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Getting suckered by a giant octopus : woahdude
Getting suckered by a giant octopus via /r/woahdude http://t.co/I6sJitNigA http://t.co/rtSI8NCRt0
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Study: Are We Shifting to Fewer, Weaker Atlantic Hurricanes? http://t.co/CRUtaWfUMA
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My Sweet Sunday by Lafugue Logos / 500px
My Sweet Sunday by lafuguelogos http://t.co/sbsSKU6POv http://t.co/AiqahN684g
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how to find out if you’re the father : gifs
how to find out if you’re the father via /r/gifs http://t.co/fKGO3XE9dw http://t.co/NFQhZLXq3R
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Wait for it….. via /r/funny http://t.co/B0U78WJ79G http://t.co/ApqriL1qwp
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Grunt police work http://t.co/vybhJfv8z4 http://t.co/wDqAT9iLpx
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want to be alone? by Kannappan sivakumar / 500px
want to be alone? by rajeeshiva http://t.co/P92Slio6DD http://t.co/kDgpPYS1Bi
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The British Library Puts Over 1,000,000 Images in the Public Domain: A Deeper Dive Into the Collection http://t.co/TZ98NmzKon
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Fleming or Horowitz: whose James Bond said what? – quiz | Books | The Guardian
Fleming or Horowitz: whose James Bond said what? – quiz http://t.co/oLQ9n77RMA
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[2048×1364] Camp fire in Talloires, France : ExposurePorn
[2048×1364] Camp fire in Talloires, France via /r/ExposurePorn http://t.co/egu0ZXAN7x http://t.co/rt1XmsaRTC
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Colbert Report will attempt to ‘out social’ Late Late Show, Jimmy Fallon : television
Colbert Report will attempt to ‘out social’ Late Late Show, Jimmy Fallon via /r/television http://t.co/cOSKbR473C http://t.co/t6s9P68p8p
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Mr Skeltal! : ledootgeneration
Mr Skeltal! via /r/ledootgeneration http://t.co/5bnRO6H0zr http://t.co/6lKLkV7llw
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Derping blep via /r/Blep http://t.co/AyWVr8tVbY http://t.co/ZyqVATbFmN
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Labradoodle talking gibberish : AnimalsBeingBros
Labradoodle talking gibberish via /r/AnimalsBeingBros http://t.co/y5Wpc7JRDV http://t.co/mV1OJIGjC7
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Fading Away by Lorenzo Riva / 500px
Fading Away by lolloriva http://t.co/dXwMojivnc http://t.co/JeiCShOBoY
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Spectacled and Beautiful by Ray Green / 500px
Spectacled and Beautiful by raygreenphotography http://t.co/CpKTEQbEH6 http://t.co/TQG0i35cTx
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Dubai Fog by Rustam Azmi / 500px
Dubai Fog by RustamAzmi http://t.co/Xo4Jq4cvs9 http://t.co/Gi0tlIzEio
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Aylan Kurdi was not a climate refugee | Environment | The Guardian
Aylan Kurdi was not a climate refugee http://t.co/0xTkhF9oQv
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Inside the Venetian casino – Las Vegas [oc] [1024×683] : RoomPorn
Inside the Venetian casino – Las Vegas [oc] [1024×683] via /r/RoomPorn http://t.co/VapfAoCQSC http://t.co/MnbWS2R059
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[Photograph] Make way for the nuns! : monkslookingatbeer
[Photograph] Make way for the nuns! via /r/monkslookingatbeer http://t.co/DZvbk6nnrW http://t.co/tLlN4JIUKi
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He never outgrew suckling. : cats
He never outgrew suckling. via /r/cats http://t.co/7QnPRFalkq http://t.co/iPY8YcLi1z
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That’ll do kitty, that’ll do. : cats
That’ll do kitty, that’ll do. via /r/cats http://t.co/aaJy0oChIR http://t.co/aa9pRNTe6s
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The evolution of the word “two” in Indo-European languages : interestingasfuck
The evolution of the word “two” in Indo-European languages via /r/interestingasfuck http://t.co/heGCzwNv0W http://t.co/M6C4nqJEII
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Bow to me, human. Now feed me. : AnimalsBeingBros
Bow to me, human. Now feed me. via /r/AnimalsBeingBros http://t.co/AJs1nriudH http://t.co/PZN8otG0Jr
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Progress by Ben Li : ImaginaryMindscapes
Progress by Ben Li via /r/ImaginaryMindscapes http://t.co/6mswzEQYBc http://t.co/Ze9lxAMWxS
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When the going gets tough, the tough don’t go cheating! : AdviceAnimals
When the going gets tough, the tough don’t go cheating! via /r/AdviceAnimals http://t.co/fVqGLjcDEq http://t.co/DOlpE9sWyj
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Harvard student in his room smoking a hookah (1890) : OldSchoolCool
Harvard student in his room smoking a hookah (1890) via /r/OldSchoolCool http://t.co/JRwS5LbEXE http://t.co/AJLOjj2XNm
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Scott Walker’s Troubled 2016 Campaign – The Atlantic
Can Scott Walker Save Himself? http://t.co/RZbA9EV60B
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Minnesotan sunset [6016×4000][OC] : ExposurePorn
Minnesotan sunset [6016×4000][OC] via /r/ExposurePorn http://t.co/1NXC9ldCpY http://t.co/k6XU8AzSeq
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Reddit, meet the family. : cats
Reddit, meet the family. via /r/cats http://t.co/xd9FhXaEJY http://t.co/dvMOHV2jXD
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Honesty in advertising. : funny
Honesty in advertising. via /r/funny http://t.co/IGnxTUL2ld http://t.co/3eFUKeWkDk
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NYC Cyclist, ’83 : OldSchoolCool
NYC Cyclist, ’83 via /r/OldSchoolCool http://t.co/zDcDLdHycw http://t.co/mXa3iaX8g2
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Twirl via /r/perfectloops http://t.co/pWInEttOlc http://t.co/xYRHRh07o4
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Europol’s Cybercrime Agency Has Had Some Problems With Truecrypt | Motherboard
In recent months, the FBI and other law enforcement agencies have lamented about the proliferation of strong, easy to use hard drive encryption, particularly in mainstream consumer products such as the iPhone.
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St. Lydia’s: A Microchurch for the Secret Christians of Brooklyn, New York – The Atlantic
“A friend of mine [had] come to worship once or twice, and somebody said to her, ‘Oh, St. Lydia’s, that’s like the hipster church,’” Pastor Emily Scott laughed. “She was like, ‘That’s not what I just went to at all.
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Trigger Mortis: the verdict on Anthony Horowitz’s new James Bond novel – BBC News
Anthony Horowitz’s new official Bond novel, Trigger Mortis, is out. Set in 1957 against the backdrop of the Soviet-American space race, 007’s latest literary outing sees him reunited with Goldfinger’s Pussy Galore.
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Cultural Catholicism – The Atlantic
Two out of 10 respondents told the Pew pollsters that they are Catholics in the sense that they “claim the faith as their current religion.” Another one out of 10 “were raised in the faith and have now fallen away.
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Leaving My Friend Rasool Behind and Why He Must Be Freed from Turkish Prison | VICE News
Three VICE News journalists were detained in Turkey on August 27, while reporting in the country’s southeast, and charged with working for a terrorist organization — an entirely baseless and absurd accusation.
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Life as Player One | The New Republic
It’s hard to remember a time before screens. Instantaneous global connection has gifted us sturdy but incorporeal bodies, which we’re only just becoming accustomed to—our new forms never tire, never ache, never need regular physical and dental exams…
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‘El Chapo’ Guzman escape: Mexican prison officials charged – BBC News
Four Mexican officials have been charged with aiding the escape of the notorious drugs lord Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman from a maximum security prison. Two are members of Mexico’s secret service who were based at the prison. The others were control ro…
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Ashley Madison, Organizational Doxing, and the End of Online Privacy – The Atlantic
Most of us get to be thoroughly relieved that our e-mails weren’t in the Ashley Madison database. But don’t get too comfortable. Whatever secrets you have, even the ones you don’t think of as secret, are more likely thank you think to get dumped on …
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Iran ‘ready’ to talk to US and Saudi Arabia about Syria – Al Jazeera English
Iran’s president has said his country is ready to hold talks with the United States and Saudi Arabia on ways to resolve the Syrian civil war.
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Health Insurance Companies Are Even More Horrible If You’re Trans | Mother Jones
Last week, the Department of Health and Human Services proposed new rules to crack down on pervasive healthcare discrimination against transgender men and women.
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Donald Trump Is Breaking Every Rule of Political Branding and Getting Away With It | Mother Jones
Donald Trump is breaking every rule in the “how to be a candidate” handbook—and maybe that’s his secret. Unlike the often-stodgy conventional political campaign, Trump’s presidential bid resembles the rollout of a consumer brand.
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Myanmar election campaigning begins – BBC News
Campaigning has begun in Myanmar, two months ahead of its first openly-contested general election in 25 years. Aung San Suu Kyi’s National League for Democracy is expected to win the most seats, while losses are predicted for the ruling military-bac…
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Wrio Keyboard App Reshapes Keys To Reduce Typos | TechCrunch
Another keyboard contender is taking aim at the touchscreen typing experience. Meet Wrio, a keyboard-in-development that changes the shape of the keys from squares to honeycomb-style hexagons in a bid to make keys a more finger-friendly shape and sq…
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Paralympics raises bar on anti-doping measures – Al Jazeera English
It’s a year until the start of the paralympics in Rio and the heavyweights of powerlifting are set to make a big impact. The sport faces an on-going challenge to catch drug cheats.
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Neuroscience: crammed with connections – Aeon Video
For all the advances in artificial intelligence and neuroscience over the past century, the human brain is still the most intricate and enigmatic machinery on Earth.
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Why do empires care about women’s clothes – Rafia Zakaria – Aeon
In 1820, in the Indian city of Benares, an English Baptist missionary named Smith helped to save a woman from the Hindu practice of sati, the burning of widows. He described the scene: ‘As soon as the flames touched her, she jumped off the pile.
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Migrant crisis: Camping in a cornfield in Roszke on Hungary border – BBC News
In Hungary 2,700 new refugees entered the country on Monday, bringing the total for this year close to 180,000 people. The Hungarian government’s decision to concentrate resources on its border fence, rather than on creating a humanitarian infrastru…
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Apple’s encryption means it can’t comply with US court order | Technology | The Guardian
Apple has rebuffed a court order to hand over texts sent using iMessage between two iPhones because its encryption system leaves the company unable to comply.
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A little more than a year after announcing a $100 million mega-round, we’re hearing from multiple sources that long-distance ride-sharing platform BlaBlaCar is in the process of raising another round with Insight Venture Partners.
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Chess player caught ‘using Morse code to cheat’ – BBC News
An Italian chess player has been kicked out of one the country’s most prestigious tournaments after allegedly using a camera and Morse code to cheat. Officials at the tournament became suspicious when Arcangelo Ricciardi, who is ranked 51,366 in the…
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El Salvador baby-swap couple reunited with child – BBC News
A British father and his wife have been reunited with their newborn son after accusing a doctor at a hospital in El Salvador of swapping him.Richard Cushworth and his Salvadoran wife Mercedes Casanella said they had been victims of child traffickers.
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Stroke damage ‘helps smokers quit’ – BBC News
A particular region of the brain may drive smoking addiction, say scientists who found stroke survivors with damage to their insular cortex more easily kicked the habit.They studied 156 stroke patients with different patterns of brain injury.
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Judy Carne, star of Rowan & Martin’s Laugh-In, dies aged 76 – BBC News
British television actress Judy Carne – best known as the ‘Sock It To Me’ girl on hit 1960s show Rowan & Martin’s Laugh-In – has died aged 76. She found overnight fame on the sketch comedy series, and spent two years being doused with water every ti…
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Bernie Fraser quits as chairman of Climate Change Authority | Environment | The Guardian
Bernie Fraser has quit as chairman of the independent Climate Change Authority, a body the government has previously sought to abolish. The authority issued a brief statement late on Tuesday saying it “regrets to announce” the resignation of Fraser,…
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Eurozone growth revised upwards – BBC News
The UK would “not hesitate” to launch more secret drone strikes in Syria to thwart potential terror plots, says Defence Secretary Michael Fallon.
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China marks Tibet anniversary and condemns Dalai Lama – Al Jazeera English
The Dalai Lama, who is based in India, has said he is merely seeking greater autonomy for his Himalayan homeland. Yu also lauded Tibet’s economic successes as “a vibrant socialist” region, adding that its gross domestic product had grown 68 times.
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Migrant crisis: Huge registration queues on Serbia-Macedonia border – BBC News
The BBC’s James Reynolds reports from Presevo on the Serbia-Macedonia border – a main transit centre for migrants wanting to travel on to other European countries. There, huge numbers of people are waiting outside a registration centre to register a…
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Rock & roll musical features deaf, hearing actors | Al Jazeera America
For only the second time, a Broadway musical will be performed in both English and American Sign Language (ASL).
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Migrant crisis: Germany ‘can take 500,000 asylum-seekers a year’ – BBC News
Germany can cope with at least 500,000 asylum-seekers a year for several years, Vice Chancellor Sigmar Gabriel has said. Officials have said they expect more than 800,000 asylum-seekers in 2015 alone – four times the 2014 figure.
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The author of the How to Train Your Dragon series takes us on a personal tour of the whole saga, including where it all began on a remote Scottish Island when she was nine years old.
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Brandon Marshall interview: athletes struggle to identify with mental illness | Sport | The Guardian
Since he was diagnosed with borderline personality disorder in 2010, the New York Jets receiver Brandon Marshall’s image has been transformed.
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NFC West preview: Seahawks will need breaks to make it to third Super Bowl | Sport | The Guardian
Will Seattle play in a third consecutive Super Bowl? Seahawks OC Darrell Bevell wouldn’t change the play call that ended Seattle’s hopes of winning Super Bowl XLIX. Those are his exact words, “I wouldn’t change it”, as told to MMQB’s Peter King last…
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Enter our How to Train Your Dragon give away competition. Five winners will each receive a copy of How to Fight a Dragon’s Fury, personally signed to the winners by Cressida Cowell. Just enter this prize draw by emailing childrens.books@theguardian.
