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WTF? Obama’s Podcast Interview Is a Bust – The Daily Beast
Sometimes history happens, but nothing really happens. Such was the case when President Obama decided to make an appearance on comedian Marc Maron’s popular WTF (yes, it means what you think it mean) podcast, which is known for deep dive interviews …
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Highlights Of The Pope’s Climate Change Encyclical : TheOnion
Highlights Of The Pope’s Climate Change Encyclical (theonion.com)submitted 2 minutes ago by loading… via Pocket
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Doctors Recommend Getting 8 Centuries Of Cryosleep : TheOnion
Doctors Recommend Getting 8 Centuries Of Cryosleep (theonion.com)submitted 2 minutes ago by loading… via Pocket
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Riki-Oh: The Story of Ricky (1991) [360p] : fullmoviesonyoutube
Action, Comedy, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller [USA:NC-17, 1 h 31 min] Siu-Wong Fan, Mei Sheng Fan, Ka-Kui Ho, Yukari Ôshima Director: Ngai Choi Lam The story is set in the year of 2001 in a prison owned by a major company. via Pocket
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Heartless Monster Walks Out Of Local Small Business Without Buying Anything : TheOnion
Heartless Monster Walks Out Of Local Small Business Without Buying Anything (theonion.com)submitted 1 minute ago by loading… via Pocket
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EU launches operation against migrant smugglers – Yahoo News
LUXEMBOURG (Reuters) – European Union foreign ministers agreed on Monday to launch a naval operation against gangs smuggling migrants to Europe from Libya, although the mission will be limited to intelligence-gathering for now due to lack of U.N. au…
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Prosecutors call new witnesses in Mladic genocide case – Yahoo News
THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — Prosecutors reopened their case Monday against former Bosnian Serb military chief Gen. Ratko Mladic at the Yugoslav war crimes tribunal to present new evidence gleaned from a mass grave discovered in Bosnia in 2013. via…
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17 Stages Of Having An Internet Friendship
1. You’ve noticed on social media you’re totally clicking with this one person… 2. …they’re hilarious! They always make you laugh and brighten your day. 3. It’s not long before the two of you start messaging each other directly. Universal Pictures 4…
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TIL of “Unsinkable” Sam, a sailor during WWII who survived the sinking of the Bismarck, switched sides to the Allies, then survived the sinking of both the HMS Cossack and the HMS Ark Royal. Unsinkable Sam is also a cat. (thegreatcat.org) Let me kno…
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Body of former White House chef found in New Mexico mountains | US news | The Guardian
The body of a former White House chef, who had been missing for more than a week after going hiking, has been found in the New Mexico mountains, authorities said. Walter Scheib, 61, was found on Sunday night near a hiking trail in mountains in the T…
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1. The Negro must love the white man, because the white man needs his love to remove his tensions, insecurities and fears. 2. You do too much singing. Today it is time to stop singing, and start swinging. via Pocket
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I cannot describe how much my husband and I were looking forward to our daughter Erika’s trip home to Arizona from Washington DC for Thanksgiving. via Pocket
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Penguins of Madagascar (2014) [480p] : fullmoviesonyoutube
Adventure, Animation, Comedy, Family [USA:PG, 1 h 32 min] Tom McGrath, Chris Miller, Christopher Knights, Conrad Vernon Directors: Eric Darnell, Simon J. Smith Super spy teams aren’t born…they’re hatched. via Pocket
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It’s Prost v Senna again – and this time the racing really is electric | Environment | The Guardian
Everything seems familiar. Piquet, Prost and Senna are all just millimetres off the ground in state-of-the-art racing cars, their breakneck speed round the track being watched by millions. But something is missing: the roar of engines. via Pocket
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Gannets flight tracked in real time for the first time via 3G | Environment | The Guardian
The vast distances gannets fly to catch fish are being tracked in “real time” for the first time using the 3G mobile network. via Pocket
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Taliban attacks Afghan parliament – Yahoo News
KABUL (Reuters) – A Taliban suicide bomber and six gunmen attacked the Afghan parliament on Monday as lawmakers met to consider a new defense minister, and another district in the volatile north fell to the militants as they intensified a summer off…
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Spanish pueblo scraps ‘Kill Jews’ name – Yahoo News
MADRID (AP) — The tiny Spanish village of Castrillo Matajudios — which means “Camp Kill Jews” — on Monday officially changed its name back to Castrillo Mota de Judios (“Jews’ Hill Camp”) following a referendum and regional government approval. via P…
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Brazil will not appeal Neymar ban – Yahoo News
Santiago (AFP) – Brazil said Monday it will not appeal against a four match ban on captain Neymar which will rule him out of the rest of the Copa America tournament. The Brazilian Football Confederation (CBF) said the Barcelona superstar would leave…
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Afghan police say parliament attackers killed – Yahoo News
Ebadullah Karimi, the Kabul police spokesman, said one Taliban fighter driving a car detonated a bomb outside parliament gates and six others took up positions near the building. Afghan forces killed six of them and all lawmakers were safe, he said.…
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Berlin says no basis for decision on Greece at Monday summit – Yahoo News
BERLIN (Reuters) – There is still no basis for making a decision on aid for Greece at a euro zone summit later on Monday, a spokesman for the German government said. via Pocket
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Williams rejects ETE bid, considers possible sale of company – Yahoo News
DALLAS (AP) — The Williams Cos. is rejecting a $48 billion buyout offer from Energy Transfer Equity, but may still be looking to put the natural-gas pipeline company up for sale. Its stock jumped 26 percent in premarket trading. via Pocket
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Civilian death toll from explosive weapons soars | World news | The Guardian
The global civilian death toll from explosive weapons has increased dramatically in recent years, driven in part by the greater use of aerial bombs on populated areas, often by governments including Syria and Israel, according to a report. via Pocket
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Rebel Soldiers Hold the Buffer Zone: Russian Roulette (Dispatch 109) | VICE News
Caught between Ukrainian government forces and the pro-Russia separatists of the Donetsk People’s Republic, the village of Shyrokyne in the Donetsk region has seen on and off fighting for several months. via Pocket
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Where Republicans Went Wrong in Kansas – The Atlantic
Governor Sam Brownback confronted a fiscal crisis of his own making, and nobody’s happy with the outcome. via Pocket
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People who have health insurance have less health-related financial stress. That’s a not-so surprising finding from a recent survey from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. There’s good reason to expect the Affordable Care Act to reduce …
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Yes, ‘Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain’ Will Have Microtransactions | Motherboard
If you’ve been following the news surrounding Hideo Kojima’s forthcoming installment in the Metal Gear Solid series, Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain, it’s been a pretty bumpy ride. via Pocket
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Calvin Harris Has Shown Just How Proud He Is Of Taylor Swift’s Apple Victory
He told BuzzFeed News that Apple will pay artists on a per stream basis during the free three-month trial for users. I am elated and relieved. Thank you for your words of support today. They listened to us. via Pocket
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German protests grow over detention of Egyptian journalist | World news | The Guardian
Egyptian journalist Ahmed Mansour has spent a second night in police custody in Germany as uncertainty continued following his arrest at Berlin’s Tegel airport on an Egyptian warrant. via Pocket
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Girls killed as car ploughs into pedestrians in Birmingham | UK news | The Guardian
Two children have died after a car ploughed into a group of five pedestrians in Birmingham, seriously injuring two other young people and a woman. via Pocket
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Kylie Minogue/Grace Jones/Chic review – pure joy from pop’s triple threat | Music | The Guardian
The annual summer shows in London’s Hyde Park are often beset by problems such as rainfall so heavy that, as in 2012, wood chips are brought in to stop people slipping. But when the stars align, as they did this night, it makes for the grandest city…
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Royal Mail to deliver postal reminders to online shoppers | Business | The Guardian
Households could be sent marketing material routinely through the post based on their online shopping activity if a trial between Royal Mail and a big retailer takes off. via Pocket
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When I rented my first city apartment, I discovered it came with a roommate. We did better than make do: We bonded. I had just been dumped by my boyfriend and was living in Jersey City and working in Manhattan, far away from my closest friends. I wa…
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PARIS — On June 11, the bodies of 18 African migrants were found in the Sahara. According to Giuseppe Loprete, Niger’s chief of mission for the International Organization for Migration, they had died more than a week earlier — most likely from dehyd…
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Here’s Another Hot Man Bun You Should Be Following On Instagram
1. Meet Ben Day. Loading View on Instagram instagram.com 2. He’s the director of superfood bar Acai Brothers in Queensland. Loading View on Instagram instagram.com 3. And he’s got that man bun/beard combination of your dreams. Loading View on Instag…
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Nihilism in Society : philosophy
Nihilism is accepted in society, or people are ignorant of it. It presents itself in many different ways; the most prominent form of nihilistic behavior is social perversity, which again, can be expressed in multiple formats. via Pocket
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Maximum Overdrive (1986) [720p] : fullmoviesonyoutube
Action, Horror, Sci-Fi [USA:R, 1 h 37 min] Emilio Estevez, Pat Hingle, Laura Harrington, Yeardley Smith Director: Stephen King In a truck-stop diner, a waitress has her hand cut by an electric knife that seems to have a mind of its own. via Pocket
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Sanders strikes chord with stance on climate change: The crowd responded with thunderous applause and a lengthy standing ovation. (desmoinesregister.com) Your comment was automatically removed because you linked to reddit without using the “no-parti…
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We Need To Talk About Bing Bong From “Inside Out”
BING. BONG. Because they’re Disney Pixar and that’s what they do. via Pocket
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Would anyone else be happy if Jurassic World was just about a fully functional dinosaur park and nothing went wrong and it just went through a day at the park. (self.Showerthoughts) There would just be one guy, who thinks everything is going to go w…
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21 Other Problems Taylor Swift Could Help Solve
In a post on her blog, Taylor explained she was taking a stand not just for herself, but also for indie artists. “These are not the complaints of a spoiled, petulant child. via Pocket
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Jordan Spieth elated after winning 2015 US Open – video | Sport | The Guardian
Jordan Spieth gives his reaction after winning the 2015 US Open championship at Chambers Bay on Sunday. Spieth says he is still coming to terms with the victory and adds his commiserations for fellow competitor Dustin Johnson. via Pocket
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Taliban fighters attacked the Afghan parliament building in Kabul, injuring dozens of civilians and forcing lawmakers to evacuate amid gunfire and explosions. via Pocket
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County cricket – live! | Sport | The Guardian
Headingley, which hosts Yorkshire v Nottinghamshire today. Photograph: Martin Rickett/PA via Pocket
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The Problem Of Games Being Art, But Also Products
Tale of Tales, who most recently released the excellent Sunset—but who were also behind games like The Path and The Endless Forest—have decided to stop making and releasing commercial (in the most literal sense, as in available for sale) video games…
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500 listens in 1 week! People love Berniecast! : SandersForPresident
500 listens in 1 week! People love Berniecast! (soundcloud.com) You might want to upload your podcast to youtube for more exposure in order to grow your base. Do the social media blast every week. via Pocket
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Greece says now up to lenders to move on an agreement – Yahoo News
BRUSSELS (Reuters) – Greece’s latest proposal submitted to creditors is proof of its willingness to reach a deal and it was now up to European and International Monetary Fund lenders to make the next move, a Greek government official said on Monday.…
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10 Things to Know for Today – Yahoo News
Eurozone leaders meet in Brussels, and markets surge on hopes of a deal, as the clock runs down on the nation’s chances of avoiding an exit from the euro. The ambush leaves 18 civilians wounded and all seven attackers dead. All the lawmakers inside …
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19 Faces All Retail Employees Struggle Not To Make Every Day
1. When there’s a sale starting tomorrow and you have to put stickers on ev-er-y-thing. 2. When there’s a sale finishing and you have to stay back for an hour peeling all those damn stickers off. 3. When you’ve needed to go to the bathroom for two h…
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SEOUL, South Korea — In the past month, Kim Yon-hwa, a sales clerk in Myeongdong, a popular shopping district in Seoul, has witnessed a drastic change reflecting the outbreak of Middle East respiratory syndrome: The street outside h via Pocket
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HAVERFORD, Pa. — Guatemala is in political turmoil. via Pocket
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New York City FC find a way to success but it sure ain’t pretty | Sport | The Guardian
For a while there it seemed that Sebastian Giovinco was unstoppable – literally unstoppable. via Pocket
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Not sure if this belongs here, but there’s this interesting take on LOTR on r/WritingPrompts right now. Sauron is the hero. (reddit.com) via Pocket
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An Open Letter To Victoria’s Secret, From Australia
1. Hello, Victoria’s Secret. 2. We need to talk. E4 3. You know how you have some stores in airports in Australia? 4. Liiiiiiike… what’s with them? The CW 5. You are a bra shop. 6. You sell bras. 7. But here in Australia… you don’t. NBC 8. via Pocket
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Karachi heatwave kills almost 150 people in two days | World news | The Guardian
Nearly 150 people have died from heatstroke in the southern Pakistani port city of Karachi in the last two days, officials said on Monday. Hospital reports confirm at least 148 deaths, said the city’s health director, Zafar Ejaz. via Pocket
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Greek government needs to finally act: German econmin – Yahoo News
BERLIN (Reuters) – German Economy Sigmar Gabriel told German newspaper Bild that everyone wanted to help Greece but Athens needed to take action. via Pocket
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Grand Slam dream alive for Spieth after Open triumph – Yahoo News
Tacoma (United States) (AFP) – Two down and two to go – and Jordan Spieth believes that an unprecedented clean sweep of golf’s four majors in the same year is possible. via Pocket
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Searchers find body of missing ex-White House chef – Yahoo News
TAOS, N.M. (AP) — Authorities say searchers have found the body of a former White House chef who had been missing for more than a week after going hiking in the New Mexico mountains. via Pocket
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The Cartel That Makes Sure Airplane Tickets Never Get Cheaper – The Daily Beast
Screw the passengers. That appears all too often to be the governing philosophy of the airline business. via Pocket
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How ISIS’s ‘Attack America’ Plan Is Working – The Daily Beast
Fear and concern over ISIS-inspired terrorist attacks on U.S. soil has been turned up a notch in the last couple months, thanks to ISIS’ thriving social media campaign. via Pocket
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Cast Off That Double-D Cup: Why Going Bra-Less Feels So Good – The Daily Beast
Here was a fellow bra-less warrior in arms, I thought, who was giving a good face, and even better tatas, to the good fight. The How I Met Your Mother star looked chic in her black romper, with the flash of side boob and slight outline of her nipple…
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GOP Needs to Lead Fight Against the Confederate Flag – The Daily Beast
Like millions of my fellow Americans, my heart grieves for nine innocent people murdered by a domestic terrorist at the Emmanuel AME Church in Charleston, S.C. via Pocket
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Will Epigenetics Stop Cancer in Its Tracks? – The Daily Beast
Just when you thought you understood genetics, researchers have shown up with a new term that sounds sort of like the old term but isn’t. Meet epigenetics—the non-DNA way things are inherited. via Pocket
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The University of California’s Insane Speech Police – The Daily Beast
Fifty years after the birth of the free speech movement at the University of California, Berkeley, officials across the UC system are encouraging faculty and students to purge mundane, potentially offensive words and phrases from their vocabularies.…
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Jeb Bush’s Florida Lost 500 Kids – The Daily Beast
Everything about Rilya Wilson’s death was horrific. She entered the Florida foster system a bright-eyed toddler, and disappeared when she was about 4 years old. via Pocket
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What if Ben Carson Went Deep Into Obama Territory, and No One Noticed? – The Daily Beast
Ben Carson has a hood pass, and he knows how to use it. “There was sirens, gangs, murders,” Carson said Sunday, recalling his childhood in Detroit. via Pocket
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Keep Fighting Joseph Kony’s LRA – The Daily Beast
In February, a man and his teenage daughter floated in a fishing boat on the Were River, deep in the heart of Garamba National Park, where Congo’s last elephants roam. Out of the forest, four armed rebels appeared, wielding AK-47s and speaking a lan…
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The Man Who Predicted Putin – The Daily Beast
Russian writers are fond of quoting the words of 20th-century poet and literary scholar Kornei Chukovsky: “In Russia, one should live a long life. via Pocket
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Uber Drivers: You Bet They’re Employees – The Daily Beast
The recent ruling by the California Labor Commission that San Francisco Uber driver Barbara Ann Berwick is not a contractor but an employee is seismic. For years now, Uber has successfully fended off such efforts, arguing, “Hey, we’re just an app. v…
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Whoopi Goldberg Calls Out Wes Anderson On The Lack Of Diversity In His Films
Goldberg handed over her resume to Schwarzman, who is a recurring actor in a lot of Anderson’s films, saying she “noticed there wasn’t a lot of folks of colour”. via Pocket
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KABUL, Afghanistan — The Taliban attacked the Afghan Parliament on Monday just as lawmakers were convening for their third attempt to confirm a defense minister, while in northern Afghanistan a second district fell to Taliban insurgents. via Pocket
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This Hilarious Video Totally Destroys Sexist Misconceptions Of Women’s Football
Four elite Norwegian footballers have appeared in a video that hilariously sends up sexist stereotypes about women’s football. youtube. via Pocket
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White Supremacist Donated to GOP Presidential Candidates
Ted Cruz of Texas, will return the $8,500 he received from Earl Holt (WASHINGTON) — The leader of a white supremacist group cited by Charleston church murder suspect Dylann Roof made $65,000 in donations to Republicans, including several to Republic…
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Cigna rebuffs Anthem’s ‘deeply disappointing’ proposal – Yahoo News
Anthem’s offer for smaller rival Cigna is part of a daisy chain of potential deals in the health insurance sector. The biggest players are seeking acquisitions to boost membership in government-paid healthcare plans and employer-based insurance. via…
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U.S. won’t let Russia ‘drag us back to the past’: Pentagon chief – Yahoo News
BERLIN (Reuters) – The United States and its allies won’t let Russia “drag us back to the past”, U.S. Defense Secretary Ash Carter said in an address in Berlin on Monday, as he accused Moscow of trying to re-create a Soviet-era sphere of influence. …
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Greek PM says rejects tax hike on electricity – Yahoo News
BRUSSELS (Reuters) – Greece will not hike value added tax (VAT) for electricity, Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras said on Monday, as Greece looks to break the deadlock with its creditors over a cash-for-reforms deal. via Pocket
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Attacked in places most sacred, congregations struggle on – Yahoo News
The blast, powered by at least 40 sticks of dynamite, ripped into the stillness before dawn. A few more hours and Sunday school classrooms at The Temple on Atlanta’s Peachtree Street would have been filled with 600 children. via Pocket
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Liberal Isnt a Bad Word Anymore : politics
Depends on who you ask, really. I work in a big box store that also has a gun counter. A lot of the regulars sneer when they pronounce “liberal.” Many prefer the generic “Democrap” insult, but uttering the L-word is just as distasteful as the F-word…
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I’d hate to be a girl with an identical twin that likes to post nudes online. : Showerthoughts
I’d hate to be a girl with an identical twin that likes to post nudes online. (self.Showerthoughts) Literally just watched this episode. Dude. via Pocket
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TIL that Germany aims to abandon fossil fuels by 2050 and generate 100% of its electricity from renewable energy sources. (sustainabledevelopment.un.org) If they actually pull this off it’ll be about 90% nuclear power, and fossil fuel power generati…
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This Video Shows That Dogs Are Excited For Dinner No Matter How Old They Are
1. Hey! Check out this montage of golden retriever puppies growing up as they run to eat their dinner. Because it’s cute, and you deserve cute things. youtube.com 2. Here we go through weeks 11, 13, and 16. 3. And now through the 20’s! 4. via Pocket
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Baseball and softball among eight sports shortlisted for Tokyo Olympics | Sport | The Guardian
The combined bid of baseball and softball were among eight sports shortlisted Monday for inclusion in the 2020 Tokyo Olympics. Tokyo Olympic organisers selected the eight from a list of 26 sports that had applied for inclusion. via Pocket
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Taliban Attack Afghan Parliament – Video – NYTimes.com
BY | Jun. 22, 2015 | 0:19 A suicide bomber and several gunmen attacked the Parliament building in Kabul on Monday, wounding at least 19. via Pocket
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Plans for a “frequent flyer” tax to curb demand for leisure flights and make a new runway in south-east England unnecessary have been unveiled by an influential group of transport campaigners, environmentalists and tax experts. via Pocket
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Greece and its creditors enter make-or-break talks – LIVE REPORT – Yahoo News
Brussels (AFP) – 09:08 GMT – Markets confident – European markets have rallied on renewed hope of an 11th-hour deal on Greek debt after Athens unveiled fresh reform proposals on Sunday. via Pocket
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Taliban militants launched an assault on the Afghan parliament on Monday, triggering gunfire and explosions and sending lawmakers scurrying for cover in chaotic scenes relayed live on television. via Pocket
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Carter: NATO must stand together against Russia aggression – Yahoo News
BERLIN (AP) — Defense Secretary Ash Carter is calling on Germany and other NATO allies to stand together in the face of Russian aggression and other security threats in the region. But he insisted no one is looking for another Cold War or new hot co…
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Lizard Squad Hacker Who Swatted and Terrorized Gamers Is Back in Court Next Week | Motherboard
It begins with a phone call to a police force that could be thousands of miles away, claiming wild threats of violence and mayhem or desperate pleas for help—and then, the sound of a doorbell or a hard knock at the door. via Pocket
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21 Adorable Items For Every “The Little Mermaid” Fan
Ariel may not be able to tell time, but at least you can! You can even choose which stamp you’d like inside the ring! via Pocket
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Ignorance is bliss when it comes to athletes: they must be kept off Twitter | Sport | The Guardian
Red Sox third baseman Pablo Sandoval got caught with his pants down this week. During Wednesday’s game against the Braves, Sandoval used the facilities in the locker room and liked two photos of women on Instagram during his sit down. via Pocket
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BRUSSELS — The Greek government submitted proposals to its creditors early Monday aimed at breaking the deadlock over a debt crisis that has imperiled Athens’s continuing membership in the euro currency zone. via Pocket
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WASHINGTON — His eyes well up without warning in private, thinking about his teenage daughters growing up. He choked back tears in public recently while delivering a eulogy for Beau Biden, the son of Vice President Joseph R. Biden Jr., who died at 4…
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The ecstatic moans echoed across the outdoor terrace at 66 Rockwell Place, audible even over the rush of traffic below on Flatbush Avenue. Some of those seated on the rattan patio furniture and folding chairs chuckled and gasped. via Pocket
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Attorney feels driven to solve 1940 slaying of NAACP member – Yahoo News
BROWNSVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — The man in the black-and-white photograph on Jim Emison’s desk seems to look right into him, all but demanding to not be forgotten. Emison is doing his best to oblige. via Pocket
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What Books Are You Reading This Week? June 22, 2015 : books
WeeklyThreadWhat Books Are You Reading This Week? June 22, 2015 (self.books) Hi everyone! via Pocket
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VICE News Capsule – Monday, June 22 | VICE News
The VICE News Capsule is a news roundup that looks beyond the headlines. via Pocket
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Super Troopers (2001) [480p] [ALTERED] : fullmoviesonyoutube
Comedy, Crime, Mystery [USA:R, 1 h 40 min] André Vippolis, Joey Kern, Geoffrey Arend, Erik Stolhanske Director: Jay Chandrasekhar Thorny, Mac, Rabbit, Foster and Farva are Vermont state troopers out to have a good time. via Pocket
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Wólka Leśna – Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Wólka Leśna [ˈvulka ˈlɛɕna] is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Siedlce, within Siedlce County, Masovian Voivodeship, in east-central Poland.[1] It lies approximately 11 kilometres (7 mi) east of Siedlce and 97 km (60 mi) east of Wa…
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This article is about the cured meat. For other uses, see Bacon (disambiguation). Bacon is a cured meat prepared from a pig. It is first cured using large quantities of salt, either in a brine or in a dry packing; the result is fresh bacon (also gre…
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Diego Maradona to stand as candidate for Fifa presidency, say reports | Football | The Guardian
Diego Maradona has decided to stand as a candidate for the Fifa presidency to replace Sepp Blatter, Uruguayan journalist and author Victor Hugo Morales has said. via Pocket
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Cameron to hint at assault on tax credits in welfare speech | Money | The Guardian
David Cameron is to deliver his strongest hint yet that he intends to launch an assault on tax credits as he pledges to end the “merry-go-round” of welfare payments that means low wages are topped up by the state. via Pocket
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Jordan Spieth makes history and credits caddie with US Open victory | Sport | The Guardian
Jordan Spieth paid tribute to his caddie, Michael Greller, after making history by becoming only the sixth player to back up Masters success by immediately claiming the US Open. via Pocket
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Stop Telling Me to Turn My Brain Off During Movies
Earlier this week, I wrote a piece called “Ranking Every Jurassic World Character From Dumbest to Least Dumb.” The response to the article was generally positive; some folks who enjoyed Jurassic World even conceded that, yes, the people in it are pr…
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Grenade attacks kill four people in Burundi as elections loom – Yahoo News
BUJUMBURA (Reuters) – Grenade attacks in Burundi’s capital Bujumbura and towns to the north killed four people on Sunday night, the police said on Monday, stoking tensions before a parliamentary election next week and a presidential vote on July 15.…
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16 Reasons Why Melbourne Will Ruin You For Life
youtube. via Pocket
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EU keeps up pressure on Russia by extending economic sanctions – Yahoo News
LUXEMBOURG (Reuters) – European Union foreign ministers extended economic sanctions on Russia until Jan. 31 on Monday, keeping up pressure on Moscow to help resolve the Ukraine conflict. via Pocket
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One Piece: Pirate Warriors (2012) [720p] : fullmoviesonyoutube
One Piece: Pirate Warriors (2012) [720p] (youtube.com)submitted 3 minutes ago by loading… via Pocket
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Daily Struggles Only Over-Thinkers Understand
BuzzFeedVideo / Via youtube. via Pocket
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When It First Came Out, Jaws Got Savaged By the L.A. Times
Jaws turned forty this weekend, which led L.A. Times’ Hero Complex to dig up the paper’s original review. Charles Champlin … wasn’t a fan. “Exploitative,” “broad and obvious” are only a few of his choice words. Go read the whole thing here. via Po…
