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The way these candies are organized. : oddlysatisfying
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So for cat day, my girl is missing 😦 via /r/cats https://t.co/bRG60n5x3O https://t.co/Dei5vExITB
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BEAUTIFUL CANADA by Yury Vinokurov – Photo 126901643 – 500px
BEAUTIFUL CANADA by YuryVinokurov https://t.co/S81WjT40aQ https://t.co/KynLlAE6Ix
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So proud of my parents Halloween costume : funny
So proud of my parents Halloween costume via /r/funny https://t.co/M5KGSMp46b https://t.co/4ixK8Octtx
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Cambodia vote revives political tensions – Al Jazeera English
Phnom Penh, Cambodia – Cambodia’s deputy opposition leader has been voted out of parliament in a move that is on shaky legal grounds.
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Migrant crisis: The lifejacket ‘mountains’ of Lesbos – BBC News
Tens of thousands of lifejackets abandoned on the Greek island of Lesbos by migrants have been described as an “ecological timebomb”. Authorities on the island say they do not have the capacity to dispose of the safety vests while local fisherman sa…
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Senate passes two-year budget deal
The measure, which was approved 64 to 35, now goes to the White House, where President Obama is ready to sign it. This deal is a rather unique one in Washington these days in that neither side is thrilled and neither side is howling …
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The Joy Of Watching Paint Dry On Twitch | TechCrunch
Bob Ross is taking over Twitch. There are currently more people watching Bob Ross paint a covered bridge than there are viewers of Dota 2 or Hearthstone. Twitch’s Creative channel has about 45,000 viewers, with the vast majority enjoying the calming…
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New State Programs Place the Emphasis on Training High-Quality Teachers – The Atlantic
Many states are ramping up their efforts to ensure student access to quality teachers, regardless of the students’ race, ethnicity, household income, or any of the other factors that have too often come to determine the quality of education provided…
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Corinthian College Might Struggle to Pay Back Students After Losing Federal Case – The Atlantic
Federal regulators have won a major court case against Corinthian College Inc., the now-defunct for-profit college chain.
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Talks on Syria’s Future Open in Vienna With Iran Attending for the First Time – The Atlantic
Officials are hoping global and regional rivalries will be kept in check as 17 nations meet in Vienna to discuss Syria’s future.
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The first successful weather satellite, TIROS-1, was launched in 1960. The images, though a bit blurry, picked up a typhoon 1,000 miles east of Australia.
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Significant Digits For Friday, Oct. 30, 2015 | FiveThirtyEight
You’re reading Significant Digits, a daily digest of the telling numbers tucked inside the news. China announced the end of its one-child policy, which since 1980 had limited the number of children a couple could have as a population control measure.
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Mrs Funnybones by Twinkle Khanna – review | Children’s books | The Guardian
This hilarious book by Twinkle Khanna is a must read for everyone. It portrays life according to a trying-to-get-work-done housewife in a witty and satirical manner.
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The Many Lives of St. Marks Place – The New Yorker
“You grew up on St. Marks Place?” people sometimes ask me, as if they didn’t know children could. Or, “You grew up on St. Marks Place?” implying that I seem too normal to come from a place known for Mohawks and tattoo parlors.
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Make a DIY Pocket Square With Fabric and Hem Tape
A pocket square is an essential part of any fancy man’s attire. They’re also quite expensive for such a small piece of fabric. Instead, make your own with a cheap piece of fabric and some hem tape.
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Why the World Does Not Exist by Markus Gabriel – review | Books | The Guardian
Markus Gabriel’s world is bigger than the universe, and includes not just humans but elves, fairies, Prime Minister Ed Miliband and unicorns on the far side of the moon – everything that exists, even if only in the imagination.
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Just this week, House Republicans blocked an attempt by Rep. Jared Polis (D-CO) to advance the Equality Act, which would create nationwide LGBT nondiscrimination protections. A Missouri appeals court decision this week demonstrates exactly why such …
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Hacking Team Is Back with a Bold Pitch to Police | Motherboard
For more than a year, the FBI has been complaining that the rise of encryption technologies will make its investigators “go dark” and help criminals get away.
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Wait till he reaches the top. : perfectloops
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Ready to pounce. via /r/cats https://t.co/ciSgGaNdGs https://t.co/o9FhPdgys6
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What Do Candidates Propose To Boost the Stagnant Economy?
What Do Candidates Propose To Boost the Stagnant Economy? https://t.co/XDCIlD0g9N
Thursday’s bad news: Third-quarter GDP lands with thud: just 1.5 percent growth. That is down from 3.9 percent growth the previous quarter. -
FBI planes gathered days of video, electronic surveillance over Baltimore | Ars Technica
The American Civil Liberties Union has obtained documents from the Federal Bureau of Investigations that detail the surveillance flights made by FBI-operated aircraft over Baltimore last May.
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Good to know that you may soon be able to bring guns to Donald Trump’s casinos — a great combination — that Ben Carson’s crackpot worldview extends to a questionable dietary supplement made of larch tree bark, and that Jeb Bush’s fantasy football te…
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Transgender woman sent back to prison – BBC News
Shaker Aamer, the last British resident to be held in Guantanamo Bay has been released, Foreign Secretary Philip Hammond says.
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Pot-laced candy: the truth behind Halloween’s marijuana scare story | US news | The Guardian
One year ago around this time, Colorado was awash with warnings about a new mortal danger facing children: pot-laced Halloween candy. “Marijuana candy. Trick or treat?” a billboard on a major Denver thoroughfare warned.
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If drones are here to stay, n00bs must lead the way | Ars Technica
Welcome to Ars UNITE, our week-long virtual conference on the ways that innovation brings unusual pairings together. Today, we examine the one population that may secretly shape the future of drone use in the US.
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At this stage it’s probably not sensible to get too worked up about the details of any candidate’s plans. They are all wildly unaffordable. What matters is how a candidate signals priorities. It won’t surprise you to learn that I disagree deeply.
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Could Solar Energy Be California’s Next Cash Crop?
Several years ago, Nick Rajkovich bought 1,200 acres in California’s Fresno County, planning to grow almonds for his family’s farming business. The ranch had a steady supply of water at the time.
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Search for Life: Where Should a Europa Lander Touch Down?
If humanity ever launches a life-hunting mission to the icy surface of Europa, the probe should probably touch down on the “chaos terrain” of the ocean-harboring Jupiter moon, a new study suggests.
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India beef film removed from festival – BBC News
A documentary on beef eating habits in India has been withdrawn from a Delhi film festival for “technical” reasons, its organisers have said.The film, Caste on the Menu Card, was the only film among the 35 sent to India’s information and broadcastin…
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Afghans face uncertain future in wary Europe – Al Jazeera English
Thousands of refugees are making their way to Europe and not all of them are Syrian. Some are from Afghanistan, Bangladesh and Pakistan.
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Flesh-eating beetles strip bodies to the bone – Aeon Video
The ironic name of the ‘library of life’ at The Museum of Vertebrate Zoology at Berkeley in California won’t be lost on the team of scientists who work there, cataloguing and preserving animal specimens for generations to come.
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Is the Bush Dynasty Finally Over Now? – The Atlantic
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Patriots improve to 7-0 as Dan Campbell’s magic touch deserts him | Sport | The Guardian
Dan Campbell’s magic wore off against a winning team. Tom Brady threw for 356 yards and four touchdowns – two to Julian Edelman – and the New England Patriots beat the Miami Dolphins 36-7 on Thursday night to become the first of the NFL’s five unbea…
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Qantas and Air New Zealand in rugby World Cup final wager – BBC News
The national airlines of Australia and New Zealand have agreed a wager on the outcome of the Rugby World Cup final. Air New Zealand and Qantas shook on the agreement following a humorous exchange on Twitter.
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It is, as Antonio Fatas notes, almost seven years since the Fed cut rates to zero. The era of lowflation-plus-liquidity-trap now rivals in length the 70s era of stagflation, and has been associated with much worse real economic performance.
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Refugee deaths spur criticism of Europe’s ‘ineptness’ – Al Jazeera English
Greece’s prime minister has strongly criticised European “ineptness” in handling the refugee crisis after the deaths of 22 more people off the coast of his country.
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Get your kids Walmart’s Israeli Soldier Costume for the classiest Halloween ever / Boing Boing
Complete with an adorable toy Uzi, the $27.44 Israeli Soldier Costume comes in various sizes of small and features a red beret, belt, and fatigues with Hebrew text on a lapel pocket. It’s off the shelves, sadly, following a furore this week, but it’…
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Why Artificial Intelligence Researchers Love ‘Super Mario Bros.’ | Motherboard
Super Mario Bros. is without question one of the finest video games of all time. Its game mechanics, physics, and challenges all form a cohesive experience that has kept gamers smashing goombas for decades. It’s damn near perfect.
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Ecogine.org, the ecological meta-search engine : InternetIsBeautiful
https://t.co/vjKbPRZCPO, the ecological meta-search engine via /r/InternetIsBeautiful https://t.co/82fBCDv9bc https://t.co/lqWQuoelgM
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The Narrative Frays for Theranos and Elizabeth Holmes https://t.co/1PcPw3Q3BU
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Cat. via /r/CatsStandingUp https://t.co/CTnguVVspj https://t.co/UUt4bPMvXh
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Central African Republic leader: Elections only way out – BBC News
The interim leader of Central African Republic has told the BBC that delayed elections must be held in the troubled country before the end of this year. However, she admitted the security situation was far from ideal.
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Abbreviated pundit roundup: Narrative of doom for Jeb Bush
The former Florida governor’s attempt to revive his White House hopes during Wednesday’s Republican debate by taking on his former protege, Sen. Marco Rubio, backfired badly.
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Always Check Manufacturer Sites to Find Refurbished Deals
When you’re deal hunting, not all discount is worth it. While some refurbished goods can be duds, getting refurbished products straight from the source will usually be better than most.
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Spiders in children’s books – quiz | Children’s books | The Guardian
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HTC Will Stop Providing Earnings Guidance Following $139M Loss | TechCrunch
HTC’s latest financial results are out, and the struggling Taiwanese company is still struggling after posting a net loss of NT$4.5 billion ($139 million) on revenue of NT$21.4 billion ($660 million) for Q3 2015. The company dropped back into the re…
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Watch video of crazy biker gang shootout / Boing Boing
Police in Waco, Texas, have released video of the biker shootout that left 9 dead, 18 injured, and reportedly involved 5 different gangs. CNN acquired the video, captured on security cameras at the Twin Peaks bar where turf tensions erupted in viole…
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Week’s Best Space Pictures: Stars Kiss and Black Holes Flash
These Ice Cellars Fed Arctic People for Generations. Now They’re Melting. Native people in Alaska and Russia store their whale meat and other traditional foods in the ice. But their underground freezers are thawing, causing food problems.
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How Do You Find a “Lost” Masterpiece?
On the Friday before Halloween, a ghostly artifact will go on view in New York City—a “lost” statue by Donatello, one of the most famous artists of the Renaissance.
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Inside America’s most extreme haunted house experience – video | Life and style | The Guardian
Warning: this video contains graphic scenes. McKamey Manor is one of the most extreme haunted house experiences in the US. Located in Russ McKamey’s San Diego backyard, the full ‘haunt’ lasts eight hours, yet no one has managed to complete it.
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In the Hobby Lobby case 16 months ago, the Supreme Court ruled that a company with owners who objected on religious grounds to birth control was entitled to opt out of the federal requirement to cover contraception in its employee health plan.
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“The Movement” · Nathan For You · TV Review · The A.V. Club
From a structural standpoint, Nathan For You is to ultra high-concept comedic performance art as A&E’s The First 48 is to homicide investigation.
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Few people, let alone those just 31 years old, have amassed the accolades and riches bestowed on Elizabeth Holmes, founder and chief executive of the blood-testing start-up Theranos. This year President Obama named her a United States ambassador for…
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Doesn’t work via /r/gif https://t.co/ZTJ1pjvcpI https://t.co/VEZ1qxmaEz
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Taramul by gepardsim : ImaginaryMindscapes
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When I’m not paying enough attention, Kitty sprawls out where we walk. : cats
When I’m not paying enough attention, Kitty sprawls out where we walk. via /r/cats https://t.co/DWVnyEgqHQ https://t.co/mwHxqSRilX
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Will miss you… March 1997-26.10.2015 : cats
Will miss you… March 1997-26.10.2015 via /r/cats https://t.co/asFwmcmJVn https://t.co/DjNAIwNIUk
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Shaker Aamer, the Last Remaining British Guantanamo Detainee, Has Been Released | VICE News
Shaker Aamer, the Last Remaining British Guantanamo Detainee, Has Been Released https://t.co/LSMXeuxK5p
The US military will today repatriate 46-year-old Shaker Aamer to the United Kingdom, marking the most high-profile detainee release in the nearly 14-year history of the Guantanamo Bay detention facility. -
Justin Bieber’s been living up to the name of his new song Sorry by apologising to his fans for storming off stage in Norway. He said he was “done” and “I’m not doing the show” after performing one track during a TV recording in Oslo.
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Macedonia dam faces the axe over risk of Balkan lynx extinction | Environment | The Guardian
A controversial €100m (£71m) dam project in a Macedonian national park is expected to be scrapped after independent experts called for a halt to all funding and construction work because of risks to critically endangered species, including the Balka…
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Man arrested over eight ‘linked’ sex assaults in Clapham area – BBC News
The 34-year-old man from Lambeth was arrested on Thursday and is in custody at a south London police station. The Met Police had appealed for information over a series of attacks, including one on a 26-year-old woman who was sexually assaulted on he…
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What Daredevils Can Teach Us About Fear | Motherboard
People that do extreme sports aren’t fearless. Jumping from a cliff in a wingsuit isn’t a fearless act, nor is dropping into the turbulent maelstrom of a steep whitewater creek. The people that do these things experience fear in many ways like you o…
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CHP voters seek a new direction in Turkey – Al Jazeera English
Istanbul – Cafes, bars and restaurants are as lively as ever in central Kadikoy in Istanbul. This predominantly secular district is a cultural hub, displaying the European face of the Turkish metropolis.
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_Mystic Autumn Forest by Michele Rossetti – Photo 126938799 – 500px
_Mystic Autumn Forest by mikeleross https://t.co/iaLGBVffjB https://t.co/PDa6AX2Iqp
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Cop defuses tense situation—with dance-off / Boing Boing
Bad cops respond to disorderly teens with contempt and violence. Good cops get down and dance. According to reports out of downtown Washington D.C., fighting kids drew the attention of the police, who then had trouble convincing the onlookers to dis…
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N Korea plans first Workers’ Party Congress for 35 years – BBC News
North Korea has announced plans to stage a congress of the ruling Workers’ Party. The last one was 35 years ago before current leader Kim Jong-Un was even born.
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Gene editing: cut and paste the genetic code – John Parrington – Aeon
Imagine if living things were as easy to modify as computer software. In such a world, farm animals or plants could be engineered to produce leaner meat or juicier fruit, or to withstand extremes of climate.
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Next time I make it to Oslo, the National Museum of Art, Architecture and Design ranks high on my to-do list.
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The Surprising Histories of the Coolest Streets in New York and Paris | The New Republic
Countless authors have used a city as their muse. As a young man, Ernest Hemingway wrote short stories about Paris, its wide boulevards and twisted sycamore trees, and the Seine snaking through the heart of the city.
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The scary truth behind the climate change conspiracy – video | Environment | The Guardian
To celebrate Halloween, the Guardian teamed up with CollegeHumor to show you the frightening and completely real truth behind the climate change conspiracy.
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The Supreme Court Takes On the All-White Jury | The New Republic
It is no secret that our criminal justice system targets black people disproportionately at every stage—more stops, more arrests, more serious charges, longer sentences. On Monday, the Supreme Court will face one facet of that system: juror selectio…
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How to Pass Off Store Bought Food as Your Own
From now until January 2nd, you’ll be invited to many parties of the house, cocktail, and dinner variety. If you love to cook, making and bringing something won’t be a problem, but if you have the baking skills of a young Cher Horowitz, you may need…
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Sport picture of the day: Portland Timbers show off their slices of log | Football | The Guardian
Rodney Wallace, Maximiliano Urruti and Adam Larsen Kwarsey celebrate with their log slices after winning the MLS playoff between Portland Timbers FC and Sporting Kansas City at Providence Park, Rhode Island. The match finished 2-2 and was decided on…
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Paris Was Wild, Once | The New Republic
Today’s Paris contains multitudes: Segway-shod tourists cruising docilely to Versailles, children squirming on the streets of the Marais, Minnesotans snapping selfies with the Venus de Milo. There’s glamour, too, and romance; fine art, music, food.
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BBC Sport – Man Utd: Paul Scholes criticism ‘won’t hurt me’ – Van Gaal
Manchester United boss Louis van Gaal has dismissed criticism by former player Paul Scholes of his team’s style of play, saying “sticks and stones will break my bones, names won’t hurt me”.
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Shaker Aamer: timeline of events leading to release from Guantánamo | World news | The Guardian
The release of Shaker Aamer from Guantánamo Bay marks the end of British residents being held on the US military prison. Here is a timeline of his case: 1996 Aamer is granted leave to remain in the UK after moving to Battersea, south-west London, wh…
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Canada’s prime minister charming – Al Jazeera English
On the night of October 19, Canada’s international image went from hard-hearted to heart-throbbing. That’s because Justin Trudeau swept into power – and swept the world off its feet. The Internet melted.
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MRW I try to see my own breath but it’s not quite cold enough yet – GIF on Imgur
MRW I try to see my own breath but it’s not quite cold enough yet https://t.co/0CGzWSNoTl https://t.co/M6Qmt01sUs
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Hands down, one of the best stories I’ve ever read on tumblr – Imgur
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Tropical north Queensland [OC][2371×900] : EarthPorn
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Over time, by Simon Kirchmair – Photo 126990733 – 500px
Over time, by SimonKirchmair https://t.co/AN7sNI5QlA https://t.co/lTP52EToIU
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MRW I try to see my own breath but it’s not quite cold enough yet – GIF on Imgur
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Top creepypasta stories to read before bed / Boing Boing
Creepypasta, for those somehow unawares, are short, shonky, mutated ghost and horror tales, nth-generation copies of something dimly-remembered. Gizmodo’s Kiona Smith-Strickland collects some of the best. Children are creepy, and the poster who shar…
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Hands down, one of the best stories I’ve ever read on tumblr – Imgur
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Wanna See Billions of Poo-Eating Critters Feasting on Bat Guano? | Motherboard
Here’s my prediction: you’ll say you won’t watch it, then you will, then you’re totally going to regret it. National Geographic has some footage of the inside of Gomantong Cave in Borneo, where the walls are caked with bat and bird guano.
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Julianne Moore claims US majority in favour of increased gun control | Film | The Guardian
The Oscar-winning actor Julianne Moore has claimed in a new blog post that a “large majority of gun owners” support reforms to US gun control legislation.
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The Golden Joysticks return this weekend for the 33rd year. They’re the only annual awards voted for by gamers with nine million votes cast last year.
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Scared of Public Speaking? This Audience Simulator Makes You Face Your Fear | Motherboard
I always think I have a fear of public speaking. So when my friend asked me to read half a poem at his wedding last week, I sneakily made sure I didn’t go first. I emailed the girl I was sharing it with and suggested that I didn’t mind if she took t…
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Jeb Bush’s Problem Is Jeb Bush | FiveThirtyEight
My colleague (and boss) Nate Silver believes Jeb Bush is “probably toast.” He isn’t alone: A bunch of pundits are saying Bush is finished.
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Change is created by turning points. Whether through evolution or revolution, turning points in history have changed the way we think, move, communicate, live. We are at a turning point now.
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A world map of your surname’s prevalence / Boing Boing
Forebears.io charts the worldwide prevalence of your surname and offers interesting stats on its distribution. [via]
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These Ice Cellars Fed Arctic People for Generations. Now They’re Melting.
Building an underground ice cellar to store bowhead whale and other meat in Barrow, Alaska, is no small task. Even in the summertime, permafrost is hard as a rock a foot or so below the surface.
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Iranian-American businessman ‘detained in Iran’ – BBC News
An Iranian-American businessman has been detained by authorities in Iran, reports say. Siamak Namazi was held earlier this month while on a visit to Tehran, a family friend told the Washington Post.
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Eurozone inflation returns to zero – BBC News
Inflation in the eurozone returned to zero in October from September’s -0.1%. Price growth in food, alcohol and tobacco increased slightly, while energy prices were still considerably lower than last year, according to Eurostat estimates.
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No Incentives for Chinese to Have More Babies | Al Jazeera America
China is one in a long list of countries facing a demographic crisis because birth rates are dropping while the population is aging.
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School Board Recall Vote Divides Colorado County | Al Jazeera America
LAKEWOOD, Colo. — On a beautiful recent autumn Sunday afternoon, about 100 people are gathered in a hotel conference room in Lakewood to talk about schools.
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Cults Academy: Boy, 16, due in court over Bailey Gwynne death – BBC News
A teenage boy is due to appear in court over the death of 16-year-old Bailey Gwynne, who was stabbed at his Aberdeen school on Wednesday afternoon.The 16-year-old accused, who cannot be named for legal reasons, was charged over the incident at Cults…
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Trump, Carson, and the Anti-Utopian Instinct – The Atlantic
What do today’s conservatives believe, beyond their longstanding conviction that the U.S.
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What We’re Following on Friday, October 30 – The Atlantic
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Airbus to expand A320 production as sales rise – BBC News
European aircraft maker Airbus is planning to ramp up production of its A320 following a profitable third quarter earnings. Airbus increased revenue by 6% in the third quarter to €14bn (€10bn; $15.4bn) compared with €13.3bn the year before.
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Bernie Sanders’s Proposal to Lift the Federal Marijuana Ban Isn’t Radical – The Atlantic
Two candidates nodded to liberalizing standards about marijuana in the United States on Wednesday—one expected, one a little more surprising. In the latter case, Senator Ted Cruz offered, during the GOP debate, to buy CNBC’s Carl Quintanilla “some f…
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Infrastructure to be at heart of November spending review | Politics | The Guardian
Infrastructure investment will be at the heart of November’s spending review, George Osborne will say, as he launches the new national commission for major projects.
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What are you reading with your child this month? November | Children’s books | The Guardian
Become a Guardian children’s books family reviewer and review the best picture books you are reading with your child right now.
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Maintian Eye Contact. Display Dominance. Keep Dancing. – Meme on Imgur
Maintian Eye Contact. Display Dominance. Keep Dancing. https://t.co/r9Fna8td6J https://t.co/FRm6UTkkEB
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Yesterday Charles Duke (Apollo 16) came at my university (Rome, Italy) : space
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Cat overwhelmed by the love of her cubs : cats
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Leo blep! via /r/Blep https://t.co/I4XzoKEfY7 https://t.co/oTtYOl1AJI
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Sam Harris – Oil & Islam – YouTube
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mr skeletal teaches how to fast : ledootgeneration
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Running around the house : perfectloops
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A Man in Mask via /r/pics https://t.co/yySLqWLFK3 https://t.co/0S2ehVCUvd
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this is one of the best short films I have seen so far – GIF on Imgur
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October 30, 1885: Ezra Pound Is Born | The Nation
October 30, 1885: Ezra Pound Is Born https://t.co/FKw4IHwwlF
The major essay on Pound published in The Nation was the following, by the poet and historian Allen Tate, which was published in the magazine’s Summer Books issue of 1931. -
Maintian Eye Contact. Display Dominance. Keep Dancing. – Meme on Imgur
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Roman Polanski: Polish court to rule on US extradition – BBC News
A court in Krakow is set to rule on a US request to extradite film director Roman Polanski for having had sex with a 13-year-old girl there in the 1970s.Polanski, who admitted the crime, fled US justice ahead of sentencing in 1978.The 82-year-old ha…
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Carrier DT Targets Startups After Europe Agrees Neutrality Rules | TechCrunch
Well that was quick. Europe’s controversial new net neutrality rules haven’t even come into force yet and German mobile carrier Deutsche Telekom is suggesting it intends to charge startups to boost the quality of their services under the new rules —…
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No, Hillary. You Did Not Bring Democracy to Burma. | Mother Jones
In December 2011, Hillary Clinton found herself face to face with a former Burmese general named Shwe Mann. Eleven months earlier, Shwe Mann had gone from being the third-highest-ranking official in a brutal military dictatorship to the speaker of t…
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Migrant crisis: 22 drown off Greek islands – BBC News
At least 22 migrants – many of them children – have drowned trying to reach Kalymnos and Rhodes from Turkey, in the second major boat tragedy off Greek islands this week. Greek officials said 19 people died and 138 were rescued near Kalymnos.
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5 Reasons You’ll Love This New Book About Ruth Bader Ginsburg, a.k.a. Notorious RBG | Mother Jones
Irin Carmon and Shana Knizhnik are clearly obsessed: The co-authors of the new book, Notorious RBG: The Life and Times of Ruth Bader Ginsburg, pounded it out in six months while holding down, respectively, a full-time job as an MSNBC reporter and a …
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100 CEOs Have More in Retirement Savings Than 41 Percent of Americans | Mother Jones
You’ve heard about income inequality—about how, for example, the top 10 percent of Americans control more than half of all income. But we’ve heard less about inequality when it comes to retirement savings.
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Maintian Eye Contact. Display Dominance. Keep Dancing. – Meme on Imgur
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The man who trains American Pharaoah prepares to say goodbye | Sport | The Guardian
“I think that the thought of him leaving, that’s affecting most of us right now,” said trainer Bob Baffert.
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this is one of the best short films I have seen so far – GIF on Imgur
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This Virtual Board Game Could Help Your Grandpa Remember to Take His Pills | Motherboard
Some senior adults might be physically able to take care of themselves, but they can’t stay independent because they forget to take their medicine, and carry out other necessary daily tasks.
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It has been a good few weeks for anyone who likes to indulge in a bit of corporate schadenfreude: Volkswagen’s emissions scandal and the cyber-attack on TalkTalk have kept consumer and business news sites busy analysing what happened and how the com…
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Love Everyone Often Peace Beauty Balance Life Light Magic: Manicouagan Crater
In the order of literature, as in others, there is no act that is not the coronation of an infinite series of causes and the source of an infinite series of effects. Reading is an activity subsequent to writing: more resigned, more civil, more intel…
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Last Briton in Gitmo Released After 14 Years | Al Jazeera America
During Shaker Aamer’s near decade-and-a-half of incarceration at Guantanamo Bay — which has finally ended, some eight years after he was originally recommended for release — the British resident was never put on trial for any crime, nor was he ever …
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the life of soldiers during WWII : woahdude
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Gibbon swinging through branches. So smooth. : oddlysatisfying
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Achill Island, Wild Atlantic Way, Ireland [2560×1707][OC] : EarthPorn
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Blep while rest via /r/Blep https://t.co/IiGRgCp95B https://t.co/HdOVn4UPdh
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What this picture means to me: The last summer – Al Jazeera English
My late wife, Jennifer, was diagnosed with breast cancer in 2008, five months after our wedding. She passed away on December 22, 2011. No one thinks something like this is going to happen to them.
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Pledges by most of the world’s countries on climate change are likely to lead to less than 3C of global warming over the century, analysis of the data by the United Nations suggests.
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Shaker Aamer freed from Guantanamo after 13 years – Al Jazeera English
Shaker Aamer, the last remaining British resident in Guantanamo Bay prison, has been released. Until Friday’s announcement of his release, Shaker had been held at the US detention facility for more than 13 years. He had never been charged and never …
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How Palestinian women defy Israel’s occupation – Al Jazeera English
Tour groups parade past her window. Tourists from all over the world come here, stopping at signs identifying historic areas and snapping photographs many will later post on Facebook. It is very difficult to live in this place, but we do not move f…
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Trans-Pacific Partnership: the case for trade | Business | The Guardian
Following the conclusion of the Trans-Pacific Partnership by 12 Pacific rim countries, debates about the costs and benefits of trade liberalization are intensifying.
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$99 Phone-sized Windows 10 PC could be the perfect travel companion : gadgets
Really? This would be the perfect travel companion? Not a cute japanese girl who constantly wants to blow you, whose leg is made of weed? After this commercial break.
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UN: Climate plans must go further to prevent dangerous warming – BBC News
The UN has released its assessment of national plans to limit climate change, submitted by 146 countries. Officials say the submissions, in their current form, won’t keep global temperatures from rising by more than the two degrees C danger threshol…
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Space in Images – 2015 – 10 – Manicouagan Crater, Canada
This false-colour image featuring the Manicouagan Crater was captured by the Sentinel-1A satellite on 21 March. Carved out by an asteroid strike some 214 million years ago, this crater in Quebec, Canada is known to be one of the oldest and largest i…
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To all the Imgurians posting their awesome Halloween costumes… – GIF on Imgur
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MLS playoffs: Sporting KC keeper misses penalty to send Portland through | Football | The Guardian
Portland Timbers finally got the better of Sporting Kansas City after a penalty shoot-out that was decided by spot kicks from the two goalkeepers. Rodney Wallace put the Timbers ahead in the 57th minute but Kevin Ellis sent the game to extra time wi…
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Syrians killed as government jets hit market in Douma – Al Jazeera English
At least 45 people have been killed and another 140 injured after Syrian government air strikes targeted a market in a Damascus suburb, sources tell Al Jazeera.
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A chef’s manifesto: let’s tackle food waste with good fare | Environment | The Guardian
Waste is central to Dan Barber’s cooking, and yet, he’d rather you didn’t sense that when you eat it. In fact, if you’re experiencing anything other than sublime thoughts when you taste his food, he’ll consider it an unsuccessful dish.
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I really liked this book, and love the way the author entwined two different worlds so skilfully that the protagonist has to pick a life in the end. I have always had a thing for spy books, so I totally fell for this book.
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Beatlebone by Kevin Barry review – a darkly wry trip to Beatle Island | Books | The Guardian
My favourite interview with John Lennon was by “whispering” Bob Harris in 1975.
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What Journalists Can Learn From Police Seizing a BBC Reporter’s Laptop | Motherboard
On Wednesday, it was revealed that UK police used powers under the controversial Terrorism Act to seize the laptop of a BBC journalist.
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Female driver saved from smoking car in U.S. – BBC News
Police officers and bystanders rescued a woman from a smoking car after her vehicle crashed into a petrol station in the US state of Pennsylvania. CCTV footage captured the moments shortly after the driver, who had suffered a seizure, pulled into th…
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Stephen Colbert – The Biggest Loser Of The CNBC Debate Was Everyone : television
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Labor’s getting pretty pouty about Malcolm Turnbull’s protracted honeymoon. One senior figure reckons the press gallery thinks the new prime minister “farts rainbows”. Without getting rude about it, Turnbull is enjoying a protracted honeymoon.
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Draw gorgeous, responsive websites with the Macaw code-savvy web design tool: 72% off / Boing Boing
LA Makerspace co-founder Tara Tiger Brown shares a project that her kid-friendly maker workshop is trying to make a reality. The web-hosting service 000Webhost stored user passwords as plain text.
