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youtube Google and YouTube executives ignored warnings on toxic video content, now we're all paying the price Xeni Jardin

Business Not customers: doctors have patients, libraries have patrons, lawyers have clients and teachers have students Cory Doctorow

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Business Company tries four-day work-week, discovers only upsides Cory Doctorow

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cable company fuckery Everybody hates their cable company, unless the company is Google, or the city, or a tiny mom-and-pop Cory Doctorow

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Games "Kingpin: The Hunt for El Chapo": Game designers review the CIA's declassified tabletop training game Cory Doctorow

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French chef pleads Michelin to take away his 3 stars Carla Sinclair

Disney Disney will pivot Epcot away from its "sponsored content" model Cory Doctorow

News Kim Jong Un is a 'madman with nuclear weapons,' Trump says in leaked call to Duterte of Philippines—whom he praises Xeni Jardin

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