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television Warrior nuns and body horror in the trailer for the BBC's "reinvention" of Dracula John Struan
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denialism A new biography reveals the Koch brothers' very early role in creating organized climate denial Cory Doctorow
google Amazon is using purchase data to sell targeted ads, which is creepy, but not because they've invented a mind-control ray Cory Doctorow
politics Sheryl Sandberg ordered Facebook staff to investigate George Soros after he gave THIS speech (READ IT) Xeni Jardin
Business Gwyneth Paltrow plagiarized the fictitious "ancient Chinese" practice of vaginally inserted jade eggs UPDATED Cory Doctorow
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