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BBC Sport – Andy Murray: US Open defeat tough and disappointing
Andy Murray said it was “tough” to see his run of 18 successive Grand Slam quarter-finals end with defeat by South Africa’s Kevin Anderson at the US Open. It is the first time since 2010 that Murray has not reached at least the last eight at a Grand…
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Fog hanging between Canada and the USA : FoggyPics
Fog hanging between Canada and the USA via /r/FoggyPics http://t.co/e7zhzenOTR http://t.co/tcuP9dDGvM
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Into the Woods, Manchester [OC][3888×2592] : SummerPorn
Into the Woods, Manchester [OC][3888×2592] via /r/SummerPorn http://t.co/IfFj4iJo3t http://t.co/VzMBQTPaax
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A Building Falls Over And Stays Together : oddlysatisfying
A Building Falls Over And Stays Together via /r/oddlysatisfying http://t.co/SkJ1keyiAt http://t.co/eFeAdWKv1d
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The Most Astounding Fact – Neil deGrasse Tyson : space
The Most Astounding Fact – Neil deGrasse Tyson via /r/space http://t.co/8m0JfzDLFV http://t.co/FdGTmUi9Ya
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Sea Of Tranqulity by Allan Carr / 500px
Sea Of Tranqulity by tcarrr http://t.co/lyQfCLU82X http://t.co/ahmGSNSdIO
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Alison by Guennadi Ivanov-Kuhn / 500px
Alison by GIvanovkuhn http://t.co/IOSjCGsJlg http://t.co/7aN3shfoU6
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Linked Fate and the Future of Black Votes – The Atlantic
Linked Fate and the Future of Black Votes via /r/progressive http://t.co/jHWJiJ3eAt http://t.co/drUCQRF255 http://t.co/gN59vp3gbv
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Linked Fate and the Future of Black Votes : progressive
Linked Fate and the Future of Black Votes via /r/progressive http://t.co/jHWJiJ3eAt http://t.co/drUCQRF255 http://t.co/gN59vp3gbv
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Flies Want Your Blood, Too http://t.co/8vax2IzE23
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The centre of Australia’s Population (23.5 Million) [680×350] : MapPorn
The centre of Australia’s Population (23.5 Million) [680×350] via /r/MapPorn http://t.co/4MbMwHjMYz http://t.co/pcPy54wOdc
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Mui ne Vietnam by enrico barletta / 500px
Mui ne Vietnam by enryba http://t.co/WYZKxe7fHL http://t.co/mWGvRfE96N
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HMB while I take this jump : holdmybeer
HMB while I take this jump via /r/holdmybeer http://t.co/q7W5nEeiep http://t.co/Fzat8q41mt
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Happy little girls playing with puppy in the garden by Jakkree Thampitakkul / 500px
Happy little girls playing with puppy in the garden by Mingmuang http://t.co/VcIxYwRabf http://t.co/taUopNw0xC
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Caryl Phillips: Reading my way back to the past, and the moors | Books | The Guardian
Caryl Phillips: Reading my way back to the past, and the moors http://t.co/2srYpSqEJI
In the 1960s, Britain began to emerge from behind a grey and somewhat miserable postwar cloud. Legislation effectively abolished censorship in the theatre, and abortion and homosexuality were no longer deemed criminal activities. -
Cormorant rock by Jontake . . / 500px
Cormorant rock by jontake http://t.co/nnFhhUANhe http://t.co/7hDJHQXkX9
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Has this been on here yet? Glacier National Park, Montana. [2239 x 1493] : EarthPorn
Has this been on here yet? Glacier National Park, Montana. [2239 x 1493] via /r/EarthPorn http://t.co/Xns9M9x9Vw http://t.co/BVDTsitJWP
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International Milky Way by Aaron J. Groen / 500px
International Milky Way by AaronGroen http://t.co/h8SFwPXZ0B http://t.co/hmUunCTkfY
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doot doot via /r/ledootgeneration http://t.co/be3XNBB4XV http://t.co/dxnMuZnZpQ
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Go on, make my day… via /r/cats http://t.co/Li8zYYE5Wl http://t.co/UjJBtNPwmO
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Somebody left 4 of these cuties outside the building : cats
Somebody left 4 of these cuties outside the building via /r/cats http://t.co/TUHnQr3i6o http://t.co/GZZIJFZykC
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“Woodrow’s Dream” (OC) : ImaginaryMindscapes
“Woodrow’s Dream” (OC) via /r/ImaginaryMindscapes http://t.co/OZyZzszMj8 http://t.co/uRqEwUGevm
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baby swimming by Robin Zhao / 500px
baby swimming by hetty19 http://t.co/Jc9Gp2xWIX http://t.co/eY8PRIGup4
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Trampoline : interestingasfuck
Trampoline via /r/interestingasfuck http://t.co/b7txZnSsAk http://t.co/i9bzgTj4xN
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Had to let my 11 year old Burmese go yesterday – RIP Evie : cats
Had to let my 11 year old Burmese go yesterday – RIP Evie via /r/cats http://t.co/vOqCyY1GKV http://t.co/HhimWg0egg
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The solitary by Maurizio Fecchio / 500px
The solitary by MaurizioRewinds http://t.co/TWWZ4mBUF1 http://t.co/N6FUGHNfvq
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Deliberation by Andrew Vasiliev / 500px
Deliberation by vavfoto http://t.co/njnrFX42Jz http://t.co/82ZzAvNHdy
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Mt rushmore before it was sculpted. : mildlyinteresting
Mt rushmore before it was sculpted. via /r/mildlyinteresting http://t.co/pMtwFaErgs http://t.co/mdU3BiBcvI
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I don’t care who you are but, … – Imgur
I don’t care who you are but, … http://t.co/RF86Ty9Csq http://t.co/todsnhgPqt
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My cat bent the blinds to look outside too. – Imgur
My cat bent the blinds to look outside too. http://t.co/dtBwmXgY6q http://t.co/wBmkCTE1Gv
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He stared directly at the lens and freaked me out. : cats
He stared directly at the lens and freaked me out. via /r/cats http://t.co/lec0zZBJe7 http://t.co/ct0dtJDb6h
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Dinosaurs are cool, but we have cars in upstate NY too! : pics
Dinosaurs are cool, but we have cars in upstate NY too! via /r/pics http://t.co/UZTgUBRtQx http://t.co/jKGBklBAAm
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after winter by Richard_ Mark / 500px
after winter by Richard_Mark http://t.co/czaFxPDJhA http://t.co/lcSVELfEkQ
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Leviathan by Igor Kruglikov / 500px
Leviathan by IgorKruglikov http://t.co/2s08TwAzcP http://t.co/arNNcoqorw
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A Candle That Automatically Put’s Itself Out When The Wick Burns Out via /r/gifs http://t.co/toJg4v8y8p http://t.co/jSyYfgGpEY
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Bernal Heights in San Francisco, CA [5707×3805] : CityPorn
Bernal Heights in San Francisco, CA [5707×3805] via /r/CityPorn http://t.co/zlFQdHEaPr http://t.co/H652SjnNC1
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From Night To Day by Thrasivoulos Panou / 500px
From Night To Day by thrasivoulospanou http://t.co/n4RYfVsXPi http://t.co/JjTZxlkZCn
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Lake Gormire – North Yokshire, England [2048×1366] [OC] : lakeporn
Lake Gormire – North Yokshire, England [2048×1366] [OC] via /r/lakeporn http://t.co/RLhXZMSK6Z http://t.co/HIbEynM1CE
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Grunt police work via /r/funny http://t.co/tYD3MURkD4 http://t.co/3Ajl3xlwr7
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Fly me by Aeterna Photography Studio / 500px
Fly me by Andrea_Rm http://t.co/JEuav4rMGl http://t.co/8y7KvzhjbW
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I’m sorry, Reddit : AdviceAnimals
I’m sorry, Reddit via /r/AdviceAnimals http://t.co/CMUx997RKz http://t.co/hlFRsiNVDr
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Xalapa, Veracruz, Mex. : FoggyPics
Xalapa, Veracruz, Mex. via /r/FoggyPics http://t.co/ub0SOL3zSr http://t.co/6ZWthR9GSr
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[Q] Curious about what breed these cats are (not mine) : cats
[Q] Curious about what breed these cats are (not mine) via /r/cats http://t.co/cCTf6c34O2 http://t.co/jHPqAb2iDK
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me irl via /r/me_irl http://t.co/LiO5hzRfyy http://t.co/3k7yDM1J6p
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They see me rollin’ via /r/gifs http://t.co/uMYOqkydNb http://t.co/FsL7Crv80i
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Gemma by Lies Thru a Lens / 500px
Gemma by liesthrualens http://t.co/9ROSsjYJCV http://t.co/4FVrpWkEe3
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Amazing night in Porvoo Finland by Jari Johnsson / 500px
Amazing night in Porvoo Finland by johnsson http://t.co/HIK14RhgtY http://t.co/v4QgJHNXnz
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Cat Nap Time via /r/cats http://t.co/oxOmSsKmPj http://t.co/A3UrwiZ0YJ
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Polished, Beautiful Forza 6 ews Still the Racing Game to Get | WIRED
Polished, Beautiful Forza 6 ews Still the Racing Game to Get http://t.co/UN4C1ZWRvo
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Antelope Valley Sunrise by Chip Phillips / 500px
Antelope Valley Sunrise by phillips_chip http://t.co/tUFtDsG1E0 http://t.co/WfPW4VpSpt
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Lenovo Blatantly Rips Off The iPhone 6 Design : technology
Lenovo Blatantly Rips Off The iPhone 6 Design via /r/technology http://t.co/2TVgqXw3oU http://t.co/eEeErA9zRU
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Every time I open a card. : AdviceAnimals
Every time I open a card. via /r/AdviceAnimals http://t.co/YMsjKgtzuI http://t.co/4CR3DLaKt4
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We all dare to be this rebellious : firstworldanarchists
We all dare to be this rebellious via /r/firstworldanarchists http://t.co/cpPEaFxOGz http://t.co/Dm4jwJ6lXD
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Bay of the Cosmos by Chrystal Hutchinson | Midnight Photography / 500px
Bay of the Cosmos by Midnight_Photography http://t.co/oLl5aojpv5 http://t.co/tcPVJ3AonZ
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spooky scary skelecar : ledootgeneration
spooky scary skelecar via /r/ledootgeneration http://t.co/8zNUAog2fg http://t.co/59GGzzCcOE
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HMB while I browse /r/beerandpizza : holdmybeer
HMB while I browse /r/beerandpizza via /r/holdmybeer http://t.co/bkNnKAykse http://t.co/EDUyLM8tqQ
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Terra Tomah Mountain – Rocky Mountain National Park [OC] [2000×1333] : EarthPorn
Terra Tomah Mountain – Rocky Mountain National Park [OC] [2000×1333] via /r/EarthPorn http://t.co/SzOvakWJDA http://t.co/PPC9yjwxie
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My favorite sloth shirt hands down : sloths
My favorite sloth shirt hands down via /r/sloths http://t.co/g0g4QLF0RX http://t.co/LtcpWlFrRX
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MPs to debate UK plan to take 20,000 Syrian refugees – BBC News
An emergency debate will be held in Parliament later on Britain’s response to the Syrian refugee crisis. David Cameron has said the UK will accept up to 20,000 people from camps surrounding Syria over the next five years, with priority given to vuln…
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A few hours after Michel Houellebecq’s Submission was released in France, gunmen stormed into the office of Charlie Hebdo and murdered 12 people, including eight journalists. Among the victims was the economist Bernard Maris, one of Houellebecq’s cl…
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EU president: Refugee crisis is start of real exodus – Al Jazeera English
EU President Donald Tusk has warned that the refugee crisis affecting Europe was part of an “exodus” from war-torn countries that could last years.
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Hillary Clinton is proposing a slate of campaign finance reform measures aimed at limiting political donations by corporations and large donors while increasing transparency in election spending.
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The Bachelor in Paradise finale has replaced Labor Day as the surest sign that summer is coming to an end.
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Why the United States Should Admit Syrian Refugees – The Atlantic
But over the past two years, I have several times posted guest analyses from someone in a very good position to know: the distinguished international-affairs practitioner and scholar William Polk.
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“Gramma Jail” · Pickle and Peanut · TV Review · The A.V. Club
At the end of “Greg,” the lead characters Pickle and Peanut begin to beatbox and rap about the weird adventure they’ve just been on, ending with the line, “Next episode is better!” There’s an uncomfortable layer of desperation there.
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South African animal rights group tries to stop big game hunt | World news | The Guardian
South African animal rights group the NSPCA has said it has obtained a warrant in its attempt to stop a week-long large game hunt that could see hundreds of animals die.
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Jon Hamm and Jennifer Westfeldt split after 18-year relationship | Television & radio | The Guardian
Mad Men star Jon Hamm and his partner of nearly two decades, film-maker and actor Jennifer Westfeldt, have ended their relationship. Hamm, 44, and Westfeldt, 45, first met in 1997 and became known as one of Hollywood’s most stalwart couples.
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Could a Billion-Dollar Heist Bring Down a European Government? – The Daily Beast
Revolutionary protests are boiling over in yet another former Soviet republic, but this time the trigger wasn’t police beatings, as it was in Ukraine two years ago, or price hikes for electricity, as in Armenia. No, the last straw in Moldova was the…
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Alberta Lets Nexen Reopen Some Long Lake Pipelines | Al Jazeera America
Alberta’s energy regulator will allow Nexen Energy, the Canadian subsidiary of China’s CNOOC Ltd, to reopen some pipelines ordered closed following a major spill.
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Coming Home · Film Review · The A.V. Club
Back in the ’80s and ’90s, before he reinvented himself as an action filmmaker (Hero, House Of Flying Daggers, The Flowers Of War), Zhang Yimou specialized in female-centric melodramas, usually with a strong political bent.
