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Stephen King’s The Shining, If the Hotel Had Possessed Wendy Instead of Jack

Wendy lit the stove to heat a pot of tomato soup. She turned to grab a wooden spoon and gasped. Two little girls in smocked dresses stood in the doorway. “Come play with us,” one said. “I’m making lunch,” Wendy whispered. “We want you to play with us,” the other girl said. T...

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Your Career Aptitude Tests Results Suggest Bridge Troll

This letter is to inform you that your career aptitude test evaluation is complete. Your recommended career: Bridge Troll. Here at the Career Aptitude Institute, we evaluate thousands of tests each year from students all over the country. In the entire history of our organiz...

WIRED
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Nintendo’s Virtual Boy Is a Silly but Fun Blast From the Past

This $100 accessory adds a little bit of that Nintendo quirkiness to the otherwise no-nonsense Switch 2.

WIRED
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A Continuous Glucose Monitor Might Help You Lose Weight (2026)

Signos is the first FDA-cleared, AI-enabled system that uses CGMs to nudge you towards healthier behaviors.

WIRED
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Koala Wanda Sofa Bed Review: Compact Comfort

This sleeper sofa comprises a reversible chaise, sofa, daybed, and queen-size bed—I slept on it for a week to see if it’s good for guests.

WIRED
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‘Fallout’ Producer Jonathan Nolan on AI: ‘We’re in Such a Frothy Moment’

The Westworld showrunner thinks AI will be good for burgeoning filmmakers, but not for Hollywood blockbusters.

WIRED
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All the Sports You Won’t See at the 2026 Winter Olympics

The makeup of the Winter Olympics has changed many times in the 100-plus years of the Games. Here are some sports that haven’t stood the test of time.

WIRED
Text • Marah Eakin

12 Athletes to Watch at the 2026 Winter Olympics

History is already being made at the Milano Cortina Games—and they haven’t even started.

WIRED
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Nick Goepper’s Starter Pack: Winter Olympics 2026

What a three-time Olympic medalist packs for the Milano Cortina Winter Games.

WIRED
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‘She Has a Presence’: The ‘Melania’ Superfans Who Turned Up for Opening Weekend

WIRED attended two documentary screening parties—one on each coast—for the First Lady’s film. What a time.

WIRED
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How Data Brokers Can Fuel Violence Against Public Servants

A new report from the Public Service Alliance finds state privacy laws offer public servants few ways to protect their private data, even as threats against them are on the rise.

WIRED
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Rising Temperatures Are Taking a Toll on Sleep Health

As nights get hotter around the globe due to climate change, the prevalence of sleep apnea is expected to increase by as much as threefold.

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The F.B.I.’s Extraordinary Seizure of Voting Records

Last week, F.B.I. agents searched an election center in Fulton County, Ga., seizing truckloads of ballots from 2020. The move escalated the investigation into President Trump’s claims of voter fraud in the state after his 2020 defeat in the state. It has since been learned t...

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Trump ICE Threats Take Darker Turn as MAGA Erupts in Demands for Blood

Donald Trump is making it explicit. In an angry diatribe to a right-wing podcaster, Trump told his usual lies about vote-cheating by undocumented immigrants, but this time he explicitly called on Republicans to “take over the voting.” He also darkly promised someth...

That Trippi Show
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David Bowie and "Art that shook the world" with Peter Ormerod

Peter Ormerod, author of "David Bowie and the Search for Life, Death and God," joins Joe and Alex for a special guest episode to discuss his new book and all things Bowie, his spirituality, and how it affected his music. As Peter writes, "We cannot know if Bowie ever found this God. But we do know that in searching for God, Bowie made art that shook the world and changed lives". Count Trippi among them - and listen to find out why.

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Scripting News: Tuesday, February 3, 2026

Tuesday, February 3, 2026 Interesting post on Twitter by an OpenAI co-founder, Andrej Karpathy, about the value of RSS. I've seen it said elsewhere, that RSS and ChatGPT are particularly well-suited for each other. I don't understand the connection, other than RSS is always...

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Five ways of thinking about Moltbook

Five ways of thinking about Moltbook

What a social network for AI agents tells us about the future. PLUS: Elon consolidates the X empire

WIRED
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Epstein Files Reveal Peter Thiel's Elaborate Dietary Restrictions

The latest batch of Jeffrey Epstein files shed light on the convicted sex offender’s ties to Silicon Valley—and Peter Thiel’s exacting approach to food.

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