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surveillance Under coronavirus lockdown, Russia expands surveillance state Xeni Jardin

anime Netflix's CASTLEVANIA show is so much better than it has any right to be Thom Dunn

Gadgets Learn how to master Final Cut Pro X for just $15 Boing Boing's Shop

Gadgets Singer is the Cadillac of sewing machines and these six models are on sale for up to 60% off Boing Boing's Shop

politics India: Worst mass violence in Delhi in decades kills 13 during Trump visit Xeni Jardin

music The bizarre 1976 Cat Stevens song and video, Banapple Gas Gareth Branwyn

Robert Anton Wilson Robert Anton Wilson's daughter Christina on the new edition of her father's book, Ishtar Rising Mark Frauenfelder

art Art in the age of artifice Ferdinando Buscema

education Security expert offers hacking advice to students whose campuses have implemented pervasive wireless surveillance Cory Doctorow

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