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How to Invent Our Way Out of Climate Change : environment
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Long-Lost Lander: Researchers Hunting for Soviet Moon Probe Luna 9
The former Soviet Union’s historic Luna 9 lander, which in 1966 relayed the first images from the moon’s bleak surface.Credit: S.P.
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Comets May Have Caused ‘Alien Megastructure’ Star’s Strange Dimming
A faraway star’s mysterous dimming was most likely caused by comets, a new study suggests — though it doesn’t rule out the much-ballyhooed possibility of an “alien megastructure” in the system.
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How ISIS Is Recruiting Women in London – The Daily Beast
LONDON — A girl of about 5 skips past the camera wearing purple polka-dot tights and a blue dress. Seated behind her, a woman with a thick British accent is delivering a lecture on the conflict in the Middle East.
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Civilian deaths reported in Iraqi army shelling – Al Jazeera English
At least five civilians including a child have died following Iraqi army shelling on residential areas in and around the city of Fallujah, medical sources say.
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Fan Hits Player With Paper Airplane from Upper Deck – GIF on Imgur
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Trials of officers in Freddie Gray case begins amid skepticism over process | US news | The Guardian
Harold Perry, a blind 72-year-old-man, still can’t shake what he heard through his window on the morning of 12 April.
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Dangerous Lies by Becca Fitzpatrick – review | Children’s books | The Guardian
Stella Gordon is forced to live a brand new life when she is the witness to a murder and has to go into witness protection. She winds up in a dusty town in Nebraska, determined to get away as soon as she can but when she meets her neighbour, Chet, h…
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How to Send a Fax from Your Smartphone
While email has certainly destroyed the fax machine, most of us still need to send one, maybe two faxes a year to weird, outdated institutions. Thankfully, you can do it with nothing but your smartphone. Here’s how.
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Nigerian female students die in Kano school dormitory fire – BBC News
At least seven female students have died after a fire at a boarding school hostel near the northern Nigerian city of Kano on Sunday night, officials say. Most of the deaths resulted from a stampede as hundreds of students rushed to escape the blaze …
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NI abortion law ‘breaches human rights’ – 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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ITU: 3.2B People Now Online Globally, Mobile Broadband Overtakes Home Internet Use | TechCrunch
The Republic of Korea — a very early adopter both in fast, affordable broadband and next-generation mobile services — has held on to its spot as the most-connected place in the world when it comes to Internet connectivity and how well data services …
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Environmental activists ‘being killed in record numbers’ after at least 116 die in 2014 – report | Environment (independent.co.uk)submitted 6 hours ago by loading…
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Hunger Games wins Thanksgiving box office ahead of Pixar and Creed | The Verge
Black Friday sales have been declining over the past few years, so it’s only natural that some of the money that remains in consumer pockets has gone on movie tickets.
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More people chose to shop online than in-store this Thanksgiving weekend | The Verge
America is getting tired of buying things the old-fashioned way, with more consumers shopping online than in-store over the Thanksgiving weekend, according to the National Retail Federation (NRF). Consumers spent some $4.
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Blackberry to ‘exit’ Pakistan over data-retention row – BBC News
Phone-maker Blackberry is to stop operating in Pakistan at the end of 2015 because of government requests to monitor customer data. The Pakistani government wanted to be able to monitor every message and email sent via its phones, it said.
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Debate about Syria is missing one thing: Syrians – Al Jazeera English
The Western intervention in Syria is not aimed at alleviating the suffering of Syrians or addressing the root causes of the conflict, according to a new book by Syrian researcher Samer Abboud. In the book titled ‘Syria’, Abboud provides an in-depth …
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Age Discrimination In The Job Market May Hurt Women More | FiveThirtyEight
Claudette Lindsey was a teacher near Chicago for many years and then worked as a family support specialist with Head Start schools in Park Forest, Illinois, until she was laid off two years ago. Despite having a bachelor’s degree in early childhood …
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Kurdish fighters say US special forces have been fighting Isis for months | US news | The Guardian
On a damp afternoon in Iraqi Kurdistan, a 29-year-old peshmerga fighter named Peshawa pulls out his Samsung Galaxy mobile phone, flicks hurriedly through his library until he finds the video he wants, and presses play.
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Why it’s time to put an end to the cult of the aquar…
The deeply religious 19th-century English naturalist Philip Henry Gosse was not the first person to experiment with fish in receptacles or tanks. Ornamental fishkeeping was an ancient practice.
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Why it’s so easy to cheat without feeling dishonest…
An ordinary person becomes a torturer with surprising ease. The hard part comes when it’s time to be human again
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Cosmologists should be more skeptical of dark matter…
Parents already put their children under intense pressure to compete in the world. Will gene editing make it worse?
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‘Alien Megastructure’ Is Probably Just a Swarm of Comets, Researchers Say | Motherboard
A group of astronomers from Iowa State Univeristy think they have solved a recent cosmic mystery: the strange fluctuations in light coming from star KIC 8462852, a distant sun nestled between the constellations Cygnus and Lyra, which some scientists…
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Australia Muslims ‘face high level of racism’ – BBC News
Some 600 Muslims were surveyed in Sydney, with 57% of respondents saying that they had experienced racism. World events had “emboldened” people to discriminate against Muslims, the survey’s lead author said.
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World Leaders Gather for Critical Climate Talks | Al Jazeera America
World leaders gathered in Paris on Monday as a critical UN climate conference aimed at forging a deal to limit potentially catastrophic global warming got underway. Heads of 147 state and government — including the leaders of the world worst pollute…
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A Town Hall Meeting at Duke University – The Atlantic
Sometimes it takes a group of young people to set you straight. For months now, I’ve been reading about college students who’ve been seeking “safe spaces.
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How the 2016 Presidential Candidates View Climate Change (newrepublic.com)submitted 23 minutes ago by loading…
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Eating less meat is the best way to save the planet and our health study finds (ecorazzi.com)submitted 29 minutes ago by loading…
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Online Grocer RedMart Moves Into On-Demand Services In Singapore | TechCrunch
RedMart, the online grocery company in Singapore that’s raised over $50 million to date, officially stepped into a new area of business today after it launched an on-demand platform.
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Guatemala prison fight turns deadly – BBC News
At least six prisoners were killed in a jail in Guatemala when a fight between inmates turned deadly. Officials said convicted gang members and inmates without any gang affiliation clashed on Sunday at the prison in the town of Escuintla about 60km …
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Damages awarded in ‘sexting’ case for the first time – BBC News
Damages for “sexting” have been awarded for the first time, the BBC has learnt. The legal precedent was set in a case where a 16-year-old girl was encouraged to text sexually-explicit photographs of herself to a teacher.
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Gabo, Kate Horne’s film about Gabriel García Márquez, the Nobel prize winner and author of One Hundred Years of Solitude, focuses on the Caribbean magical realist’s political engagement and militant journalism in the 1970s and 80s.
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Eldar Ryazanov Soviet comedy film giant dies – BBC News
One of Russia’s best-loved Soviet-era film directors, Eldar Ryazanov, has died of heart failure aged 88. He became an icon of popular culture through tragi-comedies that gently satirised daily life in the USSR.
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After the Battle in Seattle one thing is certain: The next WTO confab will be held somewhere like Singapore or Jakarta. The corporate-dominated trade regimen enforced by the WTO is generating so much opposition that it can meet only under the sort o…
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Ex-New Zealand cricket captain Chris Cairns cleared of perjury – BBC News
Former New Zealand cricket captain Chris Cairns has been found not guilty of perjury at Southwark Crown Court. Mr Cairns, 45, had been accused of falsely declaring under oath during a 2012 libel case that he had never cheated at cricket.
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Corporate bond market ‘facing crisis’ – BBC News
A lack of buyers could lead to a crisis in the corporate bond market, the head of Aberdeen Asset Management, Martin Gilbert has told the BBC.He said markets were concerned that on “any given day” there were no buyers and “everyone wants to sell”.
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Viral video spurs outrage over harassment in Costa Rica – Al Jazeera English
San Jose, Costa Rica – A woman in a dress walks down a crowded pavement, while a man behind her casually angles his mobile phone to film up her skirt.
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Prince Charles addresses Paris climate summit – video | UK news | The Guardian
The Prince of Wales tells world leaders humanity faces no greater threat than climate change and urges action to tackle rising temperatures. He was speaking on Monday on the opening day of the climate change summit in Paris. Photograph: Bertrand Gua…
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In the wake of the shooting at a Planned Parenthood facility in Colorado Springs that left three people dead and nine wounded, the organization’s leadership wanted people to know it was still safe to come in.
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Climate change: Arctic reindeer herders on thin ice – Al Jazeera English
Raisjavri, Norway – On a dark, chilly November evening in northern Norway, Jonna Andreas Utsi and his colleagues dragged out one reindeer after another from their trailers.
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The right price for preserving our climate – Al Jazeera English
When world leaders convene in Paris this week for the United Nations Climate Change Conference, their task will be to reach a global agreement on curbing greenhouse-gas emissions.
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Cyber Monday just got smart: save 25% off all eLearning in the Boing Boing Store / Boing Boing
Celebrate Cyber Monday with some brain food. Save on any eLearning deal in the Boing Boing Store today using coupon code: CYBERMONDAY25. Below are a couple of our favorite eLearning offers:
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When a Kid Kills His Longtime Abuser, Who’s the Victim? | Mother Jones
You could hardly open a Pennsylvania newspaper in 2012 without running into a story about the prosecution of sexual predators or their enablers. The case of Jerry Sandusky, the Penn State football coach convicted of abusing 10 boys, was all over the…
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Why Flying Home for the Holidays Might Be Greener Than Driving | Mother Jones
In July, British tabloid the Daily Mail came out with a screaming headline: “EXCLUSIVE: Video shows Hillary Clinton boarding private jet just hours after launching global-warming push.
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Udemy responds to controversy over pirated online courses | The Verge
Udemy, an online learning service, has responded to criticism over its copyright policy, after several researchers discovered that the site was selling pirated versions of their courses.
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The dirty secrets of dry cleaning | Grist
When packing up Thanksgiving leftovers for future gobbling, which container is best? Advice maven Umbra Fisk dishes up an answer.
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Smarter renewable power: six innovations | Global Development Professionals Network | The Guardian
Unlike most solar panels, which use cells made of silicon, solar inks can be printed on to rolls of plastic up to A3 size. The ink can be applied through various methods, including spray coating and screen printing.
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COP21: High-level climate talks open in Paris – BBC News
High-level climate talks have begun in Paris with the goal of signing a long-term deal to reduce global carbon emissions. More than 150 world leaders have converged to launch the two-week talks.
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CHARITON, Iowa — Around 10 p.m. Saturday, with locals here stuffing the entryway of a general store known for something called taco pizza, the presidential campaign of Senator Ted Cruz seemed to be winning a bet with itself.
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Paris: A changing climate of fear – Al Jazeera English
It was meant to be one of the “biggest civil disobedience events” and spur on effective political action on climate change, but the protests in Paris on Sunday were muted and marred by tit-for-tat violence between masked youths and riot police.
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World “leaders” have been arriving in Paris by the scores over the weekend – there will be more than a hundred prime ministers and presidents making speeches as the climate talks open on Monday. But most of them won’t, in fact, be leaders on climate.
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Suspected burglar found dead in California chimney, say police – video | US news | The Guardian
A suspected burglar who attempted to enter a home in California through the chimney died after the homeowner lit a fire without realising the intruder was inside, say police.
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Eyewitness: Paris, France | World news | The Guardian
Pairs of shoes left in the Place de la République, after a climate change march was cancelled following the 13 November terrorist attacks
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Climate change: Prince Charles addresses world leaders – BBC News
Prince Charles has addressed the opening session of the two-week UN conference on climate change, telling world leaders to “think of your grandchildren, the same as I think of mine”.
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Poem of the Week: Straight Up by Owen Gallagher | Books | The Guardian
When she grasped what I considered big,stuttered Is that it?I fumbled with the zip. For a decade I thought myself unfit,destined to driftwith lads unable to get onto the pitch.
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Pope urges religious reconciliation in CAR – Al Jazeera English
Pope Francis has made a visit to a communally sensitive neighbourhood in the capital of the Central African Republic, urging the Muslim and Christian communities to set aside their differences and focus on rebuilding relations.
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Sport picture of the day: Surfing Portugal’s big and gnarly waves | Sport | The Guardian
Portuguese surfer Alex Botelho drops on to a wave during a surf session at Praia do Norte in Nazare. Photograph: Francisco Leong/AFP/Getty Images
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Global warming is the greatest threat that humanity faces and world leaders meeting in Paris for climate talks on Monday must act now, Prince Charles has told delegates from 195 countries meeting in the French capital.
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Flood warnings as rain batters Britain | UK news | The Guardian
Gale-force winds are making way for heavy rain in Britain, putting parts of the country on flood alert as the UK feels little respite from the unsettled weather. Almost a month’s worth of rain is expected to fall in parts of Wales, the Met Office sa…
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60% of Ted Cruz‘s Tax Cut Goes to the Top 1% : politics
Well Rafael doesn’t pretend to be a populist on economics. Also doesn’t appear he pretends to be literate in economics.
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ISIL ex-prisoners: ‘We were in a queue to be killed’ – Al Jazeera English
Erbil, Iraq – One afternoon last month, Abu Wahid was told he was going to die. A former member of the Iraqi police, he cried and read the Quran, but was not surprised about his fate.
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COLORADO SPRINGS — As an Army specialist in Iraq, Ke’Arre M. Stewart lived with fear and saw tragedy, a friend said. At home in the United States, he felt safe. Then a man in a trench coat opened fire at a Planned Parenthood clinic here — and shortl…
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Hunger Game finale holds off Pixar and Rocky challenge – BBC News
The final film in the Hunger Games series has held onto the top spot at the US and Canada box office, despite competition from Pixar’s new release. The Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part 2 took $51.6m (£34.3m) on its second weekend in North American ci…
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Giant Rubik’s Cube Assembly Ends Tragically | Motherboard
The bigger a Rubik’s Cube gets, the more byzantine and unstable its innards start to become. The hardest way you can find out is when your huge 22×22 Rubik’s cube project just up and explodes on you at the end of an hour-and-a-half long livestream.
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Tsipras in Twitter outburst after Turkey downs Russia plane – BBC News
Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras has attacked his Turkish counterpart on Twitter after the downing of a Russian plane, prompting an admonishing reply. Mr Tsipras posted four tweets on Sunday addressed to Ahmet Davutoglu, complaining about Turkish…
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China raises alert level as thick smog engulfs Beijing – Al Jazeera English
China has issued its highest-level smog alert this year, with monitors reporting levels of pollutants 22 times those recommended by the World Health Organization. Classes have also been suspended while heavy trucks have been ordered off the roads, h…
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Can Turkey stem the refugee tide? – Al Jazeera English
We explore the hip side of Congo-Brazzaville with a style icon, a rap artist, a wrestler, and a radio talk show host. Why have we waited so long to acknowledge the real threat of global warming?
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Japan Combats Rise in Hate Speech | Al Jazeera America
On a chilly February evening in 2013, Shinhae Lee, a journalist and ethnic Korean woman who has lived in Japan her whole life, was at home by herself in Osaka when her computer pinged with a message from a friend.
