marine life Giant string-like creature composed of "millions of interconnected clones" found off the coast of Australia Thom Dunn
disasters Sci-fi author Ted Chiang on the disaster novel we're currently living through Gareth Branwyn
News German proposal to control links to news stories: headlines, 3s of video, 128 pixel thumbnails Cory Doctorow
corruption South Carolina's magistrate judges are a clown-car of corrupt cronies, but they get to put people in jail Cory Doctorow
tabloids The trial of the century, Epstein’s killer exposed, and Obama’s hatred, in this week’s dubious tabloids Peter Sheridan
happy mutants Talking science fiction, technological self-determination, inequality and competition with physicist Sean Carroll Cory Doctorow
happy mutants Margaret Atwood's "The Testaments": a long-awaited Handmaid's Tale sequel fulfills its promise Cory Doctorow
happy mutants Thomas Piketty's new book uses data to trace how inequality changes ideology Cory Doctorow
books How "meritocracy" went from a joke to a dogma, and destroyed the lives of everyone it touched Cory Doctorow
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