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EU wants to require permission to make a link on the Web / Boing Boing
Digital commissioner Günther Oettinger (CDU – EPP) is joining with European Parliament president Martin Schulz (SPD – S&D) in pressing the European Commission to create a copyright interest in links, meaning that making a link to a Web-page that con…
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SCULPTURE no.5 by Sholim aka Milos Rajkovic : perfectloops
SCULPTURE no.5 by Sholim aka Milos Rajkovic via /r/perfectloops https://t.co/FkxCFG4Kue https://t.co/Oy7h79zW4N
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Is The United States Prepared For A Massive Cyberattack?
As a child of refugees in London, journalist Ted Koppel witnessed the Blitz. Traveling the world as one of America’s most distinguished television reporters, he lived through the Cold War and witnessed combat up close from Vietnam to Iraq.
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Between 1913 and 1920, many Americans sent their children around the country by mail. Provided your child weighed less than 50 lbs, you could simply affix stamps to their clothing and send them off with the postmaster.
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Last night’s UFO over California was a rocket test, says Navy / Boing Boing
Gus writes, “November 2-6 was Media Literacy Week, that great traditional festival of questioning everything we read and talking back to the TV.
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Navy Test Fire Successfully Freaks Out Los Angeles | Motherboard
If something like this happens across your local night sky, anxiety might be a reasonable reaction. This was the scene last night above Los Angeles and the internet has been suitably riled up in the hours since. The corresponding hashtag, Facebook t…
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Celebrate Media Literacy week all-year round with these fabulous resources / Boing Boing
Gus writes, “November 2-6 was Media Literacy Week, that great traditional festival of questioning everything we read and talking back to the TV. OK, so it’s only ten years old…
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Critics slate Jolie and Pitt’s latest film By The Sea – BBC News
Critics have given a lukewarm reception to Angelina Jolie’s By The Sea, in which she stars with husband Brad Pitt, calling it a “vanity project”. The relationship drama, written and directed by Jolie, opened this year’s American Film Institute Film …
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‘New Democrats’ sound alarm over Sanders and Clinton’s leftward march | US news | The Guardian
Leading architects of the “New Democrat” movement are sounding the alarm over a lurch to the left in the party, after candidates at the latest presidential primary debate confirmed a resurgence of more populist economic policies.
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Magnus Chase and the Sword of Summer by Rick Riordan – review | Children’s books | The Guardian
Magnus Chase and the sword of the summer is themed on ancient viking myths with Midgard, Valhalla and many more “legends” both good and bad.
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There’s more to Patricia Highsmith than Ripley | Books | The Guardian
On holiday in the Lake District last week, we pitched up at our favourite secondhand bookshop in Windermere, only to find… Oh, no. Where once there had been a small bookcase containing paperbacks at a pound a pop, now there were only sprouting dande…
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How Panama is saving the world’s frogs – Al Jazeera English
Frogs are disappearing at an unprecedented rate around the world due to a fungus that is spreading fast. About a third of the world’s amphibian species are in danger of extinction and around 40 percent of frog species have already been wiped out.
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Have your tweets inscribed as cuneiform tablets / Boing Boing
Someone has put high-quality signs on park benches in a fancy British town to mock its contemptuous treatment of locals, especially the poor. The signs have been removed, on the grounds that they might be “offensive.
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Mendenhall Ice Caves in Juneau, AK [OC] [6016×4016] : EarthPorn
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Safe havens are needed in Syria – more than ever – Al Jazeera English
The manifest dreadfulness of the Syrian refugee crisis requires the international community to re-evaluate its approach to Syria, which would help its brightest and best remain in the country rather than desperately try to escape to other countries …
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Baby fox enjoying a belly rub. ^^ : foxes
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Mount Everest[OC][1562×1100] : EarthPorn
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Wallcreeper, OC [1618×1315] : AnimalPorn
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This is Clu’s favorite place to hang out! : cats
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Can I PLEASE come up and sit in your lap now? : awwgifs
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The cutest gif I’ve ever seen on my life…… : awwgifs
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HMB while I go ice sliding : holdmybeer
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This is just for me to vent – Meme on Imgur
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The Red Hot Chili Peppers in a stylish and contemplative moment, 1983 : OldSchoolCool
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Charge via /r/firstworldanarchists https://t.co/y5ooZlgyBK https://t.co/Hq5mNKFc3l
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Tech Noir | Cinemagraphs of living movie stills : InternetIsBeautiful
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Russia plane crash: Russia says 11,000 tourists brought back from Egypt – BBC News
Russia says it has flown 11,000 tourists home from Egypt in the past 24 hours, and more will return on Sunday. Moscow announced on Friday that it was suspending all flights to Egypt after a Russian plane crashed in Sinai – having initially dismissed…
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November 8, 1923: Adolf Hitler Attempts a Coup in Germany—the ‘Beer Hall Putsch’ | The Nation
On this day in 1923 Adolf Hitler attempted a hostile takeover of Germany, by staging the famous “beer hall putsch” in Munich.
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Tata Steel warns suppliers over prices – BBC News
Tata Steel has warned suppliers that if they don’t slash prices by 30% then they risk losing Tata’s business. The company’s Long Products division, which supplies steel beams, railway tracks and other products, has written to its suppliers asking fo…
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A former book publicist at Random House in New York, Sloane Crosley is the author of two bestselling essay collections, I Was Told There’d Be Cake and How Did You Get This Number, and has been described as the Dorothy Parker of the 21st century.
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A Good Life: Philosophy from Cradle to Grave review – daringly original | Books | The Guardian
“For the most part, the novelist’s invitation to see is so much more compelling than the philosopher’s invitation to think,” writes Mark Rowlands in his strange hybrid of a book. That would certainly explain why there are many more bestselling novel…
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Civilian toll rises in Yemen conflict – Al Jazeera English
More than 50 people have been killed in Yemen in the past two days in fighting between the Arab coalition and Houthi fighters backed by troops loyal to former President Ali Abdullah Saleh, medical sources and residents say.
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Blinded veteran Shaun Stocker, who rebuilt his life – BBC News
One of the hundreds of former servicemen and women taking part in this year’s Cenotaph ceremony is 25-year-old Shaun Stocker from Wrexham. Injured in April 2010 by an IED explosion in Afghanistan, he lost both his legs, his left eye, and most of his…
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Chillin with my homies, Nyx and Django : cats
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The day Doris Lessing came to lunch | Life and style | The Guardian
I must have been 15 or so, 35 years ago, a rumbustious adolescent. I recall that my mother, a writer, was cooking and tidying, and she asked me to “remove that book” from the end of the dining table in an atypically anxious tone. “Why?” I asked.
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You can make custom movie tickets for movies showing at my theater. : movies
You can make custom movie tickets for movies showing at my theater. (imgur.com) Not for long. Someone is going to put a dick on theirs, or worse.
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Flooding affects tens of thousands in Somalia – Al Jazeera English
Up to 90,000 people have been affected by the flooding in Somalia and 42,000 people have been displaced, according to the UN office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs. The worst hit regions are believed to be in the south of the country, m…
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The cars of the future – Al Jazeera English
In this TechKnow episode, Phil Torres visits the Toyota Technical Center in California to take a spin in Toyota’s brand new hydrogen fuel cell vehicles (HFCV) and to learn about the future of these alternative fuel vehicle cars. The fuel you pump in…
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Dude has some deep girlfriend issues with that pass code – GIF on Imgur
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John Lennon’s guitar fetches $2.4m at auction in California – BBC News
The former Beatles singer played the guitar for about a year before swapping it with band mate George Harrison. It then disappeared before resurfacing recently in the possession of a man in California.
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Water crisis deepens in the Gaza Strip – Al Jazeera English
Gaza City – After an unseasonably warm October, one would expect the cool rainfall of autumn to be welcomed in the Gaza Strip. But the downpours only make life harder, as excess rainwater springs from roads, sidewalks, and courtyards.
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Recovery slow after Philippine storm damage – Al Jazeera English
Leyte – Sunday marks two years since Typhoon Haiyan, one of the most powerful storms on record, made landfall in the Philippines. The storm, which struck between November 2 and November 11, 2013, killed more than 6,000 people and displaced millions …
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Salt Lake City from Wasatch Foothills[OC][3264 x 2448] : CityPorn
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Car crash, 1921 : OldSchoolCool
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Francoise Hardy on the phone, late 1960s : OldSchoolCool
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Marlo, photographed in Venice, Italy (OC) [3264 X 4896] : HumanPorn
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Literary reputation is a fascinating thing: how it waxes and wanes.
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Break into the IT field with 42 hours of elite CompTIA certification prep for 98% off / Boing Boing
Jump into a reliable and flourishing career with a stamp of approval from CompTIA, the highly-acclaimed IT industry association. This five-part training begins by prepping you for the CompTIA A+ exam, which is essentially the benchmark for entry-lev…
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Eritreans Risk Deadly Odyssey to Reach Europe | Al Jazeera America
AMSTERDAM — As Dejen Berhane starts a new life in Europe, far from his African homeland and the desert dungeon where months of torture almost killed him, the shy Eritrean knows he would not have survived his odyssey if not for a little girl called A…
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Don’t Make Me A Killer [Tokyo Ghoul] : animegifs
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China’s imports fall 19% on waning demand – BBC News
China saw imports drop for the twelfth month in a row in October giving further cause for concern over the Chinese economy. Imports by the world’s biggest trader of goods fell 18.8% from a year earlier to $130.8bn, a slight improvement on September’…
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BBC Sport – Lord Coe calls bribery allegations in athletics ‘abhorrent’
IAAF president Lord Coe has branded alleged bribery within athletics to cover up doping violations “abhorrent”. An independent commission set up by the World Anti-Doping Agency will report its findings on Monday.
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Voting ends in landmark Myanmar election – Al Jazeera English
Voting has ended in Myanmar’s parliamentary election, the first openly contested poll in more than 25 years.
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Fine, New York – Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Fine is a town in St. Lawrence County, New York, United States. The population was 1,512 at the 2010 census. The town is named after Judge John Fine,[1] a businessman involved in settling the town. The Town of Fine is in the south part of the county…
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Chimp playing a memory game : woahdude
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Fucking potatoes via /r/funny https://t.co/biYhZXeCvA https://t.co/9xmcpRL989
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Scotsman Russell Knox secured a notable two-stroke victory at the WGC-HSBC Champions tournament in Shanghai. The 30-year-old world number 85, who was seventh reserve, is the first Scot to win a WGC and had six birdies in a four-under 68 to finish 20…
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What an alive sand dollar looks like up close : gifs
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In the past (as in 2004 hosting gig), Donald Trump’s self-aggrandizing, blowhard, alpha-Capitalist shtick went down easier, especially as he floundered around on the show in the time-honored non-performer’s manner.
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The way this critter swims (xpost r/gifs) : oddlysatisfying
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In the small fishing town of Salcedo in the Philippines’ Eastern Samar province, fishermen and women have been struggling to feed themselves since Haiyan first made landfall 20km away on 8 November 2013.
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Croatia votes amid refugee crisis and economic woes – Al Jazeera English
Croats are voting in a parliamentary election as the country faces a wave of refugees and slowly emerges from six years of recession. Opinion polls predict a tight race between the ruling centre-left alliance, led by the Social Democrats (SDP), and …
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Marcus Barnes: ‘Graffiti art can be a positive force’ | Art and design | The Guardian
On Monday 12 December 2011 a three-year ordeal, which my barrister later described as an “Orwellian nightmare”, began. I woke up to a text message from my sister: “Marcus your [sic] gonna go mad. The police are here and they’re taking all your magaz…
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Spooky skies as missile fired off California coast – BBC News
The light was spotted travelling quickly over Orange County and neighbouring areas late on Saturday, leading to fevered speculation online over its origin. The Orange County sheriff said the light was from a naval test fire made off the California c…
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Either the snooper’s charter is an outrage or Snowden is. But not both | Media | The Guardian
In all probability, there wouldn’t have been a new investigatory powers bill without Edward Snowden and his Guardian revelations that galvanised change from the Obama administration and moved the whole issue of state surveillance centre stage in Bri…
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The Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger – review | Children’s books | The Guardian
Recently, I have been reading a lot for my English Lit class and I have just finished reading The Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger for my coursework. The narrative itself is quite straightforward; there is no major event.
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Writers often come across inspiration by accident. That’s what happened with my 2009 novel, City of Ghosts, which is partly set during the first world war. I was reading the excellent Bloody Foreigners by Robert Winder when a particular passage slap…
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Number 11 by Jonathan Coe review – a spider woman snares the super rich | Books | The Guardian
A few years ago, Jonathan Coe denounced the dominance of comedy in British culture. A country where Have I Got News for You had political significance was in danger of sinking “giggling into the sea”, as Peter Cook had once warned.
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Silencing dissenting voices in India – Al Jazeera English
New Delhi, India – Human rights activists and environment campaigners have criticised the government of Prime Minister Narendra Modi saying their efforts have led to harassment and other reprisals since it took power more than a year ago.
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Someone enjoying his new bed : cats
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Someone enjoying his new bed via /r/cats https://t.co/5XEGT6FhB6 https://t.co/4VUvwCVQj8 https://t.co/K8HNFpHZ19
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Australia v New Zealand: Brisbane rain holds up hosts’ victory charge – BBC Sport
Australia v New Zealand: Brisbane rain holds up hosts’ victory charge https://t.co/Yj5XVYBfSH
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My cat stepped on my keyboard… via /r/cats https://t.co/hs3qNmEhcV https://t.co/tKoUTTNgOt
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light painted abandoned temple in Japan [OC][1440×960] : ExposurePorn
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Indian wines sparkle at UK showcase – BBC News
More and more vineyards are being planted in India, and producers are trying to get their wines onto British shelves by hosting their first ever fair in London. Shabnam Mahmood went along to find out more.
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Syria crisis: UK ‘letting down’ allies over air strikes – BBC News
The UK is “letting down” its allies by failing to launch air strikes against terrorist group Islamic State in Syria, according to Britain’s top military commander.
