happy mutants A Darth Vader blazer with Death Star lining and buttons Cory Doctorow

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politics Chicago mayor Lori Lightfoot has 2 words for Donald Trump: 'It starts with F and ends with U' Xeni Jardin

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police procedurals If Samuel Beckett was the star of a 70s cop show Thom Dunn

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Robert Anton Wilson Robert Anton Wilson's daughter Christina on the new edition of her father's book, Ishtar Rising Mark Frauenfelder

guns Gun Violence Isn't a Problem — it's actually 5 Problems, with Different Solutions Thom Dunn

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Business After Trump reversed Obama's restrictions on private federal prisons, states started banning them instead Cory Doctorow

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usausausa Reverse mortgages: subprime's "stealth aftershock" that is costing elderly African-Americans their family homes Cory Doctorow

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science fiction Exclusive excerpt of Rudy Rucker's new novel: Million Mile Road Trip Mark Frauenfelder

News YouTube star Austin Jones faces prison after child porn guilty plea, coerced teen girls to perform sexual acts live online Xeni Jardin

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