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Overdose of counterfeit drugs in Pakistan – Al Jazeera English
Millions of people in Pakistan are affected by the lucrative industry of counterfeit medicine. But it is not just the drugs that aren’t what they seem. The doctors and dentists handing them out, too, can often be fake.
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IVF ‘best option’ to save white rhino population – BBC News
The chief executive of the Ol Pejeta Conservancy in Kenya, Richard Vigne, has told the BBC that in-vitro fertilisation (IVF) is the best option to save the northern white rhinoceros.
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Marco Rubio pitches himself as candidate with a plan to fight Isis – video | US news | The Guardian
Republican presidential candidate Marco Rubio outlined his strategy to defeat the Islamic State while campaigning across Iowa this weekend. The Florida senator left a lasting impression with many undecided voters
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Fall in Love With Japan’s Overclocking Romance Manga | Motherboard
87 Clockers is a manga series about competitive overclocking. You read that right. it’s a Japanese romance comic series that revolves around juicing your computer for all it’s worth—tinkering with CPUs and GPUs to get better performance out your PC,…
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Governors’ tough talk can’t block refugees (latimes.com)submitted 7 minutes ago by loading…
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Samsung’s new Gear VR commercial adds normality to virtual reality | The Verge
In The Verge’s preview of the commercial version of Gear VR, Ben Popper said he came away from his time with the device “in awe [and] excited for the future of this new artistic medium.
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Change ahead: Mauricio Macri’s vision for Argentina – BBC News
Only a year ago, Buenos Aires mayor Mauricio Macri was seen as a minor player in the race for the presidency. Few thought he stood a real chance of winning the country’s top office.
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Drug-driving arrests increase 600% after law change – BBC News
Roadside tests and a zero tolerance approach have seen the number of arrests for drug-driving increase by more than 600% in some police force areas – but how are the roadside tests actually carried out?
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Governors’ tough talk can’t block refugees : Liberal
Governors’ tough talk can’t block refugees https://t.co/O2Chz4Ljp0 https://t.co/2Rg7qw0VgP via /r/Liberal
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Governors’ tough talk can’t block refugees – LA Times
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All The Food Safety Questions You’ll Have On Thanksgiving Day, Answered
Family disagreements at Thanksgiving aren’t limited to politics at the dinner table: if you’ve ever stood in the kitchen arguing with your grandma about whether the turkey is done, you know what we mean. So we asked food safety expert Ben Chapman to…
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Tragedy highlights Myanmar jade-mining practices – Al Jazeera English
Lack of government oversight and military cronyism are to blame for poor conditions in Myanmar’s jade-mining industry, highlighted by the disaster which killed at least 113 people on Saturday, environmental activists say.
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Paris attacks: France to intensify air strikes against IS – BBC News
French President Francois Hollande has said his country will intensify air strikes against Islamic State (IS) militants in Syria and Iraq. Speaking in Paris after talks with UK PM David Cameron, Mr Hollande confirmed French aircraft carrier Charles …
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Climate change and the Republican party: ‘America is not a planet’ | Environment | The Guardian
Tweeted in January 2014: “This very expensive GLOBAL WARMING bullshit has got to stop. Our planet is freezing, record low temps, and our GW scientists are stuck in ice” and “Any and all weather events are used by the GLOBAL WARMING HOAXSTERS to just…
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The man considered the father figure of environmental protection in the US has attacked Republicans for “going through all the stages of denial” over climate change, accusing leading presidential contenders Donald Trump and Marco Rubio of ignoring s…
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Nigeria election candidate Audu dies during vote count – BBC News
It is not clear what caused the death of Abubakar Audu, who is from President Muhammadu Buhari’s APC party. The BBC’s Chris Ewokor says the 68-year-old was believed to have received the most votes at the time of his death.
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Trollhunters by Guillermo del Toro – review | Children’s books | The Guardian
Trollhunters by Guillermo del Toro is a creative fantasy filled with adventure and suspense. In this book we are informed about a young boy named Jim Sturges Jr., our protagonist, whose life has been controlled by his father’s endless fear for his s…
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The Perfect Republican Stump Speech | FiveThirtyEight
Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Who’s ready to stand up for America? [applause] Who’s ready to take this country back? [applause] Who’s ready to send a message to the elites in Washington? [slightly waning applause] You know, the Democrats want to …
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The Crowham Martyrs by Jane McLoughlin – review | Children’s books | The Guardian
Maddy Deeprose has seen ghosts all her life. Not the aggressive type, in fact they’re rather calm and amicable. Or at least most of them are. Maddy’s mum has shipped her off to boarding school. Despite seeing ghosts, everything is normal.
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Haidar’s story: Orphaned by an ISIL bomb in Beirut – Al Jazeera English
Dahiyeh, Beirut – What if Leila Taleb and her husband, Hussein Mostapha, had decided not to visit Leila’s sister on that Thursday evening? What if they hadn’t stopped en route to buy their three-year-old son Haidar his favourite cake? And what if Hu…
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Bow before The Duke / Boing Boing
You’ll have tons of fun playing this well-balanced board game even if you never win – and I should know. Getting my wife to play games with me is a bit like pulling teeth. To increase my odds of making it happen, I normally promise to light a fire a…
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Tanzanian gold miner dies after rescue – BBC News
One of the five gold miners rescued in Tanzania after being trapped underground for 41 days has died. Onyiwa Morris, 55, had digestive system complications after being admitted to hospital last week, his doctors said.
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Punches thrown at Australia’s anti-Islam rally – Al Jazeera English
At least 10 people have been arrested in clashes between anti-Islam and anti-racism groups at rallies across Australia on Sunday.
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Martin O’Malley offers blistering critique of Hillary Clinton’s foreign policy : democrats
Martin O’Malley offers blistering critique of Hillary Clinton’s foreign policy (abcnews.go.com)submitted 6 minutes ago by loading…
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Van Morrison – Warm Love (Audio) – YouTube
Van Morrison – Warm Love – Hard Nose the Highway https://t.co/JGszKXnFxo
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Facebook ‘Class Action’ Privacy Lawsuit Moves To Austrian Supreme Court | TechCrunch
When Schrems kicked off the suit, back in July 2014, he invited adult non-commercial Facebook users located anywhere outside the U.S. and Canada to join the suit for free — and tens of thousands of people quickly took up the invitation.
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Climate change linked to Syrian civil war, says Prince Charles – video | UK news | The Guardian
In an interview with Sky News, Prince Charles says climate change may have been a cause of the civil war in Syria. The prince links the drought in the country to the conflict which has seen the rise of Islamic State and the creation of millions of r…
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Use the original IBM PC (and play Adventure) in your browser / Boing Boing
Enjoy the original IBM 5150 PC as implemented in javascript, with various boot images to toy around with. It was added to the JavaScript Machines project in Fall 2012, and is now part of the PCjs Project on GitHub.… All the simulations are written e…
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At Least 97 Bodies Pulled From Landslide Near Jade Mine in Myanmar | VICE News
Nearly 100 bodies have been pulled from a landslide near a jade mine in Myanmar’s northern Kachin State, local officials said on Sunday, and hopes are dwindling that any of an estimated 100 people missing will be found alive.
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Republicans are trying to undermine Obama ahead of Paris climate talks | Grist
Sure, you love your artisanal beans — but could instant coffee be better for the planet? Advice maven Umbra Fisk sniffs around for an answer.
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Why Are Trans Women Being Sent to Male Prisons in the UK? | Broadly
Vicky Thompson committed suicide exactly one week ago today. The 21-year-old British trans woman had been sent to a male prison in Leeds, England, despite pleas from her lawyer that she be recognized as a woman and treated within the justice system …
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Australia’s continent-wide heatwave – Al Jazeera English
Perth, the largest city and capital of Western Australia, is on course to see one of its hottest Novembers and its hottest spring on record. Since the start of the month, all but eight days have exceeded the November average of 26.5C. Only three day…
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Pope set for Africa visit amid high expectations – Al Jazeera English
All signs are that Pope Francis will receive a rock-star welcome as he prepares for his first visit to Africa.
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What Would Stalin Do With Republicans? : democrats
What Would Stalin Do With Republicans? (self.democrats) Time to ask the question and this is the answer line all of them up and capture them all of them. Person by person and house by house and shoot the fucking imaginary god believing idiots and ge…
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Extortion attempt on victims of Patreon site hack – BBC News
Some members of the crowdfunding website Patreon, which was hacked last month, say they have received emails demanding bitcoin payments in return for the protection of their private data.
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How the Cash-Basis Accounting System Bankrupts cities: – The Atlantic
In November 2014, a Michigan bankruptcy judge confirmed a plan that allowed Detroit’s government to shed $7 billion in liabilities, averting a total financial collapse. One year later, however, many in Detroit are still dealing with the fallout of t…
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Yahoo stops some users accessing emails in ad-blockers row – BBC News
Yahoo has confirmed that it is preventing some people from accessing their email if they are using ad-blocking software in their browser. Some users in the US reported that Yahoo Mail was displaying a message asking them to disable their ad-blocker …
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A Statistical Look at Black College Enrollment in the United States – The Atlantic
Over the past 20 years, black enrollment in colleges and universities has skyrocketed. It’s a huge success story, one that’s due to the hard work of black families, college admissions officers, and education advocates. But at top-tier universities i…
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UK ‘failing to stop corrupt money’ entering the country – BBC News
The UK’s “woefully inadequate” money laundering systems are failing to block “corrupt money” and terrorist funds, an anti-corruption body has warned. Transparency International UK said billions of pounds of “dirty cash” is entering Britain every yea…
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Germany withdraws ‘homophobic’ Eurovision act – BBC News
Germany has withdrawn its act for the 2016 Eurovision Song Contest, following criticism singer Xavier Naidoo’s lyrics are anti-Semitic and homophobic.
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President Obama and the Syrian Refugees – The Atlantic
Once upon a time, liberals criticized Barack Obama for only taking on fights he knew he could win. Not anymore. In 2013, Obama responded to the Sandy Hook shooting with a fervent, if unsuccessful, push for gun control.
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The Financial Sector and Wall Street’s Influence on Politics – The Atlantic
If the United States is nearing any kind of cultural consensus on the role of finance in American life, it’s awfully hard to discern.
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Crimea power blackout hits economy as workers stay home – BBC News
Only essential services and government offices are operating in Crimea after key electricity pylons connected to the peninsula were knocked down in Ukraine, causing a major blackout. Most of Crimea’s two million people have been hit by the power cut…
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Pfizer closes in on $150bn Allergan takeover – BBC News
The biggest deal in pharmaceuticals history is expected to be announced later after the board of Pfizer approved a bid for Botox-maker Allergan worth a reported $150bn (£100bn). If the deal goes ahead, it will create the world’s biggest drugmaker.
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Political will for Paris climate deal ‘unprecedented’ | Environment | The Guardian
Political will for a climate change deal at international negotiations in Paris next month is unprecedented, according to the president of last year’s climate summit.
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As a surgeon for three decades, Ben Carson carefully balanced his responsibilities as a physician with his deeply religious personal philosophy.
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World trade has an important role in combating climate change | Business | The Guardian
In a few weeks’ time world leaders will have the opportunity to usher in a new era of multilateral cooperation on climate change. This starts with the UN Climate Change Conference in Paris, but it does not end there.
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Watch a kid smash the Rubik’s cube speed record / Boing Boing
Why interrupt your post-Thanksgiving turkey bliss to wait in an epic line, when the best deal of the season is a click away? We’re treating you Mac enthusiasts to the ultimate Black Friday bundle, packed with apps to give your machine a mega boost i…
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Egypt’s Nile River Delta Is Sinking Into the Sea | Mother Jones
This story was originally published by Newsweek and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. Abdullah Salam walks up and down his narrow plot, tossing fistfuls of wheat seeds with a light flick of his wrist as the soil squishes …
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After allegations of racism on campus led to demonstrations at the University of Missouri and Yale, protests have erupted on college campuses across the country, from Occidental College in California to Georgetown University in Washington, DC.
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Animal Planet Is Being Sued for a Whole Bunch of Insane Things | Mother Jones
Scandal is all too familiar for viewers of this once-popular show, which follows the supposedly real-life antics of a wily Kentucky wildlife rescuer nicknamed “Turtleman” and his buddies.
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France Goes to War on Civil Liberties | Mother Jones
In the wake of the Paris terror attacks, many in France have said they finally understand what things were like for Americans just after September 11, 2001. The attacks have emboldened France’s conservatives, and pushed liberal and moderate factions…
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Bahrain security forces ‘continue to torture detainees’ – BBC News
Bahrain’s security forces are torturing detainees during interrogation, despite a pledge by the king to end such practices, Human Rights Watch says. It concluded that the authorities had failed to tackle what the committee described as a “culture of…
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This is how they sleep. via /r/aww https://t.co/wiiZYM9Tps https://t.co/TUiHSBqntC https://t.co/LnPe5oYyWL
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Tracking The Nation’s coverage of Tammany Hall through the ages is one of the many pleasures of being the magazine’s archivist; nothing made the editors’ teeth grind so much as the Democratic Party machine and everything it represented: corruption a…
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Regression therapy was first posited by the infamous Austrian psychotherapist Sigmund Freud, who believed that some of our most important but traumatic memories are hidden from us in a place called the subconscious. In October, a movie appeared in c…
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The Lessons of Jordan Davis’s Murder, Revisited | The Nation
Right from the start of 3½ Minutes, Ten Bullets, a wrenching HBO documentary set to air tonight on HBO, I was left with a twisted, sinking feeling in the pit of my stomach.
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Slow motion film of a fire tornado / Boing Boing
The Slo Mo Guys set fire to a bucket of fuel surrounded by box fans, then filmed the resulting column of fire. It’s really something—a beautiful and scary thing that’s understandably hard to capture in the wild.
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Dominican Republic issues warrants over fugitive French pilots – BBC News
A judge in the Dominican Republic has issued arrest warrants for three Frenchmen accused of helping two French pilots flee drug convictions.One of the three, Aymeric Chauprade, is an independent right-wing member of the European parliament.
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An ordinary person becomes a torturer with surprisin…
Most people assume that torturing another human being is something only a minority are capable of doing. Waterboarding requires the use of physical restraints – perhaps only after a physical struggle – unless the captive willingly submits to the pro…
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The origin story of the Timothy Leary archives / Boing Boing
Lisa Rein writes, “Fresh from a Supreme Court victory in a marijuana case, and armed with a campaign song written by John Lennon, maverick psychologist and prominent LSD researcher Timothy Leary decided to run for governor of California in a bid to …
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Is It OK to Play as a Confederate Soldier in a Civil War FPS? | Motherboard
For a long time now, first-person shooters have focused on War on Terror clichés, big dudebros with tattoos, and enough explosions to make Michael Bay jealous. For years before that, first-person shooters were stuck deep in World War II, telling the…
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Ground or instant coffee: Flavor aside, which is better for the planet? | Grist
Thanks to a new court decision, the state will have to design an emissions reduction rule that protects future generations.
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Alberta to introduce carbon tax | Environment | The Guardian
The Canadian province of Alberta, home to the country’s controversial tar sands, said on Sunday it will implement an economy-wide tax on carbon emissions in 2017, addressing long-standing criticism it is not doing enough to combat climate change.
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Microdoses of LSD and mushrooms as an alternative to Adderall (or coffee!) / Boing Boing
Self-experimenters, inspired by a 2011 presentation by The Psychedelic Explorer’s Guide author James Fadiman, are taking tiny “sub-perceptual” doses of LSD and psilocybin to encourage workplace creativity and give them pep and a positive outcome in …
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Brandless waterproof drill lets you work underwater in secret / Boing Boing
Perfect for all your underwater stealth-drilling needs, the Nemo Power Tools SPECIAL OPS is submersible to 100 meters, has an 18v lithium battery, and is all-black for maximum concealment. Its 1000-watt brushless technology ensures maximum efficienc…
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Wave with cell phone lights : gifs
Wave with cell phone lights via /r/gifs https://t.co/0sUabx2zcv https://t.co/N4neYc2uOk https://t.co/bGqA9MuCc6
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Wave with cell phone lights via /r/gifs https://t.co/0sUabx2zcv https://t.co/N4neYc2uOk https://t.co/bGqA9MuCc6
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Bangladesh executions: Justice, revenge or politics? – Al Jazeera English
Late last week, the Bangladesh government imposed a ban on social media networks and electronic chat sites, a sure indicator that the government was expecting trouble.
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We are only days away from the climate change summit in Paris. Several world leaders are likely to be present to applaud a successful outcome, which is virtually guaranteed since the bar has been set so low in terms of effort expected from the major…
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French services growth slows after Paris attacks, says PMI – BBC News
Signs that the attacks in Paris have impacted France’s service sector have emerged in the latest survey by Markit. The firm said a rapid fall-off in trade was behind its index falling from 52.7 in October to 51.3 in November.
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HK ‘umbrella soldiers’ win seats in district council vote – BBC News
Candidates from Hong Kong’s pro-democracy movement have won seats in district elections – the first vote since the 2014 “umbrella” protests. At least seven “umbrella soldier” candidates won seats, but the balance of power was unchanged with pro-Beij…
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This IT guy writes a script to automate any task if it requires more than 90 seconds of his time. Here is his legacy. (github.com)
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BBC Sport – Sepp Blatter: Suspended Fifa president was ‘close to dying’
Suspended Fifa president Sepp Blatter has said he feared he was dying during a recent health scare.
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How Africa’s fastest solar power project is lighting up Rwanda | Environment | The Guardian
The 8.5 megawatt (MW) power plant in Rwanda is designed so that, from a bird’s-eye view, it resembles the shape of the African continent. “Right now we’re in Somalia,” jokes Twaha Twagirimana, the plant supervisor, during a walkabout of the 17-hecta…
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NYC taxi data visualized / Boing Boing
Todd W. Schneider analyzed 1.1 Billion NYC taxi and Uber trips “with a Vengeance”, teasing straightfoward visualizations from an absolutely enormous dataset.