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Awesome gears. : oddlysatisfying
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4D shapes (album) : perfectloops
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My squinty-eyed, stumpy-tailed kitty : cats
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Rain in Brisbane held up Australia’s pursuit of victory on day four after they set New Zealand a world record target of 504 to win the first Test. The hosts declared on their overnight total of 264-4, but rain forced an early lunch with the Kiwis 48…
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Matthew Spender: ‘Sorry, Dad, I’m not like you. I’m straight’ | Books | The Guardian
It was almost 50 years ago that Matthew Spender and his wife Maro abandoned their life and family in London to live in isolation in a crumbling farmhouse in Tuscany. She would paint; he would sculpt and make furniture.
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Global Consumption of Fossil Fuels : dataisbeautiful
Interesting facts yes, beautifully presented no. Something relating the trillions in global fossil fuel subsidies to consumption would be nice to see.
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Monument Valley/Arches National Park, Utah [OC][3965×5947] : EarthPorn
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Trump Bombs Terribly as SNL Host—Is This the Beginning of the End? – The Daily Beast
All week, Donald Trump has been promising “huge” ratings for his highly anticipated return as host of Saturday Night Live this weekend.
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Overly Suave IT Guy is an underused meme : AdviceAnimals
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Ninja baseball catch : woahdude
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Cat admires himself in the mirror : cats
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IT’S officially one year until the presidential election. Amazing how time flies, isn’t it? Once again we’re watching debates featuring what appears to be the entire supporting cast of “Ben-Hur.” Once again we’re asking ourselves why Iowa always get…
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Did a dolphin sense my feelings of grief? | Environment | The Guardian
Susan Casey hadn’t given that much thought to dolphins when she went for a swim off the north shore of the Hawaiian island of Maui one afternoon in July 2010. In fact, she was more worried about sharks.
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John Lennon’s acoustic guitar sells at auction for $2.4m – BBC News
An acoustic guitar played by John Lennon has been sold at auction in California for $2.4m (£1.5m). Lennon is thought to have recorded and written a number of hit songs, including Love Me Do and I Want to Hold Your Hand, on the Gibson J-160E.
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Donald Trump on SNL: candidate’s hosting stunt was no laughing matter | US news | The Guardian
Since it’s inception 40 years ago Saturday Night Live has always been hit or miss, with a vast majority of sketches falling squarely in the miss pile.
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I’m loving it : trippinthroughtime
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‘This is mine now’ loaf. : Catloaf
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Even non-IT would understand this is satisfying… 😀 : oddlysatisfying
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Remembrance Sunday: Queen to lead tributes to war dead – BBC News
The Queen is to lead tributes to the UK’s war dead at the Remembrance Sunday service at the Cenotaph later. The monarch will be joined by the Duke of Edinburgh and members of the main political parties for the event at the memorial in Whitehall, cen…
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BBC Sport – Athletics doping: London 2012 medallists ‘suspected cheats’
London 2012 medallists are among suspected Russian drugs cheats who escaped bans when bribes were allegedly paid to the heads of world athletics.
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The Little Red Chairs by Edna O’Brien review – a chilling masterpiece | Books | The Guardian
Edna O’Brien’s new novel, her first in a decade, has already been hailed as “her masterpiece” by that master-of-them-all Philip Roth. And he’s right. This is a spectacular piece of work, massive and ferocious and far-reaching, yet also at times excr…
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South of Green River, Utah [OC][3264 x 2448] : EarthPorn
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Sunset in St-Faustin Lac Carre (2592×1936) : EarthPorn
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India’s BJP concedes defeat in key state election – Al Jazeera English
India’s governing Bharatiya Janata Party has conceded defeat in the key state election in Bihar, in what is being seen as a major blow for the prime minister, Narendra Modi.
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Well, that was a bad episode. I still stand by the statement I said two weeks ago–Guardians of the Galaxy has the potential to be at the very least a spiritual follow-up to Firefly, but “The Backstabbers” just makes me look like a ranting idiot.
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Warnings of war as Israeli PM embarks on US visit – Al Jazeera English
Washington, DC – US President Barack Obama faces a difficult challenge as he prepares to meet Israel Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at the White House as a wave of violence sweeps Jerusalem and the occupied Palestinian territories.
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Nila wafer boxes make a loop : mildlyinteresting
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The Ottoman Empire after the Treaty of Berlin [1739×1224] : MapPorn
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Walked in on this blep chilling on the beanbag : Blep
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Everyone please drink to this gentleman’s missing testicles. : cats
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This is how she stares at me when I’m in My phone not Paying atention to her : cats
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You ever get that feeling…. Someone is watching… : cats
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India PM admits Bihar state defeat – BBC News
David Cameron is to warn European leaders he will “think again” about the UK staying in the EU if his demands for reform are “met with a deaf ear”.
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Burundians flee capital in run-up to crackdown – Al Jazeera English
Families are fleeing their homes in Burundi’s capital over fears the government will unleash a fresh wave of bloodletting as part of a crackdown to stamp out resistance to the president.
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Sunday Talk: The truth is out there
As the song says … No one knows who they were, or what they were doing, but their legacy remains, hewn into the living rock … of Stonehenge.
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My cat learned how to derp today : cats
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California right now : AdviceAnimals
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Gorilla skeleton compared to a human’s : interestingasfuck
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Peeling an Orange via /r/gifs https://t.co/nOgM8cKR2o https://t.co/sPoEhATccJ
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The dootiest video on the interwebs : ledootgeneration
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Fuck me for caring about human rights, the enviornment, and cost, right? – Imgur
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Tell us about your pop-culture weekend: November 6 – November 8 · AVQ&A · The A.V. Club
We’ve expanded the definition of AVQ&A—our weekly thought-starter—by asking you (and us) a simple question each week: What pop culture did you consume this weekend, and what did you think of it? If you have suggestions for AVQ&A questions, big or sm…
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Here’s what’s up in the world of TV for Sunday, November 8th. All times are Eastern. Flesh And Bone (Starz, 8 p.m.
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Candidates Stick to Script, if Not the Truth, in 2016 Race https://t.co/qufzhConNe
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Seattle, WA [800×1200] [OC] : CityPorn
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Love Everyone Often Peace Beauty Balance Life Light Magic: Earth and Milky Way from Space
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ISIL frees 37 Assyrian Christians in Syria – Al Jazeera English
The Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) group has released 37 Assyrian Christians from the towns of Tal Shiram and Tal Jazira, according to a monitoring group.
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LOUISVILLE, Miss.
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Bollywood’s song and dance about counterterrorism – Al Jazeera English
Last month a kerfuffle erupted in the world of South Asian cinema, when the international aid agency Doctors Without Borders (MSF) announced that it was suing the producers of the Bollywood film Phantom.
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The eco guide to cleanliness | Lucy Siegle | Environment | The Guardian
A friend of mine swears by Dr Bronner’s organic soap. She uses it to wash her hair and body, and also to clean the shower afterwards. I used to think she was being puritanical; then I found out the average woman uses 12 toiletries per morning, conta…
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But the stirring story that Mrs. Fiorina, now a Republican candidate for president, told that day about the creation of HP and its first product, had a glaring problem: It was almost entirely inaccurate, according to an internal transcript, an oral …
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Look upon my works, ye mighty, and despair! : gif
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Letchworth State Park, New York [OC] [3840×2160] : EarthPorn
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Letchworth State Park, New York [OC] [3840×2160] via /r/EarthPorn https://t.co/cXBgCjKfLT https://t.co/kgwY9FYRiw https://t.co/ibNMYhNlT0
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Tis’ the season : firstworldanarchists
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If you have anxiety via /r/gifs https://t.co/UyYNOcR6Rw https://t.co/70bC17rZvU
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Best footage of the unidentified flying object over the California Coast right now. Gets good around 1:20. Possibly a meteor (m.youtube.com) Orange County Sheriff Department confirms that it was a rocket test fired by the Navy off the c… http://ktla.
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I should have known from the lack of pictures : AdviceAnimals
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Trump’s Saturday Night Live appearance hit by protests – BBC News
Latino protesters have marched in New York as US presidential candidate Donald Trump presents the TV comedy show Saturday Night Live.
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Larry David Earned $5,000 For Saying ‘Trump Is a Racist’ on Live TV | Vanity Fair
Donald Trump kicked off his controversial Saturday Night Live hosting gig in rather ordinary fashion. He made the requisite self-deprecating joke (why is he hosting? “And the answer is I have nothing better to do”) set off by the requisite (for him)…
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In pictures: Myanmar votes – BBC News
In pictures: Myanmar votes Image copyright EPA Image copyright Reuters Image copyright AP Image copyright AP Image copyright Reuters Image copyright AFP Image caption To prevent fraud, voters’ fingers are marked with ink after they have cast their b…
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Donald Trump Dancing to ‘Hotline Bling’ Is the Only Thing You’ll Need | Vanity Fair
Drake’s goofy dancing in his new music video was fodder for Trump’s one highlight as host.
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The G.O.P.’s Immigration Problem – The New Yorker
Three years ago, after the reëlection of Barack Obama, a rueful Republican National Committee launched an inquiry into where the Party had gone wrong.
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Must have been a long day chasing the red dot. : cats
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Proof via /r/funny https://t.co/AWu0QHk2jq https://t.co/viecofhTjS
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My friends and I got ourselves a kitten. : aww
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Larry David Calls Donald Trump ‘Racist’ During SNL Monologue – The Daily Beast
SNL’s cold open may have featured Larry David appearing once again as Bernie Sanders, but it did not include any glimpse of host Donald Trump.
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China imports fall again but US Fed banker calls for rate hikes to start | Business | The Guardian
China’s imports fell by nearly a tenth in October from a year ago, official data showed on Sunday, underlining weakening domestic demand in the world’s second-largest economy.
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Black Missouri Tigers players to strike over racial harassment on campus | Sport | The Guardian
Black players from the Missouri Tigers football team say they will not participate in team activities until the university president, Tim Wolfe, resigns.
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My brother is getting pretty good at this whole cosplay thing. : pics
My brother is getting pretty good at this whole cosplay thing. https://t.co/sbSusrnWh8
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Poppy Bush Finally Gives Junior a Spanking https://t.co/8lN6N0dfCX
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A friend of mines Mother was a total babe circa 1958. : OldSchoolCool
A friend of mines Mother was a total babe circa 1958. via /r/OldSchoolCool https://t.co/50qRURmDvW https://t.co/GjA4eeEm2R
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Evaporation Ponds Aerial Image, Utah – National Geographic Photo of the Day
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Timothy Bradley stops Brandon Rios in ninth round of welterweight title bout | Sport | The Guardian
Timothy Bradley won a fight he needed badly Saturday night, stopping Brandon Rios in the ninth round to stake his claim for a title in a welterweight division that is wide open following Floyd Mayweather Jr’s retirement.
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APOD: 2015 November 7 – Earth and Milky Way from Space
Explanation: Since November 2000, people have been living continuously on the International Space Station. To celebrate humanity’s 15th anniversary off planet Earth, consider this snapshot from space of our galaxy and our home world posing together …
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Lost at sea: the man who vanished for 14 months | World news | The Guardian
As they motored across the lagoon in the Marshall Islands, deep in the middle of the Pacific Ocean, the policemen stared at the specimen laid out on the deck before them. There was no hiding the fact that this man had been at sea for a considerable …
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WESTEROS — I VISITED HBO’s “Game of Thrones” set in Belfast last week, and after watching Daenerys Targaryen in firelight for a couple hours, I learned how to say “I have to go to the bathroom” in Dothraki. I’ll never be fluent in that martial langu…
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The dealership I bought my car from gets it.. : firstworldanarchists
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Scientist Discovered New Tarantula : funny
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My brother is getting pretty good at this whole cosplay thing. (i.imgur.com) Your brother, yeah im calling bullshit on that.
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All about dem yoga pants : trippinthroughtime
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What we learnt by hacking 17 Indian startups worth $10 billion+ : technology
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Cat. via /r/CatsStandingUp https://t.co/5uze7ip2a8 https://t.co/s1K8nfq7EN
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‘Mysterious light in sky’ spooks California – BBC News
The light was spotted travelling quickly over Orange County and neighbouring areas late on Saturday, leading to fevered speculation online over its origin. The Orange County sheriff said the light was from a naval test fire made off the California c…
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Brazil dam burst: 28 still missing after dam burst – BBC News
Officials in Brazil say 28 people are still missing after the rupture of two dams holding residue from iron ore mining on Thursday. Four children and a three-month-old baby are among them.
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Russian plane crash: Some Britons face ’10-day wait’ in Egypt – BBC News
Britons still stranded in Sharm el-Sheikh have been told they may have to extend their stays by several days. The government said only a limited number of flights were able to leave the Red Sea resort each day.
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At some point Uhtred had to break. At some point The Last Kingdom had to move past the musing on conflicted values and get to the consequences of such a state of being.
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My cat Storm the day after we got her. : aww
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My feet appear backwards in this old picture of me. : mildlyinteresting
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mrw im hungry in the grocery store and my husband says put back the cookie sack – GIF on Imgur
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Moon caught by ocotillo {Explored} | Flickr – Photo Sharing!
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Peace Love Beauty Wisdom Balance Imagination Truth Consciousness, Moon caught by ocotillo by jimsc…
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In 5 Minutes, He Lets the Blind See https://t.co/xiWZUwZyjB
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Powderface Ridge, Kananaskis, Alberta [960×720][OC] : EarthPorn
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FRANKFURT — Volkswagen is expected to offer cash to the owners of diesel cars in the United States this coming week as it steps up an effort to recover some of the good will it lost after admitting in September that the vehicles were programmed to c…
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The dirty little secret of Doctor Who is that it’s a show fascinated by the morality of war that has pretty much never had the budget to depict a war properly. There’s a reason the Doctor always seems to be going up against advance detachments or de…
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If there’s a thematic constant running through “Milan,” the even darker second episode of The Returned’s sophomore season, it’s the idea that we all have cages and prisons—self-imposed or otherwise.
