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ICYMI: Is 'South Park' Responsible For A Whole Generation Of Trolls?
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- The Library of Congress is going through a comprehensive digitization project, and they've put up 2,500 Japanese woodblock prints that are now available for (free) download.
- South Park dumped on a lot of things in its 20-year run. Did it give birth to a whole generation of trolls?
- What are some of the most influential albums to author Jonathan Lethem? Marvin Gaye makes an appearance on this list.
- In what may turn out to be a battle for our souls, Elon Musk and Mark Zuckerberg are feuding over the benefits and dangers of artificial intelligence.
- How did a Pokemon Go festival in Chicago end up being a total disaster?
- Jared Kushner sure has a penchant for walking into meetings where he has no idea what's going on.
- Spending 72 hours at a random udon dispenser (!) in Japan:
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