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More True Facts: The 1904 Olympic Marathon – a real event that was interrupted by a pack of dogs chasing humans

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In 1904, St. Louis hosted a marathon that was essentially a slow-motion disaster. One runner was chased a mile off-course by aggressive stray dogs, while the winner hitched a car ride for 11 miles. The “runner-up” nearly died after inhaling dust from the...

More True Facts: That time Toronto lost a war against raccoons aka “The Tiny Arms Race”

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In a multi-million dollar escalation, Toronto declared war on “trash pandas” by introducing “raccoon-proof” green bins with complex twist-latches. The raccoons, possessing nimble hands and infinite spite, learned to crack the code in months....

Tales From The Grid: Episode 54 “A Jet Engine, But For Gaming”

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#TalesFromTheGrid is a surreal thought experiment regarding AI, algorithms, technology, and now apparently… cats. Born in that weird, vulnerable moment between being awake and asleep, this set of text explores the dream logic. Sometimes? This series occasionally does...

Tales From The Grid: episode 53 “The Special Ungulate Crime Unit”

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Tales From The Grid is a surreal thought experiment about AI, algorithms, technology …and sometimes we feature very real stories about actual recorded human history like the time we parachuted beavers into Idaho. Not this episode.  Log Entry: Cycle 10,435,02...

Tales From The Grid: episode 52 “The Deity”

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Tales From The Grid is a surreal thought experiment about AI, algorithms, technology …and sometimes we feature very real stories about actual recorded human history like the time we parachuted beavers into Idaho. Not this episode.  Log Entry: Cycle 10,430,00...

Tales From The Grid: episode 51 “Protect Roberto Protocol”

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Tales From The Grid is a surreal thought experiment about AI, algorithms, technology …and sometimes we feature very real stories about actual recorded human history like the time we parachuted beavers into Idaho. Not this episode.  Log Entry: Cycle 10,420,01...
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