Fracturing trillion-ton iceberg may lead to a surge in volcanic eruptions

🌋 From ice to fire: The trillion-ton wake-up call

What happens when the planet’s biggest iceberg disappears?

A trillion-ton iceberg is falling to pieces. (We can all relate, right?) Iceberg A23a broke off the Filchner-Ronne ice shelf in Antarctica in 1986 and has been melting into the sea ever since. Today, A23a is “only” 656 square miles, and by November, it will be no more.

But here’s what most headlines aren’t telling you: this isn’t just about melting ice and rising seas. It’s what comes next that has scientists worried. Think lava. Think pressure. Think global chain reaction. (2025 just keeps bringing the hits, huh?)

As Mark Wales reports, the next phase of climate change may not just be warmer. It could be wilder, with eruptions, gas clouds, and weather whiplash triggered by melting ice. But here’s the good news: the science is clear, the warning signs are loud, and the window to act is still open. If we pay attention now, we might just keep the magma where it belongs.

😂 When drama dies laughing

Brad Pitt, Batman, and a flower shop walk into a drama…

Hollywood is dipping its collective toe back into the middle-tier budget comedy. Movies like The Naked Gun and The Roses (I haven’t seen it yet, no spoilers) are once again on the big screen, racking up laughs and dollars. Outtakes are great, sure, but the real treasure? When a Very Serious Scene trips on its own gravitas and faceplants into comedy.

The internet recently rallied around a handful of infamous movie moments that were supposed to make us gasp but instead made audiences cry-laugh, rewind, and share them like sacred inside jokes. Let’s just say they involve a beloved leading man, a blockbuster villain, and one very awkward “hello.”

As Ryan Reed reports, they might be the most unintentionally hilarious scenes in film history.

And what did we learn?

We have a weekend’s worth of polls and quizzes to wade into so let’s get into it.

Friday’s Poll: What’s your go-to survival move in a heatwave?

• The overwhelming winner was Smart thermostat + science.

Saturday’s Quiz: Where did the terms “left” and “right” in politics come from?

• The layout of the French National Assembly during the Revolution

And that, GOOD readers, is the first time I stumped you! The most popular response was ‘The left and right wings of the White House, where early U.S. parties met,’ but only by just a smidge!

Sunday’s Poll: What's your favorite cure for motion sickness?

• A tie! Dramamine, baby! Bring on the drowsy relief.

• With: Something else.

Reader JSJudy had a bulletproof solution: “Don't get in any moving contraption.” Well played, JSJudy, well played!

🍅 David Lynch, tuna fish, and the secret to surreal genius

Why the guy behind Eraserhead basically ate like a gym bro.

When you think of David Lynch, you don’t think “routine.” You think “rabbits in a sitcom,” or “the sound a nightmare makes.” But Lynch swore that repeating the same meal every day, tomatoes, tuna, feta, olive oil, actually unlocked his wildest ideas.

In this piece by Ryan Reed, we learn how Lynch’s creative method also included seven straight years of milkshakes at Bob’s Big Boy (at exactly 2:30 p.m.), and why therapists say this all makes surprising psychological sense.

Turns out, freeing your mind might start with boring your lunch.

💬 From the group text…

Now here’s a grandson who is setting the bar a little high for the rest of us! Flowers and a card? Bush league. Try setting up a professional photo shoot in Paris.