supreme court Clarence Thomas stuns courtroom by asking his first question in a decade Mark Frauenfelder

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media Watch CNN host Chris Cuomo threaten man who compared him to fictional mafia moron Fredo Corleone Rob Beschizza

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epistemological crisis danah boyd explains the connection between the epistemological crisis and the rise of far-right conspiratorial thinking Cory Doctorow

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corruption Chicago police data reveals how dirty cops spread corruption like a disease Cory Doctorow

crime Bizarre CCTV footage of gas station shoplifters Rob Beschizza

politics Sean Hannity revealed as Trump lawyer Michael Cohen's client number 3 Xeni Jardin

music Ursula K. Le Guin on vinyl! "Music and Poetry of the Kesh" David Pescovitz

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