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Funny 90 minutes of the year's best standup comedy albums Cory Doctorow

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Business 2016 sucked so much, it made "Anger Rooms" where you pay to smash things go viral Cory Doctorow

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fbi Newly released documents show that the FBI used standard FBI tactics on Michael Flynn Thom Dunn

UFOs Pentagon releases UFO footage Thom Dunn

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drugs Incredibly groovy TV commercial for "Good Strong Coffee" (1968) David Pescovitz

police A bunch of rookie cops have recently been fired for doing bad things. Let's think about that for a moment. Thom Dunn

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language Codifying "Boomerspeak" and debating the ethics of poking fun at it Cory Doctorow

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News UPDATED: Tony Robbins accused of sexually assaulting high schooler at summer camp Xeni Jardin

politics BREAKING: Roger Stone guilty on all counts Rob Beschizza

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