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How many weekly miles should I run to improve my health? Surprisingly few, it seems. According to a new review of studies related to running and health, jogging for as few as five or six miles per week could substantially improve someone’s health.
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The Central Valley is sinking: drought forces farmers to ponder the abyss | US news | The Guardian
On a day when the skies were ashen from the smoke of distant wildfires, Chase Hurley kept his eyes trained on the slower-moving disaster at ground level: collapsing levees, buckling irrigation canals, water rising up over bridges and sloshing over r…
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Cyber Monday: it’s the most wonderful time of year for cyber-attackers | Business | The Guardian
This weekend kicks off the busiest shopping season in many parts of the world – and, starting Cyber Monday, the most popular season for cyber-attacks. Malicious attacks on shoppers increased 40% on Cyber Monday in 2013 and 2014, according to EnigmaS…
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What is modernity and when did it begin? The answer depends a lot on the nationality and specialism of the historian you ask.
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Why Orson Welles lived a life like no other | Books | The Guardian
I understood from the beginning, though I had just one medium-sized, single-volume biography of Charles Laughton under my belt, that any account of Orson Welles would have to be big.
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Tom Gauld on reminiscing about the 1960s | Books | The Guardian
Illustration: Tom Gauld
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Murder Most Unladylike by Robin Stevens – review | Children’s books | The Guardian
Wow! What a fabulous novel; this has really got me into reading murder mysteries. I have seen one or two Agatha Christie films, the queen of stories to do with murder, but this is the first murder mystery book I have read and I’m glad I read it.
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Early Black Friday Sales Numbers Are Bunk – The Atlantic
Every year, shortly after Black Friday, the National Retail Federation issues its estimate of all the retail spending over the first weekend of the holiday season.
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America’s super-secret court names five lawyers as public advocates | Ars Technica
America’s most secretive court has now named its five amici curae—friends of the court—who will act as an outsider public advocate at the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court (FISC).
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What will it take to stop Donald Trump? | US news | The Guardian
Striding on stage to the triumphant strains of Nessun Dorma, Donald Trump has a surprisingly humble confession to make for someone defying all the laws of political gravity.
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What the World’s Toughest Animal Is Really Made Of
When humans are resilient, we say they’re made of sterner stuff. But they’ve got nothing on tardigrades, tiny water-dwelling invertebrates that are considered the most robust animals on Earth.
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The nastier Donald Trump gets, the more some people like him : politics
The nastier Donald Trump gets, the more some people like him https://t.co/VVnuOM6GnG https://t.co/xFXoCUUkUW via /r/#politics
Both el Trumpo and el Rushbo have legions of fans who, if you’re a political candidate, must not be offended. The irony of this, Trump and Limbaugh fans consider it a badge of honor if they offend other people with their idiocy. But call a spade a s… -
The nastier Donald Trump gets, the more some people like him – The Washington Post
The nastier Donald Trump gets, the more some people like him https://t.co/VVnuOM6GnG https://t.co/xFXoCUUkUW via /r/#politics
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King Tutankhamun’s tomb: Evidence grows for hidden chamber – BBC News
Egyptian officials now say they are “90% sure” that there is a hidden chamber in King Tutankhamun’s tomb. The Antiquities Ministry said it had carried out scans to gather more information about the theory.
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California may be a leader on climate change, but it still has plenty of work to do | Grist
We looked into our COP21 crystal ball and saw James Inhofe in a snowball fight, a fun field trip to Versailles, and a lot of Camus. Companies like Apple make it difficult to repair your electronics, but that doesn’t mean it’s impossible.
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Darwin awakens to rolling thunder and flashing skies – Al Jazeera English
A severe thunderstorm tore through Darwin early on Saturday morning, bringing damaging winds and heavy rain. Within a 50 km radius of Darwin city centre, over 12,000 lightning strikes were detected. Considering the short duration of the storm, that …
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Rotting wood turns Austria’s poorest town into green model – Broke, remote & deprived of jobs—just 25 yrs ago, the border town of Guessing close to Hungary was one of the poorest in Austria, a forgotten frontier along the Iron Curtain trail. (phys.o…
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The Most Expensive Album Ever – The Daily Beast
Once upon a time, one of hip-hop’s most outside-the-box creatives dreamt up an idea to elevate rap appreciation by creating a hip-hop Ark of the Covenant.
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Scans point to hidden chamber in King Tut’s tomb – Al Jazeera English
Scans in King Tutankhamun’s tomb in Egypt’s Valley of the Kings point to a hidden chamber, the country’s antiquities minister said, possibly heralding the discovery of Queen Nefertiti’s last resting place. Speaking in English, he said experts were “…
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Life around New Mexico’s gas wells: how fracking is turning the air foul (rawstory.com)submitted 6 hours ago by loading…
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Colorado clinic shooting: ‘I was looking in gunman’s face’ – BBC News
Police in the US city of Colorado Springs say they are still trying to determine a motive for the attack on a family planning centre in which a gunman killed three people.
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November 28, 1960: Richard Wright Dies | The Nation
The novelist, poet and essayist Richard Wright, forced into exile by American racism and anti-communist hysteria, died on this day in 1960. Twenty years earlier, his novel, Native Son, was reviewed in The Nation by the magazine’s literary editor, Ma…
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Nico Rosberg headed Lewis Hamilton in final practice in Abu Dhabi after two errors by the world champion. Rosberg was 0.281 seconds quicker after Hamilton had a spin and made a mistake at Turn Six on two separate laps.
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The New, Ugly Surge in Violence and Threats Against Abortion Providers | Mother Jones
Three people were shot dead and nine injured Friday at a Colorado Springs Planned Parenthood clinic, the first time since 2009 that anyone has been killed in an incident linked to activity at an abortion clinic.
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International push for moratorium on new coal mines (blueandgreentomorrow.com)submitted 2 hours ago by loading…
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Don’t Feel Bad About the Guy(s) You Fucked Last Night | Mother Jones
A few years ago, New York City-based stand-up comedian Corinne Fisher, 30, was going through a personal slump: She’d just been dumped unexpectedly by the man she thought she was going to marry, in a Panera Bread of all places. “I had what I would de…
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Can legalised trade save Africa’s last rhinos from poaching? : environment
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International push for moratorium on new coal mines : environment
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International push for moratorium on new coal mines – Blue and Green Tomorrow
International push for moratorium on new coal mines https://t.co/7EvNCCIPan https://t.co/en8r7H3fGk via /r/environment
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This novel by the German writer Walter Kempowski, who died in 2007, is influenced by his mighty collection of diaries, letters and memoirs, Das Echolot (Echo Soundings), a 10-volume collage of the collective German experience throughout the second w…
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Prominent pro-Kurdish lawyer shot dead in Turkey – Al Jazeera English
The insatiable appetite for antiques by China’s growing nouveau riche is feeding a counterfeit industry. Bollywood actor Aamir Khan faces backlash over what he describes as growing intolerance and insecurity in India.
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Japan’s newest and largest mosque opens its doors – Al Jazeera English
Nagoya, Japan – The largest mosque in Japan opened its doors on November 20 near the central Japanese city of Nagoya, heralding a new chapter in the East Asian nation’s relationship with Islam.
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Colorado Springs police give an update on the shooting at a Planned Parenthood clinic that saw two civilians and one police officer killed. The officer has been identified as being a member of the University of Colorado at Colorado Springs Police De…
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Thousands displaced by Myanmar military offensive – Al Jazeera English
A Myanmar military offensive against ethnic rebels in the country’s east has uprooted more than 10,000 people, a rights group says.
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Kentucky’s Mitch McConnell gets 38% in favor and 52% not in favor… Did they not have an election for his Senate seat last year? Did he not overwhelmingly win? This just shows how closely polls match reality.
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Through a lens: Nigerian orphans capture their country – Al Jazeera English
The northern Nigerian city of Jos can be a difficult place to grow up in. Impoverished and volatile, it has been a flashpoint for ethnic and religious clashes over the past decade and the site of several Boko Haram attacks. And it can be especially …
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UN: Number of teens dying of AIDS tripled over 15 years – Al Jazeera English
The UN children’s fund says the number of adolescents dying from AIDS has tripled over the last 15 years, most having acquired the disease when they were infants.
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Inspiration in the Alps | Books | The Guardian
Julius Caesar in his Gallic War (c46BC) shows an emperor’s grasp of strategy regarding what was to become Switzerland.
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Two-time world cross country champion Emily Chebet is among seven athletes who have been suspended by Athletics Kenya for failing drugs tests. The 2010 and 2013 gold medallist was given a four-year ban after testing positive for the diuretic furosem…
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I connect with this otter on a deep and intimate level – Imgur
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Cycling on Vauxhall Bridge: a ‘liar’ claim and a few damned statistics | UK news | The Guardian
Great excitement broke out on Nick Ferrari’s LBC Radio show last week when Boris Johnson’s fellow Telegraph writer and cycling commissioner Andrew Gilligan called the station’s political editor Theo Usherwood “a liar”.
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Pope Francis celebrates Mass for martyrs in Uganda – BBC News
Pope Francis has celebrated Mass in front of an audience of hundreds of thousands of Ugandan faithful. He spoke at a Catholic shrine dedicated to Christians martyred for their faith in the 19th Century, on the second stage of his three-country trip …
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Unbecoming by Jenny Downham review – a family mystery | Books | The Guardian
In this long, thoughtful novel, Jenny Downham presents the archetypal trio of maiden, mother and crone in a very modern situation. Before the book begins, Katie, the teenage heroine, has impulsively kissed her best friend, Esme.
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Refugees in Louisiana Swept Up in Political Debate | Al Jazeera America
NEW ORLEANS — At night, the quiet among the organized blocks of modest houses and close-cropped lawns in this comfortable, middle-class community is punctuated only by the sounds of the occasional frog or passing car.
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How to stage a spectacular climate march | Environment | The Guardian
Face paint, stunts and gas masks: a visual guide to climate marches as thousands prepare to take to the streets in cities around the world this weekend 05.00 EST Last modified on Saturday 28 November 2015 05.
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R v Asante-Mensah – Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
R v Asante-Mensah, [2003] 2 S.C.R. 3, 2003 SCC 38, is a leading Supreme Court of Canada decision where the Court affirmed the limits to which private citizens may undertake an arrest, as well as the limits of private individuals in the use of force …
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The gifs that keep on giving: Alexis Sánchez, Ajax and duelling divers | Sport | The Guardian
That’s one way to warm up Tight marking Karma Give that man a drink Dummy Sánchez the seal Snow scraper Don’t turn your back Game over
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Deadly rocket attack hits UN Mali base – 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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Haka tribute as rugby great Jonah Lomu mourned in Auckland – BBC News
New Zealand’s Pacific Islander community has gathered to remember rugby great Jonah Lomu at a traditional service in Auckland. Lomu, who was of Tongan descent, died suddenly at the age of 40 earlier this month.
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The clothes shop that got rid of size labels – BBC News
When plus-size customers asked a South African shop to rip out the labels on its clothes to save their embarrassment, the shop-owner went one further and decided to scrap numbered sizes all together. Will this do anything to stop body shaming?
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Donald J. Trump pledged to bomb the, uh, stuffing out of the Islamic State. Senator Rand Paul called any proposed trade-off between safety and liberty nothing but “bull,” before adding a syllable.
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New startup aims to transfer people’s consciousness into artificial bodies so they can live forever. (techspot.com)
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This is my ball. There are many like it, but this one is mine – GIF on Imgur
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When you’re spooning and she wiggles her hips. – GIF on Imgur
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Relative of Netanyahu says PM against Palestinian state – Al Jazeera English
For the past several weeks, tensions and street violence between the Israelis and Palestinians in Israel and the occupied Palestinian territories have taken such a serious turn that many wonder where it will all end.
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Gunmen kill four policemen in Egypt’s Giza – Al Jazeera English
The masked assailants riding a motorbike on Saturday opened fire at a security checkpoint in Giza, a city famed for the Pyramids, according to the report. The attackers escaped. No group has claimed responsibility.
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Radar Scans in King Tut’s Tomb Suggest Hidden Chambers
After two days of radar scans in the tomb of Tutankhamun, archaeologists have concluded that the data provides evidence that unopened sections lie behind two hidden doorways in the pharaoh’s underground burial chamber.
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Half a million lights set Christmas tree record – BBC News
An Australian man has set a new world record for the most lights on an artificial Christmas tree. David Richards illuminated the tree in Canberra, with a grand total of 518,838 twinkling lights.
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Pope Francis says Mass at ‘very symbolic’ Uganda shrine – BBC News
Pope Francis has been celebrating Mass in front of an audience of hundreds of thousands of Ugandan Catholics. He has been speaking at a Catholic shrine dedicated to Christians martyred for their faith in the 19th Century.
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It is not a record they will thank anyone for mentioning but American basketball team the Philadelphia 76ers have entered the history books with their 116-114 loss to the Houston Rockets on Friday.
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Drowned Syrian boy’s family to settle in Canada – Al Jazeera English
The aunt of a Syrian boy whose lifeless body was photographed on a Turkish beach, sparking worldwide outrage at the refugee crisis, said she hopes her family members will be in Canada by Christmas.
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‘Police die’ in Egypt drive-by shooting – BBC News
Issues such as going to war should be “above party politics”, shadow chancellor John McDonnell says, ahead of a potential vote on UK air strikes in Syria.
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Why cats are better than dogs – in pictures | Children’s books | The Guardian
Look out for why dogs are better than cats on the Guardian children’s books site tomorrow!
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This splendid book was given to me as a birthday present, and as with all Chris Riddell books I read I loved every word of it! The enchanting read is full of magic and mystery, as it tells the story of Sleeping Beauty but with a interesting, unique …
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My hero: Albert Einstein by Graham Farmelo | Books | The Guardian
Time magazine chose well when it named Albert Einstein as the most influential person of the 20th century. As well as being a peerless scientist, he showed great wisdom and integrity – he was an outstanding humanitarian.
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Cooling towers: Eyesores or sights for sore eyes? – BBC News
All coal-fired power stations will be closed by 2025, the government has announced, signalling the beginning of the end for their cooling towers. But are the smooth curves that dominate the landscape eyesores that should be torn down or an important…
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Best books of 2015 – part one | Books | The Guardian
Compelling fiction, a game-changing biography, and a 900-page whopper for food nerds – writers reveal which of the past year’s books they have most enjoyed 03.30 EST Last modified on Saturday 28 November 2015 03.
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Gunmen attack UN base in northern Mali – Al Jazeera English
Unidentified gunmen have attacked a base for UN peacekeepers in the northern Mali town of Kidal, a peacekeeper at the base said. Residents of Kidal heard mortar fire as the attack occurred on Saturday morning, a witness told Reuters news agency.
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Which are your favourite books of 2015? | Books | The Guardian
The time for lists has arrived, and after immersing ourselves in authors’ favourite books of 2015 – the Guardian Review and the Observer versions – we are passing the baton to you.
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NRDC.ORG “Americans are throwing out the equivalent of $165 billion food each year” (nrdc.org)submitted 1 hour ago by loading…
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Barcelona sidewalk tile : pics
Barcelona sidewalk tile via /r/pics https://t.co/bvjqpBRWrs https://t.co/A2KxB54rMn https://t.co/DrLwwcOs6t
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Barcelona sidewalk tile via /r/pics https://t.co/bvjqpBRWrs https://t.co/A2KxB54rMn https://t.co/DrLwwcOs6t
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Jonah Lomu remembered in Pacific Islander service – BBC News
New Zealand’s Pacific Islander community has gathered to remember rugby great Jonah Lomu at a traditional service in Auckland. Former All Blacks players Tana Umaga and Michael Jones led mourners.
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Colorado Springs: a playground for pro-life, pro-gun Evangelical Christians | US news | The Guardian
Colorado Springs, the location of an attack on a Planned Parenthood clinic that left three people dead, is a centre of rightwing Christian culture with a “wild west mentality” when it comes to guns.
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Blundering British foreign policy – Al Jazeera English
Today marks 25 years since Margaret Thatcher stood down as one of Britain’s most controversial prime ministers. Among her considerable legacies, one is often overlooked; the systematic degradation of the UK Foreign & Commonwealth Office as a prime m…
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Palestinian refugees strike against UN funding changes – Al Jazeera English
Souf refugee camp, Jordan – Community-based organisations in Palestinian refugee camps across Jordan are outraged by recent funding changes made by the United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA).
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Suicide attack targeting Afghan official kills guard – Al Jazeera English
Afghanistan’s election commission said one of its officials escaped unharmed after a suicide bomber targeted his vehicle in the capital, Kabul, killing his bodyguard and wounding his driver.
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Marvel’s First Abortion – The Daily Beast
Last Thursday, Scandal’s Planned Parenthood episode showed Olivia Pope receiving a vacuum aspiration abortion. But last Friday, Marvel’s new Netflix series Jessica Jones depicted something even rarer: a medical abortion, after a rape, behind bars.
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JK Rowling is the author of 15 books, including the seven Harry Potter novels, The Casual Vacancy and, as Robert Galbraith, three crime novels.
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When Marlon James appears at the designated Miami hotel bar, Jeanette Winterson leaps up and runs to him. “I’m going to hug you,” she says. It’s the first time they’ve met, but the conversation flows at a steady speed for an hour and a half.
