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Stocks in Smith & Wesson, maker of some of the weapons used in the San Bernardino attacks, have surged in the days since the tragedy, in keeping with a pattern that sees the the share prices of gun manufacturers jump after high-profile shootings in …
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Lebanon Army Families Celebrate, Mourn After Swap | Al Jazeera America
Lebanese families tormented for more than a year by thoughts of what an Al-Qaeda-linked group in Syria might do to their abducted loved ones were finally relieved this week when the captives were set free in a prisoner exchange with the Lebanese gov…
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Wildlife Watch Crime Blotter: Turtle Smuggling in the U.S., Illegal Logging in Gabon, and More
Every Sunday, Wildlife Watch notes some of the previous week’s wildlife crime arrests and convictions around the world.
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Fernando Alonso says his criticisms of McLaren’s Honda engine over team radio helped focus the company on the need to make drastic changes. He said he felt like an “amateur” when repeatedly overtaken in Canada and in Japan called the engine “embarra…
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An Anthropologist Unravels the Mysteries of Mexican Migration
More than five million people were arrested between 2000 and 2013 while trying to cross the border from Mexico into Arizona. A further 6.4 million were apprehended in Texas, California, and New Mexico.
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Van Morrison – Warm Love (Audio) – YouTube
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Pampering used to promote health screening – BBC News
Persuading healthy people to have screening tests to look for warning signs for any serious conditions can be a tricky business for doctors. But a clinic in Kenya has come up with an innovative way of encouraging women to look after themselves – by …
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The Doobie Brothers – Listen to the Music – YouTube
The song on the branson commercials, full version and original
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These Shallow Graves by Jennifer Donnelly – review | Children’s books | The Guardian
This is an engaging historical thriller written by acclaimed author Jennifer Donnelly, which I enjoyed even more than her previous novels, A Gathering Light and Revolution. Set in 1890s New York, it is obviously very well researched and is brilliant…
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Climate change threatens Congo’s great apes – Al Jazeera English
Investigating Nigeria’s notorious baby farms and the criminals who abuse and exploit women for profit. Victims of abuse and rape during the South Sudanese civil war tell their stories of broken dreams and a stolen future.
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Azerbaijan continues search for missing oil rig workers – Al Jazeera English
Azerbaijan was searching on Sunday for 30 missing oil workers after a storm caused their offshore oil rig to catch fire.
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Leytonstone stabbing: ‘I hid behind a bin at station’ – BBC News
An eyewitness has told how he hid behind a bin following a stabbing at a London underground station, which police are treating as a terrorist incident. A man was arrested after being Tasered by police at Leytonstone station.
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Lanny Davis Hawks Citizenship in St. Kitts & Nevis – The Atlantic
Lanny Davis, the longtime D.C. fixer, lawyer, lobbyist, crisis-manager, influence-peddler, and professional friend-of-the-Clintons, would like to present to you his dear friend Timothy Harris, the prime minister of St. Kitts & Nevis. “The government…
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Jerry Falwell Jr.’s Troubling Remarks on Guns at Liberty University – The Atlantic
Liberty University’s motto is “training champions for Christ.” Apparently, the training offered by the evangelical college will now include a free concealed-weapons course for its students. At Liberty’s convocation service on Friday, the school pres…
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As part of the Pope’s Jubilee, images of nature will be projected on to St. Peter’s Basilica to illustrate his call for humans to be better stewards of “our common home.” (nytimes.com)
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Star Wars: ‘No nostalgia’ for Harrison Ford – BBC News
Star Wars actor Harrison Ford has said he felt no nostalgia when he returned to the role of Han Solo for the first time in more than 30 years. Ford joins other original cast members Mark Hamill and Carrie Fisher in Star Wars: The Force Awakens, whic…
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Escaping Burundi: Life in refuge – Al Jazeera English
Investigating Nigeria’s notorious baby farms and the criminals who abuse and exploit women for profit. Victims of abuse and rape during the South Sudanese civil war tell their stories of broken dreams and a stolen future.
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MLS Cup: the Timbers and Crew players who will decide the final | Football | The Guardian
It’s been a big year for the midfielder, and now it’s time to win a title. Nagbe, freshly ordained as a US citizen, was handed his first USA cap in the 6-1 mauling of St Vincent last month, and he has it all: skill, technique, ease in possession, a …
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Meet the refugee helping to feed Cleveland – Al Jazeera English
My name is Hsar Lar Doe. I am 32 years old. I was born in Gee Lo, a small village in the countryside of Myanmar. My family were farmers. My village was a “Dark Zone”. The soldiers didn’t need permission to kill villagers there.
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December 6, 1865: The Thirteenth Amendment, Prohibiting Slavery, Is Ratified | The Nation
With Georgia&rsquos ratification of the Thirteenth Amendment on this day in 1865, slavery was finally declared incompatible with the ideals of the United States Constitution, and was prohibited.
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Watch The TC Disrupt Hackathon Live Right Here! | TechCrunch
Ahoy, mates! We’re in foggy London town and Disrupt Europe 2015 is officially underway, as the Hackathon presentations kick off right now.
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Some Startups Actually Do Make the World a Better Place | Mother Jones
When Gabriel Metcalf co-founded City CarShare at the age of 26, the first technology platform to give urbanites easily access a car when they needed one—even for an hour—he wasn’t looking to cash in. Metcalf, an environmentally minded urban planner,…
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The innovators: the Californian scientists reinventing the web | Business | The Guardian
incredibly robust – five times stronger than steel – as well as flexible, elastic, soft and stable at high temperatures. They are properties that could be put to use in a wide range of consumer products.
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Wild raven gets human help to remove porcupine quills from its face. : videos
Wild raven gets human help to remove porcupine quills from its face. (youtube.com) Smart birds.
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Pearl Harbor’s Forgotten Fighter – The Daily Beast
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ISIL sells its oil, but who is buying it? – Al Jazeera English
Thanks to the illicit oil trade, millions of dollars enter the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant’s coffers on a daily basis. Although we are getting into guesswork, estimates have varied between $1m and $1.5m a day.
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Pearl Harbor’s Forgotten Fighter – The Daily Beast
When Japanese warplanes swooped down on the U.S. naval base at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii on Dec.
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UN refugees returned to China ‘confess’ to charges – Al Jazeera English
Two Chinese dissidents recognised as UN refugees who were forcibly deported from Thailand to China last month have appeared on Chinese state-run television and confessed to human-trafficking offences.
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Why Britain was right to vote Yes – Al Jazeera English
On Thursday, British planes were in action over Syria against the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) only hours after the government won a vote in the House of Commons that sanctioned the action.
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How one country made a dramatic shift to nearly 95% clean energy in just 10 years : environment
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Storm Desmond: UK severe flooding and extreme weather – live blog | Environment | The Guardian
Good morning. Welcome to our live coverage of Storm Desmond. The army has been deployed and families evacuated as the extreme weather brings heavy rain and strong winds to Scotland and northern England.
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The best celebrity memoirs of 2015 | Books | The Guardian
Reports of the death of the celebrity memoir are much exaggerated, if this year’s giant crop is anything to go by. The new trend? The hybrid memoir that is actually a manifesto, a diary, a collection of essays or even a long list of life tips.
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How one country made a dramatic shift to nearly 95% clean energy in just 10 years (businessinsider.com)submitted 16 minutes ago by loading…
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20 U.S. Billionaires Now Own as Much Wealth as Half of All Americans : politics
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I DO NOT own guns, and the last time I discharged a firearm was on “Second Amendment Day” at a conservative journalism program many years ago. (Yes, dear reader, that’s how conservative journalism programs roll.
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Venezuela prepares for tense congressional elections – BBC News
People in Venezuela are set to vote in congressional elections that are seen as the first serious challenge to the governing socialists in 17 years. Opinion polls suggest a broad opposition coalition could capitalise on widespread frustration over f…
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Psssst, America….it doesn’t have to be this way. The headline itself doesn’t bother me. The decades of poor trade agreements pushed through by both republican and democrat administrations are what bother me.
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‘Palestinian children live in trauma without end’ – Al Jazeera English
Rafah, Gaza Strip – Ismail Abu Shebab, a shy 11-year-old taking a break from school, opened his mouth to speak – but the overhead roar of Israeli warplanes made his words nearly inaudible. As the aircraft came closer, Abu Shebab grew silent.
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Elizeu Araújo de Melo Batista – Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Elizeu is a right back. He plays for G.D. Estoril Praia in Portugal. He played in the Internacional B.
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COP21: UK under fire on climate policy – BBC News
Allegations of hypocrisy will be levelled at the UK when the Climate Secretary Amber Rudd appears at the Paris climate summit on Monday. Environmentalists say the UK government is talking impressively on climate change to its international audience,…
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John Kerry warns Israel on danger of PA collapse – Al Jazeera English
The US secretary of state has warned Israel on the danger of a possible collapse of the Palestinian Authority, saying its demise would threaten the security of the Jewish state.
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With not one, but two major releases to plug, there’s no secret why Ryan Gosling’s appearance as host was something of a gimme.
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Displaced Yemenis seek refuge in Taiz schools – Al Jazeera English
Taiz, Yemen – When Yemen’s civil war came to Taiz last April, many residents living in conflict zones fled to rural areas surrounding the city. With no other place to stay, thousands of the displaced people took refuge in schools, where they continu…
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Actor Morgan Freeman in plane scare – BBC News
Image copyright Getty Images Image caption Morgan Freeman: “We landed safely without a scratch… I cannot say the same about my plane” A private plane carrying Oscar-winning actor Morgan Freeman was forced to make an emergency landing, but the star…
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Cookie by Jacqueline Wilson – review | Children’s books | The Guardian
Cookie by Jacqueline Wilson is wonderful! A truly warm book that made me laugh, cry, feel angry and scared all at the same time. I loved beauty weather she was beautiful or not. She was an intelligent and brave character who respected her Dad but fo…
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Jackie Morris’s snow animals – in pictures | Children’s books | The Guardian
Skip to main content Children’s books Jackie Morris’s snow animals – in pictures Pull on a cosy jumper and prepare to chill out with Jackie Morris’s glorious paintings of polar bears, snow leopards and foxes in deep snow Sunday 6 December 2015 04.
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RIVERSIDE, Calif. — They sat in the kitchen of a modest beige stucco home here Friday night — two sisters reeling over an event that has devastated this community and, by the sisters’ account, their family. Two of their children watched cartoons in …
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Staying Up Late At The Disrupt London Hackathon | TechCrunch
Dropping by the Disrupt London hackathon at around midnight, we expected to see many participants losing energy or flat-out asleep — and understandably so. Instead, almost everyone remained appallingly friendly, enthusiastic and eager to talk about …
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Seychelles heads for an election runoff – Al Jazeera English
The Seychelles will go to an unprecedented presidential election runoff after all six candidates in the first round failed to secure a 50 percent share of the vote, the electoral commission said on Sunday.
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‘Based on a true story’: the fine line between fact and fiction | Books | The Guardian
Frontiers are always changing, advancing. Borders are fixed, man-made, squabbled about and jealously fought over. The frontier is an exciting, demanding – and frequently lawless – place to be.
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Deadly train-bus collision in Indonesia – Al Jazeera English
A commuter train slammed into a passenger minibus at a railroad crossing in Indonesia’s capital on Sunday, killing at least 14 people and seriously injuring 10 others.
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The best biographies of 2015 | Books | The Guardian
Half a century after TS Eliot’s death, a year of literary biographies kicked off well with Young Eliot: From St Louis to The Waste Land by Robert Crawford (Jonathan Cape).
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The pirates of Southeast Asia – Al Jazeera English
The waters of Southeast Asia have more incidents of piracy than any other part of the world. The region overtook Somalia as the main piracy hub in 2014. The Malacca Strait is one of the most strategic sea lanes in the world and it’s also one of th…
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President Barack Obama on Sunday night will deliver a rare Oval Office address, about terror threats in the aftermath of the San Bernardino, California, shootings that claimed 14 lives (cnn.com)submitted 8 hours ago by loading…
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The best novels of 2015 | Books | The Guardian
This has been quite a year for the novel, one of those exquisite vintages that come along every decade or so and scotch any critical doom-mongering about the death of the form.
