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politics Piketty on the "Brahmin left" and the "merchant right" Cory Doctorow

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weapons of math destruction Datification: the ideology that says that data isn't ideological Cory Doctorow

politics Roddy Piper in THEY LIVE: great analysis by Slavoj Žižek Andrea James

economics Why America is deeply, uniformly unhappy Ellsworth Toohey

politics Meow! Britain imports America's "kids using litterboxes in school" hoax Rob Beschizza

christian nationalism The "Straight White American Jesus" podcast covers the history, philosophy, theology, and politics of Christian nationalism Jennifer Sandlin

Science Iranian physicists estimate advanced civilizations last 5,000 years or less Rob Beschizza

anti-vax Vaccines are free. Measles now costs $1.5 billion a year Jason Weisberger

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politics Green Bay police chief backs recruit with anti-government extremist tattoo Rob Beschizza

education Texas A&M deems Plato unnecessary for approved thought Jason Weisberger

politics The Nerd Reich podcast investigates Silicon Valley's slide into authoritarianism Ellsworth Toohey

politics I never thought leopards would eat MY face, sobs Vivek Ramaswamy, who voted for the Leopards Eating People's Faces Party Ellsworth Toohey

animals North Korea's zoo features a smoking chimp and a dog trained to use an abacus Ellsworth Toohey