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Health Care Judge recuses himself from health insurance cancer-denial case because he considers the company "immoral" and "barbaric" Cory Doctorow

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corruption Sorting the spin from the facts: how big can the surveilling city that Sidewalk Labs plans for Toronto get? Rosemary Frei

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Dungeons & Dragons What's new in tabletop gaming (June edition) Gareth Branwyn

religion Interview: Dr. Karl E H Seigfried talks Ásatrú, Heathenry and beards Seamus Bellamy

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