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privacy Facebook's internal security goons track ex-employees and critics using Facebook's apps Cory Doctorow

Business After a show of solidarity from America's critics, Disney caves on blacklisting the LA Times from movie screenings Cory Doctorow

Spider-Man Bolivian brothers let a black widow bite them all in hopes of getting superpowers Thom Dunn

Science Possible sign of life on Venus David Pescovitz

canada Canada Post apologizes for stamps bearing decapitated head of prime minister John Macdonald statue David Pescovitz

History New Netflix movie about the Chicago 7 trial, starring Sacha Baron Cohen as Abbie Hoffman David Pescovitz

COVID-19 Quadruped robot patrols sidewalks to urge social distancing David Pescovitz

snakes Snake, 62, lays eggs without having been around a male for more than a decade David Pescovitz

design Poster of every Motor Trend "Car of the Year" from 1949 to 2020 David Pescovitz

passports US customs agents have already intercepted thousands of fake IDs this year at a single shipping hub David Pescovitz

Technology Turning bricks into batteries David Pescovitz

Food Pope: God says sex and food are A-OK David Pescovitz

History Aviation museums' "most wanted list" of cool aerospace artifacts lost to history David Pescovitz

music Kool & The Gang co-founder Ronald "Khalis" Bell, RIP David Pescovitz

military US Navy bans hemp shampoos, lotions, and soaps David Pescovitz

conservation Scientists clone endangered horse from genetic material frozen 40 years ago David Pescovitz

Funny Turtle high-fives alligator David Pescovitz

biology Astounding slo-mo videos of insects in flight David Pescovitz