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When white trash is threatening you but player three enters the game – GIF on Imgur
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In Republican Debate, Candidates Battle Sharply on Immigration https://t.co/s6gAlMuQkU
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To anyone not playing fallout 4 – GIF on Imgur
To anyone not playing fallout 4 https://t.co/sHYAe3eSLS https://t.co/Z82eubXepB
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Spanish PM Rajoy challenges Catalan secession bid – BBC News
The Spanish government is to fight in the country’s top court a motion passed in the Catalan parliament backing independence from Spain. Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy said he would not allow the secessionists to achieve their aim. “They want an end t…
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Facebook Faces Fines Of $268K Per Day For Tracking Non-Users In Belgium | TechCrunch
Facebook is facing fines of €250,000 per day unless it alters the operation of tracking cookies in Belgium after a data protection court ruling. Facebook has said it will be appealing.
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Serbian PM Vucic returns to Srebrenica memorial after attack – BBC News
Serbia’s Prime Minister Aleksandar Vucic has paid his respects to Muslim victims of the 1995 Srebrenica massacre, four months after being attacked by a stone-throwing mob there. He laid a wreath of white roses at Srebenica’s memorial, alongside Bosn…
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Stuart Lancaster has left his post as England coach following the team’s early exit from the World Cup. England became the first host nation to be eliminated in the group stages when they lost matches to Wales and Australia in Pool A.
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Italy: Company trials email-free working to cut stress – BBC News
An Italian company has told staff to refrain from sending any internal emails for a week in an effort to reduce stress levels.
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Throughout the month of November, we’re soliciting readers’ help to definitively answer an age-old question: Who is the actual worst character on television? We reviewed your submissions, did our own research, and came up with a list of 32 character…
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Africa could be the first region in the world to power its economic development on renewable energy rather than fossil fuels such as coal, the head of the International Energy Agency (IEA) told a press conference yesterday.
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A Strange Trend in Pro Football: Kidney Lacerations – The Atlantic
On Monday, Andrew Luck and the Indianapolis Colts were celebrating their midseason upset of Peyton Manning and the previously undefeated Denver Broncos. Luck had played his best game of the year and the Colts had taken hold of first place in their d…
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Throughout the month of November, we’re soliciting readers’ help to definitively answer an age-old question: Who is the actual worst character on television? We reviewed your submissions, did our own research, and came up with a list of 32 character…
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Review: The iPad Pro And The Death Of A Metaphor | TechCrunch
The iPad Pro is coming into the world with a lot of weight on its shoulders. The speculation and expectation are running high. Is it’s a potential laptop replacement? An enterprise play? Will it bring the consumption heavy world of iPad.
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Mossberg: The iPad Pro can’t replace your laptop totally, even for a tablet lover | The Verge
I am a tablet man, specifically an iPad man. I do love my trusty, iconic, MacBook Air laptop. But, except for heavy writing, I’m likelier to grab my iPad Air or even my diminutive iPad mini to get work done.
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The Rockefeller Brothers Fund, the University of California and the World Council of Churches are among about 460 faith-based groups, pension funds, colleges and nonprofits that have pledged to divest some or all of their fossil fuel holdings.
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When I first picked up the iPad Pro at an Apple event this past September, I couldn’t help but laugh a little bit. For one, its size: it is holy-crap-look-at-this-iPad big. And with a price tag that easily jumps up to around a thousand dollars, it’s…
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Logitech has a bulky but functional $150 iPad Pro keyboard | The Verge
The first is called the “Logi Create Backlit Keyboard Case with Smart Connector,” and is likely to be of interest to any prospective iPad Pro customers unmoved by Apple’s own $169 Smart Keyboard.
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How to Save Up for a Home Down Payment
Your home is probably the most expensive thing you’ll ever buy. Saving up tens of thousands for a down payment can seem damn near impossible, but with a little planning, you can make it happen. In some cases, you may not be able to afford to buy a h…
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I’ll Give You The Sun by Jandy Nelson- review | Children’s books | The Guardian
Everything is true at once. Life is a contradiction. We take in every lesson. We find what works. There are only a few books that resonate within you; A few books that make no sense at all, but mean everything to you at the same time. I’ll Give You …
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Death of a statesman – Al Jazeera English
“O Professor, your blood will not have been spilt in vain. We will not rest until the perpetrators are found and we are going to tear them apart with our teeth!” declared one female orator at the funeral of Barhanuddin Rabbani on September 24.
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MILWAUKEE — After weeks of personal sniping, the Republican presidential candidates clashed sharply over immigration and other policies in their debate here on Tuesday, with Gov. John Kasich of Ohio and former Gov.
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Save 92% on this Interactive Coding Bootcamp / Boing Boing
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iPad Pro review: Mac-like speed with all the virtues and restrictions of iOS | Ars Technica
This year, Apple seems to want to push the iPad and the Mac as close together as it can without actually combining them into a single product.
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On The Dark Matter Of The Publishing Industry | TechCrunch
Recently there were a pair of revealing eruptions in the world of ebooks and the volatile book publishing industry more generally. The first was the announced demise of Oyster, an ebook subscription startup based in New York and backed by $17 millio…
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Tim Peake: British astronaut’s training nears end – BBC News
British astronaut Tim Peake is going through a gruelling round of final training before liftoff to the International Space Station next month. Here at Russia’s Star City centre near Moscow, he and two fellow astronauts endured three hours in a Soyuz…
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Delhi warns against Diwali fireworks to safeguard air quality | World news | The Guardian
Authorities in Delhi are calling on inhabitants to forego traditional fireworks and bangers during this week’s Hindu festival of Diwali in a bid to free the Indian capital from toxic smog.
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Warwick prize goes to ‘scaldingly affecting’ stories of Iraq war | Books | The Guardian
Former US marine Phil Klay has won the £25,000 Warwick prize for writing with his “scaldingly affecting” collection of short stories detailing the Iraq war.
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When white trash is threatening you but player three enters the game – GIF on Imgur
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BEIJING — Liu Yiqian, a former taxi driver turned billionaire art collector, confirmed on Tuesday that he was the buyer of the painting of a nude woman by Amedeo Modigliani that sold for $170.4 million at Christie’s New York on Monday night.
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You know, a little fear would be nice, Scream Queens. And I’m not talking about when it comes to Grace accusing people of being serial killers. But I’m getting ahead of myself.
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Black people or people of African descent living in the United States should consider seeking asylum in other countries. That’s what I did. On 24 September, I applied for asylum in Canada. We were brought to America as slaves, and the country hasn’t…
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Yemen conflict: US contractor detained in Sanaa dies – BBC News
An American contractor for the UN who was detained at the airport in Yemen’s capital Sanaa last month has died, the US state department has said. Spokesman Mark Toner could not give a cause for John Hamen’s death.
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Climate Change Could Push 100 Million People Into Poverty by 2030 | VICE News
VICE News is closely tracking global environmental change. Check out the Tipping Point blog here.
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McDonald’s Gives Its Shareholders $30 Billion as Its Workers Protest for $15 an Hour | VICE News
McDonald’s shareholders descended on the company’s Illinois headquarters on Tuesday to parse the results of its recent adoption of all-day breakfast initiative and hear from CEO Steve Easterbrook about the future of the fast food market.
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Master of None opens with one of the more awkward scenarios imaginable. Dev (Aziz Ansari) is on top of his first date, Rachel (Noël Wells), and engaging in the type of sex you’d expect from a desperate 3 a.m. Tinder swipe: comic moaning, lazy thrust…
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VICE Liveblogged Tuesday’s Republican Debate | VICE | United Kingdom
Those who didn’t tune in to Tuesday night Republican presidential debate might be surprised to learn that it was actually quite different from the seven million (give or take) GOP primary debates that have come before it this year.
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How a Wrongful Conviction Traumatised a Canadian Family for Generations | VICE | United Kingdom
When Tanya Olivares was nine, her father, Ivan Henry, was arrested by Vancouver police for a string of heinous sexual assaults. She wouldn’t see him outside the walls of a prison until 27 years later, in 2009, when the courts determined that he had …
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California Is Considering New Draconian Porn Regulations | VICE | United Kingdom
Lotus Lain is used to showing herself off. She’s a professional porn star who, in her videos online, is often wielding whips, joining orgies, and even partaking in a comprehensive “anal workout”—basically, bringing to life fantasies that most people…
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A walk through the annual Kerala seedfest, in the sultry heat of India’s Western Ghats, is like a walk through a proverbial garden of Eden; okra the size of a hand; deep purple coloured runner beans; 26 varieties of chillies from one village alone.
How a successful collective of smallholder farmers in India is showing the way https://t.co/gDVo8f0Gzw -
A Classic Scam Slides Into Your Twitter DMs | Motherboard
Everyone has, at one time or another, received an unsolicited email claiming that a wealthy person has died, and that you’ve been chosen as the sole heir to the pile of riches they left behind. It seems not even Twitter can escape this classic scam.
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Kickstarter’s Zano drone fails to fly – BBC News
It was Europe’s most successful Kickstarter project – but now the Zano mini-drone is in deep crisis. Last night, the former chief executive of Torquing Group – the firm behind the Zano – resigned. That left the thousands who had backed the firm with…
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Top 10 books about bankers | Books | The Guardian
I wanted to write a book about bankers because finance seems to have replaced politics, with democracy beginning to feel like a system that allows voters to decide which politician gets to implement what “the markets” dictate.
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Your pictures: Bonfire night – BBC News
Your pictures: Bonfire night 11 November 2015 Last updated at 11:13 Each week, we publish a gallery of readers’ pictures on a set theme. This week it is Bonfire Night and we begin with this photograph by Dan Clarke. Jill Bramley: “Taken at local fir…
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Smooch-Owner Venntro Media Group’s New Incubator Will Take ‘Up To 40%’ Stake | TechCrunch
We recently highlighted the rise of the corporate venture investor but might the same be said of corporate accelerators and incubators? If ‘disrupt or be disrupted’ is the Internet-age mantra, having a strategic and monetary stake in those who are m…
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From Middle Earth to Hundred Acre Wood: putting fiction on the map | Children’s books | The Guardian
Maps. They help us to make sense not only of our world, but also the worlds to which novels have the ability to transport us. They show us fantastical lands, outer space, subterranean environments and the inside of castles, and influence the way in …
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What We’re Following on Wednesday, November 11 – The Atlantic
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Imagine spending more than four decades in virtual solitary confinement for a crime you’ve always insisted you didn’t commit—and then, when your freedom is finally at hand, having it snatched away.
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November 11, 1918: Armistice Ends World War I | The Nation
The Nation greeted the end of World War I, on this day in 1918, with a cry for liberal revolution throughout the world. With the Kaiser dethroned, the editors hoped, the seeds of the French Revolution might finally begin to blossom and spread.
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Australia accused of denying detainees medical care – Al Jazeera English
Asylum seekers detained offshore are being denied access to urgent medical care in Australia because immigration officials fear they will access legal assistance otherwise unavailable to them, an alliance of health workers says.
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Flush With Cash, Ted Cruz Super-PACs Fight Over Spending | Mother Jones
In dollar terms, Ted Cruz is doing quite well in the dark-money game that has come to dominate presidential politics.
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New Microsoft Azure tools can tell who you are, and what your mood is | Ars Technica
Imagine if the things around your house could respond to your voice even when you were shouting over a smoke alarm, keep track of each individual wandering through the house, unlock your front door just by identifying your voice, and even identify y…
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Golden State have been merciless – and Steph Curry seems like he can’t miss | Sport | The Guardian
Last season, the Golden State Warriors earned the best record in the NBA and beat LeBron James and the Cleveland Cavaliers in the finals. Throughout the first eight games of the 2015-16 season, they have looked even more dangerous.
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This Map Shows Where the Next Clean Energy Gold Mine Is | Mother Jones
The desert in Southern California could be in for a climate-friendly makeover, after the Obama administration released its plans to develop more renewable energy projects on federally owned land.
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Lamar Smith, climate scientist witch hunter | John Abraham | Environment | The Guardian
Apparently eager to ride the coattails of Vin Diesel’s new movie, Rep. Lamar Smith (R-TX) seems intent on taking up the mantle of Witch Hunter by harassing the scientists at NOAA.
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Elizabeth Warren Exposes How Financial Advisers Exploit Retirees | Mother Jones
Retirees across America look to financial advisers for help in navigating options for smart retirement saving. But there’s a scary fact many folks don’t know when they entrust their life savings to a broker. According to a report released by Sen. El…
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A Teen Won $400k for His Video Explaining Special Relativity | Motherboard
Eighteen-year-old Ryan Chester won $400,000 for explaining Albert Einstein’s Special Theory of Relativity and its bizarre property of time dilation in a way that 10-year-olds can understand.
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The Glowing Halo of a Zombie Star | ESO
The remains of a fatal interaction between a dead star and its asteroid supper have been studied in detail for the first time by an international team of astronomers using the Very Large Telescope at ESO’s Paranal Observatory in Chile.
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It is now harder for UK citizens to hold government and polluters accountable for damaging the environment than it is for people in China, the head of a leading environmental law firm has told the Guardian.
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Dyson loses court bid to change EU energy labelling laws | Environment | The Guardian
Dyson has lost its bid to change EU energy labelling laws after claiming some rival vacuum cleaners were achieving misleadingly good ratings.
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The tough task of leading Libya’s peace talks – BBC News
This month, the United Nations outgoing envoy to Libya, Bernardino Leon, found himself under a cloud of controversy when it was revealed he would soon be taking up a job in the United Arab Emirates (UAE). His newly appointed successor will have to c…
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With CodinGame, Learning To Code Becomes A Game | TechCrunch
French startup CodinGame just raised $1.6 million from Isai for its innovative code learning platform. As the name suggests, CodinGame is all about games — not game development, not gamification, just plain games.
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‘Most distant’ Solar System object spied – BBC News
Astronomers have identified the most distant object yet in the Solar System. Observations with Japan’s Subaru telescope reveal the likely icy body to be some 15.5 billion km from the Sun – about three times further away than even far-flung Pluto.
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Microsoft Seeks To Dispel Cloud Mistrust In Europe With German Trustee Model | TechCrunch
Microsoft has moved to dispel European mistrust of U.S.-operated cloud services by announcing a plan to offer cloud services, including Azure, Office 365 and Dynamics CRM Online, from data centers in Germany that are also operated by a third party c…
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Pakistan batsman Younus Khan will retire from one-day cricket after his side’s limited-overs game against England on Wednesday. The match will be the 37-year-old’s 265th ODI and he has scored 7,240 runs including seven centuries.
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Pope tries on woolly hat during soup kitchen visit – BBC News
Pope Francis has been given a woolly hat as a present during a trip to a charity soup kitchen in Florence. He was presented with an Andean style traditional hat called a Chullo.
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Poppy Wars: The Battle for the Meaning of Remembrance | VICE | United Kingdom
In 2006, Channel 4 newsreader Jon Snow first coined the term “poppy fascism”, to describe the pressure he felt an increasingly large section of people in the public eye – newsreaders, politicians, footballers, even X factor judges – were facing to w…
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South Africa jails policemen for dragging death – Al Jazeera English
South Africa jails policemen for dragging death https://t.co/k7WUJGPugN
Eight South African policemen were jailed on Wednesday for 15 years each for the murder of a Mozambican taxi driver who was dragged behind a police van in a horrific incident caught by mobile phone cameras. -
Bank of England’s Carney: Markets ‘tainted’ by misconduct – BBC News
Bank of England’s Carney: Markets ‘tainted’ by misconduct https://t.co/jZm8T3PVi4
Bank of England governor Mark Carney says public faith in financial markets has been shaken by “widespread misconduct”. Markets have been “tainted” by scandals to an extent that the public now question their integrity, Mr Carney told the BBC. -
Improbable Launches Spatial OS, An Operating System For Next-Level Data Simulation | TechCrunch
Improbable Launches Spatial OS, An Operating System For Next-Level Data Simulation https://t.co/Jlkm5JWk3f
It’s been hard to define exactly what Improbable, the London-based company that raised $20 million from Andreessen Horowitz in March, does up until now, but its vision is clearer after it announced Spatial OS — its distributed operating system that … -
Will Smith and Sony came out hard against the National Football League at the world premiere of Concussion, painting a damning picture of a sport too big to admit it’s been killing its own players.
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Disney Designed a Smartwatch that Knows What You’re Touching | Motherboard
So far, I haven’t found a good reason to buy a smartwatch. I don’t want a health gadget, and I don’t mind pulling my phone out of my pocket when I need it.
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Briton jailed in Saudi Arabia back home – BBC News
This breaking news story is being updated and more details will be published shortly. Please refresh the page for the fullest version.
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Afghan Hazara killings spark Kabul march of thousands – BBC News
Thousands of people have rallied outside the Afghan presidential palace in Kabul in protest at the killing by militants of seven ethnic Hazaras. Marchers carried coffins in the pouring rain. Some of the dead had their throats slit – it is not clear …
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Microsoft will host data in Germany to hide it from US spies | The Verge
Microsoft is opening new data centers in Germany to allow European customers to hide their digital information from US government surveillance. The new data centers will open in late 2016 and will be operated by a subsidiary of Deutsche Telekom.
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Atlantic Readers Debate the Protests at Mizzou and Yale – The Atlantic
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Space in Images – 2015 – 11 – Cheops entering acoustic chamber
The Characterising ExOPlanet Satellite is ESA’s first small science mission. Selected in October 2012, it will track the crossings of known planets across the face of their parent stars, to make detailed deductions of their size and composition.
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Missouri Professor Who Confronted Photographer Quits Journalism Post https://t.co/KxgNeTNV1z
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Surreal Debate Gets Surrealist Grades – The Daily Beast
Surreal Debate Gets Surrealist Grades https://t.co/ZOTCvbH6Rr
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The RINO Hunter – In These Times
Last year, the Tea Party helped change the course of the Republican Party when David Brat, an unknown economics professor, defeated House Majority Leader Eric Cantor in Virginia in the June 10, 2014, Republican primary, despite being outspent 40 to …
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After a University of Missouri professor was seen on video calling for “some muscle” to remove a journalist from a public demonstration, the professor cut her ties to the university’s journalism school on Tuesday as protest orga
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South African police jailed for murder of taxi driver Mido Macia – BBC News
Mido Macia was killed in 2013 when officers tied him to the back of a police van by his arms before driving off. He was found in a pool of blood in police custody.
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Syria: A Country Divided – Al Jazeera English
Are advances in artificial intelligence, robotics and other technologies leading to fewer jobs and more inequality?
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Britain loses top energy rating after green policy U-turns | Environment | The Guardian
Britain has lost its top-notch energy policy rating from the U.N.-accredited World Energy Council after the government prematurely cut some renewable energy subsidies, creating uncertainty about how it will address support in future.
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Coal ‘isn’t going anywhere’ despite renewables boom, says industry boss | Environment | The Guardian
Coal isn’t going anywhere, according to the boss of the World Coal Association (WTA), who said “sensible” investors should keep their money in the fossil fuel and avoid “political” moves to divest.
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Head of Russia’s anti-doping laboratory resigns – Al Jazeera English
The head of Russia’s anti-doping laboratory has resigned after being accused of involvement in a state-sponsored doping programme. We have young athletes for whom it will be their first Olympics. And there are those for whom it will be the fifth gam…
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Surreal Debate Gets Surrealist Grades – The Daily Beast
Still gets most excited when he can talk about walls and winning. Because someone has a gun named Ben Carson at his head, he said nice-ish things about other candidates, though “You should let Bush talk” might also be the night’s sickest burn.
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2011 Jacksonville State Gamecocks football team – Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The 2011 Jacksonville State Gamecocks football team represented Jacksonville State University in the 2011 NCAA Division I FCS football season. The Gamecocks were by 12th year head coach Jack Crowe and played their home games at JSU Stadium. They are…
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How to retrieve your ball from the neighbor’s yard – GIF on Imgur
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Bango Raises Another $17M To Expand Its Carrier Billing With App Store Partners | TechCrunch
Bango Raises Another $17M To Expand Its Carrier Billing With App Store Partners https://t.co/YEe007hT4j
Bango, a mobile payments company based in the UK that provides tech to app stores and carriers so that consumers can charge app store purchases directly to their phone bills, has raised another £11 million ($17 million) in funding, the company said … -
How to retrieve your ball from the neighbor’s yard – GIF on Imgur
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Keeping orcas captive demeans us as humans | Philip Hoare | Comment is free | The Guardian
News that SeaWorld is to phase out its captive orca programme in San Diego sounds like a good thing, and so it is.
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Watch this livestream of Shia LaBeouf watching Shia LaBeouf | The Verge
Watch this livestream of Shia LaBeouf watching Shia LaBeouf https://t.co/4kO9ZMlC8G
At noon yesterday, Shia LaBeouf sat down in New York’s Angelika Film Center to watch every single movie he’s ever been in. He’s still there, and you can watch him. It’s all part of a navel gaze-y performance called #AllMyMovies, launched by a collec… -
UK unemployment falls to 1.75m – BBC News
UK unemployment falls to 1.75m https://t.co/ve2EwUGyyj
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Syria conflict: Who are the groups fighting Assad? – BBC News
Syria conflict: Who are the groups fighting Assad? https://t.co/ws58bNUavz
The conflict in Syria has been going on for four years, beginning with anti-government protests before escalating into a full-scale civil war. Who are the groups fighting President Assad? Bashar al-Assad had been well briefed on the challenges that … -
US reward for Somalia’s al-Shabab leaders – BBC News
US reward for Somalia’s al-Shabab leaders https://t.co/kA0UsAhkyr
The US government is offering $27m (£18m) in rewards for information on the whereabouts of six key leaders of the Somalia-based al-Shabab militants. -
Tony McGee was in a car dealership Monday morning when he’d heard about the end of the revolution, that the frustration of young African-Americans and a football team’s strike had combined to run the president of the University of Missouri out on a …
‘We were villains’: how Wyoming’s Black 14 blazed the trail for Missouri protests https://t.co/B3Nw0fG92Y -
Recycling is not about rubbish: it’s valuable commodities you’re chucking in your wheelie bin, according to sustainability expert Marcus Gover, not rubbish.
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Post-election crisis escalates in Burundi – Al Jazeera English
Post-election crisis escalates in Burundi https://t.co/ZGdnEZWxNn
Bujumbura, Burundi – Turmoil continues to grip Burundi more than six months after President Pierre Nkurunziza announced he would seek a controversial third term. Gunfire and grenades can be heard almost every night, and in the morning bodies are oft… -
Alanis Morissette updates lyrics of Ironic on The Late Late Show – video | Music | The Guardian
Alanis Morissette updates lyrics of Ironic on The Late Late Show – video https://t.co/G6WbKM8IPt
Alanis Morissette performs a duet of an updated version of her 1995 hit Ironic with James Corden on CBS’s The Late Late Show on Monday. -
Six of Crows by Leigh Bardugo – review | Children’s books | The Guardian
Do you know what it feels like to go back into a fictional world, and be able to call it home; to feel like you’ve finally found a part of you didn’t even know was missing? Well, that is exactly what Six Of Crows is to me.
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Paul Hollywood cooks up new baking show on Food Network – BBC News
Paul Hollywood is to juggle his judging duties on The Great British Bake Off with a new show about baking. Paul Hollywood City Bakes will see the celebrity chef explore pastry and bread recipes in Europe and North America.
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Australia immigration minister Peter Dutton defends Christmas Island policy – BBC News
Australia immigration minister Peter Dutton defends Christmas Island policy https://t.co/ur2mNLF7x4
Australia’s immigration minister has defended housing asylum seekers with “serious criminals” at a detention centre on Christmas Island. It comes after criticism that a riot was inevitable. Police used tear gas on Tuesday to end three days of unrest. -
iPad Pro Now Available To Pre-Order | TechCrunch
iPad Pro Now Available To Pre-Order https://t.co/dffBL1eetS
The iPad Pro is now available to pre-order on Apple’s website. People who pre-order today will receive their iPad Pro on Friday November 13. If they opt for free delivery instead, the iPad should make its way to your door on Monday November 16. -
Migrant crisis: EU heads to offer Africa aid at Malta summit – BBC News
Migrant crisis: EU heads to offer Africa aid at Malta summit https://t.co/yXplY4jTOj
EU leaders are expected to offer countries in Africa billions of euros in exchange for help with the migrant crisis at a summit in Malta. The European Commission says it will give €1.8bn (£1.3bn) and it expects EU countries to pledge more. -
Is Narendra Modi facing a mutiny? – BBC News
Is Narendra Modi facing a mutiny? https://t.co/QeMsZGoik0
US founding father Thomas Jefferson once said a “little rebellion now and then is a good thing, and as necessary in the political world, as storms in the physical”. -
The Joy of Six: the NBA’s hard men | Sport | The Guardian
The funniest thing about the basketball’s biggest tough guys is that away from the game they could be very nice. It’s just when they got on the court something took over. They were rugged, fierce and willing to throw anyone out of the way.
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Just Two More Days To Save £400 On Disrupt London Tickets | TechCrunch
We gave you one extra week to get in on early bird tickets to Disrupt London, but if you still haven’t purchased your tickets to the hottest startup show in Europe, your time is quickly running out.
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Singles Day: James Bond, bragging and ‘eating dirt’ – BBC News
From jokes about eating soil to surprise cameos by James Bond and President Frank Underwood, the national shopping spree that is China’s Singles Day yet again sparked a frenzy online and offline. Here are some highlights.
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Peep Show and the stigma of flat-sharing in your 40s – BBC News
The flatmate comedy Peep Show is ending as its lead actors approach middle age. Why are fortysomethings in shared accommodation still seen as unusual when their numbers are rising so dramatically? The rows over washing up. The raised eyebrows if you…
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Beer giants AB InBev and SABMiller agree mega-merger – BBC News
Anheuser-Busch InBev has agreed the terms of its £71bn takeover of rival SABMiller, in a deal that will combine the world’s two largest beer makers. AB InBev, the maker of Budweiser, will pay £44 for each share in SABMiller, the price it offered on …
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Meet One of the Teens Suing the Federal Government Over Global Warming | VICE | United Kingdom
Meet One of the Teens Suing the Federal Government Over Global Warming https://t.co/jrcp463jd2
On Monday, the World Meteorological Organization released yet more bad news for the planet: The amount of carbon in the atmosphere has surpassed the symbolic milestone of 400 parts per million. -
Literary wanderlust – in praise of travel books and the places they take us https://t.co/Vcd4uJRJBb
As I sit in my armchair, book in hand, I can feel a warm breeze rustling through my hair and the gentle lapping of water at my feet. Although safely ensconced at home in London, I could be anywhere in the world. -
ATLANTA — An 8-year-old boy has been charged with murder in Birmingham, Ala., where the police said Tuesday that he had “viciously attacked” a toddler whose mother had left children alone while she visited one of the city’s nightclubs.
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Oakland Raiders player Ray-Ray Armstrong is under police investigation for barking at a police dog and pounding his chest. Armstrong, 24, reportedly lifted his shirt and taunted the animal shortly before the start of Sunday’s NFL game against the Pi…
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Nokia’s Fall Means The Rise Of Startups In Finland | TechCrunch
Until recently Finland’s destiny was largely determined by the quarterly reports of Nokia, once a global leader in mobile phone technology, which in its heyday made up to 4% of the Finnish economy.
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What’s the best reading for heartache? | Books | The Guardian
What’s the best reading for heartache? https://t.co/1coQi7387q
“Your missus has left you and you don’t know where to turn, do you go down the pub with your mates or do you read 13th-century Persian poetry?” was the Mirror’s unexpectedly literary rhetorical question this week. Why, Persian poetry of course, if y… -
Camilla brandishes knife at Prince Charles during Australia tour – BBC News
Camilla brandishes knife at Prince Charles during Australia tour https://t.co/vgsArvCIAn
During a wine tour as part of the royal visit, the Duchess of Cornwall jokingly wielded a knife at Prince Charles. The Prince quickly laughed it off saying “now listen here” to his wife and wagging his finger. -
Holy shit, how did I missed that? – Meme on Imgur
Holy shit, how did I missed that? https://t.co/lL6HQ81ofY https://t.co/7UDAYzQZQE
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“Power narrows the areas of man’s concern,” John F. Kennedy asserted in one of the greatest speeches of all time, adding: “What counts is the way power is used — whether with swagger and contempt, or with prudence, discipline and magnanimity.
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NY Gov. Raising Minimum Wage for State Workers | Al Jazeera America
New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo joined a throng of union workers and other supporters of a $15 minimum wage in lower Manhattan on Tuesday and formally announced he would be using his executive authority to make sure it went up for at least one group of w…
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Despite the considerable improvements Agents Of S.H.I.E.L.D. has made since its debut, the series has yet to pick up a sense of style.
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How Future Became the Hottest Rapper of 2015 – The Daily Beast
How Future Became the Hottest Rapper of 2015 https://t.co/6jSrUlyVPc
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Periscope adds replays to its map and 3D Touch support for iPhone 6S | The Verge
Periscope adds replays to its map and 3D Touch support for iPhone 6S https://t.co/OhtLWBSqck
Livestreaming app Periscope has received one of its biggest updates yet, adding the ability to skip ahead in replayed broadcasts, revamping the app’s map feature to show recently completed streams, and introducing iOS-specific functions that make us… -
How Future Became the Hottest Rapper of 2015 – The Daily Beast
Back in 2009, hip-hop mogul Jay Z declared auto-tune dead on his track “D.O.A. (Death of Auto-Tune).” Despite taking home his eighth Grammy Award for the fiery rap anthem, Hova was taken to task by none other than Lil Wayne, with Weezy saying, “Keep…
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Mark Robinson has been appointed as England Women’s head coach. The 48-year-old takes over from Paul Shaw, who stepped down as England women’s head of performance in September.
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TalkTalk hack to cost up to £35m – BBC News
The cyber attack on TalkTalk could cost it up to £35m in the short term, the company has said. Following the hack, which divulged some customers’ financial details, all customers will be offered a free upgrade, it says.
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Sainsbury’s sees half-year profits fall by 18% – BBC News
Sainsbury’s sees half-year profits fall by 18% https://t.co/3ntDZja9YM
Supermarket group Sainsbury’s has reported a 17.9% fall in underlying half-year pre-tax profits to £308m. The firm said in the 28 weeks to 26 September that retail sales, excluding fuel, were down by 0.1%. Meanwhile, like-for-like sales were down by… -
Number 11 by Jonathan Coe review – a sequel to What a Carve Up! | Books | The Guardian
Number 11 by Jonathan Coe review – a sequel to What a Carve Up! https://t.co/Bim9FCr2tK
The title of Jonathan Coe’s 11th novel is, of course, the official home of the chancellor of the exchequer. -
Mark Robinson appointed England women head coach – BBC Sport
Mark Robinson appointed England women head coach https://t.co/2uXzZGjnYj
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“People are generally better persuaded by the reasons which they have themselves discovered than by those which have come into the mind of others,” the great seventeenth-century French physicist, philosopher, and inventor Blaise Pascal wrote as he c…
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Yes, Ahmed Naji is a novelist – Al Jazeera English
Yes, Ahmed Naji is a novelist https://t.co/tbugUjJfpV
The number of Egyptian reporters behind bars is at an all-time high, according to a recent report from the Committee for the Protection of Journalists. -
Chinese economic data sends markets lower – BBC News
Chinese shares headed lower as investors digested more data that indicated the slowdown in the world’s second largest economy was continuing. Factory production grew more slowly than expected in October at an annual pace of 5.6%.
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Stand on Mexico City’s grand Paseo de la Reforma boulevard on a Sunday morning and you’ll hear gears whirring, bells ringing and the chatter of voices as 50,000 people cycle, scoot and skate along 35 miles of closed roads.
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Lizard traffickers exploit legal loopholes to trade at world’s biggest fair https://t.co/nyOUWYJfKa
Wildlife traffickers are exploiting a legal grey area to trade in highly lucrative protected lizard species at the world’s biggest reptile fair, a Guardian investigation has discovered. -
Republican hopefuls split on foreign intervention, ISIL – Al Jazeera English
Republican hopefuls split on foreign intervention, ISIL https://t.co/zA1HAISFY6
Republican presidential candidates in the US have taken part in a new round of debates ahead of the party’s primary elections due to be held next year. -
Glory to the minute men. – Meme on Imgur
Glory to the minute men. https://t.co/FB76QigJqv https://t.co/CBta8tCYLo
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The clumsiest of warriors – Imgur
The clumsiest of warriors https://t.co/lsRjPStjZd https://t.co/L3EdOqtJkn
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Kurt Vonnegut’s Lost NYU Lecture on What It Takes to Be a Writer, Animated | Brain Pickings
Kurt Vonnegut (November 11, 1922–April 11, 2007) was not only a writer of timeless wisdom on the craft, but an irrepressible humanist of rare insight into the secret of happiness and astute advice on living meaningfully.
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The Tea Party’s Boy Band Breaks Up – The Daily Beast
They were the Tea Party’s three success stories in the Senate, the great right hope in the age of Obama. And Tuesday night, they were all at each other’s throats. Of the three, Marco Rubio and Ted Cruz have a plausible shot at the GOP nomination.
