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You DID Hear It From Us: There's Normal Gossip Merch

NEW NORMAL GOSSIP MERCH!

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Patrick Redford

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Mere Mortals

Arts And Culture

Maybe It’s Not So Bad Being ‘Mere Mortals’

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Albert Burneko

IFA 2023 Consumer Electronics And Home Appliances Trade Fair

The Machines

Finally, A Grocery Cart That Can Save Me From The Horror Of An Ad-Free Moment Of Existence

SANTA CLARA, CALIFORNIA - MARCH 10: A Brinks armored truck sits parked in front of the shuttered Silicon Valley Bank (SVB) headquarters on March 10, 2023 in Santa Clara, California. Silicon Valley Bank was shut down on Friday morning by California regulators and was put in control of the U.S. Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation. Prior to being shut down by regulators, shares of SVB were halted Friday morning after falling more than 60% in premarket trading following a 60% declined on Thursday when the bank sold off a portfolio of US Treasuries and $1.75 billion in shares to cover declining customer deposits. (Photo by Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)

Silicon Valley Bank Shut Down By Regulators

Capital

The Collapse Of Silicon Valley Bank Is Testing Tech’s Loudest Evangelists

WASHINGTON, DC - OCTOBER 28: CEO of Facebook Mark Zuckerberg appears on a monitor as he testifies remotely during the Senate Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee hearing 'Does Section 230's Sweeping Immunity Enable Big Tech Bad Behavior?', on Capitol Hill, October 28, 2020 in Washington, DC. CEO of Twitter Jack Dorsey; CEO of Alphabet Inc. and its subsidiary Google LLC, Sundar Pichai; and CEO of Facebook Mark Zuckerberg all testified virtually at the hearing. Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act guarantees that tech companies can not be sued for content on their platforms, but the Justice Department has suggested limiting this legislation. (Photo by Michael Reynolds-Pool/Getty Images)

Big Tech CEO’s Testify Before Senate On Section 230 Immunity

Meta Is Desperate

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Tom Ley

Atlanta Braves v San Diego Padres

MLB Finally Found A Good Way To Use Technology

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Nice Cup Of Coffee

Boston Tech Startup Develops Worst Imaginable Way To Get A Cup Of Coffee

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Clubhouse Is Loud, Incoherent, And Packed With Suckers

Spot competes at the DARPA Robotics Challenge Showcases Cutting Edge In Artificial Intelligence

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Science

Boston Dynamics: Robot Cop Dog Should Not Be Used To Intimidate

Uber CEO Dara Khosrowshahi addresses the audience during the keynote at the start an Uber products launch in San Francisco, California on September 26, 2019. - Uber on Thursday unveiled a new version of its smartphone app that weaves together services from shared rides to public transit schedules while adding more security features. The upgraded app is intended to let Uber users see, and ideally tap into, the company's array of options for getting around or having restaurant meals delivered. (Photo by Philip Pacheco / AFP) (Photo by PHILIP PACHECO/AFP via Getty Images)

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Politics

California’s Prop 22 Was Just The Beginning

Mohammad bin Salman, crown prince of Saudi Arabia

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This Is So Stupid

Do You Not See That The City Of The Future Must Be A Straight Line, You Oaf, You Absolute Doofus

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