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kickstarter Jane Metcalfe, co-founder NEO.LIFE, has a cool upcoming book Mark Frauenfelder

Business Frontier, a terrible company, is going bankrupt Cory Doctorow

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makers My top ten maker tips for 2019 Gareth Branwyn

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alleged comedy Comic Maeve Higgins to Shane Gillis: "Your words have consequences. Imagine!" Mark Frauenfelder

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china China's using LinkedIn to recruit spies… again Seamus Bellamy

politics Trump suggests using nuclear weapons to stop hurricanes Rob Beschizza