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real estate The US government just "disestablished" a Native American reservation Thom Dunn

music Andrew Weatherall, Primal Scream producer, acid house legend, RIP David Pescovitz

art Art in the age of artifice Ferdinando Buscema

library Getting a library card in Los Angeles is pretty easy Jason Weisberger

twitter German researchers with ties to for-profit "neuromarketing" company want to use AI to guess peoples' "intelligence" from their writing Cory Doctorow

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amazon Orthodox Jewish owned businesses sell a lot of stuff on Amazon Xeni Jardin

art That time my husband reported me to the Facebook police: a case study Daphne Keller

free as in free buses French city makes its buses free, spurring new ridership and decreasing car use Clive Thompson

law New York AG finds a billion dollars that the Sacklers funneled through a single bank Cory Doctorow

happy mutants Science fiction and the law: beyond mere courtroom drama Cory Doctorow

music End.Game: a synth album from 19A0 Rob Beschizza

Business Rockstar Games made £4b between 2013-19, paid no corporate tax in the UK, claimed £42m in tax relief Cory Doctorow

glam Louvre purges every mention of the Sackler opioid family after artist's protest Cory Doctorow

health E.P.A. won't ban chlorpyrifos pesticide that scientists say damages children's brains Xeni Jardin

racism Catherynne Valente schools her racist neighbors about the asylum seekers in their midst Catherynne Valente

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