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JAKARTA, Indonesia — An Indonesian court rejected on Monday an appeal of a French drug convict, potentially reigniting international tensions over the country’s use of the death penalty for serious narcotics offenses. via Pocket
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I slip out through the back door of the clinic, cut through the car park and cross to the far side of the road. I pick intently at the angry blisters emerging on the thumb and index finger of my operating hand, then shift my concentration to rummagi…
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MS Dhoni says he is willing to stand down as India’s one-day captain | Sport | The Guardian
MS Dhoni is willing to stand down as India’s one-day captain after their first-ever series defeat to Bangladesh. via Pocket
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Brazil 2-1 Venezuela | Copa América Group C match report | Football | The Guardian
Thiago Silva and Roberto Firmino scored early in each half to fire Brazil to a 2-1 win over Venezuela at the Copa América on Sunday, sending the five-times world champions into a quarter-final meeting with Paraguay. via Pocket
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Are You a Daydreamer or Do You Have ADHD? | Psychology Today
I often have people ask me if everyone has ADHD, since we all exhibit symptoms from time to time. Here’s what makes ADHD a disorder – it is a cluster of symptoms that are pervasive, impact quality of life, and cause impairment in two or more areas …
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Shame Indicates Anxiety Disorders in Children | Psychology Today
Guilt and shame – separate emotions, but equal in their negative impact on the self. Which is more of an indicator of anxiety disorder symptoms? First, let’s figure out the difference between guilt and shame. via Pocket
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French convict on death row in Indonesia loses clemency appeal – Yahoo News
JAKARTA (Reuters) – An Indonesian court rejected a French national’s last-ditch appeal against the death sentence on Monday, making him the latest foreigner to face imminent execution for drug offences. via Pocket
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The latest on Greece: Markets surge on hopes for a deal – Yahoo News
European stock markets are surging on hopes that Greece and its creditors will reach a deal to get the country more loans before it goes bankrupt at the end of the month. The Athens stock exchange led the charge, jumping 7.1 percent. The Stoxx 50 of…
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ECB approves additional emergency liquidity for Greek banks: source – Yahoo News
ATHENS (Reuters) – The European Central Bank raised the ceiling on emergency liquidity Greek banks can draw from the country’s central bank for a third time in six days, a banking source told Reuters on Monday, declining to say by how much. via Pock…
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Solidarity in Charleston before church victims’ funerals – Yahoo News
CHARLESTON, S.C. (AP) — Bells tolled across the city, thousands linked up on a towering bridge and a historic sanctuary reopened in displays of unity as Charleston heals from a church massacre and gets set for a week of victims’ funerals. via Pocket
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Markets surge ahead of last-ditch summit on Greece – Yahoo News
BRUSSELS (AP) — Leaders of the 19-nation eurozone are gathering in Brussels for a last-ditch summit aimed at clinching a deal between Greece and international lenders as a major debt payment deadline looms. Stock markets surged ahead of the meeting …
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Obama in first presidential podcast: US not cured of racism – Yahoo News
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama said the United States has not overcome its history of racism and is using the N-word to make his case. via Pocket
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European telecom group Altice bids for Bouygues Telecom – Yahoo News
PARIS (AP) — The ambitious owner of France’s phone and internet provider SFR is making an offer to buy rival Bouygues Telecom. European telecommunications company Altice announced Monday that it has made an offer through its subsidiary Numericable-S…
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EU launches navy operation against migrant traffickers – Yahoo News
LUXEMBOURG (AP) — The European Union has launched a naval operation to try to stop human traffickers from bringing migrants across the Mediterranean to Europe in unseaworthy boats. via Pocket
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Instagram users in N. Korea warned site put on blacklist – Yahoo News
PYONGYANG, North Korea (AP) — Warnings are appearing on Instagram accounts in North Korea that claim access to the popular photo-sharing app is being denied and the site blacklisted for harmful content. via Pocket
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Taliban Fighters Have Attacked Afghanistan’s Parliament | VICE News
The Taliban have reportedly launched a co-ordinated attack on Afghanistan’s parliament in Kabul on Monday, and heavy fighting is ongoing. The explosion happened while the parliament was in session and most of the MPs were inside. via Pocket
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Amber Heard Is Furious That The Australian Government Wanted To Kill Her Dogs
Actress Amber Heard, who is married to Pirates of the Carribean star Johnny Depp, has taken a dig at Australian government officials over their recent threats to kill the celebrity couple’s two dogs. via Pocket
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LONDON — Nearly four years ago, the Williams Companies and Energy Transfer Equity battled to take over a rival oil and gas pipeline operator. Now Williams is trying to fend off another bid by Energy Transfer — for itself. via Pocket
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The impossible world of Maurits Cornelis Escher (by Steven Poole) : HistoryofIdeas
The impossible world of Maurits Cornelis Escher (by Steven Poole) (theguardian.com)submitted 26 minutes ago by loading… via Pocket
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Search For Public Restroom An Epic Ordeal Of Alienation, Humiliation, Human Cruelty : TheOnion
Search For Public Restroom An Epic Ordeal Of Alienation, Humiliation, Human Cruelty (theonion.com)submitted 30 minutes ago by loading… via Pocket
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The Decline of the American Actor – Why the under-40 generation of American leading men is struggling—and what to do about it (theatlantic.com)submitted 1 hour ago by loading… via Pocket
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A Man Wore a Bright Red Nazi Swastika Armband at the Seattle Ferry Terminal Last Night : TrueReddit
A Man Wore a Bright Red Nazi Swastika Armband at the Seattle Ferry Terminal Last Night (thestranger.com)submitted 9 minutes ago by loading… via Pocket
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Can We Guess Your Age With Questions About “Mean Girls”
Sharon Norbury Ron Duvall Mrs. George Aaron Samuels Kevin Gnapoor Coach Carr “She doesn’t even go here!” “It’s October 3rd” “I can’t go to Taco Bell, I’m on an all-carb diet.” “I can’t help it that I’m so popular” “Get in loser, we’re going shopping…
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21 Faces All Twentysomethings Who Live In Sydney Will Recognise
1. When you’re walking down George street at 5pm. 2. When rent is due but your funds are dire. 3. When you’re trying to get lunch at the Westfield food court and there’s a line up at your favourite place. 4. When you’re trying to pick what Thai rest…
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EU launches Mediterranean migrant military mission: official – Yahoo News
Luxembourg (AFP) – EU foreign ministers formally approved Monday the launch of the first phase of a military operation against people smugglers in the Mediterranean, officials said. via Pocket
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German business leaders warn Merkel not to go soft on Greece – Yahoo News
BERLIN (Reuters) – German business leaders urged Chancellor Angela Merkel to take a tough line with Greece at an emergency summit of euro zone leaders later on Monday, saying only reform concessions from Athens could keep the country in the euro zon…
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EU prolongs Russian economic sanctions for six months: official – Yahoo News
Luxembourg (AFP) – EU foreign ministers formally agreed Monday to prolong to January 2016 damaging economic sanctions against Russia to ensure it fully implements Ukraine peace accords, officials said. via Pocket
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Watch Anthony Albanese Skol A Beer Because Why Not
Labor frontbencher Anthony Albanese has always been a bit of a legend. He’s programmed Rage, he’s a sick DJ, and who could forget Hot Albo. And now the former deputy prime minister has been caught out skolling a beer at a charity football match. via…
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Greece doesn’t have to stay in the euro zone: German conservative – Yahoo News
BERLIN (Reuters) – Greece does not need to stay in the euro zone, the deputy head of Germany’s conservative parliamentary group told German television station n-tv on Monday. via Pocket
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California Looks to Ocean for Water During Drought | Al Jazeera America
CARLSBAD, California — Along the sun-dappled shores of the Pacific Ocean, the electronic signs up and down Interstate 5 flash constant reminders to save water during California’s worst drought in history. via Pocket
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Andy Murray in better position now than when he won Wimbledon in 2013 | Sport | The Guardian
Andy Murray left Queen’s a smiling champion for the fourth time on Sunday and believes he is better placed to win Wimbledon than he was when he beat Novak Djokovic in the final two years ago. via Pocket
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10 Signs You Are With Your Soul Mate : philosophy
10 Signs You Are With Your Soul Mate (magandtag.com)submitted 5 minutes ago by loading… via Pocket
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Neil Gaiman on How Stories Last | Brain Pickings
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Protesters muzzled at Chinese dog meat festival – Yahoo News
Yulin (China) (AFP) – Campaigners protesting China’s annual dog meat festival, which sees thousands of canines butchered and eaten, were forcibly dispersed by unidentified men Monday as they attempted to rally outside a government office. via Pocket
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German court to decide on Al-Jazeera journalist’s fate – Yahoo News
BERLIN (AP) — A lawyer for a detained Al-Jazeera journalist says a court in Berlin will check the validity of the Egyptian arrest warrant that led Germany to hold his client for two days. via Pocket
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Chinese town proceeds with dog meat festival despite outcry – Yahoo News
BEIJING (AP) — Restaurateurs in a southern Chinese town are holding an annual dog meat festival despite international criticism. Eateries reached by phone in Yulin reported brisk business Sunday during the event marking the summer solstice. via Pock…
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Al Jazeera says its journalist to remain in German custody – Yahoo News
CAIRO (Reuters) – One of the pan-Arab television network Al Jazeera’s best known journalists, Ahmed Mansour, was remanded in custody by a German judge after being detained at Egypt’s request, the public prosecutor’s office said on Sunday. via Pocket
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An Anti-Gay Flyer Protesting A Council Pride Flag Has Been Referred To Police
An anti-gay flyer condemning the decision of the Marion council in South Australia to fly a pride flag outside its chambers has been referred to police. Marion council voted 6-5 to permanently fly the pride flag on June 9. via Pocket
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A LITTLE-NOTICED but important change in the American workplace is about to occur. Sometime in the next month, the Department of Labor is expected to announce an adjustment to the Fair Labor Standards Act. The change will raise the salary threshold …
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MONTGOMERY, Ala. — A VARIETY of clues to the motives of Dylann Storm Roof, the suspect in last week’s mass shooting at Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church in Charleston, S.C., have emerged. via Pocket
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President Vladimir Putin of Russia is not veering from the mythology he created to explain away the crisis over Ukraine. It is one that wholly blames the West for provoking a new Cold War and insists that international sanctions have not grievously …
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One would imagine that congressional Republicans, almost all of whom are on record as adamantly opposing abortion, would be eager to fund programs that help reduce the number of unwanted pregnancies. That would be the common sense approach, anyway. …
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The United States government is holding Central American children and their mothers in a mass detention center akin to those where my Japanese-American family was incarcerated during World War II. No amount of window dressing is going to change that…
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America is a much less racist nation than it used to be, and I’m not just talking about the still remarkable fact that an African-American occupies the White House. via Pocket
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We need to add to this important discussion the egregious flaws in the ways our legal system responds to juveniles. via Pocket
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Paul Greenberg tells us he’s tried to come up with a “seafood three-liner that would be as concise, elegant and free from exceptions” as the writer Michael Pollan’s maxim: “Eat food. Not too much. Mostly plants” (“Simple Rules for Seafood,” Sunday R…
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In its latest forecast, which was issued last week, the Federal Reserve said it expected average economic growth this year of 1.9 percent, a marked drop from previous forecasts. As recently as March, it was projecting 2.5 percent, and a year ago, it…
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To the Editor:Re “Accounting for the Benefits of Peace” (editorial, June 13):I appreciate your drawing attention to the RAND Corporation’s finding that a two-state solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict would bring $123 bi via Pocket
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Greek crisis: Markets surge on hopes of last-minute deal – live updates | Business | The Guardian
Good morning. Hope you all had a relaxing weekend, because today should be as dramatic as anything we’ve seen since the eurozone crisis began over five years ago. via Pocket
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Proposed Anti-gay Legislation in Kyrgyzstan | Al Jazeera America
BISHKEK, Kyrgyzstan – On February 27, 2014, as Russian euphoria over the successful seizure of Crimea was nearing its peak, the Kyrgyz nationalist group Kalys held a protest outside the U.S. via Pocket
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Can you solve it? The Three Switches puzzle | Science | The Guardian
Alex is back with another puzzle. This time you don’t need to be smarter than a six-year old, or be mates with Cheryl or Denise: you just need to be able to figure out which switch controls a lamp. via Pocket
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How Stories Last – Neil Gaiman : Fantasy
Very interesting piece with some insightful commentary. “Stories should change you – good stories should change you.” via Pocket
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Netflix really only needs a sports-streaming service and it’ll render cable completely useless. (self.Showerthoughts) Day time weather…. via Pocket
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Exclusive: Banks did not do enough to police FIFA transactions, says global agency – Yahoo News
LONDON (Reuters) – A global group of government anti-money-laundering agencies said that financial institutions have not done enough to police suspicious financial activity by officials at soccer’s global governing body FIFA, and cautioned banks to …
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Any Greece deal must be in line with party manifesto – minister – Yahoo News
Greece will also refuse to cut pensions and wages, and rejects lenders’ demands to curb early retirement benefits immediately. via Pocket
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Clinton embraces ‘first mama’ role in second White House run – Yahoo News
ROCHESTER, N.H. (AP) — Eight years ago, Hillary Rodham Clinton arrived in New Hampshire as a presidential candidate with something to prove. via Pocket
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High court to decide whether to take up major abortion case – Yahoo News
WASHINGTON (AP) — Abortion is back before the Supreme Court, and the justices could signal by the end of June whether they are likely to take up the biggest case on the hot-button subject in nearly a quarter-century. via Pocket
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Arab warplanes continue strikes on Houthis: residents – Yahoo News
SANAA (Reuters) – More than 20 air strikes by Arab forces hit targets controlled by Houthi rebels across Yemen late on Sunday, residents said. via Pocket
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US explores ‘Plan B’ to deport plane bomber in 1982 attack – Yahoo News
WASHINGTON (AP) — The federal government has been exploring a “Plan B” to deport a man who placed a bomb on a Hawaii-bound airplane in 1982 and who has remained in immigration custody since being released from prison two years ago. via Pocket
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Pope visits once-persecuted evangelicals during Turin visit – Yahoo News
TURIN, Italy (AP) — Pope Francis has become the first pope to visit a Waldensian evangelical church, whose members were persecuted by the Catholic Church during the Middle Ages. via Pocket
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‘Fear they will find me’: death threats stalk Afghan acid victim – Yahoo News
Four years after a militiaman doused Mumtaz with a flesh-searing acid for rejecting his marriage proposal, leaving her disfigured, scarred and traumatised, death threats have forced the 20-year-old Afghan into hiding. via Pocket
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Dispute over trade highlights turmoil among House Democrats – Yahoo News
WASHINGTON (AP) — Congress’ upheaval over trade has exposed turmoil within a House Democratic caucus that’s grown smaller and more liberal in recent years as moderates have been ousted in successive election bloodlettings. via Pocket
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KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — The Taliban launched a complex attack on the Afghan parliament Monday, with a suicide car bomber striking at the entrance and gunmen battling police as lawmakers were meeting inside to confirm the appointment of a defense m…
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What North Korea has to do with three men arrested in Japan for illicit trafficking of ‘matsutake’ (nknews.org)submitted 1 minute ago by loading… via Pocket
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Head of Group in Charleston Manifesto Donated GOP | Al Jazeera America
The head of a rightwing group that has been linked to Dylann Roof, the suspect in the murders of nine people in a Charleston, South Carolina church has donated tens of thousands of dollars to Republican presidential candidates, according to media re…
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Afghanistan parliament attack – live updates | World news | The Guardian
Parliament under attack in Kabul as new Minister of Defense was being introduced for approval. Taliban claims responsibility. #Afghanistan Welcome to live coverage of the aftermath of an attack on the parliament building Kabul. via Pocket
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Why manuka is a taste of money | Life and style | The Guardian
A group of schoolchildren in north London recently carried out a randomised trial on manuka honey which seemed to disprove once and for all the strong claims made for its ability to keep flu and colds at bay. via Pocket
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Night-Shining Clouds are the Craziest, Most Beautiful Phenomenon
Clouds are not usually the most enthralling part of nature. But in the late spring and summer, weather conditions conspire to create noctilucent or ‘night-shining’ clouds, high-altitude clouds that glow with an electric-blue hue long after the Sun h…
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“Every man, every woman, carries in heart and mind the image of the ideal place, the right place, the one true home, known or unknown, actual or visionary.” via Pocket
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TIL that soccer was called “soccer” in England from 1865 to the 1980’s. The only reason they exclusively use the term “football” today is because of its American connotations. (businessinsider.com) So… The daily mail, the huffington post, yahoo, a…
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Nigeria’s Buhari advised to end fuel subsidy: sources – Yahoo News
ABUJA (Reuters) – Nigeria’s new president, Muhammadu Buhari, has been advised by his transition committee to end a fuel subsidy programme and privatise Nigeria’s four refineries, senior sources in his party told Reuters on Sunday. via Pocket
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Europe won’t be blackmailed by Greece: EU parliament conservative leader – Yahoo News
BERLIN (Reuters) – Europe will not blackmailed by Greece, though the latest reform proposals from Athens are more substantial than previous ones, an EU conservative leader told German radio on Monday. via Pocket
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Possible sighting causes shift in manhunt for killers – Yahoo News
DANNEMORA, N.Y. (AP) — State police moved their manhunt for two convicted murderers to an area west of the New York prison from which they boldly escaped more than two weeks ago, as officers began probing the latest sighting. via Pocket
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Luxembourg’s foreign minister expects progress at Greek emergency summit – Yahoo News
BERLIN (Reuters) – Luxembourg’s Foreign Minister Jean Asselborn said on German radio he expected that the leaders of euro zone countries would make progress toward solving the Greek crisis at an emergency summit on Monday. via Pocket
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EU’s Moscovici ‘convinced’ Greek solution to be found today – Yahoo News
PARIS (Reuters) – EU Economic Commissioner Pierre Moscovici said he was “convinced” that euro zone leaders holding an emergency meeting in Brussels on Monday would find a way out of the Greek crisis. via Pocket
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Local boy Michael Greller relishes in Jordan Spieth’s title – Yahoo News
UNIVERSITY PLACE, Wash. (AP) — Michael Greller once hauled two golf bags around Chambers Bay in the mornings, then did it again with another in the afternoon, just to make a couple hundred bucks. His payday this week will be a whole lot better. via …
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Here’s What Dan Howell’s Tweets Would Look Like As Motivational Posters
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It’s summertime, so millions of Americans are gassing up the car, loading up the kids and hitting the highway for that most American of rituals: the road trip. Big skies, roadside attractions and unending byways feature deeply in the national mythol…
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Are you ever too old to read books for younger audiences? : books
Are you ever too old to read books for younger audiences? (self.books) I am 32 but do enjoy young adult books. I don’t feel too old to be reading Hardy Boys, or 39 Clues, The Hobbit, Series of Unfortunate Evenrs, Fairy Tale books, Scary Stories, etc…
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Rail fare doubles for my 16-year-old son | Money | The Guardian
My son travels to school daily by train from Totnes to Exeter. He turns 16 at the end of August, when he will cease to be eligible for a child fare. via Pocket
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Twitter taps celebrity ‘curators’ from Amanda Palmer to William Shatner | Technology | The Guardian
Twitter’s latest new feature involves celebrities and brands curating “collections” of their favourite products and places for their followers on the social network – although in some cases, their lists are decidedly self-promotional. via Pocket
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List of United States mobile virtual network operators : wikipedia
List of United States mobile virtual network operators (en.m.wikipedia.org)submitted 4 minutes ago by loading…[–]untouchedURL 0 points1 point2 points 3 minutes ago(0 children)Here is a non-mobile link: https://en.wikipedia. via Pocket
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Help Me Find a Sanders Supporter I Met in Denver : SandersForPresident
Hi everyone! I went to the Bernie Sanders rally last night and was pumped to have the chance to hear him speak. The energy in the auditorium was amazing! The overflow in the atrium was almost just as hyped as they people in the gymnasium. via Pocket
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17 Times Lincoln Younes Made You Incredibly Thirsty
He’s best known for his roles playing Romeo Kovac in Tangle, Casey Braxton in Home and Away, Chris Vesty in Love Child… and let’s not forget his role in making the world incredibly thirsty. Or perhaps be that pizza, either one. via Pocket
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Sheridan Smith! Everyone’s favourite actor, doing her mascara in the morning. Well, pretty much my favourite actor anyway – after her performances as Lisa Lynch, and Cilla, and Mrs Biggs. Now she’s in Black Work (ITV, Sunday). via Pocket
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Welcome, Stranger, To This Place: William Blake Set to Song | Brain Pickings
“We reap not, what we do not sow…” For centuries, the poetry of William Blake (November 28, 1757–August 12, 1827) has inspired creative interpretations and homages across a multitude of media — from Maurice Sendak’s forgotten formative illustrations…
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Cosby’s lawyers to argue for dismissal of defamation suit – Yahoo News
SPRINGFIELD, Mass. (AP) — A federal judge is set to hear arguments on comedian Bill Cosby’s request to have dismissed a defamation lawsuit filed by three women accusing him of decades-old sex crimes. via Pocket
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An expanded field brings a longer World Cup to Canada – Yahoo News
VANCOUVER, British Columbia (AP) — John Herdman is from England, and he is already facing questions about his choice for Canada’s quarterfinal opponent — the Three Lionesses or Norway. No matter, he swears. via Pocket
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Shocking: Tulsa leads Western Conference in WNBA – Yahoo News
NEW YORK (AP) — Don’t look now, but the Tulsa Shock are sitting atop the Western Conference. After a season-opening defeat in Minnesota, Tulsa hasn’t lost since. Riding the stellar play of Skylar Diggins, the Shock are now in first place. via Pocket
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Small ball was story of Finals, but bigs may own draft night – Yahoo News
Small ball was the story of the NBA Finals. It might seem temporarily forgotten at the start of the NBA draft. via Pocket
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Explosion rocks Afghan parliament: TV – Yahoo News
The Taliban claimed responsibility for the attack which occurred as the Afghan president’s nominee for the crucial post of defence minister was to be introduced in parliament. via Pocket
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German defence minister: Need to continue Greece talks with steadfastness – Yahoo News
BERLIN (Reuters) – German Defence Minister Ursula von der Leyen told a newspaper that Greece’s partners needed to keep going with talks with Athens in a steadfast manner. via Pocket
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Huge undertaking, dredging of Hudson for PCBs, nears its end – Yahoo News
WATERFORD, N.Y. (AP) — Long after the last barge dredging toxins from the bottom of the upper Hudson River moves on, scientists will track the slow fade in contamination levels. General Electric Co. expects this year to finish removing some 2. via P…
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Apple bows to Taylor Swift on streaming payments – Yahoo News
New York (AFP) – Pop superstar Taylor Swift said Sunday she will not allow her latest album on Apple’s new streaming service to protest its “shocking” lack of artist compensation during a free trial period. via Pocket
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Grexit does not mean end of the euro-Commerzbank CEO – Yahoo News
PARIS (Reuters) – A Greek exit from the eurozone would not mean the end of the euro, Commerzbank
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LEADING OFF: Cabrera set to wreck Indians, King Felix vs KC – Yahoo News
WALK HIM! The Indians might want to pitch around Miguel Cabrera when Detroit visits. The Tigers star is 22 for 34 (.647) with five home runs and 15 RBIs in nine games against Cleveland this season. He’s also walked seven times and scored 10 runs. vi…
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The Matildas Are The Most Successful Senior Australian Soccer Team Of All Time
With a 1-0 victory against Brazil this morning, the Matildas became the first senior Australian soccer team to win a game in the knockout stages of a World Cup. Featuring star player Marta and ranked #7 to Australia’s #10, Brazil were the favourites…
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Emmy Noether, hero of symmetry and conservation | Science | The Guardian
When I gave a public lecture at the Perimeter Institute for Theoretical Physics in April, I mentioned Noether’s theorem in an answer to a question, to the delight of my hosts. via Pocket
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Can you solve it? Are you smarter than Jo Nesbø? | Science | The Guardian
Strangers often ask me to challenge them with mathematical brainteasers. It comes with the territory, I suppose. My stock reply is to pose them Three Switches puzzle. It’s a classic that is easy to state rhetorically, and it really makes you think. …
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Trolley problem pertaining to real life. : philosophy
Trolley problem pertaining to real life. (self.philosophy) In class today we learned about the trolley problem, and I thought it was a very specific example with not a lot of real world applications. I was wondering if anyone had any real life examp…
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It is the one point on which all people and parties agree: Britain’s housing problem is one of supply and demand. The solution is to build more homes. via Pocket
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Migrants on Hungary’s border fence: ‘This wall, we will not accept it’ | World news | The Guardian
Crouched in the darkness, 500 metres from the Hungarian border, 15 Syrian refugees whisper about how they should cross into the EU. A few miles back, they switched off their phones. Then they picked up sticks to protect them from local gangsters. vi…
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Rushmore (1998)[720p] : fullmoviesonyoutube
Max Fischer is a more than determined student at his prep school, Rushmore Academy where he oversees anything with the word “extra-curricular”. He befriends a preschool teacher named Ms. Cross, whom he ends up falling in love with. via Pocket
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Watch This Hilarious Parody Of The Government’s New Windfarm Commissioner
In case you missed it, last week the government reportedly promised to introduce a wind farm commissioner to look at complaints that wind turbines cause health problems for people who live near them. via Pocket
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In the film Shakespeare in Love, one disaster after another befalls the impresario Philip Henslowe. The London theatres are closed by the plague. The voice of the male actor playing Juliet cracks just as he is about to go on stage. Henslowe never de…
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Princesses As Velociraptors Wins. All Other Princesses Go Home.
