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1990s The glorious inelegance of the 1990s family computer Jess Kimble Leslie

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News Halt and Catch Fire: The Most Relevant Show on Television is Set in the 80s Maureen Herman

uk Happy Chilcot Day (A Fairy Story) Charlie Fletcher

Reviews Krampus trashes the horror potential of traditional mythology in a film that's neither funny nor scary Al Ridenour

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Games The Dwarven Lord of Kickstarter Ethan Gilsdorf

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fiction The Man Who Sold The Moon Cory Doctorow

Victims of police torture fight for reparations Caroline Siede

Eat the Rude: Hannibal Lecter meets the 99% Mark Dery

movies The Spirit was by far the best movie of 2008. Deal with it. Zach Spound

politics I survived an illegal abortion Fran Moreland Johns

History Misleading on Marriage: how gay marriage opponents twist history to suit their agenda Lisa L. Spangenberg

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Science How to have an evidence-based pregnancy Maggie Koerth

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