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Welcome To Leith · Film Review · The A.V. Club
In documentary filmmaking, confrontation scenes are often the Holy Grail: It’s one thing to get talking heads calmly recalling conflict, but it’s far more compelling to catch conflict live and electric, as it happens. On that count, Michael Beach Ni…
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UK drone strike kills British ISIL fighters in Syria – Al Jazeera English
Britain has killed two of its own nationals accused of fighting for Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL), and plotting attacks on British soil, in its first air strike in Syria, Prime Minister David Cameron announced.
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J Fernandez covers Enya · A.V. Undercover · The A.V. Club
J Fernandez is led by Justin Fernandez, a Chicagoan with an unabashed love for Krautrock (both of the original variety and its many followers, including bands like Stereolab). His debut full length, Many Levels Of Laughter, came out earlier this yea…
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The past week saw an enormous press blitz, and attendant fan excitement, for the Star Wars merchandising release day officially dubbed Force Friday.
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The Breakfast Club turns 30 this year, which means that its stars are now middle-aged. But those five teens on the screen still resonate with more than one generation, as Pitch Perfect showed in 2012 when it referenced the film during a few key plot…
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Walking the massive exhibit hall of the annual Gen Con gaming convention this year, you could find dice made out of precious metals, hand-knitted beholders, and an arena for whaling on your friends with foam weapons.
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Kel Mitchell on All That, Good Burger, and his run-in with Kanye West · Random Roles · The A.V. Club
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.
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Here’s what’s up in the world of TV for Tuesday, September 8. All times are Eastern. The Late Show With Stephen Colbert (CBS, 11:35 p.m.
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Time Out Of Mind · Film Review · The A.V. Club
Richard Gere has always been more of a movie star than a great actor, and that’s partly because he’s spent most of his four decades in showbiz playing characters as comfortable and debonair as, well, Richard Gere.
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Before gaining international acclaim with his very serious graphic novels Blankets and Habibi, Craig Thompson indulged his sillier side by creating cute, strange comic strips for Nickelodeon Magazine, embracing a cartoonishly exaggerated aesthetic t…
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WASHINGTON — A special intelligence review of two emails that Hillary Rodham Clinton received as secretary of state on her personal account — including one about North Korea’s nuclear weapons program — has endorsed a finding
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APOD: 2015 September 7 – The Shark Nebula
Explanation: There is no sea on Earth large enough to contain the Shark nebula. This predator apparition poses us no danger, though, as it is composed only of interstellar gas and dust.
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L.A. School Blamed Teen for Teacher Sex Abuse – The Daily Beast
He curated his victim for three months, messaging about rote math problems, before he sent her a video of him masturbating. Before long, they graduated to kinky confessionals over MySpace where he asked her to share “secrets.
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America’s Most Lucrative Preschooler Prison – The Daily Beast
If you’re looking to make some money, try locking up toddlers.
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The hospital caring for wounded victims of Syria’s war – BBC News
The war in Syria has now killed more than 200,000 people, and has made the country the largest exporter of refugees in the world, according to the UN. One estimate is that the Syrian army has lost 80,000 men, which is more than the fighting strength…
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What to Expect From Fashion Week – The Daily Beast
It’s that time of year again. New York’s wide-eyed tourists are being replaced with a sea of avant-garde looks and no-bullshit attitudes. Fashion Week has arrived and is already giving us so much to look forward to, such as: Fashion Week has had a m…
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Are Antibiotics Ruining Your Libido? – The Daily Beast
Anatomically, your digestive tract and reproductive organs are next-door neighbors, but there’s an even more intimate relationship between the “below the belt organs” that supersedes their physical proximity to one another.
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Pope Francis Offers Refugees (Inadequate) Shelter in Italy’s Churches – The Daily Beast
ROME—As the sun sets over the Eternal City, a weary priest in gray shirtsleeves ushers little-old-lady worshipers out of the basilica, the Sacred Heart of Jesus at the Praetorian Barracks, and pulls the massive wooden doors closed.
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In Praise of Malapropaganda – The Daily Beast
William Gladstone, the shrewd Victorian-era prime minister of the United Kingdom, once called political speech “the art of saying nothing in many words.” Today’s major candidates try to perfect that art by staying relentlessly “on message.
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What an Actual Trump Voter Looks Like – The Daily Beast
Donald Trump has been a larger-than-life figure for almost a generation: businessman, entertainer, pageant purveyor, and life philosopher. In politics though, most have seen him as an oddity at best, if not an outright lightweight.
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Is Turkey’s President Dragging His Country to War for Votes? – The Daily Beast
ISTANBUL—Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan is betting that increased pressure on Kurdish rebels in southeast Anatolia will be a vote-getter in snap elections less than two months away.
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Can a New Stealth Bomber Make Up for America’s Crappiest Warplane? – The Daily Beast
Government officials and aerospace executives have met in secret. Engineers have drawn up blueprints, crafted components, and assembled prototypes, all under strict confidentiality agreements. Lobbyists are prowling the halls of Congress and the Pen…
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Death Row Killer Steven Hayes Is Condemned to Life – The Daily Beast
When Connecticut’s Supreme Court ruled on August 13 that the state could no longer impose the death penalty, calling it unconstitutionally cruel and unusual punishment, “no longer serv[ing] any legitimate penological purpose,” I let out a deep breat…
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Trump: The Candidate the GOP Deserves – The Daily Beast
Since the dawn of the Tea Party, Republican leadership in Washington has been playing a game of sorts – a game that Donald Trump threatens directly, in ways Capitol Hill Republicans do not yet understand.
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Racism Vs. Whites? You’re Kidding Me – The Daily Beast
Last week, New York Times columnist Tom Edsall, in a piece about Donald Trump’s appeal amongst conservative voters, cited an alarming survey on white people’s racial attitudes that made me wonder if large segments of white America are completely mis…
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Australian falls to her death from Norway tourist spot – BBC News
A 24-year-old Australian exchange student has fallen to her death from a spectacular Norway cliff popular with photographers.Kristi Kafcaloudis was posing for a photo at Trolltunga or “troll’s tongue” on Saturday when she fell hundreds of metres, lo…
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New kitten/Old porch via /r/cats http://t.co/k5j8iJumej http://t.co/fdfF5C4GgN
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I think I frightened my cat : cats
I think I frightened my cat via /r/cats http://t.co/uHPww9azxJ http://t.co/i6fNRxpjDx
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A green frog : AnimalsBeingBros
A green frog via /r/AnimalsBeingBros http://t.co/nDiYUH3cRf http://t.co/M0amQ193pt
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Yosemite National Park, view from Glacier Point, [4608×3072] : EarthPorn
Yosemite National Park, view from Glacier Point, [4608×3072] via /r/EarthPorn http://t.co/domfwGZkq7 http://t.co/0eaFQFFjnU
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Unrolling Fern [2048×1382] : BotanicalPorn
Unrolling Fern [2048×1382] via /r/BotanicalPorn http://t.co/VsTgbG2Jje http://t.co/TpIzILd4X6
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Heal the cause instead of just patching the symptoms. : AdviceAnimals
Heal the cause instead of just patching the symptoms. via /r/AdviceAnimals http://t.co/jsXB9nye2d http://t.co/mFX77pji1J
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Make my toes pretty Loaf : Catloaf
Make my toes pretty Loaf via /r/Catloaf http://t.co/Mel7E5MSf6 http://t.co/V38CuAQIzE
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HMB while I cross this flooded river : holdmybeer
HMB while I cross this flooded river via /r/holdmybeer http://t.co/TG4k2wtF27 http://t.co/a3ePAVl56j
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My dad, the belly flop king, about to ruin my moms afternoon. – Imgur
My dad, the belly flop king, about to ruin my moms afternoon. http://t.co/PFk3lD6DiO http://t.co/3g7aE2YbEb
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I hope the neighborhood parents have a sense of humor – Imgur
I hope the neighborhood parents have a sense of humor http://t.co/M3q1p8qLsV http://t.co/5ITtiHlIcB
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One of my cats has finally done a blep! : Blep
One of my cats has finally done a blep! via /r/Blep http://t.co/qz1yOAI22S http://t.co/cRH0C9FAnF
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Knife Tossing via /r/woahdude http://t.co/kwctJcEUVv http://t.co/kQSTT60W9D
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Found this 4 ft (1.2m) cactus growing out of a concrete pad : mildlyinteresting
Found this 4 ft (1.2m) cactus growing out of a concrete pad via /r/mildlyinteresting http://t.co/dZNq9DtqKR http://t.co/8Q7yuVltbV
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Male Red Crossbills [1440 x 960] : AnimalPorn
Male Red Crossbills [1440 x 960] via /r/AnimalPorn http://t.co/qhK0f6ArXE http://t.co/FkeQPW4V88
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My grandmother mid 1950s : OldSchoolCool
My grandmother mid 1950s via /r/OldSchoolCool http://t.co/qDVVEwFBsP http://t.co/SwAIc5bTzX
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[BOAT] in the [FOGG] ~ DAYBREAK : FoggyPics
[BOAT] in the [FOGG] ~ DAYBREAK via /r/FoggyPics http://t.co/K7WjTVuXNp http://t.co/S25bnmjuaW
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Westfield mall, San Francisco [2048×1365] : RoomPorn
Westfield mall, San Francisco [2048×1365] via /r/RoomPorn http://t.co/DmRgZmKopi http://t.co/Vmi1N2IEGY
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A squirrel and a Chickadee [1600×1066] : AnimalPorn
A squirrel and a Chickadee [1600×1066] via /r/AnimalPorn http://t.co/U9rNu2Lry3 http://t.co/ev0wPbWAlc
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My Saturn progress so far : space
My Saturn progress so far via /r/space http://t.co/gjRdzVaxaf http://t.co/OtxejZUyzq
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Joffre Lake, BC, this weekend (OC) [4405 x 6608] : EarthPorn
Joffre Lake, BC, this weekend (OC) [4405 x 6608] via /r/EarthPorn http://t.co/vTQY35N0Hg http://t.co/6cYXroa46y
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Fighting sleep and still refuses to drop his baby. (X-post r/rottweiler) : aww
Fighting sleep and still refuses to drop his baby. (X-post r/rottweiler) via /r/aww http://t.co/hqiMBiajnY http://t.co/gJ0wCQQful
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baby stingrays via /r/gifs http://t.co/pRn9heVZIr http://t.co/SDJ60rc1PK
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Can’t tell if atm gets it or is just lazy via /r/firstworldanarchists http://t.co/QubYIoRI0t http://t.co/BEzhmbjTTH
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Merry-Go-Round at Night [OC][3068×4602] : ExposurePorn
Merry-Go-Round at Night [OC][3068×4602] via /r/ExposurePorn http://t.co/2VN4DVTDyl http://t.co/i253svu8Dp
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Find Best Quality Litter Box For Your Cat : cats
Find Best Quality Litter Box For Your Cat via /r/cats http://t.co/MhpUQKsyWW http://t.co/uF3j92EmLj
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Angry ass blep. via /r/Blep http://t.co/OGo6H1xlVD http://t.co/NVDVZ43ShL
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What Lies Within the Unknown : FoggyPics
What Lies Within the Unknown via /r/FoggyPics http://t.co/kdlAtF1WZH http://t.co/LznINdtFon
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snowstorm at night by jorma / 500px
snowstorm at night by dzorma http://t.co/KyRXuWD6m9 http://t.co/o1Q83HSBam
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my work is to becmoing mor calcium doot doot doot : ledootgeneration
my work is to becmoing mor calcium doot doot doot via /r/ledootgeneration http://t.co/3fWJufkB4T http://t.co/GMQLoG25Dj
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I too was worthy of seeing The king of Bruges – Imgur
I too was worthy of seeing The king of Bruges http://t.co/oNpDkuNg0P http://t.co/Mkcxqa13c4
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Fall Wonder by Lisa Holloway / 500px
Fall Wonder by LisaHolloway http://t.co/erhgytlwrZ http://t.co/IQHkaajFbM
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Lippy likes to be cradled like a baby (xpost from /r/aww) : cats
Lippy likes to be cradled like a baby (xpost from /r/aww) via /r/cats http://t.co/CMuTK8WVQr http://t.co/Q6muIGB0Yr
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Devil’s Bridge, Sedona AZ [1200×473] [OC] : EarthPorn
Devil’s Bridge, Sedona AZ [1200×473] [OC] via /r/EarthPorn http://t.co/irtnw9FHPY http://t.co/VszaajPWnj
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Life via /r/gif http://t.co/JClSdBWbDW http://t.co/eegSDZQj8O
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Self-driving cars can be disabled with a laser pointer and a Raspberry Pi : technology
Self-driving cars can be disabled with a laser pointer and a Raspberry Pi via /r/technology http://t.co/IC4uvN0Acx http://t.co/3mIArA8F0J
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My cat apparently has no spine : cats
My cat apparently has no spine via /r/cats http://t.co/FjxYHAbbAp http://t.co/5GdE7xu0Tz
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Tempest by Kristina Toxicpanda : ImaginaryMindscapes
Tempest by Kristina Toxicpanda via /r/ImaginaryMindscapes http://t.co/o5kdbo1mpb http://t.co/GtHVpN4Di9
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You’re just jealous (1985) : OldSchoolCool
You’re just jealous (1985) via /r/OldSchoolCool http://t.co/N5Grbggt5e http://t.co/jmUrAZhdPq
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This wet floor sign looks like a banana : mildlyinteresting
This wet floor sign looks like a banana via /r/mildlyinteresting http://t.co/vw2zStaITS http://t.co/inCRYis4sT
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Devil’s Nest Recreation Area from 200 feet altitude [OC] 4000×2250 : EarthPorn
Devil’s Nest Recreation Area from 200 feet altitude [OC] 4000×2250 via /r/EarthPorn http://t.co/qyqYGoiEg5 http://t.co/CtTxauIBDg
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Every friggin morning via /r/funny http://t.co/AKEa8ppVUP http://t.co/ZaLKhZAaax
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When you got the muchies and the pizza man arrives : trippinthroughtime
When you got the muchies and the pizza man arrives via /r/trippinthroughtime http://t.co/yZhaax4qx8 http://t.co/kHLSDkOlWP
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Talking to a conspiracist : trippinthroughtime
Talking to a conspiracist via /r/trippinthroughtime http://t.co/anMyVbgJ3d http://t.co/48aN3HCLw5
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I am so happy this exists, made my day : InternetIsBeautiful
I am so happy this exists, made my day via /r/InternetIsBeautiful http://t.co/cNKh3Swu1C http://t.co/90DDnCbeeN
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Another Foggy Day in Tennessee : FoggyPics
Another Foggy Day in Tennessee via /r/FoggyPics http://t.co/oxQDkJtCGt http://t.co/12L8Lh71Eo
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English Cream Dachshund via /r/aww http://t.co/0N1uVx7pHR http://t.co/kU7MV9X02j
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The Warehouse District, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada [7952×5304] [OC] : CityPorn
The Warehouse District, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada [7952×5304] [OC] via /r/CityPorn http://t.co/gQ7oi4ATLh http://t.co/548BkpIQ43
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I always get an early start on Halloween decorations : StartledCats
I always get an early start on Halloween decorations via /r/StartledCats http://t.co/UZFfYtPcap http://t.co/aTBGOhi7eD
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Wild Rose hips – Rosa spp. [2448×2145] [OC] : BotanicalPorn
Wild Rose hips – Rosa spp. [2448×2145] [OC] via /r/BotanicalPorn http://t.co/Tcwpyo1rkC http://t.co/ei8PFI5Nvh
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Clasping Twistedstalk – Streptopus amplexifolius [3140×1930] [OC] : BotanicalPorn
Clasping Twistedstalk – Streptopus amplexifolius [3140×1930] [OC] via /r/BotanicalPorn http://t.co/HGlxVfDPjx http://t.co/5u1SpH2wIh
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Found her. via /r/aww http://t.co/dcfBe3Pmxk http://t.co/dETRgJ2tT4
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No one tells me and my Pica what to do. : firstworldanarchists
No one tells me and my Pica what to do. via /r/firstworldanarchists http://t.co/OHtmv8fbu3 http://t.co/xjSVoP3ouw
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Street level view of Chicago on a cold and windy night [OC][2048 x 136] : CityPorn
Street level view of Chicago on a cold and windy night [OC][2048 x 136] via /r/CityPorn http://t.co/zB4eVjZ7aI http://t.co/H7vAYYBGJG
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MRW a redditor uses the word “feminist” as an attempt to insult me : TrollXChromosomes
MRW a redditor uses the word “feminist” as an attempt to insult me via /r/TrollXChromosomes http://t.co/HyILCzsdr5 http://t.co/Yta2FNyYbH
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Early 1900s; My great great grandfather posing after a velodrome race. : OldSchoolCool
Early 1900s; My great great grandfather posing after a velodrome race. via /r/OldSchoolCool http://t.co/nBPkkEBBb0 http://t.co/kOYmOWdQKn
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Trampoline off the walls : woahdude
Trampoline off the walls via /r/woahdude http://t.co/08vbUWtJ9K http://t.co/LPlFyNN2PT
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Spotify Web Player – Spiritchaser (Remastered) – Dead Can Dance
#NowPlaying http://t.co/p3BQjxkXp8
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Hiafoss, Iceland by Romy Lee. [2048×1098] : EarthPorn
Hiafoss, Iceland by Romy Lee. [2048×1098] via /r/EarthPorn http://t.co/CWI1fMHvtv http://t.co/TEUSPBCQlt
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The Cadillac Tax is an Obamacare tweak that needs to happen
The tax was originally meant to do a couple of things. Most importantly, it would provide about $90 billion for implementing the Affordable Care Act as a whole.
