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china China mourns Li Wenliang, the Wuhan whistleblower doctor who warned of coronavirus outbreak Xeni Jardin

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crime #ENOUGH: Striking instant camera photos memorialize victims of Chicago gun violence David Pescovitz

trump Zinke with worst Trump-era stupid justification yet Jason Weisberger

science fiction Mary Shelley's Frankenstein shows us how science fiction predicts the present and shapes the future Cory Doctorow

happy mutants It’s about Time: Reading Steampunk’s Rise and Roots Rachel A. Bowser and Brian Croxall

slime Strange living slime blackening Washington DC memorials David Pescovitz

offworld Cibele and the end of an era for internet lovers Leigh Alexander

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