This is it. This is the high point of all reinventions of Disney princesses. No one else can compete. Laura Cooper of the webcomic XP is the creator of Velociprincesses, an epic take on two of the greatest childhood obsessions: princesses and dinosa…
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“The memoirist … must engage with the world, because engagement makes experience, experience makes wisdom, and finally it’s the wisdom — or rather the movement toward it — that counts. via Pocket
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More Than Blue (2009) [360p] : fullmoviesonyoutube
More Than Blue (Hangul: 슬픔보다 더 슬픈 이야기; RR: Seulpeumboda Deo Seulpeun Iyagi; MR: Sŭlp‘ŭmpoda tŏ sŭlp‘ŭn iyagi) is a 2009 South Korean film. The directorial debut of poet Won Tae-yeon, it stars Kwon Sang-woo, Lee Bo-young and Lee Beom-soo in the lead …
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Thousands lock arms for Charleston bridge ‘unity chain’ – Yahoo News
Charleston (United States) (AFP) – Several thousand people crowded onto one of the longest bridges in the Americas and joined hands in a show of solidarity with the victims of the Charleston church massacre. via Pocket
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An article on Tuesday about Hamid Karzai, the former Afghan president, whose public profile is increasing at the same time that the government of his successor, Ashraf Ghani, is struggling, misidentified the president who employed Sadiq Mudaber as h…
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Which British Actor Should You Marry
Ed Sheeran Adele Sam Smith Ellie Goulding Zayn Malik Jessie J Amy Poehler Jimmy Fallon Anna Kendrick Neil Patrick Harris Tina Fey Kristen Wiig via Pocket
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I can only orgasm with a vibrator – and my husband isn’t happy | Life and style | The Guardian
I am only able to reach orgasm using a vibrator on my clitoris. I have encouraged my husband to get involved, but he never seems overly happy that he cannot directly bring me to orgasm. via Pocket
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Breaking the Enlightenment spell | Idealising the age of reason as a perfect model of truth, virtue and knowledge is bad history as well as bad philosophyReview (prospectmagazine.co.uk)submitted 8 minutes ago by Qwill2loading… via Pocket
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Indonesia court rejects appeal of Frenchman facing execution – Yahoo News
JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — An Indonesian court on Monday denied the final appeal of a French national facing execution for drug offenses. The administrative court in Jakarta said it could not overturn a presidential rejection of clemency for Serge At…
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White supremacist donated to GOP presidential candidates – Yahoo News
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Guardian newspaper is reporting that the leader of a white supremacist group cited by Charleston church murder suspect Dylann Roof made $65,000 in donations to Republicans, including several to Republican presidential candidate…
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TIL: That Miami has never recorded a temperature over 100°F : todayilearned
This is one of the most surprising TILs I’ve seen in a long time. It is, I still don’t know if I believe it. Surely with the heat index it will go beyond that. via Pocket
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Energy Transfer Equity confirms bid for Williams Co – Yahoo News
Energy Transfer equity said it would buy all of the outstanding common stock of Williams at $64 per share, which represents a 32.4 percent premium to its closing price on June 19. via Pocket
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After hearing many good things about it, I finally bought the first book of the Wheel of Time (i.imgur.com)submitted 19 minutes ago by loading… via Pocket
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Why Human’s rule the world?!?! : philosophy
Why Human’s rule the world?!?! (ideas.ted.com) via Pocket
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10 of the best ways to enjoy Copenhagen … on a budget | Travel | The Guardian
As well as the pretty old houses and historic warehouses that line the waterside, many of Copenhagen’s key sites are also best viewed from the canal that runs north-south through the city. via Pocket
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TIL that there was more time between the start and finish of the Great Wall of China than between the start of Christianity and present day. (travelchinaguide.com) When it started, the Romans were in power. When it finished, Columbus was sailing to …
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A design I made. : SandersForPresident
Be sure to post it in the Graphic Design Megathread! The megathread’s getting a bit bloated, and contest mode doesn’t exactly make it easier to find more recent submissions that might otherwise get buried. via Pocket
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Researchers Devise a Simple Method For Recycling Rare Earth Magnets
You’ve probably heard a bit about rare Earth elements. They’ve got unpronounceable names like ytterbium and praseodymium, and they’re found in nearly ever piece of tech you own. Despite their value, we’re do a piss poor job recycling them. But chemi…
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Shoot-’em-ups and crashing waves: Martyn Ware seeks that seaside sound | Music | The Guardian
He may be the founding member of two of the most revered bands of the 1980s, a renowned music producer and the creator of arty, moody soundscapes. via Pocket
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Led Zeppelin: hear an unreleased version of Hots On for Nowhere | Music | The Guardian
Led Zeppelin’s 1976 album Presence was recorded under difficult circumstances. Robert Plant was recovering from the injuries he had received in a serious car accident the year before, and had to record his vocals from his wheelchair. via Pocket
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Modern Romance review – a refreshing male take on sex | Books | The Guardian
I’ve thought before that if I were single today I’d probably forgo dating sites and the swiping Tinder malarkey and just concentrate on finding myself a nice strong noose. via Pocket
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We should put Valve in charge of the military, to ensure World War 3 never happens. : Showerthoughts
We should put Valve in charge of the military, to ensure World War 3 never happens. (self.Showerthoughts) You’d get World War 2: Episode 1 and World War 2: Episode 2 though. via Pocket
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You May Be On A Paleo Diet, But Is Your Microbiome? | Psychology Today
What is your mental image of a caveman? For many of us, our ancient ancestors were big, fearless brutes that hunted large game on the African savannah by day and roasted their fresh kill over the fire by night. via Pocket
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Tired of sideloading all your off-Amazon book downloads to your Kindle with a USB cable? Automate that shit. (self.books) via Pocket
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Stories of Seclusion: A Practical Man Gets a Jolt | Psychology Today
Today’s installment in this series on people who spend much time alone offers the composite story of a loner who lost his only friend, his dog. Michael had always been so practical. Every minute was planned to be maximally efficient. via Pocket
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Based On Your Use Of Emojis, We Know Your Personality
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Greece’s new proposals to European leaders ahead of a crunch summit on Monday offered a ray of hope that a deal to end the country’s debt crisis could be struck after five months of deadlock. via Pocket
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Kyah Simon, who came on in the second half, scored in the 80th minute Saturday to lift AUSTRALIA to a 1-0 upset of the star forward Marta and BRAZIL in Moncton, New Brunswick. Australia’s round-of-16 win was its first ever — men or women — in a knoc…
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Slide Show: New Yorker Cartoons June 29, 2015 – The New Yorker
Sign up for the daily newsletter.Sign up for the daily newsletter: the best of The New Yorker every day. via Pocket
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When Do Multicultural Ads Become Offensive? – The Atlantic
Readers debate a recent Atlantic article on race and advertising in the 1970s. Tom Burrell, the legendary adman, responds to critics of his early work. via Pocket
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This Week in Fiction: Louise Erdrich – The New Yorker
Your story in this week’s issue, “The Flower,” involves a kind of escape: a seventeen-year-old clerk, Wolfred, helps an eleven-year-old Ojibwe girl get away from the white trader, Mackinnon, who “bought” her from her alcoholic mother. In the end, th…
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Solar Power for Everyone – The New Yorker
Mark and Sara Borkowski live with their two young daughters in a century-old, fifteen-hundred-square-foot house in Rutland, Vermont. via Pocket
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Maya Forbes’ “Infinitely Polar Bear” – The New Yorker
In 1996, when Maya Forbes was twenty-eight, an alumna of “The Larry Sanders Show” with a studio development deal, she introduced her future husband, Wally Wolodarsky, to her father, a descendant of two of the older and more prominent families in Bos…
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Paint by Number – The New Yorker
Sign up for the daily newsletter.Sign up for the daily newsletter: the best of The New Yorker every day. via Pocket
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Beaux Arts on the Bowery – The New Yorker
Last week, with the status of a million rent-controlled and rent-stabilized New York City apartments stuck in legislative limbo, Mayor Bill de Blasio threatened to crack down on any landlords caught taking advantage of addled tenants. via Pocket
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Briefly Noted Book Reviews – The New Yorker
The Goddess Pose, by Michelle Goldberg (Knopf). “Traditional yoga is supposed to teach you how to renounce worldly goals,” Goldberg writes in this event-crammed biography. Yet for her subject, Indira Devi, yoga was about ambition. via Pocket
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“Glass Ceiling” – The New Yorker
Because she wanted to teach me a lesson about the natural world, my grandmother raised Her .22 rifle—we were rabbit hunting, so the shotgun was at home under her blue chintz pillow—and brought A quail down on the covey rise. Impossible shot you may …
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Juice Contract – The New Yorker
This is an agreement between Juice Your Own Adventure and ________ (hereafter referred to as the Juicee). WHEREAS, the Juicee will now be exiting the store in possession of the Juice. via Pocket
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Danny Elfman at Obscura Antiques and Oddities – The New Yorker
Evan Michelson, an owner of Obscura Antiques and Oddities, on Avenue A at Thirteenth Street, was waiting the other morning for the composer Danny Elfman, who lives in Los Angeles. Obscura sells “medical, scientific, and natural-history objects that …
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David Mamet and the Art of the Con – The New Yorker
Illusions generated a lot of talk in postwar American theatre. The truth is that no amount of reality could compete with the Holocaust. So there was a turning inward. via Pocket
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The Mail (June 29, 2015) – The New Yorker
As a physician in training, I have witnessed the pervasive culture of over-testing and overdiagnosis in our health-care system, described in Atul Gawande’s article (“Overkill,” May 11th). But there are also several countervailing forces that he does…
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“Hannibal” Review – The New Yorker
I stopped watching “Hannibal” in Season 1, after a corpse was carved into a cello, its vocal chords splayed like strings, then “played.” I stopped watching again when Dr. via Pocket
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Elizabeth Streb’s Dances with Danger – The New Yorker
The radical choreographer Elizabeth Streb has grown weary of meeting people who tell her, “Oh, you’re the one who ransacks the body and runs into walls.” Streb calls her company the STREB Extreme Action Company, after her method. via Pocket
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“Inside Out” and “Escobar: Paradise Lost” Reviews – The New Yorker
The new Pixar film, “Inside Out,” is about the life of Riley. She is an only child (voiced by Kaitlyn Dias) who, aged eleven, moves with her parents (Diane Lane and Kyle MacLachlan) from Minnesota to San Francisco. via Pocket
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What Genre is “Montevallo”? – The New Yorker
Every spring, the University of Alabama at Birmingham hosts a concert by its gospel choir, a student group that is also an academic elective. (Participants earn an hour of class credit for each year of singing. via Pocket
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Armed Guards in the Sanctuary – The New Yorker
Brother Darryl Young, a sexton at St. James’s African Methodist Episcopal Church, on Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., Boulevard in Newark, greeted a visitor who stopped by on the morning after the shooting of nine people at the Emanuel A.M.E. Church in …
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Outside an isolated Ojibwe country trading post in the year 1839, Mink was making an incessant racket. She wanted what Mackinnon had, trader’s milk—a mixture of raw distilled spirits, rum, red pepper, and tobacco. She had bawled and screeched her wa…
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The Conservative Spearheading Criminal-Justice Reform – The New Yorker
In the mid-nineteen-eighties, shortly after the convictions of six members of the House of Representatives and one senator in the F.B.I. via Pocket
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The Bloody Legacy of Indian Partition – The New Yorker
In August, 1947, when, after three hundred years in India, the British finally left, the subcontinent was partitioned into two independent nation states: Hindu-majority India and Muslim-majority Pakistan. via Pocket
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Matteo Renzi’s Agenda for Italy – The New Yorker
Early this year, Matteo Renzi invited Angela Merkel to Florence for a tête-à-tête at the Romanesque guild-priory known since the Renaissance as the Palazzo Vecchio and now its city hall. via Pocket
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David Ortiz passed two Hall of Famers with his 476th home run, and the Boston Red Sox banged out 13 extra-base hits Sunday in a 13-2 victory over the host Kansas City Royals. Hanley Ramirez hit his 15th home run and Mookie Betts also homered for the…
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Kim Kardashian Just Confirmed That She And Kanye Are Having A Boy
It seems the rumours were true. ALERT THE UNIVERSE! BLESS THEM! via Pocket
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China: Woman Pays $1,000 to Save 100 Dogs at Yulin Dog Meat Festival
A social-media campaign has rallied around #StopYulin2015 A woman in China reportedly paid over $1,000 Saturday to save 100 dogs from being killed and eaten during a dog-meat festival in the southern city of Yulin. via Pocket
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Videos Of Substance For You To Watch This Weekend – Digg
These are the videos that weren’t just good but damn good. You can also subscribe to our Video Newsletter for a daily distillation of all things seen and heard. via Pocket
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Roger Federer showed he was ready for Wimbledon by defeating Andreas Seppi of Italy, 7-6 (1), 6-4, on Sunday in Halle, Germany, to claim his record-setting eighth Gerry Weber Open title. via Pocket
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Erik Jones took the lead from Ryan Blaney with 11 laps remaining and held on to win the Nascar Xfinity Series AttiCat 300 at Chicagoland Speedway in Joliet, Ill. Jones, 19, beat Blaney by 1.959 seconds. via Pocket
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Simon Spilak of Slovenia won the Tour de Suisse by five seconds after Geraint Thomas grew tired late in the time-trial stage in Bern, Switzerland. Spilak was third over all going into the ninth and final day but was the second-fastest rider in the 2…
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Earth to Humans: Why Hast Thou Forsaken Me?, II: Ideologies | Psychology Today
What explains our inaction in the face of severe and growing climate change and other environmental problems? In previous post, here, I set out to discuss all seven categories of psychological causes of inertia assembled by the environmental psychol…
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Rances Barthelemy beat the former lightweight titleholder Antonio DeMarco by unanimous decision in a junior welterweight bout in Las Vegas. Barthelemy, a Cuban defector, won all 10 rounds on the judges’ scorecards. via Pocket
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NRA Starts Up Their Shit About What Would Be Even Greater Injustice : TheOnion
NRA Starts Up Their Shit About What Would Be Even Greater Injustice (theonion.com)submitted 2 minutes ago by loading… via Pocket
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New Poll Finds 74% Of Americans Would Be Comfortable Blaming Female President For Problems (theonion.com)submitted 1 minute ago by loading… via Pocket
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God Admits He Too Close To Creation To Judge Whether It Any Good Or Not : TheOnion
God Admits He Too Close To Creation To Judge Whether It Any Good Or Not (theonion.com)submitted 2 minutes ago by loading… via Pocket
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Audio of John Rawls Lectures : philosophy
Audio of John Rawls Lectures (dailynous.com)submitted 6 minutes ago by loading… via Pocket
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Demonstration Activity on setting priorities : philosophy
Demonstration Activity on setting priorities (youtube.com)submitted 2 minutes ago by loading… via Pocket
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Spieth supreme in US Open thriller – Yahoo News
Tacoma (United States) (AFP) – Jordan Spieth continued his breakout season, following up a historic Masters triumph by emerging from a crowded leaderboard in the final round to claim his first US Open crown. via Pocket
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JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — Indonesian court rejects final appeal of French national facing execution for drug offenses. via Pocket
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Brittany Boyd scored a career-high 18 points, and the visiting Liberty beat the Atlanta Dream, 73-64. Carolyn Swords had 12 points, three steals and a career-high five blocked shots for the Liberty (4-3), who had dropped two in a row. via Pocket
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SURE CONSTRUCTION: MECHANICAL SYSTEM INSTALLATION | Popular Science
The mechanical systems of SURE HOUSE have been designed with the comfort of the homeowner in mind. A central air handling unit, coupled with a zoning kit, provides zoned heating and cooling for SURE HOUSE. via Pocket
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Apple will pay royalties to music labels and publishers during the three-month free trial of its Apple Music streaming service, the company has confirmed, after protests from independent labels and musician Taylor Swift. via Pocket
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Editorial – alcohol no excuse for murder: from the archive, 22 June 1888 | US news | The Guardian
Is drunkenness an excuse for homicide? Such in effect is the question that recently came before the Supreme Court of Kansas for its decision. In November, 1886, Mr. L. D. Collier, a son of the well-known preacher Dr. Robert L. Collier, was shot dead…
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This Song Made Up Of Jean-Luc Picard’s Words Is Weirdly Mesmerizing
Is it the beat? The flow? The way it actually rhymes? Whatever it is, Eclectic Method’s latest remix is somehow impossible to stop listening to. Contact the author at katharine@io9.com. via Pocket
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[Spoilers all/The First Law] how did the last scene in Red Country made you feel? : Fantasy
Wonder if we’ll ever see him again. Abercrombie fucking nailed the atmosphere and the bleak, desolate, Western feel in Red Country. I didn’t expect to like it, but it became my favorite First Law book after Last Argument of Kings. via Pocket
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Frenchman loses Indonesia execution appeal, lawyers vow fight – Yahoo News
Jakarta (AFP) – A Indonesian court on Monday rejected an appeal by a French drug convict on death row, taking him a step closer to the firing squad. via Pocket
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Apple changes tune on royalties after Swift complains – Yahoo News
NEW YORK (AP) — In an open letter to Apple, Taylor Swift has criticized the company’s new streaming music service for failing to pay artists for a free three-month trial. via Pocket
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Asian stock markets rise, shrug off Greek debt woes – Yahoo News
TOKYO (AP) — Stock markets were mostly higher in Asia on Monday as investors shrugged off the latest twist in Greece’s cash crunch crisis. KEEPING SCORE: Japan’s Nikkei 225 gained 0.8 percent to 20,335.31 and Hong Kong’s Hang Seng rose 0.3 percent t…
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Hungarian supergranny closes in on world chess record – Yahoo News
Budapest (AFP) – An 87-year-old Hungarian woman aims this weekend to set a world record by beating 1920s Cuban chess grandmaster Jose Raul Capablanca at his own game: simultaneous play. via Pocket
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The leader of a white supremacist group that has been linked to Dylann Roof, the suspect in the murder of nine African-Americans in a Charleston, S.C. via Pocket
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UNIVERSITY PLACE, Wash. — Dustin Johnson walked arm in arm with his fiancée Sunday night toward the players’ locker room, and a swift exit from Chambers Bay Golf Course. via Pocket
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APOD: 2015 June 21 – Rings and Seasons of Saturn
Explanation: On Saturn, the rings tell you the season. On Earth, today marks a solstice, the time when the Earth’s spin axis tilts directly toward the Sun. On Earth’s northern hemisphere, today is the Summer Solstice, the day of maximum daylight. vi…
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TIL Originally it was suggested the scroll on the Victoria Cross, Britain’s most prestigious military award, should bear the legend ‘FOR THE BRAVE’ but Queen Victoria herself changed this to ‘FOR VALOUR’ as the former implied that not all Soldiers w…
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Spoon Cover Band Plays. Spoon Shows Up. – The Daily Beast
There is no chance the thought hasn’t crossed your mind at when you’re watching a cover band: What if the real stars went up on stage and started playing their songs alongside the little guys? But this is real life. It would never happen. via Pocket
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Creative Rehabilitation. Part 2: Severe Head Injury | Psychology Today
The rehabilitation of people who have survived a severe head injury is a whole different beast from the rehabilitation of people who have suffered a post-concussional syndrome following a mild head injury. via Pocket
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About an hour after the reported abduction, Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority bus driver Tim Watson saw a man and child he thought may fit the description authorities provided, Watson told reporters. via Pocket
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10 P.M. via Pocket
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S., an interactive novel written by J.J. Abrams and Doug Dorst where the story is told through various inserts and notes in the margins. Album inside. (self.books) Full disclosure, I have not begun reading the book yet but was just excited for it to…
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If Hodor Quotes Were Motivational Posters
1. The Man, the Myth, the Legend. via Pocket
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Bicyclist attacked with machete during attempted robbery – Yahoo News
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Los Angeles police say a man’s thumb was severed after being attacked with a machete as four men tried to steal his bicycle. Sgt. John Marroquin said the suspects got out of a green sedan and tried to pull the man off his bicycle …
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Greece deal urged as new proposals offered ahead of debt summit – Yahoo News
Brussels (AFP) – Greece’s new proposals offered to European leaders ahead of a crunch summit Monday offered a ray of hope that a deal to end the country’s debt crisis can be struck after five months of deadlock. via Pocket
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Sniper (1993) [480p] : fullmoviesonyoutube
Action, Drama, Thriller [USA:R, 1 h 38 min] Tom Berenger, Billy Zane, J.T. Walsh, Aden Young Director: Luis Llosa Master Gunnery Sergeant Thomas Beckett is a sniper stationed in Panama. Although skilled, he has lost several men under his command. vi…
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TIL Beer Labels In The United States Are Approved Or Rejected By A Single Bureaucrat, Kent “Battle” Martin, Who Has Been Called The “Beer Bottle Dictator” (thedailybeast.com)submitted 1 hour ago by loading… via Pocket
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The Relational Neuroscience of “Well Meaning White People” | Psychology Today
Two summers ago my family gathered in Camden, ME for an impromptu family reunion. If you are imagining a large group of Mainers enjoying a clambake on the rocky shore, think again. This was a small gathering of the few remaining relatives with a b…
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ATLANTA — After matching Julio Teheran through six scoreless innings, Matt Harvey had a brief letdown in the seventh. With the Mets’ bats coming up short again, it was a slip he could not afford. via Pocket
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What Does Your Favorite One Direction Member Say About You
Harry Styles Niall Horan Liam Payne Louis Tomlinson Zayn Malik via Pocket
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Colette Marchand, a French ballerina whose long-legged glamour made her an international star in Roland Petit’s ballets in the 1940s and 1950s, and who was nominated for an Oscar for her role in John Huston’s “Moulin Rouge,” died on June 5 at her ho…
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26 Iconic Foods From Disney Movies You Can Actually Make
If you can’t make it to New Orleans, you’ll have to make your own. Get the recipe at Sugar and Charm. via Pocket
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TIL a transgender person living as a woman for more than 20 years was arrested for indecent exposure because her breasts were visible through a sheer top and then after a nurse examined her genitals, the state decided that she was technically male a…
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I will have some extra time to read this summer and I was looking for a decent fantasy series to get into. Does anyone have feedback for me on this series? My wife is a big fan but she says she hasn’t read it since she was in school. Is it slow to g…
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At first glance, HBO’s Ballers looks familiar. The show, created by Entourage producer Steve Levinson, features a group of free-spending hard-partying characters in an enticing world. Instead of Hollywood, though, the show is set in the sports world…
