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• The Blue Queen of DC: A review Rajat Chaudhuri
• California passes ban on selling and trading animal products: Boom in illicit underground meat restaurants Maria Turtschaninoff
• Exile nation: What happens when you’re forced out of paradise? Lauren Beukes
• Finnish children celebrate first snow day in 50 years Maria Turtschaninoff
• Mass abductions hobble India’s guest talent programme Rajat Chaudhuri
• Matrimonial advertisement: Indian NRI seeks suitable match Rajat Chaudhuri
• Obituaries – Capitalism: 1760–2068 Maria Turtschaninoff
• Paris Fashion Week 2060 special report Sophia Al-Maria
• Quiz: What’s your ticket to Mars? Lauren Beukes
• Reddit thread: Globohomo vaccine whistle blown Sophia Al-Maria
• Report from the Global Indigenous Peoples’ Stewardship Summit Maria Turtschaninoff
• Review of a “Green Mall” by a grumpy Gen X shopaholic Maria Turtschaninoff
• Statement from Womb Riot demanding radical eco-political reforms now Lauren Beukes
• The Tate Twilight Rajat Chaudhuri
• Trouble in Paradys: Virtual worlds, real targets Lauren Beukes
• Trust is stronger than blood: An interview with Babylondon mayor Lena Lenin Sophia Al-Maria
• US-sponsored non-state actors seeding oceans with banned geoengineering tech? Rajat Chaudhuri
• Vaccine Queen opens the first of 100 tech universities across West Africa Lauren Beukes