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videos Allen Ginsberg and Jack Kerouac hang out with New York's beats, 1959 Cory Doctorow

science fiction A new blog post series exploring the history and import of cyberpunk launches on Adafruit Gareth Branwyn

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futurism Asimov's 1983 predictions for 2019 Rob Beschizza

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scholarship Report on media manipulation "from radicalized groups that emerged from internet subcultures" Cory Doctorow

Flying saucers A catalogue and history of one of the most pervasive subcultures — UFO believers Peter Bebergal

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art eBay outsider art Rob Beschizza

art The story of Traceroute, about a Leitnerd's quest Thomas Kaestle