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politics AOC trounces Wall Street-backed primary challenger Rob Beschizza

police Off-duty cop off the streets after threatening motorist Rob Beschizza

george floyd New York Times column calls for U.S. military to suppress protests with "overwhelming force" Rob Beschizza

Tea Party Heroes CNBC analyst Rick Santelli wants entire world to be infected with coronavirus to help Wall Street Mark Frauenfelder

music I'm loving this Reggae, Dub, Ska and Rocksteady internet radio station Xeni Jardin

books The New Yorker's profile of William Gibson: "Droll, chilled out, and scarily articulate" Cory Doctorow

art Hammacher Schlemmer is selling a $95,000 Hippopotamine Sofa John Struan

elections Elizabeth Warren's banking proposals are designed to demolish the private equity sector and force finance to serve the people Cory Doctorow

dark patterns DoNotPay's latest service will auto-cancel your free trials before the billing period starts Cory Doctorow

DIY Arts & Crafts: build your next home out of shipping containers Seamus Bellamy

Business Amazon's staffing up a news vertical full of crime stories designed to scare you into buying a spying, snitching "smart" doorbell Cory Doctorow

makers How to build a house out of shipping containers David Pescovitz

Business Inside the funny accounting that lets the money-losing fracking industry claim to be profitable Cory Doctorow

design This desert getaway is made of shipping containers radiating in every direction Andrea James

News Special counsel Robert Mueller impanels grand jury as Trump-Russia investigation accelerates Xeni Jardin

life on earth Lichens never looked more beautiful than they do in this short film about a curator of lichens at the University of California. Mark Frauenfelder

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