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On the afternoon of October 7, 2001, the first day of the war in Afghanistan, an Air Force pilot named Scott Swanson made history while sitting in a captain’s chair designed for an RV. His contribution to posterity was to kill someone in a completel…
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Tech Will Save Us Raises $1.8M To Take Hardware/Software Hacking Mainstream | TechCrunch
After finding a fully functional laptop discarded in a rubbish skip near their home, Bethany Koby and Daniel Hirschmann realized this was the spark they were looking for to create a new kind of technology education startup.
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How to Travel With a Friend Without Driving Each Other Nuts
No matter how well you know someone, traveling together will probably teach you something new about them. Maybe they get up early and have tons of energy. Maybe they’re a terrible tipper. Sometimes these things are annoyances, and sometimes they can…
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I tend to shy away from trumpeting a startup’s metrics on their behalf or covering incremental app updates, but it has been a while since I heard from Musixmatch.
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Turkish-Russian economic ties: Down but not out – Al Jazeera English
What is the damage to economic relations of the ongoing spat between Russia and Turkey? Not insignificant, one should think. Moscow implemented many measures to punish Ankara for the downing of its fighter jet earlier in November.
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Belly Updates iOS App Allowing Merchants Mobile Access To Customer Engagement Tools | TechCrunch
My tired loyalty punch card for a local burger joint in Evanston, Illinois has always been great at telling me that I’m a fatass, but it’s never done too well at telling the restaurant much about me.
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UK releases long-delayed report on Muslim Brotherhood – Al Jazeera English
British Prime Minister David Cameron says a government review into the Muslim Brotherhood has found that membership of or links to the political group should be considered “a possible indicator of extremism”.
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Up to 7,000 Syrians tortured or killed in detention – Al Jazeera English
New evidence has been released that up to 7,000 Syrians who died in government detention centres in Syria were tortured to death, a rights group said in a report.
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Trying to simulate the human brain is a waste of ene…
The philosopher John Searle has been dining out for years on a good line about simulation. People think, he says, that if they simulate the mind on a computer it’ll be conscious; but you know what? When they run a computer simulation of a rain storm…
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The humanities are booming, only the professors can’…
The humanities are in crisis. It’s become orthodoxy. In fact, so much attention has been paid to the ‘crisis of the humanities’ that few have stopped to ask if there actually is such a crisis. Over just the past few generations, enormous changes hav…
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WASHINGTON — In a surprisingly substantive debate on foreign policy Tuesday night, Republican presidential candidates had a chance to present their alternative to what was portrayed as President Obama’s failed approach to the upheaval in the Middle …
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Can Tasmanian Devils Beat Cancer of the Face?
On a small island just off the east coast of Tasmania, south of Australia, a mother Tasmanian devil dozes in the afternoon sun. Her two pups lounge on her back, resting their glossy heads, but scanning their surroundings with interest. Now they roll…
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How Arctic Fish Might Benefit From Shrinking Ice
As Arctic ice shrinks, fish will see the region in a whole new light. With sunlight now permeating previously darkened waters, predatory fish that hunt by sight are set to invade in increasing numbers, scientists predict in a new study.
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Facebook’s “Save Free Basics In India” Campaign Provokes Controversy | TechCrunch
Facebook is calling on Indian users to send an email to the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI), asking the government agency to support its Free Basics program.
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Met office says 2016 ‘very likely’ to be warmest on record – BBC News
This year has already been provisionally declared the warmest on record thanks to a combination of global warming and a strong El Nino. The Met Office believes that temperatures in 2016 could be 1.1C above pre-industrial levels.
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UN resolution seeks to curb Islamic State funding – BBC News
Ministers from the 15 nations on the UN Security Council are expected to adopt a resolution aimed at starving the so-called Islamic State (IS) of funds. The draft builds on an existing resolution that imposed sanctions on the group but focused on al…
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Burundi crisis: African Union ‘won’t allow genocide’ – BBC News
The African Union, discussing the situation in Burundi, says it will “not allow another genocide to take place on its soil”. There are concerns that the recent deadly violence could spiral into civil war and possible ethnic conflict.
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Springboard Raises $1.7M For Its Mentor-Based Approach To Online Learning | TechCrunch
There are already plenty of large online learning companies — known as MOOCs; massive open online courses — that use the Internet to democratize education through distribution.
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NWA, Deep Purple and Chicago enter Hall of Fame – BBC News
Ground-breaking rap act NWA, Deep Purple and Chicago have been announced as inductees of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. Cheap Trick, and Steve Miller also made the 2016 list, but Chic – nominated for a record tenth time – missed out on the honour.
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League of Legends developer Riot Games now owned by Chinese firm – BBC News
League of Legends developer Riot Games is now owned 100% by Chinese firm Tencent. The company made the announcement in a blogpost about changes the way staff are compensated.
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Juncker says EU wants to find ‘fair deal’ for UK – BBC News
The European Union wants to reach a “fair deal” for the UK and other EU countries, European Commission president Jean-Claude Juncker has said. Mr Juncker was speaking as David Cameron prepares to discuss his reform plans at a summit of EU leaders.
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Iowa’s Women Could Be Donald Trump’s Undoing | FiveThirtyEight
Three days after the terrorist attack in which 14 people were killed at a holiday party in San Bernardino, California, a crowd of 1,500 Republican faithful streamed into the sunny lobby of Cedar Rapids’ U.S.
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How Ignoring Guantanamo Bay Betrays American Values – The Atlantic
After 9/11, President George W. Bush made his now-infamous request that Americans serve their country by hugging their children, praying, and participating in the economy (read: keep shopping).
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Why Some Conservatives Don’t Like the Republican Wins on Obamacare – The Atlantic
Republicans scored their biggest victories against the Affordable Care Act in the tax-and-spending deal that congressional negotiators struck late Tuesday night: They won two-year delays in the collection of taxes on pricey health insurance plans an…
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The Misguided Second Amendment Interpretations of Justices Scalia and Thomas – The Atlantic
Since its controversial pair of gun-rights decisions—District of Columbia v. Heller (2007) and McDonald v. City of Chicago (2010)—the Supreme Court has refused to take another Second Amendment case.
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What We’re Following on Thursday, December 17 – The Atlantic
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Why Bernie Sanders Has Super PACs – The Atlantic
Bernie Sanders hates big money in politics. Sanders has long insisted he won’t rely on super PACs in his bid to win the White House. The political-spending operations capable of accepting unlimited corporate donations stand as a symbol of the power …
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A Brazilian Judge Has Shut Down Whatsapp For Two Days | VICE News
The cellphone messaging service Whatsapp has been blocked in Brazil for 48 hours by a court which said it had repeatedly refused to cooperate with a criminal investigation.
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A former student of mine, Luke Hacker formed an organization called Simply Love, which works in Haiti to support educational and agricultural growth in the country.
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On this day in 1938 Otto Hahn discovered the nuclear fission, the process by which the nucleus of an atom is broken apart to produce enormous amounts of energy.
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2016 set to be hottest year on record globally | Environment | The Guardian
Climate change and the peaking of the El Niño weather phenomenon are expected to drive the global average temperature next year above the record now certain to be set for 2015, which itself beat a new record set in 2014.
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Marine le Pen attacked for posting images of IS killings – BBC News
The parents of an American journalist killed by the so-called Islamic State (IS) have criticised French National Front leader Marine le Pen for tweeting an image of his decapitated body. Last August, IS released a video of the killing of James Foley…
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European parliament to hold inquiry into VW emissions scandal | Environment | The Guardian
The European parliament plans to set up a committee to investigate Volkswagen’s emissions scandal and whether regulatory oversight of the car industry was too lax.
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Top 10 Christmas books | Children’s books | The Guardian
The book that helped invent Christmas. Or at least, our popular view of it in modern culture. It is a story about transformation, and redemption, and as such set a precedent for so many Christmas stories since.
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WASHINGTON — Congressional negotiators introduced a sweeping year-end spending and tax-break package Wednesday that bursts through previously agreed budget limits with $66 billion in new spending for 2016.
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9 Ways Police Have More Protections Than You Do When They’re Arrested | Mother Jones
The police reform advocates who have long argued that cops shouldn’t be allowed to investigate themselves for wrongdoing now have some new data to back them up.
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Here Are All of the Cops Who Were Charged in 2015 for Shooting Suspects | Mother Jones
The number of police officers charged with murder or manslaughter for on-duty shootings has more than tripled in 2015.
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The Graphic Memoir Comes to Turkey | New Republic
At long last, modern Turkey has been depicted in comic book form. The work has a modest title, Dare to Disappoint, but its ambitions are large.
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Last month, while conservatives went into panic mode over those eight Syrians who crossed the US-Mexico border shortly after the Paris attacks, the feds were scrambling to keep up with a more familiar sight in South Texas: the arrival of unaccompani…
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How the “Bipartisan” Budget Deal Starves the Beast | New Republic
The final deal has two major parts. One is an omnibus appropriations bill, the spending levels of which were set out in late October. Then there’s a “tax extenders” package, estimated at between $650 and $670 billion, the majority of which goes to t…
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First look at Rio’s Museum of Tomorrow – BBC News
Rio is undergoing many changes ahead of the 2016 Olympics and it is not all sports venues and new transport lines. The city’s long forgotten harbour area is being entirely redeveloped and an iconic new museum, the Museum of Tomorrow, is being opened…
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Michael Moore to Donald Trump: we are all Muslim – Al Jazeera English
American filmmaker, political and social activist Michael Moore wrote on his face book page that he sent Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump a letter chastising him on his recent anti-Muslim statements calling on “ban all Muslims from com…
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Japan embraces Muslim visitors to bolster tourism – Al Jazeera English
Tokyo, Japan – While the United States debates the feasibility of closing its doors completely to Muslim immigrants and visitors, Japan has quietly been adopting the opposite approach and rolling out the welcome mat for Muslims. It sees Muslim touri…
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Palestinians in Knesset decry call for Arab party ban – Al Jazeera English
Palestinian lawmakers in Israel’s parliament, the Knesset, have denounced a parliamentarian’s campaign to ban an influential Arab party from the legislative process.
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These earthquake-proof beds will bury you alive in comfort | The Verge
Earthquakes. Humanity’s oldest foe. Right up there with snakes, fire, and other humans when it comes to things that will definitely probably kill you some day. Which is why you need one of these terrifying earthquake proof beds.
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Indie Media Startup The News Lens Wants To Be The Voice Of Reason For Asia | TechCrunch
Since launching two years ago, Taiwan-based media startup The News Lens has gained a readership of five million readers a month by presenting a levelheaded alternative to the country’s scandal-obsessed newspapers.
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Christian Syrian refugee: ‘I thought America would accept me’ | US news | The Guardian
Throughout the seven months it took Samer and his family to make their way from Syria to the United States, he told himself that the risk and cost would be worth it they could swap their war-ravaged homeland for what he believed was a “land of oppor…
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Thailand Keeps Arresting People for Insulting the King — and His Dog | VICE News
A 41-year-old woman was recently sentenced to seven years in prison in Thailand for posting a photo on Facebook, the latest in a string of lèse majesté — insulting the monarch — cases that have marked a climate of increased censorship in a country t…
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Stratolaunch Backer Says It Remains Committed to Transforming Space Launch
WASHINGTON — Paul Allen’s Vulcan Aerospace is taking issue with reports that its Stratolaunch project is in jeopardy because of a market shift towards smaller satellites that don’t require the massive mothership the company is building for an air-la…
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Researchers just proved that attacks on the Endangered Species Act are not based on reality: long been a target of business-friendly members of Congress because undue burden it allegedly places on enterprises that put any of the nearly 1,600 endange…
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Sundar Pichai expresses unequivocal support for net neutrality | The Verge
Most tech companies today endorse the principle of net neutrality in their public communications. Many of them, however, work to compromise it in their more pragmatic daily dealings — whether it’s carriers like Sprint and T-Mobile, content providers…
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Brazil court orders WhatsApp messaging to be suspended – BBC News
Mobile phone companies in Brazil have been ordered by a court to impose a block of the popular WhatsApp smartphone application for two days. It is not clear if mobile companies will fully comply with the order.
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Jutting diagonally into the sky from the old port of Rio de Janeiro is an other-wordly edifice that looks like a cross between a solar-powered dinosaur and a giant air conditioning unit.
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On a lazy August night in 1994, two kids flipping through channels stumble on a strange new show called TV Nation. The end segment pits the United States, Canada and Cuba against each other in a “healthcare Olympics,” with breathless play-by-plays o…
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Euclid dark Universe mission ready to take shape / Space Science / Our Activities / ESA
Euclid, ESA’s dark Universe mission, has passed its preliminary design review, providing confidence that the spacecraft and its payload can be built. It’s time to start ‘cutting metal’.
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The public can argue the merits of Deep Purple and Steve Miller Band, or whether a rap act like N.W.A. belongs in the Rock ‘N’ Roll Hall Of Fame.
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US supplies weapons to Syrian opposition group – Al Jazeera English
An armed Syrian opposition group has received a batch of weapons from the US in northern Syria, a media activist for the group told Al Jazeera.
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India’s ‘dark holes’ where millions of girls disappear – Al Jazeera English
Kolkata, India – A walk down the narrow, labyrinthine lanes of Kalighat reveals a new kind of graffiti splashed across its walls.
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Global markets cheer Federal Reserve interest rate hike | Business | The Guardian
Global stock markets cheered the US Federal Reserve’s decision to increase interest rates for the first time in nearly a decade. In London, the FTSE 100 index jumped nearly 100 points in the first minute of trading, rising 1.6% to 6158, with all sto…
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Angela McGlowan – Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Angela McGlowan is an American political commentator, best selling author, and CEO of Political Strategies & Insights (PSI), a government affairs, political strategy, public relations, and advocacy consulting firm based in Oxford, Mississippi, with …
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Michael Moore: I’m Coming for ‘Big Wuss’ Donald Trump – The Daily Beast
Trump Tower is, in many ways, a 68-story monument to the hypocrisy of Donald Trump. The Midtown Manhattan monstrosity, whose gold entryway sign bearing its—and his—name screams off-Strip Vegas casino, used concrete from a firm owned by the Genovese …
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UK announces cut in solar subsidies – BBC News
Subsidies for small scale solar electricity panels on homes are to be cut, the government has announced, although by less than expected. The subsidies will be cut by 64%, although this is less than the previous proposal of an 87% reduction.
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Second spell of air pollution to hit England and Wales this weekend | Environment | The Guardian
A further spell of air pollution caused by a cocktail of Saharan dust and diesel fumes is expected to hit England and Wales on Saturday as temperatures remain unseasonably warm.
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Elon Musk says George Hotz’s self-driving car technology isn’t a threat | The Verge
Can you issue a correction to an article you didn’t publish? It’s not clear, but Tesla and Elon Musk are certainly giving it a go.
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How Everyone Failed the Storage Bin Kids – The Daily Beast
Before accused California child-torturer Tami Huntsman took in three little kids, their lives were marked with tragedy. Little Shaun, only 3, and Frankie Tara, then 6, were in foster care while their mom was pregnant with their baby sister, Delilah.…
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What We Learned About Alzheimer’s in 2015 – The Daily Beast
The first mention of Alzheimer’s disease was by German doctor Aloysius Alzheimer in 1906. A patient, whom Alzheimer referred to as “Auguste,” was presenting with a “peculiar disease.
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Dangerous lies by Becca Fitzpatrick – review | Children’s books | The Guardian
Ever since agreeing to testify in a murder case against one of the most well-known drug dealers on the East Coast, Stella Gordon’s life has been one huge lie. Being in the witness protection program was always going to be difficult, changing identit…
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Vladimir Putin to give annual press conference in Moscow – BBC News
One of the keynote events of the Russian political year starts shortly when Russian President Vladimir Putin holds his annual news conference. His 11th appearance to date comes in a year which saw post-Soviet Russia launch its first war outside Euro…
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Stock markets cheer US rate rise – BBC News
European shares have surged after the US central bank increased interest rates for the first time since 2006. The main share indexes in the UK, France and Germany’s were all up by between 1% and 2% in early trade.
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Trump’s Big, New, Stalin-esque Idea – The Daily Beast
In a season full of comments we never thought we’d hear during a modern American presidential campaign, this one, spoken at the debate Tuesday night by of course Donald Trump, is arguably the most shocking: “I would be very, very firm with families.
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Christie Tough on Crime? Sure. Tough On Terror? Fuggedaboutit – The Daily Beast
To hear Chris Christie the Presidential Candidate tell it, he’s Captain America: He was named the United States Attorney from New Jersey on September 10, 2001. The following day, the World Trade Center was attacked by terrorists, and the country cha…
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The Petitions To Get Trump Off TV – The Daily Beast
Indeed, the ongoing coverage of All Things Trump is widely deemed so excessive that former CNN anchor Campbell Brown and the progressive-activist philanthropy CREDO Action have launched separate petition drives demanding that it be stopped.
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Japanese Internment’s Ugly Lessons – The Daily Beast
Recently, there has been much discussion of the World War II detention of Japanese and Japanese-Americans.
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When Parents Profit From Kids’ ‘Cancer’ – The Daily Beast
Juanita Garcia’s seven-year-old daughter doesn’t have cancer. But according to police, Garcia shaved the girl’s head, told her she would die in a matter of months, and used her as a prop in a money-raising scam.
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Ted Cruz’s Two-Faced Immigration Ploy – The Daily Beast
Ted Cruz loves legal immigrants. Except when he hates them. Thus—as a post-game interview with Jake Tapper after last night’s debate suggested—he’s having a little trouble explaining exactly where he comes down on immigrants who actually play by the…
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The Dangers of the Oscar Wilde Defense: How Cosby’s Countersuit Could Backfire – The Daily Beast
Bill Cosby’s lawyers have struck back against seven of his accusers, accusing them of defamation. It’s a risky move by Cosby, which another celebrity accused of sexual misconduct learned the hard way: Oscar Wilde.
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UN aims to disrupt ISIL’s black market revenue streams – Al Jazeera English
Finance ministers from the 15 nations on the UN Security Council will meet to adopt a resolution aimed at disrupting the outside revenue that the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) group gets from selling oil and antiquities.
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Japan journalist found not guilty of defaming S Korean president – BBC News
In a report in Japan’s Sankei Shimbun, Tatsuya Kato repeated rumours about Ms Park’s whereabouts on the day of the Sewol ferry disaster. Mr Kato denied it was defamation and said the report was in the public interest. He was facing a maximum sentenc…
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N.W.A, Deep Purple, Cheap Trick Chosen for Rock and Roll Hall of Fame | Rolling Stone
The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame has officially announced next year’s inductees: Cheap Trick, Chicago, Deep Purple, N.W.A and Steve Miller will all join the class of 2016. They will be inducted April 8th during a ceremony at Brooklyn’s Barclays Center…
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The 10 best Jacqueline Wilson quotes | Children’s books | The Guardian
I started this book on…I don’t know. Who cares what the date is? You always have to put the date at school.
