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NBC Poll: Clinton Would Trounce Trump But Lose to Rubio, Carson – NBC News
NBC News/WSJ National Dem Poll: Clinton 56%, Sanders 37%, O’Malley 4% https://t.co/hxwLKtH7lQ https://t.co/2khn0LtWsJ via /r/#politics
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Pentagon to lose emissions exemption under Paris climate deal | Environment | The Guardian
The US military and armed forces of countries around the world will no longer be automatically exempted from emissions-cutting obligations under the UN Paris climate deal, the Guardian has learned.
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Tim Peake: How the astronaut will spend Christmas in space – BBC News
Astronaut Tim Peake has described how he will spend Christmas on the International Space Station. The British astronaut was speaking to journalists on the eve of his landmark flight into space from Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan.
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Photographing Old Russia with a Modern Filter | New Republic
To walk through the Tsaritsyno Palace, nestled in a Moscow nature reserve, is to journey back to the golden age of Russian nobility. Gilded hallways lead to grand ballrooms; hidden grottoes and cascading ponds extravagantly accent the grounds.
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Lolita Turns 60 | New Republic
Though Vladimir Nabokov was living in America when he wrote Lolita, the novel was first published in Paris in 1955—by Olympia Press, whose list included many pornographic titles.
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China court cuts Gu Kailai sentence to life in prison – BBC News
A court in the Chinese capital Beijing has commuted the suspended death sentence of Gu Kailai, wife of disgraced former Politburo member Bo Xilai, to life in prison.The court said Gu showed repentance and “did not commit any crimes” in jail.
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In 1977, 20th Century Fox spent a lot of money making and promoting Damnation Alley, a post-apocalyptic car-chase thriller that took bits of what was already popular at the drive-in—namely badass motor vehicles and killer animals—and dressed it up w…
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EU referendum: UK ‘will listen to other ideas to cut migration’ – BBC News
Philip Hammond has said the UK is willing to consider other proposals to reduce levels of EU migration amid reported opposition to its plan to limit access to in-work benefits.
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Infosys Invests $3 Million In Pro Sports Performance Data Startup Whoop | TechCrunch
Infosys, the India-headquartered consulting and IT firm, is getting into sports and wearables after it announced a $3 million strategic investment in Whoop, a Boston-based company that provides performance data to professional athletes and sports te…
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NBC News/WSJ National Dem Poll: Clinton 56%, Sanders 37%, O’Malley 4% : politics
Hang in there, Marty! There’s still a slot open for the mic-check at the convention! How’s Marty doing in Maryland? 4.5%?
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How To Fight A Dragons Fury by Cressida Cowell – review | Children’s books | The Guardian
This book is awesome; a truly fitting finale for such an amazing series. The How to Train Your Dragon world first captivated me at the age of ten, and here I am four years later, still loving these books and finding them just as engaging as I did wh…
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Shaker Aamer, the last British resident to be held at Guantanamo Bay, has said British security officers saw him being tortured by American soldiers in Afghanistan and knew about subsequent torture in Cuba — but he does not want to sue the British g…
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Fleming’s discovery of penicillin couldn’t get published today. That’s a huge problem. – Vox
Fleming’s discovery of penicillin couldn’t get published today. That’s a huge problem. https://t.co/q7Gml5k1Ug https://t.co/XQkUjO5ZHr
After toiling away for months on revisions for a single academic paper, Columbia University economist Chris Blattman started wondering about the direction of his work. He had submitted the paper in question to one of the top economics journals earli… -
Many killed in Argentina bus crash – BBC News
There has been a “huge increase” in the number of newborn babies who are subject to care proceedings in England, newly-compiled figures show.
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Turkey withdraws some troops from Iraq camp after row – Al Jazeera English
Some Turkish troops stationed near the Iraqi city of Mosul have been withdrawn, officials say, after their deployment caused a diplomatic spat between Baghdad and Ankara.
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Merkel: Migrant crisis ‘historic test’ for Europe – BBC News
The German Chancellor Angela Merkel has described the migrant crisis as “an historic test” for Europe. She described 2015 as “an unbelievable year”.
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Star Wars: How to avoid The Force Awakens – BBC News
It is likely to prove to be one of the biggest challenges this year. No, not getting your hands on a ticket to the premiere of Star Wars: The Force Awakens. Much, much more difficult will be to avoid all mention of the film anywhere for the next few…
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The Best Places to Trade In Your Laptop for the Most Money
Ready to upgrade that old computer? Several sites will let you trade in your laptop for cash or gift cards, and even pay the shipping to send it to them. I researched some of the more popular places you can trade in your laptop to see which ones pon…
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Typhoon Melor: ‘The strong winds are terrifying’ – BBC News
In the Philippines, Typhoon Melor has forced over 700,000 people to leave their homes and communities. The typhoon made landfall on the east coast on the small island of Batag on Monday morning with a second expected in Sorsogon province.
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World Bids Adieu to Fossil Fuels: 3 Reasons It Might Succeed
Now comes the real challenge: powering a world without fossil fuels. The Paris climate accord, in its ambition to cut planet-warming carbon emissions, calls for a tectonic shift in energy—in essence, a new global economy to be fueled by zero-carbon …
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Egypt: No Evidence of Terrorism in jet Plane Crash | Al Jazeera America
The vaguely worded statement released by Ayman el-Muqadam said the investigation committee so far has not found “any evidence” indicating foul play in the Oct. 31 downing of the plane, killing all 224 people on board, mostly Russian vacationers. The…
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When the Government Tells Poor People How to Live – The Atlantic
WORCESTER, Mass.—The letters began arriving in the mailboxes of the sprawling public housing complex last spring. The Worcester Housing Authority had tried to make residents self-sufficient, the letters said. But now it was taking another step.
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Can the problem of induction save Anthony’s dismal d…
Orwell taught us to fear technocratic jargon that doesn’t let us say what we mean. But that is language at its best
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Psychedelics can’t be tested using conventional clin…
Psychedelic research is back from underground laboratories to university hospitals. When LSD, mescaline and psilocybin were prohibited in 1970, all academic research on humans was abandoned for two decades.
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How money evolved from shells and coins to apps and …
From ApplePay to Bitcoin or Kenya’s famous M-Pesa mobile money system, digital payment systems are proliferating at a pace never before seen. People are predicting the end of cash and coin.
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Melting glaciers blamed for subtle slowing of Earth’s rotation : environment
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Nigerian Shia movement leader’s ‘wife and son killed’ – BBC News
Nigeria’s main Shia Muslim sect says the wife and son of its leader have been killed in clashes with the military in the northern Kaduna state. The clashes came after allegations that members of the sect had attempted to assassinate Nigeria’s army c…
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Iowa Isn’t The State Presidential Candidates Pretend It Is | FiveThirtyEight
My fellow Iowans will tell me they live in a farm state, that agriculture is Iowa’s life blood. So will the presidential candidates, who trek to the Iowa State Fair1 and other farm settings and put on checked shirts and dust off whatever farming bon…
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Melting glaciers blamed for subtle slowing of Earth’s rotation| Reuters
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Taylor Swift to release concert DVD on Apple Music – BBC News
Taylor Swift is releasing a live concert special from her 1989 world tour exclusively on Apple Music. The 1989 World Tour Live can be streamed from 20 December. It is not available to buy but it is free for streaming for Apple Music subscribers.
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Tigerloaf! via /r/Catloaf https://t.co/L6LMZufgpY https://t.co/BOT8m0SHOC https://t.co/c5l5njvrrc
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BBC Sport – Champions League draw: Arsenal face Barcelona
Arsenal will face European champions Barcelona in the Champions League last 16. Chelsea have been drawn against Paris St-Germain for the third consecutive season in the tournament.
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‘Star Citizen’ Is Now a $100 Million Crowdfunded Game | Motherboard
In October, I said that I’m not sure if Star Citizen, the space sim and most crowdfunded project in history, will ever become a real game.
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Moonfruit takes websites offline after cyber-attack threat – BBC News
Thousands of business and personal websites have been taken offline by web host Moonfruit, after it was threatened with a cyber-attack. The Moonfruit service lets customers easily build templated websites.
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What are the best children’s books of 2015? | Children’s books | The Guardian
My favourite book for young people from 2015 is Jenny Valentine’s Fire Colour One.
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Church of Jediism ‘signing up thousands’ ahead of new Star Wars film | Film | The Guardian
More than a thousand new members a day are signing up to join the Church of Jediism as fans prepare for the release this week of new Star Wars movie The Force Awakens, it is claimed.
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Back When Van Morrison Sounded Like an Angry Stray Cat | Mother Jones
Them and Bobby Rush both made their first records in 1964, as well as sharing roots in blues and R&B, but their stories couldn’t be more different otherwise.
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The Controversial “Rule” Police Rely on to Shoot and Kill Supsects | Mother Jones
Last month, the attorney representing the Chicago police officer who shot and killed 17-year-old Laquan McDonald offered an explanation for his client’s actions: “There is this 21-foot rule,” the attorney, Dan Herbert, told CBS News.
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“I’m Not a Criminal—I’m Just an Immigrant Who Was Trying to Fight My Case” | Mother Jones
Felix Alvarado was standing out in the yard at a maximum-security jail in Orange County, California, when a deputy approached and accused him of hiding a sharp pencil near his bed.
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Pepsi Has Made It Almost Impossible to Find Out Whom It Gives Money To | Mother Jones
This past fall, in the wake of a New York Times investigation, Coca-Cola released a list of all the organizations to which it had made donations for research and advocacy over the past five years.
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December 14, 2012: Shooter Kills 26, Most of Them Children, at Sandy Hook Elementary | The Nation
As a year closes in which there has been an average of more than one mass shooting per day in the United States, it is highly disturbing to think back to three years ago, when 26 people, most of them little children, were killed in Newtown, Connecti…
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In stark contrast to the shortcomings of previous international climate negotiations, the Paris COP21 talks have ended with an agreement stronger than most expected. Graham Readfearn summarized the agreement for The Guardian.
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Greengates: a touching social history and a song for the suburbs | Books | The Guardian
RC Sherriff is best known for his 1928 play, Journey’s End, set in an officer’s dugout in northern France during the first world war. But he wrote several novels too, one of which, Greengates, has just been republished by Persephone Books.
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Probably. Lots of hair going to be on fire over this. With nearly 9 million legal immigrants already eligible to become citizens, the 1 million goal is not far-fetched.
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Poem of the week: Silkworms Work and Love Till Death by Peter Porter | Books | The Guardian
He kept a list of poems there were to write,A personal list, imperative and sour –Beyond his windows all was digital,The nominative unpleasantness of thoughtRecurred, he reasoned, every day in speech.He feared the public knew the thing he was,And on…
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The expectations were zero.
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The Piscivore’s Dilemma – On eating fish. : environment
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The Piscivore’s Dilemma | Outside Online
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Child sex abuse: Dozens held in raids in Americas and Spain – BBC News
Officials in Mexico say 60 people have been arrested in the US, Latin America and Spain over alleged links to a ring circulating images of child sex abuse. The Mexican government said almost 100 raids had been carried out in 12 countries.
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This Tinder robot helps you find love by feeling your sweaty hands | The Verge
Tinder is a good way of automating dating, but it still requires a little too much thinking. Far better to remove any conscious decision making from the process and let your gut tell you who to spend the rest of your life with. Or, failing that, you…
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Shell-BG deal value questioned by institutional investor – BBC News
Shell’s deal to buy oil and gas firm BG Group does not make “financial sense” at current oil price levels, an institutional investor has said. David Cumming, head of equities at Standard Life Investments, told the BBC it was “very difficult to make …
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Doctena, The European Medical Booking Platform, Scores €4.5M Funding | TechCrunch
Brussels-based Doctena, founded in 2013, represents a familiar European startup story.
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Fracking no longer viable, says UK government advisor : environment
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Rome wins bid to host 2022 Ryder Cup | Sport | The Guardian
Rome has been selected to host the Ryder Cup in 2022, Ryder Cup Europe has announced. Marco Simone Golf and Country Club, 17km from the centre of the Italian capital, will be the venue for the famous contest between Europe and USA, the first time th…
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New Horizons sent a new high res close up of Pluto [3600 x 902] https://t.co/gdaDNo1AtX https://t.co/HE9w3Dyylg
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Reddit in a nutshell. : justneckbeardthings
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Upvoted: Reddit in a nutshell. via /r/justneckbeardthings https://t.co/WkrfeZ4Ygt https://t.co/xwKPEcZ4TQ https://t.co/V0WEVJhW0A
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US joins Hungary protest over pro-Nazi Homan statue – BBC News
US and other diplomats joined a rally in Hungary against a planned statue honouring a pro-Nazi minister who fomented anti-Semitism in the 1930s. The diplomats were with several hundred Hungarians at a candle-lit protest in Szekesfehervar, southwest …
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Italy will host the Ryder Cup for the first time in 2022 at the Marco Simone course in Rome. More to follow.
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Paris climate deal is historic and momentous, says Julie Bishop – video | Environment | The Guardian
Australian foreign minister Julie Bishop praises the historic deal signed by nearly 200 countries at the end of the Paris climate talks on Saturday. The agreement sets ambitious goals to limit temperature rise and hold governments to account for rea…
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Ron Howard’s In the Heart of the Sea sinks at box office – BBC News
Ron Howard’s ocean epic In the Heart of the Sea has flopped at the US box office, making just $11m (£7.25m) after debuting in more than 3,000 cinemas. That still enabled the film to claim second spot, just behind The Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part …
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Remembering Dayton: The accord that ended Bosnian war – Al Jazeera English
The war in Bosnia and Herzegovina in the early 1990s was the worst conflict in Europe since 1945. More than 100,000 people died and two million were displaced, alongside the mass rape of Bosniak women, prison camps, genocide of Bosnian Muslims and a…
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Egypt: No terror link in Russian jet crash – Al Jazeera English
Egyptian investigators has completed a preliminary report on the Russian plane crash in Sinai, saying it has not found anything to indicate a bomb was involved. The plane took off from Sharm el-Sheikh, a Red Sea resort popular with Russian and Briti…
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Senior Saudi and Emirati officers killed in Yemen – Al Jazeera English
Two senior officers from the Saudi-led coalition supporting Yemen’s government have been killed near the city of Taiz, Saudi and Emirati authorities say.
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Teacher attacked in Paris suburb by man citing ISIL – Al Jazeera English
A teacher in a Paris suburb was attacked by a man wielding a box cutter and scissors who cited the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) group, sources in the police and prosecutor’s office told the AFP news agency.
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Analysis: Is Iran really pulling out of Syria? – Al Jazeera English
The Russian military intervention in the Syrian conflict has added yet another complicated layer to this ever-metastasising conflict. The intervention has changed the calculations of many of the domestic and regional players and has given greater im…
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IS conflict: Turkey withdraws some troops from Iraq camp – BBC News
Turkey is withdrawing some of its troops stationed at a base in Iraq, the country’s state-run news agency says. Anadolu quoted military officials as saying a 10- or 12-vehicle convoy had left Bashiqa camp and was moving north.
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Viewpoint: How Islamic State is managing to survive – BBC News
The recapture by Iraqi forces from so-called Islamic State (IS) of large parts of Ramadi marks the latest territorial setback for the jihadist group following its ejection from places like Tikrit, Sinjar and Baiji.
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Migrant crisis: Rent subsidy plan for Athens’ stranded migrants – BBC News
The Greek government, the UN Refugee Agency and the European Commission are expected to sign the agreement in Athens, where up to 5,000 migrants are expected to arrive.
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Tim Peake: Astronaut’s sights set on ‘fantastic’ view of Earth – BBC News
UK astronaut Tim Peake says the thing he is looking forward to most on his spaceflight is the view of Earth. Mr Peake was speaking to journalists on the eve of his landmark flight into space from Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan.
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Donald Trump calls Ted Cruz ‘a maniac’ – video | US news | The Guardian
Speaking on Fox News on Sunday, Donald Trump criticises rival Republican presidential candidate Ted Cruz on his management of issues in the Senate. He tells interviewer Chris Wallace that he is able to work with people, unlike Cruz
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The Best Music Albums of 2015: Kendrick Lamar, ‘Hamilton,’ and More – The Daily Beast
Adele may have conquered the sales charts, with her third album 25 moving an insane 3.38 million units in its first week, and Taylor Swift’s seemingly endless, cameo-filled 1989 tour dominated the concert circuit, but many of the year’s finest music…
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Could You Use a ‘Trash Skimmer’ To Clean Ocean Plastic? : environment
Could You Use a ‘Trash Skimmer’ To Clean Ocean Plastic? (self.environment) I’m thinking of ways to clean ocean plastic/trash in a sustainable and efficient way. One idea I saw was about a trash skimmer. Basically it runs off renewable energy and pus…
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An Ancient Grain Finds New Relevance in the Age of the Megadrought | Motherboard
Millet, a grain familiar to most Americans as birdseed, is set to stage a comeback on modern farms, according to new research led by Cambridge University archaeobotanist Martin Jones.