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Jarryd Hayne’s San Francisco 49ers games to be shown live on TV by Seven | Sport | The Guardian
Australian fans wanting to join Jarryd Hayne on his NFL adventure will be able to do so, as the Seven Network has announced it will broadcast a host of San Francisco 49ers matches during the 2015-16 season.
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History, Travel, Arts, Science, People, Places | Smithsonian
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Turkey PM vows to ‘wipe out’ PKK fighters after attack – Al Jazeera English
Turkish Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu has vowed to “wipe out” Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) fighters from their mountain strongholds after 16 soldiers were killed in a rebel attack. “The mountains of this country must not be handed over to terrori…
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Japan PM Retains Party Post for Three More Years | Al Jazeera America
Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe won a rare second consecutive term on Tuesday as ruling party chief, and hence premier, pledging to retain a focus on reviving the world’s third-biggest economy and deepening debate on revising its pacifist constit…
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Barnaby Barford has built a tower from 3,000 porcelain shops – BBC News
As far as art works go, it must have been one of the most exhausting to make. For the past two years, Barnaby Barford has been cycling around London, taking photographs of London’s shops. At times he cycled over 50 miles a day.
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Public given the chance to name UK and Irish storms – BBC News
Members of the public are to be given the opportunity to name storms affecting the UK and Ireland. People will be able to email possible names to the Met Office and send in suggestions via Facebook and Twitter.
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US Open 2015: Andy Murray blown away by Kevin Anderson’s power | Sport | The Guardian
Andy Murray’s US Open hopes went up in smoke as big-serving South African Kevin Anderson stunned the world No3 with a thrilling four-set victory.
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Facebook’s Messenger And The Challenge To Google’s Search Dominance | TechCrunch
When Facebook announced M—an A.I.-powered personal assistant that lives inside Messenger—it fired a massive shell across Google’s bow.
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BBC Sport – US Open 2015: Johanna Konta run ended by Petra Kvitova
Briton Johanna Konta’s remarkable US Open run ended with defeat by fifth seed Petra Kvitova in the fourth round. Kvitova, a two-time Wimbledon champion, won 7-5 6-3 in the 23,000-seater Arthur Ashe Stadium.
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Japan stocks mixed on revised quarterly growth numbers – BBC News
Japan stocks reacted positively to revised growth numbers released on Tuesday which showed the country’s economy contracted less than originally estimated in the three months to June. The benchmark Nikkei was up 0.48% at 17,946.68 points in early tr…
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For most Americans, paychecks determine living standards. Unfortunately, wages in America have long stagnated or declined for most working people, including college graduates.
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Karen Buckley murder: Killer’s sentencing to be filmed – BBC News
TV cameras are set to record the sentencing of a Scottish man for the murder of Irish student Karen Buckley. Alexander Pacteau killed the 24-year-old, who was from Cork, after meeting her outside a Glasgow nightclub.
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Online fossil hunters to help comb Kenyan desert – BBC News
Members of the public are being invited to help hunt for fossils in the Kenyan desert, in an online citizen science initiative called Fossilfinder. Volunteers will sift one million images from the arid Turkana Basin, a key area for fossils of early …
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Just Another Bloody Summer in America
There were the devout Bible students executed in a Charleston church and the two young women shot from behind while enjoying a silly sex comedy in a Louisiana theater and the 1,433 everyday, anonymous, quickly forgotten gun deaths during the weeks i…
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BBC Sport – Andy Murray beaten by Kevin Anderson in US Open fourth round
Andy Murray’s suffered his earliest Grand Slam exit for five years as he lost a gruelling fourth-round contest against 14th seed Kevin Anderson. South Africa’s Anderson won 7-6 (7-5) 6-3 7-6 (7-0) in four hours and 18 minutes to reach his first majo…
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US Open 2015: Johanna Konta rues double faults as she falls to Petra Kvitova | Sport | The Guardian
Johanna Konta’s fairytale in New York came to an end as she tumbled out of the US Open following a straight sets defeat to fifth seed Petra Kvitova.
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The De Brazza’s Monkey: The Monkey With the Wizard Beard
We’re not saying that this monkey is magic. We’re just saying that it doesn’t like people, and the guy for whom it is named promptly died of dysentery. Be advised. The De Brazza’s monkey is common, but not easy to find.
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US Open 2015: Roger Federer v John Isner – live! | Sport | The Guardian
The French Open champion Stan Wawrinka kept the pressure on to end the threat posed by Donald Young and register a 6-4, 1-6, 6-3, 6-4 victory over the American to reach the quarter-finals at the US Open on Monday.
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Jailed Kentucky Clerk Seeks Emergency Injunction | Al Jazeera America
Lawyers for jailed Kentucky county clerk Kim Davis said on Monday they had asked an appellate court to force Gov. Steve Beshear to let her refuse to issue same-sex marriage licenses based on her religious convictions.
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Commoditized Wearables | TechCrunch
Xiaomi reported it sold 2.8 million of its Mi Band activity tracker in the first quarter of 2015; in the same time period for 2014 (first quarter), they sold exactly 0.
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EU referendum: Cameron suffers Commons defeat over ‘purdah’ rules – BBC News
The government is facing a possible defeat later over changes to EU referendum campaign rules after Labour said it would not support the plans. Ministers have made a series of concessions over so-called “purdah” rules applied to the campaign in the …
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Snakebite antidote is running out – BBC News
The world is running out of one of the most effective snakebite treatments, putting tens of thousands of lives at risk, warn experts. Medicines Sans Frontieres says new stocks of Fav-Afrique, which neutralises 10 different snakebites that can occur …
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WASHINGTON — Republicans are growing increasingly concerned that Donald J. Trump’s inflammatory language is damaging the party, fearing that his remarks are hardening the tone of other candidates on racial issues in ways that could repel the voters …
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Sam Stosur defeat to Flavia Pennetta ends Australian hope in US Open singles | Sport | The Guardian
Flavia Pennetta heaped more pain on Samantha Stosur to end the Australian’s quest for a second US Open crown. The Italian has been a career-long nemesis of Stosur’s and defeated Australia’s last singles hope 6-4, 6-4 on Monday to improve her head-to…
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Related: Uncertainty over Shenhua mine’s effect on groundwater a ‘huge risk’ A new study has found open-cut mines that modify groundwater levels can affect trees and ecosystems several kilometres away from mine sites. The study has implications for …
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Airbnb Hosted Nearly 17 Million Guests This Summer | TechCrunch
Growth is up and to the right for Airbnb. Nearly 17 million people worldwide booked their guest stays with the peer-to-peer lodging platform this summer, according to a new travel report.
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From Space, a Remote Salt Lake In the Middle of a Desert Looks Like an Alien World
This is Lake Amadeus, the largest salt lake in Australia’s Northern Territory. Taken by Sentinel-2A (mean orbital altitude of 786 km/488 miles), this image of Lake Amadeus shows the salt crust, rock, and sand that are part of this lake’s unique look.
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Buddy can you spare $2m? New York’s housing crisis – BBC News
The book’s title was used by Democrat Bill de Blasio in his successful campaign to become mayor of New York in 2013. He argued that under his billionaire predecessor, Michael Bloomberg, the city had become divided and divisive.
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Lust for Learning: Are Professor-Student Crushes Inevitable? | The New Republic
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China’s impossible trinity – BBC News
This weekend’s meeting of the G20 group of countries sounded a relatively optimistic note on the global economy, in sharp contrast to the recent price falls in world asset markets.
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Apple brings ad-blocker extensions to Safari on iPhones – BBC News
Faster iPhones and a new TV box are likely to dominate Apple’s launch event on Wednesday, but a tweak to the firm’s mobile web browser will arguably be just as far-reaching. For the first time, Apple will allow adverts to be blocked by the iPhone an…
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BBC Sport – England v Australia: Kevin Pietersen omission helps – Strauss
England are benefiting from the decision to exclude former batsman Kevin Pietersen from selection, says English cricket chief Andrew Strauss. England won the Ashes 3-2 but trail 2-0 in the one-day series before Tuesday’s third ODI at Old Trafford (1…
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This is what 365 days without a vacation does to your health – Quartz
If you live in the US, the odds are high that you haven’t taken a vacation this year (or last year, for that matter).
