Comics "The Nice House on the Lake" is a cozy riff on cosmic horror Thom Dunn

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ftc FTC proposes new rule to ban non-compete clauses Andrew Yi

LGBTQI+ positivity Whiskey ad sends message of love and celebration Jennifer Sandlin

penises 99-year-old woman gets her dying wish: a giant penis on her grave Thom Dunn

astrophysics How to calculate the power of a black hole collision Thom Dunn

Heart damage to asymptomatic children with COVID-19 could require lifelong monitoring and interventions Mark Frauenfelder

castaways Teaser for documentary about the "real-life Robinson Crusoe boys" Mark Frauenfelder

Weird Thief sucked used Burger King grease into 1,600 gallon truck container to resell for biofuel Xeni Jardin

climate Peak Indifference: are we reaching climate's denial/nihilism tipping point? Cory Doctorow

Japan Naked Japanese hermit forced back into civilization after 29 years on deserted island Rusty Blazenhoff

travel The DHS has illegally stuffed America's airports full of $1B worth shitty, malfing facial-recognition tech Cory Doctorow

law The secret text of the GOP's border bill reveals plan to dramatically increase surveillance of Americans and visitors Cory Doctorow

animation Great fan-made Beatles videos Mark Frauenfelder

trump Owner of oldest US brewery wins the hearts of trumpkins Mark Frauenfelder

Science Most detailed 3D map ever made of our Milky Way shows over one billion stars Xeni Jardin

happy mutants My Kansas City World Science Fiction Convention schedule Cory Doctorow

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