Business Jim Bakker selling fake coronavirus cures now Xeni Jardin

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politics TED-stage futurist/longevity salesman says mass surveillance will make us behave Séamus Bellamy

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social media Roost: an app that sends messages at the speed of birdflight Rob Beschizza

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History In 532 AD, a chariot racing riot nearly toppled the Byzantine Empire Ellsworth Toohey

Science How Claude Shannon used his wife as a language model in 1950 Ellsworth Toohey

Technology The YouTube channel with 77,000 videos of red and blue rectangles Ellsworth Toohey

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Science This weekend's blue moon is also a micromoon (but won't be blue and isn't smaller) Rob Beschizza

music Ozzy Osbourne AI avatar will be 'tasteful' Rob Beschizza

politics Trump phone is years-old knockoff with wrong number of stripes on U.S. flag logo Rob Beschizza

Science Early 1900s Thermocap hair loss device looks like sci-fi medical tech gone wrong Popkin

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