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wilcock JOHN WILCOCK: Fired By The Voice! Ethan Persoff

oregon First-ever virtual Oregon Country Fair is happening this weekend Rusty Blazenhoff

arizona Remembering the Awhatukee House of the Future, a "shining home of dreams" that became a $3 tourist trap Cory Doctorow

Robert Anton Wilson Wilson and Shea's Illuminatus! trilogy to become TV series Gareth Branwyn

Business The Death of Tumblr Nate 'Igor' Smith

passings RIP Village Voice co-founder John Wilcock, 1927-2018 Ethan Persoff

books The Surreal Joys Of The Beautiful Book Of Exquisite Corpses Gavin Edwards

art The Weird of Wendy Pini Rob Beschizza

cartoon Mimi Pond illustrates what went down at the late Zsa Zsa Gabor's garage sale Rusty Blazenhoff

gender Here's exactly how to make amends for past biased reporting on transgender people Andrea James

International Google launches "plus codes": open geocodes for locations that don't have street addresses Cory Doctorow

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politics Anyone who continues to work with Trump is complicit in his support of white supremacists Rob Beschizza

science fiction A nuanced and thought-provoking review of the new Transformers movie Cory Doctorow

books Crooked: a photo catalog of protest signs to benefit the American Refugee Committee, Planned Parenthood, and Reading Partners Soona Amhaz

happy mutants A few tickets left for tonight's event in Seattle! (then Bellingham, Vancouver, Burbank…) (!) Cory Doctorow

obits Mandy Johnson, 1953-2015 Rob Beschizza

science fiction What Will Sink Our Generation Ships? The Death of Wonder Kameron Hurley

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