Post Overview
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Analysis
1 year ago
+26 26 0Japan to introduce six-month residency visa for 'digital nomads'
IT workers can work remotely while traveling around the country
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Analysis
1 year ago
+20 20 0Someone finally cracked the “Silk Dress cryptogram” after 10 years
What does "Bismarck Omit leafage buck bank" mean to you?
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How-to
1 year ago
+31 31 0How to Build an Origami Computer
Two mathematicians have shown that origami can, in principle, be used to perform any possible computation.
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Analysis
1 year ago
+16 16 0Why NASA Is Watching Where Idaho’s Parachuting Beavers Landed
The mini-paratroopers have a new role to play today.
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Analysis
1 year ago
+23 23 0Penn Jillette Wants to Talk It All Out
The outspoken magician/comedian/writer talks to Cracked about leaving behind Libertarianism, why he’s worried about the future and how Trump is even worse than you think
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Current Event
1 year ago
+15 15 0‘Fish Bandit’ arrested for taping fish to ATM machines
His Instagram bio: “Live, laugh, tape fish on ATMs.”
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Current Event
1 year ago
+20 20 0George Carlin Estate Sues Creators of AI-Generated Comedy Special in Key Lawsuit Over Stars’ Likenesses
"We have to draw a line in the sand," says daughter Kelly Carlin, who sued creators of an hourlong special titled 'George Carlin: I’m Glad I’m Dead.'
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Analysis
1 year ago
+28 28 0The "errors" that mean you're doing it right
Some things appear to be mistakes, but in fact should be celebrated as the expected outcomes of great decisions.
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1 year ago
+23 23 0This 1969 Music Fest Has Been Called 'Black Woodstock.' Why Doesn't Anyone Remember?
The Harlem Cultural Festival attracted everyone from Stevie Wonder and Nina Simone to Jesse Jackson and Marcus Garvey Jr., but quickly faded into obscurity. Fifty years later, a rediscovery is finally underway
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Current Event
1 year ago
+31 31 0FCC To End Broadband Discounts For Poor People After Republicans Undermine Program
The FCC’s Affordable Connectivity Program (ACP), part of the 2021 infrastructure bill, currently provides 23 million low-income Americans a $30 broadband discount. While it didn’t get much hype, that’s a big deal in a country where broadband affordab ...
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1 year ago
+27 27 0The Ambitious Plan to Open Up a Treasure Trove of Black History
The Johnson Publishing Company produced iconic magazines including Ebony and Jet and its archive is regarded as one of the most significant collections of 20th century Black American culture. The archive contains around 5,000 magazines, 200 boxes of ...
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Analysis
1 year ago
+8 8 0Male historians explain things to me
Charlotte Riley explores the patriarchal cultures of expertise, evaluation, and promotion that deform the work of historians today.
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Analysis
1 year ago
+31 31 0Ultraviolet light can kill almost all the viruses in a room. Why isn’t it everywhere?
Can special lightbulbs end the next pandemic before it starts?
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1 year ago
+29 29 0The Inside Story of PC Magazine, PC World, and Macworld's Origins, as Told by David Bunnell
In the early 1990s, David wrote a proposal for a book about his life and adventures in publishing, covering the founding of PC Magazine, PC World, Macworld, and more. The book didn't happen, but the proposal is good reading in itself.
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Analysis
1 year ago
+23 23 0Grace Young And Her Ever-Growing Wok Collection
Award-winning cookbook author and wok advocate Grace Young chats about some of her favorite woks and why she’ll never disclose how many she owns.
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Analysis
1 year ago
+39 39 0The tyranny of the algorithm: why every coffee shop looks the same
The long read: From the generic hipster cafe to the ‘Instagram wall’, the internet has pushed us towards a kind of global ubiquity – and this phenomenon is only going to intensify
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Current Event
1 year ago
+36 36 0Peter Schickele Dies: “P.D.Q. Bach” Parodist & Film/Broadway Composer Was 88
Peter Schickele, whose comedic parodies of classical music overshadowed his own strengths as a serious composer, died Tuesday at his home in Bearsville, N.Y. at 88. His daughter confirmed the death…
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Current Event
1 year ago
+35 35 0European Union set to revise cookie law, admits cookie banners are annoying
European Union Justice Commissioner Didier Reynders recently told German newspaper 'Welt am Sonntag' that the European Commission is aware of how annoying cookie consent banners have become...
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Analysis
1 year ago
+28 28 0The Hidden World of Undersea Cables
The internet largely runs beneath the oceans. Here's how it works—and why it matters.
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Analysis
1 year ago
+18 18 0Edgar Rice Burroughs on How to Become a Great Writer
When published in 1939, Alva Johnston suggested that there was perhaps no greater literary creation within the 20th century than Tarzan, brought to life by Edgar Rice Burroughs, a man who preferred his stories to society.




















