language In defense of the hard C Thom Dunn

music No AI for Al. "Weird Al" Yankovic yanks AI commercial Ruben Bolling

science fiction Starlog returns in November after 17 years out of print Rob Beschizza

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Prison time for director who conned Netflix out of $11m Rob Beschizza

tools Real Image Alphabet spells names using photos of ice, bugs, and trees Popkin

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DHS ICE does in-person Instagram moderation now Jason Weisberger

mental health Mushrooms got him off antidepressants, so he built TripSitter Ellsworth Toohey

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art For 60 years, an 84-year-old has let a deck of cards build his map Ellsworth Toohey

mechanical keyboards Cyberdeck with punishingly minimal 30% keyboard Rob Beschizza

Science In 1985, a Japanese woman wrote a letter about bookstores making her need to use the bathroom. It became a phenomenon. Ellsworth Toohey

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Science The poster child for psychedelic mushrooms is named after a country that doesn't use it Ellsworth Toohey

History In 1810, a prankster sent 4,000 letters to flood one London address with chimney sweeps, coffins, and the Lord Mayor Ellsworth Toohey

religion A cargo cult in Vanuatu has been waiting for an American named John Frum since the 1930s Ellsworth Toohey