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florida Florida man goes ape over $4 bundt cake coupon, may lose $204,000 job Andrea James

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sex workers This 1849 guidebook was a Yelp for whorehouses Mark Frauenfelder

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creeping fascism Only conservatives are allowed to harass people in public Mark Frauenfelder

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surveillance Now Peeps are being enlisted to surveil our children Rusty Blazenhoff

elections The Rich and the Normal Jasmina Tesanovic

floss F-Droid: A free, open, privacy-oriented Android app store that corrects Android's "original sin" Cory Doctorow

gender #Metoo: from the Balkans to Twitter Jasmina Tesanovic

the eyes have it An "international eye chart" from 1907 Clive Thompson

hollywood Six women accuse director Brett Ratner of misconduct Rob Beschizza

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