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The food writer Michael Pollan summed up how to eat healthily: “Eat food. Not too much. Mostly plants.” It is unlikely that when the British and American governments issue new dietary guidelines the advice will be quite so succinct, or sensible.
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We need new blood. Period. No more Bushs and no more Clintons. Seriously those two families need to fuck off already. They have contributed what they have contributed, for better or worse.
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Analysis: Jailing reporter reflects Iran power struggle – Al Jazeera English
The sentencing of Washington Post reporter Jason Rezaian for espionage in Iran is part of an ongoing political struggle, with hardliners trying to show they still control the country’s levers of power ahead of two crucial elections, analysts say.
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World number one Jordan Spieth cut Matthew Jones’ lead in the Australian Open to three shots going into Sunday’s final round in Sydney. American Spieth, 22, shot a four-under-par 67 to move seven under for the tournament and into second place.
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Pacific by Tom Drury review – an overlooked giant of American comic fiction | Books | The Guardian
This fifth novel by Tom Drury boasts a thumbs-up cover line from Jonathan Franzen, who might, you suspect, have given it in baffled gratitude at the disparity between their careers.
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words for those thinking of popping the question this holiday season – Imgur
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Blushing with Sexism: The Makeup Secrets of Fox News | Broadly
Dr. Caroline Heldman, a politics professor at Occidental College and human rights advocate who speaks frequently about injustice, appeared as a regular guest on Fox News programs the better half of a decade.
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When you try to relax but responsibilities start creeping up on you. – GIF on Imgur
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if i sit really still, maybe my in-laws won’t see me – Imgur
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The congressman had no problems, however, diagnosing the motives and influences of the shooter. “This is a person that has a mental health issue, that is to some level psychotic and crazy,” Kinzinger said.
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3 dead after gunman storms Planned Parenthood clinic in Colorado – 2 civilians & police officer killed after hours-long standoff. The gunman, who was armed with a rifle, has been arrested. Some staff escaped by hiding in the building’s special ‘safe…
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So it seems to be a rarity but I notice Fox News occasionally provides a comment section on articles “powered by LiveFyre”, and despite heavy moderation, you can catch some of the most hateful and racist comments posted anywhere.
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Negotiators at key UN climate talks in Paris that open next week are being told by the French government they must iron out their main differences six days before the end of the talks, according to the foreign minister, Laurent Fabius.
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Public Support For Strong Climate Change Action Is In Decline : environment
Public Support For Strong Climate Change Action Is In Decline (iflscience.com)submitted 2 hours ago by loading…
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Thousands march over climate change in Brisbane and across New Zealand | Environment | The Guardian
An estimated 5,000 people have marched in Brisbane and more were planning to march in Darwin on Saturday, following Friday’s 40,000-strong rally in Melbourne.
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Japan scrambles jets after Chinese military exercises – Al Jazeera English
Japan scrambled fighter jets after 11 Chinese military planes flew near southern Japanese islands during what Beijing said was a drill to improve its long-range combat abilities.
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Startled Kitten. via /r/pics https://t.co/deHVFlcVLL https://t.co/1UA44rNdJY https://t.co/vGTT4il9cu
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Public Support For Strong Climate Change Action Is In Decline | IFLScience
Public Support For Strong Climate Change Action Is In Decline https://t.co/lg28UcEzJb https://t.co/xCEzoDVvHh via /r/environment
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Report Finds US Airstrikes Did Kill 6 Children in Syria | News | teleSUR English
Report Finds US Airstrikes Did Kill 6 Children in Syria https://t.co/O5ESxPCeOZ https://t.co/1ofguDRBMF via /r/Liberal
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Report Finds US Airstrikes Did Kill 6 Children in Syria : Liberal
Report Finds US Airstrikes Did Kill 6 Children in Syria (telesurtv.net)submitted 14 minutes ago by loading…
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A disappearing show, an erotic film, and some armpit advertising · Staff Picks · The A.V. Club
Yes, we’ve been telling you to watch Gravity Falls for quite a while, despite its haphazard and diabolic schedule set forth by the Disney Channel. But now, we really mean it.
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Marvel’s X-Men face their greatest challenge: Change or die · For Our Consideration · The A.V. Club
The X-Men were the most popular franchise in comics for more than 20 years. For a generation of readers who grew up in the late ’80s and early ’90s, the X-Men were comics, the axis around which the entire industry rotated. In 2015, this is most deci…
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Oslo is dead, but what’s next? – Al Jazeera English
The United States fire brigade was in Jerusalem. Secretary of State John Kerry no longer aims to reach an agreement between Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Palestine Liberation Organization’s (PLO) chairman Mahmoud Abbas.
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TIL that the salvation army is not a charity. They are an Evangelical business that spent thousands of dollars of donated money to fight gay rights last year. In fact, lots of donated money goes to promoting their beliefs, not charity.(R.1) Invalid …
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Pope Francis to remember Christian martyrs at Uganda Mass – BBC News
Pope Francis will pay his respects to Ugandan Christians martyred for their faith in the 19th Century on the latest stage of his trip to Africa.
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Man Tiger by Eka Kurniawan review – the animal within | Books | The Guardian
Eka Kurniawan’s first novel Beauty Is a Wound has already been compared to García Márquez and Rushdie – it is long, it recounts the history of an “exotic” country and it is studded with supernatural happenings, so never mind that Kurniawan is bawdy …
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Scots flowers face extinction as global warming hits : environment
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Scots flowers face extinction as global warming hits – The Scotsman
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APOD: 2015 November 27 – Gravity’s Grin
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.
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Approximately 10 hours after a gunman went on a shooting rampage at a Planned Parenthood clinic in Colorado Springs, Colorado, only two presidential candidates have issued statements expressing support for either the three victims or the women’s hea…
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Legendary birds of the wildness | Environment | The Guardian
The bevy of whooper swans were resting on a stubble field at the end of this peninsula. The red and white banded lighthouse at the point seemed to brood over the scene.
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Turkey’s president warns Russia not to ‘play with fire’ – Al Jazeera English
President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has warned Russia not to “play with fire” after reports emerged that Turkish businessmen had been detained in Russia.
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Nevada Sunsets – [3969×2977] [OC] (GoPro) : EarthPorn
Nevada Sunsets – [3969×2977] [OC] (GoPro) via /r/EarthPorn https://t.co/2mO3duKaAC https://t.co/AyRi1Ls0qf https://t.co/UVOnt5YDRM
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Nevada Sunsets – [3969×2977] [OC] (GoPro) via /r/EarthPorn https://t.co/2mO3duKaAC https://t.co/AyRi1Ls0qf https://t.co/UVOnt5YDRM
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If it fits,I sits via /r/aww https://t.co/AV2MzvnV8O https://t.co/zTReJxmi5j https://t.co/38ZflYg5Jb
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If it fits,I sits via /r/aww https://t.co/AV2MzvnV8O https://t.co/zTReJxmi5j https://t.co/38ZflYg5Jb
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When you are waiting to be the next meme to take over Imgur – GIF on Imgur
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MRW it’s Bill Nye’s birthday and I don’t see anything about it on the front page – GIF on Imgur
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I’d like to embarrass my GF by getting this to the FP – Imgur
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Brazil to sue Samarco mining firm $5.2bn over dam burst – BBC News
The Brazilian government says it will sue mining company Samarco $5.2bn (£3.4bn) for the environmental damage caused after a waste water dam at an iron-ore mine collapsed. Environment Minister Izabella Teixeira said money was needed for environmenta…
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Fan gifted a signed guitar : gifs
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Fitbit’s Cheapest Fitness Tracker is Now Cheaper Than Ever
Fitness trackers can help you ward off holiday weight gain, but if you don’t want to commit to wearing a bracelet every day, the clip-on Fitbit Zip is is a great alternative. The Fitbit Zip is about as basic as smartphone-era fitness trackers come.
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PC Master Loaf! via /r/Catloaf https://t.co/CACQdvHzJC https://t.co/DVIvpSgap2 https://t.co/yqjGVWymuq
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Peace Love Beauty Wisdom Balance Imagination Truth Consciousness, PC Master Loaf! via /r/Catloaf…
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Japan to resume whaling in Antarctic despite court ruling – BBC News
Japan has decided to resume hunting whales in the Antarctic after a break of more than a year. The decision comes despite an International Court of Justice (ICJ) ruling for Japan to cease all whaling.
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How did he get to Los Angeles and into that uniform so quickly? Well in any case, that man is definitely a basketballer and not a hockeyist as the context would suggest.
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What Makes An Industry Cloud Leader? | TechCrunch
Over the last several years at Emergence Capital we have seen an exciting new set of companies emerge that offer cloud solutions within a specific industry vertical — collectively known as “industry cloud” companies. The opportunity is enormous.
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Deep in the stormy Monashees of BC [OC] [2982×1987] (i.imgur.com)submitted 34 minutes ago by MegaHzloading…
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What’s Walmart afraid of? Getting themselves and their employees off the government tit? It’s so stupid, waste all that money and they are still in the exact same position, maybe even a little worse off.
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Open thread for night owls: Media need to call Planned Parenthood attacks what they are: terrorism
Two women are escorted away from the scene near the Colorado Springs Planned Parenthood clinic after a terrorist killed three people, including a police officer who responded to a call from someone at the clinic saying a gunman was there.
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Syria/IraqThe ‘Iraqi Rambo’ nicknamed “The Angel of Death” along with his militia has killed 1500 ISIS members and is a cult figure on facebook. (unilad.co.uk) And also fought against US forces…
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‘The Knick’ Recap: Dance Hall Days | Rolling Stone
Forget about the West Virginia church mouse that used to silently, shyly roam the halls of the Knickerbocker, her wide eyes taking — meet the baller version of Nurse Lucy Elkins, kicking ass and taking names.
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Early one Wednesday evening in February 1988, a sophomore at Austin’s Westlake High School named Mike Smith called his mom and asked for a ride home.
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The “Get The Rope” of season two, “Williams And Walker” weaves every story and thematic throughline of the season together when a mob descends upon the Knick…charity ball. True to Mrs. Barrow’s hopes, this is an event, although the ball is just a po…
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When FDR Feared Foreign Refugees – The Daily Beast
A brutal foreign war displaces millions, many of them clamoring for refuge in America. In the midst of the crisis, an American presidential candidate warns the nation that it faces “new methods of attack. The Trojan Horse. The Fifth Column that betr…
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A gunman at a Planned Parenthood clinic in Colorado Springs, Colorado left three people dead, including a police officer, and several others injured. The standoff lasted about five hours. While the shooter was active inside the Planned Parenthood cl…
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It’s made of Everlasting Gobstopper. Wood is a jaw-breaker.
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Gunman kills three in US abortion clinic shooting – Al Jazeera English
Police arrested a gunman who stormed an abortion clinic in the central United States and opened fire with a rifle in an attack that killed three people and wounded nine others.
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“Puff Pastry Pizza” never quite gets off the ground. There are some great hangout premises, like the piñata of secrets—Tom writes one about “testicals” that we unfortunately never get to hear—or the guessing game about why Josh is nervous.
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Those guys in the vid were from the day before, the people that shot are from the same place but not the guys in the video. They already questioned those guys.
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Clean Energy Could Fuel Most Countries by 2050, Study Shows: The main barriers to 100% energy from solar, wind and water sources are ‘social and political,’ said Mark Z. Jacobson, lead study author. (insideclimatenews.org)
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Your 401(k) is no replacement for a pension
Remember how 401(k) accounts were going to be the key to the Ownership Society? We’d all be magically rich because our money would be in the stock market, not stuck in some boring pension.
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Donald Trump suffers his largest drop in polls after week of controversy | US news | The Guardian
Donald Trump’s support among Republicans has dropped 12 points in less than a week, marking the presidential hopeful’s biggest decline since he started leading the field in July, according to a Reuters/Ipsos poll.
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Paraguay head of indigenous affairs sacked over ‘kick’ – BBC News
The president of Paraguay has fired the head of the country’s indigenous affairs office after he apparently kicked an indigenous woman. President Horacio Cartes said he could not allow someone representing indigenous people to kick them.
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The grand apartment at the landmark Dakota that Lauren Bacall called home for more than half a century, filling its nine commodious rooms with an eclectic mix of a
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MLB’s, NFL’s paid showings of patriotism cost fans in more ways than one
MLB’s, NFL’s paid showings of patriotism cost fans in more ways than one https://t.co/rSkjh9xvUC https://t.co/7B2qiWxPBk via /r/Liberal
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Lesbian Harvard Professors: Don’t Erase Anti-Gay Bigot’s Name From Our Home – The Daily Beast
I spent my undergraduate years at Harvard University living in a building named after a man who tried to block black students from freshman dorms, to limit the number of Jews admitted, and who secretly persecuted and expelled gays, even driving seve…
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Black Pastors To Trump: Our Meeting Is Not An Endorsement – The Daily Beast
Several members of a group of prominent African American ministers scheduled to meet with Donald Trump Monday are making clear that they have made no commitments to endorse the real estate magnate.
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Mark Twain’s 2015 War Prayer – The Daily Beast
In this time of great and exalted excitement, let us be especially thankful this year for a new war against a new enemy. Or maybe just a reboot of an old war against an old enemy. Either way, it’s all good.
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This Ferocious Plus-Sized Author Climbed Kilimanjaro at 300 Pounds – The Daily Beast
In a refreshing departure from pop culture’s “The Biggest Loser” craze is the inspiring adventure of Kara Richardson Whitely, a plus-sized author who tackled one of Earth’s most daunting mountains—and then wrote about it in her memoir, Gorge: My Jou…
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Why Bikes Can Never Replace Cars – The Daily Beast
In the new documentary Bikes vs Cars, the answer to cities’ problems is to replace all cars with bicycles. This is a ludicrous idea. Cities are congested with cars, and Bikes vs Cars’ answer to that problem is to do away with them—and to replace the…
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Lithuania’s Amazing Hill of Crosses – The Daily Beast
There are crosses nailed to larger crosses, a grab-bag of plastic crosses and rosaries hanging from the arm of a dangerous-looking six-foot-tall metal cross, crosses piled up along the path at the base of other crosses, and as one turns, a sea of wo…
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Klitschko-Fury is Rocky IV For Real – The Daily Beast
“Apollo Creed meets the Italian Stallion!” proclaims Carl Weathers in the original Rocky. I’m glad he’s still around—he’s about to see Steel Hammer vs. Son of Fury.
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Donald Trump’s Long Publicity Con – The Daily Beast
It all started with a gushing profile published by a New York Times reporter way back in 1976.
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Yes, Teens Need To Learn About ‘Yes Means Yes’ – The Daily Beast
Yes means yes? Of course it does. Is it really necessary that Californian high-school students cover this alongside other sex-ed topics like anatomy, birth control and sexually transmitted infections? Yes.
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Can New Grains Make a Better Bourbon? – The Daily Beast
Triticale is a hybrid grain made of both rye and durum wheat. It was first bred during the late-19th century when European laboratories were looking to create a grain with the high yield of a wheat, but with the disease and environmental tolerance o…
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Mary McCartney: My Mother Linda and Me – The Daily Beast
THE private view at Manhattan’s Gagosian Gallery for Mother Daughter, the joint exhibition of photographs by Mary McCartney and her late mother Linda McCartney, drew a suitably starry crowd. Woody Allen, Drew Barrymore and Yoko Ono were among the bo…
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Egypt Still Refuses to Admit Russian Tourists Blown Out of the Sky – The Daily Beast
CAIRO — As the world knows well by now, Russian and U.S. investigators have concluded with considerable certainty that a bomb brought down Russian Metrojet 9268 on Oct. 31, killing all 224 people on board.
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Should We Ban Yoga? – The Daily Beast
For political correctness to thrive, everyone has to be pointlessly offended and willing to explode with rage at everyone else all of the time.
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Is there an economic case for tackling climate change? – BBC News
What is the economic case for tackling climate change? And if that case can be made, what’s the best way of going about it?
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MLB’s, NFL’s paid showings of patriotism cost fans in more ways than one : Liberal
MLB’s, NFL’s paid showings of patriotism cost fans in more ways than one (espn.go.com)submitted 2 minutes ago by loading…
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Week in pictures: 21-27 November 2015 – BBC News
Our selection of some of the best news photographs taken around the world this week.
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Australia’s prime minister, Malcolm Turnbull, has encouraged other Commonwealth leaders to send a powerful signal to other nations that strong climate change action is needed.
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When I told my landlord my shower head was leaking, he said he was going to hook me up. This is what I came home to. (imgur.com) This while help with all the rebel scum in those hard to reach places.
