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tabletop games What's new in tabletop gaming (Indie edition) Gareth Branwyn

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yes they're concentration camps On the history of concentration camps, and what Trump's doing on the border Xeni Jardin

fake news Royal assassins, JFK assassins, and Ronan Farrow character assassination, in this week’s dubious tabloids Peter Sheridan

science fiction Anthology of science fiction by the Clarion Class of 2012, to benefit the Clarion Foundation Cory Doctorow

music A Halloween Treat: A Monster Mash Mashup Richard Kaufman

podcasts Is progress inevitable? David McRaney

happy mutants Beyond "solutionism": what role can technology play in solving deep social problems Cory Doctorow

politics Keep your scythe, the real green future is high-tech, democratic, and radical Cory Doctorow

Dungeons and Dragons Out of the Abyss, the new D&D adventure, is Alice in Wonderland meets Diablo Jason Louv

transparency Research files on El Salvador stolen from human rights group suing CIA over El Salvador Xeni Jardin

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deaths Director Wes Craven dies at 76 Rob Beschizza

lethem The Ecstasist: A Conversation with the Novelist Jonathan Lethem Mark Dery

Victims of police torture fight for reparations Caroline Siede

Dungeons & Dragons The awesome glory that is Dungeons and Dragons 5th Edition Jason Louv

philosophy Dungeons & Dragons & Philosophy Ethan Gilsdorf