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UNIVERSITY PLACE, Wash. — Jason Day looked steady on the practice tee before Sunday’s fourth round of the United States Open. Gone were the wobbly strides from Saturday. He stood straight and moved with a purpose. via Pocket
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The 2005 Decision To Go Forward With The Fight For Marriage Equality – BuzzFeed News
WASHINGTON — In the aftermath of 11 states passing constitutional amendments in November 2004 banning same-sex couples from marrying, the leaders of ten LGBT organizations met in New Jersey to discuss what should happen next. via Pocket
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US Open 2015: Jordan Spieth wins in thrilling finish to add to Masters crown | Sport | The Guardian
When caddies and fellow players call him the golden child, it is partly in jest. The label is now serious; Jordan Spieth has become only the sixth player in golfing history to claim the Masters and US Open back-to-back. via Pocket
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I wanna get into Nietzche. What books should I read and in what order? : books
I wanna get into Nietzche. What books should I read and in what order? (self.books) Hi reddit, Ive always been fascinanted by Nietzche, how he was famous for his strong opinions regarding religions and etc. I’ve little knowledge in Philosophy, and I…
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Donald TumpBernie Sanders Takes Down Trump and Takes Back Neil Young’s Song From The Billionaire Thief (politicususa.com)submitted 1 hour ago by Californialoading… via Pocket
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In my early-mid twenties In my late twenties In my early thirties In my mid-thirties In my late thirties When I’m 40 or older Fish Hamster Dog Cat Snake Exercise Watch TV Sleep Go to the Bar Do yardwork What is free t via Pocket
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Parkour is the adult version of The Floor is Lava. : Showerthoughts
Parkour is the adult version of The Floor is Lava. (self.Showerthoughts) I’m 22 and I’m still practising on fake lava. via Pocket
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Couples 101; the Emotional Dance of Intimacy | Psychology Today
You meet that special person, commit to the relationship, and maybe even move in together or get married. There will be no more lonely nights or figuring out where to meet people for you. It’s all love, joy, and romance. via Pocket
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TIL in 1980, the first 1 GB hard drive cost $40,000 and weighed over 500 pounds. : todayilearned
TIL in 1980, the first 1 GB hard drive cost $40,000 and weighed over 500 pounds. (pcworld.com) Ahh, the good ol’ days.. via Pocket
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The Dark Side of Dreaming | Psychology Today
I’m lucid. I look up towards a dark empty sky and shout, “What is a dream?” The sky responds to me through the calligraphy of starlight, spelling “Mind” … “Life”… beautiful breathing constellations, expanding and contracting into word form. via Pock…
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The Truth Does Not Change According to Our Ability to Stomach It: A Southerner’s Perspective on the Confederate Flag | Pride in the Confederacy is irresponsible, it is dangerous, and it is dishonest. Lay aside the revisionist history you were fed in…
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What the Confederate flag really means to America today, according to a race historian | You can’t filter out the racism and leave what’s pure and historical, because that purity doesn’t exist. Some things are so primitively stained or tarnished by …
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UN Names Mediator to Burundi Peace Talks | Al Jazeera America
The United Nations on Sunday appointed a Senegalese diplomat to facilitate talks between rival factions in Burundi’s political crisis after the opposition accused the previous mediator of bias. via Pocket
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“EPIC” fail—how OPM hackers tapped the mother lode of espionage data | Ars Technica
Government officials have been vague in their testimony about the data breaches—there was apparently more than one—at the Office of Personnel Management. via Pocket
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Mayor Bill de Blasio went to Washington Heights in Upper Manhattan on Sunday to talk about international relations. The topic could hardly have been closer to home for the neighborhood, the center of the Dominican community in New York City. via Poc…
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Just finished my first +1000 page book. It was the Cryptonomicon. What are some other really long books y’all’ve read? (self.books) FYI I really recommend the Crytponomicon. It isn’t as nerdy as it sounds. via Pocket
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Anti-intellectualism and Contemporary America | Psychology Today
I am not a fundamentalist, but I am a Christian. I’m also a philosophy professor at a state university. And I agree with David Niose that anti-intellectualism is a very deep problem in America. via Pocket
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TIL that during the negotiations for the Treaty of Paris to end the American Revolutionary War, the French delegate told the English diplomat that the USA “would form the greatest empire in the world.” The English diplomat shot back, “Yes sir, and t…
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Third-Party Advocates File Lawsuit Over Presidential Debates
A coalition of advocates for third parties in presidential elections is filing a lawsuit Monday against barriers to entry in presidential debates. via Pocket
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Spieth wins a stunner at Chambers Bay for US Open title – Yahoo News
UNIVERSITY PLACE, Wash. (AP) — Another major for Jordan Spieth. Another stunning loss for Dustin Johnson. Chambers Bay delivered heart-stopping drama Sunday in the U.S. Open when Spieth birdied his final hole to become only the sixth player to win t…
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“What lit the fire under this was the tragic death of my friend and his eight parishioners. It took my buddy’s death to get me to do this. I should feel ashamed of myself.” NORMAN D. via Pocket
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Bernie Sanders Rally in Denver Draws One of Biggest Crowds in Election Cycle : politics
Oh my god, we know, check the /r/politics front page. This story is literally in the top 10 of /r/politics three times. But BERNIE SANDERS! via Pocket
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15 Reasons Santana Lopez Was The Best Part Of “Glee”
1. She knew her best qualities. 2. And she was always completely honest with herself. FOX 3. She knew what she wanted, period, which is an honorable trait. 4. She had a way with words. FOX 5. She truly, truly never cared what others thought. Because…
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Canadian teen golfer Henderson wins on Symetra Tour – Yahoo News
South Bend (United States) (AFP) – Canadian teenager Brooke Henderson fired a three-under par 69 to win the Four Winds Invitational on the Symetra Tour, becoming the third-youngest winner on the women’s developmental circuit. via Pocket
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Photos by Michael Tyka – Google Photos
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Your Brain’s Off Switch | Psychology Today
Recently, I landed myself in the hospital. I had some abdominal pain so they wanted to do a CAT scan. Pretty routine stuff. via Pocket
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Jordan Spieth, with a one-under-par 69, finished at five under to win the United States Open in University Place, Wash. Entering the final round at Chambers Bay Golf Course, Jason Day, Branden Grace, Dustin Johnson and Spieth were tied for the lead …
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What’s on tap in bars around the world? — Hopes&Fears — flow “City Index”
From single tap deserts to heavenly beer halls, here’s what drafts you can get on tap at bars around the world. According to booze lore, an old Founding Father once slurred something about beer being proof that “God loves us and wants us to be happy…
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I just finished watching Fringe today. These are some things I have learned in the process : scifi
Things I learned from J. J. Abrams productions: 1) You don’t need to answer questions or tie up plots if you just keep creating more confusing plot points and twists 2) Everything is prettier in teal and orange 3) Throwing in a Mad Scientist always …
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Justin Timberlake Just Posted The Cutest Father’s Day Photo Of All Time
1. Justin Timberlake just hit a whole new level of adorable, posting this Father’s Day photo with his teeny tiny son, Silas. Loading View on Instagram instagram.com 2. This is the second photo posted of cutie pie Silas Randall Timberlake, since Jess…
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19 Emojis Every Twentysomething Needs Right Now
Suggested use: when someone asks if you’ve thought about the future. Suggested use: for those nights you get lucky and want to let your roommate know. via Pocket
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‘True Detective’ Season 2 Episode 1 Roundtable: ‘The Western Book of the Dead’ – The Atlantic
The pitch-black HBO crime drama returns with a new location, and a host of new emotionally tortured characters. Each week following episodes of True Detective, Spencer Kornhaber, Sophie Gilbert, and Christopher Orr will discuss what the hell might b…
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Batman Cosplay Is Out Of Control
Julian Checkley is one of the best Star Wars cosplayers on the planet. He is also, as luck would have it, one of the best Batman cosplayers on the planet as well. via Pocket
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US and China hold 7th Strategic and Economic Dialogue | Al Jazeera America
The U.S. and China will hold their 7th Strategic and Economic Dialogue this week in Washington, DC. On the agenda will be a range of bi-lateral, regional, and global issues, including territorial disputes among Asian nations in the South China Sea. …
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Hot Weather Kills Scores in Pakistan | Al Jazeera America
More than 120 people have died during a heatwave in Karachi and other areas of Pakistan’s southern Sindh province, according to health officials. via Pocket
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US hopes Russia may change direction when Vladimir Putin is gone | World news | The Guardian
US defence secretary Ash Carter said the US and Nato needed a “strong but balanced” approach to Russia, and he questioned whether Moscow’s “backward-looking” aggressive behaviour would change while President Vladimir Putin remains at the helm. via P…
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‘True Detective’ Season 2 Premiere: Welcome to Hell-A – The Daily Beast
A wrist-slitter of a dirge by Leonard Cohen is the gateway to True Detective’s second season, his gravelly, ruinously sexy tune “Nevermind” complimenting an opening credits montage of Goth imagery transmogrifying into bleak landscapes. Yep, this ain…
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The Ground Sloth: With more than five tons in weight, 6 meters in length, and able to reach as high as 17 feet (5.2 m), it was larger than an African bush elephant bull. (en.wikipedia.org) via Pocket
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The Fresh Air Fund is preparing for a changing of its top leadership as it sends thousands of children from urban neighborhoods in New York City on vacations in the country this summer. Its executive director, Jenny Morgenthau, will step down next m…
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Imagine being deaf and then finding out that farts make noise : Showerthoughts
I’ve been sitting on this shower thought for 6 months without a proper way to word it. You must look like a raisin by now. via Pocket
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Ode To Dad (and Me) | Psychology Today
As I write this post on Father’s Day, I think about my own relationship with my father, who passed away 16 years ago. I was in my late 30s when he died and we had not really gotten to really know each other as well as we might have. via Pocket
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We Had Guys Curl Their Eyelashes And They Freaked Out
BuzzFeed Video / Via youtube. via Pocket
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The common wisdom is that once magicians reveal the secrets of their trade, the magic disappears. But that’s hardly the case with the uncanny coven of young sorcerers who operate under the name Manual Cinema. via Pocket
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NEW DELHI — A 45-year-old nun was sexually assaulted in a missionary-run medical center near the capital of the central Indian state of Chhattisgarh, a police official in the area said Sunday. The nun was found gagged and tied to a bed, he said. via…
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LAS VEGAS — In a city built on chance, it feels like a safe bet that the N.H.L. will become the first major professional sports league to plant a franchise in this gambling and entertainment oasis in the desert. via Pocket
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Belanger’s goal in 52nd minute lifts Canada past Swiss 1-0 – Yahoo News
VANCOUVER, British Columbia (AP) — Josee Belanger’s big left foot propelled Canada right into the Women’s World Cup quarterfinal on home soil, with her goal in the 52nd minute lifting the tournament hosts past Switzerland 1-0 in a knockout-round mat…
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ETE confirms $48 billion bid for reluctant Williams Co – Yahoo News
Williams did not name the party who made the offer but it said its board determined the proposal “significantly undervalues” the company. via Pocket
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EU welcomes 11th-hour Greek proposals in ‘forceps delivery’ – Yahoo News
BRUSSELS/ATHENS (Reuters) – The European Union welcomed new proposals from Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras as a “good basis for progress” at talks on Monday where creditors want 11th-hour concessions to haul Athens back from the brink of bankrup…
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10 Things to Know for Monday – Yahoo News
The historic church where a white gunman is accused of killing nine black members welcomes friends and strangers for its first worship service since the shooting. via Pocket
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EU official calls Greek proposal ‘good basis for progress’ – Yahoo News
BRUSSELS (Reuters) – The chief-of-staff to European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker called the latest proposal from Greece to resolve its debt crisis a “good basis for progress” in talks among euro zone leaders on Monday. via Pocket
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Republican Senator’s Adviser Formerly Served As Editor Of Neo-Confederate Magazine – BuzzFeed News
Richard Quinn has been quoted in the press as South Carolina Sen. Lindsey Graham’s longtime political adviser and his consultant and pollster. But there’s another title that Quinn once held: neo-Confederate magazine editor. via Pocket
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TIL of the Copsey Brothers who were the first men to build a jail in Lower Lake, Ca, the first to occupy it, after celebrating its completion too enthusiastically, and the first to escape, after realizing they had forgotten to nail down the roof. (l…
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British man drowns off Malta coast where two others died in May | World news | The Guardian
The 59-year-old, who has not yet been named, got into trouble in Comino’s famous Blue Lagoon about 2.30pm on Sunday. The man was taken by helicopter to the nearby Gozo general hospital, where he later died. via Pocket
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New York City F.C. has all but finalized negotiations with Andrea Pirlo, a 36-year-old Italian midfielder who is set to join the club at the end of the week as a third designated player, according to a soccer official who was briefed on the negotiat…
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The soldiers who prompted Brian Williams’s fall from one of the most powerful jobs in the media had first tried to blow the whistle on him in 2003. But that was before the Internet became ubiquitous. And so, like most people who had a problem with t…
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Which Disney Love Song Are You
Dracula and Mina from Bram Stoker’s Dracula Laney and Zack from She’s All That Amelie and Nino from Amelie Arwen and Aragon from The Lord of the Rings Trilogy Harry and Sally from When Harry Met Sally… Mr. and Mrs. Smith from Mr. and Mrs. via Pocket
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Dione Looks Stunning In The Latest Picture From Cassini
Cassini passed by the moon last week at a distance of 321 miles. It’s not the last we’ll see of the moon: the spacecraft is scheduled to make its final flyby in August, and we’ll undoubtedly see some more epic photos shortly thereafter. via Pocket
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Leader of group cited in ‘Dylann Roof manifesto’ donated to top Republicans | US news | The Guardian
The leader of a rightwing group that Dylann Roof allegedly credits with helping to radicalise him against black people before the Charleston church massacre has donated tens of thousands of dollars to Republicans such as presidential candidates Ted …
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Argentina President Leaving Public Role Term Ends | Al Jazeera America
Argentina’s Cristina Fernández de Kirchner will step down as president in December, but her influence may remain strong enough to impede investment-friendly reforms in Congress if her ruling party wins legislative elections in October. via Pocket
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People who manufacture weapons or invest in weapons industries are hypocrites if they call themselves Christian, Pope Francis said on Sunday. via Pocket
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Every single one of these videos I watch I find myself just stunned at the alternate reality political pundits live in. Nothing they’re saying makes sense. “Bernie’s gonna move Hillary to the left.” How? How does that happen? Will he make her say le…
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Gunther Schuller, a composer, conductor, author and teacher who coined the term Third Stream to describe music that drew on the forms and resources of both classical and jazz, and who was its most important composer, died on Sunday in Boston. He was…
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OMAHA — One of the lasting daily traditions at the College World Series began about 40 minutes before Louisiana State faced Cal State Fullerton on Tuesday afternoon. And hundreds of fans crowded around the railing at TD Ameritrade Park under sunny s…
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Under a Spell | The New Republic
In the early twenty-first century, you cannot be a person who loves words—a person who notices and lusts after them—without also finding words to hate. via Pocket
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Thoughts You Have When Your Crush Is Taken
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The Obama Gap: A Case Study in Electoral Failure | The New Republic
Florida will always conjure a sense of dread for a certain generation of Democrats. After its hanging chads infamously decided the 2000 presidential race in George W. via Pocket
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The “dreams” of Google’s AI are equal parts amazing and disturbing – Quartz
American sci-fi novelist Philip K. Dick once famously asked, Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? While he was on the right track, the answer appears to be, no, they don’t. They dream of dog-headed knights atop horses, of camel-birds and pig-snails,…
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TIL the iconic Rolling Stone cover photograph of a naked John Lennon curling up next to Yoko Ono was taken 5 hours before he was shot and killed. (content.time.com) I know quite a bit about John Lennon but didn’t know this. via Pocket
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/r/Fantasy Self-Promotion Thread : Fantasy
This biweekly self-promotion is the place for artists and content creators to compete for our attention in the spirit of reckless capitalism. Tell us about your book/webcomic/podcast/blog/etc., and why it’s worth our time and money. via Pocket
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Hangovers are the body’s way of saying “Oh, by the way, that was poison.” : Showerthoughts
My formula on hangovers: i am borrowing fun from the next day to have more fun now. Its like a loan you pay back very quickly And painfully. 😛 via Pocket
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How Well Do You Know The Original “Carrie” Movie
What do the girls throw at Carrie when she has her first period? Tampons Socks Panties Tissues Who tells Tommy to ask Carrie to the prom? Chris Billy Miss Collins Sue What did Chris do to convince Billy to help her with the prank? She kisses him She…
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Paul Walker’s Daughter Shared A Heartbreakingly Cute Tribute To Her Father On Instagram
1. Meadow Walker, daughter of the late Paul Walker, shared this photo on her Instagram today – two years after her father’s untimely death. Loading View on Instagram instagram.com 2. Meadow has shared a few photos since her father’s death – like thi…
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Kittens Do Stuff For The First Time
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No Intelligence Required – Greg Egan reviews Her, Ex Machina and Interstellar. : scifi
No Intelligence Required – Greg Egan reviews Her, Ex Machina and Interstellar. (gregegan.net) via Pocket
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EDMONTON, Alberta — Colombia has already scored one of the greatest upsets in the history of the Women’s World Cup, defeating third-ranked France, 2-0, in group play. On Monday comes the hunt for a bigger trophy: the United States. via Pocket
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When Microsoft wanted to promote its Surface Pro 3 tablet during the last holiday season, it turned to NBCUniversal for help. via Pocket
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TIL that modern U.S swinging started in World War II amongst fighter pilots who shared wives as a bonding ritual, with a tacit understanding that the 2/3 of husbands who survived would look after the widows (psychologytoday.com)submitted 2 hours ago…
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James Franco heads to Toronto to star in Stephen King’s miniseries 11/22/63 : books
Well, crap. I was really looking forward to this, but I can’t stand James Franco. Sigh… So Toronto will serve as Dallas? via Pocket
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Their industry already upended with the passage of the federal health care law, insurance companies are facing another upheaval if the Supreme Court rules that millions of Americans are not eligible for subsidies to help defray the cost of their cov…
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Give me a line which brought a tear to your eye,a line which sent your pulse racing,a line which shocked you,a line which made you enraged,give me a line which is etched in your memory.Give me one or give me all…share your favorites (self. via Poc…
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What Is Your “Archer” Porn Star Name
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Susan Carroll has developed a tender relationship with the noise monitor on the roof of her apartment building in Queens. She refers to it as “my monitor” (even though she does not own it) and checks on it daily to make sure it is still working (eve…
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CANNES, France — Fetes on yachts. Magnums of rosé. Kim Kardashian. This week, the media and marketing industry will descend on the French Riviera for the annual advertising conference known as the Cannes Lions International Festival of Creativity. v…
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He had been sitting in the Bible study session at Charleston, S.C.’s historic Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church for an hour, next to the pastor, debating scripture. Dylann Storm Roof, the unassuming, boyish-looking man with the bowl-cut hai…
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Bernie Sanders Explains Why “Socialist” Isn’t a Dirty Word – Late Night with Seth Meyers : politics
Bernie Sanders Explains Why “Socialist” Isn’t a Dirty Word – Late Night with Seth Meyers (youtube.com)submitted 2 hours ago by loading… via Pocket
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Best books to read to a child? : Fantasy
Best books to read to a child? (self.Fantasy) A buddy of mine wants to get his son interested in reading. He asked me what books would be good to get the kid into fantasy. via Pocket
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Johnson nudges ahead in US Open – Yahoo News
UNIVERSITY PLACE, Wash. (AP) — Dustin Johnson played bogey-free on the front nine at Chambers Bay and built a two-shot lead in the final round of the U.S. Open. After three close calls in the majors, Johnson was nine holes away from redemption. via …
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The Treasury’s schedule of financing this week includes Monday’s regular weekly auction of new three- and six-month bills and an auction of four-week bills on Tuesday. At the close of the New York cash market on Friday, the rate on the outstanding t…
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National leaders from eurozone nations are expected to come together in a summit meeting Monday evening to tell Greece to come to terms or face the prospect of becoming the first country forced out of the single-currency union. via Pocket
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Search for Escaped NY Killers Shifts Focus | Al Jazeera America
About 300 law enforcement officers searched the neighboring towns of Amity and Friendship, where two men who resembled the convicts were spotted Saturday near a railroad line that runs along a county road. via Pocket
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NEW DELHI — Charles Correa, an American-trained architect who returned to his native India to become a leading proponent of a new, indigenous architectural style, melding 20th-century Western modernism with Indian traditions, died on Tuesday in Mumb…
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The feminist writer Germaine Greer once declared: “Every generation has to discover Nina Simone. She is evidence that female genius is real.” This year, that just might happen for good. via Pocket
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17 Of The Most Inspiring Quotes For Father’s Day
3. “A father is the one friend upon whom we can always rely. In the hour of need, when all else fails, we remember him upon whose knees we sat when children, and who soothed our sorrows; and even though he may be unable to assist us, his mere presen…
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When The I.T. Guy Comes To Help
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Being in love is the easiest way to have sex with the most beautiful woman in the world. (self.Showerthoughts) It is? It just gets me rejected by the most beautiful woman in the world. via Pocket
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Rory McIlroy charges up US Open leaderboard but leaves it too late | Sport | The Guardian
Rory McIlroy was still 16 years from being born the last time the final round of a US Open began with a four-way tie. And yet, somehow, the world No1 summoned the spirit of 1973 on Sunday at Chambers Bay. via Pocket
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Join Us For The Return Of True Detective!