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HETAUDA, Nepal — WATCHING the doctor perform is like observing miracles. He has restored eyesight to more than 100,000 people, perhaps more than any doctor in history, and still his patients come.
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Still | Flickr – Photo Sharing!
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Peace Love Beauty Wisdom Balance Imagination Truth Consciousness, Still by Ray Palmer Photography…
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Beneath Washington Square, Forgotten Tombs Begin to Yield Their Secrets https://t.co/1cNgKd4Hkk
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Red Deer (Cervus elaphus) in northern Scotland [5200×3468][OC] : AnimalPorn
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A meteor? Aliens? West Coast surprised by mystery rocket launch | Ars Technica
Beach-goers seeking a romantic evening under the stars on Saturday in Southern California got quite a surprise. Shortly after sunset, a fireball overhead sparked widespread confusion and speculation.
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French bulldog puppy meeting her human for the first time : awwgifs
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D-Day 1944 via /r/OldSchoolCool https://t.co/2qdtgYYn7Y https://t.co/yRvlHaA7hv
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THERE are few places in the world more beautiful than the landscape of salmon-rich rivers that flow into Bristol Bay, Alaska.
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IN every corner of the world, there are people who are flagrantly ill, people who mutter to invisible others and box at the air. But because the cultural texture is different in different settings, the experience of madness can be quite different, t…
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One was named William. Another was 21 years old. They may well have worshiped their God at a small Presbyterian church on Cedar Street in Lower Manhattan in the early 1800s, as New York was awakening from its provincial past to become the nation’s p…
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As someone with the keen observational skills of Mr. Magoo, it took me a long time to notice a problem social-media acquaintances had been talking about for months. “I woke up to four new people today asking me for money on four different donation p…
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AL UDEID AIR BASE, Qatar — As the United States prepares to intensify airstrikes against the Islamic State in Syria, the Arab allies who with great fanfare sent warplanes on the initial missions there a year ago have largely vanished from the campai…
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Martin Van Buren’s Delicious Doughnuts – The Daily Beast
Donald Trump would have despised Martin Van Buren. First, he would have had pure unadulterated hair envy. Martin’s luscious sideburns commanded a far stronger look than the orange come-over. “Little Van” was also 5 foot 6 inches of pure career polit…
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Several years ago, Breaking Bad writer and executive producer Moira Walley-Beckett was sitting in her seedy, New Mexico motel room, on her day off from filming the AMC drama, when she conceived of a television show that would become Starz’s Flesh an…
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Dear Chocolate Factory People, you forgot. – Imgur
Dear Chocolate Factory People, you forgot. https://t.co/1QR8vlVnEA https://t.co/duqA9RmPFi
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New fallout 4 screenshots – Imgur
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Are We Heading for An Economic Civil War? – The Daily Beast
When we speak about the ever-expanding chasm that defines modern American politics, we usually focus on cultural issues such as gay marriage, race, or religion. But as often has been the case throughout our history, the biggest source of division ma…
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The Eichmann Of The Confederate South – The Daily Beast
At 10:32 AM on November 10, 1865, a federal executioner released a trap door, killing Henry Wirz, the notorious commander of the Confederate prison camp at Andersonville, Georgia. Some claim that, moments earlier, Captain Wirz said, “I know what ord…
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New Light on the Committee Whose Collective Genius Produced the King James Bible – The Daily Beast
We know something of the beginnings. Within a year of James Stuart succeeding to the English throne in 1603, he was on the case.
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Ben Carson Thinks You’re the Crazy One – The Daily Beast
Of all the gifts that Ben Carson has given comedy writers and Twitter wags in the past weeks, it’s his stubborn belief that the Biblical prophet Joseph built the pyramids that’s captured the public’s imagination the most.
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California’s First Trans Cheerleader Speaks – The Daily Beast
In recent years, high schools have become a battleground for transgender issues, but one trans teen’s inspiring story should give advocates reason to hope.
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With a Flack Like This, Who Speaks for Israel? – The Daily Beast
TEL AVIV — A West Bank settler who insults American and Israeli leaders might not seem a likely candidate for a job promoting Israel’s image to the world, but Ron Baratz is, indeed, tapped to be Israel’s next communications director.
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Meet Juman Malouf—Y.A. Fiction’s New Spellbinder And Wes Anderson’s Muse – The Daily Beast
When Juman Malouf sees a dead bird on the street, she doesn’t just see a pigeon carcass but a harbinger of bad luck. And dead pigeons are not total rarities on the streets of New York City and Paris, where the designer-turned-author divides her time…
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The Godfathers of Sports Betting – The Daily Beast
On Super Bowl Sunday of 1985, the FBI raided 43 locations across 16 states in an attempt to take down the Computer Group, maybe the most successful gambling syndicate of all-time.
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Inside Gore Vidal’s Cliffside Palace of Sex, Scandal, and Celebrity – The Daily Beast
The painting had once hung above Gore Vidal’s bed at his home, La Rondinaia, in Ravello on Italy’s Amalfi coast. And later, the painting was the last thing Vidal would look at, at night, as he took an electronic chair-lift to the top of his staircas…
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Letters From Ernest Hemingway at His Peak – The Daily Beast
For the past three decades, anyone interested in Ernest Hemingway’s correspondence has relied on Carlos Baker’s 1981 collection, Ernest Hemingway: Selected Letters, 1917-1961.
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JFK’s Forgotten CIA Crisis – The Daily Beast
The magic of the Kennedy White House, Camelot, had settled in at Mount Vernon. It was a dazzling evening, a warm July night, but a cool breeze came off the Potomac River and kept the temperature comfortable.
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Is Francis Really Fighting Predator Priests? – The Daily Beast
Peter Saunders last saw Pope Francis three weeks ago at the Vatican. After the commission’s October 14 meeting, Saunders met privately with Francis, as he explained to The Daily Beast in a telephone interview.
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Goodbye, Speakeasies: The Dive Bar Is Back – The Daily Beast
It used to be I didn’t need hip drinking websites or my coolest friends to tip me off to a good bar.
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The Next Tech Hot Spot: Rural America – The Daily Beast
There’s a lot of apocalyptic talk on the campaign trail about jobs moving overseas. But just as every action invites a counteraction, there’s also a reverse trend developing, with jobs being outsourced not to India but to rural America.
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The Dark Past of Putin’s Media Chief – The Daily Beast
Andrei Soldatov and Irina Borogan’s new book, Red Web: The Struggle Between Russia’s Digital Dictators and the New Online Revolutionaries, documents the rise of the Russian Internet—and state surveillance of it—from the closing years of the Soviet U…
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Booths packed as Myanmar votes in historic election – Al Jazeera English
Yangon, Myanmar – Voting has opened in Myanmar’s parliamentary elections, the first openly-contested polls in 25 years, which could determine if the military-backed ruling party hold on to power, or lose to the opposition led by pro-democracy campai…
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‘Iyanla: Fix My Life’ Season Five and the Religious Appeal of Public Shaming – The Atlantic
Iyanla Vanzant can make a grown man cry with very little effort.
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On Doctor Who, The Doctor Is Willing To Play Seriously Crazy Mind Games For Peace
On Doctor Who, The Doctor Is Willing To Play Seriously Crazy Mind Games For Peace https://t.co/m7coEcHc71
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MRW my hand starts attacking me : shittyreactiongifs
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HMB while I go inside via /r/holdmybeer https://t.co/S589RofM75 https://t.co/m2KW5NdPRl
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MRW Someone tries to spoil Fallout 4 : reactiongifs
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On Doctor Who, The Doctor Is Willing To Play Seriously Crazy Mind Games For Peace
This was another odd episode of Doctor Who, a show which seems to be trying to reinvent itself not through radical change but through stylistic drift.
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‘Ash vs Evil Dead’ Recap: The Parent Trap | Rolling Stone
Is it premature to declare the birth of a whole new TV-show genre? Tonight’s Ash vs. Evil Dead episode — “Bait” — boasts more gore-soaked scenes than half a True Blood season and better gags than the bulk of the broadcast networks’ fall comedy line-…
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Peeling an Orange : oddlysatisfying
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Massive eteor over southern california : space
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Reddit, meet Charlie! via /r/cats https://t.co/4l1rEPWqDW https://t.co/cMDNQZ8mUC
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U.N. sees nations ‘beginning to bend the curve’ of CO2 emissions : environment
U.N. sees nations ‘beginning to bend the curve’ of CO2 emissions via /r/environment https://t.co/jLfnav5mNq https://t.co/ErHk6H59dk
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When your prof is feeling savage : funny
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“That, my friends, is how we do it,” Ashley “Ash” Williams declares at the start of this week’s episode, “Bait”. Standing over the ragged, headless corpse of last week’s Top Deadite, Vivian Johnson (Sian Davis), our hero couldn’t appear more determi…
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David Cameron to warn of EU exit if reform demands not heard – BBC News
David Cameron is to warn European leaders he will “think again” about the UK staying in the EU if his demands for reform are “met with a deaf ear”. The PM will deliver his warning on Tuesday to coincide with a letter to the European Council presiden…
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Heathrow Airport expansion: CBI chief urges third runway decision – BBC News
The government should take “decisive action” and support a third runway at Heathrow, the head of one of the UK’s biggest business groups has said. CBI president Paul Drechsler will tell the group’s annual conference on Monday that ministers should “…
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My uncle, lookin’ sharp in the 1940s : OldSchoolCool
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Sleepy Blep via /r/Blep https://t.co/FIPx2d2RiQ https://t.co/A59IwjAxg3
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“I need a cigarette.” via /r/funny https://t.co/tIHSBoKGbR https://t.co/rpSMJdiSOn
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Happy Birthday Marie Curie : funny
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Russia is putting world peace at risk, says Pentagon chief Ash Carter | US news | The Guardian
The US defense secretary, Ash Carter, has accused Russia of endangering world order and said the Pentagon was searching for creative ways to deter Kremlin aggression and protect its allies.
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Mysterious light over los angeles sky? (super stretched) : space
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Foster Falls in Tennessee [8456×4492][OC] : natureporn
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Blep Derp via /r/Blep https://t.co/fSbgLjQPqq https://t.co/nUW1zbdsLT
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Loving pelican pecks. : AnimalsBeingBros
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This restaurant had a tv that showed the chefs cooking. : mildlyinteresting
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Titanic’s last first-class menu sells for $118,750 in Texas auction | UK news | The Guardian
A menu from the last dinner served to first-class passengers aboard the doomed Titanic before the luxury ocean liner sank in 1912 fetched $118,750 at auction on Saturday.
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Street celebrations as Sierra Leone declared Ebola-free – Al Jazeera English
Residents of Sierra Leone’s capital have celebrated the end of an Ebola epidemic that has killed almost 4,000 people since it began last year.
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Why your older sibling is smarter than you – BBC News
Are you older and wiser than your brother or sister – or younger and more rebellious? There has long been a fascination with how our position amongst siblings affects character traits, but new research has revealed that these stereotypes do not stan…
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Kelsey Grammer to battle giant killer spiders, what is a boy to do · Newswire · The A.V. Club
In a story that probably works a lot better as a set of fun-sounding sentences than it will as a full-length movie, Deadline is reporting that Kelsey Grammer is going to star in a film where he has to fight some giant killer spiders.
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The President who wears skinny jeans … and other trends of the week – BBC News
The President of Kenya’s surprising fashion choice, the Australian Instagram star who quit social media and one dying Star Wars fan’s final wish. Those stories and more in BBC Trending’s roundup of the week. And you can also listen to our World Serv…
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A Point of View: Why people shouldn’t feel the need to censor themselves – BBC News
Self-censorship can be as much a threat to free speech as its government equivalent, argues Roger Scruton. Any discussion of free speech needs to deal with two important issues – jokes and race. Jokes are not opinions, but they can cause just as muc…
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“What would you do if you won the lottery?” : funny
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Dubai Airshow: Crowded skies may limit airline growth – BBC News
The headline-grabbing aircraft orders expected at this week’s Dubai Airshow will underline the rapid expansion of the Gulf’s airlines. Great news all round, you’d think. Except, concerns are rising that there is not enough airspace above the Gulf to…
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We actually had to help him down.. Idiot : funny
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Orbital View: About That Coal – The Atlantic
Give a FREE gift subscription to your friend when you start your own subscription now.
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Does Montserrat’s volcano hold the key to its future? – BBC News
Montserrat’s devastating volcano – which has left two-thirds of the Caribbean island an exclusion zone and the former capital city buried deep in ash – may now hold the key to its future.
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JFK licence plates sell for $100,000 at auction – BBC News
A pair of licence plates from the car that drove John F Kennedy when he was killed have sold at auction for $100,000 (£66,000).The plates had been discarded when the limousine was sent for upgrades after President Kennedy was shot dead in Dallas, Te…
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Protesters demand closure of UK detention centre – Al Jazeera English
Bedfordshire, United Kingdom – About 1,500 people have protested outside the UK’s Yarl’s Wood Immigration Detention Centre, demanding that the government close its doors and release its detainees.
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Another $1 Million Crowdfunded Gadget Company Collapses | TechCrunch
Remember the Robotic Dragonfly? The little drone was an early crowdfunding success story, netting over a $1 million in pledges on Indiegogo in 2012. At the time, it was one of the first crowdfunded gadgets to raise more than a million dollars.
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Where winter is cold, dark and beautiful – BBC News
In Greenland the shortest day of the year can have little more than three hours of sunlight – but although the winter is long, cold and dark, it can also be a thing of beauty, writes Antonia Quirke. In the coastal town of Ilulissat, western Greenlan…
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Croatia election: Migration on agenda as government faces challenge – BBC News
Croatia’s ruling centre-left coalition faces a challenge to stay in power, with the migrant crisis one of the main issues facing voters on Sunday. Polls before the election indicate the government and the nationalist opposition are neck-and-neck.
