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music Watch "Boogie Before Bedtime," a delightful aerobics TV clip from 1986 with a Pink Floyd soundtrack David Pescovitz
anti-maskers Gentleman has huge fit when denied at Trader Joe's for mask rules, muscles his way inside anyway Carla Sinclair
tabloids The marriage from hell, Epstein's sex tapes, and overweight celebrities in this week's fact-challenged tabloids Peter Sheridan
happy mutants Documentation Gathering, Sanitization, and Storage: an excerpt from "A Public Service" Tim Schwartz
music THE BUREAU: Part Seven, "Lockdown in the Building, News of an Active Shooter Near the Cafeteria" — with Mr Quintron's Circuit-Bent Guitars Ethan Persoff
trumpism Torturer and coverup artist Gina Haspel tried to bow out of CIA Directorship to avoid Senate questioning Cory Doctorow
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films How Adam Curtis' film "Bitter Lake" will change everything you believe about news Aaron Stewart-Ahn