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Indiana bakery still used Commodore 64 in 21st century Rob Beschizza

public health Homeopathic Berlin Wall Pills made from its pulverized concrete "treat" loneliness, isolation, and oppression Jennifer Sandlin

television Michael Rosenbaum talks about why he decided to walk away from Smallville Devin Nealy

artificial intelligence SHIFT exhibit presents artistic perspectives on artificial intelligence Jennifer Sandlin

occult The Enduring Legacy of Parapsychologist J.B. Rhine Mitch Horowitz

ESP Is Precognition Real? Mitch Horowitz

Boing Boing Gadgets This smart sleep mask detects and gently stops your snoring Boing Boing's Shop

Comics EXCLUSIVE: introducing "The Dusk," a new superhero for dads who realize Batman is not the best role model Thom Dunn

retro gaming Read this excellent article about the making of Zork, the iconic 1977 text adventure Mark Frauenfelder

china Hong Kong protests level up in countermeasures, tactics, art and deadly seriousness Cory Doctorow

law Germany demands an end to working cryptography Cory Doctorow

happy mutants How to Do Nothing: Jenny Odell's case for resisting "The Attention Economy" Cory Doctorow

Science The future of science is in your hands: An interview with Michael Nielsen Karl Schroeder

surveillance Oh for fuck's sake, not this fucking bullshit again (cryptography edition) Cory Doctorow

NASA NASA legend Katherine Johnson turns 100 years old this week Séamus Bellamy

happy mutants At the Golden-Calf Slaughterhouse: an interview with Johannes Grenzfurthner Thomas Kaestle

vids Why Youtube's algorithms push extreme content on every possible subject Clive Thompson

happy mutants William Gibson: what we talk about, when we talk about dystopia Cory Doctorow