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politics MAGA cultists insist Elon wasn't making a Nazi salute Grant St. Clair

Mutant fruit flies created by radiation, would take over Earth within months Ellsworth Toohey

Technology AI might be your next Dungeon Master Ellsworth Toohey

Space The studio behind The Last of Us is finally making a new game (and not another remaster) Grant St. Clair

fraud Britain's AI-based benefit fraud detector unfairly targets minorities Rob Beschizza

music Retrospective of the world-changing Yamaha DX7 synthesizer Rob Beschizza

rpgs Tabletop gamer's gift guide for 2024 Gareth Branwyn

law Courts in UK may stop treating computer data as legally infallible Rob Beschizza

politics Watch MAGA vendor's excitement fade as he learns how Trump's tariffs affect his business Ellsworth Toohey

Charles and Ray Eames Meet Eliot Noyes, a midcentury design master Bob Knetzger

science fiction Free Galaxy magazine archive: 356 classic sci-fi issues now online Mark Frauenfelder

music Talented musician creates and plays awesome Lego violins Jennifer Sandlin

art How to paint in the renaissance style, with actual paint Rob Beschizza

fantasy Peter Bebergal's "Appendix N" in a revised, expanded edition Gareth Branwyn

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