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GitHub - deniskyashif/ssfst: Subsequential Transducer for Efficient "Dictionary-Based" Text Rewriting https://github.com/deniskyashif/ssfst

GitHub - mewo2/oisin: Oisín: Wave Function Collapse for poetry https://github.com/mewo2/oisin

In the Ruins — Greg Egan http://www.gregegan.net/MISC/RUINS/Ruins.html

The Nihilism of Julian Assange | by Sue Halpern | The New York Review of Books http://www.nybooks.com/articles/2017/07/13/nihilism-of-julian-assange-wikileaks/

The Splintered Mind: The Social-Role Defense of Robot Rights https://schwitzsplinters.blogspot.co.uk/2017/06/the-social-role-defense-of-robot-rights.html

GitHub - unitedstates/congress-legislators: Members of the United States Congress, 1789-Present, in YAML, as well as committees, presidents, and vice presidents. https://github.com/unitedstates/congress-legislators

Report on Seat 14C - Charlie’s Diary http://www.antipope.org/charlie/blog-static/2017/07/report-on-seat-14c.html

Inside the extreme Facebook fandom for old rental VHS tapes http://www.newstatesman.com/science-tech/social-media/2017/07/inside-extreme-facebook-fandom-old-rental-vhs-tapes

Death https://theoutline.com/post/1808/death-when-it-comes-will-have-no-sheep

5 Gaming Tools to Help Your Writing | Tor/Forge Blog http://www.torforgeblog.com/2017/07/10/5-gaming-tools-to-help-your-writing/?utm_source=exacttarget&utm_medium=newsletter&utm_term=na-haspilarticle&utm_content=na-readblog-blogpost&utm_campaign=torjuly17newsletter&et=35866-n19595941

Surreal Memes Are the Last Escape the Internet Has - Motherboard https://motherboard.vice.com/en_us/article/xwz833/surreal-memes-are-the-last-escape-the-internet-has

Monsters, Marvels, and the Birth of Science - Issue 50: Emergence - Nautilus http://nautil.us/issue/50/emergence/monsters-marvels-and-the-birth-of-science-rp

Two Kinds Of Caution | Slate Star Codex https://slatestarcodex.com/2017/07/08/two-kinds-of-caution/

3D Electronic Nose Demostrates Advantages of Carbon Nanotubes - IEEE Spectrum http://spectrum.ieee.org/nanoclast/semiconductors/nanotechnology/carbon-nanotube-computing-stacks-up

Getting Started - Multics Wiki http://swenson.org/multics_wiki/index.php?title=Getting_Started#Using_the_Multics_QuickStart

How a Soviet Circus Clown Tried to Prove That Dogs Can Be Psychic - Atlas Obscura http://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/dog-telepathy

The alt-right and the death of counterculture | Overland literary journal https://overland.org.au/2017/07/the-alt-right-and-the-death-of-counterculture/

Kafka’s Joke Book - McSweeney’s Internet Tendency https://www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/kafkas-joke-book

Locus Online Perspectives » Cory Doctorow: Be the First One to Not Do Something that No One Else Has Ever Not Thought of Doing Before http://www.locusmag.com/Perspectives/2017/07/cory-doctorow-be-the-first-one-to-not-do-something-that-no-one-else-has-ever-not-thought-of-doing-before/

Hated by the Right. Mocked by the Left. Who Wants to Be ‘Liberal’ Anymore? - The New York Times https://www.nytimes.com/2017/07/05/magazine/hated-by-the-right-mocked-by-the-left-who-wants-to-be-liberal-anymore.html

How post-horror movies are taking over cinema | Film | The Guardian https://www.theguardian.com/film/2017/jul/06/post-horror-films-scary-movies-ghost-story-it-comes-at-night?CMP=fb_us

The complete history of the IBM PC, part one: The deal of the century | Ars Technica https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2017/06/ibm-pc-history-part-1/

A Path Less Taken to the Peak of the Math World | Quanta Magazine https://www.quantamagazine.org/a-path-less-taken-to-the-peak-of-the-math-world-20170627/

Word Vectors and SAT Analogies http://planspace.org/20170705-word_vectors_and_sat_analogies/

You Can Encrypt Your Face – The New Inquiry https://thenewinquiry.com/you-can-encrypt-your-face/

What exactly lurks within the backward grooves of “Stairway to Heaven?” - Salon.com http://www.salon.com/2017/06/24/what-exactly-lurks-within-the-backward-grooves-of-stairway-to-heaven/?curator=MusicREDEF

http://daily.redbullmusicacademy.com/2017/06/the-show-that-never-ends?curator=MusicREDEF http://daily.redbullmusicacademy.com/2017/06/the-show-that-never-ends?curator=MusicREDEF

