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Science How to improve your fried rice using physics David Pescovitz

LGBTQ rights Miss Staten Island banned from St. Patrick's Day parade when she comes out as bisexual Mark Frauenfelder

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makers Secret history of the screwdriver David Pescovitz

television Max Headroom recites the ABCs David Pescovitz

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books Bookstore photo series perfectly juxtaposes patrons with book covers Andrea James

lawsuits NYC gynecologist files $1 million lawsuit against woman for 1-star Yelp review Mark Frauenfelder

music Enigma released the second part of Sadeness Rob Beschizza

music 20th Anniversary Edition of "Your Woman" Rob Beschizza

art Watch this engraver reshape Abe Lincoln's penny portrait into a skull Andrea James

Games The new Portal is a bridge-building puzzle game, and it looks AMAZING Cory Doctorow

poetry Hawk Moon: Sam Shepard’s Forgotten First Book Mark Dery

authors Grant Morrison interview: "Laughter can banish any and all demons" Propaganda Anonymous

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