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NFL Talkboard and Pick Six: Lions to down chiefs, and Dalton to fire Bengals | Sport | The Guardian
We all make mistakes. Sometimes this can be a big thing, like burning the last slice of toast, and at other times it can be a small one, like accidentally mailing $25,000 worth of Rams tickets to a fan who did not order them.
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BBC Sport – Sam Burgess: England rugby ‘arrogant’ over player – Dawson
England have been accused of being “arrogant” in their treatment of rugby league convert Sam Burgess, by former scrum-half Matt Dawson. The 26-year-old Bath player is now rumoured to be considering a return to rugby league with his former club South…
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Mirna Khayat – Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Mirna Khayat is a Lebanese music video director. Khayat has worked with names like Amal Hijazi, Pascale Machaalani, George Wassouf, Mayssam Nahas and Nancy Ajram.
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Battle for Yemen’s Taiz takes rising civilian toll – Al Jazeera English
Battle for Yemen’s Taiz takes rising civilian toll https://t.co/4kdXPB56ID
At least 1,300 civilians have been killed in violence that has increased in intensity over the past few weeks in the Yemeni city of Taiz, according to local monitoring groups. -
Second teen arrested over TalkTalk hack – BBC News
Shaker Aamer, the last British resident in Guantanamo Bay, has been released and is returning to the UK, Foreign Secretary Philip Hammond says.
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Pakistan’s Imran Khan and wife Reham Khan to divorce – BBC News
Imran Khan, head of Pakistan’s opposition Tehrik-e-Insaf (PTI) party, and his wife Reham Khan have filed for divorce, 10 months after they wed. A PTI spokesman made an announcement on Imran Khan’s official Facebook page. Ms Khan also confirmed on Tw…
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Top Gear car plates case to be reopened in Argentina – BBC News
A judge in Argentina has been told to reopen a criminal investigation into former Top Gear host Jeremy Clarkson’s infamous drive through the country.Filming of a Top Gear special was abandoned and crew fled Argentina last year following protests ove…
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How to draw… a spider | Children’s books | The Guardian
Tim Hopgood is here to show you how to draw the cutest spider since Charlotte! Meet Walter, star of Walter’s Wonderful Web
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Sao Miguel, Azores [OC] : natureporn
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Blacklake by ali zeki kaya – Photo 126950685 – 500px
Blacklake by alizekikaya https://t.co/mU97uJGyCm https://t.co/Arab8Jqy3M
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Waterfall by RUSLAN KLIUFINSKYI – Photo 126950123 – 500px
Waterfall by ryslankliyfinsky https://t.co/pHCZhiQQiw https://t.co/1aLAGp43ay
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Kremlin Rules – Al Jazeera English
Twenty-five years after the Cold War, fear of Russia’s regional ambitions seems once again to be on the rise; while many Russians, in turn, feel threatened and misunderstood by the West.
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UK Guantanamo detainee released – BBC News
This breaking news story is being updated and more details will be published shortly. Please refresh the page for the fullest version.
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Shaker Aamer released from Guantànamo Bay – reports | World news | The Guardian
Shaker Aamer has been released after 14 years of incarceration at Guantánamo Bay, where he was beaten by his American military jailers but never tried for any offence, according to reports. The Guardian understands that Aamer’s release had been immi…
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Wondermark » Archive » The Day After Halloween (A Peanuts Pastiche)
Today’s comic (#1170) explores a few of them, but I also decided to play in the Peanuts ballfield for a little while too, and explore the same question from a different angle. This was the result!
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Happy meow meow day from Ziva and Abby! : cats
Happy meow meow day from Ziva and Abby! via /r/cats https://t.co/hTOh9Z6fLz https://t.co/M0w2xb7sQy
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Firehole River after sunset by Dale Poll – Photo 126918655 – 500px
Firehole River after sunset by dalefpoll https://t.co/x7OsmHQchl https://t.co/2GC73g90KI
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Adorable cats playing rugby! : cats
Adorable cats playing rugby! via /r/cats https://t.co/3KdBIyTGTe https://t.co/5eG7TKy8Ah
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‘Missing’ Syrian refugee boy Azam found in Germany – BBC News
Azam is a young Syrian boy who vanished from a hospital in Belgrade a month ago while on the refugee trail. The story sparked a social media campaign using the hashtag #FindAzam.
‘Missing’ Syrian refugee boy Azam found in Germany https://t.co/ACMflmcyqu -
My favorite genus: Datura (Stramoium) [1300×975] : BotanicalPorn
My favorite genus: Datura (Stramoium) [1300×975] via /r/BotanicalPorn https://t.co/72bNa1eJpi https://t.co/aY06ihgxwh
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Haven’t those women been through enough? : funny
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Just some cats catting via /r/cats https://t.co/1WZFbslg01 https://t.co/1VvSE2achG
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The art of horror – in pictures | Books | The Guardian
The Head of Medusa by Peter Paul Rubens
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A couple days ago, we featured some intriguing clips from the new animated Edgar Allan Poe film, Extraordinary Tales.
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BA owner IAG reports strong profits – BBC News
International Airlines Group (IAG) has raised its full-year profits forecast after seeing strong growth in the last three months. IAG posted a pre-tax profit for July to September of €1.1bn ($1.2bn; £792m), up 48% from last year.
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U.S. Senate Passes Budget Deal, 64-35 – The Atlantic
The U.S. Senate passed a bipartisan budget accord in the earliest morning hours on Friday, defusing a potential government shutdown and default on the national debt for the final time of the Obama presidency. Senators cast their final votes for the …
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Sharp sees 86% profit fall as tech firm’s woes continue – BBC News
Troubled Japanese tech firm Sharp saw its operating profit tumble 86% in the three months to September from a year ago. Its operating profit fell to 3.5bn yen ($29m; £19m) in its fiscal second quarter from 24.5bn yen a year earlier.
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Death of man snatched by crocodile from boat is a warning, coroner says | Environment | The Guardian
The death of a man who was snatched from his fishing boat by a crocodile in Kakadu is a warning for other anglers, according to an inquest. Bill Scott was grabbed by a saltwater crocodile as he tried to fill a bucket while fishing in Kakadu National…
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Swan Lake, Co. Kerry Ireland [4764×3176][OC] : EarthPorn
Swan Lake, Co. Kerry Ireland [4764×3176][OC] via /r/EarthPorn https://t.co/fsOfhFB2jR https://t.co/9gcRbuTYmv
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Sinatra: The Chairman by James Kaplan review – a 360-degree portrait | Books | The Guardian
Sinatra: The Chairman by James Kaplan review – a 360-degree portrait https://t.co/6I3ffDyGQf
For a reminder of the best and worst of Frank Sinatra, look no further than the recording of a concert he gave at Carnegie Hall in the spring of 1974, shortly after emerging, at the age of 58, from a brief “retirement”. -
RBS profits rise on Citizens sale – BBC News
RBS profits rise on Citizens sale https://t.co/sUeuX2O7IV
Royal Bank of Scotland Group said third-quarter net profit rose to £952m from £896m after it booked a £1.1bn gain from selling US bank Citizens. RBS, which was was bailed out by the UK government in 2008 and is currently 73% owned by the state, said… -
No good deed goes unpunished : AdviceAnimals
No good deed goes unpunished via /r/AdviceAnimals https://t.co/WED7a6kQUI https://t.co/NXUIDZvFuX
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Body found in hunt for missing US trader | UK news | The Guardian
Body found in hunt for missing US trader https://t.co/pGey3wZG7Y
Police investigating the disappearance of an American trader, who went missing while in the UK for a job interview, say the body of a man has been found near railway tracks. -
Mystery of British woman who vanished at sea – BBC News
Mystery of British woman who vanished at sea https://t.co/neCKi4vQs0
Rebecca Coriam was 23 when she vanished from a cruise ship off the coast of Mexico four years ago – and her family still has no idea what happened to her. -
Meow irl via /r/MEOW_IRL https://t.co/UM2cWUDuyp https://t.co/RA3pkAosFQ
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Wood has played eight Test matches for England since making his debut against New Zealand in MayPakistan v England, third TestVenue: Sharjah Dates: 1-5 November Time: 06:00 GMT
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Koch Foundations Invest in Libertarian Education | Al Jazeera America
Last summer, a top lieutenant of Charles and David Koch’s vast network of philanthropic institutions, laid bare the billionaire brothers’ strategy to evangelize their gospel of economic freedom.
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I’ve often wondered how the media would respond when eco-apocalypse struck. I pictured the news programmes producing brief, sensational reports, while failing to explain why it was happening or how it might be stopped.
Indonesia is burning. So why is the world looking away? https://t.co/oenarzAVfD -
Syria conflict: Vienna talks to be held – BBC News
UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon has called for “flexibility” at talks in Vienna between the countries backing rival sides in the Syrian civil war. He urged the five main participants – the US, Russia, Iran, Saudi Arabia and Turkey – to abandon “nat…
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To be human is to sometimes slip, then wish for a way to undo our mishaps and magically fix our mistakes.
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Is Martin Amis right? Or will Jeremy Corbyn have the last laugh? | Books | The Guardian
In his recent, rather surprising ad hominem attack on Jeremy Corbyn, Martin Amis ranged a number of charges against the current Labour leader.
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Jailed Saudi blogger awarded Europe’s rights prize – Al Jazeera English
Raif Badawi, the Saudi blogger jailed and lashed for allegedly insulting Islam last year, has been awarded the European Parliament’s Sakharov human rights prize.
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Universities Get Koch Cash Libertarian Economics | Al Jazeera America
Universities getting Koch cash for libertarian economics https://t.co/uIwY0CY62j
Last summer, a top lieutenant of Charles and David Koch’s vast network of philanthropic institutions, laid bare the billionaire brothers’ strategy to evangelize their gospel of economic freedom. -
Redwoods: Only The Tallest Because The Rest Have Been Logged : environment
Redwoods: Only The Tallest Because The Rest Have Been Logged via /r/environment https://t.co/pNdinrAusH https://t.co/ANxXpCePGv
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Native Hawaiians Vote for Sovereignty | Al Jazeera America
Historic election could return sovereignty to Native Hawaiians https://t.co/3ZV3oOkWx8
KILAUEA, Hawaii — In 1893, Queen Liliuokalani, the last monarch of Hawaii, yielded power to a group of businessmen backed by Marines in order to avoid the bloodshed of her people. She did so believing that the U.S. -
Spirometry: An online interactive spirograph generator : InternetIsBeautiful
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Hypselodoris tryoni by Randi Ang [1200×805] [OS] : AnimalPorn
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“Two Birds, One Millstone” · How To Get Away With Murder · TV Review · The A.V. Club
“Two Birds, One Millstone” manages to balance a lot of stories without completely losing steam or falling apart. The episode, for the most part, separates Annalise from the Keating Five, which ends up working in its favor.
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India festival to show homophobia film – BBC News
Aligarh is based on a true story of a teacher who was suspended from his position in 2010 after a video of him having sex with another man surfaced. He was found dead in his apartment two months later. Police suspected suicide, and the case was even…
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Deerhunter – Breaker – YouTube
‘Breaker’, from the album ‘Fading Frontier’, released October 16, 2015 on 4AD: http://smarturl.it/fadingfrontier_lpPre-order from iTunes (w/ instant downloads of ‘Breaker’ and ‘Snakeskin’): http://smarturl.it/FadingFrontier_iPhotographed and Edited …
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China’s one-child policy reversal cautiously welcomed – BBC News
Chinese state media have welcomed the news China is reforming its decades-old one-child policy, with one editorial saying it “echoes the people’s will”. But right groups have said the measures do not go far enough and restrictions should be abolishe…
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India festival to show homophobia film – BBC News
India festival to show homophobia film https://t.co/APWjgfLsNw
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Excitements at the sea by Paul Didsayabutra – Photo 126925681 – 500px
Excitements at the sea by PDidsayabutra https://t.co/FyPxWfMyuZ https://t.co/1tiMlKiDmo
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“Disorder comes of putting things in places you have laboriously thought up or finally discovered after a series of experiments, calculations, deviations, and successive swerves from your natural bent.
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‘Once’ Star Glen Hansard Is Back to Break Your Heart All Over Again – The Daily Beast
After three years, Irish singer-songwriter Glen Hansard is back in the spotlight. You may know him for his role in the celebrated film The Commitments, as the lead singer of The Frames, or as the driving force behind the award-winning musical Once.
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In celebration of National Cat Day, share your favorite cat memes with me! : lolcats
In celebration of National Cat Day, share your favorite cat memes with me! via /r/lolcats https://t.co/7rkTgvMP3d https://t.co/ubgOX5wYaE
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Colombia seeks to boost cancer-survival rates – Al Jazeera English
Colombia seeks to boost cancer-survival rates https://t.co/JHidz8X0MD
Bogota – Cancer mortality rates in Colombia are almost double the rate for European countries or the US. -
Big brother schrodinger and little sister Elizabeth”lizzy” Lemon : cats
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Two brother cats bird watching. : cats
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The departure by Mihai Stanciu – Photo 126964617 – 500px
The departure by StanciuMihai https://t.co/GnsKXGesSy https://t.co/tA5zAWtVpF
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“Look at my foot hooman.” Happy Cat Day from Tony : cats
“Look at my foot hooman.” Happy Cat Day from Tony via /r/cats https://t.co/70rAa6Gr1C https://t.co/noKS0aIFDE
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I hope I’m not too late. This is Chewie : cats
I hope I’m not too late. This is Chewie via /r/cats https://t.co/9K71GTPF5R https://t.co/LcRJlqKo7L
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US budget deal close to passing through Senate | US news | The Guardian
The US Senate appeared on the verge of passing a budget deal to avert a debt default as the bill cleared a 60-vote procedural hurdle in the early hours of Friday morning, easing the way for its quick passage.
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Congress Budget Debt Deal | Al Jazeera America
The ambitious budget and debt deal cleared a major hurdle in the Senate early Friday, setting the stage for Congress to pass the measure and send it to President Barack Obama. The Senate voted 63-35, gaining the 60 votes necessary to end any delayin…
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Begging to Be Executed Saved His Life – The Daily Beast
It could only make sense in the twisted world of American justice. A death row prisoner’s life was saved because he wrote to a judge begging to be executed.
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Island of the Plague, Saint Petersburg : Breathless
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How a three legged dog celebrates howl-oween : funny
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Horse knows imma bitch : trippinthroughtime
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photo by @joelsartore | Meet one of the largest moths in North America, the luna moth at the @LincolnChildrensZoo. These nocturnal beauties are good camouflagers among the leaves of the forests they inhabit. #Follow me, @joelsartore, to see more me…
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Autumn. My kitty is basking by the kettle. : cats
Autumn. My kitty is basking by the kettle. via /r/cats https://t.co/oujqp64h2n https://t.co/bhRTQVJmg1
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Alien doing fat rails via /r/gif https://t.co/KZJ1L3bcpd https://t.co/hCCOJfibsL
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The expanding/collapsing triangles created by this table. : oddlysatisfying
The expanding/collapsing triangles created by this table. via /r/oddlysatisfying https://t.co/F8SbGqxLY3 https://t.co/XCtIxRrGz8
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Why is Turkey election important? – BBC News
Why is Turkey election important? https://t.co/FfNfbZbJIH
Turkey goes to the polls on Sunday – for the second time in five months. The governing AK Party is hoping to win back its majority. The faltering economy, state of democracy and Syria’s refugee crisis are among the main issues for voters. -
Somewhere in Hjelmeland Norway. photo by S. Hunter (3264 x 1710) : EarthPorn
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Southern Methodist University Sororities Still Preach Segregation – The Daily Beast
While it wasn’t a newly cut sequel to that dubiously acclaimed indy flick Dear White People, it did end up as the most in-your-face sample of college campus bigotry that student Layla Evette could ever ask for. But funny how that never works out in …
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The tiny mammal with a big appetite | Environment | The Guardian
When my husband calls me to the window, I can’t work out what it is about the motionless dark brown object on the lawn that has attracted his attention. It’s only partly visible among the blades of grass and seems to be about the size of an unshelle…
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“June 13th – Part One” · Heroes Reborn · TV Review · The A.V. Club
“June 13th – Part One” hits the ground running, picking up where “Game Over” left off and quickly establishing the parameters of the episode: Noah and Hiro only have three hours to investigate and prevent the bombing of the Odessa peace summit, with…
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Cops Covered Up Trans Woman Nizah Morris’s Mysterious Death – The Daily Beast
PHILADELPHIA — Something violent happened to Nizah Morris between the time police picked her up and when she was found bleeding and unconscious in the street.
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Donald Trump’s Biggest Vulnerability Is the Bible – The Daily Beast
Donald Trump has no trouble commenting on his daughter’s hotness. “Yeah, she’s really something, and what a beauty, that one. If I weren’t happily married and, you know, her father. . . ” he told one interviewer.
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This Goth Wants Her Halloween Back – The Daily Beast
Editor’s Note: This perspective on Halloween was told to the author by a woman who has identified as Goth for over a decade. She is in her mid-twenties and lives in New York City, but asked to remain anonymous for professional and personal reasons.
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There’s No Centrist Superman to Save You – The Daily Beast
You’re all well familiar with Kubler-Ross’s famous five stages of death: denial, anger, bargaining, depression, acceptance. Here are Tomasky’s five stages of watching a Republican debate: mockery, rage, double rage, boredom, despair.
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China: Have More Kids or Granny Gets It – The Daily Beast
To paraphrase the tagline of a viral ad for a Danish travel agency: Do it for China. Do it for mom. That’s not what Chinese officials are saying, but that’s what they want.
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These Candidates Are Eating Our Brains – The Daily Beast
Hey, kids! Looking for a swell Halloween zombie costume? Look no further than your nearest political poll.
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A Must-Read Novel Complete With Mermaids – The Daily Beast
No one else writes fiction quite like Lydia Millet’s. She’s a wickedly funny satirist, yet her work has a warmth seldom found in satire.
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Inside Killjoy’s Kastle, the Lesbian Feminist House of Horrors – The Daily Beast
To enter Killjoy’s Kastle, the lesbian feminist haunted house set up in West Hollywood just in time for Halloween, one must summon the courage to cross through an archway resembling a gaping, toothed vagina.
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Love Triggers Your Brain’s Weed Receptor – The Daily Beast
What happens when ‘love hormones’ and ‘bliss molecules’ collide? A whole lot of happy akin to smoking a joint, a new study suggests.
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How to Translate Passion Into a Paycheck – The Daily Beast
Hey there, you in the bifocal Ray-Bans, with the copy of Getting Past Your Breakup in what may be the last nice handbag you’ll ever own; you in the throes of PTOSD (Post-Traumatic OKCupid Stress Disorder), with your face frozen in a slightly nauseat…
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Return To The Moon · EL VY · Music Review · The A.V. Club
Matt Berninger has been on a decade-long hot streak with his band of (literal) brothers, The National, so it was simultaneously worrisome and exciting when he announced he’d briefly step away and try something new.
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Understanding Ted Cruz’s Jedi Debate Skills – The Daily Beast
Ted Cruz did well last night’s debate because he knows how to debate—literally.
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The Returned · Season 2 · TV Review · The A.V. Club
How do you follow up one of the best single seasons of television in the 21st century? Very slowly, if the glacial pace at which France’s The Returned has eked back onto the small screen is any indication.
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What was so scary you couldn’t finish it? · AVQ&A · The A.V. Club
Welcome back to AVQ&A, where we throw out a question for discussion among the staff and readers. Consider this a prompt to compare notes on your interface with pop culture, to reveal your embarrassing tastes and experiences, and to ponder how our di…
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Here’s what’s up in the world of TV for Friday, October 30 and Saturday, October 31. All times are Eastern. Ash Vs. Evil Dead (Starz, 9 p.m., Saturday): It’s been 30 years since wisecracking, boomstick-wielding, heroic fuck-up Ashley J.
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Casanova, Ody-C, and Matt Fraction’s remarkable Image reinvention · Big Issues · The A.V. Club
Each week, Big Issues focuses on newly released comic books of significance. This week, they’re Ody-C #8 by writer Matt Fraction (Sex Criminals, Hawkeye) and artist Christian Ward (The Infinite Vacation, Olympus) and Casanova: Acedia Vol.
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Even the expository scenes of It Follows are deeply unnerving · Scenic Routes · The A.V. Club
In Scenic Routes, Mike D’Angelo looks at key scenes, explaining how they work and what they mean. Implacability ranks high on the list of a psycho killer’s scariest attributes. It’s not just that they want to pierce your body with some sharp impleme…
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Welcome to our weekly open thread for the discussion of gaming plans, nagging questions, and whatever else we feel like talking about. No matter what the topic, we invite everyone in the comments to tell us: What Are You Playing This Weekend?
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Teens Of Style · Car Seat Headrest · Matador-records Review · The A.V. Club
Car Seat Headrest (né Will Toledo) has been cranking out commendable, although not entirely memorable, lo-fi bedroom pop for the past five years at an alarming rate.
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Guv Believes in Aliens—and Jeb Bush’s Chances – The Daily Beast
On Wednesday, Fife Symington, a former governor of Arizona who claims that “some form of an alien spacecraft” hovered over the mountains in Phoenix in 1997, endorsed something equally implausible: Bush’s bid for the Republican nomination.
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The Things We Do To Find People Who Feel Like Us · Beach Slang · Music Review · The A.V. Club
Beach Slang became an instant hit in 2014 with a pair of EPs that provided fairly instant gratification.
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Reddit is a lot like scientology. Batshit crazy, hard to leave, and every now and again a celebrity shows up. (self.Showerthoughts) Yup- that sums it up nicely.
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Burger’s in the Halloween spirit. : cats
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Cali Loves the New Comforter : cats
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It’s a bird, it’s a plane, it’s … Superkitty! : cats
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David Bowie – Starman (1972) HD 0815007 – YouTube
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Turkey’s new election: War or peace? – Al Jazeera English
Al Jazeera English https://t.co/lAVAcHtXEV
Turkey is headed to its second parliamentary election in five months with snap polls slated for November 1. The election will take place in a highly charged atmosphere with escalating violence and financial volatility. -
Roman Polanski to appear in Polish court for US extradition hearing | World news | The Guardian
Roman Polanski is due in a Polish court on Friday at a hearing to consider a US extradition request over his child sex crime conviction.
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STAMPS, AR—Whistling “Hail To The Chief” as he flipped the coin into the air and caught it in his palm, Republican presidential candidate Mike Huckabee confirmed Friday that he had earned a nickel for his campaign by painting an elderly widow’s pick…
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Syria peace talks pin hopes for end to war on Iran and Saudi Arabia | World news | The Guardian
Syria peace talks pin hopes for end to war on Iran and Saudi Arabia https://t.co/darPYrV30D
The broadest peace talks since the start of the Syrian war get under way in Vienna on Friday, with Iran joining arch-rivals Saudi Arabia and the US to try to orchestrate an end to one of the most dangerous global conflicts in decades. -
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I Prefer A Small Cosy Room [900×600] : RoomPorn
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“Get Out Of Jail, Free” · Scandal · TV Review · The A.V. Club
Well, we knew that Scandal was destined for a backtrack after last week’s propulsion forward, but “Get Out Of Jail, Free” is a bit extreme.
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Goodnight National Cat Day : cats
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Radnor Lake, Nashville, Tennessee in the Fall [640 x 1136] : EarthPorn
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My super photogenic cat, Nova. : cats
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MRW my friends somehow convince me to go to a club : reactiongifs
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APOD: 2015 October 29 – IC 1871: Inside the Soul Nebula
Discover the cosmos! Each day a different image or photograph of our fascinating universe is featured, along with a brief explanation written by a professional astronomer. Explanation: This cosmic close-up looks deep inside the Soul Nebula.
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South China Sea: US and China hold talks on ship – BBC News
China’s naval commander has warned his US counterpart against “dangerous and provocative acts”, days after a US warship sailed close to contested islands in the South China Sea. In a video conference, Adm Wu Shengli said the US risked “a minor incid…
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Flying through the city : interestingasfuck
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Purl, being a sofa-loaf : Catloaf
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“Where’d my owner go, wait what’s this…” : gifs
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Michael Flatley Steps Down – The New Yorker
Michael Flatley is retiring! This is terrible news. But you can see why he’d want to go home. He started Irish step dancing when he was eleven, as he was growing up on Chicago’s South Side, and this is a discipline that takes a lot out of you, espec…
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Gabriel Kreuther’s Post-Nouvelle Cuisine – The New Yorker
How can big-deal fancy-food French restaurants perpetuate themselves in a time that is kind neither to fancy (as opposed to fantastical) nor, really, to French food? One answer is to add a regional accent to a cosmopolitan menu.
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Expressionist Masterworks Take Manhattan – The New Yorker
Franz Schubert could be the official song composer of Lincoln Center: the Viennese master’s extraordinary gift for clear storytelling and hauntingly simple melody has inspired superlative interpretations from such singers as Matthias Goerne (who, la…
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Wendy Whelan Calls the Shots – The New Yorker
This Week https://t.co/f9OKkJ8Y8S
About a year ago, Wendy Whelan retired from New York City Ballet, to bushels of flowers and not a few tears. Perhaps those tears were a bit premature. Now freelance, Whelan gets to call the shots. -
The Plush Potency of Macao Trading Co. – The New Yorker
Macao Trading Co. https://t.co/DpYzBBbhTa
What does a divine dragon have to do with a drunken one? According to Chinese folklore, the blood of the former saved an entire village from the plague, spurring the ancient ritual of the annual Drunken Dragon festival. At Macao Trading Co. -
Drifters by Paul Zizka – Photo 126927035 – 500px
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Dwarfed by Jeff Lewis – Photo 126958741 – 500px
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Sunrise in Acadia National Park, Maine [5184×3456][OC] : waterporn
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Iranian-American Arrested in Iran: Report | Al Jazeera America
An Iranian-American businessman was arrested by Iranian security forces two weeks while he was visiting relatives in Tehran from his home base in Dubai, the Wall Street Journal reported.
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Underwater Wolf Image, Canada – National Geographic Photo of the Day
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Awful racist seeks to “uncuck the Right” with awful, racist Disney songs · Newswire · The A.V. Club
“This is Dildoween! This is Dildoween! Striking fear into every white!
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Bam is well on his way to becoming Phil. : funny
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Christ, what an asshole. / Boing Boing
Chris Grayling, UK Tory MP and leader of the House of Commons: The Freedom of Information act isn’t for journalism, it’s for “those who want to understand why and how government is taking decisions.
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Bad day to be a thief. –Girl : gif
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“Robert Kirkman Wears A Tan Blazer And Red Suit Pants,” Comedy Bang! Bang!’s season-four Halloween episode, starts off with, well, a bang… and with a familiar story. A straitlaced young couple break down on a rainy night, on a long lonely road.
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Democratic hopefuls discuss the important issues of our day.Like on Facebook! http://www.facebook.com/badlipreadingFollow on Twitter! http://twitter.com/badlipreading
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Helen & Graham Linehan’s Amnesty video damns Ireland’s barbaric abortion laws / Boing Boing
In 2004, Helen Linehan terminated a pregnancy she had conceived with her husband, IT Crowd/Father Ted creator Graham Linehan, after discovering that the fetus had acrania and could not survive for more than an hour after the birth.
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PROOF | The Stories Behind the Photographs
To Photograph a Wind Farm You Must Learn to Survive at Sea Story by Life on Hold: A Photographer Explores What It Means to Wait Story by Janna Dotschkal A Photographer Captures Life in a Land of Disappearing Ice Story by Becky Harlan Joy Is Universa…
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Iraq violence: Iranian exiles hit by intense rocket fire – BBC News
A former military base in Iraq housing exiled Iranian opposition members has come under intense rocket fire, Iraqi and Iranian officials say.The People’s Mujahedin of Iran says more than 20 of its members were killed in the attack in addition to thr…
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Thor found a puddle. Thor liked the puddle. : aww
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Ted Cruz Does Well in the Debate – The Atlantic
1) Twenty seconds of greatness from Ted Cruz. In one little bravura passage, Ted Cruz showed how he could have become the national collegiate debate champion, gone from Princeton to Harvard Law School, been a Supreme Court clerk and argued cases the…
Ted Cruz Shows How He Became a Collegiate Debate Champ, and Other CNBC Results https://t.co/Eylrx0RMwr -
European Parliament Votes to Protect Edward Snowden – The Atlantic
Edward Snowden is still stuck in Russia more than two years after revealing that the U.S. government engaged in mass surveillance on tens millions of innocent Americans.
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Prep School Grad Gets Year in Jail for Sex Assault | Al Jazeera America
Owen Labrie, 20, of Tunbridge, Vermont, was also ordered to register as a sex offender, perhaps for the rest of his life, and serve five years of probation after he gets out of jail. He faced 11 years behind bars.
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My goober on national cat day : cats
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Drew’s 2 idiot looking cats : cats
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Iranian-American businessman arrested in Tehran: report – Al Jazeera English
An Iranian-American businessman was arrested by Iranian security forces two weeks while he was visiting relatives in Tehran from his home base in Dubai, the Wall Street Journal has reported.
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Open thread for night owls. Alterman: pundits fawning over Paul Ryan as GOP savior don’t make it so
Blast from the Past. At Daily Kos on this date in 2002—Consumer confidence at 9-year low: Stocks sank in early morning trade on Tuesday after a report showed consumer confidence in October fell to its lowest level in nine years, fanning fears over t…
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All slathered in butter… : trippinthroughtime
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5273 by Michael Salisbury – Photo 126979479 – 500px
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Ravenstor YHA | Flickr – Photo Sharing!
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Peace Love Beauty Wisdom Balance Imagination Truth Consciousness, Ravenstor YHA by John Cropper…
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See the World’s Best Photojournalism of 2015 | The Creators Project
See the World’s Best Photojournalism of 2015 | The Creators Project https://t.co/TeTdqX8gsa
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Billy Bob Thornton to Santa badly once again · Newswire · The A.V. Club
Giving the green light to a project that’s been drifting around Hollywood for years, running short cons on mall managers and growing heart-warmingly close to dopey latchkey kids, Variety is reporting that Billy Bob Thornton has officially signed on …
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Syria conflict: UN’s Ban Ki-moon urges ‘flexibility’ in Vienna talks – BBC News
UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon has called for “flexibility” at talks in Vienna between the countries backing rival sides in the Syrian civil war. He urged the five main participants – the US, Russia, Iran, Saudi Arabia and Turkey – to abandon “nat…
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My son’s Chipotle cup says “reproductive sex” on it. : mildlyinteresting
My son’s Chipotle cup says “reproductive sex” on it. (imgur.com) This cup is from the Two Minute Read series. The story on the back of the cup explains it.
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See the World’s Best Photojournalism of 2015 | The Creators Project
Mads Nissen, Denmark, Scanpix/Panos Pictures, St. Petersburg, Russia. Caption: Jon and Alex, a gay couple, during an intimate moment. Life for lesbian, gay, bisexual or transgender (LGBT) people is becoming increasingly difficult in Russia.