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Zooey with her biggest blep to date : Blep
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Lola cat – the model life is tough : cats
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Star trails over the lookout – Mt Pilchuck js – Just Space
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Open Channel: What Story Has Had The Greatest Impact On Your Life?
Open Channel: What Story Has Had The Greatest Impact On Your Life? https://t.co/PA3IKo1EYd
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My late father in Vietnam, 1968. : OldSchoolCool
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Chile and Peru in border spat over La Yarada-Los Palos area – BBC News
Chile has protested against the Peruvian government’s decision to create a new district in a tiny disputed border area. Chile says the move has no legal basis but damages bilateral relations.
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Separating The Sizzle From The Steak | TechCrunch
Seed rounds are all about the sizzle, the exciting promise of the future if things go as dreamed. Risk is high — but the reward, if it works, is far greater.
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World Health Organization Declares Sierra Leone Ebola-Free – The Atlantic
More than 19 months since the first case of the world’s worst Ebola outbreak was reported in West Africa, Sierra Leone has been declared free of the disease.
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BBC Sport – Jose Mourinho: Asmir Begovic backs Chelsea boss to revive side
Chelsea goalkeeper Asmir Begovic says manager Jose Mourinho has the players’ support and is the right man to revive their fortunes. Mourinho, 52, missed the game as he served a one-match stadium ban.
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Open Channel: What Story Has Had The Greatest Impact On Your Life?
Stories are powerful: they can change how people see the world, or change their lives forever. Looking back, what story has had the greatest impact on your life? I’ve got two: Star Wars, and Paolo Bacigalupi’s The Windup Girl.
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4 simple things you need to do to get faster Wi-Fi : technology
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I love my son. : AdviceAnimals
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Internet prepares to self-destruct as producer options Gamergate book · Newswire · The A.V. Club
Threatening to kick this whole “the internet” thing over a cliff and into the eternal, everlasting garbage fire we always knew it might become, film producer and former Sony co-chair Amy Pascal has optioned the rights to Zoe Quinn’s upcoming memoir …
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Breast milk pasteurisation in Bangladesh – BBC News
The World Health Organisation recommends that babies should be fed exclusively on breast milk for the first six months of life, and that mothers should continue to breastfeed until the child is two. But this is not always possible for women who have…
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There have been so many memorable moments in the race for the Republican presidential nomination so far, but one really sticks out. Donald Trump, when asked to name his favourite book, declared: “As much as I love The Art of the Deal [the bestsellin…
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Child abuse cases delayed by police backlog – BBC News
Hi-tech police crime units dealing with incidents of suspected child abuse have developed a backlog of cases, the BBC has learned. More than 1,800 cases are waiting to be processed by police, data collated by 5 Live Investigates has shown.
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In a letter to his brother in 1922, TS Eliot once enigmatically wrote that he hoped to solve his “problem of living a double or triple life”.
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Anger drives hunt for ‘criminal’ water guzzler during California drought | US news | The Guardian
Dean Gamburd has been a Bel Air resident all his life. Normally, he has nothing but good things to say about his neighbourhood, one of the most affluent in Los Angeles, where the streets are lined with opulent houses and well-tended flowerbeds.
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Every week, we share a number of downloads for all platforms to help you get things done. Here were the top downloads from this week. iPhone/iPad: Ever wish you could just make a quick sketch or handwritten note in Evernote? Your wish has come true …
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The Tories take up arms | Books | The Guardian
Chris Ridell 08/11/2015 Illustration: Chris Riddell/C&J Riddell Ltd
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President Obama reputedly remarked of the forthcoming UN climate change summit: “I’m dragging the rest of the world behind me to Paris.” Later this month, 149 nations will congregate to agree national targets for reducing carbon emissions.
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Watch The Nominees For The Best Soccer Goal Of The Year – Digg
10 diggs Sports Every year, FIFA awards the Puskas Award for the best goal of the year. This year’s batch features Lionel Messi, the USWNT’s Carli Lloyd, and more.
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Ben Carson’s house: a homage to himself – in pictures | US news | The Guardian
The decor at Ben Carson’s home in Maryland shows that Donald Trump may not have the biggest ego among the Republican candidates. On display are awards, certificates, medals, and a painting of himself with Jesus
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Lord of the Rings voted ‘best movie soundtrack’ : worldnews
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Lord of the Rings voted ‘best movie soundtrack’ – BBC News
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Another rare cyclone bears down on beleaguered Yemen – Al Jazeera English
Locals on Yemen’s beleaguered Socotra Island have taken emergency shelter for the second time in a week as yet another tropical cyclone tracks towards them packing potentially devastating winds and rain.
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Saturn V – The rocket that sent us to the Moon : space
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That moment you realize you’re not the only child anymore : funny
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uBeam Declassfies Secrets To Try To Prove Wireless Power Is Possible | TechCrunch
It must violate the laws of physics. It must be dangerous. It must be impossible. This is what critics have concluded despite not actually knowing the details behind uBeam’s wireless power technology.
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BBC Sport – Euro 2016: Roy Hodgson says he will only pick fully fit players
England manager Roy Hodgson says he will only pick players who have proved their fitness for the Euro 2016 squad. The words could be interpreted as a warning to the likes of Daniel Sturridge and Danny Welbeck ahead of the tournament, which begins on…
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Russia plane crash: what we know so far – BBC News
Investigators in Egypt say it is too early to say for certain that a bomb brought down the Russian passenger plane. The aircraft crashed last weekend suffered a sudden and catastrophic break-up.
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Sam Burgess’s early return to rugby league has left England short of a potentially international-class back-rower, says Bath coach Mike Ford. Burgess, 26, left the Premiership side on Thursday to return to Australian NRL club South Sydney Rabbitohs.
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Morgentau im Herbst | Flickr – Photo Sharing!
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Satellite Spots Massive Tonzang Landslide : Image of the Day
An Earth-observing satellite has observed one of the largest landslides not caused by an earthquake that scientists have observed in a decade. The landslide occurred in Chin, a remote state in western Myanmar (Burma), after slow-moving Tropical Stor…
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Shane and Sachin content as cricket looks for liftoff in New York | Sport | The Guardian
It was sport – but not as America knows it. There was loud, vibrant noise emanating from the stands of Citi Field. The action was fast-paced and enjoyably engaging. Big hits boomed off the bat, acrobatic catches were held.
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BlackBerry Priv Android slider phone will be available on Verizon, too | The Verge
It looks like AT&T won’t have a domestic exclusive on the BlackBerry Priv after all. Verizon Wireless hinted via Twitter today that it, too, will offer the keyboard-equipped Android phone to its customers.
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Two Louisiana law enforcement officers remained jailed on Saturday while their colleagues tried to sort out the details that led to the death of a six-year-old boy and the severe wounding of his father in a hail of gunfire.
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Watch Scrap Metal Get Forged Into Incredible Knives – Digg
Bloomberg Curious Design How-To Meet the science nerds in Georgia who re-forge abandoned scrap metal into blades with a multi-year waiting list. Watch: The best knife-sharpener is a car.
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Brazilian rescue teams struggle to reach villages in path of dam burst | World news | The Guardian
Rescue teams have struggled to reach villages devastated by a massive mudflow after two dams burst at a major iron ore mine in south-east Brazil. The twin bursts wrought havoc more than 50 miles downstream and prompted officials to warn that many pe…
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Learn the Essentials of Beer and Food Pairing With This Illustrated Guide
We’ve shown you some of the best beer pairings before, but this handy guide explains the three foundational principles of pairing beer and food so you can come up with your own great combinations.
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R.I.P. Charles Herbert, child-actor star of The Twilight Zone and The Fly · Newswire · The A.V. Club
Charles Herbert, a former child actor who appeared in classic B-movie horror films like William Castle’s 13 Ghosts and the original version of The Fly, has died from a heart attack. Herbert was 66.
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Russian plane crash: UK-Egypt ties take a hit – BBC News
One week after a Russian airliner broke up in the skies over Egypt’s Sinai Peninsula, there is still no official conclusion or consensus on what shattered the plane, killing all 224 passengers and crew on board. In the urgent search for answers, rel…
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Eagles Postpone Kennedy Center Honors Due to Glenn Frey’s Surgery | Rolling Stone
Eagles Postpone Kennedy Center Honors Due to Glenn Frey’s Surgery Band will instead be celebrated in 2016 after guitarist’s intestinal surgery requires “lengthy recovery”
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Meet The Man Behind The Ben Carson Rap : NPR
GOP presidential candidate Ben Carson has been having a rough couple of days. In the past 48 hours, several news organizations have raised questions about aspects of his past.
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Just barely making Blep qualifications : Blep
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Marco Rubio’s campaign on Saturday released what it called “a full accounting” of his use of an American Express card issued by the Florida Republican Party, while he was speaker of the House of Representatives in that state.
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Marco Rubio paid for a $5,000 week-long stay at the Venetian, a luxury hotel and casino in Las Vegas, with the Republican Party of Florida’s American Express card, according to records his campaign released on Saturday to Politico.
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Burundi violence: Scores flee homes before crackdown starts – BBC News
Scores of people are leaving their homes in Burundi’s capital ahead of a promised government crackdown. Mr Nkurunziza gave a deadline of midnight on Saturday for Burundians to hand in illegal firearms or face being “dealt with as enemies of the nati…
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Bernie Sanders Still Has Work to Do With Black Voters | The New Republic
If you had to explain in 60 seconds why Bernie Sanders remains a long shot to win the Democratic nomination, you could do worse than point to South Carolina, which will host a key primary in February that ushers in a string of Southern contests—and,…
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What To Expect When Donald Trump Hosts ‘Saturday Night Live’ : NPR
Donald Trump will host Saturday Night Live tonight, despite protests from Hispanic groups who are angry about his criticisms of immigrants.
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‘Tribal’ Book Looks At College Football’s Rabid Fans : NPR
Florida State University Professor Diane Roberts talks about her book “Tribal: College Football and the Secret Heart of America” which examines the communities of rabid fans around college football.
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The Barbershop Talks Keystone, Ben Carson’s Week, New ‘Star Wars’ Trailer : NPR
The Barbershop includes NPR’s Ammad Omar, former Republican Party chief Michael Steele, and former Obama official Dru Ealons to talk about the Keystone pipeline, Ben Carson, and the Star Wars trailer.
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New And Old Sounds From Mexico’s Festival Internacional Cervantino : NPR
Betto Arcos — world-music connoisseur, host of the KPFK program Global Village and a new podcast called The Cosmic Barrio — is a frequent guest of weekends on All Things Considered, where he shares the music he’s discovered in his travels.
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What The Keystone XL Pipeline Decision Actually Means : NPR
President Obama has rejected the application to complete the Keystone XL pipeline. Bruce Huber, professor of energy law at the University of Notre Dame, talks about the Keystone pipeline decision.
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Lea Salonga’s Big Break(out): An Audition Allergy Attack : NPR
As part of a series called My Big Break, All Things Considered is collecting stories of triumph, big and small. These are the moments when everything seems to click, and people leap forward into their careers. Lea Salonga knows what it takes to make…
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Coroner Who Ruled Death Of ‘Hero Cop’ A Suicide Talks About Autopsy Process : NPR
The nation mourned the death of an Illinois police officer who was reported to be killed on duty. Lake County Coroner Thomas Rudd explains how he ruled the death a suicide.
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Hubble captures stunning image of Messier 94… – Just Space
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Empire Bluffs, Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore [OC] [3393×1908] : waterporn
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Black bird by a brook, OC [2198×1184] : waterporn
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The Australian Greens say a carbon tax would raise as much revenue as increasing the GST rate or broadening its base, while also reducing pollution. Greens MP Adam Bandt has said a Parliamentary Library analysis found that raising the GST rate to 12.
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Sierra Leone Declared Ebola-Free | Al Jazeera America
FREETOWN, Sierra Leone — Thousands of people in Sierra Leone’s capital danced and sang in the streets to celebrate the official end of the country’s Ebola outbreak, declared by the World Health Organization on Saturday.
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Voting set to open in Myanmar’s historic election – Al Jazeera English
Yangon, Myanmar – Voting is set to open in Myanmar’s parliamentary elections, the first openly-contested polls in 25 years, which could determine if the military-backed ruling party hold on to power, or lose to the opposition led by pro-democracy ca…
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There’s a boy outside looking for you [Haikyuu!! Second Season] : animegifs
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MRW I finished painting my room purple : shittyreactiongifs
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Sea Lion Surfs on Whale’s Back : AnimalsBeingBros
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The Modern Civil-Military Divide – The Atlantic
U.S. troops before kickoff at this year’s Superbowl
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Thousands march against violence against women in Madrid – BBC News
Thousands of people have taken to the streets in Madrid to demonstrate against violence against women. The event, organised by Spanish feminist groups, was attended by representatives from all of the main political parties.
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Courts re-open the case of Serial subject Adnan Syed · Newswire · The A.V. Club
A Maryland circuit court judge has ordered that the state’s case against Adnan Syed, one of the subjects at the center of the zeitgeist-grabbing first season of podcast sensation Serial, be re-opened.
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Build Your Own Raspberry Pi-Powered Interactive Pet
Part of the appeal of the Raspberry Pi is how easy it is to get kids into coding. Case in point, Geek Gurl Diaries shows you how to build an interactive pixel pet that senses when you shake it using a Raspberry Pi and a few lines of Python.
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Perfect fit. : oddlysatisfying
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The Story Behind Bhen On The Cover Of The Magazine Of Fantasy & Science Fiction
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Harbor Springs, Michigan [960 x 645] : EarthPorn
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Whitetail deer can jump : funny
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Track of the Day: ‘Get Away’ – The Atlantic
Give a FREE gift subscription to your friend when you start your own subscription now.
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Nissan’s car made of origami looks like something out of a video game | The Verge
Engineering has long be inextricably linked to paper. After all, ideas may form in the mind, but the next step is almost always to write it down or sketch it out.
