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#5790: Police Auditors: Rights, Rage, and the Camera
They film outside police stations until someone in uniform reacts. Is it civil liberties activism or a business built on confrontation?
#5789: Build First, Ask Later: Hermits Who Dug Cathedrals
No permits, no blueprints, no training. Two categories of builders who did the unreasonable — and what they share.
#5788: What Is a Consulate That Isn't a Consulate?
Israel says the consulate closed. Britain says the mission lives. Same building, same seven staff, one screwdriver.
#5787: Inside the Two Steel Industries
Steel is really two industries wearing one word — and the health and carbon ledgers land in different places.
#5786: Colgate, Harley, and Bic: Famous Brands' Forgotten Flops
Colgate never sold beef lasagna — but it did sell gassy soybeans. Harley made cologne. Bic made "For Her" pens. The stories are stranger than the l...
#5785: The Worst Mascots Ever Made
From a clown selling sugar cereal to a blue blob Atlanta couldn't name, we count down the mascots that should never have left the sketch.
#5784: The Cheap Knife That Lies to You
Why a cheap sharp knife is worse than a dull one, and how to pick tools for stripping cable without nicking a conductor.
#5783: Can a Dremel Be Gym Equipment?
A Dremel afternoon left Daniel drenched in sweat. Turns out the research on power tool physical load barely covers his tool at all.
#5782: Unraid in a VM: When the License Is the Wall
Daniel wants Unraid's parity array without Synology's lock-in. The technology works. The licensing is the wall.
#5781: Measuring Keyhole Spacing: Why the Tool You Want Doesn't Exist
A digital slider that reads millimeters? It's actually two tools — and for keyhole spacing, the right answer might be no measurement at all.