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gambling What Steve Forte can do with a pack of cards borders on the unbelievable Ferdinando Buscema

trump London police official warns journalists not to publish leaks on pain of imprisonment Cory Doctorow

health How Memphis's Methodist University Hospital, a "nonprofit," sued the shit out of its Black, poor patients while raking in millions and paying execs more than a million each Cory Doctorow

net neutrality America is not "polarized": it's a land where a small minority tyrannize the supermajority Cory Doctorow

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books Watch: "Horse destroys the universe" David Pescovitz

books The Secret History of Mac Gaming Rob Beschizza

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books Crowdfunding a major new critical study of Robert A Heinlein Cory Doctorow

Business CEOs quit Trump: The 1% can't win elections unless the 99% turkeys vote for Christmas Cory Doctorow

christ what an asshole Oculus Founder/alt-right troll Palmer Luckey teaming up with Peter Thiel to build surveillance tech Cory Doctorow

obits Mandy Johnson, 1953-2015 Rob Beschizza

happy mutants Rebecca Solnit's open letter to Trump: You should really visit New York some time Cory Doctorow

offworld War without tears Maxwell Neely-Cohen

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offworld Play it now: Bus Station Unbound Leigh Alexander

fnord Satan’s Superbowl halftime show Peter Bebergal

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