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A Kayak and the City – Toronto, ON [2448 x 1836] [OC] : CityPorn
A Kayak and the City – Toronto, ON [2448 x 1836] [OC] via /r/CityPorn http://t.co/DOvChnmxm9 http://t.co/WJ3D52hGZB
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skeltal war continues !!!!! [NSFWB] not safe for WEAK bOned!!!!! via /r/ledootgeneration http://t.co/AkBHLd3Bwx http://t.co/rlRwQOAlwO
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The cutest guest at the Alberta Railway Museum (meow!) : cats
The cutest guest at the Alberta Railway Museum (meow!) via /r/cats http://t.co/mc2mMaoBmS http://t.co/EhWKLgckWM
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Russia Answers U.S. Criticism Over Military Aid to Syria http://t.co/Y86m7XWw1E
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As Stephen Colbert debuts on Late Show, late-night TV wars heat up : television
As Stephen Colbert debuts on Late Show, late-night TV wars heat up via /r/television http://t.co/YXLHjfesU3 http://t.co/eMm4a0KFrt
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The core of our milky way departing for the winter : space
The core of our milky way departing for the winter via /r/space http://t.co/rlRQQMtvzY http://t.co/57YdE8VSLn
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Loving the feeling of the cool concrete : gif
Loving the feeling of the cool concrete via /r/gif http://t.co/0hfW5eoNCd http://t.co/rL59YgMPzq
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CN Tower, Toronto Ontario, Canada [5184×3456] [OC] : ArchitecturePorn
CN Tower, Toronto Ontario, Canada [5184×3456] [OC] via /r/ArchitecturePorn http://t.co/YG2l5x7I8x http://t.co/4vw4gXP3rj
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The Fruitful Port 2 by Chris Ostrowski : ImaginaryLandscapes
The Fruitful Port 2 by Chris Ostrowski via /r/ImaginaryLandscapes http://t.co/3UlynZ7dAn http://t.co/x04Cnef3rX
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Kitchen Light by The Photo Fiend / 500px
Kitchen Light by thephotofiend http://t.co/vK5bRWt3J5 http://t.co/Evrwtjm7vL
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Mindful of Beauty by Marc Zimmermann : ImaginaryMindscapes
Mindful of Beauty by Marc Zimmermann via /r/ImaginaryMindscapes http://t.co/QYcmbheHsd http://t.co/1y9z3cpB1G
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Amazing time lapse via /r/woahdude http://t.co/j47NWPt8mD http://t.co/O2xfA1W66B
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I have absolutely no idea who ate my lipstick : funny
I have absolutely no idea who ate my lipstick via /r/funny http://t.co/5PSC0qK3UZ http://t.co/RA0e5drj00
Looking that good your dog was probably out on the town. Who else was home? True! I also have a pure-bred Saluki/Great Pyrenees mix. I used to dye her neon pink before taking her to the dog park so that people would have to talk to me. -
Online fossil hunters to help comb Kenyan desert – BBC News
Online fossil hunters to comb desert http://t.co/3HpTdupwEY
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The way this board game decides who goes first : mildlyinteresting
The way this board game decides who goes first via /r/mildlyinteresting http://t.co/Fbnrn5fLbu http://t.co/0taYz920uY
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Fuck your bullshit : firstworldanarchists
Fuck your bullshit via /r/firstworldanarchists http://t.co/3ahMcilWc4 http://t.co/E5CZoGXqqt
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8 Spruce Street, originally known as Beekman Tower : woahdude
8 Spruce Street, originally known as Beekman Tower via /r/woahdude http://t.co/dbqLerkU5W http://t.co/sJNLkyYeb4
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Socks via /r/cats http://t.co/NwC7Q0xweB http://t.co/2ZMV4XsM0g
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Male Red Crossbills [1440 x 960] : AnimalPorn
Male Red Crossbills [1440 x 960] via /r/AnimalPorn http://t.co/QAoKZ6z2Bb http://t.co/UzNQ3AdIks
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Grant Teton National Park [OC] [3264×2448] : EarthPorn
Grant Teton National Park [OC] [3264×2448] via /r/EarthPorn http://t.co/K4jeZgXxxi http://t.co/ZkyKzliYWW
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Japanese Archers, circa 1860. : OldSchoolCool
Japanese Archers, circa 1860. via /r/OldSchoolCool http://t.co/6m3sqVjwPJ http://t.co/tqIaSTINFp
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Poor Jiminy Cricket he was hopping with one leg. : cats
Poor Jiminy Cricket he was hopping with one leg. via /r/cats http://t.co/2NYTRw4XBU http://t.co/nLZuaMInTg
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Foggy Bar Harbor and Southwest Harbor, Maine : FoggyPics
Foggy Bar Harbor and Southwest Harbor, Maine via /r/FoggyPics http://t.co/oalMnfeLXe http://t.co/CHRRs88eRa
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NASAs space Hubble js – Just Space
NASAs space Hubble js http://t.co/0FhQZw6nol http://t.co/e9PX2yVf5O
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Infographic I made on the history of the US space program. : space
Infographic I made on the history of the US space program. via /r/space http://t.co/AcJSsWREec http://t.co/8FTGbmpG62
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MRW a first date ends. : shittyreactiongifs
MRW a first date ends. via /r/shittyreactiongifs http://t.co/phY91CHDdF http://t.co/9zYsreN065
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I need this shower curtain that shows a hidden unicorn. : mildlyinteresting
I need this shower curtain that shows a hidden unicorn. via /r/mildlyinteresting http://t.co/oGx9Yp99Q4 http://t.co/CkQNRkEk4t
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Ginza,Tokyo by Yuma Yamashita / 500px
Ginza,Tokyo by YumaYamashita http://t.co/j7G7piL1HH http://t.co/2x6WAgBIjo
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Sabino Canyon in Tucson, AZ [OC] [2488×1658] : EarthPorn
Sabino Canyon in Tucson, AZ [OC] [2488×1658] via /r/EarthPorn http://t.co/EwUdf0K0JG http://t.co/SvgY7TkPMN
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Great Blue Heron (Ardea herodias)[1024×683] : AnimalPorn
Great Blue Heron (Ardea herodias)[1024×683] via /r/AnimalPorn http://t.co/hSzvhwl4VF http://t.co/QHax4Cu8Pm
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Indy EV fleet growing from 195 to 425 : environment
Indy EV fleet growing from 195 to 425 via /r/environment http://t.co/thPHifqL4J http://t.co/JZOgDSHCkC
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The Devil’s Tower, Wyoming [OC] (3462×2311) : unitedstatesofamerica
The Devil’s Tower, Wyoming [OC] (3462×2311) via /r/unitedstatesofamerica http://t.co/fofWaPmiKz http://t.co/D2EnwwRBxl
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Spotify Web Player – In Concert – Dead Can Dance
#NowPlaying http://t.co/kWi4Ud8n4M
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She loves to lay like this and pose for photos. : cats
She loves to lay like this and pose for photos. via /r/cats http://t.co/YNBy1PUT0C http://t.co/PMYyOtz6kR
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‘Rivers of acid’ in Zambian villages – BBC News
‘Rivers of acid’ in Zambian villages http://t.co/2zpslw39tU
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Clues from Ancient Maya Reveal Lasting Impact on Environment : environment
Clues from Ancient Maya Reveal Lasting Impact on Environment via /r/environment http://t.co/qqvR3GbgJb http://t.co/Dmg6pHyS0f
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Summer in Paris [2048×1367] : CityPorn
Summer in Paris [2048×1367] via /r/CityPorn http://t.co/BEr83mAidS http://t.co/lvhl0OseTK
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Acceptable female exposure, yay for logic…. : TrollXChromosomes
Acceptable female exposure, yay for logic…. via /r/TrollXChromosomes http://t.co/d9S4mFox4a http://t.co/OGMEx3SK98
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Congress Girds for Fights Over Spending, Iran and Planned Parenthood http://t.co/DHaUxcxPps
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Mt. Rogers, VA early morning : FoggyPics
Mt. Rogers, VA early morning via /r/FoggyPics http://t.co/dKBk8UMnUt http://t.co/evgoYJyUeU
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Ridges of glowing interstellar gas and dark dust… – Just Space
Ridges of glowing interstellar gas and dark dust clouds inhabit… http://t.co/ZyGcqhNLlZ http://t.co/6Pik1bRnwZ
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My mom throughout the 80’s : OldSchoolCool
My mom throughout the 80’s via /r/OldSchoolCool http://t.co/XL1gKilRSb http://t.co/o9PIfU6szQ
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Twilight Lightning Over Kowloon, Hong Kong [1600×1063] Photo by Daniel Chui : CityPorn
Twilight Lightning Over Kowloon, Hong Kong [1600×1063] Photo by Daniel Chui via /r/CityPorn http://t.co/vqgJNsPBUe http://t.co/Be2kqhi2m1
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Pano – Equilibrium by Andreas Agazzi / 500px
Pano – Equilibrium by aagazzi http://t.co/LsT8v7Uobi http://t.co/cri6q1FkYe
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Medium Roast With a Side of Cat Loaf : Catloaf
Medium Roast With a Side of Cat Loaf via /r/Catloaf http://t.co/dhvLGQJO2L http://t.co/ZnrLOTItoR
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My Pop sent me this from Mt Rushmore : pics
My Pop sent me this from Mt Rushmore via /r/pics http://t.co/aOWcVOFNx2 http://t.co/hxh9VhGWOy
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Black Dog via /r/gif http://t.co/bLWLZmF4Hs http://t.co/V4M1yUoQEk
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MRW Reddit servers are acting up : reactiongifs
MRW Reddit servers are acting up via /r/reactiongifs http://t.co/uRwX2VAjej http://t.co/lczzrRuSXa
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SLOW TIME by Josue Guerra / 500px
SLOW TIME by Josuepps http://t.co/UfB374b6ip http://t.co/DEpI30feQF
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Hillsborough by Bipphy Kath / 500px
Hillsborough by All4Nature http://t.co/yFpBA1sz71 http://t.co/BIwPl4XMkm
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18 years old and still loafing strong : cats
18 years old and still loafing strong via /r/cats http://t.co/KQ4SJ7ksnK http://t.co/6Peb7Was6R
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Foyer of The National Art Museum – Mexico City [oc] [1024×683] : RoomPorn
Foyer of The National Art Museum – Mexico City [oc] [1024×683] via /r/RoomPorn http://t.co/6M1uuflqGN http://t.co/54NBO2CTnv
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Guadalupe and Mosca Peaks, Manzano Mountains, New Mexico [OC][3264 x 1836] : EarthPorn
Guadalupe and Mosca Peaks, Manzano Mountains, New Mexico [OC][3264 x 1836] via /r/EarthPorn http://t.co/PQWtRZPhSm http://t.co/S62wiCxXTM
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I can haz clownfish? via /r/cats http://t.co/CbBJeniReW http://t.co/1hWT6s8A0D
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Off to the races : perfectloops
Off to the races via /r/perfectloops http://t.co/lTQZK8yhdY http://t.co/eHHJ4IvRpx
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A Sagittarius Triplet js – Just Space
A Sagittarius Triplet js http://t.co/mRUKOUATIH http://t.co/c7Ro39BM9K
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Fjord view by Rune Askeland / 500px
Fjord view by RuneAskeland http://t.co/gJU30rhQLJ http://t.co/HmMMcfrbiV
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Russian Blue-Bumblebee cross : cats
Russian Blue-Bumblebee cross via /r/cats http://t.co/UwOkvOCBJu http://t.co/8QwBdIzbsx
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Went on a hike to Lynn Canyon in North Vancouver, BC. (2448×3264) : EarthPorn
Went on a hike to Lynn Canyon in North Vancouver, BC. (2448×3264) via /r/EarthPorn http://t.co/6gcbqUDNwM http://t.co/EUohXYJIP0
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Abandoned pool near Chernobyl, Ukraine [2048×1322] by Tim Knifton via /r/AbandonedPorn http://t.co/iqrl3PShbh http://t.co/WlbYWVMNCC
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truck runs out of gas and you carry an excavator : gifs
truck runs out of gas and you carry an excavator via /r/gifs http://t.co/pD4zXS61h1 http://t.co/Usn99tX5ud
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Ground-based view of the Carina Nebula js http://t.co/Pcv0qgY7si http://t.co/M6WiolWXxd http://t.co/DFdbMq1ntx
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The Detroit Graduates http://t.co/5mBMa6zKxf
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Mile 184 on the John Muir Trail (OC) [2048×1536] : EarthPorn
Mile 184 on the John Muir Trail (OC) [2048×1536] via /r/EarthPorn http://t.co/1kgRDQqKVr http://t.co/8c8PEhEEpW
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This is a helicone via /r/gifs http://t.co/pcNvZHbTRR http://t.co/En5r1YfZ9L
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September by kochabamba68 http://t.co/lQxhxmYjrR http://t.co/xLMuXUOzUE
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BBC Sport – Euro 2016 qualifier: Northern Ireland 1-1 Hungary
Striker Kyle Lafferty insists he wants to contribute more for Northern Ireland – even though he has scored six goals in a sparkling Euro 2016 campaign. The 27-year-old has lacked game time, having been unable to command a first-team place at Norwich…
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“Sometimes Procrastination Is Really Information.”
We’re trained to think procrastination is a bad thing, but sometimes, it can actually be useful. Sometimes, looking at it deeply can reveal a problem, says Jan Yager, author of Put More Time On Your Side.
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BBC Sport – Euro 2016 qualifying: Scotland 2-3 Germany
Scotland have no injury concerns for the visit to Hampden of world champions Germany in Euro 2016 qualifying. Germany head coach Joachim Low has almost a full squad available.
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As Blockbuster Season Ends, Hollywood Offers Action-Packed Fall : NPR
NPR offers a selective preview of what Hollywood has in store at theaters between Labor Day and Thanksgiving.
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US Open 2015: Stan Wawrinka ends Donald Young’s heroics in last 16 | Sport | The Guardian
The French Open champion Stan Wawrinka kept the pressure on to end the threat posed by Donald Young and register a 6-4, 1-6, 6-3, 6-4 victory over the American to reach the quarter-finals at the US Open on Monday.
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Migrant crisis: Lesbos makeshift camp ‘utterly miserable’ – BBC News
Thousands of migrants and refugees have travelled to the Greek Island of Lesbos, in the hope of journeying on to Athens and northern and western Europe. But without the correct paperwork they find themselves stranded in what the BBC’s Jonny Dymond s…
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EU Struggles to Formulate Refugee Crisis Response | Al Jazeera America
Struggling to cope with record numbers of asylum seekers, Germany told its European partners on Monday they too must take in more refugees, as police in Hungary used pepper spray on desperate refugees who broke out of a reception center at the borde…
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At a design conference recently, I was introduced to Leeo, a new product that I initially understood to be a reboot of something really in need of a redesign: the smoke detector. As the designer explained his process, I quickly came to understand th…
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Dragon Con Day 3: the Cosplay Keeps Getting Better and Better
Every day our photo galleries of the astonishing cosplay at Dragon Con in Atlanta just keeps getting longer with near-overwhelming creativity. Today we’re featuring the dystopian future of Mad Max, a swarm of superheroes, and the champions of League…
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Artist Tells France to Leave Anti-Semitic Graffiti on His ‘Queen’s Vagina’ Sculpture | VICE News
A massive sculpture commonly referred to as “The Queen’s Vagina,” currently on display outside of Paris in the gardens of the Palace of Versailles, was spray-painted with anti-Semitic and royalist graffiti on Saturday night.
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Rice Finds A Welcome Home In Wisconsin Paddies : The Salt : NPR
In the U.S., most rice is grown in Arkansas and California. But with drought conditions in California and the uncertain impacts of climate change, scientist Michael Schläppi has been trying to grow the water-intensive crop in a Wisconsin lab and fie…
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Researchers Build Smartphone Algorithm That Senses Boredom : NPR
Your phone can now be programmed to tell when you are bored. Researchers from Telefonica Research in Barcelona, Spain, say an algorithm they have developed could be used to push content to you when you’re looking for something interesting to do.
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Denmark Targets Consumer Behavior In Campaign To Reduce Food Waste : NPR
In the last few years, Denmark has become the world champion in reducing the amount of food that lands in the garbage.
