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

A coder fed 20 years of his messages to AI to audit his friendships Ellsworth Toohey

cute Enclose.horse is a daily puzzle game about keeping a tiny horse penned in Gail Sherman

History Hengefinder finds streets that perfectly frame the setting sun Rob Beschizza

books Cory Doctorow's "Reverse Centaur" book — why AI is hell on workers Mark Frauenfelder

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Science Your brain just made up the color you're looking at Ellsworth Toohey

tools This guy claims to have improved cast iron seasoning Jason Weisberger

art Someone left mysterious symbol-filled booklets in a London bookshop Ellsworth Toohey

Off the rails Iran teaches Grandpa Puddin' Brains diplomacy while he imagines Iranians begging for more bombs Jason Weisberger

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politics "We don't want to be outside": neighbors can't stand noisy data center Ellsworth Toohey

lifestyle 21 years on a remote island with no power grid, no building codes, and no regrets Ellsworth Toohey

Technology Developer spills candy on the floor, invents a programming language Ellsworth Toohey

water Forget about gas prices and start worrying about water Séamus Bellamy

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