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John Kasich Is So ‘Underrated’ He’s Overrated | FiveThirtyEight
Not every debate is a “game changer.” In fact, given how overzealous the press can be in declaring events to be turning points when they prove to have little effect on the campaign, it’s probably best to assume that most debates don’t matter.
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Ethiopia bars Eritrea from African football tourney – Al Jazeera English
Ethiopia has barred Eritrean footballers from playing in East Africa’s premier football tournament this month because of political tensions between the neighbouring nations that fought a bloody war from 1998-2000.
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Midway through the Republican debate the party’s top candidates weren’t faring well. Ben Carson, who recently began polling in first place, flubbed a question on combatting Islamic State (Isis) and radical jihadist groups, saying the answer is to “m…
Trump’s still sexist. Carson called Isis ‘losers’. But poor debates aren’t hurting the frontrunners yet https://t.co/hi0sT75Vj5 -
A debate of sound and fury for GOP | Al Jazeera America
A debate of sound and fury but not much change for GOP https://t.co/f7q4WKLJnt
Four debates in, the previously fluid dynamics in the Republican presidential race appear to have solidified. Despite furious efforts on the part of every other candidate, the top three contenders for the nomination clung to their advantage. -
Dell’s XPS 12 magnetic laptop hybrid is now on sale | The Verge
Dell’s new XPS 12 is now on sale at the company’s online store. This year’s model ditches the weird screen-flipping direction of 2013 for a more conventional laptop/tablet hybrid design; there’s a keyboard base that uses magnets to secure the 12.5-i…
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The GOP’s New Prescription for Eating the Poor | The New Republic
When it came to the subject of helping ordinary Americans, you could almost write the lines in advance of the fourth Republican debate.
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Sweden far-right party makes gains from migrant crisis – BBC News
“We haven’t heard rhetoric like this in Europe since the 1930s. It really worries me,” Morgan Johansson, Sweden’s baby-faced immigration minister, told me as we discussed growing support amongst his countrymen and women for the anti-immigration Swed…
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Did China Just Test a New Satellite-Killer? – The Daily Beast
It’s possible China just tested a powerful new rocket capable of blasting into space with little notice and knocking out America’s low-orbiting satellites. Possible, but not certain. For sure, the Chinese government launched something from the Korla…
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Meet Nina Keneally, the Rent-a-Mom for Needy Brooklyn Millennials – The Daily Beast
At one of Bushwick’s ubiquitous coffee shops, among the colorful laundromats and junky dollar stores, Nina Keneally is going over her schedule for the week. Tomorrow she’s checking in on a female student at Pratt who is recovering from neck surgery.
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Cops Working With Anti-Muslim Activists – The Daily Beast
Imagine a white supremacist being paid with taxpayer dollars to teach police officers about Black Lives Matter. Or a person with a long history of demonizing the LGBT community being hired by your local police department to warn officers about the …
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What Happens When You Follow Around a Dog in ‘Grand Theft Auto’ – The Daily Beast
The world of video games keeps getting bigger and more populous, and not just with other players. Open-world sandbox games thrive because hundreds of pre-programmed non-player characters (NPCs) make a fake city look like a real one. And they’re only…
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Is Marco Rubio Too Baby-Faced to Be President? – The Daily Beast
He’s 44. He looks like a kid. Should presidents in this day and age be older and more experienced?
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Robert Capa’s Forgotten World War II Photos – The Daily Beast
In the now out-of-print Battle of Waterloo Road, the legendary photographer captured the bravery and gumption of the English suffering through the Blitz.
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Beer Before Liquor and Other Booze Myths, Busted – The Daily Beast
By now you know the truth about whether a post-workout beer will sabotage your gains. And you’re also aware that science shows you drink more alcohol on gym days. But when it comes to the world of spirits, questions about alcohol’s impact on your he…
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The Terrorist Who Can’t Get Arrested – The Daily Beast
ROME — When Tunisian native Ben Mehedi Nasr was arrested in the town of Novellara in 2007, he was considered one of the most dangerous terrorists in Italy.
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The Train-Hopping, Nazi-Fighting Literary Hero You’ve Never Heard Of – The Daily Beast
He wrote books of poetry, won a chestful of medals, helped inspire Pulp Fiction—and loved a good bathroom joke. Meet First Sergeant Charles Willeford.
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The Daughter of Saddam’s Pilot Is the Oprah of the Arab World – The Daily Beast
It has been a long, strange trip for Iraqi-born author/activist Zainab Salbi, who grew up in Saddam Hussein’s inner circle, the daughter of the despot’s personal pilot, and today—a quarter century later—is on the cusp of becoming the Arab world’s Op…
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Broadway, babies · Savage Love · The A.V. Club
I’m a hetero guy in need of advice. Back in college, I met this girl. Suffice it to say she was into me but I had some shit to work through. So we ended up being a missed connection, romantically. Despite that, we still became fast friends.
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Inside Yale’s ‘Whites-Only’ Panic – The Daily Beast
Anger over perceived racism and marginalization at Yale culminated yesterday in more than 1,000 Yale students participating in a ‘March of Resilience’ across campus. The event featured musical performances and speakers.
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Earlier this year, a very savvy TMZ snooper captured video footage of exiled NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden and his girlfriend. The clip featured the pair hanging out in their kitchen in Russia, cooking dinner just like any other couple.
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This article contains plot details from Metal Gear Solid V: Ground Zeroes and Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain. Something weird happened at the offices of video game publisher Konami over the last year or so.
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Austrian filmmaker Michael Haneke likes to put audiences through the wringer.
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Superheroes shouldn’t play with dead things · What’s On Tonight · The A.V. Club
Here’s what’s up in the world of TV for Wednesday, November 11. All times are Eastern. Survivor (CBS, 8 p.m.): “An intense water challenge leaves castaways thirsty for a much-needed reward.” Go home, Survivor. You’re drunk. Luckily, Carrie Raisler i…
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John Mulaney has had a bit of a rough year. His long-awaited, much-anticipated sitcom, Mulaney, made its Fox debut a little over 13 months ago, and it wasn’t much of a hit.
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In many ways, “Pig’s In A Blackout” is the Muppetiest of The Muppets’ episodes so far, mostly towards the end.
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Home sweet wasteland: 7 perfectly livable post-apocalyptic communities · Inventory · The A.V. Club
Home sweet wasteland: 7 perfectly livable post-apocalyptic communities https://t.co/ZS3KmbzntQ
As Matt Gerardi noted in his review this week, the nuke-ravaged world of Fallout 4 places a greater emphasis than ever on community—a point that Matt extends in the first entry below. -
Ben Carson’s Economics Speak Directly to Evangelicals | The New Republic
Every Republican candidates wants a piece of America’s Evangelicals. The largest religious bloc within the Republican base, Evangelicals have shown themselves to be reliable voters and devoted campaigners, earning them the courtship of GOP president…
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Records Tumble As China’s Top Online Shopping Day Sucks In Billions Of Dollars | TechCrunch
We’re barely halfway through Single’s Day, China’s largest online shopping day, but already the records are tumbling. Alibaba, the most visible and best-known online retailer from China, and its chief rival JD.
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Republican debate reveals attack lines against Hillary Clinton | US news | The Guardian
Republican debate reveals attack lines against Hillary Clinton https://t.co/5cUm8fefwL
Whoever may have been the winner of the fourth Republican primary debate, all the candidates on stage were clearly focused on their one common enemy: Hillary Clinton, whose name was mentioned more than 25 times. -
Myanmar’s Suu Kyi wins seat, demands military meeting – Al Jazeera English
Myanmar’s Suu Kyi wins seat, demands military meeting https://t.co/Q1baOonhnR
Yangon, Myanmar – Opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi was officially re-elected to her seat in the lower house of parliament on Wednesday as her National League for Democracy (NLD) party continued to steam towards a major victory in the country’s his… -
Woman saves soldiers with silly string – Imgur
Woman saves soldiers with silly string https://t.co/gYN7T9fb8g https://t.co/z1doHG1I41
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The El Niño in the Pacific is now one of the three strongest ever recorded. The Bureau of Meteorology said sea surface temperatures in the central and eastern tropical Pacific, a key driver of the climatic phenomenon, were 2.
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We Can Stop Pretending Any of the 2016 Republicans Believe in Science | The New Republic
Rand Paul was having a decent night in the fourth Republican debate Tuesday, until he fielded a question about climate change. With his answer, he disappointed those who thought he might deliver reality-based comments.
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Sen. Lindsey Graham’s quick wit and unapologetically hawkish stances made him a darling of the GOP undercard debates, but his falling poll numbers meant he was barred from the stage on Tuesday night. Both he and former New York Gov.
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The Seven Best Moments From Tuesday’s GOP Debate | Mother Jones
And then there were eight. The Republican presidential candidates met for the fourth time Tuesday night, with a slightly less crowded debate stage after Chris Christie and Mike Huckabee were demoted to the JV event.
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Sea World places orcas in plastic bags prior to cleaning the tanks. – Imgur
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Sea World places orcas in plastic bags prior to cleaning the tanks. – Imgur
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A Billionaire, Some Millionaires, and a No-Show Senator Debate How Best to Block Wage Hikes https://t.co/v1dNiHQGkp
The first Republican president of the United States was a friend of labor and a champion of working people. Despite the ideological apostasy of the 16th president’s political descendants, however, the Lincoln sensibility was on display in Milwaukee … -
Republicans Got the Debate they Wanted—So Did Democrats | The New Republic
When presidential debate moderators disclaim their own factual knowledge, and refuse to correct erroneous or dishonest answers, it falls to other candidates to step into the breach.
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Argentina’s underwater town that was submerged for 30 years – BBC News
The town of Epecuen in Argentina was once a busy lakeside tourist resort. But in November 1985, after a succession of wet winters, the lake overflowed, breaking through the lake wall and into the town.
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Leaves turning fiery like metal blades in a forge | Environment | The Guardian
Sweet chestnut leaves reddened against the sky before the weather came: a moment of fire and glass before they flew. The long, saw-edged, leaves of the sweet or Spanish chestnut, naturalised in Britain since the iron age, had all the autumn colours …
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Colbert Settles the Baby Hitler Question He Started Once and For All – The Daily Beast
In late October, in lieu of airdropping bewildered middle-aged creative writing minors into the hippie utopia of Williamsburg for culture shock think pieces, The New York Times opted to pose the following burning question to its leaders: We asked @n…
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Caged: What Drives Ronda Rousey to Wake Up and Fight
“When are we going to see women in the UFC, dude?” – TMZ cameraman”Never.
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Fact Check: The Fourth Republican Debate https://t.co/tp7kjSmdU7
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AE Aurigae and the Flaming Star Nebula via NASA https://t.co/4s135lTEAQ https://t.co/oehEMQKPBF https://t.co/mcxwtxTRpx
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APOD: 2015 November 10 – AE Aurigae and the Flaming Star Nebula
Explanation: Is star AE Aurigae on fire? No. Even though AE Aurigae is named the flaming star, the surrounding nebula IC 405 is named the Flaming Star Nebula, and the region appears to have the color of fire, there is no fire.
AE Aurigae and the Flaming Star Nebula via NASA https://t.co/4s135lTEAQ https://t.co/oehEMQKPBF https://t.co/mcxwtxTRpx -
By THE NEW YORK TIMES NOV. 10, 2015 We are live fact-checking the candidates in the Republican debate in Milwaukee.
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Uber Black Relaunches In Korea After Overcoming Regulatory Hurdles | TechCrunch
There’s good news for Uber in Korea, where it has reopened its Uber Black private car service in the country after nearly a year of uncertainty. After finding Uber guilty of violating local transportation rules, Korean officials forced the U.S.
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The eight top Republicans went head to head in the fourth debate in one of the most substantive yet volatile debates. Candidates also had moments of notable flare, declaring Isis ‘losers’ and promising they would not throw grannies off of cliffs
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Israel need not worry about Justin Trudeau – Al Jazeera English
When Stephen Harper’s Conservatives were voted out of power in Canada last month, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu lost the man Haaretz once termed his “closest ally” and “the foreign leader friendliest to Israel”.
Israel need not worry about Justin Trudeau https://t.co/UJSX2FffZy -
Republican debate in Milwaukee: 11 things we learned | US news | The Guardian
The fourth Republican debate is in the can. Here’s what we learned tonight:
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Each episode, iZombie is building something.
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El Nino threatens millions of children in Africa: UN – Al Jazeera English
Some 11 million children in eastern and southern Africa face hunger, disease, and water shortages as a result of the strongest El Nino weather phenomenon in decades, the United Nations children’s fund said.
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Sea Lion Pups Image, San Diego – National Geographic Photo of the Day
Pinniped Playground https://t.co/nUgTCkR2me
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Linguistics Club https://t.co/Wi5Po6cHYS
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Myanmar election: Aung San Suu Kyi wins her seat – BBC News
Aung San Suu Kyi has won her seat after Myanmar’s historic election, say officials, with her National League for Democracy (NLD) party on course for a landslide victory.
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Republicans Got Through an Entire Economy Debate Without Mentioning Tech Jobs | Motherboard
Tuesday’s debate between the top seven candidates in the Republican Party was supposed to be about the economy. Fox Business moderator Neil Cavuto called it “the elephant in the room,” and kicked things off with a question about the fast food worker…
Republicans Got Through an Entire Economy Debate Without Mentioning Tech Jobs https://t.co/2XSjrh83lF -
Syria conflict: Russia ‘peace plan’ revealed ahead of key summit – BBC News
A Russian document circulating at the United Nations has proposed a constitutional reform process in Syria, lasting 18 months, to be followed by presidential elections. The document does not say whether Syrian President Bashar al-Assad should remain…
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Sea Lion Pups Image, San Diego – National Geographic Photo of the Day
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Jeb Bush Falls Flat at the GOP Debate | The New Republic
Jeb Bush may have set out to deliver a blow to media favorite Marco Rubio’s campaign during Tuesday’s Republican debate, but his efforts didn’t get him very far.
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Apple and Google have removed one of the most popular Instagram clients from their app stores after it was found to be stealing user passwords and posting photos without permission.
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23 WTF Moments From the Fox Business GOP Debate | Rolling Stone
GOP Debate IV, which took place Tuesday night at the Milwaukee Theater in Wisconsin, was dripping with gravitas.
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Donald Trump Just Endorsed ‘Operation Wetback’ at the GOP Debate | Rolling Stone
Donald Trump Just Endorsed ‘Operation Wetback’ at the GOP Debate The GOP candidate praised an unabashedly racist Eisenhower-era policy
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Indonesia is still afraid to look into the mirror and face its bloody past | Books | The Guardian
In 1965, Kadmiyati was a young student teacher who enjoyed the arts living in Bantul, a small district outside of Yogyakarta. On 10 October, along with her brother and father, Kadmiyati was rounded up by the military and brought to the district mili…
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The 14 Worst Lines from Fox Business’s G.O.P. Debate | Vanity Fair
Tuesday night’s Fox Business debate featured eight Republican hopefuls, who came ready to deliver their best pre-tested zingers and on-the-spot counterpunches. And, unlike the last outing, there were some interesting substantive discussions. These, …
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Republican debate: tough questions edge Carson and Trump out of limelight | US news | The Guardian
Republican debate: tough questions edge Carson and Trump out of limelight https://t.co/KXRs3KYoDg
The eight top Republicans jostling for position in the race for their party’s presidential nomination engaged in the most substantive but also the most volatile and feisty debate of the 2016 cycle on Tuesday night as the race for the White House ent… -
can we just… https://t.co/Y34jj7zmJa https://t.co/8dUyff8yNW
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“My mom adopted a blind Bengal. This is what he does when he gets lost, or confused.” – Imgur
“My mom adopted a blind Bengal. This is what he does when he gets lost, or confused.” https://t.co/DHZ3iNru63 https://t.co/speR8gWdnZ
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Google Offers Up Its Entire Machine Learning Library as Open-Source Software | Motherboard
Via its research blog, Google announced on Monday that it was releasing the second generation of its machine learning framework as an open-source library called TensorFlow.
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Bangladeshi academic Anisuzzaman gets death threat – BBC News
One of Bangladesh’s most prominent academics, Professor Anisuzzaman, says he has received a death threat because of his support for secularists. Five secularists have been killed. An Islamist group said they carried out the most recent attack on a p…
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New technology can turn TV shows into sophisticated adverts – BBC News
Advertisers are increasingly worrying about people avoiding or blocking traditional adverts, so they are becoming more sophisticated. New technology now enables product placement to be tailored to the audience of the programme.
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Winners and Losers in the Milwaukee Republican Debate – The Atlantic
The Winners and Losers in the Milwaukee Republican Debate https://t.co/zQ60gFjaS7
Give a FREE gift subscription to your friend when you start your own subscription now. -
If there’s one thing The Bastard Executioner could seriously benefit from it’s a semblance of structure.
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“My mom adopted a blind Bengal. This is what he does when he gets lost, or confused.” – Imgur
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Pink diamond sells for more than $28m – BBC News
The Christie’s auction house said only three pink stones in this category had come up for sale over the past 250 years.
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Trump decried as sexist for Carly Fiorina jab: ‘Why does she keep interrupting?’ https://t.co/k2o3JDwJ9r
Donald Trump singled out the only female candidate on the Republican debate stage on Tuesday, asking of Carly Fiorina: “Why does she keep interrupting everybody?” A number of candidates had been talking over each other, and the comment about the for… -
Ben Carson: Hillary Clinton is the liar, not me
Ben Carson: Hillary Clinton is the liar, not me https://t.co/Svdy766Nlv
Take that, Hillary! When Ben Carson was asked whether questions about his biography and his foggy memory were becoming a problem for his campaign, he sidestepped the inquiry and pointed his finger in Hillary Clinton’s direction. “We should vet all c… -
Postpone tax credit cuts, MPs tell George Osborne – BBC News
Postpone tax credit cuts, MPs tell George Osborne https://t.co/DPe9ocnl89
George Osborne should postpone reforms to tax credits for a year to enable debate about the future of working-age benefits, a group of MPs has said. Parliament’s Work and Pensions Committee warned there was no “magic bullet” to protect low-paid work… -
Trump Interrupts Fiorina To Say She Should Stop Interrupting Everybody | ThinkProgress
Donald Trump unleashed a barrage of boos from Tuesday night’s Republican presidential debate audience when he wondered allowed why Carly Fiorina — the only woman competing for the Republican nomination — kept “interrupting everybody.” The exchange c…
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Elizabeth Warren Launches Tweetstorm in Response to Ad Portraying Her as a Communist | Mother Jones
Elizabeth Warren launched a tweetstorm in response to an ad that ran frequently during Tuesday’s GOP presidential debate that portrayed her as a Communist dictator and slammed the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, the watchdog agency that Warren…
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Ben Carson: I will make Isis ‘look like losers’ if elected president | US news | The Guardian
Ben Carson would make Isis “look like losers” by “destroying their caliphate”, he told the Republican debate on Tuesday in language that strongly echoed his rival candidate Donald Trump.
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Rand Paul Shuts Down Donald Trump, Moderators, and Commercial Breaks | Vanity Fair
Rand Paul Shuts down Donald Trump, Moderators, and Commercial Breaks https://t.co/RL2MGfu5l2
A little more than an hour into Tuesday night’s G.O.P. presidential primary debate, most of the Republican hopefuls were ready for a commercial break. Most of the moderators were, too. So were the majority of viewers, and certainly, the advertisers … -
Senator Rand Paul doesn’t like country music. On an August trip to Haiti to perform pro bono eye surgery, a twangy song came over the speakers while he was in the operating room. A reporter in the room asked if, while he performed surgery, he had an…
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Waco shootout: grand jury charges 106 bikers over deadly clash | US news | The Guardian
A grand jury has returned indictments against 106 of the 177 bikers arrested following the deadly shootout outside a restaurant in Waco, Texas, in May Nine people died and 20 were injured during the shooting, which authorities say arose from an appa…
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Ben Carson Changes His Mind Again On Minimum Wage – The Daily Beast
After a hellish week during which Ben Carson and his campaign attempted to prove the candidate’s honesty by assuring that he hadn’t shifted his personal narrative over the years, the former doctor began tonight’s GOP debate with yet another change o…
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Paget Brewster approaches Drunk History narration like she’s about to fight someone.
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Matthew McConaughey to play singing cartoon koala bear · Newswire · The A.V. Club
Reminding us all that “McConaissance” is just a (weird, made-up) word, Matthew McConaughey has signed on to play a singing cartoon koala bear in an upcoming film.
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What Happened to the Donald Trump We Know and Love? | The New Republic
The drunk-uncle-at-Thanksgiving metaphor used to work for Donald Trump not just because of the drunk uncle, but also because of Thanksgiving. The uncle is special because you don’t have to sit through him ranting about racist stuff but once a year.
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Ben Carson’s Plan To Defeat ISIS: ‘Make Them Look Like Losers’ | ThinkProgress
During Tuesday night’s debate, Republican presidential frontrunner Ben Carson — who has admitted there are many policies he doesn’t understand — proved how little he knows about foreign policy.
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Ben Carson’s Plan to Reduce Black Unemployment Is All Wrong | The New Republic
Rarely will you ever hear the first question of a presidential debate address people protesting outside.
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Republican debate open thread #5
Rubio gets a question that boils down to “Tell us how terrible Hillary Clinton is, please.” He responds by talking about how we need to look to the future and explaining that everything is terrible now.
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David Bowie’s ‘Lazarus’ Director Divulges Details of Mysterious Show | Rolling Stone
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Chris Christie Ignores Undercard Field, Swings at Hillary Clinton – The Daily Beast
At times he glanced around the stage with a look on his face that suggested he had just woken up and was not sure where he was or how he had gotten there.
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Periscope Gets Better Maps, Skip Ahead And 3D Touch Shortcuts Including ‘Teleport’ | TechCrunch
Some pretty notable updates for Periscope, the live broadcasting service owned by Twitter, just dropped today.
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How Donald Trump Brought Immigration Back to the Forefront | The New Republic
Even if Donald Trump doesn’t win the Republican primary, he’s already left an indelible mark on the contest by making the issue of immigration the flash point for arguments within the GOP.
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John Kasich Slams Donald Trump’s ‘Silly’ Immigration Policy – The Daily Beast
The Republican debate on Tuesday evening was set for fireworks, but the first real explosions of the night came from an unexpected source. A substantive debate on economics and tax policy descended into petty insults when Ohio Gov.
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How to Watch the G.O.P. Debate https://t.co/8wyNn05cxU
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Donald Trump: if you think border walls don’t work, ‘ask Israel’ – video | US news | The Guardian
Donald Trump: if you think border walls don’t work, ‘ask Israel’ – video https://t.co/0omoFfCiSB
Presidential candidate Donald Trump told Republican debate moderators to ‘ask Israel’ when discussing his plan to build a wall along the US-Mexico border to counter illegal immigration. ‘The wall will be built and the wall will be successful,’ he sa… -
Republican presidential candidates will get another opportunity to share their views on the economy on Tuesday night in Milwaukee, when Fox Business Network and The Wall Street Journal host the party’s fourth debate this cycle.
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Trump Goes Too Far at G.O.P. Debate, Prompts Massive Boos | Vanity Fair
Yes, that is a noise you just heard: a crowd of Republicans booing Donald Trump at the Fox Business News primary debate.
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A History of Racism at the University of Missouri https://t.co/NqTzHOUEZL
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For years, Brian Posehn has built a career on being a handsome leading man with a chiseled jaw and an effortless charm, but it looks like he’s going to be playing against that persona for his next film role, which sees him as a weird, mildly off-put…
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Fox has acquired the rights to Amulet, a bestselling graphic novel series from cartoonist Kazu Kibuishi, with the intention of turning the young adult franchise into a feature film.
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Republican debate open thread #4
The “serious” Republican candidates’ debate continues on Fox Business. Your participants, in order of their poll standings: Donald Trump Ben Carson Marco Rubio Ted Cruz Jeb! Bush Carly Fiorina John Kasich Rand Paul
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Timothy Wolfe’s resignation on Monday from the presidency of the University of Missouri system will not resolve the racial tensions that forced him from office. His tone-deaf style certainly inflamed the problem at the flagship campus in Columbia.
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Prince Charles and Camilla mark Remembrance Day in Australia – BBC News
Prince Charles and Camilla, the Duchess of Cornwall, have attended a Remembrance Day Service at the Australian War Memorial in Canberra. They joined the Governor General in laying commemorative crosses and poppy wreaths at the Tomb of the Unknown So…
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Democrats and Republicans agree: If you can mine it in space, it’s yours | Ars Technica
During the last 15 years one of the most promising developments in US spaceflight has been a proliferation of new businesses entering the sector. It’s not just SpaceX, but rather a host of companies such as Blue Origin, Virgin Galactic, and many oth…
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Lucian Freud portrait of Camilla’s ex-husband sells for nearly $35m | Art and design | The Guardian
A Lucian Freud portrait of the ex-husband of Britain’s Duchess of Cornwall, Andrew Parker Bowles, sold for $34.89m in New York on Tuesday, Christie’s said. The giant oil painting called “The Brigadier” smashed its pre-sale estimate of $30m.
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The GOP Debate: Republicans Have No Answer to the Key 2016 Question | The New Republic
For the most part, primary debates probe at differences in philosophy and strategy among copartisans, or at fundamental ideological differences between Republicans and Democrats. Or, in the case of Republican debates, a right-wing caricature of Demo…
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The Human Stain | The New Republic
The Holocene, our current geologic age, began over 11,700 years ago. Measured from the end of the Ice Age’s mass extinction, the Holocene includes the beginnings of agriculture, the domestication of animals, the establishment of the written word, an…
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The league of taxi apps rivaling Uber is alive and well after GrabTaxi, the SoftBank-backed company that rivals the U.S. firm in Southeast Asia, became the latest Uber competitor to introduce a carpooling service for commuters.
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Why Marco Rubio Owes Philosophy Majors An Apology | ThinkProgress
Sen. Marco Rubio (R-FL) set his sights on an unusual target during Tuesday night’s GOP debate in Milwaukee, Wisconsin… philosophy majors. Since launching his bid for president, Rubio has repeatedly href=”http://www.wsj.
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Photos from the 2015 Victoria’s Secret Fashion Show | Vanity Fair
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Third GOP Debate Presents A Smaller, More Focused Main Event : NPR
After a near revolt against the TV networks and debate moderators, Republican candidates are back on stage again — but for the frontrunners, that stage can be a bit smaller.
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“The World Of Tomorrow” is the story of the story of the Manhattan project. That’s not a typo. It’s the episode where Lorentzen’s official history is written.
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The arrival of a formidable new foe in the waning minutes of an episode has a way of lifting what would otherwise be a somewhat lackluster hour of The Flash into more memorable territory.
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At G.O.P. Debate, Fox Business Moderators Come Out Swinging | Vanity Fair
In the days leading up to the debate, the team of Fox Business moderators promised that they would be tough but fair to the Republican candidates—and, they added, much better than their colleagues at CNBC, who were roundly thrashed after their perce…
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Ever since Patricia Arquette used her time at the Oscar podium to bring attention to the gender-based wage gap, the subject of sexism has been consistently in news headlines thanks to actresses like Meryl Streep, Geena Davis, Ashley Judd, and Jennif…
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Republican debate open thread #3
The “serious” Republican candidates’ debate continues on Fox Business. Your participants, in order of their poll standings: Donald Trump Ben Carson Marco Rubio Ted Cruz Jeb! Bush Carly Fiorina John Kasich Rand Paul
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Pioneering Neuroscientists Breach the Blood-Brain Barrier – The Daily Beast
Pioneering Neuroscientists Breach the Blood-Brain Barrier https://t.co/JtCj2DuA9j
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Trump On Minimum Wage: ‘We Have To Leave It The Way It Is’ | ThinkProgress
Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump came out swinging in Tuesday’s presidential debate, starting the night by telling the audience that he could not, in good conscience, advocate raising the minimum wage.
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Ben Carson Just Made a Completely Bogus Argument for Not Rasing the Minimum Wage | Mother Jones
Flying in the face of what most economists believe, GOP presidential hopeful Ben Carson announced that raising the minimum wage would cost America jobs. Only one problem: this claim is seriously contested.
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Private jet crashes into Ohio homes – BBC News
Rescuers in Ohio are searching burnt out houses and an apartment block after a private jet crashed into them as it was trying to land at a nearby airport. One report says up to nine people on the aircraft were killed.
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New York says FanDuel and DraftKings are illegal gambling operations | The Verge
New York state attorney general Eric Schneiderman has hit FanDuel and DraftKings with a cease-and-desist order, demanding the two companies to stop accepting money from residents of the state, after deciding that the two daily fantasy sports sites a…
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Okay, that’s more like it. This third season of 30 For 30 has been kind of a bust up to now—with one embarrassing cancelled episode, a couple of odd hagiographies, and a frustrating overall lack of ambition and artfulness.
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Tyler Cowen on Republican presidential candidate Ben Carson and our selective preference for some religious beliefs over others. Loyal MR readers will know that I am myself a non-believer.
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While everyone is busy playing Fallout 4, I have a chance to sneak to the front page. – GIF on Imgur
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Pioneering Neuroscientists Breach the Blood-Brain Barrier – The Daily Beast
For the first time doctors have broken through the blood-brain barrier in order to treat a brain disease non-invasively.
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New photo on @500px : Crossroads Theater Temple Tavern Tower School Library Gateway Station Garden (1) https://t.co/6869qlWp9W
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Highlights from the Fourth Republican Debate | The New Republic
The top eight Republican presidential candidates met in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, on November 10 for their fourth debate of the campaign season. The biggest change from the previous debate was the absence of Chris Christie and Mike Huckabee, who were re…
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Azealia Banks Investigated for Attacking Nightclub Security Guard | Rolling Stone
Azealia Banks is under investigation by the Los Angeles Police Department for criminal battery after allegedly assaulting a security guard at a nightclub, according to TMZ. The gossip site obtained video of the incident, which took place at Break Ro…
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Syfy picks up reality show about the internet being evil · Newswire · The A.V. Club
According to Variety, Syfy has picked up six episodes of a new series titled The Internet Ruined My Life.
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GOP main debate Milwaukee | Al Jazeera America
A smaller cast of candidates faces off Tuesday night in the Republicans’ fourth presidential debate, with mild-mannered retired neurosurgeon Ben Carson pledging to push back aggressively if challenged on the veracity of his celebrated personal story…
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Laura Dern stops by HBO for friendly, no-pressure Tupperware party show · Newswire · The A.V. Club
Employing that can-do spirit that keeps someone pushing forward no matter how many times they get a door slammed in their face or a critically beloved comedy canceled out from under them, Laura Dern is returning for another new show at HBO.
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Brain Rhythms Sync to Musical Beat – Scientific American
While listening to music, you might find yourself tapping your foot or bobbing your head to the beat. What you might not have expected is that as you listen to your favorite tune, the rhythms in your brain also follow along. Brain rhythms arise when…
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Republican debate open thread #2
The “serious” Republican candidates’ debate continues on Fox Business. Your participants, in order of their poll standings: Donald Trump Ben Carson Marco Rubio Ted Cruz Jeb! Bush Carly Fiorina John Kasich Rand Paul
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Tyson Foods Wants the Supreme Court to Let It Keep Stealing Workers’ Wages | Mother Jones
Workers have filed dozens of lawsuits against Tyson Foods alleging millions of dollars in “wage theft” for its failure to keep wage and hour records and to properly pay workers for overtime as required by the Fair Labor Standards Act (FSLA).
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MILWAUKEE—Interrupted midway through answering a question about how he would reform the nation’s tax code, Republican presidential candidate Rand Paul was reportedly escorted off stage roughly an hour into Tuesday’s GOP primary debate after falling …
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Snoop Dog launches line of cannabis products – video | Music | The Guardian
Californian rapper and actor Snoop Dog releases an advertisement for a new line of cannabis products, including marijuana leaves, concentrates, and edibles such as gummies, drops and fruit chews.
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Chris Christie Really Wants You to Know He Doesn’t Like Black Lives Matter | Mother Jones
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Defeating My Anxiety https://t.co/qWSFBIoO52
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Why did more than 900 people die because of this man? – BBC News
In the 1970s, Jim Jones, the leader of a Christian cult called People’s Temple, moved hundreds of his followers from the United States to a remote part of the South American jungle.
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When the stock market crashed in 2008, my wife and I were 70. And we saw half of our retirement funds disappear. Before the crash, we felt secure in the belief that we had enough money to last as long as we lived; after the crash, we feared that we …
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It’s a Really Bad Day to Be This Moon
It’s a Really Bad Day to Be This Moon https://t.co/NfsuNfdhH7
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Acid attack victim’s voice of defiance – BBC News
In May last year, 27-year-old Namale Allen was severely injured when an unknown man threw acid at her outside her home in Kampala, Uganda. She was carrying her four-year-old child at the time, who escaped with minor burns. Her attacker has never bee…
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MILWAUKEE—Saying his struggle was illustrative of how our economic system has failed countless hardworking Americans over the past 20 years, Republican presidential candidate Carly Fiorina shared a heartbreaking story at Tuesday night’s GOP primary …
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Chris Christie’s Embarrassing Electability Argument | The New Republic
If Chris Christie has even the slightest bit of self-awareness, part of his soul must have died tonight during the Republican undercard debate from sheer humiliation.
