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books John Shirley's guide to wrecking your career in science fiction John Shirley

germany Munich surfers want their wave back after city removes beam from river Rob Beschizza

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bizarre competitions Wolfing down scalding hot biscuits and other weird contests from 1897 Mark Frauenfelder

gadgets Nvidia is the world's largest publicly-traded company Rob Beschizza

los angeles Pee-wee Herman's real life playhouse Ruben Bolling

science fiction "Big Germs" — short fiction by Rudy Rucker Boing Boing

gadgets HP covers printer's USB port with warning sticker to make sure you don't go right ahead and use it Rob Beschizza

art Beautiful kiss shared between two globs of clay Popkin

accessibility The Stranger Things closed caption team explains the art of (tentacles undulating moistly) Thom Dunn

movies The lies behind Pumping Iron Devin Nealy

History How some old cartoon sound effects were made Rob Beschizza

tabloids Bill Gates and the Royal wiretap scandal in this week's dubious tabloids Peter Sheridan

tabloids Royal divorce order and Nancy Reagan's drug addiction in last week's dubious tabloids Peter Sheridan

Comics REVIEW: "Department of Truth," a conspiracy thriller about conspiracy theories that literally change reality Thom Dunn

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Science Stuff made by humans now outweighs all life on Earth David Pescovitz

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