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work Ghosting is now happening at the workplace too Rusty Blazenhoff

books New biography captures Doonesbury's 50-year sweep of American life Ruben Bolling

History How a 1958 magazine cheered America's slide into installment debt Ellsworth Toohey

gaming The legal and creative battle over who gets to modify beloved games Séamus Bellamy

science fiction Dead sci-fi author debugs reality in Ben H. Winters' "Benjamin" Gareth Branwyn

Technology Stack Overflow is dead, and its toxic community helped kill it Ellsworth Toohey

politics Trump ignores doctors on aspirin because he wants "thin blood" Ellsworth Toohey

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

Food Private equity group eats Denny's for breakfast Rob Beschizza

language The semicolon defended by its advocates Rob Beschizza

Technology Anonymous investor pours millions into undersea community — "to live in the ocean, forever" Ellsworth Toohey

music 99-year-old Dick Van Dyke dances barefoot in new Coldplay video Mark Frauenfelder

politics Former comedian Russell Brand ended up selling "magical amulets" for "EMF protection" Jennifer Sandlin

transgender rights "How does it feel?": Trans man silences Ben Shapiro in explosive exchange Ellsworth Toohey

donald trump Watch this brutal parody of the Musk/Trump event Mark Frauenfelder

music Frank Turner tries to break the world record for most concerts performed in different cities in 24 hours Thom Dunn

television The best sci-fi show you aren't watching is getting a spin-off Gail Sherman

just following gop precedent MAGA chaos erupts on House floor when Democrat says "no" to them (video) Carla Sinclair

creativity The Onion founder reveals tips for boosting creativity Mark Frauenfelder