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happy mutants Welcome to Night Vale: scripts and notes from podcasting's eeriest drama Cory Doctorow

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tabloids Coronavirus cured (again), Britain’s Royals clash (again) and the woman who pees alcohol (unprecedented) in this week’s dubious tabloids Peter Sheridan

Space Breathtaking image of a red giant star swallowing another star David Pescovitz

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security Schneier: "It's really too late to secure 5G networks" Cory Doctorow

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television ABC "fined" $350k, among others, for using presidential alert tone on TV Rob Beschizza

security Warshipping: attack a target network by shipping a cellular-enabled wifi cracker to a company's mail-room Cory Doctorow

music End.Game: a synth album from 19A0 Rob Beschizza

books Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy returns to the screen in new Hulu series Rob Beschizza

Rutger Hauer, Blade Runner's Roy Batty, RIP David Pescovitz

music Video for Patti Smith's gorgeous tribute to avant-garde poet/dramatist Antonin Artaud David Pescovitz

music David Bowie's 11th studio album, "Low," is 42 today Gareth Branwyn

music THE BUREAU: Part Six, The History of Telepathic Infant-Based Mind Control of U.S. Presidents Ethan Persoff

Adventures in New America: afrofuturist radio drama from Night Vale Cory Doctorow

happy mutants The Most Perfect album: musical tributes to all 27 US Constitutional amendments Cory Doctorow

wildlife Raccoon climbs up side of skyscraper as world watches with bated breath, then is captured and released to wild Rusty Blazenhoff

public archives A Studs Terkel Radio Archive will soon be public Jason Weisberger