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relics Why English spelling looks like it lost a bar fight with history Jason Weisberger
Read By California makes food labels less stupid Jason Weisberger
gadgets TRMNL: hackable e-ink dashboard to put anywhere Rob Beschizza
Science Deaf kids in 1980s Nicaragua created a language from thin air Ellsworth Toohey
Science The ancient spark plug and other "out-of-place artifacts" Ellsworth Toohey
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History In 1872 a ship was found drifting, empty. The 1913 "solution" was absurd. Ellsworth Toohey
Technology Camel-racing robots wear perfume so the camels accept them Ellsworth Toohey
Games The internet spent years hunting a game that never existed Ellsworth Toohey
Technology China built a 40-story tower that stores wind power by stacking concrete Ellsworth Toohey
Idaho conservation officer beats Trump official's defamation lawsuit Rob Beschizza
Technology A Shenzhen hotel plans to use a fully robotic staff Ellsworth Toohey
Technology License plate cameras scan 20 billion vehicles a month, and cities are pulling the plug Ellsworth Toohey
Science Scientists gave sleep-deprived mice a memory boost without letting them sleep Ellsworth Toohey
crime Scotsman dual-wielded live seagulls in assault Rob Beschizza
openai ChatGPT told a suicidal user, "let me be that person," lawsuit says Jason Weisberger
racism Trump sics his hate machine on kindergartners because hijabs Jason Weisberger
Technology Apple's Hide My Email leaked real addresses for a year Séamus Bellamy
movies Lord Humungus actor Kjell Nilsson dead at 76 Séamus Bellamy
Technology Plex's five-year plan costs what a lifetime pass used to Séamus Bellamy

san francisco Five friends ride a couch on two scooters through San Francisco Popkin

Culture See how fashion poses transformed from the 1960s to the modern day Popkin

art Giant head hot air balloon turns the countryside into a dreamlike scene Popkin

News Prediction market pays news networks to launder gambling as analysis Jason Weisberger

fifa Grandpa Pudding Brains admits he meddled in a World Cup call he didn't understand Jason Weisberger

gadgets Mister Plimsoll: simple app to warn you when your Mac's drives are getting full Rob Beschizza

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Games XBox announces layoffs Rob Beschizza

apps You know exactly what the Winamp Skin Museum really whips Rob Beschizza

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