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toxic brands YouTube carves policy exception allowing "hurtful" homophobic slurs Rob Beschizza

uk The Chinafication of the internet continues as the UK proposes blocking any service that hosts "illegal" or "harmful" material Cory Doctorow

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Nature Study: birds can sense earth's magnetic fields thanks to a fancy eye protein Andrea James

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