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olympics Olympic curling gets ugly with Boopgate Gail Sherman

History Vermont's tilted "witch windows" were supposedly designed to stop witches Ellsworth Toohey

books Robert Anton Wilson's favorite puzzle-box mystery writer: John Dickson Carr Mark Frauenfelder

politics Brutalist website criticizes cardboard box giant Uline Rob Beschizza

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ice ICE enlists Palantir to track down people it wants gone Séamus Bellamy

nevada Swarms of Mormon crickets plague Nevada and Idaho Rusty Blazenhoff

vandalism Gentleman sentenced for dousing Bewitched statue with red paint Mark Frauenfelder

hatemongers Christian hate-preacher Greg Locke promises free brooms for any witches who come to his church Mark Frauenfelder

tv Watch: "Lost" Sesame Street footage from 1976 of Wizard of Oz's Wicked Witch that was deemed too scary for reruns David Pescovitz

food as art This edible Nimbus 2000 and other Hogwarts-themed pasta look amazing, Harry Potter fan or not Carla Sinclair

Wizarding Sick of Rowling's transphobia, Quidditch leagues look to rename the sport Jason Weisberger

architecture These weird windows are designed to stop witch attacks Thom Dunn

Spoken Word with Electronics 'Nay, Nay!' Hear the 1960's Stranger-Danger Ballad "Patch the Pony" Turned Into a Halloween Horror Soundtrack Ethan Persoff

mistakes Footpath "through the sea" may be Britain's deadliest Rob Beschizza

science fiction Exclusive excerpt of Rudy Rucker's new novel: Million Mile Road Trip Mark Frauenfelder

happy mutants The Exploding Kittens Random Item "vending machine" was the most popular attraction at Comic-Con Cory Doctorow

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fraud Breaking: Pharma bro Martin Shkreli guilty of fraud Mark Frauenfelder