Five Quick Links for Wednesday Noonish

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Search engine logic: The Sega Genesis was also known as the "Mega Drive" so if you search Google for "the book of megadrive", the top result is for the first book of the Bible.

Max Park struggled with fine motor skills as a kid, a symptom of his autism. Now he's the fastest in the world at solving a Rubik's Cube.

"The [Supreme] Court's majority is so ethically challenged, internally divided, jurisprudentially sloppy, and ideologically polarized that it cannot do a competent job despite what by historical standards is a ridiculously light workload."

Justice Samuel Alito Took Luxury Fishing Vacation With GOP Billionaire Who Later Had Cases Before the Court. "Republican megadonor Paul Singer's hedge fund has repeatedly had business before the Supreme Court. Alito has never recused himself."

Editorial from The Guardian: "The contrast between the frantic hunt for a missing submersible and the failure to save migrants drowning in the Mediterranean is illuminating."

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