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Here’s what’s making us happy <em>this</em> week.

Here’s what’s making us happy this week.

By Brittany Allen | January 16, 2026

How to reboot this year’s crop of public domain books for 2026.

How to reboot this year’s crop of public domain books for 2026.

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How Humor Can Be an Effective Tool For Social Change

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This week's news in Venn diagrams.

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Did You Know Mapmakers Used to Make Up Fake Towns in Order to Catch Plagiarists?

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"Life is absurd. We are all small. We all want what we can’t get…and this is funny."

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Here’s what’s making us happy <em> this </em> week.

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Free IP! Ideal candidates for the next Richard Linklater biopic.

Free IP! Ideal candidates for the next Richard Linklater biopic.

The artist loving auteur should make a movie about these guys.

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This week's news in Venn diagrams.

This week's news in Venn diagrams.

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