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Ted Cruz praises Bernie Sanders on Vimeo
Ted Cruz: “I like honesty in politics. I like and respect Bernie Sanders” https://t.co/Y621BDhOPl https://t.co/1NDAjoG9Am via /r/#politics
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Ted Cruz: “I like honesty in politics. I like and respect Bernie Sanders” : politics
Ted Cruz: “I like honesty in politics. I like and respect Bernie Sanders” https://t.co/Y621BDhOPl https://t.co/1NDAjoG9Am via /r/#politics
Ted Cruz: “I like honesty in politics. I like and respect Bernie Sanders” (vimeo.com) He isn’t perfect by any means. He isn’t a Ron Paul. But his stance against cooperate welfare, the Tpp and the patriot act is respectful. -
Quiet Desperation and American Fascism
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It’s A Conspiracy! So how are base voters supposed to know that Trump’s claims that the media suppressed films of Muslims cheering on 9/11 mark him as crazy, while all the other conspiracy theories on the right are OK? (krugman.blogs.nytimes.com)
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Quiet Desperation and American Fascism : Liberal
Quiet Desperation and American Fascism (prospect.org)submitted 33 minutes ago by loading…
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Canada ‘to admit Alan Kurdi family members’ – BBC News
Members of the family of Syrian boy Alan Kurdi, whose drowning off the coast of Turkey triggered an international outcry, are to be admitted to Canada, his aunt says. Tima Kurdi, who lives in Canada, told broadcaster CBC that Alan’s uncle and his fa…
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My siege owl has a special function for when it tips over. – GIF on Imgur
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At least 3 dead, 9 injured in Colorado Springs Planned Parenthood shooting; suspect in custody
At approximately 11:38am local time, Colorado Springs officers responded to reports of a shooter at the Planned Parenthood offices on Centennial Boulevard. At least three officers were wounded by the gunman as they responded to the scene.
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Brazil to sue mining companies BHP and Vale for $5bn over dam disaster | World news | The Guardian
Brazil’s government has announced it will sue mining giants BHP Billiton and Vale for $US5.2bn after the deadly collapse of a dam at an iron ore mine sent 60 million cubic meters of mud and mine waste cascading into the Atlantic ocean and left more …
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Peace Love Beauty Wisdom Balance Imagination Truth Consciousness, He loves my kisses via /r/cats…
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Photobombing by mama cat : aww
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Meanwhile In Canada.. via /r/gifs https://t.co/B1ImXJuebR https://t.co/riyHrxdWF3 https://t.co/pM36jfJZPq
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Peace Love Beauty Wisdom Balance Imagination Truth Consciousness, Meanwhile In Canada.. via /r/gifs…
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Attempting to lift more than her body weight : gifs
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Ukraine’s police say ‘goodbye’ to Russian social networks – BBC News
Members of Ukraine’s newly-established police force have been told by their bosses to stay off Russian social networks.
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Breaking Down Billion-Dollar AR/VR Investment In The Last 12 Months | TechCrunch
Augmented and virtual reality are the new hotness, as VCs and corporates get in on the act. While Facebook’s multi-billion dollar acquisition of Oculus got everyone’s attention early last year, it’s only in the last 12 months that investments accele…
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Prominent climate scientist offers scathing critique of Obama’s Paris plans | Ars Technica
Three days before the beginning of a critical international climate conference in Paris, one of the world’s most famous climate scientists, James Hansen, has written a withering criticism of President Obama’s approach.
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I saved the most on Black Friday, by not buying a single thing. : Showerthoughts
But you can’t save without spending. Otherwise it’s just a net equivalency. Username checks out.
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Ethereal loaf via /r/Catloaf https://t.co/F1orJ1kHjP https://t.co/5aLciItu2T https://t.co/L21o6kUWz2
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My cat looks like a cute old wizard. : cats
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Paris climate activists put under house arrest using emergency laws : environment
Paris climate activists put under house arrest using emergency laws (theguardian.com)submitted 2 hours ago by loading…
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Turkey-Russia jet downing: Moscow beefs up defences in Syria – BBC News
Russia has strengthened its anti-aircraft defences in Syria by moving a cruiser towards the coast and deploying new missiles at its main base. The Moskva cruiser’s long-range air defence system will provide cover for Russian aircraft, as will the S-…
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There is no one in music quite like Adele. While stars are now expected to live their lives in full self-promotion mode online, Adele barely touches her social media accounts.
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Baby skunk and fennec fox playing : aww
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Environmental Peace Ecology is out! https://t.co/dYbLKmJGOT
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Pascal Blais- THE INCAL on Vimeo
I just liked “Pascal Blais- THE INCAL” on @Vimeo: https://t.co/PJrGngBJo9
A movie trailer project inspired by the graphic novel “The INCAL”, from Moebius and Jodorowsky. A while ago, I reunited a bunch of artists from the original “Heavy Metal” movie, to produce a trailer based upon this great work. Then I got busy buildi… -
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A new patent reveals how Google’s self driving cars could talk to pedestrians | The Verge
But will its robotic arm know the right gesture for road rage? As Google works towards the dream of the total driverless car, one of the problems that has been cropping up is that the vehicles are, by design, very defensive drivers.
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Syria war: Attacks fuel search for solution – BBC News
With American and Russian jets raging through Syrian skies seeking targets to strike, an airliner exploding over Sinai, regional and western capitals threatened or actually hit by co-ordinated multiple attacks, the Syrian crisis and its ramification…
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Last week I featured The Lone Bellow reinterpreting the Rolling Stones, which was great; but by far the most revelatory cover I’ve ever heard is this one, by the oh-so-sadly broken-up Civil Wars:
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100 Women 2015: Return of a topless rebel – BBC News
In 2013, Tunisian feminist Amina Sboui left the country after publishing a topless photograph that caused a scandal across the Arab world. After two years in France, Amina is back in Tunis – with a new plan to stir things up.
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Syria conflict: Why Cyprus backs Cameron on UK air strikes – BBC News
UK Prime Minister David Cameron faces dissenting voices domestically in his drive to secure parliamentary support for airstrikes against the militant Islamic State (IS) group in Syria. A vote by UK MPs is expected within weeks.
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Give Thanks by Reducing Food Loss and Waste | DipNote
Give Thanks by Reducing Food Loss and Waste https://t.co/8I8eekiwVS
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Jurors in the trial of ex-New Zealand cricket captain Chris Cairns have been sent home for the weekend after failing to reach a verdict on their second day of deliberations. Mr Cairns, 45, denies charges of perjury and perverting the course of justi…
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Police Arrest Gunman After Shootout at Planned Parenthood in Colorado Springs : Liberal
Police Arrest Gunman After Shootout at Planned Parenthood in Colorado Springs (nytimes.com)submitted 27 minutes ago by loading…
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Are you sure you’re a democrat then? Or is that just hyperbole?
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Police Arrest Gunman After Shootout at Planned Parenthood in Colorado Springs (nytimes.com)submitted 24 minutes ago by loading…[–]Simpuhl [score hidden] 9 minutes ago(0 children)Finally.
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Poll: Hillary Clinton tops Donald Trump, GOP field on handling terror : democrats
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Poll: Hillary Clinton tops Donald Trump, GOP field on handling terror – CNNPolitics.com
Poll: Hillary Clinton tops Donald Trump, GOP field on handling terror https://t.co/wAdzxg88WW https://t.co/TaQSEqyUaf via /r/democrats
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At least 11 injured in shooting at Colorado Springs Planned Parenthood clinic; suspect in custody
At approximately 11:38am local time, Colorado Springs officers responded to reports of a shooter near or at the Planned Parenthood offices on Centennial Boulevard. At least three officers were wounded by the gunman as they responded to the scene. Th…
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Black Friday shopping at Walmart in Canada : pics
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Big loaf on the kitchen chair. : Catloaf
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The 20 Best Unicorn Companies For Paying Software Engineers Top Dollar | TechCrunch
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A Car Dealers Won’t Sell: It’s Electric : environment
A Car Dealers Won’t Sell: It’s Electric (nytimes.com)submitted 4 hours ago by loading…
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When someone tells you you’re too old for something…”No I ain’t, watch me!” – GIF on Imgur
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COP21: Pope’s adviser urges Catholics to join climate marches – BBC News
The Pope’s closest adviser on ecology has urged Catholics to join global climate marches planned for Sunday. In an internal letter to bishops, Cardinal Peter Turkson says people should be “encouraged” to exercise their “ecological citizenship”.
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Last Call: The Best Remaining Black Friday Deals
Black Friday is winding down, but there are a ton of great deals that are still in stock and ready to ship. The list below are only our handpicked favorites, but feel free to check out our main post for more.
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Tarantulas evolved blue colour ‘at least eight times’ – BBC News
Tarantulas have evolved almost exactly the same shade of vibrant blue at least eight separate times. That is the conclusion of a study by US biologists, exploring how the colour is created in different tarantula species.
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Loafing around on the couch : Catloaf
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Learn the Basics of Making Effective Lists in this One Minute Video
We’ve covered a whole lot of tips on how to make great lists, but if you want a quick refresher of the basics, Flikli’s short video is a good place to start. The video is a quick primer, but you can check any of the above links for more information …
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Gullfoss In The Autumn [OC][3120×4160] : EarthPorn
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Rep. Mike Pompeo: ‘My wife gave me an F’ for my Benghazi questions to Clinton
Republican Congressman Mike Pompeo has been thinking long and hard about his rather odd “performance” during his House Select Committee’s interrogation of Hillary Clinton over Benghazi. As has, apparently, his whole family.
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Facebook expands parental leave policy to include employees outside the US | The Verge
Last week, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg said he plans to take two months off after the birth of his daughter, echoing the tech industry’s recent investment in paid parental leave.
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Listen To Aaron Rodgers Say “AHH FUCK” On Live TV After A Bad Snap – Digg
16 diggs Sports Funny Maybe having player mics isn’t the best idea.
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Smoking high-strength cannabis may damage nerve fibres in brain | Science | The Guardian
High-strength cannabis may damage nerve fibres that handle the flow of messages across the two halves of the brain, scientists claim.
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Police are evacuating a Planned Parenthood building in Colorado Springs, Colorado, where a gunman has fired at officers, Lt. Catherine Buckley told reporters. (cnn.com)
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Gullfoss in the summer [OC] [3952×1792] : EarthPorn
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The New York Daily News released an archived news article on Friday that seemed to contradict a claim by Donald J. Trump that he knew nothing about a reporter whose disability Mr. Trump appeared to mock at a rally earlier this week. The reporter, Se…
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Andy Murray believes he and brother Jamie can take Great Britain to the verge of Davis Cup victory in Saturday’s doubles against Belgium. The pair will aim to put Britain 2-1 up in the best-of-five tie when the doubles gets under way at 14:00 GMT in…
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Psychedelic swirl. Cottonwood Pass, Colorado. js – Just Space
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4 Officers Shot Near Colorado Springs Planned Parenthood, Police Looking for Gunman (abcnews.go.com)submitted 36 minutes ago by loading…
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Look what I made, assface. : aww
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Secrets of a Supermassive Black Hole Revealed | Space Wallpaper
About this Image By combining the power of several telescopes, scientists discovered a magnificent image of the black hole in Hercules A.
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Trump Embraces Conspiracy Website To Support His False Claims : democrats
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Trump Embraces Conspiracy Website To Support His False Claims (thinkprogress.org)submitted 24 minutes ago by loading…
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Our dog threw up last night at 4 am. He kept me company while I cleaned it up. – Imgur
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Armored Vehicles, Ambulances On The Scene In Colorado Springs : NPR
An active shooting situation is unfolding at a Planned Parenthood Clinic in Colorado Springs, Colo. Multiple police officers and civilians have been injured.
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Great Slave Lake: Where the Mackenzie River Begins : Image of the Day
Editor’s Note: Today’s caption is the answer to Earth Observatory’s November Puzzler. The Mackenzie River—North America’s largest northward flowing river—drains a basin that spans one-fifth of Canada’s total land area.
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Cards Against Humanity Has Made Over $54K Selling Nothing On Black Friday | TechCrunch
While chain stores everywhere are trying to get you to buy things in their physical and online marketplaces, one brand decided to sell absolutely nothing. For $5 a pop.
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Keep a “Comfort Doodad” Nearby When You Need to Relax and Think
The office isn’t necessarily the best place to brainstorm great ideas. James Kerr, author of The Executive Checklist, recommends keeping a small object with you that mentally transports you to a different place.
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They’re breakdance fighting!
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60,000 People march in Melbourne for largest climate rally ever in Australia : environment
60,000 People march in Melbourne for largest climate rally ever in Australia (abc.net.au)submitted 4 hours ago by loading…
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Belgium’s efforts to tackle Islamic extremism inside borders – BBC News
As Europe’s leaders consider how to tackle Islamic State extremists in Syria and Iraq, they are also struggling to contain the threat within their own borders. Investigators believe the Paris atrocity originated in Belgium, not the middle east.
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Cartoon: Profiles in cowardice
After the attacks in Paris, the Republicans, along with some spineless Democrats, devolved into the same panicky imbeciles that turned this country bonkers after 9/11.
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Standoff continues at Colorado Springs Planned Parenthood clinic
Just before noon today, Colorado Springs officers responded to reports of a shooter near or at the Planned Parenthood offices on Centennial Boulevard. At least three officers were wounded by the gunman during an initial exchange of fire; their condi…
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Build An Offshore Development Team That Won’t Suck | TechCrunch
The No. 1 problem of almost every Silicon Valley entrepreneur is finding engineers. Developers in San Francisco are similar to apartments in San Francisco — really expensive, hard to get and even harder to keep.
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Judge: There’s no proof Yelp manipulates reviews | Ars Technica
A federal judge has thrown out a lawsuit alleging Yelp manipulated reviews in an attempt to coerce businesses to buy advertisements.
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The Pipe Nebula; a Vast Dark Cloud of Interstellar… – Just Space
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Emergency workers prepare stretchers and guide two people to safety during a shooting at a Planned Parenthood center in Colorado Springs. Both police officers and a number of civilians have been injured with some victims transported to local hospita…
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At 11:59pm EST on Sunday, the NSA will stop in-house phone metadata collection | Ars Technica
The Obama Administration said on Friday that it would go ahead with the scheduled closure of the National Security Agency’s bulk phone records collection program. The USA Freedom Act, which passed in early June, outlined this weekend’s deadline.
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Five Poles abducted as pirates storm ship off Nigeria – Al Jazeera English
Pirates have attacked a Polish-owned cargo vessel off the Nigerian coast, kidnapping five crew members, Poland’s authorities have confirmed.
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Police Hunt For Planned Parenthood Shooter – The Daily Beast
Around 12 PM on Friday, the Colorado Springs Police Department notified the public of an active shooter situation at the local Planned Parenthood clinic.
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These New Star Wars: The Force Awakens Posters Are The Ultimate Nostalgia Play
Han, Leia, Luke! Practical effects! X-Wings and TIE Fighters! All that classic music! Empires and Rebels! A lot of the impetus of The Force Awakens’s marketing has been the emphasis on nostalgia for the three movies of the original trilogy.
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COLORADO SPRINGS — A gunman inside a Planned Parenthood center here was exchanging gunfire with the police, the authorities said on Friday, after an hours long shooting spree that left at least eight people injured including four officers.
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KABUL, Afghanistan — Hajji Ghalib did just what the American military feared he would after his release from the Guantánamo Bay prison camp: He returned to the Afghan battlefield. But rather than worrying about Mr. Ghalib, the Americans might have c…
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A Planned Parenthood Clinic Shooting in Colorado – The Atlantic
Local police responded to reports of an active shooter at a Planned Parenthood clinic in Colorado on Friday. At least four officers and “multiple civilians” were injured in what the Denver Post characterized as an “ongoing active shooter situation.”…
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Guest lineups for the Sunday news shows (Not a Democrat in sight) : democrats
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Guest lineups for the Sunday news shows
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Santigold, ILoveMakonnen Ask ‘Who Be Lovin’ Me’ in New Video | Rolling Stone
Santigold, ILoveMakonnen Ask ‘Who Be Lovin’ Me’ in Star-Studded New Video Singer offering up ’99¢’ on cassette for 99¢ as part of Black Friday special
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Doze Brings Marshmallow’s Battery-Saving Feature to Older Androids
Android 4.1+: Doze is one of the best new features in Android Marshmallow, which stops apps from using the network when your phone is idle. But if your phone still doesn’t have Marhsmallow, this app will bring the feature to older phones.
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Google Glass could come back as a snake-like flexible headband | The Verge
Google’s wearable tech outfit was granted a patent this week for a Glass-like heads-up display that could be affixed to a person’s head with a flexible band. The “wearable device with input and output structures” would be adjustable and only sit on …
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This Curved 4K TV Is $400 Less Than Everywhere Else, Plus a Free Blu-Ray Player
Even on Black Friday, this 55” curved 4K Samsung TV is going for $2,000 at just about every major retailer. If you buy it from Adorama’s eBay storefront though, you’ll get it for $1600, plus a free Blu-ray player for good measure.
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Maldives police pepper spray opposition protesters – Al Jazeera English
Maldives – A number of opposition MPs in the Maldives have been hospitalised after police used pepper spray to suppress a demonstration calling for the release of jailed former president Mohamed Nasheed.
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Relevance Reorganizes Tabs Based on What You’ve Read
Chrome: Got too many tabs open and don’t know where to start? Relevance is a free Chrome extension that reorders your tabs based on what you’ve read and which domains you visit most often.
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Stocking Stuffer Idea: $4 Magnetic Smartphone Car Mount
It didn’t take long for Magnetic smartphone vent mounts to join our bestsellers club, and it’s easy to see why. They’re essentially invisible when your phone is attached, and there’s just something cool about slapping your phone onto your dashboard,…
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Guest lineups for the Sunday news shows (Not a Democrat in sight) (bigstory.ap.org)submitted 16 minutes ago by loading…
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LONDON — The British don’t celebrate Thanksgiving, of course, but they have enthusiastically embraced another great American holiday tradition: Black Friday. A little too enthusiastically, it seems.
