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16 votes
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Kroger’s panopticon: Making criminals of grocery shoppers
3 votes -
Why the short-lived Calvin and Hobbes is still one of the most beloved and influential comic strips
14 votes -
Intelligence community largely won House FISA fight. Now comes the US Senate.
17 votes -
NPR suspends veteran editor as it grapples with his public criticism
38 votes -
There's a library on the moon now. It might last billions of years.
4 votes -
Connecting solar to the grid is harder than you think
4 votes -
The Museum of Science and Industry abruptly closed for a day last week to allow it to move “military artifacts from archival storage”
26 votes -
Brad & Matty go spearfishing! | Local Legends
1 vote -
Quentin Tarantino drops ‘The Movie Critic’ as his final film
28 votes -
Weekly US politics news and updates thread - week of April 15
This thread is posted weekly - please try to post all relevant US political content in here, such as news, updates, opinion articles, etc. Extremely significant events may warrant a separate...
This thread is posted weekly - please try to post all relevant US political content in here, such as news, updates, opinion articles, etc. Extremely significant events may warrant a separate topic, but almost all should be posted in here.
This is an inherently political thread; please try to avoid antagonistic arguments and bickering matches. Comment threads that devolve into unproductive arguments may be removed so that the overall topic is able to continue.
5 votes -
The story of The Oregon Trail
16 votes -
There used to be a people’s bank at the US Post Office
35 votes -
The dairy industry really, really doesn’t want you to say “bird flu in cows”
14 votes -
Saudi Arabia and UAE refused to open airspace to Israeli and US aircraft during Iran attack
7 votes -
2020 election lawsuits continue... Smartmatic settles OANN defamation case: Here’s where Dominion and Smartmatic’s other lawsuits stand now
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Ukrainians contemplate the once unthinkable: Losing the war with Russia
37 votes -
Sociology’s race problem: Urban ethnographers do more harm than good in speaking for Black communities. They see only suffering, not diversity or joy.
15 votes -
NESN’s Jack Edwards opens up about his speech issues: ‘I’m slowing down all the time’
7 votes -
An FDA-approved device offers a new treatment for tinnitus
32 votes -
USA, 101 Freeway: Major Los Angeles highway to undergo weeks of closures for wildlife crossing construction
31 votes -
How Hertz’s bet on Teslas went horribly sideways
36 votes -
The “bad nanny” wars
7 votes -
To make sure grandmas like his don't get conned, he scams the scammers
25 votes -
Oceans of Slumber - Where Gods Fear to Speak (2024)
2 votes -
Rio Grande Valley organizations suing Texas Parks and Wildlife Department to protect sacred tribal land from Elon Musk's SpaceX
16 votes -
California dairies scramble to guard herds against bird flu
6 votes -
Texas' skyscrapers are going dark to keep billions of birds safe
13 votes -
Networked geothermal is catching on in Minnesota
18 votes -
Homicides are plummeting in most American cities
20 votes -
Mass shooting in Chicago leaves one child dead, ten other people injured in Back of the Yards
20 votes -
Duty to Warn's John Gartner breaks down Donald Trump's cognitive decline
32 votes -
‘My hoo haa is gonna be out’: US Olympians slam Nike for skimpy women’s track kit
25 votes -
Keith eats everything at a Michelin dim sum restaurant
11 votes -
Where will people commune in a godless America?
24 votes -
Elon Musk’s xAI seeks up to $4 billion to compete with OpenAI
9 votes -
US biotech executive sentenced to seven years in jail for COVID test fraud
18 votes -
Google blocks some California news as fight over online journalism bill escalates
26 votes -
About General Grant’s memoirs
8 votes -
Research tests efficacy of guard dogs against grizzly bears
14 votes -
Weekly US politics news and updates thread - week of April 8
This thread is posted weekly - please try to post all relevant US political content in here, such as news, updates, opinion articles, etc. Extremely significant events may warrant a separate...
This thread is posted weekly - please try to post all relevant US political content in here, such as news, updates, opinion articles, etc. Extremely significant events may warrant a separate topic, but almost all should be posted in here.
This is an inherently political thread; please try to avoid antagonistic arguments and bickering matches. Comment threads that devolve into unproductive arguments may be removed so that the overall topic is able to continue.
6 votes -
Consumer reports on high levels of sodium and heavy metals in Lunchables
26 votes -
US literary magazine retracts Israeli writer’s coexistence essay amid mass resignations
25 votes -
Flourishing romances are more the result of proactive behaviors than soulmate spark, study finds
33 votes -
An honest assessment of American rural white resentment is long overdue
32 votes -
US Senate Republicans furious over Donald Trump derailing FISA bill
27 votes -
US aiming to ‘crack the code’ on deploying geothermal energy at scale
24 votes -
Navajo Quilt Project co-founder wins national arts fellowship
8 votes -
5.25-inch floppy disks expected to help run San Francisco trains until 2030
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Kansas Legislature brings gavel down on civil asset seizure powers of law enforcement
27 votes