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english as she is spoken Why is the English language so weird and inconsistent? Blame the printing press. Thom Dunn
antivaxxers Denver's disease-spreading cops refuse mandatory Covid vaccinations for city workers Rob Beschizza
40 years Watch the first two hours of MTV for its 40th Rusty Blazenhoff

theranos Theranos founder Elizabeth Holmes had a baby, raising questions about her fraud trial beginning this month Mark Frauenfelder
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antivaxxers Denver's disease-spreading cops refuse mandatory Covid vaccinations for city workers Rob Beschizza
english as she is spoken Why is the English language so weird and inconsistent? Blame the printing press. Thom Dunn
40 years Watch the first two hours of MTV for its 40th Rusty Blazenhoff
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Nature We have underestimated the giraffes Rob Beschizza
postcards Scientists create method to mail freeze-dried sperm on postcards David Pescovitz
denver Save (but don't you dare "improve") Denver's weird and wonderful restaurant, Casa Bonita Popkin
time machines Trump "will be back before 2021" one MAGA fan insists Carla Sinclair
wah wah wah wah wah wah Nitrous Oxide user gives an interview Jason Weisberger
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Psychopaths make up 4.5% of the adult population, according to a new meta-analysis Mark Frauenfelder
Fiddle like Nero Gov. Ron DeSantis spins his resistance to common sense as Florida is devastated by COVID-19 Jason Weisberger
standards Watch Billie Eilish's enchanting performance of the 1935 standard "I'm in the Mood for Love" David Pescovitz
Covid Delta Plus could be even more infectious than Delta Mark Frauenfelder
puptastic This puppy in a pink flamingo pool float is having a good time Jason Weisberger
staring matches A magnificent bobcat stares down a couple through their window Carla Sinclair

Seagulls stop it now Yoda using normal speech patterns is mildly confusing Jason Weisberger

Bartenders SpaceX is hiring a spaceport bartender David Pescovitz

mirages This UFO hovering over Glacier Bay in Alaska is being dismissed as an optical illusion David Pescovitz

suckers for trump Trump wants people to carry authorized Trump cards Mark Frauenfelder

a bone to pick A man puts huge skeleton in his front yard with a message for the unvaxxed: "See you soon, idiots!" Carla Sinclair

the funk of forty thousand years Listen to Michael Jackson's "Thriller" with its very different original lyrics David Pescovitz

emoluments Mike Pompeo has "no recollection" of receiving a $5,800 bottle of Japanese whiskey as a gift Mark Frauenfelder

moving air A cheap room fan handily defeats a $650 Dyson Jason Weisberger

Billionaire Boys Club People wondering why Larry Page was let into New Zealand are forgetting that billionaires can do anything they want Mark Frauenfelder