Malik Lazzari has built an audience by making the kind of objects most people assume begin and end as bad ideas in group chats. His sculptures include novelty sex toys inspired by cartoon characters, cleaning products, tree bark, and snack food aesthetics, all handmade, carefully finished, and presented with the kind of straight-faced craft usually

A chaotic video circulating online shows an enraged man shouting slurs at another traveler, claiming the chief executive of United Airlines had personally confirmed a business-class ticket for him, and then discovering the limits of that confidence once police stepped in. Prefer to listen? Play the latest episode of Distorted View Daily below. The footage

A case study from Brazil is drawing attention after researchers reported temporary but striking improvements in an 80-year-old woman with advanced Alzheimer’s disease following high doses of psilocybin-containing mushrooms, including changes in speech, mobility, continence, and social engagement. Prefer to listen? Play the latest episode of Distorted View Daily below. The report is just one

A missing-delivery complaint involving adult diapers has become the latest public meltdown tied to internet personality Andrew Ditch, whose long-running online notoriety has blurred the line between fetish performance, manufactured victimhood, and repeated confrontations with authorities. Prefer to listen? Play the latest episode of Distorted View Daily below. The basic outline is almost impossible to

Grant MacDonald, the cult musician behind the long-running Ram Ranch catalog, has apparently recorded a thank-you video for top Spotify listeners, an unusually polished platform moment for an artist whose work has spent years living in the internet’s least respectable corners. Prefer to listen? Play the latest episode of Distorted View Daily below. That contrast