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1980s 80 songs from the 80s, performed by members of Magnetic Fields, TMBG, and more Thom Dunn

nazis Nazis loudly support Kanye's antisemitism. Adidas remains silent about the sponsorship funding it Rob Beschizza

music video Max Headroom had a Christmas song and special and they're both weird as hell Rusty Blazenhoff

foia McKinsey designed ICE's gulags, recommending minimal food, medical care and supervision Cory Doctorow

Boing Boing Gadgets Bossfight: Allstate Insurance enters the Right to Repair fight, loans its lobbyists to fight Apple Cory Doctorow

music Ireland lost a musical giant this week Séamus Bellamy

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Business Peak indifference: privacy as a public health issue Cory Doctorow

Business Google shakes its structure up with Alphabet, and Sundar Pichai becomes Google CEO Xeni Jardin

fiction The Man Who Sold The Moon Cory Doctorow

DRONES How Dan Shapiro created the most-backed game in Kickstarter history Mark Frauenfelder

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