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Mass Deportations Fuel Tension Along Venezuela-Colombia Border : NPR
The deportation of thousands of Colombians from Venezuela and the sealing of the border is provoking chaos. Throngs of deportees are crowding into shelters, families have been separated, and the normally bustling frontier outpost of Villa del Rosari…
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Vatican Interns Help Build Papal Following On Social Media : NPR
Villanova University students are integral to Pope Francis’ U.S. social media team via the college’s Vatican internship program. They were part of the launch of the papal Twitter account and the Vatican’s ongoing social media efforts.
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Artist Kehinde Wiley Mixes Modern Figures With Old European Art Traditions : NPR
NPR’s Audie Cornish speaks with Wiley about his latest exhibit at the Brooklyn Museum, “A New Republic.” This story originally aired on May 22, 2015, on All Things Considered.
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After Chaotic Journey Through Europe, Syrian Teacher Arrives In Germany : NPR
The latest stage on the journey of a former teacher fleeing the war in Syria, who is hoping to find a new home for himself and his family in Germany.
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Peaceful Demonstrations In Baghdad Provide Hope For Reform : NPR
After decades of violence and corruption in Baghdad, protesters have put their faith in peaceful demonstration to bring change.
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British Prime Minister Says U.K. Will Accept 20,000 Syrian Refugees By 2020 : NPR
NPR takes a look at the Europe-wide response to the migrant crisis. British Prime Minister David Cameron announced Monday the U.K. will accept 20,000 Syrian refugees over the next five years.
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Obama Signs Order To Extend Contractors’ Paid Sick Leave : NPR
President Obama signed an executive order Monday giving up to seven paid sick days a year to employees of federal contractors. The White House says this could benefit around 300,000 workers.
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As Civil War Rages On, ‘Life In Syria Has Crumbled’ : NPR
NPR’s Audie Cornish speaks with Joshua Landis, director of the Center for Middle East Studies at the University of Oklahoma, about how highly educated Syrians are leaving their country.
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Report Questions Mexico’s Account Of 2014 Student Killings : NPR
NPR’s Audie Cornish speaks to Andrew Selee of the Woodrow Wilson Center about a new report that contradicts the Mexican government’s official narrative on how 43 students were killed last year.
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Despite Recovery, Middle-Wage Workers Are Being Squeezed Out : NPR
Many workers’ prospects have improved as the unemployment rate has slipped down to 5.1 percent. But not all are seeing better days in the economic recovery. Recent studies show most jobs are going to workers either in the top third or the bottom thi…
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Presidential Candidates Campaign In New Hampshire, Iowa On Labor Day : NPR
Politics mixed with picnics and parades Monday as the candidates fanned out for an end of summer blitz of campaigning. Many discussed jobs — an issue that tops just about every voter’s list.
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When The Wild Gets Crowded: Appalachian Trail’s Celebrity Climbs : NPR
When Maine Gov. Percival Baxter donated the 200,000-acre Baxter State Park, he envisioned a place of solitude, a place that could be kept “forever wild.” Here, traffic is limited. So is camping and so are nearly all types of motorized recreation.
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West Indian Day parade: Andrew Cuomo staffer shot before annual event | US news | The Guardian
As thousands of New Yorkers took to streets in Brooklyn on Monday for the West Indian Day parade, one man was stabbed to death and two were shot and wounded.
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BBC Sport – US Open 2015: Stan Wawrinka through to last eight in New York
Fifth seed Stan Wawrinka beat American Donald Young to set up a possible US Open quarter-final against Andy Murray. The French Open champion from Switzerland, 30, won 6-1 1-6 6-3 6-4 on Arthur Ashe Stadium.
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Assange back in spotlight with new Wikileaks book – BBC News
Julian Assange has now been staying at the Ecuadorean Embassy for three years, sheltering under its flag for fear of ultimate deportation to America, after his organisation Wikileaks revealed thousands of US government cables.
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US Open 2015: Andy Murray v Kevin Anderson – live! | Les Roopanarine | Sport | The Guardian
History has shown that a brush with disaster can be no bad thing at the US Open.
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Ancient DNA cracks puzzle of Basque origins – BBC News
DNA from ancient remains seems to have solved the puzzle of one of Europe’s most enigmatic people: the Basques. The distinct language and genetic make-up of the Basque people in northern Spain and southern France has puzzled anthropologists for deca…
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New York governor’s aide shot in the head – BBC News
Violence before the West Indian Day Parade in New York has left one man dead and a top aide to the state governor fighting for his life. Carey Gabay, a lawyer working for Governor Andrew Cuomo, was caught in crossfire at a pre-parade event early on …
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From the outside, Untitled looks like one of those places where intimate conversation gets lost in the din. The restaurant, which anchors the architect Renzo Piano’s new home for the Whitney Museum of American Art in the meatpacking district, has al…
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Wisconsin set to ban use of fetal tissue in research
The success of this medical research could have far-reaching implications for untold millions of Americans. For example, my mom had dementia in her final days. I have often said that I lost her twice: Once when she was diagnosed with the disease, an…
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Help! There is a seething mass of snakes under my desk | Ars Technica
I have a problem. It is a problem I try to hide out of sight and out of mind, one I try to pretend doesn’t exist. But it does, and every so often it raises its ugly head to bite me. Most recently, I needed to replace an Ethernet switch as I needed m…
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Court criticises ‘glaring errors’ in Kercher probe – BBC News
Italy’s highest appeals court has criticised “glaring errors” in the investigation into the 2007 murder of British student Meredith Kercher. The court acquitted Amanda Knox and her ex-boyfriend Raffaele Sollecito of the murder in March.
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Run a Wet Finger Across Surfaces to Make Plastic Wrap Stick Better
Everyone has a few bowls which plastic wrap never seems to cling to. But there’s an easy fix for it: put your finger in water and run it across the surface or rim of the bowl. The One Pot Chef swears this works for any bowl where you have a problem …
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Why you shouldn’t wear a brown dress in a swimming pool : funny
Why you shouldn’t wear a brown dress in a swimming pool via /r/funny http://t.co/cr3k5LOItz http://t.co/TB6wxjI4ES
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Ground-based view of the Carina Nebula js – Just Space
Ground-based view of the Carina Nebula js http://t.co/Pcv0qgY7si http://t.co/GQdLXUXUYX
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Cordonata by Csilla Zelko / 500px
Cordonata by csillogo11 http://t.co/y6D4NPZbeO http://t.co/goSCb3phkR
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This guy fux http://t.co/I85sEG9kTx http://t.co/wRQDAvQV4h
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Adagiata 2 by Antonio Amati / 500px
Adagiata 2 by Antonio-Amati http://t.co/JHWUbZ5EUv http://t.co/EN6tzUh0Qj
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I guess you’re not technically wrong : firstworldanarchists
I guess you’re not technically wrong via /r/firstworldanarchists http://t.co/ZmAvPhppe1 http://t.co/EwiNgQHW43
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I am spending my Labor Day outside with this precious baby. : cats
I am spending my Labor Day outside with this precious baby. via /r/cats http://t.co/Cqa4xU8jMD http://t.co/ao6Sw5mxHY
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Between the Rocks by Isam Telhami / 500px
Between the Rocks by Isamtelhami http://t.co/ZwHI1apzSg http://t.co/a3IaEtXmlk
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Relax if you can by Carlos M. Almagro / 500px
Relax if you can by Carlosmacr http://t.co/KRUkpRPlV5 http://t.co/RGKWVBvqTk
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Rainy Night by Hanson Mao / 500px
Rainy Night by HansonMao http://t.co/dpzh6SHm3X http://t.co/g8puiyCZrU
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Breakfast at sunrise… by Konstantin Slobodchuk / 500px
Breakfast at sunrise… by knslobodchuk http://t.co/JLBFtRdF03 http://t.co/yXLCw3YeKn
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Zoe by PeterCoulson http://t.co/iFeMjJGGW1 http://t.co/nj7404WIOV
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Three Ghosts by Ole Henrik Skjelstad / 500px
Three Ghosts by OleHenrikSkjelstad http://t.co/q8ZV8KZT2S http://t.co/OjQSTHS0jG
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My coworker’s new puppy via /r/aww http://t.co/1ZXryFtcD6 http://t.co/WAKnJQKPZ2
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I’m sure the vast majority of desperate individuals can relate. : AdviceAnimals
I’m sure the vast majority of desperate individuals can relate. via /r/AdviceAnimals http://t.co/7YCHSCpC61 http://t.co/lRHInszIPh
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One World Trade Center through Viewfinder (Composite Image) [1742 x 2448] : CityPorn
One World Trade Center through Viewfinder (Composite Image) [1742 x 2448] via /r/CityPorn http://t.co/KSelD6eFsW http://t.co/beWii5gcJe
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Howler – Read & Write Funny Jokes with strangers. : InternetIsBeautiful
Howler – Read & Write Funny Jokes with strangers. via /r/InternetIsBeautiful http://t.co/jNcKo6yv7T http://t.co/WAY2Qd0Vwf
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Galina by Dmitry Belyaev / 500px
Galina by BelyaevDmitry http://t.co/3wch7AubdU http://t.co/PaAKOxVuAY
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Lights of God by Gonzalo Navarro Photographs / 500px
Lights of God by gnbphotos http://t.co/4Vu1WSmQ2W http://t.co/D11gkaQjwE
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Early in the morning on Gemmi Pass, Switzerland [OC] [6016×4016] : EarthPorn
Early in the morning on Gemmi Pass, Switzerland [OC] [6016×4016] via /r/EarthPorn http://t.co/Okv9f9edgC http://t.co/qSUH2cq8zz
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cats learn to box in this house : cats
cats learn to box in this house via /r/cats http://t.co/RlMeitGZvB http://t.co/xqFaIB1VqR
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Pet Rock : InternetIsBeautiful
Pet Rock via /r/InternetIsBeautiful http://t.co/H3vPcx0FbZ http://t.co/5YdUs2bCHU
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Vespa…… by bisignano fabrice / 500px
Vespa…… by bisignano http://t.co/Bd4fHlBgQm http://t.co/g0nFuC2w7r
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Misty Morning by Lauri Lohi / 500px
Misty Morning by LauriLohi http://t.co/nvPrdjSPoZ http://t.co/RICpXHwreJ
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smile by Maurizio Cicoria / 500px
smile by MaurizioCicoria http://t.co/JR2rmBcwLe http://t.co/PtdF3wjFW4
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The Edge of Kingdom by Anton Komar / 500px
The Edge of Kingdom by antonkomar http://t.co/CDBf3Swc1V http://t.co/YlRJwmdbXW
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Lake Louise, Alberta, Canada. [Original Content] [2048×1365] : EarthPorn
Lake Louise, Alberta, Canada. [Original Content] [2048×1365] via /r/EarthPorn http://t.co/NqLOqT6KQx http://t.co/o8kkL3I9B4
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Smith Rain Fire by Eamon Gallagher / 500px
Smith Rain Fire by eyeofalens http://t.co/w9QGkOMNZm http://t.co/MY1uu4CpQH
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Love Everyone Often Peace Beauty Balance Life Light Magic: Photos From Burning Man 2015 (29 photos)
Photos From Burning Man 2015 (29 photos) http://t.co/JoGmvFtKjM http://t.co/aW6pBiCdwh
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Looking at old photos of when my cat, Lily, was a kitten. Those ears! : cats
Looking at old photos of when my cat, Lily, was a kitten. Those ears! via /r/cats http://t.co/vnqMquBai7 http://t.co/r4LzMXKsHA
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MRW I upvote a conversation : reactiongifs
MRW I upvote a conversation via /r/reactiongifs http://t.co/sfJQajWR4F http://t.co/Yw9ELW0q8U
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me irl via /r/me_irl http://t.co/KdqiRyPx4d http://t.co/1SQDgKHKl3
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Wild gorilla helps photographer get a better shot : AnimalsBeingBros
Wild gorilla helps photographer get a better shot via /r/AnimalsBeingBros http://t.co/GIBbID3vSu http://t.co/U65YHgy9tp
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The 2016 U.S. Presidential Race: A Cheat Sheet – The Atlantic
The 2016 U.S. Presidential Race: A Cheat Sheet http://t.co/93fctTGycN
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Cottage on Cape Cod, Massachusetts [OC] (1500 x 955) : unitedstatesofamerica
Cottage on Cape Cod, Massachusetts [OC] (1500 x 955) via /r/unitedstatesofamerica http://t.co/Qnyw4lSILU http://t.co/bMb0sTTuOn
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Waiting patiently for the air conditioner to come on : cats
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Voldemort and Barbie are neighbors! – Imgur
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Middle Of Sydney by Michael Cleary / 500px
Middle Of Sydney by michaelcl1 http://t.co/dOnqCfSceP http://t.co/NsZhqyGPgA
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Happy Time(Spa,Water buffalo) by sarawut Intarob / 500px
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hoopoe by 55abk http://t.co/N1wNdnpVn7 http://t.co/AfxQYKtHDE
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It’s Monday. : firstworldanarchists
It’s Monday. via /r/firstworldanarchists http://t.co/Y7Isg8P6X3 http://t.co/4hlIC0qB1R
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On our way to the beautiful Maroon Bells, Aspen ,CO [OC][2053 x 1458] : EarthPorn
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Autumns Face by Lars van de Goor / 500px
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me irl via /r/me_irl http://t.co/ahqRudJX2l http://t.co/ZGpxRHYXzI
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Casuals via /r/trippinthroughtime http://t.co/l45znmqk5w http://t.co/SyYMvF4ymz
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Cascadian Layers by Trevor Anderson / 500px
Cascadian Layers by TrevorAnderson http://t.co/k6fQdxaAME http://t.co/dLjcsC7J2I
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Mystic by Cory Marshall / 500px
Mystic by CoryMarshall http://t.co/WK93yiFpxq http://t.co/B4Sr4aY6hX
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This is how big planes are : pics
This is how big planes are via /r/pics http://t.co/WeiSkKxXts http://t.co/ThNjwpyOnX
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After my first week as a manager, I am considering this option! XD : funny
After my first week as a manager, I am considering this option! XD via /r/funny http://t.co/MfAd0k8iXo http://t.co/Csp2znwHeo
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Mother of Palestinian Toddler Killed in Fire Attack Dies http://t.co/wMilzuvaSV
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This probably belongs in /r/medievalthings but I thought you guys would appreciate it – Imgur
This probably belongs in /r/medievalthings but I thought you guys would appreciate it http://t.co/pYA94XoaSi http://t.co/JHjeKsjnPx
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I leave for one minute… : cats
I leave for one minute… via /r/cats http://t.co/88Gh1KCVrk http://t.co/NaLWgG9OfR
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Turkey, Responding to Attack, Launches Airstrikes on Kurdish Rebels http://t.co/gp2zXJnRMA
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Forest Mist by Bernadett Pusztai / 500px
Forest Mist by btpusz http://t.co/tLK2Cy4NVY http://t.co/WGyvWDTJ0A
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A Hint of Sun by Paul Jolicoeur / 500px
A Hint of Sun by HAP95 http://t.co/7NJpANtlai http://t.co/iXbpiUnguV
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Seoul’s new supertall [700×770] : CityPorn
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[OC][5796×3926] Coast of Snaesfellnes, Iceland : EarthPorn
[OC][5796×3926] Coast of Snaesfellnes, Iceland via /r/EarthPorn http://t.co/xrg7iKPv2b http://t.co/YbuHO6rFNb
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Looking good : trippinthroughtime
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Trash Panda and Domestic Fluffnugget Are Best Friends : AnimalsBeingBros
Trash Panda and Domestic Fluffnugget Are Best Friends via /r/AnimalsBeingBros http://t.co/Fh0hDt4d9A http://t.co/XUoNcCL6St
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RENTON, Wash. — Jimmy Graham, an all-star tight end, quickly learned things were different with the Seattle Seahawks after he arrived this spring from the New Orleans Saints in an off-season trade.
