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art Is this the inspiration for the Pantone "Colors of the Year"? Gareth Branwyn

tabletop gaming Doc Popular's print on demand One-Dimensional Chess. Gareth Branwyn

tabletop gaming My favorite new game, KnifeTank: The Shüffling, is now on Kickstarter Gareth Branwyn

glitch Pretend your phone's screen is cracked with this wallpaper Rusty Blazenhoff

Comics Doc Pop's risographed mini comics are fun and quirky Rusty Blazenhoff

smartphones Thanks to Doc Pop, there's going to be a yo-yo emoji Rusty Blazenhoff

politics Border goons detain US citizen for having an opinion Ellsworth Toohey

tech Microsoft shuts down Skype after 22 years of service Rob Beschizza

politics Trump underwater in most policy areas, including immigration Rob Beschizza

politics Trump "lab leak" website "inaccurate, flawed, and misleading" Jennifer Sandlin

politics Elf Queen Tilda Swinton Cast as James Bond, Doctor Who and Chosen as Pope Rob Beschizza

fascism DOJ's menacing letter to med journals "a chill down the spine of scientists" Jennifer Sandlin

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france 200 years ago, France forced Haiti to pay $44 billion for daring to free themselves from slavery Ellsworth Toohey

competition New sport of sperm racing is (ahem) coming to Los Angeles Allan Rose Hill

threads Grim UK nuclear war classic Threads to be revived as new series (video) Rob Beschizza

music Blondie drummer Clem Burke, pioneering punk-pop percussionist, RIP Ellsworth Toohey

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