Footnotes: Dudes Dressed Like Bells and Trolls Betraying Their Heritage
This week on Footnotes: dudes and copyright trolls. And, somehow, the bow ties that unite the two seemingly disparate topics.
Matt Simon was a senior staff writer covering biology, robotics, and the environment. He’s the author, most recently, of A Poison Like No Other: How Microplastics Corrupted Our Planet and Our Bodies. ... Read More
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