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happy mutants Terry Pratchett's Raising Steam, out in the USA today Cory Doctorow

carousel Shamans of the modern age Ju-min Park
health Coronavirus: 'When Fury Overcomes Fear,' a 'Viral Alarm' by Xu Zhangrun Xeni Jardin
History Man in 1937 painting appears to be staring at a smartphone David Pescovitz
Funny The first book collecting the new Nancy comic is incredibly, fantastically, impossibly great Cory Doctorow
amazon Orthodox Jewish owned businesses sell a lot of stuff on Amazon Xeni Jardin
happy mutants Kickstarting a deluxe "Dracula" edition in a suitcase full of "primary source materials" from the novel Cory Doctorow
coca-cola Cook whips up a batch of 1886-recipe Coca-Cola Seamus Bellamy
photography Photographers document India's wondrous and weird church architecture Andrea James
china The last of China's cave dwellers want nothing to do with modern housing Seamus Bellamy
mistakes BBC journalist has earwax cleaned out by hungry jungle grub Rob Beschizza
bandwidth A web magazine you can read only if you turn off your wifi Clive Thompson
occult Erik Davis talks Jack Parsons and "Babalon Rising" Gareth Branwyn
Culture British folk horror flowering again Rob Beschizza
movies Review: High-Rise (2016) Rob Beschizza
gender On "Eastern European Women" Jasmina Tesanovic
china Chabuduo: China's culture of "it's fine" Rob Beschizza
sociology Sapiens author says the uncoupling of intelligence and consciousness means the end of humanity Mark Frauenfelder
books Shot in the '70s, North African Villages shows medieval villages unchanged by modernity Kevin Kelly
happy mutants George RR Martin's "Fevre Dream": the Lannisters as vampires Cory Doctorow