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drugs Today is the 50th anniversary of Dock Ellis's legendary baseball no-hitter on LSD Thom Dunn

Pee-Wee Herman Now you can send shout-outs from Paul Reubens, aka Pee-wee Herman, to people you know Rusty Blazenhoff

Business Many of the key Googler Uprising organizers have quit, citing retaliation from senior management Cory Doctorow

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burning man Touching video tribute to Burning Man founder Larry Harvey Rusty Blazenhoff

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christ what an asshole Peter Thiel: the "libertarian" who loves mass government surveillance, monopolies, and censorship Cory Doctorow

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alternate history Making a better World War II Gregory Benford

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I'm With Her To find Hillary Clinton likable, we must learn to view women as complex beings Caroline Siede