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The Black Community Needs Encryption | Motherboard
Ever heard of a cryptoparty? It’s a gathering of people interested in privacy and encryption.
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Mugabe: Rivalries threaten to split ruling party – Al Jazeera English
The annual conference of Zimbabwe’s ruling Zanu-PF party is under way, with the disastrous state of the economy as a major talking point. Another issue in focus is the growing questionmark over who will succeed 91-year-old President Robert Mugabe.
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US oysters shells used to restore coast – Al Jazeera English
Some of the millions of oyster shells that Americans are used to throwing away are now rebuilding the coast where they came from. The Coalition to Restore Coastal Louisiana, a non-profit advocacy organisation, has collected more than 1,300 tonnes o…
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The best recent crime novels – review roundup | Books | The Guardian
Based on a true story, Tom & Lucky (and George & Cokey Flo) by C Joseph Greaves (Bloomsbury Circus, £16.
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War Horse by Michael Morpurgo – review | Children’s books | The Guardian
I liked this book a lot because Joey has a lot of owners and they all have different attitudes.
War Horse by Michael Morpurgo – review https://t.co/ABZt1GOZ16 https://t.co/uwkLuWB3uM -
China Tycoon ‘Missing’ as Anti-graft Net Widens | Al Jazeera America
One of China’s richest men, Guo Guangchang, is reported to be missing after last being seen accompanied by police, in a possible sign that an anti-corruption campaign is widening beyond state companies.
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Kurdish-Arab Coalition Forms Syrian Party | Al Jazeera America
The formation of the Syrian Democratic Council was approved on Thursday at the meeting, which was attended by the Democratic Union Party (PYD), the largest Kurdish group, and its armed wing, the YPG.
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Now this is exciting. The amazing Rick Riordan has a whole new series starting in May 2016. It’s called The Trials of Apollo and the first book is The Hidden Oracle. But you don’t have to wait until May to read it or see the front cover, oh no! Here…
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Prime Your Appetite and Settle Your Stomach With Pre- and Post-Meal Drinks
A lot of folks worry about what to drink with their food, but I firmly believe that one should pay as much attention to what one drinks both before and after.
Prime Your Appetite and Settle Your Stomach With Pre- and Post-Meal Drinks https://t.co/5E9aPMIR5z https://t.co/FGmalupgGT -
Climate change Christmas cards | Environment | The Guardian
The holiday season won’t be so merry and bright if the effects of climate change eventually ravage the Earth. Artist Zachary Scheer illustrates the ghosts of holidays future in these environmentally minded Christmas cards
Climate change Christmas cards https://t.co/T0x1pdh4oO https://t.co/KnuRZd6nlz -
Why These Muslim Republicans Aren’t Worried About Trump | Vanity Fair
Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump has yet to walk back his plan to prevent terrorist attacks by banning all Muslims from entering the U.S. And why should he, despite widespread condemnation from members of his own party? It certainly is…
Why These Muslim Republicans Aren’t Worried About Trump https://t.co/VDqBBiPwdI https://t.co/A4oOiEFrLR -
Supreme court’s affirmative action comments are ‘dead wrong’ experts say | US news | The Guardian
A US supreme court justice’s suggestion this week that black students may benefit from attending “lesser schools” isn’t supported by academic research of affirmative action policies, experts said on Thursday.
Supreme court’s affirmative action comments are ‘dead wrong’ experts say https://t.co/mK14smT76B https://t.co/6Wyc2eACrp -
EU Commission sues Germany over Daimler car coolant – BBC News
The EU Commission is taking Germany to court because the carmaker Daimler is still using a coolant chemical deemed harmful to the environment. Daimler uses the refrigerant, called R-134a, in the air-conditioning units of Mercedes cars.
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Flipkart Exits The E-Book Business, Transfers Users To Rakuten Kobo | TechCrunch
Flipkart, one of the biggest players in India’s booming e-commerce market, has conceded that there is one part of online retail it can’t win, and stopped selling e-books.
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Why physics needs art to help picture the universe —…
Historians of science usually date the origin of the Scientific Revolution as 1543, when Copernicus’ De Revolutionibus first put the Earth in motion. While that is a convenient and defensible choice, it is not the only good candidate.
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Beijing continues to suffer from pollution, but Delhi’s air quality is one-and-a-half times worse (independent.co.uk)submitted 29 minutes ago by loading…
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How masks explain the psychology behind online haras…
Possessed by a mask https://t.co/3yQkFdGLEm https://t.co/Dwdo20V5BE
It is an acknowledged fact of modern life that the internet brings out the worst in people. Otherwise law-abiding citizens pilfer films and music. Eminent authors create ‘sock puppets’ to anonymously praise their own work and denigrate that of rival… -
Egypt shuts down novelist Alaa al-Aswany’s public event and media work | Books | The Guardian
Egypt shuts down novelist Alaa al-Aswany’s public event and media work https://t.co/34pKRl2D7a https://t.co/gGog4Wh1Xp
Bestselling Egyptian novelist Alaa al-Aswany was forced this week to shut down one of his public seminars. -
50,000 trees to be axed to construct a road; how much more will silence cost us? : environment
50,000 trees to be axed to construct a road; how much more will silence cost us? https://t.co/JB2kUrsmRf https://t.co/Qcn7JYvhr4
50,000 trees to be axed to construct a road; how much more will silence cost us? (bangaloremirror.com)submitted 1 hour ago by loading… -
Another winter in Gaza’s makeshift homes – Al Jazeera English
Gaza Strip – More than a year since Israel’s deadly onslaught on the besieged Gaza Strip, the United Nations refugee agency (UNRWA) estimates that 100,000 Palestinians in Gaza are preparing to spend a second winter in damaged homes and makeshift str…
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Space in Videos – 2015 – 12 – Essential Climate Variables: Ice sheets
Within ESA’s Climate Change Initiative, expert René Forsberg of the Technical University of Denmark explains the importance of ice sheets as an Essential Climate Variable to understand our changing world.
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Kickstarter Hires Journalist To Probe Collapse Of Zano Drone Project | TechCrunch
Kickstarter Hires Journalist To Probe Collapse Of Zano Drone Project https://t.co/a4y4NmfHOy https://t.co/eTvp3pftu7
Here’s an intriguing move: crowdfunding platform Kickstarter has commissioned a freelance journalist to investigate — and ultimately (it hopes) explain — the collapse of a high profile drone project which was also the most funded European project to… -
Drone squad to be launched by Tokyo police – BBC News
A drone squad, designed to locate and – if necessary – capture nuisance drones flown by members of the public, is to be launched by police in Tokyo.The police unit will patrol important buildings such as the prime minister’s office.
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Citadel: US college suspends cadets over ‘KKK’ hoods – BBC News
A top US military college says it has suspended eight cadets seen in photos wearing pillowcases resembling hoods worn by the white supremacist Ku Klux Klan.John Rosa, president of the Citadel college, said he found the images “offensive and disturbi…
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Suzette Jordan: Three sentenced to 10 years in jail over Kolkata gang rape – BBC News
A court in Kolkata (Calcutta) has sentenced three men to 10 years in jail for the 2012 gang rape of an Indian woman who later waived her right to anonymity to encourage other rape survivors to speak out.
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EU concern after Bosnia’s Serbs suspend police co-operation – BBC News
The EU has expressed concern after Bosnian Serbs decided to suspend co-operation with the country’s central police force and courts. The decision could “jeopardize the functioning of the judiciary and law enforcement in BiH [Bosnia-Herzegovina]”, th…
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India pollution: Delhi ban on government diesel cars – BBC News
India’s National Green Tribunal has told the government not to buy any more diesel vehicles amid worsening pollution in the capital, Delhi. The order will apply to the federal and local Delhi governments.
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Forget for a moment what you know about books and their covers, and consider Faber’s latest anthology with a judicious eye. From the heavy, silky card to the tasteful artwork and the title font’s restrained serif, it’s a masterclass in elegant, unth…
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Muhammad Ali, one of the most famous athletes in American history and a convert to Islam in the 1960s, returned to the public spotlight Wednesday night to say that political leaders had a responsibility to foster understanding about his religion. Hi…
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This is an article from Turning Points, a magazine that explores what critical moments from this year might mean for the year ahead. Turning Point: An AI system teaches itself how to play and win video games without any programming.
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This app lets you draw digital connections between physical objects | The Verge
This app lets you draw digital connections between physical objects https://t.co/XoveeZonuf https://t.co/ABKmW7Hshs
Whether we like it or not, more and more of the world’s objects are coming online. Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, and NFC standards are all being used make everything from your car to your smoke alarm digitally connected. -
The End of Work? https://t.co/W2cz12e1xU https://t.co/Ef3TDlG53l
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Love Everyone Often Peace Beauty Balance Life Light Magic: French portrait
French portrait https://t.co/hEHzgrqVrR https://t.co/wLpP7zB2Wq
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NASA’s Dawn Spacecraft flying over dwarf planet Ceres [718 x 404] [GIF] https://t.co/3ToVXv0AZG https://t.co/bJysp6Rh92
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In the wake of last week’s deadly terrorist attack in San Bernardino, California, two powerful United States senators have introduced legislation that would require Internet companies to report “online terrorist activity” to law enforcement.
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Gunmen Attack Military Bases in Burundi’s Capital | VICE News
A series of coordinated assaults was launched on military sites in Burundi’s capital on Friday morning, with at least seven people killed in the worst violence in the African country since an attempted coup against President Pierre Nkurunziza in May.
Gunmen Attack Military Bases in Burundi’s Capital https://t.co/GXN1BUkxES https://t.co/txmu0bPbPA -
Say Fappy Holidays with Our Sex Tech Gift Guide | Motherboard
Holiday times are fast approaching (or, if you’re Jewish, already here), and nothing puts the ho in holiday quite like some good old fashioned sex tech.
Say Fappy Holidays with Our Sex Tech Gift Guide https://t.co/kgBFalfw8Q https://t.co/MXapvLhNbS -
UEFA chief Platini loses appeal against FIFA ban – Al Jazeera English
European football chief Michel Platini has lost his appeal at the Court to Arbitration for Sport (CAS) to lift the 90-day ban handed out by FIFA in October.
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What Climate Change Looks Like: Miami’s $300 Million Pumps : environment
What Climate Change Looks Like: Miami’s $300 Million Pumps (nytimes.com)submitted 3 hours ago by loading…
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Immigration, Refugees, and American Policy – The Atlantic
America’s Immigration Challenge https://t.co/w16Swwale6 https://t.co/YiN7GHgvPy
On Wednesday, FBI director James Comey alleged that the San Bernardino shooters were already plotting a mass-murder attack on the United States before Tafsheen Malik received the K-1 visa admitting her to the United States. Her husband-to-be, Syed F… -
A Guilty Verdict for Daniel Holtzclaw – The Atlantic
A Guilty Verdict for Daniel Holtzclaw https://t.co/JWYByz9M8L https://t.co/d66C7y5tQs
An Oklahoma County jury handed down a series of guilty verdicts on Thursday night in the trial of former Oklahoma City Police Department officer Daniel Holtzclaw, who allegedly raped and sexually assaulted at least 13 black women in the neighborhood… -
December 11, 1981: The Salvadoran Army Murders More Than 800 Civilians in El Mozote | The Nation
December 11, 1981: The Salvadoran Army Murders More Than 800 Civilians in El Mozote https://t.co/qn9F3sUwF9 https://t.co/1CIUOweUQI
On this day in 1981 the Salvadoran Army, which operated with the backing of the United States, murdered some 800 civilians in the El Mozote region of El Salvadaor. -
Kurdish-Arab coalition in Syria forms political wing – Al Jazeera English
Kurdish-Arab coalition in Syria forms political wing https://t.co/H4CNIkNBpj https://t.co/lkNDVKgXOI
A Kurdish-Arab coalition fighting the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) group has announced the creation of a political wing following a two-day conference in Syria’s northeastern town of al-Malikiyeh. -
The Guardians of London’s Black Cab ‘Knowledge’ | Motherboard
The Guardians of London’s Black Cab ‘Knowledge’ https://t.co/JgGNw7Y3ol https://t.co/1HV6gpkLN5
Twenty-five thousand streets, 100,000 landmarks, 320 main routes criss-crossing the most congested city in Europe, all committed to memory. This is what it takes to drive one of London’s iconic black taxis. -
California Drought Has Not Slowed Development | Al Jazeera America
LOS ANGELES — California is in dire need of two resources. One is man-made: housing. The other is natural: water.
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Brazil Struggling With Recession | Al Jazeera America
RIO DE JANEIRO — Evaldo Alves de Barros scanned the vacancies board with his hands deep in his pockets. He was not looking for a job for himself this time. He was at the City Hall’s labor center in northern Rio de Janeiro to register his 21-year-old…
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After Laquan McDonald’s Shooting, Chicago Targets Police Contract Protections | Mother Jones
This story appears courtesy of the Chicago Reporter, a nonprofit investigative news organization that focuses on race, poverty, and income inequality. In the fallout from the release of the Laquan McDonald video, Chicago’s top cop lost his job.
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Seerene Raises $5M To Help IT Departments Monitor Software Performance | TechCrunch
Seerene, an analytics platform that helps companies see how their other software is performing, has raised $5 million in seed funding and opened an office in Hong Kong, its first in Asia. The round was led by Earlybird Venture Capital and will suppo…
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These Are the People Who Really Run the NRA | Mother Jones
The National Rifle Association claims to speak for more than 5 million gun owners. But most of the shots at the organization are called by a hush-hush board of 76 directors. The majority are nominated by a top-down process and elected by a small fra…
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Principia live / Principia / Human Spaceflight / Our Activities / ESA
Watch the launch of ESA astronaut Tim Peake, NASA astronaut Tim Kopra and Russian commander Yuri Malenchenko to the International Space Station on 15 December at 11:03 GMT (12:03 CET). Launch coverage starts at 11:00 GMT (12:00 CET).
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Accused of Supporting Torture, DePaul University Dean Faces Calls For Resignation – In These Times
When President Obama took office, he pledged to put a decisive end to so-called “enhanced interrogation” practices, which he suggested had constituted a “dark and painful chapter in our history.
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Here’s How ISIS Gets Its Guns | Mother Jones
Here’s How ISIS Gets Its Guns https://t.co/9SpwZsPeW3 https://t.co/5hhgq9QvFo
When ISIS captured the Iraqi city of Mosul last summer, it also nabbed a bonanza of weapons, ammunition, and vehicles from the fleeing Iraqi army. The Islamic’s State’s embarrassing seizure of military gear ranging from American M-16s to armored Hum… -
Chris Christie Used to Be Against Terrorist Suspects Getting Guns | Mother Jones
Chris Christie Used to Be Against Terrorist Suspects Getting Guns https://t.co/r8HsUkDhUg https://t.co/QtF8iiFYPM
Days after a mass shooting in San Bernardino, California, killed 14 people, and mere hours after President Barack Obama called for more gun safety measures in a speech addressing the attack, GOP presidential candidate Chris Christie bolstered his su… -
Putin vows tough line on Syria threats – BBC News
Putin vows tough line on Syria threats https://t.co/6PFBsghF3R https://t.co/7vetbJYAAM
This breaking news story is being updated and more details will be published shortly. Please refresh the page for the fullest version. -
Displaced Iraqis find new future in Kurdish region – Al Jazeera English
Displaced Iraqis find new future in Kurdish region https://t.co/Dda4Zy1ib8 https://t.co/n95NHMlhdp
US Ambassador Paul Bremer, former administrator of Iraq, discusses whether his policies led to the rise of ISIL. The personal journey of a filmmaker caught in the crossfire of the battle for Tasmania’s ancient forests. -
Never mind a third runway – what Heathrow needs is managed decline https://t.co/eEeCxdHMRh https://t.co/dbIiSIMLC6
Never take a fact from a lobbyist. Heathrow runways have nothing to do with “vital British business”. The idea that spending a staggering £18bn on one runway is economically essential is ludicrous. -
Asylum row highlights Thai human trafficking – Al Jazeera English
Thai police say they are considering a defamation case against a police officer who fled to Australia and is claiming political asylum.
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Islamic State oil trade ‘worth more than $500m’ – BBC News
The so-called Islamic State (IS) has made more than $500m (£330m) trading oil, a US treasury official has said. Its “primary customer” has been the government of Syria’s President Bashar al-Assad, despite its ongoing battle to overthrow the regime, …
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Swift Air claims to own Malaysia ‘abandoned’ planes – BBC News
An air cargo company in Malaysia says it owns three Boeing 747 jets which officials said were left unclaimed at Kuala Lumpur airport. Swift Air Cargo says it has been trying to retrieve them, but Malaysia Airports disputes its paperwork.
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A brief history of UK-Libya relations – Al Jazeera English
A brief history of UK-Libya relations https://t.co/pP7oSwxqWg https://t.co/wfB9xGyrC2
On a Sunday morning in February 2011, William Hague, the British foreign secretary, received an unexpected phone call at home from Saif al-Islam Gaddafi, the well-connected son of Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi. -
Letter from Ghouta: The fear of coming home to nothing – Al Jazeera English
Letter from Ghouta: The fear of coming home to nothing https://t.co/80nIn3peHQ https://t.co/WfkHFsqA4P
On the outskirts of Damascus lies the rich, aspen-tree-laden land of eastern Ghouta. -
How Jessica Jones Won Over This Marvel Hater – In These Times
I am proud to call myself a relentless and inflexible critic of the Marvel Cinematic Universe. For some time now, the unstoppable torrent of Marvel content—at least 23 movies between 2008 and 2019, plus at least seven TV shows (Agent Carter and Agen…
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This is Feodor – vandal and destroyer of all : cats
This is Feodor – vandal and destroyer of all via /r/cats https://t.co/RRr2iZO0LY https://t.co/FxlzrUpRwC https://t.co/H2SCIfnFl4
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This is Feodor – vandal and destroyer of all via /r/cats https://t.co/RRr2iZO0LY https://t.co/FxlzrUpRwC https://t.co/H2SCIfnFl4
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I made a movie poster for my dog : aww
I made a movie poster for my dog via /r/aww https://t.co/JQyMgiIoAq https://t.co/A7pEnmbGuC https://t.co/FLE0RmGw5P
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I made a movie poster for my dog via /r/aww https://t.co/JQyMgiIoAq https://t.co/A7pEnmbGuC https://t.co/FLE0RmGw5P
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meow irl via /r/MEOW_IRL https://t.co/xFhj3eAV7E https://t.co/vDQYAfXIE2 https://t.co/SrTjsDpb1o
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meow irl via /r/MEOW_IRL https://t.co/xFhj3eAV7E https://t.co/vDQYAfXIE2 https://t.co/SrTjsDpb1o
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Paris climate talks: deal in sight but negotiations stretch into weekend – live https://t.co/OAsfTlSlui https://t.co/fCBZlZprgl
The COP21 summit started in Paris nearly a fortnight ago. The challenge for world leaders was to put in place a legally-binding agreement to tackle dangerous global warming, enshrining action beyond 2020, when governments’ current commitments run ou… -
How to stay warm in your home this winter, explained by A Dad | Grist
How to stay warm in your home this winter, explained by A Dad https://t.co/AbgJAL2rpq https://t.co/KRDXLjT7vI
As winter settles heavily upon both your street and serotonin levels, you may find yourself possessed by a single, unshakable thought: “I must leave this place. I must move, immediately.” Often, when I find myself in such a mental state, I turn to m… -
Climate change in Somaliland: ‘My children get very hungry’ – in pictures https://t.co/5WY1YsV9IQ https://t.co/vxi59MJZDX
More than 240,000 people in Somaliland do not have enough food because of acute droughts caused by poor rains. -
RZA is tempted to steal back the $2 million Wu-Tang album | The Verge
Pretty much everyone was sad to learn this week that the only copy of the Wu-Tang Clan’s new album was sold to Martin Shkreli, the 32-year-old pharmaceutical executive who made millions by raising the price of a life-saving anti-parasitic drug by 4,…
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Pillarguritoppen – Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Pillarguritoppen is a mountain of Oppland, in southern Norway.
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Ford to invest $4.5bn in electric cars – BBC News
Ford says it will invest $4.5bn (£3bn) to expand its fleet of plug-in and hybrid electric vehicles, and will start selling 13 new electric models by 2020. That will include a new Ford Focus that charges more quickly and has a longer range, the US ca…
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Heathrow expansion verdict could be delayed beyond summer | UK news | The Guardian
The government’s decision on airport expansion in the south could be delayed even further than the middle of 2016, the transport secretary has suggested – despite announcing on Thursday that a likely verdict is due next summer.
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Donald Trump: police killers should get the death penalty – video | US news | The Guardian
Republican candidate Donald Trump vows to impose the death penalty for anyone who kills a police officer if he becomes US president.
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Nicki Minaj: US prison system ‘is like slavery’ | Music | The Guardian
Nicki Minaj has spoken about the war on drugs in the US, likening mass incarceration to slavery in a recent interview with Billboard magazine. “What it has become is not a war on drugs,” she said. “It has become slavery. Or something crazier.
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The life and death of Aliyu Mohammed Hassan – Al Jazeera English
Yola, Nigeria – Thirty-four people It was one of many to target the Nigerian city. As we tally the number of dead from such attacks in Nigeria, we rarely get to hear the individual stories of the victims.
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COP 21: Five ways climate change could affect Africa – BBC News
As the UN climate change summit in Paris enters its final scheduled day, delegates from 196 countries are desperately trying to hammer out a deal, which could fundamentally alter the future of the planet.
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Space in Images – 2015 – 12 – French portrait
French portrait https://t.co/hbhkmA35KN https://t.co/iFPpQRofwP
This natural colour image from Sentinel-2A on 29 August features the area of Les Deux Alpes and surroundings, in France. A ski resort in the French Isère department, the village of Les Deux Alpes sits at 1650 m with its ski lifts running up to 3600 … -
Burundi crisis: Military bases attacked in Bujumbura – BBC News
Heavily armed attackers have launched co-ordinated assaults on multiple army barracks in Burundi. At least seven people, including several attackers, have reportedly been killed in Bujumbura, the capital.
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Violent clashes in Ethiopia over ‘master plan’ to expand Addis | World news | The Guardian
At least 10 students are said to have been killed and hundreds injured during protests against the Ethiopian government’s plans to expand the capital city into surrounding farmland.
Violent clashes in Ethiopia over ‘master plan’ to expand Addis https://t.co/7oc5wrTQev https://t.co/jkEfytCf6b -
Pollution fears as £150m subsidy is poured into back-up diesel power | Business | The Guardian
New heavy-polluting “diesel farms” will be built with more than £150m worth of subsidies under a “capacity market” auction run for the government aimed at keeping the lights on.
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Japan’s stocks end three days of losses – BBC News
Japan’s stocks rose on Friday following an upbeat session in US, ending three consecutive days of losses. The benchmark Nikkei 225 closed up 1% at 19,230.48 despite oil prices continuing to sit near seven-year lows.
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BBC Sport – Michel Platini: Uefa president loses suspension appeal
Uefa president Michel Platini has failed in his bid to have his 90-day provisional ban from football activity lifted. Platini had asked for the suspension to be lifted to allow him to work but his request was denied by the Court of Arbitration for S…
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Germany launches world’s largest nuclear fusion reactor – Al Jazeera English
The world’s largest nuclear fusion reactor has been switched on in Germany. It took 19 years to build but it is hoped that the biggest and most complex stellarator of them all, the Wendelstein 7-X, will pave the way for virtually limitless sources o…
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Paris attacks: ‘If you are Muslim they judge you’ – BBC News
Paris attacks: ‘If you are Muslim they judge you’ https://t.co/tlYCxG9WRS https://t.co/V43WBosVDJ
Rights groups have warned that there could be a widespread abuse of civil liberties for French Muslims. Emergency laws were declared following the Paris terrorist attacks nearly a month ago, which killed 130 people. -
Kickstarter hires investigative journalist to dig into one of its biggest failures | The Verge
Kickstarter hires investigative journalist to dig into one of its biggest failures https://t.co/Bdl6t7yR8j https://t.co/P86Od8lISd
In November, the company behind Europe’s biggest ever Kickstarter project told its backers it was shutting down. The Torquing Group had raised more than £2.3 million ($3. -
Donald Trump: ‘We can’t worry about being politically correct’ – BBC News
Donald Trump: ‘We can’t worry about being politically correct’ https://t.co/56S80OZu4I https://t.co/XPD9a4umuP
The frontrunner for the Democratic Party nomination for the US presidency, Hillary Clinton, has condemned her Republican rival, Donald Trump, as dangerous. She said she no longer found him funny following his suggestion that Muslims be banned from e… -
International banks have ploughed hundreds of millions of euros into a wave of hydropower projects sweeping across many pristine national parks and environmentally-protected regions in the Balkans, according to a new report.
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Turkish business partner condemns Donald Trump’s anti-Muslim stance | World news | The Guardian
The Turkish franchise of Trump Towers has condemned Republican presidential frontrunner Donald Trump’s proposal to temporarily bar Muslims from entering the US, saying it was evaluating its legal ties with the brand name.
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We had joy we had fun we had whiskers in the sun : cats
We had joy we had fun we had whiskers in the sun via /r/cats https://t.co/YGcGkdPKyC https://t.co/gPpIiQcYbL https://t.co/Z5m7Q5m3lA
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NFL previews: Big Ben to tame Bengals and Bills to down unpredictable Eagles | Sport | The Guardian
Four games left to go in the regular season, Tom Coughlin’s so amped up that he’s answering journalists’ questions with jumping jacks.
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Love Everyone Often Peace Beauty Balance Life Light Magic: Daytime Moon Meets Morning Star
Daytime Moon Meets Morning Star https://t.co/R0SzdrNofe https://t.co/tHrWo4F5LD
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Russia’s truckers protest over new levy – BBC News
A new road tax which introduced last month in Russia has led to protests by long distance lorry drivers all over the country.
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The Knife of Never Letting Go by Patrick Ness– review | Children’s books | The Guardian
The Knife of Never Letting Go by Patrick Ness- review https://t.co/gVvH47KO8t https://t.co/SCoJlUUqCC
My college librarian is a big fan of Patrick Ness and really encouraged me to read some of his books. Over the October half term I read The Knife of Never Letting Go, first book in the Chaos Walking Trilogy – it was SOOOO worth it. -
Zooey Deschanel without eyebrows or teeth : pics
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The classic film Casablanca is perennially ripe for parody, but for some reason, its spoofs usually confine themselves to Rick’s Café Américain.
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Adam Voges and Shaun Marsh set a record fourth-wicket partnership of 449 before Australia declared on 583-4 on day two of the first Test against West Indies.
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Valve’s Steam Controller factory is straight out of Portal | The Verge
Valve’s Steam Controller factory is straight out of Portal https://t.co/mtrtSfa6AC https://t.co/EEfQVO2ZU3
If you’re like me, you love watching those How It’s Made videos that detail the processes involved in mass-manufacturing consumer goods. And if you’re not yet like me, this video will convince you to join the ranks. -
New High-Res Image Shows Pluto’s Badlands In Full Color – Digg
New High-Res Image Shows Pluto’s Badlands In Full Color https://t.co/tly6GT8udq https://t.co/GT8wen42up
New Horizons flew by Pluto months ago, but NASA continues to release stunning images of the planet in a slow trickle. Last week, NASA released a large black and white photo mosaic of the dwarf planet’s “badlands. -
Arizona Cardinals beat Minnesota Vikings 23-20 to secure play-off spot | Sport | The Guardian
Arizona Cardinals beat Minnesota Vikings 23-20 to secure play-off spot https://t.co/iOEPJqGZvb https://t.co/oV9I48Tyoe
The Arizona Cardinals beat the Minnesota Vikings 23-20 at the University of Phoenix Stadium on Thursday to secure a play-off spot. But they need to wait until Sunday to know if they have clinched the NFC West title. -
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More flooding expected in northern England as rain forecast | UK news | The Guardian
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The Best Science Books of 2015 | Brain Pickings
I think of my annual best-of reading lists as Old Year’s resolutions in reverse — unlike traditional resolutions, which frame our aspirational priorities for the new year, these reflect on the books that emerged as most worth prioritizing over the s…
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Major Major’s father was a sober God-fearing man whose idea of a good joke was to lie about his age. He was a longlimbed farmer, a God-fearing, freedom-loving, law-abiding rugged individualist who held that federal aid to anyone but farmers was cree…
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Google is working on split-screen multitasking for Android tablets | The Verge
The Pixel C is the first tablet ever designed by Google itself, and with its keyboard attachment could have demonstrated Android’s potential as an operating system for productivity.
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Hillary Clinton: Donald Trump has become dangerous – video | US news | The Guardian
On NBC’s Late Night with Seth Meyers on Thursday, the Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton condemns Republican frontrunner Donald Trump, and says his rhetoric is no longer something we can laugh at.
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What is it about the weather? It seems when we’re not talking about it, we’re listening to reports on it, worrying about the future of it, planning holidays around it … Everyone knows that temperature and light are British preoccupations.
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Westpac’s commitment to help limit global warming to less than 2C does not mean it is going to stop investing in coal projects soon.
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As Cumbria struggles, Osborne plots to build homes on floodplains | Housing Network | The Guardian
Not everyone is equal in their capacity to recover from flooding. Tenure, for example, is a particular problem: people who rent privately and struggle to get their landlords to fix even minor problems in their homes may be up against significant cha…
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Nikki Giovanni’s Wonderful Poems Celebrating Libraries and Librarians | Brain Pickings
Ursula K. Le Guin wrote in her impassioned case for the sacredness of public libraries. Thoreau saw libraries as a potent fertilizer for the human imagination and for literature itself.
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David Headley: Mumbai attacks ‘planner’ turns witness – BBC News
A US man sentenced to 35 years in jail for his role in the 2008 Mumbai attacks has been pardoned by an Indian court after he agreed to be a witness. David Headley appeared before a court in Mumbai via video conference and agreed to give full details…
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Australia mulls indefinite detention for terror convicts – BBC News
Convicted terrorists in Australia could be kept in jail after completing their sentences, under new proposals. Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull said state and territory leaders had agreed to work towards bringing in the laws.
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Storm Desmond flood waters recede: Carlisle and Cockermouth, then and now | UK news | The Guardian
Scenes in Cumbria before and after the flood waters receded 02.00 EST Last modified on Friday 11 December 2015 02.
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Val McDermid and Ian Rankin join attack on swingeing library cuts | Books | The Guardian
Fife’s decision to close 16 of its libraries has been attacked by high-profile Scottish authors including Ian Rankin and Val McDermid, as well as by a group of Scottish National Party MPs.
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A realignment of Iran’s political factions underway as elections loom | World news | The Guardian
Every so often Iran’s political factions change shape, and there are signs that a realignment is currently underway.
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Harlem on my mind: civil rights-era New York – in pictures | Art and design | The Guardian
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Thailand police investigate US envoy for lese majeste – BBC News
The US ambassador to Thailand, Glyn Davies, is being investigated for royal defamation over a speech he made in November. In it, Mr Davies expressed concern about the long jail sentences for violating the lese majeste law.
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Tracking and protecting Mongolia’s snow leopard – BBC News
Mongolia’s temperature has risen by two degrees Celsius, and scientists in the landlocked country are warning it could heat up by another four degrees by 2080, unless urgent action is taken.
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Sometimes, when it’s cold and you’re hungry, all you want is a cup of tea and some buttered toast; nothing exciting, but everything made just the way you like.