HBO’s True Detective returns tonight with an all new cast and story. via Pocket
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The Path of the Dead – Elrohir and Elladan : tolkienfans
The company halted, and there was not a heart among them that did not quail, unless it were the heart of Legolas of the Elves, for whom the ghosts of Men have no terror. via Pocket
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BRATISLAVA, Slovakia — As Europe struggles to keep Greece from default and to hold its common currency together, violent protests against immigr via Pocket
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Greece scrambles for debt deal with fresh plan before summit – Yahoo News
Athens (AFP) – Greece’s prime minister presented new proposals to European leaders Sunday aimed at ending his country’s debt crisis, as Athens announced a frenzied round of meetings ahead of a summit that could determine whether Greece crashes out o…
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WASHINGTON — As the Supreme Court prepares to rule on whether to block health insurance subsidies in 34 states that use the federal insurance exchange, Pennsylvania and Delaware are the best prepared. via Pocket
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Democratic presidential hopeful Martin O’Malley called on South Carolina leaders Sunday to remove the Confederate battle flag from their capitol grounds and urged Congress to move forward with “common-sense” gun-control measures in the wake of last …
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Louis Silvie “Louie” Zamperini (January 26, 1917 – July 2, 2014) was an American prisoner of war survivor in World War II, a Christian inspirational speaker, and an Olympic distance runner. Zamperini is the subject of two biographies and the 2014 fi…
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The Plant That Can Eat 6,000 Insects Per Hour – Digg
The pitcher plant lures insects with abundant nectar, until they slip on that same nectar and fall into the plant’s eponymous, deadly pitcher. If you’ve ever dealt with termite trouble, this will be very satisfying. via Pocket
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Dr. Frederick P. Li, who helped prove to a doubting medical establishment that heredity and genetics play a major role in some forms of cancer, died on June 12 at his home in Brookline, Mass. He was 75. His wife, Dr. via Pocket
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FCC Says Carriers Can Block Robocalls And Spam Texts, But Will They – BuzzFeed News
The Federal Communications Commission voted on Thursday to adopt a proposal to protect consumers against unwanted robocalls and spam texts. The FCC has made clear that phone carriers are free to provide call-blocking technology to their customers. v…
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Our kids will live in a society that thinks the current weed criminalization was as insane as we think alcohol prohibition. was (self.Showerthoughts) Well, because it was as insane as alcohol prohibition. via Pocket
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Jazz and classical musician Gunther Schuller dies at 89 – Yahoo News
NEW YORK (AP) — Gunther Schuller, the leading proponent of the Third Stream movement fusing jazz and classical music, has died at age 89. His son, bassist Ed Schuller, said his father died Sunday morning at a hospital in Boston. via Pocket
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Johnson two clear at US Open – Yahoo News
Tacoma (United States) (AFP) – Dustin Johnson went two shots clear in the final round of the US Open at Chambers Bay on Sunday. He was part of a leading quartet who started the day at four under, three clear of the rest of the field. via Pocket
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TIL there’s a skyscraper that has a highway passing through its 5th, 6th, and 7th floors in Japan. The tower is the result of a strange compromise between the land owner and the Japanese government. The owner wanted to redevelop the building but the…
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The hurt could be felt in the solemnity of Sunday sermons and read on the faces of those seated in the pews for the first services in New York City since a white gunman killed nine black churchgoers last week during a Bible study in Charleston, S.C.…
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My friend had to take care of this cat while the owner was out of town. This is how he looked at his first breakfastCat Picture (imgur.com) Porkchop sandwiches. via Pocket
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For the chief cleaner of the new city courthouse, service is all she’s ever known. Serve the parents. Serve the pigs. Serve the future. Serve the family. via Pocket
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Question mark over Erdogan as Turk parties jockey for power – Yahoo News
ISTANBUL (AP) — Two weeks after Turkey’s parliamentary elections, experts agree on one thing: No one really knows what’s going to happen next. via Pocket
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Electronic dance music festival attendee in Las Vegas dies – Yahoo News
Authorities say it will take a month or two to determine the cause of death of an attendee at an electronic dance music festival in Las Vegas. via Pocket
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GOP field is most diverse in memory, but will minority voters be swayed? – The Washington Post
With two Hispanic senators, a retired African American neurosurgeon and, soon, an Indian American governor from the South, the Republican primary field offers voters the most diverse pool of candidates in memory. via Pocket
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New immigration rules will cost the NHS millions, warns nursing union | Society | The Guardian
New immigration rules that will mean lower-earning non-EU workers being deported will exacerbate the shortage of nurses in the UK and cost the NHS tens of millions in recruitment, the government has been warned by nursing leaders. via Pocket
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WASHINGTON — It was a bold vision: The American military had captured a massive cache of enemy documents, including detailed records of Saddam Hussein’s high command in Iraq and Qaeda records from Afghanistan. With the strong support of Robert M. vi…
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Crowds gather for emotional memorial service in Charleston – video | US news | The Guardian
Hundreds gathered at Emanuel AME church on Sunday for the first service since Dylann Roof allegedly opened fire and killed nine members of a Bible study group. Visitors from across the country remembered the lives lost and came together in the wake …
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Extraordinary Turnout in Denver: “By the university’s count, 5,500 people were in the gym, atrium and lacrosse field to see Bernie” (berniesanders.com)submitted 2 hours ago by loading… via Pocket
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Dark Matter Wonders How Much An Unremembered Past Really Matters
With the second episode, Dark Matter does two things: finishes up the story of the miners and asks a lot of questions about who the crew of the Raza are. The second part is much more interesting than the first. via Pocket
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Backyard Biotech: Cloning Your Garden | Motherboard
My garden is already ridiculous. I have this problem or compulsion where if I happen to be passing by the organic nursery or, hell, the hardware store, I will stop and buy a six-pack of veggie seedlings, usually some variety of green bean or squash …
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OfficialWhen the crowd chanted his name, Bernie stopped them. “This campaign is not about me,” he said. “It is not about Hillary Clinton or any other candidate,” he added. “This campaign is about you, your kids and your parents.” (berniesanders.com)…
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Australia, France through as Brazil sent packing at World Cup – Yahoo News
Vancouver (AFP) – Substitute Kyah Simon scored for Australia in a shock 1-0 defeat of Brazil on Sunday as France demolished South Korea 3-0 and next meet Germany in the quarter-finals of the Women’s World Cup. via Pocket
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Triple Crown stars still riding high 2 weeks after Belmont – Yahoo News
The party’s still on for the first Triple Crown winner in 37 years — and the owner, trainer and jockey. via Pocket
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Australia’s poorly applied drug policy wastes $320m a year: study | Society | The Guardian
The federal government is wasting $320m every year through its failure to implement properly a drug-pricing policy for subsidised medicines, a new report from the thinktank the Grattan Institute shows. via Pocket
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Can You Name These Obscure Pixar Characters
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Daryl Hannah: ‘It’s scary being in solitary’ | Film | The Guardian
On the hottest day of the year so far, Daryl Hannah appears like a mirage outside her Paris hotel. She has been window-shopping and people-watching, but the heat is intense and her foundation is flaking. via Pocket
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Can You Guess The Gaga Era Based On One Outfit
What about this hairy outfit? “Born This Way” “The Fame” “The Fame Monster” When did she wear this cute crop top? “Cheek to Cheek” “The Fame” “ARTPOP” What about this Bride of Frankenstein get-up? “The Fame” “Born This Way” via Pocket
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23 Signs You And Your Best Friend Are Sisters Separated At Birth
1. You have the same twisted, immature sense of humor and no one thinks it’s funny except for you. 2. You’re so distinctly similar at parties that people get the two of you confused. 3. You have full permission to fix their hair and makeup when they…
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New Orleans Police Arrest Man in Officer Killing | Al Jazeera America
After an intense 24-hour manhunt, New Orleans police Sunday arrested a man suspected of using a gun to kill a police officer while wearing handcuffs as he was being transported to jail. via Pocket
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1960s technology: Nuclear bomb powered interstellar spacecraft : wikipedia
1960s technology: Nuclear bomb powered interstellar spacecraft (en.m.wikipedia.org)submitted 7 minutes ago by loading…[–]untouchedURL 0 points1 point2 points 5 minutes ago(0 children)Here is a non-mobile link: https://en.wikipedia. via Pocket
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The Destruction of Defendants’ Rights – The New Yorker
The Anti-Terrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act of 1996 (A.E.D.P.A.) is surely one of the worst statutes ever passed by Congress and signed into law by a President. via Pocket
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The race is on for the Latino vote – The Washington Post
MESQUITE, Nevada — Laura Aguilera is 19 and works seven days a week in this city in the baking Nevada desert to earn money for nursing school. So, she explained after a 10-hour shift at Los Lupes Mexican restaurant, “I haven’t had time to focus on w…
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“These two new studies are the most powerful demonstration yet that neighborhoods — their schools, community, neighbors, local amenities, economic opportunities and social norms — are a critical factor shaping your children’s outcomes.” (nytimes.com…
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Fact-Checking the Sunday Shows: Jun 21 – The Daily Beast
The brutal killing of nine African-Americans at a historic Charleston, S.C., church Wednesday has fueled new calls to remove the Confederate battle flag from the grounds of the South Carolina statehouse. What are the facts about the flag and its his…
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RANCHO MIRAGE, Calif. — With four fund-raisers and an awkward reconciliation with the House minority leader, Nancy Pelosi, behind him, President Obama returned to a beloved golf oasis here for a weekend getaway with friends. This time, though, was d…
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Identifying The Next Mass Murderer – Before It’s Too Late | Psychology Today
On June 17, 2015, according to authorities, Dylann Storm Roof, walked into the Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church in Charleston, South Carolina, sat down and after an hour or so allegedly shot three men and six women, attending a bible study…
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18 Spectacular Pictures From The First International Day Of Yoga
The PM leads a mass yoga session in New Delhi on the first International Day of Yoga. Members of the National Cadet Corps (NCC) take part in a mass yoga session to mark the International Yoga Day in Kolkata on June 21, 2015. via Pocket
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Fourteen watercolor paintings and drawings presumed to be the work of a young Adolf Hitler were sold at auction in Germany for $440,000 (about 391,000 euros), the German news service Deutsche-Presse Agentur reported. The most expensive artwork, a wa…
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SACRAMENTO — In the fall of 1987, a package arrived on the desk of Laurence H. Tribe, a Harvard law professor who had just lost a Supreme Court case on gay rights. It contained the legal opinions of Anthony M. via Pocket
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The interdisciplinary Crossing the Line festival, organized by the French Institute Alliance Française, has announced its 2015 lineup, which includes several premieres. The festival will run from Sept. 10 through Oct. via Pocket
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Cigna rebuffs Anthem’s ‘deeply disappointing’ proposal – Yahoo News
On Saturday Anthem said it had offered $47 billion in cash and stock for Cigna, its smaller rival. In a letter to Anthem’s board, Cigna said it was “deeply disappointed” with Anthem’s recent actions. via Pocket
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Voice from a different kind of supporter. I agree with 95% of Sen. Sanders’ platform and will probably vote for him. I’m registered as a Republican. I was a Paul supporter until just recently because of the NSA, but also that 5% slice. The remaining…
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Denise Richards Had The Classiest Response After Being Insulted By Charlie Sheen’s Twitter Account
1. Actor Charlie Sheen is having a very… eventful Father’s Day. Richards was his second wife and together they had two daughters, Sam and Lola. “Brooke M” most likely refers to his third ex-wife, Brooke Mueller. via Pocket
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What Article Of Dad Clothing Are You
1. Billy Crystal Billy Joel Bill Gates Bill Belichick Bill Withers Bill Murray 2. via Pocket
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21 Game-Changing Bike Accessories You Need To Own
It’s a generator that you can install easily on your bike wheel. Create clean energy that can power your phone or any other USB device with your legs. Plus, a bottle opener because ya never know. via Pocket
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UK Woman Gets “World’s Most Advanced” Bionic Hand Replacement
A new technology has enabled a woman who was born without a right hand to ride a bike for the first time, among other new abilities. via Pocket
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NEW DELHI — It was a rare sight — after a brief speech to inaugurate International Yoga Day on Sunday, Prime Minister Narendra Modi descended from a huge stage in front of the presidential palace and took off his glasses and his shoes. via Pocket
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It was either a brilliant example of deadpan humor or a mediocre Lifetime movie. You sorely want to give the stars the benefit of the doubt and credit them with a comedic masterpiece, given their résumés. But, gosh, it sure looked like a mediocre Li…
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Rivers near Beijing and Tianjin in the north and in the Pearl River Delta in the south contain some of the highest concentrations of antibiotics in China’s waterways, according to a study that cites the overuse of the drugs in humans and farm animal…
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US saving its posturing for field, Columbia – Yahoo News
EDMONTON, Alberta (AP) — Never mind the infamous punch and the trash talk: The U.S. women’s team says the only motivation it needs for defeating Colombia is the opportunity to move on at the Women’s World Cup. via Pocket
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Health insurer Cigna rejects Anthem takeover bid – Yahoo News
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Health insurer Cigna has rejected a $47 billion offer to be acquired by its larger rival, Anthem. via Pocket
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Charleston church reopens in triumph over ‘Devil’ massacre – Yahoo News
Charleston (United States) (AFP) – The historic black South Carolina church where a white gunman murdered nine African Americans held its first service since the massacre on Sunday, an emotional gathering celebrating the lives of those slain. via Po…
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Irish priest, official thank Bay Area for support – Yahoo News
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Irish officials and religious leaders on Sunday thanked San Francisco Bay Area Catholics and others for the support and care given to the families of six young people killed when a balcony collapsed in Berkeley last week. via Po…
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CLARKSVILLE, Tenn. — Months later, the father mustered the strength to sort through what was left in his dead son’s bedroom. A Little League photo collage. Mardi Gras beads from that soccer tournament in New Orleans. via Pocket
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He was described as a black Wagner in the late 19th century, went on to write more than 20 operas and formed the Negro Grand Opera Company, which he once conducted at Carnegie Hall. But after the pioneering African-American composer H. via Pocket
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Just the tip. Just to see how it feels. : trippinthroughtime
Just the tip. Just to see how it feels. (imgur.com) via Pocket
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“The United States contributed about a third of the United Nations refugee agency budget in 2014.” (nytimes.com)submitted 2 hours ago by loading… via Pocket
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Hail, hail, hail and farewell. Last week’s run of Kenneth MacMillan’s “Romeo and Juliet” by American Ballet Theater included three important performances as Juliet and a distinguished new Romeo. via Pocket
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Lavender, Roses, and oh so much more | Psychology Today
In early May I was anxious to get flowers into our window boxes and knew life would prevent me from getting down to our cottage for many weekends so I hauled enough pebbles, topsoil and red Mandeville plants to line our bay cottage with forty feet o…
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144 years of marriage and divorce in 1 chart : TrueReddit
144 years of marriage and divorce in 1 chart (randalolson.com)submitted 17 minutes ago by loading… via Pocket
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Asian MERS Outbreak Expands As Thailand Reports First Case
According to the World Health Organization, Thailand is the latest country to report a case of the Middle East Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus (MERS-CoV). The case is a 75-year-old, Omani male that travelled from Oman to Thailand to seek medical ca…
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“Pretty is as pretty does,” scolds a matron with a honeyed voice and a stranglehold smile at the beginning of Mary John Frank’s very pretty, somewhat slight “Debutaunt,” an interactive satire of Southern cotillion culture. via Pocket
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Looks like an IFTTT Recipe was set up that needed a URL to function properly, but that URL wasn’t found. via Pocket
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DeRay Mckesson at centre of Twitter storm after Charleston appearances | US news | The Guardian
Related: Charleston church remembers shooting victims with service of sadness and joy A prominent young civil rights campaigner was targeted in a divisive spat on social media, after joining crowds mourning the shooting deaths of nine people in a ch…
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A history play, a biographical play, a documentary play and a courtroom satire, Amiri Baraka’s final work, “Most Dangerous Man in America (W. E. B. Du Bois),” by the New Federal Theater, is an unmusical grace note to Baraka’s vibrant, varied career.…
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Uniforms of Fear: cop couture from around the world — Hopes&Fears — flow “Life”
When appraising the inglorious spectacle of oppression known as policing throughout the world, (adorned in raiments of the state, barking arbitrary commands), the question of taste inevitably emerges. In a world linked by networks of global exchange…
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WARSAW — The national security service, acting on orders from Macedonia’s conservative and increasingly authoritarian government, was behind the wiretapping scandal that has the small nation on the edge of cracking, a new report says. via Pocket
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Someone out there actually is THE #1 Dad : Showerthoughts
He’s #1! He was… Once….. He was #1 via Pocket
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Second GOP lawmaker calls for removing Confederate flag from S.C. State House : politics
Second GOP lawmaker calls for removing Confederate flag from S.C. State House (thestate.com) People need to understand that the confederate flag is basically as offensive as the Nazi flag. People have just become desensitized to it. via Pocket
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The list of sportswriters whose career highlights are worth anthologizing is probably finite: Ring Lardner, Red Smith, Roger Angell, add a few others of your own. via Pocket
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Stand with Pope Francis on Climate Change – NRDC
When you take action you’ll become a member of NRDC’s Activist Network. We will keep you informed with the latest alerts and progress reports. via Pocket
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If football had not existed, Messi would be a normal guy. Maybe I’m the best player of a sport that doesn’t exist, and that’s why I’m a normal guy. (self.Showerthoughts) Maybe you’re the best at being very average. Your the averagest guy ever. via P…
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Dancers are only some of the performers in the River to River Festival, which inhabits public spaces in Lower Manhattan for 11 days each summer. A dance in a plaza or park is also the dance of pedestrians walking by, of joggers, sightseers and other…
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A plan to stage an American theater company’s gay-themed play in Moscow, with support from the United States government, has stalled amid tensions between the two nations and at a time of Kremlin hostility toward homosexuality. via Pocket
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What better way to celebrate Independence than with a healthy dose of explosives? : MURICA
What better way to celebrate Independence than with a healthy dose of explosives? (i.imgur.com) via Pocket
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’bout to sit down to a healthy plate of freedom : MURICA
’bout to sit down to a healthy plate of freedom (i.imgur.com)submitted 4 hours ago by loading… via Pocket
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A documentary about gun violence that has its premiere on HBO on Monday has been given extra topicality by the massacre in Charleston, S.C. That, though, isn’t necessarily to the film’s benefit. via Pocket
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And it was judged by Arnold Schwarzenegger… like, what is life? He wasn’t biased, obviously. via Pocket
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I still remember the first time someone questioned if I was my dad’s daughter. I was 7 years old, and my family had just begun our summer vacation at Lake Sunapee in New Hampshire. My dad and I went into town to get some hamburgers, buns, and charco…
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Last week’s final scene saw Anita carrying her owners’ youngest daughter Sophie off into the night; now, it’s the next morning in the family home. Will Laura discover her daughter has been abducted by a rogue synth? Er, no. The little one is tucked …
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It was misty early in the evening on Saturday, and the lawn of Nelson A. Rockefeller Park in Battery Park City was damp as 100 volunteers danced en masse for 11 seconds. This extremely brief burst of activity was the finale of Twyla Tharp’s 1970 wor…
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Lawsuit brought by Muslims rounded up after 9/11 gets go-ahead from court | US news | The Guardian
It has been nearly 14 years since the 9/11 attacks, but a lawsuit on behalf of Muslims rounded up in the aftermath has barely moved forward as lawyers try to show how frightening it was for hundreds of men with no ties to terrorism to be treated lik…
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Saudi Arabia Warns Citizens Not to Read Diplomatic Cables Released by WikiLeaks | VICE News
Saudi Arabia has warned its citizens not to read the trove of diplomatic documents that were released on Friday by WikiLeaks. WikiLeaks has already posted around 60,000 Saudi diplomatic cables, and the organization released a statement saying it pla…
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“Road, the road, the road, the road, the road it never seems to end,” the newly knighted Sir Van Morrison sang on Friday night at Forest Hills Stadium in Queens, in the only United States show on his current tour. At 69, Mr. Morrison has accumulated…
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The New York Times asked Paul Monck, a boilermaker and instructor at Lincoln Technical Institute, in Union, N.J., to run a series of tests on a three-foot section of carbon-steel pipe similar to the one in the prison that the inmates cut and crawled…
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European leaders working hard to keep Greece in eurozone – Yahoo News
BRUSSELS (AP) — Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras headed to Brussels late Sunday for a crucial emergency eurozone summit aimed at reaching a deal between Athens and its international creditors that would allow the debt-ravaged country to avoid a d…
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TIL: A white man from Africa was suspended from his college after replying “African-American” to a question in class about how he identifies himself. (abcnews.go.com) A friend of mine is half African-American and half white. via Pocket
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Raw emotions as Charleston church service spills out onto street – Yahoo News
Charleston (United States) (AFP) – The pews inside “Mother Emanuel” were packed for a Sunday service like none other in its nearly 200-year history, but the emotions were no less raw. via Pocket
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21 Budget-Friendly Ways To Turn Your Home Into A Minimalist Paradise
Paint walls white and use black as your accent shade. This panelite kitchen backsplash doubles as a bathroom wall. via Pocket
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The world of American health insurance may soon become even smaller, with the biggest companies seeking to become even bigger. A scramble has broken out within the industry as various providers jockey for position and make overtures to rivals. Anthe…
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A biotech startup has managed to 3-D print fake rhino horns that carry the same genetic fingerprint as the actual horn. The company plans to flood Chinese rhino horn market at one-eighth of the price of the original, undercutting the price poachers …
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The first home run Masahiro Tanaka allowed Sunday drew an audible gasp from the crowd. via Pocket
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Jobs are literally slavery. : im14andthisisdeep
Jobs are literally slavery. (imgur.com) via Pocket
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Charleston mourns deaths of nine people in church shooting – in pictures | US news | The Guardian
Skip to main content Charleston shooting Charleston mourns deaths of nine people in church shooting – in pictures The African American church in the South Carolina city where nine people were shot dead by a white gunman on Wednesday reopened for ser…
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Greece Offers New Proposals Ahead Summit | Al Jazeera America
Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras made a new offer on a reforms package to foreign creditors on Sunday, signaling eleventh-hour concessions to break a deadlock that has pushed Greece to the brink of bankruptcy. via Pocket
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KABUL, Afghanistan — Taliban envoys have been busy over the past month, shuttling from conferences in one world capital to the next, in the biggest rush of activity on the Afghan peace front in years. via Pocket
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The Fight Over The Confederate Flag is the GOP’s Sister Souljah Moment – The Daily Beast
The embers of the Confederacy glow within the Republican Party. A century and a half has passed since Gen. Robert E. Lee surrendered at Appomattox Courthouse, but the GOP’s 2016 would-be nominees can’t bring themselves to say that South Carolina nee…
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KABUL, Afghanistan — After Taliban insurgents said Sunday that they were on the verge of taking their first city, Kunduz in the far north of Afghanistan, officials there expressed alarm as residents began to flee the area. But the central government…
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I Don’t Know If I Can Ever Forgive My Dad For Keeping My Sister Secret
Toward the end of their decades-long marriage, my hurt, angry mother was looking for some way — any way — to break the bond I had with my father. To my mind, the only inheritance I eventually expected from my dad comprised a few hundred vinyl record…
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Hackers ground 1,400 passengers at Warsaw in attack on airline’s computers | Business | The Guardian
Around 1,400 passengers of the Polish airline LOT have been grounded at Warsaw’s Chopin airport after hackers attacked the airline ground computer systems used to issue flight plans, the company said. via Pocket
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Obama trade Kabuki takes dramatic new turns in Congress this week – The Washington Post
Congress is headed for several critical votes this week on President Obama’s trade agenda. via Pocket
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Is The CW Expanding Their DC Universe With Hawkgirl?
