pizza Chuck E. Cheese has filed for bankrupty David Pescovitz

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music Concert: Kíla – Live at Vicar Street Seamus Bellamy

Business Gawker files for bankruptcy, will sell itself after $140 million Hulk Hogan lawsuit judgement Xeni Jardin

Business Brooks Brothers bankrupt Rob Beschizza

rona Nieman Marcus files for bankruptcy Rob Beschizza

Business Cirque du Soleil launches online portal for viewing shows, explores bankruptcy in coronavirus shutdown: Reuters Xeni Jardin

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

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Business Remembering Laundroid and other robotics companies that died in 2019 Xeni Jardin

corruption Private equity firms should be abolished Cory Doctorow

mckinsey McKinsey's internal mythology compares management consultants to "the Marine Corps, the Roman Catholic Church, and the Jesuits" Cory Doctorow

AI Peter Thiel claims AI is "Leninist" and "literally communist" in a sprawling speech for a think tank Thom Dunn

china Billionaire Sackler family accused of pushing addictive opioids in China Mark Frauenfelder

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youtube Horace Goes Copyright Striking Rob Beschizza

happy mutants Thanks to an article about why science fiction great John M Ford's books are out of print, they're coming back Cory Doctorow

health American health care's life-destroying "surprise bills" are the fault of local, private-equity monopolies Cory Doctorow