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Young Democrats Prefer Bernie Sanders, New Poll Finds Many liberal millennials are feeling the Bern — and burned by the American dream. (huffingtonpost.com) New Poll Finds Many liberal millennials are feeling the Bern — and burned by the American …
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Where We’re Going, We Don’t Need Clothes: First Trailer For The Back to the Future Porn Spoof!
Now that Marty McFly’s arrived from 1985, it’s time to give Marty a proper greeting: with a porn spoof! After all, porn spoofs are the most important cultural artifacts of our futuristic era. Here’s the first trailer, exclusively at io9! It’s work-s…
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North and South Korea hold talks to boost ties – Al Jazeera English
North and South Korea have held high-level talks at a North Korean border town, aiming to ease tensions and improve ties that degenerated after a military standoff in August.
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Visa-waiver ban won’t stop terrorism – Al Jazeera English
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What the hell is going on? That’s what Donald Trump wants to know, or at least what he wants the US government to know before any more Muslims are allowed into the country. -
The Jeb Bush Story: A Tale of Love and Lobbyists – The Daily Beast
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Why Hillary Clinton Should Thank God for Donald Trump – The Daily Beast
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Donald Trump’s Donors Asked Me if I Was Muslim – The Daily Beast
James “Owen” Greeson said it so casually that it almost didn’t sound strange. He was talking about how, at 76 years old, he’s never picked a winner, has always thrown his weight behind some presidential candidate who’s got no shot. This time was no …
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200 Woman Sue WEN Hair Care – The Daily Beast
Anyone who has channel-surfed at 3 a.m. and watched celebrity hair stylist Chaz Dean work his magic on the manes of Brooke Shields and Alyssa Milano will be familiar with the WEN hair care range. But the cult favorite products have also attracted co…
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Egypt’s Second Twitter Revolution – The Daily Beast
CAIRO — Ayman Moussa’s father died on Nov. 12. But there was little hope, it seemed, of the young engineering student and activist making it to the funeral. Moussa was locked up in Cairo’s notorious Wadi al-Natrun prison, serving 15 years for partic…
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You Better Be Good, for Goodness’s Sake: SantaCon’s Mission Impossible – The Daily Beast
Ask anyone in New York City about SantaCon—trawl through Twitter, quiz your friends—and you’ll find it’s an issue upon which almost everyone agrees: the yearly orgy of Santa-suit clad drunks clogging the city’s bars and streets is the worst manifest…
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‘Transparent’ Returns: The Great Power and Great Responsibility of TV’s Best Show – The Daily Beast
The cast and creator of Transparent talk raising the bar for season two, becoming a part of the trans civil rights movement, and being on a mission to lives.
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Which Generation Owns ‘Star Wars’ Nostaliga? – The Daily Beast
Who are the OG Star Wars fans—the boomers who took their Gen X kids to see it in theaters? The Millennials who remember the 1997 re-release? Or do we all get to claim Star Wars nostalgia? It’s no secret that people get more than a little excited for…
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The Murder That Made This Town Go Gun Crazy – The Daily Beast
A craven killer’s run from Tennessee cops came to a quick halt after rousting awake two neighbors, who happened to also be Marines.“He barked up the wrong part of the neighborhood,” Josh Bush, 30, told The Daily Beast of the bizarre, predawn Monday …
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Move Over, Adele—JFK’s Actually the Fastest-Selling Artist Ever – The Daily Beast
Adele famously shattered first-week sales records by moving 3.38 million copies of 25, her latest album. But that new record comes with an overlooked caveat: It’s the fastest-selling record since Nielsen SoundScan began tracking music purchases in 1…
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Why Hillary Clinton Should Thank God for Donald Trump – The Daily Beast
Forget the fake facts, the Mexicans-are-rapists racism, the stupefying ignorance of international trade, and the unambiguous and unapologetic anti-Muslim bigotry.
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Norman Lear: ‘Asshole’ Trump Is Nothing More Than a Giant ‘Middle Finger’ – The Daily Beast
Norman Lear has seen a lot of presidents in his 93 years. He was born during the Warren G. Harding Administration and despite his lifelong liberal views has expressed strong admiration for Dwight D. Eisenhower. And while he has had plenty of negativ…
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Was Chipotle’s Freshness Obsession Its Downfall? – The Daily Beast
Dr. Douglas Powell saw the Chipotle E. coli outbreak coming eight years ago.
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Russian Oligarch or FBI Rat? – The Daily Beast
As The Daily Beast reported Wednesday, three Russian witnesses in a federal asset forfeiture case—one tied to the most infamous Russian corruption and money-laundering scandal to emerge under Vladimir Putin’s presidency—amassed over $50,000 in hotel…
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Donald Trump Tricked the GOP Into Defending Muslims – The Daily Beast
Donald Trump’s campaign for president will likely be studied for years, and not just by political scientists but also by psychologists. There’s a weird kind of upside to all this madness, more on which later.
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The Jeb Bush Story: A Tale of Love and Lobbyists – The Daily Beast
The Jeb Story is a story told by lobbyists—literally. Right to Rise, the super PAC backing Jeb Bush’s presidential campaign, rolled out a 15-minute video this week touting Bush’s record as governor in Florida, as well as his personal background.
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What book did you finally get around to reading in 2015? · AVQ&A · The A.V. Club
Welcome back to AVQ&A, where we throw out a question for discussion among the staff and readers. Consider this a prompt to compare notes on your interface with pop culture, to reveal your embarrassing tastes and experiences, and to ponder how our di…
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Like all the coolest bass players, Jenny Lee Lindberg came to the instrument late. Inspired by dance, her first love, she began playing at 19 and quickly helped the L.A. foursome Warpaint develop its sound: sensual, somnambulant post-punk, like Bana…
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Our favorite graphic novels, one-shots, and archives of 2015 · Best of · The A.V. Club
Two stunning works by twin brothers. A biography of Adolf Hitler by a manga master. A first-person account of the civil rights movement from one of its key figures. A webcomic about race in superhero comics.
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XCOM 2 is full of nasty, thrilling surprises · What Are You Playing This Weekend? · The A.V. Club
Welcome to our weekly open thread for the discussion of gaming plans, nagging questions, and whatever else we feel like talking about. No matter what the topic, we invite everyone in the comments to tell us: What Are You Playing This Weekend?
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Here’s what’s up in the world of TV for Friday, December 11 and Saturday, December 12. All times are Eastern. Transparent (Amazon, 3:01 a.m.
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In Scenic Routes, Mike D’Angelo looks at key scenes, explaining how they work and what they mean. Every year at this time, I like to devote a column to a scene from a Christmas movie. In the past, I’ve written about It’s A Wonderful Life, Bad Santa,…
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In The New Christmas Canon, The A.V. Club looks beyond Rudolph’s nose and Zuzu’s petals to highlight entertainment from the ’90s, ’00s, and ’10s that has become a seasonal staple—or deserves to.
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Floods bring people together, but they also wash away trust | Martin Kettle | Opinion | The Guardian
Ever since at least the time of King Canute, and probably long before that, those in authority have had an uneasy relationship with the forces of nature. And with good reason, as this week has once again reminded many parts of Britain.
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End of the road draws near for Land Rover Defender | Business | The Guardian
That great steel and aluminium beast, the Land Rover Defender, and its ancestors have been clanging and clunking their way off the production line at Solihull since 1948.
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Some developing countries risk destabilising the UN climate negotiations in Paris by trying to rerun old battles over climate aid that have already been resolved, the head of the Organisation for Economic Cooperation has said.
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The Onion – America’s Finest News Source
From the biggest international news of terrorist shootings, to hard-hitting national coverage of mass shootings, to the noteworthy local stories of police shootings, no publication covered the monumental events that defined 2015 better than America’…
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The Onion – America’s Finest News Source
From the biggest international news of terrorist shootings, to hard-hitting national coverage of mass shootings, to the noteworthy local stories of police shootings, no publication covered the monumental events that defined 2015 better than America’…
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APOD: 2015 December 10 – Daytime Moon Meets Morning Star
Explanation: Venus now appears as Earth’s brilliant morning star, standing in a line-up of planets above the southeastern horizon before dawn. For most, the silvery celestial beacon rose predawn in a close pairing with an old crescent Moon on Monday…
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Wild Nintendo patent filing shows game controller made out of a screen | The Verge
Is this the NX controller? Or even the NX? Patent filings are a shaky indicator of future product plans, and you shouldn’t ever bank on the ideas making their way to market.
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China’s Fosun in trade halt amid reports its chairman is ‘unreachable’ – BBC News
Trading as been suspended in the Hong Kong shares of one of China’s biggest private investment conglomerates Fosun. It comes amid uncertainty over the whereabouts of its chairman, with one report saying Guo Guangchang has been unreachable since noon…
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Michelle Obama makes rap video about benefits of going to college – video | US news | The Guardian
The first lady of the United States, Michelle Obama, stars alongside Saturday Night Live comedian Jay Pharoah in a hip-hop video encouraging American school students to go on to higher education.
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Hunger games | Environment | The Guardian
As the days have grown shorter and the weather colder, dwindling natural food resources have drawn the birds back to my garden. The dunnock that roosts in our unkempt bay tree pauses to sip rainwater from the base of an upturned coal scuttle, before…
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Oklahoma police officer guilty of raping women on his beat – BBC News
An Oklahoma City police officer has been convicted of raping and sexually assaulting black women in the poor area he worked in. Daniel Holtzclaw, 29, stopped the women while out on patrol, searched them and then forced himself upon them.
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Canada welcomes wave of Syrian refugees – BBC News
The Canadian military is transporting hundreds of Syrian refugees from Jordan to Toronto to be resettled throughout the country this week. One military aircraft arrived in Toronto on Thursday, and another will arrive in Montreal on Saturday.
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Comedy Bang! Bang! didn’t use up the whole green-screen budget last week after all, and they didn’t use up all their early-’60s references in Josh Groban’s previous appearance.
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Tibetan Plateau turning to desert, says Chinese Academy of Science : environment
Tibetan Plateau turning to desert, says Chinese Academy of Science (chinadialogue.net)submitted 31 minutes ago by loading…
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Sane Climate Policies Are Being Undermined by Corporate-Friendly Trade Deals-companies like Exxon and Shell are using these deals to create new markets for fossil fuels. See the problem? (thenation.com)
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Celebrated 1956 Ferrari sold for $28m at New York auction | Sport | The Guardian
A 1956 Ferrari sold for $28m at an auction that also featured top bidding for Janis Joplin’s psychedelic Porsche, a 1963 Pontiac owned by Roy Rogers decorated with silver dollars and guns. RM Sotheby’s offered the vintage cars in its “Driven by Disr…
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Afghan intelligence chief quits over Pakistan ties – Al Jazeera English
The resignation comes amid a string of major Taliban attacks, including a 27-hour siege of Kandahar airport this week, which left more than 70 people dead. The assault on the airbase was under way as attended the Heart of Asia conference, a regional…
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Forgotten Son – The New Yorker
The solemn rituals that attend classical music have long made the genre an irresistible target for mockery, most of it obvious and crass. From time to time, though, a knowing insider produces a satire of classical pretensions that approaches the sub…
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Jackson Pollock’s Breakthrough Moment – The New Yorker
The Museum of Modern Art is showing nearly all of what it owns by Jackson Pollock—some sixty works, most of them rarely seen prints and drawings, that date from 1934 to 1954—in its second-floor graphics galleries. Why? That is, besides: Why not? It’…
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Bar Goto: Hospitality in Action – The New Yorker
One recent blustery evening at this Lower East Side bar, a slight man in a white T-shirt came to the rescue of a woman battling a wind-jammed door—he ushered her in, pulled out a stool, and caressed the crease out of her menu.
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Return of a Sixties Poster Girl – The New Yorker
Girl groups of the nineteen-sixties helped cement themes in American pop that have stuck to this day: glamour, adolescence, scandal, and the tension between capturing old, universal sentiments and instituting new ones.
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Oiji: Tables for Two – The New Yorker
Small plates, and small-batch soju, are what’s on offer at Oiji, a new Korean restaurant in the East Village. The biggest of the small plates, in terms of food-world hype, are the hot honey-butter chips, a riff on a Korean craze from last year.
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Douglas Sirk, Master of Americana – The New Yorker
A decade into his Hollywood career, the German émigré director Douglas Sirk—the subject of a rarity-filled retrospective at the Film Society of Lincoln Center, Dec. 23-Jan. 6—became a master of Americana.
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[Serious] Redditors who have lawfully killed someone, what’s your story? : AskReddit
My dad did, I wasn’t there but the short version is, walking out of a movie theatre he was held up at knife point from what he said was about 5-6 feet away. He faked being alarmed and took a step back while putting his hands up to stop the guy from …
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Beijing issues first ever red alert on smog : environment
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Gljúfrabúi Canyon Image, Iceland – National Geographic Photo of the Day
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Gljúfrabúi Canyon Image, Iceland – National Geographic Photo of the Day
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Congressman Blasts The Coal Industry: ‘American Taxpayers Are Being Ripped Off’ : environment
Congressman Blasts The Coal Industry: ‘American Taxpayers Are Being Ripped Off’ (thinkprogress.org)submitted 1 hour ago by loading…
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I had blood drawn this morning. Later in the day I lost my virginity. My virgin blood still exists somewhere on earth, but it’s not in me. (self.Showerthoughts) This is a pretty unique way to brag about getting laid.
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Daniel Holtzclaw, a 29-year-old former Oklahoma City officer, sobs as he is convicted of 18 counts of raping and sexually assaulting eight women while on duty.
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A White Cop Was Just Convicted of Raping 4 Black Women and Assaulting 4 Others | Mother Jones
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Former Oklahoma City police officer found guilty of serial rape of Black women / Boing Boing
Daniel Holtzclaw, 28, of Oklahoma City. [Reuters] Late on Thursday, a jury found a former Oklahoma City cop accused of sexually assaulting and raping 13 women guilty of rape and sexual battery.
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A White Cop Was Just Convicted of Raping 4 Black Women and Assaulting 4 Others | Mother Jones
An ex-cop in Okahoma was found guilty of 18 counts of sexual assault against 8 women in a case that largely escaped national media attention. He could be sentenced to up to 263 years in prison. Here’s what you need to know about the case.
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To Democrats, Donald Trump Is No Longer a Laughing Matter https://t.co/cr9gFVRGZI https://t.co/ou5AdabcEf
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WATERLOO, Iowa — Until Monday, when Donald J. Trump proposed a ban on Muslims entering the United States, Hillary Clinton could hardly keep herself from laughing at the mention of his name.
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Donald Trump’s hair to the rescue! Illustration: First Dog on the Moon/the Guardian
The exciting adventures of President Trump’s Hair – leader of the free world (and the moon) https://t.co/3SsJTX6HZZ https://t.co/ONj3ZsugDD -
How have ordinary Syrians been affected by the conflict? – BBC News
More than 250,000 Syrians have lost their lives and more than 11 million have fled their homes in four and a half years of civil war. And in the past year, air strikes against so-called Islamic State (IS) in the country have increased, with the UK r…
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How would you spell the noise a lightsaber makes? : AskReddit
How would you spell the noise a lightsaber makes? (self.AskReddit) “zhhhh” is when being swished. When being still it’s more of a “bbvvvvvvvvv”.
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As reported by Deadline, Pitch Perfect director Jason Moore has lined up what will probably be his next project. His pitch was picked up by Fox 2000, and the film will reportedly be about “an ordinary woman” who accomplishes some kind of heroic act …
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To describe an episode of Nathan For You as epic feels oxymoronic. The show has such a low-key, shambling charm about it, even when Nathan is pulling off stunts like “Smokers Allowed,” which require an unbelievable level of effort, planning, and att…
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I have to say that despite not immensely enjoying really any episode of The Big Bang Theory so far this season, I have been admiring its long game.
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This Hoverboard-Riding Robber Is Literally A Smooth Criminal – Digg
Glide in. Grab a crate of drinks. Glide out. It’s the perfect crime (except for the whole “being clearly caught on camera” part).
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Poll: Millennials prefer Sanders over Clinton : politics
Poll: Millennials prefer Sanders over Clinton https://t.co/JQhkEPsxxQ https://t.co/IktYfBFbqi
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Oh, if only Luke was into American politics. Hard left Luke: “Ben, I agree, but what could one lowly boy from Tatooine possibly do against the military-industrial complex? I’m gonna go home and do the harvest.”
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China remains biggest challenge for US – BBC News
Buried under the avalanche of reactions to presidential candidate Donald Trump’s verbal attack against Muslims, the stream of headlines about the San Bernardino couple who shot and killed more than 1
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Peter Mullan brings homeless reality to big screen – BBC News
To play a rough sleeper in Jake Gavin’s directorial debut film, Hector, 56-year-old actor Peter Mullan says he didn’t need to do any research for the role – he’d already experienced homelessness himself at 15 years-old.
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What Hillary Clinton Gets (and Bernie Sanders Doesn’t) About Wall Street – The New Yorker
On Monday, in a Times op-ed headlined “How I’d Rein In Wall Street,” Hillary Clinton expressed skepticism that restoring the Glass-Steagall Act, which once separated investment banks from commercial banks, would do much good.
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The best cosplay of the day. : pics
The best cosplay of the day. via /r/pics https://t.co/M83J3wM8sg https://t.co/tfY78VPSr4 https://t.co/doVPUIV5Y7
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The best cosplay of the day. via /r/pics https://t.co/M83J3wM8sg https://t.co/tfY78VPSr4 https://t.co/doVPUIV5Y7
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Republicans fear possibility of ‘brokered convention’ for first time in 60 years https://t.co/Twc0WVAF8Q https://t.co/mWArVYj3gd
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Wine Experts Answer The Questions You’re Too Afraid To Ask – YouTube
Wine is a complicated subject and no one wants to looks stupid, so we went to the New York Autumn Wine Festival to clear up some nagging questions we had. Want anything other questions answered? Leave your suggestions in the comments.Thanks to New Y…
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upside down loaf via /r/Catloaf https://t.co/Q0BJkU5lc0 https://t.co/AkZG8k7vmM https://t.co/gkCODoeoQV
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Peace Love Beauty Wisdom Balance Imagination Truth Consciousness, upside down loaf via /r/Catloaf…
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Former Rangers player Arnold Peralta shot dead in Honduras | Football | The Guardian
Former Rangers player Arnold Peralta shot dead in Honduras https://t.co/Q0w9eJDxpM https://t.co/JWSmnuYPDe
Arnold Peralta, the former Rangers midfielder, has been shot dead in a shopping mall parking lot in his home town of La Ceiba on the Caribbean coast of Honduras. In a statement, police said the Honduras international was killed outside the Uniplaza … -
“They call it a spill or a leak. That’s a deceptive use of language by our leaders and media. A spill is something that happens to milk that you don’t cry over. I once spilled gravy at Thanksgiving. I didn’t devastate 80,000 miles of tablecloth.” ~ …
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She likes to be up high, the more unstable the better. : aww
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She likes to be up high, the more unstable the better. via /r/aww https://t.co/zTDMixIPQr https://t.co/2XN7R0bgn4 https://t.co/jjHL8y1x1K
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Nicki Minaj and Meek Mill’s Crazy 2015 – The Daily Beast
Nicki Minaj has been having quite the year, from dragging T Magazine reporters to making Miley Cyrus rue the day she decided that white dreads were a good idea. But behind every record-breaking female recording artist/cultural crimes vigilante is a …
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With Ryan setting the tone, GOP group stops attacking House Freedom Caucus members
When John Boehner was in charge, the speaker-aligned American Action Network (AAN) took out ads against the GOP crazies in the House who were angling for a government shutdown over President Obama’s immigration actions.
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What If Republicans Can’t Pick A Nominee Before Their Convention? | FiveThirtyEight
The Washington Post published a story late Thursday that started a heated argument in the FiveThirtyEight offices. So we’re doing an extra 2016 Slack chat this week! The transcript below has been lightly edited.
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Honduras footballer Arnold Peralta shot dead – BBC News
Honduran international footballer Arnold Peralta has been killed by unknown gunmen. He was shot dead in a car park while on holiday in his hometown of La Ceiba on the country’s Caribbean coast. The motive for the attack is unclear.
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North and South Korea hold high-level talks in Kaesong – BBC News
North and South Korea are holding high-level talks in the Kaesong joint industrial zone on the North Korean side of the border. It is the latest in a series of steps to improve relations after a tense standoff in August.
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Americans like Muslims more than they like Donald Trump – The Washington Post
Donald Trump insisted to CNN’s Don Lemon on Thursday that people supported his proposed ban on allowing Muslims to enter the country. Not only do “the people” agree with him, Trump told Lemon, but “[m]any Muslim friends of mine are in agreement with…
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Daniel Holtzclaw: former Oklahoma City police officer guilty of rape | US news | The Guardian
The women were teenagers and grandmothers. Most were living on the margins. All of them were black.
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Going back home: life as a reverse immigrant by Andrea Yu | Wilson Quarterly
“It’s a totally brand-new city. I don’t recognize anything,” my mom says, gazing wide-eyed out of the decades-old tram and into the chaotic streets of Hong Kong. “I never used to take the ding ding.
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When a Mass Killer Is a White Christian, He’s a Lone Lunatic, but When He’s Muslim, He Represents All Muslims The Logic of Prejudice and How It Works (thestranger.com)submitted 3 hours ago by loading…
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Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia Was Rejected by Top Schools – The Daily Beast
Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia Was Rejected by Top Schools https://t.co/3gntxtn1hf https://t.co/ckdpwhUdIy
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You can now watch NASA rocket launches in 4K high-def video online / Boing Boing
You can now view NASA rocket launch videos in 4K high-definition glory, online. NASA Television’s newest offering, NASA TV UHD, brings ultra-high definition video to a new level with the kind of imagery only the world’s leader in space exploration c…
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Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia Was Rejected by Top Schools – The Daily Beast
Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia argued Wednesday that there are “those who contend it does not benefit African-Americans” to go upper-tier colleges where “they do not do well.” They should go to a “less-advanced school,” he said, on a “slower t…
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Grateful Doe: unidentified man named as Jason Callahan 20 years after death | US news | The Guardian
DNA evidence confirmed that the man whose identity remained a mystery for two decades is Jason Callahan of Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, said Arkuie Williams, a spokesman for the Virginia medical examiner’s office. Callahan was 19 when he was killed…
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Two weeks after discovering his 2014 Honda Civic abandoned on the side of a dirt road in sparsely populated Grand County, Utah, authorities discovered a body believed to be that of Michael Cavallari, the troubled missing brother of Laguna Beach and …
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Donald Trump: ‘I’m starting to win the debate on barring Muslims from US’ | US news | The Guardian
Donald Trump, the billionaire real estate developer and former reality TV star who is whipping up a storm in the 2016 presidential election, told a crowd of police officers in New Hampshire on Thursday night that he was starting to win the debate ab…
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Who Could Cate Blanchett Play in Thor: Ragnarok?
Variety reports that Marvel is in talks with Cate Blanchett to be in Thor: Ragnarok. Which could be great, but which character do they have in mind? In addition to one of those, it could be another character that hasn’t been making the rounds foreve…
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Electronic Arts puts Peter Moore in charge of new e-sports division | The Verge
Electronic Arts is following in the footsteps of competitor Activision Blizzard with the creation of a new e-sports group within the company called the EA Competitive Gaming Division.
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Ennio Morricone denies criticising Quentin Tarantino – BBC News
Ennio Morricone has denied criticising Quentin Tarantino over his use of music. In 2013, the Italian composer was reported as saying he wouldn’t work with Tarantino because he “places music in his films without coherence”.
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Redditor ShayGoes2Work posted this amazing shot of “Zane, 10 year old rescue dog,” wishing you a Merry Christmas.
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Heathrow airport delay ‘gutless’, says business group – BBC News
Business groups have reacted with anger to the government’s delay in reaching a decision on whether to build a third runway at London’s Heathrow Airport. The British Chambers of Commerce (BCC) said it was “gutless”, while another group said it would…
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U.S. Department of Transportation investigating Alabama drivers license office closures
U.S. Department of Transportation investigating Alabama drivers license office closures https://t.co/xb04U7V3X1 https://t.co/Ge2qVVFC5T
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Bill Burr makes pie crust and shames you for your poor life choices / Boing Boing
Bill Burr makes pie crust and shames you for your poor life choices https://t.co/EnzFJ07ffe https://t.co/uue7sA8roP
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Connecticut to Ban Gun Sales to Those on Federal Terrorism Lists https://t.co/Mr5gRgepL8 https://t.co/Ouy7ch0qPb
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Augmented And Virtual Reality 1.0 — 2016 Preview | TechCrunch
Samsung/Oculus’ Gear VR launch was the starting gun for AR/VR 1.0, so what can we expect next year? Strap on your magic goggles, it’s immersion time. You couldn’t miss the electrons (digital and TV) and trees sacrificed to VR this year.
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Watch The Trailer For One of 2016’s Most Beautiful, Mysterious Sci-Fi Movies
Watch The Trailer For One of 2016’s Most Beautiful, Mysterious Sci-Fi Movies https://t.co/Z6s3FiQTch https://t.co/Zz6dpkNQTD
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With the mass shooting in California last week focusing attention on terrorism and guns, Gov. Dannel P. Malloy of Connecticut announced on Thursday that he intended to sign an executive order barring people on federal terrorism watch lists from buyi…
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Watch The Trailer For One of 2016’s Most Beautiful, Mysterious Sci-Fi Movies
Evolution, directed by Lucile Hadzihalilovic, is as soft, beautiful and mysterious as sci-fi films get. It’s about an island that’s just populated by young boys and their mothers, but the boys are always in the hospital. Why? There are some secrets,…
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Hillary Clinton: Donald Trump is no longer funny, he’s dangerous | US news | The Guardian
Hillary Clinton has condemned Donald Trump calling him shameful, dangerous and saying “I no longer think he’s funny”. Clinton launched her attack on the billionaire during an appearance on NBC’s Late Night with Seth Meyers on Thursday, sparking loud…
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China to receive $300m loan to combat pollution levels – BBC News
China is to receive a $300m (£198m) loan from the Asian Development Bank (ADB) to help it combat dangerous pollution levels in Beijing city and its surrounding area. The ADB said that poor air quality had reached such a serious level that it was “je…
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Vox Sentences: No Child Left Behind gets…left behind – Vox
Obama signs a major bipartisan education bill; your guide to the case in Serial’s season 2; and two of America’s biggest chemicals companies are merging. Vox Sentences is written by Dylan Matthews and Dara Lind.
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Harvard poll: Millennials want a Democrat in the White House : politics
Young people vote Liberal. In other news, water is wet, fire is hot and Baby Boomers are obnoxious. Better not vote for Hillary than.
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Alton Brown hates your dumb kitchen gadgets / Boing Boing
Toy demands that kids catch crickets and stuff them into an electronic car The Bug Racer is Mattel’s $50 electronic “science” car toy that requires that you fill a sensor cavity with up to six crickets; the toy measures the crickets’ movement in the…
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Harrison Ford also doesn’t give a fuck · Newswire · The A.V. Club
Imagine being Harrison Ford for a minute. One minute you’re picking up some acting gigs to supplement your carpentry income, and then the nerd who directed you in American Graffiti asks you to play a spaceman in his kiddie movie.
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Bruce Springsteen is working on a new solo album · Newswire · The A.V. Club
Bruce Springsteen and The E Street Band may have just announced a big tour to celebrate the 35th anniversary of The River a few days ago, but Springsteen is already planning for the future.
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Cate Blanchett is in talks for Thor: Ragnarok · Newswire · The A.V. Club
Making the jump from “medieval-sounding fantasy stuff” to “medieval-sounding fantasy stuff, except everyone is also an alien,” Variety is reporting that Cate Blanchett is in talks to appear in the upcoming Thor: Ragnarok.
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Will Germans embrace or shun refugees? – BBC News
Tens of thousands of Syrian refugees are being dispersed throughout Germany. One family in the east of the country describe how their small city is adapting to life alongside the country’s new residents. In a crowded market square in Gera, poets and…
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Obesity is ‘biggest threat to women’s health’ – BBC News
Obesity is the biggest threat to women’s health and the health of future generations, warns England’s chief medical officer Dame Sally Davies. In her annual report, she said tackling obesity should be a national priority and women should be empowere…
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New Zealand flag referendum draws to close – BBC News
New Zealanders were asked to choose which of five designs they preferred. About 43% of eligible voters are though to have taken part in the referendum, which has divided opinion in New Zealand over its cost and timing.
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Trump campaign team on Latinos: ‘They can’t vote.’ On Muslims: ‘Who cares?’
Donald Trump adviser Michael Cohen gives a rundown of how the Trump campaign plans to woo Latino Americans. Short version: Who cares? They can’t vote anyway, right?
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Trump campaign team on Latinos: ‘They can’t vote.’ On Muslims: ‘Who cares?’
Trump campaign team on Latinos: ‘They can’t vote.’ On Muslims: ‘Who cares?’ https://t.co/mOSjVaj6Ws https://t.co/sdvZqgYsWV
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In his continued quest to secure benefits for 9/11 first responders, Jon Stewart put on a Donald Trump wig to grab the nation’s attention on The Late Show with Stephen Colbert.
Jon Stewart Transforms Into Donald Trump – with a Little Help from Pal Stephen Colbert https://t.co/lmSUjhN5rW https://t.co/1QPm6kfsuF -
VW Says Emissions Cheating Was Not a One-Time Error https://t.co/8hXlTsIvL4 https://t.co/08MPShw809
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All the big U.S. airlines are banning hoverboards as in-flight fire risk / Boing Boing
Just before the 2015 holidays hit, America’s 3 largest airlines are banning hoverboards. Why? In-flight fire danger from the lithium-ion batteries that power them. The motorized, two-wheel, skateboard-sized hoverboard scooters are a hot item this ho…
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Satoshi Nakamoto doesn’t exist. He is not one person. He is not even controlled by a single entity. And although I would argue much of his writings were produced by one person and edited by committee, it is important to bitcoin that he not exist.
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San Bernardino: jihadist groups ignored contact attempts by Tashfeen Malik | US news | The Guardian
Islamic militant groups ignored contact attempts from Pakistan-born Tashfeen Malik in the months before she and her husband killed 14 people in San Bernardino, probably because they feared getting caught in a US law enforcement sting, government sou…
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WOLFSBURG, Germany — The chairman of Volkswagen said on Thursday that the decision by employees to cheat on emissions tests was made more than a decade ago, after they realized they could not meet United States clean air standards legally.
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How eating insects could help climate change – BBC News
How eating insects could help climate change https://t.co/5xQqtDLmLa https://t.co/gA9CDl1ki3
As the global climate change talks in Paris come to an end, one issue that has been raised – most notably by Arnold Schwarzenegger – is the amount of meat people eat. -
Australian software company Atlassian soars 32% on US$5.8bn Nasdaq float | Business | The Guardian
Australian software company Atlassian soars 32% on US$5.8bn Nasdaq float https://t.co/O5213oorn1 https://t.co/pwzYhDKuPa
Stock in the Australian software company Atlassian soared 32% after listing on the Nasdaq stock market overnight. Hitting the boards on Thursday in New York under the code name TEAM, the stock debuted at US$27.67 (A$38. -
Signal and Noise at the Paris Climate Summit – The New Yorker
In the past ten days, at the United Nations Climate Change Summit, in Paris, the word “signal” has become a kind of meme. It began with President Barack Obama’s introductory address, last week.
