Cooking How to Sous Vide wieners with a condom Thom Dunn

Competitive eating beef Joey Chestnut banned from Nathan's Famous Hot Dog Eating Contest Natalie Dressed

jobs Now's your chance to drive the Wienermobile Thom Dunn

economics Costco co-founder to new CEO: "If you raise the effing hot dog, I will kill you." Thom Dunn

books Why are we still treating economics as if it were an empirical science that makes reliable predictions? Cory Doctorow

politics A succinct, simple, excellent description of the problems of neoliberalism and their solution Cory Doctorow

economics A handful of essential ideas from economics Cory Doctorow

History Solving the "Longbow Puzzle": why did France and Scotland keep their inferior crossbows? Cory Doctorow

President Obama's tech-centered State of the Union: full text, and digital rights concerns Xeni Jardin

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