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television Future Man season 2 is brilliant Jason Weisberger

censorship Read the text of Trump's draft Executive Order about Social Media Thom Dunn

UFOs Pentagon releases UFO footage Thom Dunn

eff In serving big company interests, copyright is in crisis Cory Doctorow

happy mutants Documentation Gathering, Sanitization, and Storage: an excerpt from "A Public Service" Tim Schwartz

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tabletop games What's new in tabletop gaming (Indie edition) Gareth Branwyn

web theory Freedom House: Thanks to social media, internet freedom is down for the the ninth straight year Cory Doctorow

Science The 2019 Halloween Candy Hierarchy David Ng and Ben Cohen

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

happy mutants Boing Boing's own Rob Beschizza interviewed on the Cool Tools podcast Mark Frauenfelder

cybersecurity PSA: Digital scammers will try to scam you Seamus Bellamy

Business Felony Contempt of Business Model: Lexmark's anti-competitive legacy Cory Doctorow

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