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The Story Behind the Iconic Coca-Cola Bottle | Mental Floss
With its fluted glasses and shapely design, the classic Coca-Cola bottle is a worldwide icon. Even without the label, you can immediately identify it with the brand—which is exactly what Coca-Cola wanted.
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Our momma cat Misty’s blep : Blep
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The Story Behind Bhen On The Cover Of The Magazine Of Fantasy & Science Fiction
This is a neat little story: The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction has produced some fantastic covers over the years, and since the 1970s, they’ve included a little green alien on some of the covers. Over on their blog, they’ve gone back to look…
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A new era in Myanmar? – Al Jazeera English
Myanmar’s election is being seen as a chance for another step towards democracy. The National League for Democracy – the party of opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi – is widely expected to win Sunday’s poll.
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Gavin Rothery’s The Last Man Is A Haunting, Post Apocalyptic Short Film
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He is patiently helping us practice for our baby. : cats
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Super friendly kitty in a local community garden! : cats
Super friendly kitty in a local community garden! via /r/cats https://t.co/GxweMzre31 https://t.co/bqTVEvp2H3
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I am pretty sure this breaks the first rule. : funny
I am pretty sure this breaks the first rule. via /r/funny https://t.co/dLp0iKteMR https://t.co/NKOfiIH8yB
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Astronaut explains docking procedure before he’s gotten used to gravity – GIF on Imgur
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When someone wakes you up just before the good part. – GIF on Imgur
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Myanmar to vote in first contested election in 25 years – BBC News
Voters in Myanmar are due to cast their ballots in a general election – the first openly contested poll in 25 years after decades of military rule. The ruling Union Solidarity Development Party (USDP), backed by the military, is one of the frontrunn…
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Helix Nebula, by NASA/JPL-Caltech/University of… – Just Space
Helix Nebula, by NASA/JPL-Caltech/University of Arizona js https://t.co/8o2qllScDc https://t.co/44BYF045yw
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Just a small slice of satisfaction : AdviceAnimals
Just a small slice of satisfaction via /r/AdviceAnimals https://t.co/cto7nmJror https://t.co/aGxOzjQsbB
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Russian Tame Fox. via /r/foxes https://t.co/EGNnSyodAJ https://t.co/JxxTjWF5qn
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Gavin Rothery’s The Last Man Is A Haunting, Post Apocalyptic Short Film
In Gavin Rothery’s new short film, The Last Man, an anonymous soldier is awoken from hibernation, only to discover that the world he knew is gone. The film is a haunting, post-apocalyptic look at what will drive him forward.
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This Chart Shows the Lawn Maintenance You Need to Do Every Month of the Year
You probably think of lawn maintenance as a summer-only task. However, there are still a few tasks to be done year round. This chart shows you what needs to be done and when. The chart, from home improvement company Heiton Buckley, details how lawn …
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My thighs are so big. : TrollXChromosomes
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Afternoon walk in Scottish woodland [4272 x 2848] [OC] : EarthPorn
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Sometimes, I don’t want to know : funny
Sometimes, I don’t want to know via /r/funny https://t.co/CIuETgcltQ https://t.co/32hDsMNqAx
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Kon-Tiki2: Why would you cross the Pacific on a wooden raft? – BBC News
This is a story about survival, science and exploration. But it is also one about a struggle against the odds, just as it was on the first voyage back in 1947.
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BBC Sport – Diego Costa: Chelsea striker is accused of assault at Stoke
Chelsea striker Diego Costa has been accused of assault by a Stoke City steward, according to a Potters club official. More to follow.
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We take a contemplative journey through London in this ethereal and enigmatic video for ‘Bunny Rose’ by Canadian band Braids. Over the course of a long and lonely night in the city, and in her fragile state, a spirit pulls herself together – from du…
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Kangaroo farts won’t save the world | The Verge
Scientists locked kangaroos in a room to measure their farts. In theory, this was to see if their guts contained bacteria that might reduce methane emissions if placed in other animals’ guts; in reality, this was done because there isn’t much else g…
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SNL’s entire library is coming to NBC’s streaming service Seeso · Newswire · The A.V. Club
Ensuring that arguments about the sketch comedy talents of Randy Quaid, Gary Kroeger, and Gail Matthius carry forward well into the Internet Age, NBC has announced that nearly the entirety of Saturday Night Live’s 40-year history will be available o…
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‘Mighty Marysville’ power plant implodes in 20 seconds after 93 years | US news | The Guardian
A 93-year-old Michigan power plant known as “Mighty Marysville” was imploded on Saturday, with thousands of people in the US and Canada watching its towering smokestacks collapse in a blizzard of noise and dust.
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Record-chasing Djokovic to face Murray in Paris final – Al Jazeera English
World number one Novak Djokovic survived a second-set blip to reach the Paris Masters final with a 6-3 3-6 6-0 win over Stan Wawrinka – his 21st victory in a row.
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Room with a view via /r/gifs https://t.co/cTK9PXNrOt https://t.co/B74VpkPMKf
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awwww puppies 🙂 : Awwducational
awwww puppies 🙂 via /r/Awwducational https://t.co/M2kLNSHRMj https://t.co/uuidEC5oVM
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Scary as fuck gummy bear – Imgur
Scary as fuck gummy bear https://t.co/R6MH19XNn9 https://t.co/TvjQ529fah
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Protest threatened over memorial 20 years after Ken Saro-Wiwa execution | World news | The Guardian
Leaders of Nigeria’s Ogoni people have threatened to disrupt the country’s oil industry if the government does not release a British artwork commemorating the 20th anniversary of the execution of the writer Ken Saro-Wiwa.
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Big Sean Brings Out Eminen, Lil Wayne at Epic Detroit Show | Rolling Stone
Big Sean Brings Out Eminen, Lil Wayne at Epic Detroit Show Rapper’s hometown gig features all-star rendition of “Detroit vs.
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Russia Cancels Flights to Egypt and Sends Moscow Airport Into Chaos – The Daily Beast
MOSCOW—Breaking through thick traffic with loud sirens, over a dozen ambulances rushed towards Domodedovo airport on Friday night. Medical personal hurried to assist upset women, complaining of high blood pressure, headaches, and dizziness.
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The Yazidi Women Who Escaped ISIS
My brother and my cousins were Peshmerga, members of the Iraqi Kurdish military. They informed us that they couldn’t fight anymore and that we should run away fast, that we should try and save ourselves from ISIS. We were terrified and we ran to the…
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Kid Has Crazy Rollerskating Skills – YouTube
Kid Has Crazy Rollerskating Skills
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Guy grabs a girl’s ass, gets his ass kicked. via /r/gifs https://t.co/FsXEsnYur7 https://t.co/RxHiQnYPpz
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Pretty Fly for a 1500s Guy : trippinthroughtime
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Peter’s Pool at Franz Josef Glacier, New Zealand [3999×2249] [OC] : EarthPorn
Peter’s Pool at Franz Josef Glacier, New Zealand [3999×2249] [OC] via /r/EarthPorn https://t.co/fbR5h4KejI https://t.co/4oO11VROS1
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3 of my professors share an office. This was just put up on their door. : funny
3 of my professors share an office. This was just put up on their door. via /r/funny https://t.co/cPuv0un2Ps https://t.co/LagIyKvfbr
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Chef’s Hat Lets You Bookmark and Organize Recipes from All Over the Web
Chrome/iOS: There’s no shortage of ways to organize recipes you find around the web, but they come and go so quickly it’s nice to see a new one. Chef’s Hat is a bookmarking and snipping tool that saves recipes you find around the web so they’re easy…
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In 2014, the King County Library system of Seattle distributed over 21 million items between 48 branches. As library systems grow, they’re increasingly turning to technology to manage the logistics of getting materials to patrons.
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The Food Lab’s Complete Guide to Buying and Storing Eggs — Galleys — Medium
This is a reprinted excerpt from my new book The Food Lab: Better Home Cooking Through Science. Copyright © 2015 by J. Kenji López-Alt. With permission of the publisher, W. W. Norton & Company, Inc. All rights reserved.
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The Best Vacuum Cleaners | The Sweethome
Miele re-named their lineup, but aside from a few cosmetic changes, these are the exact same vacuums as before. The S7 series of uprights is now known as the Dynamic U1 series, while the S2 series of canister vacs is now called the Classic C1 series.
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My body is ready [K-Project] : animegifs
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A New Yorker’s Idea of the United States of America (1936) [6677×5202] : MapPorn
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The Latest in the Russian Plane Crash Investigation – The Atlantic
One week after a passenger plane crashed in Egypt, the investigation into the worst civil aviation disaster in Russian history has become a multinational effort. Russian and Egyptian investigators are working together to pull information from the pl…
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The Online Afterlife of Manhattan Project Physicist Philip Morrison | Motherboard
Philip Morrison, born 100 years ago today, was only 27 when he was recruited to work for the Manhattan Project. An ambitious physicist, he volunteered to conduct dangerous criticality experiments with prototype bombs, which fellow physicist Richard …
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Ancient Bristlecone Pine tree under the Milky Way … – Just Space
Ancient Bristlecone Pine tree under the Milky Way js https://t.co/xGwkhL2vQ4 https://t.co/c17WPH3XN2
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Arm vortex via /r/perfectloops https://t.co/BslUJB3oqT https://t.co/Ftm8Wj4cdT
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Alec Baldwin and Winona Ryder on the beetlejuice set (1987) : OldSchoolCool
Alec Baldwin and Winona Ryder on the beetlejuice set (1987) via /r/OldSchoolCool https://t.co/4rfdJvdDWD https://t.co/WHKrnMZDSh
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Summit of South Sister/Charity 10,358 ft. – OC – [2400 x 1600] : EarthPorn
Summit of South Sister/Charity 10,358 ft. – OC – [2400 x 1600] via /r/EarthPorn https://t.co/CAuhflgUMy https://t.co/4qRVKS9JTe
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the demon summoner has another try : funny
the demon summoner has another try via /r/funny https://t.co/LUCrFqdH6a https://t.co/EEcA3j0OCs
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SFMTA Rolling Out MuniMobile Transportation Payments App Nov 16 | TechCrunch
Out of beta and ready for the masses of San Francisco’s public transportation commuters, MuniMobile will roll out November 16, 2015.
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Nepal’s indigenous vow to continue crippling blockade – Al Jazeera English
An indigenous group in southern Nepal has reportedly vowed to continue a three-month-long blockade of all border crossings with India, which has put the entire country at risk of humanitarian crises, until their demand for proportional representatio…
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Amazon Web Services versus Microsoft Azure, Google, Oracle – Business Insider
What exactly are these companies selling? Who’s buying it? And why is one company that wasn’t even in enterprise technology a decade ago — Amazon — beating the pants off everyone else? Here’s the state of play in the cloud game.
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Hubble Telescope’s White Dwarf Photo May Hold Answers About How the Milky Way Was Formed | Inverse
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MRW it takes way too long for me to get the reference : reactiongifs
MRW it takes way too long for me to get the reference via /r/reactiongifs https://t.co/bNEVH4gIZh https://t.co/LnXE0PGCYy
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Presidents of China and Taiwan Shake Hands in First Ever Meeting https://t.co/KES9eGfnc2
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Deadly Kashmir clashes after Indian PM Modi visit – BBC News
A demonstrator has been killed in clashes with government troops in Indian-administered Kashmir, following a visit there by PM Narendra Modi.Police opened fire and used tear gas to disperse the crowds, but the news of the death brought more proteste…
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BBC Sport – Stoke City 1-0 Chelsea
Stoke defender Geoff Cameron returns after recovering from a thigh strain which saw him miss the last two games. Phil Bardsley is available after serving a one-match suspension, but midfielder Marco van Ginkel is ineligible against his parent club.
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Nintendo Hopes Its $2 Billion Yo-Kai Watch Franchise Can Be the Next Pokémon | Motherboard
Does Nintendo still have what it takes to successfully launch a new all-conquering franchise in the US? We’re about to find out.
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The new jewelry box anti-theft system exceeded all expectations – GIF on Imgur
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A brief history of the bend test | The Verge
Someone always has to break the newest phone. Whether it’s by dropping it, smashing it, or bending it, we apparently all have some perverse desire to see the flashiest new gadgets in ruin.
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Steeple under the stars, Nebraska [OC][1600×1000] : AbandonedPorn
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SINGAPORE — President Xi Jinping of China met with President Ma Ying-jeou of Taiwan on Saturday in the first-ever encounter between leaders of the neighbors and longtime rivals, an act both sides described as a breakthrough gesture meant to promote …
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There’s always been some level of tension between genre and literary fiction, but according to novelist David Mitchell, avoiding genre is a “bizarre act of self-mutilation”.
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Chris Christie’s presidential campaign seemed, at long last, to be gaining altitude: His poll numbers were rising in New Hampshire, and he had given a forceful performance at last week’s Republican debate in Colorado. A video of Mr.
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Video reveals new Mass Effect Andromeda hints, including character name | Ars Technica
November 7 is celebrated by fans of BioWare’s Mass Effect series as “N7 Day,” and the developer has released a stirring video to mark the occasion.
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Fix a Snagged Sweater by Pulling the Yarn Back In
A snag in your favorite sweater doesn’t mean its doomed to at-home wear, just pull the yarn back into the sweater to make it look like new. While this method is a little time-consuming, fixing an expensive sweater yourself is better than a trip to t…
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Britain’s Andy Murray reached the Paris Masters final for the first time with a 6-4 6-3 victory over Spain’s David Ferrer. The second seed made decisive back-to-back breaks in the second set to win in one hour 35 minutes.
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Watch Hamilton’s Lin-Manuel Miranda Freestyle Rap About Darth Vader | Vanity Fair
“Go see Hamilton! It will change your life!” hollered Jimmy Fallon on Friday night’s Tonight Show. So he’s a fan. And as a fan, he had Hamilton creator/writer/star/MacArthur Genius Grant-recipient Lin-Manuel Miranda on the show to talk about his sho…
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Hopes of survivors fade in Lahore factory collapse – Al Jazeera English
The rescue operation of a factory collapse in Pakistan is too slow and ineffective, family members and colleagues of those crushed under the building have said.
