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Writers, who gets your digital remains?

What will happen to your email account, blog, or Twitter feed when you die? New online lockboxes allow you to specify beforehand who’ll get your passwords, which private Flickr photos should be purged, and what final status should be posted at Facebook, but these services are no substitute for a will. And writers and other artists should be especially careful . . .

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Queering the census

As an amateur genealogist, I’m relieved to see same-sex marriages will be reflected in the 2010 census.

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