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Taiwan and China released spies ahead of leaders’ talks – BBC News
Taiwan says it and China released jailed spies earlier this month, in a mutual gesture of goodwill. Though only just announced, the releases happened ahead of a historic meeting between the two sides’ presidents on 7 November.
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A Hyperlocal Department of Labor – In These Times
Beecher’s Handmade Cheese, a cornerstone of Seattle’s Pike Place Market, claims (with good reason) that its penne mac and cheese is the finest in America. Dining at Beecher’s is a must. Working there may be less advisable.
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Gender non-conformity: breaking the binary in teen fiction | Children’s books | The Guardian
Why does it matter whether you’re a boy or a girl? But it does. It really, really matters. People want to know which one you are.
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Mincher – Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Mincher is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:
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Donald Trump stands by claim that New Jersey Muslims cheered 9/11 – audio | US news | The Guardian
US Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump repeats his claim on Sunday that he saw Muslims in New Jersey cheering the 9/11 attacks on the World Trade Centre – even fact-checkers have refuted his claim.
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When you’re licking your cat friend but get hungry all of a sudden – GIF on Imgur
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Eagles of Death Metal’s Wild Frontman: A Gun-Toting, Trump-Supporting Reverend – The Daily Beast
As heavily armed gunmen stormed the Bataclan the night of the terror attacks that left 130 dead across Paris, it’s possible they were familiar with the night’s headliners, Eagles of Death Metal.
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Swatch partners with Visa to bring NFC payments to its analog smartwatch | The Verge
Swatch has announced that it’s bringing contactless payments to its forthcoming Bellamy smartwatch in the US next year. The Swiss company, which is the largest watchmaker in the world by revenue, originally unveiled the analog Bellamy in China this …
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Cyber Monday adds to online sales surge – BBC News
Cyber Monday is expected to add to one of the busiest weekends for online shopping, following Black Friday. Shoppers are expected to spend almost £1bn online on Monday – up almost a third from last year, according to analysts at Experian-IMRG.
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COP21: World leaders address climate change summit – BBC News
Leaders from 147 nations are addressing a UN conference in Paris, aimed at agreeing a new global approach to climate change. Negotiators from 195 countries will try to reach a deal within two weeks aimed at reducing global carbon emissions.
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Paris climate summit: world leaders meet for opening day – live | Environment | The Guardian
Good morning from London. Today 195 countries and nearly 150 heads of state meet in Paris for two weeks of talks to reach a new climate change agreement to avoid dangerous global warming. Here’s a brief at-a-glance guide to what the talks are all ab…
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Turkish group says Russians targeted bakery in Syria – Al Jazeera English
A bakery established by one of Turkey’s largest humanitarian organisations, IHH, was targeted by suspected Russian air strikes in Syria’s Idlib province, according to the organisation. Russia was blamed by Syrian opposition activists for the attacks…
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‘Doofnado’: Australian revellers charge into whirlwind – BBC News
Revellers at an Australian dance music festival were filmed charging into a powerful dust whirlwind on Saturday. The whirlwind, which Australians refer to as a “willy willy”, made a surprise appearance at the Earthcore festival in Pyalong, north of …
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Canada’s Miss International Incident – Al Jazeera English
You could say that Miss World Canada 2015 has been crowned Miss International Incident.
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Dear Basketball | The Players’ Tribune
From the moment I started rolling my dad’s tube socks And shooting imaginary Game-winning shots In the Great Western Forum I knew one thing was real: I fell in love with you. As a six-year-old boy Deeply in love with you I never saw the end of the t…
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Viewpoint: ‘Why I chose to have an abortion’ – BBC News
Many people have certain expectations about the circumstances that lead women to have an abortion. Here one woman who already happily had two children talks about her decision. In January 2010 I was 35 and had two very young children – a two-and-a-h…
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World leaders to launch bid for climate breakthrough in Paris : environment
World leaders to launch bid for climate breakthrough in Paris (in.reuters.com)submitted 4 hours ago by __shadowloading…
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Bill Gates, Mark Zuckerberg launch clean energy research fund | The Verge
Bill Gates and Mark Zuckerberg have launched a new global initiative aimed at spurring private sector investment in clean energy.
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“Guilty” · Quantico · TV Review The hiatus is not Quantico’s friend · TV Club · The A.V. Club
The disaster in Quantico is the devastating Grand Central bombing, and the looming threat is the potential second bomb ticking away as the FBI spins its wheels investigating Alex.
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Australia dance party goes wild for mini-tornado – BBC News
Revellers did not run away when a whirlwind swept through a music festival in Australia on Saturday. They instead sprinted directly towards the towering column of dust and debris so that they could dance in it.
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I Am Malala by Malala Yousafzai – review | Books | The Guardian
When Malala Yousafzai was ten, the Taliban stopped her and her peers from attending school, simply because they were girls. She fought for their right to be educated and was shot in 2012, but survived to tell this incredible, inspiring story.
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Australia: ‘She died because she was a black woman’ – Al Jazeera English
Perth, Australia – Shaun Harris watched the lawyers and court officials gathered together outside Court 51 on level five of the Central Law Courts in Perth. For the last 14 months, he travelled 30,000km around Australia to work for this moment.
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Seahawks look capable of a Super Bowl run but cracks appear for Patriots | Sport | The Guardian
It’s late November, which means the Seattle Seahawks are rounding into form for a Super Bowl run. It’s true! The Seahawks are 13-2 in November the last four seasons. There’s a good reason for that: November has been Russell Wilson’s best month as a …
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Attenborough: ‘Solar energy should undercut oil’ – BBC News
Sir David Attenborough is attending the UN climate conference in Paris. He is working with the Global Apollo Programme, a campaign group which supports renewable energy.
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Cartoonist turned educator Lynda Barry is again permitting the world at large to freely audit one of her fascinating University of Wisconsin-Madison classes via her Tumblr.
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Fill Your Kindle With Cheap Books From Amazon’s Cyber Monday Sale
Kindle owners are in luck this Cyber Monday, as Amazon is discounting over 800 ebooks to a fraction of their original prices.
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Love Everyone Often Peace Beauty Balance Life Light Magic: In the Center of Spiral Galaxy NGC 3521
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King Tut and the secrets of the hidden chambers – Al Jazeera English
We are on the brink of another great discovery in the Valley of the Kings: Behind the walls of the tomb of one of the best-known pharaohs, Tutankhamun, it now appears that hidden chambers have been sealed shut for thousands of years, with mysteries …
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Browse Cyber Monday Deals Even Faster With This $70, 802.11ac Router
If you still haven’t upgraded your home network to 802.11ac, this $70 NETGEAR is the only excuse you need. [Netgear AC 1200 R6200 Router, $70] Commerce Content is independent of Editorial and Advertising, and if you buy something through our posts, …
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I’m 20 and had my first kiss last night!! So upvotes for everyone! – GIF on Imgur
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Lottie is Dottie: If it were possible to live inside a world from a book, which world would you chose and why?Becca Fitzpatrick: Outlander by Diana Gabaldon, because James Fraser. That is all.
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Mohammad Abu Khdair murder: Two Israelis found guilty – BBC News
Two 17-year-old Israelis have been convicted of the murder of a Palestinian youth, abducted and burned to death in Jerusalem in 2014. The murder of 16-year-old Mohammad Abu Khdair fuelled spiralling violence between Israel and Palestinians which led…
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Israel court convicts three over Palestinian’s murder – Al Jazeera English
An Israeli court has convicted three Israelis in the murder case of a 16-year-old Palestinian who was abducted, beaten and burned alive. Mohammed Abu Khdeir was abducted outside his home in Shuafat in East Jerusalem and driven to a forest, where he …
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James Deen: The Bill Cosby of Porn? – The Daily Beast
As his Twitter feed clearly demonstrates, porn superstar James Deen has a long, sordid history of making light of rape.
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South Africa grapples with worst drought in 30 years – BBC News
South Africa is facing one of the worst droughts to hit the region in 30 years. Many small farmers are expected to go out of business as food production and prices increase, especially in the Free State province.
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Blair and Bush went to war in Iraq despite South Africa’s WMD assurances | World news | The Guardian
Tony Blair went to war in Iraq despite a report by South African experts with unique knowledge of the country that showed it did not possess weapons of mass destruction, according to a book published on Sunday.
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MRW I’m a boy and I find myself in a girls yard – GIF on Imgur
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Cameron calls for ‘global deal for global problem’ at climate summit | Environment | The Guardian
David Cameron will set out his personal commitment to tackling climate change at the opening of a crunch UN conference on global warming in Paris on Monday, and will pledge support for poorer countries likely to suffer most from extreme weather.
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China factory gas leak in Shandong kills 10 people – BBC News
A gas leak at a stainless steel factory in the eastern Chinese province of Shandong has killed 10 people and poisoned seven others, authorities said.Five people were immediately killed by the leak on Sunday, while another five died later in hospital…
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We can tackle climate change by cleaning up our cities | Nick Stern | Comment is free | The Guardian
With more than 190 countries gathering in Paris this week the world still has a chance to avoid dangerous global warming – but only just. Already more than 160 countries have submitted pledges to reduce or limit their emissions of greenhouse gases b…
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Climate summit in Paris seeks to limit global warming – Al Jazeera English
World leaders are gathering in Paris for the UN climate conference known as COP21, aimed at forging a deal to limit global warming to 2C. Heads of 147 state and government are in the French capital for the start of two weeks of intense negotiations.
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Albert Camus (November 7, 1913–January 4, 1960) wrote in his notebook toward the end of his life, “they refuse to be happy outside the conditions they seem to have attached to their happiness.
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Worst smog of the winter envelops Beijing – Al Jazeera English
Authorities in the Chinese capital have warned of “severe pollution” and advised the city’s 20 million inhabitants to stay indoors. In recent weeks, pollution readings of 200 to 300 have been common in Beijing, despite commitments from the governmen…
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beloved children’s book author and artist Tove Jansson wrote in her marvelous parable of uncertainty and self-reliance.
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The mayor of Colorado Springs, John Suthers, has said that he would be ‘very surprised’ if suspected Planned Parenthood gunman Robert Dear was charged with domestic terrorism, saying a murder charge would be ‘more than adequate’.
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Bald eagle: how two Canadians saved eagle caught in trap – BBC News
Michael and Neil Fletcher were hunting for grouse near Onaping in Ontario when they spotted the struggling bird – and they worked painstakingly to free it. Neil Fletcher told the BBC how they rescued it.
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‘The Walking Dead’: Negan, the Most Sadistic Villain Yet, Is Coming – The Daily Beast
No six words could have struck more fear—and excitement—in the hearts of The Walking Dead’s comic book readers, who understand the depths of human depravity soon coming to their screens.
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The Paris climate summit at a glance | Environment | The Guardian
What is the summit about? Reaching a new global deal on cutting carbon emissions beyond 2020 and agreeing financing to help poorer countries cope with climate change. When and where is it? Paris’s north-eastern suburb of Le Bourget, from 30 November…
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Reasons to be cheerful or fearful for climate change deal | Global development | The Guardian
There is a universal will to limit emissions, governments understand the science and know that doing nothing is no longer a political or moral option. Evidence of climate change has grown since the Copenhagen summit in 2009, and 2015 has already bee…
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With more than half of the world’s population living in urban areas – responsible for up to 70% of greenhouse gas emissions – it’s vital that cities and their leaders commit to environmental policies.
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1. The world really wants a strong deal and this time will get it. There is a universal will to limit emissions. Governments understand the science and know that doing nothing is no longer a political or moral option.
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Five-time NBA champion Kobe Bryant, widely regarded as one of the greatest basketball players in history, will retire at the end of the season. Bryant has scored 32,670 points during a 20-year career with the LA Lakers to rank third on the NBA’s all…
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Has the moment of truth arrived? A traumatised Paris will be in lockdown this week as more than 140 world leaders, including Barack Obama and President Xi Jinping of China, fly into the city for the start of two weeks of climate change negotiations …
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One Minute Climate Change – Al Jazeera English
One of most important story of our time is climate change, the main agenda at the Conference of Parties (COP) 21 in Paris on December 7 to 8. About 40,000 negotiators from nearly 200 countries are descending on the French capital for the UN conferen…
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Everything You Need To Know About The Republican Candidates’ Tax Plans: Surprise! They shower the rich with money. (huffingtonpost.com) Just looking to spread the Kansas Miracle.
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Who are you calling a dunce? Illustration: First Dog on the Moon for the Guardian
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Coalition backbenchers fear Australia could be forced to end the diesel fuel rebate if Malcolm Turnbull signs up to a proposed statement on phasing out fossil fuel subsidies.
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Japan whaling ships to set sail for Antarctic on 1 December – BBC News
Japan has said that its Antarctic whaling fleet will sail on 1 December, despite a UN legal decision that its “research ships” are actually commercial hunts. Japan had stopped its whaling activity for one year, but announced last week it would soon …
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Immense Cloud Bubbles with Hydrogen and Infant Stars | Space Wallpaper
About this Image A cosmic cloud some 2700 light-years away has caught the attention of astronomers at the Herschel space observatory. At the heart of this mass lights flash and ripple outward from bubbles of ionized hydrogen.
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Suspected burglar dies in chimney after homeowner in California lights fire | US news | The Guardian
The man appeared to have climbed into the chimney on Friday night while the owner was away and then became stuck, according to the Fresno county sheriff’s office.
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Australian Financial Tech Company Tyro Payments Raises $72M Led By Tiger Global | TechCrunch
Australian financial tech company Tyro Payments plans to challenge the country’s leading retail banks after scoring AUD $100 million (about $72 million) in funding from Tiger Global, TDM Asset Management, and Atlassian co-founder Mike Cannon-Brookes.
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Kobe Bryant of the Los Angeles Lakers announced Sunday that he would retire from professional basketball after the end of this season, his 20th in the N.B.A., bringing to a close one of the most decorated careers in the history of the sport.
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Fighting shuts hospitals in Yemen’s Taiz – Al Jazeera English
Heavy fighting in the Yemeni city of Taiz has forced more than 30 hospitals and medical facilities to close. Doctors say they also face an acute shortage of supplies. In addition to that, the humanitarian situation is getting worse by the day.
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BlackBerry Confirms It Will Exit Pakistan After Rejecting Data Monitoring Demands | TechCrunch
BlackBerry has confirmed that it is exiting Pakistan entirely in response to the national government’s continued demand to monitor user data on the Canadian company’s service.
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VW executives reportedly knew about false fuel efficiency and emissions claims last year | The Verge
(Sean Gallup/Getty Images) In early November, two months after more than 11 million Volkswagen vehicles were found to be using software that deliberately underreported nitrous oxide emissions, the German car maker
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It’s five against one with 60 minutes that define Pearl Jam · Power Hour · The A.V. Club
Power Hour distills musicians’ discographies down to one tight 60-minute set, picking the big hits and deeper cuts from across a career, looking both to define who the artists are and to serve as a killer compilation.
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In entertainment, an awful lot of stuff happens behind closed doors, from canceling TV shows to organizing music festival lineups. While the public sees the end product on TVs, movie screens, paper, or radio dials, they don’t see what it took to get…
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Never mind the fact that Lucca and Alicia were trying to steal candidates from Louis Canning last week. This week, they’re working with him.
