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podcasts Erik Davis's Expanding Mind podcast: the Voyager Record, Institute for the Future, and optimism David Pescovitz

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books "Let's Never Talk About This Again" is a touching memoir about birth, death, and dad's amateur erotica career Thom Dunn

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COVID-19 Gathering online like it's 1999 Gareth Branwyn

rona "Light at the end of the tunnel," says Trump Rob Beschizza

Robert Anton Wilson Robert Anton Wilson's daughter Christina on the new edition of her father's book, Ishtar Rising Mark Frauenfelder

happy mutants Michael Moore just launched a new podcast and it's great, full of hope and anger Cory Doctorow

Disney Talking about Disney's 1964 Carousel of Progress with Bleeding Cool: our lost animatronic future Cory Doctorow

china Hong Kong protests: "Might as well go down fighting" Cory Doctorow

futurism Jane McGonigal and Institute for the Future: Free online course "How To Think Like a Futurist" David Pescovitz

Comic Books An excerpt from Seth's graphic novel masterpiece, Clyde Fans Mark Frauenfelder

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