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Magical thinking Texas Secretary of State turns down blankets, beds and more Harvey donations, asks for prayers instead Carla Sinclair

science fiction Kim Stanley Robinson on how the coronavirus is rewiring our imaginations Gareth Branwyn

Science Why all scientists must fight the "infodemic" of bullshit claims and quackery David Pescovitz

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incarceration Objectivity is a myth, and a single tweet explains why Thom Dunn

censorship Europe's highest court Facebook verdict hits a new low for technomagical thinking Cory Doctorow

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Comics The best Joker is the woman Joker who snaps after a lifetime of being told to "smile, baby" by shitty men Cory Doctorow

gender TOSsed out: EFF catalogs the perverse ways that platform moderation policies hurt the people they're supposed to protect Cory Doctorow

psychedelic A handful of psychedelic "Atlantis" mushrooms in Amsterdam Jason Weisberger

Funny The Institute of Gremlins 2 Studies, an interview with the founder David Pescovitz

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