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Here’s my problem with this “Broken Heart” episode, and it’s something that troubles me often about Once Upon A Time: When actualities just get in the way of whatever plotlines the showrunners are trying to cram down our throats.
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There’s an almost necessary element of fraudulence to hosting a television program. It requires being “on” and being yourself simultaneously—or at least seeming to.
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It’s been two-and-a-half years since The Office came to a close on NBC, but American workplace sitcoms—and the network that broadcasted the show—are still working through their Dunder Mifflin hangover.
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Every December it’s the same, as we settle down with classics like White Christmas, It’s A Wonderful Life, and Miracle On 34th Street. Frankly, after so many years, these standards have been rerun so often as to absolutely lose all meaning.
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Visit Mollywood, the Mormon independent film industry · Wiki Wormhole · The A.V. Club
With more than 5 million articles, Wikipedia is an invaluable resource, whether you’re throwing a term paper together at the last minute, or want to finally find out why turkeys are called that when they’re not native to Turkey.
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It’s a bird, it’s a plane— No, it’s clearly a Superstore · What’s On Tonight · The A.V. Club
Here’s what’s up in the world of TV for Monday, November 30. All times are Eastern. Superstore (NBC, 10 / 10:30 p.m.): Superstore, huh? What is that? Is it just Chuck without the spy stuff? Well, if you squint, Ben Feldman and Zachary Levi could be …
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German city votes to reject hosting Olympics – Al Jazeera English
Residents in the northern German city of Hamburg have rejected plans to host the Summer Olympics in 2024, effectively ending the multi-billion dollar project.
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Cops: Kansas Man ‘Fed Son to Pigs’ – The Daily Beast
A Kansas man is being held on $10 million bond as police investigate claims he beat his 7-year-old son to death and fed the boy’s body to the family’s pigs.Cops arrested Michael A. Jones, 44, last Wednesday after he allegedly fired a gun at his 29-y…
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Soho House Heads to the Country, Fashionably – The Daily Beast
It sounds like the premise of a particularly farcical Ealing Comedy–a British nightclub decides to set up a rural outpost in the middle of the English countryside.
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How Two Sisters Brought a Hasidic Vibe to High Fashion – The Daily Beast
It doesn’t take more than a quick glance at Chaya Chanin’s and Simi Polonsky’s ensembles to guess they are fashionistas, the kind that thrive on pairing the designer accessories and hip accents that baffle most normal dressers.
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Will Pseudoscience Undo Roe v. Wade? – The Daily Beast
For decades, Big Tobacco peddled junk science to convince Americans that smoking is good for you. Since the 1990s, Big Oil has peddled junk science to convince Americans that climate change isn’t real.
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IKOM, Nigeria — When Grace Tchami started showing signs of puberty at age nine, her mother, hoping to protect her, began to torture her.
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Whistleblower: Peace Corps Ignored and Then Blamed Sexual Assault Victims – The Daily Beast
Internal Peace Corps documents and emails obtained by The Daily Beast from Congress indicate an appalling culture within the agency: where sexual assault victims stationed abroad on behalf of America are blamed; assailants are allegedly permitted to…
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How Donald Trump Broke Jeb Bush – The Daily Beast
In jujutsu, one uses an opponent’s weight against him. And, in the version most often seen in politics, a candidate turns his opponent’s strength into a weakness. In political jujutu, assets can become liabilities. In 1992, Bill Clinton faced off a…
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The GOP’s Climate Moderates Are Losing – The Daily Beast
As we saw over the weekend, the cat had a firm hold on most of the GOP candidates’ tongues when it came to the Planned Parenthood terrorist attack.
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Feds Want ‘Backdoor’ Into Phones, While Terrorists Walk Through Front Door – The Daily Beast
In the wake of the Paris terrorist attacks, U.S. officials are once again examining whether the government should restrict the use of encryption technology, which law enforcement and intelligence officials say allows terrorists to evade detection an…
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You’re Probably Misreading ‘The Lottery’ – The Daily Beast
Most people are familiar with the horrifying twist-ending short story “The Lottery,” which they were forced to read in freshman English class in high school, never to fully recover.
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Donald Trump dismissed as ‘carnival barker’ at major Democrat fundraiser | US news | The Guardian
In the ballroom of a hotel in Manchester, New Hampshire, the three Democratic candidates took turns appealing to a raucous crowd of more than 1,000 party faithful, with Donald Trump dismissed as a “carnival barker”.
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APOD: 2015 November 29 – Dark Sand Cascades on Mars
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Explanation: They might look like trees on Mars, but they’re not. Groups of dark brown streaks have been photographed by the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter on melting pinkish sand dunes covered with light frost. The above image was taken in 2008 April … -
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Slide Show: New Yorker Cartoons December 7, 2015 – The New Yorker
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Cover Story: Moving Images – The New Yorker
The New Yorker is arguably the primary venue for complex contemporary fiction around, so I often wonder why the cover shouldn’t, at least every once in a while, also give it the old college try? In the past, the editors have generously let me test t…
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This Week in Fiction: Martin Amis on Europe’s Crises – The New Yorker
Much of “Oktober,” your story in this week’s issue, is based on your own experiences during a recent book tour in Europe. What made you decide to turn those into a story, rather than an essay or a diary piece? And, having done so, why use so much th…
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Briefly Noted Book Reviews – The New Yorker
The Only Street in Paris, by Elaine Sciolino (Norton). After recent events, it’s easy to feel that the “real” Paris lies beyond the streets that foreigners love.
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The Mail (December 7, 2015) – The New Yorker
The other night, I sat alone in my dorm room streaming the Ultimate Fighting Championship and watched Holly Holm best Ronda Rousey, which Kelefa Sanneh wrote about for the Web site (“Ronda Rousey, Routed”). Unlike most eighteen-year-old girls, I hav…
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How to Live an Alternative-Comedy Life Style – The New Yorker
At some point, you may have thought, I wish I was funnier. But not in a lame, mainstream Hollywood way. Not funny like the guys in sitcoms who make sarcastic quips. I wish I was weird-funny. I wish people told stories about me.
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In Translation – The New Yorker
My relationship with Italian takes place in exile, in a state of separation. Every language belongs to a specific place. It can migrate, it can spread. But usually it’s tied to a geographical territory, a country.
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Bacteria on the Brain – The New Yorker
As the chairman of the neurosurgery department at the University of California at Davis, Paul Muizelaar saw patients on Wednesdays, at a clinic housed in a former cannery in East Sacramento.
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DreamYard: Where Art Saves the World – The New Yorker
Alizah Olivo is eight years old and lives in the South Bronx. Her father, Nelson, works as the maintenance supervisor at a homeless shelter, and her mother, Carmen, registers admittances in an emergency room. Alizah has three brothers and one sister…
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Uzo Aduba Goes Ice Skating – The New Yorker
Uzo Aduba stepped out onto the ice. It was dusk in Prospect Park. The skating rink at the LeFrak Center was hosting an event called Monster Skate. Witches and bumblebees orbited to “The Addams Family” theme song.
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Orson Welles at a Hundred – The New Yorker
The most popular Orson Welles video on YouTube, edging out the trailer for “Citizen Kane” and “The War of the Worlds” broadcast of 1938, is called “Orson Welles Drunk Outtake.
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The Rights of Refugees Who Do Wrong – The New Yorker
Nelson Kargbo was eleven years old when rebel soldiers attacked his village, Kamalo, in northern Sierra Leone. He was playing soccer on a dirt field at the edge of the village.
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“Visitation of the Dove” – The New Yorker
Night is at hand already: it is wellThat we yield to the night. So Homer sings,As if there were no Heaven and no Hell,But only peace.The gray dove comes down in a storm of wingsInto my garden where seeds never cease To be supplied as if life fits a …
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Marlis Petersen Ends on a High Note – The New Yorker
In the past two decades, Marlis Petersen, the German soprano, has starred in ten different productions of “Lulu,” Alban Berg’s dark, atonal opera about a young woman who, having been despoiled—raised on the streets, she is taken as a much older man’…
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Resettling in Connecticut – The New Yorker
In the office of a refugee-resettlement nonprofit in New Haven, Connecticut, last week, a volunteer showed a colleague her wedding photographs, on a laptop. A Syrian man, in his early forties, wearing a leather jacket and a mustache, joined them; th…
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I sat drinking black tea in the foyer of the hotel. (This was in Munich.
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P. Jay Sidney’s Crusade to Integrate TV – The New Yorker
Racial diversity on television is in a state of rapid acceleration. In 2012, when “Scandal” débuted, starring Kerry Washington as a Capitol Hill fixer, it was the first network drama to feature a black female lead in thirty-eight years—a shameful mi…
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America’s Incoherent Coal Policy – The New Yorker
These are tough times for the coal industry. Coal-burning plants generate less than forty per cent of the electricity in the U.S., down from more than half just a few years ago. At least twenty-six coal companies have gone bankrupt since 2008.
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“Macbeth” and “Youth” Reviews – The New Yorker
A famous essay of 1933, by the critic L. C. Knights, bears a provoking title: “How Many Children Had Lady Macbeth?” Within the essay, Knights never bothers to answer the question, because his purpose is to mock it.
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Israeli police kill Palestinian teenager in Jerusalem – Al Jazeera English
Israeli police have shot a Palestinian teenager in Jerusalem on a day of violence in the city that left two people wounded and another Palestinian man killed.
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‘The Walking Dead’ Midseason Finale Recap: Safe No More | Rolling Stone
Sometimes The Walking Dead meanders in circles for weeks on end, not really getting anywhere or saying anything. And then, sometimes the show packs an entire season into a minute.
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Japan defies UN to send ‘research’ whaling mission to Antarctic | Environment | The Guardian
Japan will dispatch a “research” whaling mission to the Antarctic on Tuesday, the government said, defying international criticism and despite a UN legal decision that such activity disguises commercial hunts.
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It’s a ‘Drake & Josh’ Reunion — Drake Bell to Guest Star on ‘Grandfathered’ With Josh Peck! (cbsmoto.com) This is good, but come on, just make more Drake and Josh. A movie. A new season. Anything. Nobody anywhere would complain and everybody would b…
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A wild creature loose in Wharfedale | Environment | The Guardian
The river Wharfe has broken out of its enclosure.
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Curious about what is really going on here. Did these guys not realize that Trump was going to use them as a ‘see the blacks love me’ prop, or did Trump think that by accepting an invitation they were ‘endorsing’ him?
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ZenRooms, a hotel booking platform for price-conscious travelers, is the newest startup from Rocket Internet. Like other Rocket Internet companies, ZenRooms replicates a proven business model—in this case, OYO’s—in new marketplaces.
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My Grandfather just had his 1947 Oldsmobile restored. : pics
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Pope Francis to visit mosque in CAR capital Bangui – BBC News
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Broncos end Pats’ perfect record as Rob Gronkowski goes down with knee injury | Sport | The Guardian
Tom Brady lost yet another one of his trusted targets and this time he also lost a game. CJ Anderson scored on a 48-yard run with 12:32 left in overtime, powering the Denver Broncos past the New England Patriots 30-24 on a snowy Sunday night.
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Campaigners target online trolls by putting their comments on billboards – BBC News
Brazilians who post racist abuse online may see their words blown up and pasted onto billboards near their houses. The campaign is called “Virtual racism, real consequences” and it’s backed by Criola, a civil rights organisation run by Afro-Brazilia…
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This little guy came to say hello on top of a mountain. : aww
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SOUTH ASIANS today account for more than half of the world’s cardiac patients. Heart disease is the leading cause of death in India, Pakistan and Bangladesh, and rates have risen over the past several decades.
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Malaysia ex-diplomat pleads guilty to indecent assault in NZ – BBC News
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My cousins son has been photocopying his toys and leaving the pictures all over the house : creepy
Thats probably 75 dollars in ink right there. He probably will be a great member of society if he is already allowed to waste that much money for this kind of fun.
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Lightning Strike Image, Horseshoe Bend – National Geographic Photo of the Day
Lightning strikes beyond the rim of Arizona’s Horseshoe Canyon in this picture submitted by J. Cho. “It’s just amazing and beautiful,” Cho writes, noting that the movement of the storm in the background makes the scene come alive.
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Why the Kochs Really Embraced Criminal Justice Reform – “If the bill passes, white collar criminals could get away with breaking the law if they can simply say that they ‘didn’t know’ they or their business and colleagues were breaking the law when …
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Can the net transform the world’s fishing industries? | Environment | The Guardian
Local fishing communities in Indonesia are beset by a multitude of connected challenges, from illegal fishing to declining fish populations to their own personal safety in the country’s turbulent seas.
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While all the focus and hope for tackling climate change is on COP 21 in Paris, starting today, secretive global trade deals are already negating any commitments that might be made at the summit.
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US president Barack Obama lays a white rose at the makeshift memorial outside the Bataclan theatre on Sunday night after arriving in Paris ahead of the COP21 climate change summit.
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Climate change march: your photos from across Australia and New Zealand | Community | The Guardian
Guardian readers were among hundreds of thousands of people marching against climate change in Australia and New Zealand over the weekend as part of a global campaign to move away from the use of fossil fuels.
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Jonah Lomu memorial service: haka performed for rugby star – BBC News
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Tori Lux: James Deen Assaulted Me, Too – The Daily Beast
On Saturday, the adult actress, writer, and model Stoya accused her former scene partner/boyfriend James Deen, who’s been labeled porn’s “boy next door,” of rape, first tweeting, “That thing where you log in to the internet for a second and see peop…
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They were best friends all along, they just didn’t know it! – GIF on Imgur
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Yea and the Newtown shooting was staged with child actors…right? Its like these guys are trying to flop in every direction to shake the stink of this mass shooting off their hands Their voter registration was female. Most likely a typo though
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Onstage at Terminal 5 on Saturday night, Miley Cyrus sang, “I feel like a slab of butter that is melting in the sun” and struggled to grab her crotch. Her movement was restricted, because she was dressed like a stick of butter, in a rectangular cost…
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Found this note in my mailbox from my landlord today. Too awesome not to share! – Imgur
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Before we begin, this post contains major spoilers from the latest The Walking Dead. Run away like Tara, Eugene and Rosalita did from that Wolf. Seriously…it was 3 against 1. They couldn’t have tried a little harder?
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A few months ago (our time), Rick had a plan. He knew there was a quarry full of zombies near Alexandria, and he thought it would be a good idea to divert the herd from town. Sort of an advance strike to forestall catastrophe.
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Sugary water is better for athletic performance than some sports drinks. : science
HealthSugary water is better for athletic performance than some sports drinks. (theguardian.com)
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Syria air strikes: Corbyn to discuss views with shadow cabinet – BBC News
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This Man Is a Danger to All Women: ‘The Affair’ Recap, Season 2, Episode 9 – The Daily Beast
Never mind the students of America, it’s Affair fans who need a “safe space.” How y’all feeling after that energy-sapping, intense hour? Approach Affair fans in your midst with care in the days ahead: They are in shock. Their show just changed forev…
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This woman had 48 hours to think about this. 48 hours to think about how her lies (and by all official accounts they are lies) have had serious consequences in the real world. And yet all she could drum up is about how she is the victim here for bei…
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My 8 week old Siberian husky : aww
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Well, that was certainly something. This is an episode full of important firsts for The Affair. The first time the show drops the perspective device. The first time all four main characters have separate stories in one episode.