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Green is good for the planet, but it’s no go for reindeer | Environment | The Guardian
It’s cold. Minus 10, 12 perhaps, and getting dark; the butter-fingers of a rising moon evident on the eastern horizon. Ill-equipped (the forecasts were for minus five), my ears start to hurt, and I pull in my hood. By the time you read this it will …
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Meet Negan: The Walking Dead’s Most Vicious Villain – The Daily Beast
Negan is coming to The Walking Dead—and he’s bringing all-out war with him. The very sound of the iconic comic book villain’s name, uttered onscreen for the first time in a post-finale teaser last Sunday, unleashed waves of giddy anticipation among …
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Attack kills governor of Yemen’s Aden – Al Jazeera English
The governor of Yemen’s port city of Aden, Major-General Jaafar Mohammed Saad, has been killed in an attack along with six of his bodyguards. Unknown assailants reportedly fired a rocket-propelled grenade at Saad’s car in the Tawahi district in Aden…
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Economists are split between those who see the world economy coming together and those who believe its major trading blocs are heading in opposite directions. It might only be a couple of weeks before we find out who is right.
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Governor of Yemen city of Aden ‘killed’ – BBC News
Flood waters are expected to reach their peak between 09:00 and 12:00 GMT after heavy rain from Storm Desmond hit northern England and southern Scotland.
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US gun killings: sadly, we all know the drill too well | US news | The Guardian
One terrible thing about news and news values is how repetition weakens their impact: the shock and awe drain away as horror becomes routine. This process could be seen in action as mass killings in San Bernardino followed mass murders in Colorado S…
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Gandalf forced a party on Bilbo to get rid of all his food so he wouldn’t have a rotten pantry when he came back. (self.Showerthoughts) Scene from The Hobbit where Bilbo comes home, because he’s such a badass.
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Monks Lighting Lanterns Image, Thailand – National Geographic Photo of the Day
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Harvey Weinstein, who’s positioned The Hateful Eight for Oscars and Golden Globes gold, has rightly called the movie Quentin Tarantino’s most political to date.
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The teams are set. How the College Football Playoff selection committee ranks them is all that remains to be seen. Here’s who is in: Clemson, Alabama, Oklahoma, Michigan State.
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MLS Cup: Columbus Crew v Portland Timbers – which team is stronger? | Football | The Guardian
Crew: Steve Clark’s “Yes! Yes! Yes!” celebration has been one of the more colorful aspects of Crew SC’s run to the final, with the goalkeeper running to the Nordeke after each victory and leading the WWE-inspired chant with the fans after each victo…
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France to hold first elections after Paris attacks – Al Jazeera English
France’s far-right National Front (FN) is widely predicted win control of at least one region for the first time, as the country holds regional elections, three weeks after the deadly attacks in Paris.
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Samuel L. Jackson Speaks Out Against the Racial Profiling of Muslims Post-San Bernardino https://t.co/nFw6EEOPwx https://t.co/8uBQttvRhK
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Tree by tree, more than a dozen African governments pledged to restore the continent’s natural forests at the United Nations climate talks on Sunday (bigstory.ap.org)submitted 12 minutes ago by loading…
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Monks Lighting Lanterns Image, Thailand – National Geographic Photo of the Day
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“We have to be these very nice kinds of Negroes so that we feel safe walking around,” Hateful Eight star Samuel L. Jackson declared Saturday at a press conference in Los Angeles, where talk of Quentin Tarantino’s violent new Western touched frequent…
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Goalkeeper destroys the turf near the penalty spot to make sure the penalty taker slips and misses. (streamable.com) Start of a turf war.
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As a lifelong neurotic, I sympathize with the daily struggle to conquer human-to-human small talk. Parties, weddings, bars, offices, public transportation: Small talk is all around us. Holiday party season makes it worse.
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The eco guide to heating your home | Environment | The Guardian
Cranking up the thermostat will cost you – and the planet: heating a room by an extra degree for a year equals 310-360kg of extra carbon dioxide released into the atmosphere. Of course fossil fuels belong in the ground.
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Bumblebee nests | Bumblebee Conservation Trust : environment
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Deck the halls with beards of Tandy, fa-la-la-la-la, la-la-la-la · What’s On Tonight · The A.V. Club
Here’s what’s up in the world of TV for Sunday, December 6. All times are Eastern. It was easy when Phil was the group’s common enemy, but now that they all have gotten to know each other’s personal failings, everyone becomes the enemy.
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Tell us about your pop-culture weekend: December 4 – December 6 · AVQ&A · The A.V. Club
We’ve expanded the definition of AVQ&A—our weekly thought-starter—by asking you (and us) a simple question each week: What pop culture did you consume this weekend, and what did you think of it? If you have suggestions for AVQ&A questions, big or sm…
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After San Bernardino – The New Yorker
Syed Rizwan Farook walked out of a conference room at the Inland Regional Center, in San Bernardino, twice last Wednesday.
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APOD: 2015 December 5 – Kepler Orrery IV
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How to scare your kids this holiday season : funny
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SNL’s Donald Trump Wishes Everyone But Muslims a Very Merry Christmas – The Daily Beast
Tonight’s Saturday Night Live opened with a very special anti-Muslim Christmas message from Donald and Melania Trump.
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Long-awaited breakthrough in Libya’s political deadlock – Al Jazeera English
Libya’s bitter political rivals have signed an agreement aimed at resolving the country’s deep political crisis with elections to be held within two years. GNC and House of Representatives politicians are expected to name an interim president and a …
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Sunday Talk: Thoughts and prayers
This week, America the beautiful was (allegedly) subjected to yet another (and another) mass shooting.
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Daniel Jacobs retains world title with 85-second destruction of Peter Quillin | Sport | The Guardian
Daniel Jacobs retained his WBA middleweight title with a stunning first-round knockout of Peter Quillin on Saturday night at the Barclays Center.
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Open thread: Gun violence, the caliphate and progress
What’s coming up on Sunday Kos … We are more afraid than ever of gun violence.
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DUNBLANE, Scotland — It is a simple plaque for the 16 children gunned down that day in March 1996, set on a small, stone column outside the primary school that continues to educate this town’s young. Built on a slope between trees and overgrown shru…
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“Esther” begins with the most promising five minutes of The Returned’s second season: The story of how one of those mute women wound up in Toni and Serge’s cabin (with special guest Victor), followed by Toni setting the day’s agenda for himself and …
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My Stylist is kind of a genius. Northern Lights inspired. : pics
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Former Myanmar military ruler Than Shwe ‘supports new leader’ – BBC News
Myanmar’s former military ruler sees erstwhile foe Aung San Suu Kyi as the country’s “future leader” and has pledged support for her in a secret meeting, the general’s grandson said. Details of Friday’s meeting between the two was revealed by Genera…
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The Sports Bubble Is About to Pop – The Daily Beast
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Fracking is still not the answer: Gas will not solve the climate-warming problem. : environment
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Outdoor Advertising Is The New Black | TechCrunch
Big cities like San Francisco and New York are digital meccas, home to many of the world’s largest technology startups — and to hordes of smartphone-toting, app-using consumers.
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Fracking is still not the answer: Gas will not solve the climate-warming problem. (salon.com) The only way companies will stop producing fossil fuel for utilization is when consumers refuse to buy them. If you are buying them, you are contributing t…
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See The Animals That Have Already Died Off As The Pace Of Extinction Speeds Up : environment
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The Sports Bubble Is About to Pop – The Daily Beast
Your favorite sports team is massively overvalued right now. It’s not that you ought to be losing sleep over Jerry Jones’ or Mark Cuban’s finances—they were rich before and will be rich after.
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Dumb Inspirational Quotes, Dumber People – The Daily Beast
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VW Destroys Myth of Efficient Germans – The Daily Beast
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President Tyler’s Pudding Pie – The Daily Beast
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Beast Fiction: The Urn (Part III) – The Daily Beast
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Expect Some Serious Celebrating When The Queen Turns 90 – The Daily Beast
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Goodbye To Japan’s Manga King – The Daily Beast
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The Civil War Almost Didn’t End Slavery – The Daily Beast
The American Civil War could have ended without the abolition of slavery. Such an outcome is difficult to imagine because Americans tend to frame the end of slavery as part of the nation’s inevitable march toward greater freedom.
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Don’t Trust the Lines in Japan – The Daily Beast
In 2007, a curious item from Reuters popped up in some news feeds: “Beijing Institutes Queueing Day.” This was in the lead-up to the 2008 Summer Olympics: The People’s Republic of China, the article said, wanted its citizens to be on their best beha…
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Ben Carson today took audience questions, including one asking him to “vow to not be a puppet like Obama for the New World Order.” Carson promised to only be a puppet for God (buzzfeed.com)submitted 3 hours ago by loading…
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This story was never about Gallifrey. As far as the Doctor is concerned, his home planet is somewhere between a distraction and a means to an end. For anyone hoping for big revelations in the wake of Gallifrey’s return, that’s bound to be a bit of a…
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WASHINGTON — The day before Thanksgiving, President Obama reassured Americans there was “no specific and credible intelligence indicating a plot on the homeland.” Seven days later came an explosion of gunfire and the deadliest terrorist attack in Am…
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How A Woman Joins ISIS – The Daily Beast
Colleagues of San Bernardino shooter Syed Farook are now alleging that it was his wife, Tashfeen Malik, who was the spark for radicalization. CNN reported Friday, citing a U.S. official, that Malik pledged allegiance to ISIS “caliph” Abu Bakr al-Bag…
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Forget DiCaprio: These Are The Real Stars of Art Basel Miami Beach – The Daily Beast
Art Basel Miami Beach is by some measure the most media-drenched of the big city art fairs, so close attention is paid to such bold-faced names from outside the art world as to those within.
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No, We’re Not Facing World War III – The Daily Beast
“And then we get World War III.” With that crushing rejoinder, most arguments about how to deal with Vladimir Putin move towards a sterile conclusion. The Russian leader sits on the world’s second-biggest nuclear arsenal. He has shown he is willing …
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President Tyler’s Pudding Pie – The Daily Beast
We are back!! Last weekend I was just too full to even think about food (and that is saying something). I am surprised I didn’t develop gout, considering the epic sized portions I consumed. Well, with a week of rest, I am back up and baking. To the …
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Expect Some Serious Celebrating When The Queen Turns 90 – The Daily Beast
Most of us, approaching our ninetieth birthdays, might plan a delicious dinner with family, or perhaps a lunch party for close friends. We would probably not choose to host a four-day party for 25,000 people, followed by a picnic lunch for 5,000 on …
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‘The Tainted Veil’: Muslim Women Confront the Power and Legacy of the Hijab – The Daily Beast
The Tainted Veil—a new documentary on the practice of veiling in Islam—is certainly not trying to set the world on fire.
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Beast Fiction: The Urn (Part III) – The Daily Beast
The day Chef Gong disappeared, the restaurant hosted a fantastic party, and so no one noticed that the scrawny Siberian was missing until it was too late. The occasion for the fête was Philomena’s 11th birthday.
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VW Destroys Myth of Efficient Germans – The Daily Beast
For generations the German brand has thrived on a reputation for engineering excellence created and delivered with a clinical efficiency. No matter what other national characteristics were suggested by history, this one has been swallowed whole, and…
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The Revolutionary’s Longest Love Story – The Daily Beast
Daniel Frederick Bakeman, the leathery New York farmer who lived long enough to become the American Revolution’s last surviving veteran, played his part brilliantly. He despised the British until his death at 109.
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Brown University Professor Denounces ‘McCarthy’ Witch-Hunts – The Daily Beast
It would be difficult to accuse Brown University of ignoring or dismissing the value of diversity on campus. Brown’s President Christina H.
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Dumb Inspirational Quotes, Dumber People – The Daily Beast
Life begins at the end of your comfort zone. Stars can’t shine without darkness. A goal without a plan is just a wish.