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Cheap Trick’s Rick Nielsen on Rock Hall Induction: ‘I’m Verklempt’ | Rolling Stone
Cheap Trick guitarist Rick Nielsen is rarely speechless, but the news that his band got into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame briefly left him unable to find find words. “Usually I’m a man of many words, but this has got me in a tizzy here,” he says o…
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Chicago on Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, Reuniting With Peter Cetera | Rolling Stone
Chicago has been eligible for the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame ever since their debut album, The Chicago Transit Authority, celebrated its 25th birthday in 1994. But they never even got onto the ballot until this year, a situation that enraged their p…
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‘Afghan refugees aren’t fleeing by choice’ – Al Jazeera English
Athens, Greece – At the activist-run Notara refugee solidarity centre in the Exarcheia neighbourhood of the Greek capital, Javid sat with his wife and three children and retraced their departure from Afghanistan.
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Steve Miller on Rock Hall Induction: ‘It’s Taken a Long, Long Time’ | Rolling Stone
There have been 25 members of the Steve Miller Band during the past five decades, but next April, the Space Cowboy will stand at the podium all by himself at the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame induction ceremony. “I think that’s probably the right choic…
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Ice Cube on N.W.A’s Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Induction | Rolling Stone
N.W.A had been on the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame’s ballot three times before, but 2015 was no ordinary year for the Compton rap collective. In August, their biopic, Straight Outta Compton, hit movie theaters to rapturous reviews, earning over $200 m…
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Deep Purple’s Ian Paice on Rock Hall Induction: ‘At Last!’ | Rolling Stone
Deep Purple have gone through many, many incarnations since they first landed on the charts in 1968 with a cover of Joe South’s “Hush.” Fourteen members have come and gone during the past five decades, and the only constant is drummer Ian Paice.
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THE Supreme Court heard oral arguments last week in Fisher v. University of Texas, a case that could decide the future of affirmative action in American higher education.
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You can now log in with your face using Tobii devices and Windows Hello | The Verge
Microsoft’s Windows Hello is a smart feature, letting Windows 10 users sign into their machines with just their face But it’s only available on the newest devices with special depth-sensing cameras or, if you buy Intel’s RealSense developer kit.
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UK solar panel subsidies slashed by 65% | Business | The Guardian
The government has decided to cut subsidies to householders installing roof top solar panels by 65% just days after agreeing to move swiftly to a low carbon energy future at the climate change conference in Paris.
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Romania’s international adoptees find their way home – Al Jazeera English
Mihaela Duduta is sitting in front of a computer in a room with vivid blue walls in her small Romanian home, trying to fix the microphone.
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‘Don’t be upset’ with Freddie Gray verdict, says family – BBC News
The judge in the case of a Baltimore police officer on trial over a death in custody has declared a mistrial after the jury was unable to reach a verdict. Policeman William Porter is the first of six officers charged in the death of 25-year-old Fred…
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Microsoft aims to supply Chinese government with customized Windows 10 | The Verge
After signing a deal with China’s answer to Google in September, Microsoft is again strengthening its position in the country, this time by providing Windows 10 directly to the Chinese government.
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The Outsider with the Public Voice: How Joan Didion Mirrored Us Back to Ourselves | Brain Pickings
Joan Didion wrote in one of the early masterworks that turned her, over the course of the half-century that followed, into a patron saint of the personal essay and one of the most recognizable and influential voices of our time.
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The G.O.P.’s Problem with Threat Inflation – The New Yorker
The more you listened to the thoughts of the thirteen Republican Presidential candidates Tuesday night, the more confounding they seemed.
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As regular as Christmas – “It can’t be The Bedside Guardian already!” – here it is again, this unique, touching, provocative compendium that is at once an account of the year itself and of the Guardian’s year.
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US $1.83B Arms Sales to Taiwan Upsets China | Al Jazeera America
China has summoned a senior U.S. envoy to protest Washington’s announcement that it is selling two warships to Taiwan as part of a $1.83 billion arms deal. The Obama administration announced the sale on Wednesday, drawing an immediate rebuke and thr…
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What they did not say at Republican debate on security – Al Jazeera English
My initial thought after the last Republican debate was that it covered – in depth – the United States’ greatest concern at the moment: the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) group.
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Fed interest rate hike: shares surge as markets celebrate – business live | Business | The Guardian
Good morning, and welcome to our rolling coverage of the world economy, the financial markets, the eurozone and business. What was all the fuss about, eh? After all the speculation and angst about higher US interest rates, financial markets are taki…
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After a successful summer, at the beginning of December we were feeling confident. The little village shop we have run for the last 12 years is usually as busy at Christmas as during the summer holidays, so we started to plan ahead, thinking of the …
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“I have nothing but time and imagination,” James March says, trying to coax John Lowe away from his wife and back to their murderous endeavors. American Horror Story: Hotel acts like it has nothing but time, but as the season ticks on, time is runni…
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Cryosat captures Greenland’s shifting shape – BBC News
It is one of the clearest views we have yet had of the recent changes occurring across Greenland’s ice sheet. Scientists using Europe’s Cryosat radar spacecraft are now routinely mapping variations in height on a fine scale, both in time and in area.
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Pentagon: Defense Secretary Used Personal Email | Al Jazeera America
The Pentagon acknowledged Wednesday that Defense Secretary Ash Carter used a personal email account to do some of his government business during his first months on the job.
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WTO Orders Sanctions Unless U.S. Cuts Consumer Labels, Why did Obama misrepresent something as well known as WTO telling countries what to do? (huffingtonpost.com) What happens if a country doesn’t comply with a WTO ruling? What enforcement mechanis…
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Wondermark » Archive » #1183; Santa’s Older Brother (Part 3)
As the year’s end approaches, I should let you know that my in-house store, offering greeting cards and calendars, will close for the season after this Friday, the 18th! All orders made up through Friday will ship this week. After that, it’s January…
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El Salvador arrests ex-football boss for US extradition – Al Jazeera English
El Salvador’s former football federation president, Reynaldo Vasquez, who is wanted in the United States in connection with a probe targeting alleged corruption in the sport, has been arrested, police said. The arrest occurred on Wednesday.
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Ghana: Cancer Ward – Al Jazeera English
Of all the exports from the West to the developing world, breast cancer is one of the most unpleasant.
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Facebook enters transport business with Uber – BBC News
In Facebook’s first foray into the transportation business, the firm has agreed to work with Uber to allow users to hail Uber cabs directly from the Messenger app. The new service means Messenger users will be able to ask for an Uber vehicle without…
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Gangnam Style: A dream or a nightmare? – BBC News
How does an artist follow a world-wide mega-hit? The Korean singer Psy produced and starred in the video Gangnam Style in 2012 and it has now been viewed 2.47 billion times.
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The year in swag 2015: A video showcase, part 2 · Best of Video · The A.V. Club
All year, well-meaning PR types send us wacky and elaborate promotional items, with dreams of free publicity dancing in their heads.
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With Run The Series, The A.V. Club examines film franchises, studying how they change and evolve with each new installment. For someone who inarguably ascended to great heights of stardom, Sylvester Stallone has found success within relatively narro…
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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. What do we actually know about Santa Claus? Jolly dude…
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Though four years have elapsed since the release of the third and lowest-grossing Alvin And The Chipmunks movie, Chipwrecked, another sequel became inevitable as soon as the song “Uptown Funk” was released.
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The best of film 2015: The ballots · Best of · The A.V. Club
Eight writers contributed to The A.V. Club’s list of the best movies of 2015, each ranking their 15 favorites; we used the results of that poll to create an aggregate, mostly mathematical rundown of the year’s finest films.
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The 20 best films of 2015 · Best of · The A.V. Club
Every year is a good year for movies, provided you’re willing to wander a little off the beaten path. But in 2015, it was hard to go more than a few steps without hitting something major, something essential.
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Son Of Saul opens with people digging graves. What they’re doing is clear, but the image itself is not, and it isn’t until someone walks into the foreground of the shot that we can be certain that the blurriness of the background is intentional, as …
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Sheldon finally has his first Big Bang (Theory) · What’s On Tonight · The A.V. Club
Here’s what’s up in the world of TV for Thursday, December 17. All times are Eastern. The Big Bang Theory (CBS, 8 p.m.): Of the many, many tie-ins associated with Star Wars: The Force Awakens, Sheldon Cooper losing his virginity might be the most un…
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There’s a refreshing lack of fucking around to the two-fisted direct-to-VOD action picture Extraction. Director Steven C. Miller keeps the movie lean, racing through the Max Adams/Umair Aleem screenplay in just over 80 minutes, holding expositions a…
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KISS Army AWOL case file #51: KISS Meets The Phantom Of The Park · My World Of Flops · The A.V. Club
My World Of Flops is Nathan Rabin’s survey of books, television shows, musical releases, or other forms of entertainment that were financial flops, critical failures, or lack a substantial cult following.
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For better or for worse, a certain type of filmmaking has come to dominate American film comedy.
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Bernie Sanders won his biggest union endorsement yet from the Communications Workers of America, whose former president, Larry Cohen, is active in the Sanders campaign. (politico.com)
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Peace Love Beauty Wisdom Balance Imagination Truth Consciousness, The Horsehead Nebula via NASA…
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Maritime historians, climate scientists and ordinary citizens are coming together on a project to study the logbooks of 19th-century whaling ships to better understand modern-day climate change and Arctic weather patterns.
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Over the past few months, Donald Trump has gotten away without a scratch on Saturday Night Live, lightly parodied himself with Jimmy Fallon, and sat down for a surprisingly soft interview with Stephen Colbert. Tonight, he may have finally met his ma…
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Tunisian Revolution – Al Jazeera English
An intense campaign of civil resistance teamed with street demonstrations made up the Tunisian Revolution, also known as the Jasmine Revolution.
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Telescope Equipment Removed From Mauna Kea | Al Jazeera America
Construction equipment and vehicles idled since protesters blocked crews from building a giant telescope and the state’s high court revoked its permit are being removed from a mountain that’s considered sacred to some Native Hawaiians.
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These two ties are the same. Only difference is the manufacturer and the looney toons characters. (imgur.com) Was the one with the Looney Tunes characters at least $10 more expensive? I bet it was.
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APOD: 2015 December 16 – The Horsehead Nebula
Explanation: The Horsehead Nebula is one of the most famous nebulae on the sky. It is visible as the dark indentation to the red emission nebula in the center of the above photograph.
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Viewpoint: Does India need bullet trains? – BBC News
India has agreed to buy a high-speed bullet train from Japan, in an attempt to transform its creaking rail system. Mohan Guruswamy wonders whether it makes sense. Last week Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s cabinet cleared a $14.7bn (£9.
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Pentagon chief Ash Carter used personal email for official business | US news | The Guardian
The US defense secretary, Ash Carter, reportedly used a personal email account for some government business in his first months at the Pentagon, contrary to defence department rules.
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Traveller’s joy down memory lane | Environment | The Guardian
Feathery clouds of Clematis vitalba seeds, entangled in the briars and hazels in the corner of the field, shone in the glow of the winter sunset.
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China summons US envoy over sale of warships to Taiwan – Al Jazeera English
China has summoned a senior United States envoy in protest at Washington’s announcement that it would sell two warships to Taiwan as part of a $1.8bn arms deal.
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Extinguishing the flames of the Arab Spring – Al Jazeera English
Tunis – Five years ago today, Mohamed Bouazizi, a 26-year-old street vendor, set himself on fire outside a local municipal office in his hometown of Sidi Bouzid to protest against police corruption – a solitary act that would set off a stunning chai…
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A Coal Lobby Boss Just Compared His Industry to the Slave Trade (newrepublic.com)submitted 3 hours ago by loading…
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A Coal Lobby Boss Just Compared His Industry to the Slave Trade : environment
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Bernie Sanders Just Won the Biggest Endorsement of His Campaign https://t.co/ABNjIHG9Ie https://t.co/7Ji8GCGk0X via /r/#politics
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A Coal Lobby Boss Just Compared His Industry to the Slave Trade | New Republic
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Fed rate hike boosts Asia Pacific markets but oil price continues to fall | Business | The Guardian
Governments and central bankers across Asia Pacific have breathed a collective sigh of relief after stock markets rallied rather than recoiled at the US Federal Reserve’s decision to raise interest rates.
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Spaceplanes Vs. Reusable Rockets – Which Will Win?
This article was originally published at The Conversation.The publication contributed the article to Live Science’s Expert Voices: Op-Ed & Insights. Launching satellites, spacecraft and people into space is expensive because we only use our launch v…
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Watch a Young Mark Hamill Explain Star Wars: “The Stuff that Fairytales Are Made of”
Back when Star Wars was brand new and nobody knew what it was, Mark Hamill had to go on the BBC’s iconic children’s show Blue Peter and explain it to the kids. And his explanation is just perfect. “It’s the stuff that fairytales are made of.
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Cuba and the US: A year of change – BBC News
On 17 December 2014, US President Barack Obama and Cuban President Raul Castro announced the historic decision to put decades of Cold War hostility behind them and re-establish long-frozen diplomatic ties. The move caught most people by surprise.
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3 Problems Rapper, Swagg Huncho, Found Dead | Rolling Stone
3 Problems rapper James Johnson Jr., who went by the name Swagg Huncho, was found dead on Sunday, as reported in Riverfront Times. Johnson was shot in the head at least two times. No suspect is in custody.
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Interactive Coding Bootcamp | Digg Store
Coder Manual is great for anyone interested in switching careers, startups, web or graphic designers, students and MBA’s, unemployed, and IT managers. For more details on this course and instructor, click here.
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Dry Riverbed Aerial Image, Arizona – National Geographic Photo of the Day
Photograph by , National Geographic Your Shot “While flying in a small plane near the Petrified Forest National Park in Arizona,” writes Your Shot member Aya Okawa, “we passed over the Puerco River, and I was fascinated by the colorful patterns and …
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Assault weapons bill returns to US Congress – Al Jazeera English
In the wake of a string of mass shootings across the United States in the past month, Democratic politicians in the US Congress have introduced a new bill to ban assault weapons.
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Bernie’s campaign has been very frugal, he was flying coach even days before the surgery and they use the cheapest hotels. They started to buy adds in the early states a while ago, but nowhere as much as Hillary.
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Bernie Sanders Just Won the Biggest Endorsement of His Campaign : politics
Good news for Bernie Sanders. Communications Workers of America. Awesome news for sanders.
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Migrant crisis: Dutch town riots over asylum centre plan – BBC News
A meeting in a Dutch town to discuss whether to build a new centre for migrants had to be abandoned amid rioting by some opponents. Protesters in Geldermalsen tore down fences and threw fireworks at police who responded with warning shots.
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That feels like a fitting end to what turned out to be an all-time great season of Survivor.
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This city covered up some beautiful graffiti. But then… (i.imgur.com) To be fair, the building is for lease. Despite most people here probably liking the art, it might have made the building less desirable and the owners had trouble selling the pr…
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BBC – Future – Why Mars should be independent from Earth
The race to get humans on Mars has begun. SpaceX’s Elon Musk has said he thinks he can get humans to the Red Planet by 2026. Mars One says that its crew will land on Mars just a year later, in 2027. Nasa’s timeline has humans in Mars orbit by 2033, …
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Fanning wins world surf title heat despite brother’s death – BBC News
Current number one surfer Mick Fanning has edged closer to his fourth world title despite the death of his brother before the winning heat. Fanning, 34, broke down during an interview after competing at the dangerous Pipeline event in Hawaii.
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China summons US envoy over Taiwan arms deal – BBC News
China has summoned a senior US envoy in protest after Washington announced it would sell two warships to Taiwan. Vice Foreign Minister Zheng Zeguang made “solemn representations” with Kaye Lee, the US charge d’affaires, China’s foreign ministry said.
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Abby Wambach threatened to score several times in the final game of her extraordinary career, but China edged the United States 1-0 on Wednesday night to hand the World Cup holders their first loss on home soil in more than a decade.
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Officer in Laquan Mcdonald Shooting Indicted | Al Jazeera America
According to a copy of the indictment posted Wednesday on the Chicago Tribune’s website, Officer Jason Van Dyke, who is white, was indicted Tuesday on six counts of first-degree murder and one count of official misconduct.
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The Missing Leak In Marketplaces | TechCrunch
Here’s the rap on marketplaces where buyers meet sellers: Some of them leak revenue. Unicorns are looking leaky these days. The dream is to be Uber. With a $70 billion valuation, who wouldn’t? Uber doesn’t leak. The transaction is about as commodifi…
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Brazil is blocking access to WhatsApp for 48 hours | The Verge
Brazil is in the midst of a WhatsApp blackout, after a court in the country ordered access to the messaging service blocked for 48 hours, starting at midnight on Thursday, local time.
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Open thread for night owls: Texas pro-gun ‘mock shooting’ overwhelmed by dildos, farting sounds
Last week we noted that pro-gun groups would be holding a “mock mass shooting” on the University of Texas at Austin campus. We are therefore contractually obligated to inform you how that turned out.
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Plucky rebel Quentin Tarantino is pissed at Disney over Star Wars · Newswire · The A.V. Club
Having warmed himself up on the relatively benign ordeal of facing down most of the police officers in America—currently boycotting his films in an effort to get him to retract statements decrying recent incidents of violence—director Quentin Tarant…
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Most Popular Explainers of 2015
In between tips and how-tos, we also often do “explainers,” where we break down complicated topics into simple language. Our goal is to help you understand how these difficult topics work, and show you what you can do with the knowledge. Here are ou…
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Mistrial in Freddie Gray death case after hung jury – Al Jazeera English
A mistrial has been declared in the case of a Baltimore police officer charged in the death of Freddie Gray, a black man whose killing while in custody sparked riots in April, and the city’s mayor urged calm.
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Steven Spielberg will “never” remake Jaws, might remake some other stuff · Newswire · The A.V. Club
Back in September, we reported that Steven Spielberg would most likely be setting up a new distribution deal with Universal once once he was done with The BFG (which will be distributed by Disney).
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Bernie Sanders to nab one of his biggest endorsements yet : politics
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Bernie Sanders to nab one of his biggest endorsements yet | MSNBC
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Julia Gillard has weighed in on the US presidential campaign in a video released in support of Hillary Clinton that warns against the “cheap and easy statements” of Clinton’s Republican rivals.
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I’ve got a feeling that the Democracy For America endorsement will be coming Bern’s way tomorrow as well. Nice. He just passed 2 million individual contributions, too. Fastest of any candidate in history.
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Donald J. Trump’s contentious proposals on Muslims are reverberating around the world. The latest to denounce them is Malala Yousafzai, the youngest winner of the Nobel Peace Prize.
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Starfleet Grandma Christmas Sweater : pics
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A New York man has been sentenced to more than eight years in prison for his role in a plot to build a remote-controlled radiation-emitting “death ray” intended to harm Muslims and the president, Barack Obama.
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“King Beast” was the tenth episode of Kingdom season one, and served as a nice capper for the show’s freshman outing—it yielded a satisfying conclusion to the stories that had unfolded, as well as put the second season’s events in motion.
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Pusha T Announces ‘Darkest Before Dawn’ Tour Dates | Rolling Stone
Pusha T will be hitting the road early next year. The tour kicks off on March 3rd in Vancouver, with a 28-date run that traverses North America before he heads off to Europe, culminating at a Warsaw show on May 3rd.
