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This post is not from me, but is a remarkable rant from T. Greg Doucette, an attorney in Durham, NC, who took to Twitter to… Read More »T. Greg Doucette on false arrest and police brutality
Fred Turner, the leading chronicler of the links between the 60s counterculture and the internet revolution, turned his sights to the rise of multimedia in… Read More »Fred Turner: The link from anti-fascist art and the “historical problem” of Facebook
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This story is cross-posted on FOLD.cm, where it’s got more links, images and a layout that lets you see what’s behind the links while you… Read More »Heroin and Hope