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Loaf a l’orange via /r/Catloaf https://t.co/K39ZU4Kh7H https://t.co/2Lzw66WqLL https://t.co/wN5JfYDImZ
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Peace Love Beauty Wisdom Balance Imagination Truth Consciousness, Loaf a l’orange via /r/Catloaf…
Loaf a l’orange via /r/Catloaf https://t.co/K39ZU4Kh7H https://t.co/2Lzw66WqLL https://t.co/wN5JfYDImZ
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American Socialists and the Fake Populism of the GOP : Liberal
American Socialists and the Fake Populism of the GOP https://t.co/4ZLp0yZYZ9 https://t.co/X4OAlHex4g via /r/Liberal
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American Socialists and the Fake Populism of the G.O.P.
American Socialists and the Fake Populism of the GOP https://t.co/4ZLp0yZYZ9 https://t.co/X4OAlHex4g via /r/Liberal
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Space in Images – 2015 – 11 – On the rim of Schiaparelli crater
The large basin is named for Italian astronomer Giovanni Schiaparelli (1835–1910). The entry, descent and landing demonstrator module of the joint ESA–Roscosmos ExoMars 2016 mission also honours the astronomer with the name Schiaparelli.
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Rubio Ad: Paris Attacks ‘Could Happen Here’ — NYMag
We’ve only seen a handful of TV ads in the presidential race, and so far they’ve focused mainly on the candidates’ background and campaign message (plus one tremendously effective Benghazi counter-attack). Marco Rubio is trying a different strategy.
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Witch-burning doesn’t turn out as planned in amazing animated music video / Boing Boing
Kamasi Washington, 34, is a saxophonist and composer who is carrying the spiritual jazz torch pioneered by the likes of John Coltrane, Pharaoh Sanders, Albert Ayler, and Stanley Cowell. But his sound is not a retro trip.
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When Will Canada Get a Spaceport? When It Has More Things to Launch | Motherboard
If Canada ever wants it’s own spaceport, we’ll have to start launching a lot more spacecraft.
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Being David O. Russell: A Video Store Tour with Hollywood’s Mad Genius – The Daily Beast
“I watch movies hundreds of times,” professed five-time Academy Award-nominated director David O.
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Can reading fiction prepare us for tragedy? | Children’s books | The Guardian
I was a vociferous reader from an early age, eating my way through books and desperate for more and more; bigger ones, longer ones, books full of grown up words and grown up deeds.
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The Net Worth of All Presidential Candidates : dataisbeautiful
Trump is the Agar.io champ. No, he’s using dark green. Gosh, can’t you read colors?
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Muslim comedians in Pakistan denounce Paris attackers – BBC News
Usman Ahmed, Afzar Imtiaz and Zeeshan Butt say they will not apologise for the actions taken by “a few deranged individuals”. Speaking to the BBC, they explained their reasons for producing a video that has been viewed over 3.5 million times.
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Stowarzyszenie Pisarzy Polskich – Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Stowarzyszenie Pisarzy Polskich is a Polish Writers’ Association, an organization of Polish writers, poets, playwrights, critics and translators. SPP, established in 1989 is a continuation of the Professional Union of Polish Writers, founded in …
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Hollande: France to step up fight against ISIL – Al Jazeera English
France’s president has said his country will step up its fight against the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) group, launching a week of diplomacy with a meeting with the British prime minister in Paris.
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Belgians respond to terrorist threat with cat photos | The Verge
Brussels entered the third day of a city-wide lockdown today, as Belgian police continue to search for suspected terrorists accused of planning an “imminent” attack.
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American Music Awards: Taylor Swift and One Direction lead winners – BBC News
An absent Taylor Swift dominated the American Music Awards, winning three prizes, including album of the year and song of the year. One Direction also fared well, being named favourite group and artist of the year, for the second year in a row.
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Nicole Kidman wins theatre award for her role in Photograph 51 – BBC News
Nicole Kidman paid a moving tribute to her father in her acceptance speech as she was named best actress at the Evening Standard Theatre Awards, for her role in Photograph 51.
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Love Everyone Often Peace Beauty Balance Life Light Magic: Centaurus A
Centaurus A https://t.co/GbFoc3cgQ1 https://t.co/UuDAkrHUJ2
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Face-Off With a Deadly Predator : pics
Face-Off With a Deadly Predator via /r/pics https://t.co/KycmyJcsHR https://t.co/j80qQPVzFT https://t.co/X4xfAIh33y
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100 Women 2015: Women ‘still much less visible in media’ – BBC News
Women are much less visible in the media than men, the latest Global Media Monitoring Project (GMMP) study says. Research by the organisation found women only make up 24% of people heard about in the news, despite comprising half of the human popula…
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Martin O’Malley: Clinton “demonstrated a total inability to understand what happens after dictators fall and what our country needs in its national security strategy” (abcnews.go.com)submitted 4 hours ago by loading…
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Defence review: ‘Strike brigades’ to be created by 2025 – BBC News
Two 5,000-strong “strike brigades” that can be rapidly deployed are to be created by 2025 to help the UK respond to “diverse” threats, the PM is to say.
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Google’s Star Wars makeover gives you apps fit for a Jedi (or a Sith) | The Verge
Google has launched a new tool to celebrate the upcoming release of Star Wars: The Force Awakens, letting users choose to join the light side or the dark side of the force, and customizing the appearance of their Google apps accordingly.
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Northern white rhino dies in US, leaving only three alive – BBC News
One of the world’s last four remaining northern white rhinos has died in a zoo in the United States. The condition of Nola, a 41-year-old female, had deteriorated after surgery and she was put down on Sunday.
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New Orleans: Sixteen people injured in park shooting – BBC News
At least 16 people have been hurt in an apparent shooting at a playground in New Orleans. Hundreds of people had gathered at the park in the US state of Louisiana for a neighbourhood parade and the filming of a music video.
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Would the Real Stanley Carrot Please Stand Up? by Rob Stevens is a funny and touching story about Stanley “Carrot” Harris who is short, tubby and has bright red hair explaining the nickname given to him by the schoolyard bully Sean Terry.
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Packers get huge win but their weaknesses have been exposed | Sport | The Guardian
The timing couldn’t have been better. The Green Bay Packers broke their three game losing steak on Sunday, defeating the Minnesota Vikings 30-13 at TCF Bank Stadium.
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Libyan groups urged to close ranks against ISIL – Al Jazeera English
France’s defence minister has told rival armed groups in Libya they will be committing suicide unless they stop fighting each other and take on the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) group.
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WASHINGTON — The recent attacks in Paris and Beirut and the downing of a Russian airliner in Egypt were the first results of a centrally planned terrorism campaign by a wing of the Islamic State leadership that oversees “external
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How A Food Scientist Cooks Thanksgiving – Digg
As Serious Eats’s culinary nerd-in-residence, J. Kenji López-Alt focuses on the science behind beloved American dishes, delving into the interactions between heat, energy, and molecules that create great food.
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“The Depression was not fun,” the late YouTube star, Clara Cannucciari, states in the very first episode of her Great Depression Cooking web series, above.
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Kenyan runners occupy athletics HQ – BBC News
A group of Kenyan athletes have occupied the headquarters of the sport’s national governing body, stopping officials from entering.They want Athletics Kenya (AK) officials to step down over corruption allegations linked to a deal with Nike, the BBC’…
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Her dad said “I let her wear her hair whatever way she wants. Fuck the haters, man.” – Imgur
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Donald Trump calls for surveillance of mosques – video | US news | The Guardian
US presidential candidate Donal Trump is calling for greater surveillance of mosques in the wake of the Paris attacks. Speaking at a rally in Birmingham Alabama on Saturday he also said if he won the presidential race he would send Syrian refugees b…
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Hillary Clinton Is Pulling Away From Bernie Sanders With Union Endorsements. Despite Sanders’ decades as a champion of labor, the big unions are gradually lining up behind the front-runner (huffingtonpost.com) She’s winning the endorsement race beca…
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Who wants a Russian Bear hug? – Al Jazeera English
All indications are that the proverbial Russian Bear is waking up from its hibernation and there is no stopping it. The Bear finds itself in a jungle so replete with murder and mayhem that whichever way it swings its claws it is bound to hit some ri…
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HSBC shareholder Standard Life would back moving HQ – BBC News
Shareholders would back banking giant HSBC if it decided to move its headquarters out of the City, according to one of its bigger shareholders.
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Recycling in Kenya turns rubbish into cash – Al Jazeera English
Nairobi – Used plastic is being given a new lease of life in Kenya. It is melted and then used to make poles for construction and road signs. The concept is still new in Kenya – and expensive given the manufacturing costs – but the poles are slowly …
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Communities might not be something you can quantify or easily define, but they lie at the heart of where we live. Now we want to hear about your local spaces.
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Andy Murray will find his form and help Great Britain to victory if the Davis Cup final goes ahead next weekend, says former GB number one Tim Henman. Britain will attempt to win the team title for the first time since 1936 when they take on Belgium…
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Top 10 Scottish children’s books quotes | Children’s books | The Guardian
There’s a funny thing I’ve noticed about life. When you really dread something, it turns out not to be so bad. It’s the unexpected awful things that get you down.”Elizabeth Laird, Red Sky in the Morning Look at the stars, how they shine and glow, so…
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China’s regional isolation – Al Jazeera English
On the surface, China looks nothing short of an Asian juggernaut. It boasts Asia’s biggest economy, having eclipsed Japan in the aftermath of the global financial crisis, and is poised to become the world’s biggest in the near future.
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Belgians tweet cat pictures during #BrusselsLockdown – BBC News
On Sunday night, as a major anti-terror police operation was under way in Brussels, authorities asked the public to not report officers’ movements online. The Belgian capital has been on lockdown since Saturday amid a search for suspected Paris atta…
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Black Diamonds and how the other half lived | Books | The Guardian
Wentworth Woodhouse is in the news again. The Palladian pile, near Rotherham, has been sold to an investment company, a decision that dashes for ever the dreams of the trust that hoped to save it for the nation.
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Curbs on media mar Ethiopia’s success story – Al Jazeera English
Addis Ababa – Ethiopia’s economy is one of the fastest growing in the world and its government is determined to transform the country into a middle-income nation in the next decade. However, the country has one of the worst reputations in the world …
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Maryland Locals Fight Poultry Industry Expansion | Al Jazeera America
PRINCESS ANNE, Md. – Steve Glasgow says things are changing on the Delmarva Peninsula. The air smells bad now, he said, and the environment feels soiled. The gruff electrician who built his house in rural Somerset County in 1983 remembers being able…
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the great British economic theorist and philosopher E.F. Schumacher wrote in his 1973 meditation on how we know what we know.
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Love Everyone Often Peace Beauty Balance Life Light Magic: Phobos: Doomed Moon of Mars
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Speaking on CBS’s Face the Nation on Sunday, the US envoy to the global coalition fighting Islamic State, Brett McGurk, says the 50 special forces operatives which the Obama administration announced would be entering Syria will be arriving in the co…
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Mali hotel attack: Three days of national mourning begin – BBC News
Mali has begun three days of national mourning following Friday’s militant Islamist attack on a hotel in the capital, Bamako, in which 19 people were killed. Malian and international troops stormed the Radisson Blu hotel to free guests and staff bei…
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George R. R. Martin on Syria: Let Refugees In — Vulture
Amid tensions involving the ongoing Syrian refugee crisis, Game of Thrones author George R. R. Martin kicked off his weekend with a concise blog post in which he waxed political and unpacked his welcoming stance.
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Do you hear that? That’s the sound of November sweeps in the network television air. Given the current world of “peak TV” and a constant change in the way shows are being watched, one might think that sweeps have also gone the way of the television …
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Aftermath of New Orleans park shooting – video | US news | The Guardian
At least 16 people are treated for injuries after a shooting at a children’s playground in New Orleans’ 9th ward on Sunday evening.
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Recently, while packing to move, I came upon a stack of letters from my Bulgarian grandmother. During my time in college, we wrote each other long, beautiful letters about once a month. Then she discovered the internet. The letters became emails and…
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16 Injured in New Orleans Park Shooting | Al Jazeera America
Hundreds of people were gathered at a New Orleans playground for a block party and music video shoot when two groups in the crowd opened fire on each other, wounding 16 people in the shocking Sunday evening violence, police said.
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Mali president: Al-Mourabitoun not behind attack – Al Jazeera English
Mali’s president has questioned claims that al-Mourabitoun, an al-Qaeda linked group, was responsible for last week’s assault on a luxury hotel in the capital Bamako.
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“Nature is priceless”; “you can’t but a price on nature”; “economic valuations are a neo-liberal conspiracy”: these are the sorts of claims levelled at the natural capital approach to the environment.
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“There is one writer whose words on writing are always with me,” writes Diana Athill in her latest memoir. It is Jean Rhys’s two phrases – “I have to try to get it like it really was” and “You can’t cut too much” – that have stuck with Athill.
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How do I love thee? Let me Instagram it | Books | The Guardian
In 2013, Lang Leav self-published a small debut poetry collection, Love & Misadventure, online. Two years later, she was meeting her fans on a book tour in the Philippines. “It was insane,” she says.
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Government ‘must do more to help vulnerable households this winter’ | Money | The Guardian
The government must take “urgent action” to protect older homeowners from the potentially deadly consequences of living in a cold home, a report given exclusively to The Observer claims.
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Selfie Rat: Pizza Rat’s Probably Fake Cousin — NYMag
Last month Pizza Rat instantly captured New Yorkers’ hearts with his relatable passion for a cheap slice of cheese pizza, and even more relatable decision to give up when he realized the task at hand was kind of hard.
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From its beginning, The Last Man On Earth has argued that a community is as necessary for survival as food, water, or shelter.
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The Silent Friends: A Beautiful Short Film Celebrating Our Abiding Bond with Trees | Brain Pickings
wrote a 17th-century gardener in contemplating the spiritual uses of our arboreal companions, which Hermann Hesse called “the most penetrating of preachers.
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PRINCETON, N.J. — Few historical figures loom as large in the life of an Ivy League university as Woodrow Wilson does at Princeton. As the school’s president in the early 20th century, Wilson initiated its expansion into a full-scale university.
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India police sorry for detaining artist over cow installation – BBC News
Police in India’s Rajasthan state have apologised to artists for raiding an exhibition featuring a polystyrene cow dangling from a helium balloon. Officers arrived at the Jaipur Art Summit on Saturday following complaints that the life-size cow floa…
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IPOs, the New Down Rounds? | TechCrunch
It’s become a meme in tech circles, “IPOs are the new down round,” venture capitalists quip. The dreaded “down round,” when a startup raises capital beneath its prior valuation, is getting pushed back to the public markets.
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Clinton Proposes Tax Break for Caregivers | Al Jazeera America
Pledging to invest in the “caring economy,” Hillary Clinton proposed a new tax break Sunday for people caring for aging parents and grandparents. The Democratic presidential candidate touted her latest proposal at a town hall-style meeting in Iowa S…
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Prince Charles: climate change may have helped cause Syrian civil war | UK news | The Guardian
Prince Charles has said that climate change may have been one of the causes of the civil war in Syria.
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Walmart moves Cyber Monday to Sunday because people now have the internet at home | The Verge
As if starting Black Friday on Thanksgiving evening wasn’t enough to demonstrate Walmart’s flagrant disregard for the meaning of words that end in “day,” the mammoth retailer has now announced that it is choosing to ignore the temporal boundaries of…
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How to Win the Fight for Trans Rights – The Daily Beast
Voters in Houston last week delivered a devastating blow to a LGBT rights movement that hasn’t tasted defeat too often recently.
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Orange County’s Secret Informant Program – The Daily Beast
Have the Orange County district attorney’s office and its sheriff been lying about a secret jailhouse informant program, which they’ve allegedly used for years to extract highly dubious confessions?
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Babysitter From Hell ‘Abducts’ Toddler – The Daily Beast
A Massachusetts toddler vanished from her home early Friday and was discovered hours later, naked and burned, on a roadside miles away. Now the girl’s former babysitter is charged in the kidnapping and assault.
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Embrace the ’70s, Hillary! – The Daily Beast
The continuing doubts about Hillary Clinton’s “authenticity” go beyond her email server. Many Americans feel she has not presented her life story, fully, honestly. Being more policy wonk than natural pol doesn’t help.
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Chris Christie Tiptoes Around Donald Trump’s 9/11 Lie – The Daily Beast
It seemed likely that after Donald Trump lied about the residents of Jersey City’s behavior on Sept. 11, 2001—claiming they cheered the attacks across the river in New York City—Chris Christie, New Jersey’s governor, would be first in line to repudi…
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Cate Blanchett’s ‘Carol’: A Perfect Film That Will Restore Your Faith in Cinema – The Daily Beast
Talking to screenwriter Phyllis Nagy about her upcoming film Carol is a lesson in commitment. When she began the work to adapt Patricia Highsmith’s novel The Price Of Salt it was 1997.
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Middle East Peace Isn’t Quite Dead Yet – The Daily Beast
For most of 2015, the prospects for peace between Israelis and Palestinians have been at an all-time low. This may still be true, especially with the world now focused on war with ISIS.
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2016’s Angry Populist Enforcer – The Daily Beast
Matthew Boyle—the recently named Washington political editor of Breitbart.com, the right-wing populist news site founded by the late controversialist Andrew Breitbart—will never be mistaken for a slick Beltway insider.
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Ike Didn’t Like Donald Trump’s Dad at All – The Daily Beast
Donald Trump insists that despite his bullying bombast he’s “a nice person” and during the last GOP debate he attached himself to Dwight Eisenhower, the very embodiment of presidential niceness, to make the point. “[P]eople liked him,” Trump noted w…
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First, Donald Trump Came for the Muslims – The Daily Beast
I have never truly feared for the well-being of my family or friends because of the words uttered by an American politician. But that has changed after Donald Trump’s comments over the past few days about Muslims.
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Can Marco Rubio Have It All on Gay Marriage? – The Daily Beast
Recent comments in Iowa plus a major recent hire signal that Marco Rubio will continue to try to straddle the line on marriage equality.
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How Effective Are Anti-Smoking Ads? – The Daily Beast
Advertising that’s manipulative? We’re shocked. Not. The CDC keeps promoting these ads despite evidence that they don’t really work, at least not for people who are trying to quit.
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Twist Plus+ World Charging Station | Digg Store
Tired of lugging around innumerable power cords, international converters, and chargers? With the Twist Plus+ World Charging Station, you’ll always be an outlet away from charging up to five devices at once anywhere in the world.