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“I Carry Your Heart With Me” · The Vampire Diaries · TV Review · The A.V. Club
“I Carry Your Heart With Me” is an episode of full of almost. It almost finds the right balance between the new characters and old favorites. It almost overcomes some of the narrative obstacles the show set for itself in the previous episode. Most i…
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“Dead Men Tell No Tales” · Sleepy Hollow · TV Review · The A.V. Club
TV show crossovers are an odd beast. It’s a weird concept, isn’t it? When a super-hero appears in a different super-hero’s city, that makes sense; heroes live in a shared world. But we don’t make that assumption with TV shows, or at least I never ha…
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Despite being too sexy for some people, ABC has picked up its new Muppets series for a full season.
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Frida and her perpetual blep : Blep
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The US anti-abortion activist Troy Newman has abandoned a court challenge against the federal government over the cancellation of his visa.
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Google’s Lack Of Product Isolation Would Support A Chrome OS And Android Merge | TechCrunch
Chrome OS, the “cloud” operating system that Google introduced for laptops and Android, the operating system on phones and tablets may become one, according to a report by the Wall Street Journal. The “folding” could happen as early as next year…cou…
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“Seahorses & Crackers” [OC] (1600 x 900) : FractalPorn
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Pirate ship in SD Bay [1280×960] : waterporn
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Mermaid by Jessica Drossin – Photo 126505759 – 500px
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Bunny and Big Red, my babies! : cats
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It might be game over, man, for Neill Blomkamp’s Alien movie · Newswire · The A.V. Club
Deadline is reporting that Neill Blomkamp’s Alien movie might be dead, its chest lethally exploded by the emerging fetus of Ridley Scott’s Prometheus 2. (Or Alien: Paradise Lost, as Scott was referring to it during the press junket for The Martian l…
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Bustle Has a Baby – The New Yorker
A little-known quote from Martin Amis—delivered to the New Yorker editor Susan Morrison, who once interviewed him for Rolling Stone: “The death of your parents is the ordinary tragedy. The birth of your child is the ordinary miracle.
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A number of Facebook users recently reported seeing a new feature called “Local Market” appearing briefly in their Facebook iPhone app, sometimes in place of the “Messenger” button at the bottom center of the screen.
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Australia rugby league transfer accidentally sent to critic – BBC News
A Canadian theatre critic has said he was accidentally sent an email revealing that a rugby league star is switching clubs in Australia.James Kelly Nestruck said he received a contract between Wests Tigers forward Martin Taupau and the Manly Sea Eag…
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Sunrise in Breckenridge, Colorado [5184×3456][OC] : EarthPorn
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Vape Tricks Are Lame, But This Guy Is Training To Be Gandalf – Digg
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OK, we all know vape tricks are sort of lame. But maybe that’s because we’ve never seen a guy who can do this before. Give it a few more years and you’ll get there dude. -
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US fighter jets intercept Russian bombers over Sea of Japan | US news | The Guardian
US fighter jets intercept Russian bombers over Sea of Japan https://t.co/Vh3CsiGuJY
The USS Ronald Reagan aircraft carrier scrambled four fighter jets to intercept approaching Russian warplanes as it carried out a military exercise on Tuesday in the Sea of Japan, Pentagon and White House officials said on Thursday. -
Any other aquaphelic bleps out there? : Blep
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Picking him up at the vet … that look … I know I’m in trouble … – GIF on Imgur
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Get my card trick book for 99 cents – today only / Boing Boing
Trick Decks, my e-book about making your own trick magic decks is just 99 cents today. Tomorrow the price goes to $1.99, and the day after that it goes to its regular price of $2.99. Learn more about the book on the Trick Decks website.
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sometimes you got to fight for your fish | Flickr – Photo Sharing!
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Bournemouth autumn | Flickr – Photo Sharing!
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A magazine cover for us Trolls : TrollXChromosomes
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Treasure (Sabah, Borneo). EXPLORED Oct 28, 2015 #166 | Flickr – Photo Sharing!
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Love Everyone Often Peace Beauty Balance Life Light Magic: Pluto From Behind [8888×5000]
In the order of literature, as in others, there is no act that is not the coronation of an infinite series of causes and the source of an infinite series of effects. Reading is an activity subsequent to writing: more resigned, more civil, more intel…
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It’s an Adventure Through Time and Space with TimeLord Fest Cosplay
Tampa was briefly overrun by an invasion of daleks, weeping angels, and clockwork robots as cosplayers took over TimeLord Fest, the city’s largest Doctor Who convention. These are our favourite costumes from the one-day convention. The War Doctor, w…
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Happy National Cat Day. This is Monty. My crazy child of 3 years now. : cats
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Belarus President Lukashenko: EU and US to ease sanctions – BBC News
Belarus President Lukashenko: EU and US to ease sanctions https://t.co/QoMF9QvHfq
The EU is to suspend most of its sanctions against Belarus including an asset freeze and travel ban on President Alexander Lukashenko. The decision follows the freeing of the country’s remaining six political prisoners in August. -
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Asian markets lacklustre after US growth figures – BBC News
Shares in Asia were lacklustre on Friday after US official numbers showed a sharp slowing in economic growth. Japan’s Nikkei 225 opened flat, but rose by 0.11% in early trade to 18,956.93 points.
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Texas police officer wins immunity from prosecution over fatal shooting | US news | The Guardian
A police officer in Texas who was being criminally prosecuted for shooting dead an unarmed black man has persuaded a judge to throw out the charge against him by arguing that he enjoyed immunity under the US constitution.
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Living under a shadow of fear in Central African Republic – BBC News
Working days start early in Bangui, capital of the Central African Republic, and they end early too because of a dusk-to-dawn curfew.
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This Villains Medley Is All That’s Great About Disney Musicals
The villain song is the best. I know it, you know it, and the cast of Aladdin on Broadway know it. Jonathan Freeman takes the lead on this video from Oh My Disney, which showcases some of the best ones in a slick medley.
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CONCORD, N.H. — Appearing on a video screen, the victim of a sexual assault by an older student at one of the nation’s most exclusive boarding schools asked a judge here on Thursday to make sure her assailant was held accountable for a crime that, s…
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Vanished Disney cruise ship worker could have been ‘murdered’ – BBC News
The mysterious disappearance of a British woman on a cruise ship four years ago should be investigated by UK authorities, an MP has demanded. Rebecca Coriam, 24, from Chester, fell overboard from the Disney Wonder near Mexico but her body has not be…
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Yemen refugees choosing to return to a failed state – BBC News
“Refugees and migrants”, a recent report by the International Organization for Migration (IOM) noted, “arrive after many hours at sea often traumatised and exhausted, with little or no personal belonging, and in urgent need of food, water and emerge…
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Your Evening Soundtrack: GWAR Covers Cyndi Lauper’s “She Bop”
Costumed shock rockers GWAR paid a visit to A.V. Undercover this week to destroy, nay, annihilate, Cyndi Lauper’s “She Bop” (with a bonus segue into another instantly recognizable “Bop” song). It may not quite eclipse the band’s take on “Get Outta M…
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Photographing the Rugby World Cup – BBC News
During the past five weeks or so, David Davies has travelled around the country covering what is his sixth Rugby World Cup for the Press Association. On the eve of the final, between New Zealand and Australia, I asked him to pick out a few of his fa…
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Charity: More than 70 kids have died since Aylan Kurdi – Al Jazeera English
More than 70 child have died attempting the same crossing between Turkey and Greece as three-year-old Syrian boy Aylan Kurdi, whose body was found face down on a Turkish beach last month – sparking worldwide outrage about the plight of refugees trav…
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Nature sensuality by Sadik Boujaida – Photo 126936499 – 500px
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this cup isn’t the boss of me : firstworldanarchists
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I can’t be the only one. : TrollXChromosomes
I can’t be the only one. via /r/TrollXChromosomes https://t.co/ZPTa12WSeJ https://t.co/SrKTIHNMAS
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When you post a puffin and it turns out to be a popular opinion – GIF on Imgur
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Syria conflict: Could talks in Vienna reach an agreement? – BBC News
These Vienna talks for the first time include all the external countries involved in the Syria conflict including, crucially, Iran. But none of the groups fighting on the ground have been invited.
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RBS sells remaining stake in US bank Citizens – BBC News
The Royal Bank of Scotland is selling its remaining 20.9% stake in the US bank Citizens. RBS bought Citizens for $440m in 1988 and turned it into one of the biggest regional banks in the US.
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Cultural Goofs Gear Up Gray Matter – Scientific American
Exposure to the unusual, the jarring, the culturally shocking may be beneficial for your cognitive reasoning—and your waistline. That’s according to a study in the journal Social Cognition. [James A. Mourey, Ben C. P. Lam and Daphna Oyserman, Conseq…
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Morning view from Treskowbridge | Flickr – Photo Sharing!
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Philip K. Dick Inspired a Whole Wave of Trippy Euro Prog Rock
You think U.S. prog rock groups like Emerson Lake & Palmer or Yes were trippy and futuristic. But some groups in France and Italy, inspired by the works of Philip K. Dick, went even further.
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Milwaukee County Sheriff David Clarke goes full dogwhistle
This isn’t Sheriff Clarke’s first rodeo with the ridiculous. He has been a constant gadfly for the Black Lives Matter movement, calling them “vultures on a roadside carcass” according to ThinkProgress.
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Yes, Marco Rubio’s Finances Are a Big Deal – The New Yorker
The big post-debate story is about the media. CNBC is being pilloried by Republicans for the way it conducted last night’s event, in Boulder, Colorado. “CNBC should be ashamed of themselves,” Reince Priebus, the chairman of the Republican National C…
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We adopted a new cat on National Cat Day! Meet Lucy : cats
We adopted a new cat on National Cat Day! Meet Lucy via /r/cats https://t.co/eHQSKXH9zf https://t.co/OdoTZt2GtF
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I Used To Be Too Scared To Check These Books Out of the Library
I Used To Be Too Scared To Check These Books Out of the Library https://t.co/RBJaEcCCwj
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Florida executes Jerry Correll over four murders in 1985 | World news | The Guardian
Florida has executed a man convicted of fatally stabbing his ex-wife, young daughter and two others in 1985. Jerry Correll was pronounced dead at 7.36pm on Thursday at Florida State Prison after receiving a lethal injection. The execution came after…
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Halloween scares up big business in the US – BBC News
Warning: This story contains horror themed images, including clowns. Halloween may be considered more for children in the UK with the ubiquitous trick or treaters, but in the US it is big business.
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Shortly after Leonard Nimoy’s death earlier this year, his son, Adam, announced plans to make a documentary about his father titled For The Love Of Spock.
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How we found Azam – the ‘lost’ Syrian refugee boy – BBC News
Azam is a young Syrian boy who vanished from a hospital in Belgrade a month ago while on the refugee trail. The story sparked a social media campaign using the hashtag #FindAzam.
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I Used To Be Too Scared To Check These Books Out of the Library
I remember the exact place where they were kept. They hovered together, trapped tightly between two wood slabs until they could be freed. I tried to ignore them, but they called out to me, over and over, in a deep low-pitched moan. Aliiiiiiiiissa. A…
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Philadelphia and Los Angeles police groups have said they will join New York City officers in a call to boycott the work of the film director Quentin Tarantino after remarks he made last weekend at a protest against police brutality. Mr.
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How mobile tech is flowering in the land of ‘keepy-uppy’ – BBC News
But growing up in Burma, now Myanmar, there was no internet and precious few mobile phones.
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Why is Punjab in turmoil? – BBC News
Krishna Bhagwan Singh’s family and neighbours are mourning.
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Hurricane Patricia brings rare praise for Mexico’s president – BBC News
As Hurricane Patricia bore down on Mexico last week people became very nervous. There were warnings that the impact could be catastrophic and comparisons with Typhoon Haiyan in 2013, which killed more than 6,000 people, made those in the path of Pat…
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The soundtrack to Myanmar’s election campaign – BBC News
Myanmar is preparing for its first elections since a nominally civilian government was introduced in 2011, ending nearly 50 years of military rule. Music is playing a big role, both campaigns have adopted songs that they hope will inspire support fr…
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Living in ‘Cancerland’ during breast cancer awareness month – BBC News
October is Breast Cancer Awareness month, but one group of women with breast cancer isn’t happy with the sea of pink. Cancerland is a group of women with breast cancer who are trying to speak openly and honestly about what it means to have the disea…
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Twitter’s Call For Feedback, #HelloWorld, Garners 5,746 Tweets In First Three Days | TechCrunch
During CEO Jack Dorsey’s keynote at Twitter’s developer conference, Flight, the promise was made to developers that there would be more listening and more transparency from the company. Tweet at us what you’d like to see at Twitter.
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The great bisector of Massachusetts: the Connecticut River [OC][4800×2400] : EarthPorn
The great bisector of Massachusetts: the Connecticut River [OC][4800×2400] via /r/EarthPorn https://t.co/AXRuLo81rO https://t.co/MFcj9O3LSL
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Florida Executes Man After 30 Years on Death Row | Al Jazeera America
Florida has executed a man convicted of fatally stabbing his ex-wife, young daughter and two others in 1985. Jerry Correll was pronounced dead at 7:36 p.m. Thursday at Florida State Prison after receiving a lethal injection. The execution came after…
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Quiz of the week’s news – BBC News
It’s the Magazine’s weekly news quiz – a chance to prove to yourself and others that you have been paying attention to what’s been going on over the past seven days. Subscribe to the BBC News Magazine’s email newsletter to get articles sent to your …
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Is Assisted Suicide a Slippery Slope? – The Atlantic
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Girl Builds Herself Some Pneumatic Wings – Digg
Design Curious Technology We’re pretty sure these don’t help her fly, but damn do those look cool.
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Poor support failing most vulnerable young people, say MPs – BBC News
Too many of the most vulnerable young people in England are “cut adrift when they need help the most”, says the head of a powerful committee of MPs. The Public Accounts Committee says there has been a “systemic failing” in support to young people le…
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Learning disability care hospital beds reduced – BBC News
The number of hospital beds for people with learning disabilities and autism will be halved in England, the NHS has announced. It is a response to the abuse scandal exposed by the BBC at Winterbourne View and will see patients “live in homes, not ho…
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U.S. Scratches Out ISIS Rapper – The Daily Beast
U.S. Scratches Out ISIS Rapper https://t.co/lwchoTzC1b
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Walt Disney Heiress Takes on the Gun Lobby – The Daily Beast
Walt Disney Heiress Takes on the Gun Lobby https://t.co/ijZk00km4D
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Shadow of the moon during the sun eclipse. : space
Shadow of the moon during the sun eclipse. via /r/space https://t.co/aHhFg4ZKxd https://t.co/cWukK6uHJX
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You’ll Soon Be Able to Read a Classic Judge Dredd Comic Uncensored for the First Time Since 1978
The Cursed Earth is an infamous epic in the long history of Judge Dredd comics—but ever since it was first published 37 years ago, you’ve only ever been able to read the censored version.
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£1.5bn Galloper windfarm in Suffolk to go ahead with new backers | Environment | The Guardian
Construction of a £1.5bn windfarm off the Suffolk coast is to go ahead in November with the creation of nearly 800 jobs, after three new partners were found to back the project.
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NBC’s got a new show from the author of True Blood · Newswire · The A.V. Club
NBC is adapting a new book series from True Blood author Charlaine Harris, traveling far outside her blood-soaked HBO wheelhouse to focus on a small Southern town populated by sexy supernatural creatures.
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Walt Disney Heiress Takes on the Gun Lobby – The Daily Beast
As video-on-demand and streaming platforms have swept the film industry by storm over the last few years, one of the great success stories has been the transformation made in the field of documentary filmmaking.
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Most home screens are simple pages of icons, but rarely venture out to gestures. This design has bright, vivid widgets with a slide-in sidebar on the left side of the screen.
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A Play Casts a Sinister Spell on Its Actors In Takashi Miike’s Spooky New Film
Takashi Miike has made nearly 100 films in 25 years. And his maniacal drive is reflected in his work—his films are often edgy to the extreme (just a few examples: Audition, Ichi the Killer, Thirteen Assassins).
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U.S. Scratches Out ISIS Rapper – The Daily Beast
He was the best of the Islamic State’s stable of sucker MC’s. And now, his career is over. The death of 39 year-old Cuspert, arguably the most talented rapper recruited by ISIS, highlights the surprising relationship between the terror group and hip…
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Shays Run 1 Waterfall, Blackwater WV | Flickr – Photo Sharing!
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More Than A Selfie App, Shots Produces Original Videos With Puppets (And Bieber) | TechCrunch
Shots has been pigeonholed since birth. First it was dismissed as just a startup funded by Justin Bieber. Then it was laughed at for being an app just for selfies. But after 2 years, $15.2 million raised, and almost 10 million sign-ups, Shots refuse…
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Canada whale boat: Survivors ‘tried to save’ missing man – BBC News
The survivors of a whale-watching accident in Canada have told police how they battled to save an Australian man still missing from the tragedy. The Leviathan II capsized on Sunday after being struck by a wave, killing five British nationals.
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Five numbers that sum up China’s one-child policy – BBC News
China has announced it’s abolishing its one-child policy, which was introduced to limit the birth rate, amid concerns that the country’s population is ageing too quickly. What difference has it made, statistically speaking?
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No BFF? You’re not alone, sad adult. Wait, never mind, you’re very alone | Grist
There’s not much chance of a global carbon price emerging from Paris, but smaller cap-and-trade programs and carbon taxes are in effect around the world.
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Names of European countries in Finnish [1242 x 1371] : MapPorn
Names of European countries in Finnish [1242 x 1371] via /r/MapPorn https://t.co/h7ng5WWhVK https://t.co/wEbjvK1pcj
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Map of Norwegian counties. [3300 x 5100] : MapPorn
Map of Norwegian counties. [3300 x 5100] via /r/MapPorn https://t.co/JLdgEbyUA0 https://t.co/92uhwZ2rsh
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Angela Merkel worried about ‘serious conflict’ in South China Sea | World news | The Guardian
Angela Merkel has expressed concern about a territorial dispute between the Chinese and US navies in the South China Sea, and suggested China go to international courts to resolve the row.
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Patent trolls: The Eastern District of Texas must die to that we may all live / Boing Boing
Ever since VE Holding, a 1990 Federal Circuit decision, patent holders have been able to sue their adversaries in practically any court in America, leading to competition among jurisdictions to see which one bend the furthest backwards to deliver pa…
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Sending out a message to the rest of the world can be a bold move, especially when it’s being sent to a bunch of random folk. Fling is looking to make the process of anonymous photo and video-sharing safe and harassment-free all while providing a ki…
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In California, Black Minds Matter. Elsewhere, black bodies … not so much
The 32-page report released Wednesday includes state and national data that reveal distressing disparities affecting California’s black youth, stretching from preschool to the collegiate level. The document also provides much-needed suggestions.
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Cosmic Rays Could Help Unlock the Secrets of the Pyramids
There’s a long and colorful history of people trying to unlock the secret of how the Egyptian pyramids were built—and possibly find hidden rooms and corridors, for good measure.
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On American Horror Story, the Hotel Cortez Hosts the Craziest Dinner Party Ever
It’s Halloween at the Hotel Cortez, and the “Mount Rushmore of murder” gathers for Mr. March’s annual soiree. The exclusive guest list has a new name this year: John Lowe, who soon rather regrets his decision to attend. Nearby, another major charact…
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National Guard airlifts dino fossils out of wilderness
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — This was something that had never been seen before — the full skeletal remains of a baby Pentaceratops, a plant-eating dinosaur with large horns that once roamed what is now North America tens of millions of years ago.
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Finding the Self in a Selfie – The New Yorker
The difficulty, always, in our current run of crazes is telling what is potent—real and likely to change consciousness—from what is just passing and transient.
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Study of self-driving cars shows other drivers are good at hitting them | Ars Technica
A preliminary study from the University of Michigan Transportation Institute took a look at autonomous vehicle crashes reported by Google, Delphi, and Audi, all of which have licenses to operate self-driving vehicles in a number of states.
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Reported Quotes From The Atlantic Today – The Atlantic
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Iranian influence in Syria: At what cost? – Al Jazeera English
Being invited to join the latest round of Syria talks in Vienna must feel like vindication for Iranian leaders. It is the first time the United States has formally engaged with Iran on the Syrian crisis and it is a sign that Iran’s political isolati…
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See John Lydon Praise Bettie Page in New Public Image Ltd. Video | Rolling Stone
John Lydon considers Bettie Page, the sable-haired pinup model who was an early Playboy Playmate and stag-film star, a “pioneer.” “She had the courage to do something no one else was doing,” he told Rolling Stone earlier this year of why he recorded…
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What’s the truth about rate increases under Obamacare? It’s complicated.
But, as Gaba points out and Politifact noted recently, the averages also mask a lot of variation. Some insurers are raising premiums more modestly and others are actually reducing rates. People faced with increases can, and frequently will, find che…
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Summly Founder Nick D’Aloisio Leaves Yahoo | TechCrunch
The founder of Yahoo-acquired Summly, Nick D’Aloisio, has left the company to focus on his philosophy and computer science schoolwork at Oxford, we’ve confirmed with D’Aloisio.
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When Robbie remembered his country, which wasn’t often, he thought first of the white summer sun that seemed to light the land from within, sucking out all green and leaving only grey and brown and gold.
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Good job anti-vaxxers! You did it! – Imgur
Good job anti-vaxxers! You did it! https://t.co/b5Xp1X3uG2
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NBC Is Trying to Make the New True Blood
True Blood bit its last throat in 2014, but NBC is hoping it can duplicate HBO’s mega-success by adapting another fantasy series from works by author Charlaine Harris, called Midnight, Texas. It’s based on Harris’ trilogy about a small town filled w…
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Scott Kelly Breaks Single-Spaceflight Duration Record for American Astroantus
Today, Scott Kelly breaks NASA’s record for longest single spaceflight of an American astronaut, surpassing the previous record of 215 days held by Michael Lopez-Alegria. Kelly is currently on a one-year mission, scheduled to return to Earth in Marc…
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Add HUD-Like Display Gauges to Action Camera Videos With the “Blackbox”
If you enjoy filming your adrenaline-infused adventures with an action camera, this data logging “blackbox”can record real-time data and then display it on your videos in post-production editing.
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NBC is taking on a fake news site that doesn’t understand what parody is · Newswire · The A.V. Club
There are two ideas that people on the internet love to hide behind when they get in trouble, despite the fact that they have absolutely no understanding of what those ideas actually mean.
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Wow, This Poster Of The Death Star Blueprints Is Insane
Wow, This Poster Of The Death Star Blueprints Is Insane https://t.co/2Sf1FSm7GR
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Wow, This Poster Of The Death Star Blueprints Is Insane
The first Death Star blueprints are some of the most important items in the history of Star Wars. It was those plans, inside R2-D2, that brought Luke Skywalker out of obscurity and ultimately ushered in the Return of the Jedi. Now you can be R2, and…
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For my entry for World Cat Day, I give you Meshi’s elusive sleeping derp : cats
For my entry for World Cat Day, I give you Meshi’s elusive sleeping derp via /r/cats https://t.co/mCZ5hkPZdr https://t.co/8QJpmdK0Qn
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Meet Leonardo DiCaprio’s Swedish Dopplegänger | Vanity Fair
On the other side of the globe, in Sweden, there exists a man who looks eerily like 90s-era Leonardo DiCaprio.
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Life lessions from chess in Gaza City as clashes rage – Al Jazeera English
Gaza City – As Israeli-Palestinian violence continues unabated, a group of young Palestinians have held a TEDx talk in Gaza City, using the power of words to ignite debate and and showcase intellectualism in the Palestinian enclave.
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Foggy dawn I by rasica – Photo 126947173 – 500px
Foggy dawn I by rasica https://t.co/kwlZeHPh8W https://t.co/OJ5IJb8v9X
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SXSW canceled panels: Here is what happened.
For most of the past two years, I’ve been employed as a user-experience designer, interaction designer, and, now, user researcher. I lay out software to make it intuitive and easier to use. My dad calls my job “computer ergonomics.”
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IBM buys the Weather Channel company and has big plans.
The future of weather got a lot more interesting this week. On Wednesday, IBM announced its purchase of the Weather Company’s digital and data assets, a deal that the Wall Street Journal valued at more than $2 billion.
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The Doxing Trend – Schneier on Security
If the director of the CIA can’t keep his e-mail secure, what hope do the rest of us have — for our e-mail or any of our digital information? None, and that’s why the companies that we entrust with our digital lives need to be required to secure it…
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Will Conservatives Finally Embrace Clean Energy? – The New Yorker
Just before Senator Chuck Grassley, of Iowa, took the stage at last week’s Conservative Clean Energy Summit, the event’s three hundred or so attendees were on their feet, pressing their hands to their hearts.
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Water too warm for cod in US Gulf of Maine as stocks near collapse | Environment | The Guardian
A rapid warming of the Gulf of Maine off the eastern United States has made the water too warm for cod, pushing stocks towards collapse despite deep reductions in the number of fish caught, a US study has shown.
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Bee expert: USDA punished me for research on pesticides : environment
Bee expert: USDA punished me for research on pesticides via /r/environment https://t.co/8qm7XIJkdV https://t.co/QvfF8T4Nvq
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Your Chromebook May Run Android as Soon as 2017 | Motherboard
Chrome OS and Android may soon be one and the same.
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Upvote this: Teach kids in underserved communities how to code with Minecraft / Boing Boing
LA Makerspace co-founder Tara Tiger Brown shares a project that her kid-friendly maker workshop is trying to make a reality. The big idea: teach economically underprivileged kids in Los Angeles how to code, using Minecraft.
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More than two-dozen women at an immigration detention centre in Texas began a hunger strike on Wednesday in protest at the conditions and their ongoing incarceration, a civil rights group said.
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Simone Biles tops Gabby Douglas for third straight world gymnastics title | Sport | The Guardian
Simone Biles captured a history-making third straight world gymnastics title on Thursday, finishing 1.083 points ahead of reigning Olympic champion Gabby Douglas at the SSE Hydro Arena in Glasgow.
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Kazbegi Mountains by Irakli Shavgulidze – Photo 126951033 – 500px
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How Cuyahoga County prosecutor Tim McGinty is ensuring that Tamir Rice’s killer won’t go to trial
In the wake of controversial decisions by prosecutors in Richmond County, New York, and St. Louis County, Missouri, to protect the police officers who killed Eric Garner and Michael Brown, respectively, with grand jury proceedings, activists and leg…
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East Coast and Gulf Coast power grids are still not ready for a big hurricane | Grist
In the face of an aging workforce and slowing economy, China will permit families to have two children. Chris Christie acknowledges that climate change is real, but his comments about it at Wednesday’s debate were still awfully ignorant.
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The state of carbon pricing is messier than we might like to think | Grist
In the face of an aging workforce and slowing economy, China will permit families to have two children. Chris Christie acknowledges that climate change is real, but his comments about it at Wednesday’s debate were still awfully ignorant.
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Santa Maria del Fiore, Florence [OC] (1024 x 639) : ArchitecturePorn
Santa Maria del Fiore, Florence [OC] (1024 x 639) via /r/ArchitecturePorn https://t.co/uHQDl3yUyK https://t.co/0XYYEiHEMZ
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When everyone is finally ripped and the DJ is here : trippinthroughtime
When everyone is finally ripped and the DJ is here via /r/trippinthroughtime https://t.co/KF2Nj0HbY2 https://t.co/r5cbe1ydn0
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Parking advice via /r/pics https://t.co/4Gq1sem3kn https://t.co/wqsdBOCbqj
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Windows 10 will be made an automatic “recommended” update early next year | Ars Technica
The Windows 10 free upgrade program has so far concentrated on those Windows 7 and 8 users who reserved their copy in the weeks leading up to the operating system’s release. Over the coming months, Microsoft will start to spread the operating system…
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What’s one square inch of Yukon land worth? / Boing Boing
If you opened a box of Quaker Oats in 1955, you’d find a deed to one square inch of land in northwestern Canada. We’ll also hear about a time traveler who visited the British Museum in 1997 and puzzle over why a prizewinning farmer gives away his be…
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Chicago votes to keep George Lucas as its official beard · Newswire · The A.V. Club
Not that it was ever really in question once it received the blessing of Chicago mayor/Sith Lord Rahm “Darth” Emmanuel, but the Chicago Tribune brings word that the Chicago City Council has approved zoning plans for the Lucas Museum Of American Art,…
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Orbital View: Space Selfie – The Atlantic
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Kiefer Sutherland, Chris Stapleton, Steve Martin Added to CMA Awards | Rolling Stone
Country music’s biggest stars will be joined by some of Hollywood’s finest, along with athletes and other celebs who’ll be announcing winners and presenting trophies during next week’s 49th Annual CMA Awards telecast.
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Go Wireless For Up To 20 Hours at a Time With These Cheap Bluetooth Headphones
We see no shortage of deals on wireless earbuds (seriously, I get like 10 in my inbox every day), but what if you prefer on-ears? These Audiomax Bluetooth headphones boast 20 hours of battery life, Apt-X encoding, and a 3.
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Hear Electric Light Orchestra’s Upbeat New Song ‘One Step at a Time’ | Rolling Stone
Hear Electric Light Orchestra’s Upbeat New Song ‘One Step at a Time’ Track will appear on group’s upcoming album ‘Alone in the Universe’
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European Parliament votes to shield Snowden from extradition to US | Ars Technica
By a vote of 285 to 281, the European Parliament passed a resolution today calling on member states to “drop any criminal charges against Edward Snowden, grant him protection, and consequently prevent extradition or rendition by third parties.
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Under Pressure After Debate, Bush Insists He’s Not Dead Yet : It’s All Politics : NPR
One candidate came out of Wednesday night’s Republican presidential debate with a lot of questions to answer — Jeb Bush. Supporters were disappointed by his performance and inability to stand out at a critical time for his campaign.
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Wavestorm’s $99.99 Surfboard Upends the Industry – Bloomberg Business
On a recent Saturday along the Los Angeles coast, from Venice Beach all the way up past Malibu, tens of thousands of surfers jostled for position on the small, clean waves the Pacific was churning out.
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The Way That Mushrooms Bring the Rain Will Astound You
The Way That Mushrooms Bring the Rain Will Astound You https://t.co/ZxyqYNhJrp
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Your loud typing and breathing are a huge distraction. : AdviceAnimals
Your loud typing and breathing are a huge distraction. via /r/AdviceAnimals https://t.co/9I4JqQ23Wi https://t.co/6QIeVuPMIl
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Frosted Prairie Grass this past Sunday Morning [2764×2073] : BotanicalPorn
Frosted Prairie Grass this past Sunday Morning [2764×2073] via /r/BotanicalPorn https://t.co/VAa9L4ruXw https://t.co/wfbjkRCA93
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Why Did The CNBC Republican Debate Unite America In Hate? – The Daily Beast
To every cloud—even a big black cloud, teeming with toxic particles and noxious gases—there must be a silver lining.
