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police Chicago PD's predictive policing tool has been shut down after 8 years of catastrophically bad results Cory Doctorow

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Funny Chaotic Rube Goldberg machine washes your hands Popkin

fox Mr. Inbetween is my new binge-watch obsession Séamus Bellamy

mistakes Plumber re-clogs drain after client refuses to pay bill Rob Beschizza

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uber Live and dead animals, a DNA test, and 175 hamburgers among odd items left in Ubers Allan Rose Hill

animals Flying predator finally captured after violently attacking villagers for weeks (video) Allan Rose Hill

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gadgets Timex's latest retro watch gets the font right Rob Beschizza

politics Tesla sales "unexpectedly" plunge Rob Beschizza

chemistry Silica gel's secret history and path to worldwide ubiquity Allan Rose Hill

police bodycam footage Illinois teacher arrested for sexual assault on 15-year-old boy breaks down in cop car (video) Carla Sinclair

politics NaNoWriMo shutting down Rob Beschizza

music Listen to this cacophonous musical contraption Popkin

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disasters Deadly 7.7 earthquake hits Myanmar and Thailand (video) Carla Sinclair

This bizarre prehistoric animal had a Venus Flytrap-like structure on its abdomen Allan Rose Hill

politics Watch as Tulsi Gabbard paints herself into a corner (video) Jason Weisberger