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The masks of the red death, plus corruption, plus animal news

All from Harper’s Weekly Review: Bill Montgomery, the 80-year-old cofounder of the conservative youth group Turning Point USA, also died of COVID-19; shortly after his passing, the group’s Twitter account deleted a meme making fun of protective masks that used … Continue reading

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“…security breach in your iCloud account…”

Why am I posting this? I’m not actually asking you; I’m asking myself. Well, I got five telephone messages in a row–five–in which an automated woman’s voice (automated in the sense that it sounded robotic, as if each word had … Continue reading

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How much do I loathe Bill Gates?

I’m taking a break from helping a friend finalize a book proposal to proclaim my age-old animus for Bill Gates and everything he has ever produced in his whole life. Because. We all know that Microsoft has a monopoly over … Continue reading

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