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The DEA has failed to eradicate marijuana. Now Congress wants it to stop trying. : politics
The DEA has failed to eradicate marijuana. Now Congress wants it to stop trying. (washingtonpost.com) Fair enough.
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Update: The Latest On The Colorado Springs Shooting : NPR
At least four officers and an unknown number of civilians were injured in a shooting at a Planned Parenthood clinic in Colorado Springs, police say.
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Vtech breach dumps 4.8m families’ information, toy security is to blame / Boing Boing
Vtech is a ubiquitous Hong Kong-based electronic toy company whose kiddy tablets and other devices are designed to work with its cloud service, which requires parents to set up accounts for their kids. 4.
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Lenovo teaming up with Razer for a new range of gaming PCs | Ars Technica
Lenovo and gaming PC company Razer have partnered up to build a new range of Lenovo gaming PCs. The giant Chinese PC OEM will have a range of Razer-branded Y series PCs available next year.
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Dutch ‘handyman’ guilty of £1.6bn drug smuggling in fake ambulance – BBC News
Image copyright NCA/PA Wire A Dutch man who claimed he was on board a fake ambulance packed with drugs as a handyman has been found guilty of conspiracy to smuggle and distribute Class A drugs.Father-of-four Leonardus Bijlsma, 56, will be sentenced …
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The World War II Tool That Changed How We Listen To Birdsong
In past centuries, birdsong experts tried to distinguish mockingbirds from thrashers by keeping their ears peeled. These days, they’re better served by eagle eyes.
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Shooter Attacks At Or Near Planned Parenthood Clinic In Colorado Springs : NPR
At least four officers, and an unknown number of civilians, were injured in a shooting at or near a Planned Parenthood clinic in Colorado Springs, Colo., police say. Colorado Public Radio’s Megan Verlee tells NPR’s Ari Shapiro the latest on the acti…
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When children are breached—inside the massive VTech hack | Ars Technica
I suspect we’re all getting a little bit too conditioned to data breaches lately. They’re in the mainstream news on what seems like a daily basis to the point where this is the new normal.
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Who is buying ISIL’s oil? – Al Jazeera English
On the face of it, it looks like any state-run oil industry. Engineers, managers and traders, all help extract, refine and distribute oil, which makes its way across Syria and Iraq as well as overseas.
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Grand Theft Auto 5 is better with lightsabers | The Verge
Out of Grand Theft Auto 5’s modding community comes its most appropriate tribute to Star Wars: a lightsaber battle between the main characters Trevor and Michael.
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Letters to the Editor: Drugs, Drugs, Drugs, Black Friday | Motherboard
My worst ever drug experience took place on Thanksgiving night seven or eight years ago following an intensely wholesome day at my best friend’s parents house in Portland, Oregon. MDMA’s therapeutic potential is huge, but for anxiety and panic disor…
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Sly And The Family Stone’s High Priestess Of Funk Cynthia Robinson R.I.P.|Dangerous Minds
Cynthia Robinson stood out in a band in which every member stood out. She was a funky high priestess wielding a trumpet like a thaumaturgic ramsinga. And she wore a crown, a black afro, that was epic in its sculpted glory. Her presence was majestic.
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Bringing It All Back Home: Inside the Restoration of ‘Don’t Look Back’ | Rolling Stone
D.A. Pennbaker still remembers the man with the wiry gray hair and the sunglasses, sitting across from him in his office and posing an innocent enough question. “He asked, ‘Would you like to come along on a tour with my client? His name is Bob Dylan…
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Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur Is An Honest To God Delight
This is not exactly a spoiler, but not a lot happens in the first issue of Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur. Like many first issues in Marvel’s “All-New, All-Different” universe, it spends a lot of time setting up the tone of the book going forward.
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After Two Years As Losers, A Football Team Attempts A Major Turnaround : NPR
Some college football teams play to sold-out crowds in colossal stadiums. Then there’s the Columbia University Lions, a squad that lost every game for two years straight. This fall, a new coach has been trying to help the Lions start winning again.
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Fantasy Sports As Day Job: Meet One Of The Industry’s Top Winners : NPR
Is daily fantasy sports a game of skill or one of chance? Just ask one of the industry’s top winners, a Bostonian who treats daily fantasy sports as his day job.
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How Long Can Florida’s Citrus Industry Survive? : The Salt : NPR
While others are thinking about the holidays, in Florida November is the beginning of citrus season. Grower Jeff Schorner sells citrus fruit gift boxes by mail order and at his store, Al’s Family Farm in Fort Pierce. “We began our harvest about thre…
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Saying No To The Sales, Some Skip Shopping On Black Friday : NPR
This Black Friday, some people are choosing not to shop. NPR talks to a state park manager in Minnesota and people on a walking tour in Los Angeles about why they’re opting out.
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Pope Arrives In Uganda On His Visit Through ‘The Continent Of Hope’ : NPR
Pope Francis heads to Uganda on the second leg of his first-ever Africa visit. The country has been hit by attacks from Islamist extremists; the pontiff is urging reconciliation and forgiveness.
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For Syrian Refugees In U.S., ‘Chaos’ And ‘Confusion’ Follow Paris Attacks : NPR
Following a wave of politicians calling for the U.S. to hit the “pause button” on accepting Syrian refugees, we check back with Corine Dehabey, the Syrian-American head of a refugee resettlement program in Toledo, Ohio, whom we spoke to in October.
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Mexico Deporting Migrating Minors In Record Numbers : NPR
Planes and buses arrive in Guatemala every day, returning migrants who’ve tried and failed to make it to the United States. Many are minors, stopped by Mexican police and deported back home.
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From Dream Bride To Doll For Boys: The Evolution Of The Barbie Ad : NPR
Black Friday might look pretty pink to parents flooding the nation’s Barbie aisles. But even though Barbie is a billion-dollar brand, it’s facing stiff competition — especially in the form of Elsa from the movie Frozen.
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A ‘March For Justice’ On Chicago’s Magnificent Mile : NPR
In Chicago today, protesters walked in a “march for justice,” following the first-degree murder charges against police officer Jason Van Dyke in the fatal shooting of 17-year-old Laquan McDonald. NPR’s Ari Shapiro speaks with Shari Runner, interim p…
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‘Welcome To Where We From’: Chicago Through The Eyes Of A Poet : NPR
NPR’s Ari Shapiro talks with Chicago poet Nate Marshall, who reflects on this week in Chicago and read his poem “Out South.
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Snapshots 2016: Trump’s Message Resonates With A Master Cabinet Maker : NPR
From time to time during this election season we’ll be introducing you to ordinary people that our reporters meet out on the campaign trail. Today: a snapshot from a Donald Trump rally in New Hampshire.
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From A Weirdo Nerd To A Guy Who Plays One On TV : NPR
NPR’s Ari Shapiro talks with the actor Rainn Wilson about his new memoir, The Bassoon King: My Life in Art, Faith, and Idiocy.
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Week In Politics: Trump Sticks To His Guns, Carson Heads Out On A Trip : NPR
David Brooks of The New York Times and Amy Sullivan of Yahoo News discuss the 2016 presidential race, Francois Hollande’s visit to the White House and Republican threats to shut down the government over a potential climate deal.
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Super Mutants, Killer Robots And Ghouls: Take A Tour Of Fallout 4’s Massachusetts : NPR
The biggest entertainment release so far in 2015 wasn’t Jurassic World or Adele’s 25 … it was a video game. Fallout 4, released earlier this month, made $750 million in 24 hours. JJ Sutherland and Chris Suellentrop of the podcast Shall We Play A G…
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Smartphones Take Frenzy — And Some Profit — Out Of Black Friday : NPR
In malls around the country, the holiday shopping season has officially begun. But increasingly, Black Friday is less about lines at stores, and more about online stores.
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Rampage shooting at Planned Parenthood in Colorado, “unknown number of victims” / Boing Boing
At least 3 law enforcement officers and multiple civilians were injured in what is reported at the time of this blog post as an “ongoing active shooter situation” at a Planned Parenthood in Colorado Springs, Colorado.
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If you’re a woman on the Internet, harassment comes with the territory. There have been jerky dudes since time immemorial, after all. But with the advent of America’s militarized cops, sociopathic misogynists have a new, deadly force-multiplier in t…
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HSBC whistleblower jailed in absentia by Swiss court – BBC News
Herve Falciani was on trial for leaking bank data that led to tax evasion probes worldwide against prominent clients with accounts in Switzerland. Falciani did not attend the trial and because France does not extradite its own citizens, it is unlike…
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Donald J. Trump will take the next step in his religious outreach effort next week when he announces the endorsement of a group of 100 African-American pastors and religious leaders at his Manhattan headquarters.
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GOP Representative Lamar Smith On A Foolish Crusade To Discredit Climate Scientists (desmogblog.com)submitted 2 hours ago by loading…
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Watching this on the news right now. Really pisses me off. I understand that people are pro life, while I am most definitely pro choice, I understand some people are not.
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As Texas oil and gas regulators continue to deny any link between drilling and underground water contamination, more families’ water supplies turn up polluted. (wfaa.com)
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How search engines make us feel smarter than we really are / Boing Boing
You’ve likely wondered if the internet is having a negative effect on your brain.
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Colorado Springs police respond to shooting near Planned Parenthood – video | US news | The Guardian
Police in Colorado Springs respond to reports of an active shooter situation on Friday near a Planned Parenthood center on Centennial Boulevard. Colorado Springs police have confirmed that three officers have been injured.
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Breaking: Shooting at Colorado Springs Planned Parenthood | Mother Jones
The Colorado Springs police department is reporting that three officers and an as-yet-undetermined number of civilians were shot earlier today outside a Planned Parenthood clinic. The department says that the shooter is contained to a specific area …
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Study finds as many as 100,000 women in Texas have attempted to self-induce abortions
Prior research among women seeking abortion suggests that abortion self-induction is more common in Texas than the rest of the country.
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Ten priests receive death threats in Bangladesh – Al Jazeera English
At least 10 priests from different churches have received death threats in the northern Bangladeshi city of Rangpur, officials have said.
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The Case for Giving Pregnant Women Experimental Drugs | Motherboard
When the heart stops beating, minutes matter. With every minute that passes before a rhythm is restored, a patient’s odds of survival plummet.
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The NSA’s Controversial Phone Surveillance Program Ends on Saturday | Motherboard
In June of 2013, the first story based on top secret documents leaked by Edward Snowden revealed that the NSA was collecting virtually all Americans’ phone records. More than two years later, that surveillance program is finally coming to an end.
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Supreme Court Justice Blocks Hawaii Vote Count | Al Jazeera America
A U.S. Supreme Court justice on Friday issued a temporary stay blocking the counting of votes in an election that would be a significant step toward Native Hawaiian self-governance.
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Laquan McDonald and The Corrupt System That Killed Him – The Atlantic
Thanks to clear video evidence, Chicago police officer Jason Van Dyke was charged this week with first-degree murder for shooting 17-year-old Laquan McDonald. Nevertheless, thousands of people took to the city’s streets on Friday in protest. And tha…
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How Mobile Apps Are Transforming The Job Search | TechCrunch
Searching for a job is just like dating, banking or procrastinating on chores until someone else does them: It’s something we all have to do. So why shouldn’t the job search be the basis for mobile apps, like those other adult obligations? Over the …
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Chile ‘medicinal’ pot-smoking mum denied access to baby – BBC News
Sindy Melany Ortiz said she smoked pot for medicinal reasons to alleviate pain in one of her arms. She says she is not being allowed to breast-feed her daughter and can only see her for two hours a day.
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Protest held on Black Friday over Chicago police shooting – video | US news | The Guardian
Days after video emerged of the shooting dead of 17-year-old Laquan McDonald in 2014, protesters took to the streets of Chicago on one of the busiest retail days of the year. Marching along Michigan Avenue’s Magnificent Mile, they say they are using…
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TFW you’re blasting metal around your non-metalhead friends. – GIF on Imgur
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Gods of Egypt’s director and studio apologize for its sheer whiteness | The Verge
There was something a bit off about that Gods of Egypt trailer that hit last week, and not just for its weirdly obvious use green screen.
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Kickstarter-launched drone startup denies it cheated customers | Ars Technica
As the fallout continues from the implosion of Europe’s largest Kickstarter-funded project, Torquing Group has staunchly denied that it cheated or stole from its Zano-drone customers.
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Not A Hobby — Disrupt London Lets Loose The Drones Of Awe | TechCrunch
We don’t just plan to talk about the Cloud at TechCrunch Disrupt London in two weeks time on December 7th-8th (Agenda, Tickets). The conference will also cover the booming world of Drones that are literally in the clouds. Here are our panelists for …
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Charles Stross Reveals How His Laundry Files World Is About to Change Forever
When Charles Stross isn’t writing mind-blowing space opera about the future of banking, he’s the ultra-prolific author of two long-running series. And one of those, the Laundry Files, has won praise (and a Best Novella Hugo) for its look at a spy ag…
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Israel to open office for renewable energy in Abu Dhabi – Al Jazeera English
Israel is to open its first ever official and visible presence in Abu Dhabi, the capital of the United Arab Emirates (UAE), even though the two countries have no diplomatic relations.
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Jim James Talks Roger Waters, Dilla and New My Morning Jacket LP | Rolling Stone
Jim James Talks Roger Waters, Dilla and New My Morning Jacket LP “It was pretty intimidating to share the stage with somebody like that who you love,” singer says of performing with Pink Floyd great
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Buy a Moto X Pure, Get $30 in Bonus Amazon Credit
The Moto X Pure “does Android better than Google,” and if you buy one from Amazon today, you’ll receive a $30 Amazon account credit automatically at checkout. [Moto X Pure + $30 Amazon Credit, $450] Note: This deal is only available on the 32GB mode…
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Michelle Obama welcomes huge White House Christmas tree – video | US news | The Guardian
Michelle Obama welcomes the 2015 White House Christmas tree in Washington on Friday, the day after Thanksgiving. This year’s official tree is a nearly 19-foot high Pennsylvania fir brought to the White House portico on a horse-drawn carriage.
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Active shooter in Colorado Springs Planned Parenthood parking lot. : news
Active shooter in Colorado Springs Planned Parenthood parking lot. (krdo.com) Who wants to bet it’s a christian “Pro-lifer”?
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West Wing Week: 11/27/2015 or, “This Turkey is Hereby Pardoned” on Vimeo
This week, the President wrapped up his trip to Asia — a cross-continental journey that took him to Antalya, Manila, and concluded in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. He honored Medal of Freedom recipients back at the White House, and pardoned a couple of l…
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Midday open thread: Schools for American Indians terrible; reports on downed Russian jet challenged
Today is Native American Heritage Day. A prominent Ogala Lakota says it’s badly timed: Black Friday.
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Police injured in Colorado shooting – BBC News
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan uses a TV speech to warn President Putin not to “play with fire” over the downing of a Russian plane.
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This Just In: Planned Parenthood Shooting in Colorado – The Atlantic
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GOP in panic over Trump : democrats
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According to Bernie Sanders, income inequality means many Americans aren’t “truly free” : politics
If someone succeeds in life and is making a shit ton of money, good for them. But a CEO is not worth 700% more than the people that work for them. I’ve worked for more CEOs and CFOs than I can count; some of them were good, some bad, but none were w…
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Pusha T fans can now dress like their favorite Virginia rapper. His latest collaboration with Adidas is an updated black version of the popular sneaker he created last year and features cracked Italian leather and fish-scale details, which will add …
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Although ISIS-Linked Attacks Mount, Bangladesh Denies The Group’s Role | ThinkProgress
The Islamist militant group ISIS has claimed responsibility for a gun attack on a Shia mosque in Bangladesh in which one person was killed and three injured. According to police, five gunmen stormed the mosque and fired on worshippers at the Haripur…
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Pixel Vision is a beautiful handmade portable gaming system | The Verge
Swedish designer Love Hultén has made a name for himself crafting some of the most beautiful electronic devices in the world, combining hand-crafted wooden bodies with old-school electronics for the ultimate in retro extravagance.
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The Most Wonderfully Alternative Families in Science Fiction and Fantasy
The holiday season has officially begun, and of course the holidays are a time for families. But science fiction and fantasy readers know that families come in all shapes and configurations. Here are 30 of the most wonderfully alternative families i…
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Global carbon emissions slowed for third straight year to near-stall | Ars Technica
Recently, the US released its analysis of the country’s 2014 carbon emissions. It showed that while carbon emissions are still growing, their growth has slowed even as economic activity expanded. A new report indicates the same held true globally.
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This Table Gives Food Substitutes for Just About Any Ingredient
You won’t always have every ingredient you need. RecipeTips helps you avoid a trip to the store with a giant table of almost every common food item, and its best substitute.
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This Week On The TC Gadgets Podcast: Happy Thanksgiving! | TechCrunch
Though we’re in the midst of the holiday season, we’ve still made time to talk about the latest in gadgets news. The Samsung Gear VR went on sale last week, which is a relatively big deal in the world of VR.
