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facebook Facebook's new Fact-Checking policies have carved out an exemption for climate deniers Thom Dunn

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podcasts Open Culture has a new directory of the "Best Podcasts to Enrich Your Mind" Mark Frauenfelder

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Entertainment Yaphet Kotto turned down the role of Jean-Luc Picard Rob Beschizza

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cyberpunk How coronavirus is kickstarting the 21st century Mark Frauenfelder

star trek Watch Sir Patrick Stewart read a Shakespeare sonnet every day David Pescovitz

music Wuhan, coronavirus ground zero, is also China’s punk music capital Xeni Jardin

pranks Pranking French Stewart with dolls, which he is afraid of Cory Doctorow

Business UK says OK to Huawei Xeni Jardin

tabloids Megxit Explodes – Who’s to blame? in this week’s dubious tabloids Peter Sheridan

Business Explaining the con that is private equity Cory Doctorow

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model trains Rocker Rod Stewart built an epic model railway in his house Mark Frauenfelder

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