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It appears The Rock is expecting a little pebble… – Imgur
It appears The Rock is expecting a little pebble… https://t.co/SWWUmdgfqG https://t.co/AEwr8BKZzH
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Huckabee: Syrian Refugees Just Want America’s Healthcare, ‘A Good Sandwich’ | ThinkProgress
Republican presidential candidate Mike Huckabee largely dismissed the idea of accepting Syrian refugees into the United States on Tuesday, saying that America could accidentally accept non-Syrians who just want healthcare benefits and “a good sandwi…
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Every Republican On Debate Stage Refuses To Name One Democrat They Admire | ThinkProgress
During the first round of the fourth Republican presidential primary debate on Tuesday — consisting of the four candidates with poll numbers to low to qualify for the main stage — Fox Business Channel moderators asked each contender to name one Demo…
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The art detective fighting to save Syria’s past – BBC News
Syria’s cultural heritage is being attacked from all sides: the Assad regime, opportunistic looters, opposition forces, so-called Islamic State fighters and even Russian air strikes.
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Why Cameron is pulling out all the stops for India’s Modi – BBC News
The leader of the fastest growing large economy in the world is visiting Britain. No, President Xi Jinping of China isn’t back for second helpings from the Buckingham Palace banquet, this time it is the Indian prime minister who is stopping by.
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It’s a Really Bad Day to Be This Moon
Can I ask what is up with the moons today? First we’ve got Pluto’s four little scamps tumbling about like a bunch of circus monkeys. Now, word is that Mars’ moon Phobos is falling to pieces. Our Moon better not get any ideas!
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Airbnb Working On ‘Experience Card’, A Preloaded $1K MasterCard And Rewards Program | TechCrunch
While Airbnb dukes it out with local regulators and fights off encroaching rivals, the company continues to look at ways of increasing the margins that it makes around its accommodation service and improving overall loyalty on its platform.
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Chris Christie steals the show with strong performance at undercard debate | US news | The Guardian
Chris Christie seized the opportunity to revive his ailing presidential campaign with a dominant performance and a sustained attack on Hillary Clinton in spite of being relegated to the undercard Republican debate.
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Live Blog: The Fourth Republican Debate of 2016 | The New Republic
The staff of the New Republic, led by senior editors Elspeth Reeve and Jeet Heer, is live-blogging the fourth Republican primary debate in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, on Tuesday night. The event, hosted by Fox Business Network and The Wall Street Journal,…
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Women of Africa: Inspiring Malawi’s children with ambition – BBC News
Monica Makeya Dzonzi is a co-ordinator at the youth centre in the Malawian city of Blantyre that organises training in computer, sports and life skills. She tells the BBC about how her tough childhood made her determined to get an education.
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Alicia Keys Talks Criminal Justice Reform on Capitol Hill | Rolling Stone
Alicia Keys addressed members of Congress and staffers on behalf of individuals and families affected by broken facets of the criminal justice system Monday, The Guardian reports.
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Liveblog of the Republican Presidential Debate in Milwaukee – The Atlantic
Republican candidates complained bitterly about CNBC’s moderators after the last debate. On Tuesday night, they’ll find out if the team from Fox Business and The Wall Street Journal is more to their liking.
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During Tuesday night’s Fox Business debate, New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie (R) answered a question about a gas tax by going on an unprompted rant against what he sees as Democrats’ lack of support for police.
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Main event! Republican debate open thread #1
If one hour of the JV Republican debate wasn’t enough to slake your thirst for wingnuttiness, join us for the next two hours of the main event, as the “serious” candidates debate on Fox Business. That’s two hours of these people (in order of their p…
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Chris Christie’s one debate goal: Attack Hillary Clinton
With more time to stand out from the crowd now that he’s been demoted to the junior varsity Republican presidential debate and with moderators who didn’t even pretend to press the candidates to answer the questions asked, Chris Christie’s debate str…
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Republican Debate: Live Coverage | FiveThirtyEight
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Rick Moody’s Heartbreak Hotel | The New Republic
I’m not much of a Rick Moody fan, but I want to be—a fan for the Rick Moody I thought might appear after his first two novels, Garden State (1992) and The Ice Storm (1994).
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GOP Debate Undercard Milwaukee | Al Jazeera America
The four GOP candidates debating in Milwaukee agreed on one key concept Tuesday night: Hillary Clinton must lose the 2016 presidential election.
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Derek Zoolander ditched his tiny flip phone for a giant Samsung | The Verge
The selfies are in the phone? A new Zoolander 2 poster is out today and Hollywood’s resident technology supplier, Samsung, has found a way to sneak its logo in under the radar.
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Completing Sam Mendes’ slow transformation from a helmer of quiet dramas like Revolutionary Road into the British Michael Bay, the Spectre director and his special effects coordinator, Chris Corbould, have earned the new Guinness World Records recor…
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Nation to remember war dead on Armistice Day – BBC News
It starts at the 11th hour of the 11th day of the 11th month – the time in 1918 when the guns finally fell silent along the Western Front. Veterans will join serving armed forces personnel at the Cenotaph in London.
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Republican Debate: Live Coverage | FiveThirtyEight
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Trump Backs Crazy Boycott of ‘Jesus-Hating,’ Troops-Loving Starbucks – The Daily Beast
Future U.S. President Donald J. Trump loves the troops, the vets, and Jesus Christ. Starbucks loves the troops and the vets, but—allegedly—does not appreciate Jesus nearly enough.
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Death sentence for Kansas Jewish center gunman | US news | The Guardian
A judge has given a death sentence to a white supremacist convicted of shooting to death three people at two Jewish centers in Kansas. Johnson county District Court Judge Thomas Kelly Ryan sentenced Frazier Glenn Cross, 74, to die by lethal injectio…
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Crime solvers come in all shapes and sizes, from the demure knitter Miss Marple to the besieged Clara Starling. They are divorcees, smokers, alcoholics, recovering alcoholics, drug abusers, bent cops and vigilantes.
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Environmental Peace Ecology is out! https://t.co/I9bfyfIRle
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Why an Australian company is flying cows to China | Grist
Lindsey Graham and George Pataki have the strongest records on climate change, but they’re not doing well in the polls. Wilderness provides a refuge from the world we have created — it allows our bodies to experience the world they were shaped for,…
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William Shatner Wants a Star Trek Musical. Please Make It So!
William Shatner Wants a Star Trek Musical. Please Make It So! https://t.co/9U6vVhVAxP
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Our Updated College Football Playoff Odds For Week 11 | FiveThirtyEight
Clemson is sitting pretty at the top spot. Alabama leapfrogged Ohio State to be No. 2. While LSU and TCU slipped, Iowa and Stanford made big leaps. So goes the latest College Football Playoff rankings.
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Dubai Airshow: Jetpacks finally set for lift off? – BBC News
Are jetpacks about to move from the realms of fantasy and adventure to serious practical application? For decades, jetpack fans have predicted a future when we would be using personal power-packs – like James Bond in the 1965 film Thunderball.
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Facebook’s laser drones v Google’s net-beaming balloons – BBC News
The sky is going to become a busier place if Facebook and Google get their way. The tech firms are investing in rival efforts to beam the internet down to the ground from flying objects in the stratosphere – twice as high as aeroplanes normally fly.
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The Beatles in 3D: Giles Martin on remixing the Fab Four – BBC News
Giles Martin reveals how he took The Beatles master tapes and remixed them in surround sound for the Fab Four’s new video collection. Abbey Road is full of gremlins.
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Scientific Study: Victoria’s Secret Perfume Is Actually Mosquito Repellent
A group of scientists wanted to find the most effective mosquito repellents. So they tested 10 different substances, including campout standbys like DEET, as well as a random choice: Victoria’s Secret perfume Bombshell. Turns out the perfume is almo…
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William Shatner Wants a Star Trek Musical. Please Make It So!
There’s one place that Star Trek has never gone before—musical theater. And William Shatner thinks that for its 50th anniversary, Trek should burst into song. What sort of musical numbers would you want to see in Star Trek: The Musical?
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The Atlantic’s Big Question: Reader Poll – The Atlantic
We asked readers to answer our question for the December issue: What is the greatest comeback of all time? Vote for your favorite response, and we’ll publish the results online and in the next issue of the magazine.
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Square’s S-1: Of Ratchets And Unicorn Valuations | TechCrunch
Over the last 18 months, those of us following the venture and startup space have gone on a rollercoaster ride of mega rounds, unicorns, sky-high valuations and bubble fears.
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Crass, loud, meaningless: Why have we ruined Diwali like this? – BBC News
Diwali is perhaps the most important Hindu festival celebrated in north India, but over the past decade or so, it has degenerated into a crass commercial fiesta, writes the BBC’s Geeta Pandey in Delhi.
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Ex-child soldier fought Sierra Leone’s war against Ebola – BBC News
Prince Tommy Williams, who used to be a child soldier in Sierra Leone, was one of hundreds of volunteers who helped fight the spread of Ebola. Last weekend, the country was declared free of the virus that killed almost 4,000 people in the country ov…
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Nobody really knows how to “make it” as a writer, especially when the only advice that people ever give just amounts to suggesting that you keep at it, and eventually things will either work out or you’ll die miserable.
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The abandoned buildings of the Eastern bloc – BBC News
Christian Richter spent his teens exploring abandoned buildings in what was then Communist East Germany. As an adult he’s still doing it, but now he takes a camera to capture the advancing decay of their interiors.
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Frazier Glenn Miller: Jewish centre gunman sentenced to death – BBC News
Frazier Glenn Miller Jr, 74, targeted the sites on Passover holiday in 2014 but his victims were not Jewish. Jurors recommended the sentence in September.
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The DIY Dream Audio Production and Recording Studio
Nothing fancy going on in this clean, light-filled studio—oh, except for all that equipment and that huge DIYed desk.
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Super PAC Aims to Fix Jeb Bush | Al Jazeera America
Jeb Bush says he can fix the nation’s problems. But just in case voters aren’t hearing the message, a moneyed super PAC is fighting to fix Jeb. Pro-Bush Right to Rise USA aired more than 1,400 ads on TV networks and national cable from Nov. 3 throug…
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Syrian Army Enters Aleppo Airbase | Al Jazeera America
Syrian soldiers fought their way into an air base in northern Syria on Tuesday and freed military personnel inside, state television reported, after a nearly two-year siege by the Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) at the facility.
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China Singles’ Day sales surge to record in first hour – BBC News
China Singles’ Day sales surge to record in first hour https://t.co/sSynwh7SnD
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PeerSpace Raises $5 Million Series A, Expands To New York City | TechCrunch
PeerSpace, a short-term meeting space reservations marketplace, has announced a $5 million Series A round of financing led by Foundation Capital to propel growth. Existing investor Structure Capital also participated in the round. The startup is a b…
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India’s forgotten Coronation Park – BBC News
Britain used to be the imperial master in India, but times have changed dramatically. Now India is the fastest growing large economy in the world – and Britain is not even among the country’s top 10 trading partners.
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The story of the Last Post – BBC News
The Last Post will be played all over the world on Remembrance Day. But as Alwyn W Turner explains, its origins had nothing to do with mourning. Arthur Lane was a bugler in the British Army when he was captured by Japanese forces during the fall of …
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BBC Sport – Greg Dyke: FA chairman concerned by World Cup ‘bungs’
Football Association chairman Greg Dyke has questioned whether any World Cup has been won without “a pile of bungs”. Germany beat England, South Africa and Morocco to host the 2006 event.
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China’s Singles Day sparks online spending spree – BBC News
This Wednesday is “Singles Day” in China. Originally a sort of anti-Valentine’s day for the unattached, it has morphed into the biggest online shopping day of the year.
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Netflix backs Snowpiercer director Bong Joon-Ho’s new movie · Newswire · The A.V. Club
Netflix has thrown $50 million into the production of Okja, the latest film from Snowpiercer director Bong Joon-Ho.
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Chamath Palihapitiya Is Getting Into the Carrier Business, Too | TechCrunch
There are few traditional businesses that investor Chamath Palihapitiya isn’t interested in disrupting.
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Master Of None doesn’t always feature the best, most fluid, performances, but at the same time, there’s an air of naturalism to the show. The characters really do feel like real people, and a lot of that has to do with how well written every episode…
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Civility and Its Discontents – In These Times
A year has passed since Steven Salaita was fired from a tenured faculty position at University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign just two weeks before his signed contract began.
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China Singles’ Day sales surge to record in first hour – BBC News
The world’s biggest e-commerce company, Alibaba, says it made more than $3.9bn in gross merchandise sales in the first hour of Singles’ Day in China. That compares to $2bn in the same time period of the sales event last year.
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Eyeball Kicks: iTunes Terms and Conditions—The Graphic Novel – The New Yorker
“I looked for pages of comics that featured a protagonist who was talking or present for a lot of panels, and used that main character as a stand-in for Steve Jobs. And each time I gave that character a black turtleneck, jeans, sneakers—the Steve Jo…
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New York’s attorney general has ordered daily fantasy sports firms DraftKings and FanDuel to cease operations with consumers in the state, claiming their games constitute illegal gambling under New York law – the most significant blow yet in the mou…
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Colombia’s Farc rebel group ‘ordered to stop buying guns’ – BBC News
The leader of Colombia’s largest armed rebel group, the Farc, has said he ordered the organisation in September to stop buying guns and ammunition. Rodrigo Londono Echeverri, known as Timochenko, said the decision showed the Farc’s commitment to sca…
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Two of the past participants in the kiddie table debates have made a departure—not from the presidential campaign, just from tonight’s debate stage. You will no longer have the benefit of Lindsey Graham’s occasional outbursts of reality, or whatever…
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A Boring Invisible Braces Lawsuit that Could Have Resurrected SOPA Dies Again | Motherboard
Back in August I wrote about ClearCorrect v. ITC, a boring case about invisible braces that could have resurrected portions of SOPA.
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Australia finds itself in a funny position headed for the Paris climate talks. It’s one of the few nations on the planet desperately trying to stop the hands on the clock and keep the world as we know it chugging smokily along for a few more years.
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OLYMPEX – Operations begin : Notes from the Field : Blogs
It’s been a very busy week as OLYMPEX gears up for full operations. The last ground site was installed yesterday and the full network is collecting data. We have learned a lot from these sites alone and have already sampled some intense storm system…
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Hint: You have to convince them that it’s worth their while. The World Bank predicts 100 million more people will fall into extreme poverty by 2030 due to climate change.
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Ballina mayor pleads for more aerial patrols after latest shark attack | Environment | The Guardian
Ballina shire’s mayor, David Wright, wants the state government to implement more aerial patrols in the region after the latest shark attack at Lighthouse beach on Monday evening left a 20-year-old man in an induced coma.
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I was messing around with double exposure.. I think it went well. – Imgur
I was messing around with double exposure.. I think it went well. https://t.co/GFhnDG2Ztt https://t.co/Y5rUAFgykl
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Dad’s adopted. https://t.co/wRew1CY3EH https://t.co/hvdoksQJJO
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Reinvigorate a Conversation by Asking Someone How They Work
When you’re out meeting new people, so many conversations lead to asking what the other person does for work. To bring some new life into your chat, don’t ask them what they do for a living, ask them how they do it.
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Another day, another new VC fund closes in Europe. This time it’s the turn of Helsinki-headquartered Open Ocean, backer of startups such as Truecaller and EyeEm.
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At least two dead after small jet crashes into Ohio apartment building | US news | The Guardian
A small business jet crashed into an apartment building on Tuesday, killing at least two people aboard, authorities said.
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SNL Cast Members Say They Had Meaner Donald Trump Jokes They’re Saving for Later | Vanity Fair
During this weekend’s episode of Saturday Night Live, there were very few jokes made at the expense of the show’s host, Donald Trump. The fact that Trump had veto power over the sketches may or may not have had anything to do with that.
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Hapless FEC Lets Conservative Group Get Away With Breaking the Law – The Daily Beast
Hapless FEC Lets Conservative Group Get Away With Breaking The Law https://t.co/FIK8Zym6T4
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Jimmy Carter’s cancer treatment ‘going well’ – BBC News
Jimmy Carter’s cancer treatment ‘going well’ https://t.co/N4jAhqXuwd
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Watch These Guys Play Around With Their Homemade 250-Pound Railgun – Digg
Design Curious Technology A group of dudes got together and made their very own railgun. Watching them play around with it is pretty cool.
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These Charts Will Make You Want to Throw Your Television Off a Cliff
Television has a well-documented diversity problem when it comes to writing staffs—especially when it comes to race. But if anything, the problem is even bigger when it comes to who actually directs episodes.
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I was messing around with double exposure.. I think it went well. – Imgur
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Shia LaBeouf celebrates Shia LaBeouf by marathoning all his movies · Newswire · The A.V. Club
Capitalizing on the wave of Shia LaBeouf obsession that’s swept all the way from the bottom of Shia LaBeouf’s feet to the tippy-top of his bag-covered head, the conceptual artist and former-ish actor is offering fans a chance to sit in a darkened ro…
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Trying to open Imgur when it’s overcapacity be like….. – GIF on Imgur
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Uncompromising Netanyahu struggles to repair relations with US liberals | World news | The Guardian
An uncompromising Binyamin Netanyahu struggled to repair relations with US liberals on Tuesday in a visit to the heart of the Democratic establishment that was billed as a bridge-building exercise but was noticeable for the Israeli prime minister’s …
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Jimmy Carter’s cancer treatment ‘going well’ – BBC News
Former US President Jimmy Carter is responding well to cancer treatment, according to his spokeswoman. Doctors in Atlanta have told the 91-year-old the tumours in his brain are being treated successfully and there are no signs of further cancer grow…
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The Ethics of Killing Baby Hitler, Cont’d – The Atlantic
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Math tutoring service in the form of a phone sex hotline / Boing Boing
What would happen if you mixed a math education tutoring site with a late night 900 number? Well, someone did, and it might end up being one of the strangest new startups out of Cambridge. It’s called SolveX4U.com.
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Hapless FEC Lets Conservative Group Get Away With Breaking The Law – The Daily Beast
Three notable conservatives—including a top fundraiser for Republican presidential candidate Marco Rubio—are linked to a now-defunct “dark money” nonprofit group that failed to disclose several million dollars spent on candidate-related TV ads, acco…
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Indonesian orangutans survive forest fires and village stoning – BBC News
A rare Borneo orangutan and her baby have been rescued from an attack by angry villagers in Indonesia as they were escaping rampant wildfires.The malnourished mother and her youngster were found traumatised and hugging one another when they were sav…
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Judge bans Black Lives Matter clothing from courtroom
Yesterday, four Black Lives Matter (BLM) protestors in Worcester, Massachusetts, had their trial date rescheduled to January of 2016.
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Written and directed by Sai Selvarajan: Sugarless Tea takes viewers on a journey to India and Queens, NY, in a tale of separated brothers, chance meetings and identity. Sugarless Tea features watercolors paintings filmed using a stop motion techniqu…
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Labor champions plan to resettle Pacific climate change migrants | Environment | The Guardian
Australia should be at the forefront of efforts to resettle climate change migrants forced from their homes across the Pacific, Labor says.
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Facebook Has a Video-Stealing Problem | Motherboard
The game is on to see which social network can bring in the most video views a day, and the top two contenders are Facebook and Snapchat. But Facebook has a bit of a problem. The way the company counts views lends itself easily to abuse.
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Today, the NY Attorney General dropped a bomb on daily fantasy sports sites like FanDuel and DraftKings. Sites like them have been categorized as “illegal gambling sites” and have ordered them to cease operations in the state of New York.
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Reported Quotes From The Atlantic Today – The Atlantic
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It is almost impossible to convey the extraordinary landscape of an inhabited coral atoll without seeing it firsthand. From the sky, the thin strips of low lying land surrounding turquoise blue lagoons make sense as a refuge for the explorer who has…
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As a TV studio, Netflix has gained a reputation for being prolific, releasing a new show every few weeks, and dumping whole seasons of content online at a time. But as a film studio, it’s aiming even higher, and its latest investment is its riskiest…
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John Hamen was one of two US contractors detained by the Iranian-backed Houthi militia after arriving in the country in October. The United Nations said earlier this month that two contractors who worked for a firm that managed UN facilities had bee…
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As reported by Variety, filmmaker Tara Wood has begun production on 21 Years: Quentin Tarantino, a sequel of sorts to 2014’s 21 Years: Richard Linklater.
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Check out our slate of Daily Kos-endorsed candidates https://t.co/veQawJwdNV
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Attorney General Tells Daily Fantasy Sports to Stop Taking Bets in New York https://t.co/2gR41YOzBb
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Undercard Republican Presidential Debate: Live Coverage | FiveThirtyEight
2016 Election Updated 6:24 PM
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10 Falsehoods That Netanyahu Told During His Appearance At CAP | ThinkProgress
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu spoke with Center for American Progress head Neera Tanden on Tuesday as part of his latest visit to the United States, during which he’s attempting to appeal to both conservatives and progressives.
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A little rest and relaxation. : AnimalsBeingBros
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Pull to open : firstworldanarchists
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How racial justice advocates took on Mizzou and won | US news | The Guardian
The university chancellor, R Bowen Loftin, also announced he would step down at the end of the year. It was a profound moment in American civil rights and academic activism. When news broke that Wolfe would resign, hundreds of students were gathered…
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Republicans set to spar as field of candidates narrows – BBC News
The top eight Republican presidential contenders are set to square off in Milwaukee for the fourth debate the party has held in this election cycle. With fewer candidates on stage than any previous Republican debate, the hosts are promising question…
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New York raises minimum hourly wage to $15 for state staff – BBC News
New York Governor Andrew Cuomo said he will raise the minimum wage for state workers to $15 (£9.92) an hour. The announcement came on the same day as protestors gathered across the US to raise the federal minimum wage.
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Sunday morning in Canterbury, UK [3264 x 2448] [OC] : SkyPorn
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Sunday morning in Canterbury, UK [3264 x 2448] [OC] via /r/SkyPorn https://t.co/pB2xBgfXye https://t.co/glo7anUNZz https://t.co/oDJC6hJCkw
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Megacities Carbon Project : Image of the Day
If you are concerned about the effects of climate change or simply want to understand why the climate is changing, there are good reasons to pay close attention to cities, particularly large cities. Cities produce 70 percent of anthropogenic global …
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Carter Center Says Jimmy Carter Is Responding to Cancer Treatment – The Atlantic
Three months after he announced his cancer diagnosis, Jimmy Carter is doing well.
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That Upcoming Frankenstein TV Drama Has Yet Another New Title
We’ve posted about Fox’s upcoming Frankenstein-themed drama in the past; it’s about a troubled sheriff who comes back to life (in younger, better mode) through the miracle of mad science. So far, the most distinctive thing about it is that Fox can’t…
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The New York State attorney general on Tuesday ordered the two biggest daily fantasy sports companies, DraftKings and FanDuel, to stop accepting bets in New York, saying that their games constituted illegal gambling under state law, according to peo…
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Kapor Capital Invests $100,000 In Three People Operations Startups | TechCrunch
Kapor Capital, in partnership with Google for Entrepreneurs and Village Capital, hosted a pitch competition earlier today in Oakland, Calif. for startups working on revamping the old-school human resources industry and working on technology to mitig…
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Bruce is more like a croissant. : Catloaf
Bruce is more like a croissant. via /r/Catloaf https://t.co/dbx7S4KPRp https://t.co/db4E6Vlu1i
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Republican debate: Rubio and Cruz take on frontrunners Trump and Carson | US news | The Guardian
Hello! and welcome to our coverage of the fourth Republican presidential debate.
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Supreme Court Weighs Whether The Government Can Freeze A Defendant’s Assets : NPR
The Supreme Court heard arguments Tuesday in a case testing whether the government can freeze a defendant’s legitimately obtained assets, thus preventing the accused from hiring a lawyer. Sila Luis, the owner of Miami home health care companies, was…
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US issues travel alert for Bangladesh over terrorism fears | World news | The Guardian
The US state department issued a travel alert for Bangladesh, saying there’s reliable information that terrorist attacks could occur against foreigners in the traditionally moderate South Asian country.
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A baby (green) gray treefrog (Hyla chrysoscelis)[5059×3373][oc] : AnimalPorn
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University of Missouri Encourages Students to Report Hateful and/or Hurtful Speech – The Atlantic
It’s stunning how quickly the story in Columbia, Missouri, has turned from a debate about racism in the university community to a story about free speech—and attempts to limit it.
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A List of Russia’s Responses to the Doping Scandal – The Atlantic
On Monday, a report by a commission of the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) effectively accused Russia of building a state-sponsored doping program that connected athletes, doctors, trainers, and state-security forces with cheating, bribes, cover-ups…
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Avoid Soggy Sandwich Bread by Spreading Some Olive Oil on Each Slice
A soggy sandwich can mean a ruined lunch. A light spreading of olive oil on each bread slice gives you some extra flavor, and creates a barrier that keeps the moisture from taking over.
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How to Stream Fox Business’ Republican Debate Tonight, No Cable Required
The Republican presidential candidates are having yet another debate tonight, this time on the Fox Business Network. Thankfully, they’re making the debate available to as many people as possible.
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Tumblr launches instant messaging on Android, iOS, and the web | The Verge
Tumblr users can finally carry on real time conversations with one another. Today the company announced that instant messaging launches today across Android, iOS (assuming you’ve got the latest versions of each app), and the web.
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Drone Footage Of IHOP ‘Sinkhole’ Is Scary As Hell – Digg
4 diggs Nature Cars Cities This aerial footage of an underground drainage collapse looks like it’s out of a Hollywood movie.
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Twilight author Stephenie Meyer is writing a new show for Hulu · Newswire · The A.V. Club
Having recently completed work on a gender-swapped version of Twilight, author Stephenie Meyer was in need of another project. And she’s found it thanks to Lionsgate, the studio that produced the massively successful Twilight films.
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Twilight’s Stephenie Meyer Teams With Hulu on an Adaptation of Supernatural Thriller The Rook
After the raging success of the Twilight books and movies, and so-so performance of The Host, Stephenie Meyer is back. She’s working with Lionsgate on a new TV show that’ll air on Hulu, called The Rook.
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Sony to stop making Betamax tapes decades after everyone thought it did · Newswire · The A.V. Club
In news shocking only in that it reminded people that Sony is still making Betamax tapes, The Guardian reports that, as of March 2016, the Japanese electronics giant will cease production of Betamax video cassette tapes.
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My parents got a puppy when I went away to college. I think I’ve been replaced. : aww
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Gentleman scolds woman for not paying attention to Trump / Boing Boing
Cathy de la Cruz tweeted this snapshot of a statue on the San Antonio, Texas campus of the awesomely-named University of the Incarnate Word. Make sure your personal data and Internet activity are never exposed with the extremely reliable VPN trusted…
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Resume Cheat Sheet: 222 Action verbs to use in your new resume – Imgur
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The Republican debate’s Wi-Fi password is ‘StopHillary’ | The Verge
Won’t somebody please think of the Wi-Fi passwords? The polarized state of American politics is so pervasive that it’s manages to worm hostility into the most sacred of freedoms, like the Constitutionally-protected right to a bipartisan Wi-Fi passwo…
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The Official GOP Debate Drinking Game Rules, Pt. 4 | Rolling Stone
If you are receiving this email we were unable to grant you a credential to cover the debate in Milwaukee on Tuesday, November 10th. Please let us know if you have any further questions.
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Seattle’s historic ‘chewing gum wall’ cleaned up – BBC News
It is a popular tourist attraction in the United States, but not for much longer. Seattle’s famous “gum wall”, said to be made up around one million pieces of chewing gum, is being cleaned up.
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Uma Thurman’s mom, 1961 : OldSchoolCool
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Money changes everything : funny
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Watch a matrimonial teaser for Transparent’s second season | The Verge
Amazon’s feted comedy Transparent is coming into its second season with a lot of momentum after big wins at this year’s Golden Globes and Emmy Awards, and the first teaser for its new batch of episodes captures the Pfefferman family’s dysfunctional …
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Farm bill favors corporations and ignores people of color | Grist
Lindsey Graham and George Pataki have the strongest records on climate change, but they’re not doing well in the polls. Wilderness provides a refuge from the world we have created — it allows our bodies to experience the world they were shaped for,…
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Bloomberg’s PAC to spend millions targeting climate-unfriendly state officials | Grist
The World Bank predicts 100 million more people will fall into extreme poverty by 2030 due to climate change. Lindsey Graham and George Pataki have the strongest records on climate change, but they’re not doing well in the polls.
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Bush v Rubio rivalry gets ugly in run-up to Republican debate | US news | The Guardian
Just weeks ago, a confrontation between Jeb Bush and Marco Rubio at the third Republican debate marked a critical turning point in the trajectories of the two former Florida allies and their presidential campaigns.
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An Ancient Discovery in Peru – The Atlantic
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Derrick Jensen: Forget Shorter Showers : environment
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Funeral held in Chicago for nine-year-old Tyshawn Lee – BBC News
Funeral services have been held in Chicago for nine-year-old Tyshawn Lee, who police say was executed for his father’s gang affiliations. Mourners gathered alongside Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel to remember the young boy who loved basketball.
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Why Immigration Activists Are Celebrating Their Loss in Federal Court | The Nation
On Monday evening, in front of a Las Vegas hotel ballroom full of immigrant rights activists gathered from across the country, Kica Matos delivered the breaking news: The Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals had, as expected, affirmed a lower court’s bloc…
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Top Ten Veterans Day Songs | The Nation
It seems obvious that the best way to support the troops is to make every effort to keep them out of harm’s way. That means avoiding unnecessary wars and only engaging in military action as a true last resort. In this vein, here are my Top Ten Veter…
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Prominent GOP Backers Cited in FEC Nonprofit Probe | Al Jazeera America
Three notable conservatives, including a top fundraiser for Republican presidential candidate Marco Rubio, are linked to a now defunct dark money nonprofit group that failed to disclose several million dollars spent on candidate-related TV ads, acco…
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Justice Department officials said this morning they would appeal a Monday-night ruling by the U.S.
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Not sure if our cat is laughing or turning in some kind of demon : cats
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Fisher Stevens was cooking dinner when I got him on the phone. I had wanted to talk to him for years because, as I recount in my new Netflix series, “Master of None,” this actor played a strange role in my relationship to television and film.
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Shanghai Metro Station [OC 1920×1280] : ArchitecturePorn
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Kerry says political crises linked to climate change – Al Jazeera English
The negative effects of climate change such as extreme drought are linked to political crises in countries like Nigeria and Syria, the US secretary of state has said ahead of a major UN summit on the environmental issue later this month.
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Ariane 5’s sixth launch this year / Launchers / Our Activities / ESA
An Ariane 5 has delivered two telecom satellites, Arabsat-6B and GSAT-15, into their planned orbits. Liftoff of flight VA227 occurred on 10 November at 21:34 GMT (22:34 CET, 18:34 local time) from Europe’s Spaceport in Kourou, French Guiana.
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In Star Wars: Episode IV—A New Hope, Chewbacca and R2-D2 spend a few minutes playing a game called Dejarik, also known as holochess. (C-3PO advises R2 to “let the Wookiee win,” since Wookiees are notoriously poor losers.)
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Awesome Lego Star Wars Photo Book Stages Scenes from a Galaxy Far, Far Away
This photo from “Lego Star Wars: Small Scenes from a Big Galaxy,” out Nov. 10, called “Breaking in the Tauntaun,” was four years in the making.Credit: © 2015 Lego © and ™ 2015 Lucasfilm Ltd.
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Hoping to spread a decidedly more adult form of holiday cheer this year is Warm Bodies director Jonathan Levine’s The Night Before, a one-crazy-night comedy that just happens to take place on Christmas Eve.
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The Most Moving Part of Passion Pit’s Michael Angelakos Coming Out as Gay – The Atlantic
All bands have a mythology around them, and Passion Pit’s begins with a man and a woman. It goes like this: When he was a student at Emerson College, Michael Angelakos recorded a set of songs in his dorm room and gave them to his then-girlfriend as …
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How America bought and sold racism, and why it still matters / Boing Boing
We’ve all encountered what people today call Black Memorabilia — a Mammy cookie jar, a racist postcard — but have you ever wondered where these depictions came from, and why they are so common? In her latest article for Collectors Weekly, Lisa Hix i…
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We have an imposter via /r/Catloaf https://t.co/gaBBYTq3sH https://t.co/cUClnXCxUq
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Another Path in the Netherlands by Tashina van Zwam [OC][4000×6000] : EarthPorn
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Eight-year-old charged with murder in beating death of Alabama toddler | US news | The Guardian
An eight-year-old boy has been charged with murder in Birmingham, Alabama, after an infant left in his care was beaten to death.
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Student activists appeared to block and push two journalists who were reporting on the recent demonstrations at the school, which led to the resignation of president Tim Wolfe on Monday. The photographer, Tim Tai, tells the group he is within his ri…
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Am I the Only Person Who Thinks Larry David Wasn’t Funny on Trump’s ‘SNL’? | The Nation
“The American people are sick and tired of hearing about your damn racism,” Larry David might as well have shouted at Donald Trump during his Saturday Night Live monologue. Of course, David’s literal words seemed to say the opposite: “You’re a racis…
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Where the Yale Halloween Email Came From – The Atlantic
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A Deep-Rooted History Of Activism Stirs In College Football : NPR
In football, a sport that demands military-style discipline and singular focus, there’s ample precedent for speaking out against the status quo.