You Probably Think This Bot Is About You – The New Inquiry https://thenewinquiry.com/you-probably-think-this-bot-is-about-you/?utm_campaign=Revue%20newsletter&utm_medium=Newsletter&utm_source=Bot%21%20zine

Meow Generator – Alexia Jolicoeur-Martineau https://ajolicoeur.wordpress.com/cats/

Internet Stone Soup | TechCrunch https://techcrunch.com/2017/07/04/stone-soup/

Why We Lie: The Science Behind Our Deceptive Ways http://www.nationalgeographic.com/magazine/2017/06/lying-hoax-false-fibs-science/?utm_source=nextdraft&utm_medium=email

Can AI Write Pop Songs? On Music and Machine Language https://www.theparisreview.org/blog/2017/06/29/in-stargoons-car/?curator=MusicREDEF

Hans Zimmer: orchestral manoeuvres in the dark | British GQ http://www.gq-magazine.co.uk/article/hans-zimmer-interview-dunkirk?curator=MusicREDEF

The Politics of Pie Cutting at West Point‘s Mess Hall - Atlas Obscura http://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/west-point-mess-hall-pie?utm_source=Atlas+Obscura+Daily+Newsletter&utm_campaign=c2839fb4bc-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2017_06_29&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_f36db9c480-c2839fb4bc-63252673&ct=t(Newsletter_6_29_2017)&mc_cid=c2839fb4bc&mc_eid=fb147c2f0d

I Can‘t Believe It’s Butter That Was Buried in a Bog! - Atlas Obscura http://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/make-your-own-bog-butter-ireland?utm_source=Atlas+Obscura+Daily+Newsletter&utm_campaign=c2839fb4bc-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2017_06_29&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_f36db9c480-c2839fb4bc-63252673&ct=t(Newsletter_6_29_2017)&mc_cid=c2839fb4bc&mc_eid=fb147c2f0d

Scientists crack mystery of ancient Roman concrete’s 2,000-year life span - The Washington Post https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/speaking-of-science/wp/2017/07/04/ancient-romans-made-worlds-most-durable-concrete-we-might-use-it-to-stop-rising-seas/?utm_medium=email&utm_source=nextdraft&utm_term=.2b76b2885c2a

A Sociology of the Smartphone https://longreads.com/2017/06/13/a-sociology-of-the-smartphone/

70% Repetition in Style Sheets: Data on How We Fail at CSS Optimization · Jens Oliver Meiert https://meiert.com/en/blog/70-percent-css-repetition/

https://www.citylab.com/design/2017/07/why-is-the-alt-right-so-angry-about-architecture/532470/?utm_source=digg&utm_medium=email https://www.citylab.com/design/2017/07/why-is-the-alt-right-so-angry-about-architecture/532470/?utm_source=digg&utm_medium=email

Instant Recall — Real Life http://reallifemag.com/instant-recall/

How Liberal Portland Became America’s Most Politically Violent City - POLITICO Magazine http://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2017/06/30/how-liberal-portland-became-americas-most-politically-violent-city-215322?utm_source=nextdraft&utm_medium=email

Thargs Guide To How 2000ad Is Produced! | ECBT2000AD https://2000ad.wordpress.com/2015/05/14/thargs-guide-to-how-2000ad-is-produced/

An Insider’s Look At Working In The Anime Business https://kotaku.com/an-insider-s-look-at-working-in-the-anime-business-1796312543?curator=MediaREDEF

Disrupt the Citizen | Online Only | n+1 https://nplusonemag.com/online-only/online-only/disrupt-the-citizen/?curator=MediaREDEF

The age of distributed truth — Remains of the Day http://www.eugenewei.com/blog/2017/6/28/the-truth-is-distributed?curator=MediaREDEF

Want to Transcribe Rare Magical Manuscripts on Your Lunch Break? - Atlas Obscura http://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/newberry-library-transcribing-manuscripts

The Rise of the Thought Leader | New Republic https://newrepublic.com/article/143004/rise-thought-leader-how-superrich-funded-new-class-intellectual?utm_source=nextdraft&utm_medium=email

This Is Why The Minions Are So Popular https://www.buzzfeed.com/danielspielberger/how-the-minions-took-over-the-world?utm_source=nextdraft&utm_medium=email&utm_term=.veNr7beDV#.acdKNDV4O

The U.S. fertility rate just hit a historic low. Why some demographers are freaking out. - The Washington Post https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/to-your-health/wp/2017/06/30/the-u-s-fertility-rate-just-hit-a-historic-low-why-some-demographers-are-freaking-out/?utm_source=nextdraft&utm_medium=email