News NYPD proudly stages seizure of 106 pounds of legal hemp Mark Frauenfelder

Weird Watch these cars and motorcycles drive into another dimension David Pescovitz

classical music How Houston Symphony's percussionist built the 22-pound hammer that delivers Mahler's "blows of fate" in Symphony No. 6 Ellsworth Toohey

robots Cartwheeling robot can be yours for under $6000 Gail Sherman

video games Japan study shows positive mental health effects from owning video games Thom Dunn

science fiction Jeff VanderMeer's "Absolution" is a dark mirror to the Southern Reach Trilogy Thom Dunn

research Manosphere grifters misuse evolutionary psychology to promote anti-feminist views Jennifer Sandlin

colonialism Puerto Ricans resist disaster capitalists and "Puertopians" in Hurricane Maria's wake Elías Villoro

Oakland Boots Riley's 'I'm a Virgo': fantastical coming-of-age story about a 13-foot-tall Black man in Oakland Rusty Blazenhoff

prison The Drapetomania Collective in Arizona is researching conditions of imprisoned women Elías Villoro

Ancient Apocalpyse Archaeologist David Wengrow pushes back against Ancient Apocalypse—and urges us to consider the power of everyday people Jennifer Sandlin

History Questions about Chilean poet Pablo Neruda Elías Villoro

politics The origins of student debt Elías Villoro

politics Democracy in Chile and the ghosts of Pinochet Elías Villoro

Ford How Ford created the minivan for Chrysler Andrew Yi

toxic masculinity Someone pulled their dick out: 2022 Grammy winner Louis C.K. and the #MeToo movement Maureen Herman

books 'Stolen Skies' closes out Tim Powers fantastic Vickery and Castine series Jason Weisberger

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