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Best of Breslin: The Chinese Verdict – The Daily Beast
From the start, Klein the Lawyer felt it was going to take another power, the hand of the unseen, a Christmas ghost to get him through the case. On the day he went to court to begin the case, back in the first week of December, all the signs were ba…
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Trump Keeps Insulting Our 9/11 Dead – The Daily Beast
Because Donald Trump has to destroy everything in his path, why not the true history 9/11? Trump would have us revise and edit our historical memory of 9/11, turning it from a unifying narrative of heroism, tragedy, and war and recast it to serve th…
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France votes in first election since Paris attacks – BBC News
France will go to the polls on Sunday in the first round of regional elections and what is seen as the first electoral test since the Paris attacks. The elections are viewed as a test of public support for the government’s response to the attacks on…
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TIL that there are more museums in the US than McDonalds and Starbucks combined : UpliftingNews
I still go to McDonalds way more than museums. Why is this uplifting?
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Abstinence-only sex ed is like a defensive driving course that says, “Don’t drive.” : Showerthoughts
That’s probably the best comparison I’ve heard today. If I didn’t drive when you were younger, you wouldn’t have been born, son.
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The Doctor Who Finale Had Such a Great Ending, I Forgive Everything
I had some mixed feelings about tonight’s episode of Doctor Who. The plot of the episode (and the season) felt severely half-baked, to say the least, and great moments intermingled freely with a certain amount of WTF. But that ending? Was the greate…
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‘Ash vs. Evil Dead’ Recap: Hell’s Kitchen | Rolling Stone
You got horror in my comedy! You got comedy in my horror! Stop — you’re both right! With the possible exception of Ghostbusters, the Evil Dead franchise is the greatest horror-comedy hybrid yet devised.
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Obama Describes U.S. Gun Law Loophole as ‘Insane’: “Right now, people on the No-Fly list can walk into a store and buy a gun. That is insane. If you’re too dangerous to board a plane, you’re too dangerous, by definition, to buy a gun.” (nbcnews.com)
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It’s easy to forget the gory roots of Ash Vs. Evil Dead.
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Greek parliament approves austere 2016 budget – BBC News
Greece’s parliament has narrowly approved the 2016 budget that includes sharp spending cuts and some tax increases amid economic recession. The budget was passed with a majority of only eight votes – 153 to 145.
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Murders are at a record low and falling in the U.S. | Washington Examiner : politics
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Man With Machete Shouts “This Is For Syria” And Slashes Londoner’s Throat : news
Impossible, they don’t have targeted killings, terrorism, and mass violence in Europe like they do in the US. Because of like…the guns and NRA..acceptance of refugees…better like such as….and stuff. Brett Favre.
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Murders are at a record low and falling in the U.S. | Washington Examiner (washingtonexaminer.com) Here are the actual FBI stats. Note that murders involving firearms are far, far lower than virtually all media sources habitually claim.
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Storm Desmond brings flooding and disruption to parts of UK – BBC News
People in large areas of northern England and Scotland have been warned to prepare for flooding as Storm Desmond continues to bring heavy rain. Seventeen severe flood warnings, which indicate danger to life, are in place in Cumbria and Northumberlan…
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Alabama Is In: Updated College Football Projections (Final Weekend!) | FiveThirtyEight
The Tide are rolling into the College Football Playoff. After dominating Florida 29-15 to win the SEC championship, Alabama is a lock for the playoff according to FiveThirtyEight’s model — though you probably didn’t need fancy stats to tell you that.
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Spotlight on green news & views: Paris climate talks; no mention of climate change in TPP
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Comcast Panics: Minnesota Rolls Out Free High-Speed Internet Funded by Taxing the Rich : politics
Panicking that their tens of billions might be reduced to just a few billions. Some of the super rich get it-you can’t hoard it all, the wealth must be shard. Others will just have to learn the hard way.
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Tashfeen Malik: who was the ‘shy housewife’ turned San Bernardino killer? | US news | The Guardian
As law enforcement officials begin to piece together what led two California residents to shoot and kill 14 people at a social services centre in San Bernardino, the personal history of the one of the killers remains largely unknown: that of Tashfee…
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Profile: Hilary Benn steps out of late father’s shadow – BBC News
The odds on Hilary Benn becoming the next Labour leader dramatically shortened after his headline grabbing Commons speech in favour of Syria air strikes – but who is he? If the Labour Party has an aristocracy, then the Benn family must take pride of…
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Oliver! and the plight of modern homelessness – BBC News
The musical Oliver! is one of the staples of holiday entertainment – a hungry orphan asks for more and ends up with a home and a family. In a new production opening at Arena Stage in Washington this week, the happy ending is still there.
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Dating apps prove factor in HIV rise among adolescents – BBC News
More adolescents are killed by HIV/Aids around the world than by anything else, apart from road traffic accidents. While HIV infection rates have been falling globally in the past 10 years or so, among adolescents in some regions they have been on t…
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Migrant crisis: The hard road through Bulgaria – BBC News
As Bulgaria steps up security at its borders, migrants travelling through the country to Serbia face tougher checks from police. The BBC’s Nick Thorpe spoke to some of those who made it to Serbia.
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Is China really scared of ghost films? – BBC News
It was reported that the film Crimson Peak didn’t get released in China because it had ghosts in it, which goes against the Communist Party’s secular principles. But is that the whole story? Artist and horror fan Aowen Jin is not so sure.
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FBI searches house near scene of San Bernardino shooting | US news | The Guardian
US federal agents have conducted a search in Riverside, California, an FBI spokeswoman has confirmed.
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Martin Shkreli was trying to explain himself, so he turned to YouTube. In the conference room at Turing Pharmaceuticals, the company he heads, his fingers flew across a laptop keyboard, and up popped a YouTube video on a large wall screen.
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3 stabbed at London tube station in terror attack, police say : worldnews
Fuck. Not again. Muslim things?
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BBC Sport – Luis Suarez or Sergio Aguero would score for us – Van Gaal
Manchester United manager Louis van Gaal says “the goals are coming” for his side despite another goalless draw. United drew 0-0 with West Ham, a fifth such scoreline in their past nine games in all competitions.
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SAN BERNARDINO, Calif. — The noise was deafening. The blast of gunshots. The piercing shriek of a fire alarm, and the torrent of water gushing from the sprinkler system, mixing with the blood on the floor.
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This week in the war on workers: Don Blankenship escapes full justice for Upper Big Branch
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4 Big Unresolved Questions in the Draft Climate Agreement
Negotiators from 195 countries signed off on a draft climate agreement here Saturday, but the document left so many huge questions unanswered that the real work is only just beginning.
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Ross Ulbricht’s top confidante, Variety Jones, arrested in Thailand | Ars Technica
The man believed to be Silk Road founder Ross Ulbricht’s closest adviser has finally been apprehended. In a statement published Friday, the FBI said that Roger Thomas Clark, known online as “Variety Jones,” “VJ” and “Cimon,” was arrested in Thailand.
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Hard times on Kabul’s Chicken Street – BBC News
Hard times on Kabul’s Chicken Street 6 December 2015 Last updated at 00:08 Chicken Street is Kabul’s most famous shopping area where people went to buy Afghan souvenirs, but the departure of foreign troops and workers has hit business hard, reports …
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Mourning the death of the ‘messiah of Africa’ – BBC News
When Muammar Gaddafi was toppled in 2011, there were scenes of jubilation in Libya. But Jake Wallis Simons didn’t have to go far in Ghana to find those who have fond memories of the executed Libyan leader, and are still mourning his loss.
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The leafy suburb of Highgate in north London has long enjoyed a liberal, even radical, reputation.
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A vast global edifice was built on the use of fossil fuels | letters | Global | The Guardian
Will Hutton states that living standards have risen fortyfold in the past 250 years thanks to capitalism, science and technology (“Innovation will save our warming planet – so where is the investment?”, Comment).
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Every week, we share a number of downloads for all platforms to help you get things done. Here were the top downloads from this week. Android 4.1+: Doze is one of the best new features in Android Marshmallow, which stops apps from using the network …
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This week in the war on workers: Don Blankenship escapes full justice for Upper Big Branch
Former Massey Energy CEO Don Blankenship didn’t get off the hook entirely for his role in the Upper Big Branch Mine explosion that killed 29 coal miners in 2010, but he didn’t face full justice, either.
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Carrie Fisher Gives The Best Morning Show Interview You’ll Ever See – Digg
11 diggs ABCNews Movies Fame TV Fisher appeared in the original Star Wars trilogy as Princess Leia, and will return in the upcoming film. And this interview with her (and her dog) on “Good Morning America” is just great — even the film crew can’t st…
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Our Clearest Look Yet At Pluto’s Surface – Digg
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MLS backs David Beckham’s stadium plan for Miami’s Overtown district | Football | The Guardian
Major League Soccer has given its backing to David Beckham’s proposed stadium site for his planned expansion team in Miami.
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Sanders is absolutely right; only the radical right wing of the GOP is against the belief of climate change. But they influence others with bribe and blackmail so congress is not able to come together to pass laws limiting our energy use and passing…
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Police treating London stabbing as ‘terrorist incident’ – Al Jazeera English
Detectives from London’s Counter Terrorism Command are treating a stabbing attack in which a man wounded three people at an underground rail station in Britain’s capital as a “terrorist incident”.
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Edtech Should Focus On Teacher Evaluation And Accountability | TechCrunch
Anxious to learn coding before college? There is a MOOC for that. Want to connect with parents daily? There is a free messaging service for that. Social media capabilities in the classroom? That’s available as an app, on Google Play or for Windows.
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OK…the headline is slightly misleading… He states that he meant for students to be able to end assaults like San Bernardino and Paris. He isn’t advocating for the end of all Muslims… He did say “end those Muslims” and not “end those mass shoot…
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Icebergs Make Waves off South Georgia Island : Image of the Day
Icebergs that break off from Antarctica can stay afloat in the Southern Ocean for years. Some become stuck, while others drift in the currents that circle the continent. Where those currents are interrupted by South Georgia Island, some bergs make a…
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WeChat Blocks Uber (Again) In Ongoing China Rideshare War | Motherboard
Chinese technology company Tencent has blocked Uber from its messaging app WeChat once again, the latest blow to the ride-hailing company in its quest to win over China. Reports emerged on Friday that Tencent had “permanently” blocked all Uber WeCha…
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Pink Floyd’s ‘Dark Side of the Moon’ Still Sells Over 10,000 Copies Each Week : Music
It’s a gas. Perfect metre, people!!
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Cut a Stuck Nail or Screw With This Woodworking Hand Saw Trick
When you have a nail or screw you can’t seem to remove, cutting it down might be your best option. If you don’t have a metal saw around, this trick will let you use the backside of a normal woodworking hand saw and avoid damaging the teeth.
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Defying The Darkness: Paris Terror Won’t Stop Hanukkah Lighting – The Daily Beast
PARIS—For a city struggling to regain a sense of normalcy after the , Hanukkah celebrations have an even deeper significance this year. But the annual Jewish festival of lights, which kicks off on Sunday, was nearly another casualty of the attacks.
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Top Jeb Bush donor would vote for Hillary over Donald : politics
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A Vast Archive, Long Closed, Opens Its Doors Again In Jerusalem : NPR
The century-old Khalidi library holds the largest private manuscript collection in Jerusalem. It closed shortly after the Six-Day War. Now the Khalidis have decided it’s time to reopen.
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Tube stabbing ‘terrorist incident’ – 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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Suspect in London Underground Stabbing Said to Shout That Attack Was for ‘Mother Syria’ | VICE News
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At Heart Of Refugee-Resettlement Debate, A Rift Between Church And State : NPR
The resettling of Syrian refugees in the U.S. has become a political and religious flashpoint. On Friday, for instance, Texas dropped its request for a federal court to immediately block Syrian refugees from entering the state.
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Def will vote hillary over donald, no brainer. It is a sad time to be a republican. I’d support Trump over Clinton, but Clinton over any of the other Republicans. It’s a sad time to be Republican or Democrat, most people just want an outsider.