Is The CW expanding their DC-centric universe with another superhero show? SpoilerTV seems to think so, reporting that a Hawkgirl show is in early development at the network. The CW has been steadily expanding their own DC franchise universe, with A…
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Pentagon chief planning for longer-term rift with Russia – Yahoo News
BERLIN (Reuters) – The United States and its NATO allies are preparing militarily for the prospect that their rift with Russia could outlast President Vladimir Putin, U.S. Defense Secretary Ash Carter said on Sunday. via Pocket
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SYDNEY, Australia — If money talks, it was the stacks of crisp $100 bills that spoke loudest. An Indonesian smuggler said the Australian authorities had stopped his boat at sea and given him and his crew the cash, more than $30,000, to take his carg…
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JD Martinez hits 3 HRs, Tigers tag Tanaka and top Yanks 12-4 – Yahoo News
NEW YORK (AP) — J.D. Martinez hit three homers and had six RBIs, and the Detroit Tigers busted out for a 12-4 victory Sunday over the New York Yankees to snap a four-game skid. via Pocket
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Pentagon chief urges balanced approach to Russian aggression – Yahoo News
BERLIN (AP) — Defense Secretary Ash Carter said the U.S. and NATO need to have a “strong but balanced” approach to Russia, and he questioned whether Moscow’s “backward-looking” aggressive behavior will change while President Vladimir Putin remains a…
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When you hit the back button on your browser and then click on a different link, it’s like you just created a branching timeline. (self.Showerthoughts) Basically, the back button is time travel? I dunno. via Pocket
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My living room, ladies and gentlemen : MURICA
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The most dangerous trap cults spring on you : TrueReddit
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24 Pasta Recipes That Are Perfect For Summer
Um, is making this even a question? Get the recipe here. One pot pastas pretty much save lives. Find out how here. via Pocket
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A Lot Of People Are Wishing Drake A Happy Father’s Day
1. For those born to an alien species, Drake is the finest man on this planet we call Earth. Loading View on Instagram instagram.com 2. While Drake may not ACTUALLY be a father… 3. Some people know he’d make the perfect dad. via Pocket
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My homebrew American IPA, bottled today and ready to drink on the 4th of July. : MURICA
My homebrew American IPA, bottled today and ready to drink on the 4th of July. (i.imgur.com) via Pocket
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Why We’ll Remember the Warriors – The New Yorker
Now that the parade confetti has been swept away in Oakland, how, exactly, will we remember this year’s N.B.A. Finals? The six-game series ended on Tuesday, when the Golden State Warriors defeated the Cleveland Cavaliers for their first championship…
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There should be a Maury marathon on father’s day. : Showerthoughts
There should be a Maury marathon on father’s day. (self.Showerthoughts) And you da daddy! via Pocket
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Colleton County sheriff’s sergeant Kyle Strickland said Sunday deputies on Wednesday arrested a 26-year-old man they confirmed through a former talent agent was Jake Lloyd. He played young Anakin Skywalker in the 1999 movie Star Wars: Episode I – Th…
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Father’s Day was formed in part by the 1907 Monongah Mining Disaster in West Virginia that killed 361 men, 250 of them fathers, leaving around a thousand fatherless children. (en.wikipedia.org) via Pocket
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Defending champ Vandy, Virginia to meet in CWS finals again – Yahoo News
OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Many preseason prognosticators believed Vanderbilt and Virginia had what it took to reach the College World Series finals again. via Pocket
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Tyrese Gibson’s 10 Noteworthy Tips On Fatherhood
It’s no secret that Tyrese Gibson is an awesome dad. You might remember THIS video back in April 2014 of the star teaching his now 7 year old daughter, Shayla, the importance of self-confidence. via Pocket
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Witness Reportedly Says Dylann Roof Attempted Suicide After Church Shooting | VICE News
The son of a victim of the Charleston church shooting reportedly spoke with a survivor who claims alleged gunman Dylann Roof tried to kill himself immediately after the attack. via Pocket
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The website promotes the hatred of Latinos, blacks, and Jews, with the writer saying he has “no choice” but to react with violence. The FBI is investigating the website’s authenticity. via Pocket
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The Word the Internet Didn’t Know
Ever heard of the word in this image? Probably not, because, until this month, that word didn’t exist on the Internet. via Pocket
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NASA Image Gallery Brings All Your Favorite Space Photos Under One Roof
Ever come across a gorgeous Hubble image, or an article showing some of NASA’s cool new Mars lander tech, and wish you could remember where those lovely photos live? Rejoice, space nerds: NASA is making your life easier than ever, with the launch of…
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Obama takes gun control debate to Twitter: ‘It’s time we do something’ | US news | The Guardian
Barack Obama has used Twitter to further his argument that the time for federal gun legislation is nigh, saying “expressions of sympathy aren’t enough”. via Pocket
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Kendall, Kylie, And Khloé All Wished Caitlyn Jenner A Happy Father’s Day
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It’s International Yoga Day Today And Here’s How The Internet Has Been Celebrating It
1. The world has come out in great numbers to celebrate the international day of yoga. 2. From New Delhi to Singapore, people have been up since early in the morning to show their commitment. 3. The internet, however, has taken a much less active ap…
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Anonymous No More | The Real History of Israel’s Independence Movement : TrueReddit
The story of how with only a few thousand members, Israeli terrorist groups took on British rule of Palestine. via Pocket
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The Chinese sure knew how to roll (imgur.com)submitted 14 minutes ago by loading… via Pocket
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Private prisons suing states for millions if they don’t stay full: “Those quotas can range from a mandatory occupancy of, for example, 70 percent occupancy in California to up to 100 percent in some prisons in Arizona.” (rollingout.com)submitted 46 …
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What Song Should You Play On Repeat This Weekend
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Earth ‘entering new extinction phase’ – US study – BBC News
The Earth has entered a new period of extinction, a study by three US universities has concluded, and humans could be among the first casualties. The report, led by the universities of Stanford, Princeton and Berkeley, said vertebrates were disappea…
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Thousands mark summer solstice at Stonehenge – BBC News
Thousands of people have gathered at Stonehenge to mark this year’s summer solstice. Police said 23,000 attended the neolithic site in Wiltshire to watch the sun rise at 04:52 BST, while others gathered at the nearby Avebury stone circle. via Pocket
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I’m going to have wifi installed in my tombstone so people will actually come and visit me. (self.Showerthoughts) Don’t forget a charging station. via Pocket
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18 Summer Smash Cocktails You Need In Your Life
Instead of strawberries, you could also muddle blackberries, mangoes, limes — whatever fruit you have on hand. Get the recipe. Get the recipe. via Pocket
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Can We Guess How You Masturbate Based On Your Zodiac Sign
Aquarius Pisces Aries Taurus Gemini Cancer Leo Virgo Libra Scorpio Sagittarius Capricorn via Pocket
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A friend of mine found this cute little guy as he was doing yard work. Not even old enough to have teeth. (i.imgur.com) He said it seemed dehydrated and was baking in the sun. They gave it some water and are feeding it with milk and kitten formula. …
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McDonalds leads the response to reddits campaign for a living wage. Good job reddit!! Gold and upvotes for all!! (time.com) You did it!! via Pocket
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Happy Father’s Day to the best dads a country could have! : MURICA
Happy Father’s Day to the best dads a country could have! (i.imgur.com) Father’s Day and the Fourth of July need to hook up and make Founding Father’s Day. via Pocket
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OfficialBernie Sanders: “From Ferguson to Baltimore and across this nation, too many African-Americans and other minorities find themselves subjected to a system that treats citizens who have not committed crimes as if they were criminals, and that …
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Father’s Day Is Always Bittersweet For Me Because It’s Also The Birthday Of The Bear That Ate My Father (clickhole.com)submitted 3 hours ago by loading… via Pocket
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Europol web unit to hunt extremists behind Isis social media propaganda | World news | The Guardian
A new Europe-wide police unit is being set up to scour the internet for the ring leaders behind Islamic State’s social media propaganda campaign, which it has used to recruit foreign fighters and jihadi brides. via Pocket
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Bernie Sanders packs thousands into a Denver gymnasium – The Washington Post
Bernie Sanders, who’s emerged as Hillary Rodham Clinton’s chief rival for the Democratic presidential nomination, drew an estimated 4,500 people to the University of Denver on Saturday night for what appeared to be one of the largest political ralli…
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Jason Day driven to succeed by caddie after refusal to buckle at US Open | Sport | The Guardian
The relationship between Jason Day and Colin Swatton did not start promisingly. Their first encounter was something of a metaphor for the golfer’s troubled early life. When Day was 12, his father Alvin died from stomach cancer. via Pocket
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Overdose deaths in California prisons persist despite tougher regulations | US news | The Guardian
California inmates are dying of drug overdoses at nearly three times the national rate and it is unclear whether the tough steps state officials took this year to stop illicit drugs from getting into prisons are having any effect, though they are pr…
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Postscript: James Salter, 1925-2015 – The New Yorker
James Salter died on Friday. He had just turned ninety, nine days before. “This birthday somehow came sooner than I thought it would,” he told the German magazine Stern, which referred to him in a way that most of our own obituarists have not, as a …
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If you were an 18-year-old girl who flashed your boobs in the first Girls Gone Wild video, you would be 34 years old today (self.Showerthoughts)submitted 4 hours ago by [–]TagPro-elfballer 7 points8 points9 points 3 hours ago(2 children)That seems y…
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“A Deadly Adoption” Shocked Everyone By Actually Playing It Straight
When news of A Deadly Adoption, a seemingly sincere Lifetime original movie starring Saturday Night Life alumni Will Ferrell and Kristen Wiig, was announced—or was it leaked?—on April 1, most people thought it was an elaborate April Fool’s joke. via…
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Which Disney Channel Original Movie Are You
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Australia stun Brazil at Women’s World Cup to make quarter-finals | Football | The Guardian
The Matildas won through to the last eight of the Women’s World Cup in stunning style, eliminating Brazil. Kyah Simon’s 80th-minute goal was enough for Australia to cause the tournament’s biggest shock on Sunday in Moncton. via Pocket
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The Simple Exercise That Leads to Love | Psychology Today
The path to love is almost never simple. When we decide to pursue our longing for love, we’re led to challenges and possibilities we might never have dreamed of. For me, the decision to become a father—as a forty-something, single gay man—is what …
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35 Bands All Old School Emo Kids Love
Emo Mood: When you’re feeling emo about the roots of emo. Emo Mood: When you’re feeling emo, but not super bummed out about it. In fact, you’re so stoked you’re feeling so emo that you have a little spring in your step. You’re kind of annoying when …
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A months-long effort to keep Republicans from pushing Planned Parenthood out of a state cancer screening program for low-income women ended in defeat on Saturday when Republican Gov. Greg Abbott signed off on the proposal. (texastribune.org) Pushing…
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If someone asks you to spell part backwards. Don’t. It’s a trap. : Showerthoughts
If someone asks you to spell part backwards. Don’t. It’s a trap. (self.Showerthoughts) This is so silly it’s funny. via Pocket
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9 BuzzFeed Comics That Will Give You Life
1. Mike Hinson / BuzzFeed 2. 3. 4. Loryn Brantz / BuzzFeed 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. via Pocket
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SPIELBERG, Austria — The cynical jab on the front page of the Sunday morning edition of the paddock publication known as The Red Bulletin got its prediction slightly wrong: “Hamilton Wins in Spielberg…. via Pocket
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What Disney Pixar’s New Film Teaches Us About Emotions | Psychology Today
Disney Pixar’s new “emotion” picture, Inside Out is not only another endearing creative masterpiece, it also teaches us some important lessons on the nature of our emotions. via Pocket
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Fathers Day: See First Lady Michelle Obama’s Throwback Instagram
First Lady Michelle Obama posted a throwback photo of her husband to Instagram on Sunday in honor of Father’s Day. via Pocket
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17 Delicious Indian Foods That You Can Make At Home
Indian comfort food at it’s best. Get the recipe. Upgraded eats. Get the recipe. via Pocket
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Poll: Which Female Celeb Has The Best Eyebrows
1. Fact: Good eyebrows are EVERYTHING. 2. Don’t be sad, Liz. Your eyebrows are the fleekest thing to ever happen. via Pocket
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Serious matters are afoot, but I don’t know if there’s anything more I can say about them right now. So, on to a subject where I think I can make a useful intervention: Peter Dorman’s query about why so many economists wear beards. via Pocket
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TIL there are castles for sale in France cheaper than old two bedroom apartments in Australia. (news.com.au) Good luck mantaining a goddamn castle. via Pocket
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Anakin Skywalker Takes Cops On Crazy Landspeeder Chase
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Star Trek’s ‘Best Of Both Worlds’ Changed The Franchise Forever
The Hollywood Reporter has a great oral history post from the writers and actors behind the Star Trek: Next Generation’s epic cliffhanger episode ‘Best of Both Worlds’. Here’s a couple of things we learned about the episode, and how it changed Star …
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Mother Emanuel Comforts Her Children – The Daily Beast
CHARLESTON, S.C.—As it has for the past 200 years, Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church on Sunday rallied to recover from the racist forces that tried to destroy it. via Pocket
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Emanuel Church Sunday Sermon After Shooting | Al Jazeera America
Hundreds of members of the congregation, joined by visitors from across the state, filled Sunday’s services at Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal in Charleston, South Carolina, just days after the historic black church was the site of a massacre in…
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Ossicones are horn-like (or antler-like) protuberances on the heads of giraffes, male okapis, and their extinct relatives (en.wikipedia.org)submitted just now by VerGuyloading… via Pocket
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UNIVERSITY PLACE, Wash. — Jordan Spieth is only 21 years old, but it appears he may already wield considerable influence in the golf community. via Pocket
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WASHINGTON — In late 2011, during the planning for one of the debates of Republican presidential candidates, questions were raised about whether the eight-person field would be too unwieldy for television. One suggestion was to drop the low man in t…
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Fuck our society : im14andthisisdeep
Fuck our society (imgur.com)submitted 22 minutes ago by loading… via Pocket
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The Ultimate Guide To Generic Father’s Day Gifts
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While the country — and South Carolina, in particular — is once again debating racism in America, NBC’s Meet the Press on Sunday offered a video of men in prison expressing regret for their own gun violence. All of the men in the video are black. vi…
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Larry Summers has written a scary column warning that Greece may be on the verge of becoming a “failed state”. It’s a useful corrective to the extraordinary complacency I’m hearing from too many European officials. via Pocket
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Around 40 adults and children are being treated in hospital for breathing difficulties following a chemical leak in a swimming pool at a holiday park in Norfolk. Emergency services were called to Wild Duck holiday park in Belton, near Great Yarmouth…
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In Photos: Feasting on Dog Meat at China’s Infamous Summer Solstice Festival | VICE News
Thousands of dogs both small and large could be seen in packed in cages in the streets of the Chinese city of Yulin in recent days. The animals were for sale — but not as pets. Locals and tourists in Yulin celebrate the summer solstice by eating cop…
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Game over (en.wikipedia.org)submitted 12 minutes ago by loading… via Pocket
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Huckabee: “Heartbreak” Of Charleston Is “It Happened In A Church” – BuzzFeed News
Former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee weighed in on the deaths of nine people who were murdered in Charleston, South Carolina, last week, saying the “heartbreak for what happened in Charleston is it happened in a church.” via Pocket
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23 Dads And Daughters Doing Some Adorably Cute Stuff
1. Nothing like enjoying a cold one with the pops. Loading View on Instagram instagram.com 2. Lookin’ good ain’t easy. Now hold still! Loading View on Instagram instagram.com 3. Just having a little jam session. Loading View on Instagram instagram. …
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Are high heels bad for your feet? | Life and style | The Guardian
I have one pair of high heels, and they hurt. The pain is mostly in my feet because they are forced into an unnaturally extended position with my toes bunched upwards and heel sticking up. My lower back isn’t too happy either. via Pocket
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Sweden 0-1 England | European Under-21 Championship Group B match report | Football | The Guardian
Jesse Lingard’s impressive, late strike gave England Under-21s’ European Championship hopes a timely shot in the arm having made hard work of beating Sweden. via Pocket
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[Sunday, June 21st] Lithuania will become the first country to arm Ukraine against Russia, a new HIV vaccine nears human trial, and BattleBots is back on TV (self. via Pocket
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I Didn’t Think Orphan Black Could Get Any Weirder. It Just Did.
