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Technology California strips consumer protections against automated decision-making systems Mark Frauenfelder

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Science Company markets "T. Rex leather" made with fossilized collagen Gail Sherman

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cute Watch: Adorable spiders hunt bugs and turn them into delicious smoothies Popkin

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politics Comedian infiltrates MAGA protest as stormtrooper; they fail to see the irony Grant St. Clair

magic Woman who tricked her way into mens-only Magic Circle to rejoin it Rob Beschizza

lego Lego xylophone made entirely with bricks–and works beautifully Jennifer Sandlin

economics America's 19 wealthiest households barely squeak by with trillion-dollar windfall in 2024 Ellsworth Toohey

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