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24 of Dr. Dre’s Greatest Productions | WIRED
Dr. Dre’s made an incredible amount of classic music during his three decades in the game. We put together a playlist of two dozen of his best beats—including tracks from his early days pioneering gangsta rap with N.W.
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Note: One of my recurring nightmares is realizing that I’ve forgotten to write a Note for C&J. Why it always ends with me losing a Jell-O wrestling match to the Lorax on Tatooine remains a mystery. 11 days!!! (And A++ for the gorgeous promo art.
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UN Aid Chief Condemns Civilian Deaths in Syria | Al Jazeera America
The United Nations humanitarian chief has condemned attacks against civilians in Syria, a day after more than 100 people were killed in what activists said were regime air raids on the rebel-held suburb of Douma, near Damascus. New U.N.
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The History of Fake Meat Starts With the Seventh-Day Adventist Church | Atlas Obscura
Breathing exercises, an example of the healthy living espoused by John Harvey Kellogg at the Battle Creek Sanitarium, Michigan. (Photo: Cbl62/ Wiki Commons) Veggie burgers and imitation meat are downright common these days, but it took a long time f…
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Making Sense Of Donald Trump’s Education Policy | ThinkProgress
Republican presidential hopeful and celebrity billionaire Donald Trump has expressed his views on the Iraq War, the economy and immigration policy, but he hasn’t waded far into education policy.
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On Last Week Tonight, John Oliver went in depth to explore the legitimacy of televangelists, their business practices, and their tax-exempt status. After a months-long correspondence with televangelist Robert Tilton’s “church”, Oliver was inspired t…
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Police training full of pseudoscientific bullshit—and they like it that way – Boing Boing
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On Last Week Tonight, John Oliver went in depth to explore the legitimacy of televangelists, their business practices, and their tax-exempt status. After a months-long correspondence with televangelist Robert Tilton’s “church”, Oliver was inspired t…
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We didn’t forget, Sarah – Imgur
We didn’t forget, Sarah http://t.co/Q39Wcrcl6K http://t.co/3wN7GFLBin
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111 Killed by Syrian Regime Airstrikes on Marketplace | VICE News
The death toll from Syrian government airstrikes on a rebel-held town near Damascus on Sunday has reached at least 111 people, with hundreds more injured, according to local rescue workers.
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Manoa Falls Trail, O’ahu, Hawaii [OC][3264×1836] : EarthPorn
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Manoa Falls Trail, O’ahu, Hawaii [OC][3264×1836] via /r/EarthPorn http://t.co/kmvExpHFYk http://t.co/nu7WNB4FvE http://t.co/ByO4zg1WaD
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This has been the season of the Cardinals and Royals, the rags to riches Astros and Mets, A-Rod’s return, the rise of the Cubs and a star-studded class of rookies.
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Cavachon puppy won’t give up its fight with a doorstopper
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Indonesia’s plane crash problem – Boing Boing
Another Indonesian passenger jet went down, this time with 54 people on board. The ATR42-300 turboprop aircraft operated by Trigana Air Service was carrying 44 adult passengers, five children and five crew members when it went missing during a short…
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Grab some Kleenex and watch a colorblind man see his first sunset in color
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Ed Graf arson trial: Texas granted him a new trial. Would modern forensic science set him free?
Shortly after Lucenay testified, another former fireman, William Sprung, took the stand to say that the doors were closed.
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Good friends http://t.co/BIljgugnIT http://t.co/CRoj7oCoWr
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4 New Apps You Should Use, From Shower Texts to Bar Roulette | WIRED
Reddit’s r/showerthoughts is one of the Web’s best places for all of life’s most random ideas. If you want some of this content on demand, a new app called Shower Texts will send you one a day.
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‘Godzilla El Niño’ Plus Carbon Pollution Equals Global Warming Speed-Up | ThinkProgress
Whatever you call it, the short-term burst of regional warming in the tropical Pacific (from the monster El Niño) combined with the strong underlying long-term global warming trend means that 2015 will easily be the hottest year on record — blowing …
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Ivory smuggling route tracked via fake tusks with GPS – Boing Boing
National Geographic reporter Bryan Christy commissioned two fake elephant tusks embedded with GPS, then planted them to track ivory smuggling routes from the Central African Republic into Sudan.
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Judge Allows Man To Openly Carry A Gun At His Daughter’s Elementary School | ThinkProgress
Kenneth Herman sued the Clio Area School District after his daughter’s elementary school refused to grant him access while he was openly carrying a pistol.
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WATCH: NASA JPL tests gecko-inspired grippers in zero gravity – Boing Boing
NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory just released a video of their latest adhesion technologies designed for use in space. The current option, Velcro, requires both a hook and a loop surface, and it can create fiber debris. Scientists have been working o…
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Trump Generator lets anyone get insulted by The Donald – Boing Boing
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Video: HOWTO make a paper cannon – Boing Boing
You probably already have all the stuff you need to make this nifty paper cannon that fires at a surprisingly high muzzle velocity. And yes, a cannon typically uses an explosive, but this works more like an airsoft gun.
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Significant Digits For Monday, Aug. 17, 2015 | FiveThirtyEight
A yearlong investigation by the Tampa Bay Times found that the Pinellas County School Board had transformed five schools in the county’s black neighborhoods into “failure factories” by abandoning integration and breaking promises of new resources.
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What if feels like getting ready for work : gif
What if feels like getting ready for work via /r/gif http://t.co/LunVKKW1C8 http://t.co/53myKUIOBp
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Every morning I get to wake up to my cats like this : cats
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Comfy Cat Cuddles via /r/cats http://t.co/qvPFFHgyIj http://t.co/kmIlFrUxfc
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Dark Lake View Reflections[2560 x 1600][OC] : EarthPorn
Dark Lake View Reflections[2560 x 1600][OC] via /r/EarthPorn http://t.co/k2RYKaGJK4 http://t.co/0zM8lflaAP
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Fall River, RMNP [OC] [142×989] : EarthPorn
Fall River, RMNP [OC] [142×989] via /r/EarthPorn http://t.co/vzrzMw21RR http://t.co/sSuejIelyQ
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The mustard-tinged cloud of toxic wastewater that last week colored Colorado’s Animas river an unappealing tangerine was not the first spill to dye the river – nor is it likely to be the last, according to engineers, if government and private indust…
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Does Going to a Prestigious College Matter? – The Atlantic
It’s a familiar scene, a high-school student anxiously opening an email or letter that hopefully contains good news: admission to his or her college of choice. The ritual has become a recognizable part of American culture, one that plays out in movi…
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Rescuers Spot Debris From Missing Indonesian Plane – The Atlantic
Indonesian authorities say they have spotted the debris of an aircraft that crashed Sunday in a remote part of the country with 54 people on board.
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Samsung goes old-school with its latest dual-screen clamshell
If you looked at the image above and checked your calendar to see if we’ve gone back in time, you’re not alone. Samsung went full retro in developing its latest clamshell handset for the Chinese market, packing two screens into a compact Android dev…
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27 must-have travel apps for every step of your journey
Travel is one of the industries that has completely transformed by the smartphone evolution and as a result, there is an abundance of ingenious apps designed to make your trips easy to plan, cheaper, well-informed and more enjoyable.
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A teen just uncovered 2 ways to break into your Mac
18-year-old Luca Todesco has uncovered two zero-day vulnerabilities in OS X that could be exploited to remotely gain access to a computer, reports PC World. Todesco’s exploit uses two bugs to corrupt memory found in the OS X kernel.
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Offline over the weekend? Read all the tech news you missed right here
Monday moring is upon us and the weekend is a pleasant but fading memory. And it’s only just now that you’ve realized that you missed all the best tech news, reviews, features and more from across the weekend.
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LONDON — The night before Khadiza Sultana left for Syria she was dancing in her teenage bedroom. It was a Monday during the February school vacation. Her niece and close friend, at 13 only three years younger than Khadiza, had come for a sleepover.
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See Berlin Before and After World War II in Vivid, Startling Color | Open Culture
Beautiful city, shame about all those Nazis. Yes, this color newsreel above shows Berlin in 1936 as it gets ready to welcome the world for the Olympic Games.
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India’s Mars orbiter sends stunning canyon photo : space
India’s Mars orbiter sends stunning canyon photo via /r/space http://t.co/jHFReiMT8p http://t.co/ETq6srZz4z
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My socks matched the hostel bathroom’s colour scheme quite well. : mildlyinteresting
My socks matched the hostel bathroom’s colour scheme quite well. via /r/mildlyinteresting http://t.co/OSKAmihhaY http://t.co/0sNleqfATx
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These guys know how to park. : firstworldanarchists
These guys know how to park. via /r/firstworldanarchists http://t.co/JxEm0IG486 http://t.co/jqlPzFa9u9
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Super blep via /r/Blep http://t.co/FZzhnEhbqI http://t.co/PGajo2eASQ
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Happy Birthday from Mrs Smith & Carlyle the Cat : cats
Happy Birthday from Mrs Smith & Carlyle the Cat via /r/cats http://t.co/wpL9ENZliS http://t.co/t7VVIoJazH
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I heard it’s black cat appreciation day. My cat Ripley soaking up the sunshine : cats
I heard it’s black cat appreciation day. My cat Ripley soaking up the sunshine via /r/cats http://t.co/XdlylgyF1f http://t.co/DnIpsI7BZk
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Happy Black Cat Appreciation Day Shadow! : cats
Happy Black Cat Appreciation Day Shadow! via /r/cats http://t.co/uSXPUP8WA0 http://t.co/cDq2vGnOOb
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Black cat appreciation day! : cats
Black cat appreciation day! via /r/cats http://t.co/MLZ1IV4Ly6 http://t.co/ear6fdCosM
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Our Share of 2015 Natural Resources Already Used Up : DNews : environment
Our Share of 2015 Natural Resources Already Used Up : DNews via /r/environment http://t.co/1rZHCA84Ui http://t.co/mjxJvOmGJ5
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Spacecraft Makes Final Close Flyby of Saturn Moon Dione Today
The Cassini spacecraft looks down on Dione. The spacecraft’s last close flyby of the Saturnian satellite will take place Monday (Aug. 17). Image taken June 16, 2015.
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Until Saturday not many (other than Guardian eagle-eye Richard Whittall) had noticed the rise of Sporting KC’s rise in the Western Conference.
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Abbreviated pundit round-up: A Carter legacy—female judges; bigger gas tax; movement in NOLA
That might seem like a big bump, but even a gas tax twice as high the current one would be incredibly low by global standards. A U.S. Department of Energy review of fuel taxes among Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) count…
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Wildlife poachers caught before a kill in Senegal – Al Jazeera English
Niokolo Koba Park in Senegal is an important world heritage site, which started out as a hunting reserve during the colonial era in 1926. However, over time, attitudes towards hunting wild animals has changed.
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Eradicating the One Percent | Hakai Magazine
Tim and Patty O’Hara were looking forward to living out their golden years in the tropical city of Cape Coral on southern Florida’s Gulf Coast.
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Hope Front Page poster was more successful – Meme on Imgur
Hope Front Page poster was more successful http://t.co/1Raeslufab http://t.co/cZUQKNmBmw http://t.co/lfmM2nXtaA
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A Japanese Satellite is taking an image every 10 minutes. : gifs
A Japanese Satellite is taking an image every 10 minutes. via /r/gifs http://t.co/aJVZEYmdxc http://t.co/g5SkKSS4Te
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Hope Front Page poster was more successful http://t.co/1Raeslufab http://t.co/cZUQKNmBmw http://t.co/lfmM2nXtaA
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Earth-Like Alien World Could Have Vast Oceans
An artist’s image of Kepler-62f, a rocky world 60-percent larger than Earth that could boast oceans of water, given the right atmosphere.Credit: NASA Ames/JPL-Caltech/T.
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If Pluto Keeps Spewing Nitrogen, Why Is It Still Full of It?
Something mysterious is happening on the surface of Pluto: No matter how much nitrogen the atmosphere releases into space, it’s still chock-full of the stuff. New work examines the possible culprits for the stealthy nitrogen resupply, hinting at act…
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Star Wars theme parks to open in the US – video report | Film | The Guardian
Disney announced plans on Sunday for new Star Wars themed attractions to open in their parks in Orlando, Florida and Anaheim, California.
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Seeking Refuge in Djibouti: Escape From Yemen | VICE News
According to UN estimates, nearly 100,000 people have fled Yemen since violence erupted there in March.
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Offworld Monday reflection: Now with one hundred percent more digital plants – Offworld
Juliet Kahn’s debut feature at Offworld is an exploration of the different ways boys and girls tend to be socialized around video games.
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Instacart and the On-Demand Middle Class — NYMag
It is the middle of the afternoon and I am standing in a crowded Whole Foods trying to read another person’s mind through an iPhone.
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Palestinian shot dead by Israeli border forces – Al Jazeera English
A Palestinian man who reportedly tried to stab an Israeli border policeman has been shot and killed in the occupied West Bank, near the city of Nablus, medics have said. Monday’s incident occurred near an Israeli military checkpoint.
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Australian farmer runs for her life from aggressive koala
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Vernazza, Italy [OC] [1502×1001] : CityPorn
Vernazza, Italy [OC] [1502×1001] via /r/CityPorn http://t.co/mmpHNfwGaV http://t.co/ShLSx2Ghr5
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A home cinema for James Bond [1920×1080] [OC] : RoomPorn
A home cinema for James Bond [1920×1080] [OC] via /r/RoomPorn http://t.co/7iTh6PK9s0 http://t.co/hnG3L0EdLO
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Acidentally writing ni instead of no in a message. – GIF on Imgur
Acidentally writing ni instead of no in a message. http://t.co/LKu7BgLYeZ http://t.co/89a6rFBeqI http://t.co/cnR24mzAH0
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Not amused human via /r/cats http://t.co/t29L8x69rb http://t.co/Vtifo95wEI
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Happy black cat appreciation day Kiki : cats
Happy black cat appreciation day Kiki via /r/cats http://t.co/4bVoNOsyrm http://t.co/Y3O2ZtQsQ1
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When I bite into one of those Fruit Gushers : gif
When I bite into one of those Fruit Gushers via /r/gif http://t.co/FznFB7RJXR http://t.co/zxA1rig44V
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Boko Haram’s Leader Apparently Comes Back From the Dead… Again | VICE News
Just days after Chad’s president claimed that the Islamist militant group Boko Haram had a new leader who was ready to negotiate, the supposedly dead Abubakar Shekau has lashed back, saying he is still alive and in charge. “It should be understood t…
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Police Training Is Seriously Lacking in Actual Science | WIRED
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The Life I Left Behind – Al Jazeera English
Seventeen years ago, Hasan left his village in Macedonia fleeing with his family to Turkey. After relinquishing his Macedonian passport in exchange for Turkish citizenship, the 54-year-old never looked back.
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The 2016 presidential election is shaping up to be the most surreal political contest in modern American history. The Democratic frontrunner is openly mocking an FBI investigation of her behaviour in office. The Republican leader is Donald Trump.
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Gun violence: who’s accountable when a child is charged with manslaughter? | US news | The Guardian
An 11-year-old boy was charged with manslaughter in Detroit this month for the fatal shooting of a three-year-old, after the boy allegedly found a gun at his father’s house.
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Virginia Finally Drops America’s ‘Worst Voting Machines’ | WIRED
If you voted in a Virginia election any time between 2003 and April of this year, your vote was at serious risk of being compromised by hackers.
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Hurricane Katrina timeline – how the disaster unfolded 10 years ago | US news | The Guardian
Hurricane Katrina was one of the most deadly storms to ever hit America’s shores. It killed approximately 1,800 people, cost billions in property damage and displaced more than 400,000 residents
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There’s Already an Indie Scene for VR Filmmakers | WIRED
When Samsung announced its Gear Indie initiative, it framed the virtual-reality channel as something of a match-making platform, introducing artists to VR studios. But this is no casual dating service.
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IBM’s ‘Rodent Brain’ Chip Could Make Our Phones Hyper-Smart | WIRED
Dharmendra Modha walks me to the front of the room so I can see it up close.
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How Crucial Autism Research Took So Long to Reach Mainstream Psychiatry – The Atlantic
In any case, Kanner presented his discovery of autism—“trumpeted it from the rooftops,” as Silberman put it—as his alone. In doing so, said Silberman, Kanner “completely sidelined Asperger. He buried Asperger in history.”