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Environmental Peace Ecology is out! https://t.co/D1qgZH9yNL
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Latin America: The ‘pink tide’ turns – BBC News
First, right-wing candidate Mauricio Macri won the presidential contest in Argentina. Then, in early December, the centre-right opposition Democratic Unity Roundtable (MUD) coalition swept to victory in elections for the National Assembly in Venezue…
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Hacking the City | New Republic
On a sunny morning in March, Marcus Westbury brandished his iPad as if it were a window into another world. The screen depicted the street we were standing on in downtown Newcastle, Australia, circa 2008.
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Bring Back Victorian Science with this Lego Lovelace, Babbage, and Analytical Engine
You know you want this badass Victorian scientist to glower at you from a corner of your desk accompanied by her massive steampunkish Analytical Engine and an oversized spanner. Ada Lovelace and her massive Analytical Engine, compete with gears and …
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Saudi women allowed to vote for first time – BBC News
On Saturday 12 December people in Saudi Arabia go to the polls. This is a rare event in itself, but on this occasion women in the country will be voting and standing for office for the first time in history.
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Most Popular Personal Finance Posts of 2015
Getting your money in order is no easy task, and most of us need all the help we can get. Here are some of our best money guides, explainers, and tips from 2015. “Middle class” doesn’t have a definite, official definition.
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What are the sticking points in the climate draft document? – BBC News
What are the sticking points in the climate draft document? 11 December 2015 Last updated at 00:46 GMT A new draft of the UN’s climate change agreement is set to be published on Friday.It is a version that negotiators spent all night working on.
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Students at University of Texas React to Scalia | Al Jazeera America
The Supreme Court this week heard oral arguments in Fisher v. University of Texas Austin, a case that could have a far-reaching effect on the future of affirmative action in the United States.
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Quiz of the week’s news – BBC News
It’s the Magazine’s weekly news quiz – have you been paying attention to what’s been going on over the past seven days? Subscribe to the BBC News Magazine’s email newsletter to get articles sent to your inbox.
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Yahoo chief Marissa Mayer gives birth to twin girls – BBC News
Marissa Mayer, chief executive of technology company Yahoo, gave birth to twin girls early on Thursday morning. In a post on her tumblr page, she wrote: “Zack and I are excited to announce that our identical twin girls have arrived!” adding “Our who…
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Last week, the peer-to-peer hotel company Airbnb released a batch of anonymized data about hosts who rent out their apartments in New York City because it wants “more people to understand who we are, what we’re all about and how we help communities …
The Airbnb Endgame https://t.co/W1XLQD0x50 https://t.co/KKrLdurNcQ -
The Epic History of the Horse – Scientific American
Steve Mirsky
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DMCA takedowns sent over pics of Star Wars action figure bought at Walmart | Ars Technica
For the last decade, Marjorie Carvalho and her husband have produced Star Wars Action News, a podcast dedicated to Star Wars collectibles of all sorts.
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Ford will invest $4.5 billion in electric cars : environment
Ford will invest $4.5 billion in electric cars (briefmedia.news)submitted 1 hour ago by loading…
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Are long-suffering ‘Instagram Husbands’ really a thing? – BBC News
A tongue-in-cheek video is highlighting the plight of “Instagram husbands” – those poor partners who are stuck miserably photographing the exploits of their loved ones. Its creators say it’s a joke about the shallow nature of social media – rather t…
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American airports: The good, the bad and the ugly – BBC News
Air travellers in the US often complain about the state of American airports, and when a recent Magazine story asked why, hundreds of you contacted us to share your best and worst experiences.
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Trump supporters love his patriotism (and apparently, his willingness to be an unmitigated bigot)
“And don’t forget my hat!” While nothing can ever top the Donald Trump supporter who knew Trump truly wanted to make America great again because “it’s on his hat,” let’s take a few moments to hear from his fans who, facts be damned, thinks his vile …
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Fargo’s Noah Hawley announces two more projects for FX · Newswire · The A.V. Club
Having overcome the seemingly impossible task of alchemizing the Coen brothers’ 1996 masterpiece Fargo into two seasons of Emmy-winning, critically beloved TV gold, showrunner Noah Hawley is now pushing himself to complete even more feats of enterta…
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Could There Be Massive Planets in the Far Reaches of Our Solar System?
Could There Be Massive Planets in the Far Reaches of Our Solar System? https://t.co/baxLTD3X7m https://t.co/q72Ie0cAAo
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10 movies that cleverly hid spoilers at the beginning of the movie
It’s called foreshadowing! But also in today’s super plot sensitive culture and measly minute time limit on not knowing what happened on what movie or TV show, it’s also effectively a spoiler. Luckily, some filmmakers can hide those spoilers in plai…
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Curbed has compiled an eye-candy heavy list of real-life filming locations for The Force Awakens. Sites include an Icelandic volcano that also appeared in Game of Thrones, spots in England and Ireland, and the least postcard-worthy, but most Star Wa…
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Could There Be Massive Planets in the Far Reaches of Our Solar System?
A pair of new studies claim to have discovered two of the most distant objects ever seen in the outer reaches of the Solar System, including a “Super Earth” located six times further away than Pluto. It’s an extraordinary claim — and it’s also highl…
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San Bernardino attack: Police search lake – BBC News
A lake in California is being searched by police investigating last week’s shootings in San Bernardino, in which 14 people were killed.Divers from the FBI began searching the waters of Seccombe Lake Park, two miles (3km) from the site of the attack.
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COP21: Final draft of Paris climate deal expected – BBC News
The final version of a new global climate agreement is expected to be released later, following late-night talks in Paris on outstanding issues. There is a widespread expectation that the deal will be signed on Friday, though the timings are uncerta…
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Cronulla rally: Supreme Court bans Sydney race riot ‘memorial’ – BBC News
The New South Wales Supreme Court has ruled a rally to mark 10 years since race riots in Sydney’s Cronulla suburb cannot go ahead. Police had sought an injunction against Saturday’s planned gathering, arguing that it could stir tensions.
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Yale Finds No Evidence of Halloween Party Racism – The Daily Beast
Yale Finds No Evidence of Halloween Party Racism https://t.co/tAwmDo3kAd https://t.co/tDnvv4xykI
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Microsoft wants you to help pick its next casual Windows game | The Verge
Microsoft’s Casual Games team, known best for Solitaire Collection and Minesweeper, is trying to decide what title to make next, and it’s created a list of five classic game ideas to pursue.
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Yale Finds No Evidence of Halloween Party Racism – The Daily Beast
Last month, Yale University’s Sigma Alpha Epsilon faced national scrutiny after the viral allegation it held a “white girls only” Halloween party. SAE’s president temporarily left school due to the backlash and said he was spat on by a fellow Yale s…
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Was the latest Bitcoin revelation actually an extortion scheme? | The Verge
Earlier this week, Wired and Gizmodo dropped two bombshell reports putting forward a previously unknown figure as the possible founder of Bitcoin.
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Ikea’s research lab envisions a future where we live off insect meatballs | The Verge
The UN predicted in 2009 that the world’s food production would need to increase by 70 percent by 2050 to meet global demand. Going off that statistic, Ikea’s research lab, Space10, decided to investigate what the future of food might look like.
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Ford invests $4.5 billion in electric car program | The Verge
Ford Motor Company is investing $4.5 billion in building an electric car program and plans to have 13 electric vehicles on the road by 2020. The strategy, announced today from its Dearborn headquarters, marks Ford’s most ambitious commitment to elec…
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Watch three astronauts depart the International Space Station at 4:49AM ET | The Verge
Three of the occupants aboard the International Space Station will soon return home to Earth. NASA astronaut Kjell Lindgren, Russian cosmonaut Oleg Kononenko, and Kimiya Yui of the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency are scheduled to land in a Soyuz …
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Most Americans say that a Trump presidency is terrifying: “Almost two-thirds of Americans say the prospect of him occupying the White House scares them.” (nypost.com)submitted 2 hours ago by loading…
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Ted Cruz partners with E.W. Jackson, one of the few Republicans more nuts than he is
Ted Cruz partners with E.W. Jackson, one of the few Republicans more nuts than he is https://t.co/Tmbw8GT0yI https://t.co/71c4cNQVTE
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Apple’s iPhone Live Photos Now Work On Tumblr | TechCrunch
If you’re a Tumblr user who happens to have an iPhone 6s or 6s Plus, today is your lucky day. The Tumblr team dropped an update which includes support for both 3D Touch and Live Photo.
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Ted Cruz partners with E.W. Jackson, one of the few Republicans more nuts than he is
This picture has nothing to do with today’s news but we’ve all been very good this week and I think we deserve a treat. Have you been wondering, dear reader, whatever happened to the gloriously insane E.W.
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Product Hunt Is Tech’s New Hot List, And It Has Big Plans
It used to be The TechCrunch Effect: If you were lucky or good enough to get a TechCrunch story about your product, the spike of traffic and users created a wave you could ride for weeks—if you could keep your site up. Today, though, there’s a new k…
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Ohio police officer charged with murder and manslaughter over two incidents | US news | The Guardian
An Ohio police officer has been simultaneously indicted in the fatal shooting of a speeding suspect in March and in the deadly shooting of a neighbour last week, according to state officials.
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House Republicans accuse Obama of breaking the law with Bergdahl swap | US news | The Guardian
A Republican investigation into the prisoner swap that freed army sergeant Bowe Bergdahl from the Taliban found that the Obama administration broke the law when it hid the swap from Congress and the public.
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Ending Text Messages With Periods Can Make Them Seem Insincere
Ending a text message with a period might make it grammatically correct, but a recent study suggests it can also make it seem cold and insincere.
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Climate change threatens to swamp historic Chesapeake island | Grist
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In this season of too much food and drink, readers have an abundance of questions about puny-but-perplexing kitchen products — and advice maven Umbra Fisk cooks up answers. -
The world is waking up to the big financial risks of global warming | Grist
The world is waking up to the big financial risks of global warming https://t.co/1Nr74PSraJ https://t.co/u1nvwi0r23
In this season of too much food and drink, readers have an abundance of questions about puny-but-perplexing kitchen products — and advice maven Umbra Fisk cooks up answers. -
Inside Good Charlotte’s Pop-Punk Reawakening | Rolling Stone
When Good Charlotte reunites, the paparazzi follow. The band, led by twin talents Benji and Joel Madden, played an intimate comeback gig at Los Angeles’ famed Troubadour in late November.
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So whores, basically. You’re giving whores a bad name.
Penn State, Princeton Academics Caught Accepting Secret Funding To Challenge Climate Change https://t.co/D4gOqtnTUA https://t.co/KUyzsHQqCz -
Latin American Kids to Be Housed in Dallas Area | Al Jazeera America
About 800 immigrant children from Central America who have entered the United States will be moved to two campsites in the Dallas area over the coming days, local officials said on Thursday.
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iosjfiosefeofge – In These Times
In front of a raucous crowd in South Carolina on Monday night, White House hopeful Donald Trump called for a “total and complete shutdown of Muslims entering the United States.” Across the pond, the woman who has already one-upped Trump’s bigotry ju…
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“Batman ’66 Labels” Collects Every Silly Labeled Device From The Batman TV Show
The 1966 television show Batman oozes charm and insanity in equal measure. Some of that delicious mixture can be found in the hilarious names Batman gives his devices, each helpfully labeled for the benefit of the audience.
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Updated, 5:28 p.m. | Senator Ted Cruz, who has carefully avoided public criticism of Donald J. Trump, said this week at a private fundraiser that the real-estate developer is facing a “challenging question” about whether he has the “judgment” to be …
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Chinese ‘Force Awakens’ Trailer Has A Whole Lot Of Never-Before-Seen Footage – Digg
10 diggs Trailers Movies The new scenes in this trailer answer some questions we had, but what’s up with the whole fleet of X-Wings headed to some random planet? Via The Verge
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Earlier this year, heroic animal rights crusader/jackass Steve-O was arrested for climbing up a crane, trying to set off some fireworks, and just generally wasting the time and resources of a ton of emergency services personnel who thought he was ma…
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Will 2016 Be a Breakthrough in the Fight to Save Elephants?
Just outside Arusha High Court in northern Tanzania one morning in November, the five men waited for the magistrate to call their names. All had been charged with killing elephants.
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Here’s How Much the U.S. Middle Class Has Changed in 45 Years – Bloomberg Business
In the age of rising income inequality, the task of preserving America’s middle class has been taken on by politicians across the ideological spectrum. A new report from Pew Research Center shows just how much the economic fortunes of this group hav…
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The Cartoon Lounge: Cartooning 101 – The New Yorker
Anybody who makes a living being funny for money—and, as a professional cartoonist, I would count myself among that cohort, which you could consider either blessed or cursed, depending on, among other things, how much of the funny ends up as money—i…
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Ask Dr. NerdLove: I’m Afraid To Get Married
Hello, Internet! Welcome to Ask Dr. NerdLove, the only dating column that’s the sole survivor of Vault 111, bringing love advice to the post-nuclear wastelands. This week, we deal with a common issue: getting over that last hump between knowing what…
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Fear of Terrorism Lifts Donald Trump in New York Times/CBS Poll https://t.co/0jJozEZs49 https://t.co/BCNe4JHr0A
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Yo Dawg, I Heard You Like Yahoo Mail So We Put Gmail In Your Yahoo Mail | TechCrunch
If you’re a real fan of the newly redesigned Yahoo Mail, but also use Gmail, today is your day. Seriously, throw a damn party. When we launched the redesigned Yahoo Mail app in October, users called it “slick,” “speedy” and “elegant.
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Americans are more fearful about the likelihood of another terrorist attack than at any other time since the weeks after Sept. 11, 2001, a gnawing sense of dread that has helped lift Donald J. Trump to a new high among Republican primary voters, acc…
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DataScience Raises $22M To Predict Customer Value, Reduce Traffic Deaths And More | TechCrunch
DataScience Raises $22M To Predict Customer Value, Reduce Traffic Deaths And More https://t.co/zAuj75WXNp https://t.co/5x6iTL0A4x
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The Ugly Truth Lurking Behind the Climate Talks | New Republic
LE BOURGET, France—When I meet new people here, the first question I usually get is a variation on, “Are these your first climate talks?” What they want to know is if I’m an expert like them—if I know the jargon, the unwritten rules, the backstories…
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Fox’s new drama Shots Fired will focus on a racially charged shooting | The Verge
Fox announced this afternoon it’s picking up a series order of Shots Fired, an event drama directed by veteran Gina Prince-Bythewood and co-written with her husband Reggie.
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How We Finally Figured Out What These Glowing Spots on Ceres Are
Ceres has been home to a lot of strange sights for scientists to wonder over—but nothing has been as confounding as the presence of several strange glowing areas on the planet’s surface. Here’s what they are—and something new that helped confirm it.
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Terry Pratchett’s Hogfather Is the Best Defense of Christmas There Is
Terry Pratchett’s Hogfather Is the Best Defense of Christmas There Is https://t.co/hflxqRtyW8 https://t.co/WadbvmGhxq
The winter holidays have a developed a life of their own, separate from whatever religious basis they originally had. And while it’s easy to decry it all as shallow, the best argument in favor of Christmas comes from Terry Pratchett’s Hogfather. And… -
Happiness doesn’t help you live longer
Over the years, there’s been a growing consensus that suggests being happy is correlated with living a long life. Well, you can wipe that smile off your face because a massive study published in The Lancent makes it clear that no such correlation ex…
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Imperial Star Destroyer: the Christmas tree edition / Boing Boing
Imperial Star Destroyer: the Christmas tree edition https://t.co/tDFWUM4Aej https://t.co/cb35FazMCi
In the same way that anything longer than it is wide can be a phallic symbol, Frank Wu demonstrates that all isosceles triangles are potential Star Destroyers. -
Medicaid Patients, Hepatitis C “wonder Drugs” | Al Jazeera America
For many Medicaid patients, Hepatitis C ‘wonder drugs’ are out of reach https://t.co/kr5KnRBwqV https://t.co/z6ABLsHyGZ
It took years for Dara Dundon to realize that something was off with her health. She felt lethargic, almost like she was getting the flu. But it wasn’t until she had hip replacement surgery in 2005 that a doctor discovered the cause: Hepatitis C. -
Save 25% (Up to $10) On Any Phyiscal Book Amazon Sells
One of Amazon’s best Black Friday deals is (basically) back: Promo code 25OFFBOOK will take 25% off any physical book they sell, up to $10. Commerce Content is independent of Editorial and Advertising, and if you buy something through our posts, we …
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The Supreme Court turns down new cases at the rate of 150 a week, and only rarely does one of those denials break through the fog to become news. It happened this week with the court’s refusal to hear an appeal challenging a Chicago suburb’s ban on …
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Fires Put a Carbon Monoxide Cloud over Indonesia : Image of the Day
In September and October 2015, tens of thousands of fires sent clouds of toxic gas and particulate matter into the air over Indonesia. Despite the moist climate of tropical Asia, fire is not unusual during those months.
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The UN Security Council’s second ever meeting on human rights in North Korea went forward on Thursday despite Chinese efforts to cancel the session, as member states heard accounts of torture and starvation in the Hermit Kingdom.
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What began as a small lawsuit brought by four former Uber drivers against the tech-titan just expanded into a potentially industry-crippling class action suit that could force the company to rethink its entire business model.
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Golden Globe Nominations Show Netflix Is Taking Over | WIRED
Nominations for the 73rd Golden Globes were announced today. Unsurprisingly, the Hollywood Foreign Press Association gave nods to a lot of critical-darling TV shows and movies. What is surprising, though, is that so many of those nominations went to…
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Finland detains Iraqi twins over IS massacre in Tikrit – BBC News
Police in Finland have detained Iraqi twin brothers suspected of featuring in a video of a massacre carried out by the so-called Islamic State (IS) group. Investigators said the 23-year-olds are suspected of killing 11 people in the Iraqi city of Ti…
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Utah Reduced Chronic Homelessness By 91 Percent. Here’s How. : NPR
As of 2015, the state can just about declare victory: The population of chronically homeless people has dropped by 91 percent.
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Avoid Surprise Bowel Movements When Running by Changing Your Pre-Run Diet
Have you ever been out for a run when nature decided to call? There’s some science behind why that happens, as well as a few things you can do to help avoid running into that problem in the future. Adjua Fisher at Philladelphia Magazine spoke with D…
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With a new TV spot promoting The Force Awakens being released almost daily, it’s hard to imagine that the original 1977 film was released with very little fanfare by 20th Century Fox.
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USA developing fake true-crime documentary series · Newswire · The A.V. Club
Thanks to the same impulse in our brains that compels us to gawk at grisly car crashes on the freeway, people love a good true-crime story.
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The Serial Serial is back, baby · Newswire · The A.V. Club
Last year, The A.V. Club launched a podcast, The Serial Serial, where we talked about another podcast, Serial. Unfortunately, when Serial went away after its first season, we went away as well.
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A Portrait of Syria’s Lost Generation – The Atlantic – The Atlantic
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A Senate Test Vote on Donald Trump’s Religious Test – The Atlantic
Republican Party leaders have been quick to condemn Donald Trump’s proposal to bar all Muslims from entering the United States, but the idea is not anathema to a group of Senate conservatives that includes his presidential rival, Ted Cruz. Simple en…
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Mark Zuckerberg’s immigration reform group imagines Donald Trump’s dystopian future | The Verge
FWD.us, the political action committee launched by Facebook’s Mark Zuckerberg and other Silicon Valley executives, has launched a campaign against deporting undocumented immigrants by dramatizing what a world of mass deportations might look like.
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After 35 Years, U.S. Set to Finally Build More Icebreakers
After a 35 year hiatus, the U.S. Coast Guard is set to build a new heavy endurance icebreaker. The head of the sea service’s acquisition office believes production on a new ship could start in five years—and will cost at least a billion dollars.
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Leonardo DiCaprio Could Have Starred Opposite Jennifer Lawrence in Joy | Vanity Fair
Can you imagine a world in which Leonardo DiCaprio and Jennifer Lawrence played husband and wife on-screen? Judging from new statements, David O. Russell could.
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Yahoo C.E.O. Marissa Mayer Gives Birth to Twin Girls | Vanity Fair
Silicon Valley has babies on the brain. Yahoo C.E.O. Marissa Mayer on Thursday announced on Twitter that she gave birth to identical-twin daughters. “Zack and I are excited to announce that our identical twin girls were born early this morning.
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How a Jet-Setting Socialite Saved One of Europe’s Most Stunning Castle | Vanity Fair
Princess Gloria von Thurn und Taxis—or Princess TNT—as Vanity Fair famously dubbed her in 1985 for her explosive personality—has lived about as many lives as there are rooms in her famed schloss, the palace of St. Emmeram in Southern Germany.
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Dweezil Zappa On Dad’s Music: We Treat It ‘Like It’s Classical Music’ : NPR
NPR’s Kelly McEvers talks with musician Dweezil Zappa, son of Frank Zappa, about his new album, Via Zammata, and his father’s influence on his music.
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This Is Why Katie Hopkins Is Donald Trump’s New Favorite Brit – The Daily Beast
It is a meeting of minds and souls. The much-reviled Donald Trump has made a new transatlantic buddy in the much-reviled British reality star turned trolling-dependent newspaper columnist Katie Hopkins.
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Police arrest armed man who caused panic, lockdown on Arkansas campus | US news | The Guardian
An armed man drove onto the Arkansas State University campus on Thursday, sparking a campus lockdown before police took him into custody without any shots fired, a university spokesman said.
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Congress shuffles to reach compromise on $1.1tn tax deal before year’s end | US news | The Guardian
White House and congressional negotiators searched for compromise Thursday on huge tax and spending bills with a combined price tag of well over $1tn, with leaders hoping to clinch agreements and let Congress adjourn next week for the year.
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Donald Trump strikes chord with GOP voters over Muslims, poll finds | US news | The Guardian
More Republicans favor Donald Trump’s proposal to ban all Muslims from entering the United States than oppose it, according to a new poll from NBC News and the Wall Street Journal. According to the poll, 42% of Republican voters support the presiden…
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Cristiano Ronaldo is really serious about keeping his options open for the future. Not even Barcelona or Manchester United’s rivals in England are off limits.
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Over the next few days, the Ultimate Fighting Championship is running what it hopes will be the biggest and best weekend of fights in the history of the sport, a weekend that will determine the near future of the biggest and best promotion in mixed …
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CultureIQ Raises $3M To Help Companies Improve Their Culture | TechCrunch
CultureIQ announced today that it has raised $3 million in seed funding. Founded by former SecondMarket CFO Greg Besner, the New York City-based startup offers what it calls “culture management software.
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Will Jens Soering Get to Go home? – The New Yorker
Last month, I published a piece in the magazine, “Blood Ties,” about one of the strangest murder stories I’ve ever encountered. The crime, committed in the spring of 1985, entailed the brutal slaughter of a married couple in late middle age, just ou…
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Tell Us About Your Biggest Habit-Forming Success (or Failure)
The new year is fast approaching, and that means we’re all starting to think about resolutions. We want to know what’s worked for you. What’s your greatest habit-forming success story? Or better yet, what’s your biggest habit-forming failure?
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CBS chief cheers Trump, GOP: ‘This is fun, watching this, let them spend money on us’
Well, this is embarrassing: the chief executive of CBS Corporation, Les Moonves, was caught cheering on Donald Trump the same day he came out with his now-infamous religious litmus-test proposal for entry into the country. Lee Fang has the details:
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Ready Player One Gets The Colorful, Pop Reference-Filled Fan Poster It Deserves
Even if you haven’t read Ernie Cline’s Ready Player One, odds are you’re aware it’s overflowing with pop culture references. The main characters literally study pop culture to try and find the keys to the world’s biggest fortune. Steven Spielberg is…
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ROM the Space Knight Is Returning To Comics!
If you saw the new comics coming your way next May for Free Comic Book Day 2016 earlier, you might have noticed someone familiar among the special issues: the classic sci-fi hero ROM. Because yes, the Spaceknight is back—but not at Marvel.
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The Atlantic Daily: Canada and Syrian Refugees, U.S. and Gun Laws, Britain and Trump – The Atlantic
The Atlantic Daily: Canada and Syrian Refugees, U.S. and Gun Laws, Britain and Trump https://t.co/ArMhaW61kT https://t.co/xz0AjqyYop
A group of 164 Syrian asylum-seekers left a refugee center in Beirut today on a Canadian government plane, bound for Toronto. The refugees are part of newly elected Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s plan to resettle 25,000 Syrians in Canada by Februar… -
Great old fairy tale comics from the creator of Pogo / Boing Boing
Walt Kelly’s Fairy Tales is a 300-page anthology of Golden Age comic book stories by the great Walk Kelly. It’s edited by comic book historian Craig Yoe.
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If you measure the contours of a river valley with Lidar (like radar with lasers), you get a beautiful map of all the historical river channels. The image above was taken from a poster of the historical channels of the Willamette River…click throu…
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BBC Sport – Tottenham Hotspur 4-1 Monaco
Tottenham striker Harry Kane may be rested for their final Europa League group game against Monaco on Thursday. Spurs, who have already qualified for the last 32, will secure top spot in Group J with a draw at White Hart Lane.
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Sleepless in Paris | New Republic
After an exhausting day of around-the-clock negotiations, French Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius released a new draft text for a global climate change agreement Thursday evening in Paris.
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Stephen Curry’s Bombs Are Too Good To Be True* | FiveThirtyEight
One of the reasons Stephen Curry’s 2015-16 season has been so magical is that it has been about more than just dominance — that’s more LeBron James’s turf — it has been about doing things in basketball that we didn’t really know were possible.
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Boston runaway train ‘tampered with’ – BBC News
A regional Boston train which left its station without a driver and travelled to four other stations was tampered with, say officials.Boston Mayor Charlie Baker said the train was tampered with by “somebody who knew what they were doing”.
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House Report Says White House Misled Congress On Bergdahl Swap : NPR
House Armed Services Committee Republicans are blasting President Obama over the release of Guantanamo Bay detainees in a deal that also freed Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl.
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Nicki Minaj to keep showing everyone how it’s done, promises new mixtape · Newswire · The A.V. Club
Although she’s racked up a ton of awards, chart-topping hits, and even a semi-autobiographical TV series, Nicki Minaj isn’t about to rest on her laurels.
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Back when Mystery Science Theater 3000 originally ran on Comedy Central in the early ’90s, the closest thing the low-budget show ever got to a celebrity cameo was Mike Nelson’s Morrissey impersonation.
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Turn-of-the-millennium indie synth act the Postal Service never released a Christmas album—the group only released one album, period—but if it had, it would probably sound a lot like Gift Up.
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What’s behind South Africa’s economic troubles? – Al Jazeera English
Finance Minister Nhlanhla Nene was regarded by businessmen and investors as a competent steward of South Africa’s economy, the second largest in Africa.
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How Many Republicans Really Want to Ban Muslims? – The Atlantic
Here’s the good news: In a poll released Thursday evening, NBC News found that 60 percent of Americans oppose Donald Trump’s patently unconstitutional proposal to ban Muslim immigration.
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Spike Lee Blasts Chance The Rapper Over ‘Chi-Raq’ Critique | Rolling Stone
Spike Lee Blasts Chance The Rapper Over ‘Chi-Raq’ Critique “Show me where he made a criticism about the mayor,” director says of rapper’s father, who works for Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel
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FARC rebels last days in the Colombian jungle? – Al Jazeera English
Bogota, Colombia – Since the beginning of peace negotiations between FARC and the Colombian government, few journalists have had access to rebel camps.
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2015 summed up in one amazing illustration : pics
2015 summed up in one amazing illustration via /r/pics https://t.co/6bm9kuSaCl https://t.co/g6kTOZ18dL https://t.co/Bmc9wzHKKG
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2015 summed up in one amazing illustration via /r/pics https://t.co/6bm9kuSaCl https://t.co/g6kTOZ18dL https://t.co/Bmc9wzHKKG
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Five Supreme Court Cases from the Second Trump Administration – The New Yorker
Five Supreme Court Cases from the Second Trump Administration https://t.co/MPqa1krvSG https://t.co/TqfKzfL52R
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Uber’s fight with its drivers is getting complicated | The Verge
Is this an end-run around a threatening lawsuit? Next summer, a federal court in California will hear arguments in a lawsuit that could change Uber forever.
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Paul Ryan Faces the “Young Guns” Jinx – The New Yorker
In the fall of 2010, when the Obama revolution was running out of gas and the Tea Party was ascendant, three up-and-coming House Republicans published a policy manifesto: “Young Guns: A New Generation of Conservative Leaders.
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Career Spotlight: What I Do as a Land Surveyor
When it comes to land ownership, someone has to draw the line. You can’t just decide put your picket fence wherever you’d like. It’s the job of land surveyors to define legal property boundaries on large and small scales, both in urban environments …
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The Chinese government is set to grant official papers to millions of people born illegally under the country’s recently reversed one-child policy.
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Surveillance, Paranoia, and Life Under a State of Emergency in France | VICE News
Joel Domenjoud knows he sounds paranoid, but recent events have made him reconsider what his government is capable of.
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Hubble watches light echo from mysterious erupting star (December 2002 image) https://t.co/1jhNNET3E6 https://t.co/YY3TB3BTsA
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The Leftovers Was Just Renewed For a Third (and Final) Season
The Leftovers Was Just Renewed For a Third (and Final) Season https://t.co/jUGbpF44LM https://t.co/sKX7RgLINU
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The Leftovers Was Just Renewed For a Third (and Final) Season
Great news for anyone (myself included) who enjoyed the hell out of The Leftovers’ innovative and consistently surprising second season, which just wrapped up on Sunday: it’s been renewed for a third and final season.
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Twitch Will Decide if This Tamagotchi Lives or Dies | Motherboard
Did you ever raise a Tamagotchi toy when you were a kid? You know, those egg-like keychain toys that let you feed and clean up after a simulated pet in case real poo was too much responsibility for you?
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Sex Tracks And Porno Grooves: An Intro To Erotic Film Music | RBMA Daily
The history of porn music goes way beyond boom chikka bow bow and wakka-chikka wakka-chikka cliches. Technical innovation, electronic experiments, strange sidetrips, Ennio Morricone, and even the Muppets play a part in the development of erotic film…
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From Bollywood to Hollywood: Shattering Stereotypes on the Silver Screen : Code Switch : NPR
As the pilot episode for ABC’s counter terrorism drama Quantico begins, one of the biggest stars in Bollywood is lying in the ruins of a bomb blast. It’s Priyanka Chopra, and she’s playing Alex Parrish, an FBI trainee falsely accused of setting off …
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Amid Violence, Chicago Parents Try To Inoculate Their Sons Against Fear : NPR
The protests in Chicago have been mostly peaceful. But it’s not just about police. This is all happening against a backdrop of gang violence, including the recent killing of a 9-year-old boy who police say was apparently targeted because of his fath…
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Limits Urged On The Use Of Codeine To Stop Kids’ Coughs And Pain : Shots – Health News : NPR
Medical advisers to the Food and Drug Administration say that prescription drugs containing codeine should not be used to treat children or the majority of teens suffering from pain or a cough.
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Migrants Hit A Roadblock On The Greece-Macedonia Border : Parallels : NPR
Macedonia has introduced strict border controls, saying it’s trying to separate economic migrants from refugees fleeing war. The result is thousands of asylum seekers who are now stranded in Greece, a country that has allowed migrants to pass throug…
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The Leftovers gets a third and final season, unless we’re seeing things · Newswire · The A.V. Club
Get ready for one more go-around of that very special feeling: Namely, to be completely unsure what you just saw, but feel the urge to break down crying anyway.
