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2054, Part VI: Standoff at Arlington
18:46 April 15, 2054 (GMT‑5) Arlington National Cemetery That night in her apartment Julia Hunt ordered in sushi and watched…
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2054, Part V: From Tokyo With Love
Zhao Jin cast an appraising glance at Mohammad, who moved his food around on his plate and said, “He won’t…
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My 4 days in gay conversion therapy
“Maybe I’ll let you have it,” he says, and I can hear the smirk. Ferret was a virgin, but I…
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Here Comes the Sun — to end civilization
To date, however, U.S. utility companies have not widely deployed current-blocking devices to the direct grid. “They just do things,…
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The endless legal limit of street protesters in Hong Kong
By the end of August, As the government continued to block the protesters’ growing demands, many young people became more…
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Welcome to Janelle Monáe’s Dream World
There is an old one The story of Octavia Butler that I often return to: A young man once asked…
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A farmer’s quest to beat a wave of drought and flood in California
Don Cameron has completed a trickle of survival. It could help save America’s farmland—even if he doesn’t survive the new…
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Infinite Reach by Joel Kaplan, Facebook Man in Washington
Harbath says that Kaplan’s “familyist” quip matches her recollection of how conservatives at Facebook viewed the project — as an…
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Jacques Vallée still doesn’t know what a UFO is
On a white color restaurant tablecloths in San Francisco, under the bright light of the stained-glass dome ceiling with images…
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