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Slowdown of the Southwest Greenland Ice Sheet : Image of the Day
Ice sheets are in perpetual motion, moving constantly downslope like water draining to a river. As global temperatures have climbed, positive feedback loops have accelerated the loss of land-based ice that touches the sea.
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Space Travel and A Futurist’s Thoughts on Trash
S.H. Jucha was a senior manager in the technical education and software development industries, with degrees in biology and broadcast communications. He is the author of the science fiction series, “The Silver Ships” (Jucha, 2015). Jucha contributed…
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Shark Week Needs Some Competition – The Atlantic
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Famous skateboarding dog Tillman dies at age 10 in California | US news | The Guardian
Tillman, the English bulldog who in 2009 set a Guinness world record as the fastest skateboarding canine and starred in videos that demonstrated his four-wheeled prowess, has died in southern California at age 10, his owner said on Thursday.
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Slink Your Way to the Front of the Line at Theme Parks With a Fake Survey
If you’ve ever been to a theme park, you know how much it sucks standing in line for two hours to ride something that lasts for two minutes. With a clipboard and the right attitude, however, you can make your way to the front of the line without any…
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Is This the Real Reason the New Game of Thrones Season Has Been Pushed Back? | Vanity Fair
Bad news, Game of Thrones fans: you’re going to have to wait even longer than usual for your Westerosi fix. HBO announced today that their new drama Vinyl will premiere in February, likely pushing the new season of Game of Thrones back further in th…
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Which Epic Book Series Would Benefit From Being Shortened and Combined?
Everybody loves to dive into a pile of books that spin out an epic, immersive storyline. There’s nothing more satisfying than a trilogy or series with deep worldbuilding. But some book series could stand to be a bit shorter—and maybe also fewer book…
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The Way That Mushrooms Bring the Rain Will Astound You
If you’re still lukewarm on the idea of parachuting in a bunch of beavers to California to end the drought, here’s another option: mushrooms. In forests across the world, Earth’s decomposers are helping seed clouds and promote rainstorms.
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California Inspires Me: James Franco on Vimeo
Animation: Julian Glander
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John Boehner Hands Over Speaker Reins To Paul Ryan : NPR
Wisconsin Republican Paul Ryan has been elected speaker of the House of Representatives replacing outgoing speaker, John Boehner.
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The Planets [12 minute Vimeo animation] : palatecleanser
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Dream On by Stergos Skulukas – Photo 126934969 – 500px
Dream On by StergosSkulukas https://t.co/HhpeZSLF0w https://t.co/aJqSrcIJMh
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Nathan For You – Man Zone : television
Nathan For You – Man Zone via /r/television https://t.co/DMOeDIGGeR https://t.co/wxzNOZEnis
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Lovers via /r/AnimalsBeingBros https://t.co/FjRbZ0uO4W https://t.co/XO50YNYQAW
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Getting lots of money from point A to point B is pretty easy if you have lots of money. If you want to send a little money, however, you run into a lot of problems. That’s where TransferTo comes in.
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Equity in Publishing: What Should Editors Be Doing? | PEN American Center
“[The] book is more likely to be a symptom of our tension than an examination of it. The time has come, God knows, for us to examine ourselves, but we can only do this if we are willing to free ourselves of the myth of America and try to find out wh…
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Owen Labrie case: Jail term for US prep school sex attacker – BBC News
A man has been sentenced to a year in jail for sexually assaulting a 15-year-old girl at an elite prep school in New Hampshire, where they were students.The assault occurred when Owen Labrie, 18 at the time, participated in a school tradition of old…
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The Atlantic Daily: China’s Child Policy, Airplane Fire, New House Speaker – The Atlantic
After nearly four decades, China, the world’s most populous country, ended its one-child policy, allowing all couples to have two children. The policy was unpopular among ordinary Chinese, and those who violated it faced punishments ranging from fin…
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Tomorrow’s Internet Turns 20 – The Awl
“The newest key person at publishers,” says trade publication Digiday, is the “platform wrangler.
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Rand Paul’s promised debt ceiling filibuster clocks in at just 19 minutes | US news | The Guardian
Of all the candidates at Wednesday’s Republican debate, Kentucky senator Rand Paul talked the least, with just over six minutes’ speaking time.
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Willem Dafoe joins Nic Cage in Dog Eat Dog, no survivors expected · Newswire · The A.V. Club
Bringing together the unstoppable force and the immovable object of, let’s say, aggressive acting choices, Willem Dafoe has signed on to Nicolas Cage’s upcoming crime thriller Dog Eat Dog.
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Will Speakership Help Ryan Enact Vision? | Al Jazeera America
WASHINGTON — Newly elected Speaker of the House Paul Ryan rose to national prominence and gained the respect of many of his conservative colleagues by burnishing a reputation as a visionary policy wonk, releasing bold legislative proposals that fund…
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SPOOKY I thanked mr skeltal to keep safe and full of calcium : ledootgeneration
SPOOKY I thanked mr skeltal to keep safe and full of calcium via /r/ledootgeneration https://t.co/a1jTYVTvSD https://t.co/2Uq0wC0G91
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HMBottle while I climb this wall : holdmybeer
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Cat. via /r/CatsStandingUp https://t.co/wIapE8HEY7 https://t.co/Be4xZXVNKy
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Labor warns Coalition not to change land access rights over CSG mining | Environment | The Guardian
Labor resources spokesman Gary Gray has warned the Coalition not to “interrupt” the historic constitutional relationship between the commonwealth and the states by changing the land access rights between farmers and mining companies.
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New Horizons returns stunning image of Pluto backlit by the Sun | Ars Technica
One of the memorable images captured by the New Horizons spacecraft during its flyby of Pluto this summer was a partial crescent of the dwarf planet backlit by the Sun. Now the mission’s science team has processed the entire image to reveal a stunni…
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Inside Ben Carson’s Cancer Scam – The Daily Beast
Ben Carson credited a nutritional supplement for helping save his life from cancer, yet he never mentioned it during interviews about his illness until he started shilling for its manufacturer.
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Do You Have a Right to Watch the Presidential Debates? – The Atlantic
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The Steam Halloween Sale Is on Now
Without warning, the Steam Halloween sale has crawled from the dark underworld to bring you awesome deals on the best spooky PC titles. You’ll be able to fill your frighteningly large backlog now until November 2, at 10 a.m.
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It would appear that fan docs are the new messenger bag. Back To The Future has a fan documentary out, Star Trek has several, and there’s even a documentary in the works about people who think that the Star Wars prequel trilogy has its merits.
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Online Project Provides Full Scope Of Mexico’s Brutal Drug History : NPR
NPR’s Ari Shapiro talks to Dulce Ramos, editor of the website Animal Politico, about NarcoData, which examines decades of information about drug trafficking and organized crime in Mexico.
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Why the G.O.P. Candidates Don’t Do Substance – The New Yorker
“Maybe I missed it,” Richard Haass, the president of the Council on Foreign Relations, said in a tweet on Friday morning, “but we just had an entire #GOPDebate on economics and #TPP was never mentioned.
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Unmoored Military Blimp Exposes Problems With Surveillance Program : NPR
A military balloon became unmoored on Wednesday and drifted from Maryland for 3.5 hours into Pennsylvania. NPR’s Ari Shapiro talks with LA Times reporter David Willman about the blimp.
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Third Debate Shakes Up Dynamic Of Republican Race : NPR
The Republican presidential candidates gathered for their third debate in Colorado Wednesday. NPR reviews which candidates emerged stronger and which have some spinning to do.
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Florence – Skyline Panorama after Sunset | Flickr – Photo Sharing!
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Jupiters Great Red Spot js – Just Space
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Florence – Skyline Panorama after Sunset by claudecastor https://t.co/Hz3ixuQIVT https://t.co/1uYEH14jmG https://t.co/ktnpEE5wKo
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Harvard Law Library Readies Trove of Decisions for Digital Age https://t.co/4mD4n5JuHL
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Unreal CNN graphic: ‘Bush: My campaign is not on life support’
Unreal CNN graphic: ‘Bush: My campaign is not on life support’ https://t.co/BZvSZNSJCV
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meow irl via /r/MEOW_IRL https://t.co/J9OzcyF8IB https://t.co/HKTDT6DLoV
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Beans celebrating cat day : cats
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“You see nothing, hooman.” Happy Cat Day! : cats
“You see nothing, hooman.” Happy Cat Day! via /r/cats https://t.co/S5QEU1RHxu https://t.co/CR44nJQaFH
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My glorious polydactyl, Molly : cats
My glorious polydactyl, Molly via /r/cats https://t.co/QxmldRC6z9 https://t.co/yP8UZKHLMV
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Is this really why cat owners feel so proud about their pets? : cats
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Jungle Canopy in the Mountains Above Kailua, HI. [OC][1920X1080] : EarthPorn
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Early in the morning! by Patrice Thomas – Photo 126884927 – 500px
Early in the morning! by patthom974 https://t.co/VwYo3YSop9 https://t.co/js4M7YhkCI
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Next Year, Your Computer Will Automatically Prompt You to Upgrade to Windows 10
If you’re still running Windows 7 or 8, get ready for Microsoft to push Windows 10 a little bit harder. Early next year, it will appear as a “Recommended Update” in Windows Update, and may automatically prompt you to upgrade.
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Not quite as good as hoped for | Environment | The Guardian
Fickle, unpredictable and not-quite-as-good-as-hoped for – it’s been a typical British summer and a typically topsy-turvy butterfly season. The year began brightly with large numbers of overwintering brimstones, but the next generation didn’t make i…
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Beauty Visionary Pat McGrath Dives Into A Pot of Gold | Vanity Fair
The song, Goldfinger sung by the mighty (other diva!) Dame Shirley Bassey came to my mind when I got this package of gold glitter filled in laboratory-like vial and case, straight from Pat McGrath Labs.
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Can the GOP’s Radically Simplified Tax Plans Actually Work? – The Atlantic
There was a lot going on during Wednesday night’s Republican debate: Lots of yelling and lots of numbers, and then yelling about numbers.
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Why Is It So Hard To Save Gulf Of Maine Cod? They’re In Hot Water : The Salt : NPR
Cod was once so plentiful in New England that legend had it you could walk across the local waters by stepping on the backs of the fish. Now, though, this tasty species is in such trouble there that cod fishing is practically shut down.
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Strange video improved, still strange / Boing Boing
Paul Messing emailed me and said, “I watched the footage Boing Boing had on Facebook yesterday – the dancers from another time and place – and I added some music of mine and edited all so the clip is even more amusing, but no less bizarre.
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WSJ: Google to merge Chrome OS into Android, unveil unified OS next year | Ars Technica
The Wall Street Journal just released a doozy of a report: Android and Chrome are merging. The venerable paper says that a unified OS will be released in 2017, but Google will show off an early version next year.
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Rockets strike Iranian opposition camp in Baghdad | US news | The Guardian
At least 15 missiles have been fired at a base near the international airport west of Baghdad that houses exiled Iranian opposition members, security sources said.
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Roku 4 review: A future-proofed 4K version of the best streaming box (so far) | Ars Technica
Let’s talk about how the streaming TV revolution kind of sucks. At this point it has become clear that entrenched content providers have won this fight.
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The Honolulu police department opened an internal investigation this week into allegations that a police officer wrongfully arrested a vacationing lesbian couple after seeing them kissing in a grocery store.
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Sacré bleu, Jeb Bush is having a bad week! Not only did the presidential candidate have a disappointing showing in Wednesday’s Republican debate, he has also managed to upset people who cannot even vote for him – the French.
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The wild salmon on your plate actually goes to bed at 9 p.m., is probably farmed | Grist
In the face of an aging workforce and slowing economy, China will permit families to have two children.
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End of One-child Policy Won’t End Gender Bias | Al Jazeera America
China’s decision to abolish its decades-old one-child policy will help advance women’s rights, experts say, but for it to have an impact, popular attitudes toward girls must also change.
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Build Your Own “Smart Mirror” with a Two-Way Mirror and an Android Device
The idea of a smart mirror seems like some crazy thing from the future, but over on Adafruit, they show off a really easy way to build your own with an old Android device and a two-way mirror.
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Mapping the microdistricts of Manhattan
Manhattan is home to many small clusters of businesses around a common theme. For example, the Garment District in the west 30s, the Diamond District on 47th St, and, formerly, the Meatpacking District. Here is a short guide to some of them.
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How Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur Became One Of Marvel’s Biggest (And Cutest) New Comics
Even with a host of new comics coming from Marvel lately, Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur sounds like one of the most interesting (and adorable).
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A forgotten TV movie drags The Addams Family into the 1970s · Great Job, Internet! · The A.V. Club
In October 1977, before the castaways were even rescued from Gilligan’s Island, NBC dipped its toe into the nostalgia pool with another feature-length revival of a 1960s television favorite: Halloween With The New Addams Family, an obscure special t…
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Unreal CNN graphic: ‘Bush: My campaign is not on life support’
When pictures speak far more than a thousand words: And check out that sign just behind him. No, I don’t think he can, actually—the patient’s looking quite terminal.
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Because if anyone needs more publicity it’s J.J. Abrams, Vanity Fair has released a new interview in which well-known figures ask the Star Wars director their burning questions.
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Shelves of law books are an august symbol of legal practice, and no place, save the Library of Congress, can match the collection at Harvard’s Law School Library.
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#NoCarForMe: Tell Us About Unconventional Means Of Transport Around You : All Tech Considered : NPR
On a recent walk to work, a weird thing whizzed by. It looked like a regular kid scooter but fancied up with a motor and, impressively, a seat. It carried a woman, a child in her lap, and a book bag.
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Anonymous threatens to dump real names of 1,000 KKK members / Boing Boing
People operating under the Anonymous banner took over a KKK-linked Twitter account during the Ferguson uprising in retaliation for Klan threats to attack the protesters.
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Fight the future: Ars readers say “NO” to the Internet of Things | Ars Technica
Today, Cyrus Farivar and I hosted a live chat about the future of the Internet of Things (IoT). We didn’t get to all the questions that were posted within the time that we had, and we barely scraped the surface on the topic’s many angles.
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Track of the Day: ‘Keep on Running’ – The Atlantic
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Watch a Soccer Player’s Punt Drop This Drone Out of the Sky | Motherboard
There are few things more satisfying for a shotgun-wielding technophobe than dropping drones out the sky. But rarely do you see a kill as dead-on as this one. That’s a ball kick from a Rosmini College soccer player in New Zealand that landed squarel…
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Untitled | Flickr – Photo Sharing!
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From the roofs of Hong Kong (2879×1919) : CityPorn
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Holy shit via /r/funny https://t.co/X4tjloV8Tw https://t.co/1zSNmgWuun
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So Snapchat has a new reverse video feature… : funny
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me_irl via /r/me_irl https://t.co/elPqAkQU3c https://t.co/1sGExJVdxE
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Let’s make a CD machine gun! : gifs
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Flags of Estonian Counties [816×568] [OC] : MapPorn
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For At-Risk Kids In Baltimore, Mentors Provide Far More Than Just Homework Help : NPR Ed : NPR
When West Baltimore’s Renaissance Academy High School hired four African-American mentors earlier this year, student Jalone Carroll wanted nothing to do with them. He figured they would come “mess everything up, and then dip,” or disappear.
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Along U.S.-Canada Border, A Booming Business For Dinosaur Bones : NPR
Dinosaur fossils are often found along the U.S.-Canada border. But what happens after someone discovers them on their land depends on what the rules are about ownership, scholarship and preservation.
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Iran Joins International Talks On Syrian Conflict In Vienna : NPR
For the first time, Iran joins the U.S. and more than a dozen other world and regional powers to discuss ending the civil war in Syria. Iran is the Syrian regime’s major backer.
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After Lackluster Debate Performance, Jeb Bush Banks On New Hampshire : NPR
Republicans debated for the third time Wednesday night. Jeb Bush’s candidacy took a big hit, and there’s one state he’s banking on the revive it — New Hampshire.
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America’s Halloween Obsession Exported Back To U.K. : NPR
Ireland brought the tradition of Halloween to America with turnip carving. Then America ran with it, turned turnip carving into pumpkin carving and now British farmers are rolling out pumpkins for the season like never before.
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Pennsylvania Schools Short On Funds As Budget Stalemate Continues : NPR
The governor and legislators can’t agree how to fix the deficit or how much money schools should get. Meanwhile, districts are taking out loans and racking up interest costs to keep the lights on.
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John Boehner Hands Over Speaker Reigns To Paul Ryan : NPR
Wisconsin Republican Paul Ryan has been elected speaker of the House of Representatives replacing outgoing speaker, John Boehner.
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Turkish Police Crack Down On Media Ahead Of Elections : NPR
NPR’s Robert Siegel talks with Emma Sinclair-Webb, a senior Turkey researcher for Human Rights Watch, about the crackdown on the media before Sunday’s election.
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Apps, Maps And Head Counts Transforming Public Transit : NPR
A city is easier to live in when it is easy to get around. But getting around is hard in many cities, especially for people who rely on public transit. Take buses, for example. They may not run when you need them. They might take too long. Or they m…
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The Unintended Consequences Of China’s Birth Policy In ‘One-Child’ : NPR
NPR’s Robert Siegel talks about the 35-year one-child policy’s effects on Chinese society with Mei Fong, author of the book One Child: The Story Of China’s Most Radical Experiment.
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CIA Director John Brennan Breaks Silence On Hack Of Personal Email Account : NPR
The CIA Director broke his silence this week about being the victim of some highly personal espionage. His personal AOL email account was hacked and much of its contents was posted by WikiLeaks.
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Cleanup In Aisle 5: Impromptu Art Or Just A Big Mess? : NPR
It’s a Wednesday night inside a Meijer store in Grand Rapids, Mich., and artist Carson Brown roams the aisles for hours. He’s on a particular mission that night: hunting for products that are the perfect shade of blueberry blue.
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China Announces End To One-Child Policy : NPR
China announced Thursday it is officially ending its one-child policy. All couples will now be allowed to have two children.
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This November, Will Kentucky Stop Voting Like It’s 1865? : It’s All Politics : NPR
When Kentucky voters elect a new governor next week, it will be a test of where white, rural voters’ allegiances lie. The Democratic Party has been losing their vote for decades, but in Kentucky, that old coalition has stuck around much longer than …
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It’s Astounding … Time Is Fleeting … And ‘Rocky Horror’ Is 40 : NPR
It’s astounding / time is fleeting / madness takes its toll …
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Dog arrives at his new home and notices the swimming pool – GIF on Imgur
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What’s the Best Way to Discipline a Student? Cont’d – The Atlantic
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SolarCity Beat Revenue Expectations With $114 Million In Q3 2015 Earnings | TechCrunch
Analysts expected the solar energy company SolarCity’s revenue to hit $111 million in the third quarter, 2015. But the company beat expectations with a near $114 million bump in revenue announced in earnings today. That’s a 95.2 percent year-over-ye…
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Welsh Sheep Farming: A Family’s Tradition – The Atlantic
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What Does ‘Nachora Bendel’ Means? – The Atlantic
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Pennsylvania police use shotguns to deflate wayward surveillance blimp | US news | The Guardian
State police used shotguns Thursday to deflate a wayward surveillance blimp that broke loose in Maryland before coming down into trees in the Pennsylvania countryside.
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Jennifer Jason Leigh is the latest to move to Twin Peaks · Newswire · The A.V. Club
Is it possible that none of the classic characters we knew and loved from the original run of Twin Peaks will show up on Showtime’s revival? We already know Kyle MacLachlan will be there, and set photos have suggested that Sheryl Lee will make an ap…
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Divinty: Original Sin developer hides giveaway in EULA fine print | Ars Technica
Is there a legally binding contract that’s read less often than the end-user license agreement for a piece of software? Seriously, does anyone take the time to read these things before digitally signing away what could well be the rights to use of t…
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Arizona family fights to keep ‘lifesaver’ pet pig for son with Asperger’s | US news | The Guardian
It’s a pig’s life. Maggie the pot-bellied pig is her young owner’s best friend, but could be thrown out on her ear if city authorities in Arizona have their way.
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Hague court to take on South China Sea row – Al Jazeera English
An international tribunal has ruled that it had the jurisdiction to hear a case brought by the Philippines over disputed islands in the South China Sea. The Hague-based Permanent Court of Arbitration said on Thursday that it has rejected China’s cla…
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The forthcoming Rise Of The Tomb Raider will reportedly tell (more of) the story of how Lara Croft got to plundering and killing.
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Marco Rubio’s blatant lie about his personal finances should worry you
RUBIO: Well, you just – you just listed a litany of discredited attacks from Democrats and my political opponents, and I’m not gonna waste 60 seconds detailing them all. But whatever you make of Rubio’s personal finances, pay attention to his lying.
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Bad Lip Reading tends to skewer sports and pop culture, transforming the ghastly moments of The Walking Dead, for example, into a hip-hop anthem-infused story of a man’s love for his turtle. But Bad Lip Reading has since turned its sights to a far m…
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Beijing Closes in on Vietnam’s ‘China Beach’ – The Daily Beast
DA NANG, Vietnam — The 20 miles of white sand that is My Khe Beach used to be a destination for American soldiers in Vietnam seeking rest and recreation. As it happened, the GI’s called it “China Beach.”
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Got UberKittens in the office today. This guy was pawesome. : cats
Got UberKittens in the office today. This guy was pawesome. via /r/cats https://t.co/7bifa9CU3x https://t.co/CttcBWGXvE
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How to Score Extra Candy on Halloween, According to Kids
Kids are evil. You’d think free candy on Halloween would be enough, but no—these middle schoolers show us that there is no limit to what they’ll do for a little extra candy. This post is part of our Evil Week series at Lifehacker, where we look at t…
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The New Extraordinary X-Men Comic Will Revive One Of The X-Men’s Biggest Fallen Heroes
Extraordinary X-Men, the new banner X-Men series in Marvel’s “All-New, All-Different” reboot, sees the X-Men facing some cataclysmic threats to mutant kind—and a potential new enemy in the Inhumans. But they’ll be getting some help: from a long dead…
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One of the few holidays worth celebrating. Happy Cat Day! : cats
One of the few holidays worth celebrating. Happy Cat Day! via /r/cats https://t.co/iGkN06OiT1 https://t.co/oSPeYrCEkA
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MobileIron Posts Lower-Than-Expected FQ3 Loss Of $0.20 Per Share Off Revenue Of $38M | TechCrunch
Following the bell, device management shop MobileIron announced its fiscal third quarter financial performance, including revenue of $38.0 million, and adjusted profit of negative $0.20. Using normal accounting techniques, the company lost a stiffer…
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Triumph’s 2016 Thruxton R / Boing Boing
It took 40 years for someone to make a motorcycle that looks nearly as pretty as BMW’s R90s. Enter Triumph’s 2016 Thruxton R! What do I find most exciting about these new Triumph models? SI like is the dual disc brakes up front.
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13 million passwords compromised in webhost hack / Boing Boing
The web-hosting service 000Webhost stored user passwords as plain text. We know this because 13 million of them were exposed in a five-month old hack whose consequences are only now becoming clear.
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Can A Five-Year-Old Decide Her Own Death? – The Daily Beast
Julianna Snow is five years old. Like many girls her age, she loves Frozen and laughing with her family. Unlike other little girls, she is likely to die soon—and has expressed her wish that she not be brought back to the hospital if and when she fal…
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Qatar rules out military intervention in Syria – Al Jazeera English
Qatar’s foreign minister Khalid al Attiyah has ruled out boots on the ground in Syria, adding that financial aid is more needed in the war-torn country.
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Why The Bronx Really Burned | FiveThirtyEight
Game 2 of the 1977 World Series was a bit of a blowout, with the Los Angeles Dodgers jumping to an early lead and eventually beating the New York Yankees 6-1.
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Will A New Bipartisan Approach To Mental Health Reform Finally Succeed? | ThinkProgress
It’s been nearly three years since the Senate held a hearing on mental health care. The last meeting, sparked by the 2012 Sandy Hook Elementary shooting that left 27 dead in Newton, Connecticut, called for an urgent, bipartisan solution to the count…
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LinkedIn Earnings Beats Expectations With $780M In Revenue, Stock Jumps 9% | TechCrunch
LinkedIn handily beat analyst expectations today with revenue of $780 million and earnings of 78 cents per share. Analysts were expecting earnings of 45 cents per share on about $756 million in revenue. LinkedIn shares promptly spiked as much as 8% …
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Study: Stress at Work Is Shortening Your Life – The Atlantic
There is a life-expectancy gap in America. One report, using actuarial data, found that white-collar workers live longer than blue-collar workers. Another study confirmed this, finding that high-income workers have longer life expectancy than low-in…
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Republican Frontrunners Avoid Climate Change – Scientific American
In that undercard debate, the moderator asked Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) if he was at the wrong party’s debate, pointing to his unorthodox positions on climate change and immigration.
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Moments into the third Republican presidential debate on Wednesday, a confrontation that had been brimming for months finally unfolded before millions of TV viewers: Jeb Bush – son of president George HW, brother of president George W – turned to hi…
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European Parliament Calls on E.U. to Grant Edward Snowden “Protection” | Vanity Fair
Due to the limited and advisory power the Parliament plays in the E.U., the resolution has no political force behind it and its influence is largely symbolic.
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Wall Street dips after weak GDP figures – BBC News
The Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 23.72 points, or 0.13%, to 17,755.80. The latest GDP figures suggested the economy grew at an annualised pace of 1.5% in the third quarter, down from 3.9% the previous quarter.
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A Prom-Date Disaster from The Daily Show’s Hasan Minhaj’s New Play | Vanity Fair
Our A.P. calc class was a very tight-knit group of over-achievers. And our calc teacher, Mr. Davies, didn’t just want us to dominate the books, he wanted us to get out there and live well-rounded lives.
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South China Sea: Hague panel can rule on Philippines-China dispute – BBC News
An international arbitration panel has ruled that it can hear a case brought by the Philippines in its territorial dispute with China, involving a group of islands in the South China Sea.
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What is it with bands getting angry when foreign governments use their music as the soundtrack to propaganda videos about drone strikes? That’s what just happened to The Crystal Method, and as reported by Pitchfork, for some reason the band objects …
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Flight of the Navigator Hasn’t Aged Well—But It’s Still Worth Watching
Released in 1986, Flight of the Navigator is one of those movies I watched again and again as a kid. Then, for probably twenty years or so, I forgot about it, largely because it wasn’t on DVD. But I recently revisited it—and I realized it’s a much, …
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Is the new Apple TV any good? / Boing Boing
Reviews of the app-capable, Siri-equipped new Apple TV box are filtering in, and the consensus is that it’s … OK. Walt Mossberg writes that it’s a much “smarter” box, but one that lacks vision—and has UI flaws.
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Dealmaster: Get a Core i7-powered Lenovo M93p tower desktop for just $579 | Ars Technica
Greetings, Arsians! Courtesy of our partners at TechBargains, we have a deal on an ultra-powerful desktop. Now you can get a Lenovo M93p tower desktop with an Intel i7-4790 Quad-core processor for only $579.
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The American Bystander – new magazine created by old National Lampoon folks / Boing Boing
This looks cool. The American Bystander Humor Magazine is going to be a “lavish print quarterly featuring comedy all-stars from SNL, The Simpsons, Monty Python & National Lampoon.” It looks a lot like 1970s era National Lampoon, with a touch of Harv…
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Start Dictation on a Mac with a Keyword Phrase
Dictation may still have a little ways to go before it’s perfect, but it’s still useful in a lot of cases. If you’re a fan, OS X Daily points out that El Capitan added the ability to initiate dictation with a voice command.
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Edtech’s Next Big Disruption Is The College Degree | TechCrunch
For centuries, the college degree has been the global gold standard for assessing an individual entering the workforce. But after cornering the credentials market for nearly a millennium, the degree’s days alone at the top are most definitely number…
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Underwater Drone Startup OpenROV Launches A Super Fast Exploration Robot | TechCrunch
Trident is a remote-controlled, camera-equipped underwater drone – and it’s the fastest machine yet from underwater robotics startup OpenROV. Trident can go “as fast as Michael Phelps,” according to co-founders David Lang and Eric Stackpole. For ref…
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Why Did Dinosaurs Have Feathers? – The Daily Beast
Answering why dinosaurs had feathers is as tricky as answering why birds have feathers, only it’s harder because all the remaining dinosaur feathers have been embedded in rock for the last 65 million years or more. On top of that, birds are still te…
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Forget the Polls. Google Tells Us Who Really Won the GOP Debate. | Mother Jones
A few dominant narratives emerged from Wednesday night’s Republican presidential debate in Boulder, Colorado. One: The GOP and it’s supporters hate the media. Two: Donald Trump polls well with the GOP base regardless of his debate performance. And t…
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‘Stingray’ Can Spy on Calls and Texts, Bug Phones | Al Jazeera America
The StingRay, a controversial cell phone surveillance device, is capable of obtaining the content of voice and text communications of cell phone users in its vicinity and of listening to conversations using a suspect’s phone as a bug to listen in on…
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BREAKING: Hillary Clinton Endorses Federal Investigation Of Exxon | ThinkProgress
Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton has joined the ranks of politicians and environmentalists calling for a federal investigation of ExxonMobil.
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Mark Twain’s “new fangled writing machine”
From the still-excellent Letters of Note, a scan of Mark Twain’s first correspondence typed on the Remington typewriter he bought in 1874. The note, written to his brother, expressed Twain’s hope that the machine would allow him to write more quickl…
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WEtv is getting into the genre game with a new supernatural series from horror filmmakers Eli Roth and Jason Blum called South Of Hell.
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The Best Scary Movies That Take Place in Space
No Halloween season is complete without a few scary movies, so here are Space.com’s recommendations for the most frightening flicks with a cosmic twist. In film, science fiction and horror have gone hand in hand since either genre was born.
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Refugee family lives in airport / Boing Boing
Hassan Abdo Ahmed Mohammed, his wife, and four children escaped the Syrian civil war to settle in Russia. The Kurdish family landed in Moscow’s Sheremetyevo Airport but the Russian government says the family’s visas are fake. If they return to Syria…
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‘Breathing Battery’ Advance Holds Promise for Long-Range Electric Cars – Scientific American
Lithium–air batteries, also known as breathing batteries, harness the energy produced when lithium metal reacts with oxygen from the air.
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Savvy NBA fans may have noticed that something’s been going on with the Detroit Pistons. They still may not be great, but their social media presence has gotten a lot better. And, heck, the team even seems to have a sense of humor about itself.
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Obama sings “Thriller,” just because · Great Job, Internet! · The A.V. Club
President Obama has always been prone to musical interludes, whether it’s crooning the opening bars of “At Last” or singing a few lines of Al Green’s “Let’s Stay Together.
