picks I wonder if my house sitter found the 'Snakes in a Can' yet Jason Weisberger

mechanical keyboards Cyberdeck with punishingly minimal 30% keyboard Rob Beschizza

History Sid Caesar built the writers' room that taught Mel Brooks, Neil Simon, Carl Reiner, and Woody Allen how to be funny Ellsworth Toohey

politics "Donald Dump" depicts Trump with sludge oozing out of his mouth Jennifer Sandlin

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animals Honeybee curls up inside closing flower in timelapse video Popkin

Science A new book, Poking the Squid, tells the scandalous, salacious truth about animal sex, in comics form Ruben Bolling

gadgets HP 16c programmer's calculator returns in collectible form Rob Beschizza

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Technology Android 17 brings a customizable virtual gamepad to foldables Séamus Bellamy

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Science The poster child for psychedelic mushrooms is named after a country that doesn't use it Ellsworth Toohey

Weird Video shows a rain curtain splitting a street into two worlds Popkin

criminals Ghislaine Maxwell reportedly finds her mean-girls table in prison Jason Weisberger

politics Saul Goodman returns to celebrate America's 250th Grant St. Clair

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gadgets CrankGPT is an offline AI box for the apocalypse Rob Beschizza

mistakes British police officer accused of using AI to fabricate evidence Rob Beschizza

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