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a trillion here a trillion there pretty soon you're talking real money Matt Taibbi finally makes sense of the Pentagon's trillions in off-books "budgetary irregularities" Cory Doctorow

gut flora Me, Myself and Microbes: the relationship between microbes, brains and behaviors Cory Doctorow

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brevity is the soul of wit The basics of crypto, in 4.5 pages, using only small words lawmakers can understand Cory Doctorow

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