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Science In simulation, AI-enabled drone kills its human operators if they try to cancel its mission Ruben Bolling

music Let's Get what now? Original version of badly-aged Black Eyed Peas song a viral hit despite "censorship" Rusty Blazenhoff

science fiction Here's the trailer for Black Mirror season 6 Mark Frauenfelder

gadgets Fractal Terra is an unusually handsome mini PC case Rob Beschizza

Orange Menace Five years ago: Covfefe Jason Weisberger

History Sixty years of A Confederacy of Dunces' Ignatius J. Reilly Elías Villoro

tabloids The Fat & The Furious, in last week's dubious tabloids Peter Sheridan

politics "At least" 16 dead in various Memorial Day shootings across U.S. Rob Beschizza

Japan Japan's largest Dagashi store offers 20,000 square feet of cheap treats Rob Beschizza

meat Will wiping your anus with toilet paper disrupt your hormones? Jennifer Sandlin

movies Vox explains how A24 became one of the most consistent studios in Hollywood Devin Nealy

shoes The Bee Gees' 'Stayin' Alive' but on a church pipe organ Rusty Blazenhoff

politics Texas and Uganda pass new anti-gay laws Rob Beschizza

politics Illinois bans book bans Rob Beschizza

music Watch Kurt Vile and friends perform John Prine's "Crazy as a Loon" Jennifer Sandlin

Environment The man using math to fight for the environment Ruben Bolling

Japan What is the deal with Japan's smile merchants? Matt Alt

nazis Elon Musk leaving his misattributed neo-nazi tweet for posterity Jason Weisberger

movies Nike faces class-action lawsuit accusing it of greenwashing Elías Villoro