police procedurals If Samuel Beckett was the star of a 70s cop show Thom Dunn

tabloids Jeffrey Epstein’s prison confession, the world’s most dangerous woman, and the end of the world, in this week’s dubious tabloids Peter Sheridan

Science 'Astonishing' giant circle of pits found at Stonehenge Xeni Jardin

tabloids Do the tabloids deserve a government bailout? This week’s dubious offerings make a poor case for their survival. Peter Sheridan

youtube Horace Goes Copyright Striking Rob Beschizza

Science Teen uses external cameras and projection-mapping onto the a-pillar to "solve" blind-spots Cory Doctorow

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Business Uber projected $8b in losses for 2019, but it just booked $5.2b in losses in a single quarter Cory Doctorow

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fatbergs Latest fatberg news Rob Beschizza

makers Thinking back on the special magic of Make: and Maker Faire Gareth Branwyn

class war The Pinkertons' plan for climate change: a mercenary army that guards one-percenters as the seas rise Cory Doctorow

Business Amazon drops New York HQ2 plans after organized resistance Xeni Jardin

Business Maybe Amazon HQ2 won't happen in New York after all? Xeni Jardin

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News Before Robert Bowers killed 11 in synagogue, on Gab he offered to help a white supremacist hate group dox a journalist Xeni Jardin

art Artist imagines faded and abandoned signage for social media giants Andrea James

Business How Trump's tariff wall will punish small American businesses, kill US jobs, and benefit giant mulitnationals Cory Doctorow

politics 'Family detention' existed under Obama, too. But systematically separating kids is all new. Xeni Jardin

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