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King Charles dead in 6 months, and Biden & Trump "get down and dirty" in this week's dubious tabloids Peter Sheridan

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the GOP Watch: Marjorie Taylor Greene, Trump, and Tucker Carlson spout KKK talking points word for word Carla Sinclair

guns Man with gun gets robbed by man with a gun, leaving two unarmed people injured Thom Dunn

Internet Why the web is a mess Andrea James

happy mutants Talking science fiction, technological self-determination, inequality and competition with physicist Sean Carroll Cory Doctorow

art Banksy painting just sold for $12 million David Pescovitz

When gentlemen disagree Youth baseball parents don't like child umpire's call, so they beat each other [UPDATED] Mark Frauenfelder

music Devo's open letter on "Drowning in a Devolved World" Cory Doctorow

security What it's like when Nazis infiltrate your conference Cory Doctorow

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music Spice World, postmodern masterpiecce Rob Beschizza

politics Spanish central government fires Catalonian government officials, police chiefs Cory Doctorow

san francisco Racists cancel San Francisco rally Jason Weisberger

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