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Gadgets 30 items on sale for Memorial Day that'll improve your home and beyond Boing Boing's Shop

Trump's folly Smugglers sawed through Trump's wall 18 times in a one-month period Mark Frauenfelder

History The devastating 200-year-old tradition of running along a greasy pole in Malta John Struan

Weird Cops say Florida woman climbed into store ceiling to hide from them Xeni Jardin

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privacy Mary Meeker's 2019 Internet Trends: stalled growth, security dumpster-fires, more online education and fear of regulation Cory Doctorow

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cinema The Beach Bum should start a cult — and not just the midnight movie kind Natalie Dressed

Copyfight The Vessel: a perfect symbol for the grifter capitalism of New York City's privatized Hudson Yards "neighborhood" Cory Doctorow

facebook Anti-vaxxers use Facebook to target pregnant women with fear and lies Jason Weisberger

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protest Nation Park Service on the verge of blocking most White House protests: comments due by MONDAY! Cory Doctorow

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wildlife Raccoon climbs up side of skyscraper as world watches with bated breath, then is captured and released to wild Rusty Blazenhoff

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