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Introducing Hong Kong’s ‘umbrella soldiers’ – BBC News
What happened when Hong Kong’s youth demonstrators actually tried to get elected? The BBC’s Juliana Liu followed the final campaigning hours of two young women standing for office in the city’s district elections, the first polls since last October’…
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The Hangover News | VICE | United Kingdom
Brussels was under a security lockdown this weekend, with soldiers patrolling the streets and residents advised to avoid crowds, while a manhunt for the remaining two terrorists involved in last weekend’s Paris attack continues.
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Let’s take some time to acknowledge eight seasons of Castle · What’s On Tonight · The A.V. Club
Here’s what’s up in the world of TV for Monday, November 23. All times are Eastern. Castle (ABC, 10 p.m.): Remember Mr. & Mrs. Smith? Yeah, that popcorn flick from a decade ago. No, the popcorn flick from 2005 with Kerry Washington where she isn’t b…
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With Together Again, Jesse Hassenger looks at actors and directors who have worked together on at least three films, analyzing the nature of their collaborations.
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The bad dinosaurs: 14 regrettable works of dino-themed entertainment · Inventory · The A.V. Club
The Good Dinosaur is the rare dinosaur movie that has managed to stir hopeful expectations among film critics (its troubled production history aside). The project’s reputation is buoyed by its prestigious studio, Pixar, and by its 20-year distance f…
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In 2000, there were few superheroes in movies. Joel Schumacher had kamikazed Batman, Bryan Singer’s X-Men was beta-testing audiences’ threshold for geekier properties, and Spider-Man’s record-breaking opening weekend was still two years away.
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I never would have guessed that an episode of The Good Wife featuring Kelly Bishop and Vanessa Williams would be anything less than stellar, and yet here we are with “Restraint,” an hour that embodies most of what’s not quite working with the show’s…
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“Everyone in Charleston likes a good ghost story,” Reverend Elijah Bledsoe (Lamman Rucker) tells Maria Abascal (Mena Suvari), explaining how local gossip led him to her temporary home in a trailer park.
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By all accounts, Shonda Rhimes is an impressive, amazingly successful person. She is a showrunner who has cornered her own entire evening on ABC’s Thursday nights, running three shows that feature strong women in the leads.
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Glyn Johns never could have guessed that not getting into college would be the most fortuitous thing to ever happen to him.
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Vimeo Weekend Challenge: My earliest memory on Vimeo
When I was 4 years old I cut my own hair with Crayola scissors. I whipped this up on my iPhone for this week’s Weekend Challenge. For more information on how to enter, visit https://vimeo.com/blog/post/weekend-challenge-earliest-memory
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Louisiana Just Voted to Give a Quarter of a Million People Health Care | Mother Jones
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Opera Max Now Also Helps You Save Data While Streaming Music | TechCrunch
While Opera is best known for its browsers, the company has recently put quite a bit of effort into its Opera Max data-saving app for Android.
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‘Animaniacs’ Kept ’90s Kids Learning And Laughing After School | UPROXX
A ringing bell on a weekday afternoon meant the same thing for all school-aged children in the ’90s — closing time. Some of us went home, while others endured the after-school programs and daycare centers their parents enrolled them in.
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The Best Articles Of The Week: Leaving Westboro Baptist And Getting Arrested In North Korea – Digg
There’s so much great journalism on the Internet these days that digging through all of it can be a lot of work. So every Thursday, we highlight the longform articles from the previous week that we think you shouldn’t miss.
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Sage, Ink: Islam and the American Melting Pot – The Atlantic
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Nice try, Lay’s. No one has EVER seen a full bag of potato chips – your ad is false. – Imgur
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Tokyo’s Yasukuni shrine hit by blast in toilets – BBC News
The public toilets at Tokyo’s controversial Yasukuni shrine have been hit by a small explosion. No injuries have been reported but the ceiling, floor and wall of the toilet were damaged, local media reported.
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Long may the grass grow – in churchyard and on golf course | Environment | The Guardian
I went through the lych-gate at the church of St Nicholas on a damp day with wet leaves thick underfoot. The grass alongside the churchyard wall to the left, where generations of folk taking a short cut from the village have beaten an unofficial foo…
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UN urges Australian rethink on asylum – BBC News
United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-moon has asked Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull to rethink the country’s border security policy. Mr Ban voiced his concerns about Operation Sovereign Borders on the sidelines of the Association of So…
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Van Morrison – Warm Love (Audio) – YouTube
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APOD: 2015 November 22 – Phobos: Doomed Moon of Mars
Discover the cosmos! Each day a different image or photograph of our fascinating universe is featured, along with a brief explanation written by a professional astronomer. Explanation: This moon is doomed.
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Slide Show: New Yorker Cartoons November 30, 2015 – The New Yorker
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This Week in Fiction: Rachel Kushner on the World of California Prisons – The New Yorker
“Fifty-Seven,” your story in this week’s issue, involves a homeless man, released from jail, who ends up back under arrest the same day. You mentioned that it had emerged from personal experiences you’ve had inside prisons. How so?
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Cover Story: Charles Berberian’s “Paris, November 2015” – The New Yorker
“It’s horrible when war comes knocking at your door. This is where I live—it’s my neighborhood,” the Parisian artist Charles Berberian says, about “Paris, November 2015,” his cover for next week’s issue of The New Yorker. “The day after the attacks,…
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The Love Story Behind “Carol” – The New Yorker
In December of 1948, Patricia Highsmith was a twenty-seven-year-old aspiring writer with a murderous imagination and an outsized talent for seducing women. Her first novel, “Strangers on a Train,” was complete, but it would be more than a year befor…
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Marco Rubio’s Political Dexterity – The New Yorker
On the morning of October 10th, Marco Rubio, Florida’s junior senator, mounted a small stage at the Elks Lodge in Boulder City, Nevada, a popular retirement spot near Las Vegas.
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Brooklyn’s Rooftop Vineyard – The New Yorker
Jancis Robinson, the British wine writer and the editor of “The Oxford Companion to Wine,” is also a member of the Royal Household Wine Committee, which meets for tastings in the cellars of Buckingham Palace.
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G.P.S. Directions for Getting Home Drunk – The New Yorker
Exit the party and stumble downstairs, toward the street. After realizing that the friend with whom you’d planned to split an Uber is no longer following you, make a U-turn and proceed back into the party.
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“The Danish Girl” and “Mustang” – The New Yorker
The new Tom Hooper film, “The Danish Girl,” begins in Copenhagen, in 1926. We are introduced to a married couple, Einar Wegener (Eddie Redmayne) and his wife, Gerda (Alicia Vikander).
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Einstein on Stage – The New Yorker
It’s a hundred years this month since Albert Einstein completed his general theory of relativity, and don’t imagine that the people at the Institute for Advanced Study, in Princeton, where Einstein spent the last twenty-two years of his life, aren’t…
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Is Science Kind of a Scam? – The New Yorker
What makes science science? The pious answers are: its ceaseless curiosity in the face of mystery, its keen edge of experimental objectivity, its endless accumulation of new data, and the cool machines it uses. We stare, the scientists see; we gawk,…
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Dennis Quaid, Art Appreciator – The New Yorker
The other day, a black town car with tinted windows pulled up to the David Zwirner gallery, on Nineteenth Street, and the actor Dennis Quaid, an hour late, emerged from the back seat. “Sorry! It’s been a whirlwind,” he said. “I was in Cannes, France…
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to be seen by you. Hearing them coughing in the hall you put down your pen and rose from your desk. Short of breath, they had travelled all night to arrive by dawn, drawn by rumors of your kindness.
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“What the Eye Hears: A History of Tap Dancing” – The New Yorker
Tap, which is the dance form of jazz music, has been around more or less since the late nineteenth century, but, unlike jazz, which has been the subject of many deep-browed books, it has a small, mediocre literature.
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The Mail (November 30, 2015) – The New Yorker
David Remnick wrote an online Cultural Comment, “Bob Dylan and the ‘Hot Hand,’ ” about Dylan’s creative streak from early 1965 to the summer of 1966. Here are some of the responses we solicited from readers: No one had a hot streak like Frank Loesse…
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“Major to Minor” – The New Yorker
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Caitlin Doughty, Artisanal Undertaker – The New Yorker
Caitlin Doughty, who was about to open her first funeral parlor, in Los Angeles, gazed at a skull that she had put on display above the desk in her office. Although it was plaster, the skull was a provocative presence in a room where Doughty planned…
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Paris, 3 A.M. – The New Yorker
Flowers left outside La Casa Nostra restaurant a few days after several people were killed there by terrorist gunfire, in one of six attacks on the city. More photographs can be seen at newyorker.com. Sign up for the daily newsletter.
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Medicine’s Burning Question – The New Yorker
Several years ago, I fell at the gym and ripped two tendons in my wrist. The pain was excruciating, and within minutes my hand had swollen grotesquely and become hot to the touch.
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Ben Carson, Conservative Folk Hero – The New Yorker
The keynote speaker at the annual National Prayer Breakfast, in Washington, D.C., is expected to be an agile performer: a preacher, but a nondenominational one; an orator, but a nonpartisan one.
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Justin Bieber and His “Purpose” – The New Yorker
There is no greater opportunity for a pop star than repentance—the chance to rise again after a self-inflicted downfall. Much of Kanye West’s genius, for instance, lies in his ability to withstand his own occasional demise and to orchestrate a subse…
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“Fifty-Seven” – The New Yorker
They dropped him from I.R.C. so early the sky was black.
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Soccer Fanatics Unite! – The New Yorker
Michael Davies and Roger Bennett, better known to American soccer fans as Men in Blazers, spend their days in an almost comically cramped studio in lower Manhattan. There they produce a weekly podcast ostensibly about soccer and a half-hour highligh…
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Briefly Noted Book Reviews – The New Yorker
Black Flags, by Joby Warrick (Doubleday). This account of the emergence of ISIS examines in painful detail the consequences of the Bush Administration’s misadventures in Iraq. Trying to justify the invasion of Iraq, the U.S.
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Golden State Warriors go 15-0 and tie best start in NBA history | Sport | The Guardian
Klay Thompson scored 21 points and the Golden State Warriors tied the best start in NBA history, beating the Denver Nuggets 118-105 on Sunday night to move to 15-0. Golden State matches the start of the 1948-49 Washington Capitols and the 93-94 Hous…
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Watch Justin Bieber Sing in the Rain During 2015 AMAs Finale | Rolling Stone
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One Direction, Nicki Minaj, The Weeknd Win Big at 2015 AMAs | Rolling Stone
One Direction, the Weeknd and Nicki Minaj were the big winners at this year’s American Music Awards as each artist took home a pair of trophies during the televised portion of Sunday’s ceremony.
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Watch Pentatonix’s Symphonic ‘Star Wars’ Tribute at 2015 AMAs | Rolling Stone
Pentatonix performed a loving tribute to Star Wars and its legendary theme at the 2015 American Music Awards. Harrison Ford, the evening’s surprise guest, introduced the band while also paying homage to legendary composer John Williams and his most …
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Cape Leopard Cub Image, South Africa – National Geographic Photo of the Day
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This curious galaxy — only known by the seemingly random jumble of letters and numbers 2MASX J16270254+4328340 — has been captured by the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope dancing the crazed dance of a galactic merger.
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Carson Palmer leads Cardinals to wild win over Bengals | Sport | The Guardian
Chandler Catanzaro kicked a 32-yard field goal with two seconds remaining and the Arizona Cardinals escaped with a wild 34-31 victory over the Cincinnati Bengals on Sunday night.
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This image shows one of the four Unit Telescopes that make up ESO’s Very Large Telescope (VLT) at Paranal. Each of the 8.2-metre telescopes was given a name in the Mapuche language spoken by indigenous people from the Southern Chile.
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Julian Assange – Google Is Not What It Seems
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At least 16 injured in New Orleans park shooting – Al Jazeera English
At least 16 people have been injured in a shooting at a park in New Orleans, in the US state of Louisiana, where a crowd of more than 300 had gathered for the making of a music video, local police say.
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Trump Makes Racist Point With Incorrect Tweet — NYMag
Donald Trump has been binging on inflammatory remarks in the past few days, jumping from suggesting that we track Muslim Americans, to condoning the assault of a black protester at one of his events, to insisting that thousands of Muslims in New Jer…
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Belgium arrests 16 in late-night security raid – Al Jazeera English
Belgian security forces have carried out multiple raids across the country, arresting 16 suspects believed to have ties to the deadly attacks in Paris.
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Endangered White Rhino Dies at San Diego zoo | Al Jazeera America
One of only four northern white rhinos believed left in the world died Sunday at San Diego Zoo Safari Park. Nola, a 41-year-old female was euthanized after her health took a turn for the worse, a zoo statement said.
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A traditional owner of the site of Australia’s largest proposed coalmine has alleged in court that Indian miner Adani misled a tribunal that cleared the way for the mine.
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Can anything ever satisfy Noah Solloway? More than anything else, this is the question driving season two of The Affair, and the more we see of Noah, the more the answer appears to be a resounding “no.
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Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump has been accused of running a hate campaign after he claimed to have seen “thousands” of people cheering the 9/11 attacks from New Jersey.
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Joss Whedon started out his big-screen finale, Serenity, of his small-screen show Firefly with a long, continuous, point-of-view take snaking through the titular ship in order to give the viewer a sense of space, an awareness of the physical area th…
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Eighth High Castle episode reminds, “Nazis are people too!” · TV Club Binge · The A.V. Club
his weekend, A.V. Club contributor Shelby Fero is watching all of the first season ofThe Man In The High Castle on Amazon Prime. After she’s finished with an episode, she’ll post a quick response.
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House of Flying Daggers is the most colorful movie I’ve ever seen. : movies
House of Flying Daggers is the most colorful movie I’ve ever seen. (imgur.com) If you havent already, you should check out Hero by the same director. Prettiest film I’ve ever seen.
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Trevor Noah was an unexpected but canny choice for Jon Stewart’s replacement on The Daily Show.
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Celine Dion’s Moving Edith Piaf Tribute to Paris at the AMAs – The Daily Beast
Celine Dion may be from Canada, but tonight at the American Music Awards the iconic singer was representing France.
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See Demi Lovato, Alanis Morissette Belt ‘You Oughta Know’ | Rolling Stone
See Demi Lovato, Alanis Morissette Belt ‘You Oughta Know’ at 2015 AMAs Pair celebrated 20th anniversary of Morissette’s debut album ‘Jagged Little Pill’
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It Can Be Murder Crossing a Wronged Wife: ‘The Affair,’ S2E8 Recap – The Daily Beast
Could Helen (Moira Tierney) be about to get revenge on Alison (Ruth Wilson) for helping break up her marriage by getting her arrested and charged with murder? And has Helen used her nemesis’s baby’s pacifier, concealed in some tissue and sequestered…
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Watch the Weeknd Set Fire to ‘The Hills’ at 2015 AMAs | Rolling Stone
Watch the Weeknd Set Fire to ‘The Hills’ at 2015 AMAs R&B singer’s currently holds top spot on Billboard Hot 100
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Celine Dion Delivers Touching Paris Tribute at 2015 AMAs | Rolling Stone
Celine Dion made a special appearance at the 2015 American Music Awards Sunday to pay tribute to those killed and injured in the tragic terror attacks in Paris on November 13th.
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Watch Macklemore, Leon Bridges Debut Emotional Song ‘Kevin’ | Rolling Stone
Watch Macklemore, Leon Bridges Debut Emotional New Single ‘Kevin’ Rapper and soul newcomer performed powerful new track at 2015 American Music Awards
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Nick Jonas Delivers Epic Hits Medley at 2015 AMAs | Rolling Stone
Nick Jonas Delivers Epic Hits Medley at 2015 AMAs Singer’s brother and former bandmate Joe Jonas introduced performance
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See Coldplay’s Trippy ‘Adventure of a Lifetime’ at 2015 AMAs | Rolling Stone
See Coldplay’s Trippy ‘Adventure of a Lifetime’ at 2015 AMAs Band joined by dancing gorillas at their first AMAs performance in seven years
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How Finance Fits Into Your Startup | TechCrunch
Culture, culture, culture. Every tech CEO and founder, fiddling in their proverbial garage, dreams of building a company founded on principles partially informed by childhood readings of Alexandre Dumas: All for one, one for all. And, by the way, le…
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A2 Aluminum Wallet | Digg Store
It’s a wallet! It’s a bottle opener! Yep, the team at Obstructures thought of it all when they created this wallet, with its minimalist design consisting of just three aluminum plates and two Buna-N rubber o-rings.
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The State of Hardware for 2015 | TechCrunch
Over the past year several trends have emerged that will shape the state of hardware for years to come. First, the good news: more everything!
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Thanks To Debates, Bernie Sanders is Surging Nationally with All Time High Support : democrats
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Sanders camp calls Clinton tax proposals ‘Republican lite’ : democrats
Do low income people and the middle class want tax credits or fair treatment in wages, education and healthcare plus a higher standard of living and quality of life?
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What is Actually Radical about Bernie Sanders’ Democratic Socialism isn’t the Socialism: It isn’t a particularly radical political vision — it’s an unflinching commitment to democracy (inthesetimes.com)submitted 18 minutes ago by loading…
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New Orleans park shooting leaves 10 injured – BBC News
At least 10 people have been wounded in an apparent shooting at a park in New Orleans, say police. Police spokesman Tyler Gamble said officers were on their way to break up a big crowd at the city’s Bunny Friend Park when shots were fired.
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Open thread for night owls. Chris Lehmann: CNN’s pretense of objectivity makes another appearance
Chris Lehmann at The Baffler writes—For Chyron Out Loud: Even amid the fast-multiplying agora of digital platforms, tweets, and instagrams that make up our new millennial mediaverse, one almost-touching platitude continues to transfix the sober lord…
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Liam Ridgewell, Dairon Asprilla and Nat Borchers scored and the Portland Timbers beat FC Dallas 3-1 on Sunday night in the first leg of the MLS Western Conference finals. With a 2-0 deficit, David Texeira scored in the 61st minute to narrow it for D…
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Nepal blockade: Four die in clashes with police – BBC News
At least four demonstrators have been killed since Saturday in southern Nepal, during protests against the new constitution. All were shot during clashes with police, in which dozens more protesters and police were also injured.
