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podcasts Extraterrestrials, UFOs, and the Voyager Golden Record David Pescovitz

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Funny Willie Nelson becomes a hay bale character, and enjoys it Xeni Jardin

corruption South Carolina's magistrate judges are a clown-car of corrupt cronies, but they get to put people in jail Cory Doctorow

politics Trump on Gordon Sondland: 'I hardly know the gentleman' Xeni Jardin

facebook A San Diego Republican operator ran a massive, multimillion-dollar Facebook scam that targeted boomers Cory Doctorow

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Business Monsanto ran a psy-ops war-room to discredit journalists and spy on Neil Young Cory Doctorow

corruption Detroit's police commissioner arrested at commissioners' meeting for demanding answers about secret meetings where facial recognition was planned Cory Doctorow

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Business Grandson of legendary John Deere engineer defends right-to-repair and condemns Big Ag for "taxing customers" Cory Doctorow

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music Willie Nelson's new hemp coffee David Pescovitz