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I often think about the initial impetus creators had when conceiving a television show. Matthew Weiner wanted to tell the story of how a man could have everything and still be unhappy.
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The Leftovers is magical. Not only in the sense that it flirts with magical realism and whimsical ideas, but also in the sense that its narrative sleight-of-hand tricks are unparalleled. It’s television as close-up magic.
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Jennifer Lawrence will keep working with David O. Russell until he dies · Newswire · The A.V. Club
According to Entertainment Weekly, Jennifer Lawrence recently made a bold declaration to director David O. Russell that comes across a little bit like a threat: “I’ll do anything with you until you die,” Lawrence said following a screening of Joy, t…
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Open thread for night owls: Paris climate talks begin in a few hours. Here’s what you should know
On Monday, roughly 40,000 heads of state, diplomats, scientists, activists, policy experts, and journalists will descend on an airport in the northern Paris suburbs for the biggest meeting on climate change since at least 2009—or maybe ever.
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Climate change protest: 40,000 take to the streets in Sydney – video | Australia news | The Guardian
Ahead of the COP21 climate conference in Paris, an estimated 40,000 festive protesters marched in Sydney on Sunday calling on Australia to play a lead role in brokering binding carbon emissions targets for the world to keep global temperature rise b…
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New York Red Bulls fail test again as Columbus Crew advance to MLS Cup | Football | The Guardian
The Columbus Crew earned only their second trip to the MLS Cup final in the 20-year history of Major League Soccer and their first since 2008 on Sunday night, losing 1-0 to the New York Red Bulls but advancing with a two-leg 2-1 aggregate victory.
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As Bryan begins to infiltrate Claire’s world further and further, she attempts to get in touch with her sexuality through Sergei’s strip joint.
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“The Litvinov Ruse” is the episode Homeland’s fifth season has been slowly, steadily, sometimes frustratingly building toward. It’s a natural extension of everything that led up to it, and yet it still feels like a corrective to a season with too ma…
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Climate Change Protesters Take to the Streets, Despite Canceled Paris March | New Republic
The biggest event set to occur during the 2015 Paris climate conference was supposed to be a march of some 200,000 people.
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LPT: When introducing two people to each other, make a point of using both of their names a few times in the ensuing conversation. (self.LifeProTips) I can’t tell you how many times I’ve been introduced to somebody and immediately forgotten their na…
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posted in my uber driver : pics
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That’s great. But I prefer the exhilarating thrill of having my life flash before my eyes that can only come from a taxi driver. -
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Wacky Waving Arm Flailing Inflatable Twerking Man : gifs
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‘The Leftovers’ Recap, Season Two, Episode Nine, ‘Ten Thirteen’: Meg’s Back – The Atlantic
Each week following episodes of season two of The Leftovers, Sophie Gilbert and Spencer Kornhaber will discuss new characters, old visitors, and whether smoking really is the best way to express profound nihilism. Kornhaber: Kids these days.
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I wanted to share some visual information on how a pastured chicken differs compared to a conventionally-raised, commodity chicken. The pastured bird is one of my broilers. We raised 120 this year, in several smaller batches.
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Found this note in my mailbox from my landlord today. Too awesome not to share! : pics
Found this note in my mailbox from my landlord today. Too awesome not to share! (imgur.com) If you live in Mike’s Apartment this is easy to resolve…
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Ted Cruz Describes Alleged Planned Parenthood Shooter As ‘Transgendered Leftist Activist’ : politics
One of the prime architects highly likely responsible for this atrocity trying to shift the blame to the opposite party. The world would be a much better place without assholes like this. Now, do you want to know how I really feel?
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My 20 pound Louie-loaf : Catloaf
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Ted Cruz Mocks Media for Planned Parenthood Shooter Coverage – The Daily Beast
During a campaign stop on Sunday,Ted Cruz rejected preliminary reports suggesting that the pro-life movement bears some responsibility for a shooting at a Colorado Planned Parenthood – and mocked the reactionary nature on both sides of the politic…
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Mark Zuckerberg and Bill Gates Join Forces To Invest in Clean Energy Technology | TechCrunch
The founders of Facebook and Microsoft are teaming up to solve climate change. Mark Zuckerberg announced today that he and his wife, Priscilla Chan, have launched the Breakthrough Energy Coalition with Bill Gates to invest in zero-carbon energy tech…
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HAVE MODS GONE TOO FAR? [FO4] : gaming
HAVE MODS GONE TOO FAR? [FO4] (i.imgur.com) Seems like they went to infinity.
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An Outback pulling an Outback, stopped to eat at Outback, parked outback. – Imgur
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Star Wars hype comes full circle with these new retro posters | The Verge
So while we can’t yet know whether The Force Awakens will be an empire-strikingly triumphant return to form for Star Wars, it’s clear that Disney really, really wants you to think of it a true successor to the original trilogy, and will stop at noth…
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This guy reminds me of myself, before I met my new girlfriend Morgan Fairchild. – Imgur
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Peace Love Beauty Wisdom Balance Imagination Truth Consciousness, How to tie a bun. via /r/gifs…
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Picking Partners : trippinthroughtime
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SYDNEY, Australia — ASK most people about the problem of waste plastics in the environment and they will talk about plastic bags caught in trees and the vast slicks of plastic trash found in remote areas of the Atlantic and Pacific.
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The Best Articles Of The Week: Life After Paris And A Tormented Family – Digg
There’s so much great journalism on the Internet these days that digging through all of it can be a lot of work. So every Thursday, we highlight the longform articles from the previous week that we think you shouldn’t miss.
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Air pollution reached “hazardous” levels in Beijing on Sunday, prompting the city to upgrade to the second-highest alert for the first time in 13 months on the same day that the Chinese government said it has met pollution-reduction targets for the …
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Planned Parenthood official: ‘Hateful’ speech contributed to shootings : Liberal
Planned Parenthood official: ‘Hateful’ speech contributed to shootings (thehill.com)submitted 46 minutes ago by loading…
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Rand Paul: There’s no instance of the bulk collection program catching anyone. France has it on steroids and they still didn’t stop the attacks on Paris. There are those who will never be satisfied until we give up all of our freedom, but I’ll conti…
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‘I’m Sure They’re Being Tortured’: U.S. Ally Accused of Abusing ISIS Prisoners – The Daily Beast
On October 22, a team of Kurdish soldiers, backed up by elite commandos from the U.S. Army’s Delta Force, raided an ISIS prison compound in the Iraqi town of Hawija, where Kurdish intelligence indicated dozens of their own peshmerga fighters were be…
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Barack Obama arrives in Paris for UN climate change summit – video | US news | The Guardian
US President Barack Obama touches down at Orly airport outside Paris on Sunday night, ahead of the COP21 climate summit which is taking place in the French capital this week.
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Another barrier to Democratic down-ballot majorities: Are Democratic voters more ‘bipartisan’?
A week ago, we explored the historically precarious position the Democratic Party is currently in as it relates to the balance of power in the 99 state legislative chambers.
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The New Wave Of Selling On Mobile And Social | TechCrunch
The holiday season is here, and shoppers and merchants alike are gearing up for the busiest shopping season of the year. How will technology impact retail this season, and what’s new in 2015 about the ancient “art of the sale”?
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The Planned Parenthood Shooting and the Republican Candidates’ Responses – The New Yorker
There are so many mass shootings in this country—in a school or a church, a movie theatre or a mall—and so little is expected of American politicians in regard to them that, in the two days since Robert Dear began firing his gun at a Planned Parenth…
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Making the Paris Climate Talks Count | The Nation
It’s a classic case of the shock doctrine in action: In the wake of the horrific terrorist attacks on Paris earlier this month, the French government is using that crisis to try to silence the climate justice activists who have converged on the capi…
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Amazon shows off prototype drone for future delivery service in new video | Ars Technica
The family dog chews up a shoe that belongs to a young girl, and her parents order a new pair that arrives by drone in 30 minutes. The drone delivers the package in the family’s backyard, then quickly rises up vertically and flies away from the spac…
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Walmart Spied on Workers With FBI, Lockheed Martin’s Help : politics
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Cardinals and Seahawks score valuable wins over 49ers and Steelers | Sport | The Guardian
Russell Wilson threw a career-high five touchdown passes, including two TDs to Doug Baldwin in the final 8:12, and the Seattle Seahawks held on for a wild 39-30 win over the Pittsburgh Steelers and Ben Roethlisberger on Sunday.
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Trudeau is discriminating against single, straight male refugees. Why is he afraid? (theglobeandmail.com)
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$1 Socks, $5 Gloves, Totally Free Shipping, and More in Uniqlo’s Cyber Monday Sale
Uniqlo’s Cyber Monday sale is live, and it’s a doozy. We’re talking pairs of socks for $1 each, $10 pajama pants, $5 gloves, $15 dress shirts, and a lot more. Plus, everything ships for free, with no minimum order. Stock up for the winter! [Uniqlo C…
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My last boss used to be a manager in one of their slower departments, and he told me that they spend about $6000 a month/$72000 a year on a department that sold something like $3 million a year.
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The governor of Colorado, where a gunman killed three people and wounded nine others in a rampage at a Planned Parenthood clinic last week, called the shooting a “form of terrorism” on Sunday and said that the country needed to ask why such shooting…
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How the 2016 Presidential Candidates View Climate Change | New Republic
Climate change is one of the most critical issues facing the United States and the world. President Barack Obama has made it a top priority of his second term and a cornerstone of his legacy.
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How the Environmental Movement Has Changed | New Republic
On April 22, 1970, 20 million people joined rallies across the United States to celebrate the first Earth Day. One-hundred thousand people in New York City joined in what The New York Times called “an ecological carnival,” swarms overtook the Nation…
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How to Invent Our Way Out of Climate Change | New Republic
If internal combustion was the monumental technological achievement that, over the decades, contributed to climate change, perhaps new technologies can help solve the crisis.
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Inside the World of L.A.’s Trans ‘Sugar Babies’ – The Daily Beast
In June, Bruce Jenner, the Olympic icon and grounded father figure in the not-so-grounded Kardashian family, came out to the public as Caitlyn Jenner on the cover of Vanity Fair.
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There is good reason to be skeptical about Hillary Clinton and race. It’s never been anything explicit, necessarily, but she has sinned in the realm of signification, the place where innuendo and plausible deniability live.
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Portland Timbers reach first MLS Cup and dump out FC Dallas | Football | The Guardian
A few weeks ago, the consensus around the Portland Timbers was that they didn’t look like a playoff team. Questions lingered – what would happen to coach Caleb Porter? Would the front office see any shake-ups?
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Study: Half of Amazon tree species could become extinct if not protected from threats ranging from mining to climate-related fires and droughts (bna.com)submitted 5 hours ago by loading…
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Thanksgiving is one of the busiest travel periods in the US, with millions criss-crossing the country, often by air, to get home for their family dinner – and back again a couple of days later. But air travellers in the US often find the experience …
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‘Deep fears’ for Australian surfers missing in Mexico – BBC News
Fears are growing for two Australian surfers travelling through Mexico who have been missing since 20 November. Dean Lucas and Adam Coleman, both 33, were living in Edmonton, Canada and had driven down to Central America for a surfing trip.
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NZ remembers Jonah Lomu at memorial – BBC News
A public memorial for New Zealand rugby great Jonah Lomu, who died earlier this month at 40, is under way at the Eden Park stadium in Auckland.The former All Black was capped 63 times by his country and considered one of rugby’s first global superst…
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Understanding Rosa Parks As “A Life-Long Freedom Fighter” : NPR
Read an excerpt of The Rebellious Life of Mrs. Rosa Parks Your purchase helps support NPR Programming. How?
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A Water Fountain Creating the Illusion of Movement. : pics
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Despite Huckabee’s denials, creators of GOP anti-abortion claims have strong ties to terrorism
Mike Huckabee has been conspicuously aflutter in his declaration that the terrorist attack on a Planned Parenthood clinic in Colorado Springs does not represent the true “pro-life” movement.
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I finally found it again. My absolute favorite gif. – GIF on Imgur
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Kobe Bryant Announces NBA Retirement Over Twitter | TechCrunch
In my day, the best sports athletes of our time sat in front of a camera with their family by their side when they announced that they were retiring. In 1993, Michael Joran retired for the first time. Journalists surrounded him while they asked ques…
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Obama pays tribute to victims of Paris attacks | US news | The Guardian
Barack Obama paid tribute to the victims of the Paris attacks shortly after arriving in the city, where he visited the Bataclan, the concert hall where the deadliest attack took place during the onslaught.
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Kobe Bryant has announced he will call time on one of the greatest careers in NBA history when he retires at the end of the season. The 17-time All Star announced the news on the Players Tribune website. “I’m ready to let [basketball] go,” he wrote.
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When Performance Is Your Politics: On the Planned Parenthood shootings and the left’s response (roqchams.com)submitted 1 minute ago by loading…
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Climate activists in Paris stage peaceful action, despite official ban on marches | Grist
When packing up Thanksgiving leftovers for future gobbling, which container is best? Advice maven Umbra Fisk dishes up an answer.
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COP21: Poor countries fear being ‘left behind’ in rush for deal – BBC News
The meeting, known as COP21, will see negotiators from 195 countries attempt to finalise a new treaty over the next two weeks. Political leaders from 147 countries will address the conference throughout Monday.
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Credit James Yang for The New York Times
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Maybe she should ask what the Department of Defense thinks. Crazies like her don’t actually care what the military thinks.
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“Sometimes Dinner Is Just Good and Isn’t Any Sort of Revelation”
Learning to cook for yourself at home is a valuable skill that can save you money and make others happy. The learning process can be daunting, but getting better just means doing it, not cooking the best meal of your life every time.
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BBC – Future – Does it pay to be kind to strangers?
You’d have thought Sandi Mann was offering people a slap in the face – not a steaming cup of coffee. She’d been visiting her local cafe with her children, where they often enjoyed a cheap and cheerful breakfast as a treat before school.
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Republican presidential candidate Ted Cruz is the latest presidential candidate trying to downplay the role anti-abortion rhetoric may have played in motivating the Planned Parenthood shooting in Colorado Springs Friday afternoon.
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Obama visits theatre attacked in Paris – BBC News
Hundreds of thousands of people take part in protests worldwide to demand action to stop climate change but violence mars a demonstration in Paris.
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Major powers pledge $20bn for green energy research | Environment | The Guardian
The US and 18 other countries have pledged to double funds for clean energy research to a total of $20bn over five years, boosting a parallel initiative by Bill Gates and Mark Zuckerberg and increasing the prospects for successful agreement at the P…
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Automotive Disruption From The Bay Area To Atlanta | TechCrunch
Never has the traditional automotive business model been under constant siege as it is today from multiple fronts.
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The Lost History Of A Deadly Boxing Match On The USS Yankee – BuzzFeed News
Raphael Cohen climbed into the ring, through the gap between the taut ropes, one leg first, before snaking his torso through and then pulling his other foot in.
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A Guy Screams ‘Mashed Potatoes’ At Different Golf Games – Digg
Sports Funny Some guy is screaming “mashed potatoes” at different high-profile golf games, and we’re not complaining.
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TIFU by cooking my girlfriend’s cat : tifu
First off, I am not laughing or thinking this was funny in any way. I’m sickened by what happened yesterday and will carry the hurt for the rest of my life. The short of it is we had my girlfriend’s family over for a late Thanksgiving dinner.
