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space exploration Startup wants to launch satellites with slingshots instead of rockets Thom Dunn

DIY Blast into outer space with this low budget music video Thom Dunn

books How to read Donald Duck 50 years after the CIA fomented a coup in Chile on September 11, 1973 Elías Villoro

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Boing Boing Gadgets This kid-friendly 3D printer bundle puts pure creativity in your child's hands Boing Boing's Shop

dystopia Another Strugatsky masterpiece: The Inhabited Island Jason Weisberger

social isolation Nebula-75, a new puppet lockdown drama from the folks that brought us Thunderbirds, Stingray, Fireball-XL5 Gareth Branwyn

art The Weird of Wendy Pini Rob Beschizza

fake news Space ship found in ice, Hillary's boozing, and why Ivanka disagrees with Donald, in this week's tabloids Peter Sheridan

happy mutants It's about Time: Reading Steampunk's Rise and Roots Rachel A. Bowser and Brian Croxall

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