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happy mutants Why "collapse" (not "rot") is the way to think about software problems Cory Doctorow

education Elizabeth Warren's latest proposal: cancel student debt, make college free Cory Doctorow

Business The Boston Globe on breaking up Big Tech falls into the trap of tech exceptionalism Cory Doctorow

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security Australia just voted to ban working cryptography. No, really. Cory Doctorow

videos Oracle's bad faith with security researchers led to publication of a Virtualbox 0-day Cory Doctorow

racism Why some people hate Jews and Asian-Americans David Pescovitz