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Last year, I posted about The City in Cinema, my series of video essays exploring cities as revealed and re-imagined by the films set in them — or rather, at that time, about one city in particular: Los Angeles, birthplace of Hollywood cinema and en…
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‘The Punisher’ to run for president in the Philippines – Al Jazeera English
Rodrigo Duterte, the mayor of Davao in the southern island of Mindanao, filed his certificate of candidacy on Friday to challenge President Benigno Aquino’s annointed successor Manuel Roxas III, a grandson of another former president.
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Walmart Workers Strike, Protest Company Heiress On Black Friday | ThinkProgress
Walmart workers and their supporters are protesting at a dozen stores around the United States on Black Friday as part of an ongoing campaign for union recognition and a $15 hourly wage.
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Active shooter at Colorado Springs Planned Parenthood clinic
Authorities are reporting a gunman at or inside a Planned Parenthood clinic in Colorado Springs. There are multiple injuries reported, including an officer, and those in nearby businesses are being asked to shelter in place.
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North Koreans ordered to copy Kim Jong-un’s “ambitious” hair style / Boing Boing
“The Democratic People’s Republic of Korea is a genuine workers’ state in which all the people are completely liberated from exploitation and oppression. The workers, peasants, soldiers and intellectuals are the true masters of their destiny and are…
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Red Pill, Blue Pill: if Dr Seuss wrote about Men’s Rights Advocates / Boing Boing
Jaya Saxena and Matt Lubchansky roast the Red Pill men’s rights movement in a scathing, scintillating, rhyming Dr Seuss parody that features such gems as: “They’re in the friendzone!/What a pity/Stuck in the orbit/Of a girl that’s pretty.
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Physicists Create “Urine Black Holes” To Solve the Splashback Problem
Good news for khaki-clad men plagued by speckled staining of their trousers from urine splash back: physicists may have found the optimal splash-suppressing design for a urinal insert, thereby creating a “urine black hole.” Urine gets in, but it can…
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England wrapped up victory in the T20 series against Pakistan after a tight three-run victory in Dubai. Captain Shahid Afridi’s late cameo – 24 off eight deliveries – was not enough to help Pakistan over the line after England finished on 172-8.
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Police Respond to Active Shooter in Colorado | Al Jazeera America
Police in Colorado Springs said they were responding to a report of an active shooter situation on Friday, and a local newspaper said the incident took place near a Planned Parenthood center. “CSPD PIO [public information officer] responding to call…
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Founders Fund on Its Processes, Deal Flow, and Newest Big Bets | TechCrunch
Founders Fund, founded 10 years ago, wasted little time in establishing itself as a venture firm that’s willing to make unusual and often outsize bets.
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What the 1980s would have made of the $5 Raspberry Pi / Boing Boing
The new Raspberry Pi Zero is a $5 general purpose computer, manufactured in Wales, with more power than a 1980s personal computer.
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‘Moments’ Are Selling The Promise Of VR Right Now | TechCrunch
When explaining some of the nuances of virtual reality to friends and family, they want to hear about the “games” or the “apps.” Yes, full experiences, or “titles” are an exciting part about any platform’s growth.
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Instagram is reportedly testing support for multiple accounts | The Verge
Fact: 94 percent of all college graduates end up becoming social media managers [citation needed]. Instagram knows this and is now testing support for multiple accounts, according to both Android Police and Droid Life. The option seems to be availab…
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Workaholic Goethe wished he’d been better at carving out time for quiet reflection / Boing Boing
You know that successful person’s lament about being out of control of their own time, not being able to balance the demands that others placed on them against their own self-care needs? There is nothing new under the sun: “Had I been able to abstai…
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Police investigate ‘active shooter’ at Colorado Springs Planned Parenthood | US news | The Guardian
Police and fire officials were investigating an active shooting near a Planned Parenthood in Colorado Springs, Colorado, on Friday. Colorado Springs police said on Twitter that they were responding to a report of an active shooting at the women’s he…
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BREAKING: Active Shooting At Planned Parenthood In Colorado Spring, Multiple Victims | ThinkProgress
Police in Colorado Springs, Colorado are responding to an active shooting at a Planned Parenthood location on that city’s west side early Friday afternoon. One officer has reportedly been shot outside the reproductive health center.
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No One Knows Why So Many Tarantulas Are One Particular Shade of Vivid Blue – The Atlantic
Tarantulas: big, hairy, eight-legged, terrifying nightmares to some, adorable pets to others, blue. Wait, blue?
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Cortana for iPhone is rolling out now to beta testers | The Verge
As expected, Microsoft has begun to roll out a beta version of Cortana for iOS. The digital assistant app is being distributed via Apple’s TestFlight, according to TechCrunch, which potentially means the pool of testers is limited to just 2,000 part…
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Save 30% Per Month on Adobe’s Creative Cloud Photography Plan, Courtesy of Amazon
Adobe’s Photoshop and Lightroom Creative Cloud photography suite normally costs $10 each month, but Amazon’s currently selling a 12-month plan for just $7 per month for Black Friday.
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Is there a real risk from nanoparticles of plastic in the environment? : environment
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Is there a real risk from nanoparticles of plastic in the environment?
Is there a real risk from nanoparticles of plastic in the environment? https://t.co/akBdysmirS https://t.co/maBYb9ZiSN via /r/environment
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The Top 5 Longreads of the Week : Longreads Blog
Below, our favorite stories of the week. Kindle users, you can also get them as a Readlist. Sign up to receive this list free every Friday in your inbox.
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Lenovo and Razer unite to build a new range of gaming PCs | The Verge
The world’s biggest PC vendor is getting serious about gaming, and it’s recruited one of gamers’ favorite peripherals brands to help it establish its legitimacy.
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How much does Marco Rubio hate the Senate? Apparently not as much as McCain circa 2008
Not a whole lot of presidential candidates are willing to tell the country just how much they hate being a public servant, so you have to give Marco Rubio some credit for honesty, I guess.
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Our first catch of the day: A SpaceX rocket from 2014 | Ars Technica
The central section of a SpaceX rocket launched in September 2014 evidently had quite a journey. The rocket’s interstage, which connects the first stage of the rocket to its second stage, blasted nearly to the edge of space before falling back to Ea…
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Browns coach shuts down questions on Johnny Manziel: ‘I’m not going there’ | Sport | The Guardian
Cleveland Browns coach Mike Pettine has had to answer all sorts of questions about Johnny Manziel – and on Friday he said he wasn’t going to do it any more.
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Science Still Can’t Explain Why These Tarantulas Are Blue
Some tarantulas are bigger than your face. Others defend themselves by launching streams of excrement. Some are stunningly beautiful—and bright blue.
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HabitBull Is a Feature-Packed, Beautiful Habit Tracker
Android/iOS: We’ve featured quite a few habit-building apps and tricks over the years. HabitBull packs all those principles in a gorgeous, free, cross-platform app.
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Blue tarantulas may help humans make better wide-angle computer displays | The Verge
Tarantulas are furry, they come in way more colors than the capybara, and they’re very, very strange — what’s not to love! I never did receive one, to my sister’s great relief, but I’m still thankful for these amazing creatures.
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A Clinical Trial Is Exploring How MDMA Could Help People With Autism | Motherboard
If you think the first time you tried MDMA was intense, imagine what it would feel like to take it for the first time in a hospital—when you suffer from crippling social anxiety as a byproduct of autism.
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Ex-Afghan PM Hekmatyar calls for ‘real and fair peace’ – Al Jazeera English
After more than 40 years at war, a former Afghan prime minister, who has been labelled as a “global terrorist” by the US and blacklisted by the UN, appears to be seeking a comeback.
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Your shipment of cute has arrived! : cats
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My take at the amazingly rich Orion Molecular… – Just Space
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Interest Rates And Rating Interest | TechCrunch
The tech and venture corners of the universe are large and rising. There are more people in the business and more people interested in the business than usual. Perhaps more than at any other time, there is huge general and insider attention.
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WASHINGTON — Justice Department watchdogs ran into an unexpected roadblock last year when they began examining the role of federal drug agents in the fatal shootings of unarmed civilians during raids in Honduras.
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Most Americans want gun owners, but not Muslims, to submit to a government registry : politics
It astounds me that the creeps hanging out in front of mosques with assault rifles fail to grasp that their right to those weapons are enshrined right below the Muslims’ right to worship as they please on the same fucking piece of paper.
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Alan Gross, the American government contractor who spent five years in a Cuban jail on espionage charges, has said remembering how his family survived the Holocaust helped him through his ordeal, according to interview excerpts released on Friday.
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Even Apple seems to be skipping Black Friday this year | The Verge
For years now, Apple has joined retailers like Amazon, Best Buy, and Walmart in celebrating Black Friday with rare discounts on its flagship products (2014, 2013, 2012, 2011). This year, however, it seems Apple is skipping the party.
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Save 20% on iTunes Credit to Gift or to Keep
iTunes gift cards make great holiday gifts, and while they’re on sale, you should probably grab some for yourself as well. You have a couple different options for Black Friday, and while they both work out to a 20% discount, the Best Buy deal will g…
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Carol’s Production Designer Reveals How to Achieve Cate Blanchett Chic | Vanity Fair
Was there a particular color palette you were going for? “We decided to limit the palette very carefully, especially in the exteriors, where the only color you see comes from maybe a car, maybe a taxi, or some touches of wardrobe, some flashing ligh…
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M.I.A. Examines Refugees’ Strife in ‘Borders’ Video | Rolling Stone
M.I.A. Examines Refugees’ Strife in Politically Charged ‘Borders’ Video Rapper dedicates moving ‘Matahdatah’ video to her uncle, a former Tamil migrant who helped her family move to U.K.
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Activists are preparing to disrupt business at a Nestlé bottled water plant for a third time as the corporation continues to bottle millions of gallons of water in California amid an historic drought. (shadowproof.com) Sigh. This probably does nothi…
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See Ecco the Dolphin swim in a sea of animated glitches / Offworld
Ecco the Dolphin was undoubtedly one of the trippiest games to emerge from the early ’90s, a psychedelic ocean adventure about Atlantis, time machines and giant crystals whose gameplay was once turned into a six-hour meditation video.
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Who let the dogs out? via /r/aww https://t.co/UUcqeXC4Y8 https://t.co/k8E0LstRFQ https://t.co/Z9aiHMeZ6s
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Peace Love Beauty Wisdom Balance Imagination Truth Consciousness, Who let the dogs out? via /r/aww…
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Chewbacca Coke can comes with unintentional sound effect / Boing Boing
I saw All is Lost a couple of weeks ago. It reminded me of Gravity in a way – both movies are about trying to survive on a damaged vessel. (I liked All is Lost a little more, mainly because it didn’t have a wisecracking George Clooney.) Because All …
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Samsung’s Smartcam HD Plus is like a Nest Cam that’s not shackled to the cloud | Ars Technica
When you think “Samsung,” you think of smartphones, TVs, and maybe smart kitchen appliances if you’re a foodie. However, it’s not the first company to come to mind when you think “home security.
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Pope Francis Pushes For Crackdown on Ivory Trafficking
Ivory trafficking fuels political instability and terrorism, Pope Francis said on November 26 in Kenya. During his landmark trip to Africa, he is urging action against trafficking in ivory, diamonds and other natural resources.
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The year’s notable fiction, poetry and nonfiction, selected by the editors of The New York Times Book Review. BEATLEBONE. By Kevin Barry. (Doubleday, $24.95.
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Two of the most important trend lines in political campaign polling might be about to cross. One is the rise of online polling.
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“The Danish Girl,” Tom Hooper’s new film, is a story of individual struggle that is also a portrait of a marriage. In this respect and others it resembles “The King’s Speech,” Mr. Hooper’s earlier historical drama, a multiple Oscar winner a few year…
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Love Everyone Often Peace Beauty Balance Life Light Magic: A Precocious Black Hole
A Precocious Black Hole https://t.co/KeiMenA6Im https://t.co/Yb3HB9E5Eb
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“Feeding the Beast” –First Observation of a Star-Consuming Supermassive Black Hole https://t.co/2bgmYomxzA https://t.co/puS8y2yqeC
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Photos of the Week: 11/21-11/27 (35 photos) https://t.co/h3irzbfWPR https://t.co/ysuRaWLQhV
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Romain Jerome Creates A Watch For True Mario Fans | TechCrunch
Do you like Nintendo? Do you have $19,000? I think we found you a watch. The Romain Jerome Super Mario Bros. the watchmaker’s take on good old Mario and his mushroom-induced adventures and is aimed at collectors who aren’t afraid to drop twenty gran…
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Formula E announces the world’s first driverless car racing series | The Verge
Formula E, the global all-electric racing series, has partnered with a company called Kinetik to form the world’s first driverless car racing series. The new support series, called Roborace, will run its races before each scheduled Formula E event s…
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Watch this guy turn a tree stump into a cool animal carving / Boing Boing
Lueb Popoff is a tree carver from Boulder, Colorado. In this video he takes a chainsaw to a tree stump and turns it into a wood sculpture with 3 raccoons and a fox.
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Trees covering an area more than seven times the territory of New York City have been cleared in the Brazilian Amazon over the past year, in a major setback for government efforts to combat deforestation.
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How Did Doctor Who Manage To Waste a Companion Like Clara Oswald?
It’s official: Clara Oswald has left the building. As the end of Clara’s final season of Doctor Who comes to a close—making her, depending on how you chart it, one of the longest-running companions in history.
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Suicide attack hits Shia procession in Nigeria – Al Jazeera English
At least 10 people have been killed in a suicide attack on a Shia procession near Kano city in northwest Nigeria, witnesses told Al Jazeera. Followers of The Islamic Movement of Nigeria were marching from Kano to Zaria through the village of Dakasoy…
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Raspberry Pi Zero: the $5 computer – Raspberry Pi
Of all the things we do at Raspberry Pi, driving down the cost of computer hardware remains one of the most important.
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Google Has Some Surprising Tips for Lessening the Horror of Black Friday Shopping
Google crunched its data on store traffic patterns and came up some tips on how to reduce the horror of Black Friday shopping madness, should you dare to hit the mall on Friday.
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I have a tiger, not a cat ! : aww
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The Incredible Shrinking Incomes of Young Americans – The Atlantic
The Incredible Shrinking Incomes of Young Americans https://t.co/xxr5ycWBXg https://t.co/dVWkqst4Xk via /r/democrats
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Beautiful examples of hand-drawn packaging from around the world / Boing Boing
See sample pages from this book at Wink. Hand lettering stands out because everyone has access to computer layout applications now.
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Dog has had quite enough of this Thanksgiving shit / Boing Boing
In this telling short story, Boing Boing’s Xeni Jardin meets a homeless neighbor and his big, rambunctious dog. When time is short, sometimes more can be found in companionship and reflection of a simple truth: that the now, in all its peace, beauty…
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Humankind’s ability to manage climate change is being tested. The Paris climate talks will conclude two weeks from today. Can we get it right this time? There is no shortage of pessimists. Mark Carney recently spoke of climate change as the “tragedy…
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Holberton Wants To Be A Different Kind Of Coding School | TechCrunch
By now, there are plenty of coding schools that will happily train you to become a junior programmer within a couple of months. Most of them will teach you the basics, but to become a full-stack engineers, a 12-week boot camp usually just isn’t enou…
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Book reviews roundup: Cockfosters; SPQR; 1966 | Books | The Guardian
Helen Simpson’s latest short story collection, Cockfosters, dramatically divided opinion. For Jon Day, writing in the Daily Telegraph, “Her stories are chamber pieces, acutely observed domestic miniatures, and born of modesty … Simpson’s work consti…
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Six children drown as refugee boats sink off Turkey – Al Jazeera English
At least six children have drowned in two separate incidents when boats carrying refugees to Greece sank off Turkey’s coast, Turkish state media has said. Turkish coastguards have so far recovered the bodies of four Afghan children, it added.
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Dutch government to appeal Starbucks tax ruling – BBC News
The Dutch finance ministry says it will fight a ruling ordering it to recover as much as €30m (£21.2m) in tax from Starbucks.
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Adele’s 25 makes UK chart history with 800,000 album sales – BBC News
Adele’s new album 25 has sold more than 800,000 copies in its first week of release – the highest ever figure for a single UK chart week. The album shifted more copies than the next 86 albums in the chart combined, and has become the first album to …
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Children’s electronic toy maker Vtech hacked – BBC News
Vtech, a company which specialises in electronic toys and educational material for children, has had its app store database, Learning Lodge, hacked. The firm said that there was “unauthorised access” to the database on 14 November.
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Formula E plan driverless championships – BBC News
The organiser of Formula E, an electric car race, has announced it will introduce a driverless championship from next year. The Roborace series will provide a “competitive platform for the autonomous driving solutions being developed”, it said.
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Trump Trolls Disability Community Again In Statement Denying He Mocked Reporter’s Condition (thinkprogress.org)submitted 5 minutes ago by loading…
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The Incredible Shrinking Incomes of Young Americans : democrats
The Incredible Shrinking Incomes of Young Americans (theatlantic.com)submitted 54 minutes ago by loading…
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Seeking refuge in America: the continued betrayal of our values – The nativity scene depicts a Middle Eastern family looking for a place to stay. The irony of Christians rejecting refugees as they put up the decorations celebrating Christ’s birth is…
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B.C. Premier Christy Clark’s own climate change advisors will recommend a hike in the province’s carbon tax to avoid a complete blow out of a year 2020 climate target due to an aggressive push to build a highly polluting Liquefied Natural Gas [LNG] …
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Photos of the Week: 11/21-11/27 (35 photos) https://t.co/5X4voDxY7r https://t.co/boIVC6oQSv https://t.co/NMtvWte6CJ
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This is MY box. via /r/cats https://t.co/zonkSGt17L https://t.co/z7OYg27hhM https://t.co/5MvBy62c3F
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You Can Buy a Moto E For $10 Right Now. That’s Not a Typo.
