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‘Magic: The Gathering’ Pro Publicly Expresses Support for Hong Kong Protests

“It feels so good to play as a free man,” Hall of Famer Lee Shi Tian said in a post-game interview after expressing support for Hong Kong.
Matthew Gault
10.21.19
mr. robot

A Roundtable of Hackers Dissects 'Mr. Robot' Season 4 Episode 3: ‘Forbidden’

Technologists, hackers, and journalists recap the third episode of the final season of the realistic hacking show.
Yael Grauer
10.21.19
TV

Here's Every 'Watchmen' Comic Reference in the New HBO Show

DIY Rorschach masks, well-placed blood drips, and beyond.
River Donaghey
10.21.19
Twitter

Mitt Romney Found His Backbone and Named It 'Pierre Delecto'

Mitt Romney has been tweeting under the moniker, sometimes about Trump, since 2011.
Alex Lubben
10.21.19
Facebook

'Do Not Discuss the Incident,' Facebook Told Employee Fired After Speaking About Worker Suicide

"I really wanted the Chinese engineers to stand up and speak for ourselves," Yi Yin, who was fired after demanding answers about the suicide, said.
Lauren Kaori Gurley
10.21.19
Opioid Crisis

The Massive Opioid Trial Set to Start Today Just Took a Big Turn

Now there's only one defendant remaining in a test case meant to be the guide for future opioid litigation across the U.S.
Emma Ockerman
10.21.19
Reddit

Reddit Banned a Hugely Popular Community Devoted to Girls Do Porn

Following federal sex trafficking charges and during an ongoing civil trial against the porn production company, Reddit shut down a forum for reposting potentially non-consensual content.
Samantha Cole
10.21.19
Race

Toronto’s Slang Isn’t ‘New.’ It’s Black

Even when it comes to the so-called rise of our own words, credit often goes to celebrities like Drake or Lilly Singh.
Sharine Taylor
10.21.19
Syria

These Kurds Threw Potatoes at the U.S. Troops Abandoning Them in Syria

The U.S.' pullout has cleared the way for a Turkish offensive on the Syrian Kurds who helped defeat ISIS.
Tim Hume
10.21.19
Tech news

Listen to the Loudest Bird Ever Recorded

Turn down your headphones. The song of the white bellbird is "beyond loud," researchers say.
Becky Ferreira
10.21.19
Trump's attention span

Trump Is 'Like a Squirrel Caught in Traffic': Mattis Speechwriter’s Book Takes Some Choice Jabs

More colorful evidence of Trump's tiny attention span — from his first Pentagon briefing
Morgan Baskin
10.21.19
News

Julian Assange Could Barely Say His Own Name at His Latest Extradition Hearing

"I can't think properly," he told the judges.
David Gilbert
10.21.19
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