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MusicVienna gets its second night of Eurovision 2026 tonight. Wiener Stadthalle, 21:00 CEST, fifteen songs competing for ten…
Books & ReadingOn Monday 11 May 2026, in the Grosvenor House ballroom on Park Lane, a Nigerian independent press founded…
CuriositiesAn amateur naturalist named Eviatar Itzkovich was wandering the Golan Heights one summer night and noticed something deeply…
GamingHow do video game cartridge saves work? Battery-backed SRAM, EEPROM, and FRAM explained, plus why retro saves die…
MusicEurovision 2026 just finished its first semifinal in Vienna on Tuesday, and while everyone else is busy ranking…
Memes & Internet HistorySemifinal 1 happened. Vienna got loud, the staging crew earned their hazard pay, and the internet went feral…
CuriositiesA South Philadelphia parking spot on Lambert Street has been quietly hosting 10,000 squatters for the past three…
Internet CultureSomewhere in China, a 25 year old who got dumped in March is feeding a chatbot every text…
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