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Save Forbidden Planet NYC: Keep NYC weird.
Which guillotine is right for you: Current Affairs's guide for the perplexed.
A labradoodle breeder is in charge of America's vaccines: An actual labradoodle could do a better job.
"Inject disinfectant" vs both sides-ism: We report, you decide.
US healthcare fails insured people too: A laundry list of gaps and errors.
Masks work: Lasers reveal your revolting, spittle-flecked utterances.
US telcoms sector isn't doing better than Europe's: Net Neutrality's murderers want you to believe they saved the American internet.
Amazon uses its sellers' data to figure out which products to clone: And they lied to Congress about it.
Facebook let advertisers target "pseudoscience" and "conspiracy": Son of "jew-haters."
Security expert conned out of $10,000: If you think you're too smart to get phished…
California Adventure, Minecraft edition: New maps for the Imagineering Fun server.
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Neighbors treated to socially isolated buildingside screening: Scott Duggan treated his terrace to "Gentlemen Prefer Blondes."

Philips quadruples ventilator costs: They reneged on their HHS deal and will get $646.7m for their trouble.

Kansas GOP nukes ban on large Easter gatherings: What's wrong with Kansas?

Kickpunch's Disney comics/horror movie mashups: Daniel Björk's terrifying poster children for fair use.

Plastic-eating enzyme: Leaf-branch compost cutinase to the rescue.

Cold brew coffee chemistry: Making the black stuff reproducible.

Tails adds Secureboot support: Evil chambermaids, beware!

Crisis makes heroes of IT workers: When Sysadmins Ruled the Earth.

Automating fake PDF signatures: Make it look like you printed, signed and scanned.

Pocket Art Director: Your high-handed boss in D20 form.

This day in history: 2019

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