movies “Baby It’s Cold Outside” gets a tap dance twist Caroline Siede

law Three Nevada casinos sued over coronavirus protections for workers, unions claim dangerous working conditions Xeni Jardin

music Monday: New Order's Bernard Sumner and Stephen Morris's streaming tribute to Joy Division's Ian Curtis David Pescovitz

dystopian entertainment New rules for Las Vegas casinos promise a grim, joyless experience Mark Frauenfelder

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documentaries Drew Friedman's amazing portrait of Jared Kushner for Netflix's "Dirty Money" Mark Frauenfelder

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privacy The answer to the Clearview AI scandal is better privacy laws, not anti-scraping laws Cory Doctorow

Business Kathryn Spiers: 'I was fired last week by Google for organizing.' Xeni Jardin

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mashup Mariah Christmas song mashups: Marilyn Manson, Radiohead, and Queen Rusty Blazenhoff

censorship Disgraced ex-cop's bullshit libel case has nearly destroyed the newspaper that outed him for sexual predation of teen girls Cory Doctorow

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ireland The traditional music of the world would die without risk-takers like Martin Hayes Seamus Bellamy

movies View-Master movie in the works David Pescovitz

picks 'Empire' star Jussie Smollett attacked [UPDATE: Smollett charged with filing false report] Xeni Jardin

politics Apple, Amazon, Facebook, Google, 50+ more firms tell Trump to leave trans people alone Xeni Jardin

class war How trade unions are addressing automation Cory Doctorow

music Rachid Taha has followed Joe Strummer to rock the casbah in the hereafter Seamus Bellamy

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