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accidents A long list of penis mishaps in 2022 Mark Frauenfelder

late stage capitalism Hilarious 'Hater's Guide to the Williams-Sonoma Catalog' Rusty Blazenhoff

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books The Strange Case of the Tom Ripley of Book Publishing Thom Dunn

jeopardy Amy Schneider is Jeopardy's first trans contestant to qualify for the Tournament of Champions Annie Rauwerda

south korea Why is Squid Game such a huge international hit? Maddie Lee

china Chinese man crosses Taiwan Strait in rubber dinghy Jess Sabine

Republicans GOP group bullies donors who don't give every month: "We will have to tell Trump you're a DEFECTOR" Carla Sinclair

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dprk Kim Jong-Un dead again Rob Beschizza

tabloids The Man Who Knew Too Much! Why China murdered its own ambassador, in this week's highly dubious tabloids Peter Sheridan

north korea North Korean leader claimed to be "in grave danger" after heart operation Rob Beschizza

Business Oculus Quest and Rift S now shipping Xeni Jardin

human rights North Korean escapee makes heartfelt plea to Trump to hold Kim Jong-un accountable for his atrocities Rusty Blazenhoff

late stage capitalism The pharma billionaires whose family company created the opioid epidemic are disintegrating into a bickering mess Cory Doctorow

books Charles Stross's "Dark State": transdimensional, nuclear-tipped mutually assured destruction by way of a first-rate spy novel Cory Doctorow

class war The GOP tax plan was supposed to gouge high tax blue states with massive hikes, but it'll probably end up making them richer Cory Doctorow

Business How big is the market for DRM-Free? Cory Doctorow

fake news Trump's White House hit list, America's most hated mom, and sex scandals, in this week's tabloids Peter Sheridan