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fake news Tom Cruise’s healing touch, Nazi Roseanne, and Vanna White’s hooker scandal, in this week’s dubious tabloids Peter Sheridan

elections The Republican candidate for Pennsylvania's 18th District is a torture advocate who worked at Abu Ghraib Cory Doctorow

happy mutants The PrEP Diaries: A safe(r) sex memoir Evan J. Peterson

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

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The secret to success is working on the Right Thing Nicole Dieker

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