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mistakes New Dropbox uses half a gig of RAM and "sucks" Rob Beschizza

corruption Payday lenders switched their trade show to a Trump hotel and sent Trump at least a million bucks, then he gave them carte blanche to make billions preying on poor people Cory Doctorow

late stage capitalism The weird grift of "sovereign citizens": where UFOlogy meets antisemitism by way of Cliven Bundy and cat-breeding Cory Doctorow

trumpism Blockbuster Gizmodo investigation reveals probable masterminds of the massive anti-Net Neutrality identity theft/astroturf campaign Cory Doctorow

Business Redaction ineptitude reveals Facebook's 2012 plan to sell Graph API access to user data for $250,000 Cory Doctorow

very fine people Video of mail bomb suspect Cesar Sayoc at Trump rally just released by Michael Moore Carla Sinclair

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usausausa "Like Lord of the Flies": working at the TSA really sucks Cory Doctorow

Copyfight Cloud computing and DRM: a match made in hell Cory Doctorow

corruption Cornered FCC admits that its website was never hacked Cory Doctorow

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work Ghosting is now happening at the workplace too Rusty Blazenhoff

travel Worst upgrade ever: there are bed bugs on airplanes now. Séamus Bellamy

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