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Space in Images – 2015 – 12 – The Lockman Hole in X-rays
A special patch of sky can be found close to the Big Dipper, in the northern constellation of Ursa Major, also known as the Great Bear. Appearing to contain no stars and hardly any gas clouds from our Milky Way galaxy, this region is called the Lock…
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Bringing Socialism Back: How Bernie Sanders is Reviving an American Tradition – In These Times
Socialism. For most of recent U.S.
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African Business in China – Al Jazeera English
One of them is Annie Ngimbi from the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). With demand for Chinese products growing, Ngimbi is on a shopping spree in China’s third largest city, Guangzhou. She has three weeks to fill a container with a list of product…
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Weddleville, Indiana – Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Weddleville is an unincorporated community in Carr Township, Jackson County, Indiana. Weddleville was laid out in 1855 by John A. Weddle, and others.[3]
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Egypt: Sinai crash probe finds ‘no proof of terrorism’ – BBC News
Egyptian investigators say their preliminary report on a Russian jet which crashed in the Sinai in October has found no proof of terrorism. The plane came down en route to Russia from the resort of Sharm el-Sheikh.
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Storm Desmond hits Walker Greenbank profits – BBC News
Walker Greenbank said profits would be 15% lower this year after its Lancaster factory had to stop printing. The UK company, which sells upmarket furnishings in 85 countries, hopes the majority of printing will resume at the Standfast & Barracks sit…
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Samsung’s Galaxy S7 will have a pressure-sensing screen: WSJ | The Verge
Samsung’s Galaxy S7 is coming in March and will feature a pressure-sensitive screen similar to the 3D Touch display Apple introduced with the iPhone 6S, The Wall Street Journal reports.
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Bosnia and Herzegovina: A hostage to Dayton? – Al Jazeera English
Twenty years after the signing of the Dayton Peace Agreement, which ended the war in Bosnia and Herzegovina, the vast majority of international and Bosnian experts and officials believe the country has become a hostage to it – specifically the part …
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Tuition Fees of Electronics Engineering : environment
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Tuition Fees of Electronics Engineering | Crimea State Medical University
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View from Ostrzyca in Poland [OC][6000×4000] : SkyPorn
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Shaker Aamer: I will not sue UK over Guantánamo detention | World news | The Guardian
The last British resident held at Guantánamo Bay has said he will not take legal action against the UK government over his imprisonment and alleged torture at the US military facility in Cuba.
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The BFG by Roald Dahl – review | Children’s books | The Guardian
It is about a young girl Sophie meeting the big, friendly giant. She is initially scared but later strikes a strong friendship with the BFG. Their conversations are long but humorous. The part about dreams interested me the most.
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The AFC playoff race suddenly has its share of shaky teams | Sport | The Guardian
On Sunday, while the Carolina Panthers cruised to 13-0 and solidified their status as the best team in the NFC, affairs at the top of the AFC were only getting cloudier.
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The Age of Reinvention review – don’t believe the hype | Books | The Guardian
When a novel’s cover is emblazoned with the words “the international bestseller” or “shortlisted for the Prix Goncourt”, the advance acclaim can invoke one of two responses in a reader: hope that the book in question lives up to the plaudits or fear…
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Korea’s Yello Mobile Raises Another$47M At A $4B Valuation Led By Formation 8 | TechCrunch
Korea’s Yello Mobile has made a name for itself raising $100 million and using it to pick up more than 60 startups to build its mobile apps business, which now serves 18 million users. Now, the startup is raising again: Yello Mobile has racked up an…
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France teacher stabbed in classroom – BBC News
There has been a “huge increase” in the number of newborn babies who are subject to care proceedings in England, newly-compiled figures show.
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In English-speaking countries where Christmas is celebrated, A Christmas Carol, Charles Dickens’ secular Victorian tale of a Grinch restored to holiday cheer, usually plays some part.
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BBC iPlayer finally lands on the Apple TV | The Verge
One of the biggest absences when the updated Apple TV launched in the UK was the BBC’s iPlayer app, available pretty much everywhere else including on Roku, Fire TV, and Chromecast devices.
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Bowser loves Christmas. : cats
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See a Nervous Adele Crack up During Her X Factor Performance of “Hello” | Vanity Fair
It’s been less than two months since Adele debuted her smash single “Hello” but, to borrow a phrase from that song, she must have performed it a thousand times since. That doesn’t mean the accomplished singer never gets nervous.
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DAE celebrity endorsement of vegetarianism is more important than paris climate agreement? (self.environment)
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Neil Wagner’s “miracle” ball helped New Zealand complete a 122-run victory over Sri Lanka in the first Test in Dunedin. Set 405 to win, Sri Lanka resumed on 109-3 looking to bat out the final day to secure a draw and Angelo Mathews and Dinesh Chandi…
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Love Home Swap Buys HomeForExchange In Home Sharing Consolidation Play | TechCrunch
On the back of Airbnb raising yet more billions to fuel its private home accommodation business, Love Home Swap — a marketplace for people to exchange homes for short stays — is on a consolidation tear of its own.
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Risk to businesses at ‘highest level in past decade’ – BBC News
Companies face the highest level of risk in a decade because of factors including terror attacks and China’s economic slowdown, a report has said. Consultants at Control Risks issued the warning in their 2016 Risk Map.
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Oil price fears dampen Asian confidence – BBC News
Japan’s stocks led losses across much of Asia as oil prices continued to slide and with investors remaining cautious ahead of a widely-expected US interest rate rise this week. The benchmark Nikkei 225 closed down 1.8% at 18,883.42.
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Knife and Packer’s guide to surviving school Christmas | Children’s books | The Guardian
Yay! It’s the last week of school until Christmas. But beware… the road ahead is strewn with hazards. Luckily crazy cartoonists Knife and Packer are here with some seasonal advice. Knife and Packer
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How drug cartels impose censorship on Mexican newspapers | Media | The Guardian
In Monday’s Guardian, in reporting on the number of journalists around the world who have been killed so far this year, I noted that only four of the 55 victims came from Mexico.
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Christian environmentalists, how do you do it? : environment
Christian environmentalists, how do you do it? (self.environment) This picture says you shouldn’t intervene or do anything with the world. You must be conservative.: http://i.imgur.com/lLru00Z.png Is that picture wrong?
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Note to world leaders: This is how to welcome refugees – Al Jazeera English
They were hardly the poor, huddled masses Canadians might have expected. In fact, the 163 privately sponsored Syrian refugees from Lebanon who landed in Toronto late last Thursday looked less bedraggled and besieged than other Canadians do after a l…
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Laurel Braitman wrote in her terrific exploration of the mental lives of animals. Virginia Woolf defined consciousness as “a wave in the mind,” but even if we’re able to ride the wave, we hardly know the ocean out of which it arises.
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Until the final moments of “KRS,” is shockingly low-key for a finale of any type. While that could be a strength in some instances, it’s actually a glaring weakness in this particular episode.
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Youth Unemployment Major Lag on Human Development | Al Jazeera America
Although technological change and globalization have boosted employment and as a result lifted human development levels for people on many continents, a substantial percentage of global youths remain mired in unemployment, a new United Nations repor…
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First Snow at Rhody Lake, OR [5321×2988][OC] : EarthPorn
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Sanders pledges that vets will receive the care they need
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Pakistan Kurram market bombing funerals held – BBC News
Funerals have been held for some of the victims of a bomb attack in a crowded market in northwest Pakistan on Sunday. At least 24 people died in the blast, with more than 70 injured.
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Why I can’t stop putting dildos into the hands of powerful conservatives — Medium
There have been so many gun massacres of late it’s difficult to recount them all. Increasingly, they’re striking closer and closer to home for me as well. Just a couple months ago, a shooting happened on an Oregon college campus a few hours from whe…
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Sanders pledges that vets will receive the care they need : politics
Ok. Lifelong Vermont Republican here – I have never, ever, voted for a Democrat for any office at any level in 50 years of voting. I always vote for Bernie. Always. And one of the big reasons is his absolutely ferocious support of veterans. He is fa…
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Watch Bill Nye Lay Out His Wish List for Saving the Planet : environment
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Slaughterhouse 90210: where literature meets pop culture | Books | The Guardian
Many quotes from literature could be used to define Donald Trump, but few would be as exquisitely appropriate as one from Catch-22 about turning “vice into virtue, slander into truth, […] thievery into honor, brutality into patriotism, and sadism …
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Slaughterhouse 90210: where literature meets pop culture – in pictures | Books | The Guardian
‘Perhaps no American tycoon better epitomizes the evils described in Joseph Heller’s 1961 novel, Catch-22, about a young soldier trying to remain sane within a corrupt and morally bankrupt system, than Donald Trump. The real estate mogul, investor, …
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Chinese Rights Lawyer Tried for Online Posts | Al Jazeera America
Police scuffled with protesters and journalists at a Beijing courthouse Monday as prominent rights lawyer Pu Zhiqiang stood trial on charges of provoking trouble and stirring ethnic hatred with commentaries posted online that were critical of the ru…
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Australia pulls Nurofen products over ‘misleading claims’ – BBC News
An Australian court has ordered products in the Nurofen pain relief range off the shelves, saying its UK manufacturer had misled consumers. Australia’s federal court said products marketed to treat specific pains, such as migraines and back pain, we…
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Giddy fans camp out for first ‘Star Wars’ in a decade – Al Jazeera English
Hollywood is rolling out the red carpet for the premiere of “Star Wars: The Force Awakens,” the first film in the epic space saga for a decade, and fans are frantic. The star-studded screening of the most anticipated film of the year on Monday will …
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Refugees in Bulgaria: ‘Extortion, robbery, violence’ – Al Jazeera English
Belgrade, Serbia – On a cold winter day, a dozen Afghan men who fled the ongoing bloodshed in their homeland gathered around a portable heater at the Miksaliste refugee transit centre in Serbia’s capital.
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Chennai schools reopen after floods – BBC News
Schools have reopened in the southern Indian city of Chennai (Madras) after a month of heavy rains and deadly floods. Schools and colleges in the city and neighbouring districts of Tamil Nadu were ordered shut on 12 November.
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For flood-hit areas the problems don’t stop after the waters have receded | Money | The Guardian
Government pledges to spend billions of pounds on flood defences won’t necessarily shield householders against rising insurance costs in flood-hit areas of the country, despite the protection they offer.
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Éamon de Valera: A Will to Power review – the man who made modern Ireland | Books | The Guardian
When Winston Churchill attacked Irish taoiseach Éamon de Valera 60 years ago at the end of the second world war for what he regarded as southern Ireland’s shameful neutrality, De Valera responded in a dignified and firm way.
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My sister Sally started it when she sent me a video about Playing Out – the seminal Bristol project which closes residential roads to traffic so children can play freely – adding: “Shame you couldn’t do this on your street.
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Pretend funerals? The place where people get shut in coffins – BBC News
South Korea has one of the highest suicide rates in the world, and workers often report feeling stressed. So in order to make people appreciate life, some companies are making employees take part in their own pretend funerals.
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Washington Post bids farewell to office where it broke Watergate | World news | The Guardian
Carl Bernstein surveyed the newsroom of the Washington Post for the last time. He began to address hundreds of fellow journalists but his microphone was not quite working. He repeated himself, stumbling momentarily over the words.
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Leo: A Ghost Story Subverting Cultural Stereotypes | Brain Pickings
Rilke wrote in contemplating how mortality expands our aliveness. That, perhaps, is why ghost tales are among the most universal and perennial fixtures of all mythologies and storytelling traditions — the very notion of a ghost welcomes a point of p…
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World leaders push for Libya peace as ISIL fills vacuum – Al Jazeera English
World leaders meeting in Rome have urged Libya’s warring factions to lay down their weapons and back a new national unity government under a UN peace plan due to be signed on Wednesday.
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COP21: Paris climate deal is ‘best chance to save planet’ : environment
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COP21: Paris climate deal is ‘best chance to save planet’ – BBC News
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Justin Bieber and Kourtney Kardashian’s Strange, PR-Friendly ‘Relationship’ – The Daily Beast
There are three certainties in life: death, taxes, and that the Kardashians will do whatever it takes to stay in the news. The latest, terribly blatant example of Rule No.
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Shaker Aamer: In his own words – BBC News
Shaker Aamer was the last British resident of Guantanamo Bay. Here, he describes what it was like to be held without trial for nearly 14 years. Aamer, 48, was held over extremely serious claims – that he had led a Taliban unit and was an associate o…
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Saudi Prince Alwaleed Builds Border Wall To Keep Out Syrians While Calling Candidate Donald Trump a “Disgrace” for Keeping out Syrians…. (theconservativetreehouse.com) It’s pretty easy to tell the difference. The males goats are the ones that don’t …
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South Africa’s Zuma replaces finance minister, again – Al Jazeera English
South Africa’s president has replaced the country’s finance minister for the second time in four days, following criticism and market turmoil.
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Love Everyone Often Peace Beauty Balance Life Light Magic: When Gemini Sends Stars to Paranal
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New bill could change the way control orders work and keep evidence secret | Law | The Guardian
Sharing of intelligence between Australia and its Five Eyes partners has never been better and should be protected from disclosure in control order proceedings, Australian federal police assistant commissioner Neil Gaughan has said.
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Planned Parenthood Sues Ohio Over Fetal Tissue | Al Jazeera America
Planned Parenthood sued Ohio’s health director on Sunday in a dispute over how the organization’s affiliates handle the disposal of fetal tissue in the state.
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Any good book recommendations for Conservation Books? : environment
Any good book recommendations for Conservation Books? (self.environment)
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When you put “Unzipped” in a title, you promise something sexy, something not often seen, something that could be titillating or intimate or dirty or profound—or all of that and more. But what is revealed by this zipper might not be quite all you ho…
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Though it gets vastly overshadowed by other genres, musical theater remains an important part of the music scene, with composers and performers doing work that’s just as exciting or meaningful as their equivalents in the pop music space.
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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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With Together Again, Jesse Hassenger looks at actors and directors who have worked together on at least three films, analyzing the nature of their collaborations.
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The return of Luther opens with a flashback of DCI John Luther (Idris Elba) brooding on a precipice, surveying London like Batman looking over Gotham. His signature tweed coat, collar turned up against the wind, might as well be a cape. “Do you ever…
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Happy Holidays watering tree. : pics
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The term “space opera” was coined as a way of distinguishing a particular form of science-fiction melodrama, one that could blend futuristic warfare, derring-do, and—usually—romance, all with the same elegant bombast and larger-than-life storytellin…
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The best film scenes of 2015 · Best of · The A.V. Club
Not every great movie has a standout great scene, just as not every great scene comes from a great movie. That’s our convoluted way of saying that The A.V.
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Thomas Jane just wants his heiress back! · What’s On Tonight · The A.V. Club
Here’s what’s up in the world of TV for Monday, December 14. All times are Eastern. The Expanse (Syfy, 10 p.m.
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Once a week, The New Yorker’s cartoon editor Robert Mankoff opens his door to dozens of eccentric artists, who sit down at his desk with a stack of drawings, trying to convince him to put one of their gags into the magazine—or at least to keep them …
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Tehran’s Damascene moment? – Al Jazeera English
A report from the Institute for the Study of War explained that Iran was part of “an extensive, expensive, and integrated effort to keep [Syrian] President Bashar al-Assad in power”.
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Alibaba buys South China Morning Post to ‘improve China’s image’ | The Verge
In a move reminiscent of Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos’s $250 million buyout of The Washington Post, Chinese e-commerce giant Alibaba has confirmed that it’s agreed to buy Hong Kong English-language newspaper the South China Morning Post.
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Why Did the CIA Meet With Michael Bay? – The Daily Beast
When the CIA met with party-boy, explosion-obsessed Hollywood filmmaker Michael Bay earlier this year, the agency said it was on a matter of national security.
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Canada’s Growing Jihadist Cancer – The Daily Beast
Ignore growing Muslim fundamentalism and extremism in Canada at your peril. That’s the message an increasingly vocal number of moderate and secular Canadian Muslims and counter-terrorism experts want to send to the United States and the rest of the …
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The Impossible Defense of an Atheist Poet the Saudis Want to Behead – The Daily Beast
GAZA STRIP — It’s been a bad year for Saudi Arabia’s public image. An unusually large number of death sentences and executions have sparked outrage from rights groups and activists across the world.
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Teens Upload Brutal Video Of Sleepover Attack – The Daily Beast
The video of the alleged attack is brutal. Four teenagers punch, kick, and drag 14-year-old Naomi Johnson by her hair during a sleepover, while another records the assault on a smartphone.
