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fcc FCC takes on scam texting epidemic with new regulations Mark Frauenfelder

History Cult documentary "Hands on a Hardbody" is available again Elías Villoro

censorship Twitter blocks article critical of Elon Musk as "unsafe" Thom Dunn

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mistakes Seth Green's "Bored Ape" stolen, putting in jeopardy the TV show it was set to star in Rob Beschizza

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