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Six missing after tanker collision in Singapore Strait – BBC News
Authorities from Singapore and Indonesia are searching for six people, after a chemical tanker collided with a freighter in the Singapore Strait. The freighter, carrying 560 tonnes of fuel, sank after the collision on Wednesday night, Singapore offi…
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Migrant crisis dominates as EU holds final summit of 2015 – BBC News
Germany and several other nations are to discuss with Turkey ways of settling thousands of Syrian refugees ahead of the final EU summit of the year. Those attending the meeting will discuss a proposal to resettle Syrians straight from camps in Turke…
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Report: Racism, Misconduct Dog California Prison | Al Jazeera America
Guards at an isolated state prison have created a “culture of racism,” engage in alarming use of force against inmates and have a code of silence encouraged by the union that represents most corrections officers, the California inspector general sai…
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Thriller becomes America’s first-ever trigintuple platinum album · Newswire · The A.V. Club
In a shared lesson in both vocabulary, and the staying power of danceable, werewolf-themed grooves, Variety is reporting that Michael Jackson’s Thriller has become America’s first trigintuple—that is, 30 times—platinum-selling album.
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Just The Good Stuff From The Republican Debate – Digg
The fifth Republican Primary debate of the year was Tuesday night. Whether you’re looking for the latest Trump soundbite or the last Bush joke to fall flat, Digg has you covered. If you’d rather see the whole thing, you can watch it here. Cruz: “Our…
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Love Everyone Often Peace Beauty Balance Life Light Magic: Star Cluster Messier 47
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WhatsApp is the single most used app in Brazil, with about 93 million users, or 93% of the country’s internet population. It’s a particularly useful service for Brazil’s youth and poor, many who cannot afford to pay the most expensive plans on the p…
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Cubans wait for boost from new US relationship – BBC News
The past year has been perhaps the most significant in Cuba since the fall of the Berlin Wall. On 17 December 2014, President Obama and President Raul Castro announced the historic decision to put decades of Cold War hostility behind them and re-est…
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Spanish political landscape set for new era – BBC News
A gift of cherries. Innocuous enough. Yet Spain’s general election is no time for politicians to tempt fate. So, as the cameras crowd around Esperanza Aguirre during a campaign walkabout, I notice that she doesn’t pocket the cherries gifted to her b…
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The 10 Best (and 2 Most Baffling) Hammer Horror Movies
Hammer Film Productions’ heyday spanned the 1950s through the 1970s, with gloriously gothic takes on classic monster stories that starred Christopher Lee, Peter Cushing, and other British stars of the day. Here’s our take on the studio’s best and wo…
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Marion Nestle Talks “Soda Politics” – Scientific American
“Early in August…the New York Times revealed that Coca-Cola was funding an organization based at the University of Colorado, the Global Energy Balance Network, that was doing research to demonstrate that it really didn’t matter how much soda you dra…
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Fox is developing a Latino Romeo And Juliet drama · Newswire · The A.V. Club
It looks like Romeo And Juliet is about to become the new Frankenstein or Wizard Of Oz, which is to say that there’s now multiple TV shows in development that are (in some way) based on/inspired by Shakespeare’s beloved teenage-killing tragedy.
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Mumford & Sons, Elton John Speak Against Ticket Resellers | Rolling Stone
Ticket resellers often charge well above face value, and Mumford & Sons and Elton John are speaking out against the practice. As Billboard reports, Mumford & Sons shared a post entitled “To all our Fans Around the World: Help Us to Stop the Ticket T…
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Darth Vader Busts Out in Star Wars / 3D Speed Painting #drawing – YouTube
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Coal boss fears industry will be “hated and vilified” after Paris Agreement | Grist
The head of Europe’s coal lobbying association says his industry may be viewed in the same way that slave traders once were.
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What on Earth is a climatarian? | Grist
The head of Europe’s coal lobbying association says his industry may be viewed in the same way that slave traders once were.
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What the hell is happening in North Carolina? | Grist
The head of Europe’s coal lobbying association says his industry may be viewed in the same way that slave traders once were.
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Eagles Of Death Metal announce new European tour · Newswire · The A.V. Club
As previously hinted—but only today confirmed—rock band Eagles Of Death Metal are preparing to start touring again, returning to Paris for a new concert three months after their last show was disrupted by gunmen during the November 13 attacks that k…
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Sheldon Adelson Reportedly Mystery Buyer of ‘Las Vegas Review-Journal.’ – The Daily Beast
The mysterious new owner of Nevada’s biggest and most influential newspaper, The Las Vegas Review-Journal, has apparently been unmasked, thus revealing a secret that has both alarmed and intrigued the media-political complex since the purchase was f…
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Brazil prosecutor seeks removal of Congress speaker – BBC News
Brazil’s prosecutor general has called for the lower house of Congress speaker, Eduardo Cunha, to be sacked. Rodrigo Janot, told the Supreme Court Mr Cunha was using his political position to avoid investigation for alleged corruption.
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Why That Study About How Vegetarians Are Killing the Environment Is Ridiculously Wrong : environment
Why That Study About How Vegetarians Are Killing the Environment Is Ridiculously Wrong (slate.com)submitted 26 minutes ago by loading…
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A Proposed California Law Would Require Drivers For Driverless Cars | TechCrunch
In what is sure to be seen by some as government interference and general misunderstanding of technology, the California Department of Motor Vehicles has released a proposal that would require drivers to be present in self-driving vehicles.
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A New Study Shows Humans Caused a Major Shift in Earth’s Ecosystems 6,000 Years Ago. (smithsonianmag.com)submitted 2 hours ago by loading…
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Communion wafer bleeds for 3 days, and other tabloid stunners / Boing Boing
[My friend Peter Sheridan is a Los Angeles-based correspondent for British national newspapers. He has covered revolutions, civil wars, riots, wildfires, and Hollywood celebrity misdeeds for longer than he cares to remember. As part of his job, he m…
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In pictures: Art of Building – BBC News
The finalists of this year’s Art of Building Photographer of the Year have been announced. The competition attracts thousands of entries from around the world each year.
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Here’s a Book About Time Travel That Could Change How You Look at the Past
Lisa Goldstein has an incredible track record as a fantasy writer, including the award-winning The Red Magician and the beautiful collection Travelers in Magic. Now she’s written a science fiction book about time travel, Weighing Shadows—and it’s ju…
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Most cases of cancer are avoidable, say researchers | Science | The Guardian
Most cases of cancer result from avoidable factors such as toxic chemicals and radiation, according to a study.
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Nepal quakes ‘could have been far worse’ – BBC News
The impacts stemming from the big earthquakes that struck Nepal earlier this year could have been much, much worse, say scientists. An international team has just published a review of the events, showing the number of landslides was far lower than …
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Environmental Peace Ecology is out! https://t.co/X1qCYfFMCp
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Elizabeth Banks’ Charlies Angels reboot has a writer now · Newswire · The A.V. Club
Once upon a time, a grown woman directed Pitch Perfect 2, and made her studio a pretty massive amount of money.
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Pentagon Troops: It’s Us or Trump – The Daily Beast
Republican presidential candidate and business mogul Donald Trump has repeatedly vowed to build up the U.S. military if elected president. But it is not clear he will have the experienced commanders within the ranks to do it.
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Cancer is not just ‘bad luck’ but down to environment, study suggests – BBC News
Cancer is overwhelmingly a result of environmental factors and not largely down to bad luck, a study suggests. Earlier this year, researchers sparked a debate after suggesting two-thirds of cancer types were down to luck rather than factors such as …
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US and Cuba to resume regular commercial flights – BBC News
The US and Cuba have reached an understanding on resuming regular commercial flights between the two countries. Unnamed officials in Cuba and the US said an announcement was imminent.
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The Janet Yellen Era Starts Here – The New Yorker
After seven long years, the era of zero-level, short-term U.S. interest rates is at an end, at least for now. In raising the federal funds rate by a quarter of a percentage point on Wednesday, Janet Yellen and her colleagues at the Federal Reserve s…
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Asia’s investors cheer the Fed’s move to raise rates – BBC News
Shares in Asia were all in positive territory on Thursday on news the US Federal Reserve had raised its rates for the first time since June 2006. The move takes the range of rates banks offer to lend to each other overnight to between 0.25% and 0.5%.
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The Force Awakens Actor Was A Marine Before Picking Up A Light Saber And Becoming Kylo Ren
Adam Driver, best known for his work on the HBO hit series Girls, was a U.S. Marine before becoming an actor and eventually becoming The Force Awakens’ primary villain, the masked Kylo Ren. He briefly recounted this crazy journey on the Tonight Show…
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This Man Gets Paid to Help Women Enjoy Sex | Broadly
Larry was completely naked and blindfolded next to a piano when the younger woman he was with had a breakthrough.
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BALTIMORE — A judge here on Wednesday declared a mistrial in the case of William G.
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Vox Sentences: The Fed’s very strange decision to hike interest rates – Vox
The Fed hikes interest rates for the first time since 2006; a mistrial for a Batimore cop in the death of Freddie Gray; and the greatest media mystery of 2015, solved? Vox Sentences is written by Dylan Matthews and Dara Lind.
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New Relic CEO: “Just Thankful We’re Not In That Unicorn Bucket” | TechCrunch
Lew Cirne, founder and CEO of the seven-year-old software analytics company New Relic, has a lot for which to be thankful. Near the very top of his list? The fact that New Relic went public a year ago, after raising roughly $214 million from investo…
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“Alcohol and the Human Body,” a cautionary film from 1949 / Boing Boing
On the science of alcohol and alcholism, from 1949, Encyclopedia Brittanica films. Booze: “a potential menace to community safety as well as personal health”.
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Vin Diesel Has a New TV Deal and It’ll Usher in the Return of Riddick
Is there anything Vin Diesel can’t will into existence? His 2009 return to the Fast and Furious fold helped turn that franchise into a monster. He’s got a xXx sequel on the way, and has already made two sequels to Pitch Black. Now, that latter world…
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Europe migrant crisis: EU battles to keep Schengen freedom – BBC News
Two pressing issues – migration and the fight against terrorism – are set to dominate the EU summit, as leaders gather in Brussels.
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HTC One X9 shows up in high-resolution leaked photos | The Verge
HTC’s new One X9 may never make it outside of China, but that doesn’t mean it can’t be pined over by Android enthusiasts around the globe. The 5.5-inch version of the iPhone-like HTC A9 has popped up in high-res photos from Chinese smartphone blog A…
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A country in love with injections and drips – BBC News
In Cambodia almost anyone who sees a doctor or goes to hospital, is given an injection or put on an intravenous drip. This is what patients want, and what medical staff give them – it has become part of the healthcare routine. But it has serious, so…
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US and Cuba reach understanding on restoring commercial flights | World news | The Guardian
The US and Cuba have reached an understanding on restoring regularly scheduled commercial flights, Cuban and American officials said on Wednesday on the eve of the anniversary of detente between the Cold War foes.
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The story behind three images from the migrant crisis – BBC News
The migrant crisis in Europe has dominated headlines for much of 2015. But a few images, and a few individuals in particular, have really captured public attention. BBC Newsnight traced three migrants who featured in the news over the past year to f…
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The origins of Star Wars – BBC News
As the new Star Wars film arrives in cinemas it is for millions of fans more than just a movie going experience – it is a collection of adventures and characters that have really made an unusually strong emotional connection with movie audiences.
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BBC Sport – Jose Mourinho: Chelsea manager not certain to go, says Pat Nevin
Speculation about Jose Mourinho’s position as Chelsea manager is nothing new and will “ebb away”, says former Blues winger Pat Nevin. The Premier League champions’ defeat at Leicester on Monday – their ninth loss in 16 league games – left them a poi…
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History of Big Johnson, Coed Naked, and Big Dog T-shirts.
This essay is adapted from the Mel mailing list. Read more and subscribe at newsletter.wearemel.com. In 1994, the human chest was the most direct way of letting the world know who you were and who you aspired to be.
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Padmasree Warrior On Why She Chose To Take On Her New Role As NextEv CEO | TechCrunch
NextEv, a Chinese electric car company potentially taking on Tesla and Faraday Future, has tapped Padmasree Warrior for the U.S. CEO position. Warrior will also head up software development and the user experience globally for the Shanghai-based com…
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The clothing industry is churning out new styles faster and faster | Grist
If there’s one thing that society needs, it’s a way to buy more clothes faster. When I see Willow Smith sporting some bizarre new duds on Instagram, I shouldn’t have to wait an entire year for the styles of high fashion to trickle down to the masses.
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Two atoms make quantum memory, processing gate, and test of entanglement | Ars Technica
Quantum systems are inherently fragile as any interactions with the outside world can change their state. That makes creating things like quantum memories rather challenging, since it can be hard to know if it actually preserves the information you …
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There’s a big divide between Republican voters and donors on climate change | Grist
This story was originally published by Mother Jones and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. The science behind climate change is indisputable. With more than 190 countries signing off on a historic climate deal, the case fo…
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China’s UnionPay Steps Into Mobile Payments In JV With UK Startup Powa | TechCrunch
On the heels of reports that Apple Pay is gearing up for a February launch of Apple Pay in China, the country’s biggest credit card company has entered into a JV with a mobile payments startup out of the UK to take its own steps into smartphone-base…
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Stepping up GM insect research a ‘moral duty’ for UK says Lords committee | Science | The Guardian
Britain has a “moral duty” to step up research into genetic modification as a way of controlling insect pests and disease carriers, according to a new report from the House of Lords.
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Deadpool’s Version Of Home Alone Is Way More Deadly Than The Real Thing
Though what you see above looks a lot like Kevin McCallister’s Battle Plan from Home Alone, it is not. Look a little closer; it’s got pizza rats, medical waste, and boobs. This is a far more sinister plan! This is Deadpool’s version.
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These “Carrot Dogs” Are the Only Way You’ll Ever Want to Eat Carrots Again
Carrots are perfect for so many preparations, from salads to soups, but these “carrot dogs” are an unusual, tasty way to cook them. Best of all, they’re easy to make with ingredients you either have already, or can get easily.
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They made the world care – but where are they now? – BBC News
Every so often, a striking image captures the struggle refugees and migrants face on their way to northern Europe. For a while, it catches the public’s attention – but what happens to these people after the cameras leave? Katie Razzall met three of …
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‘NXT TakeOver: London’ Recap – Finn Balor Reigns Down on Samoa Joe | Rolling Stone
NXT TakeOver: London confirmed one thing. You can change the faces, you can change the location, you can even change the time – but you can’t change the brand. Over the past year, plenty has changed in NXT.
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US, Cuba Close to Restoring Commercial Flights | Al Jazeera America
The United States and Cuba have reached an understanding on restoring regularly scheduled commercial flights, Cuban and American officials said Wednesday on the eve of the anniversary of detente between the Cold War foes. The advance opens the way f…
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You’ve been invited to digit! – Digit
“I’d never struggled with understanding the importance of saving, but hated the exercise of doing it regularly and having to anticipate changes in my spending + income.
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A$AP Rocky, Joey Bada$$ to Perform at A$AP Yams Tribute Show | Rolling Stone
A$AP Rocky, Joey Bada$$ to Perform at A$AP Yams Tribute Concert ‘Yams Day’ to take place on anniversary of A$AP Mob founder’s death
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UK library closures and the fights to save them | Books | The Guardian
Hundreds of libraries have closed or been confronted with closure in the past five years as local councils across the UK deal with funding cuts. Here are some of the most notable threats to libraries – and the efforts that went into trying to save t…
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British teeth are no worse than US smiles, say researchers | Society | The Guardian
Americans do not have better teeth than the English, new research suggests. Experts sought to quash the idea – dating back more than a century – that the English have terrible teeth.
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A Call To Arms Against McCarthy 2.0 | TechCrunch
Last week a friend sent me this ominus article about a bill that threatened to codify racist rhetoric into law.
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Librarians take legal battle against library closures to government | Books | The Guardian
Shaking off their traditional reputation as lovers of peace and quiet, librarians are preparing to take a loud battle for Britain’s libraries to the door of the culture secretary.
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Chinese scientists have published two alarming reports in a matter of weeks. Both conclude that the Himalayan glaciers and the Tibetan permafrost are succumbing to catastrophic climate change, threatening the water systems of the Yellow River, the Y…
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There is a new form of climate denialism to look out for : environment
There is a new form of climate denialism to look out for (theguardian.com)submitted 48 minutes ago by loading…
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Business as usual at Paris summit won’t stop global warming : environment
Business as usual at Paris summit won’t stop global warming (systemicdisorder.wordpress.com)submitted 46 minutes ago by loading…
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Wheaton College, an evangelical Christian institution, has disciplined a professor who put on a head scarf in solidarity with Muslims and said they worship the “same God” as Christians.
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Those who oppose expanded gun-control legislation frequently argue that instead of limiting access to guns, the country should focus on mental health problems.
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Metalworker Is Sick Of Hearing That Jet Fuel Can’t Melt Steel Beams – Digg
2 diggs Funny Internet “Find a job” is how he leaves every conversation.
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California wants to keep autonomous cars from being autonomous | The Verge
California’s Department of Motor Vehicles has issued draft regulations that would put the kibosh on Google’s steering wheel-less autonomous car, as well as any use of autonomous cars without a human inside.
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US Postal Service bans hoverboard shipments by plane | The Verge
The United States Postal Service has joined the growing list of airlines and online retailers cracking down on the hoverboard due to safety concerns, saying it will no longer carry the devices on airplanes for fear their batteries may be a fire haza…
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Star Cluster Messier 47 by Joshua Oakley | We Heart It
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Loki Is Looking Mighty Familiar in This Week’s Issue of The Mighty Thor
Thor is currently facing a whole heap of problems in The Mighty Thor—and so is Jane Foster. Everything is about to get trickier with the re-arrival of Loki in her adventures. But that’s not the weirdest thing going on with Loki’s return … his face…
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The American Film Institute names its top 10 movies and TV shows of 2015 · Newswire · The A.V. Club
Last year, the ranking-averse American Film Institute decided to break the rules of year-end lists even further by putting 11 movies on its list of the top 10 films of the year.
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Star Wars quiz: Do, or do not – there is no try – BBC News
The new Star Wars film opens in cinemas across the UK on Thursday 17 December and in the US a day later, 38 years after the first instalment came out. The Force Awakens, the seventh episode, sees the return of some of the original cast members and h…
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Defaming a dog: The ways to get arrested for lese majeste in Thailand – BBC News
A man in Thailand faces up to 15 years in prison for posting images on Facebook of King Bhumibol Adulyadej’s favourite dog in a way, the prosecutor in a the military court said, mocked the King.
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Spanish PM Mariano Rajoy punched during campaign appearance – BBC News
The Spanish prime minister has been left bruised, after a teenage punched him during a campaigning event. The attack on Mariano Rajoy happened in the city of Pontevedra in the Galicia region, while he talked to a crowd.
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Baltimore Judge Declares Mistrial After Jury Deadlocks In Freddie Gray Case : NPR
A judge declared a mistrial Wednesday in the case of police officer William Porter, who was charged in the death of Freddie Gray. The jury could not reach agreement on any of the charges Porter faced.
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Busted by online package tracking, drug dealer receives 100-month sentence | Ars Technica
Harold Bates pleaded guilty in September 2015 to importing methylone and one count of possession by an inmate in prison of a prohibited object. Curiously, the man was busted by the digital trail he left on the USPS tracking website, according to the…
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David Letterman is Fully Aware of How “Creepy” His Retirement Beard Looks | Vanity Fair
Since David Letterman left The Late Show this past May, the former host has done several things: struggle to acclimate himself to civilian life, speak at his alma mater; and grow an incredibly bushy, snow-white beard.
