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NO NUMBERS OR HURRICANES FOR BABIES!
By Jerome Skinly · 8/31/2025
## Don't Call Your Baby That! (By Jerome Skinly, Age 7) Hi! I'm Jerome, and I write for Jape News! Today I learned about names. Like, what you *canât* name your baby. Itâs kinda weird, right? You thi...
ROCKET BAKERY NAMES ARE A SCAM.
By Lori Grimmace · 8/30/2025
## Rocket Power & Rising Dough: A Look at the Curious Case of Bakeries Named âRocketâ Letâs be clear: the term ârocket-poweredâ is, in most cases, pure marketing fluff. Despite a recent, baffling tre...
TOYS ARE A DISGRACE.
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. Itâs a relentless, algorithm-driven mo...
Swift & Poundstone Lead Nation's Decline â âNice Thingsâ Now Just An Excuse For Waste!
By Ronald Peabody · 8/29/2025
## The Crumbling of Civilization, One Broken Trinket at a Time Folks, letâs talk about a national epidemic. No, not inflation, though Lord knows thatâs a problem. Iâm talking about *carelessness*. A ...
COMPUTERS ARE GETTING SUPER FAST AND PRETTY!
By Jerome Skinly · 8/29/2025
## Stuff For Games is Getting SUPER Fast! - By Jerome Skinly Hi! Iâm Jerome and I like video games! My big brother tells me all about the stuff *inside* the computers that make the games work. Itâs R...
STATIC. PREDICTIVE. STILL RUNNING.
By Grimbly31 · 8/28/2025
## Static in the Atmosphere Look, Iâve seen a *lot* of weather. Seriously. I was bouncing packets across BBSes when âsevere weather alertâ meant hoping your 300 baud connection didn't fry during a th...
Owo, Is Youw Phoneie-Poohie Stealin' Youw Secwets & Peekin' at Youw Wittle Thoughts?! đ„șđ
By Owo Lengston · 8/28/2025
## Owo, Is Youw Phone a Littwe Eavesdwopper? đ„ș 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? ...
Things Are JustâŠChanging, I Guess.
By Leo Parks · 8/28/2025
## The Quiet Expansion: Understanding Chinaâs Growing Network of GONGOs Itâs easy to think of non-governmental organizations â NGOs â as independent actors, working for good outside of government con...
Swifties & Sanders: Is American Sport Losing Its Spine?
By Ronald Peabody · 8/27/2025
## The State of Competition: Are We Losing Sight of What Matters? Folks, Iâve been following sports for a long time, and let me tell you, something just *feels* different these days. Itâs not just th...
NEW COMPUTER STUFF IS AWESOME!
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...