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Protesters gather around the world for a strong climate change deal | Environment | The Guardian
Hundreds of thousands of people around the world, from Sydney to New York, marched on Sunday to call on world leaders meeting in Paris to agree a strong climate change deal.
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Folding coffin sofa / Boing Boing
It’s that time of year again! Welcome to Boing Boing’s 2015 Gift Guide, where you’ll find toys, books, gadgets and many other splendid ideas to humor and harry your friends and family! Scroll down and buy things, mutants!
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The 500 year old armor of Emperor Charles V : pics
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Hey, kids! Let’s play White Terrorism Bingo / Boing Boing
When an American tries to kill another American in the name of Islam, it’s terrorism. When white Christians — the most common religious killers in America by a long chalk — open fire on a black church or a Planned Parenthood office, they’re “gunme…
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*This post is part of an online book about Silicon Valley’s Political endgame. See all available chapters here. Cerf suffered a torrent of criticism in the media for suggesting that privacy is unnatural.
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When In Pursuit Of Positive Change, Better Drop The ‘Why Me’ : NPR
Today I was thinking about something one of the Freedom Riders told me a few years ago, when I had the opportunity — the privilege — to interview a group of them.
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Ten of 2015’s most notable African science fiction and fantasy stories / Boing Boing
Wole Talabi, a Nigerian sf writer who lives in Malaysia, has rounded up his ten favorite African science fiction and fantasy stories of 2015.
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Internet of Things Encyption Vulnerabilities Show How Often Devs Rip-Off Code | Motherboard
Some large portion of the Internet of Things has essentially left its backdoor wide open.
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This Gorgeous Power Plant Will Use Ocean Tides To Power 155K Homes : environment
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This Gorgeous Power Plant Will Use Ocean Tides To Power 155K Homes
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Mauna Kea Volcano, Hawaii : Image of the Day
Mauna Kea (“White Mountain”) is the only volcano on the island of Hawaii that has evidence of glaciation. This photograph of Mauna Kea was taken by an astronaut as the International Space Station (ISS) passed over at approximately 5 p.m. local time.
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You’re only an “economic migrant” if you’re poor and brown / Boing Boing
Ned Richardson-Little is a Canadian academic who went to the US “in search of a better life,” did research in Germany and settled in the UK, something he was able to do thanks to his economic migrant grandfather who happened to have been born in Sco…
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This Gorgeous Power Plant Will Use Ocean Tides To Power 155K Homes (trueactivist.com)submitted 18 minutes ago by loading…
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Open Channel: Tell Us About Your NaNoWriMo Novel
We’re in the home stretch for NaNoWriMo (National Novel Writing Month), where participants attempt to write a 50,000 word novel in 30 days. If you’ve been on track, you should be really close to the end.
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This is fascism, and we should say it clearly … while we can
Sixty million people died in World War II, but fascism won. It didn’t win on the battlefield. It didn’t win right away. It won because the same fears, the same greed, the same hatred that fueled its growth in the first part of the twentieth century …
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Bring Back the Zoom Slider in Google Maps
A while back, Google swapped out the old zoom slider in Maps and replaced it with a plus and minus buttons. The good news is, if you miss that slider, it’s easy to bring back.
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An older, smaller developed world
From the WSJ, a big package on how life will be in 35 years: 2050: Demographic Destiny. In the developed world, the future will be smaller. Next year, the world’s advanced economies will reach a critical milestone.
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Pre-mutated products: where did all those “hoverboards” come from? / Boing Boing
Those bowtie-shaped “motorized self-balancing two-wheeled scooters” you see in the windows of strip-mall cellphone repair shops and in mall-kiosks roared out of nowhere and are now everywhere, despite being so new that we don’t even know what they’r…
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Odell Beckham Jr. is Incredible : sports
Picture/VideoOdell Beckham Jr. is Incredible (i.imgur.com) Here it is in real time.
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Ron Howard to direct adaptation of The Girl Before · Newswire · The A.V. Club
With his In The Heart Of The Sea set to thrill audiences who have always wanted to see Thor get eaten by a whale in a few weeks, Ron Howard has already lined up his next directing gig. This comes from Deadline, which reports that—like most Ron Howar…
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Climate change threatens to displace entire indigenous community in Colombia (news.nationalgeographic.com)submitted 4 hours ago by loading…
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World heavyweight champion Tyson Fury says he will never defend his titles against fellow Briton David Haye. Fury shocked the boxing world by beating Wladimir Klitschko on Saturday to secure the WBA, IBF and WBO belts.
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Millennials are cheap because they’re broke / Boing Boing
The stubborn unwillingness of millennials to buy cars and houses and save for pensions may reflect a shifting consciousness about material culture, but can also be attributed to the undeniable fact that young people have no money.
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In these days of early winter one gets very vivid colour still in morning skies, and the reflection of this in water is sometimes even deeper than any we see in midsummer.
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Greek PM hits out at Turkey over air space ‘violations’ – Al Jazeera English
Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras has lashed out at Turkey over “violations” of Greece’s air space and accused it of creating an “outrageous” and “unbelievable” situation over the Aegean Sea, a gateway to Europe for thousands of refugees fleeing c…
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Corgi chases his own leash : aww
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Burkina Faso Votes for New President After Coup | Al Jazeera America
Burkina Faso voted on Sunday in an election to choose the country’s first new president in decades, a year after longtime leader Blaise Compaore was toppled in a popular uprising in which demonstrators faced down the security forces.
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San Francisco Becomes First City To Ban The Sale Of Plastic Bottles (trueactivist.com)submitted 34 minutes ago by loading…
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New Clarkson-less Top Gear will premiere on May 8th | The Verge
Host Chris Evans says first inter-continental trip will cross the US We’ve been hearing a lot about Amazon’s new big-budget car show with former Top Gear presenters Jeremey Clarkson, Richard Hammond, and James M
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Calico loaf on the kitchen table : Catloaf
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Planned Parenthood says Colorado shooter opposed abortion| Reuters
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In Colorado Springs, Residents Turn To Prayer And Healing After Attacks : NPR
In the aftermath of the shooting at a Planned Parenthood clinic in Colorado Springs, residents are moving on with their daily lives while remembering the victims of the attack.
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Recordings Might Sound A Silent Alarm About California Drought : NPR
Bernie Krause is an audio ecologist. This year he noticed a precipitous drop in the sounds of one his favorite field recording sites, a change he attributes in large part to California’s drought.
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Drought Turns Spotlight On Future Of California Farms : NPR
Half of all fruits, vegetables and nuts grown in the United States come from California. Despite four years of extreme drought, the state’s agriculture industry is thriving for some farmers. Ben Bergman with member station KPCC reports.
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2 Degrees In Paris: The Global Warming Set To Dominate Climate Conversation : NPR
As world leaders gather in Paris to talk about climate change, one phrase that will dominate conversations is “two degrees.” Global leaders will discuss how to prevent global temperatures from warming by more than two degrees since the industrial re…
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A Picture Of Janis Joplin, In Shades Of ‘Blue’ : NPR
What do you think about when you think about Janis Joplin? Her untamed hair, her eclectic wardrobe, a raspy, soulful singing style that was blues and rock and somehow yet all her own? For many people, she was the quintessential wild child of the lat…
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Interview: Thomas Levenson, Author Of ‘The Hunt Of Vulcan’ : NPR
Your purchase helps support NPR Programming. How? There’s a common misconception that science is purely about cold, hard facts — concrete evidence, mathematical models and replicable experiments to explain the world around us.
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Syrian War Unsettles Fault Line Between Russia And Turkey : NPR
Al Jazeera Arabic’s Washington Bureau Chief Abderrahim Foukara breaks down the latest news in rising tensions between Turkey and Russia and what it means for the ongoing crisis in Syria.
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Amid A Violent Religious Rift, Pope Preaches Harmony In CAR : NPR
Pope Francis is calling for communal and religious harmony during a visit to the Central African Republic, the final stop of his first African tour. The country has been racked by a deadly conflict driven by Christian and Muslim militias.
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UN places order for 1,000 next-generation flat-pack refugee shelters / Boing Boing
The Better Shelter is a flat-pack refugee shelter that costs three times more than the traditional tent, but lasts up to 40 times longer. It was developed with a grant from the Ikea foundation.
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Customization Is Key: ‘Star Wars: Battlefront’ Makes Space For Gamers Of All Stripes : NPR
Still several weeks out, the hype is already hitting enormous heights for the new Star Wars installment. The Force Awakens has sold more than $50 million in tickets — and the movie doesn’t even open until Dec. 18.
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NFL round-up: Washington edge Giants as Vikings move ahead in NFC North | Sport | The Guardian
Washington continued a baffling trend of playing brilliantly at home and dreadful on the road with a critical 20-14 victory over the New York Giants at FedEx Field on Sunday. Eli Manning threw two fourth-quarter touchdown passes to bring the Giants …
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John McCain and Lindsey Graham call for 20,000 troops in Syria and Iraq | US news | The Guardian
Two senior senators called on Sunday for Washington to nearly triple military force levels in Iraq to 10,000 and send an equal number of troops to Syria as part of a multinational ground force to counter Islamic State in both countries.
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Can Turkey and Russia resolve their dispute? – Al Jazeera English
They are on opposite sides in the war in Syria, but have largely steered clear of each other. That all changed on Tuesday, when Turkey shot down a Russian fighter jet – which it says entered its air space and was warned repeatedly.
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Pope Francis Visits Central African Republic | Al Jazeera America
Protected by the heaviest security ever seen on his trips, Pope Francis on Sunday preached reconciliation in the divided Central African Republic, a nation racked by bloodshed between Muslims and Christians.
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Who’s in? (imgur.com)
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Colorado governor urges toned-down abortion debate after clinic rampage : politics
Huckabee needs some basic education about human development, as well as every anti-abortionist. Even if it means more taxes?
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How did flooding the USA with tens of thousands of the most religiously conservative immigrants in the world become a progressive or liberal position? How? Who decided that? (self.Liberal)
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NC teen loses case over climate change, vows to keep fighting : environment
NC teen loses case over climate change, vows to keep fighting (sacbee.com)submitted 2 hours ago by loading…
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Found this note from my landlord in my mailbox yesterday, and it’s just too awesome not to share! (imgur.com) Awesomeness. The complete opposite of what my landlord would do but it’s good to see other people getting a well deserved break every so of…
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This Manual Burr Coffee Grinder Is Great, Portable, and $12 Today
The most important step in the coffee making process is a good grind. That’s easy at home with a Capresso or Baratza, but you’re probably not packing a full-size electric Burr Grinder in your luggage.
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All the Mars Rovers together. Scientists for scale. : space
All the Mars Rovers together. Scientists for scale. (jpl.nasa.gov)
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Australian far right group ‘used me for propaganda’ – BBC News
As a young girl Rahila Haidary defied the Afghan Taliban by dressing up as a boy to attend school. Now settled in Australia, this week she confronted the far right United Patriots Front.
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Start Up Services Snake Oil | TechCrunch
I’ve been so well entrenched in the journalistic world of entrepreneurship that I haven’t lifted my head out of the mess of funding stories and launch posts to actually pay attention to what is happening in the world of startups.
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‘At long last, have you no decency, Mr. Trump?’ Rubio, Cruz and Jeb aren’t brave enough to ask that.
Is Donald Trump more destructive than Senator Joseph McCarthy? On the one hand, Trump doesn’t yet wield actual power.
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Colorado Planned Parenthood shooting victims named by family members | US news | The Guardian
The two civilian victims of the Colorado Planned Parenthood shooting were named by family members, local media reported on Sunday. Authorities in Colorado Springs have said they will not formally identify the man and woman until Monday, when autopsi…
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World Pollutionwatch: Pain in Spain | Environment | The Guardian
Residents of Madrid became the latest to have their daily lives disrupted by the failure to control air pollution. New emergency laws were enacted for the first time in mid-November following a finding by the EU commission that the city’s air qualit…
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Rustavi 2 centre stage in Georgian political tug of war – Al Jazeera English
Georgia’s most watched TV channel, Rustavi 2, is locked in a bitter power struggle with the government over its ownership.
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The sporting drumbeat for war – Al Jazeera English
Following the Paris attacks, the French national anthem, La Marseillaise, was sung throughout stadiums in Europe as football players and fans alike honoured those who died. Through the spectacle of sport – a ritual of mourning was being observed.
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“Enough shovels go to around”: Ars looks back at the lies of the Cold War | Ars Technica
In the fall of 1971, I got my first taste of what the Cold War was really about. I was in the second grade at Coram Elementary School. As an alarm sounded, my teacher, Mrs.
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Warren and Sanders grill Obama nominee for FDA chief: Elizabeth Warren said “significant financial support” from pharmaceutical companies for Carliff’s research was “no secret.” She said it raised questions about the nature of his relationships with…
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SOME people eat as little fat as possible to lose weight and stay healthy, while others avoid carbohydrates. A vegan diet (with no animal products) and the paleo diet (with lots) both have enthusiastic devotees. One popular diet encourages intermitt…
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Amazon has unveiled a new hybrid delivery drone that can fly both vertically, as a helicopter capable of landing in customers’ backyards, and horizontally like a conventional plane. The drone can travel up to 15 miles at high speed.
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Adele’s 25 crushes single-week records with 3.38 million copies sold | The Verge
We already knew Adele’s 25, her first new album in nearly half a decade, was a monster hit. The album bested *NSYNC’s No Strings Attached single-week US record just a few days after release, when it crossed the 2.4 million mark.
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Brothers Free Bald Eagle From Trap, Take Selfie To Commemorate The Moment
Ann, Michael and Neil Fletcher were hunting in Sudbury Canada when they came across something other than prey: a Bald Eagle, caught in a trap. They freed the bird, but not before taking a picture with it. According to the Sudbury Star, the bird had …
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Inside the bubble with Obama in Paris – Al Jazeera English
As I write this, US President Barack Obama has just taken off for Paris and the UN Climate summit. I beat him here – after all he doesn’t have to go through customs or anything so he travels faster than I do. This is a very big deal to Obama.
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This Video Shows You How to Answer One of the Trickiest Job Interview Questions
Some job interviews questions can be tricky. You want to be honest, but you don’t want to share too much, either. The Muse shows you how not to answer the question: where do you see yourself in five years?
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Russia hits back at Turkey by changing Syria ‘game’ – Al Jazeera English
Russia is striking back after a “stab in the back by an accomplice to terrorists” by changing the “game” in Syria. Moscow’s retaliation is not just about severing economic and diplomatic ties. It is pursuing a policy that could tie Turkey’s hands in…
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Planned Parenthood singles out Republicans for ‘hateful rhetoric’ that incited Colorado attack
As Republican politicians furiously deny that their own words helped sow the seeds of Friday’s mass shooting at a Colorado Springs Planned Parenthood clinic, Planned Parenthood is having none of it.