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Psychiatric Drugs Are Being Prescribed to Infants https://t.co/sAwYufcg4c https://t.co/fqBRgWRywX
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How To Stay Carbon-Neutral When Getting To Paris Is Carbon-Costly : Parallels : NPR
There’s a contradiction here at the U.N. climate summit in Paris. And it’s been bugging me. So I stopped a woman at random, Liz Hanson, from Whitehorse, Yukon, in Canada, and asked her about it.
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Andrew Rios’s seizures began when he was 5 months old and only got worse.
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Disney’s Zootopia Parodies Star Wars and Jurassic World In These Ultra Cute Posters
Disney just realized the first full poster for their upcoming animated film Zootopia, but they did it with a little extra flair.
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New Bill Calls for International Cooperation to End Wildlife Trafficking
In 2014, U.S. marines traveled to the West African country of Gabon to train rangers to fight ivory trafficking. In September 2015, the U.S. embassy in Costa Rica supported training of customs and border inspectors on how to enforce the internationa…
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The 9 Mistakes Everyone Makes When Buying Craft Beer | VinePair
Craft beer is growing faster than ever, and that means more and more people want to get in on this delicious beer movement. But craft beer can be confusing and even a bit snobby and intimidating depending on where you’re purchasing your brew. This c…
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This should come as no surprise to anyone. It’s what they do.
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After launching its Open Office Hours program in September, YC is expanding the program and turning it into a monthly thing. The announcement comes after a pilot program where over 650 Black and Latino founders applied, and YC partners met with 50 t…
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‘Roof of the world’ cries for climate action – Al Jazeera English
As world leaders push for a climate change deal in Paris, Tibet, commonly known as “the roof of the world”, is facing a severe environmental crisis as many of its glaciers melt rapidly because of rising temperatures, Tibetan activists say.
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Make Captain Kirk slap the shit out of himself when you play ‘Slap Kirk’!|Dangerous Minds
Here’s a wonderful bit of holiday stress relief—make Captain James T. Kirk slap the shit out of himself. Go directly to SlapKirk.com, hit “play”, and then move your mouse pointer from side to side.
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Yahoo Video Guide Searches and Suggests Movies Across Streaming Services
Android/iOS: If you subscribe to a lot of different streaming video services, you know that picking something to watch is complicated. Yahoo Video Guide makes it a lot easier by showing you all the available options for the services you actually use.
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Advertisement Credits Directed by Daniel Askill Produced by The New York Times Magazine and RadicalMedia Producers Jack Hogan, Kathy Ryan, Maureen Towey Executive producers Jennifer Heath, Jon Kamen, Frank Scherma, Jake Silverstein Additional Credit…
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Trump Bags His Trip to Israel, Bibi Heaves a Sigh of Relief – The Daily Beast
TEL AVIV — Republican presidential frontrunner Donald Trump’s controversial trip to Israel at the end of the month will be delayed until “a later date, after I become President of the U.S.,” Trump tweeted on Thursday.
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Former Gulf associates abandon Donald Trump over anti-Muslim comments | US news | The Guardian
Donald Trump’s call to keep Muslims from traveling to the United States is causing dismay among business leaders in the Middle East, a region where the billionaire presidential candidate has done business for years, viewed as well-suited for his bra…
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#MuslimAmericanFaces: photos push back against Trump to show ‘real lives’ | US news | The Guardian
Muslim Americans are pushing back against Republican frontrunner Donald Trump by tweeting photos under the hashtag #MuslimAmericanFaces to protest his proposal to shut down the country’s borders to Muslims.
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Christmas comes early as Sleater-Kinney covers The Ramones · Newswire · The A.V. Club
The women of Sleater-Kinney spewed some grade-A Christmas cheer all over the crowd at Cleveland’s House Of Blues last night when they began their encore by launching into a ripping cover of the Ramones’ “Merry Christmas (I Don’t Want To Fight Tonigh…
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Much like Jennifer Lawrence did with her essay on the wage gap, Jessica Chastain has penned a thoughtful essay on gender inequality.
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Can Google Street View Be Used to Map Wealth and Poverty Patterns? – The Atlantic
Economists really like playing around with data, but traditionally, their explorations have been limited by the type of data that’s out there—usually, aggregate statistics or self-reported surveys.
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Senate passes short-term spending bill, House Speaker Ryan says it might not be enough time
The Senate can act fast when something like a long holiday recess is at stake, so it acted quickly Thursday to pass a new short-term spending bill to run through December 16. Current funding runs out this Friday at midnight, unless this short-term b…
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Goodwill apologizes for using “Resting Kanye Face” to train its employees · Newswire · The A.V. Club
Goodwill does a lot of (good) things well, but it looks like celebrity-based humor isn’t one of them.
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What It’s Like to Parent While Homeless – The Atlantic
The Hardest Job https://t.co/kQkpFpsYnq https://t.co/PWBDh52pJd
BALTIMORE—On a typical morning, the first to wake is 6-month-old Nathaniel. He doesn’t always sleep through the night, so by the time his mother, Cierra Thomas, sits up in the twin bed she shares with her husband, Tony Gardner, she’s already dreadin… -
Air Force Unveils Plan To Improve Conditions For Drone Operators : NPR
The Air Force’s corps of drone operators is in bad shape from years of overwork. So service officials want to put it on a path to more sustainable, normal operations with a new plan unveiled Thursday by Gen. Herbert Carlisle, head of the Air Combat …
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Despite Emphasis On Big Hacks, Small Breaches Of Medical Privacy Do More Harm : NPR
We’ve heard about the millions of private medical records hacked into at large insurance companies like Anthem. So far the reports of harm from such breaches have been few.
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Volkswagen Promises To Compensate Diesel Car Owners For Lost Resale Value : NPR
Volkswagen’s top two executives faced reporters Thursday and explained what they had learned about the emissions scandal that looms over the company. They said the investigation revealed that no member of VW’s two boards were involved, and that misc…
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Correction: Chicago Mayor’s Apology For Police Killing Of Teenager : NPR
In a previous story on the Chicago mayor’s reaction to the shooting of Laquan McDonald, we incorrectly said that McDonald was unarmed. The story should have said that he was carrying a knife.
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Protesters In Chicago Call For Mayor Rahm Emanuel’s Resignation : NPR
Protests continue in Chicago Thursday over how the police department and Mayor Rahm Emanuel have handled to fatal shooting of a black teenager by a white Chicago police officer last year.
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Study Finds Happiness Doesn’t Guarantee Longer Life : NPR
A recent study finds that being happy doesn’t always mean living longer.
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Iowa Evangelical Kingmaker Gives Ted Cruz His Blessing : NPR
Bob Vander Plaats, the influential president of the conservative Christian group the Family Leader, is endorsing Texas Sen. Ted Cruz. Vander Plaats said he told Donald Trump on Wednesday that he would not be endorsing him, but that the two remain fr…
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Leaked Budget Document Provides Glimpse Into How ISIS Makes Money : NPR
NPR explores how ISIS gets its money and why that makes it so hard to turn off the money spigot. We examine how ISIS makes up its budget and manages it through its tax system, fees and the antiquities smuggling strategies.
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Pew Research Report Finds Most Americans Are No Longer Middle Class : NPR
According to a Pew Research Center report released Wednesday, the middle class is losing ground. The report finds the middle class has shifted into lower and upper-income households.
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The 2015 Hater’s Guide To The Williams-Sonoma Catalog
I have terrible news for you, America. I know that you’ve already endured a harsh autumn of partisan politics and mass tragedies and inconsistent NFL officiating. I know you can’t handle one more goddamn piece of bad news right now. It’s too much. I…
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There’s a Rabies Vaccine But 59,000 People Still Die From It Every Year | Motherboard
After an international meeting of researchers, the World Health Organization is calling for renewed efforts in fighting a disease that kills one person every 10 minutes worldwide.
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Can We Escape the Diabolical Clichés of Coldplay? – The New Yorker
In recent years, the writer George Saunders has made the championing of so-called soft virtues—tenderness, forgiveness, patience—something of a personal crusade.
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Christmas themed playing cards / Boing Boing
Penguin Magic printed just 500 decks of these Christmas themed playing cards. They are perfect for a holiday dinner performance of the tricks you will learn from the Penguin Magic Starter Pack video course.
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New iPhone game doubles as a scale for measuring things with 3D Touch | The Verge
Apple really doesn’t want its latest iPhones to double as weird, makeshift scales.
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A three-hour Dirty Dancing remake is coming to ABC | The Verge
Who’s bringing the watermelon? The 1987 classic Dirty Dancing, ode to feminism, sex-positivity, dancing, and anti-classism, is being remade into a three-hour musical special by ABC.
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UK provider offers ‘troll insurance’ to cover damages of online harassment | The Verge
Coverage extends all the way to hiring reputation management firms and digital forensic specialists to help repair one’s public image and potentially track down the online offender.
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HBO is renewing The Leftovers for a third and final season | The Verge
HBO has announced that Damon Lindelof’s surreal drama The Leftovers has been renewed for a third and final season. The show, which is based on Tom Perrotta’s novel of the same name, finished its critically-lauded second season on December 6th.
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Today, 195 countries will announce that even a global effort to reduce emissions probably won’t prevent the catastrophic warming of the planet. But there is a way we can reach our climate goals. It’s not a pledge. It’s not a tax. It’s easier than th…
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Climate change negotiations in Paris ‘close to the finishing line’, say French https://t.co/JjIKrsXPvN https://t.co/DzzsTY0CCv
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Last week’s San Bernardino shooting, following the Paris attacks, have left the world on edge, looking for the best ways to counteract terrorism. In the hunt for solutions, Congress members and presidential candidates looking to Silicon Valley for h…
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Did North Korea Super-Size Its Nukes? – The Daily Beast
North Korean dictator Kim Jung Un boldly claimed Thursday that his country had developed a hydrogen bomb, a ferocious weapon that would mark a major advancement in North Korea’s nuclear weapons development. But hold on a minute.
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Moderate Marco? Rubio Wants to Undo Gay Marriage, End Obama’s LGBT Protections – The Daily Beast
The conventional wisdom is that Marco Rubio is the moderate alternative to Ted Cruz and Donald Trump for the Republican presidential nomination. But when it comes to LGBT equality, Rubio is as extreme as anyone.
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The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) building in Washington, D.C. was evacuated Thursday by the D.C. Fire Department after the office received an envelope with a “suspicious” powder substance and a hate message, Nihad Awad, the National …
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CAIR’s Office Evacuated After Strange Package | Al Jazeera America
The U.S. Muslim advocacy group Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) said on Thursday its Capitol Hill office was evacuated by police after a foreign substance was received in the mail.
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Esper Helps Assistants Manage Their Bosses’ Time | TechCrunch
We’ve seen startups try to replace or automate the work of executive assistants, but Esper is trying to do something different — it aims to help those assistants make smarter decisions.
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Inside the rain-battered tents of last week’s Art Basel Miami Beach art and design fairs, there were bears made from feathers, a painting made from shoes and shoelaces, and a stabbing incident involving an X-Acto knife that was not a performance pie…
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WASHINGTON — As American intelligence agencies grapple with the expansion of the Islamic State beyond its headquarters in Syria, the Pentagon has proposed a new plan to the White House to build up a string of military bases in Africa, Southwest Asia…
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Hoverboards Keep Catching on Fire and the Government Wants to Know Why
Hoverboards Keep Catching on Fire and the Government Wants to Know Why https://t.co/ZvSdcJXlZx https://t.co/oKcrV9FjLV
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The Best Comics for Fans of the Marvel Cinematic Universe
The Best Comics for Fans of the Marvel Cinematic Universe https://t.co/FcnvATSepF https://t.co/rU7G2K35wn
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The highway splices through the heat and sand of Israel’s Negev desert. To one side a train gleams in the sun as it weaves through a picturesque landscape of red rocks. To the other, a barbed-wire fence edges the road. Security cameras monitor traff…
Crocodiles, Fake Factories, And Nukes: Investigating Israel’s Not-So-Secret Nuclear Program https://t.co/jklttEgPdj https://t.co/EWB9NPwWWu -
A French court has sentenced a high school student to three years in jail for repeatedly tweeting his support for the Islamic State (IS).
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New enhanced color image takes you into the badlands of Pluto | The Verge
Six months after NASA’s New Horizons spacecraft flew by Pluto, we’re still getting amazing images from the tiny probe. Today, NASA released a stunning enhanced color mosaic of Pluto’s surface.
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Monologues for the Military: Arts in the Armed Forces | VICE News
“We’re hoping to show that language is a powerful tool, that self-expression is a powerful tool — it’s just as valuable as any rifle you carry or any tool you can put in your pack.
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This Murder Has Exposed the Dark Side of Mexico’s Hacking Community | VICE News
Raúl Robles, a prominent Mexican hacker and cybersecurity expert, was eating breakfast with his father at a quiet café in a leafy neighborhood of the western city of Guadalajara when a masked gunman walked in and opened fire. Robles, 31, was reporte…
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The Best Comics for Fans of the Marvel Cinematic Universe
Marvel’s man movies has played a huge role in introducing heroes big and small to a whole new audience that has never picked up a comic before. But with so many films released, there’s fans out there who might want to take the first step into readin…
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Hoverboards Keep Catching on Fire and the Government Wants to Know Why
The hoverboard backlash always seemed inevitable. First, there’s the misleading name. Then, there were videos of painful accidents and even hoverboards spontaneously combusting. And today, Overstock.com announced that it would no longer sell the gad…
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SiriMote Puts Your New Apple TV Remote to Use on Your Mac
Mac: The new remote that comes with the new Apple TV is cool, but unlike older remotes, it doesn’t easily pair with your Mac. SiriMote is a simple little app that’ll do just that. SiriMote does not add in any of the Siri functions of the Apple TV Re…
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New survey casts doubt on Latino loyalty to the Democratic Party – Vox
Democrats have long taken Latino voters for granted as a natural voting base. In 2012, 71 percent of Latino Americans who voted in the presidential election picked President Barack Obama over rival Mitt Romney. In 2008 the percentage was only slight…
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Ta-Nehisi Coates on Hope and the Historian – The Atlantic
I’ve told this story before but, in our continued dialogue around “hope,” it seems worth telling again. Five years ago, I watched an interview with Nell Painter. In the video Painter asserted something that deeply disturbed me—white supremacy is lik…
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The Golden Globes confused America Ferrera with Gina Rodriguez · Newswire · The A.V. Club
Everybody makes mistakes, and most people would be horrified to see their mistakes immortalized on the internet. Even if our worst enemy did something stupid, we as a society would generally be kind enough to not throw it online just for kicks.
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These are tense, angry times, fraught with uncertainty and violence, and no one has benefited more from that than South Park’s Trey Parker and Matt Stone.
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Actually, Michelle Obama isn’t a bad rapper · Great Job, Internet! · The A.V. Club
If there’s one thing our country can agree on in this increasingly partisan age, it’s that Michelle Obama is a pretty kick-ass First Lady.
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Obama looks to expand background checks for guns with executive action | US news | The Guardian
Barack Obama has ordered officials to draw up an urgent new plan to strengthen background checks on gun buyers without the approval of Congress. The president has asked his advisers to complete a proposal and submit it for his review, White House ad…
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Muslim NFL players respond to Trump: ‘We can’t have this ignorance in office’ | Sport | The Guardian
Detroit Lions safety Isa Abdul-Quddus and running back Ameer Abdullah have joined the chorus of criticism against Donald Trump in the wake of the Republican frontrunner’s incendiary proposal to bar all Muslims from entering the US.
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The Essentials Of Hiring An Exceptional Startup Team | TechCrunch
In today’s heated market, recruiting for top talent is more competitive than ever. Employees have more career options – which means that established technology companies and startups are often aggressively pursuing the same top candidates.
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Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn visits the Cumbrian town of Cockermouth on Thursday, which was badly affected by floods following Storm Desmond.
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Four Fault Lines That Are Reshaping The Audio Landscape | TechCrunch
Four Fault Lines That Are Reshaping The Audio Landscape https://t.co/lRXzeBFkCr https://t.co/8AJ6W7Do9Q
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Heathrow decision delay will provoke fury but little surprise | UK news | The Guardian
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COP21’s many factions explained – Do you know your Aosis from your Alba? – BBC News
For days now delegates from nearly 200 countries have been negotiating a deal about how to to tackle climate change.
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Don’t Be a Fossil-Foolish Investor
Investors who choose to steer clear of oil, gas, and coal are protecting their portfolios in the short term and the long run.
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North Korea’s H-bomb claim dismissed by US – BBC News
The White House has dismissed a suggestion by North Korean leader Kim Jong-un that his country possesses a hydrogen bomb. The country was “ready to detonate a self-reliant A-bomb and H-bomb”, state news agency KCNA quoted him as saying.
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Ai Weiwei sees some of his exhibits for the first time – BBC News
Ai Weiwei is China’s best known contemporary artist and his work is exhibited across the world. But for a long time, he himself has been unable to see it.
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‘The smog blues’ descends on China | Fusion
If anything good comes of the so-called ‘smog blues,’ a worsening of depression symptoms caused by air pollution, it would be a new musical genre that draws its scratchy-throated lyrics from the trials and travails of those exposed to debilitating, …
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Connecticut Governor Promises to Ban People on No-Fly List From Buying Guns – The Atlantic
Connecticut’s governor announced Thursday he would sign an executive order that would ban people on federal “watch lists” from buying firearms.
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Why the Fate of a $25 Million Art Collection May Hinge on One Woman’s | Vanity Fair
The battle over a crumbling marriage and a burgeoning art collection touching six countries continues to simmer in New York.
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Explaining the Golden Globe and SAG Awards Nominations | Vanity Fair
Between the SAG Award nominations and the Golden Globe nominations and the endless parade of critics’s awards, it’s become incredibly difficult lately to keep track of just what’s happening in awards season.
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4,000 Tons of Emergency Holiday Butter Is Headed to Canada | MUNCHIES
Holiday food isn’t exactly light, and even the most soigné of home chefs will be reliant on butter for crowd-pleasers like stuffing, gravy, mashed potatoes, cakes, and cookies.
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Small Islands Could Deploy Lasers to Weather Climate Change | WIRED
LE BOURGET, France — The Union of Comoros is a tiny island chain sitting in the stretch of water between Madagascar and Tanzania, instructs Oussiene Djoubiere, waving the half eaten apple in his hand at a series of maps on the wall.
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Shining A Light Into The Charter School Black Box
Charter schools are now the most rapidly growing form of schools in the nation’s education system, but surveys show Americans generally don’t understand what charters are even if they tend to favor them.
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Polling update: Trump widens lead; does 2008 polling give Sanders hope?
Ben Carson is still heading south, Donald Trump still on the upswing, but the most interesting line on that chart is Marco Rubio. As the current establishment pick, he needs to show continued strength to have any hope of consolidating the non-tea pa…
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US Muslim advocacy group office evacuated over threat – Al Jazeera English
Police have evacuated the headquarters of Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) in Washington DC after the Muslim advocacy group received “foreign substance” in mail.
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Meet the Acronym That Just Might Save the World | Mother Jones
This story was originally published by The Atlantic and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. The United Nations climate-change negotiations do not hide from acronym.
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The US May Finally Give Puerto Rico a Financial Lifeline. Here’s What’s Happening. | Mother Jones
After months of pleading by the governor of Puerto Rico and the island’s representative to Congress, lawmakers have introduced legislation in both the House and Senate that would offer tangible help for the island’s debt crisis.
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ISIL raises up to $1.5bn from bank looting, oil sales – Al Jazeera English
The United States says the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) group has made up to $1.5bn from looting banks in Iraq and Syria, and from black market oil sales.
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LOS ANGELES — Leonardo DiCaprio, still chasing his first Oscar victory, edged closer to Hollywoods top laurels on Thursday, as he took a Golden Globe nomination for his performance in Alejandro González Iñárritu’s “The Revena
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Why Early Election Polls Are Often So Wrong – PBS Newshour and The Atlantic – The Atlantic
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How the Family Plans for Spotify, Google Play Music, and Apple Music Compare
All the big music streaming services now have family plans that allow you to share your subscription with others to save yourself a little dough, but they each vary a bit in how they work. Let’s breakdown exactly what you get with each.
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Nearly Half of Youth Say ‘American Dream’ Is Dead: Harvard Poll : politics
My grandfather supported a family of 7 on a machinist salary – with a house and car.. My dad supported a family of 5 with a house and two cars. You cannot do that today unless one is a doctor or successful lawyer or something.
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Here’s the Tiny List of Theaters Showing The Force Awakens in the Best Possible Formats
We’re one week away from the release of Star Wars: The Force Awakens. Many people already have their tickets and if you don’t, don’t worry, there are lots still available. It’s gonna be on nearly 4,000 screens domestically, but only a small number o…
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The Weeknd is being sued for sampling part of ‘The Hills’ | The Verge
“The Hills” is one of The Weeknd’s biggest hits, but it’s on the verge of becoming a headache.
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Yahoo’s new app is a TV Guide for cord cutters | The Verge
Yahoo created its own version of a TV Guide today that will let users find where movies and TV shows are streaming across their subscription services. The “Yahoo Video Guide,” as the company calls it, lets users search a program title and then watch…
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Tumblr is one of the first apps to support the iPhone 6S’s Live Photos | The Verge
Apple’s Live Photos have largely been stuck inside the iPhone 6S’s camera roll since the day the phone launched, but they’re slowly turning into something you can actually share.
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The Uniwheel is another rideable that’s more ostentatious than practical | The Verge
How much do you want to be stared at on your morning commute? The Uniwheel is a rideable for the supremely confident — perhaps even the cocky.
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The Vergecast will be live today at 4:30pm ET! | The Verge
This week on The Vergecast, Nilay is joined by Casey Newton, Chris Plante and Nicola Fuma (who is keeping Project Figure Head in full effect). We’ll be live at our usual time today — 4:30PM ET / 11:30PM PT / 8:30PM GMT. You can watch via the YouTube…
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Google Loon’s Quest for Global Internet Access – The Atlantic
In 1812, at Lynmouth, a village on the southern coast of England, the Romantic poet Percy Bysshe Shelley spent hours gluing together strips of silk to make a hot-air balloon.
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Chipotle’s Norovirus Outbreak Is Not A Typical Norovirus Outbreak | FiveThirtyEight
The avalanche of norovirus cases linked to a Boston Chipotle is one of the biggest outbreaks since 2009.
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The Best Movies That Are Kind Of About Christmas | FiveThirtyEight
You find yourself at a party where everyone is talking about favorite Christmas movies. Sure, you could say “Elf,” which you know in the deep ventricles of your cold and bitter heart is an uplifting film that inspires you annually.
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Climate Change Is Killing Languages | New Republic
The 2015 Paris Climate Conference (COP21) is in full gear and climate change is again on everyone’s mind. It conjures up images of melting glaciers, rising sea levels, droughts, flooding, threatened habitats, endangered species, and displaced people.
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A History of Punctuation for the Internet Age – The New Yorker
“People don’t know why they get so upset about language,” David Crystal told me recently, over Skype from his home in Wales.
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Senate Cafeteria Worker Protests Continue As Sen. Warren Joins
Chanting “No justice, no peace,” dozens of federal food service contract workers on Tuesday marched out of the Dirksen Senate Office Building cafeteria and went to stage a sit-in at the office of Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas). They also gave the senator a…
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2015: The Year in Photos, September-December (40 photos) https://t.co/3r8QdjElE8 https://t.co/ugk9hHMmJL
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This bonobo’s big grin is infectious / Boing Boing
From the Cincinnati Zoo’s wonderful Instagram feed: Bonobo smiles can mean different things like fear or playfulness. They also have large grins when they are wrestling with other bonobos and laughing. Bonobos are a critically endangered species in …
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Youth Power and Powerlessness at COP21 | The Nation
If you see me in Paris, you’ll notice my black eye. One early morning, I raced to the metro near our delegation’s hostel in a state of dizzy stress, a too-heavy bag slung across my chest and bleary with fatigue from long days at COP21, the UN climat…
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Japan Keeps Killing Whales — So Anonymous Shut Down the Prime Minister’s Website : environment
Japan Keeps Killing Whales — So Anonymous Shut Down the Prime Minister’s Website (news.vice.com)submitted 18 minutes ago by loading…
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Check out our slate of Daily Kos-endorsed candidates https://t.co/qJczIzG2NB https://t.co/rhNXpGhY7V
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What Would a Futuristic Low-Carbon Tech World Actually Look Like?
Let’s face it, if we’re going to save the planet from ourselves, we’re going to have to develop cleaner technologies. Here’s what the future has in store once we make the transition to a high-tech, low-carbon world. Our world is steadily transitioni…
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The Pixel C’s bumpy road from Chrome OS concept to Android adoptee | Ars Technica
Was Android actually Google’s third operating system choice for its new Pixel C tablet? The Pixel C finally went on sale this week—but our full review notes that the convertible tablet feels like hardware in search of the software to make it a compe…
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Ang Lee’s 3-D boxing drama has a new studio, possible cast · Newswire · The A.V. Club
Ang Lee has been trying to bring Muhammed Ali and Joe Frazier’s titanic “Thrilla In Manilla” fight to cinema screens for several years now.
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‘Affirmative Action Seemed to Tarnish My Achievements’ – The Atlantic
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How Piers Anthony Made Me Lose My Religion
For a fantasy-loving nerd who first entered high school in 1990, Piers Anthony was inevitable.
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The Still Unresolved Questions of the Paris Climate Agreement – The Atlantic
Climate change is a slow story. The permafrost thaws. The oceans acidify. The cost of solar power falls. And meanwhile humanity keeps adding more greenhouse gases to the atmosphere. The climate worsens slowly, and it will be solved slowly.
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Why Donald Trump’s Fans Won’t Abandon Him – The Atlantic
Good Trump, Bad Trump https://t.co/vgY3QPzCFp https://t.co/uSzmTaqsrw
It’s not easy loving Donald Trump. The mainstream media is ever ready to attack your favorite presidential candidate, twist his words, take him out of context. Other people—friends, family, members of the Republican establishment—try to tear him dow… -
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Am I crazy or does this 70s crime comedy starring Russell Crowe and Ryan Gosling actually look good? I mean, it likely won’t be that good, but entertaining this pleasant fiction will make us happy until next May, when we’ll know for sure. FYI: this …
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To understand the bind in which Donald Trump’s fascistic forays have placed the Republican Party’s leaders, it’s useful to start with the specific fears that he’s exploiting.
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Tiny Star With Huge Storm Spotted By Space Telescopes | Animation
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‘The Martian’ Snags 3 Golden Globe Nominations, Including ‘Best Comedy’
The sci-fi epic “The Martian” has been nominated for three Golden Globe awards — including, a bit confusingly, for Best Comedy.
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Meet the Military-Funded AI that Learns as Fast as a Human – Defense One
A computer program, funded in large part by the U.S. military, has displayed the ability to learn and generate new ideas as quickly and accurately as can a human.
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Computer researchers reported artificial-intelligence advances on Thursday that surpassed human capabilities for a narrow set of vision-related tasks.
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This is a Lego McDonald’s Chicken McNugget dispenser — and it is amazing | The Verge
Putting aside whatever feelings you may have for McDonald’s poultry sourcing decisions and nutritional benefits, it’s hard not to be impressed by this Lego McNugget dispenser that can provide an order of chicken bites and dipping sauce in exchange f…
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Defunct social network asks court to reverse Facebook’s $3M award in spam case | Ars Technica
SAN FRANCISCO—A panel of three federal appellate judges appeared generally skeptical on Wednesday as forgotten social networking startup Power Ventures claimed that the company and its former CEO are not liable for violating an anti-spam and an anti…
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Migrant crisis: Inside a former Olympic stadium housing refugees – BBC News
Greece is facing a new phase of its refugee problem, after closing a camp on its border with Macedonia. Thousands of migrants have been taken back to Athens, where they are being housed temporarily in an Olympic stadium and the old airport.
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Jaguar Land Rover is reportedly starting a Formula E team | The Verge
Formula E boss Alejandro Agag announced today that two major car manufacturers will enter new teams in the series next season, and according to reports from Sky News and Motorsport.com, Jaguar Land Rover will be one of those teams.
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One Last Smile with the Snake: Remembering Kenny Stabler – SBNation.com
Kenny Stabler learned he had colon cancer in February. He was in Phoenix, Arizona, where he had been renting a home since the fall of 2014 so he could watch his two grandsons play football for Chaparral High School. One is a receiver. One is a defen…
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New eccentric, post-punk/folk from Thao & The Get Down Stay Down / Boing Boing
Thao & The Get Down Stay Down continue their post-punk alt.country folk jamboree with a new track! “Nobody Dies” is the first single from their new album, A Man Alive, coming out in March.
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Pay what you want for the “White Hat Hacker” training bundle / Boing Boing
Practice the digital dark arts for the good guys, and make more than an honest living as a White Hat Hacker. Information Security and related I.T. career fields can pay upwards of six figures within the first few years of employment, and this bundl…
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This graphic from Bloomberg visualises the rapid rise of Co2 in our atmosphere : environment
This graphic from Bloomberg visualises the rapid rise of Co2 in our atmosphere (fastcodesign.com)submitted 1 hour ago by loading…
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Undisclosed: the story of Adnan Syed, after Serial / Boing Boing
The blockbuster podcast Serial starts a long-awaited second season today, looking at a different case, but if you are still interested in the story of Adnan Syed, there’s “Undisclosed.
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The County: partners in crime | US news | The Guardian
The vial of methamphetamine that the police officers found on Amyra Nicholson was small, she said, but their reaction was overwhelming.
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Citadel military cadets who wore white hoods will likely be suspended | US news | The Guardian
South Carolina’s military college, The Citadel, announced on Thursday it was investigating after photos surfaced on social media of cadets dressed all in white with pillowcases over their heads, images that invoke the Ku Klux Klan.
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Amazon keeps trying to get me to try Prime Pantry. Too bad it’s awful. – Vox
With a new baby in the house, I’ve been ordering a lot of stuff using Amazon Prime. And recently, Amazon has been trying really hard to get me to try a service called Amazon Pantry, offering me $5.99 in credit to try the service if I agree to take s…
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Israel and Britain Confront Donald Trump and Free Speech – The Atlantic
As of this writing, more than 450,000 people in the United Kingdom have responded in kind to Donald Trump’s call for banning Muslims from entering the U.S.
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Fracking Florida! Oil company seeks to drill in Everglades | Grist
In this season of too much food and drink, readers have an abundance of questions about puny-but-perplexing kitchen products — and advice maven Umbra Fisk cooks up answers.
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Why many Americans don’t trust police anymore, in 7 videos – Vox
The past year was enormous for the Black Lives Matter movement’s protest of police brutality, with activists pushing prosecutors across the country to take excessive use of force by police more seriously and, in some cases, file charges against cops.
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Flotus on the track: Michelle Obama’s rap video hypes going to college | US news | The Guardian
Reinforcing her status as the coolest mom on the planet, Michelle Obama – with the help of Saturday Night Live comedian Jay Pharoah – has dropped her first rap video, about how kids should go to college. “If you wanna fly jets, you should go to coll…
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Gluten-free diets have become all the rage in recent years. And many scientists have long been skeptical that they’re actually warranted for most people. It’s true that a small fraction of people have celiac disease or other serious medical conditio…
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Former Jared Foundation director sentenced to 27 years in prison | US news | The Guardian
The former director of a charitable foundation started by ex-Subway pitchman Jared Fogle begged a federal judge for leniency in a tearful address to the court on Thursday, before being sentenced to 27 years in prison for producing child abuse images.
