ultimate writer How to make your own distraction-free digital typewriter Mark Frauenfelder

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education The only technique to learn something new James Altucher

News Suspect in Rwanda atrocities found living quiet life as Hamptons beekeeper Ellsworth Toohey

politics Cassian Andor was inspired by Joseph Stalin Rob Beschizza

big tech Eoin Higgins'"Owned" is a harrowing history of the right-wing billionaire tech takeover Thom Dunn

Science Geneticist claims humans evolved from pig-chimp mating Mark Frauenfelder

Comics "Public Domain" explores comic books exploitative past through family drama Thom Dunn

television Famed TV host Phil Donahue dead at 88 Rob Beschizza

writing Stephen King's shameless self-promotion on NY Times' "best books" list amuses and outrages Natalie Dressed

Comics "Mary Tyler Moorehawk" is Johnny Quest meets Infinite Jest by way of Jack Kirby Thom Dunn

Technology Japan says goodbye to floppy disks in official use Rob Beschizza

History How Ibram X. Kendi's STAMPED became a stunning graphic novel history of racism Thom Dunn

gadgets Freewrite Alpha, writing gadget inspired by legendary Alphasmart, gets a good review Rob Beschizza

Games Combat Heroes: the 1980s RPG gamebook craze got so wild they were implementing multiplayer grid-based dungeon crawlers in print Rob Beschizza

gadgets Tiny LCD display hooks up to a keyboard and shows only one thing: four lines of text Rob Beschizza

Braille Anthony Ferraro, a blind Paralympian, documents his everyday life on social media while spreading his message of "One Love" Jennifer Sandlin

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