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History Feminist Frequency celebrates the brilliant life of Ada Lovelace Caroline Siede

History William Gibson on individual privacy, governmental secrecy and the future of history Cory Doctorow

History 1000 years of royalty: nice map of Europe's nastiest families Rob Beschizza

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books Kickstarting Soviet Daughter, a graphic novel memoir of coming of age in Ukraine after the Revolution Cory Doctorow

art Street photographer's fantastic series of "then and now" photos David Pescovitz

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Business That time Walt Disney's oppo researchers claimed his business rival was laundering money for Jimmy Hoffa Cory Doctorow

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History An illustrated microhistory of micronations Andrea James

History The "weird familiarity" of century-old anti-feminist propaganda Rob Beschizza

History Colorized film and photos of a deadly Antarctic Expedition in 1912 Andrea James

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