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Suit: Kennedy Center Knew Closure Estimate Was Wrong

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The Kennedy Center’s board voted to close the building for two years after being told phased renovation would double the cost. A lawsuit filed Friday says officials had a revised estimate, about $41 million more, and never showed it to the board (CNN).

Archive of Our Own, the important fan fiction site with 11 million users, is down after a security incident and may take four weeks to restore. Fans are sharing Google Docs of saved stories (Wired).

Before Trump’s Dubuque rally, the White House advance team hung a tarp over the city’s 2020 “Solidarity” mural, ten raised fists. The city, which owns the building, hadn’t approved it and had it removed (KCRG).

A Times essay says predictive algorithms are making culture the same everywhere (The New York Times). Searches for CD players at John Lewis, the UK retailer, are up 96% since July (The Guardian).

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