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art Art in the age of artifice Ferdinando Buscema

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ireland The traditional music of the world would die without risk-takers like Martin Hayes Seamus Bellamy

computer science What would a "counterculture of AI" look like? Cory Doctorow

military This little known government agency is responsible for bringing the remains of missing or captured U.S. soldiers home to rest Seamus Bellamy

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Boing Boing Shop This paper notebook is completely reusable after a trip to the microwave Boing Boing's Shop

Games Indie games roundup! Zoya Street

picks FBI may not need Apple's help with that iPhone after all, nevermind, maybe Xeni Jardin

the matrix Second Wachowski sibling, Lilly, comes out as a transgender woman Xeni Jardin

apple Wanting it badly isn't enough: backdoors and weakened crypto threaten the net Meredith Whittaker and Ben Laurie

books Morgan Parker's "Other People's Comfort Keeps Me Up At Night" Jason Weisberger

fantasy How Harry Potter shaped a generation Caroline Siede