Sure, the Moto E isn’t an amazing phone, but for $10, who cares? It’s locked to Verizon prepaid service, but you could use it without a plan if you just want a cheap Android device to play around with. [Moto E, $10]
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And you can too, newly released ETF: ETHO.
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A children’s toy company exposed data on 4.8 million parents and 200,000 kids | The Verge
As millions of Americans head to online stores for Black Friday, one company is having a problem keeping its customers’ information safe.
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It’s Official: Thousands More Women Donating to Bernie Sanders Than Hillary Clinton : politics
Oh boy! That matters! Too bad it doesn’t translate into more votes apparently. Hillary Clinton seemed to think it did, in her now infamous defense of Wall Street donations.
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Get your shit together, Devin. : trippinthroughtime
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Minorities in Poland facing racism after Paris attacks – Al Jazeera English
Anti-racism groups across Europe have reported a spike in attacks on Muslims and other minorities in recent days. This trend is particularly strong in eastern Europe.
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Suspected Boko Haram Bombing Hits Nigeria | Al Jazeera America
The attack also injured 40 people who were in the crowd for the annual Arbaeen procession from Nigeria’s second-largest city, Kano, to the ancient Islamic city of Zaria, said Aliyu Yusuf Kakaki, a spokesman for the Kano Shia community.
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Migrants to Europe Have Suddenly Gone Missing – The Daily Beast
ROME — When only 155 migrants and refugees reached the Greek islands from Turkey last Sunday, after a daily average of more than 4,000, you might think authorities would feel relieved. Instead, they were worried sick.
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Ridley Scott Isn’t Just Making One New Alien Prequel, He’s Making Three
Hoo boy. Ridley Scott has announced that Alien: Covenant isn’t the only Alien prequel he hasin the works. The director says he’s making two additional movies which will link up 2012’s Prometheus to the original Alien film, which he made in 1979.
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David Bowie, Radiohead, Robert Plant Sign Climate Change Petition | Rolling Stone
David Bowie, Robert Plant, David Gilmour, Radiohead’s Thom Yorke and Phil Selway, Coldplay, My Morning Jacket, Yoko Ono and Björk are among the dozens of artists in the creative community to sign an open letter addressed to the leadership of the upc…
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Gus Kenworthy: Rebel Skier | Rolling Stone
As one of the top freestyle skiers in the world – known for what many consider to be the greatest half-pipe run ever, with four consecutive double-corks – Gus Kenworthy had to make himself at home in the testosterone-jacked world of action sports.
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Tingbot Wants To Embody Your Pi Projects | TechCrunch
Another U.K.-based team is gunning to build a business out of simplifying using the Raspberry Pi single board computer.
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“Bizarre accident in China (Invisible cable on road?)” by namraka in gifs – GIF on Imgur
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Paris climate activists put under house arrest using emergency laws | Environment | The Guardian
At least eight climate activists have been put under house arrest by French police, accused of flouting a ban on organising protests during next week’s Paris climate summit, the Guardian has learned.
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When I’m English and type “favourite or “colour” in Imgur and it underlines it in red – GIF on Imgur
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When the neighbour starts working in the garden early in the morning – GIF on Imgur
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Black Friday has become an orgiastic celebration of unbridled consumerism. Black Friday has become a sort of reverse “Hunger Games,” an annual ritualized competition, but one built around overabundance, rather than scarcity.
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Los escapes de metano y de otros gases tóxicos están contaminando el aire, lo que supone graves riesgos para la salud de las comunidades locales cuyo sustento depende del petróleo y del gas en el Estado del auge del gas de esquisto “Mi hija padece a…
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Cheshire Cat Galaxy Group in Ursa Major by Joshua Oakley | We Heart It
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Finally catloaf weather here via /r/Catloaf https://t.co/LkmoInNHA2 https://t.co/9q1GPh9VAu https://t.co/0VexXCv4nF
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Finally catloaf weather here : Catloaf
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Sarah and Bram’s roadtrip takes a horrifying turn when they stop for a bathroom break in the dark woods of Wallonia. Arrêt Pipi is a short horror film (6″) commissioned by Dutch public broadcaster VPRO. Starring: Bo Maerten, Benjamin Moen, Poal Cair…
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4 Great Drones That Won’t Crash Immediately (And One That Will) | TechCrunch
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Photos of the Week: 11/21-11/27 – The Atlantic
Winter weather in China, Europe, and the United States, a Martian panorama, a neighborhood in flames in Manila, demonstrations in Chicago, power outages in Crimea following an attack on power lines, the Thanksgiving Day parade in New York City, and…
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Amazon Is Giving Away Unlimited Cloud Storage For $5.00 | TechCrunch
Amid a slew of deep discounts appearing on the web today as a part of the shopping holiday Black Friday, Amazon has introduced one deal that’s sort of a no brainer. The company is giving away unlimited online storage on its cloud servers for just fi…
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Republican presidential candidate Ben Carson, facing increased scrutiny over his views on foreign policy, flew to Jordan overnight on Thursday. He was scheduled to meet Syrian and Iraqi refugees, his campaign told media outlets, confronting an issue…
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Guardian first book award winner Andrew McMillan – books podcast | Books | The Guardian
This week we head to London’s Oxo Tower to meet the winner of the 2015 Guardian first book award, Andrew McMillan.
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Report shows 66 world cities are intent on designing their futures with climate change in mind
When it comes to climate change, it seems good news is too much of a rarity.
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How spam filters, intelligent design, and a volcano started my decade at Ars | Ars Technica
My very first story for Ars Technica was my first-ever bit of writing for the public. The anniversary of the story is a pretty significant event for me since it marks the start of an entirely new career—so the 10th anniversary should be a really big…
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Sverige utmanar världen att bli fossilfri | Environment | The Guardian
Vi siktar mot att bli ett av världens första fossilfria välfärdsländer som visar att det inte bara är nödvändigt att leva utan fossila bränslen, utan att det också är efterfrågat. Världen kan tackla klimatförändringen, men det är ont om tid.
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Chicago Police Arrest Man in 9-year-old’s Shooting | Al Jazeera America
Police spokesman Anthony Guglielmi said Corey Morgan, 27, is in custody and Police Superintendent Garry McCarthy told local newspaper the Chicago Tribune that a warrant had been issued for a second suspect. The victim, Tyshawn Lee, was gunned down N…
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Raspberry Pi Zero sells out within 24 hours | Ars Technica
The Pi Zero—the new £4 ($5) Raspberry Pi—has sold out in under 24 hours. The Raspberry Pi Foundation says that around 20,000 individual Pi Zeroes have been sold in the last day, along with a further 10,000 copies of the MagPi magazine which had a Pi…
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Passengers on British Airways jet that caught fire in Las Vegas sue Boeing | US news | The Guardian
Passengers who were on a British Airways plane that caught fire while taking off from Las Vegas in September are suing the makers of the plane and its engines in Chicago, their lawyers said on Friday. Related: British Airways fire: ‘We saw the smoke…
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Will Prince Harry See Chelsy Davy on Latest South Africa Trip? | Vanity Fair
Jet-setting Prince Harry will visit South Africa next week, which raises the inevitable question: will he meet up with his ex-girlfriend Chelsy Davy while there? The 31-year-old royal has a packed itinerary.
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Hear Waylon Jennings Sing ‘Outlaw Bit’ on Tour in 1979 | Rolling Stone
Hear Waylon Jennings Sing ‘Outlaw Bit’ on Tour in 1979 “Don’t You Think This Outlaw Bit’s Done Got Out of Hand” is part of a full live concert, a special Record Store Day release
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Are you Republicans really ready to go into the primaries with a candidate that doesn’t think global warming is a real thing? Are you democrats really ready to go into the election backing a criminal who 80% of americans dont trust and find unlikabl…
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The great thaw – As temperatures rise, many American glaciers could vanish in a few decades. (washingtonpost.com)
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Bill Gates will invest as much as $2 billion in new clean energy partnership with US and India (eenews.net)submitted 29 minutes ago by loading…
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Maggie the split faced tortie : cats
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In “The Plot Against America,” the novelist Philip Roth imagines an alternative history at the dawn of World War II. Charles A. Lindbergh, aviator hero and crypto-fascist, defeats Franklin D. Roosevelt in 1940.
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Belgium charges man for ‘terrorist attack’ involvement – Al Jazeera English
Authorities in Belgium have charged a man with involvement in “terrorist attacks” as investigations continue into the killings in Paris two weeks ago.
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Experience the Horror of Black Friday With This ‘First Person Shopper’ Game | Motherboard
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My Hopes for the Empty Storefront Across from My Apartment – The New Yorker
It will be converted from a dry cleaners into the headquarters of a modelling agency for babes who like guys who somehow get sand in the bed even though they haven’t been to the beach in months.
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London’s Subterranean Mosquito Lab | Motherboard
This article originally appeared in the November issue of VICE Magazine. “I like to think of mosquitoes as these sort of ultimate bloodsucking machines,” says entomologist Dr James Logan. “They’re designed perfectly by nature to seek us out, to stea…
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Some of the Most Popular Anker Accessories Are On Sale For Black Friday
Even if you’re all set on USB chargers, these discounted Ankers would all make great gifts and stocking stuffers. Commerce Content is independent of Editorial and Advertising, and if you buy something through our posts, we may get a small share of t…
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That link gave my computer two cancers. The bad decisions are partially based on stupidity and partly on the fact that the decision makers are not only motivated by what they share with the electorate. And in any issue related to the Mideast, the un…
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Belgian Physicists Calculate that Everyone Is Lying About the Downed Russian Jet | Motherboard
It’s rare to see physics being used as an effective tool to comment on current events, but astrophysicists Tom van Doorsslaere and Giovanni Lapenta of the Belgian KU Leuven used some simple Newtonian mechanics to show that both the Russian and Turki…
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Nepal blockade: Large student protest in Kathmandu – BBC News
Tens of thousands of schoolchildren in Nepal have formed a human chain along the full length of the ring road around the capital, Kathmandu. They are protesting against a blockade by the Madhesi ethnic minority, who say they are discriminated agains…
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Man who jumped over White House fence charged with unlawful entry | US news | The Guardian
The US secret service said on Friday a man who jumped the White House fence while draped in an American flag on Thanksgiving had been charged with unlawful entry.
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A European Space Agency probe will be launched into space early next month to help test the last major prediction of Einstein’s theory of general relativity: the existence of gravitational waves.
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Black Friday: online spending surge in UK and US – BBC News
UK stores opened their doors early and cut-price deals were put online overnight as the Black Friday sales got under way. Analysts are predicting record sales, but early reports suggest smaller crowds than last year outside stores.
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Family earning over $1M living in New York Public Housing : politics
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Family earning over $1 million living in NYC public housing | New York’s PIX11 / WPIX-TV
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Robotic race car series will support Formula E next year | Ars Technica
Autonomous cars are not entirely strangers to the race track. Earlier this year we brought you news of Robby, the autonomous Audi RS7 that’s learnt the racing line at Sonoma Raceway in California.
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Severed: A History of Heads Lost and Heads Found review – grimly fascinating | Books | The Guardian
According to Frances Larson, headhunting is not the preserve of “exotic, strange and dangerous worlds far from civilisation”. As her grimly fascinating history shows, human heads have played a key role in our society and culture, from science and wa…
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Suicide attack hits Nigeria Shia march – 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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Russia to halt visa-free agreement for visiting Turks – Al Jazeera English
Moscow is to suspend its visa-free agreement with Turkey at the beginning of next year, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov has said. Friday’s announcement comes as tensions mount after the downing of a Russian fighter jet by Turkey earlier this …
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The new Gear VR proves virtual reality is finally consumer-ready | Ars Technica
About a year ago, Samsung and Oculus released the Gear VR “Innovator Edition,” a phone holster/virtual reality headset that straddled the line between dev kit and early adopter hardware.
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Germany’s Supreme Court rules that ISPs can be ordered to block piracy websites | Ars Technica
Germany’s Supreme Court has ruled that an ISP can be required to block sites that infringe on copyright, even though the ISP has no relationship with them.
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Developing countries lead the way on clean investments : environment
Developing countries lead the way on clean investments (briefmedia.news)submitted 1 hour ago by loading…
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Tyshawn Lee murder: Chicago police arrest man – BBC News
A 27-year-old man has been arrested over the execution-style murder of a nine-year-old boy earlier this month, Chicago police say.Tyshawn Lee was lured into an alley in the city’s South Side and shot dead because of his father’s gang ties, officers …
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$1574 in monthly rent? For public housing? Holy shit.
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Krampus Day is approaching here in Austria : pics
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With dependable frequency, the religious views of Albert Einstein get revised and re-revised according to some re-discovered or re-interpreted quotation from his scientific work or personal correspondence. It’s not especially surprising that Einstei…
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Boing Boing Gift Guide 2015 / Boing Boing
SPONSORED SparkFun’s RedBot Inventors Kit Who doesn’t want to build their own robot? SparkFun’s amazing RedBot Inventor’s kit is fantastic for everyone, from beginners to advanced electronics wizards. For other fantastic holiday gifts and project id…
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After taking fire for an on-stage impression of a reporter with a congenital disability on Tuesday, Republican frontrunner Donald Trump spent part of his Thanksgiving denying the whole thing — and tossing another taunt the reporter’s way.
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M.I.A. embarks on a refugee’s journey in her new ‘Borders’ video | The Verge
M.I.A. released new single “Borders” last week, and she’s followed up the song’s availability with a self-directed video that tackles Europe’s refugee crisis head-on.
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Instagram Now Testing Support For Account Switching, No Log Out Required | TechCrunch
A feature Instagram users have wanted for some time – support for switching between multiple accounts directly in the app – is now being tested, according to a new report out this morning.
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“Feeding the Beast” –First Observation of a Star-Consuming Supermassive Black Hole
An international team of astrophysicists led by a Johns Hopkins University scientist has for the first time witnessed a star being swallowed by a black hole and ejecting a flare of matter moving at nearly the speed of light.
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Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates will launch a multi-billion-dollar clean energy research and development initiative on Monday, the opening day of the United Nations climate change summit in Paris, it was reported on Friday.
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The single greatest moment of my life captured in five seconds. – GIF on Imgur
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Tony Romo ‘disappointed, frustrated’ after injury set to end his season | Sport | The Guardian
Tony Romo remained on his back after being sacked, almost motionless for a short time while looking up at the stadium’s closed roof above him. The Dallas Cowboys quarterback knew that he had likely re-injured his left collarbone.
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John Scanlan’s fascinating study explores the theme of being on the road in 20th-century American popular music, from the itinerant blues guitarists of the Mississippi Delta travelling Highway 61 in the 1920s, to the mostly English, blues-inspired r…
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Paula Radcliffe has been declared innocent of blood doping by the IAAF. Marathon world record holder Radcliffe had “categorically” denied any form of cheating after claiming she was implicated by a parliamentary hearing.
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A SpaceX Rocket Washed Up in England After 14 Months at Sea | Motherboard
The remains of a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket were found floating off the coast of the Isles of Scilly last night, adorned in a year’s worth of barnacles and seaweed.
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One of the Largest Hacks Yet Exposes Data on Hundreds of Thousands of Kids | Motherboard
The personal information of almost 5 million parents and more than 200,000 kids was exposed earlier this month after a hacker broke into the servers of a Chinese company that sells kids toys and gadgets, Motherboard has learned.
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For $10, Why Not Buy a Label Maker?
It might not be mission-critical equipment for your home, but a good label maker is a nice gadget to keep around, and Amazon’s top seller is only $10 for Black Friday. At that price, why not? [Brother Compact Label Maker, $10]
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On Black Friday, Jeffery Santos, 23, will rise at 4 a.m., grab a bagel and a strong espresso, jump on a train from the Bronx into Manhattan, and ready an American Apparel store on Broadway for its big 6 a.m. opening. There, Mr.
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“Republican leaders have spent the years of the Obama presidency inflaming GOP base voters with extreme rhetoric and wooing them with empty promises. The establishment won its goal — electoral gains in Congress and many statehouses — but in the proc…
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Alistair Cooke once described New York as “the biggest collection of villages in the world,” and I dreamed of living in them all.
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A Precocious Black Hole | NASA
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Peace Love Beauty Wisdom Balance Imagination Truth Consciousness, A Precocious Black Hole via NASA…
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This Baseball Player Hosted Thanksgiving Dinner For Syrian Refugees | ThinkProgress
A’s reliever Sean Doolittle and his girlfriend Eireann Dolan shared Thanksgiving with 17 families of Syrian refugees in Chicago on Wednesday to share “American hospitality and togetherness” with them.
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Software Developers’ Growing Elitism Problem | TechCrunch
TechCrunch recently posted a guest post from the CEO of a software company attempting to discredit coding academies.
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The rich are less generous when they think there’s high economic inequality | Ars Technica
“Let me tell you about the very rich. They are different from you and me… They think, deep in their hearts, that they are better than we are…” F. Scott Fitzgerald wrote that in 1925 in a short story called The Rich Boy.