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Shopping tech firm Powa in major Chinese joint venture – BBC News
Powa Technologies, a British e-commerce tech firm, has formed a “strategic alliance” with China’s biggest payments processor, China UnionPay. The joint venture could generate $5bn (£3.3bn) in revenues over three years, Dan Wagner, Powa’s chairman an…
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Jennifer Lawrence to Charlie Rose: ‘No One to Blame But Myself’ for Unequal Pay – The Daily Beast
One year ago this week, The Daily Beast discovered a surprising admission in the email dump that followed the massive hack on Sony Pictures: Jennifer Lawrence and Amy Adams were compensated less than their male co-stars in David O. Russell’s America…
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Ted Cruz looking better all the time to desperate GOP elite
When your party’s lead candidate has broadly insulted people of color, promised mass deportation, and pledged a federal database and a ban on Muslims, it makes a guy who’s alienated all of his Senate colleagues, inspired a deeply unpopular governmen…
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US Fed raises interest rates for first time since 2006 – BBC News
The US Federal Reserve has raised interest rates by 0.25 percentage points – its first increase since 2006. The move takes the range of rates banks offer to lend to each other overnight – the Federal Funds rate – to between 0.25% and 0.5%.
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Turkish soldiers injured in attack in Iraq – Al Jazeera English
Fighters belonging to the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) have attacked a camp in Iraq that trains the force battling the group, killing three Iraqi Sunni fighters and wounding 10 people, including four of their Turkish trainers, Iraqi o…
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Rouhani: End of Iran sanctions within weeks – Al Jazeera English
Iran will start implementing the nuclear deal it signed with world powers within the next two to three weeks, according to the country’s president Hassan Rouhani in a move seen by analysts as a major political victory for the reformist leader ahead …
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The Secret Lives of Coral | Al Jazeera America
While they look like stony and static rock formations to the naked scuba eye, corals are living, dynamic animals with an existence entirely unto themselves. For decades, Dr.
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Taking Stock of Landslides after the Gorkha Earthquake : Image of the Day
When the Earth rumbled in the Gorkha region of Nepal in April 2015, the quake sparked aftershocks and induced dangerous hazards—including more than 4,000 landslides. Yet all of those slides were fewer and, in some ways, less damaging than expected. …
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Avoid Overdressing Salad by Converting a Dressing Bottle Into a Shaker
Using less dressing on your salad is a great way to keep your healthy meal option healthy, and you can reduce your dressing usage with a simple modification to your dressing bottle. This video HouseholdHacker YouTube channel demonstrates a simple wa…
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Lessons From Officer William Porter’s Mistrial in the Freddie Gray Case – The Atlantic
The trial of officers charged with killing Freddie Gray has moved quickly all along: The prosecutor brought charges with nearly unprecedented speed, within two weeks of Gray’s death.
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Mick Fanning on track for world title amid reports of brother’s death | Sport | The Guardian
Mick Fanning kept his hopes of a fourth world surfing crown alive in Hawaii despite reportedly learning of the death of his eldest brother.
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Migrants rescued from freezing waters – BBC News
The first group of 1,000 Syrian refugees has arrived in the UK as part of the government’s commitment to resettle a limited number of people fleeing the conflict.
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The GOP Seems Genuinely Confused About the Islamic State | VICE News
The Republican presidential candidates mentioned the Islamic State more than 100 times in their latest debate on Tuesday — twice as often as they brought up President Barack Obama, whose strategy to defeat the militant group, they all seemed to agre…
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Saudi Arabia’s New Anti-Terror Coalition Is Already Starting to Fall Apart | VICE News
Saudi Arabia’s coalition of Islamic countries against terrorism is starting to look like a paper tiger. Pakistan, which was listed as a member, announced that nobody ever called them about it.
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Pandora is going to have to pay labels more for their music | The Verge
Over the last year Pandora has made aggressive efforts to expand its offerings beyond the streaming radio product it’s best known for. It purchased Ticketfly to try and make money off live events and acquired a big part of Rdio to create an on deman…
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You Can Blame Climate Change for Making the Days Longer | VICE News
VICE News is closely tracking global environmental change. Check out the Tipping Point blog here. Scientists tracking melting ice in the Arctic have solved a geological puzzle that shows how quickly the resulting runoff is adding to sea levels and g…
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Chicago, see Todd Haynes’ Carol early and for free · Contest · The A.V. Club
Todd Haynes’ Carol is a film about love and longing, the latter of which is a feeling Chicago cinephiles know all too well, as they’ve been looking forward to seeing the acclaimed director’s latest drama for quite some time.
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Larry Wilmore to host this year’s White House Correspondents’ Dinner · Newswire · The A.V. Club
Washington D.C. press corps members and politicos are going back to the Comedy Central well to find a host for their annual exercise in pretending they don’t all secretly hate each other, the White House Correspondents’ Association Dinner.
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Caitlyn Jenner and Diane Sawyer Reuniting for Another In-Depth Interview | Vanity Fair
Eight months after Caitlyn Jenner, still calling herself Bruce, confessed to Diane Sawyer that she identified as a woman, the Olympic gold medalist—who has since introduced herself to the world as Caitlyn in Vanity Fair’s own pages—has agreed to re-…
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Sledding provision buried in $1.15 trillion federal spending deal | The Verge
Today Congress announced a sprawling plan for spending and tax legislation that would prevent an encroaching government shutdown, while notably lifting bans on U.S. oil exports and sledding on Capitol Hill. Yes, sledding.
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Pharma Bro Martin Shkreli Wants to Be a Rap Mogul, Bail Out Rapper Bob | Vanity Fair
Martin Shkreli, the pharmaceuticals C.E.O.
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Police Already Cracking Down On Baltimore Protesters After Mistrial Declared | ThinkProgress
Minutes after a judge declared a mistrial in the case of Officer William Porter, the Baltimore Police Department has begun to crack down on protesters. Porter was one of six officers involved in the death of 25-year-old Freddie Gray, and the first t…
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Tyrannosaurus skull sold for $230,000 in New York must go back to Mongolia | US news | The Guardian
A Tyrannosaurus bataar skull, which was unlawfully brought into the US and put up for auction in New York in 2007, will be returned to the Mongolian government, the US Department of Justice announced on Wednesday.
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Planned Parenthood Survives Paul Ryan’s First Budget Deal | ThinkProgress
Three months ago, Republican members of Congress — including multiple presidential candidates — were threatening to shutdown the government if the federal budget included Planned Parenthood funding. Early Wednesday morning, these same funds slipped …
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PARIS — I had low expectations for the U.N. climate meeting here and it met all of them — beautifully. I say that without cynicism. Any global conference that includes so many countries can’t be expected to agree on much more than the lowest common …
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Marco Rubio Hits Both Iowa And New Hampshire After Debate : NPR
After Tuesday night’s debate, Republican candidates are heading right back to the campaign trail. Florida Sen. Marco Rubio hit the ground in both Iowa and New Hampshire Thursday.
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Rwanda’s Not-So-Improbable Ambition To Be A Startup Hub of Africa | TechCrunch
It’s an odd feeling to come from California, one of the world’s most prodigious economies where the infrastructure and public systems are simultaneously falling apart in plain view, and arrive in the tiny, landlocked East African country of Rwanda.
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Do the Robot! NASA’s Valkyrie Gets Down in New Video
Maybe it’s time to rethink the stiff, mechanical movements of the popular “robot” dance: A new NASA video features the agency’s humanoid R5 robot breaking it down on the dance floor to an epic techno beat.
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Cheap mini-TOSlink to TOSlink cable / Boing Boing
Naturally Apple’s choice of optical audio-out cable is going to be a pain. Obviously, its not going to be one I’d just have around, that is not the Apple way! Rather than pay $30 plus at an Apple store or hifi audio boutique, this $6 cable does just…
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Copyright tribunal slaps Pandora with 20 percent rate increase | Ars Technica
Internet radio services like Pandora will have to pay more to artists and their representative groups, according to a decision released today by the Copyright Royalty (CRB). The basic per-song rates paid by Pandora will go from $.0014 per song, or 1…
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Why Pandora Shares Are Going Crazy | TechCrunch
Music listening service Pandora saw a dramatic dip and then a dramatic spike in after-hours trading Wednesday, as investors were reading the tea leaves and then learned of the Pandora royalty rate decision.
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The Star Wars Experts At Wookieepedia Answer YOUR Geekiest Star Wars Questions
A few weeks back, we asked the io9 readership to come up with their geekiest Star Wars questions. No topic was too taboo, no idea too nerdy, and you did an amazing job. We then picked our favorites and now, we have the answers. Note: There are no sp…
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Why a Christian college could fire a professor for expressing solidarity with Muslims – Vox
Layricia Hawkins, a professor of political science at Wheaton College in Illinois, recently made an unusual gesture to show solidarity with Muslims: she decided to cover her hair with a hijab. Muslims “like me, a Christian, are people of the book,” …
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The Warriors Are The Hottest Ticket In Every Town | FiveThirtyEight
It’s gotten a lot more expensive to watch the Warriors play basketball. Golden State fans are paying the highest prices on the ticket-resale market to attend home games this year.
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Justice Is Postponed in the Death of Freddie Gray | Mother Jones
On Wednesday, Judge Barry G. Williams declared a mistrial in the trial of William Porter, the first of six officers charged in the death of Freddie Gray.
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Here’s a Rare Opportunity To Save on Your Spotify Premium Membership
Spotify Premium doesn’t really ever go on sale, at least not for existing members, but this discounted gift card essentially works out to six months of Premium service for the price of five. If you were going to pay for it anyway, you might as well …
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Lawmakers Have Snuck CISA Into a Bill That Is Guaranteed to Become a Law (motherboard.vice.com)submitted 4 hours ago by loading…
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Senate probing whether Cruz leaked classified surveillance data during debate : politics
This might be interesting, as it could give Senate Republicans (who largely dislike Cruz) a chance to pounce. Between Cruz and Trump, we may see a Republican feeding frenzy where they start eating their own.
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Marilyn Mosby, Baltimore’s Hero Prosecutor, Is Blowing the Freddie Gray Case – The Daily Beast
The hero of Baltimore has a big zero on her hands. Marilyn Mosby, state’s attorney for Baltimore, could not get a jury to convict police officer William Porter in the death of Freddie Gray. After several days of jury deadlock, a judge declared a mis…
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Dr Ben Carson Is on Life Support – The Daily Beast
Moments before Tuesday night’s fear-mongering GOP debate, Ben Carson gave a preview of the utter strangeness that was to emerge from his mouth during the night’s proceedings. During a visit to the media spin room, Carson was asked if he would need t…
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The Secret to Better “Reflective Listening”: Use Your Own Words
Repeating back what someone is saying to you, or what’s known as “reflective listening,” is a great way to show that you’re really hearing what they say. Repeating their exact words like a parrot, however, is not always ideal.
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Gugu Mbatha-Raw and Mackenzie Davis to appear in a Black Mirror (episode) · Newswire · The A.V. Club
You might not know actors Gugu Mbatha-Raw and Mackenzie Davis by name, but you’ve probably seen their faces. And if you haven’t yet, you will once Black Mirror returns to television screens.
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J. Cole’s five-part HBO documentary miniseries premieres today | The Verge
We’ve known for a while that J. Cole and HBO were coming together for a concert film called Homecoming, one directed by Scott Lazer and set to premiere January 9th. (It features performances of every song from Cole’s recent LP 2014 Forest Hills Driv…
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Argentina to relax foreign exchange controls – BBC News
Argentina is to announce a relaxation of currency controls, the government has said, which experts say is likely to weaken the peso. President Mauricio Macri hopes the move will boost exports and spark economic growth.
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Watch Coheed and Cambria Cover Adele’s ‘Hello’ | Rolling Stone
Watch Coheed and Cambria Cover Adele’s ‘Hello’ Claudio Sanchez takes acoustic route with intimate version of hit song
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Fifa scandal: Pair plead not guilty to fresh charges – BBC News
Two defendants charged in the Fifa corruption scandal have pleaded not guilty to new charges. Former Brazilian Football Confederation President Jose Maria Marin and US businessman Aaron Davidson entered the pleas at a court in New York.
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Carly Fiorina stands firm: General who retired in 2003 was somehow forced out by Obama
Carly Fiorina continues to set the gold standard in brazenly sticking to your own highly specific, easily disproven lies. In Tuesday night’s GOP presidential debate, Fiorina said that she would “bring back the warrior class—Petraeus, McChrystal, Mat…
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A woman is suing Airbnb over an alleged hidden camera | The Verge
Airbnb is facing a new lawsuit over a hidden camera in a rented apartment. Filed yesterday in Northern California District Court, the case concerns an Irvine, California apartment with a wireless camera allegedly installed in the living room.
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Ethiopia: Amnesty warns against ‘brutal crackdown’ on protesters – BBC News
Anti-terror rhetoric by Ethiopia’s government could escalate into a brutal crackdown on protesters, human rights group Amnesty International has warned. The government has accused Oromo protestors of links with terrorist groups and trying to topple …
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NBA Player of the Year: Stephen Curry, Millennial Man | Rolling Stone
On November 19, when the Golden State Warriors trailed the Los Angeles Clippers by 23 points, something incalculable lingered in the air.
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Fans Anticipate Opening Of ‘Star Wars: The Force Awakens’ : NPR
NPR’s Ari Shapiro asks NPR’ pop culture blogger Linda Holmes to put the much-anticipated new Star Wars film into perspective.
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Why Is The Fed Chair So Difficult To Understand? Here’s A Translation : NPR
Have you ever heard an announcement from the Federal Reserve and felt like you are way under qualified to understand a word of it? That’s no accident.
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A record 409 scripted TV series were produced this year, according to FX · Newswire · The A.V. Club
FX’s John Landgraf likes to make bold claims.
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Where Marvel’s “All-New, All-Different” Universe Stands Right Now
It’s been nearly three whole months since we bid adieu to the Marvel comic universe of old, and said hello to the world of “All-New, All-Different” Marvel. In many ways, a lot has changed, and in some frustrating ways, barely anything has.
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Pricewaterhouse Coopers and Gradifi Create Student-Loan-Debt Employee Perk – The Atlantic
For Millennials, envy of friends who work at companies with cool Silicon Valley-esque perks is understandable.
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Get the iHere 3.0 Tracking Device for over 50% off in the Boing Boing Store / Boing Boing
You’re rushing out the front door, but can’t find your keys or wallet. Happens to all of us. What if you could push a button, and find them in an instant? You can. Just attach the iHere 3.
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A judge in Baltimore declared a mistrial in the case of William Porter, one of six officers charged in the death of Freddie Gray, the 25-year-old black man whose death in police custody last year sparked riots in Baltimore.
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The Free Universal Construction Kit
is a collection of almost 80 adapters between various construction toys like Lego, Lincoln Logs, Duplo, and K’nex (10 toys in all). The kit is available as freely downloadable designs for your 3D printer.
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Two years ago, a Texas teenager who killed four people in a drunken-driving crash was given probation after a defense witness suggested he suffered from “affluenza,” a term used to describe psychological problems that can afflict children from wealt…
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Fact check: Claims Ted Cruz made about climate change at his hearing, and what science says about each one (thinkprogress.org)submitted 2 hours ago by loading…
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The surprising ineffectiveness of Super PACs in 2016 (so far) – Vox
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The Wesleyan Media Project has released its latest numbers on presidential advertising spending, and the headline finding is that “Super PACs Dominate Airwaves.” Its key takeaways: At $60 million so far, ad spending is way up from both 2007 and 2011. -
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Europe Wants to Make Kids Under 16 Get Parental Permission to Use Social Media | VICE News
In a last-minute amendment to Europe’s new data protection regulations — which were approved on Tuesday after four years of negotiations between various European Union institutions — policy makers raised the legal digital consent age to 16.
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Do Pot and Booze Mix? There’s a Turf War in Canada Over Where to Sell Weed | VICE News
Even though Justin Trudeau has yet to say exactly when or how he will make marijuana legal for recreational use in Canada, a battle is brewing over whether it should be sold alongside booze.
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The ‘Star Wars’ Reviews Are Here — Is It Any Good? – Digg
Although the general public doesn’t get to see ‘The Force Awakens’ until Friday,1 film critics were released from the review embargo today. So, is the Force strong with JJ Abrams? The answer is a resounding yes.
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Human Rights Watch Identifies Some of the Thousands of Victims of Syria’s Prisons | VICE News
New research carried out by Human Rights Watch has offered a glimpse at the identities of some of the thousands of victims of Syrian government detention, and whose photographs were spirited out of the country by a defecting member of the military.
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Harvard Business School Study Highlights Costs Of Toxic Workers : NPR
Turns out toxic coworkers are more than just an annoyance. A new study out of the Harvard Business School warns that bullying workers are more costly, even if they are more productive.
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Commerical Buildings More Often Than Not Have Terrorism Insurance : NPR
If you own a commercial building in America, chances are you’re going to take out terrorism insurance. It has moved into the mainstream with the depressing frequency of international incidents.
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Fact Checking Uber On Labor Laws : All Tech Considered : NPR
Uber has grown into a global phenomenon with a flexible labor system in which drivers are treated as independent contractors. Increasingly, that system is under attack. Just this week Seattle passed a historic law to allow Uber drivers, and other dr…
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You’re Never Too Young To Be A ‘Comeback Kid’ : NPR
By the time standup comedian John Mulaney was, 30 he’d had a successful comedy special called New In Town, an Emmy nominated turn writing for Saturday Night Live and was on his way to the comedy promised land — his own sitcom. But in 2013 Mulaney hi…
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Congress Unveils Massive Spending Bill To Fund Government : NPR
Congress has unveiled a giant bill that will fund the government for the year and clarify the tax code. Congress will give itself an extension to get the bills passed before current funding runs out.
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Federal Reserve Raises Interest Rates For First Time In 9 Years : NPR
Federal Reserve policymakers raised benchmark interest rates Wednesday. It’s the first time they have done so in nine and a half years.
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Here’s What The Fed Interest Rate Hike Means For Consumers : NPR
The Federal Reserve raised interest rates for the first time in nine years Wednesday. NPR’s Audie Cornish talks to Megan Greene, chief economist at John Hancock, about what this means for consumers.
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Recent Attacks Spike Interest In Terrorism Insurance : NPR
When an event happens like the massacres in San Bernardino, Calif., or Paris, interest spikes in terrorism insurance. Nearly six in 10 major businesses in America are insured for terrorism damage.
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Soccer Star Abby Wambach To Play Final Game Tonight : NPR
Abby Wambach will play her final game for the U.S. Women’s National Soccer Team Wednesday night. NPR talked to her former coaches, fans and the star herself on what she’s meant to the game.
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FBI Unable To Find Direct Link To Terror Group In San Bernardino Shooting : NPR
FBI Director James Comey said Wednesday it appears the San Bernardino shooters were radicalized long before they met in person, though authorities have still found no ties to a foreign terror group.
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One Year After Pledge To Fix Relations, U.S. Continues Diplomatic Dance With Cuba : NPR
It has been a year since President Obama and Raul Castro set relations on a new course. The U.S. and Cuba now have reopened embassies, but they’re still testing each other on key disputes.
