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Many owls live among us in Iowa, but with their ethereal calls, nocturnal habits and silent flight, they can seem a little otherworldly.

Heartbreaking: the most terminally online reporter you know just made a great print.

Microsoft Excel is arguably the world’s most important piece of business software. Can it also be a sport?

Your online influencer girlfriend is actually a rotating cast of low-wage workers. I became one of them.

Ah, its nice to have a little color talk here on the podcast. Dublin, Irelands' ⁠ACHES⁠ is a theorist of color. He combines a multitude of ideas and s...

00:59:11 - A girl signs up for a class. A couple hires an accountant. A group of co-workers decides to pool their money and buy a couple of lottery tickets. In…

How one crew risked radiation, storms, and currents to save Japan from digital isolation.

We asked the staff of Hagerty Media about weird automotive words, and we definitely received some interesting candidates to share!

Wherein The Funny Rabbit On Your Phone Rambles Aimlessly About Conventions, Drug Abuse, And The Current State Of Digital Interaction In An Era Of Social Monopoly

Unity who??

I decided to watch this movie at 10:15PM on a Tuesday during the week Oldboy is screening cause I thought it'd be funny to see this after a bunch of my friends told me to see Oldboy. I'm very very…

Please, not another “unexpected item in the bagging area.”

The Safe Street Rebel group has waged a war against robotaxis in an effort to end vehicle dominance in the city and promote public transport

The ball is now in Musk’s court.

01:26:38 - The Verge's Nilay Patel, Alex Cranz, and David Pierce discuss the vibe shift that is happening on social media and the communal internet. Further re…

Five lessons, and one open question

There is a moment in "Shrek" when the despicable Lord Farquaad has the Gingerbread Man tortured by dipping him into milk. This prepares us for another moment when Princess Fiona's singing voice is so piercing it causes jolly little bluebirds to explode; making the best of a bad situation, she fries their eggs. This is not your average family cartoon. "Shrek" is jolly and wicked, filled with sly in-jokes and yet somehow possessing a heart.

Higher education risks becoming a cut-price assembly line. There’s a better way of producing good learning.

As New York City battles with growing numbers of car thefts, officials are turning to Apple’s AirTag item tracker and...

A major social media platform with no moderation team is a major social media platform with hilarious DMCA problems.

Family is preeminent for most publics but work, material well-being and health also play a key role.

Christianity formed my deepest instincts, and I have been walking away from it for half my life.

100 gecs share the story behind their nostalgic inspirations, working with their idols, and relying only on the essential

Read to the end for a good crab video

Don’t you “incompatible cartridges” me, you horrible machine.