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Comics Secret identities, pulp storytelling, and audio comic books with Alex Segura Thom Dunn

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politics Video emerges of Prime Minister's staff joking about their illegal Covid christmas party at Downing Street Rob Beschizza

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Business A quarter of NYC's post-2013 luxury condos are unsold Cory Doctorow

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scams Thanks to the 2008 foreclosure crisis, a Kuwaiti ponzi schemer was able to single-handedly blight cities across America Cory Doctorow

Business Signs that China's real-estate bubble will burst and take the economy with it Cory Doctorow

ireland Anti-corruption yellow vest protesters in Dublin's streets, protesting the 2008 bailout, Catholic church scandals, spiraling housing costs and no legal weed Cory Doctorow

Business Facebook made itself indispensable to media companies, "pivoted to video," changed its mind, and triggered a industrywide mass extinction event Cory Doctorow

Business The housing market in America's most expensive cities is imploding Cory Doctorow

Business As Chinese P2P lending bubble bursts, "investors" mob Chinese sports-stadiums used as temporary processing centers Cory Doctorow

uk London luxury housing market bubble bursts: 39% of sales last quarter were to deep discount wholesalers making bulk buys Cory Doctorow

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