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@thecooldown.com | 39 minutes ago

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@thefp.com | 40 minutes ago

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@gamermatters.com | 44 minutes ago

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Quick Swiss Chard

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@cookieandkate.com | 1 hour ago

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@theverge.com | 1 hour ago

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@newatlas.com | 1 hour ago

Starbucks is making a major change to its menu — and it could save you money on your next drink order

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@thecooldown.com | 1 hour ago

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@livescience.com | 1 hour ago

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@kottke.org | 1 hour ago

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@manton.org | 1 hour ago

North Korean hackers use new macOS malware against crypto firms

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@bleepingcomputer.com | 1 hour ago

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@thefp.com | 1 hour ago

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@gizmodo.com | 1 hour ago

Thursday session

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@adactio.com | 1 hour ago

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@nautil.us | 1 hour ago

The Rivian R2’s next-gen batteries will be made in the US by LG Energy

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@theverge.com | 1 hour ago

Apple is finally letting green bubbles send message reactions

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@theverge.com | 1 hour ago

Major oil company abandons critical promise just four years after vowing it would change — here's what's at stake

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@thecooldown.com | 1 hour ago

Day 1388: "The agenda."

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@whatthefuckjusthappenedtoday.com | 1 hour ago

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@kottke.org | 1 hour ago

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@gizmodo.com | 1 hour ago

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@sixcolors.com | 1 hour ago

Amazon’s Mass Effect TV series is actually going to be made

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@arstechnica.com | 1 hour ago

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@gizmodo.com | 1 hour ago

Tripping on magic mushrooms to treat anorexia nervosa

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@boingboing.net | 2 hours ago

Max needs higher prices, more ads to help support WBD’s flailing businesses

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@arstechnica.com | 2 hours ago

12 New Weevil Species Discovered Across Japan, Malaysia, Vietnam, and Taiwan

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@scitechdaily.com | 2 hours ago

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@livescience.com | 2 hours ago

Upgrade your iPhone’s weak flash with this adjustable MagSafe light

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@theverge.com | 2 hours ago

Incredibly rare, ghostly white shark discovered off Albania

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@livescience.com | 2 hours ago

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@theverge.com | 2 hours ago

Republicans sweep key utility regulator races in Arizona and Louisiana

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@canarymedia.com | 2 hours ago

3 questions: Leveraging insights to enable clinical outcomes

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@news.mit.edu | 2 hours ago

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@thekitchn.com | 2 hours ago

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@seriouseats.com | 2 hours ago

Global Heating & Terror Management Theory

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@cleantechnica.com | 2 hours ago

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@seriouseats.com | 2 hours ago

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@amerpie.lol | 2 hours ago

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@danq.me | 2 hours ago

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@seriouseats.com | 2 hours ago

So Goeth Before the Fall

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@waiterrant.net | 2 hours ago

Trump’s likely FCC chair wrote Project 2025 chapter on how he’d run the agency

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@arstechnica.com | 2 hours ago

To See a Spellbinding Contemporary Art Exhibition, Head to the Ancient Egyptian Pyramids

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@smithsonianmag.com | 2 hours ago