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Mark Cuban fined for swearing during League Of Legends match · Newswire · The A.V. Club
As everyone who watches football knows, one of the best parts of the sport is when a player gets fined a huge amount of money for doing something silly like dancing too much.
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It’s an episode about Homer losing big at poker and costing Lisa her chance to go to High Notes Music Camp (motto: “Memories! Mosquitoes! Mozart!”) Oops, my bad—it’s about Lisa going on the road with 80-year-old Springfield Playhouse trouper Laney F…
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This season of Homeland has featured a lot of driving, whether it’s Jonas driving Carrie to a remote cabin to figure out who made an attempt on her life, Carrie driving to Amsterdam to track down the presumed-dead Ahmad Nazari, or Allison and Ivan d…
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The Walking Dead finally reveals the fate of [THAT ONE CHARACTER] · DVR Club Plus · The A.V. Club
We’ve spent the past couple installments of our DVR Club Plus hoping against hope the show wouldn’t take the lamest possible course of action when it came to the fate of Glenn. To those fears, we can now safely say: Sigh.
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Flesh And Bone is a soap. There’s no getting past that. It’s trash with a classical music soundtrack, and hopefully it’s been established through these reviews that I don’t see that as a negative or a detriment.
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The Walking Dead: Is Alexandria Done For? | Vanity Fair
We’ve extensively reported on the , perhaps one of ’s greatest villains—and that’s because in addition to being a brutal, brutal killer, he also wages a war against the Alexandria safe zone.
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Bark-eating koalas shake consensus on dietary behaviour | World news | The Guardian
An isolated group of koalas has baffled ecologists by developing a taste for the bark, as well as leaves, of a particular species of gum tree.
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‘The Walking Dead’: Yes, Glenn Is Alive and We All Just Got Trolled – The Daily Beast
Cop-out. Cheap trick. Rip-off.
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In the Democratic race, Hillary Clinton has maintained a wide lead over Sen. Bernie Sanders (Vt.). The former secretary of state has the support of 60 percent of registered Democrats and Democratic-leaning independents (washingtonpost.com) Sounds l…
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BRUSSELS — After a dramatic security sweep late Sunday marked by the deployment of soldiers in the historic center of the Belgian capital, the authorities here announced early Monday that 16 people had been arrested in a joint poli
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Bill to ban microbeads advances in Congress : environment
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Bill to ban microbeads advances in Congress | MLive.com
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BBC – Future – This is how to store human knowledge for eternity
It’s easy to assume that human knowledge is stable – that everything we have learnt will endure for millennia. Yet oral history can evolve as it passes between generations, books can be destroyed, and digital storage is more fragile and transient th…
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Colbert’s ‘Late Show’ has become propaganda for Democrats | New York Post (at it again) (nypost.com)submitted 36 minutes ago by loading…
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‘The Leftovers’ Recap, Season Two, Episode Eight, ‘International Assassin’ – The Atlantic
Each week following episodes of season two of The Leftovers, Sophie Gilbert and Spencer Kornhaber will discuss new characters, old visitors, and whether smoking really is the best way to express profound nihilism.
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‘The Walking Dead’ Recap, Season Six, Episode Seven, ‘Heads Up’ – The Atlantic
Every week for the sixth season of AMC’s post-apocalyptic drama The Walking Dead, Lenika Cruz and David Sims will discuss the latest threat—human, zombie, or otherwise—to the show’s increasingly hardened band of survivors.
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“Head’s Up” opens and closes with a bang, the former metaphorical, the latter implied.
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‘The Walking Dead’ Recap: Welcome Back? | Rolling Stone
We’ve got some good news and some bad news. The good news? Glenn’s alive. The bad news? See the good news.
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Watch Gwen Stefani Belt ‘Used to Love You’ at 2015 AMAs | Rolling Stone
Watch Gwen Stefani Belt ‘Used to Love You’ at 2015 AMAs No Doubt singer performed breakup ballad in front of clips of her intimate new music video
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The official tagline for the first season of The Leftovers was “We’re still here,” while this season’s tagline is “Begin again.” The unofficial tagline of The Leftovers—then, now, and probably forever—is “Your mileage may vary.
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See Carrie Underwood’s Ethereal ‘Heartbeat’ at the 2015 AMAs | Rolling Stone
See Carrie Underwood’s Ethereal ‘Heartbeat’ at the 2015 AMAs Romantic ballad from ‘Storyteller’ (which features Sam Hunt on the studio version) is album’s second single
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One Direction Bring ‘Perfect’ Performance to 2015 AMAs | Rolling Stone
One Direction kept it simple as they performed their latest single “Perfect.” The track is featured on the band’s fifth album, Made in the A.M. The band delivered a stripped-back version of the infectious pop song for the ceremony.
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Heat Records Shatter as a Monster El Nino Gathers Strength — It keeps getting worse. : environment
Heat Records Shatter as a Monster El Nino Gathers Strength — It keeps getting worse. (bloomberg.com)
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More logging reported in monarch butterflies’ reserve : environment
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Myanmar landslide: ‘Many missing’ at Kachin jade mine – BBC News
Many people are still missing after a landslide at a jade mine in Myanmar’s northern Kachin state, state media said. At least 104 bodies have now been recovered, with some estimates saying more than 100 people are still missing.
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Andy Serkis Wants YOU To Be In War For The Planet Of The Apes
Earlier this week, word dropped of a ‘Special Announcement’ regarding War for the Planet of the Apes, leading everyone to guess that it was an early teaser. That’s not the case: they announced a contest to be in the movie as an ape.
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Shooting in New Orleans park leaves at least 16 people wounded | US news | The Guardian
At least 16 people have been taken to hospital after a shooting incident at a park in New Orleans, local police said. Police spokesman Tyler Gamble said officers were on their way to break up a big crowd at Bunny Friend park in the city’s 9th ward o…
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Tablelist Gets You Into Hot Clubs With The Push Of A Button | TechCrunch
We’ve all heard about FOMO (fear of missing out), but what about FOGO? That’s short for “fear of going out,” and it’s the problem that CEO Julian Jung said he’s trying to solve with Tablelist.
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Brad Pitt to produce adaptation of YA sci-fi hacker book · Newswire · The A.V. Club
According to The Hollywood Reporter, Brad Pitt’s Plan B Entertainment and Warner Bros. have picked up the rights to adapt Illuminae, a best-selling and critically acclaimed YA sci-fi novel.
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This Amazon Exec Has One of the World’s Most Insane ‘Star Wars’ Collections | Re/code
Gus Lopez was stressed. It was late October, and Lopez, a 17-year veteran of Amazon, was overseeing the launch of the company’s new restaurant-delivery service in Portland, marking the first time it would expand outside of the company’s hometown of …
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Dozens of US special operations troops will arrive in Syria “very soon” as promised by president Barack Obama’s administration, a senior official has said.
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Thousands of drug users are saving each other with antidote naloxone – The Washington Post
BALTIMORE — Deep into a three-day heroin binge at a local hotel, Samantha told the newbie he was shooting too much. He wasn’t accustomed to heroin, she said, and hadn’t waited long enough since his last injection. “But he didn’t listen,” she said.
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Best and worst looks from the American Music Awards 2015 – in pictures | Fashion | The Guardian
Skip to main content Fashion Best and worst looks from the American Music Awards 2015 – in pictures Gowns, lace, side-boob, an octopus and a Nirvana T-shirt on Justin Bieber – the red carpet fashion at the American Music awards was a strange and som…
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Ugly clashes at anti-Islam rallies in Australia – BBC News
Ten Australians have been arrested in nationwide protests involving both anti-Islam and anti-racism groups. Six people were arrested after clashes broke out at Melton on Melbourne’s outskirts on Sunday.
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A Graphic Designer in Times Square — NYMag
Michael Bierut may be from Cleveland and live in Westchester, but he is as New York as they come.
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How Glenn’s Fate Became The Worst-Kept Secret In Walking Dead History | Vanity Fair
After three long, almost tortuous episodes (we’re looking at you, Morgan), viewers finally found out the fate of fan-favorite Glenn. But before we mention that here, a quick spoiler warning: this article contains spoilers from Season 6, Episode 7 of…
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In Conversation With DeRay Mckesson — NYMag
After a year spent in the eye of a storm of protests across America, the activist talks about the new civil-rights movement he helped launch, the conspiracy theories he’s inspired, and that blue vest.
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How Could Volkswagen’s Top Engineers Not Have Known? — “VW is a company where the engineers are in charge.” (bloomberg.com)
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Sony employees on the hack, one year later.
Animation by Lisa Larson-Walker. Images by Maciej Noskowsk/Getty Images, courtesy of Footage Island. Every morning, like so many of her colleagues, a television writer would drive from her Hollywood apartment to the Culver City, California, lot of S…
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See Selena Gomez’s Vampy ‘Same Old Love’ at 2015 AMAs | Rolling Stone
See Selena Gomez’s Vampy ‘Same Old Love’ at 2015 AMAs Charli XCX co-wrote pop star’s latest single
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America Buries First ISIS War Casualty – The Daily Beast
ISIS had already dug graves for the 70 prisoners, but the rescuers swooped in before the executions began. A video taken during the operation shows one person after another being hustled to safety who otherwise would have been murdered.
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Pain management: We have the technology
From time to time you might see a story pop up written by someone in chronic pain. That story will often detail the needless and unproductive drama they’re forced to endure at least monthly and sometimes daily to keep their pain levels manageable.
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Watch 5 Seconds of Summer’s Raucous ‘Hey Everybody!’ at AMAs | Rolling Stone
Australian pop-punk quartet 5 Seconds of Summer turned the 2015 American Music Awards into a rock club with their frenetic performance of “Hey Everybody!” The single appears on their latest album, Sounds Good Feel Good.
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Trump — who has said he was in his Manhattan apartment the morning of the attack — doubled down. Of course he did.
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Watch Jennifer Lopez Dance to Nicki Minaj in AMAs Opener | Rolling Stone
Watch Jennifer Lopez’s Dance to Nicki Minaj, the Weeknd in 2015 AMAs Opener Singer-actress also hosting this year’s ceremony
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American Music Awards 2015: The Complete Winners List | Rolling Stone
American Music Awards 2015: The Complete Winners List The full rundown of who won on one of the industry’s biggest nights
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The department pretending to run North Korea – BBC News
A section of the Berlin Wall on display in Seoul acts as a reminder of South Korea’s fractured relationship with the North. But thoughts of reunification are never far away and there’s a whole government department dedicated to the idea, although it…
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Alberta’s next big move is a 180-degree turn on climate change. : environment
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From crude to renewed, Alberta embarks on a bold new path | National Observer
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Moroccan solar plant to bring energy to a million people – BBC News
The solar thermal plant at Ouarzazate will harness the Sun’s warmth to melt salt, which will hold its heat to generate energy in the evening. The first phase will generate for three hours after dark; the last stage aims to supply power 20 hours a da…
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Ebola global response was ‘too slow’, say health experts – BBC News
A slow international response and a failure of leadership were to blame for the “needless suffering and death” caused by the recent Ebola epidemic, a panel of experts has concluded.
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Belgium detains 16 in Raids Brussels On High Alert | Al Jazeera America
BRUSSELS, Belgium — Belgian prosecutors announced early Monday that they have detained 16 people in raids linked to possible attacks in Belgium but said Paris fugitive Salah Abdeslam was not among them.
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After four years of unrelenting drought, nearly all of California is likely to see at least some relief this winter, federal climate experts said Thursday, offering a first real message of hope for the bone-dry state. (sfgate.com)
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Alberta launches $3 billion climate change strategy with carbon tax : environment
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Alberta climate change plan calls for economy-wide tax | Calgary Herald
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Alberta to introduce economy-wide carbon tax in 2017 : environment
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Coldplay announces world tour to support new album · Newswire · The A.V. Club
Coldplay’s A Head Full Of Dreams—an album that features not only Beyoncé and Noel Gallagher, but also Beyoncé’s daughter Blue Ivy and Chris Martin’s ex-wife Gwyneth Paltrow—will be in stores on December 4, and now the band has announced it will be g…
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If you had to describe TV animation these days with a simple phrase, you might describe it as “hyperstylized simplicity.” Character designs are lovely and distinct, but, for the most part, they’re mostly comprised of simple shapes, with a few distin…
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Video: Microsoft Lumia 950 in action | Ars Technica
The Microsoft Lumia 950 is a long-awaited flagship Windows phone. I have a written review but if you want to see Continuum and iris recognition in action, you’ll want to check out my video review. There’s even a cameo from one of my multitudinous an…
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‘Spying’ on Islamic State instead of hacking them – BBC News
In the wake of the Paris attacks, the vigilante hacker group Anonymous has declared war on so-called Islamic State using the internet and claims to have shut thousands of Twitter accounts used by IS operatives.
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In pictures: Royal Society photo award winners – BBC News
An underwater photo of a group of tadpoles silhouetted against a bright blue sky has won first place in the inaugural Royal Society Publishing photography competition. The photograph was taken by biologist Bert Willaert, while he was snorkelling in …
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In search of the perfect sweetener – BBC News
Too much refined sugar is blamed for a wave of obesity and ill-health, so the search is on for the perfect sweetener. But it’s not an easy task, writes Michael Mosley. Unfortunately it is a love affair that has brought me nothing but grief.
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Can Ethiopia’s railway bring peace to Somalia? – BBC News
“We decided to open the railway early because of the drought, the worst in decades,” says Getachew Betru, chief executive of the Ethiopian Railways Corporation (ERC). It is a Saturday, but this thoughtful, intelligent man is busy working.
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Packers score big win over Vikings and Seahawks overcome 49ers | Sport | The Guardian
Aaron Rodgers threw for 212 yards and a pair of touchdowns, Datone Jones had two of Green Bay’s six sacks and the Packers stopped a three-game losing streak with a convincing 30-13 victory over the Minnesota Vikings on Sunday to pull even in the NFC…
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Why Shanghai’s first American Chinese restaurant is taking off – BBC News
Quick! Which of these menu items can be included in a typical Chinese meal? Your answer will probably depend on where you live in the world. Those inside China would probably argue that none of those dishes resemble anything from a traditional Chine…
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Donald Trump Tweets Fake, Racist And Wildly Inaccurate Murder Statistics : politics
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Justin Meram had the fastest goal in MLS Cup playoff history, Kei Kamara also scored and the Columbus Crew beat the New York Red Bulls 2-0 on Sunday night in the first leg of the Eastern Conference finals. Meram opened the scoring at the nine-second…
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Conservative wins Argentina presidency – BBC News
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Five US states where climate change could be disastrous – BBC News
Climate change is expected to increase the frequency of extreme weather events around the world. One US group has given the 50 states a report card, ranking the risk of potential disasters and long-term dangerous changes.
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Trump’s 9/11 Claim Earns ‘Pants on Fire’ – The Daily Beast
On ABC’s This Week, 2016 GOP presidential candidate Donald Trump phoned in to discuss the crisis in Syria and Iraq. He also was asked to explain comments he made over the weekend about the terrorist attacks in New York on Sept. 11, 2001.
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Astronaut Tim Peake completes training ahead of space trip – BBC News
British Astronaut Tim Peake and his crew-mates have now completed their intensive training for their flight to the International Space Station in December. The crew have passed their final, practical exam and will soon fly to the Baikonur launch sit…
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DailyKos | Hillary Clinton was against attacking Universal Healthcare in 2008, attacks it in 2015. (dailykos.com)
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New Zealand helicopter crash: Recovery of bodies delayed – BBC News
Attempts to recover the remaining bodies of those who died in a helicopter crash in New Zealand, which killed four Britons, have been postponed until at least Wednesday. Bad weather at the Fox Glacier has hampered attempts to reach the site.
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Texas Board of Education Refuses To Allow Professors To Fact-Check Textbooks : Liberal
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AP FACT CHECK: Most GOP candidates flunk climate science : Liberal
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Europe recession ‘could be permanent’, think tank warns – BBC News
The worst effects of the European recession risk becoming permanent in places, according to a left-leaning think tank. The IPPR’s latest report pointed to the high level of unemployment and underemployment across Europe and said the chances of these…
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Real Confidence Begins With Believing In Your Ability to Improve
While having too much confidence can be detrimental, having none at all can be even worse. If you want to make any real headway in developing your self-confidence, you have to start by believing you can change.
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Where Are All The Enterprise Tech Buyers? | TechCrunch
Enormous tech M&A deals have been announced recently: EMC/Dell, WDC/SanDisk, Lam-Research/KLC-Tencor. These follow a very busy year of large tech M&A, with Avago/Broadcom, Nokia/Alcatel-Lucent and Intel/Altera. This year is shaping up to be a record…
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Princess Loca, Han Cholo, Arturito, Darth Vato, Loco Skywalker and Hommie Juan Kenobi – Imgur
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High Castle’s uneven seventh episode reveals nothing new · TV Club Binge · The A.V. Club
This weekend, A.V. Club contributor Shelby Fero is watching all of the first season of The Man In The High Castle on Amazon Prime. After she’s finished with an episode, she’ll post a quick response.
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Adele’s Raw Mic Feed From Her ‘SNL’ Performance Leaked, And It’s Breathtaking – Digg
27 diggs streamable.com Music TV Somehow the raw mic feed from Adele’s “SNL” performance appears to have found its way online, and it’s pretty incredible. You can hear the faint instrumentals in the background, but besides that it’s the pure vocals …
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Arrests in Brussels anti-terror raids – 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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Samsung’s Gear VR Commercial Is Surprisingly Good | TechCrunch
With the Samsung Gear VR hitting shelves and faces all over the place last week, the company ran a new commercial to promote it this weekend. I saw it during the 49ers vs. Seahawks game. It’s. Surprisingly. Good.
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Reaction to France’s 9/11 in Paris is déjà vu
The act of terrorism in Paris, France, that killed 132 people and counting is tragic. What’s more tragic? The response by the United States’ media and the neocon-driven Republican Party.
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Cathode Gives Terminal a Retro Makeover on Mac and iOS
iOS/Mac: Sick of looking at that fancy, functional Terminal built into OS X? Cathode is an app that strips away all that readable future-tech for a much more retro flair. At its core, Cathode’s all about emulating Terminal with extremely retro effec…
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BBC independence ‘eroded’, says director general – BBC News
The BBC’s political independence has been gradually eroded, according to the corporation’s director general. In a speech to business leaders on Monday, Tony Hall will urge changes to the way the broadcaster is regulated.