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Mistrial Declared In Trial Of Baltimore Officer Charged In Freddie Gray Death : NPR
A Baltimore judge declared a mistrial in the case of police officer William Porter after the jury could not reach an agreement on any of the four charges Porter faced.
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New York Officials Announce Reforms To Solitary Confinement In Prisons : NPR
More than a thousand inmates will be released from solitary confinement under a deal made public in New York. State officials have agreed to reform the way prisoners are sent to isolation cells.
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National Security Takes Center Stage At GOP Debate In Las Vegas : NPR
NPR reporters dive deep into some of the claims made by candidates at Tuesday night’s Republican debate.
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Review: ‘Star Wars: The Force Awakens’ : NPR
With bigger advance sales than any movie in history, Star Wars: The Force Awakens needs reviews like a Death Star needs a decorative fountain. But all you really want to know is whether it’s good, right? Well, in fact, it is better than it had to be.
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China’s spacecraft to aid study of ‘dark matter’ – Al Jazeera English
China’s 1,400kg Dark Matter Particle Explorer will scan the cosmos for elements, it is hoped, will give us a better understanding of the mysterious and unseen “dark matter”. Tarek Bazley, Al Jazeera’s science editor, explains.
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How the Fed Raising Rates Will Affect You—And Everyone Else | Mother Jones
The Federal Reserve on Wednesday raised its benchmark interest rate for the first time in nearly a decade.
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Mini-review: A week with Apple’s lumpy new iPhone battery case | Ars Technica
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The Different Ways Being Uncomfortable Can Help You Grow
I am quite possibly the world’s biggest fan of being comfortable. What could be better than a big comfy couch? So it has been a challenging, repeated lesson for me to learn that feeling uncomfortable is pretty much the only way to experience real pe…
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U.S. Navy Recruits Gut Microbes to Fight Obesity and Disease – Scientific American
In his lab at Rice University synthetic biologist Jeff Tabor is creating a kind of Lilliputian naval academy. The midshipmen are so small they can’t be seen with the naked eye. But they’re part of a vital mission to protect U.S.
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Judge Declares Mistrial of Officer in Freddie Gray Case | Vanity Fair
According to The Sun, the jury had deliberated for three days, visiting the judge numerous times for instruction before declaring that they were unable to agree on any of the four charges (involuntary manslaughter, second-degree assault, reckless en…
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The Inside Story of Manhattan, the Best TV Show You Haven’t Been Watching
WGN America’s Manhattan ended its critically acclaimed second season with a bang — the detonation of the first nuclear bomb on July 6, 1945.
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Deadspin Mom Makes Half-Court Granny Shot, Goes Nuts | Jezebel This Week In Tabloids: Miranda and Gwen Are Fighting Over Blake Shelton of All People | Sploid What’s it like to get stabbed by porcupine quills | Gawker Five GOP Debates in Five Minutes…
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In its continued attempts to make Sam Worthington happen, Hollywood is chugging along on The Titan, a sci-fi feature set in the near future that follows the journey of a military family participating in an experiment of man’s genetic evolution; as p…
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John Ridley on the Lasting Legacy of In the Heat of the Night | Vanity Fair
Timing is, of course, everything. John Ball could not have unleashed his novel In the Heat of the Night at a more appropriate point in our nation’s history—50 years ago, in 1965. In terms of race relations, 1965 was as incendiary a year as America h…
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Yes, a GOP Mega-Donor Did Secretly Buy Nevada’s Biggest Newspaper | Mother Jones
The mystery surrounding the secretive purchase of Nevada’s biggest newspaper has finally come to a close.
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2015: The Year Obama Had No F–ks Left to Give | Vanity Fair
Depressingly, Obama lost all of the fucks in regard to gun control as he faced the soul-crushing task of addressing 13 mass shootings, and countless other horrific events, throughout his presidency.
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Conservative DJ Mocks Fiorina Going ‘Full Vagina’ – The Daily Beast
The 2016 race to the White House has had its share of sexist commentary, which, of course, is only to be expected when you have women running, let alone daring to comment on the election.
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How Donald Trump Mastered His “Mad as Hell” Strategy | Vanity Fair
On Monday evening, Donald Trump emerged onto the stage of a cavernous ballroom in the Westgate Las Vegas Resort and Casino in full campaign splendor. He was wearing his customary blue business suit and garish red tie. His evanescent hair was impecca…
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There’s a New Tallest Peak in the North American Arctic
Arctic Alaska is so remote and inaccessible that there have been few accurate maps of much of its terrain. This puts pilots at risk of crashing into peaks and adds uncertainty for oil developers building pipelines.
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This Giant Salamander Isn’t 200 Years Old, But It’s Still Super Rare
If you’re ever wading through a river in China and step on something squishy, take care—you might be standing on Andrias davidianus, the largest amphibian on Earth.
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Bernie Sanders had a barbershop chat with Killer Mike · Great Job, Internet! · The A.V. Club
As some people know, Killer Mike introduced Bernie Sanders to a crowd of 5,000 supporters in Atlanta last month. The rapper, who is famously suspicious of the political system as a whole, told the crowd this:
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Is a peace deal possible in Colombia? – Al Jazeera English
Colombia’s government has reached a deal with FARC rebels to end its decades-long civil war. The agreement, reached after years of negotiations in Havana, sets the terms of reparations. It will also include the establishment of a special tribunal.
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Denmark Wants to Take Jewelry From Syrian Refugees – The Daily Beast
As if refugees needed yet another reason not to want to resettle in Denmark after the country placed “Don’t come here” ads in Arabic newspapers over the summer, now the country warns it will strip immigrants of their valuables.
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Downton Abbey Star Michelle Dockery Speaks and Sings at Fiancé’s Funer | Vanity Fair
Four days after the tragic death of Michelle Dockery’s 34-year-old fiancé John Dineen, the Downton Abbey actress steeled herself to speak at his funeral in County Cork, Ireland. “Whether in his work or his personal life John was extremely loyal,” Do…
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Why Is the Chinese Government So Eager to Beef Up Restrictions on Ketamine? | VICE | United States
Ketamine is more than a recreational drug. The World Health Organization (WHO) lists ketamine as an essential medicine for its use as a cheap and efficient anesthetic.
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Meet the Vasectomists — Hopes&Fears
o the founders of world vasectomy day, the benefits speak for themselves. The procedure is simple enough to do in a doctor’s office or even a living room. It takes the burden of family planning off of the female.
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Congress: NASA must not only go to Europa, it must land | Ars Technica
In November Ars revealed exclusive details about a daring mission to land on Jupiter’s moon Europa, and now it has become the law of the land. The Congressional budget deal to fund NASA for the fiscal year 2016 includes $1.
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There Was Plenty of NZT to Go Around on Last Night’s Limitless
Well, damn. Limitless, the freshman series that won my heart as an unapologetically off-kilter comedic serial with episode-long Ferris Bueller homages and made-up ailments like “micropenis,” took an intensely dark turn for its winter finale.
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Senator Says FBI’s New FOIA Policy Is Probably Illegal | Motherboard
The FBI recently updated its Freedom of Information Act standards to allow for a now-common electronic system called eFOIA that’s used by many other government agencies.
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published on From The Howard Stern Show (12-15-15) – Adam Sandler Turned Down Inglorious Basterds For more Howard Stern Show: Website – http://www.howardstern.com Twitter – http://www.twitter.com/sternshow Instagram – http://www.instagram/sternshow Facebook – http://www.facebo…
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History, Travel, Arts, Science, People, Places | Smithsonian
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SyFy’s The Magicians and the dangers of adapting “adult Harry Potter” | Ars Technica
High fantasy is having something of a moment on television. Game of Thrones is the biggest and most obvious example, but shows like Vampire Diaries, its Originals spin-off, Once Upon a Time, Grimm, and the somehow-still-running Supernatural have mad…
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EU Demands Italy Use Force to Fingerprint | Al Jazeera America
As U.S.
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You Can Break Into a Linux System by Pressing Backspace 28 Times. Here’s How to Fix It
Hitting a key over and over again actually works for once. Two security researchers in Spain recently uncovered a strange bug that will let you into most Linux machines just by hitting the backspace key 28 times. Here’s how to fix it and keep your d…
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The Fed’s own data contradicts its case for raising interest rates – Vox
The basic dilemma facing the Federal Reserve is this: Low interest rates promote economic growth but create the risk that the economy will “overheat” with too many dollars chasing too few actual goods and services — causing inflation.
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We’re just going to say it: You might not want to watch this trailer for the American remake of Martyrs. And not just because you should first see the original French version, a horror movie so good, it made our list of the best scary movies of the …
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Classified NSA Surveillance Programs Are Off-Limits for Debate – The Atlantic
Although Tuesday night’s Republican debate had a heavy focus on national security, candidates devolved frequently into posturing and bravado. But when, finally, a real debate over national-security policy began to peek through the fog, it was quickl…
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A Timeline of Fashion’s Early Experiments With Virtual Reality – Racked
Fashion and tech are always eager to grasp at one another; working together, each stands to gain a great deal. When fashion embraces tech, it looks cutting-edge, forward-thinking, smart. When tech aligns with fashion, it looks high-end, in-touch, se…
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Google cuts Nexus 6P price by $50 and offers free overnight shipping | The Verge
If you’ve so far held off in purchasing Google’s excellent Nexus 6P, the company is now doing pretty much everything it can to make you hit the “buy” button.
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This Designer Created Flags For More Than 100 Star Wars Planets | WIRED
Caption: Scott Kelly designed flags for more than 100 Star Wars planets. This is Tatooine. Scott Kelly
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American Grocers Are Implicated in Buying Shrimp Peeled by Slaves – The Atlantic
On Monday, a major AP investigation shook the seafood-loving public when it implicated several major American food purveyors with selling shrimp that had been peeled using slave labor in Thailand.
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CAH’s Max Temkin On ‘Secret Hitler’ And Making Fun Games For Money | TechCrunch
If you’re a maker, getting people excited about what you’re doing can be difficult — no matter what it is you’re making. One guy, Max Temkin, has been “lucky” enough to strike gold with his project Cards Against Humanity. His next act? A game called…
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Did Ted Cruz Leak Classified Information? Then So Did a Former NSA Chief | Mother Jones
A testy exchange between Sens. Marco Rubio and Ted Cruz at Tuesday’s Republican debate turned on Wednesday into a question of whether Cruz accidentally leaked classified information in public. Sen. Richard Burr (R-N.C.
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Chicago Christian college suspends professor for wearing headscarf | US news | The Guardian
A Christian college in Chicago has suspended a tenured professor who has been wearing a headscarf to show solidarity with Muslims, a decision she said was made as part of her Christian Advent worship and has prompted “pushback almost exclusively fro…
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Scotland: The One Place Donald Trump Is Getting His Ass Kicked – The Daily Beast
LONDON — A small European nation has stepped up where the Republican establishment, Beltway pundits and more than a dozen presidential candidates have failed. Scotland is kicking Donald Trump’s butt.
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How does one go about creating the “voice” of an adorable astromech droid for modern movie audiences? You could probably create a computer program that spits out some bleeps and bloops and call it a day, but that seems insufficiently off-kilter for …
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Move Over, R2-D2! NASA Already Has Plenty of Robots in Space
Robots in space aren’t limited to science fiction: NASA has a long list of robotic technologies currently operating in orbit and benefiting humans, even though astronauts don’t yet have anything like a trusty R2-D2 bleeping comments and questions.
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Bill Cosby Countersued 7 Of His Accusers. What Happens Next? | ThinkProgress
On Monday, Bill Cosby countersued seven of more than 50 the women who have accused him of sexual assault. Their allegations, Cosby claims, are not just false but were part of a coordinated effort to wreck his return to television stardom.
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No, Lettuce Is Not Worse For The Environment Than Bacon | ThinkProgress
If you follow the intersection of food and climate change, you know that you can barely swing a reusable grocery bag these days without running into a new study or article bemoaning the environmental damages of a meat-heavy diet.
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Republicans Would Blow Up The Economy If They Ran The Federal Reserve | ThinkProgress
The Federal Reserve decided on Wednesday that Americans’ wages will grow too fast next year and voted to slow them down by raising interest rates.
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Producer’s Blog: Ekulo’s Reef | Al Jazeera America
Call me irritated. It’s 82 degrees in Maui and there is not a cloud in the sky. And the local weathermen keep their fingers crossed that no one ever records that sentence and puts them out of a job. I’m standing on sand near Kihei on the island’s so…
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No, I don’t mean the decision to raise rates, although nothing I’ve seen changes my view that it’s a bad idea. I mean the desperate efforts to say something new about today’s move.
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Once again GOP officials serve their corporate donors rather than their country. Competition, but not really.
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Freddie Gray trial: Jury officially deadlocked, judge declares mistrial – Vox
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The jury presiding over the first trial related to the death of Baltimore resident Freddie Gray’s death returned from deliberations — with no agreement on a decision on Wednesday. Judge Barry Williams declared the trial for suspended Baltimore polic… -
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The big new budget deal, explained – Vox
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“My biggest frustration is that [the negotiating process] is too opaque,” Rep. Bill Flores, a Texas Republican, said. “We don’t have any transparency into anything that’s happening.” The unveiling of the deal probably won’t quiet those criticisms. -
Quick Hit: Fighting Breaks Yemen’s Ceasefire | VICE News
More than 40 people have been killed across Yemen as fighting between government and Houthi rebel forces undermines a day-old ceasefire.
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When Is Keeping a Secret Bad for Your Health? | Al Jazeera America
HOUSTON – Not long after graduating from college in 2000, Lacy Johnson said she was abducted by an ex-boyfriend and locked in a soundproofed basement room, her life threatened. Johnson managed to escape with hours, but she didn’t talk about what hap…
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A Life in Check | The Big Roundtable
Gregory Garrett knocks down his adversary’s queen, drawing the game to a checkmate. With a victorious grin that exposes two bright golden teeth, he calls after his opponent, who sighs and turns away from the chess area at New York’s Bryant Park.
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How To Make Calculated Decisions When Forming Your GP Entity | TechCrunch
See if this scenario sounds familiar: You just turned 30 and are either a successful entrepreneur who made a fortune developing a very popular gaming app, or you’re one of the early employees at an emerging technology company that just achieved “uni…
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Hugh Hewitt tried to humiliate Donald Trump last night. Good times!
One of the few highlights of Tuesday’s debate was conservative moderator Hugh Hewitt’s attempted garroting of Donald Trump by asking him a policy question predicated on knowing, well, policy. What’s your priority among our nuclear triad?
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The Paranoid Optimist: How to Have Faith in the Future Even Though We’re Doomed
I have an absolute total unshakable faith in the future of humanity, and in progress. But I’m also sure that awful, terrible things are going to happen, the environment is going to be screwed, and everything is going to hell. How do you reconcile th…
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Congress Allows DC to Sled, but Not to Regulate the Sale of Marijuana | Mother Jones
Residents of Washington, DC, have taken major issue with Congress on two big local priorities in the past year: legalizing marijuana and sledding on the slopes of the US Capitol.
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Star Wars: The Force Awakens is one of the best films of the year. So says the American Film Institute who put the anticipated sequel on their top ten films of 2015 list along with Mad Max: Fury Road, The Martian and others. Here’s the list.
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Wild Weather Adds Hand Drawn Illustrations to Your Weather Forecasts
iPhone: You have an abundance of options for weather apps on iOS. They’re all suited to different styles and preferences. If you’re the type who’s always wanted some hand drawn art to go with your forecasts, Wild Weather’s the app for you. As a weat…
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Record-keeping was imperfect in 18th-century Germany, so history does not have an exact date of birth for classical composer Ludwig Van Beethoven, now probably best loved for his contributions to the soundtracks from A Clockwork Orange, Die Hard, an…
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How Star Trek Beyond Questions the Federation’s Philosophy
Fans have complained that the recent Star Trek movies don’t do enough to explore the philosophical issues that were at the heart of classic Trek. But Justin Lin, the director of Star Trek Beyond, told us the new movie is all about debating Starfleet…
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Mistrial declared in Freddie Gray police brutality case / Boing Boing
Jurors were unable to agree in the case of a man who died after suffering severe injuries while in the custody of Baltimore police, leading the judge to declare a mistrial.
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When it comes to hooks, “lesbian werewolf war story” is one that definitely piques interest.
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Rare Aaliyah Track to Feature on Timbaland Mixtape | Rolling Stone
A previously unreleased Aaliyah song will feature on Timbaland’s King Stays King, a 16-track mixtape that the producer is releasing online for free on Christmas Day. It will also contain songs featuring Young Thug, Rich Homie Quan, Mila J and Blaze,…
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Yemen court spares life of American Sharif Mobley in alleged killing | World news | The Guardian
A court in Yemen has spared the life of an American man detained on terrorism charges but sentenced him to 10 years in prison for an alleged killing – despite protests from his legal team about lack of evidence.
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Samuel L. Jackson will be in that xXx-treme sequel with Vin Diesel · Newswire · The A.V. Club
Perhaps worried that his recent performances haven’t been sufficiently extreme, Samuel L. Jackson is heading back to the Xander Zone, i.e., the xXx movie franchise (and boy, is it ever important to stylize that properly when you’re Googling it).
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News | Studies of Recent and Ancient Nepal Quakes Yield Surprises
The devastating magnitude 7.8 Gorkha, Nepal earthquake in April 2015 triggered far fewer landslides and much less damage to glacial lakes than expected; while in medieval times, large earthquakes in Nepal unleashed massive changes upon the landscape.
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News | Cassini Closes in on Enceladus, One Last Time
A thrilling chapter in the exploration of the solar system will soon conclude, as NASA’s Saturn-orbiting Cassini spacecraft makes its final close flyby of the ocean-bearing moon Enceladus. Cassini is scheduled to fly past Enceladus at a distance of …
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People contact Edward Luttwak with unusual requests.
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OneDrive for Business to get unlimited storage for enterprise customers | Ars Technica
Amid the brouhaha surrounding Microsoft’s decision to backtrack on its offer of unlimited OneDrive storage for home Office 365 subscribers, one issue remained unaddressed: what about the related OneDrive for Business storage that’s offered to enterp…
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Freddie Gray case: Hung jury in William Porter trial – CNN.com
Baltimore (CNN)Jurors considering the trial of a Baltimore police officer in Freddie Gray’s death told the judge once that they were deadlocked. Time will tell if a third day of deliberations will bring a change. It wasn’t immediately clear what the…
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An Unbelievable Story of Rape – ProPublica
No one came to court with her that day, except her public defender. She was 18 years old, charged with a gross misdemeanor, punishable by up to a year in jail.
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Judge Declares Mistrial in Freddie Gray Case | Al Jazeera America
The judge presiding over the trial of William Porter, the first police officer to be prosecuted in the death of 25-year-old Baltimore resident Freddie Gray, declared a mistrial on Wednesday. Judge Barry G.
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Judge Declares Mistrial In Officer William Porter’s Trial in Freddie Gray’s Death – The Atlantic
After deliberating for more than 16 hours over three days, the jury informed Judge Barry Williams that it could not reach an agreement on any of the four charges against Porter. It’s unclear how the jury was split on the charges, and unclear if that…
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VW Europe will start fixing its emissions-cheating engines next month | The Verge
German regulators have approved a plan to fix many of Volkswagen’s emissions-cheating diesel engines, at least the ones in Europe. VW will begin informing owners of the fix soon and cars should start getting fixed late next month.
