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Science We are all part of the biggest psychological experiment in history David Pescovitz

Book World Made By Hand is a post-pandemic world novel Mark Frauenfelder

pizza Irish people have a very strange understanding of "pizza" Thom Dunn

Games In praise of slow gaming Seamus Bellamy

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Dungeons & Dragons What's new in tabletop gaming (Halloween edition) Gareth Branwyn

deep thoughts Why it's hard to measure who dove deeper into the Mariana Trench Clive Thompson

racism Jewish human rights scholar: yes, America has built concentration camps Cory Doctorow

racism Catherynne Valente schools her racist neighbors about the asylum seekers in their midst Catherynne Valente

politics Beach Week (2018), a film by the Coen Brothers Rob Beschizza

art Help save artist Kal Spelletich's robots and the future of tech-art David Pescovitz

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

picks Managing fitness and pain with my DIY Peloton Jason Weisberger

ptsd This special forces veteran is rowing across the Atlantic Ocean to raise awareness of PTS(D) and needs your help to do it Seamus Bellamy

books Cult of Personality: Two crime writers discuss the allure of cults in their own dark fiction Alex Segura

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video Two sailors and two dogs rescued at sea, months after distress call Andrea James