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The Most Intense El Niño Ever Observed Is Already a Worldwide Disaster : environment
The Most Intense El Niño Ever Observed Is Already a Worldwide Disaster (slate.com)submitted 1 hour ago by loading…
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BBC Sport – Garry Monk: Swansea City board consider manager’s future
Swansea City’s board are considering the position of manager Garry Monk following the club’s recent poor form. Monk, 36, took charge in February 2014 following Michael Laudrup’s departure.
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Lake Titicaca : Image of the Day
As the International Space Station flew over the Atacama Desert of coastal Peru, an astronaut looked to the north and, by using a short lens (80 mm), captured the entire 190-kilometer (120-mile) length of Lake Titicaca.
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Arduino-based knife-wielding tentacle / Boing Boing
Alan “Watchmen” Moore, the Wizard of Northampton, gives some frank advice to beginning writers at a Q&A at a 2011 an anti-library-closure protest at St James Library, Northampton, UK.
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Comic Arts LA: a wonderful indie comics show, Dec 5/6 / Boing Boing
Munroe’s upcoming book, Thing Explainer, occasioned an interview in Time; in characteristically wonderful style, he answered all the questions with one-panel cartoons. (via /.)
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Baltimore Ravens lose Joe Flacco and Justin Forsett for rest of season | Sport | The Guardian
The Baltimore Ravens continue to chart new depths of misery with the news that they have lost two of their best players for the rest of the season.
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The US and China now have a ‘space hotline’ to avoid satellite warfare | The Verge
Washington and Beijing are making efforts to avoid a crisis in space before it happens. The US and China have set up a direct link — or “hotline” — allowing both nations to easily share information about activities in space.
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On the Charts: Justin Bieber’s ‘Purpose’ Crushes One Direction | Rolling Stone
In the final sales week before Adele’s 25 puts an indefinite stranglehold on the Billboard 200’s Number One spot, Justin Bieber’s Purpose proved victorious in its much-ballyhooed competition against One Direction’s Made in the A.M.
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“Who’s ISIS?” Anonymous’ #OpParis campaign against Islamic State goes awry | Ars Technica
A group associated with the Anonymous hacktivist movement launched what they claimed was a “total war” against the Islamic State (also known as ISIS or Daesh), encouraging people to join in an effort allegedly targeting social media accounts associa…
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Donald Trump Is Using False Statistics to Make A Racist Point – The Daily Beast
At this point, it should come as no surprise when Donald Trump manipulates the truth to his political advantage. However, presenting false racially-biased statistics a day after an African-American protester was thrown out of one of his events, does…
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David Axelrod: Trump Would be ‘Defeated Handily’ by Clinton in General Election : democrats
David Axelrod: Trump Would be ‘Defeated Handily’ by Clinton in General Election (abcnews.go.com)submitted 1 hour ago by loading…
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DailyKos | Hillary Clinton was against attacking Universal Healthcare in 2008, attacks it in 2015. (dailykos.com)
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Squire’s wife comes to the aid of a farmer: Country diary 100 years ago | Environment | The Guardian
Farmers are urged to plough more land and increase our supply of home-grown corn, but some people who are well acquainted with the conditions under which farmers work doubt whether this is the right course to take.
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RAF search after ‘Russian submarine spotted off Scotland’ – BBC News
An RAF plane is “conducting activity” off the Scottish coast, the Ministry of Defence says, amid reports of a Russian submarine being spotted in the area. The Telegraph reports the French plane has searched for the submarine for at least 10 days.
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And then there were three: Nola, the last Northern White Rhino at the San Diego Zoo Safari Park, has died at age 41. The last three are in a sanctuary in Kenya with 24/7 protection against poachers. (latimes.com)
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In A City With Strong Ties To Syria, Refugee Crisis Stirs Debate : NPR
Syrian immigrants have been making their home in Allentown, Pa., for more than a century. They began settling there in the late 1800s, first to work as peddlers and later to work in factories. Today the town is home to one of the largest Syrian popu…
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Buster Keaton – The Art of the Gag on Vimeo
Before Edgar Wright and Wes Anderson, before Chuck Jones and Jackie Chan, there was Buster Keaton, one of the founding fathers of visual comedy. And nearly 100 years after he first appeared onscreen, we’re still learning from him. Today, i’d like to…
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Argentina exit polls suggest win for opposition’s Macri – Al Jazeera English
Pro-market candidate Mauricio Macri has won Argentina’s presidential runoff vote, according to exit polls, ending 12 years of centre-left rule in the country.
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America has never recovered from Ronald Reagan. That’s why Bernie Sanders is so important. (salon.com)
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Q&A: ‘Muslim minorities are first victims of terror’ – Al Jazeera English
Yasser Louati, the Paris-based spokesman for Collective Against Islamophobia in France, recently gained internet fame when two news presenters pressed him to explain the Muslim community’s supposed responsibility in regards to the recent attacks in …
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Colombia pardons 30 Farc prisoners to speed peace talks – BBC News
The Colombian government says it will pardon 30 Farc guerrillas who are currently serving sentences in prisons across the country. It said none of the prisoners had been sentenced for major crimes.
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Worms Help Explain Why Our Spines Are on Our Backs | Motherboard
What distinguishes humans and flies? There seem to be so many qualities that differentiate us from our annoying winged companions as to make the question seem trivial, yet to many biologists it is everything but.
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Putting It All On The Table: Author Recalls A Food-Obsessed Family : NPR
NPR’s Michel Martin talks with author Dawn Lerman about her book My Fat Dad, an exploration of the many ways food shapes our connection to family.
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Seasonal Temps Prep For The Holiday Rush : NPR
As retailers prepare for the demand of the holiday season, they’re hiring thousands of temporary workers. People who are looking for temporary holiday jobs this season talk about their experiences.
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‘Pandemic’ Board Game Proves Infectious : NPR
When the post-Thanksgiving dinner board games come out, one Word You’ll Hear could be: Pandemic Legacy. That’s a hot new board game where players team up to contain epidemics worldwide. Designer Rob Daviau talks about why Pandemic Legacy has become …
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Argentines Head To Polls To Decide Presidential Run-Off : NPR
Argentines voted Sunday in what they are calling the vote of the generation. This is Argentina’s first run-off presidential election between two well-known candidates.
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A Son Lost In ‘3 1/2 Minutes’ — And A Tragic Anniversary For His Parents : NPR
On Monday night, HBO will air the documentary “3 ½ Minutes, 10 Bullets,” about the murder of Jordan Davis in Jacksonville, Fla., at the hands of Michael Dunn, who objected to the volume of the music Davis was listening to. Host Michel Martin speaks …
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Amid Fears Of An Attack, Belgium Re-Ups Its State Of Emergency : NPR
Belgian leaders have extended a state of emergency and lockdown for Brussels due to a threat of a “Paris-style” terrorist attack.
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After Paris Attacks, Security Dominates Conversation — And Campaigns : NPR
Security continues to be a hot topic in politics as Donald Trump again makes controversial statements this weekend. NPR’s Domenico Montanaro gives us the latest on what GOP voters think as well as an update on the upset in the Louisiana governor’s r…
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Interview: Taye Diggs, Actor And Author Of ‘Mixed Me!’ : NPR
Your purchase helps support NPR Programming. How? He’s known for his starring roles on screens both big and small, but it’s his lifetime role that inspired his latest book — that of a father.
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This Holiday Season, Retailers Will Be Wishing For More Workers : NPR
This month, hundreds of thousands of Americans are starting seasonal jobs. They’ll be helping holiday shoppers, who are expected to increase their spending by about 3.5 percent this year. Some retailers are adding more services like curbside pickup …
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Mass raids after Paris attacks spark civil rights fears – Al Jazeera English
A surge in arrests, house arrests and raids on homes and private property in the wake of the Paris attacks – including at mosques and Muslim-owned businesses – has raised alarm among rights organisations that France’s extended state of emergency cou…
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Here’s a statement that people who hate fun and/or experimental article layouts have been waiting to hear for a long time: The Force Awakens comes out in a less than a month, and the movie is finally finished.
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Pope Francis Calls Christmas ‘A Charade’: ‘The Whole World Is at War’ | Rolling Stone
Pope Francis Calls Christmas ‘A Charade’: ‘The Whole World Is at War’ “There will be lights, there will be parties, bright trees, even Nativity scenes, all decked out, while the world continues to wage war,” pon
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Which states will gain seats in Congress come 2020, and which will lose? Here’s a very early look
These two losses will almost certainly cancel each other out. All five seats are safe for the party currently holding them, so when the 2022 elections come around, one member of Congress in each state is either retiring or losing a primary.
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Why Halo 1 remains as one of my all time favorite games (imgur.com)submitted 14 minutes ago by loading…
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After building out the world and complex web of geopolitics in the first five episodes, it’s in the sixth that we really meet our characters for the first time.
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When he was not in the operating room at Johns Hopkins Hospital, performing one of his 400 surgeries a year, Dr. Ben Carson could often be seen walking slowly through the hallways, hands behind his back, nodding, smiling and speaking softly to co-wo…
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This must be what the entrance to heaven looks like. – Imgur
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Red Squad and Blue Squad Takes Poe Dameron’s Lead In The Latest Force Awakens TV Spot
It’s another weekend, and that means that we’ve got another TV spot for Star Wars: The Force Awakens with some new footage.
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Who Turned My Blue State Red? Why poor areas vote for politicians who want to slash the safety net. (nytimes.com)
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NFL round-up: Romo wins on return while Winston ties NFL record | Sport | The Guardian
All the Dallas Cowboys needed was to get Tony Romo back. Through their seven-game losing streak the Cowboys kept saying things could turn around – if only they could get their quarterback back. On Sunday he returned and led Dallas to a 24-14 victory…
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Who Turned My Blue State Red? Why poor areas vote for politicians who want to slash the safety net. (nytimes.com)
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BMW announces artists for the next two vehicles in its famous Art Car series | The Verge
BMW’s so-called Art Cars — vehicles that have been turned into rolling canvases by well-known artists — are famous among both art and auto enthusiasts. The 17 cars that make up the series, going back to 1975, include designs by A-listers like Andy W…
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Track of the Day: ‘The Girl in the Pearl Earring’ – The Atlantic
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It’s a scene that, as Donald J. Trump describes it, would seem to be seared into the American consciousness. No news reports exist of people cheering in the streets, and both police officials and the mayor of Jersey City have said that it did not ha…
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An elusive little sprite | Environment | The Guardian
It’s hard to imagine a bird that weighs less than a two pence coin travelling all the way from Siberia to end up near my home in Somerset. But that’s exactly what the tiny creature making its way through the dense foliage of ivy and sycamores in fro…
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Pfizer and Allergan poised to announce history’s biggest healthcare merger | US news | The Guardian
Pharmaceutical companies Pfizer and Allergan are reportedly on the verge of announcing the largest healthcare merger in history, in defiance of the US government’s efforts to crack down on deals that it believes are thinly disguised forms of tax avo…
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Opposition ‘wins Argentina presidency’ – BBC News
Opposition candidate Mauricio Macri wins Argentina presidential election run-off, according to exit polls. 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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Masala the red panda found safe and well after California zoo escape | World news | The Guardian
The Eureka Times Standard reported on Sunday that the tiny creature named Masala was found safe and sound on Saturday night and was taken back to the Sequoia Park Zoo. Zoo manager Gretchen Ziegler said a citizen saw the one-year-old red panda walkin…
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An Ode to du Maurier’s ‘Rebecca,’ by Rachel Pastan : Longreads Blog
Our latest Longreads Exclusive is the second chapter from the novel Alena by Rachel Pastan, as chosen by Longreads contributing editor A. N. Devers, who writes: “Sometimes a book that is wonderful and well-told and riveting is overlooked. I believe …
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So You Want To Join The Empire: Accessories & A Side Project
So, the Stormtrooper is almost done. The armor is trimmed, assembled, and wearable. Now, there’s a couple of final things that need to be picked up. Additionally, I’ve embarked on another project: refitting my original Stormtrooper.
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Play for Real Bitcoin in This ‘Bomberman’ Clone | Motherboard
Battlecoin pits you against other users in a multiplayer Bomberman clone.
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IT’S a truth universally accepted that every Republican who runs for president wants to be Ronald Reagan, and that every Democrat wants to be either Franklin Roosevelt or (God help us) John F. Kennedy. It’s also a truth universally accepted that nob…
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Donald Trump Tweets Fake, Racist And Wildly Inaccurate Murder Statistics | ThinkProgress
Donald Trump, the leading candidate in the Republican presidential primary, tweeted a graphic with fake statistics about murders in the United States. The statistics are also racist and wildly inaccurate.
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See Coldplay Debut ‘Head Full of Dreams’ Tracks at Los Angeles Concert | Rolling Stone
See Coldplay Debut ‘Head Full of Dreams’ Tracks at Los Angeles Concert Band performs “Up&Up” for first time at Tidal live-streamed gig
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ShadeScout Finds Any Shade of Makeup You Want and Lets You Try It On
iOS/Android: Makeup can be a tricky thing. Your shade of foundation, lipstick or eyeshadow can make a big difference in your look, and you may have no idea what colors suit you. ShadeScout lets you play around with different shades and try them on.
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The Most Overlooked Aspect Of UX Design Could Be The Most Important | TechCrunch
I’m not much of a designer. In fact, I’m awful at it. I am, however, interested in how it’s done. I read and write plenty about customer success; along the way, (somehow) I found Samuel Hulick’s site UserOnboard.
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Argentina Holds Election With Big Consequences | Al Jazeera America
In a presidential election that could have economic and political ramifications across South America, Argentines on Sunday were weighing issues ranging from soaring prices to the future of social welfare programs implemented by the left-leaning Pres…
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Terror attacks threaten investment: Siemens chief – BBC News
The Paris terrorist attacks and political instability in Europe are making companies more reluctant to invest, the chief executive of Siemens has warned. Siemens is Europe’s biggest industrial conglomerate with 350,000 employees.
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Radical Christian holy warriors really need to stop throwing stones
Time: Are you religious? McVeigh: I was raised Catholic. I was confirmed Catholic (received the sacrament of confirmation). Through my military years, I sort of lost touch with the religion. I never really picked it up, however I do maintain core be…
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Syrian refugees surrender to immigration agents at US-Mexico border | World news | The Guardian
Federal officials said on Sunday another group of Syrian refugees had turned themselves in at the US-Mexico border. The Department of Homeland Security confirmed that the group identified themselves to border agents in the South Texas town of Laredo…
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Photographs of the Volunteers Welcoming Refugees to Europe – The Atlantic
Every day this year, thousands of refugees make the dangerous journey from their war-torn homelands to Europe. Many arrive without food or money; many are children.
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Paramount sets up writers rooms for future G.I. Joe and Micronauts movies · Newswire · The A.V. Club
Earlier this year, Paramount and Hasbro put together a team of all-star writers (mostly veterans of some comic book movies and Walking Dead creator Robert Kirkman) to plan out the future of the Transformers film series.
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J.J. Abrams says he has ‘six little things left’ to finish Star Wars: The Force Awakens | The Verge
The Force Awakens is officially less than a month away, but we’re still getting little bits of information here and there. First up is yet another TV spot — this one shines the spotlight on Oscar Isaac and the X-Wings. You can watch that below. But …
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“Google can reset the passcodes when served with a search warrant and an order instructing them to assist law enforcement to extract data from the device. This process can be done by Google remotely and allows forensic examiners to view the contents…
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Just three white rhinos left worldwide after euthanization at San Diego zoo | US news | The Guardian
The Los Angeles Times reported that at 41, Nola the rhino was considered geriatric and had a series of old-age ailments, including arthritis. The rhino had also been treated for a recurring abscess on her hip. Zoo officials said Nola was euthanized …
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So You’ve Been Publicly Called an Agent of ISIS – The Atlantic
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Skip the Slides For Your Next Presentation
The next time you’re putting together a set of slides for your presentation, ask yourself, “Do I really need this?” Then, an all likelihood, stop making slides. As business blog Inc. points out, more often than not, a set of slides doesn’t really ad…
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Gamma Rays Can Show Us Which Asteroids Are Worth Mining | Motherboard
Gamma rays are more associated with the Incredible Hulk and black holes than asteroids, but that could change thanks to research just published in SPIE Newsroom.
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Donald J. Trump said Saturday that he would order surveillance of “certain mosques” to combat terrorism after the Paris attacks and claimed to have watched as “thousands and thousands of people were cheering” while the World Trade Center towers fell…
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Our Jessica Jones binge-watch comes to a close · TV Club Binge · The A.V. Club
This weekend, A.V. Club contributor Caroline Siede is watching all of the first season of Marvel’s Jessica Jones on Netflix. After she’s finished with an episode, she’ll post a quick response.
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SyFy Is Jumping Onto The Anthology Season Trend With Channel Zero
Anthology television shows have gotten popular in recent years with hits like True Detective and American Horror Story. Now, SyFy is jumping on the trend by greenlighting two seasons of Channel Zero, a horror anthology.
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Given The Simpsons’ longstanding fondness for doing a self-contained first act that connects only tenuously with the main story—seriously, they were making fun of themselves for that at least as far back as season 12’s “Tennis The Menace,” which air…
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When the planes hit the towers on 11 September 2001, I was asleep in my dorm room in Los Angeles. The phone woke me – it was a friend, frantic, repeating, “Nine-one-one! Nine-one-one!” over and over.
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Toxic sludge reaches Atlantic after Brazil dams burst – Al Jazeera English
A mudflow thick with toxic mining waste, which initially spilled earlier this month from the collapse of two tailings dams into a main river in southeast Brazil, has now reached the Atlantic Ocean, says Brazil’s environmental agency, Ibama.
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Colombia Pardons 30 Jailed Farc Members | Al Jazeera America
Colombia’s government announced Sunday it is granting pardons to 30 jailed members of FARC, the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia, as a confidence-building measure in its peace talks with the leftist guerrilla group.
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Bangladesh executions – justice or political rivalry? – Al Jazeera English
Two opposition leaders convicted of war crimes were hanged in Bangladesh on Sunday. Last-minute appeals for Ali Mujahid and Salauddin Chowdhury were rejected by the president a day earlier.
