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auctions Fyre Festival rights "sold" on eBay Rob Beschizza

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politics A Dark Enlightenment paradise in Honduras has devolved into a massive legal battle Ellsworth Toohey

fox news Puppy-killer Noem's TV trainwreck torpedoes her VP dreams (video) Mark Frauenfelder

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

south korea World Scout Jamboree turns into scouting version of Fyre Festival Jennifer Sandlin

Podcast host still confused about evolution after chat with author Aron Ra Mark Frauenfelder

movies  Friday the 13th prequel series in the works Devin Nealy

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

News Julian Assange mistakenly offers dirt on Dem senator to Sean Hannity parody account Mark Frauenfelder

music Spice World, postmodern masterpiecce Rob Beschizza

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