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useful idiots Marketers intentionally enrage social conservatives to promote brands Mark Frauenfelder

Copyfight Artists against Article 13: when Big Tech and Big Content make a meal of creators, it doesn't matter who gets the bigger piece Cory Doctorow

News Trump ex-attorney Michael Cohen sentenced: 3 years prison, $500,000 forfeiture, $1.4 million restitution, $50,000 fine Xeni Jardin

fake news UFOs invade Arctic, John the Baptist’s sandals, and worms from hell, in this week’s dubious tabloids Peter Sheridan

happy mutants The Freeze-Frame Revolution: mutineers unstuck in time, strung out across an aeon Cory Doctorow

religion Interview: Dr. Karl E H Seigfried talks Ásatrú, Heathenry and beards Seamus Bellamy

News Actually, James Comey is not your homie Xeni Jardin

books Cult of Personality: Two crime writers discuss the allure of cults in their own dark fiction Alex Segura

class war MLK: anti-capitalist activist Cory Doctorow

Business For 20+ years, Japan's largest companies have been riddled with corruption and fraud Cory Doctorow

classics Emily Wilson's translation of The Odyssey Rob Beschizza

Comic Books A Contract with God — The revolutionary work of graphic storytelling that inspired a new art form Marykate Smith Despres

authors Grant Morrison interview: "Laughter can banish any and all demons" Propaganda Anonymous

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obits Mandy Johnson, 1953-2015 Rob Beschizza