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

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Alaska This 64-year-old describes why he chose to live house-free in Alaska Mark Frauenfelder

Copyfight Taylor Swift makes a payout to all Universal artists a clause in her new record deal Cory Doctorow

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law New Zealand bans most offshore residential real-estate ownership Cory Doctorow

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