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religion Brain damage linked to religious fundamentalism, Harvard study finds Ellsworth Toohey

Mike Mignola "Mike Mignola: Drawing Monsters" docu streaming now Bob Knetzger

writing NaNoWriMo endorses AI, faces backlash, and struggles to clarify Thom Dunn

horror "The Unmothers" is Lovecraft for horses and abortion rights Thom Dunn

law U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin revokes plea deal to 9/11 ringleaders Rob Beschizza

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Entertainment Disney's amazing new drone show Ruben Bolling

art With a new app, Leica essentially admits that film is dead Jason Weisberger

rpgs D&D's latest module, "Vecna: Eve of Ruin," and the trouble with high-level adventures Gareth Branwyn

france France now has baguette-scented baguette postage stamps Rusty Blazenhoff

Science Scientist identify the phonetic alphabet of whales Thom Dunn

books Combat Heroes: the 1980s RPG gamebook craze got so wild they were implementing multiplayer grid-based dungeon crawlers in print Rob Beschizza

News Horsehead Nebula should be renamed Cosmic Goose, says AI Mark Frauenfelder

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