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Steve Jobs has been dead for 10 years but Apple (& the rest of us too) still hasn’t recovered from poor decisions he made in 1981. Come on guys, get with the program.
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The Most Political ‘Star Trek’ Episode: ‘Past Tense,’ From ‘Deep Space Nine’ - The Atlantic https://www.theatlantic.com/entertainment/archive/2017/10/star-trek-deep-space-nine-past-tense/542280/
Many Academics Are Eager to Publish in Worthless Journals - The New York Times https://www.nytimes.com/2017/10/30/science/predatory-journals-academics.html
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I spent seven months living inside a conspiracy thriller and it’s not over yet - The Verge https://www.theverge.com/2017/10/27/16554660/lust-experience-alternate-reality-game-darren-lynn-bousman-immersive-theater
How Getting Enough Sleep Can Make You Less Afraid - The Atlantic https://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2017/10/rem-and-trauma/543573/
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Card catalogs and the secret history of modernity https://kottke.org/17/10/card-catalogs-and-the-secret-history-of-modernity
Planetary and the 1990s pulp comics revival https://kottke.org/17/10/planetary-and-the-1990s-pulp-comics-revival
Chinatown’s Ghost Scam | The New Yorker https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2017/10/30/chinatowns-ghost-scam
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Brit Marling on Harvey Weinstein and the Economics of Consent - The Atlantic https://www.theatlantic.com/entertainment/archive/2017/10/harvey-weinstein-and-the-economics-of-consent/543618/
Some dead bodies donated to research in US end up in warehouses of horrors | Ars Technica https://arstechnica.com/science/2017/10/how-much-for-your-head-unregulated-us-brokers-make-killing-on-donated-bodies/
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How 1977 Broke All the Rules and Changed Music Forever | Consequence of Sound https://consequenceofsound.net/2017/10/how-1977-broke-all-the-rules-and-changed-music-forever/?curator=MusicREDEF
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