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education Profiles of young Americans who entered voluntary exile rather than paying their student loans Cory Doctorow

Business Big Tech: "If the USA enforces antitrust laws against us, it means China will win!" Cory Doctorow

JD Vance is on a crusade to make divorce impossible Ellsworth Toohey

trump Trump's racist rant used to raise money for Springfield, Ohio SPCA Jennifer Sandlin

Science Scientists win award for discovering mammals can breath through our anuses Allan Rose Hill

Conspiracy theorists ordered to pay $15,000 for claiming Brigitte Macron is a man Ellsworth Toohey

Delightful Creatures The Flying Spaghetti Monster, Bathyphysa conifera, is for real Rob Beschizza

free speech Vineyards sue Napa County over right to wine tastings Thom Dunn

Space NASA's Voyager 1 completed tricky thruster swap at 38,000 mph to stay in touch with Earth Allan Rose Hill

DIY Engineer creates living furniture: The table that walks to you Mark Frauenfelder

gadgets Ikea has a $12 smart outlet that tracks power use Rob Beschizza

Funny Watch an octopus disguise itself as a rock Popkin

politics Police: "no reports" of JD Vance's imaginary pet bar-be-ques Jason Weisberger

music Actual human indicted for making millions off of AI music Thom Dunn

Games New Retroid Pocket gaming handhelds officially support Linux Rob Beschizza

Science The longest tunnel in the world is about to shut down Gail Sherman

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