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Prepare to lose a few hours to these: Andy Baio’s top 10...

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Just dropped: Lane 8’s Winter 2025 Mixtape....

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This AI Vending Machine Was Tricked Into Giving Away Everything

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“Docs said I’d never walk, but I ran a marathon.” Logan Knowles...

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Making your own amaro at home. “…so long as the plants are...

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Entirely Too Many Thoughts About Wake Up Dead Man. An excellent, long...

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On Kindness, Power, and Hypocrisy

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A group of journalism students was able to track probable Russian spy...

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We’re getting down to the wire for gifts to be shipped in...

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“On January 1, 2026, thousands of copyrighted works from 1930 enter the...

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Machine With Concrete

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Chef Saves 78-Year-Old Man’s Life After He Stopped Showing Up for His...

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[Trailer] The Muppet Show is returning! It’s a one-time event, hosted by...

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Nature: The Best Science Images of 2025

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Astronomy Picture of the Day for Dec 12: a red fox beneath...

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The Devil You Know is an 8-part podcast series from the CBC...

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The Lies and Falsifications of Oliver Sacks

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The Most Scathing Book Reviews of 2025. “Historians will study how bad...

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Planning to Visit the US? Take It From This American Citizen –...

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Matt Webb reports on going to algoraves. “There are special browser-based programming...

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Ragú Unveils Sensory Deprivation Marinara Tank. “The detoxifying marinara is slowly simmered...

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Disclosure Day

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Seven Voting Laws Every Blue State Should Enact Right Now. “1. Enact...

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The Hit Hollywood Didn’t Want. “Sinners is a threat to a business...

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If we were all Japanese pond frogs, we’d have nothing to fear...

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New Animated Version of Animal Farm?

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“The Trump administration’s vision for the United States is one of a...

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A roundup of the words/phrases of the year for 2025, including “rage...

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Born Poor

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America Is an Unserious Country Filled With Unserious People. “We’ll tolerate this...

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‘No Way To Prevent This,’ Says Only Nation Where This Regularly Happens....

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Alan Sepinwall wrote a lovely remembrance of Rob Reiner and his career....

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The Small Stuff: How to Lead a More Gratifying Life by Ian...

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How does lake ice do this? Incredible! (Mirror Lake, New Hampshire)...

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“Eating the right foods in the proper quantities, 16th-century Britons believed, balanced...

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This Is Why Everyone Is a DJ Now

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The Flow State podcast recently celebrated their 300th episode with a 2h41m...

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X-Ray Visions

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Oilwell is a (fake) wellness app “to help you embrace climate chaos”...

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I just updated the 2025 Kottke Gift Guide with some new suggestions,...

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The US Downgraded in Civic Freedoms Rating

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Post-Japan Depression. “People feel it after coming home from a trip that...

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What is happening? Orcas started wearing dead salmon as hats again and...

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How Reese’s Peanut Butter Cups Are Made

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MacKenzie Scott announces that she’s donated almost $7.2 billion of her personal...

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Shop Around Globally for Better Deals on Streaming Services

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Eight Million Ways to Happiness: Wisdom for Inspiration and Healing from the...

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Liam Neeson Narrates Anti-Vax, Pro-RFK Documentary. In the narration, he calls the...

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Photographing the Andromeda Galaxy for 10 Seconds vs 10 Hours

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Funniest McSweeney’s piece I’ve read in awhile: The Mastermind Box Cover: What...

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