science fiction Get the free online edition of the classic 1986 cyberpunk anthology Mirrorshades Mark Frauenfelder

Spell Bound: New book explores how occult paperbacks found their way to grocery store checkouts in 1970s Ellsworth Toohey

cambodia The crypto scam behind those weird text messages Jennifer Sandlin

music Online archive of wax cylinders and other early recorded sounds Rob Beschizza

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elon musk Judge slams Twitter's attempt to silence hate speech watchdog Mark Frauenfelder

magic This is what a great magic act looks like! Ferdinando Buscema

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History Whole Whole Earth Catalog online Rob Beschizza

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halloween Usher in Halloween vibes with this dramatic reading of classic Chick Tract "The Trick" Jennifer Sandlin

medicine Study shows gender-affirming chest surgery produces "overwhelmingly positive" results Jason Weisberger

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

speech synthesis Watch a 1939 demonstration of Voder, the world's first speech synthesizer, then try to operate an online recreation Rob Beschizza

maga Summit for "female conservatives" was feast of transphobia and far-right crackpottery Jennifer Sandlin

Comics The comics online and print publication "The Nib" is shutting down Ruben Bolling

fox news Is Tucker Carlson a saint? Is Fox News part of the New World Order? Some on the right think so. Jennifer Sandlin

art New documentary explores how Roy Lichtenstein got famous off of plagiarism Thom Dunn

art The Prison Creative Arts Project showcases paintings, sculptures and drawings by the incarcerated Elías Villoro

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