About halfway into this week’s of Orphan Black, I found myself thinking that this was a pretty straightforward season finale. Then, just a few minutes later, I suddenly gasped and screamed, “Holy fuck!” at my screen. Let’s talk about this fresh madn…
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What stops a father and son from being able to talk? AWARDED – Helen A. Rose Bequest, for Distinguished final year work by Edinburgh College of Art. June 2013 AWARDED – Audience Award at Edinburgh College of Art 2013 Graduate Filmhouse screening. NO…
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The Church of the Nativity on Second Avenue has always reminded Mercedes Sanchez of the East Village’s rough-and-tumble days, whether it was the via Pocket
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“Inside Out” Proves Pixar Can Still Have a Big Hit With An Original Story
It is no secret that originality has become a scarce commodity in Hollywood. Scrolling through the list of the top domestic opening weekends of all time, you would not arrive at a truly original movie — i.e. via Pocket
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The Truth About Amber Teething Necklaces
Amber beads contain succinic acid, which has pain-relieving properties. According to those who promote the necklaces, these pain-relieving properties are released into the body when warmed against a baby’s skin. via Pocket
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Charleston church honours shooting victims with service of sadness and joy | US news | The Guardian
When the names of the nine shooting victims were read out in the Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal church on Sunday, most people in the congregation were staring at the floor. via Pocket
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Sanders delivers blistering condemnation of business, billionaires : politics
Sanders? Never heard of him. I love how r/Politics is the home of Bernie Sanders with about a dozen articles on the front page about him, most of which are irrelevant. via Pocket
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18 Truths OITNB Taught Us About What Beauty Means
1. On proper grooming: 2. On being confident in your own skin: Netflix / Via netflix.com 3. On getting your beauty sleep: 4. On following best practice: Netflix / Via netflix.com 5. On finding the best ~beauty hacks~: 6. On natural beauty: Netflix /…
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PALO ALTO, Calif. — On the first day back to work after the death of Dave Goldberg, the chief executive of SurveyMonkey, employees at the Silicon Valley company gathered to mourn. via Pocket
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UK police were “complicit” in the alleged “grooming and radicalising” of three Bradford sisters, feared to have travelled to Syria with their nine children, lawyers of the families say. via Pocket
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Chris Hedges “Wages of Rebellion” [Talk on Youtube] [X-Post Rad_Decentralization] : TrueReddit
Chris Hedges “Wages of Rebellion” [Talk on Youtube] [X-Post Rad_Decentralization] (youtube.com)submitted just now by Halrloprillalyarloading… via Pocket
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Jurassic World Ends Pixar’s Box Office Winning Streak
Universal’s Jurassic World has continued to dominate the box office, and has broken Pixar’s streak of films debuting at #1 in the box office. Jurassic World pulled in $105 million this weekend, dropping 51% from last week. via Pocket
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These Beautiful Families Are Celebrating Double The Dads This Father’s Day
Brent (top) his husband Nick, and their son. But Bryce was pleasantly surprised: “We are visible, but in a very normal way. Folks come up to us, talk to us about our daughter — but in the same way that folks talk to other parents about their childre…
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A Cop Sang As He Held A Toddler Who Survived A Car Crash That Killed Her Dad – BuzzFeed News
1. A police officer in Colorado is being praised online after a witness captured a poignant moment between him and a toddler whose father had just died in a car accident. via Pocket
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15 Signs You Should Definitely Stop Trying To Lose Weight
Which is why we’ve shared the inspiring stories, advice, and motivational tips of people who have successfully lost weight by overhauling their relationships with nutrition and fitness in a healthy way, and found ways to stay sane while they did it.…
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JERUSALEM — Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel on Sunday sharply rebuffed what he described as an international attempt to dictate the terms of an Israeli-Palestinian peace deal ahead of talks with France’s foreign minist via Pocket
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Greece’s creditors are aiming to strike a deal on Monday to stop Athens defaulting on its debt and possibly tumbling out of the euro, by extending its bailout by six months, supplying up to €18bn in rescue funds and pledging later debt relief for th…
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TIL scientists accidentally killed world’s oldest animal at age 507 : todayilearned
TIL a bunch of dumbasses accidentally killed… FTFY. I am assuming that opening up a clam would kill a good percentage of them. I am also assuming that they would know that if they were scientists or fishermen or anyone with common sense. via Pocket
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TIL Peter mayhew (Chewbacca) was required to be accompanied by crewmembers who wore brightly-colored vests while in the forests of the Pacific Northwest filming scenes set on Endor, so as not to be mistaken for Bigfoot and shot. (starwars.wikia.com)…
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TIL that Charles Whitman, the Texas Tower shooter, asked for an autopsy to be done after his death to determine what made him kill. The autopsy found a tumor pressing on his amygdala, possibly influencing his actions. (en.wikipedia.org) The late Har…
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Here’s The Most Genius Way To Cover Up A Zit
1. Pimples are annoying AF. Loading View on Instagram instagram.com A tiny bump can kill confidence with just about no warning. 2. And as hard as you try to keep your skin clear, you never know when sneak-attack acne will happen. Because you’re too …
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A Woman Has Been Banned From Facebook After Sharing The Abusive Messages She Was Sent By Men
The 30-day ban was lifted late Sunday afternoon after an insider at Facebook reinstated Ford’s account. Ford told BuzzFeed News she is thrilled “common sense has prevailed”, but stressed the ban should never have taken place. via Pocket
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SHANGHAI — Ordering illegal drugs from China is as easy as typing on a keyboard. On guidechem. via Pocket
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Wife Of Israeli Minister Apologizes For Racist Obama Tweet – BuzzFeed News
1. This is Judy Shalom Nir-Mozes. 2. In addition to being a radio journalist, she’s also the wife of Israeli Interior Minister Silvan Shalom, a Likud member who has previously served as deputy prime minister and minister of foreign affairs. 3. via P…
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From Ali G to Rachel Dolezal: the colourful history of blacking up | US news | The Guardian
‘Mom, dad, there’s something I have to tell you: I’m black.” That’s probably not how the conversation between Rachel Dolezal and her parents went. via Pocket
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Republicans cautious on Confederate flag that ‘clearly divides people’ | US news | The Guardian
Republican presidential hopefuls have refused to back calls from civil rights activists for the removal from South Carolina’s state legislature of the Confederate flag, the pro-slavery banner also flown by the gunman behind last week’s Charleston ch…
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Petra Kvitova warms up for Wimbledon at Eastbourne but Serena Williams rests | Sport | The Guardian
Six of the world’s top 10 women, including last year’s Wimbledon champion, Petra Kvitova, will be battling it out at Eastbourne this week determined to ensure they are in peak condition for the beginning of Wimbledon next Monday, even if the overwhe…
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3 Reactions to the Massacre That May Serve the Terrorist | Psychology Today
When I lived in the South in the 1950s, I was taught that the War Between the States was a dispute over self-determination and the freedom to express one’s cultural heritage. via Pocket
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Holding Hands | Psychology Today
As Fathers Day 2015 approaches, I am thinking about Fathers Day 2008. That’s when my son Alex came to live with me in Manhattan. I am thinking that Alex (age 9 in 2008) on his first day in the city would walk down the streets and in the parks hold…
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The makers of Tic Tacs had a problem on their hands. After 18 months of internal study, they had concluded that the all-important millennial generation might not be content with a mere mint. via Pocket
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Hunt for Escaped Killers Focuses on Tiny New York Town After Possible Sighting | VICE News
Law enforcement officials have descended on the small town of Friendship, New York, in search of two convicted murderers who escaped a maximum security prison two weeks ago. via Pocket
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Someone named Warren should open up a buffet and name it Warren’s Buffet. : Showerthoughts
Someone named Warren should open up a buffet and name it Warren’s Buffet. (self.Showerthoughts) You speak of capitalism AND food! You have been banned from /r/Pyongyang via Pocket
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Bernie Sanders Confronts Alan Greenspan (2003) : politics
Greenspan’s greatest social contribution was perfecting the art of NOT ANSWERING THE QUESTION (sad claim to fame). It became known world wide as FED SPEAK. Dang this is good stuff! via Pocket
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To Solve This Puzzle, You’ll Need To Think Like Two People
You and a fellow traveler have been imprisoned by a mad king with an unaccountable penchant for logic puzzles (as mad kings do). Can the two of you solve his riddle and escape with your lives—more importantly, can you do it without communicating wit…
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Charles Aznavour: ‘I wanted to break every taboo’ | Music | The Guardian
Charles Aznavour, one of the greatest singer-songwriters France has ever known, sits in a velvet armchair a few days before his 91st birthday, discussing the whiff of ladies’ armpits. via Pocket
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The Hardest Disney Screencap Quiz You’ll Ever Take
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LONDON — Altice, the cable and mobile services provider led by the French entrepreneur Patrick Drahi, has offered to pay 10 billion euros, or about $11.3 billion, in cash for the rival Bouygues Telecom, according to a person familiar with the discus…
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Churches Want Your Dad, and Will Give Him Bacon, Guns, and a Grill – The Daily Beast
Bacon. That’s how the attendees at Church Unlimited in Corpus Christie, Texas, are celebrating Father’s Day—by eating piles and piles of free bacon. It’s a two-day dad + bacon extravaganza called BaconFest—A Father’s Day Celebration. via Pocket
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TIL Google owns several domains which are common misspellings of “google.com”, such as “gooogle.com”, “gogle.com”, “googlr.com”, and more. They also own the domain “466453.com”, which, when dialed on a phone, is equivalent to the spelling of “google…
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TIL 16 year olds in Canada cannot consent to anal sex unless they are married. Regular sex is OK. (legal-info-legale.nb.ca) In unrelated news, swathes of 16 year old boys are buying engagement rings. via Pocket
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×you must be at least eighteen years old to view this via Pocket
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If you wanted to find the ß symbol, searching Google for “german ss” won’t get you what you want. (self.Showerthoughts) via Pocket
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21 Amazingly Easy 5 Minute DIY Projects
So easy. Find out how here. So easy. So pretty. via Pocket
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A Radical Imam, His Alleged CIA Kidnapper, and Their 10-Year Hunt for Justice | VICE News
When the European Court of Human Rights holds a long-awaited hearing Tuesday concerning the abduction and torture of a radical cleric known as Abu Omar, two people in particular will be hoping to see results from their many years of effort to hold t…
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When Louisiana state lawmakers were considering the so-called “Marriage and Conscience Act,” a bill that would have provided “religious liberty” protections for anybody who discriminates against same-sex couples, they didn’t see the same kind of nat…
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Who the heck ever claimed this? Roman Empire’s claim to fame conquering the Mediterranean, lasting a very long time under one system without being conquered themselves, and serving as the basis for European culture. Do people not remember what they …
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Useful idiot (en.wikipedia.org)submitted 4 minutes ago by loading… via Pocket
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Do You Know Who These Models Are
2. What about this top-ranked model? Vanessa Axente Daphne Groeneveld Karlie Kloss 3. Who is this? Anna Ewers Gigi Hadid Natalia Vodianova 4. Who’s this beautiful brit? Jourdan Dunn Chanel Iman Liya Kebede 5. Who is this gap-toothed beauty? Georgia …
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This Animator’s Surreal Animated Videos Have Us Mesmerized
A couple of years ago, we came across Hugo Moreno, with his neat short video This Is Eclipse. Since then, he’s been hard at work, and has a new clip, Art Department – Walls. This Moebius-inspired world looks like it’s part of a larger work in progre…
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MILAN — Who is this guy? That question underlies everything to do with men’s wear. Designers have to clothe him in imagination. Retailers have to gin up strategies to attract this consumer, who may not yet exist. via Pocket
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BERLIN — An Egyptian-British journalist working for the television news network Al Jazeera remained in German custody on Sunday pending a court ruling on the validity of an Egyptian arrest warrant that served as grounds for his detention at a Berlin…
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ATHENS — As Greece’s standoff with its creditors enters the final stretch, the European Central Bank finds itself in the awkward position of being both the country’s savior and its scold. via Pocket
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TIL when a Pediatrician was involved in a fiery car wreck and was pinned in his burning car, among the fire rescue crew that arrived to save him was a man whose life the doctor had saved 30 years earlier as an infant. (ktla.com) Paying it forward. v…
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NHS trial ‘transforms lives’ of young anorexia and bulimia sufferers | Society | The Guardian
“If you have a child with cancer, you wouldn’t wait until they had reached stage four cancer before starting treatment. It’s no different with an eating disorder, because if you delay treatment, then the illness becomes more ingrained and more diffi…
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US Open 2015: final round – live! | Scott Murray | Sport | The Guardian
There’s going to be some noise if the 21-year-old genius Jordan Spieth becomes the 2015 US Open champion. via Pocket
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First, Taylor Swift spoke out about the economics behind Spotify. Now, she has taken aim at Apple over its decision not to pay musicians during a trial period for its new music service. In a letter posted on her Tumblr page on Sunday called “To Appl…
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After I Came Out, I Thought My Dad And I Would Never Be Close
Like many dads, mine loves family photos. He employs the classic dad move of lining us up and refusing to let anyone else grab the camera. “I don’t need to be in the picture,” he’ll say. “I’ll know I was the one who took it.” via Pocket
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Her entrance applause was so loud, and lasted so long, that it must have been difficult to hear the orchestra during her first few steps. After the curtain went down on the last act, she received a 23-minute ovation and enough bouquets to stock a sm…
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That Ancient Martian Ocean? It Might Have Been Frozen.
When we think “ancient Mars,” we often picture roaring rivers, warm oceans, and if we’re being optimistic, perhaps some simple life forms. But it’s also possible the Mars of eons past was not a water-covered paradise at all. It may, in fact, have re…
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An Apple A Day Keeps The Tyrant Away | Psychology Today
Voting is essential to democracy. So researchers have spent a lot of time looking at the factors that motivate people to exercise their right to vote. via Pocket
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Brazil v Australia: Women’s World Cup 2015 – live! | Football | The Guardian
Marta became the Women’s World Cup’s all-time record goalscorer as Brazil sailed through their group games with three wins from three. Photograph: Minas Panagiotakis/Getty Images via Pocket
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Mike Huckabee and Rick Santorum among anti-gay marriage pledge signees | US news | The Guardian
With the supreme court expected to rule by the end of the month on whether same-sex marriage is legal, many Christian evangelicals say they will refuse to obey a decision allowing gay unions. via Pocket
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Grey by EL James – digested read | Books | The Guardian
My little green car has gone under the sofa and Mummy won’t get it. I’m so upset I believe I will now turn into an S&M control freak later in life. I wake up in a cold sweat. I can’t get away from that recurring dream where I’m rewriting the same bo…
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Olafur Eliasson: ‘I am not special’ | Art and design | The Guardian
Olafur Eliasson, the Icelandic-Danish artist who will probably always be best known for the vast sun he induced to rise inside the Turbine Hall at Tate Modern in 2003, works in Berlin in a building that once housed a brewery. via Pocket
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Sanders emerges as a Clinton challenger : politics
Sanders really is the guy that we, Americans, need in the White House. He’s the only candidate that I feel really does have the interests of the majority of our people, and the well being of our country as a whole, at heart. via Pocket
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TIL Disney was planning on making a short film featuring Mickey Mouse as Christopher Colombus discovering America. It got cancelled because the animation team was unsure how to animate the native people Mickey would have to encounter in a non-offens…
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Amazon should have a button that let’s you donate enough to cover for the free shipping price so you don’t have to order another item and you get to help charities. (self.Showerthoughts) That’s amazing! Before I got Prime I would have definitely don…
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China has its hands full as Hong Kong legislators say no to electoral reforms. via Pocket
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Today’s Best Deals: Travel Mugs, Logitech, Xbox Ones, Steam Encore
Here are the best of today’s deals. Get every great deal every day on Kinja Deals, follow us on Facebook and Twitter to never miss a deal, join us on Kinja Gear to read about great products, and on Kinja Co-Op to help us find the best. via Pocket
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13 Ways My Relationship With My Dad Changed When I Had Kids
I’m older now than my dad was in my earliest memories. I was 33 when my son was born. My dad was 28 when I was born; I can probably remember him at age 31. I remember calling him “old”. I must have been about 5 or 6. “But you’re old,” I said, in res…
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Jean Pigozzi, the venture capitalist and art collector, was lounging by the pool at his villa in Cap d’Antibes early this month, enjoying a rare break from what he calls “the circuit. via Pocket
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Taylor Swift: Singer Blasts Apple Music Free Trial in Tumblr Letter
Taylor Swift targeted Apple in a powerful open letter on Sunday, shaming the company’s new streaming music service over a free trial period offered to users and reigniting the conversation about fair compensation for musicians in the digital age. vi…
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TIL that an AshleyMadison survey of over 100 thousand users indicates that 25% of female subscribers have either had children from their affairs that they have passed off as products of their marriage or are unsure of their child’s parentage! Happy …
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Pope Urges Revolution to Save Earth, Fix Perverse Economy : politics
Stay out of small planes dude. via Pocket
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Kendrick Lamar: ‘I am Trayvon Martin. I’m all of these kids’ | Music | The Guardian
Last year, the director of the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention presented research demonstrating that “youth living in inner cities show a higher prevalence of post-traumatic stress disorder than soldiers”. via Pocket
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Mike Huckabee: South Carolina’s Confederate Flag Is ‘Not An Issue’ | ThinkProgress
Amid widespread calls to take down the Confederate flag that flies outside the South Carolina statehouse, Republican presidential candidate Mike Huckabee said on NBC’s Meet the Press Sunday morning that he does not think presidential candidates shou…
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Re “Scottish leader vows to secure autonomy” (News, June 10): Your article on Nicola Sturgeon, the first minister of Scotland, shows a politician at the top of her game. America was impressed by her recent visit, including a deft appearance on “The …
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COPENHAGEN — The writers of the famous Danish TV series “Borgen” couldn’t have concocted a more shocking episode than the one that unfolded during Thursday’s general elections. via Pocket
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Can You Identity The Superhero By Their Significant Other
1. Which hero married Mary Jane Watson? View this embed › 2. Which hero married Steve Trevor? View this embed › 3. Lois Lane married which superhero? View this embed › 4. Who was Iris West married to? View this embed › 5. Which hero dated Renee Mont…
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Today’s academic culture is both wonderfully alert and overly sensitive to the sins of the past — systemic abuses of race, class and gender are via Pocket
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TIL There is actually a unit of measurement called a “butt.” So a “butt load” is exactly 108 gallons. (en.wikipedia.org) How many butt loads in a fuck ton? via Pocket
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The elite tennis coach who sleeps in his car – Al Jazeera English
Christian Filhol is a 53-year-old Frenchman with a faded yellow sunhat and a straggly grey beard. At any of the four Grand Slams, one will find a tired looking rental car parked by the side of the road. This is where Filhol has slept every night dur…
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Well, we kind of interacted, but you didnt know it. I was watching you and rubbing my cock, not because i was aroused just because i like to watch people and rub my cock. Later that night i came all over my chest while thinking about all the people …
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Check Out The Evolution Of Iron Man In 30 Seconds
Here’s your cool gif for the day: The evolution of Iron Man in 30 seconds, showing off the various iterations of Tony Stark’s alter-ego. It’s interesting to see the sheer variety in armor styles (not to mention the colors) Stark has gone through ove…
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WASHINGTON — The massacre of nine African-Americans in a storied Charleston church last week, which thrust the issues of race relations and gun rights into the center of the 2016 presidential campaign, has now resurfaced another fam via Pocket
WASHINGTON — The massacre of nine African-Americans in a storied Charleston church last week, which thrust the issues of race relations and gun r via Pocket -
17 Questions Recent Grads Are Sick And Tired Of Hearing
How about calling me back in 30 years when I’m not in debt up to my eyeballs. Go ahead. Rub it in. via Pocket
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My Grandfather’s Driver’s License – The New Yorker
My grandfather, who died in May, was born on September 11, 1922, but that date didn’t appear on his driver’s license. via Pocket
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Historic Charleston Church Holds Emotional Sunday Service Days After Deadly Shooting | VICE News
Just days after a gunman shot and killed nine people at Charleston’s historic Emanuel AME Church, supporters of the church and the victims’ family members attended an emotional Sunday service. “We still believe that prayer changes things. Can I get …
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A Fruitless Endeavor | Lucky Peach
Like many California winemakers, Chris Howell of Cain Vineyard and Winery in the Napa Valley attended the University of California at Davis, renowned for its viticulture and enology department and known, too, for its fastidious approach to winemakin…
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Amazon Will Soon Start Paying Authors Based on e-Book Pages Read
What if we lived in a world where authors earned royalties not based on how many books they sell, but on how many pages we read? The idea, which would have been preposterous 10 years ago, is not only possible with modern technology, it’s something A…
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Laura Robson receives wildcard for Wimbledon 2015 | Sport | The Guardian
Laura Robson has received a single’s wildcard for Wimbledon, tournament organisers have announced. The 21-year-old played her first match in 17 months following a wrist injury, in Eastbourne on Saturday, losing 6-0 6-1 to Daria Gavrilova. via Pocket
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On Father’s Day, we come together to celebrate a bunch of motherf–kers : Showerthoughts
Can I get a “C”, Pat? Motherf–ker I may be, but the mother I f–k does not belong to me. via Pocket
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Poll: Voters Pick Top Concerns About 2016 Election: The influence of wealthy individuals and corporations is their top concern. (nbcnews.com) Put simply, money in politics. So long as Citizens United is the law of the law, nothing will change. Money…
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Watch These People Get Brutally Honest While Taking A Lie Detector Test With Their Dads
1. Distractify is back with their lie detector test series. Last time, it was the moms answering. Mixing it up this time, the dads are asking the kids the questions in honor of Father’s Day! And it’s just as hilarious as last time… youtube.com / Via…
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14 Insanely Fun Drinking Games You’ve Never Heard Of
On the count of three, everyone points to whoever they think would be most likely to do whatever act was mentioned. You have to take a drink for every person that’s pointing at you (so if seven people think you’d accost Channing Tatum, you have to t…
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It is an undeniable (self-evident) fact that boys smell. Just ask any girl. By the same token, the truth of the proposition “girls have the lurgi”* is something that only a fool could deny. Indeed, every schoolboy knows it. via Pocket
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31 Sandwiches You’ll Actually Want To Bring To Work
Resist the temptation to eat the spread with a spoon. Here’s the recipe. Here’s the recipe. via Pocket
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A Curious Case Of Welfare Considerations In Morality | Psychology Today
There was a stage in my life, several years back, where I was a bit of a chronic internet debater. As anyone who has engaged in such debates – online or off, for that matter – can attest to, progress can be quite slow if any is observed at all. via …
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Emanuel A.M.E. Church Reopens Its Doors For Morning Prayers Service | ThinkProgress
CHARLESTON, SOUTH CAROLINA — For the first time since nine people were shot and killed during a Bible study Wednesday evening, Charleston’s historic Emanuel AME Church reopened its doors Sunday morning for prayer and worship service, conducted by El…
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Good reading about the role local newspapers are playing in emergencies and tragedies, and an interesting look into how local reporting and reporters feel a need to do something to act as a salve in their communities, and how they manage to do that …
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In his own words, Dylann Roof’s path from a child “not raised in a racist home or environment” to the 21-year-old white supremacist who shot and killed nine men and women in a historic black church in Charleston last Wednesday evening began with the…
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Marvel Comics Brings Back Miles Morales This Fall!
