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Kids Children are stupid. Be smart, and secure each room for a stupid person Andrea James

Kids Watch these candymakers create adorable candies with a pig design Andrea James

Kids In one take, this guy shows all the cool skills he learned in 2016 Andrea James

Kids Making rainbow magic with dissolving Skittles David Pescovitz

Kids Video on how to make 3D kirigami stars Andrea James

Kids For 13 years, Texas has been secretly, illegally denying kids special education Cory Doctorow

Kids Indiana's "educational achievement" bonuses: teachers in rich schools get 20x more than those in poor districts Cory Doctorow

Kids What's the provenance of the stylized S from school? Andrea James

Funny After 20 years, 'Pigs In Space' of 'The Muppet Show' has returned Andrea James

Kids This adorable two-year-old is a grocery shopping pro Caroline Siede

Gadgets The latest generation of chatbot toys listen to your kids 24/7 and send their speech to a military contractor Cory Doctorow

happy mutants A heartwarming story about a comic clerk who helped a "baby gay" teen customer come out through Supergirl comics Cory Doctorow

Kids This LEGO Addams Family Mansion needs to happen Andrea James

Kids Watch this delightful handmade 3-minute marble run Andrea James

Kids “I made a spaceship for my son's one year birthday” Xeni Jardin

happy mutants Kids explain how banned and challenged books helped them and even saved their lives Joan Bertin and Millie Davis

Kids Candy cigarettes, the best worst thing since Jarts Andrea James

Art and Design My sister made a Chewbacca piñata costume Michael Borys