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Gulf states unwilling to tighten oil taps alone: analysts : democrats
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Gulf states unwilling to tighten oil taps alone: analysts | GulfNews.com
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Nothing beats a good old-fashioned comic book crossover, whether it’s because a villain has appeared who is too tough for one hero to defeat, something has put the normal hero out of commission, or simply because a book’s sales are tanking and the p…
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Adele Shatters Records By Selling Over 3 Million Copies of 25 in One W | Vanity Fair
Travel back in time, if you will, to the olden days of November 23, when industry experts were speculating that Adele’s 25 might sell enough copies in its first week to beat the record previously set by ‘NSync’s No Strings Attached (2,416,000 albums…
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Gulf states unwilling to tighten oil taps alone: analysts (gulfnews.com)submitted 29 minutes ago by loading…[–]RedTurnsBlue[S] [score hidden] 28 minutes ago(0 children)If there’s an agreement with Russia, oil prices will rise next year.
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Remember: Believing Nonsense Has Consequence – Nowhere is Idiot America more at work than in the Climate Change ‘debate.’ (esquire.com)submitted 3 hours ago by 14652loading…
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2024 Olympics: Hamburg says no to hosting Games – BBC News
Residents of the German city of Hamburg have voted against hosting the 2024 Olympic and Paralympic Games. Hamburg was one of five cities left in the running, alongside Rome, Paris, Budapest and Los Angeles.
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This week will be the last time anyone alive experiences a CO2 level below 400 ppm. (dailykos.com)
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“Welcome to 2015, wherein people in the hinterlands are fearful of Islamic terrorists, willing to give up personal freedoms to make themselves feel safe, while their brethren are running around with weapons terrorizing the rest of the populace.” (ny…
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After Planned Parenthood attack, no calls to close churches or register Evangelicals : politics
It would be fundamentalists, not evangelicals. Thats kind of the point. They call for closing moderate mosques and registering moderate Muslims…. because they dont know the difference between completely different denominations of Islam.
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Pope Francis brings message of peace to Central African Republic – BBC News
Pope Francis has called for peace and reconciliation in the deeply divided Central African Republic, on the latest leg of his African tour. Security was tight for what is the pontiff’s first trip to a conflict zone.
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Documenting the people and tools behind a NASA human spaceflight mission | Ars Technica
NEW YORK—Michael Soluri is a New York-based photographer with the jealousy-inducing privilege of photographing a unique portion of space exploration: behind the scenes of NASA’s STS-125 mission to repair the Hubble Space Telescope.
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A red, white and blue zone for Muslims in America
In the wake of the terror attacks in Paris that killed 130 and wounded hundreds more, there is little doubt that the U.S., France, the UK and other American allies will step up their strikes on Daesh targets in Syria and Iraq.
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Ask “How Do You Do Your Work?” To Engage Someone In Conversation
The dreaded question “What do you do?” can be a little uncomfortable, but what’s worse is it offers little for your conversation partner to respond to. Instead, ask how they work. As business blog Inc. points out, many people enjoy explaining how th…
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Chris Christie’s long-shot presidential campaign got a lift on Saturday night with the endorsement of The New Hampshire Union Leader, an influential paper in the state where the New Jersey governor has camped out in the hopes of catching fire.
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A ‘Minecraft’ Player Is Recreating Studio Ghibli’s Beautiful Worlds | Motherboard
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The End Of The Startup Gold Rush, Absurd Burn Rates And Tourist VCs | TechCrunch
In 15 years as a venture capitalist, I’ve seen just about every market condition you can imagine. I started at Insight Venture Partners in 2000 at a time when the stock market was experiencing historic highs and tech companies were receiving massive…
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Phobos Floats Gently Above The Surface Of Mars, Waiting To Fall
Mars will eventually kill Phobos, but for now, it’s an irregular body floating above the surface. This stunning picture came from the ESA’s Mars Express. Image credit: G. Neukum (FU Berlin) et al., Mars Express, DLR, ESA; Acknowledgement: Peter Masek
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The Fatal Nature of Garbage Dumps | New Republic
On the outskirts of Phnom Penh once stood a smoldering testament to mankind’s assault on the Earth. Stung Meanchey was the largest waste disposal site in Cambodia, the size of 76 football fields.
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Kenya’s Enemy Within – Al Jazeera English
Kenya has started construction on a 700km-long wall along its porous border with Somalia, in an attempt to shield itself from the armed group al-Shabab.
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After spending Thanksgiving weekend visiting refugees in Jordan, Ben Carson called on the US to support Syrians displaced by the war there, where he said facilities in the camps were “really quite nice”, rather than bringing them to America.
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Israel suspends EU role in peace process with Palestinians – BBC News
Israel has said it is suspending contact with EU officials involved in peace efforts with the Palestinians. The move follows the bloc’s decision to label goods from Jewish settlements in the West Bank.
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A cabin in the Bosnian woods : pics
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Dizzying Star Trails over SEST js – Just Space
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Planned Parenthood official: ‘Hateful’ speech contributed to shootings | TheHill
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Sinead O’Connor Threatens Suicide in Dire Facebook Post | Rolling Stone
Sinead O’Connor threatened to commit suicide in a harrowing letter the singer posted on Facebook Sunday afternoon. In the letter, O’Connor focuses on “a horrific set of betrayals” she accuses her family of perpetrating against her. “I have taken an …
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Amazon is back with its latest vision for its Prime Air drone delivery system — and this time the company has brought its high-profile celebrity, TV show host and gear-head Jeremy Clarkson, along for the ride.
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Israel suspends EU role in peace process over labelling – Al Jazeera English
Israel has suspended the European Union’s role in the Middle East peace process over a decision by the bloc to label products produced in Israel’s illegal settlements in the occupied territories.
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The Tea Party Is Slowly Dying, But It’s Being Replaced By Fascism | “The Republican Party is lurching away from the Tea Party and toward a frightening marriage of religious fanaticism and fascism. Based on history, this cannot end well, at all.” (fo…
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Last chance salon in Paris: there is no planet B | Editorial | Comment is free | The Guardian
The current front-runner for best slogan for the Paris climate change summit has to be “there is no planet B”; as for images, it is hard to imagine one more potent than the thousands of pairs of shoes laid in tidy lines in the Place de la République…
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Governor Calls for Restraint in Abortion Rhetoric | Al Jazeera America
The attack at a Colorado Planned Parenthood clinic that killed a police officer and two other people suggests that both sides of the abortion debate in the United States need to “tone down the rhetoric,” the state’s governor said on Sunday. Democrat…
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Planned Parenthood official: ‘Hateful’ language contributed to shootings : politics
My wife is a nurse practitioner. To graduate, she had to do a women’s health rotation. You know, PAP smears, exams, etc … She went to a PP clinic that did not do ANY abortions but it had bullet proof glass, a secure entry – had to be buzzed in, an…
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Galactic Warfighters Bridges The Gap Between Science Fictional War And Reality
Matthew Callahan joined the US Marine Corps six years ago, where he now serves as a combat correspondent. Recently, he’s been working on a photography project called Galactic Warfighters, showing off the wars in Star Wars.
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Visit us! http://molistudio.com ENDLESS is a story about seeking and not finding. It’s the mechanized routine. It’s to get up, go to work, eat, fall in love, buy, throw, fall out of love, accept, sleep, wake up. ENDLESS is a story about seeking and …
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Amazon Shows Off New Prime Air Drone With Hybrid Design | TechCrunch
Amazon delivered a lovely update on its ‘Prime Air’ project — almost exactly two years after it showed the first iteration of its delivery drone. You know, the flying delivery drone that some thought was a massive joke meant for April 1st. Included …
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Private school teacher complains girls ‘cramming their heads full of facts’ : nottheonion
You do realize that cramming our young full of facts is a very rightfully controversial issue right? I mean most people are constantly thinking and interpreting life, that they don’t actually get the experience of it.
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Saudi firm secures funding for world’s tallest building – Al Jazeera English
The Saudi corporation behind plans for the world’s tallest building says it has secured financing to complete the record-breaking project.
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The 22x22x22 Rubik’s Cube Comes To A Sad, Sudden End – Digg
45 diggs Internet Culture After seven months of construction, this massive Rubik’s cube was given its first turn. And its last.
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It will be fractious and frustrating and it won’t “solve” the problem. But the Paris climate summit that starts on Monday is likely to be characterised as a success anyway.
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Mark Richt parts ways with Georgia after 15 years of ‘remarkable’ service | Sport | The Guardian
Mark Richt stepped down as Georgia’s coach on Sunday in what is being called a “mutual” decision, although ESPN reported he had been fired. Georgia (9-3) ended their regular season with Saturday’s 13-7 win over Georgia Tech.
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We Asked Jon Snow What It’s Like to Trend on Twitter | Motherboard
Jon Snow, the Channel 4 news anchor in the United Kingdom, is tired of your tweets asking him if winter is coming. All he has in common with the bastard Jon Snow, the character from HBO’s fantasy series Game of Thrones, is a name.
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Donald Trump: I was ‘100% right’ about Muslims cheering 9/11 attacks | US news | The Guardian
Donald Trump insisted on Sunday he was “100% right” when he said he saw Muslims in Jersey City, New Jersey, cheering the 9/11 attacks on the World Trade Center – even though fact-checkers have debunked his claim.
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Ben Carson on Face The Nation. This short segment shows why he shouldn’t lead the nation (cbsnews.com)
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Republican Officials Just Got Caught Joining Neo-Nazis in Anti-Refugee Rallies : politics
They are pandering to their base. Don’t expect this to stop. Republican front-runner Donald Trump supports forcing Muslims to wear ID badges.
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The True Impact Of The Snapchat Writedown For Entrepreneurs | TechCrunch
Snapchat is worth a lot less this month than it was last month. Fidelity, one of tech’s most active late-stage cross-over investors, recently decided that Snapchat is worth about $23/share, instead of the $30/share initially estimated.
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Anker’s Biggest Battery Pack is Down To Its Smallest Price
The massive Anker Astro E7 25,600mAh 3-Port External Battery Pack is down to its lowest price ever, if you hurry. Not everyone needs this much power, but it’s enough juice to keep the average smartphone running for a week or more.
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GOP rider would boost party spending | “Mitch McConnell plans to slip campaign cash rider in omnibus spending bill.” (politico.com)submitted 17 minutes ago by loading…
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SunEdison Completes New Hampshire’s Largest Solar Power Plant : democrats
SunEdison Completes New Hampshire’s Largest Solar Power Plant (solarlove.org)submitted 2 hours ago by loading…
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The Tea Party Is Slowly Dying, But It’s Being Replaced By Fascism | “The Republican Party is lurching away from the Tea Party and toward a frightening marriage of religious fanaticism and fascism. Based on history, this cannot end well, at all.” (fo…
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Colorado Springs shootings: Calls to cool abortion debate – BBC News
Colorado state’s governor has called for both sides of the US abortion debate to “tone down the rhetoric”, following an attack on a clinic. John Hickenlooper’s comments came after Friday’s shooting at a Colorado Planned Parenthood family planning cl…
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Saudi women begin campaigning in polls for first time – Al Jazeera English
Saudi female candidates running for municipal councils have begun campaigning in elections, marking the first time women are allowed to vote and contest polls in the kingdom.
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The Last Bus Startup Standing: Chariot | TechCrunch
In the beginning, there were three. There was Leap Transit, the Andreessen Horowitz-backed bus startup stocked with Blue Bottle Coffee and furnished with plush stool seating for morning and evening commuters.
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EU seeks deal with Turkey to curb refugee crisis – Al Jazeera English
The European Union has started negotiations with Turkey in Brussels, seeking a deal that will limit the flow of refugees into the continent.
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Amazon’s Man in the High Castle is a good adaptation but a merely OK show | Ars Technica
Warning: this review contains minor spoilers to several episodes of the show and Philip K. Dick’s 1962 novel of the same name.
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The hidden social costs of violent videos
It goes—almost without saying—that the role of news and analysis outlets is to share vital information as it becomes necessary to the story and the news. This duty, although curtailed by ethics and limited resources, generally supersedes most other …
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Udemy faces criticism for profiting from pirated online courses | The Verge
Udemy, an online learning service, has come under criticism for selling pirated courses. The controversy began this week, when security specialist Troy Hunt discovered that one of his courses on ethical hacking was available on Udemy under another a…
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Mary-Kate Olsen and Olivier Sarkozy’s Wedding Featured “Bowls Filled W | Vanity Fair
In a Venn diagram of the Olsen twins and French people, there is but one intersection: cigarettes.
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BETWEEN 1936 and 1939, the Spanish Civil War condensed the awful drama of the 1930s into one conflict.
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Thom Yorke DJs at London Climate March | Rolling Stone
Thom Yorke DJs at London Climate March Radiohead singer rides atop Greenpeace float as 50,000 people rallied in British city ahead of Paris Climate Conference
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One day after Robert Lewis Dear allegedly opened fire at a Planned Parenthood in Colorado, killing three and injuring nine others, the Colorado Fraternal Order of Police issued a statement calling critics “race baiting morons” and “delusional ignora…
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South Ossetia: Peace-keeping meetings for Georgia and Russia in ‘no-man’s land’ – BBC News
Georgians who stray into South Ossetian territory – one of Georgia’s two breakaway regions – are frequently detained by Russian border guards, with three people arrested in the last week alone.
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The Meme Election | TechCrunch
Social media has been playing an increasingly critical role in political elections. The 2008 presidential election, dubbed the “Facebook Election,” was the first time voters could view and share debates, interviews, commercials and statements on-dem…
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COP21: Rallies around the world call for climate change action – BBC News
Hundreds of thousands of people have been marching worldwide to demand action to stop climate change. More than 2,000 events are happening globally on the eve of a UN summit in the French capital.
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Japan Plans to Kill Hundreds of Protected Whales This Winter | Motherboard
Anti-whaling groups are up in arms this weekend over Japan’s plan to kill hundreds of protected minke whales for dubious “scientific” research purposes.
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When The Earth Is Attacked, Commando Cody Springs Into Action With Radar Men From The Moon
For this week’s installment of Sunday Matinee, let’s take a trip back to 1952 with Radar Men From The Moon, a twelve part serial movie starring George Wallace. Directed by Fred C.
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To Stem Migration, Europe Offers Turkey Money | Al Jazeera America
Leaders of the European Union aim to sign an agreement with Turkey in Brussels on Sunday that offers Ankara cash and closer ties with the EU in return for Turkish help in stemming the flow of migrants to Europe, draft conclusions of the summit showe…
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DUESSELDORF, Germany — Tyson Fury defeated Wladimir Klitschko by unanimous decision Saturday to end the Ukrainian’s 9 1/2-year reign as heavyweight champion and fulfill his father’s prophesy from the day he was born. Born three months early and weig…
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Sanders Statement on Colorado Planned Parenthood Shooting – Senator Bernie Sanders of Vermont
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Bernie Sanders vs Hillary Clinton Infographic – Imgur
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Bernie Sanders vs Hillary Clinton Policy Infographic : democrats
I hope Bernie gets the nomination, as I support his policy goals more than I do Hillary’s; but I’m will Bill Maher, I’ll vote for Hillary if she gets the nod. Either are better than anything the ‘pubs are floating.
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Sanders Statement on Colorado Planned Parenthood Shooting : politics
What spooks me most about this Daily Show clip from October is not the predicted timing of the next shooting but rather how numb to these things we’ve become.
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Spare us the religious babble: In Paris & the GOP, the faith-deranged are who we need to be saved from – Glib talk about God from preachers & politicians is not needed. Better to separate church & state for real. (salon.com)
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Adele’s 25 becomes the US’s biggest selling album of the year | Music | The Guardian
Adele’s 25 has become the year’s biggest-selling album in the US, with a record 3.38m copies sold in its first full week of release. The tally for 25 is the largest for an album since Nielsen began tracking sales in 1991.
