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music therapy We might not love country music but we love Tyler Childers Séamus Bellamy

politics "Conservative content mill" PragerU could soon control public school curricula Jennifer Sandlin

NASA Road Rules All-star Sean Duffy to announce US plan for a nuclear reactor on the moon Jason Weisberger

star trek Star Trek goes full Muppet: Strange New Worlds reveals puppet-filled episode for season 4 Gail Sherman

religion Will Jesus return in 2025? Traders bet half a million on Polymarket Mark Frauenfelder

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RFK Jr The Mercola Tapes: wellness entrepreneur meets spirit, gets CO2 enema and condemns veterinarians Jennifer Sandlin

language A fart is a "poofoofus" and other "next level" slang from the Heaven's Gate UFO cult Allan Rose Hill

politics Tools for the resistance Jennifer Sandlin

gadgets Severance-style keycaps fit for some macrodata refinement Rob Beschizza

gadgets Finally, a low-profile 40% wireless mechanical keyboard Rob Beschizza

late stage capitalism This holiday season, do yourself a favor and (re)watch Reverend Billy's "What Would Jesus Buy?"  Jennifer Sandlin

politics MAGA pundits claim CIA behind viral "weird" meme trend Ellsworth Toohey

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science fiction "Big Germs" — short fiction by Rudy Rucker Boing Boing

reddit Bamboo gone wild and neighbors from hell: Redditors share homeowning nightmares Mark Frauenfelder

Earthalujah! Reverend Billy is opening for Neil Young and Crazy Horse on the Love Earth tour. Go see them! Jennifer Sandlin

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