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In Los Angeles, Piecing Together The Numbers On Police Shootings : NPR
The official statistics for shootings by police in America are bad to non-existent. The totals are under-reported, and the Justice Department admits it doesn’t have crucial details such as the race of people shot, and whether they were armed. Since …
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My cat would like to talk to you about Diabeetus. : cats
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What In The Hell Is A #TacoEmojiEngine? | TechCrunch
Tacos. Emojis. Tacos + Emojis. That’s what Taco Bell rolled out to Twitter yesterday. They called it the “#TacoEmojiEngine.”
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I was messing around with double exposure.. I think it went well. : pics
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Chrome to end support for Windows XP, Vista, and OS X 10.8 on April 2016 | Ars Technica
If you’re on an older operating system, your Chrome could stop getting updates in just a few months. Google’s official Chrome Blog announced that it will be ending support for Windows XP, Windows Vista, and Mac OS X 10.6, 10.7, and 10.8 in April 201…
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A shadowy right-wing group is attacking the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) in an ad airing during Tuesday night’s Republican presidential debate.
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iHeartMedia Launches A New, Kid-Focused Radio App | TechCrunch
iHeartMedia, maker of the iHeartRadio streaming music app, is launching a new app called iHeartRadio Family.
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This Week’s Guardians of the Galaxy Made Everyone An Idiot, And It Was Heartbreaking
The Guardians of the Galaxy cartoon took a brief hiatus before making it’s return this weekend, and I’m glad it did. It made me have at least an extra week of thinking this show had really turned a corner.
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What’s The Wildest Thing You’ve Discovered So Far In This Year’s NaNoWriMo?
We’re almost one-third of the way into National Novel Writing Month, which means that the plot is thickening and the action is getting intense for your story and characters. How is it going so far? And what’s the wildest thing you’ve found out from …
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Portugal’s government ousted by anti-austerity alliance – Al Jazeera English
Portugal’s centre-right government has been forced to resign after an alliance of leftist politicians rejected its policy proposals, paving the way for a socialist-led administration to end years of austerity.
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Giant Magellan Telescope Groundbreaking Travelogue: Flying Over the Andes
Space.com senior writer Mike Wall is in Chile this week chronicling the groundbreaking ceremony for the Giant Magellan Telescope this week. See his latest dispatch on his trip to Chile’s high Atacama Desert:
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Italy Identifying Bodies of Drowned Refugees | Al Jazeera America
The shy children from a dog-eared photograph found in the pocket of a migrant drowned off Italy may never know what happened to the man who might have been their father.
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Career Spotlight: What I Do as a Teleprompter Operator
It’s hard work to appear effortless. High production values can often be measured by what you don’t see in a show, whether its a live performance or on television, and one diligent, necessary worker behind the scenes is the teleprompter operator.
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The Poet, The Journalist, and The Dissident | The Nation
“I never thought that I would be Big Brother,” jokes Snowden as he is lowered down from the cloud and on to a projector screen. The crowd greets him like a rockstar.
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TC Cribs: Minted’s Visually Stunning Front Street Office | TechCrunch
This week’s Cribs episode takes us to Minted, an online marketplace of independent artists and designer. Minted hangs its headquarters shingle in San Francisco’s historic Jackson Square neighborhood. Stunning is the word for Minted’s interior.
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Account suspensions: A transparent alternative to shadowbans : announcements
Today we’re rolling out a new type of account restriction called suspensions. Suspensions will replace shadowbans for the vast majority of real humans and increase transparency when handling users who violate Reddit’s content policy.
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T-Mobile exempts video from data caps, but lowers resolution to 480p | Ars Technica
T-Mobile US today unveiled “Binge On,” a feature that will automatically reduce the quality of video while allowing many video services to stream without counting against customers’ high-speed data limits.
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America in 2015 via /r/funny https://t.co/uTk2yykMC8 https://t.co/f1mc7mjrxF
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Pluto TV, a video streaming service targeting cord cutters, has differentiated itself from other over-the-top competitors like Netflix by offering a more TV-like experience with over 100 “channels” you flip through in an interface that looks similar…
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Universal Health Care on Colorado 2016 Ballot | Al Jazeera America
Universal health care to appear on Colorado ballot in 2016 https://t.co/3zmCQ0VaeT
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A Minnesota judge has dismissed charges against organizers of a Black Lives Matter protest that drew thousands of demonstrators to the Mall of America. The protest last December disrupted Christmas shopping at the privately owned venue.
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Google Updates Its Container Services With Focus On Speed, Scaling And Authentication | TechCrunch
With its Docker Registry and Container Engine, Google has made a big bet on containers for its Cloud Platform this year. Today, the company is launching updates to both of these services.
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Transgender woman jailed for eight days sues Iowa hotel | US news | The Guardian
A transgender woman was jailed for eight days after staff at the hotel where she was staying with a friend called the police to report two “men dressed like women” were engaging in prostitution, according to a complaint filed by the ACLU on Tuesday.
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Universal Health Care on Colorado 2016 Ballot | Al Jazeera America
Universal health care to appear on Colorado ballot in 2016 https://t.co/JoHUZzQk5M
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Why Are So Many People Mad About This Environmental Group’s Endorsement? | ThinkProgress
Grassroots environmentalists unleashed a wave of criticism on the D.C.-based League of Conservation Voters on Monday and Tuesday, after the group announced its endorsement for Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton. Hundreds of people — m…
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One Tech Company Just Erased Its Gender Pay Gap – The Atlantic
Almost all stories about the gender wage gap start with one figure: On average, women earn 78 cents for every $1 a man earns. These stories usually end with a series of policy recommendations for how to close that persistent 22-cent gap.
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10 Quotes From the GOP Candidates’ Most Inane Week Yet | Rolling Stone
In this seemingly never-ending presidential election cycle, the GOP candidates have had, and will continue to have, ample opportunity to express their feelings on various topics, both serious and inane. The past seven days have offered many examples…
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New York fast food workers brave rain to demand pay rise – video | Business | The Guardian
Fast food workers called for a $15-an-hour minimum wage and union rights on Tuesday in a campaign they hope will catch the attention of candidates in the 2016 election. Organizers of the union-backed Fight for $15 campaign said strikes would take pl…
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Gwyneth Paltrow Opens Up About Her and Chris Martin’s Marriage “Failure” | Vanity Fair
A year after announcing her separation, Paltrow candidly discusses the disappointment of her “conscious uncoupling.
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How serious is corruption in sport? – Al Jazeera English
The World Anti-Doping Agency has published a scathing report into widespread doping in the sport of athletics. The report in particular signalled out Russia, which it said should be banned from athletics competition for running a “state-supported” d…
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Machine Learning Could Help Video Game Water Look Better Than Ever | Motherboard
Water, like hair or cloth, is one of those things that video games are still struggling to get right.
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Allen Toussaint, New Orleans R&B Legend, Dies At 77 : NPR
Back in 1986, Allen Toussaint told All Things Considered that he could write a song from the scraps of a joke, or from snippets of conversations. If the occasion called for it, he could even fashion writer’s block into verse. “Well, how do you write…
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Ken Saro-Wiwa’s widow talks about execution 20 years on – Al Jazeera English
A memorial march is due to be held in Nigeria for a champion of the environment who confronted one of the world’s biggest oil companies – and was then hanged.
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CA to Propose End Statute of Limitations on Rape | Al Jazeera America
State Senator Connie M. Leyva, a Democrat from Chino, California said Monday that when the new legislative session begins in January, she will propose scrapping the 10-year statute of limitations on rape cases.
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Europe’s most-funded Kickstarter project just lost its CEO | Ars Technica
The CEO and co-founder of Torquing Group, the Welsh drone startup that remains the most-funded European Kickstarter project ever, resigned suddenly on Tuesday. The departure of Ivan Reedman suggests that the company is in serious crisis mode and may…
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Hong Kong bookstore disappearances shock publishing industry – BBC News
In a frenetic commercial district of Hong Kong, sandwiched between shops selling vitamins and clothing to tourists, the Causeway Bay Bookstore touts itself as the authority on Chinese politics. The tiny shop specialises in selling gossipy paperbacks…
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Race and the Free-Speech Diversion – The New Yorker
Of the many concerns unearthed by the protests at two major universities this week, the velocity at which we now move from racial recrimination to self-righteous backlash is possibly the most revealing.
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Kinja Roundup https://t.co/UGgBTXbznz
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What It Takes to Be a Master Sommelier – The New Yorker
What It Takes to Be a Master Sommelier https://t.co/9Ae6nnYDa7
Each year, approximately two hundred sommeliers from around the world submit themselves to a gruelling three-part test of wine expertise known as the Master Sommelier Exam. -
I don’t know what it means but I love it : oddlysatisfying
I don’t know what it means but I love it via /r/oddlysatisfying https://t.co/d7P12A3oRP https://t.co/IwRFEApzch
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Rare Fluffy Bread Loaf : Catloaf
Rare Fluffy Bread Loaf via /r/Catloaf https://t.co/XTPv5Knk06 https://t.co/XpnpzS4slg
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White supremacists plot to bomb and shoot up black churches. Again.
White supremacists plot to bomb and shoot up black churches. Again. https://t.co/s44H1OKXHi
According to the FBI, Robert Doyle, Ronald Beasley Chaney, and Charles Halderman got tired of waiting on the coming race war and decided to set things off themselves. The trio was arrested November 8 for planning all sorts of mayhem. -
When John Badham, director of the 1986 robot comedy Short Circuit, decided to change the character of Ben from a white grad student to an Indian, he could have provided a prominent role for an actual Indian actor. Instead, he hired a white guy.
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Online collection of digitized wax cylinder recordings
The University of California, Santa Barbara library is digitizing its collection of wax cylinders from the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Over 10,000 audio files from the collection are now available online.
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Activists In Raqqa, Syria, Use Social Media To Document ISIS Violence : NPR
NPR’s Kelly McEvers talks to the director and co-founder of “Raqqa Is Being Slaughtered Silently,” a group of activists who use social media to document atrocities committed by ISIS.
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Make an Emergency Spare Key for Simple Locks With a Food Can Lid
Copying some keys at the store is more hassle than it needs to be. For small padlocks and other very simple locks, you can copy some emergency spare keys with the lid of a food can. This video from YouTuber DaveHax shows how easy it is to copy almos…
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How to sell the gas tax to people who hate taxes and love driving | Grist
Hint: You have to convince them that it’s worth their while. The World Bank predicts 100 million more people will fall into extreme poverty by 2030 due to climate change.
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Rich Kids Who Killed Their Parents #1: The Greedy Son, and His Even Greedier Girlfriend
For this tragic tale of youth, greed, and murder, we head to the Dallas-Fort Worth suburb of Mansfield, Texas. Specifically, we head to the town’s local IHOP, where dark schemes were plotted alongside vats of syrup and stacks of breakfast meats.
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Simplifying Soup: Campbell’s Tinkers With Chicken Noodle Recipe : NPR
Campbell’s Soup has announced they’re cutting their ingredients list. NPR reports on the move to simplify soup.
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Report shows the disproportionate effects of climate change on the global poor | Grist
The World Bank predicts 100 million more people will fall into extreme poverty by 2030 due to climate change. Lindsey Graham and George Pataki have the strongest records on climate change, but they’re not doing well in the polls.
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Federal Prosecutors Charge 3 In International Cyber Crime Spree : NPR
Federal prosecutors have charged three men in a sprawling international cyber crime spree. The indictments allege that the defendants hacked JP Morgan Chase and other financial institutions.
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After Downplaying VA Scandal, Clinton Unveils Plans To Support Veterans : NPR
Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton holds a roundtable with military veterans on the eve of Veterans Day. It comes after Clinton drew criticism for calling last year’s VA scandal overblown.
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Scientists Work With Cuba To Bring Lost Orchids Back To Florida State Park : NPR
Florida’s Fakahatchee Strand Preserve State Park is home to more than 40 native species of orchids, but there used to be many more. Over the years, many orchid species were lost through poaching and habitat destruction. Scientists there have recentl…
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Demonstrators Clash With Journalists At The University Of Missouri : NPR
After demonstrators catalyzed the resignation of two executives at the University of Missouri Monday, they did not want to talk to the press, leading to tense interactions between some demonstrators and members of the media.
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How Did Mizzou Protesters Succeed In Forcing President’s Resignation? : NPR
NPR’s Code Switch team explores how the protesters at the University of Missouri were able to organize to achieve their initial demand.
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Amid Slow Vote Count, Myanmar Opposition ‘Cautiously’ Eyes Victory : Parallels : NPR
In Myanmar, also known as Burma, initial vote counts show the pro-democracy opposition is headed for a decisive victory, two days after the freest elections in a generation.
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Daily Fantasy Sports Under Threat As Several States Weigh Regulations : NPR
States across the country are weighing regulations for daily fantasy sports, which could temper the relatively new industry’s explosive growth.
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Governor-Elect Matt Bevin Promises To Shake Up Kentucky Politics : NPR
Republican Matt Bevin is the latest political newcomer to make a splash. The newly elected governor of Kentucky has never held office before and says he plans to shake up politics in the state.
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David Cameron Delivers List Of Reforms For Britain To Stay In EU : NPR
British Prime Minister David Cameron steps up his bid to change the relationship between his country and the rest of Europe on Tuesday with a speech in which he will insist the EU take his demands seriously or face a British exit from the union.
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Pitching Health Care In Baltimore’s Red Light District : Shots – Health News : NPR
Every Thursday night you can find Nathan Fields making the rounds of Baltimore’s red light district, known to locals as The Block. An outreach worker with the Baltimore City Health Department, Fields, 55, is a welcome sight outside strip clubs like …
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Authorities Provide Few Details On Attack At Police Training Center In Jordan : NPR
Two Jordanian families mourn sons after the attack on a police training center in Jordan. And as American and Jordanian authorities stay silent, neither family knows exactly how, or why, the men died.
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8 GOP Candidates Prepare To Debate On Main Stage In Milwaukee : NPR
The GOP candidates meet in Milwaukee for their next debate Tuesday night. Just eight candidates will be on stage with Chris Christie and Mike Huckabee relegated to the lower tier.
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“YOUTH is subjected by our civilization to aggressive sex stimuli and suggestiveness oozing from every pore.” So declared the education professor Clark Hetherington in 1914, condemning the proliferation of racy movies and tell-all magazines.
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US charges three men with widespread hacking whose targets included JP Morgan | Ars Technica
On Tuesday federal prosecutors unsealed charges against three men revealing details of a sprawling criminal enterprise that involved hacking some of the US’ biggest financial institutions as well as the theft of personal information pertaining to 10…
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The presence of David Tennant’s Purple Man has ominously hung over pretty much all of the trailers and clips for Marvel and Netflix’s Jessica Jones that have been released so far, but the villain himself has only shown up in blink-and-you-miss-it sh…
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Track of the Day: ‘The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald’ – The Atlantic
Give a FREE gift subscription to your friend when you start your own subscription now.
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The fears of Uganda’s gay community seeking refuge in Kenya – BBC News
Hundreds of Uganda’s lesbian and gay community have fled the country to escape homophobia and persecution, hoping for a better life in the US and Europe. But they are now stuck in neighbouring Kenya where the situation is not much better.
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Celebrities in Pajamas: A Guide to Dormcore | Vanity Fair
Woody Harrelson at the Hunger Games: Mockingjay, Part 2 photo call in 2015.From Getty Images.
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Aziz Ansari Writes Essay About Brownface, Race, And Television | ThinkProgress
In Aziz Ansari’s new Netflix series, Master of None — he co-created and stars in the show, which premiered on the platform last Friday — there’s an entire episode dedicated to examining how people of Asian descent are portrayed on television.
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An ‘Xkcd’ Video Explains How to Get to Space in the Most Basic Terms Possible | Motherboard
Do you have a hypothetical five-year-old on your hands asking how people get to space? Do they not know what a rocket even is? This video might just just be the ticket.
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Deadly dam burst in Brazil prompts calls for stricter mining regulations | World news | The Guardian
As despair turns to anger over a deadly dam burst at a Brazilian mine, lawmakers pushed on Tuesday for tougher regulations in a new mining code, as iron ore giant Vale SA came under pressure to help mourning families and contain the environmental im…
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Another Nail in Kinect’s Coffin: Xbox One Update Removes Gesture Tracking | Motherboard
Microsoft’s Kinect camera for Xbox One was a nice dream. Forget fumbling around with your controller and worrying about batteries—just put the device that can see depth and detect motion on top of your TV and wave at it. Want to pause a video? Just …
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Dutch, Belgian FA might sue FIFA over 2018 World Cup – Al Jazeera English
Netherlands and Belgium have sought legal advice over whether to seek compensation for the cost of their abortive World Cup bid after discovering the choice of Russia for the 2018 tournament was pre-planned.
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Fights Over Republican Debates Will Continue | Al Jazeera America
When eight Republican presidential hopefuls take the stage in Milwaukee tonight for a debate sponsored by the Fox Business Network, they will be arranged according to frontrunner status. Poll-leaders Donald Trump and Ben Carson will be in the center…
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Jimmy Carter says doctors have found no new tumors after cancer treatment | US news | The Guardian
Jimmy Carter says recent tests have found he’s responding well to treatment for cancer. Carter’s spokeswoman Deanna Congileo says that the former president’s doctors have found no evidence of new tumors.
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Alloy Automated Tasks In Nearly Any App on iOS
Automation is surprisingly powerful on iOS with tools like Workflow, but if that’s not your thing, Alloy is a new app that takes on a lot of the same tasks as Workflow in a different style.
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AE Aurigae and the Flaming Star Nebula by Miilo Astro | We Heart It
AE Aurigae and the Flaming Star Nebula https://t.co/ivrJhUhwre https://t.co/QqjsjdjvJu https://t.co/zVUsjFsT3h
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AE Aurigae and the Flaming Star Nebula https://t.co/ivrJhUhwre https://t.co/QqjsjdjvJu https://t.co/zVUsjFsT3h
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Sip[Utawarerumono 2015] via /r/animegifs https://t.co/Fs1R4U7fRh https://t.co/cy3I8zMziJ
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Somewhere in the heart of the Mojave Desert js – Just Space
Somewhere in the heart of the Mojave Desert js https://t.co/csUY2QYTvj https://t.co/EwyRNLCf2w
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Thanks in part to the rise of outsider presidential candidates Donald Trump and Ben Carson, Senator Lindsey Graham will not be on television on Tuesday night. The national polling threshold to participate in the primetime Republican presidential deb…
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The latest Diary of a Wimpy Kid is as fresh and humorous as books 1-9 / Boing Boing
See sample pages from this book at Wink. Diary keeper Greg Heffley can’t just endure middle school in peace. His helicopter mom is working on a petition to get people to stop using electronics for 48 hours.
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Just Win, Baby (And You’ll Probably Make The College Football Playoff) | FiveThirtyEight
Last season’s first-ever College Football Playoff might have miscalibrated everyone’s sense of what it takes to make it to the final four.
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Which Ben Carson Will Show Up At Tonight’s GOP Debate?
The biggest question leading up to the fourth GOP presidential debate is which Ben Carson will show up tonight? Will it be the mild-mannered, soft-spoken retired neurosurgeon, or the defensive fabulist and conspiracy theorist?
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Gmail, We Need To Talk | TechCrunch
Dear Gmail: Two years ago, you launched an ambitious endeavor with Schema.org to bring a new level of richness to email. Schema.org allowed senders to embed rich meta data in email that allowed any modern email client, not just Gmail, to present act…
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The Funky Genius of Allen Toussaint – The Daily Beast
You may never even have heard his name, but everyone knows an Allen Toussaint song. Maybe you heard Al Hirt play “Java” or the Rolling Stones cover “Fortune Teller.” Herb Alpert doing “Whipped Cream” or the Pointer Sister and “Yes We Can.
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Adele may be the next superstar to keep her new album off Spotify | The Verge
Spotify may have to change one of its ore principles if it wants to stream Adele’s new album. In 2013, Spotify missed out on Beyoncé’s massive eponymous album, which was exclusive to iTunes.
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T-Mobile could let users stream porn without impacting their data | The Verge
During a Q&A session following T-Mobile’s announcement of Binge On, John Legere was asked whether porn services will be allowed to participate in the latest Uncarrier endeavor. Perhaps to the surprise of some in the crowd, Legere answered affirmativ…
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Funny Or Die is going to the birds—literally. The site recently hired iconic character Big Bird as its new comedy-writing intern—or, at least, that’s the premise of the site’s new clip, “Big Bird Interns At Funny Or Die.
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South Carolina Town Has No Syrian Refugees, Tells Them to GTFO Anyway – The Daily Beast
Berkeley County, South Carolina’s council on Monday unanimously passed a resolution calling on “all South Carolina public officials to immediately cease and desist” from helping to resettle Middle Easterners in their backyard.
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Astronomers Find the Farthest-Out Solar System Object Ever Seen – Scientific American
Astronomers have spotted the most distant object ever seen in the Solar System: a frigid world that currently lies 103 times as far from the Sun as Earth is. It breaks a record previously held by the dwarf planet Eris, which had been seen at 90 time…
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I was thrilled last week when I noticed that an influential, but still pretty obscure musician by the name of Judy Nylon made a few comments on Paul Gallagher’s post about beatnik artist Vali Myers. (Blondie’s Chris Stein chimed in, too.
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HMJB while I I test my science project makeshift bazooka. : holdmyjuicebox
HMJB while I I test my science project makeshift bazooka. via /r/holdmyjuicebox https://t.co/zKBDAcJ3Bc https://t.co/lvm49DbHTg
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This $10 Car Charger Includes a Pair Of Quick Charge 2.0 Ports
We’ve seen plenty of multi-port Quick Charge 2.0 car chargers for around $10 lately, but this one actually enables QC 2.0 on both ports, rather than just one. Now your passenger won’t feel like a second class citizen. [Aukey Dual-Port QC 2.0 Car Cha…
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The Men Behind The Lego Movie Are Bringing A Crazy-Sounding Animated Series To Fox
Phil Lord and Chris Miller have had an awful lot on their plates following the runaway success of The Lego Movie.
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T-Mobile Won’t Count Some Video Streaming Services Toward Your Data Caps Anymore | Motherboard
Tuesday, T-Mobile announced that it will no longer count certain video streaming services towards customers’ data caps with a feature called Binge On. As part of its bid to continually shake up the mobile carrier industry, T-Mobile occasionally laun…
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That little hop at the end : aww
That little hop at the end via /r/aww https://t.co/ECvaWVxP9e https://t.co/q1foSxMCWQ
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SpaceX SuperDraco Test : space
SpaceX SuperDraco Test via /r/space https://t.co/c7yQMvpP1R https://t.co/bwcKpTxWFo
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Most distant solar system object yet could hint at hidden planet : space
Most distant solar system object yet could hint at hidden planet via /r/space https://t.co/4EjAt6xmzx https://t.co/D80e1FTDoU
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Asparagus and Mona feeling festive! : cats
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My hand, the pillow. via /r/cats https://t.co/6ak6wLLbto https://t.co/k7QVPaDz5H
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Love Everyone Often Peace Beauty Balance Life Light Magic: AE Aurigae and the Flaming Star Nebula
AE Aurigae and the Flaming Star Nebula https://t.co/LUY1vulyDn https://t.co/Qkk4Cnl7lz
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The Missouri School of Journalism is proud of photojournalism senior Tim Tai for how he handled himself during a protest on Carnahan Quad on the University of Missouri campus. University of Missouri System President Tim Wolfe and University of Misso…
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T-Mobile is writing the manual on how to fuck up the internet | The Verge
The internet is still in trouble, and now we know how it’s going to get worse. T-Mobile has just announced what it’s calling “Binge On,” a deal that gives customers unlimited access to Netflix, HBO Go, ESPN, Showtime, and video from most other huge …
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Colts quarterback Andrew Luck to miss up to six weeks with injury | Sport | The Guardian
Indianapolis Colts quarterback Andrew Luck will miss up to six weeks with a lacerated kidney and a partial tear of an abdominal muscle.
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Police name officers who used weapons to end Alabama college football party | US news | The Guardian
Three officers who were placed on leave after videos showed them using a stun gun and a baton to break up a post-football game party were identified on Tuesday. Tuscaloosa police chief Steven Anderson issued a statement identifying the officers as J…
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Verify and Repair Permissions from the Command Line in OS X El Capitan
The helpfulness of verifying and repairing file permissions in OS X is debatable, and in OS X El Capitan, Apple’s removed the option from Disk Utility altogether, favoring repairing permissions automatically.
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Police Arrest Man for 1972 Bloody Sunday Massacre in Northern Ireland – The Atlantic
More than 40 years after unarmed civil-rights marchers were shot to death by British soldiers in Northern Ireland, police have made an arrest in the incident.
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Disney shelves new Aladdin movie over provisions in Robin Williams’ will · Newswire · The A.V. Club
When Disney announced plans to develop a live-action prequel to its beloved Aladdin films, it threatened—er, tempted—fans of the films with a “before all-powerful boy meets street rat” premise.
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Ben Carson suffers undiagnosed head trauma, forgets entire Obama presidential campaign
Poor, poor Ben Carson. He’s such a victim. No candidate has ever been such a victim. But at least he can use his victim status to do what his campaign does best and raise money. Talking Points Memo has a priceless Carson fundraising email:
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WASHINGTON — The speaker has no house. Of all his unusual traits for his new role — relative youth, a love of Clif bars for lunch and an excessive interest in tax policy — the most notable may be Speaker Paul D. Ryan’s insistence on sleeping in his …
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In retrospect, Buzz McCallister was the linchpin of 1990’s Home Alone, the holiday blockbuster about to celebrate its 25th anniversary with a limited theatrical re-release.
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Obake-chan Factory [Nihon Animator Mihonichi] : animegifs
Obake-chan Factory [Nihon Animator Mihonichi] via /r/animegifs https://t.co/KBHBV4GUpH https://t.co/t29jEhQ84x
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Shinigami-senpai! [Nihon Animator Mihonichi] : animegifs
Shinigami-senpai! [Nihon Animator Mihonichi] via /r/animegifs https://t.co/zGTtVlsbq0 https://t.co/TQq0ac4QJi
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Female TV characters : TrollXChromosomes
Female TV characters via /r/TrollXChromosomes https://t.co/BpKKiCBWqD https://t.co/rRs1ReO0Lw
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I think Starbucks should put Bible quotes on their holiday cups. : funny
I think Starbucks should put Bible quotes on their holiday cups. via /r/funny https://t.co/FdNiywEM2y https://t.co/HK1QdUNf5w
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Watching Netflix on your phone is a great way to blast through some spare time — but it’s also a great way to blast through your monthly allotment of data in no time flat. T-Mobile is using this as a competitive advantage.
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Space Elevator Concept Stars in ‘Sky Line’ Documentary
Going up? Attention space elevator button pushers!
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Return to the creepy thrills and intriguing puzzles of The Room / Offworld
The less said about The Room 3 before you play it the better: and yet I will say things now. The award-winning puzzle series from Fireproof Games has returned for its third outing, and it’s the best one yet.
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The Ben Carson Stories – The New Yorker
“ ‘What’s going on?’ I asked,” Ben Carson wrote in “Gifted Hands,” a memoir he published in 1990. “ ‘A hoax,’ the teacher said.
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Moonspike, a Private Moon Venture, Regroups After Failed Crowdfunding Bid
WASHINGTON — A European venture to send a small spacecraft to the moon is reconsidering its plans after an online fundraising effort fell fall short of its goal. Moonspike started a month-long fundraising campaign on the crowdfunding website Kicksta…
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Romanian president nominates technocrat as new PM – Al Jazeera English
Romanian President Klaus Iohannis has nominated former European Commissioner Dacian Ciolos as the country’s new prime minister, after mass protests over a deadly nightclub fire brought down the government last week.
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The US Justice Department said on Tuesday it would not pursue civil rights charges against a white Milwaukee police officer who shot a mentally ill black man 14 times in a city park last year.
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The Supreme Court Is About To Consider The Biggest Abortion Case In 23 Years | ThinkProgress
Eight months from now, Roe v. Wade could be dead. On Friday, the Supreme Court will consider whether to hear two cases involving ambitious state laws seeking to restrict — or even eliminate — access to abortion.
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Twitter says the ‘like’ button is 6 percent more popular than ‘favorite’ so far | The Verge
It’s been one week since Twitter made the switch from “favorites” to “likes,” and here’s some bad news in case you were hoping it might ever switch back: the company has seen a pretty favorable uptick in activity since it ditched the star button.
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Leaked Game of Thrones Script Page Promises Another Badass Moment for Daenerys | Vanity Fair
Every since the Mother of Dragons spent a disappointing Season 2 wandering around Qarth searching aimlessly for her dragons, Game of Thrones has given Emilia Clarke many triumphant moments to build her back up.
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Why Eritrea’s children are fleeing to Ethiopia – BBC News
The migrant crisis has dominated in Europe for much of this year. After Syria, the largest number of migrants seeking to come to the continent are from Eritrea.
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These 2 Republican candidates are reasonable on climate change. They won’t be at the debate | Grist
As the oceans warm, what’s a coral to do? We talked to a scientist how we can save our reefs — for real.
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Maine sues loud Planned Parenthood protester for ‘disruptive’ shouting | US news | The Guardian
Maine’s attorney general said on Tuesday that she has sued a protester who she says yelled so loudly outside a Planned Parenthood facility that he disrupted healthcare services there. Janet Mills filed the complaint against Brian Ingalls, 26, under …
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This Novel Will Change How You See the California Drought
We still think of the California drought as a problem that’ll eventually go away. But if perennial dryness is in our future, life in the West will be radically transformed. A new novel gives us a vivid and disturbing portrait of what our parched fut…
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Saving lives in the Aegean Sea – Al Jazeera English
It is about 5:30am on Saturday in the port of Mytilene in the Greek island of Lesbos. The weather is foggy and the darkness is deep.
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The Outfield | Online Only | n+1
The baseball wives know you don’t want to be the first to show up in Scottsdale, but surely you don’t want to be the last to arrive at the party. And it is a party: luncheons and spa days, cocktail parties and color consultations, mornings at the fu…
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Jeb Bush’s Thoughts on Killing Various Other Babies – The New Yorker
Republican presidential candidate Jeb Bush has weighed in on a popular Internet meme spawned by The New York Times Magazine—if you had the opportunity to kill Adolf Hitler when he was an infant, would you do it? The former Florida governor came down…
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My cat Melvin with a cross-eyed blep : Blep
My cat Melvin with a cross-eyed blep via /r/Blep https://t.co/5VqLVQgh94 https://t.co/d9jKBUtPmk
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Cat. via /r/CatsStandingUp https://t.co/MtJsP1CckY https://t.co/g7tc1ConFl
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I feel bad, and good at the same time – Meme on Imgur
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How The American Religious Right Is Making The Middle East Peace Process Impossible | ThinkProgress
EFRAT, OCCUPIED WEST BANK — Oded Revivi leaned back in his chair, pausing to think during an hour-long discussion with a group of American journalists in October.
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Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton released her plan Tuesday to address “serious, systemic and unacceptable” problems with Department of Veterans Affairs (VA), saying she will fight to prevent the privatization of veterans’ healthcare…
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HotelTonight Cuts 20 Percent Of Its Workforce | TechCrunch
HotelTonight CEO Sam Shank (pictured above) said he laid off 37 employees today, 20 percent of the hotel booking startup’s total workforce.
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Iraq War chronicles wins £25,000 writing prize – BBC News
Phil Klay’s short story collection Redeployment has won the £25,000 Warwick Prize for Writing 2015. The book examines the effects of the conflict in Iraq, from the perspectives of the soldiers and other people involved.
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Instagram Is Ready To Print Money With New Marketing Partner Program | TechCrunch
Reflected in our glazed-over eyes, pretty images dance with ads in between. If that sounds like television, you’ll understand why marketers are so excited about Instagram’s coming of age.
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Laura Wade on Breakthrough Brits list – BBC News
Playwright Laura Wade and Imitation Game star Alex Lawther are among those named on this year’s Bafta Breakthrough Brits list. Wade, whose play Posh was transferred to the West End from the Royal Court before being adapted into 2014 film The Riot Cl…
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$635 poop pills cure deadly gastrointestinal infection | Ars Technica
The country’s first stool bank, OpenBiome, is now selling capsules of fecal matter to treat life-threatening Clostridium difficile, or C. diff, infections.
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There are just four episodes left in American Horror Story: Hotel, but fans needn’t fear withdrawal, because the show’s just been greenlit for a sixth season.
