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media UbuWeb: an online archive of the avant-garde Popkin

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music Weekend Tunes: DeVotchKa – Straight Shot Séamus Bellamy

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politics Attacks on free speech rising in U.S. Rob Beschizza

star wars The Mandalorian's second episode turned things around Jason Weisberger

chuck tingle Chuck Tingle's latest story has Dilbert creator Scott Adams getting screwed by his own racism Thom Dunn

taco bell Volume 6 of Taco Bell Quarterly just dropped! Jennifer Sandlin

chemistry is fun! Chemist makes moonshine from toilet paper Jennifer Sandlin

AI Elon Musk deeply concerned that robots can be programmed to not be racist Thom Dunn

Call Me Miss Cleo HBO Documentary "Call Me Miss Cleo" explores the life of famed television psychic Jennifer Sandlin

psychology Three things people in Finland—the "happiest country in the world"—never do David Pescovitz

television Netflix sinks 1899 after one season Devin Nealy

Possum by Night A live version of The Mountain Goats' Possum by Night, and an essay celebrating the song Jennifer Sandlin

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books Two great stories about saving books and libraries from war Elías Villoro