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Ramon Soto-Crespo (SUNY-Buffalo): Unpacking My Weinstein: Border Theory and American Philosophy. Andrew Guthrie Ferguson (UDC): The Internet of Things and the Fourth Amendment of Effects. Virginia Roaf and Inga Winkler (NYU): Bringing the Dirty Bloody Linen Out of the Closet: Menstrual Hygiene as a Priority for Achieving Gender Equality. From TNR, stop calling Bernie Sanders a socialist: The Vermont senator is a “democratic socialist” — and yes, there's a difference; Rebecca Leber on how Bernie Sanders is a better environmentalist than Elizabeth Warren; sorry, Elizabeth Warren fans — Bernie Sanders is as good as it gets; and “progressives have some catching up to do”: Suzy Khimm goes inside activists' plan to re-stock the Left’s weak bench. It’s not the 1 percent controlling politics — it’s the 0.01 percent: About 125 Americans control more than 40 percent of election contributions. Scott McLemee reviews Dispatches From Dystopia: Histories of Places Not Yet Forgotten by Kate Brown. Jon Krakauer: “If you’re not a feminist, then you’re a problem”. Costas Lapavitsas: The Syriza strategy has come to an end. Kerry Howley on how Manny Pacquiao is fighting a lot more than Floyd Mayweather. Annie Lowrey on how one woman could destroy Uber’s business model — and take the entire “on-demand” economy down with it. You can download The Government Machine: A Revolutionary History of the Computer by Jon Agar (2003).