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The fan fiction that rewrote Harry Potter as an evangelical tract
In 2014, an author calling herself Grace Ann Parsons, username “proudhousewife,” began serializing Hogwarts School of Prayer and Miracles on…
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Ellsworth Toohey
A company tried to make Monopoly in America and couldn't get dice
When the WS Game Company got hit with a seven-figure tariff bill on the board games it imports from China, CEO Jonathan Silva decided to find out…
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Ellsworth Toohey
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Los Angeles police pause Flock’s surveillance of everyday life
The panopticon is apparently month-to-month.
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Jason Weisberger
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Boing Boing, July 10, 2026
John Deere caves, a parasite spreads
Jul 10
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Boing Boing
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Anthony Hopkins releases first album at 88
Anthony Hopkins, famed for his Oscar-winning performance as serial killer Hannibal Lecter among many other movie and television roles, has his first…
Jul 10
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Rob Beschizza
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Gaza’s ceasefire has somehow expanded Israel’s control to nearly 70%
Nine months into a ceasefire, Israel now controls nearly 70% of Gaza, up from 50% before the “ceasefire,” because apparently the “cease” part was more…
Jul 10
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Jason Weisberger
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Watch Asian swamp eels emerge from the mud for feeding time
The Asian swamp eel (Monopterus albus) is an unusual freshwater fish with a snake-like body and no scales.
Jul 10
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Popkin
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The Hastings Museum celebrates Kool-Aid’s origins with a permanent exhibit
Hastings, Nebraska, is the birthplace of Kool-Aid, and the city’s museum has a permanent exhibit dedicated to the powdered drink’s history.
Jul 10
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Popkin
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SleepScroll is the anti-feed your brain has been waiting for
SleepScroll is a free browser toy that offers an alternative to the endless social media feed.
Jul 10
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Popkin
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Louisville’s Can Opener gives 11foot8 a run for its money, peeling open trucks at a rate of about 1 per day
Since North Carolina’s famed 11-foot-8-inch can-opener bridge was raised to 12 feet and 4 inches, the bridge’s steady flow of victims has slowed to a…
Jul 10
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Gail P Sherman
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One person built what players call the best train sim ever
A single developer working under the name Novatetsu Games has built a train simulator that Steam reviewers are calling the best ever made. Running…
Jul 10
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Ellsworth Toohey
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UK politician Ann Widdecombe beaten to death in own home
British politician and novelist Ann Widdecombe, a former minister of prisons known for her dogmatic conservative views, was found dead Thursday at her…
Jul 10
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Rob Beschizza
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