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Taylor Wessing photography prize goes to daughter image – BBC News
Photographer David Stewart has won the Taylor Wessing Portrait Prize for a shot of his daughter sitting with four of her close friends. Stewart won £12,000 for Five Girls, his picture of the group at a table strewn with coffee cups and mobiles, take…
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Lorne Michaels Talks ‘Saturday Night Live’ With Marc Maron – The Atlantic
Last weekend, Saturday Night Live aired its highest rated episode in four years when it handed its stage to Donald Trump, prompting dismay over what seemed like a naked ratings grab. Two days later, the comedian Marc Maron’s long-awaited interview w…
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Intensive Blood Pressure Lowering Cuts Heart Failure, Study Says – Scientific American
ORLANDO (Reuters) – Lowering blood pressure below a commonly used target dramatically reduced heart failure and risk of death in adults aged 50 and older in a large U.S. government-sponsored study, results that could lead to a change in treatment gu…
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Russian Media Veers Into Conspiracies on the Crash of Metrojet Flight 9268 – The Atlantic
The crash of Metrojet Flight 9268 in Egypt on October 31, which killed all 224 people on board, was more than the worst aviation disaster in the country’s history.
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This Visionary Plan Could Help Miami Beach Deal with Rising Sea Levels | Vanity Fair
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T-Mobile Now Lets You Stream Video Without It Counting Toward Your Data
T-Mobile’s whole “uncarrier” thing, an occasional series of events where CEO John Legere gets on a stage and puts down his cellular competition, has been going on for a few years now. But for its tenth event, T-Mo went big. Say goodbye to video stre…
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SeaWorld To End Orca Shows In San Diego – The Onion – America’s Finest News Source
SeaWorld Entertainment has announced they will retire all killer whale shows at their San Diego location, though the shows will continue in San Antonio and Orlando, with additional plans to build a new “orca experience” attraction in 2017. What do y…
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A autumn morning in the city of Paris. : FoggyPics
A autumn morning in the city of Paris. via /r/FoggyPics https://t.co/m5kMPRHqdd https://t.co/ArwDPjufuK
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The moon at 365,700KM taken with an 8″ newtonian… – Just Space
The moon at 365,700KM taken with an 8″ newtonian telescope … https://t.co/iHoO5ASNzD https://t.co/pWprrVN6Rs
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Just what the Dr. ordered : firstworldanarchists
Just what the Dr. ordered via /r/firstworldanarchists https://t.co/WIh5mfQ6gV https://t.co/PALXNg5lzG
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An attempt by Jeanine Pirro, the hard-charging former district attorney of Westchester County, New York, to take renewed credit for the arrest of Robert Durst last March has provoked outrage from former colleagues and potential trial witnesses and p…
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Most talk-show hosts use their programs for boring stuff like talking to famous people or playing beer pong with famous people, but Ellen DeGeneres has used her show to form an empire of dancing, cute kids who are good at singing, and pulling weird …
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Faceboook Lets You Subscribe To Periscope-Style Notifications Of Celebrity Live Streams | TechCrunch
It doesn’t matter if a stream is live if you don’t hear about it before it’s over. So today Facebook got more serious about its “Live”streaming feature and competing with Periscope by adding a Subscribe button to streams of public figures.
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Snoop Dogg now slangin dope / Boing Boing
Rapper and proud pothead Snoop Dogg is launching a line of cannabis products, called Leafs By Snoop. “It’s a true blessing that I can share the products I love so much with y’all today,” Mr. Dogg said.
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World championship belts stolen in Boxing Hall of Fame burglary | Sport | The Guardian
Six championship belts have been stolen from the International Boxing Hall of Fame in central New York. At least one suspect entered the museum at 2.45am on Thursday morning and broke three display cases containing the title belts, Canastota chief o…
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Major League Baseball and the Colorado Rockies are looking into a report that shortstop Jose Reyes was arrested on a charge of assaulting his wife in Maui on October 31. Hawaii News Now reported that Reyes was arrested at a hotel and released on bai…
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T-Mobile will now let you stream Netflix and HBO without using up your data plan | The Verge
T-Mobile will now let customers stream video from services like Netflix, Hulu, and HBO Go without having it count toward their mobile data plans, the company announced today at its 10th Uncarrier event in Los Angeles.
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Aaron Sorkin’s Steve Jobs was just pulled from 2,072 movie theaters, giving it the unfortunate distinction of being the movie dropped from the most theaters this week, according to Cult of Mac.
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Alicia Keys makes low-key pitch for criminal justice reform on Capitol Hill | US news | The Guardian
From time to time, celebrities visit Washington to join advocates in favor of a cause – often raising the profile of an issue by giving extra weight to an otherwise routine press conference or committee hearing.
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Open-sourced food production – the future of urban diets? | Technology | The Guardian
As much as 40% of the urban diet could eventually be produced in specialized domestic grow-boxes, an agricultural scientist has explained, cutting down on unnecessary shipping and also providing fresher, more nutritional food.
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Sam Burgess “didn’t have the stomach” to fight for his future in rugby union, says Bath head coach Mike Ford. Cross-code convert Burgess left Bath after only one year of a three-year deal to re-join Australian rugby league side South Sydney Rabbitoh…
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Noted Economist Sachs Calls TPP “Too Flawed” To Approve
The Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) is a lot more than a “trade” deal. Among other things, it includes provisions that limit how governments can regulate corporations and allows corporations to sue governments in “corporate courts” that bypass the s…
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Help wanted: Professional Christmas light untangler / Boing Boing
UK retailer Tesco is hiring “Christmas Light Untanglers” so they can provide this new service at their stories. Ideal candidates are “able to untangle 3 metres of Christmas lights in under three minutes” and “passionate about Christmas.” From the jo…
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Russia Detains Artist Who Set Fire to Security HQ | Al Jazeera America
Russia on Tuesday ordered artist Pyotr Pavlensky to be jailed for 30 days pending trial after he set alight the doors of the FSB security service in Moscow in a political protest. His lawyer Olga Chavdar had asked for him to be placed under house ar…
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Safe Spaces As Shield, Safe Spaces As Sword | Popehat
This may come as a surprise, but I’m a supporter of “safe spaces.” I support safe spaces because I support freedom of association. Safe spaces, if designed in a principled way, are just an application of that freedom.
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Apple TV ‘Tech Talks’ Come To Major Cities Across The Globe | TechCrunch
Want to develop an app for the newly released Apple TV? Of course you do. Not sure how to get started? Apple is touring the globe for “Apple TV Tech Talks” which promise to get you rocking. You have to register by November 13th, though…so hop to it.
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Rosetta and Philae Investigate a Comet – Cute Animated Short Video
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MRW I’m at my boss’s house and his wife starts talking to me over the intercom – GIF on Imgur
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Stephen Hawking cancels appearances because of “ill health” / Boing Boing
Cambridge University today said that Stephen Hawking is cancelling several public appearances because of ill health. The celebrated physicist had been scheduled to record BBC’s annual Reith Lecture Thursday at the Royal Institution in London.
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Marco Rubio Shores Up Anti-LGBT, Anti-Choice Credentials With Faith Director Hire | ThinkProgress
Marco Rubio has hired a new director of faith outreach who is one of social conservatives’ most vocal opponents of LGBT equality and a woman’s right to have an abortion.
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American Horror Story is renewed for a sixth season | The Verge
It should come as no surprise that American Horror Story, the highest-rated series in FX’s history, is being renewed for (at least) a sixth season, which will debut in in 2016.
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SeaWorld Can’t Afford to Get Rid of Orcas | Motherboard
Two years from now, Shamu will no longer have to lift trainers on his nose at SeaWorld’s San Diego location. This is good news for animal lovers, but it doesn’t mean the amusement park is backing away from the business model that made it rich.
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US tries, and fails, to block “import” of digital data that violates patents | Ars Technica
A federal appeals court today struck down an International Trade Commission (ITC) ruling in a patent case that attempted to block electronic transmissions of digital data from overseas.
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Woman rams stolen car into officer during police chase – video | US news | The Guardian
A police officer in Sand Springs, Oklahoma, suffered minor injuries on Friday after a female suspect he was chasing in a stolen car turned around and drove into him. Footage shot on the officer’s body camera shows the woman driving at him as he fire…
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Use Lag Bolts to Extend the Life of Your Outdoor Deck
Wood decks and stairs are susceptible to rot and water damage. Use lag bolts to raise deck posts and stair risers above footings to prevent water from seeping into the wood.
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First National Chain Restaurant Jumps Into The No-Tipping Trend | ThinkProgress
Joe’s Crab Shack, a national seafood chain, is experimenting with getting rid of tipping in 18 of its locations across the country in a move it expects will improve its bottom line and help out its employees.
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In a remarkably rare move, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is proposing to withdraw its approval for all agricultural uses of a widely used pesticide—chlorpyrifos.
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Manhattan Project national park to preserve atomic bomb building sites | US news | The Guardian
More than 70 years ago, scientists working in secret in the US created the atomic bomb that ended World War II and ushered the world into the nuclear age.
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How Facebook is Stealing Billions of Views
Kurzgesagt’s newest video is about all the stolen video content on Facebook and the social network’s continued indifference to and profit from content creators, particularly small and independent creators. Facebook just announced 8 billion video vie…
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The 7 Least Subtle Political Allegories on Doctor Who
Doctor Who is an inherently political show—it’s about a character who goes around overthrowing governments and thwarting invasions. But over its 52 years, Doctor Who has not been afraid to feature political messages—sometimes very overtly.
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The VR puzzle game from the creators of Monument Valley is now on sale | The Verge
There’s a little over a week until the consumer Gear VR headset comes out in the US, but Oculus and Samsung are already rolling out some new games before launch.
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American Horror Story renewed for sixth season, will probably never die · Newswire · The A.V. Club
A new chapter in Ryan Murphy’s ongoing assault on your senses (or “anthology series”) will be told next year, as Variety reports that FX has renewed American Horror Story for a sixth season.
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Index reveals popular first edition novels have seen value double | Books | The Guardian
If you own an early copy of George Orwell’s Animal Farm, James Joyce’s Ulysses, or even a James Bond novel such as Casino Royale, it is not just your mind that might be enriched.
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West Indies have reinstated Phil Simmons as head coach of their senior squads after he apologised for criticising team selection. Simmons, 52, was suspended in September for questioning the continued omissions of Dwayne Bravo and Kieron Pollard.
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Every November, television networks cull the herd, canceling shows that are failing to catch on to make way for mid-season replacements. This November, however, is different.
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Fast food workers in 270 cities take the ‘Fight for $15’ to the streets
Protests planned for 270 cities across the country kicked off Tuesday morning, with fast food employees joining other low-wage workers and supporters in striking and rallying for a $15 an hour wage, and the right to join a union.
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India’s BJP elders round on Modi after Bihar defeat – BBC News
Four senior leaders of India’s ruling BJP have criticised the party’s campaign strategy after a humiliating defeat in state elections in Bihar. Former deputy prime minister LK Advani and three other party elders called the outcome “disastrous”.
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Butternut did not like my sign. : cats
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They nailed their modeling poses : aww
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A Dog Skateboarding Through People’s Legs : gifs
A Dog Skateboarding Through People’s Legs via /r/gifs https://t.co/eStrsMiEYA https://t.co/jgMcwvUYoS
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Kurt Vonnegut never graduated from college, but that didn’t stop him from visiting college classrooms, or from giving commencement speeches (nine of which were published last year in a volume called If This Isn’t Nice, What Is?: Advice to the Young).
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Will the real monkey who snapped those famous selfies please stand up? | Ars Technica
How much more bizarre could a lawsuit get in which the plaintiff is a monkey who is suing a nature photographer and a publisher for copyright infringement? Answer: a lot more.
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So You’ve Been Breached | TechCrunch
Breaches happen the way Hemingway said you go bankrupt: gradually then suddenly.
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Fast-Food Strikes, Protests Hit Hundreds Of Cities
With Tuesday marking one year before election day the Fight For $15 movement hit the fast-food industry with walkouts and protests in hundreds of U.S. cities. They hope to get presidential candidates talking about raising the minimum wage. The Fight…
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Congressional hearings are bad news for gag orders banning online reviews / Boing Boing
Last week’s Senate Commerce Committee hearings invited testimony on the Consumer Review Freedom Act, which would ban the increasingly widespread practice of inserting “non-disparagement” clauses in consumer contracts that are used on products and se…
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The Day The World Discovered The Power Of The Black Male Student-Athlete | ThinkProgress
As reporters descend on the University of Missouri, a campus reeling from the recent resignation of the school’s president, Tim Wolfe, much of the attention was focused on an unlikely group: the football team.
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The new Tomb Raider lets Twitch viewers influence the gameplay | The Verge
Big head Lara, anyone? The just-launched Rise of the Tomb Raider on Xbox One may be a largely single-player experience, but if you stream it on Twitch other people will be able to get in on the action as well.
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A Chinese taxi driver turned billionaire art collector has paid a record breaking $170m (£113m) for a painting of a nude woman by Amedeo Modigliani at an auction in New York.
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Largest Object in Asteroid Belt May Have Come From Elsewhere
New and controversial observations from NASA’s Dawn spacecraft, which has orbited the dwarf planet Ceres since March, suggest the 4.6-billion-year-old body may have been knocked into the main asteroid belt from the solar system’s chillier outskirts.
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All smart TVs are watching you back, but Vizio’s spyware never blinks / Boing Boing
Vizio made news last April when it pushed out a firmware update that turned on all its’ sets spyware features out of the box. Since then, it’s only gotten worse.
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The US Justice Department has sued to prevent United Airlines from acquiring an additional 24 flight slots at Newark Liberty international airport, in a move that could potentially endanger the airline’s expansion plans.
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Nigeria protests over Biafra activist’s arrest – BBC News
Hundreds of people in southern Nigeria have been protesting about the continued detention of Nnamdi Kanu, an activist who supports the creation of a breakaway state of Biafra.
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Study: Belly Fat Is More Deadly Than Obesity – The Atlantic
Though it’s not a perfect tool for measuring fat, body-mass index (BMI), calculated using weight and height, is still the first line of analysis for determining if someone is overweight or obese.
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The GIF art of Jamaican visual artist Di-Andre Caprice Davis / Boing Boing
Austrian artist Carl Kahler’s 1893 cat painting “My Wife’s Lovers,” thought to be the world’s largest painting of cats, sold at a Sotheby’s auction for $826,000. The cats in the painting belonged to San Francisco art collector Kate Johnson.
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Flash floods hit Gaza and Israel – Al Jazeera English
The weather has been unusually disturbed across the eastern Mediterranean recently. Bands of cloud and rain continue to sweep across the Levant countries, causing extensive flooding. The latest round of torrential downpours has left streets underwat…
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Since 2013, DC Comics’ Batman ’66 has provided a delightfully campy alternative to the more serious superheroics of the publisher’s main line, reviving the style and stories of the classic ’60s Batman TV series with contemporary comic talents.
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So The Walking Dead Cast a Different Perfect Actor as Its Newest Villain
Hey, remember last week when excellent actor-specializing-in-complex-villains Garret Dillahunt teased that he might be involved in The Walking Dead? Well, that didn’t happen. So instead the hit zombie series cast an even more perfect actor for the r…
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Rikers Is Reforming Solitary Confinement—With More Solitary Confinement? | The Nation
In July, David* was told he was being moved to a new unit. He was taken from a general population unit on Rikers to one of the recently opened Enhanced Supervision Housing units (ESHU) at the Otis Bantum Correctional Center.
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Eating Make-Up From The Seth Bogart Show Featuring Kathleen Hannah Directed by Jennifer Juniper Stratford Produced by Telefantasy Studios Director of Photography : Travis Peterson Production Design: Seth Bogart + Christine Stromberg Practical FX : R…
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[OC] Retired Passenger Rail Car [4100×2300] : AbandonedPorn
[OC] Retired Passenger Rail Car [4100×2300] via /r/AbandonedPorn https://t.co/SBHWUVI7g9 https://t.co/BjgVIaChbY
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To battle and glory! 3D printed cat armor : cats
To battle and glory! 3D printed cat armor via /r/cats https://t.co/49Vt1ZZxrJ https://t.co/AxQh7GKWfL
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Earlier this year, Google announced that it would still support Chrome on Windows XP through the end of 2015. The end of 2015 is getting closer and as Google announced today, so is the end of Chrome support for Windows XP.
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Apple Music app now available on Android | Ars Technica
If you’re an OS X user who rebuffs iOS smartphones in favor of Android yet also invests wholeheartedly in the iTunes and Apple Music ecosystem, Apple has finally strung together a working solution for your smartphone of choice.
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Easy Thanksgiving Food Swaps That Cut Calories Without Sacrificing Flavor
It’s tradition to get stuffed on Thanksgiving, but you can still get your fill of traditional flavors without wrecking your diet. MyFitnessPal shows us some simple food substitutions that cut the calories, sugar, and/or fat of traditional Thanksgivi…
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Environmental Groups Double Down On The TPP: ‘We Can Win This Fight’ | ThinkProgress
The full text of the Transpacific Partnership — a 12-nation trade agreement — was released late last week, and as environmentalists, free internet advocates, and the general public pore over the document, strong opposition is forming.
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Microsoft to offer UK-based Azure, Office 365 from late 2016 | Ars Technica
Microsoft will spend $2 billion building out its European cloud infrastructure, and the company will create a new UK cloud region that will offer Azure and Office 365 from late 2016 and Dynamics CRM later.
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Twilight author Stephenie Meyer is making a TV show for Hulu | The Verge
Lionsgate CEO Jon Feltheimer announced this morning that the studio is working with Twilight author Stephenie Meyer on The Rook, a TV series that’ll debut on Hulu at some point in the future.
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Renewable energy investment predicted to surge | Business | The Guardian
Between the tropics and probably as far as the 33rd parallel, the sun could soon be a major source of energy for households and businesses alike.
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Billon Is Making It Easy To Pay Your Favorite Twitch Streamers | TechCrunch
Peer-to-peer payments are a big thing these days. I pay you, you pay me, and never the banks shall touch your cash.
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Two-week delayed opening of David Mamet’s China Doll raises eyebrows | US news | The Guardian
The official opening of David Mamet’s new Broadway play China Doll, starring Al Pacino, has been delayed for two weeks – a move that sometimes suggests producers are anxious about a play’s readiness to face theater critics.
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The casting of a white actor as Martin Luther King in an Ohio university production of Katori Hall’s acclaimed play The Mountaintop was “a disservice to not just Dr King but an entire community”, the playwright has said.
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El Nino threatens ‘millions in east and southern Africa’ – BBC News
Some 11 million children are at risk from hunger, disease and water shortages in east and southern Africa because of the strengthening El Nino weather phenomenon, the UN children’s charity has said. It has caused the worst drought in more than 30 ye…
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Afghans protest against ‘killings of Hazara by ISIL’ – Al Jazeera English
Hundreds of protesters have taken to the streets of Afghanistan’s provincial city of Ghazni to demand justice for last week’s beheading of seven members of the Shia Hazara ethnic group.
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Three white supremacists plotting to bomb and shoot up black churches and synagogues were charged Monday with a felony after allegedly attempting to buy guns and explosives from an undercover FBI agent.
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What’s worse: Life as a Costco chicken or trying to rent in New York City? | Grist
The Humane Society seems to be taking a page from Ashton Kutcher’s book.
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Gwen Stefani to appropriate Japanese dog culture with new Petco line · Newswire · The A.V. Club
Because putting your baby in a Ramones onesie no longer signals the appropriate amount of street cred, Stereogum brings the news that Gwen Stefani is launching a line of subcultural clothing for dogs. Inspired by Stefani’s L.A.M.B.
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Land reform campaigners protest at farmer’s eviction | Politics | The Guardian
Land reform campaigners gathered outside the Scottish parliament to protest against the threatened eviction of a tenant farmer, in a case that has galvanised activists and focused public attention for the first time on a legislative mire that is aff…
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‘Star Wars’ Superfan Dies After Special ‘Force Awakens’ Screening | Rolling Stone
‘Star Wars’ Superfan Dies After Special ‘Force Awakens’ Screening Daniel Fleetwood granted dying wish to see J.J.
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Behind the stage : interestingasfuck
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Seebensee in Austria [OC] [3264 x 2448] : EarthPorn
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Seebensee in Austria [OC] [3264 x 2448] via /r/EarthPorn https://t.co/OaAlSBMalW https://t.co/8L2dj6TiDv https://t.co/XYdNinajzS
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Adele calling Luffy (One piece) : animegifs
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Got Milky Way? Cows Surprise Skywatcher During Night Sky Photo Shoot : space
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The Things They Carry https://t.co/sVw4zhT4KF
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Van Morrison – Inarticulate Speech of the Heart, No. 2 https://t.co/fyEI9LlHue
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The New Generation Of Agony Aunts Transforming The Advice Column
The New Generation Of Agony Aunts Transforming The Advice Column https://t.co/4DdPcE2aLq
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Your sign means nothing : firstworldanarchists
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Fat cat goes crazy for toys :3 : cats
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Scottie teaching kitty how to cat : AnimalsBeingBros
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MRW they ask for my ID for alcohol and I have a beard and grey hair : reactiongifs
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Joel Hodgson is Kickstarting a reboot of Mystery Science Theater 3000 / Boing Boing
The creator of the groundbreaking, snarf-inducing TV show (which featured robot-puppets adding a snarky running commentary to some of the worst movies ever made, ever) is bringing it back in its original form (as opposed to the side projects like Ci…
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Terminally ill Star Wars fan who saw new film prior to release dies | Film | The Guardian
Daniel Fleetwood, a 32-year-old from Texas suffered from an aggressive form of cancer that had spread to 90% of his lungs and was given just two months to live.
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Translation Tuesday: Prologue to Bacchae by Euripides | Books | The Guardian
Beat time now, and let the townsfolk stare! Aaron Poochigian earned a PhD in Classics from the University of Minnesota in 2006 and is completing an MFA in Poetry at Columbia University.
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How the Metaphor of “the Cloud” Changed Our Attitude Toward the Internet – The New Yorker
It is tempting, sometimes, to point at all the new words we acquire, year after year, as a measure of how fast the world is changing. There is a fleeting shock to be had in the recollection that humans of the very near past made do without reference…
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Gallery of the Soviet Union’s most desirable personal computers / Boing Boing
Starting with the Agat, a 1984 Apple ][+ clone, moving through several other mass-market and semi-mass-market models, including the gorgeously named Robotron, which was mostly produced in the GDR, and the hobbyist Radio-86RK (an 8-bit computer you a…
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For a long time now, most people have known that Williamsburg, in Brooklyn, is not a cool neighborhood. Now, at last, we have specific evidence for that, in the form of a new reality show called The Bedford Stop.
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Chinese Artist Ai Weiwei Defies Lego with Instagram Portraits – The Daily Beast
As he planned his latest exhibition, to be shown at Australia’s National Gallery of Victoria this year, Chinese artist Ai Weiwei placed a bulk order for plastic bricks from Lego.
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In its two seasons of existence, HBO’s Silicon Valley is perhaps most famous for an elaborate dick joke in which the members of Pied Piper mathematically examine the minimal amount of time it would take to jerk off an entire audience at TechCrunch D…
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Carson Hopes Debate Will Focus on Lost City of Atlantis – The New Yorker
Carson said that finding Atlantis was central to his plan for reviving the U.S. economy. “We could start paying down the national debt with one jewel-encrusted trident,” he said.
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Watch this 5-year-old car mechanic replace a wheel bearing on dad’s car / Boing Boing
Phoenix, who is in kindergarten, replaces a wheel bearing on his daddy’s 2001 Corolla. Phoenix, the kindergarten mechanic, replaces a faulty front wheel bearing on Dad’s 2001 Toyota Corolla. Who needs educational toys when you can work on the real t…
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Revisit the entire Matrix trilogy in 90 brief seconds · Great Job, Internet! · The A.V. Club
Time is precious. Why waste it by watching something longer than 90 seconds? Practically everything worth knowing can be fully explained in under two minutes. For example, a towel seems like it would be very complicated to use, unless it’s being eff…
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Twilight Spin-off? Stephenie Meyer’s New TV Show Contains One Major Clue | Vanity Fair
It’s been seven years since we’ve had a new story from Twilight author Stephenie Meyer. (Unless you count Twilight knockoff Fifty Shades of Grey . . . which you shouldn’t.
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You might feel better about the Jem And The Holograms movie ruining your childhood when you learn that it’s just made history: It’s the first wide-release film to be pulled from theaters for underperforming.
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Slate has a mobile app that has graced my iPhone for years. It ensures I have at least a little fresh reading when I’m stuck in a waiting room or on the subway, and besides, I love Slate’s contrarian takes.
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Joshua Oakley on Twitter: “John Cale – The Sleeper https://t.co/QRwfIL7CyI”
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This cost me my job. : AdviceAnimals
This cost me my job. via /r/AdviceAnimals https://t.co/ilW88b2jLy https://t.co/qFEhvyPUU6
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Sleepy kitty via /r/perfectloops https://t.co/AxuA17NKFA https://t.co/1KUtbWnQ2t
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Portland Timbers vs San Jose Earthquakes, 1976 : OldSchoolCool
Portland Timbers vs San Jose Earthquakes, 1976 via /r/OldSchoolCool https://t.co/HF8Q2wE1aZ https://t.co/frBunvB0Jv
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Pot of floof via /r/cats https://t.co/Z1IdGrBs82 https://t.co/FpnBGghGUw
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Felix has one hell of a yawn : cats
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Hey there ladies… via /r/cats https://t.co/AJq7gbkYRh https://t.co/VYbHEQdqlz
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My curious kitty via /r/cats https://t.co/h6dZjsYWOO https://t.co/ANkgPpCTEL
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Suddenly Every Company Is Becoming A Venture Capitalist | TechCrunch
It has often been said that every company is a software company or even a big data company, but as I attended the Intel Capital Global Summit last week, another thought occurred to me: every company is now also an investment company.
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Kennedy Odede is one of the most joy-filled people I’ve met. He grew up in the Kibera slum in Nairobi. With his American wife, Jessica Posner, he created a school for girls and a community organization called Shining Hope for Communities, or Shofco,…
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‘We Have to Stay, and We’re Sorry’: What Syrians Want You to Know – The Atlantic
Next video in seconds Share “‘We Have to Stay, and We’re Sorry’: What Syrians Want You to Know” Presented by
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Watch this 9-year-old girl wield a sword like a boss / Boing Boing
You’re supposed to be a bird in Trills, a two-player jousting game by Crudepixel, but for some reason when you collide with another bird, it sounds like two swords clashing.
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The Top Five Software Skills In Demand, by State and Industry
Many employers are having a hard time finding candidates with the software skills needed by the company. MidAmerica Nazarene University analyzed the resumes and job postings to find out where the biggest skills gaps are. The map below shows the top …
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Future Forms: beautifully curated collection of space-age electronics / Boing Boing
Mark of Future Forms takes gorgeous photos of his collection of “space-age” electronics from the 1960s to the 1980s, many of which are for sale or rental. You can search by color, brand, or category. I got lost and then found again in “novelty” and …
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How extorted e-mail provider got back online after crippling DDoS attack | Ars Technica
ProtonMail, the encrypted e-mail provider that buckled under crippling denial-of-service attacks even after it paid a $6,000 ransom, said it has finally recovered from the massive assaults seven days after they began.
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Mystery Science Theater 3000 is mounting a comeback on Kickstarter | The Verge
If you ever saw the oddball, B-movie send-up series Mystery Science Theater 3000, odds are you loved the oddball, B-movie send-up series Mystery Science Theater 3000 — and thanks to Kickstarter more episodes could be on the way.
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Grandmother Down To 10-Step Radius Around Recliner In Den – The Onion – America’s Finest News Source
MARTINSBURG, MD—Noting that most rooms of her home are now effectively off-limits to her, the family of local grandmother Edith Wilson confirmed this week that the 84-year-old is down to a 10-step radius around her recliner in the den.
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The Four Horsemen of Gentrification: Brine, Snark, Brunch, Whole Foods / Boing Boing
Zain Khalid pens the perfect McSweeney’s humor-short: self-reflexive (snark, indeed!), demographically loaded, and ha-ha-only-serious. When the Landlord broke the fourth and final seal, a ravenous horse emerged; and he who sat on it had the name Who…
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Shia LaBeouf Movies Are Now Art, Because Shia Said So | Vanity Fair
Shia LaBeouf, the performance artist and provocateur once best known as a film actor, has found a way to combine the two phases of his career. For the next three days at the Angelika Film Center in New York City, every single one of LaBeouf’s films …
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The best book on learning electronics just got better / Boing Boing
When Make: Electronics was published about five years ago, it was widely hailed as the greatest book about learning electronics ever written.
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“Red Pill, Blue Pill”: A Tale For MRA Children – The Toast
This one opens up your mind This one leaves the lies behind Say! What a lot of truth to find Yes some are red, and some are blue The red will show you something new If gender roles were flipped, do you Think that’d be fair? Now do you?
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These people say they can use sound to treat pain, Parkinson’s and ADD | Fusion
Just minutes after I remove my boots inside the entrance of the Globe Institute of Sound and Consciousness in San Francisco, founder David Gibson asks whether I’d like to experience the sound table. “Absolutely,” I say.
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The Stan Confessions Is a Good Tumblr — Following: How We Live Online
The most infamous rule of the internet, as codified by 4chan, is Rule 34: “If it exists, there is porn of it.” It’s a crude statement, but it holds up surprisingly well (you can test this yourself, but I don’t recommend it).
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That’s MBA-speak for “machine’s broken” | PassiveAggressiveNotes.com
Hmm, looks like someone on the second floor could use a Snickers.
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Tuesday night’s Republican presidential debate in Milwaukee will bring the eight leading contenders together at a time when two are confronting questions about their pasts, one faces mounting doubts about his seriousness, and anothe
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Taxi industry’s Twitter campaign backfires / Boing Boing
An Australian taxi lobby, in an effort to demonstrate why taxis are more awesome than Uber, asked people to tweet their taxi stories. People responded with complaints about surly, incompetent, and crooked taxi drivers. Tell your taxi story! #YourTax…
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Megan Quinn Heads To Spark Capital As GP To Focus On Growth Stage Investing | TechCrunch
Today, Megan Quinn shared that she’d be joining Spark Capital as a general partner for its growth stage fund, a fund which we covered last year. Quinn stepped down from Kleiner-Perkins this year after nearly three years with the firm.
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A Conversation With Google’s Director Of Diversity And Inclusion | TechCrunch
Google, like most tech companies, has a long road ahead in regards to increasing diversity, and fostering inclusion and belonging. Here are the latest stats around Google’s workforce: 30% women, 70% men globally; 60% white, 31% Asian, 3% black and 2…
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Portugal’s left-wing opposition topples minority government – BBC News
Portuguese left-wing opposition parties have toppled the country’s minority government by rejecting its programme in parliament. The move could lead to a new government led by the Socialist Party, likely to focus on alleviating austerity.
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Massive 19th century cat painting sold for $826,000 / Boing Boing
Austrian artist Carl Kahler’s 1893 cat painting “My Wife’s Lovers,” thought to be the world’s largest painting of cats, sold at a Sotheby’s auction for $826,000. The cats in the painting belonged to San Francisco art collector Kate Johnson.
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Senate passes legislation barring transfer of Guantánamo prisoners to US | US news | The Guardian
Barack Obama’s efforts to fulfil his promise of closing the Guantánamo Bay detention centre before he leaves office were dealt a significant blow on Tuesday as the Senate passed legislation preventing the administration from relocating prisoners to …
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2015 Star Wars LEGO Advent calendar / Boing Boing
I’ve never understood the need for an advent calendar, as if children needed help remembering Christmas. As my daughter celebrates the gift giving traditions of several cultures, however, I’m left looking for a happy middle ground. We will both enjo…
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Lost Shelley poem execrating ‘rank corruption’ of ruling class made public | Books | The Guardian
An incendiary lost poem by Percy Bysshe Shelley, in which the young poet attacks the “cold advisers of yet colder kings” who “coolly sharpen misery’s sharpest fang … regardless of the poor man’s pang”, was made public for the first time in more than…
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Ex-Reddit CEO Ellen Pao Calls Out Tech Industry’s Hypocrisy In New Essay | ThinkProgress
Months after losing a seminal gender discrimination lawsuit, Reddit’s former interim CEO Ellen Pao hasn’t given up the fight and has more advice for women and the tech industry regarding it’s diversity problem. I saw inconsistencies in what people s…
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Two Palestinians killed after alleged stabbing attacks – Al Jazeera English
Two Palestinians have been shot and killed in separate incidents after they allegedly attempted to stab Israeli personnel near Jerusalem’s Old City and in the occupied West Bank, Israeli officials have said.
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Five Days at the World Championship of Competitive Cyberpunk Card Gaming | Motherboard
In the fictional world of Netrunner there is a city called New Angeles. This city, like the Los Angeles of Blade Runner, is a dark, noir-laden place. It is filled with skyscrapers, grungy nightclubs and the arcologies of the super-rich.