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Agricultural groups in New Mexico and Texas want a rare bat, a bird and two species of cacti thrown off the federal endangered species list, according to a new lawsuit that says habitat requirements for each species add extra costs for farmers, ranc…
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North Texas on flood watch as deadly storms delivers more rain | US news | The Guardian
Related: Rain and ice in central US linked to 14 deaths in Texas and Kansas A deadly storm that has caused flooding and coated parts of the southern plains in ice in recent days was on Sunday dumping more rain on north Texas and some dangerously swo…
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Chris Christie wins key New Hampshire newspaper endorsement | US news | The Guardian
Chris Christie has won the endorsement of the New Hampshire Union Leader, a major conservative publication in an important early voting state, picking up steam in the November 2016 presidential election.
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Republican presidential candidate Carly Fiorina dismissed the idea that climate change was a major security threat Sunday, a dismissal that ignores warnings from top security experts.
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Tens of thousands of environmental campaigners march through central London on Sunday on the eve of the Paris climate change talks. Jeremy Corbyn, Labour leader, praises those who braved the cold to turn out at the march.
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Canada’s Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and his socks – Imgur
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So my 2-year-old and I wanted to play “lets call granny”. I feel old. – Imgur
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11 Actual “Rooms” For Rent In SF That Are More Than Your Midwestern Mortgage | TechCrunch
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Gwyneth Paltrow and Chris Martin Made A Song Together | Vanity Fair
Chris Martin and Gwyneth Paltrow, the most elegantly behaved of exes, are continuing to make us all feel like wild animals.
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Emma Thompson on climate change: without the Arctic we will die – video | Environment | The Guardian
Actor Emma Thompson discusses why protecting the Arctic is so important for the planet and the human race.
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Li-Fi Probably Won’t Be The New Wi-Fi For Most People | TechCrunch
Long restricted to the academic domain, Li-Fi, a light-based data delivery method is suddenly getting all sorts of attention.
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Earlier this month, Kurdish forces retook the northern Iraqi town of Sinjar from the Daesh fighters that had held the territory since 2014. They found two mass graves in and near the town that was once home to the Yazidis, an ancient religious minor…
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Volvo XC90: a Thanksgiving road test for Sweden’s hot new SUV | The Verge
Does it live up to the early praise? When you’re looking to make a lasting impression, it’s best to take the time to get it right.
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Dear Pip, Brigid, Michael, Frank, Hal, Raymond, Elias, David et al, My dearest, sweetest darlings. I am having a lovely time at Oxford and have just read Plato, he really is a marvellous chap. I think I might be a neo-Platonist.
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So You Want To Join The Empire: Finishing Touches
We’ve just about reached the end of this build: the end is in sight! This week, we’re finishing up the body work, and will finally get it all ready for a proper test fit. It’s almost done! There’s just a bunch of random things that need to be finish…
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The Best Cyber Monday Deals Available Right Now
You’ve reached our hub for all the best Cyber Monday deals. We’ll be adding deals to this page as they go live, and in the meantime, don’t forget to follow us on Twitter and Facebook for the latest updates.
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The Future Of Trans*H4CK | TechCrunch
Dr. Kortney Ryan Ziegler, founder of Trans*H4CK, somewhat stumbled into the tech industry after graduating from Northwestern University, where he received the school’s first-ever PhD in African-American studies in 2011. Ziegler ultimately ended up i…
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Climate protesters clash with police as activists defy Paris ban – video | World news | The Guardian
Hundreds of protesters demonstrate near the Place de la Republique in Paris on Sunday despite a ban imposed by the French authorities. Activists clash with riot police who use teargas to try and disperse the crowds.
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Sky Movies Star Wars Commercial Makes Even The Prequels Looks Good
This is a neat commercial advertising the Star Wars films on Sky Movies that runs through the entire saga to date. It even makes the Prequels look interesting.
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Paris Climate Protesters Clash with Police | Al Jazeera America
About 100 people have been detained in Paris after a protest in advance of U.N. climate talks turned violent, the Paris police chief said. Thousands of demonstrators had gathered in central Paris and formed a human chain along the route of a long-pl…
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Watch Pearl Jam Cover U2’s ‘A Sort of Homecoming’ at Colombia Concert | Rolling Stone
Watch Pearl Jam Cover U2’s ‘A Sort of Homecoming’ at Colombia Concert Eddie Vedder delivers solo rendition of ‘The Unforgettable Fire’ classic
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England wicketkeeper Sarah Taylor starred with a century as South Australia beat New South Wales by 54 runs in the final of the Women’s National Cricket League in Sydney.
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BBC Sport – Russian clubs banned from signing Turkish players
Russian clubs will be banned from signing Turkish players during the upcoming winter break. Russian sports minister Vitaly Mutko told R-Sport news agency that clubs had “already got the message”.
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Turkey-Russia jet row: Russians in Turkey reflect on sanctions – BBC News
Turkish officials say they expect their country’s stand-off with Moscow to worsen, after Russia announced economic sanctions in retaliation for the shooting down of its jet.
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COP21: Eco activists Brandalism launch Paris ad takeover – BBC News
More than 600 artworks critiquing corporate sponsors of the UN summit on climate change have been installed in advertising spaces across Paris. The Brandalism campaign said it was behind the unauthorised artworks.
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Stanford Physicists Set a New Record for Quantum Entangling Distant Electrons | Motherboard
Computer hardware is almost always realized via electrons, e.g. good old fashioned electricity. Apply some voltage to a conductive material and now we’re scooting around electric charges, which can represent binary information.
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Huckabee: ‘Disingenuous’ to blame Colorado attack on anti-abortion speech | US news | The Guardian
Republican presidential candidate Mike Huckabee on Sunday condemned the fatal shooting at a Planned Parenthood facility in Colorado as an “absolutely abominable” act of domestic terrorism.
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Church of England Votes for “Forceful Response” in Syria – The Daily Beast
If war with ISIS comes to a crusade-like battle between opposing religious forces, count some members of the Church of England in.
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German Utility Invests 100 Million Euros To Install 90 MW Battery Energy Storage System : democrats
Germany leads the $way$.
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Giant Glowing Tubes Called Pyrosomes Are Some of the Ocean’s Strangest Creatures | Motherboard
The ocean is Earth’s last unexplored frontier, with millions of unknown species lurking in its depths. Most of those animals, though mysterious, have recognizable features: eyes, teeth, fins. But one strange creature more closely resembles a giant, …
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The greatest threat to America? Republicans | “To borrow the rhetoric of their candidates, the party is now an existential threat to America’s leadership of the global community.” (nzherald.co.nz)
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Bed Frame with room for dogs. No more tripping over sleeping pups. : DIY
Bed Frame with room for dogs. No more tripping over sleeping pups. (imgur.com) Nice job, really nice ex boyfriend. Can’t say I’d do the same!
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Spain Approves ‘Sun Tax,’ Discriminates Against Solar PV – Renewable Energy World
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Spain Approves ‘Sun Tax,’ Discriminates Against Solar PV : environment
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French police fire teargas to disperse climate protest – Al Jazeera English
Police have fired teargas and used pepper spray to disperse a group of anti-global warming activists who marched in Paris in defiance of a recent ban on public demonstrations, a day before the start of a key UN summit on climate change in France’s c…
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Peaceful Paris climate gathering descends into clashes with police | Environment | The Guardian
A day of celebration and hope in Paris disintegrated into rioting and clashes with police on Sunday, in an apparent protest against the cancellation of the climate march in the city following the terror attacks earlier this month.
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Headphone Showdown: Grado SR80e vs Audio-Technica ATH-M50x vs Sony MDR-V6
Buying headphones is an incredibly personal decision, but there are still a few models that are so popular, you have to try them out. Today, we’re comparing three of the world’s most popular cans.
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Painting the Gentrification of Prospect Heights – The New Yorker
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The greatest threat to America? Republicans | “To borrow the rhetoric of their candidates, the party is now an existential threat to America’s leadership of the global community.” (nzherald.co.nz)
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‘Alien megastructures’ orbiting distant star are most likely comets, as expected | The Verge
Last month, the online world went into a tizzy over the possibility of intelligent alien life lingering near a distant star in our galaxy.
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A word-perfect biography of a great artist | Books | The Guardian
The only thing to do on leaving the Goya show at the National Gallery – unless you can afford to buy another ticket and go straight back in – is to find something good to read about the painter as fast as you possibly can.
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The Field Narrows: Updated College Football Playoff Predictions (Week 13) | FiveThirtyEight
Oklahoma looked impressive. Clemson and Alabama held their ground at the top. Iowa and Michigan State are now on a collision course. Stanford and North Carolina remain in the hunt, but don’t control their own fate. Ohio State lurks in the background.
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Global climate march 2015 – in pictures | Environment | The Guardian
Skip to main content Environment Global climate march 2015 – in pictures On the eve of the opening of the UN climate change conference in Paris, campaigners around the world from Melbourne to London are marching to demand action Sunday 29 November 2…
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Fury stuns Klitschko to be crowned heavyweight champion – Al Jazeera English
Wladimir Klitschko’s nine-and-a-half year reign as heavyweight boxing champion has ended after a shock defeat to Britain’s Tyson Fury by unanimous decision.
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The GOP Ignores the Bigger Terror Threat—from the Right : democrats
The GOP Ignores the Bigger Terror Threat—from the Right (thedailybeast.com)submitted 27 minutes ago by loading…
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It Takes About 5 Seconds to Pick This Master Lock | Motherboard
If you are trying to lock up your stuff with any level of security, you may want to steer clear of this lock model from Master Lock. A 4-pack of the devices can be purchased for around $30 on Amazon, and the product has largely positive reviews.
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Elizabeth Warren is pushing a bill aimed at encouraging more dependable employee schedules. (wwlp.com) So this piece of legislation targets such employer behaviors… how? It’s like they just stopped writing the article two paragraphs in.
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Charl Schwartzel secured a fourth Alfred Dunhill Championship title in 11 years when he finished 15 under par in his native South Africa on Sunday. The world number 50 shot a final-day two-under in Malelane to win by four shots from France’s Gregory…
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Republican presidential candidates Donald Trump, Carly Fiorina, and Mike Huckabeee responded to the deadly shooting at a Colorado Planned Parenthood Sunday by reiterating false claims that the organization sells babies’ body parts.
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ANNAPOLIS, Md. — NEWLY bald and always blunt, Gov. Larry Hogan was wondering about his hair. When it might grow back. How it might grow back. Five months ago, it was white and he had lots of it. Would it be brown upon its return? Chemo can do that.
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Huckabee: Planned Parenthood shooting is ‘domestic terrorism’ – CNNPolitics.com
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The GOP Ignores the Bigger Terror Threat—from the Right (thedailybeast.com)submitted 11 minutes ago by loading…
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Drug-price debate rekindles fight over pill imports from Canada: Calls for allowing people to buy directly from Canadian pharmacies are also intensifying from some Republicans in Congress. But the drug industry remains dead-set against allowing impo…
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Credit where it’s due. That’s the correct response. I’m legitimately stunned that Huckabee of all people would acknowledge this. Good for him.
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I hope my family gets frostbite from the weather and their bitterness. – Meme on Imgur
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Some millionaires are fighting the good fight
Recently I interviewed Morris Pearl. Who is Morris Pearl? He’s the former managing director of BlackRock Inc. and chairman of the board of The Patriotic Millionaires. Previously, Pearl was a managing director at BlackRock, one of the largest investm…
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British shorthair loaf : Catloaf
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Obama On Planned Parenthood Shooting: ‘Enough Is Enough’ : Liberal
Obama On Planned Parenthood Shooting: ‘Enough Is Enough’ (talkingpointsmemo.com)submitted 12 minutes ago by loading…
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Australia slams Japan’s decision to resume Antarctic whaling – Environment minister says Tokyo cannot “unilaterally decide” to ignore scientific advice & international court of justice ruling to hunt & kill 333 minke whales (theguardian.com)submitte…
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ONE evening early this summer, I opened a book and found myself reading the same paragraph over and over, a half dozen times before concluding that it was hopeless to continue. I simply couldn’t marshal the necessary focus. I was horrified.
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Adele’s comeback album 25 breaks US records – BBC News
Adele’s comeback album – 25 – has sold a record-breaking 3.38 million copies in its first week on sale in the US, according to Nielsen Music data. The British star notched up the largest single sales week for an album since Nielsen began monitoring …
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The “Sharpie Trick,” and a Guide to Sharpening Knives with a Water Stone
Learning to use a water stone is the best thing you can do for your knives, especially nice ones, but learning how can be tricky.
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Open Your Electronics | Motherboard
Is the fan on your laptop loud? Is your desktop computer running slow? Do you have an old phone you don’t use because the headphone jack is busted or the screen is broken? Our electronics aren’t as fragile or as mysterious as we’ve been told—Open th…
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Princess Charlotte Is Cute As A Button In New Kate Pic – The Daily Beast
Royal baby photos released to the public have, for many years, been informal and sought to telegraph one simple message: “We’re just like you, the only difference is that we brush our kids’ hair.
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Planned Parenthood, a Longtime Target for Attacks | Al Jazeera America
The fatal shootings at a Colorado Planned Parenthood clinic are the latest in a long history of violence at clinics that provide abortions and against doctors who perform the procedure. Police aren’t saying what motivated this most recent shooting.
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Grandpa’s Great Escape by David Walliams – review | Children’s books | The Guardian
Grandpa’s Great Escape is set in a small town near London in the 1980s. Grandpa is beginning to forget more and more and Jack is starting to get worried. One night Grandpa goes missing. Jack’s family go searching for him and eventually find him at t…
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From becoming the heavyweight champion of the world to serenading his wife with an Aerosmith classic, Tyson Fury had a night to remember in Germany. And his antics caught the imagination of audiences around the world as social media feeds caught fir…
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Great Britain have won the Davis Cup for the first time since 1936 after Andy Murray beat Belgium’s David Goffin to clinch the decisive point in Ghent. Murray won 6-3 7-5 6-3 to give the visitors an unassailable 3-1 lead in the best-of-five tie.
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Man arrested after Pennsylvania officer shot dead | US news | The Guardian
A 31-year-old man has been arrested in connection with the shooting death of a veteran police officer who was responding to a domestic dispute in western Pennsylvania. State police said Ray Shetler Jr was captured at about 3.
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Sunrise, Muir Beach / Boing Boing
Of course you remember the 5th of November! Thursday night, around 6pm, the folks from the Pelican Inn will start their fire. Join our former colonist oppressors as they descend on Muir Beach to burn a freedom fighter in effigy! I saw a movie about …
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Calling All Hardware Junkies! | TechCrunch
With CES around the corner, we know that you hardware junkies are starting to salivate! We are searching far and wide for the best hardware product of 2015 for the 9th Annual Crunchies Award show, and we need your help.
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Ever since Uhtred saw his adopted family being slaughtered, he’s never once questioned any amount of sacrifice to secure himself a future, one that included his return to Bebbanburg and revenge for the murder of his family.