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Police fatally shoot Miami Beach robbery suspect amid Art Basel | US news | The Guardian
A robbery suspect was shot and killed by Miami Beach police Saturday morning, as the city was in the midst of the international Art Basel festival. An alleged video of the incident has circulated widely on social media, though it remains unconfirmed…
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Ask Stoya: Stoya is on hiatus | The Verge
Hello friends! Usually, you’d be reading a column here where Stoya answers your questions. But as you may have heard, she’s going through a rough patch right now. Not only is she out of the country shooting a movie, she’s just done something very br…
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Would like to meet the badass who drives this van : pics
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Hours After San Bernardino Shooting, Muslim Community Condemned Attack : NPR
Much is still being learned about the shootings in San Bernardino, Calif., but one thing was clear very early on: how the Council on American-Islamic Relations, or CAIR, stood on the attack.
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Here’s What the ‘Final Fantasy VII’ Remake for PS4 Looks Like | Motherboard
Final Fantasy fans lost their minds earlier this year at E3, when Sony and publisher Square announced a remake of the classic PlayStation role-playing game Final Fantasy VII.
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This Augmented Reality App Reveals the “Truth” Behind Political Campaigns | Motherboard
When Venezuelans go to the polls this Sunday to elect all 167 members of the National Assembly, they will be deciding whether to continue the 17-year legislative majority of President Nicolas Maduro’s socialist party.
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You’ll Know When The Pipe Is Unclogged – Digg
15 diggs Funny Internet That wasn’t the paint job you wanted for your truck.
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The Lessons Of The Montgomery Bus Boycott, Set To A Modern-Day Beat : NPR
The city of Montgomery, Ala., marked the 60th anniversary of its historic bus boycott. How do local young people view the events of the past and their role in the future of civil rights?
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The Local Goes Global, As Mayors Talk Climate Change In Paris : NPR
With nations struggling to agree on how to reduce greenhouse emissions, many cities have stepped in to fill the gap. Some 1,000 mayors from around the world pledged new measures in Paris this week.
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A Marine On Gender Integration: ‘This Is A Team Effort’ : NPR
The Pentagon announced Thursday that combat roles in the American military will now be open to women. Marine Lt. Col. Kate Germano discusses how the Corps will work to integrate women into those jobs.
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Barbershop: San Bernardino, Chicago And The Yellow Brick Road : NPR
In the Barbershop, Arsalan Iftikhar, Bridget Johnson and Jimi Izrael discuss the San Bernardino shootings, the shakeups in the Chicago Police Department, and NBC’s live production of The Wiz.
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A Look Back On Montgomery Bus Boycott — And What It Says About The Future : NPR
As the nation marks the 60th anniversary of the historic Montgomery bus boycott, listen to a selection from a panel discussion led by NPR’s Michel Martin about the history and future of civil rights.
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As San Bernardino Recovers, FBI Delves Into Digital Footprints Of Shooters : NPR
The FBI is now investigating the mass shooting in San Bernardino, Calif., that killed 14 people as an act of terrorism. At the site of the attack, workers were allowed to retrieve their cars Saturday.
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This little lady comes over for lovins every day : cats
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Introducing Maxwell, my second siamese ragdoll kitten : cats
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That Time Ronald Reagan Visited Star Trek: The Next Generation And Took The Captain’s Chair
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In my regular ‘So You Want To Join The Empire’ column, I’ve gotten the question a bit: why dress up as the bad guys of Star Wars, given the iconography? The LA Times goes into how the 501st Legion went from a Geocities site for Stormtrooper enthusia…
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LPT: Potatoes are cheaper than Ramen, have more nutritional value, and will keep you full longer (self.
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My friend is a pet groomer and had a very angry customer. : pics
My friend is a pet groomer and had a very angry customer. (imgur.com) Looks like Jeremy Irons. That cat must have an English accent.
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Toxic Tours and Civil Disobedience: COP21 – Climate Emergency (Dispatch 3) | VICE News
Activists at the COP21 conference in Paris are outraged by the fossil fuel industry’s influence over the talks, claiming that big business is hijacking the pivotal climate negotiations by providing official sponsorships that allow them to get away w…
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Kano’s Educational Operating System Now Works on the Raspberry Pi Zero
Kano’s Raspberry Pi kit is a bit of a crowd favorite, even though it clock in a bit on the expensive side. The bright orange colors combined with the custom operating system built for learning makes it appealing for kids learning to code.
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Ringo Starr’s Personal ‘White Album’ Sells for World Record $910,000 | Rolling Stone
Ringo Starr’s personal copy of the Beatles’ The White Album, numbered No.0000001, sold for a world record $790,000 Saturday at the Julien’s Live auction of instruments and items from Starr and wife Barbara Bach’s estate.
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Is Burundi on the brink of civil war? – Al Jazeera English
The US special envoy for Africa’s Great Lakes region says Burundi is at risk of descending into total chaos. Thomas Perriello is calling for urgent regional mediation to establish a peace process between the government and opposition groups to prev…
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On an Australian national television station, ABC 24, commentators struggled to make sense of American inaction in response to mass shootings from Columbine to San Bernardino.
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Vatican appoints PricewaterhouseCoopers to audit accounts – BBC News
The Vatican has ordered the first ever external audit of its accounts as part of Pope Francis’ efforts to reform the Roman Catholic Church. The auditor, accounting giant PricewaterhouseCoopers, will start work immediately, a papal spokesman said.
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Colombia says it has found ‘holy grail’ of shipwrecks – Al Jazeera English
One of the world’s most valuable shipwrecks has been found by Colombia’s military off the coast of the city of Cartagena, President Juan Manual Santos announced.
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At Least One Dead and 30 Missing After Oil Rig Catches Fire in the Caspian Sea | VICE News
At least one person is dead and 30 others are missing after an offshore oil rig caught fire on Friday in the Caspian Sea. The rig reportedly went up in flames when a gas pipeline in the oil field was damaged in heavy wind.
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The “Emergence Lab” is a hand painted anamorphic sculpture. Its title refers to a phenomenon called emergence. More here: http://thomasmedicus.at/emergence-lab/ Film supported by Wildruf (http://wildruf.at/) Mastering @ SymbioArts
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Doubling down on desires expressed earlier this year by Lucasfilm president Kathleen Kennedy, The Los Angeles Times is reporting that the people responsible for Star Wars have recently met with four unnamed directors and three unnamed screenwriters,…
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University President Urges Students To Carry Guns And ‘End Those Muslims’ | ThinkProgress
Liberty University president Jerry Falwell Jr. urged more students to carry guns on Friday, arguing that if the victims of Wednesday’s attack in San Bernardino, California were armed, they would have been able to protect themselves from the attacker…
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Taliban release audio message to prove leader is alive – Al Jazeera English
The Afghan Taliban have released an audio message purportedly from their leader dismissing claims that he was killed in a gunfight during a gathering of several Taliban figures in Pakistan.
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Here’s what happened when Beijing banned driving for 2 weeks (niume.com)submitted 7 minutes ago by loading…
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Venezuela reflects on Chavez era ahead of election – Al Jazeera English
On Sunday, it will be 17 years to the day since Hugo Chavez swept in to power in Venezuela. It is also the day Venezuelans will go to polls to elect a new Congress.
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Found this dead end street name Redditt in the backwoods of Memphis, TN. : mildlyinteresting
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Bernie Sanders Hits The Kochs Where It Hurts With People Before Polluters Plan. : environment
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Don’t break the chain (i.imgur.com)submitted 21 minutes ago by loading…
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“Something bad is happening,” Donald J. Trump warned New Hampshire voters Tuesday night, casting suspicions on Muslims and mosques. “Something really dangerous is going on.” “There is something going on with him that we don’t know about,” Mr.
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Shooting and Hostage Situation at Wisconsin Motorcycle Shop Ends With Two in Custody | VICE News
Police have reportedly taken two people into custody after a shooting and hostage situation at a motorcycle shop in Wisconsin that injured two people, including a police officer.
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New Force Awakens Featurette Introduces A New Cast To The Star Wars Legacy
There’s a new featurette for The Force Awakens on the web, featuring Daisy Ridley, J.J. Abrams, John Boyega and Oscar Isaac ruminating on the legacy that they’ve inherited.
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Scientists Are Genetically Modifying Their Way to New Types of Beer | Motherboard
In the early 1500s, a brewing revolution was underway in Germany, inadvertently led by a group of brewers who had taken to lagering (lagern being German for ‘to store’) their beers in caves.
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Bernie Sanders Hits The Kochs Where It Hurts With People Before Polluters Plan. (politicususa.com)
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Scientists Are Genetically Modifying Their Way to New Types of Beer | Motherboard
In the early 1500s, a brewing revolution was underway in Germany, inadvertently led by a group of brewers who had taken to lagering (lagern being German for ‘to store’) their beers in caves.
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Thousands Protest in Seoul Against Government | Al Jazeera America
Thousands of South Koreans, many wearing masks, marched in Seoul on Saturday against conservative President Park Geun-hye, who had compared masked protesters to terrorists after clashes with police broke out at a rally last month.
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Losing Your Luggage Sucks. Here’s How Airlines are Trying to Get Better | Inverse
And so we enter the fresh hell of lost luggage season. The first nine months of the year, plenty of bags fail to arrive at their destination on time (only 3.
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Found this dead end street name Redditt in the backwoods of Memphis, TN. (imgur.com) Of course Redditt Road would be a dead end.
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The end of hitting rock bottom – The Boston Globe
Shortly after 1 a.m. on March 27, Susan Knade awoke to the sound of her cellphone ringing. It was her 21-year-old daughter, Caroline, calling. She was crying. Please, Caroline said. Please, come pick me up.
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‘we Will Not Be Terrorized’: Obama | Al Jazeera America
U.S. President Barack Obama vowed on Saturday that federal investigators would find out what motivated a married couple in California to shoot and kill 14 people, and he asked Americans to stand united after the attacks. “We are strong. And we are r…
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A Gift From Congress, to Congress – “Congress is getting ready to give itself loads of extra campaign dollars again this holiday season.” (nytimes.com)submitted 2 hours ago by loading…
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NAACP files lawsuit challenging Alabama voter ID law: the NAACP alleges that the law resulted in an estimated 280,000 registered voters becoming ineligible to vote, which is in violation of the US Constitution and the Voting Rights Act of 1965 (juri…
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I’m amazed there are people up voting blatant re-posts. Reddit needs a repost button.
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We Still Don’t Know What Causes That Knuckle Cracking Sound
Snap, crackle, pop: the sound of cracking knuckles is familiar to everyone, but scientists are having a hell of a time figuring out what causes it. A new ultrasound imaging study offers additional clues, but no definitive answers.
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The unexpected death of Scott Weiland late Thursday is now only producing an assessment of his life in music, and his insurmountable gifts as a vocalist and frontman. It also raises the inevitable question of what happens to a band’s legacy after it…
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Ministry Student Punished for Being Bi – The Daily Beast
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Comcast PANICS: Minnesota Rolls Out Free High-Speed Internet Funded by Taxing the Rich : politics
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William McIlvanney obituary | Books | The Guardian
William McIlvanney, who has died aged 79, grew into the title “the godfather of tartan noir” – the term for Scottish crime fiction – though it was not one he fully welcomed.
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Check out the much better uncut version. This song goes ham. Also, reporting in. Love this band.
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Suicide Bombs Detonated by Females in Suspected Boko Haram Attack in Chad – The Atlantic
Three suicide bombings at a market on an island of Lake Chad on Saturday have killed and injured dozens of people. The exact number of victims is unclear. The Associated Press reports 27 people were killed and 90 were injured, while AFP and Reuters …
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BBC Sport – Chelsea 0-1 Bournemouth
Chelsea goalkeeper Thibaut Courtois is available after three months out, while Nemanja Matic is fit despite needing a facial mask to protect his broken nose. However, John Terry, Ramires and Radamel Falcao are not yet ready to return following injur…
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The Violent Afterlife of a Recycled Plastic Bottle: What happens after you toss it into the bin? (theatlantic.com)
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They also have a huge budget surplus, improving schools and have reversed the population outflow. Their red-state, trickle-down neighbors of Wisconsin and Michigan are still in economic free fall.