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This is a merry-go-round plane launcher. Here’s how it works. – Vox
This has got to be the greatest horrible idea in the history of aviation: merry-go-round plane launchers. Think about it: Runways take up a lot of space. So much space that airports are often built on the outskirts of cities, far from the centers of…
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This fungus could wipe out our nation’s salamanders. Here’s how to save them. – Vox
For salamanders, the fungal disease known as “Bsal” is hell. Spores of the fungus travel through water, and when they find their intended host — the slippery skin of a salamander — they burrow in.
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Argentina’s New President Mauricio Macri Promises a ‘New Era’ | VICE News
Mauricio Macri became Argentina’s new president on Thursday, promising to move the country away from the polarization and economic problems that have dogged national politics in recent years. “A new era is coming. One of dialogue, construction and t…
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Why Climate Is Also On The Agenda For War-Torn Nations | VICE News
With just 24 hours left to hammer out their remaining disagreements, international negotiators are now entering the homestretch of the Paris climate summit ending Friday, which many hope will lead to a historic climate action plan.
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US Muslim advocacy group’s headquarters evacuated – BBC News
A leading Muslim organisation in the US has evacuated its headquarters in Washington after the discovery of a “suspicious” substance in the post.Two employees of the Council on American Islamic Relations (CAIR) have been quarantined inside the build…
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Heathrow airport decision delayed until next summer – BBC News
Ministers are meeting on Thursday to decide on the future expansion of Heathrow airport. The Cabinet sub-committee tasked with considering the government’s response is due to meet late this afternoon.
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The Life & Discoveries of Mary Leakey Celebrated in an Endearing Cutout Animation | Open Culture
“Over half a century, Mary Leakey labored under the hot African sun, scratching in the dirt for clues to early human physical and cultural evolution. Scientists in her field said she set the standards for documentation and excavation in paleolithic …
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Astronomers Skeptical Over “Planet X” Claims – Scientific American
For decades, astronomers have searched for a possible “Planet X” in the far outer reaches of our solar system, speculating that something big and dark may be lurking out there, its gravitational influence occasionally stirring up trouble in the orbi…
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Cruz To Dictators: You Do You – The Daily Beast
Dictators of the world: rejoice—if Ted Cruz is president, he won’t be coming after you.
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The Hidden Value of Extended Warranties
We generally don’t recommend buying the extended warranty, because most products won’t need repair until after the extended warranty coverage ends. But extended warranties can offer real value and additional features that might be worth it to you.
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Paignton Zoo’s gorilla has a root canal operation – BBC News
Paignton Zoo’s 28-stone silverback Western Lowland gorilla has had a root canal operation. Pertinax was given the operation by Peter Kertesz, a specialist dentist who works on exotic species – like whales, pandas and elephants – as well as on humans.
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Of Man, myth and magic: Prague’s creepy alchemy museum|Dangerous Minds
In 1576, Holy Roman Emperor Rudolf II chose Prague to be his home. More than any other person, Rudolf made Prague a hotbed of alchemical interest. Rudolf lived in the Prague Castle, where he welcomed not only astrologers and magicians but also scien…
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Why millions of Chinese are becoming official – BBC News
China will give official status to all of its “unregistered” citizens, many of them children born illegally under the one-child system, in plans announced this week.
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Profit and Abuse at Homes for the Profoundly Disabled – ProPublica
Three years ago, it looked like the Florida agency that oversees care for children and adults with disabilities had finally had enough. It filed a legal complaint that outlined horrific abuse at Carlton Palms, a rambling campus of group homes and cl…
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NASA Can Build R2D2, But Doesn’t Want Star Wars Robots | Inverse
For many, the best Star Wars characters aren’t people or aliens. The robots —R2-D2 and C-3PO — steal the show. So the appearance of a new sidekick named BB-8 in the trailer for The Force Awakens had many Robophiles in a dither.
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My brother comes home from the hospital today!! : cats
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Would you trust a plagiarizing doctor?
A cover of the Marsland Press journal, Nature and Science. Nature and Science BRIEFLY Hijackers, after waiting patiently for web registrations to expire, have recently taken over the web domains of some scientific journals.
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The Turley Effect: can a rogue designer make MTV cool again? — Hopes&Fears
As the workday draws to a close, the streets of Hudson Square thin out into relative calm, a muted silence mirrored above in the deserted halls of Viacom headquarters.
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Russell Poldrack is not quite an ordinary guy. He eats his breakfast, drinks his coffee, and goes to work. So far, so ordinary. But for a while, he spent a lot of energy meticulously tracking the details of this ordinary, day-to-day existence. Like …
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When Did The Victim Die? The Microbes Know : Shots – Health News : NPR
When police investigate suspicious deaths, one of the key questions is: When did the victim die? Researchers studying the microbes on decomposing bodies have found that the mix of bacteria and other organisms on dead bodies changes over time in a cl…
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Technology Is Giving Dogs Their Day
Technology has gone to the dogs. Humans aren’t the only animals who benefit from technology, and the emerging field of animal-computer interactions (ACI) seeks to understand how animals interact with human-made technology in order to adapt tools to …
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How I Went From Outlaw Weed Dealer to Legitimate (Weed) Businessperson
Think about it. You spent years selling weed on the black market, always worrying about cops, feds, the competition. Then, all of a sudden, the thing that made you an outlaw in the eyes of society is suddenly completely cool. What happens now?
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The Mystery of Ezra’s Parents Is Solved On Star Wars Rebels
From the very first episode of Star Wars Rebels, Ezra Bridger has been alone. He lived and fended for himself. And now, with the help of his Jedi training and the Force, both Ezra – and the audience – know what happened to his parents.
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Netflix Beats HBO, Traditional Broadcasters With The Most Golden Globe Noms | TechCrunch
Streaming services made a strong showing when the nominations for the 73rd Golden Globe Awards were announced this morning. Netflix dominated the TV category with a total of eight nominations, closely followed by HBO – which now competes with an ove…
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Decision on Heathrow third runway put off until at least summer 2016 | Environment | The Guardian
A final decision on whether to build a new runway at Heathrow airport has been put off until summer 2016 at the earliest “subject to further consideration on environmental impacts and the best possible mitigation measures”, the government has said.
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Conn. to Limit Guns for Those on Terror Watch List | Al Jazeera America
Connecticut Gov. Dannel P. Malloy has announced an executive order to ban people who are on an international terror watch list from purchasing guns in his state.
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Media Credentialing Opens for 2016 Presidential Candidates Forum – The Atlantic
Washington, D.C. (December 10, 2015)—The Atlantic and National Journal, with sponsorship from the National Association of Home Builders (NAHB), will convene a 2016 presidential candidates forum, “Building Opportunity: Solutions for the American Drea…
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Meet the Necrobiome: The Waves of Microbes That Will Eat Your Corpse – The Atlantic
A body falls in the woods and although no one is around to hear it, a clock starts ticking. It’s not made of gears or springs, but of bacteria, fungi, and other microbes.
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Flooded-out family of boy with cancer offered home by good samaritan | UK news | The Guardian
A good samaritan has come forward to offer a property to a couple with a son who has cancer after the family were forced out of their home in Cumbria by flooding. Andrew Williams, a self-employed window fitter, had to leave his house in Kendal on Tu…
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China’s strategy for dealing with air pollution is a cosmetic exercise cynically timed to coincide with the Paris summit on climate change (Airpocalypse now: factories and schools in Beijing shut by unprecedented smog alert, 9 December).
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The NBA and Google are teaming up to make All-Star voting even easier | The Verge
The NBA is opening up voting for the 2016 All-Star Game this afternoon, and it’s making it harder for fans to plead laziness when it comes to not casting a ballot — all they have to do is search.
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These are the first puppies born through in vitro fertilization | The Verge
The puppies pictured above are an adorable and historic bunch. They’re the first litter of pups to be conceived through in vitro fertilization. Cornell researchers transferred 19 fertilized embryos into one female dog, which then gave birth to a rau…
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DJI adds thermal imaging to its drones’ roster of capabilities | The Verge
The Chinese startup DJI has established itself as the world’s most popular brand of drone for consumers and cinematographers.
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Tor and Public Wi-Fi Safe in France, Prime Minister Says | Motherboard
France does not have plans to block Tor or public wi-fi, Prime Minister Manuel Valls said on Wednesday, despite lobbying from the French police and gendarmes to do so.
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Moscow is installing public Wi-Fi at some of its most-visited cemeteries | The Verge
Moscow authorities announced a plan today to bring free Wi-Fi to some of the country’s most-visited cemeteries, The Guardian reports. Public Wi-Fi will come to three cemeteries next year before expanding to cover Russia’s 133 cemeteries, if the proj…
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Google’s new family plan lets everyone buy more than just music | The Verge
Google’s new family plan for Play Music is probably the best deal you can get in streaming, but it actually extends way beyond just music.
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Why You Don’t Roll Your Own Crypto | Motherboard
If you’re going to make an app for encrypted chat, or perhaps your own computer program for communicating securely, there is one golden rule. Don’t roll your own crypto, bro.
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The Islamic State Has a Minister of Finance — and the US Just Said That It Killed Him | VICE News
US officials announced on Thursday that the Islamic State’s finance minister and two other senior leaders — including the top militant in charge of extortion — were killed in a recent airstrike.
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This is an article from Turning Points, a magazine that explores what critical moments from this year might mean for the year ahead. Turning Point: ISIS strikes targets in Paris, bringing its fight to the West.
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From ‘Raving Maniacs’ to the ‘Prince of Pot’: A History of Weed in Canada | VICE News
British Columbia may be known for its bud now, but Canada has had a complicated relationship with marijuana over the years. A synopsis:
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Justin Trudeau’s Battle for Legal Weed in Canada Is Going to Be a Total Mess | VICE News
The air was thick and everyone was giddy at the grand opening of one of Toronto’s newest marijuana shops, one of a dozen that have popped up here over the last few weeks. No one seemed to care about, or even notice, the police car idling just outsid…
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How Japan is Fueling the Slaughter of Elephants
Before Chinese demand for ivory began driving the black market and illegal killing of tens of thousands of elephants each year, it was Japan’s market for hanko, personal seals used to sign contracts, that fueled the ivory trade.
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Senate committee fumes over drug price hikes, mocks Turing’s Shkreli | Ars Technica
In the first of what will be a series of hearings on sudden price hikes of off-patent drugs, the Senate’s Special Committee on Aging on Wednesday made no attempt to veil their contempt for Turing Pharmaceuticals and its ilk. “My biggest challenge to…
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Assessing the impact of CYGNSS data prior to launch : Notes from the Field : Blogs
Numerical weather prediction models can be run with CYGNSS data included before the satellites are even in space. This is the premise behind the Observing System Simulation Experiment, or OSSE.
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Disney is attempting to seduce spoiler-phobic fans to the dark side with a barrage of new Force Awakens TV spots. The A.V.
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Back in October, the red band teaser for The Brothers Grimsby set up Sacha Baron Cohen as the idiot brother to Mark Strong’s hyper-competent secret agent. The extended trailer carries on in the same vein, but the characters now have names and a sad …
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Fleeting Wonders: Cemetery WiFi in Moscow | Atlas Obscura
Picnickers in a cemetery in Petrograd in 1919. Hanging out in graveyards is a Russian tradition. (Photo: Keystone View Company/Library of Congress Public Domain) Would it kill you to check your email? If so, maybe do it in the Russian capital.
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President Obama plans executive action on gun background checks
Congress won’t act, so President Obama is looking at what he can do through executive action. It’s a story we’ve heard again and again, and now we’re hearing it on gun laws:
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How MLB Keeps Its Players’ Salaries Down – The Atlantic
With less than a year remaining on the existing contract between Major League Baseball’s owners and players, the executive director of the MLB Players’ Association, Tony Clark, had this to say about the sport’s revenue: “The quote-unquote ‘player sh…
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Different Japanese Meat Preparations, Explained
You’re likely already familiar with teriyaki and perhaps several other Japanese types of dishes, but there may be a few meat dishes on the menu that never heard of or understood completely.
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Hotel Project in Muslim Country Mysteriously Vanishes From Donald Trump’s Website | Mother Jones
Here’s a mystery: What happened to Donald Trump’s big luxury hotel project in the Muslim-majority nation of Azerbaijan?
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Lehigh football players allegedly target wrong home in revenge plot gone awry | Sport | The Guardian
Police say seven Lehigh University football players have been charged in an off-campus break-in meant as revenge, but they targeted the wrong northeastern Pennsylvania home.
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SHA1 sunset will block millions from encrypted net, Facebook warns | Ars Technica
Tens of millions of Internet users will be cut off from encrypted webpages in the coming months unless sites are permitted to continue using SHA1, a cryptographic hashing function that’s being retired because it’s increasingly vulnerable to real-wor…
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Castles of Mad King Ludwig – Build the most extravagant castle for a crazy king / Boing Boing
See more photos at Wink Fun. King Ludwig II of Bavaria, having built Neuschwanstein, has tasked players in their role as builders to build him the most extravagant and amazing castle ever.
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‘Room,’ ‘Spotlight,’ ‘Carol,’ ‘Mad Max’ Among the 2015 Golden Globe Nominees – The Atlantic
Every year, the Golden Globes function largely as a precursor to the Oscars. This year’s Academy Awards race already featured a broad group of contenders without a clear frontrunner, but Thursday morning’s Globe nominations did little to narrow the …
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The Internet Thinks You Can Unspoil Wine With a Penny. Here’s the Truth.
Hey, did you know that you can revive a spoiled wine by just dropping a penny into your glass? Well, at least according to the internet. The truth, though, is much more complicated. The “penny trick” has been around for quite some time—so long that …
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Shigeru Mizuki’s War-Haunted Art and Life – The New Yorker
By all rights, Mizuki (born Mura) should not have died on November 30th at the age of ninety-three, from complications of a fall. He should have perished in 1943, when, incapacitated by malaria in a field hospital on the Pacific island of Rabaul, hi…
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The Composer for Childhood’s End Shares What It’s Like to Score an Alien Invasion
Syfy’s three-part Childhood’s End adaptation, drawn from the Arthur C. Clarke novel, debuts Monday, December 14. We’ll have our review up tomorrow—but today, we’ve got an interview with musician and composer Charlie Clouser, who created the score fo…
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It was one of the biggest and most unlikely media successes of 2014 – the story of an almost forgotten killing, told in podcast episodes that gained such huge popularity they were downloaded more than 100m times worldwide.
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Ted Cruz rejects demands to revive NSA surveillance after San Bernardino | US news | The Guardian
Ted Cruz has launched a stinging attack on fellow Republicans who have demanded the return of mass telephone surveillance in the wake of the San Bernardino terrorist attack.
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Eric Holder on Voting Rights, Black Lives Matter, Karl Rove and Tupac | The Nation
Eric Holder was the nation’s first black attorney general at a time when civil rights issues were at the forefront of the public consciousness, from a new assault on voting rights to the Black Lives Matter movement to a rethinking of mass incarcerat…
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Can Chipotle Recover from Food Poisoning? – The New Yorker
Over the past decade, Chipotle has been arguably the country’s single most successful restaurant chain. So when the company temporarily shut down forty-three restaurants in the Pacific Northwest last month because of an E. coli outbreak, the assumpt…
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The Ghost Forests of Christmas Past: How A Fungus Stole Roasted Chestnuts | Atlas Obscura
Imagine this: a train car filled full to the brim with chestnuts, small and sweet. Bags and bags and bags of chestnuts pulling into the rail yards of New York City. Chestnuts roasting on streets corners in Baltimore and Philadelphia.
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The Citadel Investigates Cadets Who Wore KKK-like Hoods While Singing Christmas Carols | VICE News
The Citadel military college in South Carolina has begun suspension proceedings for more than a dozen students after photos of them wearing what appear to be Klu Klux Klan costumes surfaced on social media this week.
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Beauty Is Broken — Matter — Medium
Beauty Is BrokenIt’s always been a man’s possession — and that’s why it failed.I was 11 years old when I first recognized that men’s perception of beauty revolves around possession. I was walking home from school when a group of teenage boys started…
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Why conspiracy theories flourish on the right – Vox
One of the more striking developments in US politics in the Obama era is the increasing prominence of conspiracy theories on the right. Dark conspiracies have always been a part of politics, of course, on both sides of the aisle (see: 9/11 truthers).
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Apple TV Now Has Over 2,600 Apps, Largest Category Is Games | TechCrunch
A new report out today details the growth of the Apple TV App Store in the month or so it’s been live, noting that the store has already grown to include 2,624 applications, the majority being games.
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DNA Evidence Has A Dark Side | FiveThirtyEight
Imagine you’re sitting on a jury. The prosecutor stands in front of you and says: “We found DNA at the crime scene that matches the defendant’s. In fact, there is only a one in 1 million chance that someone else’s DNA would be a match.”
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Coca Cola’s Mexico ad sparks heated debate – Al Jazeera English
It’s a wonder Coca Cola’s latest Mexico Christmas commercial ever got made. Consider the plot: Sad indigenous people in the Mixe region mope around a hillside feeling rejected by society.
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The Republican front-runner keeps inching closer to all-out fascism — assuming that you don’t believe he’s already there, camped out and roasting marshmallows. Not only would this prohibition be completely impractical and xenophobic, in practice it …
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Patrick Stewart looks amazing at 75 : pics
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AwardAce’s Discover Tool Shows Where You Can Afford to Fly With Your Travel Rewards
You’ve earned a bunch of rewards miles, and now you’re itching to travel. This tool tells you where you can go, depending on how many points you’ve racked up. The new tool comes from previously mentioned AwardAce, a site that compares flight prices …
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I asked 5 fascism experts whether Donald Trump is a fascist. Here’s what they said. – Vox
Is Donald Trump a fascist? To be blunt: Donald Trump is not a fascist. “Fascism” has been an all-purpose insult for many years now, but it has a real definition, and according to scholars of historical fascism, Trump doesn’t qualify.
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Chief Justice Roberts asked why diversity matters in a physics class. Here’s an answer. – Vox
The big question at the heart of the affirmative action case before the Supreme Court, Fisher v. Texas, is whether the university needs to consider race in its admissions process in order to create an environment diverse enough to benefit all studen…
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Syria rebels agree to regime talks but without Assad – Al Jazeera English
Syrian opposition groups say they are ready for UN-sponsored negotiations with representatives from the government, but insist that President Bashar al-Assad has to step down.
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Ted Cruz’s Tiny Army of Climate-Denying Scientists | New Republic
Ted Cruz doesn’t believe in man-made climate change or the science behind it. So while diplomats in Paris attempt to negotiate an international deal to fight global warming, Cruz is in Washington railing against mainstream climate science and “parti…
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Indian court pardons US man for role in Mumbai attack – Al Jazeera English
A court in the Indian city of Mumbai has pardoned an American national of Pakistani origin, as part of a possible deal allowing him to give evidence about his involvement in the 2008 Mumbai attacks.
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Senate Republicans block vote on key counterterrorism nominee: ‘We’re going home for Christmas.’
As the calendar winds down, President Obama’s nominations near a critical point—without confirmation this calendar year, many will have to be renominated in January, some for the third time.
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Netflix renews Grace And Frankie for a third season · Newswire · The A.V. Club
It looks like Grace And Frankie will continue to age gracefully, as Deadline reports that Netflix has just renewed the series for a third season, otherwise known as the twilight year (not really).
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Alton Brown reviews Amazon’s dumbest kitchen gadgets · Great Job, Internet! · The A.V. Club
Food Network host Alton Brown has a well-known distaste for what he calls “unitaskers,” kitchen utensils that do one very specific thing. We’re talking about your avocado pit removers, garlic presses, electric egg boilers, and so on.
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The first Legend Of Tarzan trailer features abs and apes · Coming Distractions · The A.V. Club
Between The Jungle Book, Kong: Skull Island, and The Legend Of Tarzan, it seems that jungle-themed action blockbusters are going to be the next big thing.
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Number of EU Asylum Applications Double | Al Jazeera America
The number of people seeking asylum in the European Union (EU) in the third quarter has nearly doubled, to 413,800 from about 210,000, compared to those seeking asylum in the second quarter, according to figures published Thursday by Eurostat, the E…
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French PM defies Ministry of Interior, says he won’t ban open wifi or Tor / Boing Boing
Whenever a clueless authority figure who apparently knows nothing about security (like, apparently, FBI director James Comey) calls for a ban on crypto, here’s the article you should show them.
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News | NASA Telescopes Detect Jupiter-Like Storm on Small Star
Astronomers have discovered what appears to be a tiny star with a giant, cloudy storm, using data from NASA’s Spitzer and Kepler space telescopes. The dark storm is akin to Jupiter’s Great Red Spot: a persistent, raging storm larger than Earth.
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Watch the history of the movie trailer, as told by Star Wars | The Verge
Today the release of a movie trailer is an entertainment event unto itself, with hyped teases, huge plot information dumps, and hours (upon hours) of scene-by-scene analysis after the fact. But it wasn’t always like this.
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Ctrl-Walt-Delete: A cycle of hardware despair | The Verge
What happens when new technology no longer wows us? Walt and Nilay discuss the lack of enthusiasm over Google’s Pixel C, suggesting that we may be in a technological lull. Can Ctrl-Walt-Delete save us, or are we doomed to live with tech mediocrity?
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Is Race Really the Best Metric for Diversity? – The Atlantic
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Airbnb hosts discriminate against black guests based on names, study suggests | The Verge
Airbnb guests with stereotypically “black-sounding” names have a harder time booking a reservation than their white counterparts, a working paper from Harvard Business School researchers suggests.
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Facebook is adding an offline News Feed to its mobile apps | The Verge
Facebook mobile app users will now never miss a post, even if they’re offline, underground, in the air, or otherwise out of reach. The company announced today that it’s altering its app’s News Feed so users will still see new posts while they’re in …
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The Empire Strikes Back is Everything You Love About Star Wars Done In The Best Possible Way
The genius of The Empire Strikes Back is its simplicity. It basically takes place in only three places. The main characters spend the majority of the film apart. But within that incredibly tight structure you get a surplus of darkness, mystery and c…
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Last year, Jane the Virgin star Gina Rodriguez made Golden Globe history when she became the first CW actress to be nominated in a major category for the award.
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Benjamin Netanyahu’s dog Kaiya bites visitors – BBC News
Image copyright Reuters A dog recently adopted by Israel Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, Kaiya, bit two guests including a lawmaker during a religious event.The incident happened during a candle-lighting ceremony to mark the Jewish festival of Ha…
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How Much Does Genetics Really Affect Your Fitness?
If you’re not seeing results in the gym, there are a lot of things you can tweak: your diet, your exercise schedule, and the types of workouts you do, to name a few. But genetics is also a big factor. We’ve all had that thought on bad days: Maybe I’…
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Google Fires At Sonos, Adds Multi-Room Support To Chromecast Audio | TechCrunch
Back in September, Google came out of no where with Chromecast Audio.
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Here’s All The Fancy Free Comics You’ll Be Reading On Free Comic Book Day 2016
Free Comic Book Day is a most wonderful time for comic fans—I mean, after all, what can be more wonderful than free comics? Diamond has revealed some of the premier books that are coming for the special day next year, so you can start salivating rig…
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The End of Chavismo? Why Venezuela’s Ruling Party Lost Big and What Comes Next | The Nation
Venezuela’s ruling United Socialist Party of Venezuela (PSUV) suffered a devastating loss in Sunday’s parliamentary election. The opposition Democratic Unity Front (MUD) received 56 percent of the popular vote to the PSUV’s 41 percent.
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Pizza Hut Partners With University For New Curriculum – The Onion – America’s Finest News Source
Manchester Metropolitan University is partnering with Pizza Hut to offer an apprenticeship program for students to spend time both in the classroom and at actual Pizza Hut locations, studying financial analysis, food production, and restaurant manag…
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First Lady Michelle Obama Joins SNL’s Jay Pharoah for College-Themed Rap Video – The Daily Beast
Over the past seven years, First Lady Michelle Obama has done push-ups with Ellen DeGeneres, mom-danced with Jimmy Fallon and gone on a grocery run with Big Bird all in the name of fitness and healthy eating.
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Oculus Rift preorders will ship with long-awaited VR game EVE: Valkyrie | The Verge
Back in the very, very early days of the Oculus Rift headset, Oculus promised backers a bundled VR copy of Doom 3 BFG Edition — which at the time sounded like one of the single most awesome things to play in virtual reality.
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Obama ‘misled Congress’ over Bergdahl swap – BBC News
The Obama administration misled Congress over negotiations to swap five Taliban leaders for Sgt Bowe Bergdahl, Congressional Republicans have claimed in a new report.
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SwiftKey launches symbol-based communication app for people who are non-verbal | The Verge
SwiftKey, the predictive smartphone keyboard company, wants to help people who are non-verbal communicate with others. The company launched an experimental symbol-based assistive app today called SwiftKey Symbol, which it says can be used to build s…
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You can hunt Jack the Ripper in Assassin’s Creed Syndicate next week | The Verge
Assassin’s Creed Syndicate is no stranger to mixing historical figures into its tale of the war between assassins and templars. The game, which takes place in London circa 1868, lets you pal around with Charles Dickens and Karl Marx, and help Charle…
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Google’s Chromecast Audio gets multi-room and hi-res audio features | The Verge
Google is today rolling out two new features for its Chromecast Audio product. The new features let you play music in multiple rooms simultaneously and play hi-resolution audio files.
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Donald Trump Explained How To Dominate The Media In 1987: ‘I Play To People’s Fantasies’ : politics
Same difference really. He knows what he’s doing, I don’t for one second think he believes most any of the shit he spews, but look at his poll numbers.. I think he’s being more successful the crazier his shit sounds and i bet it amuses the fucking h…
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America’s iconic war machine – BBC News
The most feared bomber plane of the 20th Century is still going strong after 60 years in service in the US military – from Vietnam to Afghanistan. And she will keep on flying until 2044. How does this 1950s behemoth survive in the era of drones and …
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Where does Tarzan get all that protein and shaving equipment? | The Verge
Not content with wasting Dwayne Johnson’s considerable talent and charisma on a tepid retelling of the Hercules legend, Hollywood has now set its sights on ruining our happy, hand-drawn memories of Tarzan.
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Venus fly trap in a Santa Claus costume / Boing Boing
From the fundamentals – like learning the MySQL language- to utilizing today’s top technologies like MongoDB, this bundle is the best thing you can do for your career. Big data is an extremely hot topic, and understanding it from front to back will …
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Gravity visualized with a big sheet of stretched Lycra / Boing Boing
AP physics teacher Dan Burns gave a fun demonstration about spacetime curvature in 2012 at Los Gatos High School. Here’s the 10 minute video. This is my favorite Special Relativity paradox. It will blow your student’s minds. A runner traveling at 0.
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First Ever Puppies Born Through IVF – Scientific American
NEW YORK, Dec 9 (Reuters) – Rarely is a major scientific breakthrough so darn cute. Researchers at Cornell University in New York State and the Smithsonian Institution in Washington, D.C., announced on Wednesday the first litter of puppies born thro…
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IS finance minister ‘killed in strikes’ – 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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Fractal gears webtoy / Boing Boing
Beautiful fractal landscape seems like eerie, epic ruins “Poetic Fractals,” writes Julius Horsthuis. “I use fractals for developing skills – they are exercises in framing, composition, typography, color and style.
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With just a few tweets, Donald Trump has redesigned Britain | Archie Bland | Opinion | The Guardian
Even at their best, Donald Trump’s tweets – disjointed, jabbering and ungrammatical as they are – have the nonsensical ring of spam email. Now he has augmented his general talent for idiocy with a more specific trick.
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Function Of Beauty, Backed By Y Combinator, Offers Customized Shampoo And Conditioner | TechCrunch
It’s easy to be overwhelmed by the myriad of options in the haircare section of your local store, but it turns out that of all those products, the formula within most shampoo and conditioner doesn’t vary much across brands.
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Canada’s ‘Fashion Santa’ brings dapper cheer and charity – BBC News
Being Santa is not just reserved for jolly men in red suits with pronounced bellies – now, a “Fashion Santa” is bringing sartorial cheer to Christmas. The stylish Santa is 51-year-old Toronto model Paul Mason, who is appearing at the city’s Yorkdale…
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Migrant crisis: Greece, Croatia and Italy face EU legal action – BBC News
The European Commission says it has begun legal action against Greece, Croatia and Italy for failing to correctly register migrants. It says the three failed to implement the Eurodac Regulation, which involves fingerprinting asylum seekers and regis…
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In this truly ridiculous—and yet truly true—holiday PSA from the Seattle Police Department, a 73-year-old man who was stopped by a patrolman for not having his headlights on panics and does something incredibly stupid.
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Adidas Coverts Ocean Plastic Into 3D-Printed Shoes : environment
Great post, http://www.3DShoes.com will have these types of shoes in the future.
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The Hygiene and the History: We Investigate Post-Pooping Protocol | Atlas Obscura
Toilet-side tush paper. (Photo: emdot/flickr) Considering it’s an action healthy humans perform on a (hopefully) daily basis, you’d be surprised at how little information there is out there about the best way to clean your butt after you poop.
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Gradle Grabs $4.2 Million To Expand Commercial Company Around Open Source Build System | TechCrunch
Surely by now we know that every company is a software company, and as more companies focus on software development, it is increasingly difficult for them to manage the complexity around coordinating builds and creating executables.
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Yahoo Launches A Video Guide App For Cord Cutters | TechCrunch
Yahoo today is hoping to capitalize on the cord-cutting trend and consumers’ growing attachment to streaming video services with the launch of a new app called Yahoo Video Guide.
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Madonna somehow makes a nauseating song even ickier · Hear This · The A.V. Club
In Hear This, The A.V. Club writers sing the praises of songs they know well. This week: Our very own holiday HateSongs. There are legions of out-and-proud bears out there who will disagree with this statement, but to me there’s nothing erotic about…
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Acquire a taste for the unusual comedies of an unsung director · Watch This · The A.V. Club
Every day, Watch This offers staff recommendations inspired by a new movie coming out that week. This month: The A.V. Club atones for its sins of omission, recommending the best movies of the year that we didn’t review.
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Daily Cartoon: Thursday, December 10th – The New Yorker
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The no-fly list really is a no-brainer / Boing Boing
Whatever you think of guns control, Obama’s assertion that “Closing the No-Fly List loophole is a no-brainer” is pretty brainless. This is an issue that the political left and libertarians have been all over for more than a decade.
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America: shrinking middle class, growing poverty, the rich are getting richer / Boing Boing
A new Pew report analyzing data from the U.S.
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Hacked at sea: Researchers find ships’ data recorders vulnerable to attack | Ars Technica
When the freighter El Faro was lost in a hurricane on October 1, one of the goals of the salvage operation was to recover its voyage data recorder (VDR)—the maritime equivalent of the “black box” carried aboard airliners.
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Originally introduced as part of Marvel’s New Universe imprint in the late ’80s, Starbrand and Nightmask made their way into the regular Marvel universe as cast members of Jonathan Hickman’s Avengers, where they served as Earth’s planetary defense s…
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The ethical dilemma of self-driving cars
When people drive cars, collisions often happen so quickly that they are entirely accidental. When self-driving cars eliminate driver error in these cases, decisions on how to crash can become pre-meditated.
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The Pentagon is planning to expand American presence overseas, including in Iraq to fight ISIS, the New York Times reported Thursday. This proposition was put forward despite Iraqi statements that reject foreign troops aiding the fight against ISIS.
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How Spotlight Got Boston Accents Right While Black Mass Got It So Wron | Vanity Fair
One of the first major movie releases of 2016 will be Disney’s The Finest Hours, a frigid, watery rescue flick that a cynic might call The Yet More Perfect Storm.
