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rpgs Tabletop gamer's gift guide for 2024 Gareth Branwyn

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politics JD Vance: Sofa king weird Jason Weisberger

Science Twister sequel anticipated to spur a wave of amateur storm chasers Jason Weisberger

Boing Boing Shop 7 unusual hacks to beat summer heatwaves Boing Boing's Shop

The Beatles The strange case of John Lennon's missing wristwatch Mark Frauenfelder

podcasts Trans teen with superhuman powers battles domestic incel terrorists in new Audible thriller "Bloodhound" Mark Frauenfelder

typography 8 weird punctuation marks that faded from the English language Sam Barton

cats The Meowdulator guitar pedal meows and purrs like a cat Rusty Blazenhoff

tourism The weirdest free tourism spots in the U.S. B.R. O'Deal

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music In 1964, two teens complained about "obscene" "Louie, Louie" lyrics to Indiana governor — 50 years later a reporter tracked them down and asked why Mark Frauenfelder

Comic Books "Drew Friedman: Vermeer of the Borscht Belt" — documentary tracing the artist's evolution from underground comics to the cover of The New Yorker Mark Frauenfelder

cartoons What's the deal with Heathcliff, anyway? Grant St. Clair

signs Feds ban humor on electronic highway signs Rob Beschizza

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Science Here's how rodent research on the International Space Station is going Elías Villoro