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books The Fifth Risk: Michael Lewis explains how the "deep state" is just nerds versus grifters Cory Doctorow
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military-industrial complex UFO IPO-182 – Take me to your dealer: the Pentagon UFO story, crowdfunding, and Blink-182 Phil Torrone
security theater Senate staffers issued ID cards whose "security chips" turn out to be just pictures of a chip Cory Doctorow
Copyfight Leaked Inspector General's report reveals millions lost to incompetence and waste at the US Copyright Office Cory Doctorow
Space Astronaut on space station captures astonishing image of massive skull peering up from volcanic pit on Earth David Pescovitz
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