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One of the more interesting parts of working on PressForward is discovering how many sites actively…

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One of the more interesting parts of working on PressForward is discovering how many sites actively block the scripts behind Instapaper, Pocket and (of course) PressForward. Some sites take significant measures to do so, one even encrypts the actual text of the document, discouraging readers using Readability-based services by feeding them gobbledygook. 

Rewired: Post-Cyberpunk Anthology shows how sf has changed since the Mirroshades era

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Rewired: Post-Cyberpunk Anthology shows how sf has changed since the Mirroshades era:

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In Rewired: The Post-Cyberpunk Anthology, editors James Patrick Kelly and John Kessel round up sixteen inspiring, mind-altering stories written since cyberpunk’s heyday ended and the “post-cyberpunk” era began. No one’s really sure what “post-cyberpunk” means, but these stories were written by…

plutheroquexos: @PatrickRothfuss I wish I could have been there…

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@PatrickRothfuss I wish I could have been there for this. 

Boston Cop Calls Uber Driver ‘N-Word,’ Beats Him, Steals His Car. Because ‘Boston’

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Boston Cop Calls Uber Driver ‘N-Word,’ Beats Him, Steals His Car. Because ‘Boston’.

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Early Sunday morning, a Boston police officer used an everyday occurrence, an Uber ride home in the wee hours, to help his department advance its community relations with a groundbreaking new strategy: meet with members of racial minorities, then insult and beat them.

Allegedly.

According to a police report obtained by DigBostonof events that began at 2:45am, two…

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