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VALHALLA, N.Y. — It was quiet beneath the mountain laurel shrubs shielding the grave of the composer Sergei Rachmaninoff from the late-summer sun.
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The ‘Invisible’ Employment Statistic We Should Be Thinking About This Labor Day | Motherboard
Last Friday, the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) released its monthly jobs report, and once again, it was filled with kind-of good news. The unemployment rate had dropped, again, to a new recent low of 5.
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Hackers Killed a Simulated Human By Turning Off Its Pacemaker | Motherboard
We’ve wondered a couple of times what might happen if a hacker were to decide to compromise your pacemaker, your bionic arm, or maybe your brain implant. Thanks to some students at the University of South Alabama, we now have a reasonably good idea:…
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John Oliver Provides Helpful Back to School Rundown of Everything Students Won’t Learn
John Oliver briefly returned from Last Week Tonight’s summer vacation to provide a little back to school video, one that outlines everything students will not be taught in the upcoming year. Chief among them: Warren G.
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Netflix Has Put Barry Sonnenfeld at the Helm of A Series of Unfortunate Events
It’s been ages since we heard about any forward motion on Netflix’s TV show version of A Series of Unfortunate Events, but now at least we know who will be in charge: Mark Hudis (showrunner of True Blood) will be the showrunner and Barry Sonnenfeld …
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Louisiana: Case in point for why defunding Planned Parenthood is a public health disaster
“You can’t just cut Planned Parenthood off one day and expect everyone across the city to absorb the patients,” Dr. Taylor said. “There needs to be time to build the capacity.” […]
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SportSetter Gets $1M To Expand Its ‘Uber For Fitness’ App To The U.K. | TechCrunch
SportSetter, a Finnish fitness marketplace startup we covered back in April 2014, has pulled in a $1 million seed round, which it will be using to expand its availability from Finland and New York into the U.K. market, as well as build out its app r…
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Canon unveils 250-megapixel prototype DSLR camera sensor | Ars Technica
Canon has created a 250-megapixel CMOS camera sensor. The sensor, which is APS-H size (29×20mm), packs a resolution of 19580×12600. By comparison, the highest-resolution commercial camera—the Canon 5DS and 5DS R—has an image sensor with “just” 50.
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BBC Sport – Leigh Halfpenny: Wales full-back ruled out of Rugby World Cup
Wales full-back Leigh Halfpenny is out of the Rugby World Cup. Toulon’s Halfpenny, 26, ruptured anterior cruciate knee ligaments during Wales’ 23-16 win over Italy at the Millennium Stadium.
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Some of the most rigorous moral thinkers of the past century have spent time on the wrong side of questions they deemed of vital importance.
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Twenty-five years after its first airing on PBS, Ken Burns has remastered his epic documentary, The Civil War, and PBS will be airing the new version all this week, starting tonight. The remastered series will also be available on Blu-ray in October.
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CloudFlare’s Co-Founders Matthew Prince And Michelle Zatlyn Will Join Us At Disrupt SF | TechCrunch
Disrupt SF is only a few weeks away now and our agenda is shaping up nicely. Among the speakers at this year’s event are CloudFlare co-founders Matthew Prince and Michelle Zatlyn.
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US Open 2015: Donald Young v Stan Wawrinka – live! | Sport | The Guardian
Hello. Imaginary studies show that a Grand Slam is 34.21 per cent more enjoyable when a player from the host country captures the nation – and the imagination – with an intrepid run to the final stages.
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The Countryside Alliance has called on the BBC to sack the high-profile wildlife presenter and naturalist Chris Packham after he criticised leading conservation groups for sitting on the fence over fox hunting, the badger cull and the plight of hen …
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Canada election candidate quits after urinating in mug – BBC News
A tradesman caught on camera urinating into a coffee cup while working in someone’s home has dropped out of running for Canada’s parliament.Jerry Bance had been competing as a Conservative in a Toronto district but a party spokesman said on Monday t…
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Lenovo Blatantly Rips Off The iPhone 6 Design | TechCrunch
Congratulations Lenovo, you just produced the most accurate iPhone 6 ripoff! The company just unveiled a new phablet called the Lenovo Phab Plus. It’s huge, and it looks exactly like an iPhone 6.
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Fire and Smoke Erupt From Site of Latest Chemical Plant Explosion in China | VICE News
An explosion shook a chemical plant in the Chinese province of Zhejiang, state media said on Monday. Firefighters are on the scene and no casualties have been reported. The country has been on edge following similar blasts that killed more than 160 …
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It has been dubbed the new “Superhenge.” Following five years of research using cutting edge ground-penetrating scanners, archeologists have discovered that just two miles from Stonehenge, Britain’s world famous neolithic monument, lies another coll…
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Guatemala’s Version of Donald Trump Leads Presidential Race After First Vote | VICE News
The tumultuous political situation in Guatemala took yet another a surprising turn on Sunday when the country’s voters headed to the polls to elect a new president.
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Court Blames Shoddy Police Work For Amanda Knox Acquittal – The Daily Beast
After more than five months and two deadline extensions, Italy’s highest court on Monday finally explained why it ruled to throw out the convictions of Seattle native Amanda Knox and her former Italian boyfriend, Raffaele Sollecito, for the 2007 mur…
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BBC Sport – Euro 2016: Wales ‘feared’ by opponents – Osian Roberts
Opponents “fear” Wales following their recent run of good form, according to assistant manager Osian Roberts. Wales are on the brink of qualifying for Euro 2016, needing just one point from their remaining two games.
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Roxane Gay and Erica Jong discuss feminism and it instantly gets awkward | Books | The Guardian
“Before we get started,” Roxane Gay told the packed auditorium of the keynote she was giving at Emory Univeristy alongside Erica Jong to kick off the Decatur book festival in Georgia, Friday night, “something important has to happen. Because today i…
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Writers Demand Release of VICE News Journalist Jailed in Turkey | VICE News
Writers from around the world have written to the Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan demanding the immediate release of VICE News journalist Mohammed Ismael Rasool, who was jailed 11 days ago.
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Even a Low-Tech Bookbinder on the Lower East Side Can’t Escape the Internet | Motherboard
Tucked away in the basement of a Lower East Side synagogue there’s Henry Bookbinding Co. The cluttered workshop is run by a humble and masterful Hasidic Jewish man. Everyone calls him Henry, even though that’s not his name—he declined to give his re…
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Mobile game of the week: Wuwu and Co. – Offworld
Danish developer Step In Books has turned the tablet device into a magical picture book full of wintry Nordic fairytales. After winning lots of regional awards, Wuwu & Co. is at last available in English on the App Store, and proves honestly delight…
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The Best Registered .Sex Domain Names (So Far) | Motherboard
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Motion capture improves animation of animals – BBC News
Motion capture technology is improving the biomechanical accuracy of animals – particularly horses – in films and gaming. This mixture of biomechanics and computer science originated as a teaching aid for veterinary students.
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We’ve told you about a fair few vintage video games that you can play free online. Here’s another one to add to your collection. Back in 1985, Douglas Adams teamed up with Infocom’s Steve Meretzky to create an interactive fiction video game based on…
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Nicole Kidman pays tribute to father in Photograph 51 – BBC News
Nicole Kidman says her new West End stage role as a scientist is a way of “acknowledging” the work of her biochemist father who died last year. The Oscar-winning star plays pioneering British scientist Rosalind Franklin in the play Photograph 51.
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I have returned from the Venice film festival, where just sitting and watching a film can occasionally match the drama of being one of the characters.
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NFL’s first female coach defends decision to join Floyd Mayweather entourage | Sport | The Guardian
Jen Welter broke barriers when she joined the Arizona Cardinals staff earlier this year for pre-season, becoming the first woman to coach in the NFL. Her latest venture has won her rather less praise though.
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Danny Boyle Reveals Next Film Is ‘Trainspotting 2’ | Rolling Stone
Danny Boyle Reveals Next Film Is ‘Trainspotting 2’ “All the four main actors want to come back and do it.
