linguistics This tiny North Carolina island is last place in America where people talk like actual pirates (video) Ellsworth Toohey

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politics Talkie is an AI language model trained only on pre-1931 texts Rob Beschizza

Off the rails Iran teaches Grandpa Puddin' Brains diplomacy while he imagines Iranians begging for more bombs Jason Weisberger

gadgets Price of RAM falling as AI companies put the brakes on Rob Beschizza

Technology The NYT is blocking the Internet Archive. That's a mistake. Ellsworth Toohey

books Largest dictionary of English-language slang now free online Rob Beschizza

moron Grandpa Pudding Brains taking credit for the English language Jason Weisberger

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Science Free tool helps dodge grant rejections as federal censorship expands Jennifer Sandlin

books How marionettes became tools of protest in European theater Popkin

politics Public historians slam Trump's statue garden plan Jennifer Sandlin

book reviews Review: Chapel Perilous: The Life and Thought Crimes of Robert Anton Wilson Gareth Branwyn

Trump orders "improper ideology" purge at Smithsonian museums Ellsworth Toohey

books "Weird Ireland" offers a wonderfully whimsical tour of the Emerald Isle Thom Dunn

maps Ultra-detailed map of U.S. rivers Rob Beschizza

real estate Brown University returns land stolen early from Native Americans Thom Dunn

Science There's a room-sized time capsule in Georgia that will be opened 6,098 years from now Ellsworth Toohey

intellectual property Trademark office petitioned to cancel Oracle's trademark on "JavaScript" Rob Beschizza