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Melissa Rivers on Playing Her Mom – The Daily Beast
In the new Oscar contender Joy, Melissa Rivers plays her late mother, Joan Rivers. She tells the Beast about the emotional journey she went on filming her scenes.
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Am I Sexy Enough to Become a @MenandCoffee Model? – The Daily Beast
As a writer in my mid-twenties, I’ve spent many days in coffee shops. As a result, I’ve grown quite fond of coffee and overpriced scones. On top of this fact, I am a man. Based on this criteria, I should have what it takes to be featured on the wild…
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GOP: A Neo-Fascist White-Identity Party? – The Daily Beast
I’ve been reading recently about Bill Clinton’s presidency for a project I’m working on, and I just got to the part about the Oklahoma City bombing.
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The Left’s Witch Hunt Against Muslims – The Daily Beast
If there was anything we learnt from McCarthyism, it is that compiling lists of our political foes is a malevolent, nefarious and incredibly dangerous thing to do.
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Senate GOP Solution to Super PAC Rivals: More Money in Politics – The Daily Beast
This may sound odd, but it rings true amongst Republicans and Democrats alike: The only people who loathe Super PACs more than voters forced to sit through an onslaught of their bullshit ads, are politicians themselves.
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Roger Angell on Life in the Tenth Decade – The Daily Beast
Roger Angell jokes that his friends and family are perplexed by his longevity—“the little balloon over their heads reads, ‘Holy shit—he’s still vertical!’”—but since his 90th birthday in 2010, he’s emerged as an energetic blogger and won a National …
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Tales From Ukraine’s Surreal Front Lines – The Daily Beast
Tim Judah is a man who understands war. As the Economist’s Balkans correspondent, he covered the Yugoslav wars during the 1990s, as well as the invasions of Iraq and Afghanistan, from the front lines.
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Typhoon Melor threatens Philippines, 750,000 evacuated | World news | The Guardian
Hundreds of thousands of people were evacuated from the central Philippines on Monday as a typhoon with winds of up to 150km/h (95 miles per hour) made landfall, dumping heavy rain that could cause flooding, landslides and storm surges, authorities …
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Holding temperature rise to 2C – let alone hitting the aspirational target of 1.5C in the climate agreement concluded in Paris at the weekend – is going to require the deployment of technologies to suck carbon out of the atmosphere, the pope’s clima…
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Vive la difference! Illustration: First Dog on the Moon
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Slide Show: New Yorker Cartoons December 21 & 28, 2015 – The New Yorker
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This Week in Fiction: Tim Parks on a Marriage in Stalemate – The New Yorker
Your story in this week’s issue, “Bedtimes,” involves a couple who avoid going to bed at the same time and facing the difficulty between them. How did they reach this point in their marriage?
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Cover Story: George Booth’s “Holiday Spirit” – The New Yorker
“Christmas has always been a high point for me, ever since I was three and a half and started cartooning,” the artist behind this week’s cover, George Booth, who will turn ninety in 2016, says. “I love holidays, and I can’t think of many I don’t ch…
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Manu Prakash’s Foldscope Revolution – The New Yorker
Antoni van Leeuwenhoek wrote a letter to the Royal Society of London, in 1683, announcing the discovery of something extraordinary in his mouth. He was a haberdasher by trade, in the Dutch city of Delft, but he was known for his enthusiastic work wi…
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Talking Politics at Trump Place – The New Yorker
Five times a day, devout Muslims perform wudu, a purification ritual. (From the Koran, Sura 5:6: “When you rise up to prayer, wash your faces and your hands as far as the elbows, and wipe your heads and your feet to the ankles.
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“Marvel’s Jessica Jones” – The New Yorker
“I promise that I won’t touch you until I get your genuine consent,” the sinister Kilgrave (David Tennant) announces, on “Marvel’s Jessica Jones,” the latest tentacle to emerge from the Marvel universe. It’s a villain’s line, but one that carries a …
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Robert Ryman’s Shades of White – The New Yorker
A succinct retrospective of twenty-two works by Robert Ryman has just opened at the Dia Art Foundation in Chelsea, and it offers a tacit reproach to today’s art-world circus.
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Health Care in the Himalayas – The New Yorker
To get to Saldang is simple, if not exactly easy. You walk. The nearest airport, many days away by foot, is a rough dirt strip at an altitude of about eight thousand feet. It sits on the side of a Himalayan mountain in the Dolpo district of northwes…
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John Kerry’s Middle East Mission – The New Yorker
John Kerry, the sixty-eighth Secretary of State of the United States, was born to a temperament of wintry rectitude.
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David Bowie’s “Lazarus” – The New Yorker
I grew up, musically speaking, in a fairly segregated world. I didn’t come across “white” music—folk, stadium rock, New Wave, and so on—until I was in my late teens, which was when I first heard David Bowie; one of my sisters had his superb 1976 alb…
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The Islamist War on Secular Bloggers – The New Yorker
On the afternoon of February 26th, Avijit Roy was in Dhaka, finishing a column for BDNews24, a Bangladeshi Web site of news and commentary. Its title, in Bengali, was “Why Is There Something Rather Than Nothing?,” and it adapted ideas from his new b…
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Briefly Noted Book Reviews – The New Yorker
Avenue of Mysteries, by John Irving (Simon & Schuster). In Irving’s fourteenth novel, Juan Diego Guerrero, an acclaimed middle-aged writer, takes a trip to the Philippines to honor a promise he made as a child.
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The Mail (December 21 & 28, 2015) – The New Yorker
Nick Bostrom’s work on superintelligence, as described in Raffi Khatchadourian’s article, envisions the Singularity involving an “intelligence explosion”—the development of A.I.
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Greetings, Friends! – The New Yorker
This Christmas we are staying in,Skyping en masse with all our kinAnd friends linked up in cyberspace,Slipping the surly bonds of place,And traffic on the Tappan Zee,Cross Bronx, and Hutch, and B.Q.E.To keep us alert and itchin’,The brake lights we …
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Prohibition and the Penal State – The New Yorker
For much of his life, Gerrit Smith was one of the most prominent abolitionists in America, a distinction he retained until 1865, when the end of the Civil War and the passage of the Thirteenth Amendment, which outlawed slavery, made abolitionists ob…
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“In the Heart of the Sea” and “Son of Saul” – The New Yorker
The new Ron Howard film, “In the Heart of the Sea,” is based not on “Moby-Dick” but on one of the true stories on which “Moby-Dick” is based. This sets a worrying trend.
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How Shakespearean is “King Charles III”? – The New Yorker
“King Charles III,” which is currently playing at the Music Box Theatre, imagines the state of Britain and of the British monarchy shortly after the death of Queen Elizabeth II.
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Miami is Flooding – The New Yorker
The city of Miami Beach floods on such a predictable basis that if, out of curiosity or sheer perversity, a person wants to she can plan a visit to coincide with an inundation.
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New Apps for 2016 – The New Yorker
The old gang is going out to dinner. One has a newborn. One just got divorced. One is allergic to both nuts and vinyl. Type it all in, and the app will find a perfectly adequate and accommodating restaurant within a five-mile radius. Turn on this ap…
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Scorsese and Miranda’s New York History – The New Yorker
“This is the most Kubrickian room,” Lin-Manuel Miranda said the other night, sweeping into the seventh floor of the New Museum, on the Bowery.
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Monday evening, 10:30. Thomas is sitting on the sofa with his laptop, reading for work. Mary has been talking to a friend on Skype. If he is going to work all night, I may as well go to bed, Mary decides, and goes upstairs without a word.
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Why Zuckerberg’s Critics Are Wrong – The New Yorker
When Mark Zuckerberg, the C.E.O. of Facebook, announced that he would be donating ninety-nine per cent of his Facebook stock to a new nonprofit organization, he got his share of positive headlines.
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When they choose to take material form they will resembleDragonflies, not machines. Their wings will shimmer. Like the chorus of Greek drama they will speakAs many, but in the first person singular.
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Peru – Andes mountains [OC] [1080 x 1080] : EarthPorn
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The Last Man On Earth has always interested me as a show because of the existential high stakes of its premise. The series always seemed driven by broad questions about the changing purpose of life after a calamitous event all but destroys it.
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Scuffles as celebrated lawyer goes on trial in China – Al Jazeera English
One of China’s most celebrated human rights lawyers went on trial over online comments critical of the ruling Communist Party, as police scuffled with supporters and journalists outside the courthouse.
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Disney, don’t stop! (imgur.com)
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Return of the natives brings reminiscence and reflection | Environment | The Guardian
A village wedding is always an occasion, and draws folk back who have long since left to find their place in the wider world. At the reception I sat with several of the people my children went to school with.
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When Gemini Sends Stars to Paranal via NASA https://t.co/RNOjNMlsxW https://t.co/5eHkU42cZH https://t.co/qOEcO85fR2
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Several years ago, I called a real estate agent in my hometown, Newburyport, Mass., with (as one tends to bring to agents) a fantasy. I wanted to buy the Pink House. I had first glimpsed this house as a child, from the back seat of the family statio…
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APOD: 2015 December 13 – When Gemini Sends Stars to Paranal
Explanation: From a radiant point in the constellation of the Twins, the annual Geminid meteor shower rain down on planet Earth. Tonight, the Geminds reach their peak and could be quite spectacular.
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Then and now. She destroys every stuffed animal except this one. 🙂 : aww
Then and now. She destroys every stuffed animal except this one. 🙂 (imgur.com) My husky has the same stuffed animal! He carries it around and chews on it but won’t destroy it.
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Since he started working on commercial fishing and crabbing boats as a teenager, Craig Kasberg loved being out at sea. Yet he was bothered by the amount of fish waste he saw being dumped back on to the ocean floor.
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New LUX Detector Results Come Up Empty, Nuke Previous Hints of Dark Matter | Motherboard
One might conclude that the global hunt for dark matter is entering desperate days, at least when it comes to the mystery material’s most-often theorized form—the weakly interacting massive particle (WIMP).
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Energy Secretary Talks Climate Challenge – Scientific American
@dbiello Biello is the award-winning senior reporter for environment and energy at Scientific American. He has also written on subjects ranging from astronomy to zoology for both the Web site and magazine.
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A Planetary Nebula Divided | ESO
This fetching cloud of gas was imaged by the ESO Faint Object Spectrograph and Camera (EFOSC2) at ESO’s La Silla Observatory. It can be found nestled in the busy constellation of Centaurus in the skies of the southern hemisphere.
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Monk at Temple Image, Myanmar – National Geographic Photo of the Day
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Alibaba Confirms It Is Buying The South China Morning Post For $262M | TechCrunch
Alibaba has jumped into the news business after the Chinese company confirmed on Friday that it has agreed to acquire the South China Morning Post (SCMP).
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Did my friend piss his pants? Nope, it’s just the reflection of the chairs in the room. : pics
Did my friend piss his pants? Nope, it’s just the reflection of the chairs in the room. (imgur.com) To whoever designed the reflective booth?
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Patriots get back on track with victory over Texans to clinch playoff spot | Sport | The Guardian
Tom Brady threw for 226 yards and two touchdowns and the New England Patriots snapped a two-game skid and clinched a playoff spot with a 27-6 win over the Houston Texans on Sunday night.
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Asian stock markets drop as China devaluation, oil and Fed stoke fears | Business | The Guardian
Asian stocks have fallen sharply and the Chinese currency hit fresh four-year lows as concern about crude oil prices and an expected US rate rise by the Federal Reserve later this week kept investors on edge.
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Will Smith: “If people keep saying all the crazy kinds of stuff they’ve been saying on the news lately about walls and Muslims, they’re going to force me into the political arena” (cbsnews.com)submitted 2 hours ago by loading…
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A cartoon in the Australian depicting starving Indians chopping up and eating solar panels sent to the developing nation in an attempt to curb carbon emissions has been condemned as “unequivocally racist”.
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Eevee with her pom poms. : cats
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Thousands in Brazil Demand President’s Impeachment | Al Jazeera America
Thousands of Brazilians marched Sunday to demand that Congress impeach President Dilma Rousseff, whose government is plagued by an overwhelming corruption scandal and a dismal economy.
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Inside the tiny house revolution : environment
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Inside the tiny house revolution
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Skittles would like to wish everyone a happy holiday! : cats
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Twitter warns of state-sponsored attacks for first time – Al Jazeera English
Twitter has issued an alert to some users warning them that state-sponsored hackers may have tried to obtain sensitive data from their accounts, the company said.
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For Cole and Alison, most of this season has been about moving on with their lives, away from the place where they first fell apart.
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Conflict creates drama, but relationships create emotional stakes. Into The Badlands finally earns some of those stakes in “Snake Creeps Down,” its best episode yet.
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The Perfect Murder Begins With an ‘Affair’: Season 2, Episode 11 Recap – The Daily Beast
It’s not entirely clear why the characters in The Affair don’t relay vital information to each other, but they do not. And so secrets mount up, and explosions are as common as in a badly run school chemistry lab.
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They played their ‘let women vote’ card which earned them at least one or two more presidents worth of looking the other way when it comes to human rights violations. Dont forget atheist, and women who have sex with people they arent married to.
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Men’s rights group lawsuit: Male-only draft violates Constitution | 89.3 KPCC
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My dad is a fire fighter for our city. He saved this little guy the other day : aww
My dad is a fire fighter for our city. He saved this little guy the other day (imgur.com) Oh no poor guy! Thank god he was in his crate at the time!
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Men’s rights group lawsuit: Male-only draft violates Constitution : politics
Nice that they’re finally joining organizations like NOW in calling the draft gender-biased and calling for the inclusion of women. They’re not wrong. So let’s abolish the draft.
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My cat looks like Toothless : pics
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My cat looks like Toothless via /r/pics https://t.co/VLwr6NPtsg https://t.co/E2eahVZejr https://t.co/C9Oxpehwnl
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BBC reporter manhandled outside Pu Zhiqiang trial – BBC News
The BBC’s John Sudworth has been pushed away by security officials outside the court where one of China’s most prominent human rights lawyers went on trial. Pu Zhiqiang, who is accused of “inciting ethnic hatred” and “picking quarrels and provoking …
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The boom is over, long live the boom. Such was the central message at the launch of Malcolm Turnbull’s national innovation and science agenda last week.
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Night Rider – Light Trails & Milky Way in Utah [2048×1368] [OC] https://t.co/wKm6utcxrT https://t.co/JVd8XijjZY
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Simon & Schuster is crowdsourcing a book for people who love Taylor Swift · Newswire · The A.V. Club
Iconic publisher Simon & Schuster has hit upon a way to revolutionize literature: It’s going to crowdsource a book about Taylor Swift.
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Two Southern California Mosques Vandalized | Al Jazeera America
Vandals spray-painted graffiti at two mosques in the Southern California city of Hawthorne and left a device that looked like a hand grenade in the driveway of one of the mosques on Sunday, prompting police and the FBI to investigate both incidents …
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My girl. via /r/cats https://t.co/yxR2tbwg5W https://t.co/SPJHOINTfT https://t.co/0EfAfnZ5xO
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My girl. via /r/cats https://t.co/yxR2tbwg5W https://t.co/SPJHOINTfT https://t.co/0EfAfnZ5xO
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Alibaba to pay $266m for HK’s South China Morning Post – BBC News
Chinese internet giant Alibaba will pay HK$2.06bn ($266m; £175m) for Hong Kong newspaper South China Morning Post. The newspaper group revealed the sale price in a statement filed to the Hong Kong stock exchange. The deal was announced on Friday.
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Okay, now I’m just angry. The over dramatic soap operatics, I’ll take. The extra villainous holiday-themed turn, I’ll live with. But wasting the divine Kelly Bishop on a throwaway mother role? That’s unforgivable, Flesh And Bone.
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Governments will need to move faster and find more money to meet “ambitious” targets of cutting pollution in Great Barrier Reef waters, a Queensland government taskforce has found.
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Is there any drama on television better at turning shit into sugar than Homeland? The only consistent thing about season five is its inconsistency, its pattern of jolting back to life in the most suspenseful, thrilling way after appearing to wander …
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Yule loaf via /r/Catloaf https://t.co/86tXpVjw5P https://t.co/cCyztxcm3F https://t.co/BZBlGAEmJE
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Yule loaf via /r/Catloaf https://t.co/86tXpVjw5P https://t.co/cCyztxcm3F https://t.co/BZBlGAEmJE
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Science fiction has been huge this year with books like Aurora by Kim Stanley Robinson and movies like The Martian. NPR takes a look at the new crop of science fiction stories that shoot for realism.
