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Science Blood-red rain fell on India for two months and some physicists blamed a comet Ellsworth Toohey

Technology The $999.99 iPhone app that did absolutely nothing sold 8 copies before Apple killed it Ellsworth Toohey
History A mountain man spent 25 years eating the livers of the people who killed his wife Ellsworth Toohey
gadgets Leica's SL3-P loses the dot, gets 8K open-gate video Rob Beschizza
privacy Facebook employee data exposed in Meta's own surveillance program Séamus Bellamy
politics CDC buried this COVID vaccine study, so scientists published it anyway Séamus Bellamy
Grandpa Pudding Brains pens backstory for nefarious Reflecting Pool vandal Jason Weisberger
Games 8BitDo's button-only arcade controller gets a tiny screen Rob Beschizza
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books Carlos Castaneda faked an anthropology classic, then built a cult Ellsworth Toohey
History In 1916 a con man ran a car on water and fleeced Henry Ford Ellsworth Toohey
mental health Mushrooms got him off antidepressants, so he built TripSitter Ellsworth Toohey
Whiskey Pete discovers viruses do not respect vaccine freedom speeches Jason Weisberger
AI Companies discover AI is expensive when employees actually use it Jason Weisberger
dementia Grandpa Pudding Brains visits a truck factory, makes haunted chew toy noises Jason Weisberger
cars Kevin Mitnick left the man who helped jail him enough for a Porsche 911 Ellsworth Toohey
please remain seated Teen exits Disneyland ride, learns why you keep your arms, legs, and body inside the boat Jason Weisberger
Technology AI-designed radio chips look like QR codes and beat human ones Ellsworth Toohey
law enforcement What luck, America! Kash Patel's girlfriend joins Trump's talent-fleeing Freedom 250 event Jason Weisberger
Technology Microsoft CEO wants people to shut up about AI being bad for us Séamus Bellamy

youtube Comedian guilt-trips audience into laughing Grant St. Clair

Games What is the Jedi problem, and why does every game designer fear it? Grant St. Clair

Games Building a better PC than the Steam Machine for cheaper: is it possible? Grant St. Clair

Science A cat-borne fungus infected 11,000 people; the US is next, CDC says Ellsworth Toohey

free speech Zine publisher sentenced to 50 years in prison for "material support to terrorists" Ellsworth Toohey

dogs Miami Marlins searching for this sad hotdog-less doggo, to treat him to a Dream Day at the ballpark Jennifer Sandlin

Comics Tom the Dancing Bug: Elon Musk and His DOGE Pals, in "Texas Chainsaw Massacre" Ruben Bolling

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crime We Have The Herpes: Arby's worker accused of infecting customer by spitting in food Rob Beschizza

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