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Merry Christmas, Bloody Mary | Motherboard
Sooyong Park, a researcher and filmmaker, spent more than 15 years observing Siberian tigers in the Ussuri region. Park dug underground bunkers about the size of a grave, which he dubbed “hotels,” and lived in them for months at a time in order to w…
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China’s Troubling New Social Credit System—And Ours | The New Republic
China wants to get in on the credit racket. At the moment, most Chinese citizens don’t have credit scores, unlike in the United States, where they have been part of the consumer landscape for decades, led by the big three credit bureaus, Equifax, Ex…
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China Will Let Families Have More Kids, But Many Women Can’t | FiveThirtyEight
The end of China’s one-child policy, which the state-run news agency announced Thursday, will raise the cap, permitting families to have up to two children. But it comes too late for millions of Chinese women who were pressured to be sterilized.
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Star Ships: New Sciences Cruises Offer Pristine Cosmic Views
If a cruise vacation is your cup of tea, why not add som science to your trip? Princess Cruises and Discovery Channel have paired up to make science-themed cruises called Discovery at Sea that include activities like stargazing from locations on the…
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What I Learned From Cutting 300 Pages Out Of My Epic Trilogy
Kim Stanley Robinson’s Science in the Capital trilogy is revered as a classic of environmentalist science fiction, years ahead of its time. Now it’s being re-released as a single volume, called Green Earth. He explains how, and why, he cut three boo…
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Comcast and other ISPs boost network investment, despite net neutrality | Ars Technica
Net neutrality rules and Title II common carrier regulation were supposed to derail investment in the broadband industry.
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Prime Members Can Own Adobe Photoshop Elements For Just $40
If you need a capable, cross-platform photo editor, and don’t want to pay a monthly fee to access it, Adobes Photoshop Elements is a solid alternative to its Creative Cloud-based big brother.
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Senator Marco Rubio moved quickly on Thursday to capitalize on a self-assured and quick-footed debate performance as he prepared to collide head on with Jeb Bush, his friend, neighbor and onetime political partner in Florida, in an in
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Forgery Is Getting So Good That Scientists Had to Invent Keys Made From DNA
Forgery is a science–and it’s getting better all the time, to the tune of trillions of dollars. Now, a group of researchers, lawyers, and insurers are banding together to beat it with a tool borrowed from science: synthetic encrypted DNA. Let’s say …
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Oh no, you didn’t! by Roeselien Raimond – Photo 126838515 – 500px
Oh no, you didn’t! by RoeselienRaimond https://t.co/1vFsVDj4OF https://t.co/5LhAal1546
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Happy National Cat Day to the owners who can never poop alone. : cats
Happy National Cat Day to the owners who can never poop alone. via /r/cats https://t.co/Wki4WOkEUE https://t.co/FVa8686IUi
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Slack Introduces User Groups, Allowing Larger Teams To Collaborate Way More Effectively | TechCrunch
Slack now has 1.7 million people logging in and chatting it up on their enterprise messaging service every day. A great deal of Slack’s success has come from their product’s ability to allow companies to communicate internally in a fluid and transpa…
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EU Parliament Votes Snowden Should Have Asylum On Human Rights Grounds | TechCrunch
The vote does not mean Snowden will actually gain asylum in Europe. The member countries will need to decide if they want to take on the MEPs resolution or not. However the vote symbolizes the support Snowden has abroad — even in Europe where the U.…
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Bolivia plans to build $300m nuclear complex with research reactor | World news | The Guardian
Bolivia has announced plans to build a $300m nuclear complex, including a research reactor, with Russian technology and help from Argentina.
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INNOVATE2016: Technology Can Spur Political Engagement | TechCrunch
Woody Allen famously said that 80% of success is showing up. And that’s exactly what Marci Harris, CEO of the political informational portal PopVox says we all need to do next year at the 2016 election. “Register, show up and vote,” Harris advises u…
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French ambassador mocks Jeb Bush’s France-bashing as ‘bombastic nonsense’
And so we find ourselves in an oddly familiar place: A member of the Bush family tossing petty insults towards America’s European allies, and our European allies reacting with glee at being able to mock the hammy Bush and his apparent ignorance of w…
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Domestic Abuse Survivors Continue To Wait For Immigration Reform | ThinkProgress
Yazmin, an immigrant who chose not to give her country of origin or her original name, couldn’t interact with her friends and family after an abusive boyfriend became jealous of her boss and male family members. The boyfriend called her “whore” when…
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Warming waters hit New England cod fishery hard | Ars Technica
“I’m leaving here in a coffin.” That’s what the New York Times quoted the owner of a Massachusetts fishing business as saying at a 2013 meeting of the New England Fishery Management Council.
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Rick Ross takes Adele’s call, releases “Hello” remix · Newswire · The A.V. Club
Rick Ross has been busy over the last week. He started the week by jumping on a remix of Post Malone’s hit “White Iverson” on Monday, then did the same to Future’s “Stick Talk” on Tuesday. Yesterday, he dropped the video for his new single, “Bill Ga…
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MagicPlaylist Creates Spotify Playlists Based on a Single Song
Spotify’s “Song Radio” mode is supposed to be its version of a Pandora-like radio, but it doesn’t work that great and you can’t see upcoming tracks. MagicPlaylists fixes both those problems. When you type a song into MagicPlaylist, it’ll automatical…
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Amy Director Asif Kapadia Is Surviving Awards Season by Focusing on What’s Next | Vanity Fair
Asif Kapadia’s documentary Amy has already played in theaters, and is even available for download and streaming this week, but it still played to sold-out and enthusiastic crowds at the Savannah Film Festival on Sunday.
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Scary Movies Are The Best Investment In Hollywood | FiveThirtyEight
It’s spooky movie season again! Halloween is days away, and “Goosebumps,” “Crimson Peak” and the sixth film in the indefatigable “Paranormal Activity” franchise are in theaters now.
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Myanmar election: Opposition rally attacked with swords – BBC News
An opposition rally in Myanmar has been attacked by men wielding knives and swords, just over a week before a historic election. The National League for Democracy (NLD) was holding a rally in Yangon city.
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Selena Gomez executive produces depressing YA adaptation for Netflix · Newswire · The A.V. Club
Shondaland recently jumped into the YA adaptation game, and now Netflix is getting in on the action as Variety reports that the streaming service is in final talks to adapt the YA bestseller 13 Reasons Why as a miniseries.
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BBC Sport – Cristiano Ronaldo, Paul Pogba, Neymar – European gossip
Villanovense manager Julio Cobos, whose third-tier side held champions Barcelona to a 0-0 draw in the Copa del Rey last-32 on Wednesday, said the result was “the work of many months” and that his players were “crazy” with joy. (Mundo Deportivo – in …
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On Arrow, Everyone is So Disappointed With Everyone Else
“Beyond Redemption” was an episode of Arrow that aired on television. That’s all anyone will ever have to say about it. Its primary feature was disappointment, but each of these storylines did have at least one highlight. Spoilers ahead…
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Taylor Swift countersues the guy who’s suing her for saying he groped her · Newswire · The A.V. Club
Taylor Swift has proven herself willing to tackle music-industry entities even bigger than herself, so when some radio host recently filed a lawsuit against her over what he deems was his wrongful termination following a groping incident, she prompt…
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Here’s what responsible parenting actually looks like during halloween : pics
Here’s what responsible parenting actually looks like during halloween via /r/pics https://t.co/hQ7BHkmTGA https://t.co/scjn5MWpn3
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Halloween Prep – I had an accident – Imgur
Halloween Prep – I had an accident https://t.co/2pAmcKusXX https://t.co/6KOzpmJWpM
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Are The Royals Really This Much Better Than The Mets? | FiveThirtyEight
Today is an off day for the Kansas City Royals and New York Mets, but not for us. As the teams traveled to New York City to resume the World Series on Friday with the Royals leading by two games to none, ESPN.
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Common decongestant may be worthless, study finds | Ars Technica
When racked with a cold, flu, or bout of allergies, breathing through a snotless schnoz can seem like a sweet, sweet luxury—one most coveted during sleepless hours of the night. But many of the pills marketed to help achieve that unobstructed euphor…
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A thirty minute drive from Spring Valley High School, where Officer Ben Fields slammed and dragged a teenage girl out of her desk, several young boys have been shackled and locked in solitary confinement for close to six weeks with little to no huma…
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Watch Downton Abbey’s Maggie Smith Star in the Heartwarming Lady in the Van Trailer | Vanity Fair
Downton Abbey fans spend entire episodes waiting for a glimpse of the period drama’s M.V.P. Maggie Smith, who plays the manor’s delightfully crusty Dowager Countess. But in the upcoming drama The Lady in the Van, the Oscar winner stars front-and-cen…
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Google Set To Deliver Internet Access To Millions Of Indonesians With Balloons | ThinkProgress
Google and Facebook are in a race to connect the world, but where the social network has been criticized for its efforts, Google is looking to excel in style by delivering fast internet access to Indonesia with a series of wind-cruising balloons.
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Make One Batch of This Pepper Dish, Enjoy It as Different Meals All Week
If you’re constantly on the lookout for weekend projects that make weeknight cooking easier, here’s another one to add to your list: peperonata, a slow-cooked Southern Italian pepper stew that works well as pretty much anything: antipasto, side dish…
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“4,722 Hours” Is the Most Audacious Episode Yet of Marvel’s ‘Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.’ – The Atlantic
When Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. debuted in 2013, it was pitched as a blockbuster superhero series on the small screen that could tap into the Marvel movies and a rich comic-book universe. At first, S.H.I.E.L.D.
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Midday open thread: GDP growth slows to 1.5%; ‘tractor beam’ created in lab; tribe loses land suit
For now, the beam can only move particles that are smaller than one millimeter—to put that into perspective, the head of a pin is about two millimeters. So, looks like we’re still a ways off from being able to move real objects, let alone asteroids …
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Finding the Self in a Selfie – The New Yorker
The difficulty, always, in our current run of crazes is telling what is potent—real and likely to change consciousness—from what is just passing and transient.
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The 5 Spookiest Movies That President Nixon Watched in the White House
I’ve become obsessed with the movies that US presidents watched while they were in office. So much so that I recently compiled my own list of all the movies Jimmy Carter watched in the White House. And now I’ve pored over Nixon’s complete list, comp…
The 5 Spookiest Movies That President Nixon Watched in the White House https://t.co/VrEee5YvN6 -
Cpl Anne-Marie Ellement suicide: Two ex-soldiers charged with rape – BBC News
Two men have been charged with raping a Bournemouth soldier who was found hanged in her barracks. Now, ex-Cpl Thomas Fulton and ex-Cpl Jeremy Jones have each been charged with two counts of rape.
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BBC Sport – Fifa’s ‘big players’ were behind 2018 Russia agreement
The agreement to hand Russia the 2018 World Cup before the vote took place involved “big players” in Fifa, says president Sepp Blatter’s adviser. Klaus Stohlker said there were “behind-the-curtain” talks involving members of the Fifa executive commi…
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HMB while I jump in this pool. : holdmybeer
HMB while I jump in this pool. via /r/holdmybeer https://t.co/kVqyzZQKDJ https://t.co/KYn5Mry7Zp
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One of the scariest pumpkins I’ve seen yet : pics
One of the scariest pumpkins I’ve seen yet via /r/pics https://t.co/iuo5As8eXa https://t.co/QNjYh5XS6E
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Beautiful Bridge .. by Omar Alshareef – Photo 126884221 – 500px
Beautiful Bridge .. by Omar_Alshareef https://t.co/SVdMB4BVru https://t.co/GrkjtNBYSa
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Railroad in autumn by Caro Helm – Photo 126839445 – 500px
Railroad in autumn by Caro_Helm https://t.co/4MZ8AnoePc https://t.co/12QKGNV1pP
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Fog Over Puget Sound, January 2015 [x-post from /r/Seattle] : FoggyPics
Fog Over Puget Sound, January 2015 [x-post from /r/Seattle] via /r/FoggyPics https://t.co/HE5sGs44dJ https://t.co/OsvArPxgRw
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Andromeda in a distance js – Just Space
Andromeda in a distance js https://t.co/CXsgH6uOYJ https://t.co/mUH5srTwZM
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A Martian dune photographed by the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter. : space
A Martian dune photographed by the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter. via /r/space https://t.co/fyhCksxoVF https://t.co/nIgZan2yVB
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we are made up of layers by Shikha Jain – Photo 126865263 – 500px
we are made up of layers by ShikhaJain https://t.co/KxcJLNwwbf https://t.co/uXryDFscHD
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Sen. Marco Rubio has been christened the winner of the last debate by many pundits after staring down Jeb Bush’s attack on his senatorial attendance record. But what did he actually say about his ideas and policies?
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China Ends One-Child Policy – The Onion – America’s Finest News Source
Chinese officials have announced the end of a 35-year policy limiting families to one child and will now allow two children per family, a response to mounting concerns about the aging workforce and its vast economic repercussions such as labor short…
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US jets intercept Russian warplanes off Korean peninsula – BBC News
The US Navy scrambled four F/A-18 jets to intercept Russian warplanes which flew near a US aircraft carrier off the Korean peninsula, officials say. Josh Earnest said the incident “did not result in significant confrontation”.
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Amateur footage captures burning passenger jet at Florida airport – video | US news | The Guardian
Footage shows a plane on fire on the runway of Fort Lauderdale’s Hollywood international airport on Thursday. The footage, shot from another plane on the same runway, shows thick smoke billowing out of the plane.
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Edward Snowden praises EU parliament vote to prevent US extradition | US news | The Guardian
Edward Snowden on Thursday hailed as “extraordinary” and a “game-changer” a vote in the European parliament calling on member states to prevent his extradition to the US.
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Ahead of Elections, Turkey’s Left Is Under Attack | The Nation
ISTANBUL—On the streets of Istanbul’s Kadiköy neighborhood, HDP—the Turkish acronym of the People’s Democratic Party—is frequently scrawled on the sides of buildings and sidewalks.
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When the latest trailer for The Force Awakens dropped, a lot of people were curious where Luke Skywalker was in all the hubbub. He’s not even featured on the poster.
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Why Conservatives Are Decrying ‘Media Bias’ in the Presidential Debates | The Nation
The Republican candidates took a number of swipes at the moderators of Wednesday night’s debate on CNBC for their supposedly biased and substance-free questions. They were picking the lowest of low-hanging fruit, going for an easy way to endear them…
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The first technique uses shape-shifting materials, known as shape-memory polymers, to repair large cracks in concrete. When these materials are heated with a small current, they can transform into a different shape that the material has ‘memorised’.
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EU Parliament votes for Snowden charges to be dropped – Al Jazeera English
The European Union’s legislature has called for member states to protect US surveillance whistle-blower Edward Snowden from possible extradition.
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Reading cities: books about Montreal | Books | The Guardian
My dad and I used to eat hotdogs on Saturdays at the Montreal Pool Room on St Laurent Boulevard in the red light district. There was a map of Montreal on the wall. There was a teenage prostitute in a sailor hat at a table reading comics and drinking…
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Sanders Goes Where Clinton Won’t: Calling For The Abolition Of The Death Penalty | ThinkProgress
In a speech on the Senate floor on Thursday, Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) told his colleagues, “The time is now for the U.S. to end capital punishment.”
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Winners And Losers Of Last Night’s Debate – The Onion – America’s Finest News Source
The top 10 leading GOP presidential candidates met in Boulder, CO for their third debate last night, hosted by CNBC and featuring a number of contentious moments concerning alleged liberal media bias, frontrunners’ contradictory statements, and more.
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Donations to Red Cross Down | Al Jazeera America
It was its lowest ranking since the annual survey began in 1991. The Chronicle’s new survey has United Way in the top spot for the ninth consecutive year, with private donations totaling $3.87 billion for the 2014 fiscal year.
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Watch ‘Weird Al’s Perfect Postgame Press Conference Parody | Rolling Stone
Watch ‘Weird Al’s Perfect Postgame Press Conference Parody Yep, that’s Yankovic starring as ‘Grizzled Coach’ in a seriously spot-on spoof of every sports presser ever
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In the order of literature, as in others, there is no act that is not the coronation of an infinite series of causes and the source of an infinite series of effects. Reading is an activity subsequent to writing: more resigned, more civil, more intel…
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From the time Folake Ogundiran’s daughter started kindergarten at a Success Academy charter school in Fort Greene, Brooklyn, the girl struggled to adjust to its strict rules. She racked up demerits for not following directions or not keeping her han…
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http://ift.tt/1OafjkS via /r/spaceporn http://ift.
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In the order of literature, as in others, there is no act that is not the coronation of an infinite series of causes and the source of an infinite series of effects. Reading is an activity subsequent to writing: more resigned, more civil, more intel…
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In the order of literature, as in others, there is no act that is not the coronation of an infinite series of causes and the source of an infinite series of effects. Reading is an activity subsequent to writing: more resigned, more civil, more intel…
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Love Everyone Often Peace Beauty Balance Life Light Magic: Spacewalk Selfie
Expedition 45 Commander Scott Kelly took this photograph during a spacewalk on Oct. 28, 2015. Sharing the image on social media, Kelly wrote, “#SpaceWalkSelfie Back on the grid! Great first spacewalk yesterday. Now on to the next one nex… http://ift.
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Love Everyone Often Peace Beauty Balance Life Light Magic: The World Indigenous Games (29 photos)
In the order of literature, as in others, there is no act that is not the coronation of an infinite series of causes and the source of an infinite series of effects. Reading is an activity subsequent to writing: more resigned, more civil, more intel…
The World Indigenous Games (29 photos) https://t.co/Ym0ZzzJhEA -
Love Everyone Often Peace Beauty Balance Life Light Magic: Spacewalk Selfie [4928×3280]
In the order of literature, as in others, there is no act that is not the coronation of an infinite series of causes and the source of an infinite series of effects. Reading is an activity subsequent to writing: more resigned, more civil, more intel…
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The man who made the movie The A.V. Club crowned the best horror movie of the 2000s is back with a new tale of weirdness and terror. Over Your Dead Body may not have the greatest title, but the trailer certainly suggests it’s anything but your avera…
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News | Rewrite of Onboard Memory Planned for NASA Mars Orbiter
Tables stored in flash memory aboard NASA’s Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO) tell locations of Earth and the sun for the past 10 years, but not their locations next year. That needs to be changed. Carefully.
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Find Recipes by Image in Bing’s Image Search
Looking up a recipe via regular search results in hundreds if not thousands of pages to dig through. Perhaps an easier way to find a recipe is to search for the food you want to make then click on the photo that appeals to you most—something that Bi…
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Microsoft Integrates Skype With Office Online, Rolls Out An Office Chrome Extension | TechCrunch
Microsoft today announced its plans to extend the social features of Office by integrating Skype into Office Online, allowing users to communicate by voice and video chat within Word, Excel, PowerPoint and OneNote Online documents, as well as in Out…
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The Black Panther Party and the “Undying Love for the People” – In These Times
Starting with a premiere at the Sundance Film Festival, Stanley Nelson, Laurens Grant, Aljernon Tunsil, and Firelight Media’s made-for-PBS documentary on the history of the Black Panther Party has been touring the country.
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Are We About to Say Goodbye to Fish Sticks? | Mother Jones
Many people think of climate change as something happening in the atmosphere, but in fact a lot of the most important changes are taking place under the ocean.
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Lithium-Air battery research shows potential paths to next-gen batteries | Ars Technica
On Thursday, a group of researchers from Cambridge University released a paper showing that they had developed a laboratory model of a lithium-air battery that solved several of the problems associated with batteries of similar chemistry.
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Because there aren’t enough crossbow aficionados to justify an entire reality show based on that hobby, AMC has given a six-episode order to an unscripted series about The Walking Dead star Norman Reedus’ love of motorcycles.
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This Croatian Science-Fantasy RPG Looks Amazing
Awaken is a tabletop RPG that puts players in the role of Vasalli—superpowered heroes who are destined to battle the monstrous Vargans. Dark times, epic deeds, and a handful of six-sided dice.
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Local Household Announces Plans To Overdo Halloween Again – The Onion – America’s Finest News Source
HIGHLAND PARK, IL—Having hauled over a dozen boxes of lights and plastic decorations as well as a large black-cat-shaped lawn inflatable from storage, members of the Hutchcroft family announced to neighbors from their front yard Thursday their plan …
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Two years ago, a series of animated science videos began to pop up on a Vimeo account called HarvardX Neuroscience.
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China ends its notorious one-child policy. New law still avoids dreaded middle children | Grist
As President Obama calls for criminal justice reform, he continues to open and build new federal prisons in environmentally toxic areas.
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R.I.P. Tillman, the internet’s most famous skateboarding bulldog · Newswire · The A.V. Club
Tillman, the first skateboarding English Bulldog to set the internet on fire, has died, according to The Hollywood Reporter. He was 10 and had developed a heart muscle disease. According to The Ventura County Star, Tillman died Tuesday on the way to…
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The girl is happier when she wears the black one : mildlyinteresting
The girl is happier when she wears the black one via /r/mildlyinteresting https://t.co/iLbJGPgYMl https://t.co/sCvmHYTogh
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Bangkok by Merlin Kafka – Photo 126663267 – 500px
Bangkok by merlinkafka https://t.co/VnEvVNbRuY https://t.co/wwl8qTkrhR
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Enceladus Jetting Water into Space : space
Enceladus Jetting Water into Space via /r/space https://t.co/KBpqb8xA2V https://t.co/yQfbYpfdG5
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China town by Jon Trend – Photo 126835889 – 500px
China town by jtrend_ https://t.co/GWuNPSmcHr https://t.co/lX4W0Gud1g
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New Way To Play Pool. : woahdude
New Way To Play Pool. via /r/woahdude https://t.co/Ek4obkaD9V https://t.co/dzVIKsbjPy
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[NSFW] Being naughty at work via /r/firstworldanarchists https://t.co/jQMhwNyIdu https://t.co/xpLJGn0ZNA
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National Cat Day? Here are my kitties! : cats
National Cat Day? Here are my kitties! via /r/cats https://t.co/MYDbmelxqs https://t.co/VISl0UU8qF
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A rare moment of brotherly affection. : cats
A rare moment of brotherly affection. via /r/cats https://t.co/cfxf3zE28Y https://t.co/ztSEmzqihi
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Uhh this is Shiro being derpy : cats
Uhh this is Shiro being derpy via /r/cats https://t.co/AN4hGgE6RQ https://t.co/IJMd5Mgenq
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My little big friend via /r/cats https://t.co/7Ld6e2w5L0 https://t.co/A00zlAuOK5
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Pirate Fat Cat via /r/cats https://t.co/yCnNcCaTfw https://t.co/oreq0L1otv
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My contribution to cat day, a mid-yawn Poppy cat. : cats
My contribution to cat day, a mid-yawn Poppy cat. via /r/cats https://t.co/C40Alocz3q https://t.co/hhMtjuugFq
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Fall in the French countryside [5456×2792] : EarthPorn
Fall in the French countryside [5456×2792] via /r/EarthPorn https://t.co/LrY9MD80Ec https://t.co/xYXMVagOIc
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Autumn flower field in Trier, Germany [OC][1600×1067] : BotanicalPorn
Autumn flower field in Trier, Germany [OC][1600×1067] via /r/BotanicalPorn https://t.co/PS6VwBFWIu https://t.co/3nM3Wdbvsr
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The Screw by Carsten Meyerdierks – Photo 126825735 – 500px
The Screw by carstenmeyerdierks https://t.co/msAcryFP8g https://t.co/jPdH8fGeQ0
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“You don’t just make promises like this,” said Gov. John Kasich of Ohio. “Folks, we’ve got to wake up.” Unfortunately, we didn’t hear enough of that from Mr.
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It’s that time in the ever-long presidential campaign when candidates lacking money and mojo are starting to go back to their plows. Gov. Chris Christie of New Jersey should join them. Mr.
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Welcome to America, Where We Fight for the Freedom to Visit Disney World | The Nation
You may not know it, but you’re living in a futuristic science fiction novel. And that’s a fact. If you were to read about our American world in such a novel, you would be amazed by its strangeness.
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Paul Ryan vows to mend ‘broken’ House of Representatives – video | US news | The Guardian
Paul Ryan vows to fix a ‘broken’ House of Representatives after being voted in as the new speaker on Thursday, replacing John Boehner.
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First Time I Have Seen This in an Uber – The Atlantic
Back seat of an UberX car, October 28, 2015, in Washington D.C.
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Viewers who tuned in to “Treehouse Of Horror XXVI” on The Simpsons last weekend no doubt noticed that Bart, Lisa, and the other residents of Springfield looked a bit different in the show’s extended couch gag.
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60 People Have Died as a Result of Volkswagen’s Defeat Devices, Scientists Say – The Atlantic
About 60 Americans have already died prematurely as a result of the “defeat devices” that Volkswagen installed in 500,000 cars to avoid federal pollution requirements.
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The Rise of the #Ladycrush – The Atlantic
On Wednesday, as part of its ongoing series on “The Changing Lives of Women,” NPR got a hashtag going. Not #wcw—the shorthand for Woman Crush Wednesday, a weekly, be-hashtagged celebration of notable women, both famous and less so—but a much more sp…
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DALLAS—Providing injured players with the very best in amenities, individualized training programs, and exotic Mediterranean fruits, a team of bikini-clad women tended to injured wide receiver Dez Bryant in the Dallas Cowboys’ state-of-the-art rehab…
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Why Some Prey Animals Don’t Live in Fear of Being Eaten | Motherboard
This story originally appeared on Atlas Obscura. In September 1865, a young Charles Darwin first set foot on the Galapagos Islands and started taking notes. These writings, later published as The Voyage of the Beagle, featured long accounts of the i…
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Yamaha robot rides high-speed racing motorcycle – BBC News
Yamaha Motors has revealed it is developing a robot designed to ride any racing motorbike at high speeds. The Japanese company unveiled a prototype at the Tokyo Motor Show.
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Reauthorizing The Ex-Im Bank Is Bad News For The Climate, Environmentalists Say | ThinkProgress
With bipartisan support, the House of Representatives voted this week to approve the reauthorization of the U.S. Export-Import Bank. The measure passed 313-118, with a majority of Republicans joining almost all Democrats.
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The Best Halloween Costumes on the Internet
Halloween is just days away, but some people have spent months working on their costumes. And the results are absolutely worthwhile. Behold the most original, the most creative and the most eye-popping DIY costumes on the internet. Star Wars costume…
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Republican Candidates Beat the Populist Drum | The Nation
I was in the room in Los Angeles in 1988, about 200 feet from Michael Dukakis, when Bernard Shaw asked him what he’d do if his wife were raped. Now that really was a sucker punch of a question.
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Stephen Colbert Dares Trump to Donate $1 Million to Charity | Rolling Stone
Stephen Colbert Dares Trump to Donate $1 Million to Charity ‘Late Show’ host recounts candidate’s “riches to richer” tale, which began with paltry seven-figure loan from father
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Watch JoJo Talk Label Troubles, Comeback | Rolling Stone
Watch JoJo Talk Label Troubles, Comeback: ‘I’m Ready to Stop Struggling’ New episode of “The Encore” chronicles rise, resurgence of former teen sensation
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HBO sets February premiere for Martin Scorsese and Mick Jagger’sVinyl · Newswire · The A.V. Club
According to Deadline, HBO has confirmed that Vinyl, the new series from Martin Scorsese, Mick Jagger, and Boardwalk Empire’s Terence Winter about the ’70s New York music scene, will launch its 10-episode first season on Sunday, February 14 at 9 PM.
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Will Daily Fantasy End Up Like Online Poker? You Bet | Rolling Stone
This article originally appeared on Men’s Journal. Every day for the entirety of the 162-game baseball season, Teddy McDermott* wagers up to $10,000 betting on the surprise ascendancy of pro athletes. His career has made him more than $1.5 million d…
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From 0 to 5,000 Planets in Exactly 20 Years : space
From 0 to 5,000 Planets in Exactly 20 Years via /r/space https://t.co/woF40tBe5J https://t.co/wxz3k8se2L
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Water fall in australia(320×320)photographer(jackpeeter) : EarthPorn
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Watkins Glen State Park (640 x 640) : EarthPorn
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Glen Sannox, Isle of Arran, Scotland. [2916×1944][OC] : EarthPorn
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The enchanted river by Andy Com – Photo 126890699 – 500px
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I don’t feel comfortable charging my phone right now – Imgur
I don’t feel comfortable charging my phone right now https://t.co/pKipbIow01 https://t.co/eFPIZHVZQH
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Elements #2 by Marco Nuno Faria – Photo 126910389 – 500px
Elements #2 by MarcoNunoFaria https://t.co/5zYYS9lwhZ https://t.co/plIRF5Bhvw
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Reauthorizing The Ex-Im Bank Is Bad News For The Climate, Environmentalists Say | ThinkProgress
With bipartisan support, the House of Representatives voted this week to approve the reauthorization of the U.S. Export-Import Bank. The measure passed 313-118, with a majority of Republicans joining almost all Democrats.
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Facebook Announces Creative Accelerator To Design Ads For The Developing World | TechCrunch
Just because you have a small screen or slow connection, Facebook wants brands to be able to reach you with great ads.
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Porch Acquires Mobile Advice Marketplace Fountain | TechCrunch
The Seattle-based online home services platform Porch.com today announced that it has acquired Fountain, a service that connects Internet users with doctors, lawyers, mechanics, tech support and other experts through video chats, texts and annotated…
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The Onion’s Guide To Trick-Or-Treating – The Onion – America’s Finest News Source
Halloween gives revelers a chance to receive candy all over the neighborhood. Here are some tips to make sure you get the most out of your experience and take home a big haul. When it comes to selecting a costume, remain flexible.
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Office Online Adds a Chrome Extension, Skype Integration, and More
The free web-based version of Microsoft Office just got much better. Now you can now quickly open or create a new Office Online document from the Chrome extension or use Skype instant messaging or video calling within an open Office document.
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Twitch launches “Creative” category, eight-day Bob Ross Painting marathon | Ars Technica
Now that YouTube has officially spread its gaming livestreaming wings, Twitch has been long overdue for an expansion of its own offerings—something to carve out territory beyond game-specific content.
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How Cate Blanchett Inspired Game of Thrones’s Khaleesi | Vanity Fair
“The role of the Khaleesi is tall and willowy and blonde. I’m short and round and brown,” Game of Thrones actress Emilia Clarke says of why she wasn’t a shoo-in for the role of Daenerys Targaryen. In fact, Clarke wasn’t the first performer hired for…
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Defence corruption ‘hurts Middle East security’ – Transparency International – BBC News
Corruption in the defence sector poses a huge risk to the security and stability of countries in the Middle East and North Africa, watchdog Transparency International says. The region has some of the fastest growing defence budgets in the world.
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Gorgeous oil paintings on tree slices / Boing Boing
Woodrow White’s surreal and funny art A few weeks ago I was on a plane flying to Oakland and the guy sitting next to recognized me.
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The World Indigenous Games – The Atlantic
The first World Indigenous Games is underway in Palmas, Brazil, having kicked off on October 23.