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John Oliver’s tax-exempt church is the new Stephen Colbert Super PAC
Congratulations to any regular viewers of Last Week Tonight—you’re now a member of an evangelical church. Money-hungry TV preachers were the latest scourge on humanity to wind up in John Oliver’s crosshairs, in a segment on Sunday’s show that ended …
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Turns Out Crystallized DNA Is Crazy Pretty | WIRED
Biochemist and photographer Linden Gledhill spends most of his time staring into a microscope. His day job is developing drugs to treat cancer. His off-hours are spent taking highly magnified pictures of everything from snowflakes to interference pa…
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Google X Roboticist Speaks Out on Tech’s Gender Crisis (Video) | Re/code
The tech industry has a problem with women. Despite the industry’s rapid growth, the percentage of female workers has actually decreased, from 35 percent in 1990 to just 26 percent today.
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Can Jimmy Iovine and Dr. Dre Save the Music Industry? | WIRED
ne afternoon in June, Iovine was in his office at Beats headquarters in Culver City, California, catching up with some former colleagues from Interscope. It had been a year since Apple acquired Beats.
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Evacuations Ordered as Ecuador Volcano Erupts : environment
Evacuations Ordered as Ecuador Volcano Erupts via /r/environment http://t.co/oGzt8N6VAi http://t.co/rey3jBFem7
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Seat made from welded coins : pics
Seat made from welded coins via /r/pics http://t.co/YtS6KgzrwV http://t.co/TjGrokjq1W
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Somehow, they always know when dinner’s late… : cats
Somehow, they always know when dinner’s late… via /r/cats http://t.co/U0DD5mQsMl http://t.co/kNDE215R9t
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This is Berlioz. He would like to get in on some black cat appreciation! : cats
This is Berlioz. He would like to get in on some black cat appreciation! via /r/cats http://t.co/7mBm7GkFfZ http://t.co/igZojrRgFj
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Julian Bond and Bond v. Floyd – The Atlantic
Bond eventually withdrew his name because of the age issue; but to me, his the answer echoed long after the delegates went home. I know there are generations’ worth of reasons why I can’t be who I am and do what I do, Bond seemed to be saying, and I…
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The secret ingredient in your homemade jam may be coming from the lid | Grist
Q. I would like to start jarring the food I grow in my garden, but I heard that BPA-free lids still have bad chemicals on them. Are their any jar lids that are chemical-free? Mark G. Pittsburgh, PA
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Upper. Body. Strength. : interestingasfuck
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They pretend not to like each other… But we know! : cats
They pretend not to like each other… But we know! via /r/cats http://t.co/w7WCMk2Ln9 http://t.co/9AKVmfigGU
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My kittens via /r/cats http://t.co/lWemoo8bOI http://t.co/5Oxm9FLtiU
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Black Cat Appreciation Day? Here’s Our Old Man, Felix. : cats
Black Cat Appreciation Day? Here’s Our Old Man, Felix. via /r/cats http://t.co/ukd4jPAzPd http://t.co/ByxyzEbgeA
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Waning Gibbous Moon from my backyard two weeks ago [OC][1024 x 576] http://t.co/TEe6IRF2bJ http://t.co/9pT9K3QQWb
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Summer heatwave engulfs Middle East – Al Jazeera English
Summer heat is the norm in the Middle East, where the climate is largely that of a sub-tropical desert. Yet, even by the standards of the region, this summer is proving to be exceptionally hot and, for some, humid. Egypt seems to have been particula…
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Microsoft’s Windows 10 privacy headache extends into gaming | The Verge
Windows 10 launched nearly three weeks ago, and while millions of people are upgrading there have been a number of privacy concerns around the new OS.
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Adventures of a Pot Pioneer | Mother Jones
MJ: You were later kicked out of school—twice—for smoking up, and arrested for smoking pot in a public park. Even so you, eventually graduated from college and became professionally successful. But that wasn’t true of your stoner friend Eddie, who w…
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I poked her belly mid-lick : StartledCats
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This is Ulia, she is a Polish Maine Coon. Enjoy her in full resolution glory. : cats
This is Ulia, she is a Polish Maine Coon. Enjoy her in full resolution glory. via /r/cats http://t.co/CpWR3U8jLQ http://t.co/h7Bw2w9ZQT
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Dog rescues young girl from drowning : AnimalsBeingBros
Dog rescues young girl from drowning via /r/AnimalsBeingBros http://t.co/406IdxApWm http://t.co/17HRqeC685
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YYUUUPPP!!! via /r/funny http://t.co/KLIzJlj8uX http://t.co/0GMoCpBx9i
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Religious Conversions and Other Ways of Finding God in Prison – The Atlantic
When someone goes to prison, their life “on the outside” doesn’t stop. Moms still die. New nieces and nephews still get born.
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How to Beat the Drought by Hoarding Water (If It Ever Rains Again) | Mother Jones
What’s the best way to collect rainwater? Rainwater catchment systems can range from a couple of 55-gallon barrels in the backyard to industrial-scale cisterns that can supply an entire building. But barrels will only get you so far.
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Fox News’ inner struggle with climate misinformation | Environment | The Guardian
Research has shown that Fox News is a major driving force behind climate denial, decreasing viewer trust in scientists and the existence of global warming. In 2013, only 28% of Fox News’ climate science segments were accurate, although that was an i…
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Bush Poaches a Longtime Clinton Backer | Mother Jones
Born to Cuban parents in Argentina, Pérez came to the United States to attend college in 1968, and he launched a real estate business in South Florida. Starting with low-income housing, Pérez moved up to building luxury condo buildings, earning the …
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Big Data Shows How American Politics Have(n’t) Changed | Motherboard
Every year since 1790 (with the exception of FDR in 1933), the president of the United States has delivered a State of the Union address to Congress, an oratory that is sometimes somber, sometimes joyous, or sometimes just downright bizarre.
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Clinton embraces the left | TheHill
Hillary Clinton is embracing the left. The Democratic presidential frontrunner has long come under fire from liberals for what they consider a hawkish approach to national security and a too-cozy relationship with banks and other well-heeled interes…
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How Much of George Miller’s 1999 Draft of Mad Max: Fury Road Made It Into the Final Movie?
The answer appears to be “A lot.” The storm, the design of the cars, the chastity belts, the water distributing skull … so much made it from this 1999 electro-board print-out, shared by film editor Will McCrabb on Twitter. See the original tweet b…
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August 17, 1998: President Bill Clinton Acknowledges Affair with White House Intern | The Nation
Think back to snowy January. January 26, to be exact. That was the day the Almanac featured The Nation’s coverage of Bill Clinton’s denial of “sexual relations with that woman, Miss Lewinsky.
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The Atomic Age began with the United States’ first nuclear weapon test, code-named ‘Trinity’, on 16 July 1945. The attacks on Hiroshima and Nagasaki occurred just a few weeks later.
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Hillary Clinton’s Inevitable Problems | FiveThirtyEight
With so many candidates and so long to go until next November, we’re going to make plenty of bad predictions over the course of the 2016 campaign. But one of our very first predictions about 2016, one we made almost three years ago, has already prov…
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Mom is gonna freak dude. : aww
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OPen water woman by Petr Kleiner / 500px
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Video stabalization via /r/gifs http://t.co/tot6MHJiid http://t.co/4GsppkgGQf http://t.co/sQqcgHhwry
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Peace Love Beauty Wisdom Balance Imagination Truth Consciousness, Video stabalization via /r/gifs…
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UAE allocates land for Abu Dhabi’s first Hindu temple – Al Jazeera English
The Indian government has lauded a decision by the United Arab Emirates to allocate land for the building of the first Hindu temple in Abu Dhabi.
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Software upgrade grounds hundreds of flights over US east coast | Technology | The Guardian
Hundreds of flights across the east coast of the US were delayed or cancelled at the weekend due to a software upgrade, the US Federal Aviation Administration has said. “Technical issues” with a Virginia air traffic control centre caused 492 flight …
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Gov. Walker Gets Off ‘Scot-Free’ For Alleged Campaign Finance Violations – In These Times
The Wisconsin Supreme Court put a nail in the coffin of the Badger State’s campaign finance laws on July 16. In a 4-to-2 party-line decision, the court squashed a criminal investigation of alleged campaign finance law violations by Gov.
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Is archaeology better off without religion? – Rose Eveleth – Aeon
In her first year teaching at Wake Forest University in North Carolina, Leanne Pace taught a class called Near Eastern Archaeology. Thirty years ago, the course would probably have been called ‘Biblical Archaeology’, as it focuses on regions importa…
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Andromeda Rising over the Alps : space
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Jump! via /r/perfectloops http://t.co/2W1EIQYb7d http://t.co/HtPGYtiq6Z
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Meow_IRL via /r/MEOW_IRL http://t.co/Xj80rVPSm2 http://t.co/17nEFVsaS7 http://t.co/iVAyb2jXFR
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Meow_IRL via /r/MEOW_IRL http://t.co/Xj80rVPSm2 http://t.co/17nEFVsaS7 http://t.co/iVAyb2jXFR
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I took this pic in Indonesia and fuck you man! – Imgur
I took this pic in Indonesia and fuck you man! http://t.co/AXTJocwG57 http://t.co/I7JTpwNL7U http://t.co/5yUsV1bSNA
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I took this pic in Indonesia and fuck you man! http://t.co/AXTJocwG57 http://t.co/I7JTpwNL7U http://t.co/5yUsV1bSNA
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This guy gets it : firstworldanarchists
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After six near-misses in golf’s major championships since 2013, two of which befell him this year, Jason Day began to doubt himself: was he just a good player out of luck – or did he in fact lack that indefinable quality, the intestinal fortitude an…
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This year’s Moto 360 smartwatch could come in two sizes | The Verge
Motorola could be preparing to launch two new versions of the Moto 360 smartwatch if regulatory documents filed to Brazilian telecoms agency Anatel are to be believed.
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A fishy situation in Cambodia’s biggest lake – Al Jazeera English
Phnom Penh, Cambodia – “Turn the lights off soon, or people will see us,” the young fisherman said in a muted voice that was barely audible, even in the predawn quiet. The sky was moonless, and it was pitch-black at 3:30am on Cambodia’s Tonle Sap La…
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Valentino’s Ghost – Al Jazeera English
In 1920s Hollywood, the Arab was a hero, as played by the iconic actor Rudolph Valentino in his “Sheik” movies. By the 1970s, Arabs and Muslims were depicted as embodiments of evil, not only in Hollywood films, but in children’s cartoons, the news, …
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Iran’s positive role in the Middle East – Al Jazeera English
Unhappy with the Iran nuclear agreement, the United States Republican Party and Israel are focusing the bulk of their opposition on two fronts. For them, the agreement fails to totally eliminate the Iranian nuclear threat.
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UN aid chief condemns civilian deaths in Syria – Al Jazeera English
The United Nations humanitarian chief has condemned attacks against civilians in Syria, a day after more than 100 people were killed in what activists said were regime air raids on the rebel-held suburb of Douma, near Damascus.
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HMB while I get off the highway : holdmybeer
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Taiwan will preserve adorable, typhoon-damaged mailboxes | The Verge
Italy has the Leaning Tower of Pisa, and now Taiwan has the Leaning Mailboxes of Taipei. This month, Typhoon Soudelor has been wreaking destruction upon Taiwan and the eastern coast of China, and among its victims have been a pair of Taipei mailboxe…
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We Might Be Close to an International Code of Conduct for Outer Space | Motherboard
Outer space is getting crowded. It also could become weaponized. For these and other concerns, the international diplomatic community assembled itself at the United Nations in New York last month to refine an agreement for keeping space safe.
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Review: Peachtree Shift Headphone Amp | WIRED
With the continued growth of smartphones and the proliferation of hi-res portable music devices, the on-the-go headphone amp business is in full bloom. These portable amplifiers are appearing in all shapes and sizes, at price points ranging from aff…
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VICE News Capsule – Monday, August 17 | VICE News
The VICE News Capsule is a news roundup that looks beyond the headlines. Today: Iraq’s former prime minister is indicted, India’s disputed Kashmir border heats up, South Korea marks 70 years since the end of World War Two, and Brazil’s president ref…
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How much plastic is in our oceans? Ask the woman trying to clean it up | Grist
When Carolynn Box left for her first 5 Gyres research expedition in 2011, it was Christmas Eve. She talked her way onto the organization’s trip, and had been peppering the ship’s captain with safety questions for weeks.
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Gaza’s forgotten residents – Al Jazeera English
Al-Nusirat, Gaza – Gaza’s el-Wafa Center for Aged Care is home to tens of elderly Palestinian men and women, many of whom suffer from physical ailments and have no relatives left to care for them.
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Morning Mist by Victoria Bee / 500px
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‘I am Batman,’ Trump tells boy on helicopter ride : nottheonion
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Seattle, WA after sunset [OC] [5027×2828] : CityPorn
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Vilnius, Lithuania [OC] [1000×670] : ArchitecturePorn
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This 720-Ton Suspended Steel Ball Is What Lets Taipei 101 Sway Instead Of Fall – Digg
The heavy counterweight hangs between the 92nd and the 87th floor, acting as a tuned mass damper, which keeps the building stable during high winds.
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Minsk, Belarus [OC] [1000×702] : CityPorn
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https://i.imgur.com/Ya7jgbG.jpg [1200×540] : RoomPorn
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Cat Ice Problem via /r/cats http://t.co/0GktpXWnUi http://t.co/lfgXJS9gU7
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Yawn + flash = Catpire (A cat vampire) : cats
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Election voices: Sri Lankans’ hopes for their nation – Al Jazeera English
Sri Lankans are voting in parliamentary elections to elect the Indian Ocean republic’s 16th parliament. The parliament has 225 members, so any party or coalition must win at least 113 seats to form a government. An estimated 15 million people aged 1…
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thank mr skeltal 4 calcum party doot doot : ledootgeneration
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A Cosmic Rainbow in Ultra HD http://t.co/Q0akHjtjDb http://t.co/03lzTHKDL8 http://t.co/amT43REF7t
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Keep your eyes straight and follow me, KL Fashion Week 2015 [1664 x 2496] : HumanPorn
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Minsk, Belarus [OC] [1000×693] : ArchitecturePorn
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Rory McIlroy praises champion Jason Day and new world No1 Jordan Spieth | Sport | The Guardian
The deposed No1, Rory McIlroy, has admitted it was “inevitable” that Jordan Spieth would become the world’s top-ranked player – and that Jason Day would one day be a major winner.
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We are bombarded by music, all the time, whether we like it or not.
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Here we see the spectacular cosmic pairing of the star Hen 2-427 — more commonly known as WR 124 — and the nebula M1-67 which surrounds it. Both objects, captured here by the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope are found in the constellation of Sagittar…
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Bumblebee in Basil VII [5472×3648] [OC] : AnimalPorn
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MRW my friend points out I’m still single after he gets a gf : reactiongifs
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Jeff Bezos says he doesn’t recognize ‘soulless and dystopian’ Amazon | The Verge
This weekend, The New York Times published a long report examining the workplace culture of retailing giant Amazon.
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A Cosmic Rainbow in Ultra HD | ESO
In this panoramic image taken by Babak Tafreshi — a member of the ESO Ultra HD Expedition team — the ALMA Observatory’s antennas appear to take in the sight of the Milky Way, arching like a galactic rainbow of dust and stars over the Chajnantor Plat…
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Environmental groups are threatening thousands of mining jobs with their “vigilante litigation”, attorney general George Brandis has said, paving the way for a tightening of laws governing environmental protection.
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Finally got a kitten… I think we’re getting on. Meet Vossi : cats
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I’ve got this one in the bag : cats
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Castle Howard, York, Yorkshire, England, UK [OC][3840×2160] : ArchitecturePorn
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After staking his early campaign on caustic and contentious remarks about undocumented immigrants, Donald J. Trump on Sunday outlined his plan to fix the country’s immigration system and deal with people who are in the country illegally. The positio…
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Rift deepens within Jordan’s Muslim Brotherhood – Al Jazeera English
Amman, Jordan – Jordan’s most organised and powerful opposition movement, already split by internal divisions earlier this year, has further fractured in a fight over property – a dispute that has the Jordanian government openly taking sides.
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Upper. Body. Strength. : oddlysatisfying
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How empty is Canada really? [3125×2374] : MapPorn
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McDonalds worker in the 80s. : OldSchoolCool
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Stairway to heaven. Chembra Peak, Kerala, India [OC][598×598] : EarthPorn
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MarketInvoice, The U.K. Invoice Finance Platform, Raises Further $10M | TechCrunch
The U.K.