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Archers Of Loaf liberally cribbed from Waiting For Godot · Hear This · The A.V. Club
In Hear This, A.V. Club writers sing the praises of songs they know well. This week: some great songs with prominent literary references. Lots of Archers Of Loaf lyrics are inscrutable, the product of what seemed like random word generators and non-…
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Alan Alda brought out the absolute best in The Carol Burnett Show · Watch This · The A.V. Club
Every day, Watch This offers staff recommendations inspired by the week’s new releases or premieres. This week: Bob Odenkirk and David Cross’ new Netflix series With Bob And David has us thinking about our favorite episodes of our favorite sketch sh…
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The Siren on Your Starbucks Cup Was Born in 7th-Century Italy | Atlas Obscura
Three two-tailed melusines with mirrors. (Photo: cea +/flickr) On a late October morning, the wind howls through the winding streets of ancient Otranto. Whitecaps curl up from a bright blue sea, smashing against the fortified walls of the southern I…
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Win a 6-month membership to grindhouse streaming service Exploitation.tv · Contest · The A.V. Club
Launched back in August by cult DVD/Blu-ray label Vinegar Syndrome, Exploitation.tv is a streaming service for viewers whose tastes run towards the outrageous and extreme, and makes an excellent supplement to more mainstream services like Netflix.
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Stan Greenberg Sees a Way for Democrats to Retake the Senate in 2016
Democratic pollster Stan Greenberg, in a new polling memo released this week, is declaring that a Democratic party takeover in the Senate is within reach – but only with an “unambiguous” middle-class economic agenda, and policies that would curb the…
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Collaborative Fund Raises $70 Million For Its Third Fund | TechCrunch
When Craig Shapiro and his team at Collaborative Fund are making investments, they don’t exactly ignore the devil on their shoulders.
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The Problematic Vilification of Student Activists at Yale – The Atlantic
The first time I saw a friend wearing blackface I was a freshman in college. I was stunned. I was hurt. I was enraged. But more than anything, I was confused. He thought it was funny, albeit controversial. But to me it wasn’t a joke; it was pointed …
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What We’re Following on Tuesday Afternoon, 11/10 – The Atlantic
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An Ohio parent is upset that their child was given inaccurate information about sexual health and unwanted pregnancy by the Pregnancy Care Center of Wayne County — a conservative faith-based organization — in their eighth grade family and consumer s…
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Ted Cruz’s Wingnut Wingmen – The Daily Beast
One of the conservative movement’s most influential outside groups is swooning over Sen. Ted Cruz.
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Why Does This Georgia Town Honor One of America’s Worst War Criminals? | The New Republic
Exactly 150 years ago this Tuesday, Confederate Captain Henry Wirz climbed the steps of the gallows in the courtyard of the Old Capitol Prison in Washington, D.C., where the U.S. Supreme Court building now stands. A hood and noose were placed over h…
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American Horror Story Will Have a Sixth Season. Could Jessica Lange Return? | Vanity Fair
FX officially announced Tuesday that American Horror Story: Hotel won’t be the final chapter in the horror anthology saga. The series is getting a sixth season, and with that, we shouldn’t rule out the possibility of a Jessica Lange return.
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Coming downstairs for a snack and realising your relatives are visting – GIF on Imgur
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Now that I actually see one of these red cups, they are kind of offensive. – Imgur
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Nano-scale ‘fingerprint’ could boost security – BBC News
An atomic-scale fingerprint could boost the security of connected devices, according to British scientists who have developed it. The tiny identity tags are essentially tiny imperfections in the building blocks of matter, making them virtually impos…
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The Four Horsemen of Gentrification
From Zain Khalid at McSweeney’s, : Brine, Snark, Brunch, and Whole Foods. From the book of Millennials of the New Standard Greenpoint Bible, chapter 6, verse 1: Then I saw when the Landlord broke one of the rent-controlled seals.
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Rhumbix Wants To Be The Palantir For Construction | TechCrunch
Two former Naval Engineers are trying to turn construction management on its head.
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Charges brought in largest financial cyber hacking – BBC News
US prosecutors have charged three men in connection with the largest cyberattack in US history. Details of 100 million people were accessed by cyberthieves between 2012 and the summer of 2015.
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Joel Hodgson is attempting a crowdfunded MST3K reboot | Ars Technica
So far, this is shaping up to be a good month for people who don’t mind having their sci-fi-related nostalgia exploited—Star Trek is coming back to the small screen in 2017, we have more Star Wars trailers than we know what to do with, and today Mys…
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Dispatch Joins The Ground Delivery Club | TechCrunch
Delivery companies have finally realized the importance of rolling before learning to fly. While autonomous quadcopter and other airborne drones have been in vogue over the past few years, autonomous ground-based vehicles are slowly eking out their …
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Is the “Female Viagra” Worth It?
Addyi is a new libido-boosting pill for women. According to the manufacturer’s studies, it can restore a healthy sex drive to some (but not all) of the women who take it daily. But the drug is expensive and has scary side effects. So is Addyi worth …
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First Look at the DC TV-Verse’s Hawkgirl and Hawkman in Costume
Courtesy of the first still of this year’s much-anticipated (by me!) Arrow/Flash crossover, we have our first look at the Hawkpeople of the DC-CW-TV universe, in their Hawk-duds.
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Republicans troll media with “StopHillary” WiFi password | Ars Technica
File under “The Way We Live Now”: the Republican party has embraced WiFi-based media trolling.
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An Accelerator That Believes Businesses and Girls Are the Keys to Afri | Vanity Fair
Spring is betting big on burgeoning for-profit companies built to benefit girls. And it all starts with boot camp.
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The concept art behind Assassin’s Creed Syndicate’s beautiful Victorian London | The Verge
The latest Assassin’s Creed game is one of the most refreshing in years, and much of that has to do with the new setting.
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If you’ve been watching The Walking Dead this season, you may have been praying that Rick Grimes would face more formidable opponents than a languid river of lumbering corpses and a whining town of ungrateful, milquetoast redshirts.
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Trying to write a definitive history of the Acid Tests, a series of multimedia happenings in 1965 and 1966, in which everyone in attendance was stoned on LSD, is like trying to organize an aquarium’s worth of electric eels into a nice neat row, sort…
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Record Levels of CO2 Herald the Future of Climate Change – Scientific American
The Earth’s climate has changed.
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Fidelity Writes Down Snapchat Investment | TechCrunch
In the latest sign that some tech startups are overvalued, Fidelity has written down the value of its stake in Snapchat by 25%, according to a report by Morningstar. Fidelity participated in Snapchat’s Series F round earlier this year, at an estimat…
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NVIDIA Launches New GPUs For Deep Learning Applications, Partners With Mesosphere | TechCrunch
The days when GPUs were only about letting you play Crysis with a higher framerate are long over. Many of the most transformative new computational techniques now rely on GPUs’ ability to quickly run certain algorithms in parallel.
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Apple Music is now available on Android. The app is free in the Google Play Store and costs $9.99 per month to take advantage of their full music streaming catalog (though there is a three month free trial). [via The Next Web]
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Tumblr Rolls Out Instant Messaging On Both Web And Mobile | TechCrunch
Tumblr today has launched a feature that its user base has wanted for some time: messaging. The blogging platform has long offered an inbox feature and way for its users to ask each other questions, but now it has added threaded, instant messaging a…
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Teaching Machines To Learn On Their Own – Scientific American
Welcome to Scientific American’s Science Talk, posted on November 10th, 2015. I’m Steve Mirsky. A short episode today. For which I’ll turn it over now to Scientific American’s associate tech editor Larry Greenemeier:
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Afghan killings: Thousands protest over murdered Hazaras – BBC News
About 2,000 people have protested in the eastern Afghan city of Ghazni against the killing of seven civilians by militants. The murdered Hazaras included four men, one woman and two girls. Some had their throats slit – it is not clear by whom.
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Quietly, the new space race between SpaceX and Boeing burns hot | Ars Technica
It’s been half a century since the United States finally dusted Russia in the space race, as NASA’s Gemini program ticked off an unprecedented series of long-duration flights, spacewalks, and in-space rendezvous to put America firmly on course to th…
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Israeli police accused of abusing Palestinian boy – Al Jazeera English
As a 13-year-old Palestinian went to trial for allegedly attacking Israeli citizens in occupied East Jerusalem, there has been anger after a leaked video of the teenager being interrogated by police after the incident showed an officer using “intimi…
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The Taliban Turn On Each Other, But That May Not Be Good News – The Daily Beast
KABUL — Fierce fighting reportedly broke out over the weekend between rival Taliban groups, raising concerns that no faction will be strong enough to make a peace deal, even if it were inclined to do so, and possibly opening the way to more recruitm…
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BBC Sport – Athletics doping: IOC wants IAAF to take action against athletes
The International Olympic Committee has asked the IAAF to start disciplinary proceedings against athletes accused of doping in the World Anti-Doping Agency commission report. More to follow.
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Apple Music launches on Android | The Verge
Apple Music has arrived on Android. The app launched in the Play Store today and is available in every region that Apple Music currently serves, except for China.
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Valve’s first Steam Machines and controller have been officially released | The Verge
The first wave of Valve’s Steam Machine gaming PCs are now on sale. The company just announced the official launch of Steam Machines from a handful of manufacturers, along with the unusual Steam Controller and the Steam Link home streaming box.
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The Pfeffermans are back in all their dysfunctional glory in this teaser for season two of Transparent. We see that Sarah (Amy Landecker) has made good on her proposal to Tammy (Melora Hardin), and that Tammy might actually go through with her third…
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BBC Sport – US Soccer wants to ban heading for under-10 players
The United States Soccer Federation has outlined plans to stop children aged 10 and under heading footballs. They also intend to limit the amount of heading in practice for children between the ages of 11 and 13.
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Splinterlands: The View From 2050 | The Nation
Let me start with a confession. I’m old-fashioned and I have an old-fashioned profession. I’m a geo-paleontologist. That means I dig around in archives to exhume the extinct: all the empires and federations and territorial unions that have passed in…
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Nick Offerman has some thoughts on Oprah’s new list of favorite things · Newswire · The A.V. Club
Just last week, Oprah Winfrey released her annual list of “favorite things,” an overpriced cornucopia of aspirational lifestyle items the billionaire media mogul/Weight Watchers spokesperson would like you to buy.
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Migrant crisis: Slovenia to put up ‘temporary technical obstacles’ – BBC News
Slovenia has said it will put up “temporary technical obstacles” on its border with Croatia to control the growing flow of migrants. Prime Minister Miro Cerar said this could include fences “if needed”, but stressed border crossings would remain ope…
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Oh My God, the Fourth Doctor Is Getting His Own Doctor Who Comic
Titan Comics’ Doctor Who range has been on a roll lately. We’ve had the spectacular crossover series The Four Doctors, and Paul McGann’s Eighth Doctor just kicked off a promising solo series.
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Dissent Breaks Out at the Center for American Progress Over Netanyahu’s Visit | The Nation
There is dissent at the Center for American Progress.
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Tips For Conquering Phobias – The Onion – America’s Finest News Source
Even the most rational, clear-thinking adults can have anxieties that interfere with their routine, and learning to manage them is key to living a life free from fear.
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The way my badge clip fits inside my coat zipper. : oddlysatisfying
The way my badge clip fits inside my coat zipper. via /r/oddlysatisfying https://t.co/7roGVqfNg6 https://t.co/xzt7xKwivK
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Théo Négri, a young software engineer from France, had come up with so many novel ideas at his job at an Internet start-up in San Francisco that the American entrepreneur who hired him wanted to keep him on. So he helped Mr.
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Tibetan Buddhists Gather for the Bliss Dharma Assembly – The Atlantic
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Apple Music Comes To Android As An Emissary | TechCrunch
Today, Apple Music comes to Android phones. It’s the first user-centric app that Apple has created for Android (but not its first).
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Chinese and American Education: First-Hand Compare-and-Contrast – The Atlantic
The two elementary schools Jocelyn Reckford has attended, and written about. From her site.
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All Apologies: 22 Times Justin Bieber Has Said ‘Sorry’ | Rolling Stone
The road to Justin Bieber’s upcoming album Purpose has been an apologetic one. In fact, saying that he’s sorry for his past has been one of the premiere promotional tools for his highly-anticipated follow-up to 2013 compilation Journals.
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Pandemonium! Motion of Pluto’s Moons Perplexes Scientists – Scientific American
The orbits of Pluto’s four smallest moons are even more chaotic than scientists had expected, according to new results from the New Horizons mission, which made a close flyby of Pluto in July.
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The Best Military Discounts for Veteran’s Day
On Veteran’s Day, we celebrate those who have served and are currently serving in the military, and many retailers offer discounted pricing if you show proof of service. Here are some of the best deals available on Veteran’s Day.
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Republicans Meet in Milwaukee for Fourth Presidential Debate – The Atlantic
As the eight leading Republican presidential candidates meet on a debate stage Tuesday night for the fourth time, the GOP field is in search of a clear frontrunner.
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BBC Sport – Russian doping scandal: Lamine Diack suspended by IOC
Lamine Diack has been provisionally suspended as an honorary member of the International Olympics Committee. Diack was president of the International Association of Athletics Federation (IAAF) for 16 years, before he was replaced by Lord Coe in Augu…
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Helmut Schmidt, Cold War-Era German Chancellor, Dies at 96 – The Atlantic
Former West German Chancellor Helmut Schmidt died Tuesday in Hamburg. The 96-year-old leader, who served as premier from 1974 until 1982, is credited with turning Germany into a Cold War leader and shepherding the country through a recession to beco…
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Jose Reyes, the shortstop for the Colorado Rockies, was arrested on Halloween after allegedly assaulting his wife in their Maui hotel room, according to HawaiiNewsNow. As the investigation unfolds, all eyes will be on Major League Baseball (MLB) com…
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Dallas dog loyally stands by stray friend killed by car | US news | The Guardian
The dog, a Great Pyrenees, stood by his friend near the Dallas-Fort Worth national cemetery until volunteers rushed to rescue him, after a photo of the two surfaced on Facebook. Posted by Samuel Flores, the photo showed the dog standing over his fri…
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Allen Toussaint: The Lost Interview | Rolling Stone
Iconic songwriter Allen Toussaint passed away today at age 77. A New Orleans native, and a mainstay of the city’s musical life for well over 50 years, Toussaint wrote, arranged and produced for Big Easy legends such as the Meters, Dr. John and Lee D…
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Feds Indict Alleged Masterminds Behind Hack of 80 Million JP Morgan Customers | Motherboard
The US government is accusing three men of hacking into JP Morgan last year and accessing more than 80 million accounts in what the feds called the “the largest theft of customer data from a U.S. financial institution in history.”
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Bush camp threatens to hit Marco Rubio hard, gets hit instead. Repeats.
Jeb! Bush is not very good at this politics thing, is he? It’s not just Jeb-as-candidate, either. The people around him were supposed to be a formidable team of seasoned campaign professionals, but it turns out they’re not so good at politics themse…
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Watch the Trailer for Grand Ole Opry’s Silver Screen Debut | Rolling Stone
That line closes the just-released trailer for the big-screen film American Saturday Night: Live From the Grand Ole Opry, featuring appearances by Paisley, Blake Shelton, Darius Rucker and other Opry members, along with newer faces like Brett Eldred…
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Ashton Carter: Gulf Arabs Need to Get in the Fight, Cont’d – The Atlantic
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I’m Bruce Campbell. I’m back. Ask Me Anything. (self.IAmA) Ok Reddit, Bruce Campbell here. Settle down.
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Scotty McCreery Talks New Album, Book and Denny’s With Rascal Flatts | Rolling Stone
When Scotty McCreery thought about casting cheerleaders in the video for his new single “Southern Belle,” he knew he didn’t want them to be seen as gratuitous eye candy. Instead, he wanted to shine a light on their inherent strength.
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A New Way of Thinking About Spacetime That Turns Everything Inside Out
One of the weirdest aspects of quantum mechanisms is entanglement, because two entangled particles affecting each other across vast distances seems to violate a fundamental principle of physics called locality: things that happen at a particular poi…
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The Cure Plot 2016 North American Tour | Rolling Stone
The Cure will return to North America in 2016 for a 27-show, 22-city tour for their first significant continental trek since 2008. The tour begins May 11th in New Orleans and is scheduled to wrap June 26th at the Bayfront Park Amphitheater in Miami,…
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Never met these neighbors. Now I sort of want to : mildlyinteresting
Never met these neighbors. Now I sort of want to via /r/mildlyinteresting https://t.co/T7ft8SeQg2 https://t.co/GXQqsjYjQG
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Andreas Ekström: The moral bias behind your search results | TED Talk | TED.com
The moral bias behind your search results https://t.co/qgYhgs0pWM
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Twitter Sees 6% Increase In “Like” Activity After First Week Of Hearts | TechCrunch
Speaking at a mobile conference in San Francisco today, Twitter’s SVP of Product, Kevin Weil, shared with the crowd that the new hearts aren’t stopping activity. The official change to hearts, away from stars, and likes instead of favorites, happene…
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Why you often believe people who see the world differently are wrong / Boing Boing
In psychology they call thinking that you see the world as it truly is, free from bias or the limitations of your senses, naive realism.
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The best gift for Christmas 2016: plush Krampus | The Verge
I hate to be that guy who’s like, “Hey, I liked this thing before it was cool.” But listen, I totally liked Krampus before it was cool. Ten years ago, I couldn’t shut up about the holiday boogeyman. Five years ago, I made my own Krampus T-shirt.
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Professor of mass media requests “muscle” to block a student reporter from reporting / Boing Boing
A video of a protest at the University of Missouri shows a professor of mass media blocking a student reporter from reporting.
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Branson with myself: Billy Idol announces his (inevitable) Las Vegas residency|Dangerous Minds
Last we checked in with Billy Idol, almost exactly a year ago, he was declaring punk rock politically irrelevant, after himself having spent the ‘80s transforming it into arena pop for casuals, thus creating a nearly perfect irony loop.
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Watch Elmo give Julia Louis-Dreyfus a hard time for cursing on Sesame Street / Boing Boing
Fan footage of Seinfeld’s Julia Louis-Dreyfus on Sesame Street’s All-Star 25th Birthday (1994) in which she appeared as “Kathie Lee Kathie.” I hope she put $5 in the swear jar as Elmo demanded.
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The TPP: Another Deadly Trade Deal
Americans who once earned family-supporting wages working in factories, foundries and mills across this country began destroying themselves at a shocking rate five years after implementation of the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA).
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The $15.8 Million Supreme Court Election in Pennsylvania – The Atlantic
Pennsylvania’s political landscape looks a bit more favorable to Democrats after a three-for-three sweep in the Supreme Court election last week, giving the party a 5-2 advantage on the panel—a sharp turn to the left for a court that has been primar…
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12 New Episodes of Mystery Science Theater 3000 Could Be Coming… For $5.5 Million
In the not too distant future… we could be getting brand new episodes of Mystery Science Theater 3000, courtesy of original human host Joel Hodgson! But for an extremely steep Kickstarter goal.
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Andreas Ekström: The moral bias behind your search results | TED Talk | TED.com
Search engines have become our most trusted sources of information and arbiters of truth. But can we ever get an unbiased search result? Swedish author and journalist Andreas Ekström argues that such a thing is a philosophical impossibility. In this…
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Supergirl Has a Superman-Sized Problem at its Center
The key conceit at the center of the new TV show Supergirl is that we never actually meet her cousin, Superman, but she’s constantly in his shadow. The show pushed this pretty far in last night’s episode, and it just did not work. Spoilers ahead!
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The Unlikely Struggle Of The Family Whose Neighbor Is Area 51
Plenty of landowners have fought the government over plans to seize their property. But the Sheahan family of Nevada have not spent decades defending some mundane corner of farmland from being covered by a proposed interstate.
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The Mighty A-10 Warthog Might Get a New Lease on Life
The beefy, bad-ass A-10 Thunderbolt II—better know by its nickname of “the Warthog”—has been in service since the late 1970s. But with the F-35 hot on its heels, its retirement has been looming. But now the Air Force is considering delaying the Hog…
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The Dos And Don’ts Of Drinking Coffee And Alcohol…At The Same Time. | VinePair
During a recent dinner service in one of the two restaurants where I currently moonlight as a sommelier, a server approached me with a question that caught me off guard. A guest at one of his tables wanted to know which of our Amari would be best in…
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How Instagram is Democratizing Fashion
Where once the fashion elite dominated the conversation about trends, Instagram gives everyone a say. And designers are listening. There was a time when the fashion industry catered to a crowd of cooler-than-thou insiders. But thanks to social media…
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Bravo Good Sir Obama Rejects Construction of Keystone XL Oil Pipeline https://t.co/JNhXJhfMQi
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Exxon, Keystone, and the Turn Against Fossil Fuels – The New Yorker
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How scientists collect spider silk : interestingasfuck
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2Doot or not 2Doot : ledootgeneration
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My cat looking quite startled… : StartledCats
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Donald Trump: ‘Stabbing someone helps in polls this election’ – video | US news | The Guardian
Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump attacked rival Ben Carson and coffee giant Starbucks at a rally in Springfield, Illinois on Monday night.
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When I first heard about Pillow Talk, the wearable device that lets you stream the sound of your heartbeat to a loved one’s pillow, I couldn’t decide if it was bonkers, genius or somewhere in between.
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NASA: Pluto’s Active Ice Volcanoes? –“Tens of Kilometers Across and Several Kilometers High”
From possible ice volcanoes to geologically diverse surfaces to oddly behaving moons that could have formed through mergers of smaller moons, Pluto system discoveries continue to surprise scientists on NASA’s New Horizons mission team.
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Drone footage of insanely huge “sinkhole” outside of IHOP restaurant / Boing Boing
Did you hear about the International Hole of Pancakes, the massive drainage structure collapse that swallowed a at least a dozen cars in an IHOP parking lot in Meridian, MS just a few days after the restaurant opened? Here is Jason Hartwig’s drone f…
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Obama administration seeks supreme court ruling on key immigration action | US news | The Guardian
Following another legal setback to President Barack Obama’s immigration executive action, the Justice Department said on Tuesday it plans to ask the US supreme court to review the lawsuit.
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The ITC does not have authority over the internet, according to Federal Circuit | The Verge
The internet has one less regulator, thanks to a ruling passed down this morning from The US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit.
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Storm in a coffee cup: has Starbucks really ruined Christmas? – video | Business | The Guardian
The Starbucks annual Christmas mug is just red and white this year, and people are outraged. Apparently.
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The Weeknd Gets His Power from an Unexpected Source | Vanity Fair
‘My life’s been wild ever since I left home at a young age,” says Abel Tesfaye—a.k.a. the Weeknd—whose new album (Beauty Behind the Madness) entered the charts at No. 1 in more than 70 countries this past September.
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Illesteva Jumps In The Ring With Warby Parker Launching D2C Optical Line | TechCrunch
Jumping in the ring with Warby Parker, sunglass and luxury goods brand Illesteva is launching its first optical line that will not be sold direct to consumer online. Illesteva launched in 2010 bringing luxury sunglasses to consumers both online and …
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This Infographic Helps You Decide If You Should Refinance Student Loans
If student loans are kicking your butt, refinancing might be a way to get some relief. This infographic helps you decide whether or not it’s a viable option for you. When you refinance your student loan, you basically take on a new loan with a new, …
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Align Uses Your Star Sign To Match You With Potential Suitors | TechCrunch
The question has found itself on one too many “Horrible Pick-Up Lines” lists, but in reality most people who start dating, whether they consider themselves wildly astrological or not, end up asking about star signs.
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How to Watch FBN’s Republican Debate Live Stream Online – The Daily Beast
Fox Business Network’s first-ever Republican debate airs Tuesday evening at 9 p.m. ET, with an “undercard” event for the four lower-polling candidates airing at 7 p.m. ET.
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Beneath the Saharan sands, a river valley | Ars Technica
If someone traveling the Sahara Desert with you said, “I bet there used to be a huge river right about… here,” you would probably think it’s time to stop for food and water. But that’s exactly what some scientists have said, and it turns out they we…
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ISIL siege of Aleppo airbase ‘broken by Syrian forces’ – Al Jazeera English
Syrian forces have recaptured a northern military air base that had been besieged by the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) since 2013, Syria state media and a monitoring group have reported.
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Bob Bradley named coach of French club Le Havre | Football | The Guardian
Former United States coach Bob Bradley is taking over at French second-division club Le Havre. Bradley, who also previously managed Egypt, is joining the French team from Stabaek after leading the Norwegian side into the Europa League.
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Syria ‘Safe Zones’ May Not Protect Civilians from Assad or ISIS – The Atlantic
In 1993, during the brutal civil war in Bosnia, the United Nations declared the Bosnian Muslim town of Srebrenica to be a “safe area” for civilians, protected by several hundred Dutch peacekeepers. Two years later, on July 11, 1995, Bosnian Serb uni…
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DARPA Is Building an Autonomous, Submarine-Hunting Ocean Drone | Motherboard
Early next year, DARPA will begin testing a 132-foot unmanned submarine-hunting ocean drone in San Diego.
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New Orleans Pianist Allen Toussaint Dies | Al Jazeera America
Allen Toussaint, one of the legendary names of New Orleans music, has died in Madrid at the age of 77.
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BBC Weather – El Niño impacts Ethiopia
Ethiopia is experiencing its worst drought in decades, exacerbated by the El Niño weather phenomenon . Chris Fawkes reports.
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Plant Breeders Are Working With Chefs to Create New Fruits and Vegetables – The Atlantic
Michael Mazourek and Dan Barber can trace the roots of their unusual partnership to a winter squash.
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Cam on ‘Untamed’ Years Before Record Deal: The Ram Report | Rolling Stone
Cam credits the unique sound that’s made her one of country music’s most promising new faces to something pretty simple: oblivion. The California native wrote and recorded most of her debut LP, Untamed before she had a record deal.
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The reigning king of @Midnight, Ron Funches is one of comedy’s biggest rising stars. The Undateable star is known for his lilting giggle, penchant for wrestling, and love of weed.
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Three Men Indicted In U.S. Over Last Year’s Massive J.P. Morgan Hack | TechCrunch
Three men were charged in a 23-count indictment in connection with the 2014 hacking of J.P. Morgan Chase and multiple other financial institutions. Gery Shalon and Ziv Orenstein were first arrested in Israel in July. The third man, Joshua Samuel Aar…
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The Voice maker faces copyright claim as show heads for ITV | Media | The Guardian
An ongoing legal dispute over who created the format for The Voice threatens to cast a cloud over the show’s anticipated move to ITV from the BBC.
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More women than ever are using long-term forms of birth control — and it could be thanks to Obamacare. While these types of birth control aren’t as widely used as condoms (15 percent) or birth control pills (26 percent), they are growing in populari…
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We’ve all seen the Hindenburg. Specifically, we’ve all seen it exploding, an incident captured on film on that fateful day of May 6, 1937 — fateful for those aboard, of course, but also fateful for the passenger airship industry, which never recover…
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The Emily Bronte Sand Sculpture | Open Culture
In the town of Bradford, near Leeds in the UK, they’ve imported more than 30 tons of sand to build nine sand sculptures across the city, as part of what’s called the Discovering Bradford project. Above, you can see one that caught our eye, thanks to…
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Konami Gives One-Handed Gamer a Real Robot Arm Inspired by ‘Metal Gear’ | Motherboard
One of the most iconic images in Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Limb is of series protagonist Snake with his red robot arm covering his his face. It’s not just a replacement for the limb he lost, but a more powerful tool than his original arm ever …
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Joel Hodgson is bringing back Mystery Science Theater 3000 · Newswire · The A.V. Club
We’ve got movie sign, MSTies: Joel Hodgson, a.k.a. “Joel,” has officially launched a Kickstarter campaign to bring back Mystery Science Theater 3000 after 16 years. (It was canceled in 1999.
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Michael Phelps rehab ahead of swimmer’s last Olympics in Rio 2016 – Olympics – SI.com
An abridged version of this story appears in the Nov. 16, 2015, issue of Sports Illustrated. To subscribe, click here.
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A Professional Computer Refurbisher Turns Broken MacBooks Into Glitch Art | Motherboard
At any given time, John Bumstead has several hundred MacBooks sitting around his home, in various states of disrepair. Some of them just happen to look like this:
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Well, that was fast. When was it, exactly, that the African-American football players at the University of Missouri tweeted that they were going on strike until “President Tim Wolfe resigns or is removed” from office? It was Saturday night, around 9…
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Bright eyes baby bat : palatecleanser
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Are You Smarter Than a Billionaire? https://t.co/fpAdNKqOrd
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Canary Wharf, East India at night [1108×600] : CityPorn
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Want some fries with that? – Meme on Imgur
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Why did SeaWorld cave in to killer whale protesters? – BBC News
A world-famous animal theme park is planning to phase out its killer whale displays, following years of pressure from campaigners.SeaWorld has seen a drop in visitor numbers at its eleven facilities in the United States.
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Such benevolent feedback that made me feel all warm and fuzzy inside. – Imgur
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Rudd: Government ‘committed’ to renewable energy targets – BBC News
The Energy Secretary Amber Rudd has said the government remains committed to meeting EU renewable energy targets. She told MPs that ministers aim to meet the UK’s target of 15% of energy from clean power by 2020, by focussing on heat and transport.
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Allen Toussaint, New Orleans Pianist and Songwriter, Dies at 77 – The Atlantic
You might have never heard of Allen Toussaint, but you know his music. Maybe you grooved to Lee Dorsey’s version of “Working in the Coal Mine”—or, if you’re a little younger, new-wavers Devo’s rendition.
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How Marco Rubio Became the GOP’s Foreign Policy Candidate | The New Republic
Having bested Jeb Bush in the last Republican presidential debate, Senator Marco Rubio has emerged as the frontrunner-in-waiting of the 2016 GOP field, the candidate most likely to succeed when the primary votes are counted.
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The Lincoln-Douglas Debates Haven’t Always Been Idealized – The Atlantic
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Plant Breeders Are Working With Chefs to Create New Fruits and Vegetables – The Atlantic
Michael Mazourek and Dan Barber can trace the roots of their unusual partnership to a winter squash.
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Eco Debate: “Growing Antarctic Ice Sheet Caused Ancient Mediterranean to Dry Up”
An international research team has resolved the mystery of the processes involved in the Mediterranean Sea drying up around 5.6 million years ago. The event, known as the Messinian Salinity Crisis (MSC), saw the Mediterranean become a 1.5km deep ba…
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Have A Hardware Startup? Launch In TechCrunch’s Hardware Battlefield At CES | TechCrunch
Hardware Battlefield is back! We’re excited to announce that for the third year in a row, TechCrunch is hosting a startup competition at CES that focuses on hardware companies. We want to help you launch your company at the world’s largest consumer …
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The 7 Questions the GOP Candidates Need to Answer Tonight – The Daily Beast
Republicans will gather in Wisconsin tonight for another round of debate, and some things have changed since the last time they clashed. Chris Christie and Mike Huckabee have been banished unceremoniously to the undercard debate.
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GTA 5 modders claim Take-Two sent private investigators to their home | Ars Technica
The modders behind the FiveM mod—which provides an alternative online playspace for the PC version of Grand Theft Auto V—claim that publisher Take-Two sent private investigators to their home in order to forcibly shut down the project.
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England full-back Mike Brown says he has lost all trust in his team-mates after leaks from the dressing room. Media reports claimed some players questioned Sam Burgess’ World Cup selection over Luther Burrell.
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CNBC to cut London live TV news to focus on digital expansion | Media | The Guardian
CNBC International is to cut live TV news it produces out of London by a third and close its Paris and Tokyo bureaus, as part of drive to increase investment in digital operation.
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I’m sorry. This show keeps getting dumber, but against all odds, it somehow hasn’t gotten less entertaining. Meanwhile, last night’s episode somehow raised the bar for the show just not giving a shit. Let us begin by me giving you my very favorite e…
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New Google Maps Update Will Help You Navigate Even Without Internet | Motherboard
At Google I/O back in May, Google announced a plan to make Google Maps have offline availability—and that feature is beginning to roll out, six months later.
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Cameron’s EU demands: Sham drama or bitter fight? – BBC News
Let the show begin! EU leaders in Brussels and across the continent have had a lot of time to ponder their eventual response to British Prime Minister David Cameron’s wish list when it appeared in writing. They have all been clear up till now that t…
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Secure Email Service ProtonMail Thinks Government Might Be Behind a DDoS Attack | Motherboard
Privacy-focused email provider ProtonMail is back online after experiencing a crippling DDoS attack by a group calling itself the Armada Collective. The attack began on November 3.
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Former soldier arrested over Bloody Sunday killings – Al Jazeera English
A 66-year-old former soldier has been arrested in relation to the Bloody Sunday killings in Londonderry in 1972, police in Northern Ireland have said.
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Kentucky warily waits to see what Matt Bevin will do to 400,000 Medicaid enrollees
Kentucky is feeling the first waves of panic now that tea party Republican Matt Bevin is about to become governor and implement his plans for undoing Kynect, the state’s Obamacare program.
