happy mutants 88 Names: Matt Ruff's MMORPG heist novel is "Snow Crash meets the King and I" Cory Doctorow

heists The team of elite jewel thieves and the retired cop that helped bring them down John Struan

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heists Video of failed bank break-in in France Mark Frauenfelder

finance Europe's banks want to store billions in cash to fight back against negative interest Cory Doctorow

happy mutants Ocean's Ocho: an Ocean's Eleven movie with an all-woman lead cast Cory Doctorow

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

cognitive dissonance National Association of Christian Lawmakers accuse "Satanists and Atheists" for voting in their poll Mark Frauenfelder

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security A prolific credit-card theft ring is scanning for unsecured "buckets" in Amazon's cloud and has compromised 17,000 domains (so far) Cory Doctorow

1a The platforms suck at content moderation and demanding they do more won't make them better at it — but there ARE concrete ways to improve moderation Cory Doctorow

class war Harvard Humanists troll the elites who fund the Harvard endowment by awarding Anand Giridharadas a prize Cory Doctorow

religion Satanic statue part of holiday decorations at Illinois Capitol David Pescovitz

petard Inside the triumphant Alex Jones banned everywhere story is a worrying nuance about free speech and platform dominance Cory Doctorow

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