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COVID-19 Politico asked 34 big thinkers to predict how the coronapocalypse will permanently change our world Gareth Branwyn

climate "Hope literacy," "functional denial" and other ways to keep going in this difficult time Cory Doctorow

happy mutants There will be another HOPE hacker con in 2020! Cory Doctorow

Science Happy birthday, Carl Sagan. Wish you were here. David Pescovitz

animal rights PETA frees animal crackers from their cages Rusty Blazenhoff

happy mutants Four Thieves Vinegar Collective: DIY epipens were just the start, now it's home bioreactors to thwart Big Pharma's price-gouging Cory Doctorow

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

science fiction 84K: A grim meathook future novel of exterminism, with a theory of change and a glimmer of hope in its centre Cory Doctorow

astronomy ABC News in 1979 looks forward to 2017's solar eclipse Rob Beschizza

movies How Darth Vader's amazing final scene in Rogue One happened David Pescovitz

politics Harvey Milk's "Hope" speech is worth a revisit today Andrea James

politics Polls not looking good for Trump after Orlando Rob Beschizza

criminals Two men used toothbrush to tunnel out of prison only to be caught at a nearby IHOP the next morning David Pescovitz