Mark Frauenfelder

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Research director at Institute for the Future. Editor at Boing Boing and Cool Tools. Founding editor-in-chief of MAKE
Mark FrauenfelderNov 7, 2024

In 1945, US spies hijacked Nazi Germany's mail system with Operation Cornflakes: bombing mail trains, then dropping fake propaganda letters in the wreckage for postal workers to "deliver." Even created special Hitler stamps with his face morphing into a skull.

https://premium.boingboing.net/p/hitler-death-head-stamp-how-spies

Hitler Death Head stamp: how spies infiltrated Nazi mail system

In the dying months of World War II, American spies waged a unique battle against Nazi Germany — not with bullets and bombs, but with letters and stamps.

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Mark FrauenfelderJun 11, 2024
Junior trying to squeeze more money from his suckers
Mark FrauenfelderNov 8, 2023
https://bookfreak.substack.com/p/book-freak-144-the-scientific-path
Book Freak 144: The Scientific Path to Flexible Thinking

Advice from "Think Again," by Adam Grant

Book Freak
Mark FrauenfelderSep 27, 2023
Another happy https://bookfreak.substack.com/ reader!
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10,000+ subscribers. Short pieces of advice from books. Click to read Book Freak, by Mark Frauenfelder, a Substack publication.

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Mark FrauenfelderAug 3, 2023
I want to make some of these Midjourney creatures:
Mark FrauenfelderJul 4, 2023
What is the purpose of this sign?
Mark FrauenfelderJun 8, 2023
What a coincidence!