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Astronaut plays bagpipes on International Space Station – BBC News
A US astronaut has played a set of Scottish-made bagpipes on the International Space Station to pay tribute to a colleague who died.Kjell Lindgren played Amazing Grace on the pipes after recording a message about research scientist Victor Hurst, who…
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Noise Heard at End of Jet’s Cockpit Recording | Al Jazeera America
Ayman el-Muqadem told a news conference in Cairo that an analysis of the noise was underway to identify its nature. He said the way the debris was scattered over a wide area indicated the Airbus A321-200 broke up midair, but initial observations don…
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This NY Times article automatically rewrites itself for every county in the US. (nytimes.com) Nifty Gifties!
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How Japan Fell In Love With Whisky – The Daily Beast
On a recent Friday night, hundreds of drinkers waited patiently behind a rope policed by a row of beefy security guards to gain access to WhiskyFest.
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I fucking love steak. : perfectloops
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That’s no scarecrow [Jeepers Creepers II] : perfectloops
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Chapy looking like Lil Bub (only for this photo) : cats
Chapy looking like Lil Bub (only for this photo) via /r/cats https://t.co/HhTRcHKBb5 https://t.co/0Bk7qrSm3t
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Gillmor Gang: Notification Rap | TechCrunch
The Gillmor Gang — Dennis Crowley, Om Malik, John Borthwick, and Steve Gillmor. Recorded live Monday, November 2, 2015. The Gang of Four reprise the Notifications Summit and fill in some of the blanks of the Case of the Missing Session 3.
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An Inconvenient Proof | TechCrunch
Nobody expects The Spanish Inquisition! I still remember the first time I watched this Python sketch in my basement recorded off of PBS onto my VCR. As a Christian, I suppose I could have been offended that these guys were mocking some aspect of the…
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China: Huge flock of geese blocks traffic – BBC News
They were found on the Hubei section of the Erlianhot-Guangzhou expressway. The owner of the geese said he was trying to herd them to the market instead of using a truck, in order to save money.
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Orca Protection Bill Would Phase Out SeaWorld’s Killer Whale Captivity | ThinkProgress
Rep. Adam Schiff (D-CA) announced on Friday that he will introduce the Orca Responsibility and Care Advancement (ORCA) Act, to “phase out the captivity of orcas so that their display ends with this generation.
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Why Does Hot Food Taste Better Than Cold Food? – YouTube
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Star Wars kid’s room via /r/gif https://t.co/fZZjukz8Db https://t.co/0xwyNgfOeA
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FLOOFS FLOOFS FLOOFS via /r/funny https://t.co/3OT0OaAzA7 https://t.co/qYZRKeJNUi
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Michigan building brought down in controlled implosion – BBC News
Authorities in Michigan have brought down a former power plant in a controlled blast. The building in Marysville, about an hour outside of Detroit, was known locally as the “Mighty Marysville”.
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The best pixel art logos from the Commodore Amiga scene / Boing Boing
Christian Kirchesch put together a cracking set of logos as used by musicians, pirates, demo writers and other e’erdowells of the Commodore Amiga’s hardcore coding scene. Originally this was supposed to be an article about the Top 20 Logos from Comm…
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Imagination Is The Way To Escape Every Day Drudgery In Tokyo Cosmo
Escaping from everyday drudgery is hard, but in Takahiro Miyauchi’s short animated film, Tokyo Cosmo, imagination is key.
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The Vault Apps That Keep Sexts a Secret https://t.co/UBBzkNgWcL
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Brazil dams burst: Search for missing in Minas Gerais – BBC News
Rescue workers in south-eastern Brazil are continuing a search for 19 people who are missing feared dead after two dams holding waste water from an iron ore mine burst flooding nearby homes. The authorities in the state of Minas Gerais have confirme…
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Keep cables tidy with 100 adjustable and reusable Velcro ties / Boing Boing
Amazon has a great deal on adjustable and reusable Velcro ties. The straps can be permanently looped around a cord or cable so it won’t get lost. A pack of 100 costs $5 if you’re a Prime member (try Amazon Prime 30-day free trial).
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Well, someone screwed up, but you won’t hear me complaining – Imgur
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Michael Moore Defends Quentin Tarantino Against Police Boycott | Rolling Stone
As more police unions across the country join the boycott against Quentin Tarantino’s upcoming film The Hateful Eight, fellow filmmaker Michael Moore has pledged his support for the director.
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When students were caught participating in an illicit photo ring that was operating out of a high school in Cañon City, Colo., parents and school officials there were quick to say that kind of thing was surely happening all over the country. They’re…
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Real Estate Shell Companies Scheme to Defraud Owners Out of Their Homes https://t.co/Gf6WIDW0VL
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Most of you will think I am a asshole… : AdviceAnimals
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Cycling down a waterslide : woahdude
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Cat. via /r/CatsStandingUp https://t.co/NrEqCv7O2n https://t.co/WUYjPmTtZx
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Best camouflage dog ever : aww
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All of it was filmed. The police chase of an SUV after dark on a weeknight. The shots fired. The driver, struck in the head. His son, 6 years old, shot dead in the front seat.
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Ever since it was announced that Aziz Ansari had tapped his own parents, Fatima and Shoukath Ansari, to play his fictional character Dev’s parents on his show, I’ve looked forward to seeing how exactly this would pan out.
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Partially paralyzed and reliant on a wheelchair, Ozella Campbell spends a lot of time watching television. It was under those circumstances in February 2014 that she saw a commercial urging her to call MyHouseIsADump.
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Forget that party bus, Uber wants to send a caravan for you and your friends | The Verge
After disrupting the taxi industry and dipping its toe in logistics like food and package delivery, Uber is now eyeing another lucrative business to co-opt: party buses.
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Freaky wave via /r/pics https://t.co/FyCVO6slM8 https://t.co/KOLcEzm9Xn
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Deer having a hard time : funny
Deer having a hard time via /r/funny https://t.co/HBSzbG8B29 https://t.co/i6Vik3B4NS
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Bond’s Future Isn’t All Up to Daniel Craig | Vanity Fair
What’s next for Agent 007 isn’t only about what actor steps into the role.
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John Kasich Callously Laughs Off Colbert’s Pro-Pot Point – The Daily Beast
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The European Tour is giving serious consideration to a radical shakeup that would result in World Golf Championships (WGCs) and majors being dropped as counting events for membership.
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I found a box of dominoes with raised dots for the blind. : mildlyinteresting
I found a box of dominoes with raised dots for the blind. via /r/mildlyinteresting https://t.co/EVqYFe6GDO https://t.co/yoYTZakaMc
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“From Nothing To No One” by Francesco De Luca. : ImaginaryMindscapes
“From Nothing To No One” by Francesco De Luca. via /r/ImaginaryMindscapes https://t.co/MkQjq2vgVV https://t.co/jF4oZHlupa
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Regular afternoon with Felix. : cats
Regular afternoon with Felix. via /r/cats https://t.co/Fbfzdr1imX https://t.co/GiSy8zS5Os
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Sierra Leone Celebrates The End Of The Ebola Outbreak
After a year and a half since the first case was reported in the West African country, Sierra Leone has been declared Ebola free, 42 days after the last case was cleared. The announcement is one further step forward in the fight against the 2014 out…
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Father’s biography forces Jeb Bush campaign to grapple with family ghosts | US news | The Guardian
Belonging to a political dynasty is supposed to be a shortcut to power. For Jeb Bush, however, it has become a millstone around the neck.
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MRW i acquire nukes in Civ 5 and my enemy wants peace. – GIF on Imgur
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MFW I’m tired but my girlfriend is “close to finishing.” – GIF on Imgur
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Noise heard on cockpit audio of crashed Russian plane – Al Jazeera English
The cockpit voice recorder of the Russian plane that crashed in the Sinai Peninsula had been deciphered and “a noise” was heard in the last second of the recording, Egyptian investigators said.
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Kick Litter is a 9-step program for recovering litter addicts / Boing Boing
See sample pages from this book at Wink. Dogs get all the credit when it comes to training. Yes, they can fetch bones, sit on command, bark for food, play ball, walk on two legs, roll over, play dead, pull sleds, and probably perform about one hundr…
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BBC Sport – Manchester United 2-0 West Brom
Manchester United midfielder Morgan Schneiderlin is expected to return after missing the midweek victory over CSKA Moscow through illness. Antonio Valencia remains a doubt with a foot problem, while defender Matteo Darmian is serving a one-match ban.
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Manchester United keep up pressure on leaders City – Al Jazeera English
Manchester United kept up the pressure on the pacesetters when a terrific goal from impressive youngster Jesse Lingard helped them on the way to a 2-0 win over West Bromwich Albion at Old Trafford and put them within a point of the leaders.
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Congressional Hopeful Who Thinks Cancer Is a Fungus Loses Home Health Care License | ThinkProgress
It’s been a busy week for Nevada Assemblywoman Michele Fiore (R).
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Bowling night inside the ol’ ovary : wheredidthesodago
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Anita Ekberg 1958 : OldSchoolCool
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Grand Turk at Molas Pass, Colorado – panorama [oc][2560×963] : EarthPorn
Grand Turk at Molas Pass, Colorado – panorama [oc][2560×963] via /r/EarthPorn https://t.co/94KNAZLWnw https://t.co/iop6hNi98U
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50 purrfectly timed cat photos taken at the right meowment : aww
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Comcast is unleashing its PR machine to try to manage the controversy around its home broadband data caps.
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View from the left—Hope after Houston, how LGBT activists can turn defeat into victory
But it’s not over in Houston, just like it wasn’t over after Proposition 8. In fact, Prop 8 was just the beginning of a stretch that saw more gains for LGBT equality at the federal level than in the entire century preceding it.
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Prosecutor In Tamir Rice Trial Accuses Family Of Having ‘Economic’ Motives | ThinkProgress
Ohio prosecutor Timothy McGinty accused the family of 12-year-old police shooting victim Tamir Rice of being “economically motivated” in their pursuit to bring the officer responsible to trial. “They waited until they didn’t like the reports they re…
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The Construction Of This Halo Gravity Hammer Knocks Our Socks Off
Man at Arms is a reality-style web series where the folks at Baltimore Knife and Sword build some of the weapons you see in games and movies. This week, they’ve constructed one of the massive Gravity Hammers from Halo.
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Violence against women: Madrid stages big protest march – BBC News
Tens of thousands of people have marched in the Spanish capital Madrid to condemn violence against women. The rally, organised by feminist groups, was attended by representatives of all the main political parties.
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Ohio man ordered to write paper after drunken ride on ancient burial mound | US news | The Guardian
An Ohio man who drunkenly damaged an ancient burial mound with his car has pleaded guilty under an agreement with prosecutors that requires him to write a research paper on the site.
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BBC Sport – Leicester City v Watford
Leicester manager Claudio Ranieri has no injury concerns in his squad. The Premier League’s top scorer Jamie Vardy has been passed fit after being troubled by an Achilles problem this week.
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The secret world of hidden independent nations / Boing Boing
The BBC casts an eye over countries that do not exist—not just the odd slivers of land with tentative claims on micronationhood, but the superimposed quasi-countries that cohere because of ethnicity, politics, or because of something really weird go…
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California Is Winning The Digital Privacy Fight | TechCrunch
Starting in 2016, tech companies can tell law enforcement in California to get a warrant if they want access to digital data. That’s because California Gov.
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A nicely baked Summerloaf : Catloaf
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MRW browsing r/BlackPeopleTwitter : reactiongifs
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The Dayton Accords at 20: Why Bosnia’s Government Is So Dysfunctional – The Atlantic
Next month marks the 20th anniversary of the Dayton agreement, which brought peace to Bosnia and Herzegovina. The agreement ended a war that had lasted more than three and a half years, killing 100,000 people and displacing upward of 2 million. But …
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Israeli forces and settlers besiege Hebron – Al Jazeera English
Israeli troops raided the offices of an activist group that monitors human rights violations by Israeli military forces and Jewish settlers, and took over homes in neighbouring districts, a rights group and residents told Al Jazeera.
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Florida man bites dog: attack on canine leads to yearlong prison sentence | US news | The Guardian
A Florida man who was convicted of biting a small dog on the face and choking it so hard its eye popped out has been sentenced to a year in prison. The Palm Beach Post reports that 37-year-old David Etzel was sentenced on Friday after being found gu…
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Blind karate kid dreams of representing Palestine – Al Jazeera English
An experimental programme in the Gaza strip is teaching a group of blind boys karate. Momen al-Bitar, a blind junior karate competitor who dreams of one day representing his country, told Al Jazeera his story.
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Living la Vida Loca in Japan – The New Yorker
Colin arrives in Tokyo tired and hungry. While eating dinner at a Shinjuku noodle restaurant, he is interviewed by a television-news crew filming a report about foreigners. Which might have looked something like this: The following day Edward arrive…
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Google’s New Smart Reply Sounds Great!!!! – The New Yorker
On April 1, 2009, Google unveiled Gmail Autopilot, a plug-in that promised to read and generate contextually relevant replies to the messages piling up in users’ inboxes.
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‘Serial’: Adnan Syed Allowed to Present New Evidence | Rolling Stone
‘Serial’: Adnan Syed Allowed to Present New Evidence Key witness’ alibi-providing affidavit, argument against cell tower data reliability to be heard at appeal
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The Land That the Internet Era Forgot | WIRED
Skip Article Header. Skip to: Start of Article. For a guy born and raised in Mexico, Roberto Gallardo has an exquisite knack for Southern manners. That’s one of the first things I notice about him when we meet up one recent morning at a deli in Star…
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The perils of getting fired in the digital era
It didn’t require much reading of the tea leaves for Bart Teeuwisse to figure out he was losing his job at Twitter. News reports began circulating one day in mid-October that the social media giant was laying off eight per cent of its global staff.
