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The Hitchhiker’s Guide to Slack

Ford Prefect
October 21, 2025October 21, 2025
October 21, 2025October 21, 2025
CommunicationSlack

Slack is a communication platform that Earth inhabitants use to send messages to each other while sitting in the same building. It was invented by...

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Government

No Kings Day: Americans Remember They Fought a War Over This

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October 18, 2025October 18, 2025
October 18, 2025October 18, 2025
No KingsNo Kings DayUnited States

No Kings Day is an Earth protest day that emerged in June 2025, when a significant portion of Americans suddenly recalled that their nation's...

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Government

Democracy: The Practice of Letting Everyone Have a Say (Even Dave)

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October 12, 2025October 12, 2025
October 12, 2025October 12, 2025
democracy

Democracy is a system of governance practiced on Earth in which the inhabitants of a geographical area collectively decide who should be in charge...

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Tech

Is The Wi-Fi Working For You? Does it Ever?

Ford Prefect
October 11, 2025October 11, 2025
October 11, 2025October 11, 2025
InternetWi-Fi

Wi-Fi (Wireless Fidelity, though nobody can quite explain what's particularly "faithful" about it) is Earth's charmingly primitive attempt at...

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Humans

Everything You Need to Know About Elvis

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October 11, 2025October 11, 2025
October 11, 2025October 11, 2025
Elvis

Elvis Aaron Presley was a humanoid who appeared on Earth in 1935, specifically in Tupelo, Mississippi—a location whose primary claim to fame would...

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Tech

What is an Algorithm?

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October 11, 2025October 11, 2025
October 11, 2025October 11, 2025
algorithm

An algorithm is a set of mathematical instructions that Earth humans use to make decisions without actually having to think about them. This...

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Tech

TikTok: How Earth Accidentally Weaponized Attention Spans

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October 10, 2025October 10, 2025
October 10, 2025October 10, 2025
algorithmTikTok

TikTok is a mobile application that delivers an endless stream of short video content directly into human eyeballs at a rate carefully calibrated...

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Science

Quantum Immortality: Earth’s Latest Pop Science Obsession

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October 10, 2025October 10, 2025
October 10, 2025October 10, 2025
Quantum Immortality

Quantum Immortality is a fringe Earth-based notion that suggests you cannot actually die from your own perspective because, at each moment of...

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Tech

Smartphones: The Tiny Anxiety Generators That Conquered Earth

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October 10, 2025October 10, 2025
October 10, 2025October 10, 2025
Smartphones

The smartphone is a small rectangular device that Earth humans carry with them at all times, clutching it with the sort of desperate affection...

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Government

HOAs: Beige Empires of Suburban Despair

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October 10, 2025October 10, 2025
October 10, 2025October 10, 2025
HOA

Homeowners' Associations, or HOAs as they are known to those who've lost the will to pronounce full words, are a uniquely Earthling form of...

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