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surveillance What you need to know about police drone surveillance at protests against police brutality Thom Dunn

police Protesting is a non-essential activity, according to the Raleigh Police Department Thom Dunn

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design Genius billboard advertising the new Dracula TV series David Pescovitz

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bong bong Roof top marijuana grow exposed by helicopter covering bike race Jason Weisberger

Calling the kettle black Here's a smart person deconstructing Steven Mnuchin's dumb speech about cryptocurrencies Mark Frauenfelder

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security Ebay is full of used voting machines full of real electoral data and riddled with security defects Cory Doctorow

burning man The playlist of the 2018 Burning Man Temple Burn Rusty Blazenhoff

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Gadgets Review: Zotac's Zbox EN1070K is the tiny game PC that could Rob Beschizza

Gadgets Reel to reel tape in a standard mini-cassette Rob Beschizza

cryptography How these lava lamps are securing the internet Rusty Blazenhoff

mistakes $375 M65 "Anarchy" jacket lets rich kids join the revolution Rob Beschizza