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apple Apple bans an app because Hong Kong protesters might use it to avoid the murderous, out of control police Cory Doctorow

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uk After the Oliver Twist poorhouse became luxury housing with a segregated playground, London bans segregated play-areas Cory Doctorow

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rip John McCain's farewell to America Gina Loukareas

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politics 'Family detention' existed under Obama, too. But systematically separating kids is all new. Xeni Jardin

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