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The Woman Who Loved Giraffes: a documentary about Anne Innis Dagg, the magnificent feminist biologist and critic of pseudoscience like evolutionary psychology.
Machine learning doesn't fix racism: experiments in using machine-learning "risk assessment" for bail hearings collapse in ignominy.
Rethinking "de-growth" and material culture: great commentary from Kate "McMansion Hell" Wagner.
Bernie Sanders is a clear favorite among "regular Democrats." 71% approval and 19% disapproval!
Trump's border wall defeated by 99 pesos' worth of rebar.
Capitalism without capitalists: companies are not their shareholders' property. Companies own themselves.
Rental car immobilizes itself when driven out of cellular range: Unauthorized Bread, but for cars!
Nearly half of medical devices haven't been patched against the Bluekeep vuln
Glowing Randotti skull-prints: Coop revives the golden age of Haunted Mansion merch.
Ios is now a vehicle to deliver unblockable adware
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