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twilight at grand haven [oc][1347×900] : SkyPorn
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Catloaf for Christmas : Catloaf
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Republicans on Campaign Trail Largely Ignore the Climate Deal https://t.co/NmnzBUvdB6 https://t.co/JztPGd8GRZ via /r/environment
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The Sikh who cracks turban jokes to fight stereotypes – BBC News
Dalbir Singh believes humour has the power to challenge stereotypes. And that’s what he has been doing through his Facebook page SikhPark, which is loosely based on the popular animated series SouthPark.
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The Taliban hunters – BBC News
Pakistanis have long been among the world’s biggest victims of terrorism, with only Iraq and Afghanistan suffering more fatalities as a result of terror attacks in recent years. For more than a decade the tribal belt in Northern Pakistan has been th…
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EU resists Russian overtures on Ukraine – BBC News
When Russia began air strikes in Syria in September, it said it was fighting terrorism, targeting so-called Islamic State (IS) fighters. But Moscow also had geopolitics in mind.
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Star Wars: Finding girl power among the ‘boy toys’ – BBC News
Female action heroes are reaching new heights in blockbusters like Star Wars: The Force Awakens, but there is one place where their power has hit a wall – the toy aisle. This release of Star Wars: The Force Awakens will be a massive event taking ove…
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Fosun founder Guo Guangchang appears in public – BBC News
Guo Guangchang, the high-profile Chinese tycoon detained by police late last week, appeared at his company’s annual meeting in Shanghai on Monday. It was the Fosun International chairman’s first public event since he was reported missing late last w…
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Welcome to The A.V. Club’s Transparent binge-watch. From Friday, December 11 through Sunday, December 13, A.V. Club contributor Shelby Fero will be watching and reviewing every episode of Transparent’s second season.
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Republicans on Campaign Trail Largely Ignore the Climate Deal : environment
Republicans on Campaign Trail Largely Ignore the Climate Deal (nytimes.com)submitted 16 minutes ago by loading…
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Integrated Energy Storage in the United States: Falling storage costs offer new opportunities for investment, but barriers to deployment remain. (americanprogress.org)
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Climate deal: the pistol has fired, so why aren’t we running? | Bill McKibben : environment
Climate deal: the pistol has fired, so why aren’t we running? | Bill McKibben (theguardian.com)
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The Fate of the World Changed in Paris—But by How Much? | The Nation
Thanks a lot, Republicans.
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Review and preview of ‘Childhood’s End’
Imagine there’s no war, no famine, no crime, no income equality … but at what price? Review/preview: Childhood’s End Channel: Syfy—Starts December 14 at 8/7c Author: Arthur C. Clarke, adapted by Matthew Graham Follow Matthew on Twitter
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Putin Puts Heroic Female Pilot On Trial – The Daily Beast
MOSCOW — The Russian trial of a Ukrainian pilot, Nadiya Savchenko, was interrupted for a break because the prosecutor felt sick, RIA Novosti reported on Wednesday. The accused, on the other hand, was doing just fine.
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I suppose we all knew it would come to this: Brooklyn Nine-Nine had to do a Die Hard episode eventually. The first season would have been too early—the characters weren’t as developed yet.
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Greg Hunt says overseas emissions credits will ‘probably’ be allowed | Environment | The Guardian
The Turnbull government will “probably” allow emission reduction permits to be bought from overseas, giving Australia flexibility to increase the targets it pledged at the Paris climate conference, Greg Hunt has predicted.
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The richest 20 individuals alone own more wealth than the entire bottom half of the U.S. population. (berniesanders.com) What would happen, hypothetically, if you took the wealth of those 20 people and gave it to the bottom 50%.
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This is Bosco our new family member : aww
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Deadly Blast in Northwest Pakistan | Al Jazeera America
Parachinar local government official Riaz Hussain said Sunday’s blast targeted crowds at a market. “The death toll has reached 24 and 70 are wounded,” said Amjad Ali Khan, the political head of Kurram Agency. Parachinar is the capital of Kurram, and…
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I ‘Trolled’ Trump At A Frank Luntz Focus Group – The Daily Beast
How do you troll America’s biggest troll? For Michael Wille, a former Mitt Romney campaign staffer, the opportunity came for when he saw an ad on Facebook to get involved with a Donald Trump focus group led by Republican pollster Frank Luntz.
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African food: The next gastronomic trend? – BBC News
African food is widely available in London and Paris with their large African populations and historic ties to the continent. Peter Okwoche, a self-confessed gourmet and BBC presenter from Nigeria, has been finding out if it has a wider appeal.
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Facebook group seeks justice for a man tortured to death by police – BBC News
In Luxor – the ancient Egyptian city that draws thousands of tourists each year – a Facebook campaign has prompted the arrest of nine police officers accused of torturing a man to death. Talaat Shabib used to work in a bazaar for tourists.
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The employees shut inside coffins – BBC News
South Korea has one of the highest suicide rates in the world, and workers often report feeling stressed. So in order to make people appreciate life, some companies are making employees take part in their own pretend funerals.
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China football revolution can be a financial game changer – BBC News
When Chinese investors recently decided to acquire a 13% stake in Manchester City’s parent firm, it put the country’s renewed interest in football firmly in the spotlight. The world’s second largest economy has never been a football powerhouse, qual…
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Welcome to The A.V. Club’s Transparent binge-watch. From Friday, December 11 through Sunday, December 13, A.V. Club contributor Shelby Fero will be watching and reviewing every episode of Transparent’s second season.
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I found a girl wearing that White and Gold Dress in Just Cause 3 : gaming
I found a girl wearing that White and Gold Dress in Just Cause 3 (i.imgur.com)submitted 3 minutes ago by loading…
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L.A.’s Shocking Cop Shooting Video – The Daily Beast
Police say the father of three pointed a gun at cops and held onto it even as they shot him down. But relatives are questioning why Los Angeles County deputies continued spraying the man with bullets, even as he crawled away.
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China rights lawyer Pu Zhiqiang to go on trial – BBC News
One of China’s most prominent human rights lawyers, who has been in detention since May 2014, is set to stand trial in a Beijing court. Pu Zhiqiang is facing charges of “inciting ethnic hatred” and “picking quarrels and provoking trouble”.
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Cosmonaut Gennady Padalka: ‘Reaching orbit is emotional and intense’ – BBC News
On Tuesday, Tim Peake will become the first British astronaut to fly to the International Space Station (ISS). He will spend six months on the ISS on his first ever mission.
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Isolated Pacific islands get Christmas presents by parachute | World news | The Guardian
Australian, Japanese and US air force planes are dropping food and toys on remote atolls in the Pacific as part of the US military’s longest-running humanitarian relief mission. The packages will support 20,000 people across 56 islands in Micronesia…
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Panthers were killing the Falcons so bad… : sports
Picture/VideoPanthers were killing the Falcons so bad… (i.imgur.com) sighhh.. from 5-0 to 6-7. So much disappointment.
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Pandora CFO Mike Herring has an idea about what’s wrong with the music industry, and he’s pretty sure it’s not Pandora or most of the music-streaming sites like it.
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Environmental Peace Ecology is out! https://t.co/HdBsa92aYN
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Mexico City bar murders: Two more men jailed for killings – BBC News
A judge in Mexico City has sentenced two men to 520 years in prison for the kidnap and murder of 13 young people at a bar in the city two years ago.The victims’ bodies were found in a grave outside the city after family members organised large stree…
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Australian teen pleads guilty to terror charge – BBC News
An Australian teenager detained during raids in Melbourne in May has pleaded guilty to a terror-related charge. The 17-year-old boy pleaded guilty to engaging in an act in preparation for, or planning, a terrorist act between 25 April and 8 May this…
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NHS hooks up with dating app Tinder on organ donations – BBC News
The NHS has partnered with dating app Tinder to raise awareness about organ donations. The app is used to find people a good personality match but for the next fortnight it will also encourage users to become a donor.
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Dispossessed in the Land of Dreams | New Republic
Sometime in July 2012, Suzan Russaw and her husband, James, received a letter from their landlord asking them to vacate their $800-a-month one-bedroom apartment in Palo Alto, California. He gave them 60 days to leave.
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The Neuroscience of Jedi Mind Tricks – YouTube
These aren’t the droids you’re looking for. But it is the video you’re looking for! Jedi mind tricks are one of the most interesting incarnations of the Force. They seem almost magical. However, in this video, we see that Jedi mind tricks are more f…
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How To Plan For Your Startup’s Gruesome Demise | TechCrunch
Having children is one of the happiest moments most people will ever enjoy, but it’s also when you need to first think the most seriously about death.
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Raiders battle past Broncos as Packers down Cowboys | Sport | The Guardian
Khalil Mack had five sacks of Brock Osweiler, including one in the end zone for a safety, and Derek Carr bounced back from an awful first half to lead the Oakland Raiders past the Denver Broncos 15-12 on Sunday.
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Naomi Klein: Climate Change Will Destroy These Countries-in Paris, vulnerable nations are being forced to accept unconscionable terms to stay in existence. (thenation.com)
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America’s backslide into a vile and overt bigotry
Much of this was detailed in Supreme Court Justice Lewis Powell’s infamous Powell Manifesto, which was written before he became a Supreme Court justice. Think tanks designed to mislead, like the Heritage Foundation, are a reality.
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WASHINGTON — As President Obama faced public criticism over his Oval Office address on terrorism this month, one lawmaker took a private moment during a holiday party at the White House to reassure the commander in chief. “That was a good speech you…
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Near Upland in California [OC] [4320×2432] : EarthPorn
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Star Wars fans set for world premiere in Los Angeles – BBC News
The premiere of the latest in the Star Wars franchise, The Force Awakens, takes place in Los Angeles later. The film, the seventh in the series, has reunited original stars including Harrison Ford, Mark Hamill and Carrie Fisher.
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What happens when all the culture capital is concentrated in one place? Take Brooklyn, which the New York Observer called “a zone of infestation, not only of novelists but reporters, pundits, poets, and those often closeted scribblers who call thems…
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South Africa: David van Rooyen fired and Pravin Gordhan hired – BBC News
South African President Jacob Zuma has replaced newly appointed Finance Minister David van Rooyen with the more experienced Pravin Gordhan in a surprise Sunday night announcement.
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Syria, before and after : pics
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US town rejects solar panels amid fears they ‘suck up all the energy from the sun’ : environment
US town rejects solar panels amid fears they ‘suck up all the energy from the sun’ (independent.co.uk)submitted 3 hours ago by loading…
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Insiders Recount Efforts to Save North Face Founder
Five days after a kayaking accident claimed the life of Doug Tompkins—devoted conservationist and founder of the iconic outdoor equipment company The North Face—a fuller picture of the incident on General Carrera Lake in southern Chile is emerging.
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Will Ferrell Returns To ‘SNL’ As George W Bush, Mocks Trump – Digg
43 diggs hulu.com Entertainment Election 2016 Funny TV Since Jeb can’t seem to get the job done, Dubya only has one choice: Join the race and fix the Republican roster. MORE: Larry David nails his Bernie Sanders impression.
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North Carolina citizenry defeat pernicious Big Solar plan to suck up the Sun | Ars Technica
The citizens of Woodland, N.C. have spoken loud and clear: They don’t want none of them highfalutin solar panels in their good town. They scare off the kids. “All the young people are going to move out,” warned Bobby Mann, a local resident concerned…
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Check a City’s Smog Level In Real Time With This Interactive Map
Air pollution is a health problem in a lot of cities, but certain days are definitely worse than others. This interactive map lets you check always-up-to-date local air reports for cities all over the world.
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Rubio Outlines Plan To End Marriage Equality : politics
Ladies and gentleman, your ‘moderate’ alternative who will unite the country. CHUCK TODD: But it’s done now. Are you going to work to overturn it?
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Donald Trump Is Helping the Terrorists Win – POLITICO Magazine
American politics are undermining American national security. In their jockeying for the Republican presidential nomination, GOP contenders—Donald Trump above all—have managed to exacerbate dramatically the two U.S. weaknesses most likely to erode o…
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So awesome. Best gas station sighting ever. : pics
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To truly love the ‘Star Wars’ prequels, stop watching them
Think of a film. One you’ve seen—The Conversation, for example. You remember it stars Gene Hackman; maybe that Robert Duvall is in there for a hot minute. If you fancy yourself a cinephile, you might know it was directed by Francis Ford Coppola; you…
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[1428×2322] Autumn Sky in Southwest Michigan [OC] : SkyPorn
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Fact-Checking the Sunday Shows: December 13 – The Daily Beast
Donald Trump stood by his call to ban Muslims from the country under tough questioning from two interviewers Sunday, claiming even though his Muslim friends don’t agree with the ban they do agree that something needs to be done to fight terrorism.
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2015 Nikon Small World in Motion Competition – First Place – YouTube
Trachelius ciliate feeding on a Campanella ciliate- Wim van Egmond
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Yosemite Valley from above [1500×1000][OC] : EarthPorn
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Some street art in London : pics
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How the Star Wars Planets Stack Up Against Our Own
Galaxies far far away often seem much more exciting than this one: fascist Empires ruled by ancient sorcery cults, giant space slugs, endless disposable droids. But when you get down to it, many of the planets in the Star Wars universe aren’t so dif…
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The ‘market’ has failed on pharmaceutical drugs—epically. Time for government to act
Did you know that the Senate held hearings December 9 on the outrageous, overnight price increases we’ve seen in recent months on certain pharmaceutical drugs? Yes, yes, the Senators talked a good game.
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The 12 Best-Sounding Headphones For Everyone On Your Nice List | TechCrunch
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Love Actually’s Saddest Plot Just Got a Lot More Depressing | Vanity Fair
With its romantic dashes through the airport, Portuguese wedding proposals, and late-night cue card-assisted declarations, it’s easy to think of Love Actually as a happy, sappy, heart-warming holiday love-fest.
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Saudi Arabia Canyonlands : Image of the Day
Crews aboard the International Space Station are trained to use low sun angles to add a three-dimensional effect to flat landscapes, a skill that is well illustrated by this image of central Saudi Arabia.
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Cotton Is Piling Up at Warehouses Around the World – Bloomberg Business
There’s enough cotton sitting in global warehouses to make more than 127 billion T-shirts, or 17 for each person on the planet. That’s bad news for investors betting prices will rise.
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Stuff a Raspberry Pi Into a PlayStation One for Kitschy, Fun Case Mod
People love stuffing Raspberry Pi’s into all kinds of retro game consoles, but the PlayStation hasn’t seen much love. Over on Pi Supply, they show you how to wire in a Pi to a PlayStation console.
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Why I can’t stop putting dildos into the hands of powerful conservatives — Medium
There have been so many gun massacres of late it’s difficult to recount them all. Increasingly, they’re striking closer and closer to home for me as well. Just a couple months ago, a shooting happened on an Oregon college campus a few hours from whe…
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The State Of Robotics For 2015 | TechCrunch
While faulty hoverboards are setting themselves ablaze to celebrate Christmas, robots are gradually moving from labs to news reports to entering our daily lives.
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The Real Reason We Should Be Thinking About Sustainability | TechCrunch
When I hear such vague platitudes, I think to myself, what does that even mean? Does the person saying it even know? Probably not. Right or wrong, I’m a business-minded pragmatist. I don’t think in platitudes. I think about what will drive business …
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Old age was the subject on many minds at a screening Dec. 3 for “45 Years,” a movie starring the ’60s “It” girl, Charlotte Rampling. At 69, Ms. Rampling may no longer be the ravishing sex symbol who posed nude on a table for Helmut Newton, inspiring…
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Slack Is Launching A New Way To Download Third-Party Apps | TechCrunch
We’ve heard from sources that Slack, the super-hot collaborative communication startup, is launching a new way to download third-party apps. This would be a big move for the startup, valued at $2.
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Saudi Arabia Elects 17 Women | Al Jazeera America
Saudi Arabians voted 17 women into public office in municipal elections in the conservative Islamic kingdom on Saturday, the first to allow female participation, a state-aligned news site reported on Sunday.
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Fatal Shooting by Los Angeles County Deputies | Al Jazeera America
A close-up from security footage showed 28-year-old Nicholas Robertson stretched out on the ground with a gun in his hand. He died at the scene Saturday morning in the south Los Angeles suburb of Lynwood.
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Mike & Molly has reportedly been canceled · Newswire · The A.V. Club
As reported by Variety, Mike & Molly’s Rondi Reed posted an update on Facebook a few days ago claiming that CBS had canceled the series, with the final episode set to finish taping near the end of January.
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Wildlife watching from a wintery lane: Country diary 100 years ago | Environment | The Guardian
Mud, thick and sticky, was pleasantly veiled by the beautiful snow; then came the partial thaw followed by sharp frost.
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True Love Tinder Robot demo on Vimeo
A first demonstration showing how the robot works. It’s reading inputs from our tester’s body to determine whether or not to swipe right.
