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media E.T. is satanic. The Smurfs too, don't ya know (video) Allan Rose Hill

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trump Why tabloid reporters are like Donald Trump Peter Sheridan

books Boing Boing's 28 favorite books in 2019 Rob Beschizza

deaths What killed Adrian Lamo? Rob Beschizza

Science A deep dive into how parasites hijack our behavior and how we evolved to resist them Cory Doctorow

music Watch Johnny Rotten act like an ass to Henry Rollins and Marky Ramone last night David Pescovitz

designer humans Could we accidentally bestow human-style awareness into a pig? Arwen Elys Dayton

music THE BUREAU: Part Three, "Assessing Others" — with a Metasonix D-2000 Vacuum Tube Drum Machine Ethan Persoff

vitamins "Unapproved pharmaceutical ingredients" the secret to many vitamin supplements Jason Weisberger

books The ethics of wiping out a mosquito species Christopher Preston

Art and Design Artist David Henry Nobody Jr. on how impersonating a wealthy Trump fan "kind of drove me insane" Sarina Sinclair and Adam Gelbart

corruption Elite Baltimore police unit robbed with impunity, sold guns and drugs, loaned guns and armor to civilians sent to commit robberies Cory Doctorow

interviews Interview with Timothy Leary archivist Michael Horowitz Lisa Rein

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