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Rumpus Exclusive: “Dear G.B.”

  • Jessica Lind Peterson
  • January 11, 2021
There are many ways to be ripped to shreds.
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Weekly Geekery

  • Julia Ostmann
  • October 18, 2016
Goethe, book reviews, and why you shouldn’t use TripAdvisor. The brother-figures of bear conservation. Barack Obama talks brain-bots and “chasing the unicorn.” Meet your future neighbors: oysters. Henry Wadsworth Longfellow…
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Ursa Major

  • Anne Elizabeth O'Regan
  • February 12, 2016
Last month a bear ripped into my tent, clenched his teeth onto my upper left arm, just below my shoulder, and would not let go.
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FOLK TALK: Taxidermy

  • Shelagh Power-Chopra
  • June 11, 2013
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The Right to Bear Tacos

  • Lauren O'Neal
  • January 16, 2013
What would you do if you happened to witness a car crash that injured no humans but mortally wounded a black bear? If you’re Jackson Landers, you finish the bear…
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Politics Sunday

  • Seth Fischer
  • May 16, 2010
“All of the prostitutes are against the reopening of the brothels.” The French sex workers’ union takes a surprising stance. (Well, maybe not that surprising if you think about it.) (via…
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Morning Coffee

  • Dan Weiss
  • October 26, 2009
Mondays are good days for best ofs and photography (this is a fact, look it up). Here are some birds eye view pictures and some taken through microscopes. 19th Century…
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