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books "Where Are the Elephants?" is Leon Rosselson's memoir Elías Villoro

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music Live video of The Stone Roses performing "Elizabeth, my dear" Elías Villoro

Funny Is Joe Rogan a multiversal constant? Thom Dunn

noads The man who destroyed skepticism Mitch Horowitz

This is (allegedly) the original Star Wars Episode IX plot by Colin Trevorrow and Derek Connolly David Pescovitz

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finance Rep Katie Porter: an Elizabeth Warren protege and single mom who destroys bumbling, mediocre rich guys in Congressional hearings Cory Doctorow

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ireland Anti-corruption yellow vest protesters in Dublin's streets, protesting the 2008 bailout, Catholic church scandals, spiraling housing costs and no legal weed Cory Doctorow

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cards This is how you cut a deck of cards, or ten Rusty Blazenhoff

gop Trump wants to cap lifetime Medicaid benefits, even for disabled people, the chronically ill, and people with Alzheimer's Cory Doctorow

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class war Guillotine watch: LAX's new one-percenter luxury terminal — UPDATED with veiled legal threats!, AND MORE LEGAL THREATS! Cory Doctorow