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Last fall’s Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles didn’t live up to the nostalgia for the original comic book, syndicated cartoon, or the earlier Turtles movies of the early ’90s.
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‘Demon Seed’: The computer had her mind… now it wanted her body!|Dangerous Minds
After attending a screening of Wild Side at a Donald Cammell retrospective at LACMA several years ago, I was startled to see the divine personage of Poison Ivy Rorschach herself waiting outside the theater. She had apparently come to see the next fe…
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Profit and Abuse at Homes for the Profoundly Disabled | New Republic
This is the first story in a two-part series on AdvoServ, a for-profit company that operates a network of facilities for the disabled in several states. A man called “R.G.” was punched in the stomach, kicked, and told “shut your fucking mouth,” the …
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Half Of The Country’s Children Have A Parent With A Criminal Record | ThinkProgress
Ms. Matos (who didn’t want to use her first name) used to make enough to support her three children at her customer service job with a health insurance company. But in 2006, she says she was confronted and assaulted by police while recording an offi…
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Only 3 Congressmen Showed For A Hearing On The No. 1 Infectious Killer In The World : politics
Only 3 Congressmen Showed For A Hearing On The No. 1 Infectious Killer In The World (huffingtonpost.com) Scientists need to make up a fictional bad guy with guns and scary beard that kills 14 people for the public to care about anything that kills 1…
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“It’s Going to Burn Our Planet”: Hundreds Protest “Unacceptable” Draft Climate Accord Inside COP21 (democracynow.org)submitted 2 hours ago by loading…
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Our attempt at taking a family photo. #fail : cats
Our attempt at taking a family photo. #fail via /r/cats https://t.co/Sb1RcKWVd6 https://t.co/7TfbeH8g8m https://t.co/nf78SXlRsh
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Our attempt at taking a family photo. #fail via /r/cats https://t.co/Sb1RcKWVd6 https://t.co/7TfbeH8g8m https://t.co/nf78SXlRsh
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Prosecutors in Turkey indicted two men for their role in smuggling Syrian refugees, including the family of Aylan Kurdi, the 3-year-old Syrian toddler whose body washed up on the shore of a Turkish beach resort in September.
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Listen To The First Episode Of Season 2 Of ‘Serial’ Here – Digg
After a long wait, the highly anticipated second season of Sarah Koenig’s “Serial” podcast is here.
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Chakra the Invincible: a climate change comic for kids / Boing Boing
“Chakra the Invincible” is the third installment in a series from the UNICEF-backed Comics Uniting Nations. It’s aimed at kids and young people, and presents a diverse global perspective on the causes and results of climate change.
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Would You Vote for Oliver Queen Based on This Episode of Arrow?
One notoriously be-wigged political figure has been dominating political coverage lately, so let’s turn our attention to another. Oliver Queen is running for mayor. If you had to judge from this episode, “Dark Waters,” would you vote for him?
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Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl Is the Subject of the Second Season of ‘Serial’ – The Atlantic
On the inaugural season of the true-crime podcast Serial, host and This American Life producer Sarah Koenig turned the case of Adnan Syed, a young man who was convicted of murdering his girlfriend in 2000, from an obscure Maryland criminal footnote …
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In news that should continue to make anyone with even a passing familiarity with Mssrs.
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What We’re Following on Thursday Afternoon, 12/10 – The Atlantic
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Amazon Studios to produce Todd Haynes’ Wonderstruck · Newswire · The A.V. Club
Not content to merely sell every form of media and rule the skies with its army of drones, Amazon is also committed to breaking into the movie business.
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Washington to Whomever: Please Fight the Islamic State for Us | The Nation
In the many strategies proposed to defeat the Islamic State (IS) by presidential candidates, policymakers, and media pundits alike across the American political spectrum, one common element stands out: someone else should really do it.
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See Thomas Rhett and Brett Eldredge Cover Kanye, Drake | Rolling Stone
Brett Eldredge and Thomas Rhett’s co-headlining CMT on Tour: Suits and Boots trek is drawing to a close, with only two shows remaining on the itinerary.
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Watch Bill Nye Lay Out His Wish List for Saving the Planet | Rolling Stone
Watch Bill Nye Lay Out His Wish List for Saving the Planet The Science Guy lays out what he’d like to see come out of the Paris climate talks
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Over 2,400 Killed in Saudi Hajj Stampede | Al Jazeera America
The September stampede during the hajj in Saudi Arabia killed at least 2,411 pilgrims, a new Associated Press count shows, three times the number of deaths acknowledged by the kingdom three months later. The AP figures establish the Sept.
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Watch Home Free’s Stirring ‘I’ll Be Home for Christmas’ | Rolling Stone
Watch Home Free’s Stirring ‘I’ll Be Home for Christmas’ Vocal group delivers a holiday standard with help from returning U.S.
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Oilman: Cause of Oklahoma’s earthquakes not known | Al Jazeera America
In “Earthquake State,” “Fault Lines” travels to Oklahoma, where earthquakes are now a daily occurrence, to find out what is behind the sharp rise in seismic activity. The film airs on Sunday, Dec. 13, at 9 p.m. Eastern time/6 p.m. Pacific on Al Jaze…
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meow_irl via /r/MEOW_IRL https://t.co/Mrtm8uQnVf https://t.co/t5BWWUKIYf https://t.co/zDaB6W3DPW
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meow_irl via /r/MEOW_IRL https://t.co/Mrtm8uQnVf https://t.co/t5BWWUKIYf https://t.co/zDaB6W3DPW
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Cat photobombs a family picture : aww
Cat photobombs a family picture via /r/aww https://t.co/5rqQKgWJIE https://t.co/z98CMo3N5h https://t.co/K0ZFUDDxr4
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Cat photobombs a family picture via /r/aww https://t.co/5rqQKgWJIE https://t.co/z98CMo3N5h https://t.co/K0ZFUDDxr4
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Phytoplankton Bloom in the North Atlantic | NASA
Phytoplankton Bloom in the North Atlantic via NASA https://t.co/qoEtwT8MkO https://t.co/HJhVa7yJ9w https://t.co/h4oQOw3yBM
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Phytoplankton Bloom in the North Atlantic via NASA https://t.co/qoEtwT8MkO https://t.co/HJhVa7yJ9w https://t.co/h4oQOw3yBM
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2015: The Year in Photos, September-December (40 photos) https://t.co/9SkvC3gIpO https://t.co/QwZwUPSmto https://t.co/RSIMshyCsk
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2015: The Year in Photos, September-December – The Atlantic
2015: The Year in Photos, September-December (40 photos) https://t.co/9SkvC3gIpO https://t.co/QwZwUPSmto https://t.co/RSIMshyCsk
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Since Russia’s involvement in the Ukraine conflict in 2014, nearby Baltic states have been on high alert.Estonia, the smallest country in the region, signed a military equipment deal worth 138 million euros ($147 million) last December — the largest…
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The Forgotten Army Of World War II – Digg
During World War II, thousands of Allied troops were held captive by the Japanese army across Southeast Asia. For several years, Meg Parkes has been interviewing men from the British army about their hellish experiences in the prison camps and how t…
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A small update to Google Calendar for Android today makes it easier to check if your accounts are properly synced. The update follows some new reminder features just a few days ago. [via Google on Twitter]
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Ford wants to reduce the number of cars on the road with ‘dynamic shuttles’ | The Verge
Ford announced today that it’s piloting an on-demand ride-sharing service for its employees that the company says can have an effect on communities far beyond its Dearborn, Michigan headquarters. In the long term, it argues, shuttle services like th…
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Bowe Bergdahl Is Finally Talking—to the World’s Most Popular Podcast | Mother Jones
Season One of Serial, the WBEZ podcast produced by the team behind This American Life, quickly became the most popular podcast ever released—and prompted media writers to proclaim the Era of the Podcast.
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A great, low-tech hack for teaching high-tech skills / Boing Boing
After years of technology training seminars in which Miriam Posner ran through a lecture or tutorial and watched as some students got it and others didn’t, but were too embarrassed about breaking up the class’s flow to raise their hands, she switche…
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How to Bring a Scientific Discovery Alive – Scientific American Blog Network
When I was 15 my brother died of a cancer no one had seen before. He was 21 and a midshipman at the US Naval Academy. He was at the peak of health until an unknown cancer exploded inside his body.
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How do you turn North Korea’s unreal facade into virtual reality? | The Verge
When The New York Times released virtual reality mini-documentary The Displaced, its creators talked about the medium’s capacity to convey the unfiltered truth of a scene.
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TRData Wants To Be ‘Bloomberg For Emerging Markets’ | TechCrunch
TRData, a London-headquartered startup with a development team based in Ukraine and the majority of customers in Russia, makes for an interesting European tech story.
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Google is now offering solar panel advice in nine states | The Verge
Since its launch in August, Google’s informative solar panel initiative Project Sunroof has only been available in the San Fransisco Bay, Fresno, and Boston.
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Automattic Releases WordPress App For Windows Desktop | TechCrunch
It didn’t take long. A little bit more than two weeks after launching an OS X app, Automattic, the company behind WordPress, is launching a Windows version. Like on OS X, this app takes advantage of the complete rewrite of WordPress.com. If you’re f…
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DENVER—Standing solemnly next to the patch of ground where the veteran quarterback’s body lay, members of the Denver Broncos organization quietly buried Peyton Manning in an unmarked grave next to Sports Authority Field at Mile High, sources confirm…
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Samsung Pay now lets you buy and use gift cards | The Verge
As promised, Samsung today released an update for its Samsung Pay mobile wallet app that adds support for gift cards. The company says “50 popular merchant gift cards” can be used at launch from stores including Gap, Banana Republic, Staples, GameSt…
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The Best Students Are Often the Ones Who Make the Most Mistakes
Few of us enjoy making mistakes, but mistakes are inevitable when you’re trying something new or challenging—and failure is how we get better. Coder Christina Cacioppo writes about teaching students programming and how the most successful beginners …
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Heathrow expansion: no political will to build third runway, says IAG boss | Business | The Guardian
Willie Walsh, chief executive of British Airways’ parent company, has criticised Heathrow airport and David Cameron as the government considers building a third runway at the London hub. The IAG boss accused Heathrow of wanting to build a “gold-plat…
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Watch the first trailer for unnecessary blockbuster The Legend of Tarzan | The Verge
As promised, a modern, 3D take on Edgar Rice Burroughs’ mythic Tarzan is well on its way, and the first trailer is here.
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The WHO Hopes a Hashtag Can Reduce China’s 13 Million Abortions Per Year | VICE News
Last Friday the World Health Organization’s (WHO) China team sent out a suggestion to the country via social media: “We think it’s time to talk about safe sex.
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Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl in an undated photograph from the United States Army. Twenty minutes after Sgt.
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Japan Keeps Killing Whales — So Anonymous Shut Down the Prime Minister’s Website | VICE News
A cyber attack claimed by an activist affiliated with the hacking collective Anonymous shut down Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s personal website on Thursday. Messages posted to Twitter claimed the attack was in response to the country’s whalin…
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In case you were wondering, there’s no reason to squirt coffee up your ass / Boing Boing
Coffee enemas have been around since the 19th century (when medical science was a mess) and they persist today (when woo advocates like to hold up the fact that medical practices have persisted since the 19th century as proof that they work). In cas…
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The 8 Best Movies About Apocalyptic Climate Change
Climate change is a notoriously unclickable topic, yet it undeniably captures our imagination, given how often it shows up as a central plot point in films. From Waterworld to the charming animated feature Ice Age, it just keeps coming back.
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If you’ve been wondering how the Serial podcast would follow up on its remarkable first season, the suspense is over. This morning, Season 2 is getting underway. Episode 1 is now online, ready for download. Stream it here:
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BBC Sport – Bastian Schweinsteiger banned for three games by FA
Manchester United midfielder Bastian Schweinsteiger will be banned for three matches after accepting a Football Association charge for violent conduct. More to follow.
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Canada welcomes wave of Syrian refugees – BBC News
The first two flights bringing Syrian refugees to Canada are arriving this week, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has announced. One military aircraft arrived in Toronto on Thursday and another arrives in Montreal on Saturday.
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Comedy Central renews Nathan For You for a fourth season · Newswire · The A.V. Club
Time to open a business and deliberately sabotage it in hopes of sending up a Fielder signal, because according to The Hollywood Reporter Comedy Central has renewed Nathan For You for a fourth season. The renewal comes in advance of the show’s seaso…
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Marvel’s Cosmic Avengers Just Did Something Crazy To Galactus
Galactus has long been one of Marvel’s grandest villains—an almost unstoppable force who threatens the universe time and time again no matter how many times he’s turned away. But one of Marvel’s myriad new Avengers teams may have done something that…
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It’s Time to Ban Guns. Yes, All of Them. | New Republic
Ban guns. All guns. Get rid of guns in homes, and on the streets, and, as much as possible, on police. Not just because of San Bernardino, or whichever mass shooting may pop up next, but also not not because of those.
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Bowe Bergdahl Explains Why He Walked Off His Afghan Military Base in New Serial Podcast | VICE News
“Is Sergeant Bowe Bergdahl a hero or deserter?” a female broadcaster is heard saying among a montage of news clips compiled in the latest episode of the popular Serial podcast series.
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The History of the Christmas Card | History | Smithsonian
During the holiday season of 1843, those friends were causing Cole much anxiety.
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Is Ageism In Tech An Under-The-Radar Diversity Issue?
In light of all of the recent revelations about diversity—or lack of it—in the tech sector, one aspect stands out for being underreported. In a post on Medium, Steven Levy noted that there’s an absence of an age distribution among the metrics.
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Can Theranos CEO Elizabeth Holmes Fend Off Her Critics? – Bloomberg Business
Elizabeth Holmes rarely slips out of character. When she responds to questions in an interview or on a conference stage, she leans forward, leg crossed ankle over knee in a half-lotus manspread power pose.
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Streamroot Makes Video Streaming Cheaper Thanks To Peer-To-Peer | TechCrunch
Talk about “peak hours” with any engineer who is working on a video streaming website, and it will send shivers down their spine.
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“This was a very unfortunate incident and I’m deeply sorry that this happened, but the procedures we’re putting in place today are so above industry norms that we are going to be the safest place to eat,” Chipotle founder and co-Chief Executive Offi…
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SimilarWeb Buys Quettra To Move Deeper Into Mobile Analytics And Big Data | TechCrunch
Yet more consolidation is happening in the world of analytics.
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Google Launches Faster, More Flexible Version Of Its Cloud SQL Database Service | TechCrunch
Cloud SQL, Google’s fully managed MySQL database service on its Cloud Platform, is getting a major upgrade today with the beta launch of version two of the service. The original Cloud SQL launched back in 2011 and hit general availability a full two…
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Make Science More Reliable, Win Cash Prizes – The Atlantic
Some scientific prizes reward people for their skills as mentors, or for the quality of their scientific discoveries. But the new Leamer-Rosenthal Prizes for Open Social Science, awarded today for the first time, honor a different kind of achievemen…
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Planeload of Syrian Refugees Heads to Canada – The Atlantic
The group left Beirut airport Thursday on a Canadian government plane, which will stop in Cologne, Germany, before arriving in Toronto later Thursday. A second flight is expected to arrive Saturday.
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There Is No ‘War on Football’ | The Nation
You would not have needed Jimmy the Greek to guess that December would see a cavalcade of pigskin pontificators defending their belief in the virile virtue of tackle football.
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Google’s Plan To Accelerate The Mobile Web Will Go Live In February | TechCrunch
Google’s plan to accelerate the mobile web – also known as the “Accelerated Mobile Pages Project” or AMP, for short – now has a launch date. The company said this week that it will begin directing traffic to its sped-up AMP pages in Google Search st…
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Trump ignores UK critics and claims country has ‘a massive Muslim problem’ | US news | The Guardian
Donald Trump has hit back against UK critics of his stand against Islam, saying Britain had “a massive Muslim problem”.
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Survey of wealthy customers leads insurer to offer “troll insurance” / Boing Boing
Chubb’s new troll rider on its elite personal insurance package for its wealthiest customers now offers up to £50,000 to cover the cost of counselling, lost income, and professional anti-troll services (forensics, reputation management) for people w…
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When Artificial Intelligence makes its first appearance, learning to trust it will be our first real test.
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Borat tells Jimmy Kimmel that Donald Trump is not a real person – video | US news | The Guardian
Borat appears on the Jimmy Kimmel Live show to promote Sacha Baron Cohen’s new film. Cohen’s character from Kazakhstan says Donald Trump must be a fictional person, because nobody would try to ban all Muslims from the US unless they have a brain ‘th…
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Republicanism Trumps Religion When It Comes To Anti-Muslim Sentiment | FiveThirtyEight
Polls have found widespread anti-Islamic sentiments among Republicans, but the pressing question is how Donald Trump’s call to stop any Muslim from entering the United States will be received by primary voters. More specifically: How will heavily ev…
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Study: Scalia Better Off in “Less Advanced” Court – The New Yorker
WASHINGTON (The Borowitz Report)—A new study conducted by legal scholars indicates that Justice Antonin Scalia would fare better if he served as a judge at a court that was “less advanced” than the United States Supreme Court.
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At this point, Jeb!’s got nothing left but his family name
Get this—Jeb! Bush, once his “own man,” is now clinging to the family dynasty to save his flailing presidential bid from going under. Alex Isenstadt reports:
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Sylvester Stallone Nominated for a Golden Globe for First Time in 39 Years | Vanity Fair
It took nearly four decades but, on Thursday, Sylvester Stallone—a brilliant creative mind trapped in the body of a nightclub bouncer—was recognized for his on-screen talents by the Hollywood Foreign Press Association.
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The de Blasio Diaries, Chapter 50: Branzi-Oh-No | Vanity Fair
“There were only four people at the dinner on Tuesday, and we are the only ones with knowledge of the discussions that night,” said Emma Wolfe, a top aide to Mr. de Blasio, and Melissa DeRosa, a top aide to Mr. Cuomo.
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Fractal Gears is fun to play around with…just keep hitting that randomize button for Sierpinski triangle-esque gear mechanisms.
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New Poll Reveals Americans’ Double Standard About Religious Violence | ThinkProgress
Many Americans have a double standard when it comes to judging whether self-identified Christians and Muslims are committing violence in the name of their religion, according to new data released just a week after two Muslims were accused of shootin…
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15 Biggest Golden Globes Snubs and Surprises: ‘Mad Men,’ Johnny Depp & More – The Daily Beast
15 Biggest Golden Globes Snubs and Surprises: ‘Mad Men,’ Johnny Depp & More https://t.co/kwTDYHjVV2 https://t.co/fMqtZDzssR
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FEC Asked to Investigate Ghost Donations to Jeb Bush Super-PAC | Mother Jones
FEC Asked to Investigate Ghost Donations to Jeb Bush Super-PAC https://t.co/MhOf9T0lxa https://t.co/tfhr0w51gx
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For this mom, a first-time drug charge was a life sentence | Fusion
hen Ramona Brant tells someone that she’s serving life in prison without the possibility of parole, the first question she gets is almost always the same: “Who did you kill?” “I’m like, ‘I didn’t kill anybody,’” Brant told me.
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How Terrorists Convince Themselves to Kill
McCants is the author of The ISIS Apocalypse.
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How the Universal Symbols for Escalators, Restrooms, and Transport Were Designed | Atlas Obscura
The down arrow and information symbols. (All symbols: Courtesy AIGA) In 1977, several nursing mothers wrote to the U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT). They weren’t happy.
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2015 was another year of dumb robots – Quartz
This was the year we were supposed to get hoverboards and flying cars. Instead we got more robots that fall over. Even though they were all over the news, television, and cinema screens this year, robots have not really entered the mainstream yet.
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Men’s Journal Magazine – Men’s Style, Travel, Fitness and Gear
Harrison Ford is at the controls of his green-and-white Bell 407 helicopter, hovering above the Penmar golf course, where eight months earlier the 73-year-old actor crash-landed his vintage World War II plane shortly after takeoff.
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Watch 50,000 Kilograms of Methane Per Hour Gush From a Busted Pipe: Infrared footage shows what an L.A. community has been living for nearly two months. (citylab.com)
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Donald Trump is the GOP now: Sorry, Bob Dole, and even Dick Cheney. This is your party : politics
Donald Trump is the GOP now: Sorry, Bob Dole, and even Dick Cheney. This is your party (salon.com) Wouldn’t it make more sense to see how the primary votes go before declaring this? If a majority of Republicans make him their nominee then yes, I wou…
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Hipchat-Maker Atlassian Begins Trading at $27.67, Valued At $5.8 Billion | TechCrunch
After pricing its IPO at $21, above the expected range of $19 to $20 Australian-based unicorn Atlassian began trading at $27.67 on the Nasdaq today, under the ticker “TEAM.” This gives the company a valuation of $5.8 billion. Atlassian, whose backer…
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Driverless Cars Are Like Elevators – The Atlantic
One of the challenges in describing the potential of self-driving cars is that they promise to do so much. Technologies that save lives, decimate and create entire industries, and uproot long-held perceptions of space and time don’t come around very…
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The thankless life of an Instagram husband / Boing Boing
Regina, or 1995Regi, as she calls herself on Instagram, is a Polish girl who likes selfies, science fiction, and Drake.
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Thai police: Suspected Silk Road consigliere to be sent to US soon | Ars Technica
On Thursday, Thai authorities told reporters that they plan on extraditing Roger Thomas Clark, the Canadian man accused of being a top adviser to Silk Road founder Ross Ulbricht.
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Catholics should not try to convert Jews, Vatican says – BBC News
The Vatican has told Catholics that they should not seek to convert Jews and stressed that the two faiths have a “unique” relationship. It is seen as a new Vatican attempt to distance itself from centuries of Christian-Jewish tension and prejudice.
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Spurs’ Gregg Popovich on three-pointers: ‘I don’t think it’s basketball’ | Sport | The Guardian
The Golden State Warriors have surged to 23-0 in large part thanks for their prowess from long range, but San Antonio Spurs coach Gregg Popovich continued to voice his displeasure over three-pointers, insisting: “I don’t think it’s basketball.
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The Paris Climate Agreement Could Be More Ambitious Than Anyone Expected | Mother Jones
The international climate summit in Paris may be getting too ambitious for its own good.
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President Barack Obama signed today the long-awaited overhaul of No Child Left Behind (NCLB), one of our country’s most important education laws. The Every Student Succeeds Act, which tackles several issues in George W.
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The second season of the Serial podcast has started! / Boing Boing
Serial, the most talked-about show in the history of podcasting, has launched its second season. This time, producer Sarah Koenig worked with filmmaker Mark Boal to tell the story of U.S. soldier Bowe Bergdahl’s five-year imprisonment with the Talib…
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As the third season of Nathan For You comes to an end, “Nathan Fielder,” as played by creator and star Nathan Fielder, has crystallized into one of most brilliant and singular comic creations in years.
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FEC Asked to Investigate Ghost Donations to Jeb Bush Super-PAC | Mother Jones
A liberal watchdog group has filed a complaint with the Federal Election Commission charging that the super-PAC supporting Jeb Bush, Right to Rise, received contributions from companies that were used to shield the identities of the donors.
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A New Autism Risk Factor: Moms with Polycystic Ovaries – Scientific American
Mom’s ovaries could hold clues to some autism cases, new research suggests—and this time it’s not because of genetic vulnerabilities carried in her eggs.
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Kanye Lectures at Oxford University on Genius, Class & a Whole Lot More | Open Culture
Kanye West annoys a lot of people because of his ego, and because he doesn’t rely on others to call him a genius. He’ll tell you right away that he is one, and a misunderstood one at that.
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Kilgrave operates in the background for most of this season’s first half.
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Adam Scott and Laura Dern to also tell (or hear) some Big Little Lies · Newswire · The A.V. Club
The line between TV and cinema continues to blur, despite the retina display on the laptops we use to watch movies and TV shows. Lately, it’s not at all uncommon to see big-name actors take a lead role in a cable series (see: True Detective, Fargo, …
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It’s on, truthers: Serial season 2 is live · Newswire · The A.V. Club
Although it didn’t land in November as previously predicted, the second season of podcast phenomenon Serial is finally here. In a blog post on the Serial site, host Sarah Koenig wastes no time in confirming that it deals with the story of Bowe Bergd…
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Inside the Facebook Memories H.Q. – The New Yorker
Contrary to popular belief, the Facebook “memories” feature isn’t produced by an algorithm. At the On This Day headquarters, memory finders dig up vintage posts in an attempt to generate the most poignant reminiscences possible. V.P. OF WISTFUL REMI…
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15 Biggest Golden Globes Snubs and Surprises: ‘Mad Men,’ Johnny Depp & More – The Daily Beast
No Mad Men? Boo! But a nod for Mad Max? Yay! The agony and the ecstasy of Thursday’s Golden Globes announcement, in 15 of the biggest snubs and surprises.
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The Flavor of Your Vape Might Not Be as Safe as You Think — But Tobacco Is Still Worse | VICE News
There are more than 7,000 different flavors of electronic cigarettes now on the market — many of them with candy-like flavors of caramel, apple, and cherry that appeal to young people — but little is known about the safety of the chemical compounds …
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Buy A Car On Your Phone With The New Beepi App | TechCrunch
Thanks to the folks at Beepi, you can now buy a car using nothing more than the iPhone in your hand (well, that and the money in your bank account).
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Houzz Brings New Collaboration Tools To Its iOS Apps | TechCrunch
Houzz, the popular service for giving you house envy and connecting you with the right home professionals to cure it, is launching an interesting new feature for its iOS users today.
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Twitter begins displaying diverse emoji | The Verge
Twitter’s about to get a lot more colorful. The social media company announced this week that all emoji skin tones will now display on its website. Other new emoji, including the thinking face and floating businessman, will show up, too.
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How Star Wars and the internet changed movie trailers | The Verge
When the first trailer for Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace came out in 1998, the only way to see it was to buy a ticket for Meet Joe Black, The Waterboy, or The Siege. Which, of course, many fans did — cheering while the trailer rolled and f…
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Discussing Teen Suicide in Palo Alto and Elsewhere – The Atlantic
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Dante’s nine levels of Hell, LEGO style|Dangerous Minds
Spotted in the Telegraph: Mihai Marius Mihu’s interesting LEGO re-creations of the nine levels of Hell as presented in Dante’s Inferno from The Divine Comedy, written in the 14th century.
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Two University of Kentucky students pause in front of a streetlamp in the middle of campus. One holds his phone up to a bright blue sign attached to the pole, and steadies his camera over a QR code.
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Syrian Ahrar al-Sham pulls out of Riyadh conference – Al Jazeera English
A key Syrian opposition group, Ahrar al-Sham, has withdrawn from a Saudi Arabia-hosted conference to try to unite the factions fighting against the Syrian government before potential talks with representatives of President Bashar al-Assad.
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UK and France get best deals for TV, mobile and internet | Media | The Guardian
UK and French consumers are getting some of the best deals for TV, internet and mobile services, while those in the US are paying the most, according to research on the UK, Italy, France, Germany and the US by Ofcom.
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An exclusive excerpt from Killing For Culture: From Edison to Isis: A New History of Death on Film (by David Kerekes & David Slater), an all-new edition of the 90s cult classic, available now in special edition hardback.
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The Best Books of 2015 for Gifting. . . and Hoarding | Vanity Fair
More impressive (or at least, weighty) than a gift card, and less basic than gym socks (thanks, Nana!), the book as a gift is making a comeback. This is the year of the book. Why? Why not? This year is different.
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American Hero Is a Gritty Alternative to the Marvel Superhero Genre | Vanity Fair
To wit: Stephen Dorff plays Melvin, a hard-partying, drug-addled criminal who also happens to have superpowers. After a heart attack sends him to the hospital, he decides to clean up his act and become a vigilante to “chase down the guys the cops do…
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87% of Earth’s population lives where the air is toxic : environment
87% of Earth’s population lives where the air is toxic (naturetrib.com)submitted 1 hour ago by loading…
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Google Photos’ new shared albums aren’t designed for a social world | The Verge
Google is tired of Apple getting all the glory when it comes to photo sharing. Today, the company introduced a feature in its Google Photos app that’s designed to compete with Apple’s popular iCloud Photo Sharing. It’s available for iOS, Android and…
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Go ahead, deplore Donald Trump. Despise his message. Reject his appeals to exclusion and hatred. But do not make the mistake of treating him as a solitary phenomenon, a singular celebrity narcissist who has somehow, all alone, brought his party and …
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The Software That Helped Volkswagen Cheat Was Developed Back In 2005 | VICE News
Volkswagen blamed a small group of engineers for its massive emissions-test cheating scandal Thursday, telling reporters they came up with software to trick tailpipe tests after being unable to hit US standards.
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How New York City’s Bike Share Saved Itself
Last October, former MTA chief Jay Walder took the helm of Citi Bike’s parent company. It’s been a wild ride.
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Go ahead, be miserable. It won’t kill you – Quartz
If you’re feeling stressed and unhappy, the worry that such emotions are also bad for your health can be an added burden. But while misery is hardly a beneficial emotional state, a study published on Dec.
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Tumblr’s Instant Messaging Now Available To All, Adds Support For Sharing Posts | TechCrunch
Last month, Tumblr rolled out instant messaging on the web, iOS and Android to a subset of Tumblr users ahead of a broader launch.
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Donald Trump does politics like US TV, which is why he’s so popular / Boing Boing
Matt Taibbi is on fire as ever in Rolling Stone, analyzing the weird relationship between Donald Trump and the media: he does politics in just the way that cable news reports on it: disjointedly, without empathy or nuance or complexity.
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Dealmaster: Get an Xbox One Elite bundle with wireless controller for $449 | Ars Technica
Hello Arsians! Thanks to our partners at TechBargains, we have another great gaming deal for you today. You can save $50 on an Xbox One Elite console, complete with a 1TB SSD and a wireless controller, and the deal includes a $100 Dell gift card as …
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After the backlash over a transgender-inclusive children’s book, a Wisconsin school has countered the criticism by unanimously passing nondiscrimination protections for its transgender students this week.
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Google Photos Get Easy-To-Use Shared Albums | TechCrunch
Since breaking off into its own product, Google Photos has been on a bit of a roll as far as adding new features quickly. One such feature is rolling out today — shared albums.
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There are plenty of ways to generate drama, but my favorite is one that Battlestar Galactica excels at: putting people into nearly impossible situations and watching them squirm.
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Hands-on: Eve: Valkyrie is more than just a tech demo | Ars Technica
For a game that’s been in development for nearly three years, that Eve: Valkyrie’s public appearances have been limited to little more than elaborate tech demos is a worry.
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Elastic Joins Azure Marketplace As It Strengthens Relationship With Microsoft | TechCrunch
Elastic announced today that it was deepening its relationship with Microsoft by adding its open source and commercial products to the Microsoft Azure Marketplace. Elastic (which used to be known as ElasticSearch) has been working with Microsoft for…
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Most Germans did not want war in 1939. When it came, following Hitler’s invasion of Poland, there was no euphoria and flag-waving, as there had been in 1914, but dejection; the people were downcast, one diarist noted.