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Omnomnomnomnom via /r/aww https://t.co/OPpRpEvgUo https://t.co/lAFQMukGMe
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Manchester Town Hall Corridor : Breathless
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Squamish, British Columbia [1090×727] [OS] by Johannes Koch : EarthPorn
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IBM is trying to solve all of computing’s scaling issues with 5D electronic blood | Ars Technica
“Hand me a clamp, stat,” a skinny guy in a white lab coat says with some urgency. An older man, who had been standing back from the messy melee, looks over the shoulder of the first man. “Quick, the blood’s going everywhere,” he says. He’s holding a…
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Watson Will Break All The Bones In Your Body While Naming Them In The New Sherlock Teaser
There’s a new teaser out for the upcoming Victorian-era Sherlock special. In it, Watson will break all of the bones in your body while naming them, because he’s a doctor.
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Pentagon plan to close Guantánamo expected to include Colorado prison | US news | The Guardian
The Pentagon’s plan outlining the long-stalled effort to close the Guantánamo Bay detention center, expected to be released in the coming week, includes details suggesting that the Centennial correctional facility in Colorado is one suitable site to…
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A coalition of protest groups planned to rally against Donald Trump outside Rockefeller Center on Saturday night, denouncing Saturday Night Live for featuring the presidential candidate and offering a “bounty” to anyone who would disrupt the taping …
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In leaked document, Comcast admits data caps are not about congestion / Boing Boing
The internet service provider has often complained (such as when lobbying against net neutrality) that it must impose limits on service to prevent network congestion.
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The morning after his first N.F.L. game, Lorenzo Mauldin IV woke up in a Manhattan hospital wondering how he had gotten there. He remembered chasing the quarterback and diving to make a tackle. After that, nothing.
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Morning nap blep via /r/Blep https://t.co/rPZN3rMgXh https://t.co/nAabGFRUtU
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My wife just graduated from the police academy and her sister sent these to our house. – Imgur
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BBC Sport – Karim Benzema: Real Madrid boss Rafa Benitez offers ‘total support’
Karim Benzema has the “total support” of Real Madrid manager Rafael Benitez after being placed under police investigation. Benzema will not face Sevilla on Sunday in La Liga as he has a thigh injury.
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Is the Dreamliner a Kind of Flying iPhone? – The Atlantic
Give a FREE gift subscription to your friend when you start your own subscription now.
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Quentin Tarantino Accuses Police Unions of ‘Slander’ | Vanity Fair
On Bill Maher’s HBO show Friday night, director Quentin Tarantino spoke about the outraged and retaliatory response on the part of police unions over his comments about police brutality, accusing the unions of slander. “They’re not dealing in a fair…
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Here’s The Winners Of The 2015 Chinese Nebula Awards!
On October 18th, the World Chinese Science Fiction Association held their 6th annual Xingyun Awards ceremony, the highest award for science fiction in China. Liu Cixin, who just earned the 2015 Hugo for best novel, earned a lifetime achievement awar…
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[Art] More For Me, Less For Thee : monkslookingatbeer
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The Lighthouse at Palo Duro State Park in TX [OC] [4096×2145] : EarthPorn
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me irl via /r/me_irl https://t.co/SIOY6TJvSS https://t.co/5k1q6NwMIn
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It’s been obvious for a while that Jeb! is toast. Last week, however, he became French toast: after making a crack about French work weeks that was completely wrong, he … apologized for the mistake.
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Read the manual to Pong (1976) / Boing Boing
The manual for Atari’s classic game (posted to flickr by Brian Bennett exactly ten years ago) is not a masterpiece of design. But it is beautiful, in its way, and I strongly approve of that particular shade of orange. Sadly, your ninety-day warranty…
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I drove one of only ten Aston Martin DB10s made for Spectre | The Verge
On a dusty movie set north of Hollywood, we spent a day this week driving James Bond’s Aston Martin DB10, one of 10 cars made for Spectre — the 24th film in the Bond series.
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In 1947, soon after he returned home from the war, Kurt Vonnegut was offered a job in the publicity department at General Electric. At the time, GE was a company growing in confidence. Its ads boasted that “military and naval power drove this enemy …
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Congress won’t be showing up for work much in 2016
Forty-two days. That’s how many days, in the last six months of 2016, members of Congress will be asked to show up to potentially debate or vote or govern.
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ProtonMail On Battling A Sustained DDoS Attack | TechCrunch
Encrypted webmail provider, ProtonMail, has been fighting a wave of DDoS attacks since November 3 that, by last Friday, had taken its service offline for more than 24 hours. At the time of writing the attacks are still coming.
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Top 10 Seemingly Risky Things You Can Totally Do Yourself
Some things in life—such as fixing your own car or DIY home improvements—might appear dangerous or risky, especially if you’ve never done them before or you tend to err on the side of caution. They also might be more doable than they look.
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Scores killed in week of flash floods in Iraq – Al Jazeera English
At least 58 people have died in flash floods over the last week across Iraq, the country’s Health Ministry has said.
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FCC Says You Can’t Keep Websites From Tracking You | ThinkProgress
The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) tossed out a consumer-led petition Friday that would have prevented websites and companies such as Google and Facebook from tracking users on request.
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You’re failing on green energy, Tory ex-minister warns Cameron | Environment | The Guardian
David Cameron’s chief climate change adviser has warned that the government is “clearly failing” in key policy areas and needs to regain the confidence of investors in green technology, in the runup to next month’s crucial global summit in Paris.
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Open letter to the mods of /r/jokes : Jokes
If only I understood…
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Sierra Leone Declared Free of Ebola | Al Jazeera America
The World Health Organization on Saturday declared Sierra Leone free from Ebola transmissions, as a battle continues to stamp out the deadly virus in neighboring Guinea. Nearly 4,000 people have died of Ebola in Sierra Leone since the outbreak began…
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A Pooping Britain, a Russian Octopus, and Other Weird Maps | WIRED
Caption: This jigsaw puzzle map from 1787 is missing three pieces: central Europe, Madagascar, and the northern Great Lakes.
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FIFA Puskas Award 2015 ● All Nominated Goals – YouTube
Craziest Football Goals of 2015 featuring Lionel Messi, Alessandro Florenzi and more.
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BBC Sport – Hayley Turner: Retiring female jockey second in final UK race
Hayley Turner, Britain’s most successful female jockey, finished second in her final UK race as Litigant won the November Handicap at Doncaster. She was no higher than fifth in the first four but was pressing for the lead aboard 25-1 shot Buonarroti…
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Search 200 years of speeches from Britain’s ranting, backstabbing parliament / Boing Boing
200 years of speeches made in the U.K.’s Houses of Parliament have been made available to download by Glasgow University. If you’re interested in the mocking, backstabbing, occasionally-exulted language of British statesmen and women, you’ll be ther…
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‘BitDrones’ Offer 3D Computer Displays Based on Programmable Matter | Motherboard
How’s this for a bad-ass future? “Interactive self-levitating programmable matter.
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One Last Ride With The Australian Outback’s One-Man Police Force
On a map of Australia, Birdsville is situated toward the middle of the country, yet its remoteness is so absolute that it might as well be on another planet. Established in 1881, the town abuts the edge of the Simpson Desert, an enormous expanse tha…
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The forest air is sweet and winy with decay. It’s raining hard. I wipe drops of cold water from the tip of my nose, open an umbrella and ready myself for a walk with my old friend Nick, emeritus professor of the history of science and amateur mycolo…
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John Halcyon Styn via /r/gifs https://t.co/xey1CaCnKG https://t.co/KDSebM1qeM
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Pole bounce. : InterestingGifs
Pole bounce. via /r/InterestingGifs https://t.co/uz0jINbTgJ https://t.co/KaBp7aGAlQ
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Choosing lipstick : TrollXChromosomes
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Appropriately named ‘Queen’s View’, Scotland [3840×2160] : EarthPorn
Appropriately named ‘Queen’s View’, Scotland [3840×2160] via /r/EarthPorn https://t.co/fDOCLalme8 https://t.co/u2FV5Duq0u
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Foggy autumn forest : FoggyPics
Foggy autumn forest via /r/FoggyPics https://t.co/3twcUvlhOs https://t.co/JX8uSmDu5u
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Ask Stoya: What’s the key to keeping my girlfriend satisfied? | The Verge
Come as you are (Beau Giles ) Whether she’s ever had an orgasm isn’t about youIf your partner doesn’t feel she’s missing out on something, then she isn’tThat’s what fingers are for!
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The trial of the former Oklahoma City police officer accused of a string of sexual assaults against black women began this week with an all-white jury. Daniel Holtzclaw is alleged to have sexually assaulted 12 women and a 17-year-old girl while on d…
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As a private in basic training, I learned the Army Values. We were issued a plastic card, on which they were listed: loyalty, duty, respect, selfless service, honor, integrity and personal courage. For any inspection, until I left the military as a …
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Would block again : firstworldanarchists
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Fuzzball cleaning via /r/aww https://t.co/5FAZJFDDPf https://t.co/58K0WifrLw
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Diversity has been a burning topic in children’s publishing in recent years, as editors, authors and librarians have debated how to tell more inclusive and accurate stories about America’s past and present.
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Ottawa — On Wednesday, Justin Trudeau took the oath of office as the new prime minister of Canada, accompanied by his wife and three small children — and a woman in a dark blue coat that many people in the country may not have see
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Betting site aggregator suggests likely win for Hillary in 2016 / Boing Boing
Election Betting Odds tallies not polls but gambling odds, to figure out who people think will win the 2016 U.S. presidential election.
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The Online Afterlife of Manhattan Project Physicist Philip Morrison | Motherboard
Trailer for “Ring of Truth,” 1987. Video: PBS/YouTube/ACME Crimenet. Philip Morrison, born 100 years ago today, was only 27 when he was recruited to work for the Manhattan Project.
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BBC Sport – Jessica Ennis-Hill: I will make retirement decision after Rio
Heptathlon world champion Jessica Ennis-Hill has said she will wait until after the Rio Olympics to make a decision about her retirement. And she could prolong her career and bow out at the 2017 World Athletics Championships in London.
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Spinning bullet on ice : woahdude
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Overcast and primordial – Chasm Lake in Colorado [OC][4800×2400] via /r/EarthPorn https://t.co/1ClgzapFR5 https://t.co/4Mf2Ca71nN
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Hooman, what are you doi…guuuuauuuuuuuuuahhhahhhhhhhhhhh….. – GIF on Imgur
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You never hear about these people because they don’t go shouting about themselves. – Imgur
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There is a Warcraft movie, and here is its trailer / Boing Boing
Gamergate bogeywoman Zoe Quinn sells a memoir, movie about her harassment Zoe Quinn, sometime Boing Boing and Offworld contributor and object of pants-wetting apoplexy by Gamergate’s jerk-squad, has sold a memoir telling her tale of being targeted f…
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Runtastic Moment Classic reviewed: refined style, strange subscription hurdles | Ars Technica
Runtastic may seem like a random competitor in the fitness tracker world. Most people know it as one of the better run-tracking mobile apps available, but typically new hardware launches with a companion app and not the other way around.
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Ben Carson: inside the worldview of a political conundrum | US news | The Guardian
When Donald Trump blasted to the top of the presidential polls in July, it became clear 2016 would be a very unusual election cycle for Republicans trying to nominate someone to win back the White House. Then things got stranger.
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Ben Carson’s house: a homage to himself – in pictures | US news | The Guardian
The decor at Ben Carson’s home in Maryalnd shows that Donald Trump may not have the biggest ego among the Republican candidates. On display are awards, certificates, medals, and a painting of himself with Jesus
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The killing of Deven Guilford: Police injustice for some ultimately means police injustice for all
In 2015. Still. The raw data of police stops and searches by race compared to the rate of drugs or guns found shows there is a massive imbalance at play.
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Grandpa’s Great Escape by David Walliams – review | Children’s books | The Guardian
Having read all of David Walliams’ previous books – I enjoyed them all – I knew that I was going to like this book. As expected, I was right and I could not put the book down!
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The Verge is four years old | The Verge
Okay, so technically our birthday was last week, but we figured we should celebrate it somehow, right? We launched The Verge on November 1, 2011.
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BBC Sport – Jorge Lorenzo on pole for MotoGP finale in Valencia
Jorge Lorenzo claimed pole position for Sunday’s final race of the MotoGP Championship season in Valencia. The 28-year-old two-time champion, who is seven points behind leader Valentino Rossi, registered a new lap record of one minute, 30.011 second…
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Self-Medicating Monkeys Gobble Painkilling Bark – Scientific American
When a monkey has the sniffles or a headache, it doesn’t have the luxury of popping a few painkillers from the medicine cabinet. So how does it deal with the common colds and coughs of the wildlife world? University of Georgia ecologist Ria R.
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Two Police Arrested in Shooting of 6-Year-Old Boy | Al Jazeera America
Louisiana investigators are combing through evidence in the shooting death earlier this week of a 6-year-old autistic boy after authorities charged two law enforcement officers in the shooting. State Police Col.
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Fried buttermilk chicken sandwich from Smorgasburg, NY : food
my mind is blown. Smörgås is swedish for sandwich.
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Puff via /r/gifs https://t.co/vWc3BlatPC https://t.co/AM2F4Hpmtp
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Sheep: masters of camouflage : pics
Sheep: masters of camouflage via /r/pics https://t.co/Dk1banW2cN https://t.co/8EPwcRhZ1c
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Jericho, Wadi Kelt Ravine, Israel, kvnkristi [OC] [2448×3264] : EarthPorn
Jericho, Wadi Kelt Ravine, Israel, kvnkristi [OC] [2448×3264] via /r/EarthPorn https://t.co/EqLBhLQYp2 https://t.co/I4N9D15m3q
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Customs and Border Protection staff concluded after an internal review that agents and officers shouldn’t be required to wear body cameras, positioning the nation’s largest law enforcement agency as a counterweight to a growing number of police forc…
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Computer-generated music with data from real artists / Boing Boing
Chordi asks you to select an instrument and a chord pattern, then procedurally-generates thirty seconds of obviously procedurally-generated music.
