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music On the 50th anniversary of Kent State Massacre, listen to the Isley Brothers' "Ohio" David Pescovitz

happy mutants Primary Sludge: "close fiction" from German utopian writer Sina Kamala Kaufmann Sina Kamala Kaufmann

picks 'Yuri's Night' space parties in L.A. Sat April 6th, then DC, Seattle, Colorado, Space Coast April 12-13, 2019 Xeni Jardin

Copyfight Happy Public Domain day: for real, for the first time in 20 years! Cory Doctorow

art The Weird of Wendy Pini Rob Beschizza

corruption Even when a Chicago cop is convicted of wrongdoing, a secret appeals court usually overturns it Cory Doctorow

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obits Mandy Johnson, 1953-2015 Rob Beschizza

Business Black-hat hacker handles are often advertisements Cory Doctorow

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cinema Mysterious famous Japanese actress dies Richard Kaufman

offworld Die a thousand deaths in a beautiful, capricious forest Laura Hudson

gamergate That time the Internet sent a SWAT team to my mom's house Caroline Sinders

movies Meet the scientific storytellers who can make the public afraid of anything—for a price Ethan Gilsdorf

fiction The Man Who Sold The Moon Cory Doctorow

offworld Why Silent Hill mattered Leigh Alexander

Delightful Creatures How the bed bug infiltrated our bedrooms and took over the world Brooke Borel

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