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Sanders And Carson Provide Two Entirely Different Ideas Of Criminal Justice Reform | ThinkProgress
Columbia, SC — Bernie Sanders and Ben Carson shared a stage at a historically black university in Columbia, South Carolina on Saturday to discuss criminal justice reform. But that’s about where the similarities ended.
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The Post and Courier reports that its analysis shows that more than $17m in such legal settlements have come this year. Those payments included a $10m dollar settlement in the shooting death of a former mayor in Cottageville and $6.
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Black activist punched at Trump rally – The Washington Post
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. — A white man punched and attempted to choke a black protester who was thrown on the ground at a Donald Trump rally here on Saturday morning, as an onlooker yelled, “Don’t choke him! Don’t choke him!”
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Clinton best, Cruz worst on Climate Change… Cruz “understands less about science… than kindergartner”. (x-post r/politics) (hosted.ap.org)
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Edwards Beats Vitter for Louisiana Governorship — NYMag
Vitter has also announced he will not run for re-election in the Senate. In what has become an upset in the Louisiana governor’s race, Democratic State Representative John Bel Edwards defeated Republican Senator David Vitter in a runoff election on …
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Novak Djokovic capped a remarkable season with victory over Roger Federer to claim a record fourth straight ATP World Tour Finals title. The world number one from Serbia won 6-3 6-4 in 80 minutes at London’s O2 Arena.
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Randall Munroe does a Q&A with stick-figure comics / Boing Boing
Judith (AKA Miss Mantis) remakes kitschy-sweet porcelain figurines, transforming them with polymer clay, flocking and paint into statuettes of anthropomorphic insects going about their weird, daily business:.
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Who Marvel chooses to play Iron Fist is a big deal | The Verge
With Daredevil and Jessica Jones now out of the way, Marvel has two more solo Netflix outings left before the eventual Defenders team-up. We know that production for Luke Cage is already underway, with Mike Colter set to star.
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I’m angry, and I know I’m not the only one. My 8-year-old knows what happened in Paris last weekend. Kids and adults have the same question: Why? There are the facile answers: “They hate our freedoms.
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On the front line of climate change in the Canadian Arctic, scientists are hunting for clues to a potentially catastrophic global warming trend: melting permafrost, a layer of soil or rock that is – or should be – frozen all year round. (sciencedail…
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AP FACT CHECK: Most GOP candidates flunk climate science (hosted.ap.org)submitted 42 minutes ago by loading…
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AP FACT CHECK: Most GOP candidates flunk climate science : environment
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News from The Associated Press
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The bigger the fuckup, the better. : pics
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Muslim man opens his arms to Parisians : gifs
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How Our Words Affect Our Thoughts on Race and Gender – Facts So Romantic – Nautilus
Can a person who is biologically male really be female? What about someone who is born white but doesn’t feel that way—can she become black? Intelligent adults can disagree passionately on these questions of identity, as evident in the back-and-fort…
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Hymn to the Hebrides that is very welcome | Letters | UK news | The Guardian
Grateful thanks to Christine Smith for writing such a lyrical account of a late afternoon on the seashore in South Uist (Country diary, 20 November).
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Brad Delong has nice things to say about my old Brookings Papers on Economic Activity on the liquidity trap, and asks why central bankers still don’t seem to get some of the basic points I made way back then, especially about the desirability of a h…
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Three high-flying birds soar together for the first time since the 1970s | Ars Technica
The last three flightworthy WB-57 airplanes in existence arrayed themselves on a runway near Johnson Space Center in Houston this week, as if they were dinosaurs brought to life.
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Mali Begins Days of National Mourning for Bamako Hotel Attack Victims – The Atlantic
Mali will begin three days of national mourning on Sunday at midnight local time following a shooting attack at a hotel in the capital of Bamako that left at least 19 people dead.
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Human Ponzi scheme of population growth can’t go on for ever | Letters | World news | The Guardian
George Monbiot (There’s a population crisis all right. But probably not the one you’re thinking of, 20 November) is right to point out the devastating impacts of expanding livestock operations around the world.
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A Space Commander Has Second Thoughts On A Mission To Mars In 1955’s The Conquest Of Space
It’s Sunday, and that means it’s time to check out another classic science fiction film: 1955’s The Conquest of Space!
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This Erotica Author Has Fetishized Clippy, ‘Tetris,’ and Pluto as a Giant Penis | Motherboard
Chances are you’re not familiar with Amazon’s bizarrely awesome erotica scene. That’s too bad because let me tell you, that’s something you actually want to be familiar with. Especially now with the holidays coming up.
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America has never actually welcomed the world’s huddled masses: The nation turned away thousands of Jews fleeing the Third Reich, even though our immigration quotas remained unfilled.
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Jessica Jones delivers a phenomenal penultimate episode · TV Club Binge · The A.V. Club
This weekend, A.V. Club contributor Caroline Siede is watching all of the first season of Marvel’s Jessica Jones on Netflix. After she’s finished with an episode, she’ll post a quick response.
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Watch a Preview of Eagles of Death Metal Speaking About the Tragedy in | Vanity Fair
Eagles of Death Metal — the American band playing on stage at the Bataclan Concert Hall when attackers armed with automatic weapons fired upon the people inside — had a unique and unenviable perspective on the November 13th Paris attacks.
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French aircraft carrier sent to target ISIL in Syria – Al Jazeera English
French Defence Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian said the Charles de Gaulle aircraft carrier has been deployed to the eastern Mediterranean to engage further in the country’s fight against the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) group.
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Five Finger Death Punch’s Milan Concert Canceled Over Terror Threat | Rolling Stone
Five Finger Death Punch’s Milan Concert Canceled Over Terror Threat “We did not receive confirmation in time to satisfy our requirements and to ensure that our fans would be safe at the event,” band says after a
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Wrongly-jailed US man speaks out after release – BBC News
A man jailed in the US in 1992 for the murder of a British tourist, and other crimes that detectives and a judge told the BBC they did not believe he committed, has been released.
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Noseeum Lake, Alberta [3393×1776] [OC] : EarthPorn
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Southwest flight diverted after crew complains of ‘unruly’ passengers | US news | The Guardian
Authorities said a Southwest Airlines flight headed from Indianapolis to Los Angeles was diverted to Kansas City International airport on Sunday because several passengers were being “unruly”.
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First presidential run-off as Argentina goes to the polls – BBC News
People in Argentina are voting to choose a successor to President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner in an election that could end twelve years of left-wing government.
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Growing List Of Planned Parenthood Investigations Hyped By Conservative Media Clears Organization Of Any Wrongdoing (mediamatters.org)submitted 22 minutes ago by loading…
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Want to avoid the antibiotic apocalypse? Stop eating meat | Voices | The Independent
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Democrats celebrate victory in Louisiana governor’s race – Chicago Tribune
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This explains to me something that has puzzled me https://t.co/THY2cHMnhM https://t.co/wzu773AFLi via /r/Liberal
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My baby when she was just a little ball of fluff : cats
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Democrats celebrate victory in Louisiana governor’s race : democrats
Democrats celebrate victory in Louisiana governor’s race (chicagotribune.com)submitted 44 minutes ago by loading…
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This explains to me something that has puzzled me (nytimes.com)submitted 6 minutes ago by loading…
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One Israeli, Three Palestinians Killed in Violence | Al Jazeera America
An Israeli woman was stabbed to death by a Palestinian who was among three assailants to be shot dead in separate incidents Sunday, Israeli security forces said. The latest flare-up of violence comes ahead of a visit to the region by U.S. Secretary …
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Want to avoid the antibiotic apocalypse? : environment
Want to avoid the antibiotic apocalypse? (independent.co.uk)
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Belgium Extends Terror Alert for Brussels After Paris Attacks – The Atlantic
The city of Brussels and its suburbs remain on high alert as police searched for suspects in the Paris terrorist attacks.
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SNL shows what happened when Jon Hamm and Emma Stone auditioned for The Force Awakens | The Verge
The Force Awakens is less than a month away, and the deluge of everything Star Wars is unavoidable. But Saturday Night Live took the whole affair in a fun (if predictable) direction with its “exclusive footage” of the auditions for the film.
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Star Wars Auditions Highlight a Matthew McConaughey-Hosted S.N.L. | Vanity Fair
After the controversial Donald Trump-hosted episode and last week’s Elizabeth Banks-hosted rebound, Matthew McConaughey’s turn hosting the show felt decidedly downbeat. Particularly since it was musical-guest Adele who got the show’s best moments.
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BBC Sport – Tottenham Hotspur 4-1 West Ham United
Tottenham forward Heung-Min Son is set to make his first start in nearly two months after a foot injury, replacing the suspended Erik Lamela. Andros Townsend could also return but Nabil Bentaleb (ankle) is a doubt.
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‘Animal Inspector’ Is Like ‘Hot or Not’ for Pets | Motherboard
There’s an overabundance of animals in the world, and a new indie game is giving you the hard job of ensuring only the best remain in circulation.
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Episode eleven highlights the complex feminism of Jessica Jones · TV Club · The A.V. Club
This weekend, A.V. Club contributor Caroline Siede is watching all of the first season of Marvel’s Jessica Jones on Netflix. After she’s finished with an episode, she’ll post a quick response.
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Telling the Truth About ISIS and Raqqa – The New Yorker
On Saturday night, five young Syrians slouched into a dive bar in New York and ordered drinks. When the bartender asked if off-brand vodka was O.K., they had to smile.
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Paris — MEMORIES, the French poet Guillaume Apollinaire wrote, are like the sound of hunters’ horns fading in the wind. I have loved in Paris, had children, dreamed, wandered, gotten lost, found myself again. At every intersection there is an invita…
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Tiny little Cleopatra 🙂 : cats
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two croissants stuck together : Catloaf
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Schools closed as Belgium extends Brussels lockdown – Al Jazeera English
Belgian Prime Minister Charles Michel has confirmed that schools will be closed and a state of emergency will remain in place in Brussels as police continue to hunt for suspects from the Paris attacks.
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Seven years ago, Luciana Cunha paid her first visit to the fishing village of Regência, in the Brazilian state of Espírito Santo, to surf the famous waves near the mouth of the Rio Doce.
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Star Wars: The Force Awakens Is Officially Complete!
Yesterday, J.J. Abrams and Stephen Colbert went on a stage to host the Celebrity Nerd-Off at the New Jersey Performing Arts Center. They didn’t reveal anything new about the film itself, but they did drop one bit of news: The Force Awakens is now co…
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Seed by Lisa Heathfield – review | Children’s books | The Guardian
Seed is set inside a nature cult, called Seed. The members are ruled by Papa S, who leads them in worship and controls the community. They aren’t allowed any unsupervised contact with the outside world, so Pearl has spent her 15 years of life within…
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Don’t let Paris attacks stop COP21 climate change deal, pleads Obama | Environment | The Guardian
Barack Obama has moved to ensure that the Paris attacks do not sabotage a crucial climate change summit in the city next week, urging his fellow leaders to attend and strike a new deal on global warming.
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2015 Los Angeles Auto Show: Concepts and customs | Ars Technica
LOS ANGELES—Concepts and custom cars are—in our opinion—one of the best things about auto shows, this year’s LA Auto Show included. Quite a few of the concepts in the gallery above have been seen before, although for most it was their first visit to…
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How to make friends with rebels and destroy AT-ATs in Star Wars: Battlefront | The Verge
I’ve put thousands of hours into EA and Dice’s Battlefield series since Battlefield 1942 came out in 2002, so it’s no trifle when I say that Star Wars: Battlefront is the best Battlefield game I’ve ever played.
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The Democratic down-ballot hemorrhage: Is it as much of a crisis as it seems?
Let’s start with a potentially relevant semantic argument that was put forth earlier in this month in a persuasive case made by the Washington Post’s Greg Sargent.
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“It’s unacceptable to give religious privilege only to those who believe in the supernatural”: The Satanic Temple challenges the religious right (salon.com)submitted 1 hour ago by loading…
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Space is big. Really really big, and despite science fiction stories that rely on interstellar travel, in all likelihood, we’re probably never going to colonize the stars. Over on Boing Boing, Kim Stanley Robinson outlines why Earth will be our only…
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Brussels alert ‘stays at highest level’ – BBC News
Belgium’s interior minister says police forces are ‘looking for several terror suspects’, as the capital, Brussels, endures a second day of a security lockdown.
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Clinton Unveils Elderly Care Plan – The Daily Beast
Hillary Clinton released details on Sunday for a new tax cut to help people care for their aging relatives – a problem, she said, which will only grow as the baby boomer population ages.
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Pakistan’s Mohammad Hafeez has said he will not play in the same team as disgraced ex-team-mate Mohammad Amir. Fast bowler Amir, 23, was jailed for his part in a spot-fixing scam during the 2010 Test series in England and banned from cricket for fiv…
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Rome enlists American falcons to hunt starlings befouling Eternal City | World news | The Guardian
In one of the most adrenaline-fuelled moments of the new James Bond movie, Spectre, James Bond races along the banks of Rome’s Tiber river and makes a dramatic escape from his would-be assassin.
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TPP Daily Debunk #2: Are TPP Critics Anti-Trade? (aflcio.org)
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America has never recovered from Ronald Reagan. That’s why Bernie Sanders is so important. (salon.com)
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Does Trump Actually Want a Muslim Database? — NYMag
On Thursday, Donald Trump seemed to indicate to two separate reporters that he favored implementing a database for tracking Muslims in America, a Fascist-sounding suggestion which was then widely and rightfully condemned, even drawing rebukes from h…
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Fiorina says ‘vast majority’ of Syrian refugees are able bodied young men | PolitiFact New Hampshire
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Poll: Support For Jeb Bush May Be Nearing Zero Percent
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Poll: Support For Jeb Bush May Be Nearing Zero Percent : politics
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West Bank: Israeli woman stabbed to death, three Palestinian attackers killed – BBC News
An Israeli woman has died after being stabbed in the West Bank – the latest victim in two months of such attacks. Her Palestinian attacker was shot dead. Two other Palestinian attackers were killed in separate incidents, police said.
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When Mark Cuban is fined $15,000 for swearing – GIF on Imgur
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Trump says ‘maybe he should have been roughed up’ after fans assault Black Lives Matter protester
Donald Trump supporters assaulted a Black Lives Matter activist at a Trump rally on Saturday—and Trump thinks they might just have done the right thing. The assault after activist Mercutio Southall Jr. interrupted the rally by yelling “Black lives m…
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David Axelrod: Trump Would be ‘Defeated Handily’ by Clinton in General Election : Liberal
David Axelrod: Trump Would be ‘Defeated Handily’ by Clinton in General Election (abcnews.go.com)submitted 54 minutes ago by loading…
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The tenth episode of Jessica Jones is brutal · TV Club Binge · The A.V. Club
This weekend, A.V. Club contributor Caroline Siede is watching all of the first season of Marvel’s Jessica Jones on Netflix. After she’s finished with an episode, she’ll post a quick response.
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You fed the crazy for 40 years and now the crazy turned on you. Suck it, Republicans. You deserve what you’re getting. The inmates are officially running the asylum.
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Fiorina says ‘vast majority’ of Syrian refugees are able bodied young men : politics
I’m sure she got those numbers from a video that no one else can prove exists. Does this woman ever stop lying? Even in the current field of GOP presidential candidates wildly detached from reality her dishonesty is stands out.
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When Jared Fogle let a friend use his laptop : gifs
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Cinemas refuse to show Church of England advert featuring Lord’s Prayer | World news | The Guardian
The UK’s three leading cinema chains have refused to show an advert by the Church of England that features the Lord’s Prayer, citing fears that it could offend people.
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So, Here’s A 5-Year-Old Girl Doing A Drum Cover Of A System Of A Down Song – Digg
31 diggs Music Maybe “Chop Suey” isn’t the most appropriate song in the world for a 5-year-old, but girl has some serious chops.
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China’s Ghost Cities Aren’t Exactly Dead | Motherboard
Tens of millions of empty apartments in brand new cities all over China, deserted cinemas and quiet parks. It is an image that has captured the public imagination: China’s “ghost cities” have become a popular topic in international media.
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Trump and Carson back use of waterboarding amid fight against Isis | US news | The Guardian
Donald Trump and Ben Carson, the two enduring frontrunners in the race to become the Republican party’s presidential candidate, have both indicated they would bring back waterboarding and other forms of “enhanced interrogation” that were dropped by …
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Armed Protesters Rally Outside Texas Mosque: ‘We Do Want To Show Force’ | ThinkProgress
A dozen of armed protesters rallied outside the Islamic Center of Irving, Texas on Saturday, calling for an end to the “Islamization of America” in response to rumors about Syrian refugees and Sharia court.
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You’ve reached our hub for all the best Black Friday deals! As you’ve probably already figured out, “Black Friday” is a bit of a misnomer; many of the best deals are available up to a week in advance.
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Chocolate Scientists Used Super Yeast to Change the Taste of Cocoa Beans | Motherboard
Humans have been obsessing over chocolate pretty much since forever, and in the 4,000 or so years that we’ve been cuckoo for cocoa, it’s only natural that we’ve gotten creative with its applications.
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Brussels Kept on Maximum Alert as Police Hunt Terror Suspects | VICE News
Belgium widened its search on Sunday for armed Islamist extremists whose presence has put Brussels on maximum alert, with officials saying more than one militant was at large in the city.
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Our Reluctant Hero Takes a Long, Strange Trip on Ash vs Evil Dead
Having narrowly escaped demonic adversaries, including one conjured just for the occasion, back at Books from Beyond, Ash and company hit the road for Casa Brujo—only to find their escape wasn’t as clean as they thought. Plus, Lucy Lawless’ characte…
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This is just bonkers. Capitalizing on a large fan base of David Lynch fans in Japan, Georgia Coffee commissioned a series of commercials that essentially retold the story of Twin Peaks.
