china DC Comics kills Batman image because China insisted it was supporting the Hong Kong protests Cory Doctorow
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music The Library of Congress is launching an open-source archive of hip-hop samples dating back more than a century Thom Dunn
corruption How the "Varsity Blues" admissions scam punished deserving, hard working kids so that mediocre kids of the super-rich could prosper Cory Doctorow
censorship Art Spiegelman pulled his Marvel Folio Society intro after Disney demanded that he not criticize Trump Cory Doctorow
Copyfight Make the internet better by empowering users, not by demanding that platforms implement automated filters Cory Doctorow
art The Family Acid: California, a far-out photo album from a very unconventional family David Pescovitz
News List of thousands of criminal cops accidentally released under public records laws, now CA AG threatens 2 reporters with legal action for having a copy Xeni Jardin
Business The sad history of Livejournal as a lens for understanding the state of social media today Cory Doctorow
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