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Don’t talk about Star Wars spoilers on your way out of the theater | The Verge
Disney has done a mostly excellent job of avoiding any and all spoilers ahead of the release of Star Wars: The Force Awakens on Friday, meaning that we’re all set to be blown away by what the movie has to offer. However, it’s everyone for themselves…
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France’s Far-Right Kept Out of Power, But Leader Touts Party’s ‘Inexorable Rise’ | VICE News
After winning more votes than any other party in the the first round of regional elections last week in France, exit polls suggest that Marine Le Pen’s far-right, anti-immigration National Front party failed to win any regions and was kept out of po…
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The man shot dead by Los Angeles County sheriff’s deputies in a controversial police shooting was armed, acting erratically and presented a threat to police and bystanders, officials said on Sunday.
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Protesters flood Brazil’s Copacabana beach – BBC News
Protests have been held in several cities in Brazil to call for the impeachment of President Dilma Rousseff. They are the first anti-government demonstrations since Congress opened an impeachment motion against the president two weeks ago.
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Twitter warns of government ‘hacking’ – BBC News
Twitter has sent warnings to a number of users that their accounts may have been hacked by “state-sponsored actors”. It is the first time that the social media company has issued such a warning.
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Should Tech Companies Be Subject To The Fourth Amendment? | TechCrunch
In the wake of the San Bernardino shootings, Sen. Dianne Feinstein, D-Calif., re-introduced a bill that would require social media companies and other online services to contact the authorities when they have “actual knowledge” of terrorist activiti…
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A Big-Screen Star Who’s More Of A Sphere: Meet BB-8 : NPR
In preparation for the new Star Wars film, NPR’s Michel Martin speaks with franchise fan and podcaster Mike Pilot about a new name you might hear next week — BB-8, a droid in the new film.
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How Should The Media Cover Donald Trump? : NPR
Donald Trump has earned headlines — and, in some circles, ire — for incendiary comments throughout his presidential campaign. Recently, Trump called for a ban on Muslims entering the U.S.
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Julian Assange to be questioned by Sweden – BBC News
Ecuador has agreed to allow Wikileaks founder Julian Assange to be questioned by the Swedish authorities at the Ecuadorean embassy in London. Mr Assange took refuge there three years ago to avoid extradition to Sweden on charges of sexual assault ag…
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French far-right flops at regional election runoff – Al Jazeera English
Estimates showed France’s far-right National Front (FN) failed to win a single region in the second round of elections on Sunday, despite record results in the first.
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Watch Ominous ‘Independence Day: Resurgence’ Trailer | Rolling Stone
One of the biggest sci-fi epics of the Nineties will return in 2016 as Independence Day: Resurgence, the sequel of the alien invasion film that helped redefine the summer blockbuster, will hit multiplexes next summer.
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An Expedition To The Moon Goes Wrong In Rocketship X-M
For this weekend’s Sunday Matinee, we’re going to the moon in 1950’s Rocketship X-M! A mission to the moon goes wrong when the expedition of four men and one woman ends up on Mars instead.
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After Historic Gains, French National Party Falls Short In Second-Round Elections : NPR
Exit polls for the regional elections in France on Sunday show the far-right National Front party has not succeeded in taking control of some of the major regions of the country.
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In Omaha, Neb., A Dream Of A Shared Religious Space : NPR
Leaders from the Tri-Faith Initiative in Omaha, Neb., speak about their ongoing effort to build an inter-faith community between the city’s Jewish, Christian and Muslim congregations.
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Picture This: Frederick Douglass Was The Most Photographed Man Of His Time : NPR
The abolitionist wanted to ensure a more accurate depiction of black Americans during the tumultuous years before the Civil War, Harvard’s John Stauffer writes in Picturing Frederick Douglass.
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Prince Drops A Surprise New Album : NPR
On Saturday, Prince released an album with no warning. Hit ‘n’ Run: Phase Two can be accessed via the streaming service Tidal.
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Remembering A Native American Actor, Activist, Musician And Poet : NPR
John Trudell, a leading advocate of Native American rights, passed away on Tuesday.
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Next Week In Politics: Previewing The Republican Debate : NPR
This week brings the first Republican presidential debate since the attacks in Paris and San Bernardino focused the race on rhetoric around security, ISIS, refugees and Muslims.
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No Warp Drives, No Transporters: Science Fiction Authors Get Real : NPR
Movie screens are thundering with futuristic stories this year, from the final installment of The Hunger Games to The Martian. Both films started as books — The Martian originally self-published — but it’s The Martian that taps into an intriguing tr…
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The Freddie Gray Trial Asks: What Happened Inside That Van? : NPR
In Baltimore, closing arguments are slated to begin on Monday in the case of the first of six officer to be tried for the death of Freddie Gray. We get a recap of the trial so far.
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BBC Sport – Villarreal 1-0 Real Madrid
Real Madrid are five points behind leaders Barcelona and Atletico Madrid after losing to Villarreal in a wasteful performance. The hosts scored early when Luka Modric lost possession and Cedric Bakambu found Roberto Soldado to place the ball through…
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Disney will NOT calm the fuck down : pics
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Your Sweaty Palms Tell This Tinder Bot to Swipe Left or Right | Motherboard
For as long as love and smartphones have intersected, humans have quantified romance. That hilarious and sometimes truly depressing saga has another chapter—a skin-sensing robot that lets your body say if that Tinder match is a keeper or a hard pass.
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NFL round-up: Bengals lose Dalton and game to Steelers as Panthers roll on | Sport | The Guardian
Andy Dalton hurt his right thumb while making a tackle on his interception, and the Pittsburgh Steelers roughed up backup AJ McCarron while pulling away to a 33-20 victory over the Cincinnati Bengals that left the AFC North up for grabs.
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Watch Han Solo Contender Kurt Russell and Princess Leia Fan Tina Fey Reenact Star Wars | Vanity Fair
As is often the case with Hollywood actors who find themselves sharing space on Graham Norton’s bright red couch, Tina Fey and Kurt Russell don’t appear to have much in common.
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Official Trailer – Independence Day: Resurgence : movies
JEFF GOLDBLUM! But… why? Like, I know they’ll probably have a new plan this time, but last time you fucked them up with a thrown together computer virus and a suicide bomber.
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Are Libyan factions being forced to sign a UN deal? – Al Jazeera English
The two rival groups have been vying for control of the country for months. This has left a vacuum that has been filled by an increasingly powerful local branch of the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL).
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How Fargo’s midwestern UFOs became pop culture’s “realest” alien depiction | Ars Technica
By now everyone knows Fargo’s famous disclaimer—”This is a true story.” The Coen Brothers’ 1996 classic starts the same way each episode of the TV series it inspired on FX does, but just because something is true doesn’t mean it can’t get a little f…
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LA Sheriff’s Office Responds to Video of Deputies Shooting Man As He Crawls Away | VICE News
VICE News is closely watching policing in America. Check out the Officer Involved blog here Police in Southern California are facing scrutiny after dramatic video footage emerged that appears to show two white officers repeatedly shooting a black ma…
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Climate, health and opportunity | Environment | The Guardian
Actions to help climate change do not always help air pollution. One conflict area is wood heating. This is becoming increasingly popular across Europe as a low carbon fuel but it produces a lot of air pollution. This is especially true of open fire…
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Ben Jennings on Conservatives’ green energy policy – cartoon | Opinion | The Guardian
Illustration: Ben Jennings
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French Far Right Defeated in Second Voting Round | Al Jazeera America
Marine Le Pen’s far-right National Front collapsed in French regional elections Sunday after dominating the first round of voting last week, according to exit polls.
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Even Apple doesn’t want to use Final Cut Pro X | The Verge
More than four years after its release, Final Cut Pro X is still seen as a blight on the video editing industry. To quote The Verge’s own video director Tom Connors, “I was so heartbroken by it.” But it’s one thing for video editors out in the world…
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Which rectangle is darker? / Boing Boing
“For great art, you have to perceive the object, the situation, and watch the everyday lighting,” 3D painter Stefan Pabst told Booooooom. “You have to see something like you did the very first time you saw it, with a complete open mind, like a child…
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Good morning. In less than two minutes, you’ll have finished watching the trailer for Independence Day: Resurgence, a sequel to the beloved-ish sci-fi classic from 1996. Next year, 20th Century Fox will be launching what could be the biggest sequel …
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Senator Ted Cruz of Texas at a campaign stop in Johnston, Iowa, last week.
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We Always Knew They’d Come Back: Here’s The Trailer For Independence Day Resurgence
Jeff Goldblum spent 20 years getting the planet ready after Earth was first invaded: now, the aliens are back. The first trailer for Independence Day: Resurgence has arrived! The trailer for this looks like it’ll be quite a bit of fun, with all the …
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That Mystery Science 3000 Theater Kickstarter Just Set A New Record
After introducing a whole bunch of neat cast members such as Patton Oswalt, Jonah Ray, Felicia Day, the Mystery Science 3000 has ended, raising a record-breaking $5.76 million dollars. In addition to the Kickstarter, Joel Hodgson was able to raise $…
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Remember Your Dreams by Writing About Them Like Stories
If you want to remember your dreams, a dream journal is the way to go. However, if you have trouble recounting your dreams as you’re writing, try writing in present tense, like it’s a story that’s happening to you right now.
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Get the world’s smallest camera drone and a 2GB micro sd card for just $35 / Boing Boing
This tiny drone is a mighty flyer. Four fast blades make Cheerson’s new quadcopter omni-directional, which in layman’s terms means it can dip, dash, zip, spin, and flip anywhere you tell it to via remote control.
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Pee-Powered Microbial Fuel Cell Socks Are Here To Save Wearable Technology | Motherboard
How’s this for a truly excellent journal article title? “Self-sufficient Wireless Transmitter Powered by Foot-pumped Urine Operating Wearable MFC.”
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Bad reviews for Taser documentary on Amazon, iTunes seem to come from Taser employees | Ars Technica
One of the best bits of the modern world is the way that anything you buy online inevitably comes with a bunch of user reviews telling you why your purchase does or doesn’t suck.
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Here’s How Uber Is Trying to Get Out of a Huge Lawsuit | Mother Jones
For the past two years, car-hailing app Uber has tried several legal maneuvers to quash an ongoing class action lawsuit filed by a number of its drivers in California.
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Most Americans Aren’t Middle Class Anymore : politics
This doesn’t seem like a bad thing. According to the article, almost twice as many people moved up out of the middle class than dropped out of it into a lower class (7% moved into the higher bracket, only 4% fell into lower bracket).
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Iowa:”On the Democratic side, Hillary Clinton leads with 50% support — ahead of Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders’ 36% and former Maryland Gov. Martin O’Malley’s 5%.” (cnn.com) Wait O’Malley is at 5% ? That’s surprisingly high.
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Taylor Swift Will Launch A Concert Documentary Exclusively On Apple Music | TechCrunch
After a series of back-and-forths between Apple and Taylor Swift over royalties, a near-break up between the superstar and Apple Music and a final mea culpa between the two, Swift is now planning on releasing a documentary for her 1989 concert tour …
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Air Strikes in Damascus Suburbs Kill Dozens | Al Jazeera America
Intense air and missile strikes on a school district and other areas in insurgent-held Damascus suburbs killed dozens of people on Sunday, including children, a monitoring group and local rescue workers said.
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Islamabad’s Christian slums face demolition – Al Jazeera English
Plans to demolish a Christian-majority slum “to protect the beauty of Islam” in Pakistan’s capital were put on hold after a stay-order was issued by the Supreme Court.
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LPT: If you know someone who considers themselves an aficiando of something, do not attempt to gift them that something. (self.LifeProTips) As an example, my sister gifted my SO and I a wine membership last year for Christmas (one of the many you se…
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The Voting Rights Act at 50: Seven reforms to protect and expand voting rights
August 6 marked the 50th anniversary of one of the most revolutionary pieces of legislation this country has ever seen: The Voting Rights Act. However—as many journalists and activists have noted—the VRA is under constant threat from those who stand…
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The Independence Day: Resurgence trailer is here to light up your Sunday. Two of the most critically beloved movies of 2015—Mad Max: Fury Road and Creed—were long-delayed sequels that seemed, at first glance, to be terribly risky concepts.
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Stage set for final GOP debate of 2015 – Trump, Carson, Cruz, Rubio, Bush, Fiorina, Christie, Kasich, and Paul. (cnn.com)
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The Only Thing They’re Selling is Fear – The Daily Beast
So, I hit the 10 o’clock Mass yesterday at Blessed Sacrament on West 71st in Manhattan. There were about 500 people there. Many were young couples with small children.
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Turkmenistan launches $10bn gas pipeline to South Asia – Al Jazeera English
Leaders from Afghanistan, Pakistan and India joined the President of Turkmenistan on Sunday in a breaking ground ceremony for a major natural gas pipeline that could help ease energy deficits in South Asia.
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American Horror Story actor Rose Siggins dies at 43 | US news | The Guardian
The actor Rose Siggins, who was known as the “woman with a half a body” after she lost her legs to a rare genetic disorder early in life, has died at age 43, her agent said on Sunday.
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Watch the Beautiful ‘Death Throes’ of a Single-Celled Organism | Motherboard
In the world of microscopic organisms, the phrase “eat or be eaten” still applies. One episode of this miniature world captured recently shows the dying throes of a single-celled organism called a ciliate, as it is devoured by a larger predator call…
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Dwayne Johnson is making a TV show about the NFL draft · Newswire · The A.V. Club
According to Variety, Dwayne “From HBO’s Ballers” Johnson is developing another TV show about football.
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Sheets of pouring rain made for treacherous driving and one person was injured in an accident on Highway 101 that blocked all lanes near San Rafael, north of San Francisco, the California Highway Patrol (CHP) said.
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In the late 20th century, those who stood against globalisation were charged with swimming against an unstoppable tide, caricatured as “Stop the world, I wanna get off!” But in the 21st century, history is running with the anti-globalisers.
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On the Charts: Adele’s ’25’ Breezes Past 5 Million Copies Sold | Rolling Stone
On the Charts: Adele’s ’25’ Breezes Past 5 Million Copies Sold Coldplay’s streak of four consecutive Number One albums ends as ‘A Head Full of Dreams’ can’t topple ’25’
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The first trailer for Independence Day: Resurgence has arrived | The Verge
Sunday football fans just got a surprise look at the first trailer for next year’s Independence Day: Resurgence. Starring Jeff Goldblum and Bill Paxton, the film will show the alien threat from the original film returning with full force to Earth.
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The world needs an African Game of Thrones | The Verge
Epic fantasy needs to leave medieval Europe. At least, that’s what Marlon James, author of the Man Booker Prize-winning novel A Brief History of Seven Killings, thinks.
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The Latest Trailer For Sherlock’s Victorian Special Shows Off Its Abominable Bride
There’s a new trailer for Sherlock’s Victorian special out, and it shows off a whole bunch of new things, including its titular bride! This looks exciting, because there’s the potential for a supernatural tilt to this story.
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There’s something off-putting about Simpsons episodes that end on a serious note.
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A wave of bitter satisfaction swept over much of the internet last week – feminist Twitter in particular – when video footage from the trial of serial rapist Daniel Holtzclaw appeared online.
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Date Night Movies Helps Couples Find a Film They Can Both Enjoy
Every couple has had to deal with the problem of what movie to watch at least once. You want this one, they want that one, and neither want to budge. Date Night Movies finds peace by picking a third movie that’s somewhere in the middle. The site is …
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BBC Sport – Atletico Madrid 2-1 Athletic Bilbao
Atletico Madrid moved level with Barcelona at the top of La Liga thanks to Antoine Griezmann’s spectacular winner at home to Athletic Bilbao. Aymeric Laporte’s goal from a corner put Bilbao ahead but Atletico equalised through Saul Niguez’s header i…
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Australian comedy Please Like Me closes out a stellar season with suffocating honesty – Vox
Australian comedy Please Like Me closes out a stellar season with suffocating honesty https://t.co/hBwcAVLzWz https://t.co/lZqKEikQsk
Two couples and a fidgety woman glance at each other with increasing tension. They’re gathered together in a glass vestibule on a slowly rotating wheel, the city stretching out underneath them, but they’re still nowhere near the bottom. -
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Protesters Are in Agreement as Well: Pact Is Too Weak : environment
Protesters Are in Agreement as Well: Pact Is Too Weak (nytimes.com)submitted 17 minutes ago by loading…
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Taylor Swift is Releasing a Surprise Concert Doc | Vanity Fair
Do you know what today is? If you just said “Sunday,” or “my mom’s birthday, I love her so much,” or “the day I’m finally going to go outside,” shame on you.
