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This Is So Stupid

How Much Is Eight Dollars?

Barry Petchesky

Kwakho Madikwain, associate of former gang member Nicholas Mnguni, fills out a spreadsheet of purchase orders in Khayelitsha on March 13, 2025. Former gang member Nicholas Mnguni, known as Zwe in his township, left the 20 Men gang in 2017 to start his own business, producing and selling perfumes, cleaning products, and insect repellent. His business, ML Scents, has enabled him to employ 4 seasonal workers, with the hope of keeping them off the streets, and away from gang recruitment. As a former gangster, Nicholas is exempt from paying the protection fee demanded by local gangs. “Luckily, they know me, so they leave me alone, plus, I don’t want to be aggressive anymore,” he says. (Photo by EMMANUEL CROSET / AFP)

The Machines

It Took Many Years And Billions Of Dollars, But Microsoft Finally Invented A Calculator That Is Wrong Sometimes

Kathryn Xu

Vintage color photograph of a chimpanzee in a skirt, stupid blouse, wristwatch and boots seated at a cluttered desk in a faux office, typing on a red typewriter. (Photo by Found Image Holdings/Corbis via Getty Images)

Science

Point/Counterpoint: Monkeys Typing Shakespeare

Giri Nathan

The Namedropping podcast logo, a coffee cup with a scratched-out name

Podcasts

Am I Having A White Thought Or An Indian Thought? With Sridhar Ramesh

Media Meltdowns

Celebrated Public Intellectual Attempts Math, Falls Down Open Manhole

It Is Time Once Again For Math To Tell Us Which Underperforming NBA Teams Are Truly Crud

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Sabrina Imbler

A ocellate river stingray swimming, along with a logo for Rays Week.

Rays Week

Stingrays Can Do Math. But Why Would They?

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Drew Magary

A young woman smiles as she poses at a desk in an office-like environment, one hand on a document and the other on the keys of a Clary adding machine, mid to late 1950s. (Photo by Tom Kelley/Getty Images)

Funbag

The Dreaded Math Has Made Sports More Entertaining

Journalismism

Dan McQuade’s New Balance Gesture Followed By $4.1 Billion Drop In Company’s Market Value

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