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Ministry Student Punished for Being Bi – The Daily Beast
Shortly after National Coming Out Day in October, Concordia University – St. Paul (CSP) student Nikki Hagan made a brave announcement on Facebook. “Although I’m a little late, this has been on my heart and I’d like to make it official,” she wrote.
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The indoor pool at Hearst Castle : pics
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Psychiatrist deems 2012 Oakland school shooter incompetent to stand trial | US news | The Guardian
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Space station supplies may be stuck on Earth again thanks to bad weather | US news | The Guardian
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The Jeb Story: A fifteen minute documentary Bush’s donors hope can save his flailing campaign – Vox
Jeb Bush’s Super PAC is by far the best-financed operation in the Republican primary field, but he’s currently in fifth place in national polls, in fifth place in Iowa polls, and in sixth place in New Hampshire polls.
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This week at progressive state blogs: More gun violence; climate politics in WA; loathing Ted Cruz
This week in progressive state blogs is designed specifically to focus attention on the writing and analysis of people focused on their home turf. Let me know via comments or Kosmail if you have a favorite state- or city-based blog you think I shoul…
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Jumping from one high-profile literary adaptation to another, Hunger Games star Josh Hutcherson has signed on to appear in The Disaster Artist, James Franco’s new film about the making of bad movie masterpiece The Room.
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Squash world championship cancelled over Egypt security – Al Jazeera English
The Men’s World Team Squash Championship, which was due to take place in Cairo from December 12-18, has been called off for security reasons, the sport’s international federation said.
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Roosevelt. Love it or hate it, the name resonates in American history. It means the rough-riding 26th president who guided the country at the start of the 20th century. It means the patrician 32nd president who led it through the Great Depression an…
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Zuma says China-Africa co-operation ‘win-win’ – BBC News
South African President Jacob Zuma says closer ties between Africa and China will be a “win-win” co-operation. In his closing remarks at a major summit between China and Africa in Johannesburg, he said both sides wanted to “prosper together”.
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Samsung agrees to pay Apple $548 million for copying its iPhone designs
The smartphone industry is fiercely competitive, and Apple and Samsung are leaders in grappling to be the world’s number one. The two companies have been embroiled in a court case since 2011 when Apple accused Samsung of copying its design of the iP…
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Everything You Need to Know About the Art of Sushi, In One Graphic
The fine art of sushi isn’t something to take lightly—good chefs train for decades, and good sushi restaurants have customs all their own. This guide walks you through that training, how your sushi is made, all the different types, and of course, ho…
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Why a major education bill in Congress calls for a pardon for a long-dead boxer – Vox
Slipped into the major, bipartisan education bill that passed the House Wednesday night, the Every Student Succeeds Act, is a provision that doesn’t have anything to do with students, or with education at all.
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Official Sparrow Racing League coming to Destiny on December 8th | The Verge
Looking for more things to do in Destiny? Well, Bungie’s got you covered with its new Sparrow Racing League.
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Lee ‘Scratch’ Perry’s Secret Laboratory Studio Burns Down | Rolling Stone
Lee “Scratch” Perry’s “secret laboratory” studio in Switzerland burned down Thursday, destroying the dub legend’s collection of studio equipment, art, stage costumes and music. “Something very very sad happened.
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New PlayStation VR revealed: Rez Infinite, Ace Combat 7, and more | The Verge
The closer we get to PlayStation VR, the more eager Sony becomes to show off a library of titles. Today at its keynote for this year’s PlayStation Experience event, the company ran through several new titles that will be coming to the virtual realit…
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DOI: Climate Change Will Melt Glaciers in Montana’s Glacier National Park in ‘Next Two Decades’ (xpost r/nationalpark) (cnsnews.com)submitted 9 minutes ago by loading…
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More than 29 million acres of forest targeted for coal mines : environment
More than 29 million acres of forest targeted for coal mines (news.yahoo.com)submitted 4 hours ago by loading…
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Mirelurks are redicolously overpowered in FO4…fuck death claws man, mirelurks take forever to kill! Shoot them in the face.
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Playstation VR Is Very Real And The Games Sony Shared Today Look Amazing | TechCrunch
During its Playstation Experience (PSX) event in San Francisco today, Sony unveiled some new information about the Playstation VR and showed off some new titles. Unfortunately we’ve gotten no more information on dates…with it coming in early 2016. H…
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Graphic Video Shows Miami Beach Police Shoot Shirtless Man at Close Range | VICE News
VICE News is closely watching policing in America. Check out the Officer Involved blog here. Police in Miami Beach are facing scrutiny after officers gunned down a man at close range on Saturday morning.
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Iraq Demands Turkey Withdraw Troops | Al Jazeera America
Iraq’s Foreign Ministry summoned the Turkish ambassador on Saturday to demand that Turkey immediately withdraw hundreds of troops deployed in recent days to northern Iraq, near the city of Mosul, which is controlled by the Islamic State in Iraq and …
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Great Lakes are on the mend, but new threats loom : environment
Great Lakes are on the mend, but new threats loom https://t.co/y9FXR0iFk1 https://t.co/4Mblgb7PcW
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China Creates a World Bank of Its Own, and the U.S. Balks https://t.co/FPKyHxULOP https://t.co/uCDGaUBFW3
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You can come in too hooman : aww
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The great Scottish novelist William McIlvanney once described Glasgow as “The City of the Stare”. It was a place, he said, where you never know when to expect the next assault on your privacy. William, or Willie to all who knew him, died on Saturday…
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How Stoya took on James Deen and broke the porn industry’s silence | Culture | The Guardian
Stoya says she couldn’t sleep. After arriving in Serbia on 18 November to begin work on a film, she had been woken by nightmares.
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A Guide to Sinterklaas | Lucky Peach
On the days leading up to Sinterklaas, which takes place on December 5, children across the Netherlands put their shoes in front of the fireplace, radiator, or door in the hopes that Saint Nicholas will fill them with the very particular cookies and…
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View from the left—the nuts and bolts of how a movement gets legislation passed
When President Obama finally rejected the Keystone XL Pipeline last month, it felt like the capstone on a series of accomplishments for three movements I followed diligently during Obama’s first term: Climate change, Dreamers, and LGBT activists.
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BEIJING — As top leaders met at a lush Bali resort in October 2013, President Xi Jinping of China described his vision for a new multinational, multibillion-dollar bank to finance roads, rails and power grids across Asia.
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Chance the Rapper Slams ‘Goofy,’ ‘Exploitive’ ‘Chi-Raq’ | Rolling Stone
Chance the Rapper Slams ‘Goofy,’ ‘Exploitive’ ‘Chi-Raq’ “The idea that women abstaining from sex would stop murders is offensive and a slap in the face to any mother that lost a child here,” rapper says of Spike
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Coal Loses Its Grip in West Virginia : environment
Coal Loses Its Grip in West Virginia (nbcnews.com)submitted 37 minutes ago by loading…
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Great Lakes are on the mend, but new threats loom (theglobeandmail.com)submitted 10 minutes ago by loading…
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Pluto Bares All in Steamy New Close-Up Shots | Motherboard
Well, it’s finally happened—NASA has outdone itself.
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She was thirsty but wanted to stay in the box : cats
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LucasArts classic Full Throttle is getting remastered on PS4 and PS Vita | The Verge
Classic Lucasarts point-and-click adventure game Full Throttle is getting an HD remaster in the same vein as Grim Fandango and Day of the Tentacle. Legendary game designer Tim Schafer announced the remaster himself today at PlayStation Experience in…
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Hibou Helps You Remember What You Read with Spaced Repetition
Chrome: Ever read an article online, only to forget most of what it said a few days later? Hibou is an extension that will remind you to re-read it later for better retention. Hibou uses spaced repetition to help you remember stuff you read.
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A new Psychonauts game is coming to PlayStation VR | The Verge
Not only is Psychonauts getting a sequel, it’s also getting a virtual reality experience. Today at the PlayStation Experience, Double Fine’s Tim Schafer revealed that the studio will be making a “completely unique, standalone adventure” called Psych…
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How to Get a Boyfriend. : funny
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My parents during a night of drinking in 1940s New Orleans : OldSchoolCool
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Having Success With Code Bootcamps: Hiring Lessons For Employers | TechCrunch
And we’re back, with the second of three posts on having success with code bootcamps. Having explored whether coding bootcamps work for hiring top tech talent (hint: the answer is yes), we turn to tips for hiring bootcamp grads.
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Ted Cruz’s Weirdly Insurrectionist Take On The Second Amendment | ThinkProgress
A Washington Post profile of Republican presidential candidates’ aggressive rhetoric on guns contains one of the most remarkable paragraphs written about the 2016 election to date: [Sen.
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Actually I do want to hear how you’d handle it, Donald. Me too. Terrorism is a threat and he is running for president. I think his opinions should be heard if he claims they are true.
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America is baffled by what drove suburban couple to massacre 14 people | US news | The Guardian
America has now seen their faces and inside their home, even inside their baby’s cot: but the secret at the heart of the marriage of Syed Farook and Tashfeen Malik is convulsing the nation.
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Final Fantasy VII Remake gameplay revealed at PlayStation Experience keynote | Ars Technica
Last year’s inaugural PlayStation Experience closed 2014 with a surprising number of game and product announcements, and Sony appeared ready to double-down on this new end-of-year tradition with a follow-up, fan-focused convention full of playable d…
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Paris climate change talks yield first draft amid air of optimism | Environment | The Guardian
Negotiators paving the way for a global climate change agreement in Paris have cleared a major hurdle, producing a draft accord in record time and raising hopes that a full week of minister-led talks can now clinch a deal despite many sticking point…
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Watch the first Final Fantasy 7 Remake gameplay trailer | The Verge
We’ve known the Final Fantasy 7 Remake was real — at least, we were told as much last June at E3. Today, Sony kicked off its 2015 PlayStation Experience showcase with what looks like the first gameplay footage of the game.
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Final Fantasy VII port is now on PS4 | The Verge
All of the hype is around the full Final Fantasy VII remake, but if you want to replay the classic Playstation title on your PS4, we have some good news for you. The port of the HD version made for PC is available on the PS4 today, the company annou…
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Photographic proof that your mom enjoys putting your dad’s nuts in her mouth. Actually i believe she is putting some in HIS mouth. Wonder what that means…
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Muslims in America Condemn Extremists and Fear Anew for Their Lives https://t.co/Yg8zjaEqe6 https://t.co/o1krB8sVeC
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How to Get a Boyfriend. (i.imgur.com) Is there a how to get a girlfriend version?
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No One Is Sure Why This Happens When You Crack Your Knuckles | Motherboard
The oh-so-satisfying pop that results from cracking your knuckles is more than just a great way to occupy nervous hands or let your enemies know they’re crusin’ for a bruisin’—it’s also a hotly contested medical mystery.
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Details sketchy in Caspian Sea oil platform fire: Azerbaijan’s state oil company has said at least 26 workers have been rescued from a burning offshore rig. While an independent workers committee claims at least 32 deaths (dw.com)
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This year, an area of the ocean the size of India has been protected from overfishing, putting the world on track to reach the UN goal of 10% of the oceans protected by 2020 (flipboard.com)submitted 46 minutes ago by loading…
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Big Cable’s Sledgehammer Is Coming Down — Backchannel — Medium
I take no pride in saying that I’ve been talking about it for years. The sledgehammer is not something I welcome, and I would have been happy if my fears about it never materialized.
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Free Software, Meritocracy, and why I try to listen when ‘SJWs’ speak
Three quarters of a lifetime ago, I was a bullied fat kid in elementary school. Picked last for sports teams, if I bothered to even try playing with the other kids.
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Workers Group: 32 Dead in Azerbaijan Oil Fire | Al Jazeera America
Thirty-two workers have died after an offshore oil platform operated by Azerbaijan’s state energy company SOCAR caught fire in the Caspian Sea, the head of an independent committee said on Saturday.
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“It’s the total lack of accountability in our political system, where incompetents, crooks, and war criminals not only get rich but continue to have their advice sought everywhere, that makes one lose any hope that any of these disastrous and suicid…
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Incumbent facing challenge in Seychelles election – Al Jazeera English
Voters in the main islands of the Seychelles have cast their ballots in a presidential election in which incumbent James Michel is facing his first serious challenge after two terms in office.
