Wed. 07/27 - Netflix "Lucas-ing" Stranger Things

Cryptographers have identified the first known secure global communication system, in the form of nineteenth century newspaper ads. Plus, a fourth patient has been effectively cured of HIV. And Netflix is retroactively editing Stranger Things. The edits are not as big a deal as they seem, but the fact that Netflix can implement them so easily raises bigger questions about the future of arts and entertainment.

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Links:

• Codebreakers Find ‘Sexts,’ Arctic Dispatches in 200-Year-Old Encrypted Newspaper Ads (Vice)
• Fourth patient seemingly cured of HIV (BBC)
• Fourth person 'cured' of HIV, but is a less risky cure in sight? (Medical Xpress)
• Stranger Things Season 4: Duffer Brothers on Fixing Will's Birthday (Variety)
• Netflix retroactively editing Stranger Things is the beginning of a dangerous TV trend (GQ)
• Is Netflix’s ‘Stranger Things’ Editing Out Jonathan’s Creepy Behavior in Season 1? (The Mary Sue)
• Jackson Bird on Twitter

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