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Police raid homes across Europe over DroidJack malware – BBC News
Police have searched homes in five European countries as part of a malware investigation, according to agency reports. Officers in the UK, Germany, France, Belgium and Switzerland raided several properties connected to suspected users of malware kno…
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Court says it’s again legal for NSA to spy on you because Congress says it’s OK | Ars Technica
You gotta love this twisted logic. In May, a federal appeals court declared the National Security Agency’s bulk telephone metadata collection program illegal because it wasn’t authorized under the Patriot Act, as the Obama administration and its pre…
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Plane engine catches fire at Florida airport – BBC News
Authorities have said all passengers were evacuated safely, though some may have sustained injuries. The fire was extinguished quickly, said a spokesman for Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport.
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NASA’s Voyager 1 –“Poised to Probe Many Longstanding Mysteries”
“There are still naysayers out there regarding Voyager 1 crossing through the heliopause–the edge of the heliosphere,” says astrophysicist Nathan Schwadron of the UNH Institute for the Study of Earth, Oceans, and Space and department of physics and…
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Josh Thomas Please Like Me Interview | Vanity Fair
Notes from our lunch with budding TV star Josh Thomas, plus an exclusive clip from an upcoming episode of Please Like Me.
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Stephen Colbert Presents His Own Star Wars: The Force Awakens Fan Theory
Our verdict? Plausible. Unlikely, but plausible. A slightly spoiler-filled analysis below. While Colbert seems to have nailed the “New New Hope” feel of this film, I doubt that we’re going to see the Rebel Alliance and the Empire actually switch rol…
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Paul Ryan Becomes Speaker of the House – The Atlantic
If John Boehner, the often-weepy son of a bartender, was the humble speaker of the House, Paul Ryan looks to be the earnest one.
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Who Takes Care of the Kids? – The Atlantic
Who Takes Care of the Kids? – The Atlantic https://t.co/SlwNwgQp6I
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Russia Might Be Sending the First All-Female Space Crew to the Moon – The Atlantic
The first woman in space was the Russian cosmonaut Valentina Tereshkova, back in 1963. Since then, Russia has fallen somewhat behind other countries in gender equality; it’s sent only four female cosmonauts into space in the last five decades, compa…
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Why Ending China’s One-Child Policy May Be Too Little Too Late | ThinkProgress
China eased its decades-old one-child per family policy on Thursday and will now allow couples to have more children, according to the state news agency Xinhua. But the shift will likely be too little too late to reverse the economic slumping prospe…
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A Coney Island Sideshow Changed How Doctors Care for Premature Babies – The Atlantic
In many ways, the Coney Island of the early 20th century was the Internet of its day, a place where people went to learn and to gawk in equal measure. Among the sideshows and oddities were new mechanical wonders and cutting-edge technologies that ha…
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Turkey election: Young voters want peace and influence – BBC News
Young voters in Turkey – a large but under-represented portion of the population – hope that the 1 November general election will bring peace, after much political turmoil. Violence has spiralled since inconclusive elections in June and has overshad…
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Pacific Rim 2 Is Now In the Hands Of Movie Executives
The progress of Pacific Rim 2 has been like an epic battle between a Jaeger and a Kaiju. There have been ups, downs, knockouts and comebacks. First it got a release date, then it got delayed, then director Guillermo del Toro revived it from the dead…
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Sunset Latacunga, Ecuador [8192×1856] [OC] : CityPorn
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Can Fast Food Get Healthy? – The New Yorker
Like many of their millennial peers, Kathleen Davis and Andrea Nguyen eat out a lot. “Nothing fancy,’’ Davis told me one recent evening, as she took a sidewalk table next to mine at Sweetgreen in Nolita. “We want what we eat to be healthy and tasty,…
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Anonymous plans to reveal names of about 1,000 Ku Klux Klan members | Technology | The Guardian
The “hacktivist” collective Anonymous have vowed to release the names of “about 1,000” Ku Klux Klan members as part of an ongoing operation against the white supremacist group in the US.
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Gel wrist pad for keyboards / Boing Boing
I’m sold on wrist pads. I’ve been using them for many years. When I don’t use one, the bony parts of my wrist that come in contact with the desk get sore. This wrist pad from 3M ($14 on Amazon) is filled with a gel that cushions your wrists, and pos…
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Philippine legislators angered by Manila ‘bullet scam’ – BBC News
Philippine legislators have called for an investigation into an alleged scam against passengers at Manila airport. The “bullet scam” allegedly sees bullets dropped into the luggage of passengers as they go through security at the country’s main airp…
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During debate, Ben Carson denied any ‘involvement’ with phony nutritional supplements he shilled for
CARSON: Well, that’s easy to answer. I didn’t have an involvement with them. That is total propaganda, and this is what happens in our society. Total propaganda. I did a couple of speeches for them, I do speeches for other people. They were paid spe…
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Xen patches 7-year-old bug that shattered hypervisor security | Ars Technica
For seven years, Xen virtualization software used by Amazon Web Services and other cloud computing providers has contained a vulnerability that allowed attackers to break out of their confined accounts and access extremely sensitive parts of the und…
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Ellen Fullman and the avant garde drone of ‘The Long String Instrument’|Dangerous Minds
Composer/artist Ellen Fullman began developing her unique instrument/installation/performance art piece “The Long String Instrument” in 1981. This large-scale site-specific work consists of 70-foot-long metallic cables, anchored by a wooden resonato…
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Improve Your Communication Habits by Asking Close Friends About Them
Your body language, eye contact, and speech patterns can send subtle signals that set the tone of a conversation. And sometimes we don’t realize we’re sending those signals. One easy way to gain a little self-awareness in that area? Ask a close frie…
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American Horror Story: The Cecil Hotel — Matter — Medium
O 21-year-old Elisa Lam stepped off a train from San Diego in downtown Los Angeles, gathered her belongings, and walked to a hostel on Main Street. It was, like most every mid-winter day in LA, sunny and in the mid-60s, the kind of weather that make…
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In the ’80s, novelty phones were all the rage. They were often wacky (e.g., DJ Tanner’s plump red lips phone, the hamburger phone), tied to cartoons or toys (e.g., Garfield, Pac-Man) or see-through.
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What Happens When Old Prisons Are Given Back to Their Communities? | The Nation
Sharon Richardson remembers looking out the window of Bayview Correctional Facility, the sole women’s prison within New York’s five boroughs. “I could see the ships coming in and I wondered, ‘When is my ship coming in?’”
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Donald Trump Discusses Mental Illness, Gun Violence at GOP debate – The Atlantic
Donald Trump has done it again. At the third Republican presidential debate Wednesday night, Trump managed to once more offend a large swath of people in one breath. Trump isn’t alone in this belief.
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BBC Sport – Fifa ‘should repay’ Australia failed 2022 World Cup bid costs
Fifa should repay the money spent by Australia on its failed 2022 World Cup bid, according to a whistleblower who worked on the campaign. Bonita Mersiades, former head of communications for Australia’s bid team, called the vote a “busted flush”.
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Push a Button, Call Bullshit on GOP Pols – The Daily Beast
Look, last night’s GOP presidential debate was a hot mess. Not only because the candidates themselves at times resembled a cage of rabid, frothing-mad wildebeests, but also because CNBC hosted it as though the network is a second rate comedy troupe.
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Laser strike said to give ferry pilot 3rd degree burns on his eyelid | Ars Technica
The newest pilots to be hit by such a laser were not in the air but at sea.
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The N.Y.C. Mystery History Hour: Greenpoint Theatres of Yore – The New Yorker
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A Complete History Of Phish’s Halloween Shows | UPROXX
You can trace the origins of Halloween back 2,000 years to the Celts, who roamed areas that are now Ireland, the United Kingdom, and northern France.
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How Defensible Is Viral Content? — Medium
Here’s a not too uncommon video. “Americans Try Latino Sodas.” It’s a funny video. But I’m sharing it because I think it demonstrates a potential problem Buzzfeed faces.
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The Din of Digital Noise Is Creeping Out Our Brains’ Auditory Fear Network | Motherboard
David Hendy can be lying in bed, driving on the highway, or flying in a commercial airplane, when suddenly his ears perk up. Does the heating boiler always rattle so violently? Is that the car engine making a horrible clanging noise? Why are thuds a…
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Why are most hazardous food recalls voluntary? — Hopes&Fears — flow “Question”
Hopes&Fears answers questions with the help of people who know what they’re talking about. Today, we ask food safety experts, lawyers and food policy activists about the danger lurking in our kitchen.
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School zoning is one of those topics that, if you don’t have kids, works as conversational chloroform; you might as well ask someone to listen to why the credit crunch happened (again), or to the plot of a Paul Thomas Anderson movie.
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Narendra Modi’s push to strengthen India-Africa ties – BBC News
The Indian Prime Minister, Narendra Modi, has called for a new partnership of prosperity between India and Africa. Mr Modi was speaking at the start of a gathering in Delhi of more than fifty African leaders to discuss boosting trade with India.
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Jessica Verrilli Returns To Twitter After Short Stint At Google Ventures | TechCrunch
A familiar face is returning to Twitter. Jessica Verrilli is rejoining the company after a 7 month partner post at Google Ventures. Her GV bio is still up on the site.
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VSCO Takes On Instagram’s Boomerang With Its New GIF Creation App DSCO | TechCrunch
VSCO, one of the few apps to give Facebook’s Instagram solid competition with a photo editing application aimed at more serious mobile photographers, is today releasing its next new creation.
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Historically Black Colleges Are Struggling But Their Alumni Are Thriving – The Atlantic
Anyone who has spoken with alums of a historically black college or university (HBCU) can attest, they really love their schools.
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Are we thinking about addiction all wrong?
A group called Kurzgesagt, in collaboration with author Johann Hari, made this video about taking a new approach to understanding addiction. You’ve probably heard of the experiments where rats in cages were given access to drugs.
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The U.S. Congress Helped Make One Simpsons Halloween Special As Violent As Possible
Treehouse of Horror V isn’t just one of the best Simpsons Halloween episodes—it’s one of the best episodes of the entire show. But, even for Halloween, it was a surprisingly blood-laden and gory episode for the cartoon. Why? It turns out it was beca…
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Mexican soldier shoots one-year-old American girl at US border | World news | The Guardian
A US toddler has been shot in the back by Mexican army personnel after her family’s car apparently drove between a military patrol and a vehicle carrying suspects, officials in the border state of Tamaulipas.
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Concerns About the ‘Pat Tillman’ Military-Themed Sports Uniforms | The Nation
When former NFL-player-turned-Army-Ranger Pat Tillman was killed in Afghanistan by US troops, the Department of Defense deceived his family about how he died. They still have not offered full disclosure about what took place on that tragic day when …
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Plane catches fire at Fort Lauderdale airport in Florida | US news | The Guardian
A plane caught on fire on the runway of Fort Lauderdale’s Hollywood International airport on Thursday. A spokesman for the airport identified the plane as a charter flight operated by Dynamic Airline en route to Caracas, Venezuela.
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Three Ways to Remotely Monitor Someone Else’s Computer
Spying on someone’s computer is bad. As in “go to jail” bad. However, there are a few very narrow exceptions, like monitoring your kids or employees. If you fall in this category (or just want to know how someone might be monitoring you), here’s how.
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An Inside Look At Upthere, The Company Aiming To Be Your Personal Cloud | TechCrunch
The year is 2015 and yet the promise of the “personal cloud” has failed me. There are tons of drag and drop and syncing “backup services” but nowhere that’s my slice of the puffy white stuff. Enter the 80 employees and impressive pedigree of Palo Al…
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James Franco’s Emma Watson Neck “Tattoo,” Explained | Vanity Fair
When James Franco posted an Instagram of himself (not new) with a brand new neck tattoo of Emma Watson’s face and “Emma” (very new), his fans couldn’t figure out if it was real or not, and more importantly—if they’re dating or not.
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Tegan And Sara’s “Walking With A Ghost” is a portrait in denial · Hear This · The A.V. Club
In Hear This, A.V. Club writers sing the praises of songs they know well. This week: For Horrors Week, we’re once again talking about songs with the word “ghost” in the title.
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Expert effects and an impressive pedigree cap a horror anthology series · Watch This · The A.V. Club
Every day, Watch This offers staff recommendations inspired by a new movie coming out that week. This week: Get in the holiday spirit with these horror anthology films, which offer several scary stories for the price of one.
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Plastic Contaminates Table Salt in China – Scientific American
Diners in China who season their meals with sea salt may be unwittingly consuming microscopic pieces of plastic pollution.
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What’s it like to be vampire suffering from hemophobia? / Boing Boing
Erebus is a vampire who seeks psychiatric treatment for his hemophobia. Turns out he really likes mambo sauce.
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Q Continuum Project: Reveals “How Gravity Acts on Dark Matter of the Universe”
Researchers are sifting through an avalanche of data produced by one of the largest cosmological simulations ever performed, run on the Titan supercomputer at DOE’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory.
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Meet the Most Progressive Paid Leave Bill in America | The New Republic
A new paid leave bill in the District is once again driving the national conversation and stirring debate. If passed, it will be the most progressive in America—and, according to The Washington Post, the bill will probably have popular support.
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Key Syria players seek path out of war – Al Jazeera English
Major backers of Syria’s warring rivals will seek to narrow divisions over the future of the country and its embattled President Bashar al-Assad.
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Synthezoid superhero The Vision received a big profile boost when he made his Marvel Cinematic Universe debut in this past summer’s Avengers: Age Of Ultron, and Marvel is capitalizing on the character’s increased popularity with a new The Vision ong…
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Watch J.J. Abrams Answer Star Wars Questions from Jared Leto, George Lucas, and More | Vanity Fair
J.J. Abrams has always been known for his secretive ways. But now that he holds the keys that unlock the beloved Star Wars universe, his answers are more sought-after than ever.
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Waiting for Benedict Cumberbatch – The New Yorker
Outside the Barbican Centre, in the City of London, steel crowd barriers define a narrow path to and from the theatre’s stage door. Polite notices ask for consideration of the neighbors.
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Why Your Kitchen Counter Might Make You Gain 20 Pounds – The Daily Beast
Quick, take a look: What’s on your kitchen counter right now? If the answer is cereal — or a bottle of soda — you could be adding to your waistline. A new study from Cornell University shows that what kind of food you have laying around could be cor…
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Representative Paul D. Ryan of Wisconsin was elected the 54th speaker of the House on Thursday, taking the gavel that he never sought to wield from John A. Boehner, who relinquished it under fire. But the personal jubilance and high expectations fel…
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BBC Sport – Oxlade-Chamberlain and Walcott to miss England games – Wenger
Arsenal’s Theo Walcott and Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain are expected to miss the Gunners’ next three games with injury. They are set to miss the next two Premier League ties against Swansea City and Tottenham Hotspur and a Champions League trip to Bayern…
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The Internet Law You’ve Already Broken – Digg
This week on Reply All, the law that Matthew Keys will be sentenced under: why many people hate it, why prosecutors love it, and why maybe, just maybe, you should be afraid of it.
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Any day now, our Saudi Arabian allies may behead and crucify a young man named Ali al-Nimr. His appeals following his court sentence for this grisly execution have been exhausted, so guards may lead Nimr to a public square and hack off his head with…
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Spy vs Spy is and was the best thing about MAD / Boing Boing
See sample pages from this book at Wink. As a kid, my favorite thing about MAD was “Spy vs Spy.” (I didn’t know that “vs” stood for “versus” so I pronounced the comic “spyvisspy.
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Deforestation ‘might have started west Africa’s Ebola outbreak’ | World news | The Guardian
Deforestation may have triggered the recent Ebola outbreak in west Africa, France’s environment minister Ségolène Royal told a London summit hosted by the Prince of Wales in advance of next month’s Cop21 conference.
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LifeLock Acquires Music Sharing Platform Bop.fm; Site To Shut Down | TechCrunch
Bop.fm — a Y Combinator startup that had built a platform to share links for music tracks across a number of different walled-garden streaming services — has been acquired. But it’s not a buyer from the music industry: it’s LifeLock, the identity th…
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Door repair technician’s excellent t-shirt / Boing Boing
This gentleman dressed for the occasion of robbing a Baltimore pizza shop, wearing a “Crime Pays” t-shirt. It didn’t though. Kites are fun, and so is this new Boing Boing T-shirt, which we released into the wind today! (See all the items for sale in…
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Furious fight between a Cat and a Praying mantis. – GIF on Imgur
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The attorney for a retired Tampa police captain charged over the fatal shooting of a man in a movie theater plans to use Florida’s controversial stand-your-ground law to defend his client.
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Food in books: apple pie from The Railway Children | Books | The Guardian
‘It isn’t pigeon-pie,’ said Mother; ‘it’s only apple. Well, this is the supper we ought to have had last night. And there was a note from Mrs. Viney. Her son-in-law has broken his arm, and she had to get home early. She’s coming this morning at ten.…
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US court refuses to stop NSA phone surveillance during 180-day ‘transition’ | US news | The Guardian
A US appeals court on Thursday refused to immediately halt the government’s bulk collection of millions of Americans’ phone records during a “transition” period to a new federal scheme that bans the controversial anti-terrorism surveillance.
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A central Florida man convicted of stabbing to death his young daughter, his ex-wife and her mother and sister 30 years ago is scheduled to be executed months after his execution was postponed so attorneys could litigate whether a sedative used in F…
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Women and families were Republican debate moderators’ blind spots | US news | The Guardian
As Wednesday night’s Republican presidential debate unfolded on CNBC, Democrats and progressive advocates were prepared to excoriate the Republican hopefuls for failing to back guaranteed paid family leave or equal pay for women.
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China’s ‘leftover’ women – Al Jazeera English
BEIJING – Zhang Lin waits in a noisy restaurant outside the university where she has taught for more than 10 years. Surrounded by noisy groups of older men and rowdy students she sits alone in a flowing white dress, her wavy air tumbling over her sh…
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The GOP’s Grotesque Festival of Lies | The New Republic
The darkest moment of the 2012 campaign for President Obama was the first of his three debates with Mitt Romney, the Republican nominee.
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OpenGov’s Comparisons Aims To Help Local Governments Benchmark Spending | TechCrunch
OpenGov launched Comparisons yesterday morning, a feature that allows local and municipal governments in its network to compare their performances against other jurisdictions and established benchmarks.
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CHICAGO—Describing it as a common nightly ritual for tens of millions of Americans nationwide, a report published Thursday in The American Journal Of Sociology revealed that 84 percent of married individuals get out of bed and head to their second f…
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Amonderez Green dies of injuries sustained in officer-involved shooting
The man, now identified as Green, was being followed by family members who were “seeking police and medical intervention,” Normandy police said in a press release. Officers report that they found Green injured and began administering first aid befor…
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Find Out What to Focus on Next with This Motivation Matrix
You probably have a lot of activities you’re interested in or involved in, and knowing where to focus can be tough. This exercise helps you find the activities to keep working on so you can increase your confidence and motivation.
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This One GIF Explains How BitTorrent Finds Files | Motherboard
While services like Popcorn Time have been simplifying BitTorrent, a peer-to-peer file sharing protocol, for end users, it’s becoming easier and easier to look at torrenting as an abstract streaming service rather than a tangle of users passing file…
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io9 Costume Show Week 4: It’s Right Around the Corner!
We’ve got comic characters in new time periods, hobbits, and generations of Nazi-fighting archeologists. Come on into the io9 Halloween Costume Show and shows us your best!
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Poof! The Planet Closest To Our Solar System Just Vanished
Scientists just made a planet disappear. According to a new study, Alpha Centauri Bb, a world in the nearest star system to us, was merely a ghost in the data.
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The Movement Against Police Violence Isn’t Ignoring ‘Black-on-Black Crime’ | The Nation
The “Ferguson Effect”—the claim, cited by some law enforcement officers, that the current spike in violent crime was sparked by the movement against police violence—is not real.
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GQ Exclusive: NBA Star Thabo Sefolosha Tells His Story of Assault by the NYPD | GQ
Editor’s note: An abridged version of this article appears in the December 2015 edition of GQ magazine. The Atlanta Hawks’ plane touched down in Newark at about 1 A.M. on April 8. Spirits were high. Hours earlier the team had blown out the Suns in A…
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Terry Gilliam liked Ant-Man, still generally dislikes superhero movies · Newswire · The A.V. Club
If you’re the type of person who only sees a movie if it gets Terry Gilliam’s stamp of approval, well, good luck. Because Gilliam—director of The Imaginarium Of Doctor Parnassus, Fear And Loathing In Las Vegas, and The Brothers Grimm—hates just abou…
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(OC) My backyard this morning (Filter – Pennsylvania) : Breathless
(OC) My backyard this morning (Filter – Pennsylvania) via /r/Breathless https://t.co/sTpziqRIa0 https://t.co/jUoaRMdFvd
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To be fair, she asked me out on a date first. : AdviceAnimals
To be fair, she asked me out on a date first. via /r/AdviceAnimals https://t.co/jWgqq5egKA https://t.co/VoV9HcwzXQ
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How is this even possible? : AdviceAnimals
How is this even possible? via /r/AdviceAnimals https://t.co/KH3snDbBzW https://t.co/3ccjYhCZcm
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The hard way to deliver water : woahdude
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Giphy Expands Beyond Messenger With Its New GIF-Sharing App | TechCrunch
Giphy, the popular resource that’s becoming the web’s go-to resource for finding and sharing GIFs, has rolled out a significant upgrade to its flagship mobile application today, which sees the app rebranded from an add-on utility for Facebook Messen…
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The Sonos Play:5 Is A Compact, Wireless Music Machine That Sounds Great | TechCrunch
Sonos has long been my favorite speaker company.
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What Happens to Migrant Kids Caught in Mexico? | Al Jazeera America
TAPACHULA, Mexico – It was nearly midnight by the time we weaved our way through the pothole-ridden streets of Tapachula, Mexico, on the way to the largest migrant detention center in Latin America.
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Before the third in an 11-game series of Republican primary debates descended into open mutiny on Wednesday night, each of the candidates to become president of the United States was asked to pretend they were in a job interview and name their bigge…
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Behold Adele, Amy Schumer, and Taylor Swift’s Spectacularly Awkward Throwback Photos | Vanity Fair
You’d be hard-pressed to find a trio of more successful women in 2015 than Amy Schumer, Taylor Swift, and Adele. Their record-breaking, multi-million-dollar earning efforts are an inspiration to anyone, regardless of gender.
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New biography of Dungeons and Dragons co-creator Gary Gygax / Boing Boing
Last night at midnight, Halo 5 launched. Will this be the last epic adventure for video gaming’s mightiest champion? The Master Chief is back, but all the cockamamie advertising colors our hero as the bad guy.
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Reforming School Discipline and Resource-Officer Programs – The Atlantic
After graphic videos of a white police officer arresting a black girl at Spring Valley High School went viral earlier this week, public attention again focused on use of force and the racial dynamics of police encounters.
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Harry Potter and the boycott of Israel: JK Rowling’s latest spell in politics | Books | The Guardian
Is it fair to compare the Israeli government to Death Eaters? Is Binyamin Netanyahu more like Severus Snape or Lord Voldemort? No, this isn’t a trick question, although the appearance of “Israel” and “Harry Potter” in the same headlines made it feel…
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Where men and women like (and hate) to be touched / Boing Boing
Your partner can touch you almost anywhere and you won’t feel uncomfortable. A friend can touch your head, shoulders, hands, and upper back without ruffling your feathers. Your mother can touch you in the same places a friend can touch you, but she …
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The Prince of Wales has said tackling deforestation will be central to combating global warming as he confirmed he will attend next month’s crucial climate change summit.
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Between Hobby Lobby and ISIS: The Battle for Iraq’s Antiquities | The New Republic
Hobby Lobby, big-box purveyor of cut-rate craft supplies and idiosyncratic selections of register candy, last made national headlines for challenging the federal government on the Affordable Care Act’s contraception mandate.
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Turkey Has Its Own Ben Carson, and the Bad News Is That He’s Already President | The Nation
ANKARA–Things are not going well in Turkey as it faces new elections this Sunday. Two major bombings have traumatized the public in the past six months, one of them in the capital at the beginning of October.
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EU Parliament Asks European Countries to Protect Edward Snowden from the US | Motherboard
The European Parliament does not consider Edward Snowden a traitor or a criminal, but a “human rights defender” who deserves to be protected by all European countries. The resolution was passed by a narrow vote, 285 to 281.
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Cowboy Bob, Black Magic, And The Courtroom Of Death | ThinkProgress
“Macy’s persistent misconduct… has without doubt harmed the reputation of Oklahoma’s criminal justice system and left the unenviable legacy of an indelibly tarnished legal career.” – U.S.
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Ted Cruz’s Tax Plan Hands The 1 Percent A Massive Break | ThinkProgress
CREDIT: AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill On Thursday evening, Republican presidential candidate Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) released a tax plan that calls for a flat tax of 10 percent that would end up with a benefit for the wealthiest 1 percent that dwarfs what e…
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Give Jeb Bush a ‘Warm Kiss’ Goodbye | The Nation
After Wednesday night’s cringe-inducing debate performance, there’s no longer any doubt: Jeb Bush doesn’t want to be president. There was one moment, early on, when it seemed otherwise, and Bush went directly at Senator Marco Rubio for his absenteei…
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Star Wars Rebels Just Sent Shockwaves Across The Entire Star Wars Galaxy
This was the kind of Star Wars Rebels episode I truly love. One that added a whole new layer of mystery to not just the show, but the Star Wars universe as a whole. And this mystery has to do with Inquisitors. Last season, a single Inquisitor was th…
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A-Trak Opens a “New Chapter,” and Surveys the Dance Music Scene | Vanity Fair
Canadian export Alain Macklovitch has been carving his way through the worlds of hip-hop, dance music, and D.J. culture for nearly two decades.
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BBC Sport – Trabzonspor lock referee in after Gaziantepspor draw
A referee was locked in the Trabzonspor stadium for several hours after making a controversial late penalty decision.
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Here Are 7 Cats You Never Knew Existed
And fires like the ones raging in Indonesia can cross mountains and oceans, spreading lung-clogging particles and toxic chemicals.
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The new SAT will soon arrive on a wave of bold promises. The College Board has said its redesigned admission test would contain “no more mysteries.” Instead of being a riddle to solve, it would correspond with high-school curriculums and better refl…
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Popular Photo App VSCO Gets Into GIF Making With DSCO | Motherboard
As GIFs become a more popular means of online expression, many app developers are looking to build ways to make it super easy for the consumer to make their own GIFs. Thursday, popular photo editing app VSCO is entering the fold by releasing DSCO, a…
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Hotel Dijon by Daniel Hache – Photo 126834541 – 500px
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Jupiter’s 4-Billion-Year-Old Close Encounter –“Ejected a 5th Gas-Giant Planet from Solar System’
The existence of a fifth giant gas planet at the time of the Solar System’s formation – in addition to Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus and Neptune that we know of today – was first proposed in 2011.
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News | Voyager 1 Helps Solve Interstellar Medium Mystery
NASA’s Voyager 1 spacecraft made history in 2012 by entering interstellar space, leaving the planets and the solar wind behind.
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The Allure of Haunted Houses: Why Do People Pay to Feel Scared? – The Atlantic
People have been scaring each other on purpose for a while—ghost stories are part of many oral traditions—but the history of paying others to get scared is a bit shorter.
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Syria conflict: Saudis say Iran must accept Assad exit – BBC News
Saudi Arabia has said Iran must accept the removal of President Bashar al-Assad as part of any solution to the conflict in Syria. Saudi Foreign Minister Adel al-Jubeir made the remarks as talks among international foreign ministers on the crisis get…
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How the New SAT Test Is Taking Cues from Common Core – The Atlantic
High-school students who enjoy obscure vocabulary and puzzle-like math problems might want to sign up for the SAT now, before the 89-year-old college-admissions test is revamped this March to better reflect what students are learning in high-school …
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What We’re Following Thursday Afternoon, 10/29 – The Atlantic
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Lunar Rover Lost… and Found: NASA Moon Buggy Saved by Scrap Dealer
A prototype lunar rover that was sold to a scrapyard and reported by NASA to be lost has now been found and may be heading to auction. Just one day after the online magazine Motherboard broke the story about the thought-to-be-scrapped moon roveron T…
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The NBA to slowly NASCAR-ify itself by putting ads on All-Star jerseys · Newswire · The A.V. Club
In a move that’s been a long time coming, the NBA will officially sell out fabric space by putting ads on the front of its 2016 and 2017 All-Star jerseys. The Wall Street Journal reports that the league is planning to put a 3.25-inch-by-1.
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The order issued on Wednesday requires the state to tell the court which drugs it has and which of the four drug combinations it plans on using when it resumes executions. The lawsuit was put on hold last year, and the state wants the lawsuit to con…
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Third Observatory to Close on Sacred Hawaiian Mountain
A British-built observatory located on Hawaii’s tallest mountain announced last week that it would be closing, meeting the request of Hawaii’s Gov. David Ige to shut down 25 percent of the telescopes on the mountain, in order to facilitate the const…
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Meet Teforia, A Tea Brewing Robot For The Home | TechCrunch
Tea making is a delicate process that only the truest of enthusiasts around the world appreciate.
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Global luxury goods market exceeds €1tn (£700bn) | Business | The Guardian
Strong sales of luxury cars, yachts and fine art have pushed the global luxury goods market past €1tn (£700bn), according to a new report, despite slowing demand for personal luxuries such as jewellery and handbags.
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Will AI Be Smart Enough To Protect Us From Online Threats? | TechCrunch
According to some estimates, the global cost of cybercrime in 2013 was $113 billion. The actual cost may vary, but whatever the true figure, it’s a spicy meatball. Human beings really aren’t the best at computer security. We will trade our confident…
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Flywheel’s TaxiOS Aims To Replace Old-School Cab Meters | TechCrunch
Flywheel, the app for hailing taxis, has a pilot program in place with the San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency to implement its new platform, TaxiOS, into 70 cabs.
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Storehouse’s Apple TV App Is The Photo Slideshow I Always Wanted | TechCrunch
Photo slideshows for TVs suck. With Apple TV promising to rethink the way we watch TV, isn’t it time that someone changed how we view our own photo and video content? Storehouse is on it.
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Sparks Light the Path to STEM Career – Voices – Scientific American Blog Network
I never felt a need to stick with the status quo—while growing up, I didn’t have many role models in technology, but being different didn’t discourage me.
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Ars UNITE: Join us to talk about the future of the Internet of Things | Ars Technica
It’s the fourth day of Ars Unite, our week-long virtual conference on the future of technology.
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Marco Rubio misleads on his tax plan during debate, but he did attack the media, so score!
Since you’re the champion of Americans living paycheck-to- paycheck, don’t you have that backward? RUBIO: No, that’s — you’re wrong. In fact, the largest after- tax gains is for the people at the lower end of the tax spectrum under my plan.
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Zombies have represented plenty of things since George A. Romero first sicced them on the world in 1968’s Night Of The Living Dead.
