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Texas cops seize lawn-sign depicting GOP elephant as sexual predator Cory Doctorow

elections Brazilian electoral upset possible as fascist loses ground to surging leftist Cory Doctorow

tools Stubby multi-bit screw and nut driver fits in tight spaces Jason Weisberger

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birthday cake Germophobe demonstrates a sanitary way to extinguish birthday candles Rusty Blazenhoff

happy mutants Aaron Swartz Day is today, and for the first time, there's a webcast Cory Doctorow

knight rider Alternate version of the Knight Rider theme tune Rob Beschizza

Business Amazon is the poster child for everything wrong with post-Reagan anti-trust enforcement Cory Doctorow

video Surf videos of your kid are really easy to make Jason Weisberger

emotions How to change anxiety into excitement Mark Frauenfelder

lighting Phillips wireless dimmer switch – hassle free lighting Mark Frauenfelder

science fiction In defense of left-wing space utopias Cory Doctorow

Business Pipelines considered pointless: Big oil seems to be (finally) abandoning Canada's filthy tar sands Cory Doctorow