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As soon as the Golden Globes announced that they had nominated friends Jennifer Lawrence and Amy Schumer in the same category, awards season got much more interesting. It really doesn’t matter if either of the talented women win that night; they’ve …
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Are Apps The New Gurus? The Rise Of Self-Help Tech | TechCrunch
The way we do everything has been turned upside down: how we read, how we communicate, how we get from point A to point B, how we eat and how we get help when we need it.
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Benedict Anderson, Man Without a Country | New Republic
Benedict Anderson, who died yesterday at age 79 in Malang, Indonesia, is internationally famous for his 1983 book Imagined Communities, far and away the most influential study of nationalism.
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“I am very honored, but I’m not sure why I’m here,” the director of this year’s Golden Globe-nominated Trainwreck, along with comedies like Knocked Up and This Is 40, said from the stage as he accepted a Spirit of Liberty Award from People for the A…
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Dear White People, You Suck At Diversity | TechCrunch
When white people in tech open their mouths about diversity, I tend to brace myself. More often than not, it seems like they say something tone-deaf, outright offensive or lacking in an understanding of intersectionality.
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University of North Texas campus police have fatally shot a student who allegedly threatened a campus officer with an ax. University officials told the Dallas Morning News the shooting happened near the Denton campus early on Sunday.
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Stock market investors are braced for panic selling in New York and London ahead of what is expected to be the first rate rise by the US Federal Reserve since 2006.
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For Big Business Seeking CO2 Emissions Price, A Ray Of Hope From Paris – Trickzindia.com
For Big Business Seeking CO2 Emissions Price, A Ray Of Hope From Paris https://t.co/KwIGSuveK7 https://t.co/PckMbI3jca via /r/environment
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For Big Business Seeking CO2 Emissions Price, A Ray Of Hope From Paris : environment
For Big Business Seeking CO2 Emissions Price, A Ray Of Hope From Paris (trickzindia.com)submitted 4 hours ago by loading…
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Don’t Drink the Water? (An article about the climate impact of big agriculture) : environment
Don’t Drink the Water? (An article about the climate impact of big agriculture) (eichy815.tumblr.com)
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French far-right faces unexpected defeat after turnout soars – Vox
French far-right faces unexpected defeat after turnout soars https://t.co/ypHosmq2s1 https://t.co/x3Xz84l60k
France’s far-right National Front performed unexpectedly poorly in Sunday’s regional elections, securing control of exactly zero regions. -
My husky looks like a kangaroo. : aww
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France election: ‘Disappointing night for the FN’ – BBC News
France’s far-right Front National (FN) has been beaten into third place in the second round of regional elections, exit polls indicate. Early results suggest the party failed to win a single region, despite leading in six of 13 regions in the first …
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White Supremacists Are Loving Donald Trump’s Presidential Campaign | VICE News
Donald Trump’s statement last week that he would like to ban all Muslims from entering the United States was met with resounding and predictable outrage from nearly all quarters of society, with many condemning the plan as racist, unconstitutional, …
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Fire at Russian Home for the Mentally Ill Kills 23 | Al Jazeera America
The remaining 24 patients were safely evacuated, including some who had to be carried out of the building, and the four medical personnel working at the home were unhurt, they said.
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Major energy U-turn needed to meet Paris targets, government warned | Environment | The Guardian
The government has been warned that it would need a major U-turn in energy policy if it is to avoid charges of blatant hypocrisy following commitments it made in the Paris climate deal this weekend.
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Another day another TV star haircut to worry about but his time it’s not Game of Thrones or Kit Harington under scrutiny. No it’s that other popular cable show with the high body count: The Walking Dead.
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Shawn Mendes, Demi Lovato Get The Crowd Off Their Phones At Jingle Ball | Vanity Fair
Friday night’s Z100 Jingle Ball featured more than 15 acts, and there are certainly many ways to assess them; but the only metric for judging their relative merits that seemed important was the excitement level of the two tween girls sitting in the …
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How US negotiators ensured landmark Paris climate deal was Republican-proof: White House officials at COP 21 helped craft a deal congressional Republicans would not be able to stop – and the effort required major political capital (theguardian.com)s…
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Words matter: When a radical is not a radical
For years we have seen the decline of factual reporting in the American news media. Over the past 15 to 20 years we have seen the number of news outlets decline and ownership constrict to just six large companies controlling 90 percent of what Ameri…
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After months of grief and depression, parents who lost children in the 2012 schoolhouse gun slaughter in Newtown, Conn.
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Banned high school nativity show must go on with mannequins, court rules | US news | The Guardian
A high school in northern Indiana has been forced to use mannequins instead of student actors for a nativity scene, after a federal judge banned a live display that has been performed for decades.
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World Bank president celebrates ‘game changer’ Paris talks | Business | The Guardian
The president of the World Bank has hailed the deal struck in Paris on climate change as a “game changer” that will set the world on a new course of economic growth and cooperation.
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Behold the Glory of NASA’s Data-Rich 2016 Lunar Calendar Videos | Motherboard
2015 has been a spectacular year for Moon-watching. From straight-up lunar photobombs, to the extremely rare supermoon lunar eclipse in September, to the upcoming Christmas Full Moon—the first since 1977—our trusty satellite has been extra generous …
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I got away with using an iPhone to shoot professional photos | The Verge
For the first time in my career as a paid lover of technology, this October I attended a press event without a dedicated camera.
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Sanders campaign slams ‘blackout’ by corporate media : politics
Sanders needs a big name supporter like Zuckerberg. With his donations and Sander’s views on stricter emission legislation, they’d be perfect teammates. This is really sad.
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French far right ‘routed’ in key vote – 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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Republican Lawmakers Vocal In Opposition To Climate Deal : environment
Republican Lawmakers Vocal In Opposition To Climate Deal (huffingtonpost.com)submitted 21 minutes ago by loading…
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Dayton Accords: 20 years of precarious peace in Bosnia – Al Jazeera English
Sarajevo, Bosnia – It does not take much for Drazen Huterer to remember the Bosnian war. After just a few beers and a brandy, the memories come rushing back.
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Build a Super Cheap Gaming PC with Old Server Parts
You can build a pretty decent computer with a small budget. But if you really want to cut costs, the folks at Linus Tech Tips scrounged together a used server motherboard, two tandem quad-core CPUs, and 16GB of RAM for under $150.
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Video Appears to Show Texas Police Open Fire After Man Raises Arms to Surrender | VICE News
VICE News is closely watching policing in America. Check out the Officer Involved blog here.
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Justin Bieber Is Allegedly “Casually Hooking Up” With Kourtney Kardash | Vanity Fair
A mere 10 days ago, we wondered whether the Great Justin Bieber and Selena Gomez Reunion 9.0 was a lie, a diabolical plot to distract us from something much more sinister, perhaps a presidential coup of some sort.
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Ed Sheeran Quits Social Media to Travel, Work on Third LP | Rolling Stone
Ed Sheeran Quits Social Media to Travel, Work on Third LP “I’ve had such an amazing ride over the last five years but I find myself seeing the world through a screen and not my eyes,” singer tells fans
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Always very important to make close personal contact with members of the local population:
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Somehow there seems to be a pattern in this chart from the editor of PolitiFact, but I can’t quite put my finger on it:
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Mock Mass Shooting By Pro-Gun Activists Drowned Out By Farts | ThinkProgress
A “mock mass shooting” held adjacent to the campus of University of Texas at Austin was drowned out by a much larger group of counter-protesters armed with fart guns.
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[AMA Request] Nathan Fielder from Nathan for You : IAmA
Did you actually get Corey to stay in the trailer for two weeks in ‘The Hero?’ Were you filming him for the whole two weeks? It would have been amazing to see some video journals from him. What stands out as the most awkward interaction you’ve had w…
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Tennessee woman charged with attempted murder in failed abortion. According to a Murfreesboro Police Department report, in September Yocca, 31, filled a bathtub with water and attempted to self-abort with a coat hanger. She began bleeding and became…
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Crossing sign at the Culinary Institute of America. : pics
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Democrat Elected Mayor of Houston : politics
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Big news guys! Even though they’ve had a Democrat mayor for last 40 years this is a huge VICTORY! All major Texas urban areas are democratic… -
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John Kerry has rejected criticism from prominent climate scientist James Hansen that the Paris climate talks were a “fraud” and insisted the resulting deal will spur a global transition from fossil fuels towards renewable energy.
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Five People Who Shaped 2015: A Reading List : Longreads Blog
Here are five people who influenced the world in powerful ways in 2015. Over the eight months that followed [the 50th anniversary of the march at Selma], DeRay’s fame grew in a manner unprecedented for an activist.
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MRA Dilbert takes the comic strips of Scott Adams and puts actual Scott Adams quotes in as dialogue. Grimly amusing, if you’re familiar with Adams’ online persona; startlingly unpleasant if not.
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Paris Deal Accomplishes What Other Deals Could Not | Al Jazeera America
The global climate summit in Paris forged a landmark agreement on Saturday, setting the course for a historic transformation of the world’s fossil fuel-driven economy in a bid to arrest global warming. After four years of fraught U.N.
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Who’s in Tuesday’s debate? CNN doesn’t say; That arithmetic changed a little Sunday morning, when Fox News released a new poll in Iowa showing Paul at 5 percent. (politico.com)
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First Saudi Arabian women elected to councils – BBC News
Women have been elected to municipal councils in Saudi Arabia for the first time after a ban on women taking part in elections was lifted. At least four women were elected, the state-run Saudi Press Agency (SPA) reported. Other news agencies put the…
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Government Employee Pleads Guilty to Massive Sextortion Campaign | Motherboard
A State Department employee pleaded guilty to a campaign of online sexual harassment that is as widespread as it is disturbing. According to a statement released this week by the U.S. District Attorney’s office, Michael C. Ford, formerly an employee…
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Donald Trump: Hillary’s killed ‘hundreds of thousands’ – POLITICO
Trump: Hillary’s killed ‘hundreds of thousands’. https://t.co/Qs8WUQa2zm https://t.co/fs7Ji6FsLD via /r/#politics
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Trump: Hillary’s killed ‘hundreds of thousands’. : politics
Trump: Hillary’s killed ‘hundreds of thousands’. https://t.co/Qs8WUQa2zm https://t.co/fs7Ji6FsLD via /r/#politics
Trump: Hillary’s killed ‘hundreds of thousands’. (politico.com) She voted to authorize military action in Iraq… So I guess I agree with Trump now. -
Why social media doesn’t trump TV news | Media | The Guardian
Jeremy Corbyn and Donald Trump may be poles apart politically, but their rise to prominence this year has united those who believe the mainstream media just doesn’t matter any more.
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Taylor Swift is releasing her world tour documentary exclusively on Apple Music | The Verge
It happens to be Taylor Swift’s birthday, but she’s the one in the gift giving mood. Today, the singer announced that she’s releasing the film documenting her 1989 World Tour exclusively on Apple Music.
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Conor McGregor is the rarest of athletes: one who delivers on his boasts | Sport | The Guardian
There is not another athlete in sports today like Conor McGregor. Not someone who can talk and talk and talk, spouting outrageous boasts that he then backs up in the crucible of competition. In this he is unique.
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Neil deGrasse Tyson gave Mars One’s CEO a softball interview | The Verge
Neil deGrasse Tyson recently welcomed Bas Lansdorp, the CEO of Mars One, on his science talk show, Star Talk.
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DANNEMORA, N.Y. — Inmates who have served time at the Clinton Correctional Facility here tell of being taken aside by a sergeant soon after they arrive and given a warning: Cross the guards, and bad things can happen. And they do.
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Anyone looking for clues to the real Rachel Dolezal would do well to begin with her birth certificate.
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BBC Sport – Tottenham Hotspur 1-2 Newcastle United
Tottenham midfielder Eric Dier is expected to be fit despite suffering a shin injury in the win over Monaco. Fellow midfielder Mousa Dembele missed that match through illness and is doubtful for this weekend.
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The double devolution of the GOP and the U.S. media
Months after Donald Trump cemented his frontrunner status, the American media and the Republican Party are now approaching a state of panic.
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BBC Sport – Eibar 1-1 Valencia
Gary Neville drew his first La Liga game in charge of Valencia as they came from behind despite being reduced to 10 men at Eibar. The hosts took the lead shortly before half-time when Enrich reacted quickest to score from close range.
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Poland protests: Thousands rally to support Law and Justice party – BBC News
Thousands of people marched through Warsaw to show support for the ruling Law and Justice party following anti-government protests on Saturday. The demonstrators chanted the name of the party’s leader, Jaroslaw Kaczynski, and President Andrzej Duda,…
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After a landlord was convicted of pushing her Muslim tenant down a flight of stairs, a judge ordered her to respect the rights of all Muslims and to take an introductory course on Islam.
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Chattanooga police seeking footage of officer-related shooting of man | US news | The Guardian
Authorities were on Sunday seeking video footage of Chattanooga police fatally shooting a man they say threatened a child and an officer who tried to help. Police said officers found Javario Eagle armed and with the child at about 12pm on Saturday.
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Syria crisis: Damascus hit by deadly clashes – BBC News
At least 28 people were killed in air strikes on the besieged rebel-held eastern outskirts of the Syrian capital Damascus, a monitoring group says. The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said the towns of Douma and Saqba in the Ghouta region were h…
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First women elected to Saudi local councils : UpliftingNews
First women elected to Saudi local councils (reuters.com)submitted 1 minute ago by loading…
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What You Should Know About The Historic Paris Global Warming Agreement – Digg
On Saturday, representatives from 195 countries concluded two weeks of negotiations in Paris by approving a historic agreement to reduce greenhouse gas emissions in an effort to slow climate change. You can read the full, 31-page agreement here. Her…
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The Paris Climate Deal Will Not Save Us – The agreement will still raise global temperatures 3 to 4 degrees centigrade. (thenation.com)
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Climate Accord Is a Healing Step, if Not a Cure https://t.co/jl5lHNmYJr https://t.co/VTfJ9wLDOo via /r/environment
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Climate Accord Is a Healing Step, if Not a Cure : environment
Climate Accord Is a Healing Step, if Not a Cure https://t.co/jl5lHNmYJr https://t.co/VTfJ9wLDOo via /r/environment
Climate Accord Is a Healing Step, if Not a Cure (nytimes.com)submitted 1 hour ago by loading… -
Frozen water balloon and food coloring : pics
Frozen water balloon and food coloring via /r/pics https://t.co/0OHtqgx6vM https://t.co/ojdSpyX7uX https://t.co/3p7WY8WKzK
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Frozen water balloon and food coloring via /r/pics https://t.co/0OHtqgx6vM https://t.co/ojdSpyX7uX https://t.co/3p7WY8WKzK
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The Senate is so crazily designed it would be literally illegal for a US state to copy it – Vox
The Senate is so crazily designed it would be literally illegal for a US state to copy it https://t.co/eJSLVbeYrh https://t.co/ZVFMJtTdwL
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“Unsolved Link” –Between Dark Matter and Supermassive Black Holes (Weekend Feature)
“There seems to be a mysterious link between the amount of dark matter a galaxy holds and the size of its central black hole, even though the two operate on vastly different scales,” said Akos Bogdan of the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysic…
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UK pushing for limits on air pollution to be relaxed, documents reveal | Environment | The Guardian
The UK is pushing for both a weakening of air pollution limits and a delay to their introduction in response to lobbying from the motor industry, documents reveal.
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SNL knows exactly who the new Star Wars toys are for | The Verge
Saturday Night Live hasn’t had the strongest run this year, but, as ever, there are still some glimmers of light here and there. Last night showed Weekend Update hosts Michael Che and Colin Jost taking Donald Trump to task for his opportunistic raci…
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We were tiny treasure hunters, looking in hedges, on waste ground, in abandoned buildings, deep in the woods, or in “lucky middens”. Our gold was empty Irn-Bru bottles, known as “glass cheques” because they could be cashed in for the deposit paid wi…
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Fighting Erupts in Central African Republic as Rebels Attempt to Disrupt Key Vote | VICE News
Voters in Central African Republic cast their ballots on Sunday in a constitutional referendum seen as crucial to ending nearly three years of violence, as heavy fighting erupted in the capital amid a call by rebels for the process to be canceled.
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With the climate talks in Paris now over, the world has set itself a serious goal: limit temperature rise to 1.5C. Or failing that, 2C. Hitting those targets is absolutely necessary: even the one-degree rise that we’ve already seen is wreaking havoc…
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Peace Love Beauty Wisdom Balance Imagination Truth Consciousness, Cat
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Peace Love Beauty Wisdom Balance Imagination Truth Consciousness, Cat
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Trump 5 points ahead of Cruz nationally | TheHill
Poll: Trump 5 points ahead of Cruz nationally https://t.co/qyBMWoPZAZ https://t.co/ZbpUXK9K1d via /r/#politics
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North Carolina town rejects solar because it’ll suck up sunlight and kill the plants / Boing Boing
A town meeting in Woodland, North Carolina heard public comments on a proposed solar farm in which citizens, including a retired science teacher called Jane Mann spoke out against the proposal. Ms Mann opposes the solar expansion because she believe…
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Historical activists are refusing to surrender in their efforts to prevent the development of a privately owned portion of a revolutionary war battlefield in New Jersey.