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Science AMA Series: Scientists are on board the R/V JOIDES Resolution for two months to explore the story of climate change and of times past (paleoclimatic changes), AMA! (Please ask questions in /r/science thread) (reddit.com)
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How Bernie Sanders’ New Bill Would Help More Workers Unionize : democrats
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How Bernie Sanders’ New Bill Would Help More Workers Unionize | ThinkProgress
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Reddit meet nutmeg and spice 18yr old brothers : cats
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A kitten and a firefighter : aww
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State-sanctioned deer hunt under attack as protesters flock to Boston area | US news | The Guardian
A plan to allow hunting in a nearly 11-square-mile swath of pristine forest within sight of downtown Boston, in order to thin an exploding deer population, is coming under fire from activists who say contraception and other more humane methods be us…
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Ed Miliband urges UK to enshrine zero carbon emissions target in law | Environment | The Guardian
Ed Miliband has called on the UK to become the first country in the world to enshrine in law a target of reducing carbon emissions to zero.
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A full work day on Pluto would be a killer | The Verge
The next time you experience the day that just won’t end, be thankful you’re not experiencing it on Pluto. One day on the dwarf planet takes 6.4 Earth days, and its largest moon Charon also does a full rotation in the same amount of time.
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The Illustrated Herdwick Shepherd by James Rebanks – digested read | Books | The Guardian
Here is a photograph of a sheep. I am the luckiest man alive. My book about being a shepherd in the Lake District was such a surprise bestseller earlier in the year, that my publishers have decided to cash in for Christmas by producing another book …
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“The deal’s dead.” These were the words of my chief negotiator, approximately six years ago, in the middle of the night in the final hours of the sleep-deprived Copenhagen summit. I was standing in my bedroom as I took his call, about to go to bed f…
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Student shot while trying to stop robbery in New Orleans – video | US news | The Guardian
Surveillance footage shows a medical student being shot while trying to stop an armed robbery in New Orleans. The video shows a woman being dragged down the street by a man who then holds student Peter Gold at gunpoint after he stopped his car and t…
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For the First Time Ever, Astronomers Have Observed a the Birth of a Planet | Motherboard
Nearly 2,000 exoplanets—or, worlds beyond our Solar System—have been discovered over the last two decades, demonstrating that there is spectacular planetary diversity in the universe.
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Matthew McConaughey on ‘SNL’: 3 Sketches You Have to See | Rolling Stone
In addition to being a scourge on spellchecks everywhere, Matthew McConaughey is also one of the most interesting actors working today. Whether it’s in True Detective or a series of obtuse car commercials, McConaughey’s muse has produced consistentl…
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How Bernie Sanders’ New Bill Would Help More Workers Unionize (thinkprogress.org)submitted 3 minutes ago by loading…
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In the first majority-Muslim U.S. city, residents tense about its future – The Washington Post
HAMTRAMCK, MICH. — Karen Majewski was in such high demand in her vintage shop on a recent Saturday afternoon that a store employee threw up her hands when yet another visitor came in to chat. Everyone wanted to talk to the mayor about the big politi…
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Driver assaults motorcyclist for lane filtering. – GIF on Imgur
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Islamophobia and Bigotry Against Muslims in America After the Paris Attacks – The Atlantic
The first Muslims who came to the United States were likely African slaves. Later, in the middle of the 19th century, Muslims emigrated from the territories that would become Syria and Lebanon and settled in places like Ohio and Michigan.
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MRW someone tries to start a gif war with me…. – GIF on Imgur
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Fear, hatred, intolerance, and ignorance only feed the monster known as Daesh
This past week, in the aftermath of the terrorist attacks in Paris, has been one fraught with contradictions, fear, hatred, intolerance, and ignorance. As of this writing, 132 people died in those attacks.
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I prepare my weekly obligation well in advance. – Meme on Imgur
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Saturday Night Live and Adele Solve Thanksgiving Strife | Vanity Fair
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PsBattle: Michael Cera with the cast of Jersey Shore : photoshopbattles
OOMPA LOOMPA DOMPITY DO I Got Michael Cera doing Awkward comedy for free… I got to tired to finish this. Stoned af.
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You Can Now Download The Harry Potter Audiobooks From Audible
Up until now,if you’ve wanted to listen to the Harry Potter novels, you would have had to have picked up the physical editions, or go through Pottermore. Now, Audible has all of the novels available as part of their collection.
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Democrat John Bel Edwards wins Louisiana governor’s race : Liberal
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Democrat John Bel Edwards projected to win Louisiana governor’s race – CNNPolitics.com
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What It’s Like To Be A Syrian Refugee In America | ThinkProgress
DEARBORN, MICHIGAN — The young woman paused, her face tightening as she forced herself to recall the nightmarish memory. Three years after leaving Syria for asylum in the United States, dark circles still hang under her eyes.
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When online friends finally meet IRL
We met outside the train station, and he grabbed my bag. He took me to drinks and dinner.
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Data from the Planck telescope have confirmed beyond any reasonable doubt a theory of the quantum origin of structure in the Universe. What exactly happened after the Universe was born? Why did stars, planets and huge galaxies form?
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The Spartans Shift Up: Updated College Football Playoff Predictions (Week 12) | FiveThirtyEight
Michigan State kicked a field goal on the last play of its game on Saturday to topple the undefeated Ohio State Buckeyes — and made the College Football Playoff picture more complicated.
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Democrat John Bel Edwards wins Louisiana governor’s race (cnn.com)submitted 13 minutes ago by loading…
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Surprise: Hillary Lurches Right : politics
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The face only a mother can love. : cats
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The face only a mother can love. via /r/cats https://t.co/N9OoKRUTTr https://t.co/DYe9kjPHDe https://t.co/cIWopxJZo8
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Does the future of the Democratic Party belong to Sanders? (nationaljournal.com)
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Thanksgiving is about togetherness, but togetherness can be stressful.
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All within the last couple of months. Good times. And it’s not like she was left liberal originally anyway. It really stands out how much she swings for political gain when you compare the two.
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In Colombia, indigenous groups had a popular national park closed this month for environmental healing and ritual cleansing (thecitypaperbogota.com)submitted 13 minutes ago by loading…
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ISIL’s still not the varsity team, President Barack Obama said Sunday, but if Republicans running for president and in Congress continue to respond to attacks by playing off fears, they’re doing the terrorists’ work for them. (politico.com) You know…
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the cold never bothered me anywayyy~ : gifs
the cold never bothered me anywayyy~ via /r/gifs https://t.co/WOEbpYUQ37 https://t.co/DVwtms7Zbh https://t.co/cq1CSue9qs
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the cold never bothered me anywayyy~ via /r/gifs https://t.co/WOEbpYUQ37 https://t.co/DVwtms7Zbh https://t.co/cq1CSue9qs
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This bread will be mine : gifs
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Pickle the pig loves being scratched : aww
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Pickle the pig loves being scratched via /r/aww https://t.co/Z1pTZ7lJor https://t.co/tacqre4jCN https://t.co/6njaHF6ibc
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Surprise: Hillary Lurches Right : Liberal
Surprise: Hillary Lurches Right https://t.co/i4ERS5d7J7 https://t.co/3SgU7Oo6qQ via /r/Liberal
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Surprise: Hillary Lurches Right : democrats
Surprise: Hillary Lurches Right https://t.co/Ng089dt57f https://t.co/3SgU7Oo6qQ via /r/democrats
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Surprise: Hillary Lurches Right – LA Progressive
Surprise: Hillary Lurches Right https://t.co/Ng089dt57f https://t.co/3SgU7Oo6qQ via /r/democrats
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US reporter Jason Rezaian ‘sentenced’ in Iran over spying – BBC News
Washington Post reporter Jason Rezaian has been sentenced to an unspecified prison term in Iran, the country’s judiciary has said. The sentence follows his conviction last month on charges that include espionage.
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China defends building projects on disputed islands – BBC News
China has defended its construction of infrastructure on disputed islands in the South China Sea. It said it did not intend to militarise the area and accused the US of provocations by sending a navy ship through the area last month.
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Online Dating Showdown: Match.com vs. Tinder vs. OkCupid
Match.com, Tinder, and OkCupid all hope to find your soulmate, no matter where you are. Whether you’re looking for long-lasting romance or just a hookup, there’s bound to be one service in this ménage à trois of a showdown that’s right for you.
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Watch Jon Hamm, Emma Stone Audition for ‘Star Wars’ on ‘SNL’ | Rolling Stone
Watch Jon Hamm, Emma Stone Audition for ‘Star Wars’ on ‘SNL’ ‘Mad Men’ actor screen tests for “Hamm Solo” while ‘Force Awakens’ stars Daisy Ridley and John Boyega also appear in sketch
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This Video Shows Why A Number Of Sets Look Really Familiar
Screen Rant has a new video up that explains just why a number of film locations look like you might have seen them before: they’ve been reused from film to film.
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What Will Happen to the Largest Diamond to Be Found in a Century? | Motherboard
The final resting place for a diamond the size of your fist is not where you’d expect. At a whopping 1,111 carats, the largest diamond discovered in over a century was found in Botswana this week. The rock measures 65mm x 56mm x 40mm, about the size…
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TWENTY-FOUR years ago this month, my wife and I married in Barcelona, Spain. Two weeks after our wedding, flush with international idealism, I had the bright idea of sharing a bit of American culture with my Spanish in-laws by cooking a full Thanksg…
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David Eagleman: ‘Humans are real storytelling animals’ | Books | The Guardian
The Brain investigates ways we might “hack” our neural hardware to substitute and add senses.
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Suspect allegedly robs two Mac’s stores using snowbrush as weapon : nottheonion
Suspect allegedly robs two Mac’s stores using snowbrush as weapon (tbnewswatch.com)submitted 17 minutes ago by loading…
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What I learned letting a homeless man from Whisper stay in my apartment for a month
This is the story of how I met a homeless man named Christopher James Gough; of how he came from the blustery streets of suburban Michigan to sleep on my living room floor for several weeks, becoming something like a friend while drinking generic Mo…
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Surprise: Hillary Lurches Right (laprogressive.com)submitted 22 minutes ago by loading…
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Meet The 88 Democrats Who Just Voted To Enable Racial Discrimination In Car Buying (huffingtonpost.com)submitted 22 minutes ago by loading…
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Bernie Sanders BET Presidential Forum: Democratic Candidate Talks Blacks Lives Matter Movement, Criminal Justice Reform (ibtimes.com)submitted 15 minutes ago by loading…
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Surprise: Hillary Lurches Right (laprogressive.com)submitted 4 minutes ago by loading…
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Is Trophy Hunting Helping Save African Elephants? (news.nationalgeographic.com)
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The 7 most endangered historic places in Hawai‘i: The Historic Hawai‘i Foundation, the state Historic Preservation Division and Honolulu Magazine compile an annual list of some of our state’s most endangered places. (honolulumagazine.com)
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Is Trophy Hunting Helping Save African Elephants? : environment
Is Trophy Hunting Helping Save African Elephants? https://t.co/TcqClSZoy2 https://t.co/bYzenbiH08 via /r/environment
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Is Trophy Hunting Helping Save African Elephants?
Is Trophy Hunting Helping Save African Elephants? https://t.co/TcqClSZoy2 https://t.co/bYzenbiH08 via /r/environment
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Celebrating the Trans Community: A Reading List : Longreads Blog
Transgender Awareness Week occurs during the beginning of November, traditionally culminating in the Transgender Day of Remembrance. This period serves to amplify the achievements of the trans community, as well as illuminate its struggles.
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Can you think yourself into a different person? | Ars Technica
We used to believe our brains couldn’t be changed. Now we believe they can – if we want it enough. But is that true? Will Storr wades through the facts and fiction for Mosaic science.
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The Real Reason On-Demand Startups Are Reclassifying Workers | TechCrunch
Over the past several months, a handful of on-demand startups reclassified their independent contractors as employees.
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So the Argentinian version of Strictly Come Dancing is a little bit different to the BBC’s… (youtu.be)
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Obama: ‘prejudice and discrimination help Isis’ – video | US news | The Guardian
Barack Obama says ‘prejudice and discrimination’ help Islamic State in their aim of spreading terror after attacks on Paris last week. As many Republican politicians in the U.S.
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Carolina Panthers take a swipe at Washington’s ‘Redskins’ name | Sport | The Guardian
The Carolina Panthers, currently riding high with a 9-0 record, may well have won themselves even more fans after taking a swipe at Washington and their unpopular name on Twitter. Carolina is #Redskins country. #HTTR pic.twitter.com/mwOxn2IGxS
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The science behind your brain’s love of a killer beat | The Verge
The beat drops — and people start nodding their heads. It’s a common behavior, so it’s easy to disregard. But the reasons why humans respond to a thumping bass line so strongly aren’t necessarily obvious.
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Singapore Airlines flight from US lands safely amid bomb threat | World news | The Guardian
Singapore Airlines on Sunday reported a bomb threat to a flight that originated from San Francisco and landed safely at Singapore’s Changi airport.
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Leading Antibiotic Doomsayer Mellows on Infection Armageddon | Motherboard
In 2007, Richard James, then a microbiologist at the University of Nottingham in the UK, began raising some of the first warnings of an impending cataclysm.
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New Orleans medical student shot while trying to stop robbery | US news | The Guardian
Police have released surveillance footage of a Tulane University medical student being shot while trying to stop an apparent armed robbery in New Orleans.
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At Least 90 Killed in Landslide Near Jade Mine in Myanmar – The Atlantic
At least 90 people were killed in a landslide near a jade mine in northern Myanmar in the early hours of Saturday. The victims were reportedly searching through a pile of waste material in Hpakant, looking for pieces of jade to sell, when it collaps…
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Landslide Near Jade Mine Kills Scores in Myanmar | Al Jazeera America
A landslide near a jade mine in northern Myanmar killed about 100 people, most of them villagers digging for green stones in a mountain of displaced earth, a witness and a community leader said Sunday. Many other people were missing.
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Fantastic mime trick. via /r/gifs https://t.co/R5dHaqOSBk https://t.co/xiVsquVXUE https://t.co/WVf8djjQNq
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Arf. via /r/aww https://t.co/M0XiUZyeHB https://t.co/1rP4e26pwf https://t.co/5WU4m7YNCa
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Arf. via /r/aww https://t.co/M0XiUZyeHB https://t.co/1rP4e26pwf https://t.co/5WU4m7YNCa
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Just two girls and their bunny : pics
Just two girls and their bunny via /r/pics https://t.co/y2gpnCwwVl https://t.co/qxkAvzse5J https://t.co/QdRaBHOcSd
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Just two girls and their bunny via /r/pics https://t.co/y2gpnCwwVl https://t.co/qxkAvzse5J https://t.co/QdRaBHOcSd
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If you’re a broke young person living in New York—paying some of the highest rents in the country along with your student loan bills—the holiday season is an air travel Sophie’s Choice: Do you fly home for Thanksgiving or Christmas?
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Exo’s Latest Hit Lightsaber Is Catchy Product Placement
Everyone’s jumping aboard the Star Wars train (Even Japan – literally). Korean pop band Exo has a new song out called Lightsaber that’s pretty catchy.
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Director Hou Hsiao-hsien wins Golden Horse awards – BBC News
Veteran director Hou Hsiao-hsien’s The Assassin has collected five awards at Taiwan’s Golden Horse Awards, including best film and best director. The Assassin (Nie yin niang), about a female trained killer, also won best cinematography and costume d…
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Thirty-five years of terrorism
This is, of course, only a slice of terrorist incidents around the world over that period, and it’s difficult to determine what should and should not be included. In 1982, five neatly dressed men waited outside the Great Synagogue of Rome.
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There Will Never Be Another ‘World of Warcraft’ | Motherboard
Ten years ago, James Taulbee and I stood before a locked gate in World of Warcraft’s Blackwing Lair, along with 38 other players of our guild, Risen.
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8 Craziest Mega-Engineering Projects We Could Use to Rework the Earth (ieet.org)submitted 16 minutes ago by loading…
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A parasite affecting a portion of the feral cat population is responsible for the death of a monk seal in Hawaii. Scientists determined the seal died last week due toxoplasma gondii, which reproduces in the digestive tract and is excreted through fe…
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Rio de Janeiro’s Olympic golf course — slowed by environmental lawsuits, land ownership disputes and doubts it even needed to be built — was handed over Sunday to organizers of next year’s games. (bigstory.ap.org)
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A photo shoot can change girls mood. : gifs
A photo shoot can change girls mood. via /r/gifs https://t.co/nGIfusXfYe https://t.co/7GYTuaN7aH https://t.co/reGwYyq2R1
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A photo shoot can change girls mood. via /r/gifs https://t.co/nGIfusXfYe https://t.co/7GYTuaN7aH https://t.co/reGwYyq2R1
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8 Craziest Mega-Engineering Projects We Could Use to Rework the Earth : environment
8 Craziest Mega-Engineering Projects We Could Use to Rework the Earth https://t.co/BVtTBsfZOD https://t.co/RmnKHFpI1W via /r/environment
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8 Craziest Mega-Engineering Projects We Could Use to Rework the Earth
8 Craziest Mega-Engineering Projects We Could Use to Rework the Earth https://t.co/BVtTBsfZOD https://t.co/RmnKHFpI1W via /r/environment
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‘There Is a Creative Purpose to Daydreaming, Even Boredom’ – The Atlantic
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President Obama said on Sunday that the US and its international partners “will not relent” in the fight against Islamic State and that the world will not accept the extremists’ attacks on civilians in Paris and elsewhere as the “new normal”.
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The Fitness-Tracking Technology That Created a New Generation of Runners – The Atlantic
This summer, I went on one of the most visually stunning runs of my life. My path took me to the top of a 16th-century fort in Siena, Italy, as the rising sun lit the surrounding rooftops a brilliant yellow.
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Louisiana Just Voted to Give a Quarter of a Million People Health Care : politics
Louisiana Just Voted to Give a Quarter of a Million People Health Care https://t.co/ARlY3WQdzG https://t.co/IMHFk6e4nf via /r/#politics
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Louisiana Just Voted to Give a Quarter of a Million People Health Care | Mother Jones
Louisiana Just Voted to Give a Quarter of a Million People Health Care https://t.co/ARlY3WQdzG https://t.co/IMHFk6e4nf via /r/#politics
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Ezekiel Elliott criticizes coaches and says he will not return to Buckeyes | Sport | The Guardian
Ezekiel Elliott says he played his last game at Ohio Stadium on Saturday. Carrying the ball 12 times during a wet and windy last-second loss was not how he planned to go out.
