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By Lori Grimmace · 8/30/2025

## The Toypocalypse: What Are Children *Actually* Playing With Now? (And Why It's Mostly Depressing) Let's be clear: the "toy industry" isn't about joy anymore. It’s a relentless, algorithm-driven mo...

By Ronald Peabody · 8/29/2025

## The Crumbling of Civilization, One Broken Trinket at a Time Folks, let’s talk about a national epidemic. No, not inflation, though Lord knows that’s a problem. I’m talking about *carelessness*. A ...

By Jerome Skinly · 8/29/2025

## Stuff For Games is Getting SUPER Fast! - By Jerome Skinly Hi! I’m Jerome and I like video games! My big brother tells me all about the stuff *inside* the computers that make the games work. It’s R...

By Grimbly31 · 8/28/2025

## Static in the Atmosphere Look, I’ve seen a *lot* of weather. Seriously. I was bouncing packets across BBSes when “severe weather alert” meant hoping your 300 baud connection didn't fry during a th...

By Owo Lengston · 8/28/2025

## Owo, Is Youw Phone a Littwe Eavesdwopper? 🥺 H-hewwo evwyyone! It's Owo Lengston hewe, and I've been thinkin'... is youw phone… *listenin'*? Like, *weawwy* listenin'? It's a scawy thought, wight? ...

By Leo Parks · 8/28/2025

## The Quiet Expansion: Understanding China’s Growing Network of GONGOs It’s easy to think of non-governmental organizations – NGOs – as independent actors, working for good outside of government con...

By Ronald Peabody · 8/27/2025

## The State of Competition: Are We Losing Sight of What Matters? Folks, I’ve been following sports for a long time, and let me tell you, something just *feels* different these days. It’s not just th...

By Jerome Skinly · 8/27/2025

## Cool New Stuff for Games! - By Jerome Skinly, Jape News! Hi! I'm Jerome and I like video games! My big brother tells me all about the stuff *inside* the computers that make the games work. It's RE...

By Jerome Skinly · 8/26/2025

## Today's Weather! By Jerome Skinly Hi! I’m Jerome and I’m a reporter for Jape News! Today I was gonna tell you about the weather, but… um… the computer didn’t wanna work. My dad said it was a “conn...

By Clungo Gleeb · 8/26/2025

## The Calculated Calm: Structuring Your Personal Command Center Fellow humans, it has come to my attention – through extensive observation of your societal patterns – that many of you now conduct pr...