Fri Jul 17 2026

The death of the stick shift is almost here

Driving a manual vehicle is a lost art. Hopes of a revival have fallen flat. ...

cars

Tue Jul 7 2026

The United States’ dream didn’t die. It was overturned

Folarin Balogun and the USMNT's "dream" start was an uplifting story while it...

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Thu Jul 2 2026

The World Cup Shows What’s Great About America

Even if the so-called "Pro-America" crowd hates it

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Thu Jul 2 2026

America’s Greatest Hot Dog

The price and quality of the $1.50 Costco frank haven’t budged in 40 years. I...

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Wed Jul 1 2026

The quiet grief of adult friendship

A few weeks ago, a friend called me at 01:40 AM. Not texted. Called. For a br...

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Sat Jun 13 2026

The Last Surviving Japanese Porsche 912 Police Car

Oof, what a beauty. In the 1960s, four Porsche 912s were customized for use a...

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Sat Jun 13 2026

Chili Peppers of the World: Cultivars, Species, and Heat

An illustrated guide to chili peppers of the world, organized by Capsicum spe...

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Tue Jun 2 2026

The Disappearance of the Public Bench

Benches are microcosms of an expansive debate about who belongs in urban publ...

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Fri May 15 2026

Rich Guy Quote Journalism

How the media turns rich guys' opinions into news

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Fri May 15 2026

Who gets to ask the universe questions?

A few notes on who should read books about physics

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Fri May 15 2026

The map that keeps Burning Man honest

The event's Leave No Trace principle isn't just a promise — it's measured, ma...

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Wed May 13 2026

The Real Solution to User Conflict on Trails

Boulder County’s proposed “Alternating” Trail Use Pilot Project is attempting...

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Wed May 6 2026

Boulder is about to lose another piece of its drive-in past

From Bush’s Drive-In to Twinburger, Boulder’s roadside restaurants helped def...

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Thu Apr 16 2026

The Last Quiet Thing

Your possessions came alive. Now they won't stop talking.

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Wed Apr 15 2026

Heeeeere’s ‘The Shining’ hotels | CNN

There’s more than one ‘Shining’ hotel from which to choose. Depends if you wa...

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Tue Apr 7 2026

WikiCommute

helps you learn during your commute: enter your available minutes and get a c...

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Mon Mar 30 2026

What we think is a decline in literacy is a design problem

Your inability to focus isn’t a failing. It’s a design problem, and the answe...

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Mon Mar 2 2026

Useful patterns for building HTML tools

I’ve started using the term HTML tools to refer to HTML applications that I’v...

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Tue Feb 24 2026

Searching for Birds

An interactive story about the birds that capture our curiosity, told through...

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Thu Feb 19 2026

Inside the Hidden Network of Resistance in Minneapolis

Waves of federal agents forced countless Minnesota residents into hiding. Cou...

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Tue Feb 17 2026

Molly guard in reverse

Old-school computing has a term “molly guard”: it’s the little plastic safety...

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Wed Feb 11 2026

America isn't exceptional — it's the exception

America has self-importance in abundance. What it lacks is the data to back i...

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Fri Jan 30 2026

No Cult Favorite: BREAKING AWAY Is a Masterpiece

I trust Breaking Away completely. Simply and without strain, it remains one o...

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Mon Nov 3 2025

Michael Che Addresses “Really F***ed Up” SNAP Cutoffs Amid Government Shutdown

Michael Che addressed the SNAP cutoff that went into effect Saturday due to t...

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Tue Oct 14 2025

Getting Yelled at By Dumbasses

The defining experience of fascism.

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Tue Sep 16 2025

An E-bike For The Mind

E-bikes and what they can teach us about AI

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Tue Jul 15 2025

Survival of the Greediest

How unchecked greed and wealth worship are devouring the world — and us with it

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Mon Jul 14 2025

why are we lying to young people about work?

hard work isn't the tax you pay for living, it's the tuition for a life worth...

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Fri Jun 20 2025

Three-quarters of Americans support bike lanes in their area and nearly half say they increase quality of life

Americans are more likely to say bike lanes increase than decrease overall qu...

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Fri Jan 24 2025

Swede dreams: How Sweden is embracing its sleepy side

Sweden's long, cold nights might put you off going there in winter, unless, t...

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Tue Dec 3 2024

Asleep at the Wheel in the Headlight Brightness Wars

The activists and Reddit nerds are out to prove that it’s not just your imagi...

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Mon Dec 2 2024

Amid Europe’s energy crisis, this Dutch tulip farmer is swapping gas for heat from Bitcoin mining

A greenhouse in the Netherlands is using the heat generated from cryptocurren...

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Tue Nov 12 2024

These Women Were Some of Afghanistan’s Best Athletes. Then They Started Getting Death Threats.

When the US withdrew from Afghanistan in 2021, the Taliban began taking away ...

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Mon Nov 11 2024

Colors of The Court

Traditions, trends, and who's wearing what in today's NBA

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Mon Nov 11 2024

He's been waiting his whole life for this moment

In 2009, during half-time at a Boston Celtics game, a young fan called Jeremy...

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Fri Nov 1 2024

Boulder's punk scene grows as young musicians fuel underground movement

From Boulder house concerts to DIY series at coffee shops, young musicians ar...

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Thu Oct 31 2024

Police recover more than 40,000 stolen Bluey coins

Known as "dollar bucks."

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Mon Oct 28 2024

Frank Lloyd Wright’s only skyscraper will go up for auction in October

Is Oklahoma’s historic Price Tower doomed?

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Wed Jul 10 2024

New species of pseudoscorpion discovered near Boulder's Flatirons

The new species, Larca boulderica, named after Boulder, is the sixth cave-ada...

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Thu Jun 20 2024

The return of pneumatic tubes

Pneumatic tubes were supposed to revolutionize the world but have fallen by t...

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