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podcasts Open Culture has a new directory of the "Best Podcasts to Enrich Your Mind" Mark Frauenfelder

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fake news Hoover killed JFK, RFK & MLK, Brad Pitt’s private hell, and Mick Jagger’s mental disorder, in this week’s dubious tabloids Peter Sheridan

trump Trump grounds Pelosi, Melania flies Air Force to Florida same day (cost: $35,217.50) Xeni Jardin

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Business Tesla's Elon Musk is at it again with the stupid tweets Xeni Jardin

passings RIP Village Voice co-founder John Wilcock, 1927-2018 Ethan Persoff

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novels Late bloomers: 10 classic books with terrible initial reviews Alyssa Favreau

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unicorn Ride this unicorn like a mechanical bull Rusty Blazenhoff

medicine PSA: Your birth control pills could be placebos Seamus Bellamy

happy mutants How to Win Friends and Convince People to Watch Eurovision Catherynne Valente

apple The hotel where Steve Jobs unveiled the first Macintosh prototype in 1983 (and why Apple got banned from it) Rusty Blazenhoff