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education The only technique to learn something new James Altucher

music Watch an early performance by the Talking Heads at The Kitchen in 1976 Jennifer Sandlin

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anti-maskers Gentleman has huge fit when denied at Trader Joe's for mask rules, muscles his way inside anyway Carla Sinclair

tabloids The marriage from hell, Epstein's sex tapes, and overweight celebrities in this week's fact-challenged tabloids Peter Sheridan

happy mutants Documentation Gathering, Sanitization, and Storage: an excerpt from "A Public Service" Tim Schwartz

horror David Lynch's Mystery Man's place in the horror pantheon Rob Beschizza

music THE BUREAU: Part Seven, "Lockdown in the Building, News of an Active Shooter Near the Cafeteria" — with Mr Quintron's Circuit-Bent Guitars Ethan Persoff

bad advice Failed attempt to move boat engine with a pickup truck Mark Frauenfelder

trumpism Torturer and coverup artist Gina Haspel tried to bow out of CIA Directorship to avoid Senate questioning Cory Doctorow

Entertainment Superhero portraits composited from faces of actors who played them David Pescovitz

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films How Adam Curtis' film "Bitter Lake" will change everything you believe about news Aaron Stewart-Ahn