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politics Senate unanimously passes ~$500 billion coronavirus relief bill to add funds for hospitals, testing, small business loans Xeni Jardin
disasters Sci-fi author Ted Chiang on the disaster novel we're currently living through Gareth Branwyn
coronavirus Healthcare providers are allegedly denying chloroquine to patients because of Trump's statements Thom Dunn
coronavirus Man who let major HIV outbreak happen put in charge of censoring coronavirus for the White House Thom Dunn
floss Electronic Health Records: a murderous, publicly subsidized, $13B/year grift by way of shitty software Cory Doctorow
happy mutants The Bleeding Edge: a terrifying, enraging look at the corrupt, deadly world of medical implants Cory Doctorow
books Winners Take All: Modern philanthropy means that giving some away is more important than how you got it Cory Doctorow
late stage capitalism AT&T disconnects whole families from the internet because someone in their house is accused of copyright infringement Cory Doctorow
Copyfight Europe just voted to wreck the internet, spying on everything and censoring vast swathes of our communications Cory Doctorow