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music This robot plays the marimba and writes and sings its own songs David Pescovitz

censorship Genetic Evasion: using genetic algorithms to beat state-level internet censorship Cory Doctorow

religion Full story of the missionary killed when trying to convert an "uncontacted" tribe David Pescovitz

happy mutants Cult of the Dead Cow: the untold story of the hacktivist group that presaged everything great and terrible about the internet Cory Doctorow

music When William S. Burroughs met Bob Dylan David Pescovitz

ukpoli Britain's "nasty party" condemns its MPs' nastiness Cory Doctorow

class war Leaked video reveals Amazon's union-busting playbook Cory Doctorow

Science If humans gave up on geoengineering after 50 years, it could be far worse than if we had done nothing at all Cory Doctorow

petard Corporations form coalition to ask a court to ban coalitions (of people the corporations have screwed over) Cory Doctorow

art Arnold Böcklin's Isle of the Dead as a VR experience Rob Beschizza

uk Corbyn's Labour surges to an 8-point lead over the Tories Cory Doctorow

Disney Disney's Hall of Presidents show reportedly rolled back so Trumpbot won't get a speaking role Cory Doctorow

creativity Charles Darwin spent most of his day chilling out Andrea James

Business American Conservative to Trump: before you give billions more to the military, figure out what happened to the $6T we lost in the Middle East Cory Doctorow

crime 19 crooks, 7,000 false identities, 1,800 drop addresses, and $200 million in credit card fraud Cory Doctorow

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