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Marco Notes — Personal experiences, gear, fixes, and ideas

Personal field notes, comparisons, wish-list research, and opinions on music, repairs, automation, instruments, 3D, computer gear, headphones, and more.

Touring LA, through the lens of Quentin Tarantino

You can eat, sleep, shop and even pray your way through about 50 filming locations by way of auteur director Quentin Tarantino’s lovingly rendered tour of his hometown.

How Epstein plotted to escape justice in his final months

Inside the final 9 months of Jeffrey Epstein's life: How the cat-and-mouse game between Epstein and federal law enforcement unfolded.

Human Spaceflight QUIZ

As NASA's Artemis II astronauts prepare to travel farther from Earth than ever before, test your knowledge of humanity's journey into the cosmos.

Exposing a global ‘online rape academy’ that is teaching men how to abuse women and evade detection

CNN exposes an online network of men encouraging each other to drug and assault their partners, and swap tips on how to get away with it.

When Parkinson’s raised walls, they decided to climb

A program for Parkinson’s patients at a rock-climbing gym has become an informal support group — offering both a sense of empowerment and community for those who participate, and their caregivers.

2025: The year in pictures

This year the world witnessed a relentless news cycle full of compelling and jarring images. Look back at the photos that defined 2025.

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How North Korean IT workers leverage AI and vulnerable Americans to infiltrate US companies

Thousands of North Korean IT workers are using stolen and made-up US identities to make hundreds of millions of dollars a year to fund Pyongyang’s military programs.

The scars of war

A photographer documents her husband’s transition out of the Army as he begins his journey toward healing.

Sudan’s civil war shows no signs of slowing down

Photojournalist Giles Clarke was granted rare access to Sudan as the country’s civil war enters its third year. He witnessed the crippling effects of the conflict.

100 days: The US stock market's rollercoaster ride since Trump took office

November's election sparked a 'Trump bump.' Here's how things have shifted since.

Visiting Jonestown, the site of the 1970s mass murder and suicide in Guyana

For the first time, Guyana has given its blessing for a tour company to start bringing visitors into what’s left of Jonestown — where more than 900 Americans lost their lives in 1978.