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Photoshop Reveals How Different Countries See Body Image
Beauty is in the eye of the beholder, or more commonly, it’s shaped and defined by cultural standards that are different around the world. To try and understand how the perfect body is viewed across the world, designers from 18 countries were asked …
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MRW I’m trying to push a jungle gym into the ground : shittyreactiongifs
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It was too quiet upstairs… This is how we found her : funny
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Flagging Wisconsin Economy Dogs Scott Walker | Al Jazeera America
Walker, a Republican, picked up his Harley habit in 2003, when he was tasked to lead a parade on one in Milwaukee as county executive. He practiced in the parking lot of the Milwaukee Brewers’ baseball stadium until he got the hang of it.
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Jeff Bezos Says The New York Times’ Amazon Expose Got It All Wrong | TechCrunch
This weekend’s must-read story from the world of tech is this long New York Times report on the working culture. (Go ahead and read it if you haven’t yet.)
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Candidates Reveal How They Would Defeat ISIS — NYMag
As Hillary Clinton and Jeb Bush squabbled over who caused the failures of the Iraq War this past week, several candidates discussed how they’d handle the current situation in Iraq and Syria – though, as one of the candidates noted, few have unveiled…
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“To be an artist is a guarantee to your fellow humans that the wear and tear of living will not let you become a murderer.
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Indian Tribes Go Back to Land in Search of Health | Al Jazeera America
In a home on the property, couple Brady Hankins and Saka Cook live and work, tending the garden and greenhouse. Cook’s family farmed nearby when she was growing up. “I like gardening,” she said. “It’s organic, and we know everything that’s in it.”
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SSJ3, the best SSJ [Dragon Ball Super] : animegifs
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My Boss today… : AdviceAnimals
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Massive sinkhole opens up in China : woahdude
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This is what happens when a sprinkler pipe breaks in your business on a sunday. : pics
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“Our lived lives might become a protracted mourning for, or an endless tantrum about, the lives we were unable to live. But the exemptions we suffer, whether forced or chosen, make us who we are.
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Spreading out synthetic surface glue : woahdude
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The Most Adorable Thing You Will See Tonight Is Tiny Child Vader Force-Choking John Boyega
There’s been a ton of information coming out of D23, but this was the cutest moment of the night. Contact the author at katharine@io9.com.
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Tianjin Residents Demand Compensation for Blasts | Al Jazeera America
Several hundred people whose residences were damaged in the massive Tianjin blasts gathered Monday for a protest to demand compensation from the government as the death toll from the disaster rose to 114 with 70 still missing.
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McDowells workers in the 80’s : OldSchoolCool
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India’s Housing.com Buys Real Estate Sales Software Startup HomeBuy360 For $2M | TechCrunch
Housing.com, the SoftBank-backed real estate platform in India, recently let go of its controversial CEO. Today it’s back in the news for more positive reasons, after it announced a $2 million acquisition that gives it new software chops for serving…
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Egypt adopts controversial anti-terror law – Al Jazeera English
Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi has approved an anti-terrorism law that sets up special courts and provides protections to its enforcers.
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Day holds nerves to win PGA Championship – Al Jazeera English
Australia’s Jason Day held his nerve to end five years of close calls at the majors with an emotional breakthrough victory by three shots over American Jordan Spieth at the PGA Championship.
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Stabilized GIF of the Tianjin explosion : gifs
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Astronomers discover the biggest thing in the Universe : space
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Abandoned MRS-1 in Royal City, WA [1200×800] [OC] : AbandonedPorn
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when cats are sad… via /r/cats http://t.co/mTpEcJdHCE http://t.co/bjvUZBp7Fz
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my long-term boyfriend probably has chlamydia : TrollXChromosomes
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Spreading out synthetic surface glue : interestingasfuck
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“Just a Little Crazy Talk” · The Brink · TV Review · The A.V. Club
By the end of “Just a Little Crazy Talk,” the penultimate episode of The Brink’s first season, we know exactly what endgame the series has been setting up for the past eight weeks.
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Angry protesters demand answers after China blast – Al Jazeera English
Protests have erupted in the Chinese city of Tianjin, as family members of the missing and those made homeless demanded answers from the government following last week’s deadly explosions at an industrial site.
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Murray overpowers Djokovic for Rogers Cup title – Al Jazeera English
Andy Murray ended a long drought against Novak Djokovic when he beat the Serbian 6-4 4-6 6-3 in a draining final of the Rogers Cup. The British right-hander ended an eight-match, 25-month losing streak against Djokovic and improved from third to sec…
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A glass of coke that holds a can of coke. : interestingasfuck
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Perseid, Milky Way, and Andromeda Galaxy in one [OC] : space
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Three Light Year Long Pillar : space
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Strength in numbers : AnimalsBeingBros
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Three Finger Jack, Oregon – from the upper meadow [OC] [3872×2592] : EarthPorn
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Callie heads to court in summer finale of The Fosters · What’s On Tonight · The A.V. Club
Here’s what’s up in the world of TV for Monday, August 17. All times are Eastern. The Fosters (ABC Family 8 p.m.): In the summer finale of ABC Family’s The Fosters, Stef and Lena throw an anniversary party for Lena’s parents.
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“Total Rickall” · Rick And Morty · TV Review · The A.V. Club
Do television series even do clip shows anymore? Reality series probably still churn out one every now and again, I guess, but it’s a rarity otherwise; no one turns on the latest episode of The Walking Dead expecting to see Rick and the rest regurgi…
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Lemmy Kilmister on Spotify, the new Motörhead album, and murder · Interview · The A.V. Club
Entering his seventh decade of life has done nothing to curb Lemmy Kilmister’s acerbic self-awareness. As vocalist-bassist for one of rock ’n’ roll and metal’s most influential bands, Kilmister laughs off any notion of his celebrity or even his succ…
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I Was A Revolutionary · Andrew Malan Milward · Book Review · The A.V. Club
Who are the people who shape a country? How much of their influence is planned or controllable, and how much power—if any—do they wield over the way their contributions will be viewed in the long term? Assuming they’re remembered at all, of course.
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Perhaps you are standing in the bookstore, scanning this introductory chapter, wondering just what sort of book you have in hand. You are a good-looking person whose minor flaws seem to only accentuate your considerable charm. You are intelligent. A…
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Still pumping after all these years · For Our Consideration · The A.V. Club
I like the idea that a voice can just go somewhere, uninvited, and just kinda hang out like a dirty thought in a nice clean mind. Maybe a thought is like a virus, you know, it can… it can… kill all the healthy thoughts and just take over. That w…
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How to make a good mockumentary: 7 lessons from modern film and TV · Inventory · The A.V. Club
Christopher Guest doesn’t care much for “mockumentary.” “It’s a term I don’t like or use,” he once told New York magazine. “I think it’s a bit cheesy.
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Welcome to Random Roles, wherein we talk to actors about the characters who defined their careers. The catch: They don’t know beforehand what roles we’ll ask them to talk about. The actor: Are you a TV star? If so, Fred Armisen probably has two more…
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Paul Scheer on why he hates wicka-wicka “Wild Wild West” · HateSong · The A.V. Club
In HateSong, we ask our favorite musicians, writers, comedians, actors, and so forth to expound on the one song they hate most in the world. The hater: An actor, comedian, writer, director, producer, and podcaster, Paul Scheer is a bit of a Renaissa…
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Messier 78: a reflection nebula in Orion | ESO | We Heart It
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Still one of my favorite pictures to this day. : pics
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Saw this bobcat while I was out hiking last week : cats
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Kitty cuddles! It’s always naptime for these two. : cats
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My majestic handsome guy : cats
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If you love The Office, this site has every episode free! : InternetIsBeautiful
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Great Falls Tavern – Maryland, USA [1024 x 683] [OC] : ArchitecturePorn
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The right way to store your cables : funny
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Today on “The Chris Pratt Show” : funny
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Sri Lanka Heads to the Polls | Al Jazeera America
Sri Lankans are voting on Monday in Parliamentary elections that will decide the political future of a former strongman leader seeking a comeback eight months after being unseated in a shocking election defeat.
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APOD: 2015 August 16 – M1: The Crab Nebula from Hubble
Discover the cosmos! Each day a different image or photograph of our fascinating universe is featured, along with a brief explanation written by a professional astronomer.
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Too cold for the badgers to come out | Environment | The Guardian
A roaring log fire on a summer night might be considered an indulgence, but as the temperature dropped towards single figures it seemed more like a necessity.
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This Week in Fiction: Alice McDermott – The New Yorker
Your story in this week’s issue, “These Short, Dark Days,” involves a nun—a “nursing sister”—in turn-of-the-century Brooklyn. What drew you to that time and place, and to this particular character?
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Cover Story: Kadir Nelson’s “Second Line” – The New Yorker
“I wanted to capture the memory of Hurricane Katrina and its aftereffects—the spirit of New Orleans, its resilience, its culture,” Kadir Nelson says of his cover for this week’s issue, which coincides with the tenth anniversary of Katrina.
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Slide Show: New Yorker Cartoons August 24, 2015 – The New Yorker
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Displaced by Airbnb – The New Yorker
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Our Empty Plot in New Orleans – The New Yorker
In early spring, before the Jane magnolia tree bloomed, I set off to close the distance between the me of now and the me of then.
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“Dissolution” – The New Yorker
sometimes I forget what country I’m in I could write poems in bed I think have some Americans look at your awful mov- ie to tell you when you’re wrong & just racist. I got this bug bite that could be anything. Got no new information to send across.
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Briefly Noted Book Reviews – The New Yorker
Nicolas Nabokov, by Vincent Giroud (Oxford). From 1951 to 1966, the composer Nicolas Nabokov (a cousin of Vladimir) ran the Congress for Cultural Freedom, an organization founded to promote Western cultural achievements as an anti-Communist bulwark.…
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The Best Seat in the Stadium – The New Yorker
Joel Carben attended his first professional baseball game in 1980, at Yankee Stadium, as a five-year-old. He and his father sat in the upper deck, in right field, “way, way up in barely-see-it-ville,” he recalls.
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Dance of the Conchord – The New Yorker
Jemaine Clement was early for the dance in the church basement.
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The Short-Termism Myth – The New Yorker
In recent years, it’s become a commonplace that American companies are too obsessed with the short term. In the heyday of Bell Labs and Xerox PARC, the argument goes, corporations had long time horizons and invested heavily in the future.
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A Review of “John” by Annie Baker – The New Yorker
Annie Baker’s “John” (a Signature Theatre Company production, at the Pershing Square) is so good on so many levels that it casts a unique and brilliant light. It’s a handsome object, “old” in structure.
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Watching Bernie Sanders on YouTube – The New Yorker
Days before Donald Trump helped draw twenty-four million viewers to Fox for the first Republican Presidential primary debate, Senator Bernie Sanders, of Vermont, took to YouTube for a new-media gambit. Broadcasting from a drab Washington, D.C.
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“The Man from U.N.C.L.E.” and “Mistress America” Reviews – The New Yorker
Why make a film of “The Man from U.N.C.L.E.”? Who at Warner Bros. flicked the switch when the project got the green light? The demographics do not bode well. Teen-agers at the multiplex, knowing nothing of the TV show, which ran from 1964 to 1968, w…
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My Brain: The All-Hands Meeting – The New Yorker
Me: Hey, everyone, thanks for coming. This meeting is just to check in, get updated about what everybody’s been working on in the first quarter of the day, and see how we’re feeling about the future. Coffee, wanna kick us off? Coffee: Sure, thanks. …
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What Social Scientists Learned from Katrina – The New Yorker
The first time that David Kirk visited New Orleans after Hurricane Katrina was at the end of 2005. His in-laws were from the city. Kirk and his wife visited them at Christmas, just four months after the storm hit, and then went back again on several…
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“A Small Country” – The New Yorker
Unique, I think, is the Scottish tartle, that hesitation when introducing someone whose name you’ve forgotten. And what could capture cafuné, the Brazilian Portuguese way to say running your fingers, tenderly, through someone’s hair?
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“These Short, Dark Days” – The New Yorker
February 3rd was a dark and dank day: cold spitting rain all morning and a low, steel-gray sky in the afternoon. At four, Jim persuaded his wife, Annie, to go out to do her shopping before full darkness fell. He closed the door behind her with a gen…
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The Radicalization of Joan Didion – The New Yorker
In the late spring of 1967, Joan Didion, accompanied by a photojournalist named Ted Streshinsky, began making trips from Berkeley, where she was staying, to Haight-Ashbury, to do research for a piece on the hippies for The Saturday Evening Post.
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The Woman Who Could Stop Climate Change – The New Yorker
The United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, or U.N.F.C.C.C., has by now been ratified by a hundred and ninety-five countries, which, depending on how you count, represents either all the countries in the world or all the countries and…
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The Mail (August 24th, 2015) – The New Yorker
Rachel Aviv presents a compelling story about a miscarriage of justice: the conviction of Rodricus Crawford, which took place in a setting redolent of Gothic Dixie and involved a prosecutor whose behavior was so erratic that colleagues speculated th…
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NASA’s Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter turns 10 years old : space
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The Horsehead Nebula | ESO | We Heart It
The Horsehead Nebula | ESO http://t.co/2g1dvpKt2r http://t.co/XJ9KTyjqf4 http://t.co/8ebIU00qGN
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The Horsehead Nebula | ESO http://t.co/2g1dvpKt2r http://t.co/XJ9KTyjqf4 http://t.co/8ebIU00qGN
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“Head-On” · Ballers · TV Review · The A.V. Club
For the entirety of its first season, Ballers has been teasing a deeper angst lurking within Spencer Strasmore. The show has been hinting at neurological and psychological issues.
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Tears For Fears – Head Over Heels – YouTube
Original official music video by Tears for Fears performing their Top-10 hit “Head Over Heels” from the 1985 album “Songs from the Big Chair” (in HD). “Head Over Heels” was the third single released from the album and peaked at number 3 on the Billb…
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I hope some app developers see this : AdviceAnimals
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Brothers & Beer Salt & Pepper Shakers : monkslookingatbeer
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Stairway to heaven. [OC][598×598] : EarthPorn
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The Torne river on the border between Finland and Sweden. [OC][800×532] : ExposurePorn
The Torne river on the border between Finland and Sweden. [OC][800×532] via /r/ExposurePorn http://t.co/ksy8Ecnr9R http://t.co/GqXZjPyWr7
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de Blasio Thinks Press Went Easy on Bloomberg — NYMag
When asked to discuss his many recent headaches – from losing his fight with Uber to the city’s homeless problem to his feud with Governor Cuomo – Mayor de Blasio told the New York Times that his administration is just suffering from a perception pr…
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NBC Is Working on Making Red a TV Series
Despite the fact that the sequel wasn’t nearly as good as the original, I am all over the idea of a Red TV series. Action-comedies should be everywhere, all the time.
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This is thread via /r/woahdude http://t.co/TrOnVkApLo http://t.co/7xMj7VE6ty
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Peace Love Beauty Wisdom Balance Imagination Truth Consciousness, Back Seat http://xkcd.com/1565/
Back Seat http://t.co/J9fyI02kDq http://t.co/FQgpFQDJOX http://t.co/m8xjXUoCiu
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View of Lone Eagle Peak from Crater Lake CO [3262×4765], [OC] : EarthPorn
View of Lone Eagle Peak from Crater Lake CO [3262×4765], [OC] via /r/EarthPorn http://t.co/LuzDFSVdo7 http://t.co/J7f81FFKIr
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HMB while i jump this huge road gap : holdmybeer
HMB while i jump this huge road gap via /r/holdmybeer http://t.co/zNFHhwB6F7 http://t.co/VYZCD1itB8
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Linux Foundation Launches Open Mainframe Project | TechCrunch
It’s 2015 and you might think of the mainframe as a vestige of an earlier computing era, but these mega machines still play a role inside large institutions running intensive workloads.
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Matterhorn Image, Zermatt – National Geographic Photo of the Day
While spending the winter holidays with family in Zermatt, Switzerland, Your Shot member Andrey Omelyanchuk found that most of the best spots for views of the resort town were difficult to access.
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IBM Teams With Canonical To Put Ubuntu Linux On Mainframes | TechCrunch
You might not think that ‘Linux’ and ‘mainframe’ belong in the same sentence, but IBM has been putting various flavors of Linux on its mainframe computers for 15 years. Today IBM and Canonical announced that the two companies were teaming up to buil…
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Two years ago, Seagate debuted a new technology for hard drives that essentially gives applications direct access to some of its drives over an Ethernet connection to store objects using key-value pairs.
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PLUMgrid Partners With Linux Foundation To Open-Source Its IO Visor Project | TechCrunch
The Linux Foundation and PLUMgrid today announced an alliance of hardware manufacturers, Linux distribution vendors and others that aims to advance Linux networking and virtualization for modern data centers.