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When it comes to Star Wars, hype has always been an important part of the overall experience.
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Fed Should Go Slow After Disappointing Rate Hike
The Federal Reserve’s decision to begin nudging up interest rates—in the clear absence of any inflationary pressures—is disappointing.
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In Sisters, Tina Fey and Amy Poehler create an awkward, inclusive intimacy | The Verge
Most of the laugh lines in the new Tina Fey-Amy Poehler comedy Sisters don’t seem particularly funny on the page.
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The Cyberbudget of the Cyberunited Cyberstates of Cyberamerica | The Verge
The prefix “cyber-” is a shortening of “cybernetics,” which is itself based on a Greek word relating to steering, piloting, or governance. I had to go look that up after tabbing through the recent omnibus budget bill, because reading “cyber” 423 tim…
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Ben Carson Revives Debunked Claim Of Muslim-Controlled ‘No-Go Zones’ In Europe | ThinkProgress
LAS VEGAS, NV — Speaking to the Republican Women’s Club in a mall on the glitzy Las Vegas Strip, retired neurosurgeon and presidential hopeful Dr.
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Closing the Depression Treatment Gap in India, on Motorbikes – The Atlantic – The Atlantic
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Ex-gay therapy has been in a steady state of decline and disavowal, but the smaller movement of ex-trans therapy — efforts to discourage a transgender identity — have remained ongoing.
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For nearly two weeks, the massacre in San Bernardino has been characterized in the press and by government officials as an ISIS—or, at least, ISIS-inspired—attack.
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Manhattan’s creator on a great season 2: “We never saw this show as Law & Order: Atomic Bomb” – Vox
WGN America’s Manhattan made the leap in its second season, going from the promising but occasionally frustrating show it had been in year one to a TV show that thrilled, delighted, and made you contemplate the legacy of America’s use of atomic weap…
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Children in Flint, Michigan, have such high levels of lead in their blood that Mayor Karen Weaver has declared a state of emergency, calling the situation a “manmade disaster.” The origins of the escalating situation in Flint go back to 2011, when R…
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More Teens Smoke Marijuana Daily Than Cigarettes | Al Jazeera America
High school students are more likely to smoke marijuana on a daily basis than they are to smoke cigarettes, according to an annual government survey of drug, alcohol and tobacco use released Wednesday.
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The trial of Officer William Porter, one of six police officers facing criminal charges for the death of Freddie Gray in Baltimore, just ended with a hung jury.
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Hack Into a Linux Computer by Hitting the Backspace 28 Times | Motherboard
If you’re trying to steal someone’s files from his or her computer, getting past the login screen can be hard, if not impossible. But thanks to a bizarre bug in several distributions of Linux, all you need is to hit the backspace key 28 times.
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Chinese poachers are ripping apart Philippine coral reefs under the protection of the Chinese government. (bbc.com)
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History, Travel, Arts, Science, People, Places | Smithsonian
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Hung Jury Leads To Mistrial in Case of Cop Involved in Freddie Gray Death | VICE News
A mistrial has been declared in the case of the first of six Baltimore police officers to face trial over the death of Freddie Grey, the man who died from injuries he sustained while he was handcuffed in the back of a police van.
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Do We Live in a Star Wars Universe? – Scientific American Blog Network
Caleb A. Scharf Dr. Caleb A. Scharf is Director of Astrobiology at Columbia University, and has an international reputation as a research astrophysicist, and as a lecturer to college and public audiences.
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GOP Candidates, CNN Debate Moderators Did Their Best To Make America Sh*t Its Pants Everything is terrifying and we’re all going to die. (huffingtonpost.com) Yeah, the tone of the entire debate was pretty damn embarrassing.
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Mistrial in US Freddie Gray case – BBC News
The judge in the case of a Baltimore police officer on trial over a death in custody declares a mistrial after the jury was unable to reach a verdict. Policeman William Porter is the first of six officers charged in the death of 25-year-old Freddie …
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There Was No Winner in the GOP Debate, But There Was One Clear Loser: The American Public : politics
There Was No Winner in the GOP Debate, But There Was One Clear Loser: The American Public (thenation.com)submitted 2 hours ago by loading…
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The Grand Canyon currently has 6 inches of snow. : pics
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Get Past Your Gut Reaction to Someone You Don’t Like by Imagining Someone You Do
When an adversary asks for a favor at work, criticizes you in conversation, or even just offers up a perfectly valid point, it’s easy to get grumpy about the whole affair simply because you don’t like them.
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Judge declares mistrial in trial of first of six officers charged in Freddie Gray’s death
The jury in the trial of Baltimore police officer William Porter could not reach a verdict on any count, according to journalists in the courtroom.
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Google vs. Uber and the race to self-driving taxis | The Verge
You won’t be able to have a fully autonomous car of your own for at least a few more years, but the race to develop the best technology is already tearing up the asphalt.
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The new budget deal is a big deal for Obamacare – Vox
Tuesday night’s budget deal is about to make Obamacare a whole lot more expensive for the federal government. The new deal delays or “pauses” some of the law’s biggest taxes, including the much-maligned Cadillac tax on high-cost health insurance pla…
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Judge Barry Williams declared a mistrial on Wednesday in the case of William Porter, the first of six officers to be tried for the death of Freddie Gray due to injuries he received in the back of a police van.
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Tom Hardy’s Really Upset About Losing All That Sweet Suicide Squad Money
You know when you say something in a joking manner, but it’s really a mask for dropping a semi-stealthy truth bomb? Yeah, that’s what Tom Hardy did when he was asked about having to drop out of Suicide Squad. In an interview with Variety, the fact t…
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Though the first trailer for Gods Of Egypt was clearly one of mankind’s greatest cinematic achievements, it did raise a few eyebrows with its bizarre (though unfortunately unsurprising) decision to have most of the pantheon of Egyptian gods be playe…
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Chair Janet Yellen announces a hike in interest rates for the first time in nearly a decade, signalling faith that the US economy has largely overcome the wounds of the 2007-2009 financial crisis.
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The de Blasio Diaries, Chapter 51: Star Bores | Vanity Fair
I’ve always subscribed to the philosophy that what makes us special as humans—what makes someone attractive, makes them sexy, even—is going against the grain. Is it cool to like the thing that everyone likes? Is it cool to like . . .
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How to build the world’s first underground park | The Verge
James Ramsey is brimming with confidence. He says so as he gazes at the lush, undulating mini-forest he helped build in the middle of an empty warehouse in Manhattan’s Lower East Side.
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Mariah Carey’s now-21-year-old holiday anthem, “All I Want For Christmas Is You,” recently received a most appreciative write-up here at The A.V. Club, with Annie Zaleski praising the Spector-style pop tune as an enduring and endearing Yuletide trad…
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Federal Reserve ends Hamlet-like indecision over interest rates | Business | The Guardian
It has been a long time coming – more than nine years in fact. The last time the Federal Reserve raised interest rates, Tony Blair was prime minister of Britain, George Bush was US president and the iPhone was still a year away from hitting the shop…
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Barbara Walters Flirts with Bradley Cooper: “I Find You Very Screwable | Vanity Fair
Just because Barbara Walters is 86-years-old does not mean that the veteran journalist is softening her sometimes flirtatious interview style. Take for example her upcoming sit-down with Bradley Cooper during her annual “Most Fascinating People” spe…
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Less than 12 hours after the end of the last Republican debate of 2015, Marco Rubio was back on the campaign trail in a hotel ballroom in Ankeny, Iowa.
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San Bernardino attackers did not post about jihad on social media, FBI says | US news | The Guardian
The fierce debate over screening visa applicants in the wake of the San Bernardino attacks was thrown into question on Wednesday after the head of the FBI said the married couple responsible for the shooting did not, as has been widely reported, mak…
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Larry Wilmore Will Host Obama’s Last White House Correspondents Dinner | Vanity Fair
Late-night political-comedy-show host Larry Wilmore, a vet of The Daily Show who took over The Colbert Report’s slot on Comedy Central when Stephen Colbert moved to CBS, has been tapped to host April’s White House Correspondents’ Dinner.
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First Look: Natalie Portman as Jacqueline Kennedy in Jackie | Vanity Fair
Natalie Portman is the latest actress to take on America’s most stylish First Lady.
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Wildflower by Drew Barrymore review – too guarded to be revealing | Books | The Guardian
The pull quote on the back of the paperback edition of actress Drew Barrymore’s memoir Little Girl Lost, co-authored with journalist Todd Gold and published in 1990 when she was just 15, doesn’t beat around the bush: “I had my first drink at age nin…
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Donald Trump Loses Fight Against Windmills | Vanity Fair
In a weirdly modern-day echo of the tale of Don Quixote, Donald Trump lost a long legal battle against a wind farm located near a golf course he owns in Scotland. This is the kind of story that Miguel de Cervantes would write if he were actually Gar…
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Fed decision: What happens when interest rates rise?
When interest rates rise What’s happening? How will this affect me? In-depth analysis What’s happening? Federal Reserve raises interest rates for the first time in nearly a decade The US central bank has raised interest rates by a quarter percent
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WASHINGTON — The Federal Reserve said on Wednesday that it would raise short-term interest rates for the first time since the financial crisis struck, a vote of confidence in the strength of the American economy at a time when much of the rest of th…
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“The environmental toll of a Netflix binge: The data centers that support the Internet use a huge amount of energy.” (theatlantic.com)submitted 11 minutes ago by loading…
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Ada Lovelace: what would go into an Internet of Women’s Things? / Boing Boing
Augusta Ada King, Countess of Lovelace, is no longer who she once was, 200 years ago. Time changes all famous people, especially cult personalities. Ada has become a modern icon for the digitizing world of science and literature.
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The key to understanding Ben Carson’s weird campaign? Glenn Beck. – Vox
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Ben Carson probably won’t become president. He’s dropped from first to fourth place in Iowa in little over a month, and there are no signs he’s regaining momentum. But win or lose, his candidacy matters. -
The US Is About to Export Oil for the First Time in 40 Years | VICE News
VICE News is closely tracking global environmental change. Check out the Tipping Point blog here. Congress has greased the skids for US oil producers to be able to sell American crude on world markets for the first time since the Captain and Tennill…
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Justin Trudeau Says the Pope Should Say Sorry for Abuse of Aboriginal People in Canada | VICE News
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is expecting to have a tete-a-tete with the head of the Catholic Church in order to ask for his Holiness to apologize for the century of abuse inflicted on Canada’s indigenous people in the church-run residential school…
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Only A Fungus Can Prevent These Extreme Tumbleweed Situations | Atlas Obscura
As Old West villains go, the tumbleweed doesn’t look the part. It lacks a big mustache or a low kerchief. It’s more likely to be seen bouncing forlornly past the saloon standoff than actively participating in a barroom brawl.
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Wheaton College, an evangelical Christian school outside Chicago, suspended a tenured professor for saying Christians and Muslims worship the same god, and wearing a headscarf during the Christian Advent season.
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Watch The First Episode Of ‘What Is It?’ A Show That’s Definitely About Learning – Digg
36 diggs Digg Original Art Funny Gross Prepare yourself to do a large amount of learning, as Dr.* Lewis Haast explains all there is to know about the wide world of art.
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chainsawsuit – three panels daily » Saw It For You: Star Wars VII – The Force Awakens (2015)
Synopsis. Decades after the Empire’s defeat, a new band of Rebels must stop the Empire from doing the same thing again. Tagline. What Awakens? It is the Force.
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Midday open thread: Fisticuffs at City Hall and Senate pages needing a ‘make it work’ moment
The mayor of Alabama’s largest city got into a fight with a city councilman during a meeting Tuesday, sending both men to the hospital.
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Senate probing whether Cruz leaked classified surveillance data during debate | Ars Technica
Senate Intelligence Committee Chairman Richard Burr said Wednesday he was investigating if Texas Senator Ted Cruz released classified surveillance data at Tuesday’s GOP presidential debate.
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Remove Kinesio Tape Painlessly in the Shower
Kinesiology tape can help stabilize or relieve pain from minor injuries, so it’s popular among runners and other athletes. But since the tape puts adhesive on a large area of your body, removing it poses the same problems as removing a giant band-ai…
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The Trinity Rises Up On a New Set of Gritty Batman v Superman Posters
When a big movie is released in theaters, all the other studios take advantage of the attendance bump with new trailers, posters and more. One of 2016’s biggest films, Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice, already has the trailer and now there are pos…
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Woman sues Airbnb after finding hidden camera in her rental | Ars Technica
A German woman who stayed at an apartment rented through Airbnb has sued the company, saying she was filmed by a hidden camera while she walked around naked. The plaintiff, Yvonne Schumacher, says that the camera captured “personal and intimate” con…
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Amazon selling Swagway hoverboards as it urges customers to destroy knockoffs | The Verge
Swagway-branded hoverboards are back at Amazon after the recent ban. However, it appears the retail giant is doubling its efforts to get dangerous hoverboards out of its customers’ homes.
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The Marshall Project has published , a story of two rape investigations in different parts of the country. An 18-year-old said she was attacked at knifepoint. Then she said she made it up. That’s where our story begins.
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Six Embarrassing Things Republicans Said About Cybersecurity Last Night | Mother Jones
Huge hacks, Internet-savvy terrorists, and controversial legislation has made cybersecurity big news this year, but candidates from both parties barely mentioned the topic until Tuesday night’s Republican debate in Las Vegas.
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US Federal Reserve raises interest rates – Al Jazeera English
The US Federal Reserve has raised interest rates for the first time since 2006, ending measures brought in after the global financial crisis in 2007. The increase by 0.
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Germany approves 30-minute software update fix for cheating Volkswagen diesels | Ars Technica
Today, Volkswagen Group said that German regulators approved its proposed fixes to vehicles with EA 189 engines, the infamous engines that include defeat devices and released illegal amounts of nitrogen oxide (NOx) while VW vehicles were being drive…
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TOM THE DANCING BUG: A Long Time Ago, Generations Far Far Away… / Boing Boing
Tom the Dancing Bug, IN WHICH, the elder and younger Smythes, of Chagrin Falls, U.S.A., make plans to see Star Wars. Follow @RubenBolling on Twitter and Facebook.
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He’ll Be Back—Terminator 2: Judgment Day Returns to Theaters Next Year, and in 3D
Next year is already scheduled to have a bunch of great blockbusters. One, however, you’ve already seen, just never like this. Terminator 2: Judgment Day is been re-released in 3D for the film’s 25th anniversary.
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Amazon Leads $23M Investment In India-Based Home Services Startup Housejoy | TechCrunch
Amazon has led a $23 million investment in India-based Housejoy, a startup that — as the name not so subtly suggests — is much like Homejoy, the home services on-demand company that closed its doors this summer. The U.S.
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Early Facebook employee and longtime travel aficionado Julia Lam began studying consumer travel habits over a year ago to see how people planned their vacations and business trips. What she found was that people were often using a mess of Chrome tab…
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The Expanse’s Second Episode Delivers on the Promise of the First
In “The Big Empty,” The Expanse is mainly concerned with introducing characters that got the short shrift in the premiere and making strong connections between our three plots. They also make a huge change from the books. Spoilers for both the show …
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Is The Economy As Healthy As The Federal Reserve Thinks? | ThinkProgress
On Wednesday, the Federal Reserve announced that it is raising interest rates from zero for the first time since they were lowered to that rock-bottom level in December of 2008.
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Russia to suspend Ukraine trade pact – BBC News
Russia’s president Vladimir Putin has signed a decree that will exclude Ukraine from a free trade zone that includes former Soviet countries from 1 January. Ukraine plans to join an EU free trade zone from that date.
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Why Ahsoka Tano Is the Best Thing to Happen to Star Wars in 20 Years
Tomorrow, Lucasfilm will release final season of Star Wars: The Clone Wars on Netflix*, but the season won’t include an arc centered on one of the show’s main characters, Anakin Skywalker’s Padawan Ahsoka Tano.
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Star Wars Marketing Is Even More Absurd Outside the US
Human culture has reached a point of no return. The overwhelming barrage of Star Wars merchandise has pulverized the last remaining crumbs of our consumer dignity. Consider this product and cry with us: Star Wars Chicken Hot Dogs with Built-in Ketch…
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The Nuclear Conundrum [Chart] (naturetrib.com)submitted 2 hours ago by loading…
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The Nuclear Conundrum [Chart] : environment
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The Nuclear Conundrum [Chart] – The Nature Tribune
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December Fed Committee Meeting Raises Federal Interest Rates – The Atlantic
On Wednesday, the U.S. Federal Reserve decided to raise interest rates for the first time in nearly a decade. The committee’s two-day meeting concluded with Fed officials voting unanimously in favor of the raise; the target range for the federal fun…
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The greatest triumph of the Paris climate agreement is that there is an agreement at all. Unlike previous attempted climate treaties, Paris encompasses not only an affluent United States, but also a transformed China and an industrializing India.
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Push To Punish College Athletes Who Go On Strike Backfires | ThinkProgress
A Missouri state legislator sparked a firestorm of criticism after he filed a bill that would crack down on athletes who strike and coaches who support them. The measure, introduced by Rep. Rick Brattin (R) and co-sponsor Rep.
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Backblaze B2 Offers Dirt-Cheap Cloud Storage for Half a Penny Per GB a Month
There isn’t much you can buy for less than one cent these days, but you can store a whole lot of files in the “cloud” for $0.005 a month with Backblaze’s new B2 storage service. It’ll even give you 10GB for free. Backblaze B2 is similar to Amazon S3…
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Longreads Best of 2015: Crime Reporting : Longreads Blog
We asked a few writers and editors to choose some of their favorite stories of the year in specific categories. Here, the best in crime reporting. Chris VogelArticles Editor at Boston magazine.
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A little wiggle on a graph, representing just a handful of particles, has set the world of physics abuzz.
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Donald Trump Just Lost The Battle To Block A Wind Farm Near His Luxury Golf Course | ThinkProgress
Donald Trump may be leading in the GOP primary polls in the U.S., but he just lost a major battle in the U.K. The billionaire businessman has been fighting to prevent the construction of a wind farm off the coast of Aberdeen, Scotland, since 2013.
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During the GOP presidential debate on Tuesday, Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX), a Republican presidential candidate, accused the Obama administration of failing to track two shooters ahead of their deadly rampage in San Bernardino, California in early December…
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Inside PK5 (Extra Scene from ‘United in Hate: Central African Republic’) | VICE News
In March 2013, the Seleka, a coalition of predominantly Muslim-armed groups from the northeast, marched on the Central African Republic’s capital Bangui and seized power.
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Armed Robberies and Gunfire Reach Mexico City’s Hippest Barrios | VICE News
Residents of Mexico City’s trendiest area are reeling from a spate of armed robberies, and even gunfire in the streets, shattering its reputation as a safe haven in Mexico’s wider security crisis.
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Corporate sponsors sought for the Great Barrier Reef | Fusion
Australia’s Great Barrier Reef is facing an uncertain future, its survival threatened by industrial pollution and rising ocean temperatures. Scientists and Australia’s Greens Party have been calling for the government to invest more in rehabilitatin…
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Turing’s Shkreli on drug price-hike: “It gets people talking… that’s what art is” | Ars Technica
Regardless of the negative opinions of Martin Shkreli, no one can deny that he has sparked a much-needed discussion about drug pricing and access—and maybe that was his goal?
