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[Link] SpiceDAO Roasted for Spending $3.8 Million on Jodorowsky’s ‘Dune’ Book

Read: 19/1/2022 www.vice.com

In an embarrassing but predictable turn of events, a group of cryptocurrency investors's bid to purchase one of the few remaining copies of Alejandro Jodorowsky's Dune adaptation is shaping up to have been a letdown despite actually winning the auction.

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[Link] Stolen, Sold and Savored: Ice Cream Is a Hot Commodity in Manhattan

Read: 23/11/2021 www.nytimes.com

The thieves know just where to strike, entering stores and making their way through the aisles, past the diapers, the formula, the razors and the deodorant. You scream.

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[Link] Ethiopian rebels form new alliance to oust PM as forces advance on the capital

Read: 7/11/2021 www.abc.net.au

The war, which has killed thousands of people and forced more than 2 million from their homes, has intensified in recent weeks. The Tigray People's Liberation Front claims to have captured several towns in recent days and says it is considering marching on the capital.

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[Link] The Chip Shortage Is So Bad Even the Raspberry Pi Is More Expensive Now

Read: 20/10/2021 www.vice.com

This chip shortage crisis has spilled over to other industries and products, including auto manufacturers, who have had to let their factories sit idle in some cases while they wait for the precious transistors they need to come through.

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[Link] In Defence Of ROMs, A Solution To Dying Games And Broken Copyright Laws

Read: 17/10/2021 www.kotaku.com.au

Various game emulation sites are pulling down their software libraries, or ceasing to exist entirely, following a lawsuit filed by Nintendo against one of the largest of their kind.

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[Link] That One-of-a-Kind Wu Tang Clan Album Has Been Resold, and No One Knows Who Has It

Read: 31/7/2021 www.ign.com

The one-of-a-kind Wu-Tang Clan album, Once Upon a Time in Shaolin, previously owned by controversial pharmaceutical executive Martin Shkreli has been resold – and virtually nobody knows who has it now.

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