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On a brutal December day, 17% of Spotify employees found out they had been laid off in the company’s third round of job cuts last year. Not long after, music fans around the world realized that the cult-favorite website Every Noise at Once (EveryNoise), an encyclopedic goldmine for music discovery, had stopped working. These two events were not disconnected. Spotify data alchemist Glenn McDonald, who created EveryNoise, was one of the 1,500 employees who was let go that day, but his layoff had wider-reaching…

Artist Tim Andraka is known for drawing wildlife illustrations, except they are fictional and rather bizarre. You probably could find these creatures in a parallel universe, but here, they are just nonsensical science illustrations created for our entertainment.In Tim's art series, you will see animals like giraffes disguised as snails, sloths having a feature to shoot out of their body (yikes!), and many more things that are just too difficult to describe. Therefore, without further ado, we think it's best if you look…

Amazon has several deals on Mario and other Nintendo-themed books, including discounts on limited-edition hardcover encyclopedias, activity books for kids, and other special offers.First, the limited edition of the Super Mario Encyclopedia: The Official Guide to the First 30 Years is on sale at Amazon for just $44.36 (normally $80). The Kindle ebook version is also on discounted to just $22 (down from $40).This 256-page book covers the first three decades of the Super Mario…

Fadeke Adegbuyi / Every: Q&A with Don Caldwell, EIC of Know Your Meme, a 15-year-old online encyclopedia of memes with 10 full-time editorial staff, on uncovering meme origins and more — Think of any meme. It could be the scribbled image of party goers and one man—off alone to the side … Fadeke Adegbuyi / Every: Q&A with Don Caldwell, EIC of Know Your Meme, a 15-year-old online encyclopedia of memes with 10 full-time editorial staff, on uncovering meme origins and…