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Back Seat http://t.co/J9fyI02kDq http://t.co/FQgpFQDJOX http://t.co/m8xjXUoCiu
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I was not prepared for a kitten this dramatic. : aww
I was not prepared for a kitten this dramatic. via /r/aww http://t.co/LXw61IvFZZ http://t.co/sOLauipXMM
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Justin Upton spikes helmet and knocks out teamate Yonder Alonso : gifs
Justin Upton spikes helmet and knocks out teamate Yonder Alonso via /r/gifs http://t.co/RqoGUeh9mi http://t.co/iouOHgtmX5
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The first ever quad backflip on a BMX : interestingasfuck
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An (Important) Disproof Of The One-Time Pad | TechCrunch
In a recent TechCrunch article I was quoted calling the one-time pad a “unicorn”. Inevitably, I was roundly criticized. But what none of the commenters (or myself) realized, however, was how appropriate the term “unicorn” was.
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“Two Scents” · Masters Of Sex · TV Review · The A.V. Club
When Al Neely was asked on an intake form to describe his initial attraction to actress Isabella Ricci, he wrote, “She was 20 feet tall.” Neely remembers watching Ricci at the movie theater. As she was projected onto the screen, she overwhelmed his …
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“Hey!…Hey!…Pay attention to me! Hey!” : AnimalsBeingBros
“Hey!…Hey!…Pay attention to me! Hey!” via /r/AnimalsBeingBros http://t.co/ZYh6hUlICg http://t.co/s7OQEI6VT5
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Wolf-dog hybrids are illegal to import or posess in California. : Awwducational
Wolf-dog hybrids are illegal to import or posess in California. via /r/Awwducational http://t.co/XojFGyaST4 http://t.co/ISGNENmagJ
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This could be Google’s new Nexus 5 smartphone, built by LG | The Verge
We waved goodbye to the Nexus 5 when Google stopped selling its 2014 flagship Android smartphone earlier this year, but it might be time to say hello to a revamped version. Rumors in May suggested that Google was working with partners Huawei and LG …
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Gorgeous time-lapse picture during the 2010… – Just Space
Gorgeous time-lapse picture during the 2010 Equinox with the Sun… http://t.co/IUm2r1Q52w http://t.co/jIp4DQcnH3
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Our kitten Bowie is a brave, majestic beast. ❤ : cats
Our kitten Bowie is a brave, majestic beast. ❤ via /r/cats http://t.co/0BIXF5rbcc http://t.co/8kkz2yW2r9
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Milky Way overlooking Lake Quinault, WA [2188×3283] http://t.co/omimC6fzh4 http://t.co/3yOiV1Y5nP
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“Identity” · The Strain · TV Review · The A.V. Club
Relatively speaking, the second season of FX’s The Strain has improved upon the show’s first, largely because with the initial outbreak, and all the exposition that comes with that, firmly in the past, the show can move in a more focused and fun dir…
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I also photographed the Perseid meteor shower. : space
I also photographed the Perseid meteor shower. via /r/space http://t.co/Hi5neAqCUG http://t.co/3xcfzgBvU8
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me irl via /r/me_irl http://t.co/PluvaXj2jT http://t.co/nY4fT4gXhw
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Pittsburgh, PA [OC] [3,264 x 2,448] : CityPorn
Pittsburgh, PA [OC] [3,264 x 2,448] via /r/CityPorn http://t.co/EFfC81anRO http://t.co/tSocVBhw2o
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Afternoon in Downtown Los Angeles [OC] [2448 x 2448] : CityPorn
Afternoon in Downtown Los Angeles [OC] [2448 x 2448] via /r/CityPorn http://t.co/rWpgoCEheA http://t.co/gh7Sd3YwqC
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Just my luck. via /r/AdviceAnimals http://t.co/hIUDytou2p http://t.co/aOJDMNzpyM
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This is what I like to see. Seen at Dallas Animal Services. : pics
This is what I like to see. Seen at Dallas Animal Services. via /r/pics http://t.co/xss4LLAzqO http://t.co/AXBhPXOWgX
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Rescuers spot plane wreckage in Papua – Al Jazeera English
An Indonesian search and rescue plane has spotted debris believed to be from an aicraft that went missing with 54 people on board in Papua province, the local police chief has said.
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Monsoon over Tempe by Russell McGuire / 500px
Monsoon over Tempe by RussellMcGuire http://t.co/FePOPLYjte http://t.co/YIoB2HakEx
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Yosemite New Moon ft. Milky Way by Connor Surdi / 500px
Yosemite New Moon ft. Milky Way by connorsurdi http://t.co/25vrGxFCR6 http://t.co/psMtnMdgfl
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Princess Pier by Callum Mackie / 500px
Princess Pier by callummackie23 http://t.co/bxR9TfsiNp http://t.co/OfNd6vEwrY
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Freedom Tower by seandshoots .com / 500px
Freedom Tower by seandshoots http://t.co/zomZ1Mfiqy http://t.co/6R4LVdCgm0
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Valley of Fire by seandshoots .com / 500px
Valley of Fire by seandshoots http://t.co/Zv0ebeXAsv http://t.co/3LkRwhMfQz
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Niagra Falls by seandshoots .com / 500px
Niagra Falls by seandshoots http://t.co/gkEiDZp1S0 http://t.co/equXes7GSh
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Fugitive-Hunting Chinese Spies Must Leave U.S. — NYMag
Chinese President Xi Jinping’s state visit to Washington next month was already bound to be tense – expected topics of discussion include human rights, Chinese currency manipulation, and allegations that China hacked the U.S.
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Open thread for night owls. ‘Millennials: More government, please
A tag is a way to search for this diary. If someone is searching for “Barack Obama,” is this a diary they’d be trying to find? Use a person’s full name, without any title. Senator Obama may become President Obama, and Michelle Obama might run for of…
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1.3 million particles dropped into a bowl : gifs
1.3 million particles dropped into a bowl via /r/gifs http://t.co/Jc4p1F6Fu7 http://t.co/KArLDYEuTS
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Untitled by Ryan Wilson / 500px
Untitled by ryanwilson13 http://t.co/ydRktoQIK2 http://t.co/p1bIixM4xi
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Jason Day pays tribute to family after finally completing difficult journey | Sport | The Guardian
An emotional Jason Day reflected on the deep sacrifices made by his mother after claiming his first major title, the US PGA Championship, on Sunday evening in Wisconsin. Day’s father, Alvin, died when the golfer was just 12 years of age.
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“Parts One and Two” · Show Me · TV Review · The A.V. Club
On one side of the parkway in Yonkers, a single mom and her children take the stairs to their apartment because the building dealer’s doing business in the elevator.
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Music: “My Little Red Book,” Love (1966) – Boing Boing
“There’s just no getting over you.
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“Episode 8” · Humans · TV Review · The A.V. Club
I can’t believe that worked. By “that” I mean just about everything that happens in the season one finale of Humans, a climax designed mainly to keep all the balls in the air for season two. Sure, the cliffhanger gets resolved. It’s just that everyt…
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Some Wars Never End : bertstrips
Some Wars Never End via /r/bertstrips http://t.co/L2csKbWdVe http://t.co/o3SFbFhVOq http://t.co/9IuYKycPpb
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Some Wars Never End via /r/bertstrips http://t.co/L2csKbWdVe http://t.co/o3SFbFhVOq http://t.co/9IuYKycPpb
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Gargoyles tend to be dog people I guess : StartledCats
Gargoyles tend to be dog people I guess via /r/StartledCats http://t.co/SiFK9Yyiqv http://t.co/tPIWIPP4lV
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My older cats finally accepted the new kitten!! : cats
My older cats finally accepted the new kitten!! via /r/cats http://t.co/j4zqSO2bG3 http://t.co/9EfmVn6Qnh
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Dis mah basket now. via /r/cats http://t.co/uasQcIUSpq http://t.co/CxeG5DaPKB
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Chloe Catnip Crazy via /r/cats http://t.co/ZDX4Wea0xc http://t.co/qRLAaNqwU7
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My sleep quality over the last 2 and a bit years [OC] : dataisbeautiful
My sleep quality over the last 2 and a bit years [OC] via /r/dataisbeautiful http://t.co/FVAedNyCti http://t.co/nHCxuQvkUB
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Artistic wood carving : oddlysatisfying
Artistic wood carving via /r/oddlysatisfying http://t.co/Xo4DjGXE55 http://t.co/QPoIlBkkv6
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Centaurus A [2048×1365] js – Just Space
Centaurus A [2048×1365] js http://t.co/DntWxvhlMX http://t.co/M8WEdYvIBN
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That’s *exactly* how it works (x-post from r/justneckbeardthings) : TrollXChromosomes
That’s *exactly* how it works (x-post from r/justneckbeardthings) via /r/TrollXChromosomes http://t.co/IXu73RI7Ro http://t.co/3bt8h5qs0N
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Milky Way panorama Australian Outback first attempt. [OC] (7682×2667) : ExposurePorn
Milky Way panorama Australian Outback first attempt. [OC] (7682×2667) via /r/ExposurePorn http://t.co/6cscehiUii http://t.co/qgR0rYUsVp
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‘Show Me a Hero’ Recap Roundtable, Episodes One and Two: Welcome to Yonkers – The Atlantic
That might be why Judge Sands’s line about martyrs and heroes resonates so strongly.
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Sri Lanka heads to the polls – Al Jazeera English
Voting has started in Sri Lanka’s general election in a poll viewed as a referendum on the political future of former president Mahinda Rajapaksa. The alliance that swept him from power is also seeking a stronger mandate for reforms, as the nation o…
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O agents from the FBI contacted U.S. Customs and Border Protection at O’Hare International Airport in Chicago with an urgent request. They wanted bags from two passengers on an outbound flight to Beijing pulled for immediate inspection.
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Rescuers Work to Clear China Blast Site of Chemicals before Rain Falls – Scientific American
TIANJIN, China, Aug 16 (Reuters) – Chinese soldiers and rescue workers in gas masks and hazard suits searched for toxic materials in China’s port of Tianjin on Sunday as Premier Li Keqiang arrived to offer condolences, days after explosions flattene…
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Dr. Dre’s new album streamed 25 million times on Apple Music in its first week | The Verge
Compton, the new album from hip-hop mogul and Apple employee Dr. Dre, was streamed 25 million times in its first week on Apple Music.
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Outlander’s Tobias Menzies to play a werewolf guy in Underworld V · Newswire · The A.V. Club
As reported by Deadline, Tobias Menzies has signed on for “a major role” in Underworld V, the upcoming vampire sequel that was easier to sell to the studio than a full reboot.
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Trump Pay for Mexican border Wall Higher Visa Fees | Al Jazeera America
Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump would increase fees on some Mexican visas and all border crossing cards as part of a broader plan to force Mexico to pay for a wall along the southern U.S. border.
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Morsi appeals death sentence in Egyptian court – Al Jazeera English
The defence for ousted Egyptian president Mohamed Morsi has filed an appeal against a death sentence and life-in-prison term for the former leader, a lawyer says.
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Hey you via /r/trippinthroughtime http://t.co/Ha2qR4DkYG http://t.co/H2YPYynEQ5
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These seals get it : firstworldanarchists
These seals get it via /r/firstworldanarchists http://t.co/ki7EfnRTMh http://t.co/0MbRXMjTg7
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WASHINGTON — The dinner in the private upstairs dining room of the White House went so late that Reid Hoffman, the LinkedIn billionaire, finally suggested around midnight that President Obama might like to go to bed. “Feel free to kick us out,” Mr. …
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Moment in Space LXXXIII by Tuomas Pekkarinen js – Just Space
Moment in Space LXXXIII by Tuomas Pekkarinen js http://t.co/VBm6yvXIPO http://t.co/ttriMFOAW0
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Smooth sailing via /r/perfectloops http://t.co/8Oecl8VeJw http://t.co/pLzf96cVqv
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Label for Trappist beer circa 1890. : monkslookingatbeer
Label for Trappist beer circa 1890. via /r/monkslookingatbeer http://t.co/PTBeFamAxx http://t.co/iMj9Zd4JNG
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He’s almost done…. via /r/foxes http://t.co/Hds165ESlK http://t.co/K9c6TLJF33
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[OC] Beach on Northern Lake Michigan [6016X4000] : EarthPorn
[OC] Beach on Northern Lake Michigan [6016X4000] via /r/EarthPorn http://t.co/oDVIwaSuaa http://t.co/tCnjbw0HxA
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Hopetoun Falls (Otways National Park, Victoria, Australia) [3264×2448] : EarthPorn
Hopetoun Falls (Otways National Park, Victoria, Australia) [3264×2448] via /r/EarthPorn http://t.co/4kEEcaavQD http://t.co/uVKQFQxfV9
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[OC] In between two cliffs, near Ula, Norway. [3264×1836] : EarthPorn
[OC] In between two cliffs, near Ula, Norway. [3264×1836] via /r/EarthPorn http://t.co/mvhWpekSWU http://t.co/ivX0cWIjso
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Monument Rocks, KS (Milky Way Panorama) [14913 x 5779][OC] (Huge File) http://t.co/qvPCKLaMud http://t.co/Qq69mCEflS
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Cat. via /r/CatsStandingUp http://t.co/JDpYnv3iQb http://t.co/rz46cOfVhR
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Truth in labeling via /r/funny http://t.co/KduniJ2Zke http://t.co/UbjkasRRUY
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A quick lecture about Black Lives Matter
At this time, #BlackLivesMatter does not endorse any presidential candidate. Moreover, we are not affiliated with a political party. Our work is not funded or driven by any political party nor is it influenced by local or national candidates.
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A New Wave of Wildfires Is Punishing Oregon and Washington | Motherboard
When I woke up this morning it was a pleasant day: dry, cool air, blue sky. Then, by lunchtime, the ring of mountains surrounding my valley home in the Cascade Mountains of southern Washignton had begun to fade. The sky took on a sickly yellow hue, …
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This feature comes from “Lucky Peach #12: Seashore.” Pick up a copy here.
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The Politics of Presidential Dieting — NYMag
The annual political pilgrimage to the Iowa State Fair, which kicked off this week in earnest, promises to be a trying time for the presidential candidates — and not just because of the proud Iowan tradition of waggling phallic fried goods in their …
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How Much Warren Buffet Was Worth at Your Age. : dataisbeautiful
How Much Warren Buffet Was Worth at Your Age. via /r/dataisbeautiful http://t.co/ucZ6f77pne http://t.co/q3yv9TRC1m
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This is thread http://t.co/rp6pDsPliX http://t.co/valMl9NKJw
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WASHINGTON — The Obama administration has delivered a warning to Beijing about the presence of Chinese government agents operating secretly in t
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Fast endless Bi-directional spiral with an ho scale train ( side view ) – YouTube
Fast Bi-directional continuous spiral with ho scale. Had some suggestions to upload the continuous Bi-directional spiral.
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HMB while I chop down this tree. : holdmybeer
HMB while I chop down this tree. via /r/holdmybeer http://t.co/WTiMgah6kU http://t.co/I7qyIaMcQs
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Napoleon Dynamite plays tetherball. : perfectloops
Napoleon Dynamite plays tetherball. via /r/perfectloops http://t.co/gCHcQppdz3 http://t.co/71mWH3Xv44
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He used to be in a coma, I used to be a fat guy. – Imgur
He used to be in a coma, I used to be a fat guy. http://t.co/oQRknqpkT0 http://t.co/aM2sFBE4CZ
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Montana Declares State of Emergency as U.S. Northwest Battles Blazes – Scientific American
SALMON, Idaho (Reuters) – Montana declared a state of emergency on Sunday to battle more than a dozen wildfires as blazes, fueled by drought and winds, also raged in Oregon, Idaho and the California wine region north of San Francisco.
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CW veterans Rachel DiPillo and Torrey DeVitto join Chicago Med · Newswire · The A.V. Club
A few days ago, NBC’s Chicago Med—the upcoming second spinoff of Chicago Fire—lost The Walking Dead’s Laurie Holden, who had been signed on to play one of the show’s leads.
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US PGA Championship 2015 – in pictures | Sport | The Guardian
The best photos from all the action at the PGA Championship at Whistling Straits, Wisconsin.
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Trump Releases His Official Immigration Plan — NYMag
Donald Trump published his first-ever policy paper today in which he offered his plan for how to reform America’s immigration system.
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I was more ashamed of the truth… : AdviceAnimals
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neutron star (quaternion julia) [2560×1440 HQ JPG][OC] : FractalPorn
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Fuck you, Plate. : firstworldanarchists
Fuck you, Plate. via /r/firstworldanarchists http://t.co/prrCCooOQD http://t.co/0ssZSkgTgf
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Cat. via /r/CatsStandingUp http://t.co/NTdC9vmuqF http://t.co/UTQ9HNhTDn
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Understanding The $100 Million Search For Intelligent Alien Life | TechCrunch
Earlier this month billionaire investor Yuri Milner committed $100 million to initiate the most powerful search for intelligent life in the universe to date.