The German War: A Nation Under Arms, 1939-45 by Nicholas Stargardt review – a superb study https://t.co/rUhCa1UR5j https://t.co/KvdBt9nwb4 -
Food in books: the pâté from The Secret History | Books | The Guardian
Despite the vast amount we ate that afternoon – soups, lobsters, pâtés, mousses, an array appalling in variety and amount – we drank even more, three bottles of Tattinger on top of the cocktails, and brandy on top of that, so that, gradually, our ta…
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The Three-Headed Sharkraken and All the Other Monsters That Make Pathfinder’s Bestiary 5 So Amazing
When we previewed some art from Bestiary 5 a few weeks ago, it merely looked like a cool book of monsters. Now that we’ve got our hands on it, we’re convinced that even the most jaded, been-there-done-that gamer is going to need a copy. This is a ki…
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Syria conflict: Ahrar al-Sham quits opposition unity talks – BBC News
A powerful Syrian rebel group has pulled out of talks with opposition politicians aimed at forming a unified front ahead of possible peace talks.Ahrar al-Sham cited the “main role” Syria-based opposition figures tolerated by the government had been …
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Singing UN ambassadors release peace-themed CD – BBC News
A group of ambassadors to the United Nations has taken a break from the cut and thrust of high-level diplomacy to record a peace-themed single.Recording under the band name UNRocks, the diplomats released their debut track – Strong UN, Better World …
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Maatalii Okalik is tired of seeing polar bears as the face of climate change. “Make it an Inuit face. We’re the ones that are really affected by it,” she told the Guardian in a phone interview from Paris. At the Paris climate conference, the bear is…
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An orphaned Siberian tiger who was rehabilitated and released back into the wild has given birth two cubs, conservationists in Russia said on Thursday. It is believed to be the first time a released tiger has gone onto become a mother and raises hop…
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‘Die-Fi’: Moscow Expanding Internet Access To Cemeteries : The Two-Way : NPR
The city of Moscow says it is extending free Wi-Fi to cemeteries. It’s part of a campaign to make Internet access available in public spaces throughout the city. Moscow users can already access the Internet for free in the city subway system, the Me…
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For gun makers, it was a familiar story. On Sunday, President Obama called for making it harder to buy assault weapons after the terrorist attack in San Bernardino, Calif. On Monday, the stock prices of two top gun makers, Smith & Wesson and Ruger, …
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French Sensor for NASA Mars Lander Should Be Fixed in Time for Launch
The SEIS instrument qualification model for the Mars InSight mission undergoes testing at the CNES facility in Toulouse, France.Credit: CNES/E.
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Hacking The Hype: Why Hackathons Don’t Work | TechCrunch
As buzz-worthy business trends go, hackathons — where people from different backgrounds come together to work on a project for a few intense, caffeine-fueled days — are a top contender. They’re most common in Silicon Valley: At Facebook and Google, …
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US State Department staffer sexually blackmailed women while working at US embassy / Boing Boing
Michael C. Ford has pleaded guilty to accusations that he spent at least two years coercing at least 75 women into sending him naked photos of themselves and other women he demanded that they covertly photograph in dressing rooms and changing rooms.
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How to Deal With Me: A User Manual for All My Friends
I’m a bit persnickety. I get fussy when I’m hungry, bummed out when I don’t exercise, or anxious when I’m in a big crowd. Most of my long term friends know how to handle me when I dive into some weird mood, but new friends (and significant others) d…
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Folded or Flat Paper Towel: Which One Absorbs More Water? – Scientific American
Introduction We all know that washing hands throughout the day can help keep colds and flu at bay. So several times a day we lather up, scrub, rinse and then use a paper towel—then another one, maybe even three or four to dry them off. Because who w…
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Comedian and actor John Candy has been dead for 21 years now, but his work remains in the minds of both fans and colleagues. One Perfect Shot has memorialized the Canadian-born performer with a poignant and affectionate short film called “Tell Me Ab…
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Skywatcher Snaps Mesmerizing View of Spider Nebula (Photo)
The stunning view of the Spider nebula offers a cosmic web of celestial delights, and was captured by astrophotographer Ron Brecher in Guelph, Ontario. Brecher took multiple exposures of the distant nebula to collect enough light to create an image …
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Facebook Gets An Offline Mode | TechCrunch
Facebook this week said it will begin rolling out new technology that allows users on slower mobile connections to still see new stories in their News Feed, even when on a poor connection or when they’re unable to reach Facebook’s servers.
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How Engineering Salaries Across the U.S. Stack Up | TechCrunch
Hired, the San Francisco-based employment platform, has produced a short new report about engineering salaries that examines how they stack up in the Bay Area versus the rest of the country after the cost of living is factored in.
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How Does Your Brain Follow the Music? – Scientific American
While listening to music, you might find yourself tapping your foot or bobbing your head to the beat. What you might not have expected is that as you listen to your favorite tune, the rhythms in your brain also follow along. Brain rhythms arise when…
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Dutch court convicts nine for terror offences – BBC News
A Dutch court has found nine people guilty of terrorism offences after one of the biggest terror trials ever to take place in the country.At a heavily guarded courtroom in Amsterdam, the eight men and a woman were sentenced to up to six years.
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VW says rulebreaking culture at root of emissions scandal | Ars Technica
Earlier today, Volkswagen held a press conference at its headquarters in Wolfsburg, Germany, to update the world about the automaker’s ongoing emissions scandal.
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Server Density, The Server Monitoring SaaS, Raises $1.5M For Further U.S. Expansion | TechCrunch
It’s been a while since we heard from Server Density, the UK.-based SaaS server monitoring startup, but sometimes that’s the nature of quietly going about building a business. Today, however, the largely bootstrapped company is disclosing that it ha…
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Toady’s Best Media Deals: Save 25% on Any Book Amazon Sells, Plus More
Amazon’s sitewide book deal is back, and this time around, you can save 25% on any physical book they sell, with a maximum discount of $10. Commerce Content is independent of Editorial and Advertising, and if you buy something through our posts, we …
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Carol romances the Hollywood Foreign Press, leads Golden Globes nominees · Newswire · The A.V. Club
The Hollywood Foreign Press Association—along with America Ferrara, Angela Bassett, Chloe Grace Moretz, and Dennis Quaid—was up bright and early Thursday morning to announce the nominees for the 73rd Annual Golden Globes.
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A Bug Has an Identity Crisis In This Surreal, Simply-Drawn Short
Grace Nayoon Rhee’s “Insect Bite” is drawn in a style that looks vaguely childlike, showing a bug with the power to partially transform into anything it eats. Until it bites off more than he can chew. Mildly violent, so exercise caution. Contact the…
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SpaceX Is Back in Business With a Mid-December Launch Date
The first launch of the SpaceX Falcon 9 after its explosion is set for December 19th! The return to flight of the reengineered rocket will carry a payload of relay satellites into orbit–its first flight since its dramatic June launch failure.
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Norway’s paradox: spending billions in oil profits to preserve forests. Norway is playing a major role at the ongoing Paris climate summit, serving as broker for a huge pot of oil money distributed to developing countries to preserve tropical forest…
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US Congress Has a Plan to Achieve 100% Clean & Renewable Energy by 2050 – But instead of taking up the challenge of climate change, Republicans are threatening to shut down the government. (thenation.com)
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India’s Untouchable Queen of the Dead | Narratively | Human stories, boldly told.
She sits down under the arches of the ancient temple blackened by soot, guarding the sacred fire — an eternal flame used to cremate the dead. In a male-dominated realm, her presence instils a sense of maternal safety. Two golden bracelets tie her bu…
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Watch An Orangutan Howl With Laughter At A Magic Trick – Digg
27 diggs Animals Cute Entertainment Funny A bit of slight-of-hand is apparently hilarious to orangutans.
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Why isn’t there a Star Wars: The Force Awakens video game? | The Verge
Blockbuster films are typically accompanied by video game tie-ins. A few years ago those games took the form of console titles that told largely the same story as the film, but more recently they’ve shifted to mobile, where it’s faster and cheaper t…
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The Park Built on Forgotten Ghost Towns | Narratively | Human stories, boldly told.
On a cold yet sunny November morning, Gregory Miller and his son Michael travel to the land where their family’s farm once stood. Both are big men, in size and in spirit. Like many people from America’s Appalachian Mountain region, they are reserved…
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Your Guide To The Best Of The Golden Globe Nominees | ThinkProgress
The Golden Globe nominations were announced Thursday morning. The Golden Globes, it should be noted, are distributed by the Hollywood Foreign Press Association.
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Conservative Macri sworn in as Argentina’s president – Al Jazeera English
Business-friendly conservative and Buenos Aires mayor Mauricio Macri has been sworn into office as Argentine president, turning the page on the era of leftist leader Cristina Kirchner, who boycotted the inauguration.
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Alien invaders or Saviors? – Arthur C. Clarke’s ‘Childhood’s End’ Syfy Mini-Series | Trailer
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Quantum Conundrum: “Some Aspects of the Universe are Beyond the Reach of Mathematics”
“Alan Turing is famous for his role in cracking the Enigma code,” said Dr Toby Cubitt from UCL Computer Science.
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Ben Carson proposes healthcare overhaul to increase Medicare age to 70 | US news | The Guardian
Ben Carson sought to reinvigorate his presidential campaign late on Wednesday by rolling out a proposed healthcare overhaul that would eventually increase the Medicare eligibility age to 70.
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Scalia Makes Weirdly Sort of Racist Statement During Affirmative Actio | Vanity Fair
To many, Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia is an eloquent version of S.N.L.’s Drunk Uncle: he takes a literal interpretation of everything, he’s prone to random insults during inappropriate times, and he thinks that things should be like the good…
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Windows 10’s next major update will let Cortana float around your PC | The Verge
Microsoft just released Cortana for iOS and Android this week, but it’s planning much bigger features for its future Windows integration.
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Donald Trump attacked by American bald eagle – video | US news | The Guardian
Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump tussles with an American bald eagle during a photoshoot for Time magazine in August. The idea for Trump to pose alongside an eagle came from a portrait photographer – but the 27-year-old eagle, named Un…
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How Arne Duncan Lost The Common Core And His Legacy | FiveThirtyEight
Arne Duncan could barely conceal a smirk as he answered the Republican congressman’s question about educational standards that his Education Department had encouraged states to adopt. The scene, from a May 2013 budget presentation, would seem unfami…
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Can Twitch users keep a precious Tamagotchi alive? | The Verge
Twitch users are about to join together to take care of a Tamagotchi.
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The Onion – America’s Finest News Source
From the biggest international news of terrorist shootings, to hard-hitting national coverage of mass shootings, to the noteworthy local stories of police shootings, no publication covered the monumental events that defined 2015 better than America’…
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BBC Sport – Karim Benzema suspended from France team over blackmail inquiry
Karim Benzema has been suspended from the France team until an investigation into his alleged part in a blackmail and sex tape case has been resolved. The striker, 27, who could miss Euro 2016 hosted in his country, was banned by the France Football…
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Sacha Baron Cohen revives Borat to diss Donald Trump | The Verge
Is Kazakhstan’s most notorious fictional journalist still funny a decade later?
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This Tool Calculates How Much Your Bonus Will Be Taxed
It’s hard to complain about a bonus, but the taxes aren’t pretty. The IRS considers your bonus “supplemental income,” and it’s therefore taxed at a higher rate. If you think you’ll get a bonus this year, this calculator tells you what you can expect…
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Beheading the Blacksmith of Balkh: Iranian Americans scapegoated again | World news | The Guardian
A radicalised, American-born Pakistani went to Saudi Arabia and married another Pakistani brainwashed with an extremist version of Wahhabism that is the Saudi state religion. The couple came to the US and shot up a Christmas office party killing 14 …
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GoPro will let you control your camera from your Apple Watch | The Verge
GoPro will now allow Apple Watch users to control their camera straight from their wrist. As part of the latest update to its iOS app, GoPro has added an Apple Watch app with simple controls like start / stop recording, camera previews, and the abil…
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UFC orders Holly Holm to wait for July rematch with Ronda Rousey | Sport | The Guardian
Holly Holm’s first defense of the UFC women’s bantamweight title will be a summer rematch with Ronda Rousey despite Holm’s wishes to fight sooner.
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I am Jon Snow, British journalist and newscaster. AMA : IAmA
Hi, I’m Jon Snow, lead anchor of the UK’s Channel 4 News since 1989.
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Rehabilitated Siberian tiger plays with cubs in wild – video | Environment | The Guardian
A Siberian tiger called Zolushka is filmed in the Bastak nature reserve in east Russia playing with two young cubs. Zolushka was found orphaned in 2012 and after a year of rehabilitation was retuned to the wild. Now it seems Zolushka has given birth…
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Nobody was more surprised by Xbox’s fall from grace than Microsoft. In its first eight years, the Xbox 360 established the company as a powerhouse in the games industry, and one of the best options for streaming apps like Netflix, Hulu, and Pandora.
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Foreshadowing TPP Troubles: Trade Ruling Nixes Dolphin-Safe Tuna Label – The World Trade Organization has ruled that the “dolphin-safe” tuna label is an illegal trade barrier. (alternet.org)
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Jeb Bush’s operation appears to have set $32.5 million on fire – [His] operation has spent an incredible amount of money already during this campaign — to no apparent effect. (vox.com) Jeb just shouldn’t have run, basically. He stepped in far too so…
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Watch This Navy Admiral Destroy Ted Cruz’s Climate Myths | Titley shot back that the satellite measurements—which are frequently touted by climate change deniers—have a number of significant problems. (motherjones.com)
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The Best Albums of 2015 https://t.co/3pYuhU78xe https://t.co/hIconBquwX
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British Petition to Keep Donald Trump Out of Country https://t.co/7xvmkPd23C https://t.co/WQX3AYwTCJ
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The presidential race has degenerated to the point where I am going to attempt to cheer you up by talking about abortion and guns. And state legislatures.
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‘Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas’ fine minus Sinatra | Fusion
My apartment on December 25, 2006, was a second story room in a converted motel on the edge of the Northwestern New Mexico desert. I had moved there a few months earlier, more than 3,000 miles from anyone I knew, to work as a copy editor for the loc…
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Verizon to test sponsored data, let companies pay to bypass data caps | Ars Technica
Verizon is reportedly set to begin testing a sponsored data program that would let companies pay Verizon to deliver online services without using up customers’ data plans. The news comes from a Re/code interview with Verizon Executive VP Marni Walde…
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Senate Panel Scolds Companies for Drug Price Spikes – Scientific American
By Sarah N. Lynch and Bill Berkrot In Utah, a hospital has been forced to change the way it stocks a drug critical to treating heart patients after the cost skyrocketed from $440 to $2,700 a vial.
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How the Justice System Fails Us After Police Shootings | New Republic
Two weeks ago, the police officer who shot Laquan McDonald in Chicago was charged with first-degree murder. Since then, the police superintendent was fired, and the Department of Justice announced that it will begin a large-scale investigation into …
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Is it Dangerous to Be a Muslim in Texas? | New Republic
Times are tense in Texas. On Tuesday, dueling groups of protesters, some outfitted in camouflage gear and carrying loaded rifles, clashed outside the Islamic Center of Irving, a mosque serving the Dallas-Fort Worth metroplex’s Muslim community.
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First IVF puppies born / Boing Boing
Helen Briggs reports that a litter of beagle and beagle-spaniel puppies are the first born through in-vitro fertilization after decades of attempts to use the fertility treatment in dogs.
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Tyson Fury has been summoned by the British Boxing Board of Control to explain his recent comments about homosexuality. The world heavyweight champion, who has expressed controversial views on women, homosexuality and abortion, has been asked to att…
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What makes Angela Merkel a better Person of the Year than Trump? Not even Time knows. – Vox
On Wednesday, Time magazine announced that its 2015 Person of the Year is German Chancellor Angela Merkel — and even the announcement sounded surprised. It’s not that Merkel wasn’t influential in 2015, as my colleague Dylan Matthews wrote in a defen…
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Walmart launches its own mobile payment system as turf war heats up | Business | The Guardian
The mobile payment wars are heating up. Walmart Stores the world’s largest retailer, said it’s testing its own mobile payment system that will allow shoppers to pay with any major credit or debit card or its own store gift card through its app at th…
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Tips For Throwing The Perfect Baby Shower – The Onion – America’s Finest News Source
Every mother-to-be deserves a celebration of her upcoming arrival, and the best baby shower is one that fuses elegance with good fun.
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Golden Globe 2016 nominations – in pictures | Film | The Guardian
Chloe Grace Moretz, left, and Angela Bassett during nominations for the 73rd annual Golden Globe Awards Photograph: Chris Pizzello/Invision/AP Facebook Twitter Pinterest Share Share this post Facebook Twitter Pinterest close
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Company To Turn Picasso School Into Woody Allen Museum – The Onion – America’s Finest News Source
Barcelona’s trade unions are contesting one media company’s plan to open a Woody Allen museum at the site of Pablo Picasso’s former art school, a structure built in 1775 but unused since 2009, a proposal that the unions say caters much more to touri…
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When We Dodged A Solar Bullet: Halloween 2003 Sun-Storm | Time-Lapse Video
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Spotlight film team launches investigative journalism fellowship | Film | The Guardian
The production companies behind Spotlight, the Oscar contender about a team of Boston Globe journalists who exposed a cover-up of widespread sexual abuse of children by members of the Boston clergy, have established a $100,000 (£65,000) fellowship t…
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The 2015 Guide to Holiday Shipping Makes Sure Your Gifts Arrive on Time
Whether you’re shopping online or you’re planning to ship those presents yourself at a UPS or FedEx store, you’ll want to make sure they get where they’re going before the crunch of the holiday shipping season slows everything down. This handy graph…
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CHICAGO—Sources passing through Terminal 3 of O’Hare International Airport on Thursday confirmed that a family on a two-hour layover has used the crude materials at their disposal to erect a makeshift shantytown in the vicinity of gate K3.
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Mercedes and Ferrari’s stranglehold on rule-making risks “destroying” Formula 1, Bernie Ecclestone says. F1’s commercial boss said Mercedes and Ferrari were blocking changes he wants to make the sport more competitive.
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Top Rwanda genocide suspect arrested in DRC – Al Jazeera English
One of nine top fugitive Rwandan genocide suspects, a former mayor accused of crimes against humanity, has been arrested in the Democratic Republic of Congo, the United Nations has said.
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Clockwise from top left: Kendrick Lamar, Björk, Brittany Howard of Alabama Shakes, Adele, Joanna Newsom and D’Angelo. The music critics of The New York Times share their picks for the best pop and jazz albums of the year. Jon Pareles1.
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LONDON — More than 360,000 people, angered by Donald J. Trump’s call to ban the entry of Muslims into the United States, have signed a petition accusing him of hate speech and asking the British government to bar him from the country.
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Go ahead and sulk. Unhappiness won’t kill you. He and his fellow researchers decided to look into the subject because, he said, there is a widespread belief that stress and unhappiness cause disease.
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Dogs that immediately regretted their poor life choices : aww
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Your TV Might Be Stressing You Out
Your heart rate speeds up, your breathing quickens. Your muscles tighten. Your stomach ties itself in knots. All of these changes are symptoms of the condition called stress. When animals, including humans, are under acute stress, their bodies respo…
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If voting were mandatory, the U.S. would shift to the left. : politics
If voting were mandatory, the U.S. would shift to the left. (washingtonpost.com) Too bad over 50% of people didn’t even vote in 2012.
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Palin hails Trump’s call for Muslim ban as ‘common sense’ : politics
It makes me sleep easy knowing that such a well-respected statesperson, a true giant in American politics, can share her exemplary wisdom with us on this matter. She “hails” Trump? SHE HAILS TRUMP?
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Trump cancels Israel trip after Netanyahu criticism. : politics
Trump cancels Israel trip after Netanyahu criticism. (edition.cnn.com) Trump pissed off Germany, Britain, France and Israel in one day.
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One of Earth’s driest places turned into a beautiful pink oasis : environment
One of Earth’s driest places turned into a beautiful pink oasis (wherecoolthingshappen.com)submitted 13 minutes ago by loading…
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The Intriguing E 3 Cluster –“A Ghost from the Infancy of the Milky Way”
When our galaxy was born, around 13,000 million years ago, a plethora of clusters containing millions of stars emerged. But over time, they have been disappearing.
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Costs And Risks Of UK’s Draft Surveillance Powers Probed | TechCrunch
The latest evidence session heard by the committee included questions on the costs of implementing the web browsing data retention requirement of the bill, and questions about the legal requirements it might place on companies when end-to-end encryp…
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UK petition to ban Donald Trump gets 370,000 votes / Boing Boing
After U.S. presidential candidate Donald Trump demanded a ban on Muslims entering the country, a parliamentary petitioner set out to ban him from entering the U.K—and soon earned enough votes to mandate a government responce.
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House Republicans Propose Bill to Ruin John Boehner’s Retirement | Vanity Fair
The parade of indignities has not yet ended for former House Speaker John Boehner, who resigned in October after nearly five years of trying to lead the most polarized and least productive Congress in history.
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Start Making Sense: The GOP’s Gun Problem | The Nation
On this week’s podcast, Laila Lalami talks about what ISIS wants from American Muslims; Joan Walsh explains the real reason we don’t have gun control; and we remember Chernobyl—Amy Wilentz and Tom Lutz talk about writer Svetlana Alexievich, the new …
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‘Carol,’ Streaming Services Lead 2016 Golden Globe Nominations | Rolling Stone
Carol, Todd Haynes’ period romance, and streaming services Netflix and Amazon dominated the nominations for the 73rd annual Golden Globe Awards, announced this morning.
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Jennifer Nettles Previews Dolly Parton’s ‘Coat’ Movie: Ram Report | Rolling Stone
Dolly Parton’s Coat of Many Colors, the TV-movie inspired by her childhood in Tennessee’s Smoky Mountains, premieres tonight, December 10th, and stars Jennifer Nettles in the role of Parton’s mother, Avie Lee.
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‘Serial’ Bowe Bergdahl Investigation Surprise-Releases First Episode | Rolling Stone
Subscribers of the investigative podcast Serial were greeted with a welcome surprise Thursday morning as the first episode of the series’ second season appeared without notice. As previously reported, this season of Serial will focus on the disappea…
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Hear Lee Ann Womack Join Infamous Stringdusters’ on ‘I Believe’ | Rolling Stone
Bluegrass collective the Infamous Stringdusters’ last release, October’s Undercover, was an EP of the band covering classic tracks from Tom Petty to Bob Dylan.
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Love Everyone Often Peace Beauty Balance Life Light Magic: Earth from Space
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Steam tightens trading security amid 77,000 monthly account hijackings | Ars Technica
Account theft is a common and longstanding problem for all kinds of online gaming services, as I can personally attest after losing all of my Diablo III loot to a hacker a few years ago.
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A Beautiful Sea Wall in Canada Is Also Public Art – The Atlantic
In the alternately dour and idealistic world of water infrastructure, there are some pretty clearly delineated Good Guys and Bad Guys.
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Geek Girl: All that Glitters by Holly Smalle – review | Children’s books | The Guardian
Emotional, spectacular, unique. These three words can all describe Geek Girl: All That Glitters. Not only is it filled with emotion but this book made me cry. Holly Smale has written a superb book about Harriet, an awkward, emotional and kind 16 yea…
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Kermit the Frog and other terrors: the appeal of scary children’s books | Books | The Guardian
We’d go to the library once a week when I was little. While my little sister always chose to take home Anthony Browne’s Gorilla, I would uneasily check to see if a certain title was there. Just looking at the cover frightened me almost too much too …
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Ca Police Open Probe in Sikh Temple Vandalism | Al Jazeera America
Police in Southern California have opened a hate crime investigation into the vandalization of a Sikh house of worship in Orange County that was defaced with Islamaphobic and gang graffiti.
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21 Tonys Later, Hal Prince Is Still Adding to His Legacy | Vanity Fair
Musical revues featuring the work of a single composer (Stephen Sondheim’s Putting It Together) or choreographer (Fosse, about guess who) are Broadway favorites, but who would ever want to see a revue focused on the career of a producer-director? Oh…
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The Onion – America’s Finest News Source
From the biggest international news of terrorist shootings, to hard-hitting national coverage of mass shootings, to the noteworthy local stories of police shootings, no publication covered the monumental events that defined 2015 better than America’…
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Q&A: Eugene world championships 2021 – the investigation explained | Sport | The Guardian
Why are French prosecutors looking into the awarding of the 2021 world athletics championships to Eugene? In some ways, it would be a surprise if they weren’t.
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Afghanistan intelligence chief resigns amid row – BBC News
The head of Afghanistan intelligence service, Rahmatullah Nabil, has resigned citing “pressures from President Ashraf Ghani”. There has been “repeated verbal demands about my removal from the post,” he said in a letter to the president.
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Cartoon: The N.R.A. merriest Christmas
Follow @RubenBolling on Twitter and Facebook. Please join Tom the Dancing Bug’s subscription club, the INNER HIVE, for early access to comics, and more.
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What Your Food Is Really Doing to Your Body
Let’s admit it. Few of us like to think, much less talk about our colons. But you might be surprised at the importance of what gets into your colon and what goes on inside it. This little-loved part of our bodies is actually less an onboard garbage …
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The crash course – How the Environment, the Economy and Energy are all linked together : environment
The crash course – How the Environment, the Economy and Energy are all linked together (passiveincometogether.com)submitted 38 minutes ago by loading…
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Supporters of the Renewable Fuels Standard, seen as key to the future of Iowa’s corn-based ethanol production,are ramping up criticism of Texas Sen Ted Cruz, saying he’s the only presidential candidate from both parties who has refused to either tou…
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Product Hunt Revamps iOS App, Adds Live Chats And Podcast Player | TechCrunch
On the heels of its web redesign a few weeks ago, Product Hunt has launched a beautiful redesign of its iOS app, which originally came out last August. The new app features a Today section for seeing what’s trending in tech, games, podcasts and book…
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Glimmers of a Climate Deal Emerge in Paris – Scientific American
LE BOURGET, France—Diplomats crafting a new global climate change accord pulled their first real all-nighter yesterday, working through dawn to stitch together a deal riddled with political bullet holes. Yet by the time negotiators stumbled out of t…
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Astronomers question claim of super planet found at solar system’s edge | Ars Technica
Scientists and amateur astronomers have long been fascinated by the possibility of a “Planet X” at the edge of the solar system that may explain some apparent anomalies in the orbits of planets such as Neptune and Uranus.
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Puppy squeezing through a door / Boing Boing
Thursday is for environmentally-conscious puppies only. The best thing on the internet, so far.
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Kim Kardashian Goes on a Tweeting Spree While Breastfeeding—For A Good Cause | Vanity Fair
Up late on a Wednesday night, breastfeeding the future Pulitzer Prize, Teen Choice Award and C.F.D.A.-Award-winning Saint West, Kim Kardashian was—stars are just like us, and all of that—watching Dish Nation, a pop-culture commentary show, on T.V.
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Microsoft Band update includes music controls and movement reminder | The Verge
Microsoft is updating its new Band with music controls today. It’s a feature the company admits “customers have been asking for,” and it will work with any music app on a smartphone. Pause, play, skip forward and back are all supported, alongside vo…
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Golden Globes 2016: here are the nominees | The Verge
The nominees for the 73rd Annual Golden Globes have just been announced, paving the way for the first big award show of the coming year. Some of Hollywood’s finest took to the Beverly Hilton Hotel this morning to make the the announcement.
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Sun-Watching Observatory Celebrates 20 Stellar Years in Space (Video)
The Solar and Heliospheric Observatory (SOHO), a joint effort of NASA and the European Space Agency (ESA), launched into solar orbit on Dec. 2, 1995, to study the sun and its influence throughout the solar system.
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Just yesterday we were bemoaning the lack of a Jennifer Lawrence SAG Awards nomination. Is it really an awards show without the J.
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Last week, South Park started dropping bombshells all over the place without actually letting them hit the ground. The biggest one, of course, was the true motivation/background of both PC Principal and Leslie.
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The Four Stumbling Blocks On The Road To A Global Climate Agreement | ThinkProgress
PARIS, FRANCE — On November 30, heads of state convened in Paris for the opening day of the 21st U.N. climate summit, which is set to produce a new international climate agreement.
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Trumpism is a natural consequence of the GOP refusing to moderate on taxes or immigration – Vox
Republican leaders sweated as the Summer of Trump became the Autumn of Trump, and now are in full panic as we enter the Winter of Trump.
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You can now use Kinect to log into Windows 10 with your face | The Verge
Kinect for Windows has enabled a lot of hacks and apps in recent years, but everyone has really been waiting for Microsoft to make use of the accessory on the desktop. With Windows 10, Microsoft is finally making Kinect useful for Windows without th…
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The Big Short is The Wolf of Wall Street with a conscience | The Verge
Early on, The Big Short reveals its philosophy about keeping its audience engaged and clear on the issues: “It’s pretty confusing, right? Does it make you feel bored? Or stupid? Well, it’s supposed to. Wall Street loves to use confusing terms to mak…
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How Canada’s largest-circulation newspaper is welcoming new Syrian refugees – Vox
The Toronto Star is Canada’s largest-circulation daily newspaper.
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Twitter Will Finally Start Making Money Off People Without Twitter Accounts | Re/code
This is the moment Twitter investors have been waiting for. Twitter announced Thursday that it will start showing ads to its “logged out” audience, a group of roughly 500 million people who visit Twitter every month but who don’t have active user ac…
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Burkina Faso: Farmers going against the grain – Al Jazeera English
Bilanga, Burkina Faso – Facing a towering wall of yellow stalks bowing under the weight of grain, Lankoande Francois swings his machete and the drying strands fall to the ground. His wife follows close behind.
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Give the gift of flight with a 3DR Solo™, the first smart drone / Boing Boing
Boing Boing is thrilled to welcome 3D Robotics as a sponsor! Want a truly unique gift for someone special (even if that someone is you)? Then check out the 3DR Solo, the first smart drone.
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Listen to Carla Morrison – The New Yorker
Carla Morrison is a twenty-nine-year-old singer-songwriter who lives in Mexico City. She sings in Spanish, and so isn’t well-known in the United States. In Mexico, though, she’s a star, with two Latin Grammys and a gold-certified album, “Déjenme Llo…
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Robert Silverberg’s government-funded guide to the psychoactive drugs of sf / Boing Boing
In 1974, the US National Institute on Drug Abuse commissioned sf giant Robert Silverberg to research and write Drug Themes in Science Fiction,” a survey of 75 sf stories and novels that included fictional psychoactive drugs.
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New Argentine president sworn in – 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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Toy demands that kids catch crickets and stuff them into an electronic car / Boing Boing
The Bug Racer is Mattel’s $50 electronic “science” car toy that requires that you fill a sensor cavity with up to six crickets; the toy measures the crickets’ movement in the cavity and uses them to guide the car’s movements (though the car will rev…
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Today’s internet bubble wrap is Koalas to the Max. Mouseover or tap colored circles to make them subdivide into four more colored circles, and keep going until the koala is visible. Then start over! It was made by Vadim Ogievetsky for Annie Albagli.
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Is this the world’s saddest Christmas tree? / Boing Boing
Lewisham Police’s grim, barrier-squished Christmas tree has been judged the most depressing one in the UK, writes Hannah Al-Othman. Draped with a single string of bland white lights, the tree leans at a odd angle and appears to be imprisoned outside…
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Upgrade Store-Bought Applesauce With a Bit of Maple Syrup
Applesauce is an excellent accompaniment to many holiday treats (latkes, ham, roasted pork), but the store-bought stuff can be a little lacking. Luckily, you can easily jazz it up with stuff you probably already have in your fridge.
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Anton LaVey ventriloquist dummy for the Satanist who has everything|Dangerous Minds
In the eBay listing for this spendy Anton LaVey ventriloquist dummy, the seller, “haunt-master” makes the creepy claim that the dummy’s eyes have the ability to “move on their own” as if they were “haunted.” Because, of course they can.
