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web theory People really, really suck at using computers Cory Doctorow

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Great Pacific Garbage Patch How do we clean plastics out of our oceans? Jennifer Sandlin

art Celebrating the 35th anniversary of Star Trek: The Next Generation with mixed-media meme art Gareth Branwyn

covid China's life expectancy "now higher than that of the U.S.", if you pick the right sources Rob Beschizza

COVID-19 Survey: 85% of international students unable to enter Japan say their mental health has deteriorated Mark Frauenfelder

shining city on a hill U.S. life spans "falling significantly behind those in similarly wealthy European countries" Mark Frauenfelder

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politics No US-France digital tax war for now, as Trump and Macron call a truce Xeni Jardin

Business Countries with higher levels of unionization have lower per-capita carbon footprints Cory Doctorow

politics Why can't we see big companies' tax returns? Cory Doctorow

late stage capitalism Financialization is wearing out its welcome Cory Doctorow

Business Ikea locked workers into a room and forced them to watch "scaremongering" anti-union powerpoints Cory Doctorow

cupcake socialism Fox news host ridiculed for spouting fake facts about Denmark Mark Frauenfelder

corruption Extreme poverty is on the decline, extreme inequality is on the rise Cory Doctorow

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

robots Report: 66 million people will lose their jobs to robots Séamus Bellamy

cable company fuckery Cities want to opportunistically lay fiber lines during big digs, but Koch dark money is trying to stop them Cory Doctorow