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The four key points from David Cameron’s EU letter – BBC News
David Cameron has written a letter to the European Council President Donald Tusk setting out four areas where he wants changes to the UK’s membership of the European Union. Here’s a guide to the key bits…
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None of us have either of those things : firstworldanarchists
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Middle Cottonwood Creek Trail Bozeman Montana [OC] (1534×2048) : EarthPorn
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Image credits: Pablo Picasso, “La Gommeuse”: Estate of Pablo Picasso / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York, via Sotheby’s; “Nu aux Jambes Croisées”: Estate of Pablo Picasso / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York; Yayoi Kusama: Yayoi Kusama; Dam…
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Syria conflict: Army ‘breaks IS siege of Kuwairis airbase’ – BBC News
Government forces have broken a siege by Islamic State (IS) of an airbase in northern Syria, state media report. Army units had made contact with troops defending Kuwairis airbase, east of Aleppo, and eliminated large numbers of militants, the Sana …
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Teaser trailer for Finding Dory
The teaser trailer for Pixar’s sequel to Finding Nemo is out. I’m excited for this one. Nemo was my favorite Pixar movie for a long while, until Wall-E came out. (via devour)
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John Bossy | Books | The Guardian
“Human relations are one of the main things Christianity is about and any Christian notion of the world will include a notion about the state of human relations in it,” wrote the historian John Bossy, who has died aged 82.
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On Friday afternoon, the Rentboy.com office near Manhattan’s Union Square looked a little bit like the aftermath of a giant house party in Sixteen Candles. The room was half empty, furniture was positioned at odd angles, and boxes were scattered aro…
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Scientists breach brain barrier to treat sick patient – BBC News
For the first time, doctors have breached the human brain’s protective layer to deliver cancer-fighting drugs. The Canadian team used tiny gas-filled bubbles, injected into the bloodstream of a patient, to punch temporary holes in the blood-brain ba…
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It’s about time for #ScienceBeyondFiction! The first official TEDxESA event will take place on 11 November 2015 at ESTEC, ESA’s engineering and technical heart, in Noordwijk, the Netherlands. While the event itself is sold out, we look forward to yo…
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‘Year of Yes’: The Transformation of Shonda Rhimes – The Atlantic
“I really hate the word ‘diversity,’” Shonda Rhimes declared in a speech at the Human Rights Campaign Gala earlier this year. “It suggests something … other. As if it is something … special. Or rare.
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Offline navigation comes to Google Maps (for Android) | Ars Technica
Almost six months ago at Google I/O 2015, Google demoed offline navigation for Google Maps. Today, the feature is finally ready for consumers. To save a map, search for a city, county, or country. On the place card there will be a new “download” but…
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Federal appeals court halts Obama immigration action – BBC News
A federal appeals court is halting President Barack Obama’s executive action that would have kept five million people from deportation.The US 5th Circuit Court of Appeals ruled on Monday to uphold a Texas judge’s blocking injunction.
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Ben Carson has been vindicated, says guy who works for Ben Carson
If anything, it is only making Ben Carson stronger! “[…] It’s only going to become more harsher and more difficult and Dr. Carson — and I say this because I know him as many others also — is that he’s an honest man,” Williams said. “He’s a decent …
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Washington, D.C. and Miami, FL (November 10, 2015)—The Atlantic and Univision Digital, the digital division of Univision Communications Inc., are building a Spanish-language version of The Atlantic’s award-winning digital publication, CityLab.com.
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Add a PIN Lock to Windows 10 to Make Your Microsoft Account More Secure
You’re probably used to logging in to your Windows computer with a password. However, if you’re using a Microsoft account to log in to Windows, a PIN lock may be a more secure option.
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Why The Walking Dead Casting the Villain Negan Gives Hope to Glenn Fans | Vanity Fair
After the tyrannical rule of the Governor, the snarling and ferocious Wolves, and the fine young cannibals of Terminus, it’s a lot to promise that the most terrifying threat on The Walking Dead is yet to come.
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Pluto’s Tiny Moons Are Spinning Like a Bunch of Hooligans
Mayhem in the outer solar system! Pluto’s four baby moons—Nix, Styx, Hydra and Kerberos—are spinning like mad, surely a sign that the once-ninth planet is gearing up for a full-out assault on the denizens (us!) of the sunlit realm. Okay, maybe my im…
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How to Build a Powerhouse Steam Machine for Hundreds of Dollars Less
It’s been a long time coming, but the first Steam Machines are finally here: compact computers that give you the quality of PC gaming with the living room convenience of consoles. Too bad most of them cost an arm and a leg. Here’s how to build your …
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Ms. Fiorina, What Is Your Favorite Color? | The Nation
Support independent cartooning: join Sparky’s List—and don’t forget to visit TT’s Emporium of Fun, featuring the new book and plush Sparky!
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Ex-Soldier Arrested in ‘bloody Sunday’ Killings | Al Jazeera America
The arrest is the first in a renewed murder investigation announced by police in 2012 into the “Bloody Sunday” killings in Londonderry, one of the most notorious episodes during 30 years of sectarian violence in the British-ruled province.
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Dungeons & Dragons can get something of a bad rap, even among fans of tabletop adventuring.
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Daily Cartoon: Tuesday, November 10th – The New Yorker
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By the Reflection of What Is : Longreads Blog
The following excerpt appears courtesy of Liveright Publishing. Frederick Douglass was in love with photography.
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World Championship Knife Cutting : woahdude
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Casa Zauia by Mario Martins Atelier [1050×700] (More in Comments) : ArchitecturePorn
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University of Puget Sound, Tacoma WA : FoggyPics
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Slew Of New Virtual Reality Titles Available Alongside Samsung Gear VR | TechCrunch
As we reported earlier, you can now pre-order your Samsung Gear VR. It’s a device that’s going to unlock virtual reality for a lot of consumers, even though it requires a Samsung phone to drive it.
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Amazon Brings Restaurant Delivery To L.A., Will Expand To All Prime Now Markets In U.S. | TechCrunch
Amazon’s debut of its restaurant delivery service through its one-hour delivery app Prime Now, is no longer looking like an experiment. Since its debut in Seattle this September, the company has been adding support for new cities at a rate about one…
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Michael Phelps did not want to ‘be alive anymore’ after DUI arrest | Sport | The Guardian
Michael Phelps, the American swimmer whose 22 Olympic medals make him the most decorated Olympian of all time, has revealed that he was “in a really dark place” after he was arrested last year for drunk-driving – and admitted to feelings of “not wan…
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Migratory Birds May Use Magnetic “GPS” – Scientific American
Using a magnetic field, researchers could trick migratory birds to turn in the wrong direction before takeoff.
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Banks Should Prepare For The Internet Of Things | TechCrunch
It is widely acknowledged that the Internet of Things (IoT) will have a huge impact on nearly every industry, and financial services is no exception. Gartner estimates that connected devices will reach an installed base of 25 billion units by 2020, …
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Facebook must stop tracking Belgian users in two days or be fined ~$267K daily | Ars Technica
A Belgian court yesterday gave Facebook 48 hours to stop tracking Internet users who do not have a Facebook account. If the US company refuses to comply, it faces fines of up to €250,000 (£177,000 or ~$267,500) per day.
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Astronomers May Have Witnessed 2 Black Hole Births – Scientific American
In the classic Sherlock Holmes story “Silver Blaze,” the famed detective solves a murder mystery by noticing something that does not happen: a watchdog’s failure to bark in the middle of the night.
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Sunday trading law proposals put ‘on hold’ – BBC News
Government plans to relax Sunday trading laws in England and Wales have been put on hold, after SNP opposition meant it faced defeat in the Commons. The SNP had said it would vote against the changes amid fears it could drive down Scottish workers’ …
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The US technology industry has become an extraordinary force in politics in the past decade, but has bewildered America’s political establishment with its bizarre loyalties.
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Amazon’s new bookshop ‘reverse showroomed’ in Seattle | Books | The Guardian
Writer Allison Stieger has been hailed as the first person ever to “reverse showroom” Amazon, after she browsed for a book in the online giant’s new Seattle bookshop before buying it from a local independent bookseller. Amazon.
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Democracy Beats Oligarchy | The Nation
The post-election media narrative has focused on setbacks for progressives, including Democratic losses in Kentucky and Virginia, along with the failure of Houston’s equal-rights ordinance.
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Great Pyramid of Giza: Why are there three hot bricks? – BBC News
Thermal scans of the Great Pyramid of Giza have revealed three bricks which have an anomalously high temperature. As yet it is unknown what has caused this, but scientists have some hypotheses.
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Ex-West German chancellor Helmut Schmidt dies at 96 – Al Jazeera English
Helmut Schmidt, the chancellor of West Germany from 1974 to 1982, has died at the age of 96, his office has said.
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Benedict Cumberbatch Receives Honor From Queen Elizabeth II | Vanity Fair
We don’t have to call him Sir Benedict just yet, but Benedict Cumberbatch has received a mighty high honor from Queen Elizabeth II, named a Commander of the British Empire in a ceremony at Buckingham Palace on Tuesday.
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Bernie Sanders To Join Low-Wage Workers On Strike From U.S. Capitol Buildings | ThinkProgress
Workers who serve food at the United States Capitol went on strike Tuesday morning to protest their low wages and call attention to retaliatory actions they say their employer has taken against workers who want to unionize.
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England wicketkeeper Jos Buttler can put his struggles in the Test arena behind him when the one-day series starts against Pakistan, according to captain Eoin Morgan.
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The First Issue of The Atlantic, Reviewed by The New York Times in 1857 – The Atlantic
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New England Lawmakers Vow to Fight Opioid Abuse | Al Jazeera America
New England lawmakers met with business leaders Monday to discuss ways to tackle the region’s deadly opioid addiction problem, including tightening regulations around prescription painkillers.
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Sony Finally Killed Betamax Today | Motherboard
Pour one out for Betamax, if you haven’t already. Sony said Tuesday that it will stop producing Betamax video cassette tapes in March 2016, nearly 40 years after the format’s introduction and 28 years after it lost a co-called “format war” to rival …
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YouTuber Builds DIY Railgun, Vaporizes Piggybank | Motherboard
Keen social media stars will build anything from laser shotguns to real-life Mjölnirsn to grow their virtual audiences. Now YouTuber Ziggy Zee has gone and built a giant electromagnetic railgun that fires rounds with 27,000 joules of force, from scr…
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Betamax is dead, long live VHS | Technology | The Guardian
Sony has announced that in March next year it will stop producing Betamax video cassette tapes, forty years after its introduction and 28 years after losing the war to VHS.
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The Other Earthrise – Earth as photographed by the Zond 7 Soviet probe : space
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Double-O Arch, Arches NP [OC][1920×1080] : EarthPorn
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Police in South Carolina shoot suspect dead at private college | US news | The Guardian
The officer was investigating a possible vehicle break-in at Spartanburg Methodist College, officials said. When the officer arrived two men ran off, but one was quickly captured, Thom Berry, a spokesman for the South Carolina Law Enforcement Divisi…
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Long-Haul Trucking Startup Transfix Lands $12 Million Series A | TechCrunch
It’s hard to believe, but freight trucks spent drive a stunning 54 billion mile driving around the U.S. last year without any inventory, according to industry data. The reason: they were trying to get to their next gig.
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AT&T expands gigabit fiber to 23 cities starting at $70 (or $110) | Ars Technica
AT&T yesterday announced expansions of its gigabit fiber Internet service into parts of 23 cities and towns. The new markets are mostly in the suburbs of big cities where AT&T already offered its fastest broadband.
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As an anthropologist, I interpret human conversations from a wide angle that includes millions of years of primate evolution, from inchoate animal ancestors to modern-day world leaders.
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German ex-Chancellor Helmut Schmidt dies at 96 – BBC News
The former West German chancellor Helmut Schmidt has died, aged 96. He led the then West Germany from 1974 to 1982 as it rose to become a global economic powerhouse.
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Ten UK universities divest from fossil fuels | Environment | The Guardian
Ten UK universities with endowments worth £115m are in the process of moving their money out of fossil fuels ahead of crunch UN climate change talks in Paris later this month.
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Today’s Best Media Deals: Cockpit Confidential, Boardwalk Empire, and More
Brush up on your airline knowledge with this New York Times Bestseller, just $2 today on Kindle. Commerce Content is independent of Editorial and Advertising, and if you buy something through our posts, we may get a small share of the sale. Click he…
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‘Spooky Action at a Distance’ Book Probes Physics Loopholes
George Musser’s new book, “Spooky Action at a Distance,” follows scientists’ struggle with the peculiar concept of nonlocality.
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This afternoon, Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will speak at the Center for American Progress (CAP).
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Apple TV gaming is full of problems and potential | The Verge
The new Apple TV has been out for a week now, which is just about enough time for you to have pecked out your Netflix password on the remote and gotten around to downloading a few apps from the store.
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What Happened to Vulcan? – The Atlantic
One hundred years ago this month, Albert Einstein put the final polish on a new theory, one that transformed how humankind understands the fundamental nature of reality.
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12 games you should play on the new Apple TV | The Verge
The Apple TV has its problems as a game console, but there’s no denying that it has a ton of potential.
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Google Maps Offline Mode Gets Navigation, Destination Search, and More
Android: Google Maps is getting an update today that’ll add in a ton of information to downloaded offline maps. Beyond just being easier to download, you also get turn-by-turn navigation, location search, and more. We saw this feature demoed at Goog…
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10 Things We Learned at Snoop Dogg’s Denver Weed Launch | Rolling Stone
There’s something almost too perfect about Snoop Dogg — a man who once claimed to smoke 81 blunts a day — coming to a town nicknamed the Mile High City to debut his new line of cannabis products. But on Monday night, he descended upon Denver with hi…
10 Things We Learned at Snoop Dogg’s Denver Weed Launch https://t.co/Ir1oDeCZZW -
Quiet Time Brings Transcendental Meditation to Public Schools – The Atlantic
In 1974, the year before I was born, my parents had a small wedding in my aunt’s living room and then spent their honeymoon becoming teachers of Transcendental Meditation. Those were the days when just about everyone seemed to be doing it.
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Wynonna Earp Takes Aim in the First Look at Syfy’s Modern Fantasy Show
It’s a big morning for rough-and-tumble, take-no-nonsense heroines. The first poster and synopsis of Syfy’s upcoming TV series has arrived, and it turns out that while Jessica Jones may have metaphorical demons to face, the demons Ms. Earp will batt…
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NBC renews Chicago Fire and Chicago P.D. · Newswire · The A.V. Club
There’s good news for emergency personnel and those in need of them (in fictional situations, that is): Deadline reports that NBC has just renewed Chicago Fire and Chicago P.D. This will make a fifth season for the Fire squad, and a fourth for its b…
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‘WWE Raw’: Get Well Soon, Seth Rollins | Rolling Stone
On the 18th anniversary of the infamous “Montreal Screwjob” that not only helped create the villainous Mr.
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American Apparel’s Worker Revolt – Racked
There’s one phrase you’re guaranteed to hear if you walk past American Apparel’s headquarters in downtown Los Angeles, on the outskirts of Skid Row, on a Wednesday afternoon: “¡Sí, se puede!” (“Yes, we can!”) Coined by labor leaders Cesar Chavez and…
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Lies and the lying candidates who tell them
How cute: The Washington Post has noticed that lying is a theme in the Republican presidential primary. Only … the trend article by Jenna Johnson and David Fahrenthold seems to suggest that the phenomenon is isolated to the “outsider” candidates.
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Pre-election polls in numerous countries this year have widely missed their marks, often by underestimating support for candidates on the ideological fringes.
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When did people start moving fast enough to experience jet lag?
As I write this, hurtling west at 550 miles per hour, the flight attendant is politely telling the guy in the row ahead of me to close his window.
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In December 1988, Jörg Winger was a West German Army radio operator eavesdropping on Soviet military channels when he overheard a startling message: The Russians wished him Merry Christmas by name. Mr.
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Judge Deals a Blow to N.S.A. Data Collection Program https://t.co/hEBmqnR1ci
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This basically sums up what owning a cat is like everyday. : cats
This basically sums up what owning a cat is like everyday. via /r/cats https://t.co/zBiaZKYtam https://t.co/Ag0qVRCMqF
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Killer cops charged with murder thanks to bodycam footage / Boing Boing
Two Louisiana cops who killed a 6-year-old boy have been charged with murder after bodycam footage showed that his father had his hands up when they opened fire.
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The Jazz Youth-Quake: Others on the Upswing | Vanity Fair
Sensational, young jazz players are emerging with each season, so much so that we were only able to feature a handful of them in our photo gallery “Jazz on the Loose.” There are many other notable artists (beyond the 36 shown in the portfolio) who a…
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I Can’t Stop Watching These Old Clips of Bernie Sanders’ Cable-Access Show | Mother Jones
After he was elected mayor of Burlington, Vermont, in 1981, Bernie Sanders took his message straight to the people via a cable access show called Bernie Speaks. It was a low-budget production.
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These Millennials Are Shaking Up the Jazz World | Vanity Fair
If the array of fresh faces in these images surprises you, well, it shouldn’t. Jazz has always been a young person’s game.
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U.S. Deaths Drop for Leading Causes – Scientific American
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – The U.S. death rate for all causes is continuing to decline, aided by drops in fatalities from leading causes like heart disease, cancer, stroke, diabetes, and accidents, new research finds.
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What is Facebook doing with my data? – BBC News
Facebook is in trouble again – this time from the Belgian privacy commission, which is cross about the fact that it tracks internet users who are not members of the social network. Facebook says it would weaken the security of its 1.5 billion member…
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Christmas Island: Extra security at migrant centre after unrest – BBC News
Calm has been restored at the Christmas Island detention centre after the Australian government flew extra police and security officers there to deal with a stand-off with inmates.
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Smartphone Suck: Photos depict evil screens that are stealing your soul!|Dangerous Minds
Perhaps the disparaging “Smartphones and IPhones are ruining our society and slowly turning us into zombies” fad is getting a bit stale. I do understand why many people see phones as a brainsuck (and if you text while you drive, you’re a supreme ass…
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Solved! Mystery of Stars and Galaxies Magnetic Fields
An enduring astronomical mystery is how stars and galaxies acquire their magnetic fields. Physicists Jonathan Squire and Amitava Bhattacharjee at the U.S.
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How India, China and the US welcomed first autumn snow – Al Jazeera English
As the sun sinks below the equator, bringing spring warmth to the southern hemisphere, it opens the door to the first signs of autumn snow in the continents of the north. For some, this is anticipated joy – particularly for those who love winter spo…
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Storm Abigail: First of Met Office’s named storms to batter Scotland – BBC News
The first storm to be officially named by the Met Office is set to bring winds of up to 80mph to parts of Scotland later this week. The warning also applies to parts of Moray and Aberdeenshire.
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Why can’t I help celebrate Kris Jenner’s 60th birthday? | The Verge
I write about entertainment for The Verge, and like any entertainment reporter worth their salt I consider myself a connoisseur and appreciator of Kwality Kardashian Kontent.
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BBC – Future – Is MSG as bad as it’s made out to be?
It used to be called ‘Chinese Restaurant Syndrome’: a collection of symptoms such as headache, nausea and a strange numbness that certain people seem to suffer after a meal of Chinese food, which went beyond the usual queasiness and self-loathing at…
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Nope, no ‘job-killing’ Obamacare this year, either
Nope, no ‘job-killing’ Obamacare this year, either https://t.co/ewcgaSxhB5
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WASHINGTON — A federal judge on Monday partly blocked the National Security Agency’s program that systematically collects Americans’ domestic phone records in bulk just weeks before the agency was scheduled to shut it down and replace it.
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Cheap earbuds that outperform $1,000 alternatives / Boing Boing
Wired recommends the Mrice E300 earbuds, a cheapie ($17-25) option that outperforms many headphones that cost over $1000 (!).
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A Bullied Transgender Kid in Texas | Al Jazeera America
DALLAS – At Danny Jones Junior High School, 12-year-old Roxy Castro is constantly calculating. How much water has she had today?
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Oliba Turns Regular Cuddly Toys Into Connected, Story Telling Toys | TechCrunch
How much time are you losing every week looking for your child’s cuddly toy before they go to bed? Meet Oliba, a smart toy tracker that has a few tricks up its sleeve. Like key finder devices, Oliba uses Bluetooth 4.0 to let you find a cuddly toy us…
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The Tag Heuer Watch Is Google’s Best Effort To Get Wearables Over The Luxury Hump | TechCrunch
If you weren’t busy drinking coffee or staring out the window yesterday you could have seen Tag Heuer launch their new Android Wear device, the Carrera Connected.
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If you have your plane fixed in the USA, the FAA requires that your maintenance crew be proficient English (the language of aviation manuals), and that you admit FAA spot-inspectors at any time.
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MRW Imgur asks me to come to their server room and fix the over capacity issue – GIF on Imgur
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Controversy Over Christmas Patterns on Starbucks’s Cups Is Damaging—and Tedious – The Atlantic
“Maybe we should boycott Starbucks. I don’t know,” Donald Trump said on Monday night at a speech in Springfield, Illinois. “Seriously, I don’t care.
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Sony finally kills Betamax 13 years after it last made a player | Ars Technica
Still buying Betamax tapes for your sweet SL-HF 360 SuperBeta player? Well, brace yourself, because Sony has announced it’s going to stop producing tapes for the failed format in March 2016.
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New Finding Dory Trailer Has Your Favorite Fish Back on the Hunt for Home | Vanity Fair
The new trailer for Finding Dory opens with the heroes of the first film—Marlin, Nemo, and Dory—enjoying their hard-earned happy ever after while snoozing together like one big family under the sea.
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Just look at this sick tractor | The Verge
I don’t know a whole lot about tractors, apart from the fact that they till the earth and put bread on our tables. But I can tell you this: you’re looking at a tractor designed by Pininfarina, the Italian studio best known for penning some of the mo…
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Peabody Energy Agrees to Fully Disclose Climate Risks from Coal – Scientific American
Peabody Energy Corp. describes its statement that it would more fully disclose the financial risks it faces from climate change as a penalty-free modification of its financial reporting process.
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Apple has learned nothing from Microsoft’s Surface | The Verge
Apple’s 12-inch iPad Pro goes on sale tomorrow, and that means CEO Tim Cook is ready to drum up interest in his company’s giant tablet. In a series of interviews with UK publications, Cook has been discussing how a bigger iPad will change the world,…
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An Overreaction to Food Allergies – Scientific American
Just a few years ago a 15-month-old girl—her stomach, arms and legs swollen and her hands and feet crusted in weeping, yellow scales—was rushed to the emergency room at the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center in Dallas. Laboratory tests …
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Use Lip Balm to Protect Oddly-Shaped Windows While Painting
Most of us use painter’s tape when painting around windows or window frames, and it works, unless you have an oddly-shaped window or frame (like a circular or cut-glass window.) In that case, a thin layer of lip balm at the edges of the glass lets y…
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In the First Finding Dory Trailer, Memory Is a Tricky Thing
We finally have the first trailer for the Finding Nemo sequel–and it focuses on what we all knew the plot is: Dory trying to find her family. Aside from the Dory memory gags, I’m strangely touched by how protective Nemo is of Marlin.
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Maria Shriver, George Lucas, and Lena Dunham Share What They Haven’t Y | Vanity Fair
Even Masters of the Universe aren’t masters of everything, and the group of moguls, great minds, and media elite who gathered at Vanity Fair’s New Establishment Summit is no exception. In fact, the list of things these greats have yet to get the han…
Maria Shriver, George Lucas, and Lena Dunham Share What They Haven’t Yet Mastered https://t.co/MZUvJzgxXM -
Did This Chinese Billionaire Rack Up Millions of AmEx Rewards Points B | Vanity Fair
The buyer who shelled out $170.
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Sad news: Daniel Fleetwood, a Star Wars fan who suffered from spindle cell sarcoma, has passed away. Over the past week Daniel has been the subject of a social media campaign to petition Disney for a special screening of The Force Awakens for him, w…
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Cartoon: The right to an unfair trial
This is a huge story that many progressives seem to be overlooking. In 2013 the Supreme Court allowed companies — Netflix, T-Mobile, rental cars, banks, private schools, medical practices, online retailers, etc.
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“65 is the average age of farmers, and there are not enough young farmers to replace them. How did we get here?”* In the summer of 2015, Eva Verbeeck asked me to join her on a trip throughout the Pacific Northwest to produce a short film on young fa…
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Snoop Dogg Is Launching His Own Weed Line, Leafs By Snoop | Maxim
On Monday night, I boarded a party bus in downtown Denver with a gaggle of other journalists. We sat facing each other, backs to the walls, like they do on military transport planes—or so I’ve heard.
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Massive sinkhole opens up outside an IHOP in Mississippi : woahdude
Massive sinkhole opens up outside an IHOP in Mississippi via /r/woahdude https://t.co/Xq2RBzMbBP https://t.co/QEnl4ICw4B
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me irl via /r/me_irl https://t.co/cqzO0ySRer https://t.co/Ugp1nrLpeC
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While I was in the process of my very important “research” for a post I did for Dangerous Minds last week on a vintage collection of Swedish bubblegum trading cards, I came across more curious Swedish pop-culture artifacts – paper dolls that were ma…
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An audio murder mystery game where you walk to find clues / Offworld
Wonderland is a wonderful idea for a game. It’s an old-timey audio drama that lets you solve a puzzle at the and of each chapter—and if you can’t, you can walk with your phone to get clues.
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Nabi Compete Is A New Fitness Tracker Designed For Kids | TechCrunch
Fuhu, the company that makes the nabi tablets for kids – the ones with you immediately recognize thanks to their thick, red bumper – is today expanding into the world of wearables with the debut of the nabi Compete.
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500 Startups Is Raising A Microfund Of $15M For 500 Nordics, Out Of Oslo | TechCrunch
Just ahead of the Slush tech confab in Helsinki this week, 500 Startups has revealed plans for its latest regional fund that will be based out of Oslo, Norway: the startup investment group is raising a new microfund of $15 million for 500 Nordics.
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Rand Paul Should Make Tuesday’s Debate About US Troops in Syria and Undeclared Wars | The Nation
That won’t happen. Several candidates who have attempted to engage in serious debate about key issues have been excluded from Tuesday night’s main-stage debate and shunted off to the low-profile “undercard” match.
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Are We Training Cops to Be Hyper-Aggressive ‘Warriors’? | The Nation
Race dominated the coverage of the 2014 shooting of John Crawford. Crawford was a young black man gunned down by white cops in a Beaverton Creek, Ohio, Walmart as he talked to his girlfriend on the phone while absentmindedly holding a BB gun he had …
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The University of Missouri’s Tim Tai and the Weaponization of Safe Space – The Atlantic
At the University of Missouri, student activists succeeded this week in forcing the resignation of President Timothy M. Wolfe, charging that he has not done enough to address persistent racism on campus.
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Black Men: Women’s Allies at Tech Companies – The Atlantic
Companies in STEM fields exhibit serious deficiencies of racial and gender diversity, and some of them are the first to admit it. For a long time, many major companies refused to release demographic data about their workforces, but now they’re discl…
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Orbital View: A Flowering Fort in Italy – The Atlantic
Give a FREE gift subscription to your friend when you start your own subscription now.
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Grimes’s ‘Art Angels’ Reviewed: Giddy Pop With Which to Destroy Your Enemies – The Atlantic
In the swirl of fantastical images surrounding the release of Grimes’s Art Angels, Claire Boucher has been seen with a battle-axe, a sword, a suit of armor, and a mouth dripping with blood. For the album cover, she drew a serpentine self-portrait wi…
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If you’re a fan of children’s books, or even if you’re not, you’ll have definitely heard of Jacqueline Wilson, author of The Story of Tracy Beaker, The Suitcase Kid, and the Hetty Feather series, as well as many other books that light up a bookshelf…
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Adnan Syed, the central figure in “Serial,” the most popular podcast of all time, is serving a life sentence — plus thirty years — for the murder of Hae Min Lee, his ex-girlfriend, in 1999.
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Google releases critical AI program under a free/open license / Boing Boing
Tensorflow, a sophisticated machine learning program that underpins Google Translate, speech recognition, image recognition and many other critical Google services, is now available under an Apache license, one of the least restrictive free/open lic…
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One by Sarah Crossan – review | Children’s books | The Guardian
From my first glance at the cover, the first thought that came into my head was: this is going to be a story about friendship. And then the thought reminded me of Jacqueline Wilson’s Double Act! Who knows how many times I must have read that book?!
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MIT’s friendly snake robot concept can transform into many things | The Verge
When we imagine futuristic robot helpers, we usually think of bots that are basically humanoid. But, other robot forms can be just as useful. Snake-shaped robots, for example, are handy because they’re thin and flexible and can transform into differ…
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Camilla Brandishes Knife at Prince Charles at Australian Winery | Vanity Fair
Prince Charles and Camilla—currently in the midst of a tour of New Zealand and Australia—do not, of course, receive the same obsessive amount of attention in the U.S. that William, Kate, or Harry do.
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Saudi Arabia submits climate pledge to UN deal | Environment | The Guardian
Saudi Arabia made its contribution to a climate rescue pact on Tuesday, calling it a “significant deviation” for the emissions of the oil-reliant economy.
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Clinton’s E-mail Problems Might Get Way Worse | Vanity Fair
The indestructible cockroach of a scandal hasn’t died yet, no matter how many times Hillary Clinton stomps it with a sensible black pump: a new report indicates that the F.B.I.
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During the opening sequence of this documentary on the Canadian music industry from 1973, The Rolling Stones rip through “Jumping Jack Flash” as the crowd at the Montreal Forum go wild.
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How LGBT People Will Benefit From ‘Ban The Box’ Hiring Reforms | ThinkProgress
In response to ongoing pressure from advocates and formerly incarcerated activists, President Obama has ordered federal agencies to delay asking about a job applicant’s criminal history until later in their hiring process.
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The U.S. Could Add A Million Jobs By Getting Off Fossil Fuels | ThinkProgress
A new report has found that transitioning to a clean energy economy would be an economic boon to the United States, increasing employment, reducing costs to consumers, and benefiting investors.
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GOP Debate to Feature Smaller Field, More Pressure | Al Jazeera America
At long last, it will be a slightly shrunken crop of GOP contenders who will be meeting on the main stage this Wednesday for the Republican presidential debate, hosted by Fox Business Network and the Wall Street Journal in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. New …
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Your Horoscopes — Week Of November 10, 2015 – The Onion – America’s Finest News Source
You’ve tried all your life to follow your dreams, probably because you had no idea of the terrible places they’d ultimately be going.
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Gill Sans, One of the Most Popular Typefaces Ever, Is Reborn for the Digital Age | WIRED
Caption: Gill Sans Nova is a revival of the iconic Gill Sans. Monotype British designer Eric Gill created Gill Sans in 1928. Today it is among the most popular typefaces in history, used by everyone from Pixar to the BBC. But the classic typeface is…
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Mother grizzly and cub; Karie Lefebvre [1500 x 1001] : AnimalPorn
Mother grizzly and cub; Karie Lefebvre [1500 x 1001] via /r/AnimalPorn https://t.co/8Me8SnP3bS https://t.co/bQGqyiyv5f
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Volkswagen emissions scandal hits Porsche profits – BBC News
Profits at Porsche, which owns a controlling stake in Volkswagen, have plunged in the wake of the emissions scandal at the VW car group. Porsche’s pre-tax profit more than halved to €1.19bn (£841m) for the nine months to 30 September.
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Under the UK’s new Snoopers Charter (AKA the Investigatory Powers Bill), the Secretary of State will be able to order companies to introduce security vulnerabilities into their software (“backdoors”) and then bind those companies over to perpetual s…
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The Economic Imperative of Bilingual Education in Schools – The Atlantic
Garland Independent School District, a fast-growing suburb northeast of Dallas, has undergone a dramatic demographic shift. Like districts across Texas, Garland schools are blacker, browner, and more racially diverse than a generation ago.
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Disney’s smartwatch prototype can identify and track everything you touch | Ars Technica
Disney Research and Carnegie Mellon University have hacked together a proof-of-concept smartwatch that uses electromagnetic noise profiles to detect, in real-time, when the wearer is touching an item. The group calls the idea “EM-Sense.”
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Why Are There So Many Catholics in Science Fiction? – The Atlantic
Speaking at Loyola University last month, Brother Guy Consolmagno, S.J., recently named the director of the Vatican Observatory, was enthused. He was lauding the work of 19th-century Jesuit astronomer Angelo Secchi, particularly the cleric’s contrib…
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R.I.P. Allen Toussaint, legendary New Orleans musician · Newswire · The A.V. Club
Legendary New Orleans musician Allen Toussaint has died. He was 77 and reportedly suffered a heart attack after a concert in Madrid, Spain. Best known for tracks like “Working In A Coalmine,” “Southern Nights,” and “Fortune Teller,” Toussaint was on…
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Krysten Ritter Kicks All The Butt In This Amazing New Jessica Jones Trailer
It’s not long before we get the whole series to gorge on, but for now, we’ll happily take this kickass trailer for Jessica Jones. Krysten Ritter kicking butt? Check. David Tennant being mysterious and creepy as hell? Double check. And there’s a whol…
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Watch the first trailer for Finding Dory | The Verge
Finding Dory, the sequel to 2003’s literal fish-out-of-water story Finding Nemo, finally has its first trailer. The film follows Dory, the chatty blue fish voiced by Ellen Degeneres, as she goes on a journey to find her fish family. Idris Elba, Domi…
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Time Warner Cable hopes to lure cord-cutters with a Roku 3 and cheap streaming | Ars Technica
Cord-cutting customers in the New York City area have a new option to stream live TV. Time Warner Cable is starting up its Roku TV beta service today, which allows Internet-only patrons to stream live television via a Roku 3 player.