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Luna in her deep sleep position awoken from the camera flash. : cats
Luna in her deep sleep position awoken from the camera flash. via /r/cats http://t.co/VZ1oUtchua http://t.co/e8Kd8D3WLX
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Monorail fox via /r/foxes http://t.co/1KFMmh1bKT http://t.co/yoMRocQwVu
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Kate by Stepan Kvardakov / 500px
Kate by StepanKvardakov http://t.co/tB8cOcvSL7 http://t.co/0k3M16jf4B
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MRW I’m a warlock summoning the latest member of my animal army. : shittyreactiongifs
MRW I’m a warlock summoning the latest member of my animal army. via /r/shittyreactiongifs http://t.co/3kqi7auwP3 http://t.co/BBNhcdExKJ
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Daily Cartoon: Monday, September 7th – The New Yorker
Daily Cartoon: Monday, September 7th http://t.co/kseEvQ5RwM
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Saturns rings behind the moon Dione js – Just Space
Saturns rings behind the moon Dione js http://t.co/PIouHHkO45 http://t.co/nKfyt1WcPI
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Sleepy fox via /r/foxes http://t.co/WgFp1V1vnU http://t.co/CK5d8EnfGP
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The Greening [2000×2000] [OC] : FractalPorn
The Greening [2000×2000] [OC] via /r/FractalPorn http://t.co/nmnXj3IDkn http://t.co/NtJVH5RnW8
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Amazing tattoo by Carlos Torres : gifs
Amazing tattoo by Carlos Torres via /r/gifs http://t.co/gmI13juH1m http://t.co/WtEZ8Wa4Rm
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Orbital ‘peg in the hole’ tests works – BBC News
Orbital ‘peg in the hole’ tests works http://t.co/63IaWj7OBQ
European astronaut Andreas Mogensen has remotely operated a robot on Earth while flying aboard the International Space Station. The Dane commanded a rover to drive to an experiment board and, using the vehicle’s robot arm, place a rounded peg into a… -
Golden Rays by Martin Rak / 500px
Golden Rays by martas http://t.co/28We2shyAy http://t.co/6rZJHvVkSe
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me irl via /r/me_irl http://t.co/zHT0ZLawYZ http://t.co/ZzEzuuPaqy
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Avalanche Creek – Glacier NP [OC] [4608 x 3456] : EarthPorn
Avalanche Creek – Glacier NP [OC] [4608 x 3456] via /r/EarthPorn http://t.co/O8uRh80E4Q http://t.co/KMHd5KTdZZ
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I like when you sing Berry by Andre Villeneuve / 500px
I like when you sing Berry by Andre_Villeneuve http://t.co/HDmla7u3tZ http://t.co/xwi5GWs2ws
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Set the controls to orange by Reinhard Mittermaier / 500px
Set the controls to orange by ReinhardMittermaier http://t.co/trIzQkyZue http://t.co/JUuGk2spIS
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me irl via /r/me_irl http://t.co/sMzA4l8Gq3 http://t.co/h5ryf7To73
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Clear View by Adnan Bubalow / 500px
Clear View by AdnanBubalo http://t.co/blMhSUW8Lk http://t.co/Wa1xZufS7t
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Chimney Rock, North Idaho (OC) [2952 X 5248] : EarthPorn
Chimney Rock, North Idaho (OC) [2952 X 5248] via /r/EarthPorn http://t.co/l5QZ806s8r http://t.co/TQwF7xdxJP
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Myrtus communis by Cayetano Blanco / 500px
Myrtus communis by tanoblanc http://t.co/1Ek1jGkrYh http://t.co/HOwNF54xIG
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Across the Arctic Ocean – in pictures | Books | The Guardian
Across the Arctic Ocean – in pictures http://t.co/9Cfa0SQi4Y
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The Big Moon and the Rock by Vitor Santos / 500px
The Big Moon and the Rock by achiganito http://t.co/7RJvLb8SfU http://t.co/MkW3iCfn5l
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Beware ot the dog via /r/funny http://t.co/oqYHJ4HelD http://t.co/9QUL3ad8cr
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This is an image of text. : firstworldanarchists
This is an image of text. via /r/firstworldanarchists http://t.co/IMFSMPty8O http://t.co/PNS3RPF3iK
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Gameday! via /r/cats http://t.co/VzTCGLx15T http://t.co/JCHexz3kKv
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A rare chimera budgie bird : pics
A rare chimera budgie bird via /r/pics http://t.co/DoypMxlWUB http://t.co/iyBk4pnN7H
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Schoolgirl in the street… by Julien Fischer (jaja-photographie) / 500px
Schoolgirl in the street… by jaja-photographie http://t.co/OqNxfuXfFL http://t.co/jjJBaZlCAm
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Monster Hunter – Drink Friend, Pen Holder and more… : Awwducational
Monster Hunter – Drink Friend, Pen Holder and more… via /r/Awwducational http://t.co/ErRgrDhvFY http://t.co/vIKkOZOkgJ
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Feeling like the richest person in the world right now… : pics
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Those paws via /r/cats http://t.co/k8cWseHagH http://t.co/ZkOiX5krAH
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3D Painting Optical Illusion! : interestingasfuck
3D Painting Optical Illusion! via /r/interestingasfuck http://t.co/4Qxqos6bnp http://t.co/asfrmn1cui
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Broaden One’s Views by Kulmiye Chan / 500px
Broaden One’s Views by Kulmiyes_Safariland http://t.co/bZ6NvawtNA http://t.co/PHzzwFOgmJ
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Within an egg. by Miguel Silva / 500px
Within an egg. by miguelsilva http://t.co/bbKAM9BCcg http://t.co/kHENvcRihP
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Frankfurt at Night [OC] [960×540] : CityPorn
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Comment from the September 14, 2015, Issue – The New Yorker
Comment from the September 14, 2015, Issue http://t.co/606P25d2P1
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European Leaders Pledge to Take In More Migrants http://t.co/i9okdm3MMM
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My pillow is my most important astrophotography tool [OC][5424×5400] : ExposurePorn
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My buddy Roodee enjoying the sunset after a rainy day : cats
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4 seconds for the townhall in Bamberg, Germany [2048 x 1365] : ExposurePorn
4 seconds for the townhall in Bamberg, Germany [2048 x 1365] via /r/ExposurePorn http://t.co/8uDth0FFAi http://t.co/CRZzej79zh
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Guess what am I drinking via /r/firstworldanarchists http://t.co/sVkU4E6Z1e http://t.co/sCOL6UgMcp
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Random snuggles from a campground kitty in South Dakota. : cats
Random snuggles from a campground kitty in South Dakota. via /r/cats http://t.co/tepSseANMC http://t.co/8YMaphe6nZ
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Aerial pictures reveal rampant illegal logging in Peru’s Amazon forest | Environment | The Guardian
Aerial pictures reveal rampant illegal logging in Peru’s Amazon forest http://t.co/EWQqMUcW5K
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Introducing the First Vehicle Powered by Evaporation – Scientific American
Introducing the First Vehicle Powered by Evaporation http://t.co/fanpGBp4No
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Aspiration by Alessandro Di Cicco / 500px
Aspiration by Aledicicco http://t.co/FAzxHfqmZI http://t.co/G8p2nSu5kZ
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Central Cygnus Skyscape : In cosmic brush strokes… – Just Space
Central Cygnus Skyscape : In cosmic brush strokes of glowing… http://t.co/CCtD4bfmFD http://t.co/rEjUC7ncbg
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Vika by Stepan Kvardakov / 500px
Vika by StepanKvardakov http://t.co/Y7ll5MOSkC http://t.co/OluxV1r6R5
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Milky sobre Tefia by Juan Antonio Santana / 500px
Milky sobre Tefia by juances http://t.co/6yyI5yOKFo http://t.co/ijrEuhCst6
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UN report: ‘Decisive year’ for world’s forestry – BBC News
‘Decisive year’ for world’s forestry http://t.co/KqsqMCIDqx
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Colour by Werner Neumann-Peters / 500px
Colour by neupeters http://t.co/BASQ1TpieW http://t.co/oRP6BsDjW6
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The land of opportunity : funny
The land of opportunity via /r/funny http://t.co/dYqCsGuZlV http://t.co/m2AtNnL0XL
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Sunrise at Quiraing by Hans Kruse / 500px
Sunrise at Quiraing by hanskrusephotography http://t.co/nkQ140SGgp http://t.co/DDtbA0XdIH
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“Penis Envy” : TrollXChromosomes
“Penis Envy” via /r/TrollXChromosomes http://t.co/KwqIHcjWRN http://t.co/2k7kse9PSw
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Brain chemistry via /r/woahdude http://t.co/nMTY8jImfh http://t.co/YufhD5Ja6q
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Grand Mosque by Mohamed Raouf / 500px
Grand Mosque by Mohamedraof http://t.co/qEsO3Fsqdx http://t.co/DilMNJQG0H
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Before the sun rises by Andy 58 / 500px
Before the sun rises by Andy58 http://t.co/PvwTwq2aTS http://t.co/HtnRYqcfvi
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Discovery by Ling Xiang : ImaginaryMindscapes
Discovery by Ling Xiang via /r/ImaginaryMindscapes http://t.co/d1WXLTc2FD http://t.co/s8Qr0yxfcv
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Overhead, Without Any Fuss, The Stars Were Going O by KENNY BARKER / 500px
Overhead, Without Any Fuss, The Stars Were Going O by kennybarker http://t.co/HUJDr2GwNI http://t.co/xc8mNAG5io
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Lake Gormire – Sutton Bank, England [2048×1366] : EarthPorn
Lake Gormire – Sutton Bank, England [2048×1366] via /r/EarthPorn http://t.co/HU0MUAlPzU http://t.co/LlCVJhhCC8
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Comfy and warm orange room [990×690] : RoomPorn
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High Tauern by Edvard – Badri Storman / 500px
High Tauern by edvardstorman-badri http://t.co/FTWlOcvLyp http://t.co/uHXUIn1F5e
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‘Women Laughing Alone With Salad’ Is Now A Play | ThinkProgress
First, it was a post on the Hairpin. Then it became a meme, complete with its own Tumblr. Now, it’s a play. Picture it: Women, mostly white, clutch forks with lettuce or other vegetables on them, laughing hysterically.
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Researchers find 13.2 billion year-old galaxy in our 13.8 billion year old universe; it is the youngest of its kind and by all accounts shouldn’t have been visible in the first place (caltech.edu)submitted 1 minute ago by loading…
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How Unions Help Secure Economic Justice For Women And Minorities | ThinkProgress
On Monday, many Americans — although not everyone, given that paid holidays aren’t guaranteed — will have the day off to celebrate Labor Day, often synonymous with barbecues and beach getaways.
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Poem of the week: In His Other House by Jee Leong Koh | Books | The Guardian
In His Other House In this house there is no need to wait for the verdict of historyAnd each page lies open to the version of every other.
Poem of the week: In His Other House by Jee Leong Koh http://t.co/OMqHIPcD7j -
Will Artificial Intelligence Surpass Our Own? – Scientific American
Famed science-fiction writer Fredric Brown (1906–1972) delighted in creating the shortest of short stories. “Answer,” published in 1954, encapsulated a prescient meditation on the future of human-machine relations within a single double-spaced, type…
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Hands-on: Sony’s Wena is a handsome mechanical watch with a smartwatch strap | Ars Technica
BERLIN—There wasn’t exactly a shortage of smartwatches at this year’s IFA, what with the likes of the new Moto 360 and Samsung Gear S2 both getting a public unveiling.
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Here Is Your WIRED Star Wars Challenge for Day 127 | WIRED
For the seemingly interminable wait until Star Wars: The Force Awakens hits theaters, we’re helping pass time by giving you daily challenges related to everyone’s favorite universe. When you complete a task, send us a tweet @WIRED or tag us on Faceb…
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Migrant crisis: Thousands camp on Greek island of Lesbos – BBC News
Thousands of migrants and refugees have gathered in tents on Lesbos, Greece, in the hope of travelling on to Athens and northern and western Europe. There is no sanitation and healthcare, and one aid agency is warning that the situation spells ”a h…
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Real Estate Is Accessible And Easy To Navigate Thanks To These Startups | TechCrunch
Real estate isn’t just for brokers anymore. Technology is creating an industry that’s consumer-facing, accessible and easy to navigate.
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Pakistan says homemade drone ‘kills three militants’ – BBC News
Pakistan’s military says it has deployed a locally-made drone for the first time, killing three militants near the Afghan border. In a statement, the army said missiles fired by the drone had hit a compound in the North Waziristan tribal region.
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BBC Sport – Shahadat Hossain: Police hunt Bangladesh cricketer
Police in Bangladesh are looking for cricketer Shahadat Hossain and his wife in relation to the alleged abuse of their 11-year-old domestic help. The girl is now in hospital after she was found in the streets, while the police have registered a case…
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Happy Labor Day! One in four American workers doesn’t get paid holidays
Three-day weekends are nice, especially if you A) get them at all and B) don’t lose pay as a result of time off work. And 24 percent of American workers don’t get paid holidays, so either they’re working or they’re not being paid.
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New Zealand: Award-winning Into the River novel banned – BBC News
Censors in New Zealand have placed an interim ban on an award-winning book for teenagers – the first such restriction in more than 20 years. It’s now illegal to sell or distribute Into the River by Ted Dawe, including at schools and libraries, the S…
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Doug Richard, a former Dragons’ Den star and adviser to David Cameron, is to appear in court charged with sexually assaulting a 13-year-old child.
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Silicon Valley’s Labor Uprising – In These Times
Gabriel Cárdenas, 27, works in the warehouses of Google Express—Google’s same-day and overnight online shopping and delivery service—loading and unloading trucks. The sometimes suffocatingly hot warehouse in Palo Alto, Calif.
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Toddler’s dismembered body parts found in Chicago park lagoon | US news | The Guardian
Detectives investigating a lagoon at a Chicago park where dismembered body parts of a young child were discovered waded through cattail reeds and waist-high water on Sunday, hoping to find more clues about the victim’s identity.
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The concept of “resilience” is taking development and humanitarian sectors by storm.
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One billionaire’s dream to build a refugee utopia – Al Jazeera English
The wretched refuse of your teeming shore. This verse from the poem by Emma Lazarus titled ” The New Colossus ” was not quite the words used by Naguib Sawiris, but it seems to be what he meant.
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Calais refugee library flooded with thousands of books | Books | The Guardian
Reports of a makeshift library providing books to refugees in the Calais camp known as the Jungle have unleashed a wave of book donations.
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Qatar Sends 1,000 Ground Troops to Yemen in First Deployment | VICE News
Qatar has deployed around 1,000 troops to Yemen, supported by armored vehicles and helicopters, Al Jazeera television which is based in the Qatari capital of Doha, claimed on Monday.
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Restaurant Discovery Site Zomato Eats Up $60M To Fuel Expansion Into New Verticals | TechCrunch
Zomato, the India-based restaurant discovery site, has closed $60 million in new funding as it looks to push into new verticals including food delivery, payments, table reservations and more.
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Prayer film War Room tops North American box office chart – BBC News
A movie about the power of prayer, made by Christian film-makers with an all-Christian cast, has gone to the top of the North American box office chart.War Room, about a troubled family who meet a lady with a prayer room, cost $3m (£2m) to make and …
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Here’s Who is Buying .sex Domains | Motherboard
In the next three months, there are expected to be 20,000 new domains ending in .sex. The latest smutty web address to be launched by ICM Registry, the company that manages the domains .xxx, .porn, and .adult was the most popular yet, according to P…
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Film Noir Meets Glitch Art in This Dystopian Animated Short | Motherboard
In this fantastic animated short from Cody Healey-Conelly, classic noir tropes and glitch art combine in a story set in a dystopian near-future. In Glitch Noir, war has become fully automated thanks in part to a weapons conglomerate named Tyrell Omn…
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Airon Pate is bouncing off the walls. The not-quite-2-year-old is waiting with his mom Dominique and brother Aiden, 4, to be seen at a federally subsidized clinic for low-income women and children here in Macon, Georgia.
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Danish astronaut Andreas Mogensen will perform a groundbreaking space experiment called Interact, developed by ESA in close collaboration with the TU Delft Robotics Institute. During the 2015 ESA Short Duration Mission, Mogensen will take control of…
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EU Farmers protest low milk prices in Belgium – Al Jazeera English
Thousands of farmers have been protesting in Brussels to demand European Union action to counter the slumping prices they get for milk and pork.
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Fifteen Minutes In Flushing: A Special U.S. Open Podcast | FiveThirtyEight
Even if you can’t make it to Flushing Meadows for this year’s U.S. Open, we’ll take you to the tennis tournament in New York via our mini-podcast Baseline.
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HTC dropped from main Taiwan stock index after share price fall – BBC News
Smartphone maker HTC has been dropped from the index of Taiwan’s 50 largest firms, following a 66% slide in its share price this year. The collapse in HTC’s share price means it is not big enough to be included in Taiwan’s TWSE 50 Index.
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Driverless (Toy) Cars Are Here | Motherboard
Video games are digital constructs. Post-WWII analog designs aside, the “video” part of games might have progressed from an output over monitors and TVs to phones and virtual reality, but being tethered to a screen has been a constant. Anki CEO Bori…
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HOLLYWOOD, Fla. — When Jeb Bush set out to build a political base of his own in South Florida three decades ago, he did not lack for new friends.
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Farmers have clashed with police in the centre of Brussels amid protests about falling dairy and meat prices in Europe.
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So Jeb Bush is finally going after Donald Trump. Over the past couple of weeks the man who was supposed to be the front-runner has made a series of attacks on the man who is. Strange to say, however, Mr. Bush hasn’t focused on what’s truly vicious a…
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A ’70s sci-fi game about a disembodied head exploring a space station – Offworld
Futurists have long dreamed about a world where humankind can transcend its mortal coil, and minds can be uploaded like data into bodies that will neither age nor die.
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Drone Drop-Offs at Your Door Won’t Happen until the FAA Delivers – Scientific American
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Amazon badly wants to deliver packages of DVDs and Cheez-Its to your doorstep in a matter of minutes—and it wants to use drones to do so. -
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