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vanity plates DEZNUUTZ, 2HI, VENMO, and 3,000 other vanity license plates rejected by New York's DMV David Pescovitz

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humor Dr. Oz trolled for supporting predatory multi-level-marketing scams Jennifer Sandlin

cover songs Fall Out Boy re-wrote "We Didn't Start the Fire" for 1989-2023 Thom Dunn

zoom Plastic surgeons say the pandemic has caused "Zoom dysmorphia" Clive Thompson

books Why Goodreads is bad for books Mark Frauenfelder

facebook Facebook announces plans to make a new Facebook that's basically the same as what Facebook was originally Thom Dunn

happy mutants Radicalized makes the CBC's annual Canada Reads longlist Cory Doctorow

security Massive trove of Russian spy-agency docs hacked from private sector contractor and passed onto media Cory Doctorow

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