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Day: August 23, 2016

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If You Want to Know Who We Are

Mike Schilling August 23, 2016
Then it all went topsy-turvy.
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In Oracle v. Google, a Nerd Subculture Is on Trial

Will Truman August 23, 2016
Ed note: The jury ruled in favor of Google. Even so, I found this pre-verdict article’s framing...
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Morning Ed: Politics {2016.08.23.T}

Will Truman August 23, 2016
Politics in the US, UK, and Germany
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