tax on people who are bad at math While browsing through her spam folder, woman finds email about $3 million prize Mark Frauenfelder

gambling I've played the Powerball simulator for 1,092 years and have lost 91% of my money Mark Frauenfelder

twitter Twitter users will no longer be able to hide their blue checks Rob Beschizza

streaming Spotify's new royalty payment update hurts indie musicians even more than before Thom Dunn

occult The Enduring Legacy of Parapsychologist J.B. Rhine Mitch Horowitz

makers Maker jargon and slang for 2021 Gareth Branwyn

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News Social security for all — for now Maureen Herman

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education US tax shortfalls have our public schools begging for donations Cory Doctorow

books The Fifth Risk: Michael Lewis explains how the "deep state" is just nerds versus grifters Cory Doctorow

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health Big data + private health insurance = game over Cory Doctorow

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obama President Obama's final State of the Union address Xeni Jardin

fiction The Man Who Sold The Moon Cory Doctorow

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