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Kit Harington Gets in Super-Spy Gear in MI-5 | Vanity Fair
While Jon Snow’s fate remains a bit unclear, Kit Harington fans have another chance to catch up with the long-locked Game of Thrones star. Harington is part of the ensemble cast of MI-5, a spy thriller based on the long-running British spy series Sp…
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Only hours after news broke that a suspect in a mass shooting in San Bernardino, Calif., had a Muslim name, the well-practiced organizations that represent American Muslims to the broader public kicked into action, as they routinely do after each te…
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A reminder that leading conservative figures just can’t stop scamming their own supporters
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FBI Will Investigate San Bernardino Shooting as Act of Terrorism – The Atlantic
The FBI is investigating the deadly shooting in San Bernardino, California, as an act of terrorism that may have been inspired by Islamist militant groups, officials said Friday.
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Maduro’s Mad Refugee Gambit on the Eve Of Venezuela’s Vote – The Daily Beast
There’s little sign of any kind of commerce here: a few pushcart vendors, fewer open shops, and even fewer people with money to buy anything. Feral slum hounds roam these post-apocalyptic-looking streets in packs, snapping and growling among themsel…
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Kim Kardashian and Kanye West announce birth of baby boy | Life and style | The Guardian
North West is no longer Kimye’s “Only One”. Kim Kardashian West and Kanye West welcomed a baby boy early Saturday in Los Angeles.
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A reminder that leading conservative figures just can’t stop scamming their own supporters
Let’s take a moment to remind ourselves that Mike Huckabee is a presidential candidate today—sort of, anyway—partly based on his willingness to cash in on his true believers by marketing crap and hokum to them for money.
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The president of Liberty University urged students at the Christian school to carry concealed weapons on campus to counter any possible armed attack like the mass shooting in San Bernardino, California.
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Egypt arrests two suspects in Cairo nightclub attack – Al Jazeera English
Egyptian police have arrested two of the suspects in a nightclub firebombing attack that killed at least 16 people in Cairo, officials have said.
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Iraqi President Says Deployment of Turkish Troops Near Mosul Violates International Law | VICE News
Iraqi President Fouad Massoum called the deployment of several hundred Turkish troops inside Iraq near the northern city of Mosul “a violation of international norms and law” on Saturday. Iraq’s prime minister and Foreign Ministry have called for Tu…
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How to win at Art Basel, Miami’s most excessive celebration of wealth | The Verge
This weekend, Art Basel Miami Beach is officially open to the ticketed public. But the opening of the art fair is a mere formality: the party started on Monday and will run for a solid week.
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The Wiz Live! Recap, Or: How I Learned To Stop Worrying And Love The NBC Musical | Vanity Fair
Stop all the clocks, cut off the telephone,Prevent the dog from barking with a juicy bone,Silence the pianos and with muffled drumBecause it’s time for another LIVE NBC MUSICAL, AMERICA! And this is it.
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Gillmor Gang: Slippery Slope | TechCrunch
The Gillmor Gang — Robert Scoble, John Taschek. Kevin Marks, Keith Teare, and Steve Gillmor. Recorded live Tuesday, December 4, 2015. The Gang abandons tech for presidential politics as Trump turns TV into his own private social network.
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We never had enough time to rationalize, in the uniquely American way, why that middle-aged white man killed a cop, a mother of two and an Iraq war veteran in Colorado Springs, when the latest slaughter of human life intruded.
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High intensity interval training improves liver and adipose tissue insulin sensitivity : science
HealthHigh intensity interval training improves liver and adipose tissue insulin sensitivity (sciencedirect.com)submitted 6 minutes ago by loading…
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Girl was going to town on that piece of cake. Not sure why but it really pissed me off how many times they repeated that. It was like, after the 10th time I thought, “Ok, that’s enough” and then they did it another 50 FUCKING TIMES!!!!! OK, maybe no…
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Dean Baquet On Why The New York Times Ran a Front Page Guns Sermone – The Daily Beast
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Dean Baquet On Why The New York Times Ran a Front Page Guns Sermone – The Daily Beast
Even the New York Times apparently believes it must shout to be heard.
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Suicide Bombings in Chad Kill at Least 27 | Al Jazeera America
Paul Manka, Chad police spokesman, said three females carried out Saturday’s attack on Koulfoua Island. Gen. Banyaman Cossingar, Chad gendarmerie director general, confirmed the attack, saying Nigeria’s Boko Haram group is suspected.
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New open-source license plate reader software lets you make your own “hot list” | Ars Technica
We now live in a world where if you have an IP-enabled security camera, you can download some free, open-source software from GitHub and boom—you have a fully functional automated license plate reader (ALPR, or LPR).
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Hundreds Attend Vigil at London Mosque Amid Surge of Islamophobic Incidents in the UK | VICE News
A bevy of students, a Protestant priest, and the leader of the Labour Party were just some of the hundreds who turned out for a vigil outside a north London mosque that the target of an attempted firebombing attempt last weekend.
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With the first week of the U.N. climate summit coming to a close, the world appears increasingly nearer to reaching to an international deal on climate action.
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Here’s that $2.2 million Bugatti yacht you didn’t know you needed | The Verge
Ultra-exotic car maker Bugatti doesn’t currently have any cars in production, and it’s months away from showing its next model — the Chiron — to the public. But that doesn’t mean you can’t buy Bugatti-branded stuff right now. Very expensive Bugatti-…
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Terrorist attacks by Islamists in the US since 9/11 | US news | The Guardian
October 2002Over a period of three weeks, John Allen Muhammad and Lee Boyd Malvo killed 10 people and critically injured three others in Washington DC, Baltimore, and Virginia. The pair were also suspected of earlier shootings in Maryland, Alabama, …
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Not Just a Label pops up at the Waldorf | Fashion | The Guardian
Above the gilded entrance of New York’s hallowed Waldorf Astoria hotel has risen the flag of the biggest trend in retail: short-lived pop-up shops.
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United Auto Workers Win Union at Volkswagen | Al Jazeera America
The United Auto Workers union has gained a significant first victory at a foreign-owned automaker in the South, easily winning a vote by skilled-trades workers at Volkswagen’s lone U.S. factory to have the union negotiate their collective bargaining…
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Chicago police report contradicts video footage of Laquan McDonald death | US news | The Guardian
Hundreds of pages of Chicago police reports released late Friday by city officials contain a narrative that contradicts squad car video footage of the shooting death of a black teenager by a white police officer.
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Explore – Joan Didion, who turns 81 today, on self-respect.
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The Disrupt Hackathon Takes Over London’s Copper Box Arena | TechCrunch
Our Disrupt London hackathon is officially underway. More than 1,000 people have registered to compete — by this time tomorrow, they’ll form teams, build new products and present them on-stage.
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Reagan, Bush 41 memos reveal sharp contrast with today’s GOP on climate and the environment (washingtonpost.com)submitted 7 minutes ago by loading…
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You Can Play ‘GTA 3’ and Other PS2 Games on Your PS4 Starting Today | Motherboard
Sony is all set to cash in on your nostalgia. As Sony first revealed last week, games from the best selling console of all time, the PlayStation 2, are available for purchase on the PlayStation 4 starting today.
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BBC Sport – Swansea City 0-3 Leicester City
Swansea midfielder Jonjo Shelvey returns after completing a ban. French full-back Franck Tabanou will be out for several weeks after injuring a thigh muscle in training.
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Ray Bradbury has long said that his education came from libraries. It’s fitting then, that the Carnegie Library in Waukegan Illinois might become home to a museum devoted to the famous author.
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Pivoting from Paris to Madagascar on Climate Change – Guest Blog – Scientific American Blog Network
The land of the lemur has a few lessons for us all – especially as international climate change talks in Paris approach.
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Kim Kardashian and Kanye West Welcome Baby Boy | Vanity Fair
Friday night, Kim Kardashian posted an Instagram selfie of her very pregnant belly, which she captioned “Ready whenever you are lol.
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These are the best photos of Pluto you’ll likely see in your lifetime | Ars Technica
Finally, the highest resolution images are in from the edge of the solar system.
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Skilled Garbageman Is So Pumped He Didn’t Have To Touch Your Gross Mattress – Digg
Funny Human Nature This guy is the Michael Jordan of throwing out stuff.
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11 Surreal Images of the Forgotten High-Rises of Paris
Laurent Kronental spent four years documenting the “Grand Ensembles” (large housing projects) of Paris and the generation living within its walls.
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Thom Yorke Debuts Two New Songs at Pathway to Paris Concert | Rolling Stone
Thom Yorke Debuts Two New Songs at Pathway to Paris Concert “Silent Spring” and “Desert Island Disk” hint at next Radiohead LP
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An Artist Put Icebergs In The Middle Of Paris To Draw Attention To Climate Change | ThinkProgress
PARIS, FRANCE — On an average day in Paris, the Place du Panthéon, tucked in the middle of Paris’ 5th arrondissement, buzzes with students and tourists alike, many scurrying through the square to class at the nearby Sorbonne or into the Panthéon, Pa…
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The Republican candidates for president angrily demanded on Friday that the United States face up to a new world war, one that has breached its borders, threatened the safety of Americans and brought the menace of Islamic terrorism deep into the hom…
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Republican Who Blamed Planned Parenthood For Their Shooting Now Faces Recall : politics
Good. She has no business in public office. She is an embarassment to Colorado. Disgusting comments. Hope she resigns and saves further embarrassment.
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Amateur footage shows flooding caused by Storm Desmond in Cumbria, and across the Republic Ireland on Saturday. The Environment Agency has said that 17 severe flood warnings are in force, with 66 flood warnings and 72 flood alerts.
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Venezuela votes – Al Jazeera English
Investigating Nigeria’s notorious baby farms and the criminals who abuse and exploit women for profit. Victims of abuse and rape during the South Sudanese civil war tell their stories of broken dreams and a stolen future.
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“Lost Galaxies” of the Universe (Weekend Feature)
We know of about two dozen runaway stars, and have even found one runaway star cluster escaping its galaxy forever. As of this past June, astronomers have spotted 11 runaway galaxies that have been flung out of their homes to wander the void of inte…
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Jeff Vandermeer On Why Leena Krohn’s Fiction Is So Important To Read
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Police Reports Contradict Footage of Mcdonald | Al Jazeera America
Chicago police officers who saw one of their own shoot a black teenager 16 times filed reports depicting a version of events that contrasted sharply with what was captured on the dashcam footage that has sparked protests and cost the police commissi…
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Saturday’s Best Deals: Wireless Audio, Marvel Phase 1, Prime Pantry, and More
Here are the best of today’s deals. Get every great deal every day on Kinja Deals, follow us on Facebook and Twitter to never miss a deal, join us on Kinja Gear to read about great products, and on Kinja Co-Op to help us find the best.
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An Australian campaign to get other nations to accept its definition of carbon dioxide emissions has so far failed, raising doubts over whether Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull can easily deliver the 5 per cent cut in emissions his government has pro…
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Jeff Vandermeer On Why Leena Krohn’s Fiction Is So Important To Read
Next week, Cheeky Frawg Publishing will release a collection of stories and novels from Finish author Keena Krohn. The collection is a major translation for the author, and we’ve interviewed editor Jeff Vandermeer about the project.
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Weird Twitter Leaves Irony Behind on Instagram | Motherboard
With 117k followers—not to mention an extremely viral Will Smith-related bit of trolling—@jonnysun is one of the most popular members of the loosely affiliated online comedy movement known as Weird Twitter.
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New Analysis: The Most Hackable Programming Language Is Hands-Down PHP | Motherboard
Based on code analyses and scans of 50,000 different applications written within the past 18 months, cloud security firm Veracode has compiled a list of the most and least secure programming languages.
