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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.

Mark Zuckerberg (AP/Manu Fernadez)

Silicon Valley’s $300M donation to STEM education is not what it seems

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(AP/Alex Brandon)

Ivanka Trump used personal email for government business

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The aftermath of Hurricane Maria, San Juan, Puerto Rico, September 20, 2017. (Getty/Hector Retamal)

Entire island of Puerto Rico loses power

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Demonstrators rally to protest a speech by conservative commentator Ben Shapiro (Getty/Elijah Nouvelage)

Memo to Berkeley: Stop confusing “free speech” with “subsidized speech”

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Hydrocarbon sea on Titan (AP/NASA)

Cassini’s other legacy: landing the first (and only) probe on another world’s moon

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(Associated Press)

Martin Shkreli goes to jail

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Apple CEO Tim Cook speaks during an Apple special event at the Steve Jobs Theatre (Getty/Justin Sullivan)

World’s most valuable corporation reveals new disposable gadgets

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"World Without Mind: The Existential Threat of Big Tech" by Franklin Foer (Penguin Press/theatlantic.com)

Interview: Franklin Foer’s “World Without Mind” describes how algorithms erode free will

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Jim Bridenstine (United States Congress/Getty/jamesbenet)

Is NASA a science agency or a giant subsidy for aerospace corporations?

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(Salon/Ilana Lidagoster)

Goodbye kittehz, hello doggos: Why did the internet’s dog obsession take off in tandem with Trump’s rise?

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(NOAA via AP)

“Absolute devastation”: Island of Barbuda “barely habitable” after Hurricane Irma

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Papers, Please (Youtube/dukope1)

Games of labor: These video games celebrate workers and worker struggles

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Burning Man participants walk on the playa at the Black Rock Desert (AP/Brad Horn)

The data behind the gentrification of Burning Man

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Donald Trump; PayPal founder Peter Thiel; Apple CEO Tim Cook (AP/Evan Vucci)

What if Silicon Valley is to blame for all of this?

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Diamond Planet (NASA)

Diamonds in the sky: Uranus isn’t the only planet in the universe raining treasures

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Joe Arpaio; Donald Trump (AP/Mary Altaffer)

Trump issues Friday night pardon for Sheriff Joe Arpaio

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Sebastian Gorka (GettyImages/Mark Wilson)

Who gets fired for being a “Nazi”? Depends on how expendable you are

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(Richard Waitt, U.S. Geological Survey (U.S. Geological Survey (USGS)) [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons)

The Antarctic ice sheet conceals 91 volcanoes. Should we be afraid?

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(Getty/xijian)

Electricity sales in the U.S. actually dropped over the past 7 years — but don’t celebrate yet

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(Getty/ClaudioVentrella)

Find your place in the universe in this new dark matter map

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Eric Wareheim in "Tim and Eric Awesome Show, Great Job!" (Adult Swim)

“Tim & Eric” in the age of Trump: Trashing neoliberalism never felt so good

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(Getty/vchal)

Study: The Milky Way is swarming with black holes

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(Getty/cyano66)

The ugly, pseudoscientific history behind that sexist Google manifesto

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Tacoma (Youtube/Tacoma)

“Tacoma,” the next video game from “Gone Home” creators, imagines the gig economy in space

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