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Inside: Trump convinces GOP supporters not to vote; Trump handed grifters millions for masks; What it's like to be a man; and more!

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Trump convinces GOP supporters not to vote: You're supposed to take him seriously, not literally, guys.



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Trump handed grifters millions for masks: Failed boner-pill entrepreneurs get a second chance in Trump's America.



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What it's like to be a man: Phil Christman's beautiful, frustrating, illuminating tale of masculinity.



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#15yrsago Water pump driven by kids' roundabout web.archive.org/web/2005071401…

#10yrsago Ian McDonald's DERVISH HOUSE, superb novel of the mystical nano future of Istanbul boingboing.net/2010/07/12/ian…

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#10yrsago Ghosts in My Head: story about the neuromarketing end-times web.archive.org/web/2010071405…

#1yrago Philadelphians debate whether parks and rec centers should use anti-personnel weapons that indiscriminately target children npr.org/2019/07/10/739…

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#1yrago Facebook's $5B FTC fine was so laughable its stock price went UP after the announcement theverge.com/2019/7/12/2069…

#1yrago MLMs are cults that prey on moms, Mormons and the military huffpost.com/entry/mlm-pyra…

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#1yrago How to: run a small social network for you and your friends. runyourown.social

#1yrago US Conference of Mayors adopts a resolution to never pay off ransomware attackers zdnet.com/article/us-may…

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#1yrago How science fiction affects (but does not predict) the future wired.com/story/sci-fi-w…

#1yrago Trump's trade war cost the world $2t, wiping 6% off the global one percent's books businessinsider.com.au/super-rich-wea…

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#1yrago Teens are filling Tiktok with memes deploring #Life360, a parenting app that tracks teens wired.com/story/life360-…

#1yrago CBP employees' new challenge coin mocks care for migrant kids propublica.org/article/border…

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#1yrago Cooperative porno copyright troll gets 5 years in prison, while his co-conspirator got 14 years torrentfreak.com/cooperative-co…

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#1yrago Detroit's police commissioner arrested at commissioners' meeting for demanding answers about secret meetings where facial recognition was planned metrotimes.com/news-hits/arch…

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Yesterday's threads: US passports basically worthless; DNA Lounge deletes Postmates; Mississippi's GOP lawmakers sicken; Wirecard's vanished COO wanted 15,000 Libyan militiamen; Near Future Labs' Covid Zine; and more!



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On Jul 14, my first picture book comes out! It's called Poesy the Monster Slayer and it's an epic tale of bedtime-refusal, toy-hacking and monster-hunting, illustrated by Matt Rockefeller. It's the monster book I dreamt of reading to my own daughter.

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Today's top sources: Mitch Wagner (mitchwagner.blog), Naked Capitalism, Pocket (getpocket.com).

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