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Justice Department to investigate fatal police shooting of Jamar Clark | US news | The Guardian
US Justice Department attorneys were expected to fly to Minnesota on Sunday, to investigate the killing of an African American man that has prompted protests and calls for the two Minneapolis police officers involved to be prosecuted.
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Watch Adele Perform, Save Thanksgiving on ‘SNL’ | Rolling Stone
Watch Adele Perform ‘When We Were Young,’ Save Thanksgiving on ‘SNL’ Singer delivers ’25’ tracks as musical guest while “Hello” serves as centerpiece of Thanksgiving sketch
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The Mistress of Paris review – glittering story of a superstar courtesan | Books | The Guardian
When the Comtesse Valtesse de la Bigne died in 1910, at the age of 62, she left behind a grand house filled with paintings, antiques and objets d’art: the trappings of her career as one of the most successful courtesans in France.
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Cook an Entire Thanksgiving Dinner in an Hour
If you’re not cooking for a huge crowd, or maybe you just want to make your Thanksgiving meal prep a little easier this year, take a menu cue from this video by Brothers Green Eats.
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What was it like to lead an ordinary life in 16th-century England? If you lived in the country, as most people did, you would probably rise in the summer at 4am (accompanied by the first crow of your cockerel).
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Joe All Alone by Joanna Nadin – review | Children’s books | The Guardian
Reality can be a harsh thing. Joe All Alone is a brilliant representation of that.
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A troubled student whose disappearance with a rifle case on Monday led his college in Maryland to shut its doors until the end of the month was found dead from a self-inflicted gunshot Saturday at a bird sanctuary in Pennsylvania, the police said.
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What Is Actually Radical About Bernie Sanders’ Democratic Socialism Isn’t the Socialism: It isn’t a particularly radical political vision—it’s an unflinching commitment to democracy (inthesetimes.com)submitted 1 hour ago by loading…
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Damnit Louisiana, I thought you wanted freedom, not goddamn medial treatment for sick family members! But reddit told me southerners didn’t want free health care? It’s almost like they just want a small federal government and for social programs to …
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The Verge Review of Animals: the leopard gecko | The Verge
This column is part of a series where Verge staffers post highly subjective reviews of animals. Up until now, we’ve written about animals without telling you whether they suck or rule. We are now rectifying this oversight.
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Save over 90% on the Black Friday Mac bundle / Boing Boing
Why interrupt your post-Thanksgiving turkey bliss to wait in an epic line, when the best deal of the season is a click away? We’re treating you Mac enthusiasts to the ultimate Black Friday bundle, packed with apps to give your machine a mega boost i…
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A retina display for the road: The clever new 2016 Audi TT reviewed | Ars Technica
“We’re going to do some laps, but this isn’t a track car. If I hear anyone complaining about brake fade or lap times I’m not going to be happy.” So went the pep talk from Audi leading up to our time with the company’s new TT.
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140 year old wind up statue from Japan : creepy
Love this every time it’s reposted, and I mean that with zero snark. As a professional craftsman myself, I can’t begin to imagine how you would build that. Maybe its actually a real Chinese woman in makeup pretending to be a wind-up model.
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This exclusive Al Jazeera documentary is the incredible behind-the-scenes account of one man’s extraordinary battle against judicial corruption in Ghana, one of sub-Saharan Africa’s most developed countries.
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Sunset over the east coast of Tanzania [3264×2448] via /r/SkyPorn https://t.co/NaOgfiDNoF https://t.co/dcTqdt4VJy https://t.co/Sbou5igZaE
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Sunset over the east coast of Tanzania [3264×2448] via /r/SkyPorn https://t.co/NaOgfiDNoF https://t.co/dcTqdt4VJy https://t.co/Sbou5igZaE
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Former Drone Operators Say They Were “Horrified” By Cruelty of Assassination Program: Drone operators refer to children as “fun-size terrorists” and liken killing them to “cutting the grass before it grows too long” (theintercept.com)submitted 6 hou…
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Naturalist warns of perils of invasive species at Wareham Land Trust presentation: The United States is under attack today from alien species of life, seeking to displace native organisms and conquer the environment purely through sheer numbers. (wa…
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SolarCity Adds 35,500 New Customers (256 MW Installed) In Q3 2015 [ More Negative Correlation to Carbon. ] (insideevs.com) Solar Growing. The corporate world knows it’s cheaper than carbon.
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Eating invasive species is tasty—but not as easy as you’d think: Invasive species cause billions of dollars of environmental damages and business losses in the United States every year. (qz.com)
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Mali hotel attack: The unanswered questions – BBC News
Two days after the deadly attack on the luxury Radisson Blu Hotel in Mali’s capital Bamako, there is a lot we still do not know. Al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb (AQIM) and its offshoot al-Murabitoun have both said they were behind it but some doubt …
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Democrat John Bel Edwards wins runoff to become Louisiana governor | US news | The Guardian
John Bel Edwards won the runoff election for Louisiana governor on Saturday, defeating the once heavy favorite, Republican David Vitter, and handing the Democrats their first statewide victory since 2008.
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After his supporters beat up a Black Lives Matter protester on video, Donald Trump suggested that they may have done the right thing. The protester, a black man, reportedly started chanting Black Lives Matter at a rally in Birmingham, Alabama on Sat…
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A volcanic island which was formed in 2013 has grown to 12 times its size, according to Japan Coast Guard officials. New aerial film footage of the remote Nishinoshima shows eruptions are still taking place from a crater in the island’s center, and …
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“A tiny Swiss bank specialised in financing social and environmental projects will on January 1 go where no retail lender has gone before, applying negative interest rates on individual clients.” (france24.com)submitted 29 minutes ago by loading…
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As the race to adapt to climate change quickens, a South African scientist is leading global research into developing crops that mimic the extraordinary survival skills of “resurrection plants”. (phys.org)
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Paris attacks: ‘We want Salah to surrender’ – brother – BBC News
The brother of Salah Abdeslam, who is thought to have played a key role in the Paris attacks has appealed to him to turn himself in. Soldiers are patrolling the streets of Brussels as a manhunt continued for him.
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Iran sentences Washington Post reporter to prison term – Al Jazeera English
An Iranian court has sentenced Washington Post reporter Jason Rezaian to a prison term, the state news agency has said quoting the judiciary spokesman. Gholamhossein Mohseni Ejei did not specify the length of the term, IRNA reported on Sunday.
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[WP] Write a pirate story for my three year old son. With a witch in it somewhere. He says there has to be a witch in it.Writing Prompt (self.WritingPrompts) My son is going through a pirate phase. Every night he asks for a pirate and witch story. I…
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Iran Sentences Washington Post Reporter to Prison | Al Jazeera America
An Iranian court has sentenced Washington Post reporter Jason Rezaian to a prison term, the state news agency said on Sunday, quoting the judiciary spokesman in a case that is a sensitive issue in contentious U.S.-Iranian relations. The length of th…
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BOSTON — It has been one of the most stubborn problems in education: With 50 states, 50 standards and 50 tests, how could anyone really know what American students were learning, or how well?
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But I know how we lose it. The last week has been a thorough and demoralizing education in that.
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LA Auto Show 2015 wrap-up: the best (and worst) cars on the floor | The Verge
It’s not quite a full-on podcast*, but The Verge’s Tamara Warren, Chris Ziegler, and Jason Harper sat down for a few minutes of banter after the end of day one of this year’s LA Auto Show. What did we see? What did we like? What did we hate? You’ll …
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Thank you for calling the Butterball hotline: now let’s talk turkey | Life and style | The Guardian
Nicole Johnson was just settling into her daughter’s dance recital when her phone rang. Somewhere, she knew, a cook was in trouble. Turkey troubles respect no boundaries. “Is this really what you do? It really exists?” a grateful mom asked when John…
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Gaze Deeply Into the Beautiful Cosmic Barf of Centaurus A | Motherboard
Centaurus A is our closest galactic neighbor at only 11 million light-years away, give or take. The galaxy itself is around 60,000 light-years across (the Milky Way is 100,000 light-years across) making it approximately “big as shit.”
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Season’s first snow is Chicago’s largest November snowfall in 120 years : environment
Season’s first snow is Chicago’s largest November snowfall in 120 years https://t.co/pXLpe2EPG4 https://t.co/Fd0vUzp1r5 via /r/environment
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Season’s first snow is Chicago’s largest November snowfall in 120 years – Chicago Tribune
Season’s first snow is Chicago’s largest November snowfall in 120 years https://t.co/pXLpe2EPG4 https://t.co/Fd0vUzp1r5 via /r/environment
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The Street by Bernardine Bishop review – big themes in a small frame | Books | The Guardian
Enormous significance can be teased out of the tiniest details, as certain writers well knew: the metaphorical “little bit (two inches wide) of ivory” provided Jane Austen with ample material, as she worked through the microscopic to reach macroscop…
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‘Hard West’ Is Like ‘XCOM’ in Cowboy Boots | Motherboard
They don’t make a lot of Westerns anymore, they don’t make a lot of tactical strategy games like XCOM anymore, and they never made a lot of video games about the Wild West, which is too bad, because these are some of my favorite things.
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Britain’s Davis Cup squad delay travel to Belgium – Al Jazeera English
The Great Britain Davis Cup squad – including Andy Murray – has delayed its planned departure to Belgium for the final against the hosts next week.
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Flash Sales Site SportPursuit Scores £9.5M Series C | TechCrunch
SportPursuit, the flash sales site for ‘premium’ outdoor and sports gear, has raised £9.5 million in Series C funding.
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Marco Rubio rejects Donald Trump’s proposals on Muslim refugees | US news | The Guardian
In an exclusive interview with the Guardian’s Sabrina Siddiqui, the Republican presidential candidate rejects Donald Trump’s support for closing down some mosques in the US after the Paris attacks and the registration of Syrian refugees
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Voters head to polls in Argentina amid dead heat – Al Jazeera English
Argentinians have begun voting in the country’s presidential runoff election, which could mark the end of outgoing President Cristina Kirchner’s domination of the country.
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Marco Rubio: US troops must help subject Isis to ‘humiliating defeats’ | US news | The Guardian
In an exclusive interview with the Guardian’s Sabrina Siddiqui, carried out on the campaign trail in Iowa, Republican presidential candidate Marco Rubio discusses his foreign policy platform and outlines his strategy to defeat Islamic State militant…
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Marco Rubio vows US troops will inflict ‘humiliating defeats’ on Isis | US news | The Guardian
Republican presidential candidate Marco Rubio has vowed to use American forces to inflict “high-profile, humiliating defeats” on Islamic State jihadis, to show the world they are not invincible.
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More than half of all tree species in the world’s most diverse forest – the Amazon – may be globally threatened, according to a new study: But the study also suggests that Amazonian parks, reserves and indigenous territories will protect most of the…
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Sport picture of the day: Cotto and Alvarez restore our faith in boxing | Sport | The Guardian
Miguel Cotto and Canelo Alvarez embrace after the end of their middleweight bout at Mandalay Bay Casino, Las Vegas, Nevada. Alvarez won a unanimous decision after 12 rounds. Photograph: Al Bello/Getty Images
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McIlroy tops money charts after Dubai win – Al Jazeera English
Rory McIlroy’s triumph at the Dubai’s DP World Tour Championship helped him to be crowned Europe’s top money earner for a third year in four.
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fake George Clooney ( from turkey ) : funny
I’m not convinced that’s not actually George Clooney.
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How Nostalgia Is Hurting the Future of Video Games – The Atlantic
In the recent bestselling video game Life Is Strange, a teenage heroine gains the ability to rewind time. She uses it to solve problems, address regrets, and return to a period in her life when she was completely carefree.
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Appeal against acquittal in deadly Qatar nursery case – BBC News
The attorney general in Qatar is to launch an appeal against the acquittal of several people over a fire that left 19 dead, including 13 children. Last month, the Court of Appeal overturned convictions of involuntary manslaughter over the 2012 fire …
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How the TSA Tried to Keep Terrorists From Attacking Airplanes – The Atlantic
On November 28, 2002, al-Qaeda-affiliated terrorists aimed two shoulder-fired missiles at an Israeli commercial airliner as it took off from the Moi International Airport in Mombasa, Kenya.
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Odd Jobs: Meet Ned the Nose – Scientific American
Ned Ostojic’s nose has led him to sites that range from odd to repugnant. He has inhaled the air of tuna canneries in American Samoa, whiffed gooey kibble at pet-food factories in Canada and sniffed sewage tanks in Brooklyn.
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Paris attacks: Mountain of flowers and candles for victims – BBC News
Flowers and candles continue to be put at Place de la Republique in Paris to pay tribute to the victims of the terror attacks. The Paris gun and suicide bomb attacks on 13 November, carried out by so-called Islamic State, left 130 people dead.
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How ‘Badass’ Became a Feminist Rallying Cry – The Atlantic
Hey, look, there’s a woman! Charlize Theron, in this case, as the Evil Queen in Snow White and the Huntsman. Which is … weird. But also unsurprising! Because the term “badass”—a noun and a verb and a compound so obvious as to be almost inelegant—has…
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Australia will use “accounting rules” to tell the Paris climate summit it has met its greenhouse gas reduction targets even though its carbon pollution is increasing, an analysis has confirmed.
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The Pollard case: US-Israel relations in a nutshell – Al Jazeera English
It’s a story of betrayal or loyalty, seen as a display of a “love for Zion” or personal greed; it has gripped Israel for decades, and now, it is finally reaching its conclusion. Jonathan Pollard, the American who spied for Israel, was sentenced to l…
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Killing Canada’s grizzly bears – Al Jazeera English
Central Coast, Canada – Alex Chartrand Jr turns off his boat’s engines and reaches for his binoculars. As the vessel drifts he scans an old abandoned logging camp at the far shores of a lake deep in one of the world’s last remaining tracts of temper…
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AS anti-refugee hysteria sweeps many of our political leaders, particularly Republicans, I wonder what they would have told a desperate refugee family fleeing the Middle East. You’ve heard of this family: a carpenter named Joseph, his wife, Mary, an…
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Take the Power Back – Al Jazeera English
The business of unearthing coal, oil, and gas reserves to power the world is a multitrillion-dollar industry. But scientists say in order to avoid catastrophic consequences, at least two-thirds of these reserves need to remain underground, to limit …
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Get ready for the holiday season by making Christmas stockings from old shirts | Grist
These homemade stockings will be a cozy addition to your holiday decor. Companies like Walmart and General Motors are starting to defect from the fossil fuel-powered electric grid.
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Menus of the 1850s and 1860s / Boing Boing
The Hilton College of the University of Houston’s Hospitality Industry Archives includes a wonderful selection of menus from the 1850s and 1860s.
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Almost the Equinox by Sarah Maguire review – elegant and breathtaking | Books | The Guardian
Sarah Maguire’s Almost the Equinox is a bouquet gathered over time. These beautiful poems belong together – in a way that is rarely the case with selected poems. She is our finest gardener-poet, her botanical knowledge evident but unostentatious in …
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On the grotesque obsession with accomplished women’s fertility / Boing Boing
Rebecca Solnit is a brilliant writer whose essay Men Explain Things to Me sparked the discourse about “mansplaining” and whose 2009 book A Paradise Built in Hell is one of the best history books I’ve ever read — so why do so many interviewers want …
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Rory McIlroy won the World Tour Championship in Dubai to finish the season as Europe’s number one golfer. The Northern Irish former world number one shot a six-under-par final round of 66 to finish on 21 under, one clear of England’s Andy Sullivan.
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Iran jails Washington Post reporter Jason Rezaian | US news | The Guardian
Iran has sentenced the Washington Post journalist Jason Rezaian to an unspecified prison term following his conviction last month on charges that include espionage, Iranian state TV said.
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It is a steep hill to climb if the world is to avoid warming the earth’s surface by no more than two degrees Celsius (3.6 degrees Fahrenheit), the limit beyond which we will seriously harm the planet.
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Great Britain have delayed their departure to Belgium for this weekend’s Davis Cup final as Brussels remains on its highest level of alert amid fears of an attack. The team are now not expected to travel until Monday for the tie in Ghent.
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Sao Paulo students protest against closures – Al Jazeera English
Like many working class youth in Brazil, Jessica Santiago de Souza studies for her high school diploma at night and works during the day to bring home more money for her family.
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Activist tricked into 6-year relationship with undercover cop tells her story / Boing Boing
It’s been five years since the first cases of UK undercover police officers infiltrating environmental groups and tricking activists into having sex with them surfaced, and now, one of the survivors of the practice, “Lisa,” has granted her first-eve…
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Booze flows again in India’s Mizoram after lengthy ban – Al Jazeera English
Kolkata, India – After 18 years of prohibition, residents of the northeastern Indian state of Mizoram are now allowed to buy alcohol again. In October, Home and Excise Minister R Lalzirliana said the state has so far issued permits to 56,631 people …
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How browser extensions steal logins & browsing habits; conduct corporate espionage / Boing Boing
Seemingly harmless browser extensions that generate emojis, enlarge thumbnails, help you debug Javascript errors and other common utilities routinely run secret background processes that collect and retransmit your login credentials, private URLs th…
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The Saint-Like Legacy of Mister Rogers – The Atlantic
After Amy Melder became a Christian at the age of six, she set out to evangelize everyone she cared about. One of the names on the top of her list was a person whom she’d never actually met: Fred Rogers.
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This image is just part of a larger graphic from the folks at Compound Interest. In days of your (i.e. three weeks ago) I’d have linked the image directly to the larger, complete version on CI’s site.
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Apple’s CEO On Encryption: “You Can’t Have A Back Door That’s Only For The Good Guys” : politics
What he is trying to say is that if you put in a back door, hackers will find a way to exploit it. Read Digital Fortress by Dan Brown. It’s from 1998 but discusses this pretty well.
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John Wittneben simmered as he listened to Hillary Rodham Clinton defend her ties to Wall Street during last weekend’s Democratic debate. He lost 40 percent of his savings in individual retirement accounts during the Great Recession, while Mrs.
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Love Everyone Often 11/23/2015
Overdose of counterfeit drugs in Pakistan – Al Jazeera English Millions of people in Pakistan are affected by the lucrative industry of counterfeit medicine. But it is not just the drugs that aren’t what they seem. The doctors and dentists handing them out, too, can often be fake. tags: Pocket…
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