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occupy Seattle activists have established a 6-block autonomous zone around an abandoned police station Thom Dunn

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happy mutants Sarah Pinsker's "Song for a New Day": outstanding dystopian rock-and-roll novel of rebellion and redemption Cory Doctorow

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advice How to manage anxiety and depression in 10 easy* steps Faris

uk British schoolchildren receive chemical burns from "toxic ash" on Ash Wednesday Cory Doctorow

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happy mutants OLIVE: a system for emulating old OSes on old processors that saves old data from extinction Cory Doctorow

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