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What Does Sound Look Like?: The Audible Rendered Visible Through Clever Technology | Open Culture
How can you make the invisible, visible? One way to do it is through a nineteenth century photography technique called Schlieren Flow Visualization.
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Pwning Tomorrow: the Electronic Frontier Foundation’s first science fiction anthology / Boing Boing
Today, EFF published Pwning Tomorrow, a science fiction anthology featuring stories by 21 celebrated authors, including Bruce Sterling, Neil Gaiman, Lauren Beukes, Pat Cadigan, Madeline Ashby and Charlie Jane Anders (I have a story in there too!).
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The LAPD received 1,356 complaints of “biased policing” (AKA racial profiling) from 2012-2014, but after investigating them, the investigating officials decided that their co-workers had done nothing wrong — ever.
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US revamps terror alert system to include bulletins warning of threats | US news | The Guardian
US security officials issued the first bulletin on Wednesday under a revamped national alert system to warn the public about terrorism risks and inform Americans about threats from Islamic State and other militant groups.
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Budget Deal: Republicans In Service To Oil Companies, Never The Public
The “Omnibus” budget for the next year is out. Here are some of the winners and losers. With a Republican Congress, every budget battle is about ratcheting down the things our government does to make our lives better.
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New York to revamp prisoner treatment in settlement of years-long lawsuit | US news | The Guardian
New York agreed on Wednesday to overhaul how thousands of state inmates are punished within prison walls, settling a longstanding lawsuit by accepting a range of reforms to how solitary confinement operates.
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Facebook’s new Your Year in Review lets you filter out the bad memories | The Verge
If Facebook had to be somewhat uncompromising in showing how awful the world could be in last week’s Year in Review, this week’s more personalized version does a lot more to hide the bad.
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Facebook Messenger now lets you hail an Uber car | The Verge
Is this what the singularity looks like? Facebook Messenger users who want to summon an Uber driver without leaving the comfort of their app will now be able to, thanks to Uber’s crusade to integrate with every app in existence.
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YouTube will stream the Democratic debate on January 17th | The Verge
YouTube and NBC News are partnering up to live stream the next Democratic debate from South Carolina, scheduled for January 17th with NBC Nightly News anchor Lester Holt on moderator duty. The debate will run from 9PM to 11PM ET, and you’ll be able …
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The Best Eleven Minutes in Sports in 2015 – The New Yorker
An average American football game takes about three and a half hours, but after you cut out all the referee huddles, official reviews, timeouts, injury stoppages, commercials, booth chatter, and endless shots of players standing around waiting for s…
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US Fed raises interest rates by 0.25 – BBC News
MPs vote by 298 to 261 to allow fracking under national parks as opposition parties and campaigners say stronger protections are needed.
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Survey: “Gamers” are poorer, more male, less white than “game players” | Ars Technica
Debates over what makes someone a true “gamer” boil up quite frequently in and around the video game industry, especially on certain Internet message boards.
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US to sell arms to Taiwan despite Chinese opposition – BBC News
The Obama Administration has announced a $1.83bn (£1.22bn) arms deal with Taiwan, in a deal that risks antagonising China. The deal – the first in four years – comes as US-China relations fray over China’s construction of artificial islands in the S…
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LL Cool J to keep hosting the Grammys until they become relevant again · Newswire · The A.V. Club
Because the Grammy ladies (and gents) love Cool James, the rapper, actor, and ode-to-big-old-butts composer has been asked to host the awards show for…let’s see, now…the fifth consecutive year.
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Patient plays saxophone during brain surgery – BBC News
Carlos Aguilera, a 27-year-old saxophonist, was conscious during the 12-hour surgery at the Regional Hospital of Málaga in October.
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“Room A Thousand Years Wide” anticipated Soundgarden’s future · Hear This · The A.V. Club
In Hear This, The A.V. Club writers sing the praises of songs they know well. This week: Some of our favorite songs with “year” in the title.
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Ancient Egyptian Divinity Geoffrey Rush Explains the New Gods of Egypt Trailer
It’s not often that a trailer actually makes me snort. But once Geoffrey Rush’s Ra (yes, that is an Australian playing Ra in this thing) exhorts the “god of the air” to “protect the mortals,” that was it for me.
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India victim in 2012 Delhi gang rape named by mother – BBC News
The mother of a student who died after being gang-raped on a bus in Delhi has publicly revealed her daughter’s name. The 23-year-old physiotherapy student died after being brutally raped by six men on a moving bus in 2012, causing global outrage.
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Crashing cars and causing trouble with an anti-social misfit · Watch This · The A.V. Club
Every day, Watch This offers staff recommendations inspired by a new movie coming out that week. This month: The A.V. Club atones for its sins of omission, recommending the best movies of the year that we didn’t review.
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Nicki Minaj urged to cancel Angola gig – BBC News
US rapper Nicki Minaj has been asked by a rights group to cancel her performance in Angola on Saturday. The letter from Human Rights Foundation (HRF) says the money to pay her comes from “government corruption and human rights violations”.
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Air India worker ‘sucked into aircraft engine’ in Mumbai – BBC News
An Air India technician has died after he was sucked into an aircraft engine at Mumbai airport, the airline says. The accident happened as the jet of flight AI 619 from Mumbai to Hyderabad was being pushed back for departure.
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‘The Daily Show’ Creates Its Own Hilariously Terrifying Trump Focus Group – The Daily Beast
With Donald Trump still at the top of the Republican presidential primary polls long after pundits predicted he would self-destruct, The Daily Show set out this week to answer the one question on everyone’s minds: “What the hell?” To figure it out, …
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Last round pound coin minted – BBC News
The Royal Mint is producing the final round pound coin on Wednesday. It is more than 30 years since the now familiar gold-coloured coins were first minted.
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Trying to look all innocent after attacking her toy : cats
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Selfie.Meeting with friends. : cats
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This is Harley. We hunt together. : pics
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2015: The Year in Volcanic Activity (33 photos) https://t.co/IyyzxdUtxm https://t.co/573LvsznRb
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Expedition 46 Soyuz Approaches Space Station for Docking https://t.co/FkhOj6uxRk https://t.co/TIqkRnEJsT
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The fight over whether Star Wars is racist reveals more about the media than Star Wars – Vox
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An overlooked debate highlight: when Rand Paul almost lost it – Vox
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Fed Ends Zero-Rate Era, Signals 4 Quarter-Point 2016 Increases – Bloomberg Business
The Federal Reserve raised interest rates for the first time in almost a decade in a widely telegraphed move while signaling that the pace of subsequent increases will be “gradual” and in line with previous projections.
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The Only Thing I Remember About the Internet in 2015 Is the Baby Covered in Peanut Butter – The Awl
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My Life As an Atrocity Tour Guide — Following: How We Live Online
A man stretching his anus horrifyingly wide with both hands. Two young women defecating into a cup and then messily eating their own waste. Lovingly rendered artwork of Japanese anime babes being filleted into grisly ribbons. For over a decade of my…
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Work-Life Balance Needs an Update – The Atlantic
How people think and talk about an issue matters.
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In the data, Chicago’s crooked cops are so obvious they practically glow / Boing Boing
As Chicago’s mayor/kingmaker/kingpin Rahm Emanuel grins at the chorus demanding his resignation for his role in covering up video showing that Chicago PD officers shot a man 16 times, lied about it, and confiscated and destroyed all the evidence the…
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Facebook Filters Out Sadness And Adds Editing To Your Year In Review Photoset | TechCrunch
Facebook broke some hearts in 2014 when its algorithmically-selected Your Year In Review photosets accidentally included depressing photos of people’s exes, blocked friends, and deceased loved ones.
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Facebook Messenger now lets you order “Transportation”, starting with Uber and with more services on the way.
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Federal Reserve announces first rise in US interest rates since 2008 | Business | The Guardian
The Federal Reserve raised interest rates on Wednesday, ending an extraordinary period of government intervention in the financial markets that started at the height of the recession.
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China warns against first major US-Taiwan arms sale in four years | US news | The Guardian
The Obama administration has announced a $1.83bn (£1.2bn) arms sale to Taiwan, the first offered by the US to the self-governing island in four years.
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Find Out the Number of Gun Deaths Near You and Where Your Reps Stand on Guns
Some parts of the country have experienced more gun-related deaths and injuries than others this year. The Guardian reveals how many people died from guns by district, congresspeople’s votes on gun legislation, and whether they have ties to the gun …
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Hit Or Miss, A Tinder-Like Curated Shopping App, Looks To Keep Shopping Simple | TechCrunch
Amber Reyngoudt and Dave Peck want to figure out how to perfect the mobile shopping experience — and they thinks it’s flipping through fewer products, not more.
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The Latest Gear VR Ad Follows A Very Important, And Necessary, Narrative | TechCrunch
Whether you can find a Samsung Gear VR in time for the holidays or not, the company behind the mobile virtual reality accessory keeps releasing ads that follow a very important narrative for the future of VR. The ad is extremely well done, and focus…
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California finally issued draft regulations for the public operation of self-driving cars on Wednesday, almost a year after it was supposed to.
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Anti-Isis proposals floated at Republican debate would likely be war crimes | US news | The Guardian
Carpet-bombed cities, world war III and internet blockades were among the images conjured up by Republican candidates for president on Tuesday night, as the hopefuls took bellicose rhetoric to new heights over the inconveniences of law and fact.
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From Guys And Dolls to Sister Act (and probably dozens more examples), pop culture has long had a place for stories about delinquents and hoodlums finding salvation through organized religion.
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Adorably gross ‘Alien’-like frog carries eggs and babies on its back|Dangerous Minds
The Dangerous Minds audience has shown an inordinate interest in looking at things on top of other things (sounds to me like a Monty Python category), so we humbly present Cryptobatarchus boulengeri, a frog species that mostly resides in Colombia an…
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What We’re Following on Wednesday Afternoon, 12/16 – The Atlantic
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Gilbert Arenas’ plan to boost WNBA: less clothing and fewer ‘ugly’ players | Sport | The Guardian
Former NBA star Gilbert Arenas has offered up a two-point plan for increasing the popularity of women’s basketball: skimpier uniforms and more traditionally attractive players.
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Ted Cruz being investigated by Intelligence Committee for leaking stuff Marco Rubio already blabbed
Republican North Carolina Sen. Richard Burr heard through the Washington press corps grapevine that Marco Rubio thought Ted Cruz leaked classified information during Tuesday night’s presidential debate. Burr didn’t witness this directly though, beca…
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Today’s Christmas-themed post brings to light yet another reason why the 70s were fucking awesome.
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Die Hard fan gets Hollywood movie deal | Film | The Guardian
Fan Eric D Wilkinson, a producer and writer of independent movies, spent thousands of dollars from his savings to take out the Hollywood Reporter ad, which took the form of an open letter to star Bruce Willis, producer Lorenzo di Bonaventura and dir…
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These are the charities where your money will do the most good – Vox
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Canyonlands, Utah [OC] 3088 x 2056 : EarthPorn
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Freedom of Speech Is Still Deteriorating Drastically in Turkey | VICE News
Turkey is the runaway capital of censorship in Europe, with freedom of expression declining radically there since 2013, said an annual report released on Wednesday.
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FBI Says San Bernardino Suspect Did Not Post Islamic State Allegiance on Social Media | VICE News
At a press conference in New York on Wednesday, FBI Director James Comey said that no evidence had been found to indicate that the couple who massacred 14 people in San Bernardino, California, on December 2 were members of a terrorist cell or had an…
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The Environmental Impact of the Data-Center Industry – The Atlantic
My favorite part of highways in the American midwest are the wind turbines.
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Apple Music Rolls Out “Star Wars” Radio | TechCrunch
What’s this? Another major tech company has found a way to capitalize on consumers’ fervor for the new “Star Wars” movie? Shocking! The latest to join the fray is Apple, which has today added a new “Star Wars”-themed radio station to its streaming m…
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There have been plenty of lawsuits challenging America’s prisons’ use of solitary confinement as a form of torture; but the situation is no better in the jails where prisoners await arraignment, trial and sentencing, and can spend years in solitary.
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Luke Skywalker is a jihadi who was radicalized by the Jedi / Boing Boing
It’s hard to make sense of the politics of Star Wars (a Senate whose electees include senators that represent government agencies; an elected princess who calls a no-confidence vote, etc), but the more you think about Luke’s “hero’s journey,” the mo…
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Robert Silverberg Wrote a Survey of Drugs in Science Fiction for the Federal Government
Back in the mid-1970s, the U.S. government was worried that the kids were getting too high. Drugs like marijuana and LSD were at their peak—and meanwhile, the government noticed the kids were also really into science fiction.
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Self-driving Ford Fusions are coming to California next year | Ars Technica
Even more robots are coming to California’s roads next year. Yesterday, Ford announced that it will start testing its autonomous Fusion sedans in the state now that it is officially enrolled in the California Autonomous Vehicle Testing Program.
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The Mathematical Way to Wrap Presents of Various Shapes
Gift wrapping is an art, but it’s also about basic geometry. Mathematician Katie Steckles demonstrates a few “mathematically satisfying” ways to wrap presents.
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To Spot a Liar, Look at Their Hands – The Daily Beast
Common perceptions would lead you to believe that liars usually avoid eye contact, however the results of the study indicated otherwise. Researchers found that people who were lying were more likely to talk with their hands, maintain eye contact, no…
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Even though only the first two episodes have aired on TV, Syfy has put the first four episodes of The Expanse up on its website.
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The io9 Photoshop Contest: Create the Most Bizarre Star Wars Tie-In Merchandise You Can Imagine!
Happy Star Wars eve, everyone! We might all be waiting for The Force Awakens to finally premiere, but it won’t be the movie that overwhelms us going forward— it’ll be the tie-in merchandise.
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The Revolt of the Anxious Class
The great American middle class has become an anxious class – and it’s in revolt. Before I explain how that revolt is playing out, you need to understand the sources of the anxiety.
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Communities of color hate Republicans more than ever, and GOP seems psyched about that!
Not voting GOP.
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“‘When I stand across from King Hussein of Jordan, I say to him you have a friend sir who will stand with you to fight this fight,’ Christie said during Tuesday’s Republican primary debate. Only problem is that Hussein has been dead since 1999.” (ab…
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What Does the Internet Do to Our Memories? — Following: How We Live Online
When I wake up and check my phone in the morning, it often has a few reminders for me. Facebook tells me that I have new “memories” with friends through its “On This Day” feature — an anniversary of when I first met some rando, or an update from a l…
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We’re getting a 3D version of Terminator 2 whether we want it or not | The Verge
For true keepers of the Terminator faith, there’s only ever been two films in the series: James Cameron’s 1984 original, and its blockbuster sequel, 1991’s Terminator 2: Judgement Day. But according to The Hollywood Reporter that’s about to become 2.
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New EU rules would ban under-16s from social media / Boing Boing
A last-minute change to pending EU data-protection rules will ban under-16s from using social media without explicit parental consent — the rules are up for a vote on Tuesday.
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Christian College Punishes Professor for Heresy – The Daily Beast
Larycia Hawkins, who teaches political science at private Wheaton College in Illinois, was placed on administrative leave on Tuesday after she posted photos of herself in a purple headscarf on social media, writing “Professor & student in solidarit…
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Bill Hader and Ben Schwartz are the voices behind BB-8 | The Verge
Most of the actors involved with Star Wars: The Force Awakens have gotten their moment in the sun. Hell, we even know that Simon Pegg was on set as an alien. But who voices BB-8? It turns out that it wasn’t some computer on Jakku.
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Pentagon Memo: U.S. Weapons Open to Cyber Attacks – The Daily Beast
The U.S. military’s computer networks and weapons systems are open to attack from hackers. But there aren’t enough skilled experts to help shore up defenses and prepare the military to fight a war in cyberspace, according to U.S. officials.
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Facebook’s instant articles roll out to all Android users today | The Verge
After debuting on iPhone in May, Facebook’s instant articles are today rolling out to Android users, according to BuzzFeed News. The fast-loading articles let publishers host their stories directly with Facebook, which cuts down on waiting time for …
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Fred Schneider has a ‘Monster’ in his pants (and it does a nasty dance)|Dangerous Minds
At the end of 1984, I moved to NYC and all I had to listen to was a cheapy Sony Walkman and a few cassettes—Nick Cave’s From Her to Eternity, Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five’s greatest hits, Nina Hagen’s Nunsexmonkrock and the first Madonna a…
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Ollie and Sylvi celebrate their first Christmas. : cats
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My cat Moo has really short legs. : cats
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Security appliance lets hackers pwn whole nets with a never-opened email / Boing Boing
The Fireeye “threat prevention device” is designed to scan all the emails, attachments, and other files coming in and out of your network, but a bug in the device allowed hackers to embed malware in an email that would take over the device — and yo…
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Trump doesn’t want ISIS “using our Internet” | Ars Technica
A week after saying the US should disrupt the Islamic terrorist group ISIS’ online recruiting by “closing that Internet up in some way,” Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump was given a chance to clarify what he meant at last night’s GOP d…
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A Good Guy With a Gun / Boing Boing
If the only answer to “a bad guy with a gun” is “a good guy with a gun,” we are totally screwed.
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Urgent peace talks urged to end Burundi violence – Al Jazeera English
Bujumbura, Burundi – The United Nations is urging the international community to act urgently in order to prevent Burundi from descending into total chaos. Eighty-seven people were killed on Friday in the worst attack since unrest began in May.
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The primary narrative mode for much of this season has been restraint, often to the point of boredom. It’s as if Frank Spotnitz and the rest of the creative team decided the premise was so out there, the only way to ground it in reality was to proce…
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Here and There Is a Thrilling Quantum Mystery that the Reader Must Solve
It’s meant to be a simple demonstration. For years, quantum cryptographer Kerek Reidier has been developing teleportation technology in his top-secret, DARPA-funded lab, and he’s already performed dozens of successful trials.
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Cracking down on ISIL’s oil revenue – Al Jazeera English
Efforts are under way to stop the flow of oil produced in areas controlled by the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) group, to cut off its main source of revenue.
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This Developer Used His Tinder Matches to Get Feedback on His App | Motherboard
Tinder is proving increasingly useful for more than just getting laid or finding love. When Jason Catalano was developing his app Peek, he wanted valuable feedback from people about its functionality.
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Watch the VFX of Doctor Who Season 9 Come Together
Doctor Who’s ninth season gave us some fantastic images: gorgeous vistas of alien cities, weird and creepy aliens, the whole shebang. Now you can get a little glimpse into how the show’s VFX artists brought it all together in this nifty compilation …
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2015: The Year in Volcanic Activity (33 photos) https://t.co/Y31HTqamcd https://t.co/awrPUHv6AQ https://t.co/6cFuaxQHKI
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Did we just discover a new subatomic particle? Scientists are being super cautious. – Vox
Did we just discover a new subatomic particle? Scientists are being super cautious. https://t.co/k6L5QIqpZC https://t.co/9OWJRbwJlJ
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Number of New Death Sentences in 2015 Lowest in More Than 40 Years | VICE News
A steady decline of executions in the United States reached a new low in 2015, which also saw the lowest number of death sentences handed down by states and the federal government since the period between 1972 and 1976, which followed a Supreme Cour…
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What It Would Take For ‘The Force Awakens’ To Redeem Star Wars | FiveThirtyEight
Emotionally, I escaped the backlash to “Star Wars: The Phantom Menace” when it came out in 1999, mostly because I was 8 years old, dumb and loved dumb movies. But “Star Wars: The Force Awakens,” which hits theaters Friday, is a movie that I sincerel…
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The artists arrived at the Creative Growth Art Center shortly after 9 a.m. Most come on East Bay Paratransit buses, which bring them from Alameda, Castro Valley and San Francisco, but a few travel independently. William Tyler takes the orange line B…
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How to Block Tech Rumors and Movie Spoilers on the Web
With the iPad 3 (supposedly) launching soon, movie spoilers hitting the internet before a trailer is released, and the general overabundance of news online, it can be difficult to avoid learning things you don’t want (or care) to.