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Boko Haram Suspected of Deadly Triple Suicide Bombing on Island in Lake Chad | VICE News
Blasts from three suicide bombers on Saturday shook Koulfoua, a Chadian island in Lake Chad, killing around 30 people and leaving 80 more injured, security sources told Reuters. The sources said the attacks occurred on a day when many people gather …
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That’s $50 for a t-shirt : funny
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Watch Rare Bob Dylan Footage in ‘Just Like Tom Thumb’s Blues’ Video | Rolling Stone
Watch Rare Bob Dylan Footage in ‘Just Like Tom Thumb’s Blues’ Video D.A.
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A review of the $10 Walmart phone—better than nothing, but not by much | Ars Technica
The other day we were rather shocked to hear that Walmart was selling a pre-paid smartphone for ten whole dollars. When we saw the device was running Android, we just had to see what it was like.
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The Even Scarier Gun Problem The New York Times Isn’t Talking About | ThinkProgress
Saturday morning, for the first time since the paper criticized the nomination of Warren G. Harding as the Republican presidential candidate in 1920, the New York Times ran a front page editorial.
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Top 10 Ways to Browse the Web Better on Your Phone
Looking up things online is one of the main reasons most of us pay for a data plan, but let’s face it: Surfing the web on a tiny screen with a tiny keyboard can suck sometimes. Here are ten ways to make the experience at least a little better.
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Who’s behind the untraceable corporations pouring untraceable cash into Jeb!’s Super PAC?
Mother Jones has an investigative piece up that explores whether at least $200,000 of Jeb! Bush’s $103 million Super PAC haul may have been contributed illegally.
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If anybody is wondering about the definition of “irony”…
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VW scandal pushes diesel cars into the slow lane | Business | The Guardian
Since the Volkswagen emissions test scandal in September, it is not just the German carmaker that has suffered a blow to its image. Diesel automotive technology also faces a battle to regain public trust.
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Harrison Ford tweet proves that Star Wars spoilers are everywhere you look | The Verge
Disney and LucasFilm have been careful to avoid spoilers for The Force Awakens — even with the relentless barrage of trailers over the past few months, major plot points remain pretty fuzzy.
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When the shit is about to hit the fan. .. : cats
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New York Daily News continues feud with NRA, labels NRA head a Terrorist : politics
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Down Round Doom? The Data Says No | TechCrunch
As with our story on IPO down rounds, we gathered the data on IPOs through the end of October 2015 and compared the IPO price of each company to the last private round of financing they’d raised to determine which were down rounds. Here’s what we le…
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Luc Bondy, a Man for All Seasons – The New Yorker
Luc Bondy, the visionary, erudite, and sometimes controversial Swiss director, of film, opera, theatre—“of life,” as Le Monde put it—died last Saturday, of pneumonia, in Zurich, where he was born. He was sixty-seven.
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BBC Sport – Fifa scandal: Ex-Peruvian football president Manuel Burga arrested
Fifa scandal: Ex-Peruvian football president Manuel Burga arrested https://t.co/JLxZhxqUt4 https://t.co/KHSlTYjTex
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Remember when the news just reported the news…instead of having an agenda? I don’t, but I’m sure there was a time. There are adults that believe news isn’t supposed to serve an agenda??
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South Korea protests: Huge anti-government rally in Seoul – BBC News
Tens of thousands of protesters in South Korea have held a mass rally against a raft of government policies that they say weaken democracy.
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An update to Google search rolling out to mobile users is putting a greater emphasis on music and media, including recommendations on songs, TV shows, movies, and more.
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People are in denial about using devices while walking and being bad at it | Ars Technica
‘Keep your eyes on the sidewalk and your hands off the phone’ may become the slogan of safety campaigns of the near future. Between 2004 and 2010, emergency room visits for injuries involving distracted pedestrians using cellphones doubled, accordin…
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What Will Become of the Climate-Change Refugees? – The Atlantic
The images have started to enter the public consciousness: the Pacific islander whose homeland is sinking beneath the waves, the Sahel villagers forced off their ancestral land by creeping drought and desertification.
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The rise and fall of America’s Next Top Model, explained in 8 moments – Vox
We lost a good one this week, as The CW finally told America’s Next Top Model to pack its things and go home. Okay, to be more accurate: We lost a good example of how reality shows used to work, due to the official end of America’s Next Top Model.
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Peace Love Beauty Wisdom Balance Imagination Truth Consciousness, The fox and the hound. via /r/aww…
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The changing face of France’s National Front – BBC News
French Prime Minister Manuel Valls has warned voters not to fall for the “trickery” of National Front leader Marine Le Pen, ahead of key regional elections on Sunday. Opinion polls suggest the National Front’s popularity has risen since the Paris at…
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Earth-Sized Telescope Bags Magnetic Fields from the Milky Way’s Black Hole Core | Motherboard
For the first time, astrophysicists have directly detected magnetic fields very near the event horizon of the Milky Way’s immense central black hole.
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‘League of Legends’ Couldn’t Exist Without ‘Dune II’ | Motherboard
With 67 million monthly players, League of Legends is easily one of the most popular video games in the world right now. But there would be no League of Legends without Dune II, a game that’s rarely talked about today.
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‘It’s Always Sunny In Phildelphia’ Season 11 80’s Teaser : television
God I love this show. Never a dull moment, although these promo trailers for each season always make me wish they were an actual episode sometimes. Was that Jason Bateman @0:15?
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In Drought-Battered Somaliland, Climate Change Is Deadly Serious | VICE News
The cows were the first to die, 10 of them. Then most of the 20 sheep went, and after that most of the 40 goats.
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Time travel: take a peek at the future of transportation – in pictures | Technology | The Guardian
A new space engineMachines that propel themselves in space will become more important in the coming decade, writes Guardian reader William Elliot, and any attempt to travel long distances in space – to Mars or beyond – must use a propellant-less eng…
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COP21: Constructive conference or a waste of time? – Al Jazeera English
Climate change has been called the biggest threat facing humanity, yet for years, countries, particularly rich ones, have done nothing to fundamentally tackle the issue.
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Found this piece of art down in Miami. : pics
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Humble Bundle’s Prime Sci-Fantasy Bundle / Boing Boing
The latest Humble Ebook Bundle features 15 DRM-free ebooks, with works by Fritz Leiber, Kelly Link, Mary Robinette Kowal, Neil Gaiman, Peter Beagle, Madeline L’Engle and many others — name your price and how much you’d like to divert to charities, …
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Paris climate talks: Democratic senators say they ‘will not back down’ | Environment | The Guardian
Democratic senators staged a show of force at the Paris climate meeting on Saturday, pledging they “had Barack Obama’s back” and would defend his agenda in a Republican-controlled Congress.
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Desert Snow at Big Bend [3648×4638][OC] : EarthPorn
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Here’s The Best Moments Of 2015’s Movies In One Supercut
We love a good movie supercut video, and this year’s best one comes from Sleepy Skunk, who’s cut together the best moments from 2015’s films.
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Watch Scott Weiland Talk Legacy, David Bowie in Final Video Interviews | Rolling Stone
Scott Weiland Talks About His Legacy, David Bowie in Final Video Interviews Singer reveals his favorite Stone Temple Pilots album and says he’d be open to Velvet Revolver reunion just two days before death
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Outside of Taos, New Mexico, you’ll find a community of people living in off-grid homes made of garbage. The homes are called Earthships and were invented by Michael Reynolds. We went to Taos to check them out. The Adaptors is also a po… https://itun
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Rescue bid as fire hits oil rig off Azerbaijan – BBC News
A rescue operation is under way in the Caspian Sea amid reports than at least 31 workers on an off-shore oil platform may have died in a fire.Mirvari Gakhramanly, of Azerbaijan’s Oil Workers’ Rights Protection Committee, told the BBC that the worker…
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Girl Online by Zoe Sugg – review | Children’s books | The Guardian
Penny Porter, a normal teenage girl who has a creative passion for photography and blogging about her awkward and frequent panic attacks, is brought to New York by her parents to cool off after an embarrassing encounter with stage stairs, a large au…
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It’s the custom for editors to keep a low profile and to underplay any changes they may make to an author’s manuscript. Gordon Lish is a different animal. Not since Maxwell Perkins has an editor been so famous – or notorious – as a sculptor of other…
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Triple suicide blast kills dozens on Lake Chad island – Al Jazeera English
At least 27 people were killed and some 80 injured in a triple suicide bombing attack on an island in Lake Chad, according to reports. Security sources told the Reuters news agency that the attacks on Saturday on the island of Koulfoua on the Chadia…
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Bleach Away Water Stains from Your Ceiling
You’ve fixed the water leak or other cause of water damage, but that water stain is still there. You might not have to repaint or fix the ceiling, though. Try spraying bleach on the spot. Family Handyman recommends spraying the spot with a bleach an…
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Women of South Sudan: Broken bodies, shattered dreams – Al Jazeera English
South Sudan’s peace agreement, signed in August, was meant to end a 21-month-old civil war that has left thousands dead and many more displaced in the wake of the country’s historic declaration of independence in 2011.
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am I too late? (i.imgur.com)submitted just now by bellmorecomloading…
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Lil Bub’s new album and the furry path to enlightenment | The Verge
Lil Bub, a cat made famous because it looks adorably deranged, released an album this week. It’s 10 tracks long. It’s called Science & Magic: A Soundtrack to the Universe. Here’s what party celebrity and motivational speaker Andrew W.K. said about t…
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Jompeame Wants To Reduce Poverty In South America Through Crowdfunding | TechCrunch
Jompeame (Jumpstartme in Spanish) is a new crowdfunding site aimed at helping the impoverished in Latin America. “Our mission initially is to change the lives of at least 5 people in this condition every week, in every country we expand to,” said co…
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That one time I played in the Star Wars card game world championship | Ars Technica
Welcome to Ars Cardboard, our new weekend look at tabletop games! Check out our complete board gaming coverage right here—and let us know what you think. For those of a certain age, the original Star Wars movies premiered at formative moments in our…
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Obama in weekly address: ‘We will not be terrorized’
Hi, everybody. This weekend, our hearts are with the people of San Bernardino—another American community shattered by unspeakable violence. We salute the first responders—the police, the SWAT teams, the EMTs—who responded so quickly, with such cour…
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“Let us not make the same mistake”: a letter from more than 1,000 rabbis on refugees – Vox
Earlier this week, a group of more than 1,000 American rabbis sent a letter to Congress. Their message was simple: American Jews remember when we were refugees and America wouldn’t let us in. The same thing must not be allowed to happen to refugees …
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Sunrise At Jacksonville Beach Pier [OC] {5737×3825} : SkyPorn
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Unelectable Lindsey Graham throws caution to the wind / Boing Boing
Now that Lindsey Graham is totally unelectable, he’s decided to drop out of the “say the craziest thing I can think of” race and started a new one: the race to say things that are obviously true to everyone who’s not trying to win the Tea Party, low…
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BBC Sport – Stoke City 2-0 Manchester City
Stoke captain Ryan Shawcross will be available after serving his one-match ban in midweek in the Capital One Cup. Striker Peter Crouch is ruled out with a hamstring injury, but Mame Diouf should be available after missing Tuesday’s match for family …
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Would it be absolutely cynical to say the Senate responded to what appears to be a terrorist mass shooting by declining to ban the sale of guns to people on the terrorist watch list? Nah. Let’s go for it.
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Macedonia border closure leaves refugees with no hope – Al Jazeera English
Idomeni, Greece – Makeshift camps and flimsy tents are scattered along the train tracks leading to the Macedonian border, while some families are living in decrepit old train cars. An abandoned café’s windows have been smashed out and inside are sev…
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S. Carolina lawmaker sends Confederate Christmas cards to colleagues | refers to “memories of a happier time” and suggests those who voted to remove the flag from in front of the Statehouse ask God for forgiveness for their “betrayal.” (charlotteobs…
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Every time there’s a mass shooting, gun execs & investors gloat about future earnings / Boing Boing
The Intercept reviewed the earnings calls for gun manufacturers, retailers and distributors from the past several years’ worth of investor filings, and found a sad and predictable pattern: every mass shooting in America is followed by hand-rubbing g…
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Her first loaf at 6 months old. Piploaf : Catloaf
Her first loaf at 6 months old. Piploaf via /r/Catloaf https://t.co/t2aQP4KdT3 https://t.co/tiLMVTe7uF https://t.co/FjrIZdSEvL
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Her first loaf at 6 months old. Piploaf via /r/Catloaf https://t.co/t2aQP4KdT3 https://t.co/tiLMVTe7uF https://t.co/FjrIZdSEvL
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Scott Weiland, STP, and Me – The Daily Beast
The party itself was underwhelming—though perhaps, through the kaleidoscopic lenses of a 9-year-old, it had all the glitz and pizzazz of a Gatsby soiree.
