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COVID-19 What it's like to experience the dreaded COVID-19 "cytokine storm" Gareth Branwyn

NASA Quarantine survival advice from Buzz Aldrin and other astronauts Thom Dunn

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iot Imagining a "smart city" that treats you as a sensor, not a thing to be sensed Cory Doctorow

happy mutant I chatted with Danny Elfman about his new MasterClass, and his ventriloquist dummy "Buddy" Rusty Blazenhoff

racism White woman interrupted a Broadway talkback to call the playwright "racist against white people." Thom Dunn

Space Samsung satellite crashes in family's yard Cory Doctorow

class war Even if you pay off your student loan, be prepared to spend decades trying to get bottom-feeding debt-buyers to acknowledge it Cory Doctorow

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security Trump tweeted sensitive U.S. surveillance image of Iran, experts say Xeni Jardin

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uk After the Oliver Twist poorhouse became luxury housing with a segregated playground, London bans segregated play-areas Cory Doctorow