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Soylent Under Fire For Allegedly Failing to Provide Adequate Warnings On Its Labels – Eater
Weird nutritional food replacement Soylent is under fire for allegedly violating California’s Safe Drinking Water and Toxic Enforcement Act, which requires company’s to provide consumers with warnings on products that contain detectable amounts of h…
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New Apple Music ads try to beat Spotify by finding your new favorite artist | The Verge
When Apple Music launched at the beginning of July, it entered a crowded marketplace full of competitors who seemed to offer a fairly similar service for a fairly similar price, with little — beyond the draw of Taylor Swift — to differentiate it.
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Jason Day holds off Jordan Spieth to win US PGA at Whistling Straits | Sport | The Guardian
The late afternoon point by which only Jason Day could defeat himself was the most dangerous. Not only did the Australian have previous for falling agonisingly short on golf’s biggest stages but major upon major has been defined by closing stretch c…
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Beautiful Footage Of The Aurora Borealis From The International Space Station – Digg
If you haven’t ever played Solitaire, Minesweeper, Hearts or FreeCell, it’s safe to say you’re in the minority. These simple Windows games have probably caused more lost worker hours than anything short of a worldwide coffee shortage.
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Bruce Gilden’s Faces – BBC News
Bruce Gilden’s Faces 17 August 2015 Last updated at 00:45 Brooklyn-born photographer’s close-up and personal portraits of the overlooked and ignored
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What happens when you feed an hungry cat : funny
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Microsoft Drops Another Windows 10 Update | TechCrunch
And then there were three. Earlier this week, Microsoft released a new set of updates for Windows 10, the third time it has done so since the operating system formally debuted in late July.
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Could Oprah Winfrey get away with what Donald Trump said?
I watched the debate live and cringed when Donald Trump made the comment. I felt sorry for Hillary Clinton. To be clear, Hillary Clinton is rich. Yet a much richer man with limited intellect and a big ego is lauded by many as he makes her his slave.…
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What makes a planet habitable? – BBC News
Water in liquid form is thought to be a necessity for life on Earth. Naturally, some say that life may flourish under other conditions, and perhaps even in the absence of water.
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Another one from Iceland. Dettifoss, Iceland [OC] [5283×1875] : EarthPorn
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Control Room in an Abandoned Prison [OC][4608×3072] : AbandonedPorn
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Sitting Bull Falls, NM: A Desert Oasis [5312×2988] : EarthPorn
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Zuul shaming via /r/funny http://t.co/59s8AeI7Nx http://t.co/87EDK4rcaQ
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Even Adam Savage Is Stunned By This 73,000 FPS Footage Of A Pistol Firing – Digg
When the “Mythbusters” host — who does cool and crazy things for a living — says this recording is amazing, we believe him.
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me irl via /r/me_irl http://t.co/DwEWFAnzTE http://t.co/ks8wwXKugb
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Hubble view of the spiral galaxy Messier 106… – Just Space
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Little baby Mango via /r/cats http://t.co/6OFFShukHK http://t.co/f8XTe9Kbp3
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Our little angel, Yuki! : cats
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A beautiful place in the middle of Sweden [1080×1920] : EarthPorn
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Never drink alone again! : funny
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Owls use ‘stealth technology’ to help capture prey | Science | The Guardian
Owls are equipped with highly developed stealth technology that helps them swoop on prey undetected, a study has shown. The nocturnal hunters have feathers that absorb aerodynamic sound and suppress the vibrations that occur when a bird beats its wi…
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As the American west continues to dry out, science fiction about climate change is beginning take hold. Books from authors such as J.G. Ballard, Margaret Atwood and Paolo Bacigalupi are creating a new subgenre: Climate Fiction, stories about Earth a…
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A Roundup of This Week’s Best #AddLasersToPaleoart Memes | Motherboard
This past Monday, paleontologist and paleoartist Mark Witton shared this innocuous drawing of a group of laser-eyed sauropods on Twitter. What began as an inside joke among colleagues soon became an online sensation, which has raged all week under t…
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Montana gets it! via /r/holdmybeer http://t.co/lxJ2FEJDg9 http://t.co/wstL7hxWz5
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– monday blues – | Flickr – Photo Sharing!
– monday blues – – Inverted image. by Jacqueline ter Haar via http://t.co/nvHJgRUtK8 http://t.co/nT6aBiRYiw http://t.co/Wm59dppZGZ
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– monday blues – – Inverted image. by Jacqueline ter Haar via http://t.co/nvHJgRUtK8 http://t.co/nT6aBiRYiw http://t.co/Wm59dppZGZ
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Having a relaxing Sunday : foxes
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Peace Love Beauty Wisdom Balance Imagination Truth Consciousness, More Marshmallow! via /r/sloths…
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This toy dinosaur is trapped in a tree : mildlyinteresting
This toy dinosaur is trapped in a tree via /r/mildlyinteresting http://t.co/3WFPPH6H2y http://t.co/0EzvzPLAka
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This is What a Galaxy Looks Like After A Cosmic Collision
Forgive this barred spiral galaxy if it looks a little messy. It’s the survivor of a galactic collision that bent and twisted the galaxy’s original shape, according to astronomers.
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Just laid this one on my boyfriend. Whoops. : AdviceAnimals
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Engineering Firm HappyFunCorp Eyes More Acquisitions | TechCrunch
HappyFunCorp has been living up to its name, according to co-founder Ben Schippers — at least if you associate happiness and fun with profits, growth and acquisitions.
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Conservatism’s love-hate relationship with the 14th Amendment
Consider, for example, birthright citizenship. Crafted to ensure citizenship for former slaves, beginning in 1868 the Constitution enshrined the rights of “all persons born or naturalized in the United States.
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Let’s Chill Out About This Imminent Apocalyptic Solar Super-Flare Business | Motherboard
Doomsayers are fond of citing a 1859 solar storm dubbed the Carrington event.
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It’s Sunday, it’s a nice day outside, and we’ve realized that we’re having a hard time deciding if it’s funny or not that Flea from the Red Hot Chili Peppers is now a beekeeper.
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Thousands Protest in Brazil Against Roussef | Al Jazeera America
Tens of thousands of demonstrators gathered across Brazil on Sunday to call for the impeachment of President Dilma Rousseff, whom they blame for a vast corruption scandal and the economy’s worst slump in a quarter century.
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Milkyway and a satellite captured at the Cimon… – Just Space
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Chicago, IL [4000×2668] : CityPorn
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My Sunday afternoon via /r/cats http://t.co/FHz0CK1EIV http://t.co/8YDjAWIou9
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On Dark Matter, Teaming Up Is For Suckers
In episode ten of Dark Matter, our lovely team worked with another band of outlaws. It was a bad idea. Spoilers …
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Where Vancouver’s Tech Ecosystem Goes From Here | TechCrunch
Compass recently published its second report on the global startup ecosystem.
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Oklahoma death row inmate defended by Susan Sarandon says he is innocent | US news | The Guardian
An Illinois man scheduled to be executed next month in Oklahoma for his role in a 1997 killing is raising questions about his case, telling a newspaper in his hometown that the state is going to “kill an innocent man”.
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Yes, Someone Brought a Parrot to an Ultra-Swanky Car Show | WIRED
Look around an auction where cars worth millions of dollars are up for grabs, and you’d expect most of them to be in sparkling condition—or, at least, clean.
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IBM’s Watson wants to help you kick butt in your fantasy football league
After beating humans at Jeopardy! and building an understanding of state-of-the-art medical research, IBM’s Watson supercomputer is going to make you into the best fantasy football player in your league.
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Art installation brings drone killings to life | The Verge
It can often be hard to grasp what numbers really represent. The thousands of deaths caused by drone strikes in Pakistan, Yemen, and elsewhere over the years are easily obscured when they’re communicated simply as black print in a newspaper.
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Tony Abbott is a climate change “villain” who is repeating the slogans used by the coal industry in the US, according to bestselling author and social activist Naomi Klein.
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A Corvette-Powered Titanium Supercar | WIRED
Look around an auction where cars worth millions of dollars are up for grabs, and you’d expect most of them to be in sparkling condition—or, at least, clean.
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Flooding on the Mekong River Flood Plain : Image of the Day
An astronaut aboard the International Space Station (ISS) took these photographs of the Mekong River along the border between Thailand and Laos, in an area about 60 kilometers (40 miles) northeast of Vientiane.
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Bug-killing book pages clean murky drinking water – BBC News
The “drinkable book” combines treated paper with printed information on how and why water should be filtered. Its pages contain nanoparticles of silver or copper, which kill bacteria in the water as it passes through.
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Bruges at Night [4608×3072] [OC] : CityPorn
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Good Guy Rick Moranis : AdviceAnimals
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Lacs de Mont Coua, French Alps [2549×3698] [OC] : EarthPorn
Lacs de Mont Coua, French Alps [2549×3698] [OC] via /r/EarthPorn http://t.co/4SaEPyahy3 http://t.co/O9hDyGT5hL
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This site lets you make a Flappy Bird game in one minute. : InternetIsBeautiful
This site lets you make a Flappy Bird game in one minute. via /r/InternetIsBeautiful http://t.co/M4YEsCgsR6 http://t.co/XTSwOioCeI
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Apologies if youve already seen a lizard balancing berries on its head today : funny
Apologies if youve already seen a lizard balancing berries on its head today via /r/funny http://t.co/6TVe4QnUFI http://t.co/wpPOLHLDlH
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Look Closely via /r/aww http://t.co/iZOb68Roui http://t.co/FwBtcXUh6U
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Morgan Freeman’s granddaughter found stabbed to death in Manhattan | Film | The Guardian
The actor Morgan Freeman is mourning the death of his granddaughter, who was found stabbed to death on Sunday on a Manhattan street. Police responding to a 911 call at about 3am found 33-year-old Edena Hines lying on the street with multiple stab wo…
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Did Ben Carson Win the GOP Debate? — NYMag
According to the first national poll commissioned by Fox News since the Republican debate two weeks ago, Ben Carson has received the most significant bump in support, jumping five points in the standings from the Fox News poll right before the de
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100 years ago: A tawny owl was calling | Environment | The Guardian
It will seem strange to those who do not know suburban London that here in Chiswick (from which I write to-day) one may feel oneself to be in a quite country place, despite the endless number of railways, tramlines, and motor buses busy incessantly …
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Apollo Astronaut Says UFOs Came to Prevent Nuclear War
The sixth man to walk on the Moon says that pacifist alien visitors tried to create world peace by disabling missiles during Cold War weapons tests.
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Chaos in Kos: Greece on the frontline of migrant crisis – Al Jazeera English
Europe is witnessing the biggest refugee crisis since the second World War. And yet, a solid solution still seems far away.
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Moon Shrine. The crescent moon rises under the… – Just Space
Moon Shrine. The crescent moon rises under the Milky Way and the… http://t.co/mtDB4lMRnD http://t.co/uVITO1a2bS
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Inside a derelict caboose. Rhyolite, NV. [OC] [5312×2988] : AbandonedPorn
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Err…Meow. via /r/Catloaf http://t.co/pRKvIPaQIO http://t.co/gXniYgBAkR
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Queenstown, New Zealand, this morning [OC][1367×2048] : EarthPorn
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Frustrated Brazilians Fill Streets in Protest as President’s Approval Rating Plummets | VICE News
Brazilians frustrated with the corruption and incompetence they see as hallmarks of President Dilma Rousseff’s tenure filled streets around the country again on Sunday. It was the third nationwide protest against Rousseff’s government since March, w…
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12 things you won’t remember if you were born in the ’90s
If you were born in the ‘90s, you totes won’t remember any of that magic. But no worries, kiddo. I’m here to assuage your FOMO! Some say Reagan destroyed America (and the world), and others say he saved it.
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Researchers seek to ease the pain of two-factor authentication via background sound
Two-factor authentication can go a long way toward protecting your online accounts, but it sure can be a pain. It’s a known fact that some people will risk their accounts being hacked to avoid the time-consuming interaction with smartphones, texts a…
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Fancy Car Shows Come With Fancy Street Artists | WIRED
Look around an auction where cars worth millions of dollars are up for grabs, and you’d expect most of them to be in sparkling condition—or, at least, clean.
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Why dropping federal mandatory minimum sentences will not solve all of our prison problems
With 1.6 million serving time in state and federal institutions, and an additional 600,000 in local jails, the $80 billion burden has become great enough that the time has come to reduce this population.
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Finally, We’re Getting Some Answers On Killjoys – And Some More Questions
On this week’s episode of Killjoys, Enemy Khylen, we finally get some of the show’s long-simmering questions answered – only to get even more questions added to the pile. Spoilers for this week’s episode!
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Julian Bond, Civil Rights Activist, Dead at 75 | Rolling Stone
Julian Bond, a longtime civil rights activist and former NAACP chairman, passed away in Fort Walton Beach, Florida Saturday after battling a brief illness. Bond was 75.
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USA 8-0 Costa Rica | Match report | Football | The Guardian
There was never any doubt that the Americans would crush Costa Rica on Sunday afternoon – but that wasn’t the point.
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Sony announces special Star Wars PlayStation 4 console · Newswire · The A.V. Club
As reported by Game Informer, Sony has announced a fancy Darth Vader-branded PlayStation 4 console to tie in with the release of some big Star Wars video games that are coming out this fall.
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Peace Love Beauty Wisdom Balance Imagination Truth Consciousness, Star-Forming Region NGC 346 | ESO…
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Baby elephant tries to wake sleeping dog : awwgifs
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Peace Love Beauty Wisdom Balance Imagination Truth Consciousness, Upvoted: Magnets are cool. via…
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Grandpa don’t give a shit about your group photo : firstworldanarchists
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Van Morrison – You Don’t Pull No Punches, But You Don’t Push The River – YouTube
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Van Morrison – Full Concert – 06/18/80 – Montreux (OFFICIAL) – YouTube
Van Morrison – Full Concert – 06/18/80 – Montreux http://t.co/36TQA1d5ms
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Plane with 54 on board crashes in remote Indonesian region| Reuters
JAKARTA An Indonesian twin-turboprop aircraft carrying 54 people lost contact with air traffic control on Sunday in the remote, forested eastern Papua region, the National Search and Rescue Agency (BASARNAS) said, with search efforts hampered by fai…
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Stephen King on how to write – Business Insider
Gary Miller/Getty ImagesRenowned author Stephen King has written over 50 books that have captivated millions of people around the world. In his memoir, “On Writing,” King shares valuable insights into how to be a better writer. And he doesn’t sugarc…
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Saudi troops repel Houthi border attack – Al Jazeera English
Saudi Arabia has repelled an infiltration attempt at its border by Yemeni Houthi fighters who also shelled two border areas in the kingdom, security sources have said.
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An Exclusive Look At Amazon Orientation Day | TechCrunch
Featured Image: Steve Jurvetson/Flickr UNDER A CC BY 2.
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Don’t Even Think About Flying a Drone Here | WIRED
Look around an auction where cars worth millions of dollars are up for grabs, and you’d expect most of them to be in sparkling condition—or, at least, clean.
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Van Morrison – Full Concert – 06/18/80 – Montreux (OFFICIAL) – YouTube
Van Morrison – Full Concert – 06/18/80 – Montreux (OFFICIAL) http://t.co/Ze7z1O3RGp http://t.co/mcnQ1U20Vl
Van Morrison – Full ConcertRecorded Live: 6/18/1980 – Montreux (Montreux, Switzerland)More Van Morrison at Music Vault: http://www.musicvault.comSubscribe to Music Vault: http://goo.gl/DUzpUFSetlist:0:00:00 – Wavelength0:07:46 – Kingdom Hall0:12:17 … -
Van Morrison – Full Concert – 06/18/80 – Montreux (OFFICIAL) http://t.co/Ze7z1O3RGp http://t.co/mcnQ1U20Vl
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Free lunch is the worst! : AdviceAnimals
Free lunch is the worst! via /r/AdviceAnimals http://t.co/OWFkkWFEPY http://t.co/gcu8bQySyc
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tub&chair [2592×3888] : AbandonedPorn
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Star Wars Rocking “Horse” and a Happy Princess Leia : pics
Star Wars Rocking “Horse” and a Happy Princess Leia via /r/pics http://t.co/CHhhE0AEK8 http://t.co/XeB2guVq3Q
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Birdwatch: Green sandpiper | Environment | The Guardian
Forget the holiday traffic jams, put away the summer clothes and turn on the central heating – it may still be August, but in the bird world, autumn is officially here. The first sign of the season arrived in the last week of July.