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Microsoft to open source Chakra, the JavaScript heart of its Edge browser | Ars Technica
At JSConf in Florida today, Microsoft announced that it is open sourcing Chakra, the JavaScript engine used in its Edge and Internet Explorer browsers. The code will be published to the company’s GitHub page next month. Microsoft is calling the vers…
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Pro-Choice Groups Are Pushing US Authorities to Treat Anti-Abortion Attacks as Terrorism | VICE News
Following the deadly attack on a Planned Parenthood in Colorado last week, some pro-choice groups are pressing the United States government to treat anti-abortion attacks as domestic terrorism — a step that some say is important symbolically but mig…
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Small Countries Fight For Their Lives In Paris, But Have Little Control – Those with the most to lose have the least control over our global future. (thinkprogress.org)
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New York Times calls for gun control in first front-page editorial since 1920 : politics
First they try to fuck with Warren G. Harding and now this?! Why not just post a link to the editorial instead of giving cnn all this traffic?
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How to encourage housemates to be more environmentally friendly? They waste water, gas, electricity and don’t recycle much. (self.environment) Most of it comes down to my housemates being obsessively clean. One even described herself as being ‘a bit…
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The Caregivers’ Guide to Sainthood – The New Yorker
Sooner or later, we are all tested: your father thoughtlessly has a stroke; your mother carelessly breaks her hip.
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Whoops. I spent all day in a room full of serious men in dark suits, not one of whom had green hair, a man-bun, or a nose ring — which are all, to be clear, perfectly fine things in the right context — and forgot all about matters musical. So here, …
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Augmented Reality Wizards Blippar Will Unveil New Tech At TechCrunch Disrupt London | TechCrunch
What if you could learn about anything just by taking a photo of it? Blippar already has 3 million people doing that every month plus another 62 million signed up.
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Florida’s Supreme Court has struck another blow against gerrymandering – Vox
This week, the Florida Supreme Court struck another blow against gerrymandering in the Sunshine State, and approved a congressional map it hopes will finally end years of legal battles over district lines.
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How to bake spice-filled sandworm bread / Boing Boing
After some trial and error, Chris-Rachael Oseland has perfected a recipe for spice-filled sandworm bread, just in time for Kitchen Overlord’s Dune Week. Her recipe is a marvel of comedy and ingenuity, as full of nerdy Dune jokes as it is full of wor…
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Plane with failed undercarriage makes emergency landing – BBC News
Fire crews hosed down the plane after sparks flew. No injuries were reported.
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Lake Chad suicide blasts ‘kill 27’ – BBC News
UK jets carry out their second set of air strikes in Syria, as the defence secretary visits the British base for the RAF mission in Cyprus.
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Krampus, the new Christmas horror movie, is undone by one small but fatal flaw – Vox
In theory, Krampus — the new Christmas-themed horror film centered on the demonic Santa Claus himself — should be a terrifically nasty little piece of Christmas anti-cheer, a Gremlins for a new era. On paper, the movie does everything right.
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A woman has been charged with attempted murder after stabbing another woman at the biggest art fair in the US, an attack that was wrongly interpreted by onlookers as performance art.
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You’re Adopted (i.imgur.com)submitted 12 minutes ago by loading…
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And Stalin. Short term memory loss.
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Want to Make Buying Guns Hard? Make It as Tough as Getting an Abortion : politics
Want to Make Buying Guns Hard? Make It as Tough as Getting an Abortion (thedailybeast.com) Ooh, I just had a brain idea! It happened in my brain!
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RALEIGH, N.C. – The calls for “Security!” rang out through the crowd near the podium 15 minutes before the event even began.
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Kickstarting a stop-motion black-light movie inspired by dark rides / Boing Boing
Screen Novelties’ Witch Doctor kickstarter is looking to raise $60,000 to finish a gorgeous-looking, tiki-themed stop-motion black-light movie inspired by classic dark rides.
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YouPorn’s eSports Team Barred From Wearing Uniform at Street Fighter Event | Motherboard
Street Fighter IV player Valentin “YP_Valmaster” Petit will compete with some of the best players in the world at the Capcom Cup event in San Francisco this weekend, but he won’t be able to represent his team like the rest of them That’s because Pet…
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The Islamic State Has Claimed the San Bernardino Shooters as Followers | VICE News
The Islamic State (IS) said on Saturday that a married couple who killed 14 people in California in an attack the FBI is investigating as an “act of terrorism” were its followers.
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Front page NY Times editorial on gun control
In their first page one editorial since 1920, the NY Times argues for strict gun control. But motives do not matter to the dead in California, nor did they in Colorado, Oregon, South Carolina, Virginia, Connecticut and far too many other places.
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This week in science: let it snow on Pluto
I mentioned a couple of weeks on Sunday Kos in a pain management story that we all share a common eventual fate. If that wasn’t depressing enough, when we turn to the bigger picture it looks like ….
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Apple waited too long to get into music streaming | The Verge
By now, we’re used to Apple being late to the party. The company has a long standing reputation for taking a wait-and-see approach with new technologies before releasing its own version and touting it as the best.
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The New Apple TV Giveaway | Digg Store
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Games reveal the contrasting colors of accessibility / Offworld
Talking to the creators of open-world hit game Uncharted on his show, Conversations with Creators, the geek legend praised a feature that helps you guide protagonist Nathan Drake around its vast, sprawling environment: “And I love there’s that subtl…
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Candidates Need To Address The Tech Industry In The 2016 Election | TechCrunch
Despite the unprecedented growth of the tech sector, none of the 2016 presidential candidates has really stood out when it comes to technology and entrepreneurship policy. Given the importance of many of the issues that the startup community faces, …
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This War On Math Is Bullshit | TechCrunch
The smoke had barely begun to clear from the horrific attacks in Paris, in a neighborhood where I used to live, before the usual suspects started trying to twist the facts to fit their authoritarian agenda.
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The New York Times is running an editorial on its front page today for the first time since 1920, calling for tighter gun control in the wake of the San Bernardino massacre: The front-page editorial, the first since 1920.
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articleSelf-driving cars could disrupt the airline and hotel industries within 20 years as people sleep in their vehicles on the road, according to a senior strategist at Audi. (dezeen.com)submitted 2 minutes ago by Onwards & Upwardsloading…
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Captain Virat Kohli struck an unbeaten 83 as India extended their lead against South Africa to 403 at 190-4 after three days of the final Test in Delhi. India, who held a first innings lead of 213, lost Murali Vijay in the fifth over and Rohit Sharm…
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Lumino City – A game by Makers / Boing Boing
Lumino City is a charming, hand-crafted point-and-click adventure that’ll make you smile. It’s a cozy world of clever puzzles and light storyline where you hunt for your kidnapped Grandpa while repairing the world around you. It’s now available on S…
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Poll: Nearly 9 in 10 Americans Want Labels on GMO Food – Strong support for GMO labels crosses party lines. (alternet.org)
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1000s of Planned Coal Plants, if Built, Could Doom Efforts to Contain Global Warming – Meanwhile, climate change continues to wreak havoc in real time. (alternet.org)submitted 28 minutes ago by loading…
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Confront all the scary things that you do have control over — and you’ll feel more empowered to take on bigger, scarier societal demons. In a new poll, many say the next president should do more than Obama has.
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Why the League of Conservation Voters was wrong to endorse Hillary Clinton | Grist
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Confront all the scary things that you do have control over — and you’ll feel more empowered to take on bigger, scarier societal demons. In a new poll, many say the next president should do more than Obama has. -
California Farmers Will Intentionally Flood Their Fields This Winter – Scientific American
Intentional flooding of farmland, such as the walnut orchard above, has the potential to recharge California’s aquifers. California is parched. Rivers that usually surge now trickle, and once large reservoirs stand as puny pools.
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James Deen, Al Pacino, and ‘The Big Short’: The Week in Pop-Culture Writing – The Atlantic
James Deen Was Never a Feminist IdolAmanda Hess | Slate “‘Finding a fellow fan of your favorite performer is kinda like when you meet someone who loves your favorite band. You share a special bond and stick together like a family,’ a Deenager named …
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Why Student Activists Want to Rid the Ivy League of Its Traditions – The Atlantic
This week, Harvard College Dean Rakesh Khurana sent an email to students informing them that the school would be scrapping one of its most treasured traditions: The heads of its 12 undergraduate residences would no longer be called house “masters.
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Star Wars Lightsabers, Ranked — Vulture
You may have heard that the Force will be awakening on December 18. To provide a necessary outlet for our abundant excitement, we’ve assembled another Vulture Advent Calendar — in this case, 25 Star Wars–themed stories, one per day until Christmas. …
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Take 10 Minutes to Play This Beautiful Hand-Painted Game | Motherboard
It might not look like it, but the girl with the paintbrush you see in the picture above is making a video game.
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The Artist Who Is Bringing Icebergs to Paris – The New Yorker
On a clear day with little wind, in early October, a tugboat set out from the harbor of Nuuk, in southern Greenland, in search of a dozen icebergs for an installation in Paris called “Ice Watch,” by the Icelandic artist Olafur Eliasson and the geolo…
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How to have an environmentally friendly holiday – quiz | Environment | The Guardian
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NASA just released the best close-up of Pluto we will have for decades to come : space
NASA just released the best close-up of Pluto we will have for decades to come (i.imgur.com)submitted 9 minutes ago by loading…
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San Bernardino attack: US ‘will not be terrorised’ – Obama – BBC News
President Barack Obama says the US “will not be terrorised” by Wednesday’s mass shootings in San Bernardino, California. “We are strong. And we are resilient,” he said in his weekly radio address, adding that it was “entirely possible” the two attac…
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Abbreviated Pundit Round-up: Why mass shootings don’t sway opinion
Let us imagine, then, a conservative gun owner — an older white gentleman, let’s say, in his 50s, living in the Rust Belt somewhere.
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A 73-year-old man is arrested after he tries to snort cocaine in front of a traffic police officer who had been pulled him over for driving without his headlights.
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100 Days in Prison and a Lawyer Shot Dead: Turkey Still Won’t Let Our Journalist Go | VICE News
* VICE News journalist and fixer Mohammed Rasool has now been held for 100 days without trial in Turkey. * The VICE News team’s Turkish lawyer was shot dead in the street one week ago.
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Oregon provides beacon of hope for gun reform momentum | US news | The Guardian
Each new mass shooting in America feels like a recurring civic nightmare: Before California, there was Colorado. And before that, Oregon, so nothing is changing. But that’s not true, gun control advocates say. Beneath that horrific sameness, a chang…
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Terror suspects on watch list applied for explosives background checks | US news | The Guardian
Three individuals on the US government’s terrorist watch list that forbids suspects from flying were able to go ahead with a federal background check to buy explosives under rules that the Republican party refused to overturn in the wake of the San …
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Ecuador’s media express fear over freedom of speech – Al Jazeera English
Ecuador’s government must not start regulating private media and social networks, journalists and press watchdogs warned, after its National Assembly voted to constitutionally define communications as a public service.
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The Microsoft Surface Book Giveaway | Digg Store
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How to Watch a Chemical Reaction in Slow Motion – Scientific American
The hydrogen bonds that hold together the molecular base pairs of our DNA form in intracellular fluid. Much of our planet’s environmental chemistry occurs in oceans and other bodies of water. Most drugs are synthesized in solvents.
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San Bernardino shooting: US gun sales soar as new front opens in push for gun control | US news | The Guardian Stocks in Smith & Wesson, maker of some of the weapons used in the San Bernardino attacks, have surged in the days since the tragedy, in keeping with…
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