Miles Morales became one of the more popular versions of Spiderman in Marvel’s Ultimate Universe, and now, Marvel Comics is bringing Morales back in the aftermath of the Secret Wars series. Morales will headline Spider-Man when it relaunches this fa…
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Feminism (40.media.tumblr.com)submitted 59 minutes ago by loading… via Pocket
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A very deep loser : im14andthisisdeep
A very deep loser (imgur.com)submitted 41 minutes ago by loading… via Pocket
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Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal
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Can You Tell The Hilary Duff Movie From Just A Screenshot
Cheaper By The Dozen A Cinderella Story Just My Luck The Girl Next Door What A Girl Wants The Lizzie McGuire Movie Sing It! Raise Your Voice According To Greta Cheaper By The Dozen 2 Human Nature Freaky Friday Casper Meets Wendy Camp Rock Che via Po…
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Greece and eurozone leaders in last-ditch scramble to reach deal | World news | The Guardian
The Greek prime minister, Alexis Tsipras, and European leaders were attempting to stitch together a last-minute Greek bailout deal on Sunday following a frantic round of phone calls to discuss an outline agreement. via Pocket
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Andy Murray beats Kevin Anderson to win Queen’s title for fourth time | Sport | The Guardian
Andy Murray became a record-equalling four-times winner at Queen’s after outclassing Kevin Anderson in the final of the Aegon Championships. via Pocket
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CHARLESTON, S.C. — This city, famous for its many houses of worship, awoke on Sunday with a collective plan to mourn and pray and honor the nine black churchgoers killed here in what authorities said was a racist attack by a white gunman. via Pocket
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Practical Tips for Men Distressed by Their Circumcision | Psychology Today
Those of us who write about circumcision receive notes like this regularly. My colleague, John Geisheker, has suggestions for men in this situation. These are his comments. I hope readers will find them helpful. Some young men were never told what h…
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The financial reality of being a male model is not pretty | Fusion
Beauty is pain, and for an ambitious male model, it’s also a struggle. With travel for photo shoots, appearances at international fashion shows, and receiving free designer clothes, it might seem like male models are living the dream. via Pocket
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Taylor Swift has written an open letter to Apple Music criticising the new streaming service as ‘unfair’ and ‘disappointing.’ Yesterday (June 20), a spokesperson for the pop star confirmed that her album ‘1989’ would not appear on the service when i…
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Lee Scratch Perry webchat: dub superstar answers questions on the greats of reggae, the war on drugs and the delights of Switzerland. (theguardian.com) via Pocket
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The History of the Confederate Battle Flag – The Atlantic
After 150 years, there may finally be enough support in South Carolina to consign the Confederate banner to the past. On Saturday, Charleston shooter Dylann Roof was linked to a website with a rambling manifesto of hate, illustrated with dozens of p…
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11 Transgender Parents Share Their Paths To Parenthood
Forget power tools and whiskey stones — all these transgender parents want for Father’s Day this year is to be with the ones they love. via Pocket
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In Photos: Life at the Largest Border Crossing Between Haiti and the Dominican Republic | VICE News
Scattered along the border between Haiti and Dominican Republic are a series of border crossings that offer a free trade zone to the population of the two countries on the island of Hispaniola. Twice a week, the gates open to a common market area wh…
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A T-Cell Immunotherapy Cure for Cancer | MIT Technology Review
When Milton Wright III got his third cancer diagnosis, he cried until he laughed. He was 20 and had survived leukemia twice before, first when he was eight and again as a teen. Each time he’d suffered through years of punishing chemotherapy. via Poc…
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Last winter two bodies were found in Norway and the Netherlands. They were wearing identical wetsuits. The police in three countries were involved in the case, but never managed to identify them. This is the story of who they were. TEXT: Anders Fjel…
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5 Ways to Sink Summer Stress | Psychology Today
It’s summer, so why are people so anxious? Enjoying the guilty pleasure of reading the newspaper one day you learn 1. College students stuffed with anxiety are overwhelming college health services 2. Young investment bankers and hedge funders overc…
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Clinton’s continued evasion of questions on Fast Track is “a political calculation, trying to stay on the fence between the donor/corporate/elite class and the ‘base’ of working people and progressives” (commondreams.org)submitted 1 hour ago by load…
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The History of the Confederate Battle Flag : TrueReddit
An in-depth look at the history of the Confederate flag (and its role in today’s political sphere). via Pocket
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23 Shocking And Unexpected Truths You Learn In College
1. There is nothing more comfortable than your own bed after 14 consecutive hours in the library. Facebook Post. facebook.com 2. When it comes to food, finding a balance between nutritious and convenient is difficult (and convenience usually wins). …
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WASHINGTON — For more than five years, American intelligence agencies followed several groups of Chinese hackers who were systematically draining information from defense contractors, energy firms and electronics makers, their targets shifting to fi…
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Police Investigating After Kid’s Birthday Party Turns Into A Brawl
A child’s birthday party at Lollipop’s Playland in south-west Sydney turned into a brawl on Saturday, after rival groups of parents got physical in response to an alleged hair-pulling incident. Police believe that two children from separate groups h…
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In a summer teeming with hollow sequels and whitewashed rom-coms, Maya Forbes’s Infinitely Polar Bear provides a welcome dose of reality—albeit through one of the year’s most larger than life characters. His name is Cam Stuart, and he’s played with …
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University of Iowa Receives 18,000 Volume Science Fiction Library
Sioux Fall resident Allen Lewis has been a science fiction reader all his life, and he’s now donating his 18,000 volume-strong library to the University of Iowa. This comes just a couple of years after the University received a massive collection fr…
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If some people couldn’t have double standards then they would have no standards at all. The worst and most henious terrorist act in the last 10 years on a western country was a Christian in Norway. via Pocket
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The Koenigsegg One:1 Just Beat The World Record For Acceleration And Deceleration – Digg
In a mere 12 seconds, the Koenigsegg One:1 can go from zero to 300kmp (about 187 mph) and back to zero, beating the previous world record of 21.19 seconds. Koenigsegg also advise you not to try this at home, which we imagine you won’t be doing unles…
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The leaden gray sky turned black over southwestern New York but the town of Friendship could not go to sleep. via Pocket
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US defense secretary to urge Nato alliance to ditch the ‘cold war playbook’ | US news | The Guardian
Defense Secretary Ash Carter will urge Nato allies to “dispose of the cold war playbook” during a trip to Europe this week, as the alliance adapts to a new kind of threat from Russia in the east and Islamic State to the south, US officials said. via…
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Man who placed bomb on 1982 Pam Am flight stuck in US detention limbo | US news | The Guardian
The federal government has been exploring a “Plan B” to deport a man who placed a bomb on a Hawaii-bound airplane in 1982 and who has remained in immigration custody since being released from prison two years ago. via Pocket
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How Copenhagen Became A Cycling Paradise By Considering The Full Cost Of Cars : TrueReddit
Submission: In this short article Ben Schiller tells us how Copenhagen became a cycling dominated city by factoring in all the negative externalities of car traffic (like pollution) and the positive ones of cycling (like health benefits). The city t…
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18 Incredible Pictures Of The Summer Solstice Sunrise
1. Over 20,000 people gathered at Stonehenge to witness the summer solstice sunrise this morning, and many took beautiful pictures. Loading View on Instagram instagram.com 2. The summer solstice marks the longest day of the year, with the sun rising…
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In honor of Father’s Day, I’m donating my body to science – Quartz
Where do we go after we die? For my dad, the answer has never been heaven or hell, but which medical school fridge he might end up in. My father is a card-carrying organ donor, but if his organs can’t be harvested, he’s made plans to donate his body…
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“Remnants,” an exploration of some of Utah’s greatest natural monuments. A personal project filmed with the help of my brother, David Atwater. This project was shot over the course of two weeks while living out of the back of a Ford Escape and trave…
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17 Instagram Accounts Every Sydneysider Must Follow
Broadsheet will keep you abreast of all the cool new and up-and-coming things in Sydney. A mix of restaurants, bars, events, festivals and gallery openings, follow this account and you’ll be clued in with everything that’s going on around the city. …
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Strange Bedfellows: Love and War | Psychology Today
The month of June is traditionally the time for weddings. Newspapers, magazines, and all forms of social media are teeming with photos of beaming grooms and blushing brides. Wait a minute. Do brides still blush? Somehow, I doubt it. via Pocket
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Brazilian police officers and an experiment with water buffaloes : TrueReddit
This article looks at how the Brazilian police force is trying to soften its image by riding on water buffaloes. Beyond the fact that that image is hilarious, I’m curious how effective it would be. The officers in the article seem to think it helps,…
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TIL Mark Twain once said, “When I was a boy of 14, my father was so ignorant I could hardly stand to have the old man around. But when I got to be 21, I was astonished at how much the old man had learned in seven years.” (goodreads.com) My three yea…
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34 Real-Life Wedding Moments That Prove Dads Are The Best
1. Fact: Dads rule. 2. Day in and day out… 3. You can always count on them… 4. For a laugh…. Tears of joy, of course. 6. For wise words… 7. And smooth moves… 8. And most of all? 9. For ~dad jokes~. 10. Because dads. 11. Love their. 12. DAD JOKES. “I…
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New York prison break manhunt follows ‘credible sighting’ 350 miles away | US news | The Guardian
An intense manhunt for two escaped convicts resumed at daybreak on Sunday around the tiny town of Friendship in south-western New York state, following what police described as a “credible sighting” of men resembling the fugitives. via Pocket
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Watch The Moving Trailer For “He Named Me Malala,” A Documentary On Malala Yousafzai
Film Festivals and Indie Films uploaded the trailer of this documentary on their YouTube channel on June 19. via Pocket
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ALGIERS — Riot police and troops occupied the center of Algiers tonight after angry youths took to the streets here for the second time in 24 hours to protest the ouster of President Ahmed Ben Bella. via Pocket
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Kanye West: ‘I’m not saying I’m Leonardo da Vinci, but …’ | Music | The Guardian
Not many contemporary artists would risk measuring themselves up against Renaissance polymaths, yet Kanye West has compared himself to Leonardo da Vinci as he prepares for his headline set at Glastonbury. via Pocket
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Fan catches baseball bat one handed while holding beer : gifs
Fan catches baseball bat one handed while holding beer (i.imgur.com)submitted 1 minute ago by loading… via Pocket
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The encyclical by Pope Francis released on Thursday did not merely present a papal view on the environment and climate change. It was also an urgent call to action. via Pocket
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List of types of spoons : wikipedia
List of types of spoons (en.wikipedia.org)submitted 13 minutes ago by loading… via Pocket
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Manhunt intensifies for man suspected of killing New Orleans police officer | US news | The Guardian
Authorities canvassed a New Orleans neighborhood late into Saturday night in search of the man believed to have fatally shot a police officer who was transporting him – handcuffed and in the back of a police SUV – to jail. via Pocket
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George Osborne’s call for Labour to support his plans for £12bn of welfare cuts has been rejected by leadership frontrunner Andy Burnham, who warned the chancellor to expect a fight over any reductions to disability benefits or tax credits. via Pock…
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TIL: Italian firearms manufacturer Fabbrica D’ Armi Pietro Beretta has been family owned since it’s founding in 1526; 489 years ago. (en.m.wikipedia.org) Did you just google ‘companies older than Zildjian’? via Pocket
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The New York Times: Can Wikipedia Survive? : wikipedia
The New York Times: Can Wikipedia Survive? (self.wikipedia) The New York Times: Can Wikipedia Survive? http://google.com/newsstand/s/CBIw7JL7iCM via Pocket
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A Hospital in Sweden Is Going to Open a Rape Clinic for Men | VICE News
A Stockholm hospital will soon open a center for men who were sexually assaulted, with the aim of ensuring gender equality for victims of both sexes. via Pocket
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How to Choose the Best Sunscreen – The Atlantic
Most Americans do not understand SPF ratings, or how sunscreen is supposed to work. But they do care about “anti-aging” effects. via Pocket
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What It’s Like To Walk Out Of Jail Alone | ThinkProgress
On the day David Hudgens was released from jail for the last time, staff dropped him off at a Metro stop in suburban Northern Virginia. He didn’t have a Metro card. He didn’t have money. He had nowhere to stay. But he had to get from the Metro stop …
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The U.S. Supreme Court is expected to issue a ruling before the end of the month in King v. Burwell, the case that could determine the fate of President Obama’s landmark healthcare law. If the court hands a victory to Republicans by ending subsidies…
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With its vibrant international cuisine, multitude of languages audible on the street, and legacy as home to both Jimi Hendrix and Nirvana, it’s hard not to think of Seattle as one of the signature examples of the liberal dream version of society. vi…
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The encyclical by Pope Francis released on Thursday did not merely present a papal view on the environment and climate change. It was also an urgent call to action. via Pocket
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Charleston Church Reopens Sunday | Al Jazeera America
CHARLESTON, S.C. — Rising up yet again after tragedy and buoyed by a spirit of forgiveness, Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal (AME) announced that it is opening its doors for services on Sunday as usual, just days after a gunman killed nine worshi…
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Domestic Abusers Have Gone Unpunished in Native American Country — Until Now | VICE News
There was nothing Michael Valenzuela could do about it. Nobody could, really. The victim was a tribal member living on the reservation and dating a non-Native man with an abusive streak as deep as it was vicious. via Pocket
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The Diamond Trade Is Fueling Conflict in the Central African Republic | VICE News
Two and a half years after conflict broke out in the Central African Republic (CAR), the armed groups that still control much of the country are reaping hefty profits from illicit exports of diamonds, according to a new study of the trade. via Pocket
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Explore Space With This Fantastic Animated Music Video
Here’s a fantastic music video about an astronaut exploring an icy planet, set to Calvin Cardioid’s song Everything To Me. It’s a nice, catchy tune, and the simple animation has a cool, retro feel to it. We dig it. via Pocket
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How California’s drought could spur an ecological rebirth | US news | The Guardian
Jennifer and Lawrence Kesteloot like to begin the day with breakfast in their San Francisco backyard garden. For the last several months, they’ve had guests: iridescent green-and-red Anna’s hummingbirds, drawn by wildflowers planted to replace what …
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Superheros over-simplifying (X-post from /r/comics) : im14andthisisdeep
Superheros over-simplifying (X-post from /r/comics) (nonadventures.com)submitted 1 hour ago by loading… via Pocket
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How Over-Idealization Can Hurt a Relationship | Psychology Today
Most of us want to be admired and even, on occasion, slightly idealized by our loved ones. But at a certain point, the good feelings can turn bad. Too much admiration can damage a relationship. What’s the tipping point, and what can you do to avoid …
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Dear America: Meet Bernie Sanders. Properly, this time : politics
Dear America: Meet Bernie Sanders. Properly, this time (observer.com) Still a Marxist, unelectable, and irrelevant candidate. Nope I pretty much know what I need to know. via Pocket
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DANNEMORA, N.Y. — By the time David Sweat and Richard W. via Pocket
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Can You Make It Through This Post Without Breaking Out Into Song
2. First, let’s have Lumière set the mood… Disney 5. Ready? Set. via Pocket
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The United States liner Washington, ‘‘last chance’’ ship for Americans fleeing the war zone, arrived at 10:30 a.m. via Pocket
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What’s your internet “white whale”, something you’ve been searching for years to find with no luck? (self.AskReddit) Edit: I’m glad to see that my thread has helped people to find what they lost! It’s amazing, the power of the internet sometimes. vi…
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Sanders rocks Denver crowd, calls for ‘political revolution’: Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders electrified supporters with a fiery, populist message that resonated with the thousands that packed DU’s Hamilton Gymnasium. (coloradostat…
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If 9/11 terrorists chose July 11th, they could have destroyed a brand, too. : Showerthoughts
If 9/11 terrorists chose July 11th, they could have destroyed a brand, too. (self.Showerthoughts) Or make it even larger. via Pocket
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Literally no downsides, guys! : im14andthisisdeep
Literally no downsides, guys! (imgur.com) via Pocket
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22 Things To Know Before You Decide To Stop Eating Meat
Those are the top nutrients that vegetarians may fall short on, Tara Ostrowe, MS, RD, a New York City-based registered dietitian and exercise physiologist, tells BuzzFeed Life. via Pocket
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Play-Acting for Real | Psychology Today
For an hour, a young white man sits in a Bible study group in a black church in Charleston, and all the while he’s nerving himself up to act out a superhero fantasy that he’s saving the white south from black rapists. via Pocket
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An irresistible force and an immovable object: that would be Lady Gaga and Tony Bennett on Friday evening at Radio City Music Hall where they sang more than 30 standards, separately and together, before a respectful multigenerational audience that t…
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To be fair, they’re not necessarily all innocent people. A lot of those homicides are gang-related, for example. That being said, it’s disingenuous to divide the world up into “good guys” and “bad guys” and pretend like everyone fits neatly into one…
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I wonder how many great posts I’ve missed (that might even have changed my life for the better) by not bothering to visit the second page of the front page (self. via Pocket
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A New Algorithm Reveals the Hidden World of Imperceptible Motion | Motherboard
The world is full of motion that goes unfelt and unseen—the minute trembles and vibrations that become swallowed up by larger and more general perturbations. They aren’t wiped away by these larger forces, but are instead obscured from view. via Pock…
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Women Tried On Tuxes For The First Time And Hated It
1. When it comes to dressing up, being a woman can be brutal. The heels, the dress, and the bras are out of control. Do men have it as bad? We got a few lucky ladies to try on tuxes for the first time. Video 2. via Pocket
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Money doesn’t stop buying happiness at $75,000 a year. : TrueReddit
Money doesn’t stop buying happiness at $75,000 a year. (vox.com) People say money doesn’t buy happiness, but it does. It’s associated with increased happiness. People are happier with more money at every single point in the continuum, from $10,000 a…
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The Future of World Religions: Population Growth Projections, 2010-2050 : TrueReddit
The Future of World Religions: Population Growth Projections, 2010-2050 (pewforum.org)submitted 4 minutes ago by loading… via Pocket
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What becomes of babies born to mothers behind bars? Research suggests that having nurseries in prisons leads to lower recidivism rates among incarcerated mothers and better outcomes for their children. via Pocket
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33 Nightmares Bridesmaids Must Face
1. Budgeting for the seemingly endless parties you’ll have to attend. 2. Navigating through the politics of who the maid of honor will be. via Pocket
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Capitalism, man : im14andthisisdeep
Capitalism, man (imgur.com)submitted 1 hour ago by loading… via Pocket
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The Supreme Court Considers the Case of Inclusive Housing – The Atlantic
Any day now, the Justices could hand down a ruling on a case that asks whether states can keep their poorest residents concentrated in the worst neighborhoods. A week after Martin Luther King, Jr. was assassinated in 1968, President Lyndon B. Johnso…
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So much for trickle down: only bold reforms will tackle inequality | Business | The Guardian
Christine Lagarde took time off last week from grappling with the Greek debt crisis to make a speech about inequality. The managing director of the International Monetary Fund chose a nautical metaphor first used by John F Kennedy. via Pocket
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19 Things Real Dads Want To Eat On Father’s Day
“Bratwursts cooked in beer then grilled served on a soft bun with a sharp mustard, family recipe baked beans, potato salad with tons of green onions and buttery skillet corn bread and beeeeeerrr.” —Katie Wright’s dad Recipe: Beer Bratwurst and Onion…
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More of Britain’s overseas aid budget should be used to discourage mass migration from Africa so that the UK does not have to “fish” refugees out of the Mediterranean, Michael Fallon, the defence secretary, has suggested. via Pocket
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Fourteen watercolours and drawings by Adolf Hitler fetched a total of €391,000 (£280,000) at a controversial auction in Nuremberg. via Pocket
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Are drones really on the verge of delivering packages to your doorstep? | Technology | The Guardian
How far away are we from a world where drones deliver packages? If Amazon is to be believed, not far at all. Others are not so sure: technical progress past this point isn’t merely a matter of invention, it’s a matter of public safety. via Pocket
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The 40 best summer drinks: beers | Life and style | The Guardian
Thornbridge Chiron American Pale Ale (£2.45, 50cl, waitrose. via Pocket
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In the Style of Demons: Sleep Paralysis Is the Worst Trip Ever | Motherboard
Suffocation is a unique, distinctly non-intellectual pathway to fear.Just the merest hint of it causes an automatic, guaranteed physiological reaction: CO2 levels in the blood rise and pH levels in the brain’s memory and emotional center, the amygda…
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If you have a job, you’re basically selling your life an hour at a time. : Showerthoughts
If you have a job, you’re basically selling your life an hour at a time. (self.Showerthoughts) The years start coming and they don’t stop coming. via Pocket
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“Two-ness:” the Mind’s Binary Code | Psychology Today
Normal child development is complex. Important elements about the emotional development and regulation between positive and negative emotions in early childhood are presented here from the Biomental Perspective. A developmental timetable with concre…
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Enter a Virtual Art Gallery on the Dream Planet ‘Whateverland’ | Motherboard
Back in December, the German VR Nerds collective released Lucid Trips, an attempt to fuse virtual reality and lucid dreaming with a novel attempt at haptic feedback, the virtual simulation of touch and gesture. via Pocket
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WTF? Obama’s Podcast Interview Is a Bust – The Daily Beast Sometimes history happens, but nothing really happens. Such was the case when President Obama decided to make an appearance on comedian Marc Maron’s popular WTF (yes, it means what you think it mean) podcast, which is known for deep…
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