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mexico The promise of Mexico's Tren Maya has gone off the rails Séamus Bellamy

History The Army told Hershey to make a chocolate bar that tasted bad Ellsworth Toohey

Science Scientists use yeast from body of Ötzi the Iceman to make "very very good" sourdough Gail Sherman

pool Grandpa Pudding Brains unveils "our pool is bigger than skyscrapers" chart Jason Weisberger

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Science H.P. Lovecraft borrowed from this real Connecticut seismic phenomenon Ellsworth Toohey

books Here's a terrific search hack for the Internet Archive Book Images Flickr photo stream Jennifer Sandlin

mysteries 15 honey-drizzled bananas appear on a plate every month on a street corner Ellsworth Toohey

Games Aaron Paul enters the Wasteland for season 3 of Fallout Grant St. Clair

History Get a university-level education on buried viking treasure for free Séamus Bellamy

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books An editor who read "Crash" called JG Ballard "beyond psychiatric help. Do not publish" Mark Frauenfelder

Science A 1946 plan to feed a billion people with sawdust Ellsworth Toohey

Science Michio Kaku calls clustering of dead scientists a national security issue Ellsworth Toohey

Games Black Flag Resynced is skipping the RPG format Grant St. Clair

LEGO maniac Man steals $34K in LEGO, replaces them with pasta Jason Weisberger

surveillance Stop Flock campaign targets invasive surveillance network Rob Beschizza

Entertainment Frank Oz returns to puppetry with webseries Judge… Boing Boing? Ruben Bolling

security Anti-AI security expert tries Claude Code. It worked. He hated it Ellsworth Toohey