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Poll: Trump 5 points ahead of Cruz nationally : politics
Cruz is basically taking Carson’s previous place, and he’s doing it at the right time. I think Trump could have absorbed more of Carson’s supporters if he hadn’t taken this turn towards the far-right Cruz has now clearly surpassed Rubio by any measu…
Poll: Trump 5 points ahead of Cruz nationally https://t.co/qyBMWoPZAZ https://t.co/ZbpUXK9K1d via /r/#politics -
Donald Trump on Sunday threatened to run as an independent presidential candidate, as Republican backlash over his proposed ban on Muslim immigration coincided with signs of him slipping in the crucial battle for Iowa.
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Fireworks as floating Christmas tree unveiled in Brazil – BBC News
Around 200,00 people gathered to watch fireworks as a huge metal floating Christmas tree was lit in Rio de Janeiro. The structure has become a favourite symbol of the festive season in Brazil since it was first unveiled 20 years ago.
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Hallo, my darlings. You’ve heard it all before. Downplay the eye makeup if lips are bold and red. Or play up the eyes and keep the lips nude. Nude? I say: “Never!” Your lips should be blood-red and your hair should flick at will. Comme ça. Here is a…
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A ’Roller Coaster Tycoon’ User Made a Ride with Functioning Wormholes | Motherboard
A rather clever RollerCoaster Tycoon user posted a ride on the RollerCoaster Tycoon subreddit that seems to have broken the laws of physics.
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First Post! Acoustic Speakers for my kid’s Smartphones for Christmas : DIY
First Post! Acoustic Speakers for my kid’s Smartphones for Christmas (imgur.com)
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US town rejects solar panels amid fears they ‘suck up all the energy from the sun’ : nottheonion
This article made me sad in my brain.
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Sweden closer to questioning Assange after Ecuador deal – Al Jazeera English
Ecuador and Sweden have reached a deal that could pave the way for WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange to be questioned at the South American country’s embassy in London where he has lived for more than three years.
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Livestreaming loneliness | The Verge
This week, it was revealed that the price-gouging pharmaceutical exec Martin Shkreli was the highest bidder for Wu-Tang’s single-copy album, Once Upon a Time in Shaolin. At the time, he had reportedly not listened to it yet, and had no immediate pla…
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SEATTLE — The man from Baghdad showed up unannounced this month in a state office building in Salem, Ore., with a piece of paper in his hand that he said was worth $6.4 million.
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LE BOURGET, France — After the stomping and cheering died down, and the hugs and toasts ended, a question hung in the air as the climate conference came to a close: What does the new deal really mean for the future of the Earth?
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Giant hats were the cellphones of the silent movie era / Boing Boing
Silent movies were preceded by stern/comic etiquette messages reminding viewers to take off their hats before the show, lest they interfere with other viewers’ enjoyment. Next time someone laments the “new incivility” of cellphones, show them this a…
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So You Want To Join The Empire: Test Fit
Finally, after a couple of months worth of work, it’s time to finally try all of this armor on to see how it all works together. I’ve repainted the helmet: the matte black paint I used wasn’t correct, so I’ve used some glossy black that I found.
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Will Ferrell’s George W. Bush Returned To SNL To Fix The Presidential | Vanity Fair
Here’s how you know Saturday Night Live really doesn’t like you: They bring back Will Ferrell as George W. Bush primarily to make fun of you.
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Antibiotic Use On Farms Is Up, Despite Promises To Kick The Drugs : The Salt : NPR
Antibiotic Use On Farms Is Up, Despite Promises To Kick The Drugs https://t.co/zVFdzp71T8 https://t.co/NbnHcRQ74G via /r/#politics
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Antibiotic Use On Farms Is Up, Despite Promises To Kick The Drugs : politics
Antibiotic Use On Farms Is Up, Despite Promises To Kick The Drugs https://t.co/zVFdzp71T8 https://t.co/NbnHcRQ74G via /r/#politics
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My wolf on a cold Scottish Morning : aww
My wolf on a cold Scottish Morning via /r/aww https://t.co/pLObZL2EF0 https://t.co/hSyF1qET2J https://t.co/ILhiWBd0Dz
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My wolf on a cold Scottish Morning via /r/aww https://t.co/pLObZL2EF0 https://t.co/hSyF1qET2J https://t.co/ILhiWBd0Dz
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17 Women to Take Office After Saudi Arabia’s First Election Open to Both Sexes | VICE News
Seventeen women were voted into public office on Saturday during landmark municipal elections in Saudi Arabia, the first time the conservative Islamic kingdom has allowed female participation at the polls.
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Lumberjack cake: tartan batter? / Boing Boing
Sophie’s parents tapped their friend, Megan, to turn a Chewbacca doll into a Princess Chewbacca birthday cake, using the “Barbie cake” method, and making Sophie’s third birthday just the bestest.
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MRA Scott Adams: pictures and words by Scott Adams, together at last / Boing Boing
You may have noticed that Scott “Dilbert” Adams is a colossal asshole. The MRA Dilbert Tumblr combines Adams’s awful, unrepentant sexism with his comic strips — it’s a good reminder that Dilbert isn’t Adams’s avatar; that’s more likely to be Catber…
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Conservative radio just loves to hate—and it’s turning on the GOP
Apparently, that conservative audience has developed a taste for red meat that is so all-consuming, the Republican Party is growing concerned—as well they should be.
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Paris climate deal: the world’s greatest diplomatic success | Environment | The Guardian
In the final meeting of the Paris talks on climate change on Saturday night, the debating chamber was full, and the atmosphere tense. Ministers from 196 countries sat behind their country nameplates, aides flocking them, with observers packed into t…
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WASHINGTON — Six years ago, President Obama came away from a round of global climate talks bitter and frustrated, having been reduced to personally chasing other world leaders around a Copenhagen conference center and bursting unin
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Pope Francis via U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders https://t.co/gSc4KxqpGw https://t.co/neGSIFu25a
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American rents reach record levels of unaffordability / Boing Boing
A new report from Harvard’s Joint Center for Housing Studies finds that America’s cities are unaffordable even for renters with incomes of $45,000, making 2014 the record-breaking year for “cost-burdened renters.
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FBI divers finish underwater search for San Bernardino shooters’ hard drive | US news | The Guardian
An underwater search for a computer hard drive and anything else linked to the husband and wife who shot dead 14 in San Bernadino has concluded. FBI spokeswoman Laura Eimiller said specialized divers with the agency concluded their search of a San B…
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FBI: 57% of Anti-Religious Hate Crimes Targeted Jews; 16% Targeted Muslims : politics
I never understood hating on Jewish people. If you don’t like knish, then have potato pancakes instead. Don’t go gassing people. We brought the world bagels ffs.
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Chris Hemsworth on ‘SNL’: 3 Sketches You Have to See | Rolling Stone
Chris Hemsworth didn’t light the world on fire when he originally hosted Saturday Night Live back in March. But he did show an utter commitment to the show’s silliness, and when coupled with his innate charm as a performer, led some of the night’s b…
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Happy 1st birthday to my two siberian huskies : aww
Happy 1st birthday to my two siberian huskies via /r/aww https://t.co/AVdlekt5Sp https://t.co/4uk0BBOQ0h https://t.co/xab1uRNBsp
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Happy 1st birthday to my two siberian huskies via /r/aww https://t.co/AVdlekt5Sp https://t.co/4uk0BBOQ0h https://t.co/xab1uRNBsp
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All curled up! via /r/cats https://t.co/4zlxqF8ovy https://t.co/cIVCeBRvjY https://t.co/sXsuRompLF
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All curled up! via /r/cats https://t.co/4zlxqF8ovy https://t.co/cIVCeBRvjY https://t.co/sXsuRompLF
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HOURS after the massacre in San Bernardino, Calif., on Dec. 2, and minutes after the media first reported that at least one of the shooters had a Muslim-sounding name, a disturbing number of Californians had decided what they wanted to do with Musli…
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This year, domestic violence became an issue Major League Baseball could no longer ignore. Officials observed the backlash the NFL faced over its bungling of the Ray Rice case and knew they weren’t prepared to face a similar incident.
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Shades of White : Image of the Day
Fog is common in winter in northwestern North America. Moist Pacific air rides up into the Cascade Mountains, the Coast Range, and the Columbia Plateau, then cools at altitude or at night and sinks into the surrounding valleys.
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This glorious steam locomotive is full of 1923’s finest technology | The Verge
There’s something wonderfully romantic about steam locomotives. They speak to you. They have personalities. They whomp and clank and hiss. There’s a lot going on. For the engineer and fireman — the two folks operating the engine — there’s much more …
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Teenage Palestinian girl shot after alleged attack – Al Jazeera English
A teenage Palestinian girl who allegedly attempted to stab Israelis in the West Bank was shot on Sunday, Israeli police said. Lama al-Bakri, 16, attempted the stabbing attack near the southern West Bank settlement of Kiryat Arab before being shot, t…
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Russian Ship Fires Warning Shots at Turkish Vessel | Al Jazeera America
The Russian Defense Ministry said on Sunday one of its warships, the destroyer Smetlivy, had been forced to fire warning shots at a Turkish vessel in the Aegean Sea to avoid a collision and that it had summoned the Turkish military attache over the …
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Disney needs to calm the fuck down. : movies
MediaDisney needs to calm the fuck down. (imgur.com) This is actually hilarious.
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The Music Industry ‘Is A F–king Boys Club,’ Says Lady Gaga | ThinkProgress
While accepting the award for Woman of the Year at the Billboard Music Awards on Friday, Lady Gaga called the music industry “a fucking boys club.
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French elections: The battle for power – BBC News
France is holding the second round of regional elections in which the far-right National Front (FN) is seeking to consolidate its gains from a week ago. But opinion polls indicate that the centre-right Republican opposition of Nicolas Sarkozy has ga…
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School Districts Are Standing In The Way Of Public School Edtech | TechCrunch
No gymnasiums, no cafeterias and no administrators. That’s school policy at AltSchools, a chain of private, for-profit schools backed by the likes of Andreessen Horowitz and Mark Zuckerberg.
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Flagship Battle: The Google Nexus 6P vs. The OnePlus 2
There are a ton of Android flagships to choose from, but if you want one that breaks away from carriers with a phone that puts you in control of your experience—and when you get updates—you have two big choices: Google’s Nexus 6P and the OnePlus 2.
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But Wait! There’s More… Star Wars: The Force Awakens TV Spots
But of course there’s new TV spots featuring a little more new footage. What else would you expect while we have just a handful of more days before The Force Awakens hits theaters? There’s a little new footage here showing off plenty of action, incl…
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In its exploration of grief, The Returned has reached the bargaining stage.
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BBC Sport – Aston Villa 0-2 Arsenal
Leandro Bacuna and Rudy Gestede are both fit despite picking up knocks last weekend, but captain Micah Richards remains doubtful with a knee injury. Arsenal report no fresh injuries after their midweek win over Olympiakos.
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BBC Sport – St Johnstone 0-3 Celtic
St Johnstone’s on-loan full-back Darnell Fisher is unable to feature against parent club Celtic. Steven Anderson is likely to return to central defence after recovering from an ankle injury, with Joe Shaughnessy shifting to cover Fisher.
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Trump: ‘I don’t like’ what Scalia said about affirmative action : politics
Trump: ‘I don’t like’ what Scalia said about affirmative action (thehill.com)submitted 31 minutes ago by loading…
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Disney needs to calm the fuck down. : pics
Disney needs to calm the fuck down. via /r/pics https://t.co/H7JFh0KOqB https://t.co/fWYWPOv1h1 https://t.co/o7yQAJrnDd
Disney needs to calm the fuck down. (imgur.com) Can’t place all the blame on Disney. Retailers approach them for approval to use it as advertising as well. -
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The Senate is so poorly designed it would be literally illegal for a US state to copy it – Vox
The Senate is so poorly designed it would be literally illegal for a US state to copy it https://t.co/i6K8Xmi8sC https://t.co/pffDPw4DK4
One of the more curious aspects of American democracy is that it is literally unconstitutional for states to adopt the same system of government as the nation as a whole. In the case of Reynolds v. -
COP21: Did the Pope save the climate? – BBC News
As world leaders hail what they are calling an historic deal at the climate summit, rumours abound about how the final deadlock was resolved. Exhausted delegates were held up for hours in the final stage of the conference as final glitches were iron…
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UN conference for climate change agreement – Al Jazeera English
As new technologies keep us connected, we look at the deadly phenomenon of distracted driving. What are the challenges facing young Thai doctors providing life-saving care to their country’s rural population?
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How US negotiators ensured landmark Paris climate deal was Republican-proof | US news | The Guardian
At 11.30pm Paris time, a small group of White House officials dashed into a temporary plywood hut in the exhibition hall where, a few hours earlier, a historic legal agreement to cut emissions causing climate change was secured.
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Doug Tompkins: life and death of the ecological visionary behind North Face : environment
Doug Tompkins: life and death of the ecological visionary behind North Face (theguardian.com)submitted 25 minutes ago by loading…
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My new husky looks like a kangaroo : aww
My new husky looks like a kangaroo via /r/aww https://t.co/UjUxaZplSF https://t.co/vRRZUfnlaa https://t.co/UizXydE1Ri
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My new husky looks like a kangaroo via /r/aww https://t.co/UjUxaZplSF https://t.co/vRRZUfnlaa https://t.co/UizXydE1Ri
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There Have Been 19 Hate Crimes Against Muslims in the Past Week
There Have Been 19 Hate Crimes Against Muslims in the Past Week https://t.co/ipCKD3hcOz https://t.co/WznaPCpqz0 via /r/#politics
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There Have Been 19 Hate Crimes Against Muslims in the Past Week : politics
There Have Been 19 Hate Crimes Against Muslims in the Past Week https://t.co/ipCKD3hcOz https://t.co/WznaPCpqz0 via /r/#politics
So if there has been 19 hate crimes against Muslims, how many against American Jews? Why arent the concerns of jewish Americans ever cared about in this sub? Like with hate crimes, i dont mean rabbis endorsing some refugees, who are only used for th… -
Michael Jackson – Man In The Mirror – YouTube
Michael Jackson – Man In The Mirror https://t.co/w4leln8EmT https://t.co/Lqp0xEya4G
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CAR crisis: Gunfire in Bangui during constitution poll – BBC News
Heavy gunfire has broken out in a Muslim district of the Central African Republic’s capital, Bangui, during a referendum on a new constitution. UN forces deployed after machine-gun fire and rocket launchers were used, as voters waited near a school.
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The spilled ink on my finger looks like a forrest fire have taken place. : mildlyinteresting
The spilled ink on my finger looks like a forrest fire have taken place. (imgur.com) That would be a nice finger tattoo.
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A New Object-Recognition Algorithm Could Change the Face of Machine Learning | Motherboard
The basic principle of machine learning is training. As humans, we can learn very profound things from single examples—spoiled milk tastes bad, fire is hot—but machines need more because they learn statistically. Machines depend upon data. Or this i…
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The CEO gender gap, in three depressing charts – Vox
The CEO gender gap, in three depressing charts https://t.co/RkHbWEUaZj https://t.co/7t2iS2VvWe
The massive gender gap among CEOs of major US companies hasn’t gotten any better in the last decade, according to two new reports. There are still very few women CEOs and they don’t make nearly as much as men do. -
Three years ago on Monday, Newtown, Connecticut was plunged into a nightmare when a troubled young man opened fire using a semi-automatic weapon at Sandy Hook elementary school. Twenty children and six staff members were killed.
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Tim Peake: Rocket rolled to launch pad – BBC News
The rocket that will carry UK astronaut Tim Peake into orbit has arrived at the launch pad in Baikonur, Kazakhstan. At 13:00 GMT (07:00 local time), the Soyuz launcher was rolled out on its flat-bed transporter for the 2km train journey to the pad.
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The Rio Olympics Is Being Used as ‘an Excuse’ to Evict Poor People From Valuable Land | VICE News
His baseball cap pulled low over his eyes against the glaring afternoon sun, Jose Jorge Santos de Oliveira stood by the side of the Avenida das Americas highway in the west of Rio de Janeiro and pointed out the remains of his former bairro — now ove…
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Cocteau Twins – Pearly Dewdrops’ Drops (Official Video) – YouTube
Subscribe to 4AD here: http://bit.ly/4ADYouTubeThe fourth single / EP, released in 1984. Cocteau Twins are Elizabeth Fraser (vocals), Robin Guthrie (guitars) and Simon Raymonde (bass).
