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Keith A. Spencer is a social critic and author. Previously a senior editor at Salon, he writes about capitalism, science, labor and culture, and published a book on how Silicon Valley is destroying the world. Keep up with his writing on Twitter, Facebook, or Substack.

Still from 20th Century Fox's "Ad Astra" (20th Century Fox)

“Ad Astra” feels like ruling class propaganda

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Thank you, “The Sims,” for saving me from “Friends”

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Students attend the climate strike at Philadelphia City Hall. Philadelphia was just one of the dozens of cities in which young people went on strike. (Amanda Marcotte)

On the ground with the youth protesters leading today’s Climate Strike

Nicole Karlis, Amanda Marcotte, Keith A. Spencer
Bernie Sanders and Elizabeth Warren (AP Photo/Getty Images/Salon)

A strange Twitter glitch is censoring the left — and no one knows if it’s a bug or a feature

Nicole Karlis, Keith A. Spencer
Banana seller in his shop (Getty Images/ Bartosz Hadyniak)

The common banana is trash and likely to go extinct: Try eating these alternatives instead

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Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) speaks while introducing health care legislation titled the "Medicare for All Act of 2019" with Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY) and Sen. Jeff Merkley (D-OR), during a news conference on Capitol Hill, on April 9, 2019 in Washington, DC. (Mark Wilson/Getty Images)

Only the wealthy have the right to longevity. Medicare for All can fix that

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Climeworks C02 Capture Device (Climeworks)

Technology won’t save us from climate change

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Bernie Sanders (Getty/Ethan Miller/Twitter/HoarseWhisperer)

Twitter sleuths uncover an anti-Sanders conspiracy — and the pundit class is furious

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Stephen Hawking; Jeffrey Epstein (Getty/Tim P. Whitby/AP/New York State Sex Offender Registry)

Why Jeffrey Epstein surrounded himself with scientists

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Elijah Wood in "The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring" (New Line Cinema)

If “Lord of the Rings” is a parable for trauma, what can it teach us now?

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(Joe Raedle/Getty Images)

Don’t trash the best part of the melon

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(Walt Disney Pictures)

We just solved a major mystery in the “Lion King” franchise

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(AP/Getty/Salon)

Why unmoderated online forums always degenerate into fascism

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Mark Zuckerberg; Marianne Williamson (Getty/Gerard Julien/Justin Sullivan)

Marianne Williamson and Silicon Valley are the dead ends of the Hippie Era

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Elon Musk; James Bridenstine (Getty/Salon)

Earth’s robber-barons are salivating over bringing authoritarian capitalism to space

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(Paul Morigi/Getty Images for Fitbit)

How being human got reduced to management

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(Getty/Alex Potemkin)

Social housing isn’t just better for humans — it’s better for animals, too

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(Getty/Cappan)

New study says not all black holes began life as stars

Nicole Karlis, Keith A. Spencer
Former Rep. Beto ORourke (D-TX); Casper Van Dien in "Starship Troopers" (Getty/Sean Rayford/TriStar Pictures)

Beto O’Rourke’s “war tax” is straight out of “Starship Troopers”

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(Getty/PeopleImages)

Researchers say 8 hours of work a week is enough to feel fulfilled. So why won’t hustle culture die?

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A student riding a bicycle on the campus of Oberlin College in Oberlin, Ohio (AP/Tony Dejak)

Why do conservatives hate Oberlin so much?

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(Getty/Salon)

Bad infographics are causing a crisis of bad journalism

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(Getty/Justin Sullivan)

Five futures for journalism

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Democratic presidential candidate former Vice President Joe Biden speaks to members of the press at the National Constitution Center in Philadelphia, Tuesday, March 10, 2020. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)

There is hard data that shows that a centrist Democrat would be a losing candidate

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