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Venezuela labels ex-prosecutor Nieves a ‘thug’ – BBC News
The president of Venezuela’s National Assembly has labelled Franklin Nieves – a former prosecutor who has said the judiciary convicted an innocent man – a “thug” and a “traitor”. National Assembly head Diosdado Cabello also alleged that Mr Nieves – …
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Migrants sheltering in cardboard boxes at Austria-Germany border – BBC News
Some people waiting to cross from Austria into Germany had to take shelter from the cold in cardboard boxes. There have been large queues at the border, and many hoping to migrate into Germany are having to wait and sleep outdoors, in very cold cond…
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Recommendation for still-problematic Arkham Knight for PC: 12GB (!) of RAM | Ars Technica
Four months after Warner Bros. took the seriously broken PC version of Batman: Arkham Knight down from Steam, the game officially went back on sale last night at a slightly reduced price of $50—and with some downloadable freebies by way of apology.
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RIP Facebook’s ‘Other’ Inbox, Which Was Mostly for Creeps Anyway | Motherboard
Facebook got rid of the “Other” inbox on Tuesday, but chances are you didn’t even notice. The obscure folder served as a repository for messages from anyone who was not a Facebook friend or friend-of-a-friend.
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Pipeline Opposition Has Put A Serious Dent In Tar Sands Expansion | ThinkProgress
All of those marches, rallies, arrests, and inflatable pipelines are working. That’s the main finding of a report released this week by pro-clean energy group Oil Change International.
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Ted Cruz Embraces Fringe Monetary Policy That Went Out Of Style In The 1930s | ThinkProgress
At Wednesday night’s GOP presidential debate, Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) called for returning to a policy idea that died in 1933 and has gone unmourned ever since. American money hasn’t been based on the price of gold since the early months of Franklin Ro…
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Kim Dotcom Wants to Build an Alternate Internet Powered by Blockchains | Motherboard
Kim Dotcom certainly hasn’t been letting his ongoing fight against US extradition charges slow him down. On Thursday, according to Mashable, he remotely addressed a startup convention in Sydney, Australia to pitch his latest idea: an alternative int…
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The Illustrated Guide to the ‘Comic Book’ GOP Debate Based on Wednesday’s Republican debate, Donald Trump isn’t the only one running a “comic book” campaign
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NASA’s Apollo Mystery Solved: Organic Matter Found in Mission Lunar Samples
A team of NASA-funded scientists has solved an enduring mystery from the Apollo missions to the moon – the origin of organic matter found in lunar samples returned to Earth.
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Want to Get Into Bio-Hacking? Here’s a Beginner Bioreactor For Engineering Cells At Home
Bioengineering is pervasive these days–just look at your medicine, your makeup, or your food–but the science behind it is still pretty inaccessible to tinkerers.
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Republicans outraged over NASA earth science programs… that Reagan began | Ars Technica
Perhaps the biggest budget battle this spring in NASA policy concerned earth science, and after slumbering this summer, that fight could soon return to prominence thanks to the new Congressional budget deal.
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Star Wars superfan Stephen Colbert has a theory about The Force Awakens · Newswire · The A.V. Club
When the official trailer for Star Wars: The Force Awakens was released last week, Star Wars fans the world over were sent anew into a frenzy of anticipation, “frenzy” and “anticipation” being the default settings for Star Wars fans when confronted …
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Watch Simone Biles, the Undefeated Gymnast Who’ll Crush the Olympics | The New Republic
It’s difficult to summon the right adjectives to explain how American gymnast Simone Biles completely crushes all the competition in the whole world. Luckily, the internet was invented, and so I can use GIFs instead.
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Can Haiti’s Corrupt President Hold On to Power? | The Nation
In another week or so, Haiti could explode, and the disastrous American policy of supporting the country’s violent and corrupt president will be a big part of the reason.
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In the order of literature, as in others, there is no act that is not the coronation of an infinite series of causes and the source of an infinite series of effects. Reading is an activity subsequent to writing: more resigned, more civil, more intel…
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Haunted house attractions in Japan are more immersive and intimate than in America.
Excerpted from Scream: Chilling Adventures in the Science of Fear by Margee Kerr. Out now from PublicAffairs. The Decks at Tokyo Beach is part of a massive beach entertainment complex. I wandered around the multilevel entertainment complex and shopp…
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Conner Youngblood – The Badlands (official video) on Vimeo
Music video for Conner Youngblood’s ‘The Badlands’, shot on location in The Badlands, South Dakota. Article on Nowness: http://bit.ly/1Nrba97 Director: Johannes Greve Muskat Producer/Creative dir: Conner Youngblood Cinematography/Edit/Color: Johanne…
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All the Gear an Ultramarathon Legend Brings With Him On the Trail
Ultramarathon runner Scott Jurek ran the entire Appalachian trail last summer in 46 days, eight hours, and seven minutes, averaging 48 miles per day. So he knows what’s up with fitness gear that can withstand some brutal circumstances.
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Happy ‘Halloween’: The Best Horror-Movie Monsters «
Halloween is on Saturday. We really like Halloween.1 And so we are going to use the upcoming holiday as an excuse to talk about horror-movie monsters for the next 4,500 words.
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“Small Car” : firstworldanarchists
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2 dogs 1 bed : AnimalsBeingBros
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Yellowstone National Park [OC] [5471×3206] : EarthPorn
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Poor Ross via /r/funny https://t.co/TzUhpoV0rD https://t.co/IglYM3O0G5
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How Many Earth-Like Planets Will There Be? – The Atlantic
Throughout the universe, trapped in the halos of dark matter, there is enough planet-making material to create at least 1,000,000,000,000,000,000,000 more Earth-like planets. A billion trillion of them. In the Milky Way alone, that would mean anothe…
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Stephen King has given writers a lot to think about these past few years in his numerous interviews and in his statement of craft, On Writing.
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I don’t feel comfortable charging my phone right now – Imgur
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Environmentalists appeal to Spanish parties ahead of December elections | Environment | The Guardian
The five main green organisations operating in Spain have launched an environmental appeal to political parties in the run-up to December’s general elections.
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Charlize Theron Just Single-Handedly Boosted *Mad Max*’s Oscar Campaign | Vanity Fair
If it was actually proven that dressing as an Oscar statuette would boost someone’s chances at the Academy Awards, then half of Hollywood would probably be forever dressed in full metallic jackets.
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Cancer-killing viruses have finally arrived | Ars Technica
Viruses normally seem like evil little germs; they often invade our bodies’ cells and hijack their inner machinery to mass produce viral invaders, which eventually destroy their host cells as they bust out to besiege more cells. The process repeats …
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U.S. Economic Growth Slows – The Atlantic
The U.S. economy slowed in the third quarter of this year, expanding 1.5 percent, the Commerce Department said, significantly slower than the 3.9 percent growth in the second quarter of 2015.
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Scouts Guide To The Zombie Apocalypse · Film Review · The A.V. Club
Question: What’s the one thing funnier than zombie boobs? If your answer is “zombie dicks, duh,” then boy, are you in for a treat. Originally titled Scouts Vs. Zombies, a more apt title for Scouts Guide To The Zombie Apocalypse might be Millennials …
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I’m sorry, I‘m a coward. I didn’t want to die.” Patty Hearst interview / Boing Boing
David and I love Blank on Blank, a video series that animates recorded interviews with notable people.
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Turn any text into a wall of horrible cat puns / Boing Boing
Kittify accomplishes exactly what its name promises. Here’s the Kittehsburg Address: Four score and seven years ago our fathers brought furth on this continent, a new nation, conceived in Lipurrty, and dedicated to the purroposition that all men are…
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Rosetta Sniffs Oxygen Around Comet 67P – Scientific American
Scientists have detected molecules of oxygen in the hazy halo of comet 67P/Churyumov–Gerasimenko—an unexpected discovery that may challenge theories about the formation of the Solar System.
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The Thing is now recognized as a morbid masterpiece of wretched existential horror / Boing Boing
Halloween is almost upon us; apropos of the season, here’s a tale of terror in a Manhattan movie theater, and a horror film that changed cinema.
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Please Don’t Let Your Third Grader Dress Up as My Husband for Halloween – The New Yorker
Mrs. Day here, your child’s third-grade teacher, with a message concerning the pre-Halloween party our class threw this afternoon. Rest assured, the students had a lot of fun making Halloween treat bags, passing out candy, and playing games, as expe…
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What Makes Being Scared So Fun? | Motherboard
I’m haunted by something I did to my cousin when we were children. I was less than ten years old, but pretty close to it. My aunt, a single mother, had recently uprooted her family to live near my parents during a difficult period in her life.
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Only one actor so far has won an Oscar for playing a character in a superhero movie (you remember the one), but if you look at the top tier of actors working in the industry, you’re bound to run into a lot of capes and suits.
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An Albuquerque police officer who was shot during a traffic stop last week has died, Albuquerque police said on Thursday. Chief Gorden Eden Jr said in a statement that Officer Daniel Webster died at 2.30am on Thursday. He had served on the police fo…
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Paul Ryan elected Speaker of the House
How he got to the point of securing those votes is the subject of a Politico article this morning. He had a few options at hand, but no clear strategy for how he would remove the dangling legislative anvil. But he felt strongly it had to get done. R…
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Owen Labrie to be sentenced after conviction for prep school sex assault | US news | The Guardian
With his once promising future at Harvard a shambles, a former New Hampshire prep school senior convicted of having sex with an underage girl as part of an unofficial school tradition will ask a judge to spare him from prison on Thursday.
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House GOP elects Paul Ryan as new speaker | Al Jazeera America
Republicans rallied behind Wisconsin Rep. Paul Ryan to elect him the House’s 54th speaker Thursday as a splintered GOP turned to the youthful but battle-tested lawmaker to mend self-inflicted party wounds and craft a conservative message to woo vote…
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Call the cops, see if I care : firstworldanarchists
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Single player games with dead DRM servers ruled DMCA exempt : technology
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MRW I’m a reaction .gif : shittyreactiongifs
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Lady and the Tramp via /r/funny https://t.co/00qKETBf36 https://t.co/nBRtSCrJhI
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Crazily cute kit!! via /r/foxes https://t.co/jv7F71Q1F4 https://t.co/1httcChc26
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A chubbier version of bear cubs : aww
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Site ranks movies by scariness / Boing Boing
Reelscary accepts public votes on the scariness of films, divided into three different genres of scariness: disturbing, gore and suspense. 1979 classic “Alien” is currently leading the suspense category, with 2008’s “Martyrs” taking the gore honors.
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Spacio Pro Plans To Supercharge Open House Showings With A Smart App | TechCrunch
If software is eating the world, it’s also eating our houses. The real estate market changed radically when companies like Zillow unpacked the data around house sales. In theory you’d think there wasn’t much to do on house sales, but there remains a…
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Pay to Play: How Investors Get Burned Fast in a Downturn | TechCrunch
Earlier this year, the law firm Fenwick & West published a report analyzing the financing terms of 37 U.S.-based venture-backed companies that raised money at valuations of $1 billion or more in the 12-month period ending March 31.
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Schoolhouse Rock-style PSA about getting food stamps / Boing Boing
Richard Perry/The New York Times A worthy and overlooked story in the NYT by Elizabeth Rosenthal about a new economic riptide hitting Central America, a result of America’s changing corn policy.
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Don Mattingly reportedly hired as Miami Marlins manager | Sport | The Guardian
Don Mattingly has been hired as manager of the Miami Marlins, the Associated Press reported Thursday, citing a source who requested anonymity.
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BBC Sport – New Zealand v Australia: Scott Sio sole change for Wallabies
Australia have recalled fit-again prop Scott Sio in their only change for Saturday’s World Cup final against New Zealand.
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Record hole in ozone layer ‘no cause for alarm’ | Environment | The Guardian
The UN’s weather and climate agency said on Thursday there was no cause for alarm about a record-size hole this month in the ozone layer which shields life on Earth from the Sun, as it should shrink again.
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What to Do About ISIS? – The Atlantic
Shiiite fighters in Iraq battle Islamic State militants.
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‘Touchability Index’ Ranks Europeans by Tolerance for Physical Contact – The Atlantic
Do you greet a stranger by kissing them on the cheek or giving them a firm handshake? In the largest study ever quantifying where people were comfortable being touched and by whom, 1,300 men and women were asked the same question.
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Nexus 6P teardown discovers square fingerprint reader, lots of glue | Ars Technica
iFixit has dutifully torn down Google’s newest flagship, the Nexus 6P, and the device certainly seems to have put up a fight. The aluminum unibody design is great for the build quality, but it means that taking anything out of the 6P is going to be …
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Uproar after US high school pulls Jonathan Safran Foer novel | Books | The Guardian
Free speech groups have slammed an Illinois school’s decision to pull award-winning writer Jonathan Safran Foer’s novel Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close from an English class.
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Russia detains director of Ukrainian library in Moscow – BBC News
Russian investigators say they have detained the director of a Ukrainian library in Moscow after a search found “anti-Russian propaganda”. Natalya Sharina, who runs the Library of Ukrainian Literature, has been accused of inciting ethnic hatred.
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Saudi FM: No doubt Syria’s President Assad will go – BBC News
There is “no doubt” Syrian President Bashar al-Assad “will go”, Saudi Foreign Minister Adel al-Jubeir has said ahead of talks in Vienna.
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The Broken Pop of James Bond Songs : Longreads Blog
Our latest Exclusive is by Adrian Daub and Charles Kronengold, who recently co-authored The James Bond Songs: Pop Anthems of Late Capitalism (Oxford University Press), a cultural history of the Bond-song canon.
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Talkspace Therapy-By-Text Service Launches Asynchronous Audio, Video Messaging | TechCrunch
Talkspace, the service that lets users have unlimited messaging to their therapists for $25/week, has today publicly launched asynchronous audio and video messaging between patients and therapists.
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The word “software” sounded ridiculous when it was coined in ’53 / Boing Boing
Computing pioneer Paul Niquette’s memoir begins with the tale of how he came to coin the term “software” in 1953, to the ridicule of his colleague, and how the idea of a computer whose code was separate from its machinery took hold and changed the w…
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Silicon Valley investor emailed voting instructions to CEOs / Boing Boing
Silicon Valley angel Ron Conway told the CEOs of his investments who to vote for, and instructed them to pass the picks to their workers. We know this because one of the companies he invests in, Pando Daily, decided to expose his attempt to muscle i…
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Paul Ryan Won the Right to Do Nothing – The New Yorker
The deal announced on Tuesday between President Obama and congressional leaders will, if approved, keep the government open for the remainder of his term in office and offer modest budget increases in both military and domestic spending.
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Why do we read scary books? | Children’s books | The Guardian
Some of my favourite books when I was 13 or so were horror stories. Point Horror, Stephen King, Bram Stoker, James Herbert… all the names you’d expect to see on the list.
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How to Build a Portable Hacking Station with a Raspberry Pi and Kali Linux
Cracking Wi-Fi passwords, spoofing accounts, and testing networks for exploits is all fun enough, but if you want to take the show on the road, you’ll want an easily portable rig. Enter Kali Linux and the Raspberry Pi.
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The Stonehenge Legacy by Sam Christer – review | Children’s books | The Guardian
All the 5000 years that we spent reading random books and waiting for that perfect book to come along? Well, this is that book, the one that’s worth the gargantuan wait.
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The Heroes and Villains Of The Force Awakens Are Being Turned Into Lego Figures
Earlier this year, Lego announced a line of “Constraction” Star Wars toys—Bionicle-esque poseable figures that you built out of Lego pieces.
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MI6 is now recruiting (no would-be Bonds need apply) · Newswire · The A.V. Club
There has been much speculation over who the next James Bond will be, but play your hand of baccarat right, and it could be you.
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Why Death Tourism Is Thriving | Motherboard
In 2012, as New Orleans was still recovering from the tumult of Hurricane Katrina, residents and politicians did something surprising in a city that was eager to draw visitors again: they began fighting tour bus operators with protests and parking t…
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Qatari FM warns of ‘one of the worst intifadas’ – Al Jazeera English
Along the railroad from Greece to Macedonia: Refugees share their hopes, fears and expectations for a future in Europe. We look at the Indonesian president’s first year in power and his efforts to kick-start the country’s flagging economy.
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Macy’s Will Require Some Employees To Work During Thanksgiving Dinner | ThinkProgress
Macy’s announced on Thursday that its doors will be open this holiday season, starting at 6 p.m. Thanksgiving evening. Sales will continue through Black Friday and the weekend in over 700 of its retail stores nationwide.
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Mathias Jud: Art that lets you talk back to NSA spies | TED Talk | TED.com
In 2013, the world learned that the NSA and its UK equivalent, GCHQ, routinely spied on the German government. Amid the outrage, artists Mathias Jud and Christoph Wachter thought: Well, if they’re listening … let’s talk to them. With antennas moun…
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Daily Cartoon: Thursday, October 29th – The New Yorker
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BEIJING — China’s Communist Party brought to an end the decades-old “one child” policy on Thursday, when leaders announced that all married couples would be allowed to have two children in a bid to reverse the rapid aging of the labor force.
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Qatar’s foreign minister: ‘We have our own democracy’ – Al Jazeera English
Along the railroad from Greece to Macedonia: Refugees share their hopes, fears and expectations for a future in Europe. We look at the Indonesian president’s first year in power and his efforts to kick-start the country’s flagging economy.
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IBM hopes it has a new use for Watson, its artificial intelligence business. The company announced on Wednesday that it had entered into a definitive agreement to acquire most of the assets of the Weather Company, including its Weather.
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His name is Charlie, but since he’s 12 years old now, I call him Charles. : cats
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National cat day from Martha the rescue : cats
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He’s cute enough to make up for being an asshole the rest of the time. : cats
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The shop cat at my work has the cutest jelly bean toes : cats
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Will Any New Startup Actually Change the World? – The Atlantic
Hearing from the leaders of the tech world is always revealing, and very often surprising. In our second annual Silicon Valley Insiders Poll, a panel of 101 executives, innovators, and thinkers weigh in on some of the biggest technological, politica…
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Climate-Concerned Billionaires Should Buy Coal – The Atlantic
The idea is simple. People burn fossil fuels. The fuels emit carbon-dioxide into the atmosphere. If that carbon lingers in the air, it causes greenhousing and contributes to global warming; if it gets absorbed by the ocean, it acidifies the water an…
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Gleneagles announced as host venue for 2019 Solheim Cup | Sport | The Guardian
Gleneagles will host the Solheim Cup in 2019, the Ladies European Tour has announced. The PGA Centenary Course hosted the Ryder Cup in 2014 and now the women’s teams will face the same test.
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The Amazon-owned video game streaming site Twitch is doubling down on what the company says has been a rapidly growing source of non-gaming videos on its site: creative content. Yes: like arts and crafts and music.
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Fake Blood Made Scientific – Scientific American
Looking to fake a ghastly gash for a Halloween costume? Feasome fangs? Learn how to make mixtures that look (and behave) like real blood–and are all edible! Introduction With Halloween just around the corner, pretend-bloody scenes are just a block …
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The challenge mounted this week by the US navy to China’s maritime expansion in the South China Sea highlights the confrontation in east Asia between the world’s two major powers in one of the more important, but least noticed, global flashpoints. N…
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Electric Embrace: Eels Curl Up to Supercharge Shocks – Scientific American
It’s kind of like walking straight into an electric fence, or getting shot with a stun gun. That’s how one biologist describes the experience of getting zapped by an electric eel.
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Invasive Plants Are Moving from the Northern Hemisphere South – Scientific American
South America and tropical Asia have the most diverse plant life on earth, so it seems intuitive that these regions would supply much of the world’s invasive species.
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Marco Rubio leads race for donation from casino billionaire Sheldon Adelson | US news | The Guardian
A number of donors to Jeb Bush’s campaign were reportedly jittery about sticking by him even before Wednesday’s lackluster performance in the Republican debate, but in the fierce competition among GOP presidential candidates to win seven or eight-fi…
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GOP Debate Attack on Media Time-Honored | Al Jazeera America
If there was a point of agreement among the participants, the pundits and the public after the third Republican presidential debate, held in Boulder, Colorado, Wednesday night, it would be that the moderators, from cable business channel CNBC, had a…
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Samsung’s making more money from chips and screens, but not from phones | Ars Technica
Samsung’s third-quarter earnings report is out, and the results are mixed. On the one hand, profits are up year-over-year for the first time since early 2014 (PDF). The company’s operating profit is up to ₩7.4 trillion ($6.
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Fantastic new podcast – Home: Stories from L.A. / Boing Boing
Frequent Boing Boing contributor Bill Barol has a new podcast, called Home: Stories from L.A., and it’s about the concept of “home.” Within his broad definition of the word, Bill reports on stories about interesting people in Los Angeles. It’s well …
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Paul Ryan elected US House speaker – BBC News
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From Henning Lederer, a series of 55 vintage book covers gently animated. Lederer previously did an animation of Fritz Kahn’s famous poster, Der Mensch als Industriepalast.
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Behind the scenes with James Bond in ‘You Only Live Twice’|Dangerous Minds
The revolution of the sixties kicked off on October 5th, 1962. This was the day The Beatles released their first single “Love Me Do” and Sean Connery was launched on to the big screen as James Bond in Dr. No. Between these twin poles of movies and m…
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Judge to Dotcom: No more delays, make your case to block extradition | Ars Technica
A New Zealand judge made clear that he would not allow for further delays in the Kim Dotcom extradition hearing, local media reported Thursday.
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Today’s Best Media Deals: Game of Thrones Steelbooks, Breaking Bad, and More
The first two seasons of Game of Thrones are getting collectible Steelbook editions, and you can preorder yours for $40 today from Amazon, which is $10 less than they were going for until today. Plus, if the price drops any further prior to release,…
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Hundreds killed by Russian air strikes in Syria – Al Jazeera English
At least 595 people have been killed by Russian air strikes in Syria nearly a month into Moscow’s military campaign, a monitoring group has said.
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Lawsuit: homophobic Hawaii cop arrested women for kissing in public / Boing Boing
After a lesbian couple were arrested for kissing in a grocery story, the Hawaii police officer who targeted them is now the target of a lawsuit, reports the AP.
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Taylor Swift alleges that a former radio host, David Mueller, groped her during a fan meet-and-greet in 2013. On Wednesday, she filed a countersuit against him; he filed a lawsuit against her in September, claiming he was falsely accused.
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Bradley Cooper says ‘transparency’ needed over Hollywood wage gap – BBC News
Bradley Cooper has spoken of the need for “transparency” to help close the gender pay gap in Hollywood. Cooper’s American Hustle co-star Jennifer Lawrence made headlines this month when she wrote about her anger at getting paid less than her male co…
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Paul Ryan elected House speaker with mandate to unite Republicans | US news | The Guardian
Paul Ryan, the former nominee for vice-president, was elected as the 62nd speaker of the House of Representatives on Thursday, as the Republican party sought to prevent a disintegration of its congressional majority.
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Should we rebuild lost ecosystems through trophic rewilding? | Ars Technica
We humans have altered our planet’s surface, atmosphere, and its flora and fauna so dramatically that our impact is the defining feature of our geographical age, the Anthropocene.
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Lindsey Graham Steals the Show at CNBC’s Undercard Debate – The Daily Beast
Just like he did in the previous Republican undercard debate, Sen. Lindsey Graham stole the show Wednesday evening with his theatrical antics, cracking jokes and making stump speech-like proclamations that often ran over his allotted time.
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Jeb Bush Made Voting Rights Contingent on Sobriety, but Cut Funding for Treatment | Mother Jones
In February 2000, an ex-felon named Timothy White appeared before Jeb Bush to petition the Florida governor to restore his right to vote. Bush’s staff had recommended that the request be denied, but White hoped his compelling story would sway the go…
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Watch Stephen Colbert’s Deep Analysis of ‘Star Wars’ Trailer | Rolling Stone
Watch Stephen Colbert’s Deep Analysis of ‘Star Wars: Force Awakens’ Trailer “I am confident I have the definitive guess as to the entire plot of the movie now,” the “original ‘Star Wars’ fan” says
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Homejoy Co-Founder Allegedly Reused Customer Data Without Permission | Motherboard
An unlaunched startup created out of the ashes of failed on-demand home cleaning service Homejoy is now under fire over how it obtained customer data.
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Science Made This Chamber Silent, Your Mind Is What Makes It Terrifying | Motherboard
Quiet is calming, but there’s something eerie about deafening silence.
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Hot Dogs Found To Contain Human DNA – The Onion – America’s Finest News Source
Watchdog group Clear Food has tested 345 hot dog samples from 75 brands and found that up to 14 percent had ingredients that contradicted their labeling, such as vegetarian products that contained meat, and 2 percent of the hot dogs tested contained…
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You’ll Be Able to Play ‘Titanfall’ on Your iPhone Next Year | Motherboard
Titanfall, one of 2014’s biggest multiplayer first-person shooters, is coming to mobile devices, the game’s developer Respawn Entertainment announced on Thursday.
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Twitter ad sparks social media backlash – BBC News
In a first for Twitter, the social network has launched a television advertisement campaign with the hope of attracting more users to the site. However, the fast-paced ad was met with confusion by some viewers – one of whom described it as “incompre…
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WASHINGTON—Police and emergency responders were called to 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue in the early morning hours Thursday after the White House’s Truman Balcony collapsed under the weight of dozens of reveling administration officials, leaving nine sen…
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Why Are Sports Bras So Terrible? – Racked
The first thing to know about sports and breasts is this: women have always participated in athletics, bra or no bra. In ancient Rome, women bound their breasts with cloth and leather. Pottery and mosaics from the fourth and fifth centuries show fem…
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How Do You Die When You’re Buried Alive? | Inverse
Beatrix Kiddo emerged with just a few bloody knuckles after punching her way out of her own grave in Kill Bill 2. That degree of strength and perseverance, though useful six feet under, unfortunately exists solely in the realm of vengeful Tarantino …
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Think you don’t have herpes? Think again | New York Post
Two-thirds of the world’s population under 50 have the highly infectious herpes virus that causes cold sores around the mouth, the World Health Organization said on Wednesday, in its first estimate of global prevalence of the disease. More than 3.
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Doctor Who’s David Tennant Gets Why It’s So Important to Bring Back Donna Noble | Vanity Fair
The Internet lit up with excitement earlier this week, when David Tennant and Catherine Tate, a.k.a. the Tenth Doctor and Donna Noble, announced they would be re-uniting for new audio Doctor Who adventures for production company Big Finish.
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The Comedians: Drunks, Thieves, Scoundrels, and the History of American Comedy|Dangerous Minds
I’ve been aware of Kliph Nesteroff’s singular erudition for a number of years now.
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As a producer for 60 Minutes, Mary Mapes broke news that helped shaped history. Then came a controversial story about the military records of George W. Bush. CBS fired her. Now a new movie about her life offers Mapes a shot at redemption.
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If You Have Poor Credit, Beware Extra Charges on Your Monthly Bills
You probably already know that your credit history can affect things like your mortgage approval, loan interest rates, and so on. Unfortunately, poor credit can also mean higher monthly bills. If your credit isn’t great, you’ll want to beware “risk-…
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As Rovio Restructures, Angry Bird Alums Launch Lightneer To Build Learning Games | TechCrunch
Last week, when Helsinki-based Angry Birds publisher Rovio confirmed it would cut 213 jobs, it also said it would shut down its education division, with some of its education employees forming a spinoff. Today, an educational gaming startup called L…
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Battleborn hands-on: “Not a MOBA, not a MOBA, not a MOBA” | Ars Technica
I’m playing Battleborn, trying to bash away at the giant metal leg of this giant metal spider, and I think it’s doing something. I also think my team is doing something behind me, but I’m right next to a giant metal leg (on a giant metal spider), so…
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A Hotline That Could Prevent The Next Mass Shooting | ThinkProgress
After a mass shooting, the nation debates the merits of strengthening gun safety laws or improving the mental health system. But what if it were possible to teach people how to decrease their desire to kill? James Kimmel, Jr.
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Explore The Private Lives Of Dungeon Monsters In Steve Lichman
Imagine a world where that Gnoll you killed in your last tabletop RPG had a life of his own. The dungeon’s just a day job—there’s a girlfriend waiting for him after a hard day’s gnolling.
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No, Carly Fiorina, Obama Has Not Impoverished 3 Million Women | ThinkProgress
At Wednesday night’s Republican presidential debate, Carly Fiorina hit President Obama on women’s employment.
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There’s an Easy Fix for America’s Crumbling Highway System | Mother Jones
Last week, 19 Democratic governors wrote to Congress, begging House and Senate leaders to address an issue concerning “no less than the economic wellbeing of our nation and the safety of our citizens.” Their dramatic language referred to federal fun…
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OnePlus X hands-on: A whole lot of phone for just $249 | Ars Technica
Specs at a glance: OnePlus X Screen 5-inch, 1080p AMOLED, Gorilla Glass 3 OS OxygenOS (Android 5.1 Lollipop) CPU Snapdragon 801, 32-bit quad-core Krait 400 CPU running at 2.3GHz RAM 3GB LPDDR3 GPU Qualcomm Adreno 330 Storage 16GB, plus micro SD expa…
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Spanish pilot’s ‘Palestine’ remark probed by airline – BBC News
Spanish airline Iberia is investigating complaints that the captain of a flight arriving in Israel announced he was “landing in Palestine”. Passengers said the pilot made the announcement in Spanish, and then said in English the plane was about to l…
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NIH Set to Boost Research Into Chronic Fatigue Syndrome – The Atlantic
The National Institutes of Health announced on Thursday that it will strengthen its efforts to find the roots of a mysterious disorder known as Chronic Fatigue Syndrome, or Myalgic Encephalomyelitis.
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Botox-maker Allergan confirms Pfizer takeover approach – BBC News
Botox-maker Allergan has confirmed it has held preliminary talks about a takeover by drugs giant Pfizer. Dublin-based Allergan said no agreement had been reached and there was “no certainty that these discussions will lead to a transaction”.
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Jailed Saudi Blogger Badawi Awarded Rights Prize | Al Jazeera America
Raif Badawi was honored with the award as a symbol of the fight for freedom of speech — an announcement greeted with a standing ovation Thursday at the European Parliament assembly in Strasbourg, France.
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Freedom of Navigation in the South China Sea – The Atlantic
U.S. Navy surveillance photo of what it says are Chinese dredging vessels fortifying a reef in the South China Sea in May, 2015.
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The Third Republican Debate Was an Exercise in Economic Fantasy | The New Republic
From beginning to end, the third Republican debate had an air of unreality. Faced with two hours’ worth of uncomfortable questions about their economic policy positions, the candidates could respond only by finding one way after another to cocoon th…
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Matthew McConaughey has been the guy who’s “so wrong, he’s right” for women like Kate Hudson and Sarah Jessica Parker in movies, but he’s never really taken to playing bad guys.
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Ted Cruz draws huge cheer by ranting against comic book versions of debate questions
Similarly, Ben Carson wasn’t asked whether he could do math. He was asked whether his tax plan’s math added up. “You have a flat tax plan of 10 percent flat taxes,” said moderator Becky Quick.
