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science fiction Podcast: Petard, Part 03 Cory Doctorow

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happy mutants Petition: David Attenborough to change his name to "Boaty McBoatface" Cory Doctorow

tabloids Jeffrey Epstein’s prison confession, the world’s most dangerous woman, and the end of the world, in this week’s dubious tabloids Peter Sheridan

Gadgets The Evercable is the steel reinforced charging cord that won’t break within 2 weeks Boing Boing's Shop

politics Joe Biden would require face masks in public against coronavirus Xeni Jardin

Business Alexis Ohanian exits Reddit board, says fill his seat with Black candidate, pledges $1M to Kaepernick's Know Your Rights Camp Xeni Jardin

antifa Trump's tweets about Antifa show his ignorance of US law Thom Dunn

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podcasts Open Culture has a new directory of the "Best Podcasts to Enrich Your Mind" Mark Frauenfelder

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video games "Tonight We Riot" is a brutal 8-bit side scroller about worker liberation Thom Dunn

Business Facebook helps launch American Edge, lobbying group in DC to fight antitrust regulators Xeni Jardin

workers rights It's International Worker's Day, so here's a look at a day in the life of a labor organizer Thom Dunn

Gadgets Arcadia brings more clean energy to your home — and it may actually lower your bill Boing Boing's Shop

psychology How to think positively and why it's so hard to do that David Pescovitz

Business Apple and Google are working on coronavirus contact-tracing technology for iOS and Android Xeni Jardin

politics 'Please quarantine politicizing COVID,' says Dr. Tedros on Trump, ‘We will have many body bags’ Xeni Jardin

sports Mike Tyson: I once offered a zookeeper $10,000 to fight a gorilla Xeni Jardin