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Star Wars – Attacca Quartet: May the Fource Be with You – YouTube
Classical string quartet plays Star Wars cover. Arrangement by Andrew Yee. Film by Zac Nicholsonhttp://attaccaquartet.com/Amy Schroeder – ViolinKeiko Tokunaga – ViolinNathan Schram – ViolaAndrew Yee – Cello
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Heavy fighting erupts during CAR referendum voting – Al Jazeera English
Heavy fighting broke out in a Muslim enclave of Central African Republic’s capital Bangui on Sunday as people voted in a constitutional referendum. Gunfire and the explosion of rocket-propelled grenades were heard in the PK5 neighbourhood, witnesses…
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Dozens of Syrian civilians killed in air strikes – Al Jazeera English
Dozens of civilians were killed in attacks by Syrian government and Russian forces on Sunday in Syria’s Damascus suburbs, sources told Al Jazeera.
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Burundi crisis: US state department issues travel warning – BBC News
The US state department is warning Americans not to travel to Burundi as political violence there increases. On Friday, 87 people were killed after three military sites were attacked, Burundi’s army said.
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The Verge Review of Animals: the pigeon | The Verge
As a young boy in Trinidad, my father raised — and raced — pigeons. He loved his birds so much that when a favorite pigeon died, he cut off one its legs and hid it in his dresser as a keepsake. “Within a matter of hours, my clothes were covered ants…
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Serve Out Snacks in Cupcake Liners for Perfectly Portioned Munching
Cupcake liners are useful for lots of things, but they also make easy, mess-free, disposable serving dishes for loose snacks, like nuts, snack mix, or trail mix.
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Laser Welding Snakebot Climbs Through Pipes, Into Nightmares | Motherboard
Meet LaserPipe. The snake-like robotic arm with a five-kilowatt laser head is not the invention of a deranged supervillain, but of UK-based manufacturing company TWI. As part of Innovate UK’s tech innovation competition, TWI designed LaserPipe to we…
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The Most Overlooked Movies of the Year – The Daily Beast
Over 800 movies were released in 2014, and this year promises even more than that. To put that into perspective, that’s about 15 movies per week—and even the most rabid of cineastes among us couldn’t possibly take on that load.
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Watch Will Ferrell’s George W. Bush Roast GOP Candidates on ‘SNL’ | Rolling Stone
Watch Will Ferrell’s George W.
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Watch Chance the Rapper Mark ‘SNL’ Debut With New Song | Rolling Stone
Watch Chance the Rapper Mark ‘SNL’ Debut With New Song Chicago rapper premieres “Somewhere in Paradise” with Jeremih, performs Donnie Trumpet and Social Experiment’s “Sunday Candy”
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Here’s Why the Number of Abortions in the US Has Hit a Record Low | VICE News
The number of abortions in the United States has reached a record low, falling to the lowest level since the Centers for Disease Control began keeping track in 1976, according to new data released this past week.
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French MPs vote to force supermarkets to give away unsold food – Anti-food waste proposal, described as ‘a crucial measure for the planet’, passed unanimously in the Assemblée Nationale (theguardian.com)submitted 13 minutes ago by loading…
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Atticus Claw on the Misty Moor by Jennifer Grey – review | Children’s books | The Guardian
Atticus Claw was once a great cat burglar. He found a family which loved him although he was a stray and he became a police cat.
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How did the lowly Bucks halt the Warriors’ winning streak? | Sport | The Guardian
For the last month the entire basketball world has been wondering who, if anybody, would (or indeed could) stop the Golden State Warriors. The conversation heated up when the Warriors went 16-0 and set the record for the best start in NBA history.
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Include These Anti-Cheese Star Wars Prequels While You Prepare For The Force Awakens
The Star Wars Prequel trilogy flat out sucks: it’s the one thing that’s holding most fans back from super high expectations for the next Star Wars trilogy. That said, there are ways to redeem them, and one editor has made some edits that make them w…
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On Clue’s 30th anniversary, an ode to the flames on the side of Madeline Kahn’s face – Vox
Thirty years ago today, on December 13, 1985, the movie Clue premiered, reimagining the classic board game as a zany, irreverent murder mystery with so many jokes that you can hardly catch them all the first time around.
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Rubio Pledges To Appoint Supreme Court Justices Who Will Overturn Marriage Equality | ThinkProgress
In the landmark case of Obergefell v. Hodges, the Supreme Court found that same-sex marriage is a Constitutional right protected by the 14th Amendment. Sunday on NBC’s Meet The Press, Marco Rubio pledged, as President, to change that.
Rubio Outlines Plan To End Marriage Equality https://t.co/fLwZz1RAbS https://t.co/BqK8LQAebR via /r/#politics -
UNLIKE Donald Trump, or at least the demagogue he’s playing, most Americans probably don’t want to seal our borders against Muslims. But most Americans do look at Islam and see a problem. It isn’t just Trump supporters or Republicans.
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Louisville senator pre-files bill to legalize cultivation, possession and sale of marijuana. “It is abundantly clear to me that cannabis, while being much less harmful, should be treated the same as alcohol,” Clark said. (wkyt.com)
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Japan has exceptionally low crime rates. But there’s a dark side to its justice system. – Vox
Japan has exceptionally low crime rates. But there’s a dark side to its justice system. https://t.co/LmpBEOmSnh https://t.co/R9XubFa2nb
Japan has exceptionally low levels of crime. In 2011, its intentional homicide rate was 0.3 per 100,000 people, while America’s rate was 4.7 per 100,000 people. -
The Freedom Caucus and the War in the Republican Party – The New Yorker
On July 28th, Mark Meadows, a Republican representative from North Carolina, walked to the well of the House and filed a motion to vacate the chair. It’s an obscure parliamentary tool that allows any member of the House to trigger a vote to oust the…
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Police kill armed man threatening Walmart customers, officers say | US news | The Guardian
Authorities said a man with a weapon who was threatening customers at a north-eastern Pennsylvania Walmart was shot and killed by police.
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A Hundred Years Later, “The Birth of a Nation” Hasn’t Gone Away – The New Yorker
A hundred years ago, on February 8, 1915, D. W. Griffith released “The Birth of a Nation.” The movie became the fledgling film industry’s first blockbuster. It ran for over three hours at a time when most films were not longer than ten minutes.
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The kitchen table has been the place where many new inventions and ideas have been sketched out, but rarely has it been the source of innovation itself.
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A Controversy Over Arabic Script on Nigeria’s Money – The New Yorker
Last year, the Central Bank of Nigeria issued a new hundred-naira note to commemorate the union, in 1914, of the predominantly Muslim North and the predominantly Christian South.
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Japan Baseball Sketchbook – The New Yorker
Left-handed pitcher Minako Uemura. Mika Miyahara, Hyogo Dione.
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Keep Your Infant Son From Death In ‘Who’s Your Daddy’ | Motherboard
Babysitting is a hard job because babies are idiots. They’ll drink whatever’s under the sink and stick forks in power outlets. It’s not that they don’t want to live, they just don’t understand how life works, and that’s part of why taking care of a …
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China’s urban migrants to be offered residency – BBC News
China is to offer residency status to some of the millions of migrant workers who have moved from rural areas to cities in recent decades. It means migrants will be entitled to use public services, such as health and education, where they live, rath…
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Marco Rubio: Trump’s attacks on Muslims ‘reminds us people are scared’ | US news | The Guardian
At the end of a week in which Donald Trump’s lead in the Republican presidential race held firm despite uproar over his proposal to ban all Muslims from entering the United States, his rival Marco Rubio said the billionaire’s controversial rhetoric …
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History of a Suicide by Jill Bialosky review – poignant and purposeful | Books | The Guardian
Twenty-five years ago, poet and editor Jill Bialosky’s sister Kim returned from a night out to the Cleveland home in which she lived with her mother. She rang her boyfriend, with whom she was arguing.
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Conor McGregor KOs Aldo in 13 Seconds to Claim UFC Title | Rolling Stone
Conor McGregor, who guaranteed seven years ago he would become UFC champion, then claimed he’d knock out Jose Aldo in the first round to do it, turned both of those predictions into reality in record-setting fashion at Saturday’s UFC 194, KOing Aldo…
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Go all-natural with fabric dye for fabulous, earthy colors | Grist
There are thousands of natural materials that make glorious colors in fabric, from rhubarb and dahlias to indigo and ground nuts. Natural dyeing is an ancient tradition, and the techniques behind this art hardly vary across the world (even if styles…
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What happens when PR campaigns decide who gets an organ?
When the billionaire sports magnate Eugene Melnyk was diagnosed with liver failure, he crowdsourced a new organ and kick-started an alarming trend. What happens when PR campaigns decide who lives and who dies? One day last January, Eugene Melnyk sum…
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Russia Says Its Destroyer Fired Warning Shots at Turkish Ship to ‘Avoid Collision’ | VICE News
The Russian Defense Ministry said on Sunday that one of its warships, the destroyer Smetlivy, was forced to fire warning shots at a Turkish vessel in the Aegean Sea to avoid a collision, and that it had summoned the Turkish military attache over the…
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Sista soldiers: Black American women in the military
American women demonstrated that they were fit to serve and could excel in combat long before the Pentagon set out in 2013 to do away with male-only career fields in the armed forces.
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Sunday’s Best Deals: Cheap Kindles, Indoor Garden, Holiday Lights, and More
Discounted Kindles, indoor gardens, and cheap holiday lights highlight Sunday’s best deals. Get every great deal every day on Kinja Deals, follow us on Facebook and Twitter to never miss a deal, join us on Kinja Gear to read about great products, an…
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YouTube in 2015: Stanky legs, Liam Neeson, and a 6ft man in a water balloon | Ars Technica
As insights into the cultural trends of 2015 go, YouTube’s annual list of its most popular videos is perhaps the most interesting.
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A burglary suspect fleeing police dogs and a helicopter in Florida wades into a dark lake and disappears. Three weeks later his remains are found inside an alligator. Was he killed by police?
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Analysis: The value of women voting in Saudi Arabia – Al Jazeera English
Votes continue to be counted in Saudi Arabia’s municipal elections, in which women were allowed for the first time to cast ballots. According to official figures, 130,000 women registered to vote in Saturday’s poll, compared with 1.35 million men.
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The most dangerous high school sports, in one chart – Vox
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Some advice for injury-prone or hypochondriac teens: Stick with swimming; it’s safer than the other sports. This data on high school sport safety was included in a new study in the journal Pediatrics. The study primarily focused on the relative dang… -
Cosmo the Jolly Ciabatta Loaf : Catloaf
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Transparent season 2 is the best TV show of the year – Vox
Transparent’s second season is the best television of the year. I do not say this lightly. As my upcoming “best TV shows of 2015” list will reveal, this has been a tremendous year for the medium, in formats dramatic, comedic, and otherwise.
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A top Democratic opposition research group says it won’t go after Marco Rubio — but why? – Vox
After an early career as a conservative operative dedicated to bringing down Bill Clinton, David Brock has emerged as one of the top guys in the world of Democratic-aligned fundraising, messaging, and opposition research.
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Climate deal provides ‘best chance we have’ of saving the planet | Environment | The Guardian
World leaders have hailed the 11th-hour climate deal reached in Paris on Saturday, claiming it provides the “best chance we have” of saving the planet from catastrophic climate change.
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Russian warship fires warning shots near Turkish vessel – Al Jazeera English
Russia’s defence ministry says one of its warships fired warning shots at a Turkish vessel in Aegean Sea on Sunday to avoid a collision. When the vessel was 600 metres away, the destroyer fired with small arms and the Turkish vessel quickly changed …
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“Sustainable growth” at COP21 is an oxymoron : environment
“Sustainable growth” at COP21 is an oxymoron (baldideas.com)submitted 4 hours ago by loading…
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Covering the San Bernardino mass shooting – Al Jazeera English
Two days after the San Bernardino mass shooting, scores of reporters stormed into the home of Syed Farook and Tashfeen Malik, two of the crime’s main suspects, broadcasting live while rummaging through their personal effects.
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Reporting for duty after Paris attacks – Al Jazeera English
Paris, France – On Friday, November 27, several buses passed through the roads of Vincennes, French flags fluttering from their windshields.
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In Israel Kids Cross Streets in Virtual Reality for Safety Science – Scientific American
“Look both ways before you cross the street!” “Look left, right and left again!” These classic childhood safety lessons span generations and cultures. Yet traffic accidents remain one of the most common sources of injuries and fatalities for childre…
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What the Economy Gets When Colleges Invest in Mental Health – The Atlantic
In response to rising rates of depression among students and increased demand for therapy, many American universities have been ramping up their mental-health services.
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Gratitude review – Oliver Sacks leaves an incredible epitaph | Books | The Guardian
The New York Times called him “the poet laureate of medicine”, so when Oliver Sacks learned that his cancer was terminal, it was perhaps inevitable that the author of Awakenings should turn to writing to try to comprehend his last days.
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Chewbacca looking majestic as ever : aww
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Swords, shields and axes: fighting in full armor with NY Sentinels – video | US news | The Guardian
The Sentinels, a gang of people who gather weekly to fight each other in full suits of armor and engage other battalions across the country in battle, have invited Adam Gabbatt to fight at their base in Harlem. Watch him try (and mostly fail) to get…
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It is 10am on a Sunday and a man is hitting me on the head with a sword. It could be worse. At least I’m wearing a helmet. Although the helmet I’m wearing is named “blood helm”. That is because so many people have shed blood in it.
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Why is OPEC refusing to cut oil production? – Al Jazeera English
Despite plummeting oil prices and a glut in global supplies, members of the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC), have decided to increase oil production levels amid growing disagreement among members over the strategy.
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Western powers in Rome push for Libya unity deal – Al Jazeera English
Foreign ministers are expected to endorse a UN-brokered national unity plan for Libya at a Rome conference aimed at prodding the North Africa country’s bickering factions to fulfill a commitment to sign the agreement and abide by its terms.
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The real threat of foreign fighters in Syria – Al Jazeera English
In its initial report: Foreign Fighters in Syria, released by the Soufan Group in June 2014, it was estimated that approximately 12,000 foreign fighters from 81 countries had travelled there since 2011.
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Social media videos: The end of journalism? – Al Jazeera English
We’ve been liberated from the wrapping that came with conventional broadcast… we can tell the story as we think it’s right to be told and I think, sometimes you can tell a story quite concisely. Native social media videos are the next evolution in…
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Tim Peake’s Soyuz space craft moved to launch site – BBC News
The Soyuz space craft which British astronaut Tim Peake will use for his mission to the International Space Station has been delivered to the launch site in Khazakstan. Tim’s mother, Angela Peake, is also in Baikonur, ready for her son’s take off on…
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Cumbria floods group set up to consider strengthening defences | Environment | The Guardian
The environment secretary, Elizabeth Truss, has set up a group to consider whether flood defences in Cumbria need to be strengthened after thousands of homes were affected by heavy rain and floods following Storm Desmond.
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Coal mining has breathed its last but working life can still be the pits | Business | The Guardian
And then there were none. On Friday, the last remaining colliery – Kellingley in Yorkshire – will close. With some poignancy, the end will come just days after the signing of a legally binding climate change deal.
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Pakistan market bombing kills 15 people in Kurram – BBC News
At least 15 people have been killed by a bomb blast in a crowded market in a town in northwest Pakistan’s Kurram tribal agency, near the Afghan border. More than 40 people were hurt in the blast at the Eid Gah clothes market in the town of Parachina…
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Lombardy in Italy bans burqas and Islamic veils following European terror attacks: “Whoever wants to enter a hospital in Lombardy must be recognisable and present themselves uncovered…The burqa [and the] niqab are therefore banned.” (independent.co.…
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Freddie Gray haunts court case – and reveals tale of two Baltimores | US news | The Guardian
In a quiet Baltimore courtroom, three stories above the court where officer William Porter was facing a jury for his alleged role in the death of Freddie Gray, another young African American man was on trial this week for entirely different offenses…
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Russia fires Turkey boat warning shot – BBC News
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Readers Respond to “How We Conquered the Planet” – Scientific American
Homo Sapien’s Success In “The Most Invasive Species of All,” Curtis W. Marean includes a fanciful image of Neandertals telling boastful tales around their campfires.
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Love Everyone Often 12/14/2015
NBC Poll: Clinton Would Trounce Trump But Lose to Rubio, Carson – NBC News NBC News/WSJ National Dem Poll: Clinton 56%, Sanders 37%, O’Malley 4% https://t.co/hxwLKtH7lQ https://t.co/2khn0LtWsJ via /r/#politics tags: IFTTT Delicious via:packrati.us Pentagon to lose emissions exemption under Paris climate deal | Environment | The Guardian The US military…
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