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The Proper Way to Treat Your Classic Car | WIRED
Look around an auction where cars worth millions of dollars are up for grabs, and you’d expect most of them to be in sparkling condition—or, at least, clean.
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How Veracruz Became the Most Dangerous State in Mexico for Journalists | VICE News
Flowers, candles, and photographs sit outside the entrance to the Government Palace in the Mexican city of Xalapa, Veracruz. Most passers-by only pause to glance at the mementos before moving on.
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Russia’s oil industry endangering its indigenous people – Al Jazeera English
Russia has 40 recognised groups of what it calls “small numbered indigenous peoples.” Many have managed to hold onto traditional lifestyles, despite the efforts of the former Soviet system to make them conform.
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Van Morrison – Full Concert – 06/18/80 – Montreux (OFFICIAL) – YouTube
Van Morrison – Full ConcertRecorded Live: 6/18/1980 – Montreux (Montreux, Switzerland)More Van Morrison at Music Vault: http://www.musicvault.comSubscribe to Music Vault: http://goo.gl/DUzpUFSetlist:0:00:00 – Wavelength0:07:46 – Kingdom Hall0:12:17 …
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This dog’s paw looks just like its face : mildlyinteresting
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Fur bomb! via /r/lolcats http://t.co/9hpk2acVdc http://t.co/whnCvQvvUC
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The one who started it all, now in iPhone size! : monkslookingatbeer
The one who started it all, now in iPhone size! via /r/monkslookingatbeer http://t.co/n4oznyNbyV http://t.co/isFCD61lFJ
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This Raccoon gets it. : firstworldanarchists
This Raccoon gets it. via /r/firstworldanarchists http://t.co/ApL1dta02p http://t.co/i8D14eP24k
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Is Nefertiti in Tut’s Tomb? – The New Yorker
On the north wall of the burial chamber of a tomb known as KV-62, in Egypt’s Valley of the Kings, there is a mural in which a dead pharaoh is depicted with a living one, who is performing a ceremony known as the Opening of the Mouth, meant to revive…
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Iraq’s prime minister slashes cabinet by one-third – Al Jazeera English
Iraq’s Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi has reduced his cabinet from 33 members to 22, as he consolidates the body as part of a major reform push in response to mass protests against corruption and poor governance.
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Mike Huckabee says he supports decision to deny abortion to 11-year-old rape victim
GOP presidential candidate Mike Huckabee said in an interview Sunday that he did not support abortion, even in a case that involved the rape of a child.
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Van Morrison – You Don’t Pull No Punches, But You Don’t Push The River – YouTube
Van Morrison – You Don’t Pull No Punches, But You Don’t Push The RiverSong origins:The song was written on Morrison’s three week trip to Ireland in October 1973, along with seven other songs that would feature on Veedon Fleece.Biographer Clinton Hey…
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Flea’s Bees: Chili Peppers Bassist Starts Apiary | Rolling Stone
Flea’s Bees: Chili Peppers Bassist Starts Apiary Rocker’s backyard beehives boasts 200,000 insects in effort to restore honeybee population
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The future of sports is streaming
A growing subset of NFL fans want an easy and accessible way to stream Sunday’s action. But good luck getting a la carte sports options online. When the NFL announced its international streaming service, Game Pass, would finally be available in the …
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Meow O.o IRL via /r/MEOW_IRL http://t.co/SyyIfsirve http://t.co/YfKaaRmagn
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me irl via /r/me_irl http://t.co/4Ct6duqN9u http://t.co/r4cF1REcB1
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My life as an autistic Wikipedian
Two years ago, I discovered that I was on the autism spectrum. As I learned more about myself and the way my brain worked, I started to look at past experiences through the lens of this newly-found aspect.
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Thousands join anti-government protests across Brazil – Al Jazeera English
Tens of thousands of demonstrators have held protests across Brazil calling for Dilma Rousseff to step down, blaming the president for the corruption and economic troubles besetting Latin America’s largest country.
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Fifty-four Missing in Indonesia Plane Crash – The Atlantic
The Indonesian province of Papua is one of the world’s most remote regions, a place so forbidding that scientists regard it as a “lost world” famous for its many undiscovered animal species. On Sunday, the area played host to human tragedy on a larg…
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Review: Flir One thermal camera is all you need to see through the darkness
Flir One, a thermal imaging camera attachment to your iPhone or Android smartphone, is designed to let you peer deep into impenetrable places like walls and through the pitch black darkness of night.
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I fought at the biggest fighting-game tournament in the world
It’s a month before I’ll attend the biggest fighting-game tournament in the world, and a bunch of amateurs have me smeared across the metaphorical pavement. We’re playing Super Smash Bros. for Wii U on a humid night down at a back-alley apartment in…
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Huge virtual reality entertainment center debuts in Australia
A new “free-roam” gaming center in Melbourne, Australia called Zero Latency has opened to the public, designed to offer a genuinely immersive virtual reality experience in a large space. Its players testify that it’s “like literally being in a video…
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MRW My friend says that theyve never seen lord if the rings – Imgur
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Lemon boops :3 via /r/perfectloops http://t.co/kNywjR4gio http://t.co/GTc3zcZ9Qz
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An elephant got caught on security camera picking up trash and putting it in a garbage can http://t.co/2sUoQSdmSh http://t.co/MR0D007HKH
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Undisturbed | Flickr – Photo Sharing!
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The International Space Station orbits more than 200 miles above the Earth, traveling five miles per second. Getting in touch isn’t quite as simple as placing a long-distance call. But if you have a ham radio, used by radio amateurs to chat on publi…
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Have Republicans managed to gerrymander themselves into a semi-permanent majority?
The study, published in May by Carl Klarner, pointed out two particularly disturbing statistical marks that were “highlights” of the 2014 midterm elections.
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Sauces have no control over me : firstworldanarchists
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#relationship goals : TrollXChromosomes
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Red neighbor via /r/cats http://t.co/sBGD59WVIH http://t.co/5CYjLre1Gt
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Republican presidential candidate Mike Huckabee, who last month said President Obama was “marching the Israelis to the door of the oven” with the recent Iran nuclear deal, will visit Israel this week.
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Chasing game and glory at the Big Buck Hunter world championship
Six days before the tournament, Derek Tower and Allyssa Friedman settled in for one of their last marathon practice sessions of Big Buck Hunter, the arcade game that lets people shoot large exotic animals all over the world.
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The look your mom gave you when you came home late : trippinthroughtime
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peace….. by Henrique Nascimento / 500px
peace….. by HenriqueNascimento http://t.co/RWbsB1JG8n http://t.co/RaxwHy2SqD
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[OC]Caney Fork Overlook – MP428 Blue Rigde Parkway [3283×2188] : EarthPorn
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Cat. via /r/CatsStandingUp http://t.co/UbOXmGeqQA http://t.co/9ygcF7kaa2
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Wait! What is this! via /r/gifs http://t.co/KOFHTZZl90 http://t.co/ZhMmTF9X34
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The scene is a hauntingly familiar one: A white police officer stalks an unarmed black man in a dark alley and slams the man’s head into the open door of his patrol car.
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There’s going to be a Darth Vader edition PlayStation 4 | The Verge
Here at D23 Sony just announced there there’s going to be a new themed variant of the PS4 console — and that theme is Darth Vader himself.
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S Sudan leader set for peace talks as deadline looms – Al Jazeera English
South Sudanese President Salva Kiir has arrived in Addis Ababa for peace talks aimed at brokering an end to the country’s civil war, reversing an earlier decision as international threats of possible sanctions mount.
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Pixar locates a bunch of famous people to be in Finding Dory · Newswire · The A.V. Club
While a lot of the news out of Disney’s D23 Expo this weekend has been dominated by superheroes and Star Wars, the company also offered an update on Finding Dory, Pixar’s Finding Nemo sequel.
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There’s a Star Hiding in This Image. Can You Find It?
This brain teaser is a little different from the ones I usually feature on Sunday Puzzle. There’s no logic. No math. No tricky wording. Just an illustration and a hidden object. Some of you will spot it quickly. Others of you will not. I’ve actually…
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Iraq probe implicates Maliki over Mosul’s fall to ISIL – Al Jazeera English
An Iraqi parliamentary committee says that former prime minister Nouri al-Maliki and other officials were to blame for allowing the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) to overrun Mosul last year, and has called for them to face trial.
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Plane Crashes in Remote Papua Region of Indonesia | Al Jazeera America
An aircraft with 54 people on board crashed in Indonesia’s remote and mountainous region of Papua on Sunday, a government official said, the latest in a string of aviation disasters in the southeast Asian nation. There was no immediate word on wheth…
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Grandma being a babe in the 1940s : OldSchoolCool
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Live birth of a baby pit viper : interestingasfuck
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Monk beer : monkslookingatbeer
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This Subway customer notice – Imgur
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Induction heating turns ice-cube red-hot : oddlysatisfying
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The Way This Guy Falls : oddlysatisfying
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Reclaimed by nature in Nebraska [OC] [2000×1300] : AbandonedPorn
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My Apple has an imprint of some leaves in its skin : mildlyinteresting
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Fiorina doubles down on Clinton email accusations | TheHill
Republican presidential hopeful Carly Fiorina on Sunday doubled down on her accusation that Hillary Clinton lied about sending classified emails through a private server, saying the “cover-up is worse than the crime.
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Tips For Silicon Valley From A Startup Accelerator In Gaza | TechCrunch
Founding a startup is difficult anywhere in the world, but it’s especially hard in Gaza.
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Donald Trump Just Released An Actual Policy Plan | ThinkProgress
“This is not a reality show,” billionaire Donald Trump said of his presidential candidacy on Sunday. “This is the real deal.” He’s apparently not kidding.
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Can this $200 smartwatch hypnotize you into being a hit with the ladies?
We’re going to go with “no,” which is probably why the Pick Up Girls Smartwatch has raised zero dollars on Indiegogo so far. The campaign claims this smartwatch uses “subliminal and hypnosis techniques to program your brain.
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Concrete forest | Flickr – Photo Sharing!
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Eight Civilians Dead After Eight Straight Days of Shelling on India-Pakistan Border | VICE News
Eight consecutive days of shelling on the highly militarized Line of Control between India and Pakistan has left a combined eight civilians dead. The exchange of fire violates of a 2003 ceasefire agreement between the two countries.
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Trump: It’d be a ‘miracle’ if Clinton stays in race | TheHill
GOP presidential candidate Donald Trump said on Sunday that it is unlikely Democrat Hillary Clinton meets him in the general presidential election next year.
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Prospect Becomes First Openly Gay Baseball Pro — NYMag
Major League Baseball is more than a hundred years old and has played an integral part in promoting racial and ethnic equality in America over its history, but it took until now for an active player associated with the League to publically come out …
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What does a $300,000 house look like around the world? – Boing Boing
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Boko Haram and the media – Al Jazeera English
Inspired by the rags-to-riches story of Manny Pacquiao, many Filipino fighters see boxing as a ticket out of poverty. Barnaby Phillips follows the life of one of the forgotten heroes of World War II.
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Deadly ‘ISIL attacks’ in Iraq’s Fallujah and Baiji – Al Jazeera English
Inspired by the rags-to-riches story of Manny Pacquiao, many Filipino fighters see boxing as a ticket out of poverty. Barnaby Phillips follows the life of one of the forgotten heroes of World War II.
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Some books that helped me with Surf Guitar – Boing Boing
I wanted to play like Dick Dale. These books help me pretend. They are quite good. The Hal Leonard Surf Guitar play-along book is really great. In general Hal Leonard guitar books are dependable and get you playing a reasonable facsimile of some of …
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When loan sharking became legal
I have taken out a loan or two in my day. One of them, about 20 years ago when I was young and did not know any better, was through a rather unscrupulous company. The sales pitch sounded really similar to the one in the ad. They would give me money …
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The Sundance Class of 2012 Is Taking Over Blockbuster Cinema | Vanity Fair
The big news out of Saturday’s D23 Expo was that Colin Trevorrow, fresh off of directing Jurassic World all the way to what will soon be the second biggest domestic box-office haul of all time, will direct Star Wars Episode IX.
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10 most used words in /r/MinionHate subreddit [OC] : dataisbeautiful
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What It’s Like To Get Hit With Flame Retardant From A DC-10 : interestingasfuck
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Rory McIlroy praises PGA for ‘fantastic’ state of Whistling Straits | Sport | The Guardian
The consistently thrilling element of the US PGA Championship is no coincidence. It is, in fact, testimony to tournament organisers who refuse to let ego get in the way of a golfing major. The same, suffice to say, cannot be guaranteed elsewhere.
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So You Want To Join The Empire: Movie-Accurate Troopers
We skipped a week with this column, but this week, I want to talk about the variations in the stormtrooper costume. Not all stormtroopers are the same, and between each film, there’s minor differences that need to be taken into consideration when bu…
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Get on with extending our national parks | Letters | Environment | The Guardian
The communities secretary, Greg Clark, says “no one benefits from uncertainty caused by delays in planning decisions” (Act quickly on fracking or we will, ministers tell councils, 13 August). Quite right.
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Chelsea Manning, the soldier and Guardian columnist, has been denied access to a prison legal library days before a crucial hearing at which she will represent herself against charges including possession of unapproved reading material, according to…
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All-Drake Radio Station Hits Airwaves in Charlotte | Rolling Stone
All-Drake Radio Station Hits Airwaves in Charlotte, North Carolina Formerly a gospel station, WQNC relaunches as Drake 92.
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Waiting for the ship that could save a man’s life – BBC News
The closest land mass to Tristan da Cunha is more than 2,000km (1,500 miles) away – Chris Carnegy was on the South Atlantic island when a medical emergency brought home just how remote the community is.
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Underwater Temple by Patrik Hjelm : ImaginaryLandscapes
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Hubble Telescope Spies Off-Kilter Halo Around… – Just Space
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California Gull – Carmel, CA by dennisjohnston17 via http://t.co/sFO02spHfx http://t.co/3BDu4qNKhY http://t.co/Xj2an4ynX0
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Seeing a repost with an altered title – GIF on Imgur
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NBC silences Janelle Monáe during Black Lives Matter speech | Music | The Guardian
The singer Janelle Monáe was effectively silenced during an appearance on NBC’s Today Show on Friday morning, shortly after saying in a speech in support of the Black Lives Matter movement: “We will not be silenced.
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Jesse Jackson on Martin Luther King, Obama and #blacklivesmatter | US news | The Guardian
“There is a false narrative that the movement stopped and then started again,” says the Reverend Jesse Jackson Sr, when I ask whether he feels in or out of step with the Black Lives Matter movement.
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The UN’s Unpaid Internships Are Screwing Young People From the Developing World | VICE News
The UN’s unpaid internship came under fire this week following reports that a 22-year-old intern from New Zealand was living in a tent in Geneva because he couldn’t afford to pay rent in the Swiss city.
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“We’re Creating A Jaw-Dropping New World”: More Details About Disney’s Star Wars Land
Yesterday, we learned that Disney is adding some absolutely massive Star Wars expansions to their Florida and California parks. Now here’s a video showing the highlights of Bob Iger’s keynote speech—along with more concept art that wasn’t officially…
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How To Move Through The Woods Silently
While hunting this week, I managed to stalk to within 30 yards of a bear and snuck up on an Army Ranger undetected. Here’s how to be vewy, vewy quiet outdoors. It’s a skill anyone can use. You don’t have to be hunting to benefit from going undetecte…
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Black Swan. Photographer: YuriFineart [2048 x 1366] [OS] : AnimalPorn
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Why does staying fit increase confidence and motivation? : InternetIsBeautiful
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I’m not dealing with this shit : StartledCats
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Learn how to say ‘wow’ and ‘whoa’ just like Owen Wilson
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Get Shrunk to Toy Size and Ride A Slinky At New Toy Story Land Theme Park
Disney is known for two things: animated movies and theme parks, both of which are coming together in a major way in the near future.
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The Crab Nebula Is a Gorgeous Mystery
In 1054 CE, a new light blazed in the night sky, four times brighter than Venus. Chinese astronomers called it a “guest star,” but today we call it a supernova: the dying explosion of a massive star.
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My wife started her period today. I sent her this : AdviceAnimals
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As every cat owner knows, nobody owns a cat! : cats
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Machining Porn : oddlysatisfying
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Nalah says hi. via /r/cats http://t.co/KwOY3KGfoU http://t.co/Fl0nuzeB5Z
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By the end of its run in 1999, Peanuts was an institution. It had become an omnipresent part of American culture, and that’s not a compliment.