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Marco Rubio, Imaginary Frontrunner | The New Republic
As we approach the fourth Republican debate, it’s striking that some of the most astute observers of American politics now see Marco Rubio as the frontrunner for the nomination—albeit, in the words of New York Times columnist Ross Douthat, “a very s…
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OAKLAND, CA—Pricing out residents on either side of the street with each step he took, Facebook software engineer Eric Healy reportedly sent local housing costs soaring during a casual stroll through a residential neighborhood Tuesday.
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The feeling that London’s Metropolitan Police are above the law is nothing new. Whether it’s battering protesters or the disturbing number of people who die in their custody, the police seem to be get away with things all too often.
Exclusive: VICE Data Shows Virtually No London Cops Get Fired for Complaints of Assault https://t.co/kVUJbf8cTW -
Dammit, Starz’ Miriam Black TV show adaptation seems to be dead. Author Chuck Wendig just gave notice that Starz had chosen not to bring his foul-mouthed, self-destructive, mystical death-seer to series.
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Baby Cured Of Leukemia By ‘Designer’ Cells – The Onion – America’s Finest News Source
In what could be a major breakthrough in cancer research, a baby diagnosed with terminal leukemia has been entirely cleared of the disease by the experimental use of immune cells genetically engineered to target and attack cancer cells, a treatment …
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“Journey to where the heart is” by Mocha. : ImaginaryMindscapes
“Journey to where the heart is” by Mocha. via /r/ImaginaryMindscapes https://t.co/lU8upzdqWr https://t.co/tAEuxuCA94
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The Deerfield River in Massachusetts [OC][4800×2400] : EarthPorn
The Deerfield River in Massachusetts [OC][4800×2400] via /r/EarthPorn https://t.co/GTgtpzVmqa https://t.co/ah192NiTlY
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Crikey, step back! via /r/funny https://t.co/d5bbh9SadX https://t.co/9wfMzDjAcl
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You’ll soon be able to buy the Amazon Echo at retail stores | The Verge
Amazon today announced that it will be selling the Echo personal assistant / Bluetooth speaker at more than 3,000 retail locations across the US in the near future. Prior to this, the only way to purchase an Echo was to order it direct from Amazon i…
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Check out a new trailer for Netflix and Marvel’s Jessica Jones | The Verge
Jessica Jones is set to become Netflix and Marvel’s latest collaboration when it’s made available on November 20th.
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Barnivore Tells You If Your Booze Is Vegetarian-Friendly
It seems downright unbelievable, but a lot of booze isn’t vegan or even vegetarian, and many brands use animal products (such as fish bladders for filtration and beetles for coloring) during processing. If this causes you distress, take a breath and…
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How People Reacted to the First Smartphone – The Atlantic
Here’s a gem from the not-too-distant Internet past that seems, in retrospect, way older than it actually is. The tech website BGR unearthed a comment thread from 2007 that originally appeared on the website Engadget, and was preserved by the Intern…
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Stephen Colbert assures George Lucas he knows what lightsabers are · Newswire · The A.V. Club
Stephen Colbert has often claimed/joked that he’s the “original Star Wars fan,” based in part on the fact that he won tickets to an early screening of the very first film back in 1977.
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RZA Details Previously Unreleased Ol’ Dirty Bastard Song | Rolling Stone
In 2010, Wu-Tang Clan producer and mastermind RZA was rummaging through old files on his computer when he came across “Bitches Better Obey Me,” an unreleased Ol’ Dirty Bastard track produced by RZA and Wu collaborator Buddha Monk in 1994.
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German ex-Chancellor Schmidt dies at 96 – BBC News
David Cameron sets out his four EU reform goals – but the European Commission warns his benefit restrictions may be illegal.
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Ellen Pao’s Advice to Women – The Atlantic
If you’re an executive in Silicon Valley who calls the diversity problem in tech an “unconscious bias,” you’re kidding yourself. And if you’re a woman working for a company whose CEO has said something to that effect, get out of there.
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In 1977, when Stoney Emshwiller was 18 years old, he recorded himself interviewing his older self. This year, Emshwiller sat down to answer those questions. The result is wonderful.
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Taylor Swift Settles Lucky 13 Legal Battle | Rolling Stone
Taylor Swift ended an 18-month legal dispute when the singer reached a settlement after being sued over her use of the term “Lucky 13” on merchandise and other marketing endeavors. Terms of the settlement, which allowed Swift to avoid a trial, were …
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David Bowie Releases Extended ‘Blackstar’ Snippet | Rolling Stone
David Bowie Releases Extended ‘Blackstar’ Snippet ‘Last Panthers’ preview offers 90-second glimpse at singer’s throbbing, darkly orchestral new album title track
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New Horizons: Pluto may have ice volcanoes : space
New Horizons: Pluto may have ice volcanoes via /r/space https://t.co/r16LCCXTHr https://t.co/CJZGPUyE4W
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The Proud Owner, 1920s : OldSchoolCool
The Proud Owner, 1920s via /r/OldSchoolCool https://t.co/ur2EbY2lvv https://t.co/At33au63Ba
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Former Atlanta Braves pitcher Tommy Hanson dies aged 29 | Sport | The Guardian
Tommy Hanson, who pitched five seasons in the major leagues for the Braves and the Angels, has died aged 29. A group of Hanson’s former team-mates were nearby when he died at Piedmont hospital in Atlanta.
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Zombie apocalypse survival likelihood calculator / Boing Boing
How long would you survive in a zombie apocalypse? Residents of the United Kingdom can find out using this location-based survival calculator. The methodology strikes me as deeply suspect, but that might be missing the point.
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A Federal Judge’s Bizarre, Donald Trump-Like Take On Birthright Citizenship | ThinkProgress
Donald Trump may have a new favorite federal judge. Speaking at a law school conference on Friday, a long-serving federal appellate judge offered a ray of hope to nativists who want to strip citizenship from the children of undocumented immigrants.
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Can social enterprise help fix the Greek crisis? | Guardian Sustainable Business | The Guardian
Myrto Papadogeorgou and her business partner Nikos Konstantinou chose not to join the exodus of 200,000 people from Greece over the past five years. Instead they’ve stayed, hoping to help drag their country out of crisis.
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Deep Cuts from 1985 from the Hip Hop Family Tree / Boing Boing
With less than a handful of songs the Beastie Boys got to tour cross-country in 1985 during Madonna’s “Virgin” tour. Read the rest of the Hip Hop Family Tree comics!
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Maria and her 10-year-old son Jose fled El Salvador in early October to seek asylum in the United States, hoping they may finally be able to leave gang violence behind.
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Rudd issues transport challenge to meet UK renewables target | Environment | The Guardian
Amber Rudd has challenged her transport secretary Patrick McLoughlin to make sure the UK does not miss its EU target of sourcing 15% of energy from renewable sources by 2020.
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What Explains The Carolina Panthers’ Rise? | FiveThirtyEight
When the Denver Broncos fell to the Indianapolis Colts on Sunday, just three teams remained undefeated in the 2015 NFL season: the New England Patriots, Cincinnati Bengals and Carolina Panthers.
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We Must Destroy Nukes Before an Artificial Intelligence Learns to Use Them | Motherboard
A few Fridays ago, I was supposed to be speaking to Onate High School in Las Cruces, New Mexico, as part of my presidential campaign on the Transhumanist platform. A science teacher had invited me to lecture at the school, but an assistant principal…
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Jeb Bush confirms he would kill baby Hitler / Boing Boing
Jeb Bush, a Republican candidate for the nation’s highest office, confirmed Monday that if given the opportunity, he would kill Adolf Hitler as a baby.
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Put Yourself In a Better Food Environment to Build Better Dietary Habits
You may jokingly tell people you’re on the “see-food diet”, where you just eat whatever you see, but perhaps there’s something to it.
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We Now Have Proof that Macs Can Get Ransomware | Motherboard
Ransomware, the devilish family of malware that locks down a victim’s files until he or she coughs up a hefty bounty, may soon be coming to Mac.
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The Complete Guide To Making Apple Pie At Home | First We Feast
To be the star of this year’s Thanksgiving, you don’t have to oversee the turkey. Instead, grab butter, flour, sugar, apples, and a rolling pin. Those are all the components needed to make a show-stopping apple pie—the queen of the dessert table.
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J.J. Abrams, Star Wars Superfan, on Directing The Force Awakens | WIRED
Step through the sleek, anonymous metal door of J.J. Abrams’ Bad Robot Productions and you enter a world of memorabilia—the murderous Talky Tina doll from The Twilight Zone, rows of old VHS tapes labeled “Midnight Movies,” a Six Million Dollar Man b…
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In September 1957, someone from the Lincoln Park Zoo brought a young 30-inch snake to the Chicago Natural History Museum. They asked for help identifying the snake. Famed herpetologist Karl P. Schmidt was working at the Natural History Museum at th…
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Nick Offerman Reveals His Top Fatty Meat Dishes for Fall – YouTube
Nick Offerman walks Jimmy through some of the preferred fatty meat dishes he ate to gain weight for his play A Confederacy of Dunces, including turducken-fed pork.Subscribe NOW to The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon: http://bit.ly/1nwT1aNWatch Th…
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The Bulgarian Duo Leading an Indoor Rock Climbing Revolution
By Esmé E. Deprez | November 10, 2015 The Bulgarian village of Letnitsa (population 2,547) is a cluster of red-roof-tiled homes in a rural stretch of countryside in the Danube River valley, between the Balkan Mountains and the Romanian border.
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My apartment just got hit by a big rig… : pics
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You work in a psych ward?? What do you DO?? – Meme on Imgur
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COLUMBIA, Mo. — A video that showed University of Missouri protesters restricting a student photographer’s access to a public area of campus on Monday ignited discussions about press freedom.
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Xbox One Gains Xbox 360 Backwards Compatibility For 104 Games | TechCrunch
Starting on Thursday, you will be able to play 104 games on your Xbox One that were previously only available on the Xbox 360. Games include Red Dead Redemption, Fable II, Fallout 3, Gears of War games, GTA games and more. All of this is free of cha…
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BBC Sport – Athletics doping: Wada suspends Moscow anti-doping lab
The Moscow Antidoping Center has had its accreditation suspended by the World Anti-Doping Agency (Wada). The ban, which takes immediate effect, prohibits the centre from carrying out any Wada-related anti-doping activity.
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Google Maps gets offline search and directions – BBC News
Google has upgraded its Android Maps app so it can provide directions when not connected to the internet. The software also lets devices find businesses’ locations, opening hours and telephone numbers while offline.
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More Star Wars Hints and Clues Than You Can Shake A Lightsaber At!
Anthony Mackie teases the political bent of Civil War. Is Hugh Jackman part of reshoots for Deadpool? Melissa Benoist talks about Superman appearing on Supergirl. Plus, Arrow teases more mysteries, and what’s to come on The Flash, iZombie, Doctor Wh…
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How to green your home: make your own cleaning spray for every task | Life and style | The Guardian
In our obsessive consumer culture, one of the most radical choices you can make is choosing to create, rather than consume.
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Google Maps is adding offline navigation and search starting today | The Verge
Offline search and navigation was one of the biggest announcements at I/O this May — and now, nearly six months later, that feature is finally reaching users. Today, Google Maps will roll out a new offline mode allowing for driving directions and se…
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How Did an Oscar-Winning Legend End Up in This Painfully Amateurish Ho | Vanity Fair
Welcome to the world of “four-walled” vanity films. James Caan would show you to your seat, but … he’s not feeling well today.
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Be a Cat Researcher – Scientific American
Getty Images/iStockphoto/Thinkstock (MARS)
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Poetry from a polymath games legend: Raph Koster’s “Sunday Poems” / Boing Boing
Game designer Raph Koster is a polymath. A legendary game-designer (Star Wars Galaxies, Ultima Online, etc), author of one of the seminal texts on game design (A Theory of Fun), visual artist, musician — and poet.
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Courts Should Consider Trauma of Death Row Vets | Al Jazeera America
U.S. military veterans make up about 10 percent of inmates on death row and courts are not doing enough to consider post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) as a mitigating factor in sentencing, a study released Tuesday said.
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Fernando Guerra wins Arcaid award for best architectural photograph
World Architecture Festival 2015: the orange, yellow and green tones of a building in Switzerland are captured in this shot by Fernando Guerra, which has been named best architectural photograph of the year.
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Creates of monastery stones and statue of the King of Seville arrive in Miami. St. Bernard de Clairvaux was dismantled and shipped from Spain by William Randolph Hearst. We had been driving through what felt like one continuous Miami strip mall for…
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Don’t tell me what to like : firstworldanarchists
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View from Jane Bald, Roan Mountain, NC [20,103 x 2,246] [OC] [Fixed] : EarthPorn
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The 5-hour rule: how long it takes to become marginally competent at a basic skill / Boing Boing
Mike Boyd is familiar with Gladwell’s 10,000, that being the approximate number of hours of practice supposedly required to master something. He wondered how long it would take him to learn to kickflip on a skateboard.
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Warren’s Social Security COLA Bill Poses a Question for Clinton
When it became clear that Social Security recipients would not receive a cost-of-living adjustment in 2016, Sen.
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Nigeria must own up to the blood shed for oil | World news | The Guardian
The Nigerian government is struggling to confront its past abuses, and nowhere is this clearer than in the case of the Ogoni nine, the environmental activists from the Niger Delta hanged in 1995 by the Sani Abacha regime on trumped-up charges.
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Egypt plane crash: Dutch operator deemed Sharm unsafe in 2014 – BBC News
Dutch tour operator Corendon has said it stopped offering holidays in Sharm el-Sheikh in Egypt in early 2014 after receiving intelligence information. All 224 people on a Russian Airbus 321 were killed when it crashed shortly after taking off from S…
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Stuff Your Stockings With Deeply Discounted Sony Flash Storage, Today Only
You can never have too much flash storage, so be sure to stock up during today’s Amazon Gold Box event. Inside, you’ll find great deals on Sony SD cards, microSD cards, and flash drives in multiple capacities.
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Women Die Younger Than Men from HIV in U.S. [Infographic] – Scientific American
Medications are keeping people with HIV alive longer than ever before, but women with AIDS tend to die at a younger age in the U.S. than men with the illness (see chart below).
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Volkswagen poaches an executive that Apple had just hired from Mercedes | The Verge
Johann Jungwirth, an executive at Apple for the past year, has been brought on by Volkswagen Group to “drive the digital transformation” among its brands. His new title, quite literally, is “head of digital transformation.
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67-year-old grindcore-singing mom is way more brutal than you|Dangerous Minds
A 67-year-old mom from Canada is proving that getting older simply means getting more brutal. She calls herself “The Grindmother” and she’s no mere novelty.
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Class Action Lawsuits Are Now Piling Up Following Breach of T-Mobile Data | Motherboard
The data processor whose recent hack exposed the private information of 15 million people who applied for T-Mobile service is now facing legal action.
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Russian lab closed after doping report – Al Jazeera English
A Moscow laboratory used for doping tests has stopped operating after its accreditation was suspended by the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA), the head of the Russian Anti-Doping Agency, Nikita Kamaev, said.
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As Danny Watch enters week three (Chris Messina is apparently shooting a movie with Ben Affleck), The Mindy Project struggles to find a new center after focusing on the Mindy and Danny relationship for the bulk of its previous two seasons.
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Japan demands UN expert retract remarks on ‘compensated dating’ – BBC News
Japan’s government wants a UN expert to retract a claim that 13% of Japanese schoolgirls engage in “compensated dating”, which can involve sex. The foreign ministry said the remarks by Maud de Boer-Buquicchio were “inappropriate” and “regrettable”.
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Study Finds a Connection Between Masculinity and Energy-Drink Consumption – The Atlantic
Hey brah, what’s your favorite energy drink? Red Bull? Monster? Rock Star? Male Gaze? Do you embrace your guy friends while maintaining an arm-wrestle-like hand-clasp between your bodies? Do you enjoy infusing your body with guarana before doing som…
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Tech Bubbles and the Discovery of Electricity – The Atlantic
Silicon Valley often finds itself faced with a difficult question, one that’s asked so often it’s practically a parlor game: Are we in a tech bubble? In other words, is the volume of money pouring into technology companies sustainable, or are we on …
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Ways to Listen to Kagro in the Morning: Your options to listen LIVE: Click on the embedded player above Go to netrootsradio.
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Space in Images – 2015 – 11 – Isolation ends
The first supply aircraft in over six months landed at Europe’s Concordia station on 6 November, bringing long-awaited equipment, food – including fresh fruit – and replacement personnel.
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Design your own font easily with Metaflop and Metafont / Boing Boing
Metafont makes it easy to create your own typeface: all you have to do is move sliders that alter the geometry until you’ve got the results you want. Then click “download,” and you have your font!
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Nigeria’s Ken Saro-Wiwa should be ‘pardoned’ – BBC News
Supporters of renowned Nigerian environmental activist Ken Saro-Wiwa have called for him to be posthumously pardoned, as they mark the 20th anniversary of his execution. Nigeria’s then-military regime sparked global outrage after convicting Mr Saro-…
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The $100 Samsung Gear VR Can Now Be Pre-Ordered | TechCrunch
The second generation of the Samsung Gear will only cost $100 and can now be pre-ordered from Best Buy. This is the device that could make or break virtual reality.
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Moving 101 Helps Plan Your Move from Start to Finish
Moving can be a big, time consuming headache. Of course, you have options when you’re planning your move. But the more time and effort you try to save, the more it’s going to cost you. Moving 101 helps you weigh these options and plan every step of …
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BBC Sport – Fifa presidency: Gianni Infantino ‘will withdraw’ for Michel Platini
Fifa presidential candidate Gianni Infantino says he will withdraw from the race if suspended Uefa boss Michel Platini is allowed to stand. Platini and outgoing president Sepp Blatter are under investigation over a payment made to the Frenchman by t…
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How photography is bringing hope to Nepal – Al Jazeera English
Kathmandu, Nepal – They adorned the walls of an ancient palace, rested against old stone water spout and hanged scattered through narrow alleyways across the ancient city of Patan – images that convey feelings of nostalgia and hope, joy and history.
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Lose yourself in our massive searchable collection of candidates’ social media photos | Fusion
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What the U.K. Wants From the EU – The Atlantic
Prime Minister David Cameron, in a letter to the president of the European Council, is seeking an overhaul of the European Union ahead of a U.K. referendum in 2017 over whether to remain in the bloc. The U.K. is seeking an overhaul of four areas:
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Collectors Stash $1.5 Billion of Wine in Old British Ammo Dump – Bloomberg Business
You’d never know it was there. Past a field dotted with hay bales, my driver turns up a small road that seems to go nowhere. When we reach a metal gate, a security guard comes out to greet me. Then he hands me a gas mask that looks like it should be…
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Science and Politics in the South China Sea | Hakai Magazine
How globalization of the seafood industry keeps consumers in the dark and prices down. West coast US small-boat fishermen are struggling to stay afloat.
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Many Americans, when faced with a serious health risk like high cholesterol, opt to take a pill rather than adopt healthier living habits. A middle-aged woman I know is typifies this attitude.
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What Will Energy Look Like in 2040? 4 Things to Know
Coal faces a “reversal of fortune,” clean power will make big strides, and India will become the new center of energy growth in 2040. These are among the predictions outlined in a new report on the future of energy.
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R&B legend Allen Toussaint dies aged 77 – BBC News
US musician Allen Toussaint has died at the age of 77, Spanish authorities have confirmed to the BBC. The Grammy Award-winner was known for songs like Working In The Coalmine, Southern Nights and Fortune Teller.
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Quentin Tarantino to be subject of authorised documentary | Film | The Guardian
He may have police unions gunning for him, but Quentin Tarantino will also be experiencing attention of a more appreciative nature, as it was announced at the AFM that a documentary about him and his work is in production.
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Hunger Makes You Crave More Than Food – Scientific American
Hunger is a part of daily life. Before each meal, it beckons us to the table and reminds us that our existence depends on putting food in our mouths. Hunger is so universal that a complete trilogy of young adult books and movie spinoffs take their n…
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French philosopher Andre Glucksmann dies at 78 – BBC News
Andre Glucksmann, one of the most prominent figures in French philosophy, has died aged 78. An associate of Jean-Paul Sartre, he helped provide the intellectual underpinning for the student and worker revolts of May 1968.
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After 40 years, Sony retires Betamax / Boing Boing
You’d be forgiven for thinking the videocassette format long-dead, but it turns out that Betamax is still around. Sony is finally going to withdraw tapes from sale, bringing a 40-year story to an end. The last recorders were sold in 2002.
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Why Comcast And Its New Data Cap Might Not Be Completely Wrong And Evil — For Once | ThinkProgress
Cable giant Comcast doesn’t necessarily conjure up warm and fuzzy feelings, and more likely associated with feelings of frustration and primal rage.
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Michigan City Tells Residents To Pay Up Or They’ll Shut Off Water — Again | ThinkProgress
Months after a county judge ordered Flint, Michigan to cease shutting off water pipes and revise customers’ bills, the city is once again sending out letters warning customers to pay or go dry.
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Nigeria impounds Saro-Wiwa memorial art bus – Al Jazeera English
The Nigerian government impounded a bus created as an artistic memorial to commemorate the 20th anniversary since the hanging of environmentalist Ken Saro-Wiwa.
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Here Are 3 Important Issues That Were Missing From The Last 3 Republican Debates | ThinkProgress
CREDIT: AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill Tuesday night marks the fourth Republican presidential debate, and for some, things are starting to feel a little repetitive. For two hours, it seems safe to say that the conservative contenders will argue for limite…
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Los Angeles is one of the most densely populated cities in the country. It also sits atop some of the largest oil fields in the country.
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Can Miami Beach Survive Global Warming? | Vanity Fair
Miami real estate is booming as never before—but rising sea levels driven by global warming might mean a major bust. The mayor, climate scientists, and other experts tackle the dilemma.I.
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Meet The Fast Food Workers Going On Strike In The Biggest Action Yet | ThinkProgress
On Tuesday, fast food workers will stage the biggest strike to ever hit the industry, with walkouts happening in a record 270 cities across the country.
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How Apple Is Giving Design A Bad Name
For years, Apple followed user-centered principles. Then something went wrong. Once upon a time, Apple was known for designing easy-to-use, easy-to-understand products.
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These Animals Use Personal Names, But Never Gossip – Facts So Romantic – Nautilus
Four-year old Simon is lost. His mother was in front of him just a moment ago, standing right there next to the grocery-store pyramid of apples, but now she’s gone. He looks past the lemons, the pears, the bananas, but still can’t see her. “Mom?” he…
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‘These Babies Keep Dying’ | The Marshall Project
Over a stretch of 17 months at the largest jail in Arkansas, three inmates miscarried and one gave birth to a full-term baby boy in a toilet. The newborn soon died, still attached to his umbilical cord. He was wrapped in a medical waste bag.
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Ford’s Skipping the Trickiest Thing About Self-Driving Cars | WIRED
Caption: Ford’s working on autonomous capability with a fleet of self-driving Fusion hybrids. FORD There are two paths toward automotive autonomy. Conventional automakers advocate a step-by-step approach, adding features one-by-one so humans cede co…
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Why do so many people want to leave Eritrea for Europe? – BBC News
After Syria, Eritrea provides the second largest number of people looking to migrate to Europe. One in ten of all prospective migrants to Europe are Eritrean, and the UN estimates around 4,000 people leave the country every month.
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Benedict Cumberbatch receives CBE – BBC News
Benedict Cumberbatch has been made a CBE by the Queen at a ceremony at Buckingham Palace. The Sherlock star is being honoured for his work as an actor and his charitable efforts.
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Tips, links and suggestions: what are you reading this week? | Books | The Guardian
Welcome to this week’s blog. Here’s a roundup of your comments from last week. As you might have gathered, Marta is away at the moment, and I have been so busy without her that the upset caused by some aggressive commenters over the last fortnight p…
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Forget Rex Ryan, Tyrod Taylor’s brilliance is the real story at the Bills | Sport | The Guardian
Week 10 of the NFL season opens this Thursday night with the Bills at the Jets, a divisional matchup that has AFC wildcard implications and the storyline of Rex Ryan returning to face his old team.
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The Turnbull government’s “Direct Action” policy cannot meet even the “inadequate” emission reductions it will pledge at the UN climate meeting in Paris and in fact will allow Australia’s greenhouse pollution to rise, according to the Climate Instit…
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Gett, In A Mission To Take Down Uber, Launches “Surge Sucks” Campaign | TechCrunch
Gett ride-sharing platform has spent years now trying to gimmick its way into the same competitive ring as Uber. Last summer, Gett offered flat $10 rides anywhere within Manhattan. But today the gloves are coming off.
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Frichti Grabs $1.1 Million For Its Full Stack Food Delivery Service | TechCrunch
French startup Frichti is getting involved in the food delivery wars. The company just raised $1.1 million (€1 million) from Alven Capital with an approach that has been getting more popular recently.
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Uber And Lyft Join Forces With The White House To Offer Free Rides To Veterans | TechCrunch
Just before Veterans Day, Uber and Lyft are teaming up with the U.S. government to offer free transportation to former military men and women who lack a way to get to jobs and interviews.
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Modern Science of Perfume-Making: Introducing Nomenclature | Vanity Fair
Call it chemistry. It’s a hefty dose of molecules that perfume designer Karl Bradl of Aedes de Venustas and creative director and designer of aesthetics Carlos Quintero seem to share, as together, they produced a heterodox concept in perfume-making.
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America’s Pregnancy-Care Paradox: Paying Ever More for the Same Bad Results – The Atlantic
America is an expensive place to give birth—the “costliest in the world,” according to The New York Times. Giving birth in most other countries is free or cheap for just about every citizen.
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The legacy of a Nigerian human rights hero – Al Jazeera English
Twenty years ago I was privileged to be part of a blossoming pro-democracy movement in Nigeria that was opposing the military government. As we called for a return to democracy after years of military rule, a fragilely built man was focusing on an i…
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Argentina mayor ‘trapped in town hall’ by protesters – BBC News
The mayor of Concepcion, an Argentine town in northern Tucuman province, says he is trapped in the town hall. Mayor Roberto Sanchez said the building was surrounded on Monday night by demonstrators who burned tyres.
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BBC Sport – Athletics doping: Russia not the only country involved – Ed Warner
Russia is not the only country with systemic doping problems, says UK Athletics chairman Ed Warner. Commission chairman Dick Pound said Russia’s athletics federation should be banned from the Rio 2016 Olympics.
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The life and times of Strider Wolf
He has traveled so far, from near-fatal abuse to here, invisible among Maine’s poorest, in the care of grandparents who have little left to give but love — and just enough of that. Yet somehow Strider is climbing. How high? How far?
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Major Thailand people smuggling court hearing begins – BBC News
Thailand has begun a court hearing in a major people smuggling case involving 88 suspected human traffickers. The suspects include an army general, senior police officers and local politicians.
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Does sustainability come from supermarkets? – Louise O Fresco – Aeon
The tomato is one of our lovelier foods; juicy icon of the good life.
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Dave Asprey does not like infomercials. He didn’t want our conversation to feel like one, he said, raising both hands in a gesture of innocence, like a magician showing there was nothing up his sleeve. But once he planted the suggestion, it wouldn’t…
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Well at least Mathew has something for the burn. – Imgur
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Like many of us, Russian literary great Fyodor Dostoevsky liked to doodle when he was distracted. He left his handiwork in several manuscripts—finely shaded drawings of expressive faces and elaborate architectural features.
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Military veterans on death row deserve special consideration, says report | US news | The Guardian
For a fleeting moment in 2009, James Davis was a wounded war veteran belatedly receiving his Purple Heart four decades after he fought in Vietnam.
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Significant Digits For Tuesday, Nov. 10, 2015 | FiveThirtyEight
You’re reading Significant Digits, a daily digest of the telling numbers tucked inside the news. For the first time, global temperatures this year will be more than 1 degree Celsius higher than pre-Industrial Revolution levels.
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Jerusalem: Palestinian teens stab Israeli train guard – BBC News
Two Palestinians aged 12 and 13 have stabbed and wounded an Israeli security guard in East Jerusalem, police say. The 12-year-old was shot and injured, and the other caught unharmed. A Palestinian man was later killed in an attempted attack elsewher…
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Lego Spaceport Set Is Out of This World: Q&A with Its Designers
We finally got our hands on Lego’s new Spaceport set, and it was awesome — so we reached out to the kit’s designers to hear more about it. After two hours of construction (and a video!), Space.
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Got Milky Way? Cows Bask Under a Brilliant Night Sky (Photo)
Skywatcher Stephen Ippolito captured this image of the Milky Way over some friendly cows was taken in New Hampshire on Sept. 11, 2015.Credit: Stephen Ippolito View full size image While photographing the night sky, one photographer got quite a scare…
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Cold War-Era US Soldiers Were Geraing Up to Fight in Space | Motherboard
This story originally appear on War Is Boring. In space, no one can hear you scream. But in the early days of the space age, the Pentagon had a bigger problem—namely, earthly notions of ballistics and gun-design didn’t apply in a vacuum.
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Saudi Arabia’s 2015 beheadings the most in 20 years – Al Jazeera English
Saudi Arabia has executed at least 151 people so far this year – the most put to death in a single year since 1995. The stark rise in the number of executions has seen on average one person killed every two days, according to the human rights group …
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Abbreviated pundit roundup: Ben Carson can’t handle the truth or the media scrutiny
We begin today’s roundup with USA Today’s editorial on Republican candidate Ben Carson: Because Carson, like Donald Trump and Carly Fiorina, has no prior experience in government but now seeks the nation’s highest office, the need for careful vettin…
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Schoology Cloud-Based Education Platform Lands $32 Million Series D | TechCrunch
Schoology, the learning management system that focuses on cloud collaboration, has today announced the close of a $32 million Series D financing led by JMI Equity, with participation from existing investors including FirstMark Capital, Intel Capital…
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Pandemonium! Motion of Pluto’s Moons Perplexes Scientists
The orbits of Pluto’s four smallest moons are even more chaotic than scientists had expected, according to new results from the New Horizons mission, which made a close flyby of Pluto in July.
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Susan Kendrick Shuenemann was on the phone with her sister blocks from her new home in Savannah, Georgia, when a man interrupted and asked for directions. She didn’t know the area, and told him so. She was watching him walk away when he turned, snap…
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First Click: Today will be the biggest shopping day the internet has ever known | The Verge
The world’s biggest online shopping day isn’t Black Friday, or even Cyber Monday, it’s November 11th. In just a few hours it’ll be 11/11 in Beijing — aka, Singles’ Day in China, and it’s sure to set another internet sales record.
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Tencent’s WeChat Messaging App Reaches 200M Users On Its Payments Service | TechCrunch
Chinese internet firm Tencent announced its latest financial results today, but one of the standout figures isn’t a financial stat.
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If You Can’t Come Up With a Good Idea, Put Two Other Ideas Together
No matter how long you stare at that blank page, it’s not going to magically give you that perfect idea you need. However, if you’re hitting a creative block, try combining two generic (or bad!) ideas together to see how you can recombine them.
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The U.S. Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals blocked a series of President Obama’s executive orders on immigration on Friday, frustrating the administration’s efforts to shield millions of undocumented immigrants from deportation and setting up a potenti…
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This Just In: Russian Anti-Doping Lab’s Accreditation Suspended – The Atlantic
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On the Origin of Species voted most influential academic book in history | Books | The Guardian
Charles Darwin’s On the Origin of Species has been voted the most influential academic book ever written, hailed as “the supreme demonstration of why academic books matter” and “a book which has changed the way we think about everything”.
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Russian plane crash in Sinai: the fallout – BBC News
If investigators confirm that it was a bomb that brought down a Russian airliner over Egypt last week, the fallout from the explosion will spread far beyond the remote patch of desert into which the debris crashed.
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Maldives state of emergency lifted – BBC News
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‘We all stand before history’ – Al Jazeera English
Ken Saro-Wiwa was executed on a school day. That Friday morning of November 10, 1995, in my birthplace of Port Harcourt in the Niger Delta, I was seated in class when the news arrived that the Ogoni Nine had been hanged.
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Martin O’Malley Wants to Expunge the Records of Veterans Discharged for Being Gay | VICE News
Martin O’Malley may not have a “Veterans for O’Malley” support group on Twitter like the one backing his presidential race rival Bernie Sanders, but the former Maryland governor is working to corner more of the veteran voting market, releasing one o…
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IEA: Global energy use to spike 30 percent by 2040 – Al Jazeera English
Global energy use will shoot up 30 percent over the next 25 years, driven primarily by growing demand in emerging economies, a report released on Tuesday by the International Energy Agency (IEA) said.
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For some reason, Starbucks keeps trying to coax its customers to share a bit more over their coffee cups. And this year, its annual red holiday cup became fodder for a little less charitable sharing.
Love Everyone Often 11/11/2015
When your weak ass competition thinks they’re in the lead but you know the level better – GIF on Imgur https://t.co/ltPPL994Ie tags: IFTTT Delicious via:packrati.us When white trash is threatening you but player three enters the game – GIF on Imgur https://t.co/zP783aWJoi tags: IFTTT Delicious via:packrati.us To anyone not playing…
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