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music This livestream of The Tallest Man On Earth performing "The Wild Hunt" is utterly delightful Thom Dunn

music Shut-in sounds: 33 of the best industrial albums Gareth Branwyn

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science fiction Here's the trailer for "The Vast of Night," a 1950s sci-fi thriller on Amazon Prime Video Mark Frauenfelder

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late stage capitalism MLMs are cults that prey on moms, Mormons and the military Cory Doctorow

happy mutants The magic theatre of High Weirdness Ferdinando Buscema

corruption How the "prosperity gospel" convinces poor people to give everything to grifty millionaire preachers Cory Doctorow

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wonderful creatures Newly-discovered spider deemed most beautiful Rob Beschizza

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