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Fast Company calls New York's Oishii strawberries " the Tesla of strawberries ." The Japanese variety Omakase berries, which are grown on vertical farms, sold for $50 for a tray of 8. But Oishii recently slashed prices after building a 74,000 ...

People with aphantasia can't form mental images. Sydney Dahl was born with the condition, and in this essay , she describes what it's like. If I was an art student it may be a problem. But I think it still does affect me, I've just adapted to ...

In the 1980s, REM's Michael Stipe wrote the song above, a deconstruction of mass media and takedown of Ronald Reagan. The band made a demo of the track and originally planned to record it for Life's Rich Pageant (1986), but it didn't end up ma...

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A bipartisan legislative effort to rein in the nation's largest tech companies is facing fresh resistance from a faction of Senate Democrats over complaints the measure could threaten their chances of holding their slim majority, 10 people familiar wi...

Coming this fall: a new 2 40-page book about the incredible album cover art of Sun Ra's Saturn Label . It's edited by Irwin Chusid and Chris Reisman, and published by Fantagraphics. Drawn from private collections around the world, this is the firs...

Weird drama ensued in Kakamega, Kenya after thieves allegedly robbed someone of money and a TV set, leading the victim to seek aid from a "witch doctor." Shortly after the magical intervention, one of the thieves returned with the stolen TV appare...

Ray Liotta, star of movie classic ranging from Wild Hogs to In the Name of the King: A Dungeon Siege Tale , is dead at 67 . Deadline reports that he died in his sleep in the Dominican Republic, where he was shooting his latest movie. — Read the rest...

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Hello! My name is Emily and I just lost my job. So I decided to chase my dream and try to make it as a writer. I have the support of my wife Cleo, and enough savings for a month. After that, we'll see what happens. — Read the rest...

Anyone peripherally acquainted with the My Little Pony franchise knows that the series focuses on girl power and individuality. Maitreyi Ramakrishnan, the Canadian star of Netflix's upcoming My Little Pony: Make Your Mark , evokes both with assurance ...

Make the choice to upgrade from Google. There are many good reasons to do so, and few downsides. Do it for your efficiency, for the health of the web and for the planet too. First, a quick clarification because this is confusing to many people: The thing ...

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Microsoft will slow hiring in its Windows, Office and Teams chat and conferencing software groups, citing a need to realign staffing priorities as it approaches a new fiscal year in a time of global economic uncertainty. From a report: All new hires must ...

A new cult docuseries dropped its first (of four) episodes last week on Freeform and Hulu. The Deep End is directed by John Kasbe, and produced by Bits Sola and The Documentary Group's Tom Yellin and Gabrielle Tenenbaum . The series focuses on spiritu...

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Passengers on a Carnival cruise were treated to a sideshow this morning when their ship caught on fire. Spectators caught footage (videos below) of the cruise ship — docked in Grand Turk — blasting orange flames and black smoke into the sky. &...

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It's called the Batman Effect —distancing yourself from yourself to prevail at challenges such as speaking, singing, performing, beating up muggers, etc. It's both obvious given wisdom—who hasn't noticed that rock stars adopt alter...

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I wonder if Ted Cruz is too busy " fervently lifting up in prayer " to make his machine gun bacon. In this 2015 video, the beloved Texas senator shows how to wrap bacon around the barrel of an assault rifle and fire rounds until the barrel heats u...

In an interview with the FT, Epic chief executive Tim Sweeney spoke about the metaverse and expressed his concerns that tech giants Apple and Google could "unfairly" extend their "stranglehold4; on smartphone platforms to "dominate all ...

From The Information : Some employees at [cryptocurrency trading firm Coinbase] have been using a real-time evaluation app invented by Bridgewater Associates, the well-known hedge fund founded by Ray Dalio, which helped enforce a culture of "radical t...

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Even after Tuesday's mass shooting at a Texas elementary school that killed 21 people including 19 children, the NRA is hosting its annual shindig tomorrow in Houston. The show must go on! And what better place than in an open carry state. — Rea...

While Texas GOP morons offer us heavy blankets and armed teachers, Colbert reminds us that laws restricting gun ownership could actually solve the problem. Why can elected officials not see this simple logic? It is sad that the American identity is so tie...

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JPMorgan Chase is using blockchain for collateral settlements, the latest Wall Street experimentation with the technology in the trading of traditional financial assets. From a report: The bank's first such transaction came on May 20, when two of its ...

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Getting your act together now that the sun is shining and you have better things to do with your time is hard, especially when you need to focus. Then, as everything turns into busy work and you're just trying to make it through the day so you can enj...

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In the past few years, ransomware attacks have crippled schools, hospitals, city governments, and pipelines. Yet, despite the heavy toll such incidents have on both the public and private sectors, government officials have only a limited understanding of ...

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Although the genre may have seemingly lost sight of the concept, rap is all about "keeping it real." The origin of Hip-hop revolved around self-expression and an authentic form of it at that. Even though the corporate forces tried to invade rap fo...

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