1. Friday Open Thread

    Friday's open thread. Have at it!

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  2. A short story by Abigail Mitchell.

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  3. Two brilliant nerds and a foreign policy wonk sit down to talk about Frank Herbert's DUNE and what it meant to them as #teens and what it means to them now.

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  4. Link Roundup

    The Toast presents a selection of delightful information in the form of a link roundup.

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  5. The rules to making a perfect cup of tea.

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  6. The 1974 disaster film "The Towering Inferno" has a lot of valuable advice for fire safety.

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  7. Ghoul, Interrupted

    Tiffany Midge remembers the childhood trauma and sexual predation that shaped her.

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  8. Some questions for Andrew Ucles, creator of videos like "How to catch a Kangaroo disguised as an Emu."

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  9. Cassandra Rasmussen re-translates "Goodnight Moon" from the original Old English.

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  10. Link Roundup!

    The Toast presents a selection of delightful information in the form of a link roundup.

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  11. Helga the Bundt Cake, and other lesser-known astrological signs.

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  12. Numbers that -- beautiful as some of them may be -- should never have made it into Hollywood musicals.

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  13. Sarah Macaraeg talks with Maya Schwenwar about her new book, 'Locked Down, Locked Out: Why Prison Doesn't Work and How We Can Do Better.'

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  14. Bad Victims

    Most survivors of sexual assault will be considered bad victims because we don't want to believe their stories.

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