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Tanzania ruling party candidate wins presidential vote – Al Jazeera English
Tanzania’s ruling party candidate won presidential elections with over 50 percent of the votes, the National Electoral Commission (NEC) said. John Pombe Magufuli of the long-ruling Chama Cha Mapinduzi party was elected with 58.46 percent of the vote…
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You Can Now Watch Bob Ross Paint Happy Little Bushes on Twitch | Motherboard
Twitch, the live video game streaming platform Amazon acquired last year for $1 billion, is not just for games. On Thursday, Twitch announced that it’s honoring the birthday of Bob Ross, host of the seminal PBS show The Joy of Painting, by opening T…
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Body of Songs: Appendix on Vimeo
There’s all these amazing, complex, crucial organs in the body. The appendix is surplus to requirements, worse than useless. It was originally there to repopulate the gut with good bacteria, but in “hygienic” societies there’s nothing much for it to…
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Hear Carrie Brownstein recount seeing Nirvana in this exclusive clip · Newswire · The A.V. Club
Carrie Brownstein’s terrific new memoir, Hunger Makes Me A Modern Girl, was released this week, but if you’re the type who prefers hearing an author use their own voice to tell you their story, you’re in luck, because the audiobook is also now avail…
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Six Banned Candies You Won’t Be Getting On Halloween | Atlas Obscura
Treats have been part of the Halloween tradition for centuries, and in the U.S., candy has been an indelible part of the holiday since the 1940s. But over this long history, we’ve also lost a few goody bag items forever: six types of gross, dangerou…
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The British bloggers who are reinventing how the NFL coaches
Green Bay Packers quarterback Aaron Rodgers threw five touchdowns in his team’s Week 3 victory against the Chiefs. He completed a solid 68.8 percent of his passes for 333 yards, and he didn’t toss a single interception.
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Why Can’t Ghosts Let Go of the Victorian Era? | Atlas Obscura
When you search for ghost costumes online, you’ll find three major categories. The first is a simple white, flowing gown-type costume: your classic white bedsheet.
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Letting Go of Paradise | Hakai Magazine
The Jet Star roller coaster was never the best amusement park ride around, but just before riders plunged down the steep decline from the steel coaster’s tallest trackway, a splendid, if brief, view of the Jersey Shore appeared, the coast stretching…
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Spiral Aurora Over Finland : space
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In every presidential campaign, the candidates are bound to say a few things that are absurd, laughable, or bizarre.
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It was 21 minutes into the Republican presidential debate and Jeb Bush, the professed statesman of this year’s Republican field, had to do something.
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To do in San Francisco: Aaron Swartz Day mini-con on privacy-enabling tech / Boing Boing
Lisa Rein writes, “While the San Francisco Aaron Swartz International Hackathon is going on downstairs at the Internet Archive, we’re having a little privacy-enabling mini-conference upstairs.” Both mornings start out at the beginner level, and grad…
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Modsy Brings The Virtual When Designing Reality | TechCrunch
Modsy is today launching a private beta for its novel approach to home design. Using sophisticated 3D rendering solutions, the service turns photos of your simple room into the swanky home of your dreams. This startup has built a service that can br…
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Taxonomy of the 37 basic silent-film plots / Boing Boing
It’s a lovely piece of narrative theory from Wycliff Aber Hill’s 1919 book Ten Million Photoplay Plots: The Master Key to All Dramatic Plots, part of a tradition of stage-play manuals that presented related taxonomies for aspiring writers.
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Nothing about the world’s biggest economy is clear at present. Will the Federal Reserve raise interest rates before Christmas? Nobody is really sure.
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Teenager charged over schoolboy’s death – BBC News
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Did Hobby Lobby’s C.E.O. Unknowingly Sponsor Terrorism? | Vanity Fair
On Tuesday morning, the Daily Beast reported that Hobby Lobby’s C.E.O.
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This DIY Sonic Tripwire Alarm Is a Loud, Perfect Early Warning System
Worried someone might intrude on your evil lair? This DIY sonic tripware alarm is easy to build, decently loud, and is perfect for simple hide-and-seek games or establishing a perimeter around whatever you’d like to keep safe.
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Breast Cancer Rising Among African-American Women | Al Jazeera America
Breast cancer rates are rising among African-American women, closing a longstanding gap with rates of the illness among white women, according to a report released Thursday. Breast cancer rates in black women rose by about 0.
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Sick Man Slowly Becoming Enthroned In Used Tissues – The Onion – America’s Finest News Source
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Why Cops Lose Control – Scientific American
Eric Garner, Michael Brown, Akai Gurley, Walter Scott, Samuel DuBose—the list of high-profile killings by police in the U.S. continues to grow.
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In (Partial) Defense of the CNBC Republican Debate – The New Yorker
“The questions that have been asked so far in this debate illustrate why the American people don’t trust the media,” Senator Ted Cruz said last night, drawing himself up in a way that made him appear to slightly inflate.
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Cartoon: Billy Dare vs. the Power of Plot Requirements
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Meet Paul Ryan, Media Darling. He’s Sensible, Serious, and Totally Made-Up. | The Nation
The beatification of right-wing Republican Paul Ryan has become an almost annual ritual among the punditocracy. This bizarre tradition began when Ryan released his first budget as chair of the House Budget Committee in 2011, and repeated itself a ye…
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How Companies Make Women Less Ambitious Over Time | The Nation
In Sheryl Sandberg’s book Lean In: Women, Work, and the Will to Lead, the Facebook executive acknowledged the structural sexism that women face in the workplace but sought to address the “barriers that exist within ourselves.
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June It’s all but decreed: Because of his breed, Jeb Bush is the steed Republicans need. This Bush guaranteed A fat-cat stampede. Most pundits agreed That soon we would read, “Jeb’s rivals concede.” October Whatever he’d plead, Few voters would heed.
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The Trouble With Jeremy Corbyn’s Mainstream Revolution | The Nation
London —Six weeks after Jeremy Corbyn’s victory in Britain’s Labour Party leadership elections, both the party and the nation’s political class have settled on a new abnormal.
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The Benghazi Hearing Was a Waste of Time. These Congressional Hearings Wouldn’t Be. | The Nation
The history of congressional hearings is, to say the least, a checkered one. Members of Congress have abused the hearing process to foment witch hunts, as Senator Joseph McCarthy did with the Tydings Committee to investigate the loyalty of State Dep…
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The One Thing This Immigration Reporter Never Wants to Hear Again | The Nation
The Nation’s newest contributing writer is hitting the immigration beat during a rabidly xenophobic election cycle. You can read her debate coverage here and here. She chatted with us over email. When and why did you get into journalism?
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Steve Martin and Edie Brickell on New Album, Broadway Musical | Rolling Stone
As an 18-year-old newcomer to the banjo, Steve Martin sensed the instrument had something resembling an “emotive” quality to it. “But I had no vision in my head,” he tells Rolling Stone Country. “No picture, no story, no nothing.
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‘Democracy in Zanzibar at stake’, vote observers warn – Al Jazeera English
International election observers have called for transparency following Zanzibar’s poll annulment, calling political leaders to “cast aside their differences” and “find a speedy resolution”.
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BBC Sport – Man Utd: Paul Scholes would ‘not enjoy’ playing in Van Gaal’s team
Former Manchester United midfielder Paul Scholes says he “would not enjoy” playing in Louis van Gaal’s side. Scholes praised United’s defence saying they are “coached brilliantly” but bemoaned the team’s style of play.
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The 13-year-old girl sent on a ‘day-trip’ to Australia – BBC News
Up until the late 1960s the UK sent children living in care homes to new lives in Australia and other countries. It was a brutal experience for many, writes Kirstie Brewer. In the winter of 1949, 13-year-old Pamela Smedley boarded a ship to Australi…
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Taylor Swift Files Countersuit Against Radio Host Fired for Grope | Rolling Stone
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A Guide To Cleaning Every Possible Halloween Mess (Including Fake Blood)
Jolie Kerr is a cleaning expert and advice columnist. She’ll be here every other week helping to answer your filthiest questions. Are you dirty? Check the Squalor Archive for assistance. Are you still dirty? Email her.
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The Art of Selling Out — Cuepoint — Medium
Public Enemy’s biggest hit record came in 2012, decades after what many would consider their prime.
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Humans Are Still Evolving—Researchers Say Data From an Island in Quebec Proves It
Standing deep inside the archives of the Roman Catholic Church’s Canadian headquarters, it suddenly struck me that this was an odd place to find evidence that people are still evolving.
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I got an albino M&M in my bag. : mildlyinteresting
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Dreams by Rayne : ImaginaryMindscapes
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M74 – Face-on Spiral Galaxy in Pisces : space
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HMB while I belly flop on this table : holdmybeer
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MRW I upvote a Halloween post to 666 : reactiongifs
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UK govt: no crypto back doors, just repeal the laws of mathematics / Boing Boing
The UK government continues to exhibit its historic, dangerous cluelessness about crypto.
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Moldova government dismissed by MPs amid bank scandal – BBC News
Moldova’s parliament has dismissed the government, following a no-confidence vote – a move which intensifies the country’s political turmoil. Prime Minister Valeriu Strelet has been in office for less than three months.
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Why Jeb Bush Can’t Win the Presidential Race – The Atlantic
“If they’re looking for an entertainer in chief, I’m probably not the guy,” former frontrunner Jeb Bush confessed to CNN, minutes after the third Republican debate. After three poor debate performances, Bush understandably wishes to minimize the imp…
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‘A nervous country’: Turkish elections amid tight security – BBC News
Turkey holds an election on Sunday – the second in five months – with the governing AK Party hoping to win back its majority. The faltering economy and the state of Turkish democracy are among the key issues.
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Modernist Poetry in a Crowdsourcing Age | The Nation
In her 2003 Paris Review interview, Jorie Graham evokes a radiant image from her childhood in Rome: a “huge marble statue of the reclining Apollo on the landing above the ballet class that we would run up the wide flight of stairs to, sweaty, after …
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China Finally Breaks Down on One-Child Policy | Vanity Fair
After decades of enforcing the Draconian measure as a method of population control, China announced this morning that it would finally end its 36-year-old One Child Policy, allowing families to have two children each.
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Here’s a rare and long-dormant artifact of classic Cleveland punks in a once-in-a-lifetime configuration.
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Africa army medic’s life on front line – BBC News
Military experts have been testing the capability of more than 5,500 troops and support staff as part of a major exercise in South Africa. Sergeant Chanetsa Gift, 37, is a Zimbabwean national. He is a military paramedic and has been in the forces fo…
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Has Donald Trump Stopped Having Fun? | The New Republic
Something is different about Donald Trump. You’d have expected him to be on fire at Wednesday night’s Republican debate, given criticism that his performance in last month’s showdown had been lackluster. But he didn’t land that many zingers.
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Carly Fiorina’s Utterly Bonkers Take On The Constitution | ThinkProgress
The minimum wage and Social Security are both unconstitutional, according to Republican presidential candidate Carly Fiorina — a view that puts her at odds with both longstanding precedents and the text of the Constitution.
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Why Businesses Embrace Machine Learning [Excerpt] – Scientific American
Excerpted with permission from The Master Algorithm: How the Quest for the Ultimate Learning Machine Will Remake Our World, by Pedro Domingos. Available from Basic Books, a member of The Perseus Books Group. Copyright © 2015.
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African countries create force to fight together – BBC News
That’s according to military experts who have been testing the capability of more than 5,500 troops and support staff as part of a major exercise in South Africa.
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Jailed Saudi Blogger Raif Badawi Is Awarded the Sakharov Prize – The Atlantic
Saudi blogger Raif Badawi was sentenced last year to a decade in prison and 50 lashes a week for 20 weeks—a punishment that has been carried out once so far—for the crime of insulting Islam on his website.
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Make Your Dips, Dressings, and Drinks a Little More Probiotic with Kefir
Kefir—a fermented dairy beverage with a taste similar to drinkable yogurt—is packed with probiotics, but its tangy flavor and creamy body make it perfect for dips and dressings.
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The Grand Illusions of the Republican Party | The New Republic
John Kasich entered last night’s Republican debate chomping at the bit and raring for a fight.
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Stop Freaking Out About Human DNA in Hot Dogs
A startup called Clear Labs has genetically tested a bunch of hot dogs, and the results are about as weird as you’d expect. Pork DNA in the turkey dogs. Chicken DNA in the veggie dogs.
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It’s an Old Trope, but How Well Does the Factory Model Explain Pop Music? | The Nation
Among the oldest and most enduring criticisms of American popular music is the charge that it is nothing more than an industrial product, made for profit and designed for mass production and consumption, rather than a work of personal expression.
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In the immediate aftermath of Wednesday night’s Republican presidential debate, there was no shortage of opinions about how the candidates performed.
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Twitter’s first TV ad confuses World Series viewers – BBC News
The first television advertisement campaign by Twitter has left some American viewers confused. However, text appeared so quickly in the lively sequence that some took to the web to express bewilderment.
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Google removes uBlock Origin from the Chrome Store for unclear reasons : technology
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A Saturniidae moth’s caterpillar [1038×1741] : AnimalPorn
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Letters From the November 16, 2015, Issue | The Nation
Letters From the November 16, 2015, Issue https://t.co/EnwlqxKetL
I will preface this by saying that I admire Bernie Sanders and his clearly progressive views, as well as his strongly articulated ideas. However, reading D.D. Guttenplan’s “The Secret to Sanders’s Success” [Oct. 26] reminds me why he’s not a viable … -
David Cameron promises law to force ISPs to censor a secret blacklist / Boing Boing
The UK Prime Minister has doubled down on this Great Firewall of Cameron, which is an arrangement whereby the UK ISPs “voluntarily” agreed to block websites that had been secretly ruled to be pornographic, unless customers specifically asked them no…
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Touting a New Strategy, Frazier Healthcare Partners Closes a $262 Million New Fund | TechCrunch
Frazier Healthcare Partners, a 24-year-old venture firm that invests only in healthcare and has offices in both Seattle and Menlo Park, Ca., has just closed its eighth fund with $262 million from mostly earlier backers.
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Dark entries: Conceptual photography that will nourish your nightmares|Dangerous Minds
22-year-old Canadian photographer Sean Mundy has managed to build a rather impressive collection of his minimalist yet symbolic photography during his two-decades on mother Earth.
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Ruling party wins Tanzania presidency – BBC News
China decides to end its decades-long policy of allowing couples to have only one child, China’s state-run Xinhua news agency reports.
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Meet the New Addition to George and Amal Clooney’s Family | Vanity Fair
It’s easy to imagine that George and Amal Clooney live a life in which they can snap their fingers and things just appear. (George brings out two plates of salmon for dinner. “But I was really in the mood for chicken,” Amal mutters.
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Rocker Grace Potter’s Three Phases To Cosmic Enlightenment | Video
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Jeb Bush’s Collapse at the Republican Presidential Debate – The Atlantic
If you’re feeling sorry for Jeb Bush after Wednesday night’s CNBC debate, don’t. His defenestration by Marco Rubio should make even those who support neither of them for president smile. It’s a sign that maybe, just maybe, the system still works.
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The Din of Digital Noise Is Modulating Our Brains’ Auditory Fear Network | Motherboard
David Hendy can be lying in bed, driving on the highway, or flying in a commercial airplane, when suddenly his ears perk up. Does the heating boiler always rattle so violently? Is that the car engine making a horrible clanging noise? Why are thuds a…
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Is Complicity Now the Entry Fee for Critique? | The Nation
There’s a new Tinder for journalists. Or is it Uber? It’s an app that matches journalists with pitches from public-relations firms. Like, say, an auction of tattoo art. The zingy overview pops up on your screen. You try to decipher whether it invol…
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PM Bhargava: India scientist to return award in protest at ‘intolerance’ – BBC News
One of India’s top scientists has said he will return a prestigious government award to protest against the “growing intolerance in the country”. PM Bhargava said he would meet the home secretary and return the Padma Bhushan he was awarded in 1986.
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Blippar AR Platform Acquires Binocular To Dive Into The Virtual Try-On | TechCrunch
Blippar, the ad platform that delivers AR content through real-world tags, has today announced the acquisition of Binocular. Binocular is an Austin, TX-based company that creates augmented reality applications for brands, with a specialty in the vir…
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Imperialism With an Internationalist Face | The Nation
Faced with the intractable problems of South Africa, the United Nations Security Council requested an advisory opinion in 1970 from the International Court of Justice, the UN’s principal judicial authority. This time, however, the issue was not Sout…
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Forget The 7-Day Forecast, WeatherPlanner Will Give You Year-Ahead Weather Predictions | TechCrunch
Are you sick of not knowing what the weather will be like at your cousin’s best friend’s sister’s birthday party that is in six months? Well, now you can know exactly what the weather will be like that day…sort of.
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I NEVER imagined I would get hooked on reading comic books on a TV screen. That changed last week after I picked up a new Apple TV. The new device, which is similar to a set-top box and brings video and music from the Internet to a television, now h…
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Ken M Is The Most Epic Troll On The Internet
Ken M has lurked since 2011, masterfully trolling comment sections across digital media. As his legend grows, let’s look at Ken M’s greatest hits and find out who is behind the comments. Ken M has achieved what few trolls can dare to dream of.
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Miitomo is Nintendo’s first Mii-packed smartphone game (Wired UK)
Nintendo announced its plans to develop smartphone games in March, but has otherwise been relatively silent on the matter — until now. The company has finally revealed that its first entry in the mobile gaming space will be launching in March 2016.
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Isaac and Maynard lickin’ each other in a patch of sunlight. : cats
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Download Over $70 Worth of Android Apps For Free, Courtesy of Amazon
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To celebrate Halloween, Amazon is giving away over $70 in premium Android apps for free today. Highlights include LEGO Star Wars, Bridge Constructor, and Runtastic Pro, but be sure to head over to Amazon to see the full list. -
Vintage military tank explosion in Oregon kills two men on video shoot | US news | The Guardian
Two men killed by an explosion inside a second world war-era tank at an Oregon firing range were participating in a video shoot in a military vehicle owned by one of the victims, a collector who had been filmed for shows on the Discovery Channel, th…
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Ben Carson Says He’s Not A Homophobe. Ben Carson Disagrees. | ThinkProgress
Though Wednesday night’s Republican presidential debate focused mostly on the economy, one question did bring up social issues.
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The new Microsoft Band has all the workouts you could ever dream of | Ars Technica
The original Microsoft Band was impressive when it debuted last year. It had a colorful touchscreen display, built-in GPS and heart rate monitors, and guided workouts—proving that a fitness device could be smarter than a simple step-counter or time-…
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How to Know When to Move Onto Heavier Weights In the Gym
There are two kinds of gym-goers: those who lift too much too soon and hurt themselves, and those who hold back and don’t lift enough—when they actually can (and should). For the latter group, it might be from not knowing if the time is ripe for hea…
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US economic growth slows in third quarter as businesses cut back | Business | The Guardian
US economic growth braked sharply in the third quarter as businesses cut back on restocking warehouses to work off an inventory glut, but solid domestic demand could encourage the Federal Reserve to raise interest rates in December. Gross domestic p…
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The Wonder Woman Movie Could Have More Batman Than We Were Expecting
Elizabeth Henstridge teases the future of Simmons’ relationship with Fitz on Agents of SHIELD. Captain America: Civil War merchandise reveals details about Cap’s new costume. Plus, a tense clip from Doctor Who, a sinister image from Jessica Jones, a…
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Sad, Funny Accounts of When Animals Accidentally Attack – Scientific American
In journalism, there’s what you call your dog-bites-man situation. Which is anything too common and expected to be a good story (unless the dog is one of those Resident Evil hellhounds, or the man is Cesar Millan).
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BBC Sport – Jose Mourinho: Chelsea manager to be in dugout for Liverpool match
Chelsea manager Jose Mourinho is expected to be in the dugout for Saturday’s game with Liverpool – despite facing a misconduct charge. The Blues boss faces disciplinary action after being sent off during last weekend’s 2-1 defeat by West Ham.
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CNBC Moderators Strike Back at G.O.P.-Debate Criticism | Vanity Fair
In the midst of a firestorm for its performance at Wednesday night’s Republican debate, CNBC rushed to its own defense just after the main event.
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Explainer: What was China’s one-child policy? – BBC News
China has decided to end its longstanding one-child policy and allow all couples to have two children. What was it?
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How Ryan Adams’ Bromance Led to ‘1989’ Cover, ‘Classic’ La Sera LP | Rolling Stone
Ryan Adams is a notoriously fast worker in the studio, and as a producer, he encourages the same.
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Photo by @shonephoto (Robbie Shone) – Members of the @negreenland_caves project collect samples for a new climate record from speleothems found in The Crystal Palace, in northeast Greenland. A high level cave the team discovered as part of a @natgeo…
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Here’s how to cause a ruckus: Ask a bunch of naturalists to simplify the world. We usually think in terms of a web of complicated interactions among animals, plants, microbes, earth, wind, and fire—what Darwin called “the entangled bank.
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Massive Online Open Courses Can Be Better Than Traditional Teaching Methods
I teach one of the world’s most popular MOOCs (massive online open courses), “Learning How to Learn,” with neuroscientist Terrence J. Sejnowski, the Francis Crick Professor at the Salk Institute for Biological Studies.
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How ISIS Spread in Syria and Iraq—and How to Stop It – The Atlantic
“It is perfectly true, as the philosophers say, that life must be understood backwards. But they forget the other proposition: that it must be lived forwards.
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Abandoned farmhouse,Talavera de la Reina,Spain,[OC][5472×3648]aba : AbandonedPorn
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Iran Will Attend The Next Round Of Syrian Peace Talks. Here’s Why That’s A Big Deal. | ThinkProgress
Iran will be in Vienna this week to talk about a solution to the crisis in Syria. An Iranian government spokesman confirmed that Foreign Minister Javad Zarif will attend the multilateral talks that see them at the same table as regional opponents.
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Pfizer and Allergan weigh up big pharma mega-merger | Business | The Guardian
Pfizer and Allergan are considering a merger that would create a drugs giant worth more than $300bn, bringing together the US makers of Viagra and Botox.
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TrueFacet, A Marketplace For Pre-Owned Jewelry, Relaunches With New Texting Feature | TechCrunch
If you were to collect all of the designer-label jewelry and watches in the world and throw them in a pile, TrueFacet cofounder and CEO Tirath Kamdar tells TechCrunch, over 40 percent of the pile would be counterfeit.
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A Brief Guide to the Syrian Civil War – The Atlantic
Russia’s bombing campaign in Syria marks a new phase in the Syrian conflict, now in its fifth year.
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How ISIS Spread in Syria and Iraq—and How to Stop It – The Atlantic
“It is perfectly true, as the philosophers say, that life must be understood backwards. But they forget the other proposition: that it must be lived forwards.
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No one really understands the inner pain of the goth chicken|Dangerous Minds
Chickens are generally the stupidest-looking birds on the planet. I own two different coffee table books of chicken photos simply because the mere sight of these idiotic fowl can literally bring me to laugh-induced tears. It must be hard to be a chi…
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“The past is a foreign country: they cycle differently there”. Such an assumption is often close to the surface in any complaint about the activities of cyclists in present-day Britain. Take, for instance, Angela Epstein’s recent article in the Tele…
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US economic growth slows sharply – BBC News
The inquiry into the Iraq War should be published in June or July 2016, its author Sir John Chilcot says.
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Nintendo’s first smartphone game delay sees shares fall – BBC News
Nintendo has announced its first smartphone game, but delayed its launch from the end of the year until next March. As some predicted, it was not a Super Mario game, but “Miitomo”, a game in which players create their own avatars to talk to each oth…
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HDP: Party of Turkey’s oppressed? – Al Jazeera English
Istanbul – Savas Cicek believes that the Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) represents the oppressed people of Turkey and fights for their rights.
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Philadelphia police union joins growing Quentin Tarantino boycott | Film | The Guardian
A third major police union has added its voice to calls for a boycott of Quentin Tarantino’s movies, after the Oscar-winning film-maker spoke at a rally against police brutality in New York.
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Mascherano admits tax fraud charges – BBC News
Barcelona’s Javier Mascherano has admitted two counts of fraud totalling just over 1.5m euros (£1.1m). The Argentine defender failed to declare 1.5m euros in earnings in 2011 and 2012, state prosecutors said.
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Standing In Solidarity With Low-Wage Workers At the U.S. Senate
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Tap the Google Icon to Begin a New Search While Preserving the Old One
Android: On the desktop, you’re probably used to opening up multiple Google search tabs at once. Now you can do the same thing by tapping the Google icon before you begin a new search on Android.
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The CNBC Republican Debate: Bring In the Clowns
The CNBC Republican presidential debate last night opened with a startling bolt of straight talk: “We are on the verge, perhaps, of picking someone who cannot do this job,” said Ohio Governor John Kasich, ignoring the inane moderator request that th…
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Why The Horror Trope of the Creepy Young Girl Persists | Motherboard
1956 saw the release of The Bad Seed, a movie about a clean-cut eight-year-old named Rhoda Penmark. She seems innocent enough, tap dancing around the house and asking her parents for baskets of hugs and kisses.
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Witches are some of the most enduring feminist icons of our time – Quartz
The specter of the witch haunts both fact and fiction. She is all at once wizened hag, poison apple in hand; learned spinster, married to her books; and enchanting seductress with bared breasts and hypnotic stare.
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Israeli rightists push for takeover of Al-Aqsa compound – Al Jazeera English
Right-wing political leaders and groups have called for Israel to exercise control over the Al-Aqsa Mosque compound as the Israeli government takes harsh measures to quell ongoing Palestinian unrest.
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Can identity be chosen or is it inborn? – Katharine Quarmby – Aeon
Alice, the heroine of Lewis Carroll’s Through the Looking‑Glass (1871), has many extraordinary encounters, but the one that’s always stuck with me is her meeting with Humpty Dumpty, an egg-shaped being, balanced on a wall.
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Rinjani National Park, Lombok [3840×2560] [OC] : EarthPorn
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Significant Digits For Thursday, Oct. 29, 2015 | FiveThirtyEight
Significant Digits For Thursday, Oct. 29, 2015 https://t.co/Dvpapunz8o
You’re reading Significant Digits, a daily digest of the telling numbers tucked inside the news. The percentage of Kansas City homes that tuned in to the first game of the World Series on Tuesday night, compared with 27 percent of New York City home… -
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American schools should have a sticker on their windows that say, “We are armed. Come in at your own peril. You will be shot.” (Rand Paul) Gay marriage is like car seats for conjoined twins. (Ben Carson)
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For years, truckers have had to keep unwieldy paper log books in order to track their hours, which complicates fleet management for trucking companies because they have to sort through faxes and mailed documents.
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How Tanzania plans to light up a million homes with solar power | Environment | The Guardian
Before solar panels were installed at Masaki village’s only health centre, doctors, nurses and midwives had to use dim flashlights or the glow from their cellphones to deliver babies and treat night-time emergencies.
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The History of Education Reform and Why Inequality Persists – The Atlantic
As the U.S. continues to reckon with a widening income gap between the wealthiest Americans and marginalized communities, politicians and advocates have often cited education access as one of the greater contributors—and potential solutions—to the p…
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Tennessee manhunt continues for fugitive accused of shooting at police | US news | The Guardian
A Kentucky fugitive accused of shooting at police in two states remained on the run, despite a five-day manhunt and a chaotic scene at a small-town Tennessee gas station that ended early Thursday with the arrests of two of his friends.
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Migrant crisis: Ten dead in boat sinkings off Greece – BBC News
Ten people, including children, have died after four boats sank off Greek islands in the eastern Aegean Sea. Hours earlier the Greek coastguard had rescued 242 people from a sinking boat in the area.
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Wenny Tari knows a thing or two about wine. She and her husband Gabriel have been making it since 1982, when they inherited a vineyard in France’s picturesque Languedoc region in the south of the country.
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Syria-based Britons who are the focal point of jihadist media – BBC News
Syria-based British jihadists have featured more prominently in the latest edition of a pro-al-Qaeda English-language magazine called al-Risalah.
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Hackers, Activists, Journos: How to Build a Secure Burner Laptop | Motherboard
Security researcher Georg Wicherski recalls a friend who was once stopped at the airport on his way to the Black Hat hacking conference. Security took his laptop, supposedly for a routine X-ray, but it seemed to be taking too long.
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U.K. Gov’t: No End-To-End Encryption Please, We’re British… | TechCrunch
The U.K. government continues to tie itself in ugly knots about encryption. The question is why?
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Strangers Tried Blackmailing a Camgirl with Photos, So She’s Selling the Photos | Motherboard
Being a camgirl isn’t easy. There are a lot of hazards and risks associated with working as an online entertainer, and strangers online often try to exploit the intimate nature of camming for their own profit, according to Lindsay Dye, an artist, ph…
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The Horror of the Unreal – The New Yorker
The TV show “The Walking Dead” is one long exercise in tension. But the zombies—the supposed centerpiece of the show’s horror—are not particularly frightening. Gross, to be sure, but also knowable, literal. You can see them coming from yards away.
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Cam Unveils ‘Untamed’ Album: The Ram Report | Rolling Stone
Cam is pictured sipping through a straw stabbed straight into a lemon on the cover of her debut album, Untamed. It’s a unique shot that breaks the mold of stereotypical country album covers, and also one that carries an underlying message that the s…
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Detained women seeking asylum or other forms of humanitarian relief began an indefinite hunger strike at an immigration detention center in Texas on Wednesday night, sending hand-written letters to the federal government calling for their release.
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Satirical show asks: Is Lebanon ready for change? – Al Jazeera English
Beirut, Lebanon – The “You Stink” protest movement has been raging for the past several months in Lebanon, demanding that the government do something about the country’s massive rubbish problem – and calling for an end to the political dysfunction a…
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Three important things happened in the middle of 1977, each separated by a little more than a month: “Star Wars” was released, I celebrated my 11th birthday and Elvis Presley died.
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Snapseed Update Brings Native RAW Support and Editing
Snapseed is one of our essential Android apps, and now it’s getting even essential-er. The latest update brings native RAW photo editing support to the Android app. The new update allows users to open RAW photos and make basic edits like exposure, h…
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The discovery of oxygen on a comet could change everything we know about the solar system – Quartz
The Rosetta space probe landed last year on Comet 67P after taking 10 years to make the 4-billion-mile trip to get there. Researchers have now found oxygen on its own in the cloud of gas surrounding the comet, which they describe as “the most surpri…
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On his way into the big presidential debate, Ben Carson told reporters his plan was “to be me.” Excellent idea — way better than planning to be Chris Christie. “We are on the verge, perhaps, of picking someone who cannot do this job!” cried Gov.
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The Case for Bad Coffee | Serious Eats
Standing at my kitchen counter, I measure out two teaspoons of Maxwell House instant coffee into my favorite mug, pour in 12 ounces of hot water from a tea kettle, and stir for a moment.
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The Mexican government has been waging a drug war for 40 years. But in all that time, it has generated very little in terms of public and consistent data to help Mexicans understand their country’s brutal cartels—or how effective their elected offic…
Love Everyone Often 10/30/2015
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