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London Fog by Christine Corton – the history of the pea-souper | Books | The Guardian
For centuries, London has been known to out-of-towners as the “smoke” or the “big smoke”. The Thames basin, surrounded by low hills, has always been prone to mist.
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The two women at the core of Amélie Nothomb’s 23rd novel find each other simultaneously bewitching, amusing and aggravating. The reader might be left with similar feelings towards the book, a self-referential step too far, perhaps, for this arch aut…
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Flash fiction: The Adjunct | Books | The Guardian
It was the final night of the Eagleburger retreat, held at a cluster of chalets owned by an alum’s shell corporation. The mountains were too close to see. Snow hissed into the jacuzzi. The Dean, the Department Head and the Adjunct stewed in the frot…
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On Monday, Bill Gates will announce one of the largest clean-energy partnerships in history, according to a new report in ClimateWire. The partnership will be focused on researching and deploying new sources of carbon-free energy, funded by billions…
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Meet the First Person Who Realized Star Wars Would Change the World
We’re mere weeks from a new Star Wars movie, and excitement is in the air.
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Will Vivendi Acquire Ubisoft And Gameloft? | TechCrunch
Slowly but surely, Vivendi is trying to get back into the video game industry. After selling back its stake into Activision Blizzard in 2013, the company is looking at another video game giant — Ubisoft. Here’s a quick recap.
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Sponsor shout-out: ShanaLogic’s solar system necklace / Boing Boing
A special holiday thank you to our long time sponsor Shanalogic! Shanalogic is a curated shop of handmade and independently produced gifts, many of which we own and love! Check out this fantastic Solar System Necklace!
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BBC Sport – Daniel Sturridge: Injured player must manage pain – Klopp
Liverpool boss Jurgen Klopp says Daniel Sturridge must learn “what is serious pain and what is only pain” in order to overcome his injury problems. Sturridge has been plagued by a series of injuries which have restricted him to 18 appearances in 201…
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This Cheap Flash Drive Works With Your Phones and Tablets Too
This discounted flash drive doesn’t look like anything special at first blush, but hit one button, and it transforms into tiny wireless media server, allowing you to pull up files on any of your devices, including phones and tablets.
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From the archive: Lewis Carroll and Alice in Wonderland 150 years on | Books | The Guardian
Lewis Carroll’s most famous creation, Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland, was first published 150 years ago in November 1865. As the work of a relatively unknown author, neither the Observer nor the Manchester Guardian saw fit to review it.
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Britain fell behind in the Davis Cup final as Belgium’s David Goffin came back from two sets down to beat Kyle Edmund in Ghent. Goffin, the world number 16, won 3-6 1-6 6-2 6-1 6-0 against 20-year-old Edmund, who took a surprise two-set lead on his …
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Can you spot a fake antique? – Al Jazeera English
It’s a stormy autumn day in Hong Kong, but above the howling monsoon winds, there is a familiar noise in this Asian financial heartland – the sound of millions of dollars changing hands.
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Apes Throw Jungle Dance Party in Coldplay’s New Video | Rolling Stone
Apes Throw Jungle Dance Party in Coldplay’s ‘Adventure of a Lifetime’ Video Band unveil ‘2001: A Space Odyssey’-inspired video for ‘A Head Full of Dreams’ single
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IamA 90 year old coal miner and WW2 and Korean War Navy veteran who was at Okinawa and participated in the Bikina Atoll nuclear testing AMA! (self.IAmA) I’m his grandson and will be fielding the questions.
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Watch Jadakiss Talk Hometown Juice Bar, Balancing Rap With Fatherhood | Rolling Stone
Watch Jadakiss Talk Hometown Juice Bar, Balancing Rapping With Parenting “You use this rap game as a stepping stone to do other things,” says Yonkers MC
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Repubs last to know. Divest from coal, let them take the stock losses.
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[ RLTK ] Stampede from Coal Continues | Climate Denial Crock of the Week : democrats
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Stampede from Coal Continues | Climate Denial Crock of the Week
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Why the Kochs Really Embraced Criminal Justice Reform… | Thom Hartmann
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‘Decaying bodies’ found in wooden boats off Japan coast – BBC News
Japanese officials are investigating after up to 11 boats were found drifting off the country’s coastline – some with decaying bodies on board. Around 20 corpses were found on wooden boats between October and November, a coastguard spokesman said.
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One of the big lessons of the euro crisis has been that Milton Friedman was right — not about monetarism, but about the case for flexible exchange rates.
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JK Rowling recalls ‘amazing’ moment she met her idol Morrissey | Books | The Guardian
JK Rowling has said that she wishes she could go back to her 16-year-old self, “who’s lying there in the dark with the joss sticks, listening to Heaven Knows I’m Miserable Now”, and tell her that one day she will meet Morrissey – and that the Smiths…
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This is your next jam: a 2015 money-spending soundtrack | The Verge
Welcome back to The Verge’s weekly musical roundup. I’m Jamieson, I’m still your host, and this week’s column is going to focus on a specific theme: this year’s best songs about money.
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Online Shopping Hides Black Friday’s Real Violence | Motherboard
After the annual Black Friday tradition of packing your Amazon cart full of gadgets and hitting “checkout” is complete, you can be sure that another, equally ingrained tradition is close behind: the annual shaming of Black Friday shoppers, out there…
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Nasa SpaceX wreckage found off Isles of Scilly – video | Science | The Guardian
Debris from the failed Nasa SpaceX Falcon 9 lies on the shore of Tresco in the Isles of Scilly. The wreckage was spotted by a local boatman on Friday between the islands of Bryher and Tresco. It was initially mistaken for a dead whale.
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I Went to an Ayahuasca Divorce Ceremony | Motherboard
At the beginning of this fall, a friend texted me that a powerful Brazilian ayahuasquero would be coming to New York to perform a ceremony. She wanted me to experience his work for myself. My husband John and I were more than happy to oblige.
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Miike Snow – Heart is Full on Vimeo
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Two Palestinians Killed After Alleged Car Attacks | Al Jazeera America
Israeli forces shot and killed two Palestinians after they allegedly rammed their cars into soldiers in separate attacks in the West Bank on Friday as the Israeli defense minister urged Israelis to brace themselves for more violence, saying he canno…
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Save Over $40 On This Highly-Rated Pressure Cooker, Today Only
If you don’t own a pressure cooker, today’s a great day to fix that. As part of a Gold Box deal, Amazon’s knocked the highly-rated Instant Pot IP-DUO60 down to an all-time low $79. That’s not just the best price ever, it’s actually an entire $40-$50…
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VW labour boss says fresh emissions crisis has hit new car orders | Business | The Guardian
Volkswagen is facing slowing orders for new cars, with consumers shunning the carmaker after it admitted to understating fuel usage and carbon dioxide emissions, VW’s top labour representative said on Friday.
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Algeria jails former counterterrorism chief – Al Jazeera English
Algeria’s former counterterrorism chief has been sentenced to five years in prison for destroying documents and disobeying military orders, his lawyer has said.
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Why the Kochs Really Embraced Criminal Justice Reform… : democrats
Why the Kochs Really Embraced Criminal Justice Reform… (thomhartmann.com)
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Wahhabism to ISIS: how Saudi Arabia exported the main source of global terrorism (newstatesman.com)submitted 1 hour ago by loading…
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More than 300,000 Canadians contract an acute stomach bug every year from the municipally-supplied water that comes out of their taps, some likely ending up in hospital or even dying, a new government study suggests. (news.nationalpost.com)
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Brad Pitt’s Make it Right delivers first 3 LEED Platinum homes to Fort Peck Indian reservation (inhabitat.feedsportal.com)submitted 54 minutes ago by loading…
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Thanksgiving as we know it dates not to colonial days but to the middle of the Civil War, when Abraham Lincoln made it a federal holiday. It is, in other words, a celebration of national unity. And our national unity is indeed something to be thankf…
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Cambridge, Mass. — IN a grand corridor of Harvard Law School, framed professors’ photographs hang on a wall. A week ago, someone put slivers of black tape over the faces of most of the African-American professors. I am one of those whose photograph …
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Love Everyone Often Peace Beauty Balance Life Light Magic: Week In Images
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As Mayor, Bernie Sanders Was More Pragmatist Than Socialist https://t.co/xJKbE2xzO1 https://t.co/dT0UTO4S9P via /r/democrats
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Master & Dynamic MW60 wireless headphones offer style and performance | Ars Technica
Priced at £419 (€579/$549), there’s no denying that Master & Dynamic’s wireless MW60 headphones are expensive—but boy do they look it.
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Elf Girl and Raven Boy: Creepy Caves by Marcus Sedgwick – review | Children’s books | The Guardian
Elf Girl and Raven Boy: Creepy Caves is a thrilling and exciting book. It is about two people who are hunting for the Goblin King. Nothing can stop them. Well… nothing except a huge goblin army, rivers of hot molten lava and a huge vast maze of some…
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Use a “Focus Funnel” to Know Which Tasks You Can Put Off
The word procrastination has got a bad rep. But sometimes, you’re better off putting off that task. It’s all about identifying the right time to do something, says Rory Varden, author of Procrastinate on Purpose.
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Ezra Pound’s life is worth several fictions, but one unlikely novel he turns up in is Elmore Leonard’s Pronto, where a Miami Beach bookie, Harry Arno, uses the money he has skimmed from his bosses to retire to the Italian town of Rapallo.
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HOLD EVERYTHING. Is Ecto-Cooler Coming Back?!
Global warming. Overpopulation. Dwindling resources. A Trump candidacy. There are countless reasons to fear the future, but today, there may also be a reason to have hope: Coca-cola has re-registered the trademark for Ecto-Cooler.
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As Mayor, Bernie Sanders Was More Pragmatist Than Socialist : democrats
As Mayor, Bernie Sanders Was More Pragmatist Than Socialist (nytimes.com)submitted 14 minutes ago by loading…
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GOP in panic over Trump | TheHill
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Latin America Solar Is Booming, But Mexico Solar May Shine Brightest : democrats
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Latin America Solar Is Booming, But Mexico Solar May Shine Brightest
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Fracking Chemicals Tied to Reduced Sperm Count in Mice : democrats
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Fracking Chemicals Tied to Reduced Sperm Count in Mice | Endocrine Society
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Still Full From Thanksgiving? Our Fastest Rising Startup Is Already On Its Next Course | TechCrunch
Sit back, take a big deep breath and make some more room for us because the 9th Annual Crunchies Awards is coming up quick, and nominations are in full swing.
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Latin America is one of the fastest-growing solar markets worldwide, spurred on by high solar resources and surging electricity demand, resulting in 280% installation growth in 2015 compared to 2014. Good old Exxon, ignores the market that will dest…
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Repubs Killing Repubs.
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GOP in panic over Trump : politics
Trump is a perfect reflection of their base. Trump IS the Republican party. Republicans pandered to and gave legitimacy to extreme right wing racist fundamentalists for their support and votes, just one example of the results.
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Thanksgiving E-Commerce Sales Rise 26% But Average Basket Declines To $123.45 | TechCrunch
The number of people buying goods online and by mobile during the holiday season continues to grow, but the average value of what they are buying appears to be falling.
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This robot will guide lost passengers through Amsterdam’s Schiphol airport next week | The Verge
If you find yourself lost at Amsterdam Airport Schiphol next week, keep an eye out for this large, roving, futuristic chess piece with a touchscreen. “Spencer” will be making a one-week trial run starting Monday, November 30th, with the goal of guid…
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Chicago police make arrest in shooting death of nine-year-old boy | US news | The Guardian
Chicago police said on Friday a 27-year-old man had been arrested in the fatal shooting this month of a nine-year-old boy on the city’s South Side. Police spokesman Anthony Guglielmi said Corey Morgan of Chicago was in custody and that more informat…
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Nico Rosberg turned the tables on Mercedes team-mate Lewis Hamilton to top second practice at the season-ending Abu Dhabi Grand Prix. Hamilton had been fastest by 0.141 seconds in the first session, but Rosberg pipped the world champion by 0.138secs…
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The New Google Glass Could Look Like A Monocle
Get ready for the Google Monocle. The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office has granted a new patent to Google for a potential upcoming version of Google Glass. The best way to put it is that it doesn’t look like a pair of glasses anymore — it’s a glorio…
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Amazon Looks To Recruit Engineers With Bizarre Tinder Ad | Motherboard
If you’re young and single, Tinder is one of the apps you likely use to look for a hookup or a long-term relationship. What you probably don’t look for while swiping left and right on Tinder is for a job.
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New trailers: The Force Awakens, Captain America: Civil War, The Big Short, and more | The Verge
I know. It’s Black Friday, the family is still together from Thanksgiving, and you’re probably more interested in what movies you can all watch together right now, not several months from now.
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Rubio’s slippery obfuscation: It’s becoming impossible to know what he really believes : politics
Rubio’s slippery obfuscation: It’s becoming impossible to know what he really believes (salon.com)submitted 2 hours ago by loading…
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German shoppers’ confidence ‘dips’ amid economic fears – BBC News
Confidence among shoppers in Germany has dipped according to a survey, amid worries over Europe’s largest economy. The forward-looking GfK consumer sentiment indicator fell to 9.3 points for December from 9.4 points in the previous month.
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Black Friday eclipsed by Thanksgiving shopping as retailers open earlier | Business | The Guardian
Early on the morning of Black Friday, the hallways of Atlantic Terminal and Atlantic Center mall in Brooklyn were empty. Metal barricades lined the sidewalks outside, but there were no shoppers to line up between them. Most shoppers had already come…
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Lil Wayne Drops ‘No Ceilings 2’ Mixtape | Rolling Stone
Lil Wayne Drops ‘No Ceilings 2’ Mixtape Rapper’s latest heavy on ‘What a Time to Be Alive’ beats, features Future, Curren$y, Turk and more
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Migrant crisis: Six children drown as boats sink off Turkey – BBC News
Six children have drowned as two migrant boats carrying them from Turkey to Greece sank in the Aegean Sea, Turkish media say. The first boat carrying about 55 mainly Syrian and Afghan migrants sank off the Turkish town of Ayvacik.
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Prince Charles in plan to help investors take polluting firms to court : environment
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A Dark Web Vendor Is Selling Millions of Hacked Cam Girl Site Tokens | Motherboard
MyFreeCams (MFC), one of the most popular cam girl sites on the internet, can’t catch a break at the moment with its security.
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MLS: Red Bulls and FC Dallas must find a way to win | Football | The Guardian
Playoff seeding is unfair? Football is unfair. Football isn’t fair. An obvious maxim, perhaps, but sometimes it’s worthwhile to contemplate its myriad forms of unfairness.
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Bangui prepares for pope’s visit amid security concerns – Al Jazeera English
Bangui, Central African Republic – “Have the streets become larger, or has the government started cleaning them?” Theo is only half-joking as he lurches his yellow taxi from one side of the street to the other to avoid potholes and motorcycles.
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El Niño Meets the Rain Forest – The New Yorker
On a recent Saturday afternoon, George Weiblen, a forty-six-year-old professor at the University of Minnesota, got behind the wheel of a beige Toyota Land Cruiser in Madang, a town on the northern coast of Papua New Guinea. P.N.G.
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Guide Dogs Are Trained to Not Complain, So This Health Monitor Does It for Them | Motherboard
Being a guide dog is a lot of work. It takes a ton of training and concentration for these animals to safely lead their people through the world.
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From Soma to Spice: A History of Drugs in Science Fiction | Motherboard
As long as we’ve been telling stories, we’ve been telling stories about drugs. At 4,000 years old, the Epic of Gilgamesh is generally considered the oldest known work of literature.
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Russians tell Turks: we’re abandoning your beaches – BBC News
Russians have been venting their anger on social media after Turkey downed a Russian fighter jet on the border with Syria. Surprisingly, much of the outrage revolves around the subject of holiday-making: Russians threaten to leave Turkey’s beaches e…
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The Limits of “Message Movies” about Africa – The New Yorker
In 1997, a fourteen-year-old girl was walking home from school when men on horseback and armed with whips surrounded her. They dragged her—terrified, confused, screaming, and fighting—onto one of the horses and rode to the edge of the village. They …
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Trump Embraces Conspiracy Website To Support His False Claims : Liberal
Trump Embraces Conspiracy Website To Support His False Claims (thinkprogress.org)submitted 25 minutes ago by loading…
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Hillary Clinton Calls For ‘Justice And Accountability’ Following Laquan McDonald’s Death : Liberal
Hillary Clinton Calls For ‘Justice And Accountability’ Following Laquan McDonald’s Death (huffingtonpost.com)submitted 24 minutes ago by loading…
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Paris attacks: France holds service to remember 130 dead – BBC News
France has held a national memorial service for the 130 people killed in the gun and bomb attacks in Paris on 13 November. Around 1,000 people attended the service in central Paris, including survivors of the attacks and victims’ families.
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Ranking Finland’s Schools Proves That They’re All Equal – The Atlantic
In Finland you’re not supposed to wonder—let alone ask out loud—if one school is better than another. That’s because all Finnish schools are designed to be equal. We Finns are very proud of our equal education system.
