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happy mutants The 2019 Locus Award nominees: your guide to the best sf/f of 2018 Cory Doctorow

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tv 'The Greatest American Hero' reboot will have a female lead Rusty Blazenhoff

art You just eyeballed calling cards from UK's 1970s CB radio heyday Andrea James

Robert Anton Wilson A review of Cosmic Trigger, a play based on Robert Anton Wilson's autobiography Ferdinando Buscema

beaches Bioluminescent beaches Rob Beschizza

Gadgets Boing Boing Gift Guide 2016 Gift Guide

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politics 370 economists sign letter slamming Trump for 'magical thinking and conspiracy theories' Xeni Jardin

torture Guy Fawkes signature, before and after torture Mark Frauenfelder

History The fascinating and ego-killing existence of human wormholes Ryan Holiday

tabloids Conspiracy theories abound in this week’s tabloids, or is everyone plotting against us? Peter Sheridan

game of thrones A director on Game of Thrones' epic White Walker battle Chris Weitz