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Gina McCarthy: US climate plan will stand test of time | Environment | The Guardian
The Obama administration’s climate centrepiece is bulletproof, the administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) told Climate Home on Thursday.
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For $78, You Really Ought to Upgrade Your Home Network To 802.11ac
If you still haven’t upgraded your home network to 802.11ac, the Wirecutter-recommended TP-LINK’s Archer C7 router is down to $78 on Amazon today. That’s the lowest price they’ve listed all year. [TP-Link Archer C7 Router, $78]
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No One Really Knows How Much the UK’s Surveillance Plan Will Cost | Motherboard
The draft Investigatory Powers Bill—the UK’s proposed surveillance legislation that would force internet service providers (ISPs) to store the browsing history of all customers for a year—may soon be a reality.
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Paris climate summit – BBC News
Vulnerable patients are getting stuck in hospital in England as delays discharging people hit record levels, figures show.
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George- and Charlotte-Inspired Kids’ Gifts Fit for Royalty | Vanity Fair
How cute will these two look in their matching winter white Moncler puffers, side by side in Princes Kate’s Bugaboo stroller? From left: Moncler Enfant K2 jacket in ivory, $475, moncler.com; Enfant Snowbag in ivory, $340, moncler.
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The 2016 Golden Globe Acting Nominees in Photos | Vanity Fair
NOMINATED FOR BEST ACTRESS, DRAMA Cate Blanchett, Carol©2015 The Weinstein Company. All rights reserved.
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White supremacist groups see Trump bump; ‘He has sparked an insurgency,’ Stormfront founder says. (politico.com) Turns out most of Ron Paul’s former supporters are now voting for Trump.
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Nightmare scenario for establishment: Trump or Cruz – “I think Cruz has made a reputation of relentless mendacity … I think he’s a demagogue and I think he’ll destroy the party. I think Trump is much more of a blowhard.
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Until the No Fly List Is Fixed, It Shouldn’t Be Used to Restrict People’s Freedoms : politics
The fact a sitting US Senator (Ted Kennedy) was on the list and had trouble getting off, doesn’t bode well for a regular citizen. You mean freedoms like flying?? 😉
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Tinyclues Improves Targeted Emails From Your Favorite E-Commerce Retailers | TechCrunch
Meet Tinyclues, a French startup that is working with big e-commerce websites to make their marketing campaigns more effective. Chances are you’ve received emails that tell you what product you should buy based on your latest purchase.
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Join Me For The Last New York Mini-Meetups Of The Year | TechCrunch
I’ve started trying to pay a lot more attention to New York so I’ve been running a small series of meet ups in Manhattan and Brooklyn for all y’all to come on down and chat.
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Personalized Medicine: A Faustian Bargain? – Scientific American Blog Network
Kannapolis, North Carolina, is a desolate town, plagued by unemployment since the main employer, a textile mill, suddenly closed its doors eleven years ago.
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ACT! Step-by-step guide to filling in the EU’s vital, terrible survey / Boing Boing
The European Commission is considering new Internet regulations that would make online services legally liable for their users’ bad actions, meaning that services like Youtube, Facebook, and the comments section of your favorite website would have t…
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Dennis Young has heard the standard criticism of This American Life—namely that it’s an oasis of twee, feel-good preciousness for smug liberals—but he doesn’t buy it.
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Antec’s Insanely Popular HDTV Bias Light Kit Is Back Under $20, If You Hurry
We’ve all heard that watching TV in the dark can be pretty tough on the eyes, but an ambient bias lighting setup can make the experience much more palatable, and improve your TV’s perceived contrast levels to boot.
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Antec’s Insanely Popular HDTV Bias Light Kit Is Back Under $20, If You Hurry
We’ve all heard that watching TV in the dark can be pretty tough on the eyes, but an ambient bias lighting setup can make the experience much more palatable, and improve your TV’s perceived contrast levels to boot.
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These Pictures Made Photographic History
8 From The Archive Vintage Pictures of Nat Geo Photographers in the Field Photographers develop film in the sea, capture shots while hanging off of a ship, and take underwater pictures of coral reefs.
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The 5 Best and Worst Trans Moments of 2015 | Rolling Stone
Last year in Rolling Stone we called 2014 “the biggest year in transgender history,” citing landmark legal victories, as well as an unprecedented level of visibility in television, music, film and fashion. This year should have been bigger.
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Life in a Refugee Camp, As Seen By Children
Sunday Book Talk Your Baby’s Brain Holds the Key to Solving Society’s Problems Author’s advice to parents: Quality time with your baby means tapping the three Ts—tune in, talk more, take turns.
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The Definitive Guide to Sci-Fi Drugs Was Produced by the Government in the 1970s | Motherboard
The 1970s were a different time: Star Wars had no prequels, the ice storm was raging, and the federal government was still trying to figure out what the hell happened in the 60s. Of course, it was worried about drugs.
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Turn Off Facebook’s “On This Day” Nostalgia Posts With This Filter
Facebook’s nostalgia feature On This Day may be nice if you like revisiting old posts, but if you want to disable it, there’s frustrating no off switch. Here’s how to trick it into not showing you anything, though.
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Civil War Envelopes Are Works of Art—And Propaganda
In 1861 and the years that followed, many American men found themselves far from home. Farmhands from rural New York walked the streets of Washington, D.C., serving in the Union Army of the Potomac. Boys from Maine fought in the forests of Virginia.…
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Mind wandering: the rise of a new anti-mindfulness movement – The Long and Short
Our weekly newsletter features updates on all the latest articles from The Long + Short, and a roundup of the best stories of innovation from around the web, too. Sign up below.
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A Delayed Diagnosis for Adults With Autism – The Atlantic
Last year, Scott Hartman moved into his own apartment for the first time. He quickly learned to balance his budget, squirreling away money to buy a Blu-ray player or Xbox games. He started taking long walks to his favorite fast-food joints: Hardee’s…
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Fires in Indonesia: Perspective from the Ground : Earth Matters : Blogs
Cassie Freund is the program director of the Gunung Palung Orangutan Conservation Program, an orangutan protection project in Indonesia.
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You don’t have to travel to a balmy Pacific island to hear the anguish of people whose land and culture is under threat from climate change.
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Why Ted Cruz is Happy Hiding in Donald Trump’s Shadow | New Republic
On Monday, a few hours before Donald Trump called for “a total and complete shutdown of Muslims entering the United States,” Ted Cruz was asked whether he expects Trump to come after him, now that one leading poll has the Texas senator ahead in the …
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I saw my mother working in women’s clubs – to increase incomes, do childcare, keep girls in school. I was very aware as a little girl that I had to claim rights. It is a life story – it only became my job much later. Climate change is an issue of ju…
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Superhero Roundup: Updates On Civil War, Spider-Man, Ant-Man and The Wasp, And More!
Spider-Man’s role in Civil War may be a bit smaller than previously thought. Ant-Man and The Wasp gets some writers. See Carrie Fisher’s daughter in action in The Force Awakens.
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Saudi Arabia: Assad must resign or be forced from power – Al Jazeera English
Saudi Arabia’s Foreign Minister Abdel Al-Jubeir has issued a fresh call on Syrian President Bashar al-Assad to step down through negotiations or else be forcibly removed from power, as Syrian opposition groups held talks in the Saudi capital Riyadh.
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Golden Globes nominations 2016: the full list | Film | The Guardian
Liev Schreiber, Ray DonovanWagner Moura, NarcosBob Odenkirk, Better Call SaulRami Malek, Mr. RobotJon Hamm, Mad Men
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Toshiba seeks financial help with £8bn UK nuclear project | Business | The Guardian
Toshiba, the technology company at the centre of plans to build more nuclear reactors in Britain, is looking for outside help to fund its £8bn programme after a collapse in its share price.
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Space in Videos – 2015 – 12 – Essential Climate Variables: Ocean colour
Within ESA’s Climate Change Initiative, expert Shubha Sathyendranath of Plymouth Marine Laboratories, UK, explains the importance of ocean colour as an Essential Climate Variable to understand our changing world.
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Donald J. Trump occupies his strongest position yet in the race for the Republican presidential nomination, yet nearly two-thirds of American voters say they are concerned or frightened about the prospect of a Trump presidency, according to the late…
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Americans are more likely to be happy giving away their personal data | The Verge
Every year, the UK’s telecom watchdog Ofcom releases a report on the state of the international comms market.
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2016 Golden Globe nominations: the full list – Vox
On Thursday, the Hollywood Foreign Press Association will unveil the nominations for the 2016 Golden Globes. You can follow along with us here. The awards will recognize both television and film, and are seen as an early litmus test for Oscar conten…
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Unlocking my genome: Was it worth it?
Imagine a test that could give you a glimpse of your future… CNBC reporter Meg Tirrell underwent whole genome sequencing to map her DNA and discovered as many questions as answers. One morning in October, I was frantically scrambling around my apart…
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The pro-life case against killing abortion providers – Vox
The first murder of an American abortion provider happened on March 10, 1993. Michael Griffin shot Pensacola, Florida, doctor David Gunn three times in the back as he left his clinic. Prior to shooting, Griffin reportedly shouted, “Don’t kill any mo…
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SnapLogic Raises $37.5 Million To Help Legacy Data Play Nicely In The Cloud | TechCrunch
SnapLogic, a company that helps connect data from legacy applications to the cloud or to a centralized internal data lake, announced a $37.5 million round today.
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Creating a picture book – in pictures | Children’s books | The Guardian
Ever wondered how a picture book writer and illustrator work together? Polly Faber and Clara Vulliamy share the secrets of their partnership and let us into the wonderful world of Mango and Bambang, stars of their new book, Mango and Bambang: The No…
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Twitter Widens Its Advertising Net, Tests Promoted Tweets With Logged-Out Users | TechCrunch
It’s been over a year since Twitter first said it planned to monetize logged-out users — that is, make money off the 500 million or so people who dip in and read Tweets without being signed in or even registered.
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Bill Gates’ Fund For Climate Research ‘Will Take Decades To Pay Off’ | ThinkProgress
PARIS, FRANCE — Here at the Paris climate talks, all of the major sticking points towards a global climate deal are really about money, especially financing for clean energy projects.
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Jeb Bush’s operation appears to have set $32.5 million on fire – Vox
Jeb Bush’s operation has spent an incredible amount of money already during this campaign — to no apparent effect. According to ad-buying data from SMG Delta, posted by Mark Murray of NBC News, Bush’s Super PAC and campaign have already spent a mass…
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Geneva Raises Alert Level as It Searches for Suspects – The Atlantic
The alert level has been raised in Geneva as authorities searched for suspects in the wake of last month’s attacks in Paris. News organization initially reported the suspects may be linked to the Paris attacks, but the statement did not explicitly m…
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Re-reading is inefficient. Here are 5 tips for studying smarter. – Vox
Memory researchers say most students don’t have a clue how to study efficiently. They re-read their notes and textbooks, but it turns out that’s one of the least efficient ways to prepare for tests. Re-reading is a passive strategy.
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Paris climate talks turn up the heat on world leaders – podcast | Global development | The Guardian
There has been a discernible shift in attitude towards global warming among world leaders since the last major climate conference, held in Copenhagen in 2009. The will to act is stronger, and the majority of the 196 countries in Paris have lodged th…
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Root force: unstoppable urban trees – in pictures | Cities | The Guardian
Skip to main content Cities Root force: unstoppable urban trees – in pictures Some urban trees won’t be hemmed in by walls, pavements or concrete, their roots slowly working their way into the very structure of the city Thursday 10 December 2015 08.
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French MPs vote to force supermarkets to give away unsold food | World news | The Guardian
French MPs have voted unanimously to force supermarkets to give away unsold food that has reached its sell-by date. Shops will also be banned from destroying food products, as they have in the past – sometimes by soaking them in bleach – to prevent …
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The Secrets of an Abandoned AT&T Tower in Kansas – The Atlantic
We were somewhere in Kansas when we found the second microwave tower. We’d found the ruins of one somewhere else in Kansas earlier during that day. This other one still had its pyramidal horn-reflector antennae intact. One abandoned microwave tower …
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“Ethnic outbidding”: the academic theory that helps explain Trump’s anti-Muslim rhetoric – Vox
When Donald Trump called for banning Muslims from entering the United States, it was the most extreme moment of Islamophobia in the presidential campaign, but it was by no means the first.
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Taraji and Terrence’s White Hot Holiday Special Recap: Joy to the Worl | Vanity Fair
Happy holidays, friends! You know how when you get home from a long day at work, you open your fridge, realize that you still have one last buttermilk biscuit and being able to eat that carb bomb is enough to brighten your whole week? Well, that’s w…
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Serial season 2, episode 1 is up. It is about Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl. – Vox
After almost a year since the finale of its first season and briefly breaking the internet this morning, Serial, the addictive, Peabody Award-winning and game-changing podcast has returned for its second season. This year, the program will follow th…
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The ThinkProgress 2015 Holiday Gift Guide | ThinkProgress
It’s that time of year again: when millions of Americans frantically search for the perfect present to give to their loved ones over the holidays. But buying gifts can be stressful, especially for progressives who want their presents to reflect thei…
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How American politics killed off swing voters – Vox
One of my obsessions in American politics is the way the nature of partisanship is changing — the way it’s getting harder, more extreme, and more personal.
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Morning Digest: Supreme Court hears argument in case that could end ‘one person, one vote’ rule
● Redistricting: On Tuesday, the Supreme Court heard oral arguments in a case that, if successful, would overturn the concept of “one person, one vote” and dramatically alter how congressional and legislative districts are drawn. The plaintiffs in E…
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Talking to Convicted Felons About Gun Control and Mass Shootings | VICE | United States
After last week’s horrific mass shooting in San Bernardino, California, that killed 14 and wounded 21, a familiar debate is playing out across America.
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Google Claims Its D-Wave Quantum Computer Is the Real Deal—Sort Of | Motherboard
On Tuesday night, a team of computer scientists and physicists from Google posted a study to the arXiv open-access server containing a very bold claim: The quantum computer Google had purchased from Canadian start-up D-Wave systems in 2013 is in fac…
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Bald Eagle attacks Donald Trump, entire world rejoices|Dangerous Minds
Here’s behind-the-scenes video footage of a 27-year-old bald eagle named “Uncle Sam” hatin’ on Donald Trump. The footage comes from a TIME photoshoot shot back in August for a cover story on a billionaire asshat running for President on the GOP tick…
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Botnets Can Be Good, Despite What the FBI Says | Motherboard
FBI Director James Comey isn’t exactly a tech expert, as his often confusing demands on encryption have shown. He also doesn’t apparently know much about computer security and hacking. At a Senate Judiciary Committee on Wednesday, Sen.
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Insurer now offering “troll insurance” for victims of online harassment | Ars Technica
Chubb, the company famous for its eponymous locks and other safety equipment, is to offer its clients in the UK the first ever “troll insurance.
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Four Presidential candidates sign pledge to void all gay marriages : politics
Carson, Cruz, Santorum, & Jindal? No surprises there. Only one of them still counts as a “candidate” and he’ll be out soon. Cruz won’t be going away soon.
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Golden Globe Nominations 2016: The Complete List | Vanity Fair
The nominations for the 2016 Golden Globes Awards, awarded by the Hollywood Foreign Press Association, were announced Thursday morning by Angela Bassett, Chloe Grace Moretz, America Ferrera, and Dennis Quaid.
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Clockwise from top left: “The Martian,” “Carol,” “Mad Max: Fury Road,” “Bridge of Spies,” “Inside Out” and “The Big Short.” The film critics of The New York Times — Manohla Dargis, A. O. Scott and Stephen Holden — share their picks for the best movi…
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Kim Jong-un Says North Korea Has an H-Bomb — But No One Believes Him | VICE News
North Korea’s leader Kim Jong-un made a rare appearance on Thursday to claim his country has successfully developed a hydrogen bomb — but outside experts were skeptical.
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Can a robot run for president? (Seriously.) – The Washington Post
You don’t know that I am a human any more than I know that you are one.
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Cheers and Jeers: The First Dozen Years
And thus began it thusly… December 10, 2003. A Wednesday. 7:33pm. Shrouded in the New England darkness, a freakishly-handsome newbie blogger clasps his mouse with trembling fingers and clicks the “Post” button.
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Daily Kos Radio is LIVE at 9 AM ET!
Ways to Listen to Kagro in the Morning: Your options to listen LIVE: click on the embedded player above go to NetrootsRadio.
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Researchers name new whale species after mythic creature from Moby-Dick | Environment | The Guardian
Researchers have identified a new species of whale that they are naming after the mythic beast of Herman Melville’s Moby-Dick.
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Volkswagen emissions scandal – timeline | Business | The Guardian
The Volkswagen diesel emissions scandal broke on a Friday in mid-September and continues to deepen. Here is a blow-by-blow account of what happened.
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A treasury of Bettie Page Christmas memories – NSFW|Dangerous Minds
Bettie Page, with her coy smile hiding as many secrets as the Mona Lisa and her iconic bangs which are still emulated by wanna-be pin-up queens the world over, was and is America’s Sweetheart.
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WASHINGTON, DC — Republican presidential candidate Ted Cruz believes that a majority of violent criminals are Democrats, and that there’s a “war on cops” leading to increased crime rates across the country.
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Sacha Baron Cohen unveils trailer for Grimsby on Jimmy Kimmel Live! | Film | The Guardian
A new trailer has been unveiled for the Sacha Baron Cohen comedy Grimsby (aka The Brothers Grimsby outside the UK), after Baron Cohen appeared in character as Borat on Jimmy Kimmel Live! to introduce it.
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PARIS, FRANCE — It took Diana Ríos more than a week of travel to get from her home in the Ucayali province of Peru, located near the Brazilian border, to Paris for the United Nations conference on climate change.
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We asked readers to send us pictures of the community projects at the heart of their neighbourhoods via Guardian Witness. Here is a selection of the best, from the world’s smallest solar powered cinema to community allotments in south Wales
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The Internet Café Is Alive in Queens | Motherboard
Just up a long flight of stairs on Roosevelt Avenue, a dim room echoed with computer keyboard clicks. Inside, several customers gazed at the live stream of a Colombian football match on computer screens—images of the game reflecting on their eyeglas…
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Cannabinoid AMAScience AMA series: I´m Guillermo Velasco, Associate Professor of Biochemistry at Complutense University in Madrid, Spain. I do research on the anticancer activity of Cannabis and its derivatives and I am here to talk about it. AMA! (…
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Immigrants Say They Suffered Abuse And Neglect At This California Detention Center | ThinkProgress
Ten men filed a complaint against an immigration detention center in California this week, alleging physical abuse, medical neglect, and retaliatory transfers while they were detainees.
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As Syrians fled the Middle East for safety in Europe, German Chancellor Angela Merkel announced that her country would resettle 800,000 refugees. This decision, among others, led Time Magazine to announce Merkel as only the fourth individual woman t…
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Donald Trump Really Doesn’t Want Me to Tell You This, but … | Vanity Fair
He was like one of those characters in an 18th-century comedy meant to embody a particular flavor of human folly. Trump struck me as adolescent, hilariously ostentatious, arbitrary, unkind, profane, dishonest, loudly opinionated, and consistently wr…
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Welcome to Reddit Environment! https://t.co/uizEYyB0SL https://t.co/9Rq4gTDBws
Why North Face founder Douglas Tompkins’ legacy isn’t just about clothes: The founder of North Face and Esprit dedicated much of his life and his profits to the preservation of the environment. (csmonitor.com) -
China’s New Triple Team of Fighting Robots | Popular Science
China’s New Triple Team of Fighting Robots https://t.co/ermxbE4JqM https://t.co/rvYeCFAeaM
Harbin Institute of Technology (HIT) Robot Group’s three robots are displayed here, left to right are the EOD, recon and combat robots. The robot’s chassis have two pairs of tracks; the smaller forward pair helps them go over obstacles like steps. -
TransUnion Buys Trustev In $44M Deal To Beef Up In E-Commerce Fraud Protection | TechCrunch
Fraud continues to be a huge issue for consumers and brands doing business online, and today one of the bigger companies managing credit reports and fraud and ID management is scaling up to expand its capabilities specifically in the area of e-comme…
TransUnion Buys Trustev In $44M Deal To Beef Up In E-Commerce Fraud Protection https://t.co/l3q8RgvWvQ https://t.co/Y43s5G1Zpb -
Let’s Make Sure Our Tax Dollars Buy Good Manufacturing Jobs
Economist Robert Pollin explains in this interview how government buying decisions can help boost U.S. manufacturing.This should be a no-brainer: As much as possible, every dollar our federal government spends should help support American jobs and b…
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The six key road blocks at the UN climate talks in Paris | Environment | The Guardian
Negotiators at the UN climate talks in Paris are now into their eighth day of talking in search of a global deal on climate change. The mood is upbeat but there are still significant disagreements over some key issues. They came out in the publicati…
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Geminid Meteor Shower Puts on Dazzling Display This Week
This week marks the return of one of the best meteor showers in the year, the Geminids. They will occur with almost no moon in the sky, so they will be particularly easy to see.
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Astronomers wanting more accurate measurements of distant black holes have some new assistants — robots that can tackle the tedious task of monitoring black hole neighbor clouds’ glow.
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No Laser Signals Detected from ‘Alien Megastructure’ Star
It’s looking less and less likely that a faraway star’s strange dimming was caused by some kind of “alien megastructure.
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The Kick Off 2 World Cup: Competitive e-sports with a 25-year-old Amiga game | Ars Technica
DUBLIN—Amidst rows of battered tables and chairs, some which look as though they’ve survived a few rough terms at a British state school, the world’s best Kick Off 2 players are preparing to compete.
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The big question: are books getting longer? | Books | The Guardian
Books are steadily increasing in size, according to a survey that has found the average number of pages has grown by 25% over the last 15 years.
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How climate change shaped the way I think about having children – Vox
The crowd stewing around the Place de la République seems small for the occasion. It’s a cloudy Sunday, and a few hundred left-wing climate activists are milling in the open plaza.
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ISIL is GCC’s ‘number one threat’ – Al Jazeera English
The agenda of the 36th meeting of the Gulf Cooperation Council, which ends on Thursday, has been devoted to addressing key explosive regional crises from Syria to Yemen, to Iraq and the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL).
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Significant Digits For Thursday, Dec. 10, 2015 | FiveThirtyEight
You’re reading Significant Digits, a daily digest of the telling numbers tucked inside the news. The U.S.
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Donald Trump Postpones Trip to Israel – The Atlantic
As we reported Wednesday, in the wake of Trump’s remarks, his previously scheduled meeting with Benjamin Netanyahu, the Israeli prime minister, on December 28 drew widespread criticism.
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Want to Build a Death Star? NASA Says Use an Asteroid | WIRED
Skip Article Header. Skip to: Start of Article. Turns out, the Empire’s blueprints were crap. To make Death Stars they always built them—literally—out of thin air. What they should’ve done was use something that was already up there.
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Rwanda genocide: Ladislas Ntaganzwa seized in DR Congo – BBC News
A key suspect involved in the 1994 Rwandan genocide has been arrested in neighbouring Democratic Republic of Congo, the UN says. Ladislas Ntaganzwa, 53, is accused of organising mass rapes and the massacre of thousands during the genocide which left…
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Black holes have a size limit of 50 billion suns | New Scientist
Even gluttons can’t eat forever. When black holes at the hearts of galaxies swell to 50 billion times the mass of our sun, they may lose the discs of gas they use as cosmic feedlots. Most galaxies host a supermassive black hole at their centre.
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The Daily Habits of Famous Writers: Franz Kafka, Haruki Murakami, Stephen King & More | Open Culture
Though few of us like to hear it, the fact remains that success in any endeavor requires patient, regular training and a daily routine. To take a mundane, well-worn example, it’s not for nothing that Stephen R.
The Daily Habits of Famous Writers: Franz Kafka, Haruki Murakami, Stephen King & More https://t.co/Oc9HbVGVTE https://t.co/rgJtVBYiKW -
Cachexia: The Last Illness – Scientific American
As a palliative-care researcher, Susan McClement has talked to many people dying of cancer and their families—and some of their stories are burned into her brain.
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Serial Is Back With A Second Season Of Podcast Crime Storytelling | TechCrunch
Popular podcast Serial is back! After breaking into mainstream culture with a season 1 of 12 episodes, Sarah Koenig and her team will try to solve another case and report about it on a podcast. This time, Serial will investigate the case of Bowe Ber…
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Una serie de jóvenes activistas y autores de blogs de todo el mundo están fomentando el debate público durante la cumbre climática de París, siguiendo de cerca a negociadores, coordinando las campañas de desinversión en los combustibles fósiles en u…
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Donald Trump has said he will “postpone” a trip to Israel and a meeting with the country’s prime minister, Binyamin Netanyahu, until “after I become president of the US”.
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Iraqi soldiers killed in bid to recapture Ramadi – Al Jazeera English
At least 27 Iraqi soldiers have been killed two suicide attacks northwest of Ramadi as the push to recapture the city from the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) group continues, military sources say.
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Huge humpback whale is freed from rope by Norwegian coastguard – video | World news | The Guardian
The Royal Norwegian coastguard rescue a humpback whale trapped in a large rope at sea, west of Tromso. The footage shows the whale with the rope wound around its body and the coastguard crew using a hook to gradually remove it from its mid section a…
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China to register ‘undocumented citizens’ – Al Jazeera English
China says it will allow millions of unregistered citizens – many of them children born in violation of the one-child policy – to obtain documents vital to secure education and health services long denied to them, state media reports say.
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Riggs: Loaf sequence via /r/Catloaf https://t.co/lHAc1iMQIb https://t.co/ZGI6YOPq5I https://t.co/6VQmYKlLFh
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Riggs: Loaf sequence : Catloaf
Riggs: Loaf sequence via /r/Catloaf https://t.co/lHAc1iMQIb https://t.co/ZGI6YOPq5I https://t.co/6VQmYKlLFh
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Scientists Are Hunting for Preserved Meteorites in Antarctic Glaciers | Motherboard
Scientists Are Hunting for Preserved Meteorites in Antarctic Glaciers https://t.co/BKYwNuentO https://t.co/UDFzBcvYdo
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America’s iconic war machine – BBC News
The most feared bomber plane of the 20th Century is still going strong after 60 years in service in the US military – from Vietnam to Afghanistan. And she will keep on flying until 2044. How does this 1950s behemoth survive in the era of drones and …
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Stars gather for BBC Music Awards – BBC News
Adele, Ed Sheeran and Florence + The Machine lead the nominations at the BBC Music Awards in Birmingham later. All three are up for best British artist, with further nominations in the song of the year and best live performance categories.
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Trump postpones visit to Israel – 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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Amy Schumer, Aziz Ansari, and ‘You’re the Worst’: Comedy’s Top Moments in 2015 – The Atlantic
In 2015, comedy underwent its biggest upheaval in more than a decade—or at least it did on late-night TV, its supposed hub of talent. Comedy Central lost its bedrock pair, Jon Stewart and Stephen Colbert, who were replaced by Trevor Noah and Larry W…
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Martin Shkreli Bought Sole Wu-Tang Clan Album, Report Says https://t.co/h5uQHSR0Zq https://t.co/jy45WopS9m
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Obama’s favourite book of 2015 is also No 1 with fellow Americans | Books | The Guardian
“Famous bibliophile” Barack Obama has chosen Fates and Furies, Lauren Groff’s story of a marriage told from both sides, as his favourite book of 2015.
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Former US Embassy staffer pleads guilty to all counts in sextortion scheme | Ars Technica
A former staffer at the United States Embassy in London pleaded guilty Wednesday to multiple counts of stalking, extortion, and computer fraud, among others. Earlier this year, Michael C.
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Madonna’s impromptu ‘gig’ at Place de la Republique in Paris – BBC News
Madonna has given an impromptu performance at the Place de la Republique in Paris, in tribute to the victims of the 13 November attacks. Madonna, who is in the city for her Rebel Heart tour, was filmed singing along with her 10-year-old son David.
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Make Dating More Fulfilling by Replacing Your “Shoulds” With “Wants”
Finding true love isn’t easy to do, but it’s even harder when you let other people’s expectations affect your decisions. Ditching your “shoulds” for “wants” can get you in touch with what you really want when it comes to romance. Life is full of “sh…
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The Flight of the Invisible Airplane, 1915 – Scientific American
The life of the “Untouchables” of India “Without violence or much notice from the outside world India is undergoing a profound social revolution. Religious sanctions as well as economic, social and legal ones have traditionally enforced the inferior…
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World’s Biggest Fly Faces Two New Challengers
The planet’s largest fly faces two new challengers, which were discovered collecting dust in old museum cabinets. With wingspans as wide as a hand and finger-length bodies, the newly described insects are almost as eye-popping as their world-record …
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As Major League Soccer season starts its off-season, the winter period will most likely see staff, players especially, see their workloads reduced.
Angel investors: a culture takes form as Los Angeles FC’s 2018 debut approaches https://t.co/E3vTH54pPi https://t.co/3emeeC2dSe -
Abbreviated Pundit Round-up: Media highlights and lowlights
The Bloomberg poll is here. The media’s months-long treatment of Trump’s incendiary comments as shock entertainment has turned openly adversarial.
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Human Rights Day marked around the world – Al Jazeera English
US Ambassador Paul Bremer, former administrator of Iraq, discusses whether his policies led to the rise of ISIL. The personal journey of a filmmaker caught in the crossfire of the battle for Tasmania’s ancient forests.
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The United States’ refusal to make internationally binding its ambitious pollution targets at the Cop21 climate talks in Paris isn’t a sign of Barack Obama’s lack of political will, but a reflection of the legal limits of his authorities and the pol…
The White House’s COP 21 goals: less climate idealism, more political realism https://t.co/mHQMZ2ZZsz https://t.co/kiZ3wnzk2o -
We appear to have reached that predictable point in the major Paris climate talks where the idea that the efforts of more than 190 countries will all to come to nothing becomes too enticing for some.
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Mobile carriers are looking for ways to catch some of the growth in smartphone usage beyond their basic role as network providers, and that trend is having a knock-on effect on startups that help those carriers: ItsOn, a cloud-based platform founded…
ItsOn Raises $12.5M From Verizon, A16Z And More So Carriers Can Sell Tailored Data Services https://t.co/9UOSAjSP5e https://t.co/RZLng4tCvu -
Heathrow airport: government to announce decision on third runway | Environment | The Guardian
The government is to announce its decision – or lack of one – on Heathrow expansion later on Thursday when David Cameron and key cabinet ministers meet to consider the Airports Commission’s recommendation to build a third runway.
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IAAF president Lord Coe says the corruption scandal facing athletics is not “bigger” than that facing Fifa in football, with both governing bodies under criminal investigation.
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A pharmaceutical executive who came under fire for increasing the price of an antiparasitic drug by more than 5,000 percent is the mystery buyer of the only known copy of the new Wu-Tang Clan album that was auctioned off for millions of dollars, a r…
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This Mycelium Death Shroud Will Return Your Body to the Earth | Motherboard
In the US, there are basically two options for what to do with a corpse: put it in a nice outfit and place it in a casket, or torch it to an ashy powder in cremation. For visual designer Jae Rhim Lee, these archaic options are what need to be put to…
Love Everyone Often 12/11/2015
The Black Community Needs Encryption | Motherboard Ever heard of a cryptoparty? It’s a gathering of people interested in privacy and encryption. tags: Pocket adrianne jeffries for mot motherboard rss feed news newsblur Mugabe: Rivalries threaten to split ruling party – Al Jazeera English The annual conference of Zimbabwe’s ruling…
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