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books "The Caliph and the Imam" looks to be a fascinating historical read about the Sunni-Shii split in Islam Elías Villoro

twitter After Musk's Twitter poll showed users want him to resign, he's changing how Twitter polls work David Pescovitz

turkey Turkey to change official name to Türkiye in hopes of ending association with hapless yet delicious bird Rob Beschizza

gender Mr. Potato Head to get genderless rebrand (UPDATE) Rob Beschizza

politics Trump declares classical architecture D.C.'s official style, all federal buildings must now be 'beautiful' Xeni Jardin

australia Australia's new logo looks like coronavirus stock art Rob Beschizza

racism British Tea brands tell off Twitter racists Rob Beschizza

serious business Facebook rebrands as FACEBOOK Rob Beschizza

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music Multi-talented fellow beatboxes while playing the flute David Pescovitz

Business Gizmodo to be acquired for second time in 4 years Xeni Jardin

telcoms New York City makes all prisoner calls free Cory Doctorow

books When to stop reading a bad book? Rob Beschizza

russia "Journalism Jesus" rises from the grave to tweak the nose of Russian intelligence officials Séamus Bellamy

marijuana Former GOP House Speaker John Boehner is now a pot dealer Rob Beschizza

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