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History New Netflix movie about the Chicago 7 trial, starring Sacha Baron Cohen as Abbie Hoffman David Pescovitz

GOP Convention Mitch McConnell is 7th senator to back away from the Republican National Convention Carla Sinclair

music This ska-jazz cover of the Animal Crossing: New Horizons theme is everything Rusty Blazenhoff

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unions A supposedly progressive vegan food company called No Evil Foods was involved in some evil union busting Thom Dunn

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football Soccer team apologizes for filling out stadium stands with sex dolls David Pescovitz

wired Wired just canceled Bruce Sterling's long-running blog Mark Frauenfelder

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music Nearly 1000 Peel Sessions now available online Gareth Branwyn

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coronavirus It's official: Comi-Con is canceled this year Mark Frauenfelder

coronavirus Free access to quantum computers for COVID-19 researchers David Pescovitz

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