happy mutants Some important technical (and skeptical) notes about the Chinese-backdoored-servers story Cory Doctorow
security Report: Chinese spies snuck tiny backdoor chips onto US corporate, government and military servers Cory Doctorow
optical illusions Mind-bending visual trick by Japanese psychologist: is it yellow or white? Mark Frauenfelder
music Weird Al Yankovic tells the truth about Spotify in his "Spotify Wrapped" video Jennifer Sandlin
just following gop precedent MAGA chaos erupts on House floor when Democrat says "no" to them (video) Carla Sinclair
politics Republican officials who refused to certify Arizona vote charged with conspiracy and election interference Rob Beschizza
Diet Following lightning strike, woman has lived for 50+ years solely on water and soft drinks David Pescovitz
everything's perfectly all right now Xitter's Yaccarino, less explicitly, says buy some ads or 'go f*ck yourself' Jason Weisberger
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Business Former Amazon HR staffer describes its unpleasant "personal improvement plan" system Rob Beschizza
last-minute panic moves George Santos says he will move to expel Jamaal Bowman today (video) Carla Sinclair