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Always remember to chew on some parsley before going for the first kiss – GIF on Imgur
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The Key to Henry Kissinger’s Success: Applied History – The Atlantic
In his new biography of Henry Kissinger, the historian Niall Ferguson recalls that halfway through what became an eight-year research project, he had an epiphany.
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Paris Climate Talks: The Two Degree Limit – Scientific American
World leaders will soon meet in Paris, tasked with stopping the world from heating up by more than two degrees. Nature Video investigates the basis of this limit, and how much carbon we can burn before we reach it.
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Exclusive: Barbie Tells All to Vanity Fair! | Vanity Fair
It’s about time they gave me a voice and let me speak. Fifty-six years of having to play dress-up with four-year-olds. Trust me. I’ve had it. No offense, sweetie! No, I really don’t want to meet your other, non-talking Barbies. They’re plastic, empt…
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OnePlus admits that it’s selling dodgy USB Type-C cables and adapters | Ars Technica
At the start of the month we wrote about Benson Leung, a tenacious Google engineer who had made it his life mission to test various USB Type-C cables and adapters, to check whether they actually conform to USB Type-C specifications.
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The week in wildlife – in pictures | Environment | The Guardian
Skip to main content Wildlife The week in wildlife The week in wildlife – in pictures A playful scuffle of polar bears, crows feasting on fruit trees and mountain gorillas in the wild are among this week’s pick of images from the natural world
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How Dinosaurs Got Their Start–and Met Their End [Video] – Scientific American
In the December Scientific American paleontologist Stephen Brusatte of the University of Edinburgh delves into one of the greatest scientific mysteries of all time: the extinction of the dinosaurs.
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Local And Business Commitments Could Play A Huge Role In Combating Climate Change | ThinkProgress
Next week, participants from nearly 200 nations will convene in Paris to negotiate an agreement aimed at reducing greenhouse gas emissions to curb global warming before the critical threshold of 2°C above pre-industrial levels.
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People Pick Familiar Foods Over Favorites – Scientific American
In Marcel Proust’s iconic Remembrance of Things Past, a taste of cake elicits a flood of memories. Now a study finds that the stronger your memory of a particular food, the more likely you are to choose it again.
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Legends of Tomorrow Could Bring Back A Beloved DC Hero
And that’s not the only wild rumor about DC TV crossovers today. Plus a few new details about The Force Awakens emerge. Jeph Loeb talks about why we’ve heard nothing about the Iron Fist Netflix show. And Steven Moffat teases the big challenge of thi…
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The 1969 Stanford Law School yearbook notified readers that Joseph Tyree Sneed III, a top professor with Harvard, Yale and Cornell on his résumé, would be taking leave from the California university to teach for a year in London and Ghana.
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African leaders talk tough at summit on child marriage – Al Jazeera English
At the first African Girls Summit on ending child marriage in Lusaka there’s plenty of debate and ideas swirling around the conference hall.
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Bizarre accident in China (Invisible cable on road?) : gifs
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The Ultimate Cheap Coffee Maker Is On Sale For Black Friday
Even at full price, Aerobie’s AeroPress coffee maker is easily the cheapest and easiest way to make terrific coffee, and you can grab a very rare discount on yours today. Amazon is selling the AeroPress for $24 today, which is $6 less than it’s been…
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Week In Images / Highlights / ESA
This false-colour image of south Khartoum in Sudan was one of the first from Sentinel-2A on 28 June, five days after it arrived in orbit. The scene lies just south of the capital, the country’s second largest city.
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Protest Over Chicago Teen’s Shooting | Al Jazeera America
After days of protests in Chicago since the release of a video showing a black teenager shot 16 times by a white police officer, demonstrators were poised to disrupt Black Friday shopping with a march through the heart of the city’s most famous reta…
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American Ashton Eaton and Genzebe Dibaba of Ethiopia won the IAAF’s athlete of the year awards for 2015. Eaton, 27, scored 9,045 points to break his own world record and win gold at the World Championships in Beijing.
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Keep Your Home Network Running During a Power Outage For Just $20
If the power at your house can be a little spotty, this $20 APC backup UPS is designed specifically to keep your modem and router running on battery power, so you’ll never lose touch with the world.
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Hillary Clinton Calls For ‘Justice And Accountability’ Following Laquan McDonald’s Death (huffingtonpost.com)submitted 7 minutes ago by loading…
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Tobasco seemed to want to give me some company : cats
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Daily Kos Radio is EATING LEFTOVERS (and liking it) at 9 AM ET!
One more day with the fam, for me! Which means one more day in the time machine for us. Pre-Thanksgiving 2013, with Greg Dworkin, Joan McCarter & Armando, back when the hot topics were… well, not unlike the hot topics of today, if you’re a Republica…
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The Establishment by Owen Jones – review | Children’s books | The Guardian
At 31, Jones wields a considerable amount of power. With an Oxbridge background, a column in one of the most widely circulated newspapers in the UK, and his frequent encounters with eminent politicians, some have put it to him that he is part of tha…
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Drone giant DJI launches crop-spraying drone – BBC News
Billion-dollar drone company DJI is expanding from consumer and camera drones into the agriculture industry. The Chinese firm’s latest model is a crop-spraying drone, which it claims is “40 times more efficient” than manual spraying, despite having …
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Isabel dos Santos: ‘Education is our gap in Angola’ – BBC News
The slump in global commodity prices has affected several countries where oil production forms a major part of the economy. The IMF has warned Angola about its public finances, estimating that debt will climb sharply to 57% of GDP by the end of the …
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EU Gives Monsanto Mixed Message on Roundup’s Cancer-Causing Potential – Research shows that glyphosate, the main ingredient in the pesticide Roundup, can damage DNA, disrupt development and cause morbidity, even at normal levels of use. (alternet.or…
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How Did This Get to My Plate? Consumers Want Food Companies to Pull Back the Curtain Unlike in past generations, the vast majority of today’s consumers have no direct link to agriculture or food production. (alternet.org)
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Governors Could Restore Voting Rights To Millions Of People If They Wanted To — More people with past felony convictions will soon get to vote in Kentucky. But Iowans and Floridians still face many hurdles. (huffingtonpost.com)
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France Pays Tribute to Victims of Paris Attacks | Al Jazeera America
France paid tribute on Friday to the 130 mostly young people killed while they were enjoying themselves in Paris two weeks ago by gunmen and suicide bombers in one of the most deadly attacks the nation has seen since World War II.
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Burundi police ‘seize weapons cache’ – BBC News
Burundian police say they have recovered a large number of weapons following an attack on the home of an adviser to President Pierre Nkurunziza.
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Laquan McDonald protesters look to disrupt Black Friday in Chicago | US news | The Guardian
After days of protests in Chicago since the release of a video showing a black teenager shot 16 times by a white police officer, demonstrators were poised to disrupt Black Friday shopping with a march through the heart of the city’s most famous reta…
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A Tool That Predicts What Happens After the Next 2016 Dropout – The Atlantic
Every poll trumpets its top-line figures. But some also ask respondents for their second-choice preferences, or the politician voters would pick if their No. 1 candidate dropped out. In a race where there’s no prize for second place, this may seem a…
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Remember that $9 computer? For one day only, it’ll be $8, plus shipping | Ars Technica
OAKLAND, Calif.—Earlier this year, Next Thing Co. announced a $9 Linux computer. But for one day only, the price will fall to just $8, starting at 7am Eastern Time on November 30.
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The universe’s oldest light hasn’t made a pit stop for 13.82 billion years—beginning its journey just 380,000 years after the big bang.
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The Mystery of Onomatopoeia Around the World – The Atlantic
Consider the dog. He exists the world over, in various forms and sizes, but his signature sound doesn’t translate all that well.
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The Fall of Breakfast Cereal in the Age of Cheerios Protein – The Atlantic
Last year, General Mills launched a new product aimed at health-conscious customers: Cheerios Protein, a version of its popular cereal made with whole-grain oats and lentils. Early reviews were favorable.
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How Architect Thierry Despont Is Transforming Landmarks Like the Ritz | Vanity Fair
The April 24, 1913, grand opening of the Woolworth Building, on Broadway in Lower Manhattan, was one of capitalism’s ultimate feel-good and look-good moments.
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Portrait of a Paris victim: ‘A magnetic softness’ – Al Jazeera English
When the Eagles of Death Metal played to a packed audience at the Bataclan on Friday November 13, Matthieu Giroud was probably at the back. The 38-year-old up-and-coming academic was known for keeping a low profile.
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Everything You Need to Know About Black Friday and Cyber Monday
Another Thanksgiving has come and gone, which means it’s time for Black Friday, Cyber Monday, and the month of gift shopping that follows. Here’s everything you need to know about making the best of this year’s deals.
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Ars System Guide November 2015: Bargain Box | Ars Technica
Since the early 2000s, the Ars System Guides have been helping DIYers to become system-building tweakmeisters. This series is a resource for building computers to match any combination of budget and purpose. In this latest edition, please note some …
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Here’s Your $95 Chromebook Deal
Want to try a Chromebook with the smallest cash outlay possible? How’s $99 sound? The specs are as basic as they get, but who’s going to complain? [Acer 11.6” Chromebook, $99]
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Sony To Launch PS4 Remote Play On Mac And PC | TechCrunch
Indie developer Twisted didn’t expect that kind of feedback. After announcing its unofficial PlayStation 4 remote play app for PC, hundreds of people wrote articles about the upcoming release.
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Why we are joining the global climate march – interactive | Environment | The Guardian
Vivienne Westwood, Emma Thompson and Charlotte Church, alongside activists, politicians, teachers and businessmen, tell us why they will be joining thousands in cities around the world calling for action on climate change
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‘Li-fi 100 times faster than wi-fi’ – BBC News
A new method of delivering data, which uses the visible spectrum rather than radio waves, has been tested in a working office.Li-fi can deliver internet access 100 times faster than traditional wi-fi, offering speeds of up to 1Gbsp (gigabit per seco…
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For the kids suing over climate change, things are going well so far | Grist
We looked into our COP21 crystal ball and saw James Inhofe in a snowball fight, a fun field trip to Versailles, and a lot of Camus.
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‘Street Fighter’ Sumo Horse Racing Is What It Sounds Like, Yet So Much More | Motherboard
If you’ve ever dreamed of playing a game where you’re a horse-racing sumo competing against a character in Street Fighter, you’re in luck.
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Daily Cartoon: Friday, November 27th – The New Yorker
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This Swordless Samurai Robot Is Seeking Harmony with Humans | Motherboard
Japanese researchers are taking service robots to the next creative level. Engineers from technology company Nextremer have embraced their cultural heritage and created an “AI samurai” that aims to explore how robots can better coexist with humans.
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The Deeper Meaning of Black Friday – The Atlantic
Get $100 off the iPad Air 2 at Best Buy. Save $50 on the Xbox One Gears of War Bundle plus get a $60 Target Gift Card. At Walmart, one can buy a Samsung Smart HDTV for under $200. Under $200! These are the marks of Black Friday, the annual bacchanal…
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Black Friday bargain-hunters hit the shops – in pictures | Business | The Guardian
The annual US mega-sale has become a global event. In the US, shoppers made the most of the pre-Christmas price cuts, but in the UK the expected early-morning crowds failed to turn up
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It’s Beginning to Feel Like 2002 All Over Again – With hate and fear on the rise, the ugly atmosphere feels a bit familiar. (prospect.org)
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How Walmart Could Afford to Pay $15 an Hour – Walmart workers have been fasting in the weeks leading up to Black Friday, demanding a living wage. (prospect.org)
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Why This Republican Might Vote Democrat Next November : politics
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Why This Republican Might Vote Democrat Next November | Cognoscenti
Why This Republican Might Vote Democrat Next November https://t.co/X1bGjPDcwZ https://t.co/sUJa55TcSs via /r/#politics
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Heathcliff, it’s me–Cathy. Let (us) in-a-your windo-o-ow!
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First Day Back at work, After Broken Dick Surgery. – GIF on Imgur
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The end of Heart of the Swarm, but a new beginning for StarCraft II | Ars Technica
At the close of this year’s Blizzcon, the last StarCraft II: Heart of the Swarm tournament was to be a battle between era-defining superstars. For those who follow StarCraft, the final was on the level of a Barcelona vs.
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Four weeks into the trial of Daniel Holtzclaw, a former Oklahoma City police officer charged with the sexual abuse or rape of 13 different women, the prosecution has drawn a picture of a predator who followed a cynical calculus: because his victims …
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What It’s Like to Work in Retail on Black Friday – The Atlantic
I just wanted to go to Greece. See the Parthenon and drink wine with my buddies in the Religious Studies department at the University of Oklahoma where I was in school. But I needed $1,200 to make that happen. Rather than ask my parents for the mone…
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Book Review: Extreme Earth – Scientific American
Landscapes of undulating sand dunes and barren ice fields, and the diverse and hardy people who populate such harsh environments, fill this large-format book. Photographer Martin traveled to some of Earth’s most unforgiving terrains, making more tha…
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Abbreviated pundit roundup: Climate change, Black Friday, and more
Though some hardy traditionalists no doubt spent Thursday night camped outside some department store entrance, most holiday shoppers understand that the post-Thanksgiving lawn-chair-and-thermos ritual is by now a quaint throwback. Black Friday has b…
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The ‘False Choice’ Faced by Black Market Organ Donors | Motherboard
It is a tragically narrow bottleneck of modern medicine: hundreds of thousands of people stuck on transplant lists for lifesaving organs, waiting for someone who’s a viable match to die.
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A piece of SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket is sitting on a beach in England | The Verge
A piece of SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket has apparently been recovered in the UK, nearly five months after the spacecraft exploded in mid-flight. As the BBC reports, a 32-foot-long part of the rocket was found floating near the Isles of Scilly, an archip…
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The first real advance of the northern winter – Al Jazeera English
The first surge of winter cold has just come south into the continents of the northern hemisphere. After a warm spell of many weeks, a drop of 10 to 20 degrees Celsius happened virtually overnight. Heavy snow came to northern Japan, beating a 62-yea…
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As the UN’s climate talks in Paris begin, the lobbying and public relations push from some of the biggest corporations responsible for climate change has gone into overdrive.
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Alone among today’s Republican candidates, Ohio Gov. John Kasich seems to share Lincoln’s and Smith’s wisdom… Kasich languishes in the polls
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U.K. Accused Of Fast-Tracking Surveillance Powers Scrutiny | TechCrunch
The U.K. government is being accused of once again trying to fast track complex and controversial surveillance legislation. Y’know, remember DRIPA?
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Polish sailors kidnapped from Szafir cargo ship off Nigeria – BBC News
Five Polish sailors have been abducted from a ship off the coast of Nigeria. Polish Foreign Minister Witold Waszczykowski said the men – including a captain and three officers – were kidnapped on Thursday night from the cargo ship Szafir.
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Here’s A New New Star Wars Trailer, And It’s All About The Bad Guy | TechCrunch
Thanksgiving doesn’t really rhyme with Star Wars Episode VII, but given that Disney wants to break the record of trailers before a theatrical release, here’s a brand new trailer full of exclusive footage. You should stop reading right here if you do…
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What Do Centenarians Know That the Rest of Us Don’t?
Only about 5 people out of 1,000 live longer than a century. For the most part, these people get the same illnesses as everyone else—they just get ill a few decades later.
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ISIL claims responsibility for Bangladesh mosque attack – Al Jazeera English
ISIL claimed responsibility after gunmen killed one Shia Muslim and wounded three others at a mosque in Bangladesh, a US monitoring website said Friday, the second assault targeting the religious minority in a month.
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France’s national day of homage – Al Jazeera English
Intoning the names of 130 dead, a subdued France paid homage to those killed two weeks ago in the attacks that gripped Paris in fear and mourning. Windows were draped with French flags in an uncharacteristic display of patriotism.
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Week’s Best Space Pictures: Galaxies Smirk and Volcanoes Make Waves
From lions to tigers to leopards, see National Geographic’s most beautiful portraits of wild felines in honor of Big Cat Week.
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Our Most Stunning Pictures of Big Cats
Lions, and tigers, and pumas—oh my. Humans have long been fascinated with big cats, the eight largest of Earth’s 37 wild cat species.
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Der Random Darknet Shopper ist zurück und macht seine Weihnachtseinkäufe | Motherboard
Pünktlich zu Beginn der Adventszeit streift auch der Random Darknet Shopper wieder durchs Deepweb und erledigt seine Weihnachtseinkäufe. Die ersten Schnäppchen sind bereits eingetrudelt und diese Woche lag ein weißes, gefälschtes Lacoste T-Shirt für…
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How a normal day ended in tragedy for Palestinian teens – Al Jazeera English
Qalandia refugee camp, occupied West Bank – One by one, the schoolgirls filed into the living room. Backpacks still on their shoulders, the ninth graders embraced Maleeha Awad and kissed her on each cheek. “May she rest in peace,” the girls whispere…
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Responding to criticism over remarks he made on Tuesday, Donald J. Trump, the Republican presidential candidate and real estate developer, denied on Thursday that he was mocking the appearance of a reporter for The New York Times with a physical dis…
Love Everyone Often 11/28/2015
well.blogs.nytimes.com How many weekly miles should I run to improve my health? Surprisingly few, it seems. According to a new review of studies related to running and health, jogging for as few as five or six miles per week could substantially improve someone’s health. tags: Pocket gretchen reynolds health new…
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