speak-easy: the Chicago Sun-Times bought a bar in 1977, staffed with undercover reporters to investigate city government corruption—via Messy Nessy Chic
mapbacks: Dell pulp mysteries back covers featuring crime scene schematics—via Things Magazine
team delft: a hydrogen-powered bubble car is setting records
lรถwenzahn: the linkages between dandelions and human history—see previously
global town square: for Silicon Valley capitalists “bringing people together” is value-neutral
no static at all: automakers removing AM radio, in part because electric engines can interfere with the reception—see more, see previously
a free-speech absolutist: Twitter acquiesced to a selective purdah just prior to the ballot in Tรผrkiye—more here
hey maga: Randy Rainbow savages Florida governor and presidential hopeful with “Welcome to DeSantis”—a parody of “Welcome to the Sixties” from Hairspray
upworthy: the downfall of American reporting through clickbait and catchpenny tactics
