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religion Harvard's new Chief Chaplain is an atheist Thom Dunn

college A 52-year-old ex-Navy SEAL reflects on his first semester as a freshman at Yale Thom Dunn

class war Harvard Humanists troll the elites who fund the Harvard endowment by awarding Anand Giridharadas a prize Cory Doctorow

books Lost sci-fi masterpieces return with stunning cover designs by cartoonist Seth Mark Frauenfelder

christmas Rod Serling's 1964 retelling of 'A Christmas Carol' Rusty Blazenhoff

Science Why Quillette sucks Rob Beschizza

serious business Substack, Ghost and the revenge of the bloggers Rob Beschizza

video games Talking Adventure Games with Mark Yohalem Jeffery Klaehn

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podcasts The Life Cycle is a quirky new futurist podcast Mark Frauenfelder

science fiction Ted Chiang's "Op Ed From the Future": socialized transhumanism vs American oligarchy Cory Doctorow

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people who like to control others Two religious organizations are suing to stop Drag Queen Story Time at a public library Mark Frauenfelder

happy mutants Where to find me at Phoenix Comics Fest this week Cory Doctorow

picks GOP lawmakers attempt to define gay marriage as 'parody' Jason Weisberger

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