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Gifts, Debts, and Inheritances: Why Millennials of Color Can’t Get Ahead – The Atlantic
He died on a Saturday. My mother and I had planned to pick my dad up from the hospital for a trip to the park. He loved to sit and watch families stroll by as we chatted about oak trees, Kona coffee, and the mysteries of God. This time, the park wou…
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Turkey killing: Thousands mourn pro-Kurdish lawyer Tahir Elci – BBC News
Thousands of people have attended the funeral of a leading pro-Kurdish human rights lawyer who was shot dead in Turkey’s south-eastern city of Diyarbakir. Tahir Elci was killed on Saturday as he made an appeal for peace between the security forces a…
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100 Years After Einstein’s Relativity, We’re Still Just Figuring Gravity Out | Motherboard
As macro-scale collections of some 7 billion billion billion atoms per human body, our world appears to be dominated by gravity. It is our days and nights, our weather, our thudded footsteps, our fear of heights.
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While waiting in line to see Santa, this baby fell asleep. When it came time for the picture, Santa told the parents not to wake him. (imgur.com) That’s such a fantastic photo. Something to put on bespoke Christmas cards.
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Princess Charlotte: Kensington Palace releases new photos – BBC News
New photographs of Princess Charlotte have been released by Kensington Palace to mark her six month milestone. The two pictures were taken by the Duchess of Cambridge at their family home, Anmer Hall in Norfolk.
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Mississippi History – The New Yorker
Portraits always make me feel agitated, which I suppose is part of the point of them.
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A Wealthy Governor and His Friends Are Remaking Illinois: Unprecedented political spending helped elect Bruce Rauner, a fresh-faced financier. But his ideological vision has unsettled many in the state. (nytimes.com)
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GoTenna Keeps Your Cell Phone Connected, Even When You Don’t Have Cell Service | TechCrunch
The company aims to help users to communicate even when they don’t have any cell signal, whether it’s because they’re in the wilderness or at a crowded festival. The company launched a preorder campaign midway through 2014, and now the product’s off…
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Don’t Compare Blue Origin’s Success to SpaceX’s Failures | TechCrunch
Last week the space tourism company Blue Origin became the first company to launch a rocket into space and land it safely back down on the ground. The concept seems simple enough. Yet, to the space industry, this is an historic accomplishment becaus…
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PsBattle: New helmet for bavarian police : photoshopbattles
Reminded me of this too… lol Nice! Here’s another Starwars themed one, using a different character. http://imgur.com/cF7F7KM
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With Secret Hitler, Cards Against Humanity’s co-working space becomes an idea machine | The Verge
For those who aren’t in the know within the tabletop game community, you may have missed the launch of a strangely titled card game on Kickstarter last week called Secret Hitler.
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I graduated from Fordham University in NYC in 1991, close to 30 years behind schedule, (I graduated from high school in 1964) but when discussing my earlier college attendance in the ‘60s with a white friend, I mentioned having gone to Howard. “Harv…
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BBC Sport – Scottish Premiership: Inverness CT 1-3 Celtic
Inverness Caledonian Thistle forward Dani Lopez is suspended following his spitting offence in an under-20s match. Ryan Christie is recovering from a knee injury, while Richie Foran, Aaron Doran and Dean Brill are long-term absentees.
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The colorful, dark, dynamic art of life: 2015 BioArt winners | Ars Technica
This year’s winners of the BioArt competition, put on by Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology (FASEB), pay equal respect to the colorful and dark sides of life.
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Jeb Bush says he would support Donald Trump over Hillary Clinton | US news | The Guardian
Jeb Bush would support Donald Trump if the real-estate billionaire were to win the Republican presidential nomination, “because anybody is better than Hillary Clinton”. Related: What will it take to stop Donald Trump?
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Film-makers apologise for white cast – BBC News
Selma director Ava DuVernay has welcomed an apology by film-makers accused of “whitewashing” forthcoming adventure movie Gods of Egypt. Earlier this month, a series of character posters and the film’s trailer provoked uproar on social media for thei…
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MISURATA, Libya — Iraqi commanders have been arriving from Syria, and the first public beheadings have started. The local radio stations no longer play music but instead extol the greatness of the Islamic State’s self-proclaimed caliph, Abu Bakr al-…
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The richest man in Illinois does not often give speeches. But on a warm spring day two years ago, Kenneth C. Griffin, the billionaire founder of one of the world’s largest hedge funds, rose before a black-tie dinner of the Economic Club of Chicago t…
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The silver-haired man dressed like a waiter (dark vest, dark slacks) paced the aisle between rows of desks in a Toronto conference room. “If you’re going to be a leader, you’re going to have to have a very loose relationship with this thing you call…
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Meet your new everyday carry essential: the Porter Key Knife and Bottle Opener / Boing Boing
This minimalist multi-tool will see to it that instead of rocking a tool belt, you’ll carry just one. It’s shaped slightly like a key and weighs less than an ounce, so it plays nice with your keychain.
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The Speaker’s Wife review – a satire less than its parts | Books | The Guardian
Journalist Quentin Letts’s first foray into fiction is an odd undertaking. One would expect a certain gleeful stereotyping of the iniquities of parliament from such a savage political sketch writer.
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Robin Lane Fox’s dense and satisfying biography does not attempt to provide an exhaustive account of St Augustine of Hippo’s life, but focuses on the period in which he wrote his Christian masterpiece, Confessions, and the impact that his conversion…
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The Paris Climate Change Talks Represent a Critical Moment for the World | New Republic
For much of the past year, the U.N. climate talks in Paris were viewed as something of a global party. Finally, after years of failed negotiations, world leaders had some signs of progress they could point to that showed they were finally taking the…
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Watch 25 Years of Glacier Movement in 1 Second GIF | Motherboard
With the 21st annual global climate change conference set to begin on Monday, all eyes are trained on Paris, where thousands of world leaders representing 190 nations will converge to discuss how to save our planet from total climate-induced disaste…
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BHP braces for $5.2bn Brazil dam lawsuit – BBC News
Mining giant BHP is bracing itself for a $5.2bn (£3.4bn) lawsuit from Brazil’s government over the devastating collapse at the Samarco iron-ore mine. BHP is “committed to supporting Samarco to rebuild the community”, he added.
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BBC Sport – Tottenham Hotspur 0-0 Chelsea
Tottenham are without midfielder Dele Alli, who serves a ban for accumulating five bookings. Kyle Walker, Mousa Dembele and Danny Rose are set to return after being rested on Thursday, when Spurs beat Qarabag in Azerbaijan.
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Pope brings unity message to Central African Republic – Al Jazeera English
Pope Francis has called for unity in the Central African Republic (CAR), a country torn by strife between Christians and Muslims, urging its citizens to “avoid the temptation of fear of others”.
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Las Vegas Moves Closer To 100% Renewable Energy Thanks To NV Energy Partnership (cleantechnica.com)submitted 22 minutes ago by loading…
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Paris climate protesters banned but 10,000 shoes remain – video | Environment | The Guardian
Over 10,000 pairs of shoes on the Place de la Republique replace marchers who were set to take part in a climate cancelled protest as activists take to the streets around the globe.
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Fernando Alonso has insisted he will not take a year off Formula 1 next year, following claims from McLaren boss Ron Dennis that he could. Alonso is contracted until the end of 2017, but McLaren struggled in their first year with engine partner Hond…
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Moroccan medical students decry working conditions – Al Jazeera English
Rabat, Morocco – Moroccan medical students have defeated a government plan that would have required them to spend two years in a civil service programme after graduation.
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China’s yuan set for IMF reserve status – BBC News
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) is expected to announce on Monday that China’s currency, the yuan, will join the fund’s group of international reserve currencies. Just the US dollar, the euro, Japan’s yen and the British pound are currently pa…
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Start Your All-Clad Collection With This Early Cyber Monday Deal
Anyone with even a passing interest in cooking knows that All-Clad is the brand you want in your kitchen when it comes to skillets and pots. Made in America and carrying a lifetime warranty, you’d probably see their wares in the kitchens of most of …
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Why Are Companies Allowed to Delay Cleanup of Toxic Superfund Sites? – Like other people living near Superfund sites in US, residents of DePue, Illinois, have been impacted by toxic pollution for decades because govt hasn’t forced those responsible …
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See Two Adorable New Photos of Princess Charlotte — Taken By Kate Middleton | Vanity Fair
It is time to e-mail everyone you had Thanksgiving dinner with and let them know you have to make an addendum to your “What are you thankful for?” response.
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Tyson Fury says there is more to come from him after he beat Wladimir Klitschko to become the WBA, IBF and WBO heavyweight champion of the world. The 27-year-old Briton outpointed the 39-year-old Ukrainian in Dusseldorf, Germany to bring his nine-ye…
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Can a French Friar End the 21st-Century Slave Trade? | Vanity Fair
Xavier Plassat is a friar of the Dominican order, a Frenchman who has worked for decades in the Brazilian Amazon and is renowned for his fight against slavery as it exists in our time.
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Save $230 On This High End Roomba, and Never Vacuum Again
Anyone who thinks vacuuming is the best chore is dead wrong. If you agree, you can delegate it to this high-end Roomba 780 for $369. That’s a whopping $230 less than usual, and the best of Amazon’s early Cyber Monday Deals.
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Geologists Confirm Mantle Plumes Generate Volcanic Hotspots – Scientific American
Dozens of exceptionally active volcanic sites dot the earth. But geologists have debated the cause of these so-called hotspots for decades.
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Final four begins to fall into place for College Football Playoff committee | Sport | The Guardian
The College Football Playoff selection committee is set up to have a pretty easy championship weekend. Clemson are in with a win. Alabama are in with a win. The winner of the Big Ten championship game between Iowa and Michigan State gets in.
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The Trade Press, Paywall Journalism, and Government Coverage – The Atlantic
Back in 2009, I had a job with a Washington, D.C.-based newsletter called Water Policy Report.
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Was the Syrian civil war partly caused by climate change? Prince Charles, for one, seems to think so.
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France’s anti-terror measures are unconstitutional – Al Jazeera English
The immediate reaction of French President Francois Hollande to the was to declare a state of emergency; for the fifth time in France’s history and the first time since the riots in the suburbs in 2005.
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Decide ‘Who Must Die’ in This Live Action Investigation Simulation | Motherboard
Ready for a harrowing imaginary scenario? You’re a doctor who’s been given the extremely difficult task of determining who, among three unique patients, is infected with a peculiar virus.
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IN recent weeks, two major medical organizations have issued independent warnings about toxic chemicals in products all around us. Unregulated substances, they say, are sometimes linked to breast and prostate cancer, genital deformities, obesity, di…
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Short Answers to Hard Questions About Climate Change : environment
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Cleveland prosecutor releases analysis of Tamir Rice surveillance footage | US news | The Guardian
Prosecutors in Ohio on Saturday released a frame-by-frame analysis of the surveillance camera footage first made public a year ago that shows a white Cleveland police officer fatally shooting a black 12-year-old boy who had a pellet gun.
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Stealth in Fallout 4 is like a developer-sanctioned god mode | Ars Technica
For better or worse, you know what to expect from stealth in a Bethesda game. In Skyrim you can walk into a room, steal everything from everyone present—including their clothes—and walk out without a single eyebrow being raised.
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Nostalgic for fudge-striped cookies? Bake them at home! | 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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Migrant crisis: Turkey and EU seek deal to limit refugees’ flow – BBC News
Turkish PM Ahmet Davutoglu is to meet European Union leaders in Brussels as they attempt to reach a deal to limit the flow of migrants to Europe. Turkey expects to receive money and political concessions in return for clamping down on its borders an…
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Paid Leave for Dads: A Feminist Issue – The Atlantic
While women have made significant headway when it comes professional equality, a shift of a similar magnitude hasn’t happened on the home front: Traditional gender roles persist at home, despite many couples’ best efforts to divide the work more equ…
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imgur, its time we sat down and had a chat about what youve done. – Imgur
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Les Miles ends losing streak and keeps coach’s job at LSU | Sport | The Guardian
Les Miles rode across the Tiger Stadium field on the shoulders of his players while fans chanted his name. It would have been quite a send-off, except LSU’s administration doesn’t want him going anywhere after all.
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The Bush presidency was my fault: I am so sorry my work stopped the Florida recount – 15 years ago, a Florida judge cited my stats theory and the recount ended. The Iraq War still torments me (salon.com)
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Hong Kong’s ‘pink’ dolphins under threat from airport and Macau bridge: Conservationists fear Hong Kong’s unique dolphins are at risk of disappearing due to loss of habitat and pollution from two major construction projects. (theguardian.com)
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Abortion Opponents Insist The Planned Parenthood Shooting Was Actually A Bank Robbery (thinkprogress.org)submitted 36 minutes ago by loading…
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Dead Can Dance – Anastasis [full album] excellent sound quality! – YouTube
Dead Can Dance – Anastasis https://t.co/tnzy8sxUux
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China accused of ‘tricking’ dissidents into deportation – Al Jazeera English
Bangkok, Thailand – The wife of one of two Chinese dissidents forcibly deported from Thailand to China has accused Chinese officials of posing as humanitarian workers to trick the men into signing their own deportation papers.
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Myanmar’s dazzling and dangerous festival of lights – Al Jazeera English
Shan State, Myanmar – High on the plateau of Myanmar’s Shan State – a region rife with insurgency and rich in ethnic diversity, located in the country that is the world’s second largest producer of opium in the world – the sky explodes in a galactic…
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Read Before Riding: Horses Have Consciousness
Horses were domesticated more than 5,000 years ago and have been deeply connected to humans ever since.
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Book Review: Science of the Magical – Scientific American
Science and magical thinking might seem at odds, but science journalist Kaplan demonstrates that they can inform and even influence each other.
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The World’s Rarest Ape Lives—and Sings—on a Chinese Island
When dawn breaks on Futou Ling, a mountain on Hainan Island off China’s south coast, the last remaining gibbons begin to sing. Males climb to the treetops, where their voices will carry the farthest, and start warbling, hooting, and shrieking.
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In the hours following the shooting that killed three people and injured nine at a Planned Parenthood center in Colorado Springs on Friday, many politicians and commentators were criticized for supposedly politicizing the tragedy. Some fell into the…
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Activist hackers from the Anonymous collective have claimed responsibility for bringing down five government websites in Iceland in a protest against whale-hunting by the North Atlantic nation. (csmonitor.com)
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Sparrows and swifts, which were commonly seen soaring in the sky or sitting on rooftops, are now disappearing from Peshawar. (tribune.com.pk)
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Reynisfjara black pebble beach. [3456 x 1944] : EarthPorn
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Reynisfjara black pebble beach. [3456 x 1944] (i.imgur.com) There might be some sort of a place that resembles this one. -
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GOP’s hell-bent on tearing us apart: A decades-long strategy to win by divisiveness now leads to President Donald Trump – GOP’s Southern strategy has won elections for 50 years. It’s also fragmented America and destroyed our politics (/r/CornbreadLi…
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How to Invent Our Way Out of Climate Change : environment How to Invent Our Way Out of Climate Change https://t.co/hMrwNCL8eu https://t.co/MDofW0ezVs via /r/environment tags: IFTTT Delicious via:packrati.us Long-Lost Lander: Researchers Hunting for Soviet Moon Probe Luna 9 The former Soviet Union’s historic Luna 9 lander, which in 1966 relayed…
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