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State of Repair

FTC Report to Congress: Repair Monopolies Harm the Public and the Planet
Bipartisan FTC study confirms that onerous repair restrictions hurt the public, harm the environment, and industry opposition to meaningful reform is “not supported by the record.”
Karl Bode
5.7.21
tech-science

Scientists Have Studied the Mysterious Behavior of Cats Sitting on Squares
Cats love sitting on any square object, as if drawn by some primordial instinct. A new study shows that the square can even be an optical illusion.
Madeleine Gregory
5.7.21
tech-science

NASA Wants to Build a Lunar Outpost That Will One Day Take Us to Mars
Dan Hartman and Lara Kearney, part of NASA’s Lunar Gateway team, plan to help return humans to the Moon.
Becky Ferreira
5.7.21
Games Opinion

Bring Back VR for 'Resident Evil Village' You Cowards
Exploring 'Resident Evil 7' locked inside a black box, slabs of glass mere inches from your eyeballs, was overwhelming and hostile.
Patrick Klepek
5.7.21
Games Opinion

The Scathing Portrait of the Pro Fascist in 'Disco Elysium: The Final Cut'
How self-pity and humiliation are weaponized first against critical thought, then society at large.
Andreas Inderwildi
5.7.21
Culture

The Guide to Getting Into Filipino Indie Music, the Diverse Sounds of OPM
From alternative rock to hip-hop, there’s a Filipino indie playlist for your every mood.
Lia Savillo
5.7.21
lin wood

QAnon Lawyer Lin Wood Is Way More Extreme Than You Thought
Wood has physically attacked his colleagues, and once claimed he was going to become Chief Justice of the Supreme Court based on a prophecy he heard on YouTube.
David Gilbert
5.7.21
relationships

Let Ghosters Ghost
You can tell them what you think, but you already have whatever answers from them you might be looking for.
Hannah Smothers
5.7.21
rights

TikTok Union Memes Are the Antidote to Instagram Slacktivism
Organizers who are passionate about unions are stirring workers into action, one TikTok trend at a time.
Katie Way
5.7.21
Coronavirus

They’re Trying to Save Lives in India. YouTube Says Their Videos Are Dangerous.
YouTube took down videos of Indians showing how to make oxygen at home. Some had close to a million views.
Shamani Joshi
5.7.21
japan

A Japanese Man Kept an 11-Foot Python as a Pet and It Just Went Missing
Reticulated pythons are not venomous, but can constrict their prey to death within minutes.
Hanako Montgomery
5.7.21
war

We Asked an Expert Who Would Win in a War Between the UK and France
The situation off the coast of Jersey seems to have calmed down. But what if... it hadn't?
Oscar Rickett
5.7.21
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