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#fun — I touch myself – Masturbation is an act of self ownership. Don't be shy. Bill Wirtz for ftn.media
#society — There she blows – Big city environmentalists made life hell for a native Alaskan whale hunter after his first kill. Julia O'Malley for www.hcn.org
#ai — Elon Musk got no chill – SpaceX CEO and founder Elon Musk is afraid of AI. But the experts vehemently disagree. Dom Galeon for futurism.com
#innovation — Electric pain – Pain leads to empathy and self-preservation: should we make robots ‘feel’ it? Video by Colin Ramsay, James Uren for aeon.co
#economics — People eating tasty animals – Tamar Haspel, who writes "Unearthed," a column on food and agriculture at the Washington Post, talks with EconTalk host Russ Roberts about a wide variety of issues related to the cost of food and how it's produced.
#it — Quantum Leap – For years, Google has poured time and money into building a working quantum computer. Now it wants to turn the technology into a business. Mark Bergen for www.bloomberg.com
#nature — I see smoke! – Determining where and when wildfires could strike could help save lives and keep precious forestland from burning down...Elizabeth Borneman for www.gislounge.com
#it — WTF am I reading? – The secrets of Optical Character Recognition (OCR). Chris Higgins for mentalfloss.com
#technology — Keyed – Snap a picture of a key and Key Me will turn it into a working metal key. Cory Doctorow for boingboing.net
