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jobs Help wanted: "Bloodthirsty" Director of Rodent Mitigation to deal with New York City's rat problem David Pescovitz

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privacy Erik Prince's new "secure" smartphone is an even bigger joke than it sounds Thom Dunn

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china How China ingests and adapts western culture Cory Doctorow

fraud Grifter steals dead peoples' houses in gentrifying Philadelphia by forging deed transfers, then flipping them Cory Doctorow

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crime Thanks to 2016's trade secret law and algorithmic justice, America's courts have become AI-Kafka nightmares Cory Doctorow

fake news Why Donald Trump is the tabloid president Peter Sheridan

cuisine The Glory of the Fluffernutter Richard Kaufman

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economics Roddenberry's Star Trek was "above all, a critique of Robert Heinlein" Manu Saadia

copyright Stop the Music Charles Duan

politics How you can contribute to whistleblower Chelsea Manning's legal defense fund Trevor Timm