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A Gigantic Rare Radio Galaxy Discovered –“4 Million Light Years End to End”
A team of astronomers working at the National Centre for Radio Astrophysics (NCRA, TIFR), Pune, India have discovered, using the Giant Metrewave Radio Telescope (GMRT), an extremely rare galaxy of gigantic size.
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BBC Sport – Bournemouth 0-1 Newcastle United
Bournemouth pair Artur Boruc and Steve Cook are both fitness doubts, having missed the last two games with respective thigh and ankle injuries. Junior Stanislas and Joshua King impressed as substitutes last weekend and are pushing for recalls.
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Your Guide to Crafting Sponsored Content for Millennials | Motherboard
With every online media acquisition, we continue to hear about the importance of Millennials as the golden demographic at which to target internet content. Conde Nasté’s purchase of Pitchfork actually purchased the attention of Millennial males.
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Not Liking One’s Looks on Vimeo
Many of us inhabit bodies and faces that don’t look as we feel they should. It’s one of the most painful aspects of being human. Here are a few minutes of consolation and wisdom A short film for the School of Life Directed, Animated and Designed by …
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Number of Women per 100 Men in the Age Group 25 to 29 in Europe [2249×2490] : MapPorn
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Ars Cardboard: Mysterium’s dreamy world is ghostly good fun | Ars Technica
Welcome to Ars Cardboard, our new weekend look at tabletop games! Let us know what you think and if you have suggestions for future coverage.
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BBC Sport – Huddersfield Town 0-3 Leeds United
Leeds made it back-to-back wins in the Championship with victory in the West Yorkshire derby over Huddersfield Town. After a forgettable first 45 minutes, the game became lively in first-half stoppage time after a head injury to Leeds defender Liam …
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Morocco’s king rules out compromise over Western Sahara – Al Jazeera English
Morocco’s king has renewed Rabat’s insistence that there will be no compromise on the kingdom’s claim to sovereignty over the Western Sahara, vowing that he will offer no more than autonomy to end the four-decade deadlock over the region.
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Vladimir Putin ally found dead in Washington hotel | World news | The Guardian
The body of Mikhail Lesin was found in a room in the plush Dupont Circle hotel on Thursday morning, the Russian embassy in Washington said. Russia Today, or RT, reported that Lesin, 57, had died of a heart attack.
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Judge hospitalized after she was shot in her driveway | US news | The Guardian
A Texas state judge was shot and wounded in the driveway of her home in Austin late on Friday as witnesses looked on, police said. District judge Julie Kocurek was taken to a hospital and was in stable condition, Austin police commander Mark Spangle…
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Can the AK party save Turkey’s flagging economy? – Al Jazeera English
Sweeping to power in an unexpected landslide victory, elections in Turkey have handed President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s AK party another four years at the helm and a parliamentary majority.
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Watch ‘Hamilton’ Star Lin-Manuel Miranda Freestyle With the Roots | Rolling Stone
Watch ‘Hamilton’ Star Lin-Manuel Miranda Freestyle With the Roots Broadway actor and Black Thought create impromptu rhymes around random words like “Mars, Hot Pocket, Channing Tatum”
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This Heat-Sensitive Metal Can Walk and Fold Itself Up Like Origami | Motherboard
Researchers from Donghua University in China have constructed a self-folding sheet of metal. You know what that means? Self-folding origami. As the video above shows, the metal folds itself up when hit with an infrared heat, and unfolds when the hea…
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My short bio: My name is Thando Hlomuka(Pronounced: TA-ND-O, HL-O-MOO-KA). I hope none of you bite their tongues while pronouncing my surname.
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Life terrifies me right now – Meme on Imgur
Life terrifies me right now https://t.co/uEfJVic8kn https://t.co/Ex5FlTzTu9
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Looking south from atop the Grand Teton, WY [2048×852] : EarthPorn
Looking south from atop the Grand Teton, WY [2048×852] via /r/EarthPorn https://t.co/MetDEMfAkD https://t.co/s9SsKiOzKl
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Harry Potter & The Cauldron Of Spoilers – YouTube
J.K. Rowling can’t stop revealing “Harry Potter” secrets, even though the last book came out over 8 years ago. It’s time for Stephen to take spoilers into his own hands.Subscribe To “The Late Show” Channel HERE: http://bit.ly/ColbertYouTubeFor more …
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Romania nightclub fire: Death toll rises to 38 – BBC News
Six more people have died of their injuries following last week’s fire at a Romanian nightclub, bringing the number of deaths to 38, officials say. Four people died in hospitals in the capital Bucharest, while another two passed away in the Netherla…
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Danish startup helps you make money out of your spare bicycle : environment
Danish startup helps you make money out of your spare bicycle via /r/environment https://t.co/CvcHIyGuLe https://t.co/kitR0IykaL
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Growing up I’ve always wanted a golden retriever. Today it’s a reality. : aww
Growing up I’ve always wanted a golden retriever. Today it’s a reality. via /r/aww https://t.co/P2DmEZg0bV https://t.co/R0CIuWy696
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Moral Map of U.S. – Made by Julius Rubens Ames in 1837 [3733×6324] : MapPorn
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On The Defensive, Ben Carson Unleashes Litany Of Anti-Obama Conspiracy Theories | ThinkProgress
In an angry press conference on Friday, Republican presidential frontrunner Ben Carson attempted to defend himself against news reports that he has misrepresented his past, including claims that he had been offered a full scholarship to West Point, …
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The Prison-To-Deportation Pipeline That Keeps Punishing Immigrants | ThinkProgress
As part of an overall strategy to reduce overcrowding and give fairer sentences for low-level drug offenders, the U.S. Department of Justice granted 6,000 inmates — including nearly 2,000 immigrants — early release from prison earlier this week.
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A rare look inside F1’s tech center | Ars Technica
AUSTIN, Texas—As you might imagine, speed is extremely important in Formula 1. It’s not just the racing cars that have to be fast, though.
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‘God’s Spokesman’: A New GOP Frontrunner Comes To Florida | ThinkProgress
THE VILLAGES, FLORIDA — A gasp rippled through the aisles of the bookstore as hundreds of mainly older, white women waiting to see Dr. Ben Carson realized the neurosurgeon, author, and presidential candidate was in the building.
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This week in science: the antiscientists strike back
Ben Carson is the tea party dream: that peculiar combination of utter ignorance married to complete certainty that seems to attract the know-nothings like a moth to flame. It’s not simply that they’re ignoramuses, it’s that they’re proud of being ig…
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Manchester United v West Bromwich Albion: Premier League – live! | Football | The Guardian
Tim will be here shortly. In the meantime here’s Daniel Taylor’s thoughts on discontent among United fans:
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Talking to director Steve Martino about modernizing The Peanuts Movie for the big screen | The Verge
There’s a good reason Steve Martino was brought in to direct The Peanuts Movie, the first feature-length outing for Charles Schulz’s iconic characters since 1980’s direct-to-video Bon Voyage, Charlie Brown.
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The Curious Persistence of Poetry Shops – The New Yorker
On a recent afternoon on Front Street in Dumbo, a patron approached Jared White, the owner of Berl’s Brooklyn Poetry Shop, and asked for recommendations of Spanish-language and Scandinavian poets.
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Book Review: Black Man in a White Coat – Scientific American
As a black doctor, author Tweedy has firsthand knowledge of how, for complicated social, cultural and economic reasons, “being black can be bad for your health.
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The Obama administration’s decision to kill the Keystone XL pipeline met with disappointment and derision – though little surprise – in Calgary, the boomtown-turned-bust capital of Canada’s oil industry.
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Ben Carson Turns Heat on Reporters in Feisty News Conference https://t.co/8WGJ0DTBn0
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Dolphins amusing themselves. : NatureGifs
Dolphins amusing themselves. via /r/NatureGifs https://t.co/FvtBxal5fR https://t.co/eeJtNPtjsZ
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When you think no one’s looking. via /r/funny https://t.co/QQWpKy3l89 https://t.co/CBWuONtYKc
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A Friday night marathoning good TV is still a night in which you’ve conceded that your best option is being marooned on the couch in thrall to a fickle blue glow. And this past Friday night’s MSNBC Democratic Candidates Forum offered a similar perso…
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Is Big Oil about to have its Big Tobacco moment? | Grist
The New York Attorney General just launched an investigation into ExxonMobil’s alleged climate obfuscation. In this week’s Shots & Chasers, we’re giving you what you need to know about your reproductive rights now.
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[AMA Request] Justin Trudeau – Canada’s PM : IAmA
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MRW someone informed me that I’m a fish and I had no idea : shittyreactiongifs
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The US government is preparing for a cataclysmic blast from space : space
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Ben Carson was feisty. He was mocking. He was unyielding. And he was unexpectedly theatrical. Mr.
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The symbolism was everything. Standing before a portrait of Teddy Roosevelt, the conservationist president who 104 years ago busted the Standard Oil monopoly, Barack Obama made his own tilt at an environmental legacy.
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Hello redditors of /r/science. I am Niklas Ivarsson, PhD student at Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden. Yesterday you showed a great interest in our work regarding why high intensity interval training works.
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India send South Africa spinning to heavy Test defeat – Al Jazeera English
India’s Ravindra Jadeja and Ravichandran Ashwin thrived on a spinners’ paradise in Mohali, bamboozling South Africa’s batsmen in the first Test to secure a 108-run victory with more than two days to spare.
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Elk finds drone pretty interesting : interestingasfuck
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Map of (Approximate) Political Persuasions in England and Wales [1056×1213] : MapPorn
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Shades of Prey: Can Color-blind Predators See Warning Colors?
What’s the point of dressing up if others can’t appreciate your outfit? Humans have good color vision, and some animals, like jumping spiders, can see even more hues than we can.
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Kobe seals Lakers’ first win of the season – Al Jazeera English
Kobe Bryant scored 18 points as the Los Angeles Lakers picked up their first win of the season, rallying for a 104-98 victory over the winless Brooklyn Nets. Rookie point guard D’Angelo Russell added 16 points as did fellow guard Jordan Clarkson.
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Arena: Debating the pro-Israel lobby in the US – Al Jazeera English
The pro-Israel lobby has been described by some as the most effective interest group “across the entire planet”.
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As the James Bond theme thundered — ba-da, ba-daaaa! — and 50 camera crews clamored for a better view, a white Suburban with tinted windows rolled up to the Americas premiere of “Spectre” on Monday in Mexico City.
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The Thirsty Tiger . . . Photographed by Rainer Leiss [2048 x 1391] : AnimalPorn
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‘Daria,’ Spike Lee, and the Truth Behind ‘Zola’: The Week in Pop-Culture Writing – The Atlantic
How Daria Shaped a Generation of Women (Especially This Black Lady) Phoebe Robinson | Vulture “A show in the ’90s was able to understand that even though Jodie and Daria are similar in a lot of ways, they are different because of race, and as a resu…
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NY Fed to Banks: Clean Up Wall Street – The Atlantic
It’s now seven years since the subprime mortgage crisis, but both regulators and the public are still concerned about Wall Street’s ethics. And they have good reason to be: One of the largest surveys ever done on the financial-services industry show…
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Last month, the Jamaican writer Marlon James won the 2015 Man Booker Prize for Fiction for his riveting novel, A Brief History of Seven Killings. A spate of articles came out documenting his win, noting the fact that the 44-year-old James was the fi…
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New York City workers unearth burial vaults beneath Washington Square Park | US news | The Guardian
City workers have discovered two burial vaults underneath Washington Square Park in New York City, uncovering the remains of at least a dozen people interred around two centuries ago.
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Labor secretary says Republicans should focus on bipartisan jobs push | Business | The Guardian
The October job gains of 271,000 jobs caught off guard many economists and analysts who expected the US economy to add about 90,000 fewer jobs last month. The one person who was not surprised: the US secretary of labor, Tom Perez.
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Moms Working Part Time May Be the Only Ones With Work-Life Balance – The Atlantic
For those in the rush hour of life, things aren’t slowing down.
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Stephen Spender prize – a judges’s perspective | Books | The Guardian
Translation is an act of close reading. More than that, it is an art of listening, and in the execution it can also involve luck, like producing an inspired passage of brushwork.
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Sumatran rhino extinct in Malaysia: How can the species survive? : Awwducational
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Spinning cup. : InterestingGifs
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Android Marshmallow coming to the BlackBerry Priv next year : technology
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Devil’s Punchbowl, Arthur’s Pass, New Zealand [OC] [2048 x 1356] : EarthPorn
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Abbreviated Pundit Round-up: The hot race is Louisiana
The Jindal-GOP brand is toxic. Vitter and Gov. Bobby Jindal are mortal enemies, but most people know little about their mutual disdain. Jindal’s profound unpopularity – he’s even less admired in Louisiana than President Barack Obama – is an onerous …
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BBC Sport – Bobby Campbell: Ex-Chelsea, Portsmouth & Fulham boss dies
Former Chelsea manager Bobby Campbell has died aged 78. Campbell managed the Stamford Bridge club from 1988 to 1991, guiding them to promotion to the top flight in 1989, following their relegation to Division Two the previous season.
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Scot Russell Knox was one shot off the lead when the third round of the WGC-HSBC Champions event in Shanghai was suspended because of darkness. With one hole of his third round remaining, the 30-year-old is a shot behind leader Kevin Kisner, as are …
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ISS Time lapse: 4K Earth from space – images from Expedition 45 via /r/space https://t.co/eiT7YxhArR https://t.co/2GBJ1KzKpq
Love Everyone Often 11/08/2015
EU wants to require permission to make a link on the Web / Boing Boing Digital commissioner Günther Oettinger (CDU – EPP) is joining with European Parliament president Martin Schulz (SPD – S&D) in pressing the European Commission to create a copyright interest in links, meaning that making a link…
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