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Poster art of Disney rides from the 1950s to present day – Boing Boing
If you’ve ever been to a Disney theme park, you’ve undoubtedly seen the large posters showcasing some of the popular rides and attractions. Over the past sixty years, what started out as teasers for park guests have evolved into valued works of art.
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Truck Crashes into a Highway Sign – YouTube
Truck Crash into a highway sign in Saudi Arabia – August 16th 2015
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Brother Barnabus Exhorts The Faithful To Chug : monkslookingatbeer
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Truck with asphalt sealant tipped over. : oddlysatisfying
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Porlock Weir, Somerset, UK [4555×3027][OC] : EarthPorn
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Balls of steel http://t.co/OZBsHibnsO http://t.co/Uvv5Fu3MOp
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Slippery when wet via /r/gif http://t.co/INijEbWWIY http://t.co/6IjcOJfaoV
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Light Painting next to the Keeper [5184×2712] [OC] : ExposurePorn
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If my Maine Coon mix was on the cover of National Geographic… : cats
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Buffalo Bill State Park, Wyoming [OC][2448×3264] : EarthPorn
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Watch as astronauts soar over an Aurora Borealis in the space station | The Verge
Space is a remarkable place, and right now, NASA astronaut Scott Kelly has the best seat in the house for watching its cosmic wonders unfold.
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The Legacy Of Julian Bond | ThinkProgress
Civil rights leaders, activists, lawmakers, and students of history are mourning the death of lifelong civil rights leader Julian Bond, who passed away at the age of 75 on Saturday in Ft. Walton Beach, Florida after a brief illness.
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Sunday show wrap-up: 2016 race dominates | TheHill
Trump defines his brand of conservatism “We have to be strong and secure and get rid of our debt,” he said. http://hill.cm/OtzBSfj Trump not sure about Planned Parenthood donations “I don’t think so,” he said. “But it’s possib… http://hill.cm/WJbtTH4
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O’Malley mum on Clinton email server | TheHill
Former Maryland governor Martin O’Malley on Sunday touted his political experience while dodging questions about Hillary Clinton’s campaign.
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I really am still undecided between Bernie and Hillary
Although I don’t know who I’m going to vote for in New York’s Democratic primary on April 19, I do know one thing. I’m very glad Bernie Sanders is running, and that he’s doing well enough that Hillary Clinton will not be running unopposed.
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Apple’s refusal to allow paid upgrades in the Mac App Store hurts developers and users
There are a lot of words and phrases that have been used to describe the Mac App Store. One that comes to mind is ‘ghost town,’ used largely because there are some really solid apps for the Mac that aren’t in the store. But why are developers leanin…
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How the bathing suit killed the bathing skirt – Vox
In 1915, a group of rebels challenged tradition. These Californians were called the “skirts be hanged girls,” and they had a revolutionary goal: swimsuits that women could actually swim in. Most of us are familiar with the one-piece/two-piece bathin…
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Air Traffic Control Is Getting A Much-Needed Upgrade | TechCrunch
It’s a clear sky over San Francisco, with no clouds in sight, and there’s an audible groan as your captain announces that your aircraft’s approach is on hold due to weather conditions.
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Woman who posted video of Miami police beating becomes target of smear campaign
The 47-second video shows a young man being arrested. After he sits in a police cruiser, the arresting officer suddenly jumps into the car and hits him.
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WATCH: 50 years ago the Beatles performed six songs on the Ed Sullivan Show – Boing Boing
The Beatles performed on the Ed Sullivan Show for the forth and final time on August 14, 1965. Over 70 million people tuned in to watch. On Facebook my friend Gareth Branwyn wrote: Half a century ago! And I’m old enough that I actually saw these per…
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State of emergency in Ecuador as volcano spews ash – Al Jazeera English
Ecuadorian President Rafael Correa has declared a state of emergency over increasing activity in the Cotopaxi volcano near the capital of Quito.
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A train to Bangladania — Bang Bang — Medium
It was the end of a cycle that began four years earlier. Italplan’s initial estimates had been confirmed by their fieldwork, and were being made public to an audience of government representatives, politicians, and businesspeople.
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Queen – Under Pressure-1981 (Official Video) HQ – YouTube
Queen – Under Pressure – YouTube http://t.co/KicXrooFVF
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Hundreds gather at Nevada vigil after Carson City officer shot dead | US news | The Guardian
Hundreds of people crowded a plaza in the Nevada capitol grounds for a candlelight vigil on Saturday, honoring a Carson City sheriff’s deputy who died earlier that day after a domestic violence call ended in a shootout.
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Carly Fiorina, the former Hewlett-Packard chief executive running for the Republican nomination for president, redoubled her criticism of Democratic frontrunner Hillary Clinton on Sunday.
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Donald Trump Says He’s Willing to Spend $1 Billion on Presidential Bid | Vanity Fair
As any Aaron Sorkin-scripted tech jerk could tell you, it’s not that cool to spend millions of dollars on your own presidential campaign. It’s cool to spend a billion dollars on it.
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Dead Can Dance – Toward the Within – “Rakim” – YouTube
Toward the Within was recorded in one take in November 1993 in the Mayfair Theatre in Santa Monica, California and was released by 4AD as an album and a video a year later. It was the last major event to take place in the Mayfair Theatre before it w…
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MRW a guy tells me “you’re cute. What a fuckin’ waste.” : TrollXChromosomes
MRW a guy tells me “you’re cute. What a fuckin’ waste.” via /r/TrollXChromosomes http://t.co/r5pEkV7kwn http://t.co/pfAEcextSI
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Dubrovnik Old Town, Croatia [OC] [3456×2304] : CityPorn
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Bad Weather Again Delays Launch of Cargo Ship to Space Station | NASA
Bad Weather Again Delays Launch of Japanese Cargo Ship to Space Station http://t.co/8IQc9OpEFz
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How he kept a straight face in this scene…I’ll never know : funny
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Fiorina: ‘We really are sitting by’ in ISIS fight | TheHill
Republican presidential candidate Carly Fiorina said Sunday that United States needs to help its allies in the Middle East instead of ramping up the number of ground troops to fight the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS).
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Cristiano Ronaldo buying loft in New York’s Trump Tower | Football | The Guardian
Is Cristiano Ronaldo planning a move to MLS – or does he just love real estate owned by Donald Trump? Whatever the reason, Ronaldo is coming to America, at least for some of the time. Ronaldo probably belongs to the final three categories.
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We got a new baby on Friday. We call her Maureen. I love her! : cats
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Wooden Monk Looks Lovingly At Beer (Holzfigur) : monkslookingatbeer
Wooden Monk Looks Lovingly At Beer (Holzfigur) via /r/monkslookingatbeer http://t.co/nKqCKHT25o http://t.co/OJLZy0dNcb
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Dogs are the best : AnimalsBeingBros
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I guess my username is finally relevant : funny
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Civil Rights Icon Julian Bond Has Died — NYMag
Julian Bond, one of the giants of the Civil Rights Movement, has died at the age of 75, according to the Southern Poverty Law Center.
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Bernie Sanders zings Donald Trump for Iowa helicopter ride stunt
Sanders remarked, “Oh look, what can you do? It’s Donald Trump,” as Trump’s helicopter, which is plastered with the billionaire and GOP candidate’s name, buzzed over Sanders’ event in Des Moines. “I apologize—we left the helicopter at home,” he joke…
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Ohio’s Legal Weed Proposal Could Create the World’s First ‘Pot Grower Oligarchy’ | VICE News
Ohio voters will have the opportunity to legalize the commercial cultivation and sale of cannabis this November, including for medical marijuana patients and recreational consumers.
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Graham eyes ISIS, would ‘go after them hard’ as president | TheHill
Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) said if he wins the White House, he will use the full might of U.S. military, including ground forces, in an effort to destroy Islamic terrorists.
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Fox Is Considering A Female-Centric Reboot Of League of Extraordinary Gentlemen
CC ollider is reporting that a planned reboot of League of Extraordinary Gentlemen is in the works, and that this one will be “female-centric”. JOHN DAVIS: Just by going back to the roots and making it authentic to what the fan base was really excit…
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Arsenal off the mark with a win over Palace – Al Jazeera English
Damien Delaney’s own-goal allowed Arsenal to belatedly kickstart their Premier League season with a 2-1 away victory in the London derby against Crystal Palace.
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Displaced Iraqi children languish in deprived schools – Al Jazeera English
Baghdad, Iraq – In a climate that makes concentrating near impossible, and handbooks do not distract from the heat, dozens of Iraqi children are doing their absolute best to learn.
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‘Star Wars: Rogue One’ Reveals Cast, Death Star Plot Line | Rolling Stone
‘Star Wars: Rogue One’ Reveals Cast, Death Star Plot Line Ben Mendelsohn, Forest Whitaker and Mads Mikkelsen join cast of 2016 anthology film
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HATTIESBURG, Miss. — The prisoner spent a fitful August night trying to tune out the howls and moans of inmates in adjoining cells. He did not stir from his thin sleep mat until well after 1 p.m. A breakfast of cold grits waited in a slot in the rei…
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This fucking guy : AdviceAnimals
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“All you motherfuckers are going to pay” by imgur user DrClaww : gif
“All you motherfuckers are going to pay” by imgur user DrClaww via /r/gif http://t.co/95Di727By0 http://t.co/UuojPKESr3
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Gallery: Japan’s gaming centers provide joy for the kid inside | Ars Technica
While in Hiroshima, Japan for a week, I couldn’t let the time pass without visiting a game center or two (what we call “arcades” in the US). I visited Taito Station, a massive 6-floor game center on the central Hondori shopping arcade, which caused …
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Japan is educating children with a giant inflatable butt
As a small child obsessed with toilet humor, I’d always dreamed that I’d grow up retaining that crude sensibility and one day write about such things for money.
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Jeb Bush backers to spend at least $10m on TV ads in early voting states | US news | The Guardian
The powerfully funded Super Pac backing the former Florida governor Jeb Bush will spend at least $10m on television time in the earliest voting presidential primary states, the first salvo in a massive TV ad campaign to support Bush’s bid for the Re…
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Sanders blasts Dems’ ‘abysmal’ turnout | TheHill
Sanders rejected criticisms that his status as an independent lawmaker makes him incapable of winning the Democratic nomination next year. “I think it is an advantage,” he said of his political affiliation. “Because when I speak to 28,000 people in …
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Ever wonder why Lick is super effective on a diglet? – Imgur
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Why the weasly twins are dumb. – Imgur
Why the weasly twins are dumb. http://t.co/1F6PPhZhJ2 http://t.co/EfP7knaAQa
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Nailed it. http://t.co/bbCwlj01cq http://t.co/ElGN5J8ghg
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Making Americat Great Again – Imgur
Making Americat Great Again http://t.co/WcuW9LSi4D http://t.co/pcDk4qmBpY
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The village where men are banned | Global development | The Guardian
Jane says she was raped by three men wearing Gurkha uniforms. She was herding her husband’s goats and sheep, and carrying firewood, when she was attacked. “I felt so ashamed and could not talk about it to other people. They did terrible things to me…
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Fanartists imagine what Ronda Rousey would look like as Captain Marvel
Ever since MMA champion Ronda Rousey mentioned an interest in playing Captain Marvel (or “Miss Marvel,” as she put it), fans have been wondering if she’s in the running for the role.
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Why our computer networks suck
The top culprit is what it always is: thievery. Just as a human immune system causes problems if it’s too trigger-happy or not trigger-happy enough, security software can be too tweaky, or not tweaky enough.
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Ben Carson Says President Obama’s Israel Policies Are ‘Anti-Semitic’ | ThinkProgress
After expressing an eagerness to weigh in more on matters of the economy and foreign policy, GOP presidential candidate Ben Carson decried the Iran nuclear deal and called President Barack Obama’s policies anti-Semitic during an appearance on Fox Ne…
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Could ‘League of Extraordinary Gentlemen’ be headed for a ‘Ghostbusters’-style reboot?
While the League comics remain popular, the 2003 movie adaptation was regarded as a huge disappointment by fans and critics alike. But it did make a lot of money ($179 million on a $78 million budget, plus DVD sales), so 20th Century Fox is forging …
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The grass is dried out over the graves. : mildlyinteresting
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Where it at doe : trippinthroughtime
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A tree at night in Switzerland [OC] [1333×2000] : EarthPorn
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This online blob game has reduced me to a shell of a man | The Verge
I started playing an online game called agar.io a few weeks ago, and by now it’s swallowing up almost all my leisure time. I’ve stopped reading, watching movies — it’s weird! I probably have a few more weeks until my interest burns out, or my loved …
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How to beat anxiety without medication
A few years ago, my father was diagnosed with a fairly common form of prostate cancer. As a result, he needed surgery to get it out of his body before it spread anywhere. When he got out of surgery, we were informed by the doctors that they could no…
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Kasich: ‘I would never have committed’ to Iraq war | TheHill
Ohio Gov. John Kasich, a 2016 GOP presidential candidate, said on Sunday that he would not have sent U.S. troops to Iraq for a war with Saddam Hussein. By the time of the 2002 vote, he was no longer in Congress.
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Gowdy: Clinton server ‘sure as Hell’ inconvenienced others | TheHill
Rep. Trey Gowdy (R-S.C.) said on Sunday that Hillary Clinton was only helping herself by using a private email server during her tenure as secretary of State. Clinton announced last week she is turning over her personal email server and its backup t…
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A Reading List for My 25-Year-Old Self : Longreads Blog
This week I’m turning 25 and have decided (based on anxiety attacks and several recent horoscopes) to say what I really want: to seriously pursue writing.
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Mr sketal got a job 1 up Doot= 1 money : ledootgeneration
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Lobby of the Guardian Building Detroit, USA [1695×2542] : ArchitecturePorn
Lobby of the Guardian Building Detroit, USA [1695×2542] via /r/ArchitecturePorn http://t.co/FN3t6GiFHI http://t.co/pTRijpU4Ki
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Just dooo it! via /r/funny http://t.co/PS0F3sGmXG http://t.co/fJshhRNYMv
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Harry loving the sunshine today : cats
Harry loving the sunshine today via /r/cats http://t.co/azWoJ4PLsM http://t.co/qxb5lI4A3M
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Love Everyone Often Peace Beauty Balance Life Light Magic: Melbourne as seen from space [1024×679]
Melbourne as seen from space [1024×679] http://t.co/c6yArl0vh0 http://t.co/GJMhMVxOe4
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How is Russia Viewed Around The World? 2007-15 : dataisbeautiful
How is Russia Viewed Around The World? 2007-15 via /r/dataisbeautiful http://t.co/AWnQBXvqo1 http://t.co/z6U7r6x1iI
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My new sloth shirt! Wanted to share. : sloths
My new sloth shirt! Wanted to share. via /r/sloths http://t.co/hY0YJekn1d http://t.co/MDpbyE9Vte
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The Burgeoning Invisible App Market | TechCrunch
Today’s “invisible app” market could be classified as a passing trend, but it might also be the beginning of a significant multi-year shift in how we transact when we’re away from our computers.
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Suspected Wreckage of Missing Plane Carrying 54 People Spotted in Indonesia | VICE News
An Indonesian commuter plane carrying 54 people lost contact with air traffic controllers minutes before it was supposed to land in the country’s eastern Papua province on Sunday, and was considered missing until locals spotted what is believed to b…
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NSA Spying Relies on AT&T’s ‘Extreme Willingness to Help’ – ProPublica
The National Security Agency’s ability to spy on vast quantities of Internet traffic passing through the United States has relied on its extraordinary, decades-long partnership with a single company: the telecom giant AT&T.
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Got my first cat a few days ago. He’s a cutie : cats
Got my first cat a few days ago. He’s a cutie via /r/cats http://t.co/X5Sd3SOPs1 http://t.co/jLzfy1CgSi
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Mirrored Sunset at Vermillion Lakes near Alberta, CA [OC][1024×683] : EarthPorn
Mirrored Sunset at Vermillion Lakes near Alberta, CA [OC][1024×683] via /r/EarthPorn http://t.co/v5YtUwezNV http://t.co/9XXq5Mpkm1
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(x-post from r/pics) This kid gets it. : firstworldanarchists
(x-post from r/pics) This kid gets it. via /r/firstworldanarchists http://t.co/nHlSPBbi4h http://t.co/gjM1CN4co9
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Revealing Dawn in Rio, Brazil [2048×642] : CityPorn
Revealing Dawn in Rio, Brazil [2048×642] via /r/CityPorn http://t.co/5GEjVdQavB http://t.co/ptpjhApOuY
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Beirut. May, 2007. It was after midnight. Someone had blown up a car in the garage underneath the ABC shopping center and we had gone to take a look. One woman had died, I think; there was not much of a story, no pictures to take behind the security…
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Huckabee Supports Denying Abortion To 10-Year-Old Rape Victim | ThinkProgress
Former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee is defending Paraguay’s controversial decision to deny an abortion to a 10-year-old girl who became pregnant after being raped by her stepfather.
