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mad kings Trump wants "severe consequences" for Obama, whether it's "right or wrong" (video) Carla Sinclair

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politics NaNoWriMo shutting down Rob Beschizza

democracy Former MAGA cult member debates current Trump worshipper about January 6 Mark Frauenfelder

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occult The Enduring Legacy of Parapsychologist J.B. Rhine Mitch Horowitz

Boing Boing Gadgets Brilliant makes learning about math and science shockingly fun Boing Boing's Shop

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The SATS were literally invented by a eugenicist to uphold white supremacy Thom Dunn

COVID-19 A train engineer in California took the Trolley Problem way too literally and did it bad Thom Dunn

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computer science Lies programmers believe about calendars Cory Doctorow

Business Just because Cambridge Analytica tells its customers it can sway elections, it doesn't follow that they're any good at it Cory Doctorow

podcasts What scam artists can teach us about the human brain Mark Frauenfelder

psychology Great deal on book about cognitive biases: You Are Not So Smart Mark Frauenfelder

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