art Baroque punk papercraft bust by Asya and Dmitry Kozins Andrea James

classical music A neo-Baroque fugue based on Lady Gaga's "Bad Romance" Rusty Blazenhoff

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facebook Man stole $122m from Facebook and Google by sending them random bills, which the companies dutifully paid Cory Doctorow

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Business Supreme Court looks ready to let customers sue Apple for abusing its App Store monopoly Cory Doctorow

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