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The Badshahi Mosque, Lahore [1800×1211] : ArchitecturePorn
The Badshahi Mosque, Lahore [1800×1211] via /r/ArchitecturePorn http://t.co/iR066yn4wE http://t.co/TNNtqMoPUg
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Chihuahua playing with baby goat buddies : AnimalsBeingBros
Chihuahua playing with baby goat buddies via /r/AnimalsBeingBros http://t.co/1ndtUDdWCb http://t.co/NNP5J5kDd1
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The fur is flying : StartledCats
The fur is flying via /r/StartledCats http://t.co/3Izl20bQo8 http://t.co/rOyYnF23Rd
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Wife just hit me with this. : AdviceAnimals
Wife just hit me with this. via /r/AdviceAnimals http://t.co/87kDof257F http://t.co/IxfUFjhjy6
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Islamic State Tightens Grip on Qaddafi’s Hometown After Failed Uprising | VICE News
Islamic State militants ferociously put down a civilian uprising in the Libyan city of Sirte this week, further tightening the group’s grip over the terrorized local population, and cementing control of key roads that lead to the desert country’s ce…
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Bob Johnston, Bob Dylan Producer, Dead at 83 | Rolling Stone
Bob Johnston, a staff producer at Columbia Records who worked on legendary LPs like Bob Dylan’s Blonde on Blonde, Johnny Cash’s At Folsom Prison and Simon & Garfunkel’s Parsley, Sage, Rosemary and Thyme, passed away Friday at a Nashville hospice. He…
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HER favorable ratings have fallen. The investigation into her private email server is tightening. Bernie Sanders is drawing huge crowds. Joe Biden is considering one last White House bid.
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Thunderstorm above lake at blue hour – Austria, [1170×658][OC] : WeatherPorn
Thunderstorm above lake at blue hour – Austria, [1170×658][OC] via /r/WeatherPorn http://t.co/gKwQQPNbYG http://t.co/K0uqXOWdNu
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Nailed it. via /r/funny http://t.co/hQJQ0aCgGk http://t.co/xCGH7R64W0
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A late-night confession – GIF on Imgur
A late-night confession http://t.co/BqugWxGw7N http://t.co/SUzAKXWtkT
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Magnets are cool. : interestingasfuck
Magnets are cool. via /r/interestingasfuck http://t.co/YQJP2Cks9J http://t.co/KUlCbCxu7X
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The Smallest jean Shorts In The world – Imgur
The Smallest jean Shorts In The world http://t.co/rdRFLNkSDU http://t.co/GjIPzhyEFB
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US PGA Championship 2015 – final round! | Scott Murray | Sport | The Guardian
Has there ever been a more exciting Moving Day in the recent history of the majors? Yesterday’s play was joyously dramatic. Jason Day shot 66. Jordan Spieth and Martin Kaymer shot 65s. Branden Grace shot a 64.
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The Verge Review of Animals: the immortal jellyfish | The Verge
This column is part of a series where Verge staffers post highly subjective reviews of animals. Previously, we’ve written about animals without telling you whether they suck or rule. We are now rectifying this oversight.
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3 reasons everyone hated the ‘Fantastic Four’ reboot
When it comes to Josh Trank’s Fantastic Four, one catchphrase comes to mind when it comes to the film’s critical reception: It’s clobberin’ time. The superhero reboot, which has been torched by critics and comic-book fans alike, has had a rougher ti…
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Lorenzo wins Czech MotoGP to go joint top – Al Jazeera English
Jorge Lorenzo has won the Czech Grand Prix for his fifth triumph of the season, tightening the MotoGP championship fight with his Yamaha teammate Valentino Rossi. The Spaniard, with the Movistar Yamaha team, covered 22 laps of the 5.403km Brno circu…
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Don’t tell me where to put my stamp : firstworldanarchists
Don’t tell me where to put my stamp via /r/firstworldanarchists http://t.co/CiGgNROPpv http://t.co/dDWQE51aSs
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Baby Couch Baby Loaf : Catloaf
Baby Couch Baby Loaf via /r/Catloaf http://t.co/UwtUoF6Lgk http://t.co/37suWTHfQE
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Huckabee on Bill Clinton’s indiscretions: ‘I don’t know if he have to go there’ | TheHill
Republican presidential hopeful Mike Huckabee said Sunday that prior indiscretions of former President Clinton should not be fair game in the 2016 race for the White House.
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Trump not sure about Planned Parenthood donations | TheHill
GOP presidential candidate Donald Trump said on Sunday that Planned Parenthood must stop offering abortions among its healthcare options, adding that he can’t recall if he’s ever donated to the group.
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Whitney Pocket Geminids by David Kingham / 500px… – Just Space
Whitney Pocket Geminids by David Kingham / 500px [OC]… http://t.co/GykhFaAVPH http://t.co/Mp1k7fM8w8
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You guys still like face swaps? – Imgur
You guys still like face swaps? http://t.co/2Goc6hIA2x http://t.co/2XfgppW6dB
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Iran nuclear deal: How both sides are telling the story – Al Jazeera English
Iran’s supreme national security council put out an edict that said media outlets weren’t permitted to criticise the deal. One month after Iran’s historic nuclear agreement with the US, the media in both countries have become battlegrounds for fierc…
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Resting a hand on the shoulder of his nine-year-old daughter, Samantha, John Tootill shakes his head as he gazes over the lush green fields near Lancashire’s Fylde coast that have become the new focus in Britain’s battle over fracking.
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European Monetary Union: What manner of a union? – Al Jazeera English
Greece is just wrapping up its third bailout agreement in five years, with its parliament becoming once again an appendage of the troika of the European Commission, the International Monetary Fund and the European Central Bank.
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Endless spiralling model-train – Boing Boing
James Risner constructed a bi-directional spiral of track and crammed it full of HO-scale model train cars and engines, so it goes around and around in a metaphor for _________.
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Clintons relax with Obamas as first family vacations on Martha’s Vineyard | US news | The Guardian
America’s two foremost Democratic families, the Obamas and the Clintons, mingled on Saturday as politics mixed with summer repose on swanky Martha’s Vineyard.
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Milwaukee Brewers minor leaguer David Denson has become the first openly gay player on a team affiliated with major league baseball. The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel said Denson, with the help of former major leaguer Billy Bean, reached out to the new…
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Huckabee: ‘We’re not in a panic’ | TheHill
Former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee on Sunday compared the quest for the Republican presidential nomination to a NASCAR race, arguing there is still plenty of time left for any candidate to emerge besides front-runner Donald Trump.
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The heat transformed my cat into lazy fluid fur : cats
The heat transformed my cat into lazy fluid fur via /r/cats http://t.co/YyxJ8ZhbZs http://t.co/glYNBCGQsV
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A Gentleman’s Closet via /r/pics http://t.co/uaf4bmv7R1 http://t.co/Rx7ug53v6m
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In Photos: Voting Rights in North Carolina | VICE News
In the weeks leading-up to 50th Anniversary of the Voting Rights Act this month, civil rights activists in North Carolina were in the thick of a landmark trial challenging a state law that rolled back a key part of that Act. Plaintiffs in NAACP vs.
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Best Space Stories of the Week – Aug 16, 2015
The Comet 67P/Churyumov–Gerasimenko as seen by the European Space Agency’s Rosetta spacecraft on July 30, 2015. The comet made its closest approach to the sun, called perihelion, on Aug. 13.
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Baby Jupiter Discovery a Step Toward Rewriting Planet Formation Models
Over the last two decades, the discovery of thousands of exoplanets outside our solar system has shaken up old theories about how planets form;the recent discovery of an “infant Jupiter,” rich in methane, may be one step toward writing a new one.
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me irl via /r/me_irl http://t.co/9a3za7K1Zm http://t.co/YNOporBJn1
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Civil Rights Icon Julian Bond Dies | Al Jazeera America
Julian Bond, a civil rights activist and longtime board chairman of the NAACP, died Saturday night, according to the Southern Poverty Law Center. He was 75.
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The Second Nest by Oscar Gregeborn : ImaginaryLandscapes
The Second Nest by Oscar Gregeborn via /r/ImaginaryLandscapes http://t.co/kbK36Dijpx http://t.co/OhAFxqFixz
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Huckabee headed to Israel to discuss ‘insane’ Iran deal | TheHill
Former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee said Sunday he is heading to Israel this week to discuss the prospects of a nuclear deal with Iran that he called “insane.” Huckabee said he has traveled to Israel dozens of times and also will use to the trip to r…
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Possibly the best bathroom graffiti ever via /r/mildlyinteresting http://t.co/oDcZbZUyLh http://t.co/mwgmH92eXo
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Inside the Sensual World of ASMRotica | Broadly
In YouTube creator GentleWhispering’s most recent video, she emerges from behind a curtain clad in a flight attendant uniform. As she goes through the motions of directing you, the passenger, to the nearest exits, a soft spoken recording plays overh…
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Sunday’s Best Deals: BlenderBottes, High Sierra Bags, Roomba, and More
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.
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MRW That lone mosquito won’t leave me alone : reactiongifs
MRW That lone mosquito won’t leave me alone via /r/reactiongifs http://t.co/8JDFQt2Snm http://t.co/emoEf7L3dX
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I don’t think she likes pictures : Catloaf
I don’t think she likes pictures via /r/Catloaf http://t.co/DfMdG4TORt http://t.co/2TWTkpH8RJ
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in the window via /r/cats http://t.co/2QJYkhQoWz http://t.co/srlS4Be2jL
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Julian Bond, a former chairman of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, a charismatic figure of the 1960s civil rights mo
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The nation’s chief doctor said he doesn’t regret saying gun violence is a public health issue, calling his difficult confirmation process a consequence of speaking out.
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This lamb looks like a cow : mildlyinteresting
This lamb looks like a cow via /r/mildlyinteresting http://t.co/4gQONzFevH http://t.co/GIXnIdB4FK
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Louisiana Sunset : unitedstatesofamerica
Louisiana Sunset via /r/unitedstatesofamerica http://t.co/qXCTRaJ1HR http://t.co/RJ0iYT0Iph
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ON A PLATFORM IN THE CELEBES SEA — IN the next several years, thousands of offshore oil and gas drilling rigs, many of them built during a global construction boom in the 1970s and ’80s, will reach retirement age and require decommissioning.
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Bench looking out over Lake Wakatipu, New Zealand [OC] [4871×2543] : waterporn
Bench looking out over Lake Wakatipu, New Zealand [OC] [4871×2543] via /r/waterporn http://t.co/4LNUIUjOSp http://t.co/RaOLg6DmVR
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Drugs from the Sea | Motherboard
A single gram of sediment might contain a billion bacterial cells. Each one of those cells might contain 100 molecules—and if you’re lucky, one of those molecules might hold the secret to a new generation of lifesaving drug.
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The Week In Data: Ferguson | FiveThirtyEight
This is The Week In Data, our data journalism roundup. Here you’ll find the most-read FiveThirtyEight articles of the past week, as well as gems we spotted elsewhere on the Internet.
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Lake Wakatipu from near Kelvin Heights [OC] [4871×2543] : NZPhotos
Lake Wakatipu from near Kelvin Heights [OC] [4871×2543] via /r/NZPhotos http://t.co/PaIPOjNnrR http://t.co/593wmEWRFm
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Multiversal Waystation Crossroads Rainbow Bridge Doorways Gatekeepers 144.09 http://t.co/bcXsm6mcPy http://t.co/ja7nVsdutD
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Multiversal Waystation Crossroads Rainbow Bridge Doorways Gatekeepers 144.11 http://t.co/2zM15pqanr http://t.co/uMAdD19N2A
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‘Sexy’ new webseries skewers stereotypes of women in STEM
Women in science are no strangers to sexism. From underlying assumptions about women’s abilities to cutting remarks from distinguished scientists, it seems female scientists still have to fight for the right to don a lab coat. But don’t worry: The l…
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How to build a homemade Batman mech suit
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How to talk about white privilege
As a black woman I have to be aware of my “blackness” and the history of all things racial in this society. I also have to be cognizant of and able to cope with the dominant culture in the United States, which is white.
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Gender age gaps in Hollywood movies [OC] : dataisbeautiful
Gender age gaps in Hollywood movies [OC] via /r/dataisbeautiful http://t.co/rcTPSl2xvG http://t.co/kQGWmc3vrN
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Lucky is ready for his close up : cats
Lucky is ready for his close up via /r/cats http://t.co/vDTX0Laa7z http://t.co/yWNZkE0HGd
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Stretching her arms via /r/cats http://t.co/TQsBu3enVX http://t.co/nJBZjXky6c
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Stop kissing me! via /r/foxes http://t.co/xtfKLZFwjn http://t.co/GmC56FC4Yt
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This truck carrying liquid aluminum just crashed on the autobahn : pics
This truck carrying liquid aluminum just crashed on the autobahn via /r/pics http://t.co/XQZ0AnPv77 http://t.co/cEaWa3e3YG
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Milky Way over sand dunes js – Just Space
Milky Way over sand dunes js http://t.co/800Cstp1ns http://t.co/zfUvu8orpb
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As a child I liked fountains more than being photographed : pics
As a child I liked fountains more than being photographed via /r/pics http://t.co/wh5a7G2KpV http://t.co/TV1Vz1eLMd
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World War I: The War at Sea, 1915 – Scientific American
Super-Dreadnought” USS Nevada, launched July 1914. Armed with ten 14-inch guns and using oil-fuelled steam-driven turbine engines, this battleship is considered to be one of the U.S. Navy’s first “modern” ships.
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How Some Organizations Are Trying To Keep Journalists Out Of The Crosshairs | ThinkProgress
Those in power have realized that killing journalists is a surefire way to grab headlines.
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Greek Islands. [1024×687] : seaporn
Greek Islands. [1024×687] via /r/seaporn http://t.co/wxptLTWIw4 http://t.co/Sj1UYNP44J
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Oregon wildfire evacuees face a new normal as blaze season rages on | US news | The Guardian
On Saturday in Warm Springs, Oregon – tucked alongside US-26, at the heart of the Warm Springs Reservation – two dozen residents were cooling their heels in the community centre that was serving as an interim home for wildfire evacuees. They may hav…
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Neighbours gather to protest West Bank eviction order – Al Jazeera English
Silwan, occupied West Bank – For days, neighbours, friends and family have been gathering at the home of Abdullah Abu Nab in the East Jerusalem neighbourhood of Silwan, hoping to stop his family’s looming eviction. But Abu Nab says he has no intenti…
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‘Hundreds of casualties’ in air raids on Syrian market – Al Jazeera English
At least 58 people have been killed in a string of Syrian government air strikes on a marketplace in Douma, a rebel-held town near Damascus, a monitoring group said.
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Despite having a graduation rate well below the national average at 71 percent, the state has improved drastically from its 62-percent graduation rate in 2011. Part of that growth is due to the 11.4-point increase in Latino graduation rates over the…
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On Easter Sunday, we always have an egg hunt for our neighbors and the children of our Hispanic housekeeper and yard man. This past Easter, our next-door neighbor invited the kids to swim in their pool afterward.
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‘The Tribe’: The Most Heartbreaking Movie of 2015 – The Atlantic
Slaboshpytskiy did his reporting in the nineties—a decade in which the Soviet Union fell apart and proceeded to function about as lawfully as his fictional school does. But is it really still that bad?
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Will Robots Create Good Jobs? – The Atlantic
My wife leans in. A year ago, after nine hours of labor, she received an epidural and immediately asked me to pass the iPad so she could send a note to work.
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Verge Fiction: Clone Boys at the End of the World | The Verge
When Riff Raff was 19, he left home and moved to Houston. He spent his nights competing in rap battles in grimy clubs and warehouses. He got the MTV and Nike logos tattooed on his chest. He bedazzled his sunglasses with hundreds of small pink Swarov…
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Daily Kos Radio is LIVE at 9 am ET! Ways to Listen to Kagro in the Morning: Your options to listen LIVE: Click on the embedded player above Go to netrootsradio. tags: Pocket daily kos news newsblur rss@dailykos.com (david w stories storytelling top level Snoopy vs. Peanuts – Boing Boing…
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