we can learn from what happened in 1991.” Notes from a recent conversation with Anita Hill and her supporters. 8/17

The chief of Pixar and Disney animation, known for "grabbing and kissing," takes a leave of absence. 9/17

“When the Weinstein story broke an older male writer said to me: ‘Jesus, if they’re going to go back through every casting couch encounter, we’ll be here forever.’” Attention, men: We might be here a while. 10/17

The argument for being cosmopolitan is even more persuasive in the Trump era. 11/17

Some conspiracy theories to explain how Costco is able to sell a very good, 18-year-old single malt Scotch for $38. 12/17

A non-existent research article has been cited in nearly 400 actual scientific white papers. 13/17

Video: Check out an exciting application of autonomous vehicle technology: self-driving wheelchairs (for the many who require assistance to use their power wheelchairs). 14/17

Some recently declassified CIA photographs of the 1963 Moscow Fair include several cat pics. 15/17

A Thanksgiving proposal: in the future, to be better citizens of our Earth, let’s skip the turkey and eat a dinner guest instead. 16/17

“The gods of my tribe, if that’s what they are, have spoken since the beginning of time. I don’t know what they said but I do not believe they wanted us to be alone. I’m trying.” A personal essay on celebrating Thanksgiving as a Native American (and not one portrayed by Wednesday Addams). 17/17


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