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movies Bruce Lee: His Greatest Hits David Pescovitz

America How the United States re-branded as "America" Thom Dunn

colonialism Inside the effort to save an indigenous Pacific Island language that the US tried to destroy Thom Dunn

christmas Does the creepy Santa mask from "It's a Wonderful Life" exist somewhere? Rusty Blazenhoff

delightful creatures from Shenzhen Behold the Drawstring Piglet Electric Luminous Concert Walking Doll Crystal Pig Mark Frauenfelder

Weird Hey weirdo, the Pagan Breakfast God Mask has arrived Rusty Blazenhoff

art Playable 'Super Mario Bros' 19-foot mural Xeni Jardin

mit MIT says Jeffrey Epstein gave $800,000, issues statement on MIT Media Lab, Joi Ito, Seth Lloyd Xeni Jardin

Copyfight An Indian research university has assembled 73 million journal articles (without permission) and is offering the archive for unfettered scientific text-mining Cory Doctorow

what is in a name $12,000,000 buys Yosemite's iconic landmarks their names back Jason Weisberger

corruption In Alabama, it's traditional for sheriffs who lose their elections to steal and waste money, destroy public property Cory Doctorow

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