Have you heard that it’s about to become much easier to make enriched uranium (fuel for nuclear reactors and bombs)? Did this advance in laser technology make you turn off the national/world news and hide under the covers?

I bet you're ready to catch up with what’s been going on in Oakland, so OL has compiled our most-viewed articles of the week for your convenience.

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Eric K. Arnold contributed a piece about V-Nasty (of White Girl Mob) and her frequent use of the “N” word - that’s a lot of distasteful phrases in one sentence. This one has already gotten me in a Facebook fight with one of our readers. I can’t hold back my judgement: The truest way for white people to really be “down” is to have some damn respect. Arnold has his own opinion, though. Read up to find out how V-Nasty has Lil’ Wayne looking like Robert Frost.

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OL intern Vanessa Rancano wrote about the opening of three new businesses in Oakland: Good News Café, Awaken Café’s Awaken Cart and Boot and Shoe Service Café. OL readers must love working in coffee shops the way I do. Take a look at what they’ve got to offer.

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The world has become an incredibly complex place. For example, as BART’s anonymous hackers released citizen data in protest of BART police killings, they apologized in advance for doing it. OL editor/publisher Susan Mernit told you how to find out if your information has been released.

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Social media makes good old people power extra interesting. Watch a slideshow of #opBART protest and read all the sarcastic BART tweets in the same article. Mernit made a nifty collage with this new form of documentation.

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Will Metropolitan Transportation Commission relocate to San Francisco? Though a previous MTC board approved a move to 390 Main St., the current board rescinded the decision after a public uproar. An ad-hoc committee will now make a recommendation. Contributing editor Jennifer Inez Ward brought you the full report.