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books Asimov's 1980 review of 1984 called Orwell scientifically ignorant Ellsworth Toohey

books John Shirley's guide to wrecking your career in science fiction John Shirley

politics Kim Jong Un picks his 13-year-old daughter as successor Ellsworth Toohey

paint Bob Ross paintings sell for $1.2 million as Trump guts public TV Jason Weisberger

Happy Mutants "Gretapocalypse" is a Greta Thunberg-themed art car made from the "shredded remnants of the very tools of the American dream" Jennifer Sandlin

politics Corporate America lines up to fund White House's Epstein Ballroom Ellsworth Toohey

slavery As Nottoway "Plantation & Resort" burns, it's a great time to remind you that plantation weddings are wrong, period Jennifer Sandlin

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gadgets Premium digital detox with the Light Phone III Rob Beschizza

AI What do we see when we're on drugs? To find out, this researcher used AI to read 40,000 trip reports Allan Rose Hill

politics Luigi Mangione shares first public statement since incarceration Grant St. Clair

books How the Black psychedelic revolution can heal and liberate Allan Rose Hill

Acid westerns and other psychedelic films for the real heads Allan Rose Hill

gadgets iPhone 16 pinker than ever Rob Beschizza

politics Is this host's take on women creepy, weird, or both? Jason Weisberger

Science Newly released Pillars of Creation visualization is stunning Gail Sherman

Science Greatest mechanical calculating devices of all time Jason Weisberger

economics Egypt raises price of bread by 300% Natalie Dressed

tabloids Scientology doomed, Royal family doomed, and Island of the Damned in this week's dubious tabloids Peter Sheridan