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America’s permanent, ubiquitous tent-cities / Boing Boing
Homelessness in America dwindled away after WWII, when the GI Bill and generous social programs seemed to finally get on top of a problem that had been with the country since its inception; but starting with Reagan’s mass de-institutionalizations an…
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In 1946 the Argentine Navy imported 10 beaver couples from Canada and set them free in Isla Grande, the deep south of Tierra del Fuego, with the intention of “enriching” the native fauna—and the local fur industry.
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12 Days of Christmas Songs: How Jose Feliciano’s ‘Feliz Navidad’ Won America’s Heart – The Atlantic
Welcome to The 12 Days of Christmas Songs: an attempt to uncover the forgotten history of some of the most memorable festive tunes. From December 14 through 25, we’ll be tackling one secular song and one holy song each day.
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2015: The Year in Volcanic Activity – The Atlantic
Once again, it has been a particularly eventful year for the world’s volcanoes. Out of an estimated 1,500 active volcanoes, 50 or so erupt every year, spewing steam, ash, toxic gases, and lava.
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The Republican debate on Tuesday in Las Vegas was so long ago that Marco Rubio has already stopped in Iowa en route to New Hampshire, Ted Cruz is already under Senate investigation and a central conjecture of the candidates’ discussion on national s…
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Marco Rubio And Ted Cruz Clash Over Immigration During Republican Presidential Debate – The Atlantic
For the last couple of Republican presidential debates, Cuban American Senator Marco Rubio has tiptoed around immigration the few times the issue was raised—but that took a sudden turn on Tuesday night. Rubio sparred with Ted Cruz, who is also a Cub…
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The Deepening Mystery of the San Bernardino Shooters’ Social-Media Postings – The Atlantic
Did American intelligence miss crucial warning signs about San Bernardino shooters Syed Rizwan Farook and Tashfeen Malik? FBI Director James Comey sought to dampen speculation on Wednesday morning, speaking with New York Police Commissioner Bill Bra…
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As part of its ongoing mission to serve as the collective cinematic memory of a nation that consistently swipes left on history, the National Film Registry has released its annual list of films it will lock away in its temperature-controlled vaults,…
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Congressional Leaders Strike Major Agreement on Taxes, Spending – The Atlantic
An end to the 40-year-old ban on the exporting of U.S. crude oil. Delays in the collection of two unpopular Obamacare taxes. A major increase in research funding for the National Institutes of Health.
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No Republican wants to admit it, but their ISIS strategies are largely the same as Obama’s – Vox
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Norway via /r/pics https://t.co/Edr6meBKYx https://t.co/hTbzZXfNvn https://t.co/jD37tsGMZq
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The changing world of webcomics business-models / Boing Boing
Thom from the Shadowbinders podcast writes, “Journalist Brady Dale from the New York Observer joins us this episode (MP3) as we talk about the changing business model of webcomics.
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How Low-Speed Internet Is Holding Alaska’s Schools Back – The Atlantic
The only way to visit the Pribilof School District is by airplane. On two islands—St. Paul and St. George—800 miles from Anchorage, Alaska, in the south Bering Sea, the district encompasses two schools with a combined 78 pupils from kindergarten to …
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My night with Trump and the other chumps | Tim Dowling | Opinion | The Guardian
As an American I feel an occasional obligation to stay up late and witness some cultural phenomenon half a dozen timezones away: the World Series, election nights etc. But I don’t last very long. I usually give up on the Superbowl before anybody’s t…
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LA and New York’s Differing Approaches to a Similar Terror Threat – The Atlantic
A terror threat on Tuesday that ultimately proved to be a hoax kept more than 600,000 children in Los Angeles from going to school. Meanwhile, thousands of miles east, a similar threat didn’t prevent another 1.1 million kids in New York from attendi…
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Congress passes $1.1tn bill to extend health coverage for 9/11 responders | US news | The Guardian
Emergency workers who responded to the World Trade Center attacks on 9/11 will have their health coverage extended as part of a $1.1tn government spending bill passed by Congress on Tuesday.
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Read This: The fight over racism in Star Wars · Great Job, Internet! · The A.V. Club
Earlier this week, MSNBC host Melissa Harris-Perry made some claims of racism in the Star Wars films that would cause even the most ardent social justice warrior to groan.
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Photos: The Swedish Hotel Made From Solid Ice – The Atlantic
Sculpting ice isn’t something that Swedes take lightly. In Jukkasjärvi, a village a few miles east of Kiruna, the proprietors of one hotel begin planning for a winter ice festival in March.
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John Feehery, a prominent Republican lobbyist with roots on the South Side of Chicago, understands that he embodies the Republican predicament. We are now living in a post-recession world where fundamental assumptions have changed.
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Cat is leading candidate in Siberian mayoral race
If you watched Tuesday’s Republican debate, you may be pretty fed up with the state of American politics. Turns out we aren’t the only ones losing faith in the human potential to lead.
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More Stuff by Blue Zoo Animation on Vimeo
What’s the true meaning of Christmas? More Stuff! We commissioned musical comedian Ben Champion to write and produce a festive song to parody an animated musical. Everyone in our studio was invited to pitch to direct the animation, and Blue Zoo anim…
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What Happens When You Pour Molten Aluminum Into A Tank Full Of Water Polymer Beads? – Digg
28 diggs Science Internet TheBackyardScientist bought some “spitballs” and decided they weren’t quite metal enough. Now he’s got some cool aluminum sculptures.
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Holy rollers: Church transformed into psychedelic skate park|Dangerous Minds
The Church of Santa Barbara in Llanera, Asturias, located near the northern coast of Spain, had been in disrepair for years until a group of concerned individuals formed a collective called the ‘Church Brigade’ and secured funding to transform the s…
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Italian masonic leader Licio Gelli dies aged 96 – BBC News
An Italian financier who was linked to several of the country’s most troubling episodes has died at the age of 96. Licio Gelli was the grandmaster of a notorious masonic group, Propaganda Two (P2), which included prominent Italian politicians and mi…
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Cop who demanded photo of sexting-accused teen’s penis commits suicide / Boing Boing
Detective David Edward Abbott, a member of the Virginia-Washington DC Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force became Internet famous when he obtained a warrant to inject a child with an erection-causing drug so that he could photograph the child…
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Here’s How Much a Fed Rate Hike Would Affect Credit Card Debt Over Time
The Federal Reserve is meeting today to decide whether or not it will finally raise rates. If it does, it could directly affect short-term loan rates: namely, your credit cards. But as NerdWallet points out, the difference isn’t going to be monument…
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‘Members’ surprised by Saudi anti-terror coalition plan – BBC News
A number of countries have expressed surprise that they were included by Saudi Arabia in a new military alliance to fight terrorism.Officials in Pakistan, Malaysia and Indonesia all said they had not formally agreed to join the alliance.
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There’s Nothing Radical About Republicans’ Foreign Policy | New Republic
Tuesday night’s fifth Republican primary debate condensed into two hours what the candidates have spent the past month forging into partisan consensus: the myth that the November killings in Paris, France (a different country), and the subsequent ki…
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Childcare Is So Expensive Only the Wealthy Can Afford It | New Republic
Should only wealthy people be able to have kids in America? According to a new report, childcare center fees for two children is higher than median rent payments in every single state in the United States.
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The Question No One Dared Ask at the Debate | Mother Jones
Four days ago, world leaders finalized one of the most significant international agreements in history. The Paris Agreement, intended to combat climate change, included nearly 200 countries and was spearheaded by the United States and some of its mo…
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Eagles of Death Metal confirm new tour dates following Paris attacks – BBC News
Eagles of Death Metal have announced their rescheduled European tour dates following last month’s Paris attacks. The band were playing a gig at the Bataclan concert hall when gunmen stormed the building killing 90 people.
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Thailand cremates top Buddhist monk – the supreme patriarch – BBC News
Thailand has cremated its most senior Buddhist monk in an elaborate ceremony in Bangkok, more than two years after he died. Supreme Patriarch Somdet Phra Nyanasamvara died in October 2013 aged 100.
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Harley HATES taking baths : aww
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Afraid for the Future (Excerpt from ‘Unsettled: Syrian Refugees in America’) | VICE News
Following the deadly attacks in Paris on November 13, 2015, 31 US state officials declared that they would deny entry to Syrian refugees, citing security concerns. The refugee resettlement program has already been under scrutiny in the US for a few …
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A palm tree stands ominously over a group of soldiers as they take cover against a pink wall of a rebel-held compound in the mountainous Andalusia region of southern Spain.Shots ring out as the first soldier peeks his head around an entrance to the …
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Jennifer Lawrence to ‘play Robert De Niro’s mother’ | Film | The Guardian
Jennifer Lawrence is set to play Robert De Niro’s mother in a new film directed by David O Russell, she has revealed.
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New X Prize Challenge: Map Ocean Floor – Scientific American
Attention, sea-loving explorers: There’s a $7 million reason to get serious about your passion for ocean research right now.
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That most endangered of wildlife, an awesome Terminator movie, might be returning to theaters: According to The Hollywood Reporter, director and dork who won’t shut up about how cool it is underwater James Cameron is planning a 2016 theatrical re-re…
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Jordan Klepper of The Daily Show deftly skewers that “the only way to stop a bad guy with a gun is a good guy with a gun” nonsense.
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10 Common Objects That Are More Likely To Kill You Than Terrorists | ThinkProgress
You should be very afraid. That was the overarching theme of Tuesday night’s Republican presidential candidates’ debate. New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie warned that “everywhere is a target for terrorists.” Retired neurosurgeon Ben Carson proclaimed t…
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Muslim Council Issues Fatwa Against Poaching
If a country wants to crack down on wildlife crime, it usually focuses on strong laws, effective enforcement, and widespread public support. But if those don’t work, there’s another tool in the box: religion. Enter the fatwa, or Islamic edict.
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The incredible decline of America’s death penalty, in one chart – Vox
The incredible decline of America’s death penalty, in one chart https://t.co/bMgbZo7gki https://t.co/Vp0nIzPi2n
America is slowly, but surely, quitting the death penalty. In 2015, the use of the death penalty fell to a low point, according to a new report by the Death Penalty Information Center. There were fewer executions than at any point since 1991, and th… -
Donald Trump issued a remarkably blunt denunciation of the Iraq War during the debate – Vox
Donald Trump issued a remarkably blunt denunciation of the Iraq War during the debate https://t.co/5HM1gYX7Qo https://t.co/l7boem1WB2
Midway through the GOP debate Tuesday night, Republican poll leader Donald Trump offered a blunt and brutal denunciation of the last Republican president’s main foreign policy initiative — the Iraq War. -
The Horsehead Nebula by Joshua Oakley | We Heart It
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The Horsehead Nebula https://t.co/lVGRCaYa5N https://t.co/9kRx7Dy3T2 https://t.co/JLbFUr5xR6
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Expedition 46 Soyuz Approaches Space Station for Docking via NASA https://t.co/xk67xw00EN https://t.co/6Ht7RGvEro https://t.co/XK2LKH6LIb
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Expedition 46 Soyuz Approaches Space Station for Docking | NASA
Expedition 46 Soyuz Approaches Space Station for Docking via NASA https://t.co/xk67xw00EN https://t.co/6Ht7RGvEro https://t.co/XK2LKH6LIb
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Gandalf helped save santa : cats
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FBI says San Bernardino shooter didn’t openly post about jihad on social media | The Verge
After reports suggested that San Bernardino shooter Tashfeen Malik posted support for jihad on social media before receiving a US visa, the Department of Homeland security is reportedly reviewing its practices, and presidential candidates are weighi…
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Ghostbusters enshrined in cinematic immortality at Library of Congress | Film | The Guardian
Featuring ectoplasm, the proton pack and the Stay Puft Marshmallow Man, the 1980s cult comedy joined 675 “motion pictures that deserve to be preserved because of their cultural, historic or aesthetic importance” on the national film registry, the li…
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The politics of HIV/AIDS have evolved over the years, from division and public hysteria to a global movement for health justice.
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Congress wants to give NASA $19.3 billion next year, even more than Obama asked for | The Verge
NASA, the perennially underfunded space agency, woke up to a nice surprise this morning: Congress wants to give the agency more money than it asked for.
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Cop who wanted to take pic of erection in sexting case commits suicide | Ars Technica
The Virginia police officer who wanted to photograph a 17-year-old boy’s erect penis in connection to a juvenile sexting case committed suicide Tuesday as authorities went to arrest him on pedophilia-related charges.
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The 12 Best Celebrity Instagram Posts of 2015 | Vanity Fair
Instagram has been around since 2010, but this year felt, in a certain way, like the year it really reached the mass-saturation point. It seems like, on any given day, a good 75 percent of celebrity gossip or entertainment items are fueled solely by…
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A New Study Explains Propioception, the Sense of Knowing Where Your Body Parts Are – The Atlantic
Here’s a challenge: Close your eyes and then try touching your nose with your finger. Did you do it? Even without using any of the five famous senses—sight, hearing, taste, touch, and smell—you most likely found your nose without any trouble.
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Netflix’s thoroughly engrossing crime documentary, Making A Murderer. It’s all the intrigue of The Jinx and Serial without all the distractions of Andrew Jarecki reaction shots and MailKimp ads. Coffee-Mate’s special edition Star Wars coffee creamer…
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What the Amazing MIDI “All I Want for Christmas” Reveals About Vowels and Overtones – The Atlantic
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More medical trials than ever are beholden to the drug industry | The Verge
Clinical trials funded by the National Institutes of Health have fallen every year since 2006, while studies funded by the drug industry have risen significantly in that time.
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Rdio is officially shutting down on December 22nd | The Verge
Well, we knew this was coming. After giving its loyal users one last parting gift yesterday, Rdio has finally announced the day it will cease to exist forever: December 22nd at 8PM ET.
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Here’s How China’s Trying To Rewrite The Rules Of The Global Internet
In a small town crisscrossed by canals, Chinese leaders this week will attempt to reframe the future of the Internet.
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The State of Food: Part II | Lucky Peach
How do we go about encouraging cooking on a national level? I have a lot of ideas, and ideas are cheap, but humor me. We could bring back home economics in school—that would be a start. We could start with nutritional literacy in school—that would b…
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The young photojournalists taking the news to the streets | Dazed
If Robert Capa and Henri Cartier-Bresson were still alive, what’s the likelihood they’d roll out wheat-based glue and paste their hard-hitting photographs on the facades of buildings after dusk? It’s a question well worth exploring, given just how d…
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Alison Killing: What happens when a city runs out of room for its dead | TED Talk | TED.com
“If you want to go out and start your own cemetery” in the UK, says Alison Killing, “you kind of can.” She thinks a lot about where we die and are buried — and in this talk, the architect and TED Fellow offers an eye-opening economic and social per…
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Marco Rubio and Ted Cruz’s long-awaited immigration showdown, explained – Vox
An hour and a half into the fifth debate of the 2016 Republican presidential primary, America — or at least that very small sliver of America that really cares about policy differences between presidential candidates — got the fight it had been anti…
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Donald Trump Dominated Last Night’s GOP Debate, According to Google | Mother Jones
The above exchange, edited together by MSNBC, might represent signs of life for the flagging campaign of former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush. The early front-runner with the $100 million war chest saw his poll numbers peak in early July and decline ever si…
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Kristaps Porzingis Is A Freak — And Potentially A Superstar | FiveThirtyEight
The New York Knicks’ future once looked very dismal indeed. It looked that way for a very long time, for a great many reasons — but that was before the arrival of the Great Latvian Hope.
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San Bernardino attackers ‘did not post about jihad on social media’ – BBC News
The San Bernardino attackers did not post support for jihad on open social media, contrary to previous reports, the FBI has said. The Department of Homeland Security had been criticised for not checking Tashfeen Malik’s social media before admitting…
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South Africa Zuma protests: ‘The people have to stand up’ – BBC News
Thousands of protestors are marching across South Africa to demand President Jacob Zuma is sacked. The latest protests are a reaction to him sacking two finance ministers last week, further damaging confidence in the economy.
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The Overlords’ Sinister Plans Begin to Take Shape on Childhood’s End
“It is now the year 2035,” Milo explains at the start of “The Deceivers.” It’s been 19 years since the Overlords rolled in, and four years since the world realized their alien buddies look a lot like Lucifer. Things are going great on Earth… but t…
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Bei Bei meets the media at Washington DC zoo – BBC News
The cub, whose twin brother did not survive, was just 4oz (113g) at birth. He now weighs 17.5lb (8kg).
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Watch: the Star Wars cast, Jimmy Fallon, and the Roots sing the famous theme a cappella – Vox
Today’s pick-me-up is brought to you by Jimmy Fallon, the Roots, and the entire cast of Star Wars: The Force Awakens.
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Uh, What the Hell Is Knight Rider Heroes?
This mysterious trailer, which popped up online with virtually no fanfare, is the only real information on the mysterious Knight Rider Heroes we have. It seems to be some kind of project based on the idea that the Foundation for Law and Government (…
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The Paris Climate Talks and the 1.5C Target: Wartime-Scale Mobilization is Our Only Option Left (commondreams.org)submitted 2 hours ago by loading…
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Graham calls out GOP for ‘unhealthy’ dislike of Obama : politics
Are you fucking kidding me? The Iraq war gave rise to ISIS and it was Bush’s withdrawal timeline that let them take over when we left. These people truly live in an alternate universe.
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Undercutting Climate Progress, Congress Agrees to Lift Oil Export Ban. Deal to lift 40-year-old ban smuggled into $1.1 trillion omnibus bill. (commondreams.org)
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A Study Did NOT Actually Find That Vegetarianism Hurts The Planet : environment
A Study Did NOT Actually Find That Vegetarianism Hurts The Planet (huffingtonpost.com)submitted 1 hour ago by loading…
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Home Indoor air-quality monitors earn their stripes by sampling the air inside your home and reporting the levels of pollutants such as CO2, volatile organic compounds and dust.
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Love Everyone Often Peace Beauty Balance Life Light Magic: Science Release: Caught in the act
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Winter In Utah [4160×2340](OC) via /r/EarthPorn https://t.co/blg7g2Tv5l https://t.co/PkVtt4EgTA https://t.co/61Lu8inFex
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Winter In Utah [4160×2340](OC) via /r/EarthPorn https://t.co/blg7g2Tv5l https://t.co/PkVtt4EgTA https://t.co/61Lu8inFex
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Ancient Quasar Beam Pierces Photon Fog of the Cosmos https://t.co/NDnyIP3edn https://t.co/MBATBzFhJg
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ESO: ALMA Observatory Reveals Planetary Construction Sites https://t.co/SdSEYhL2Hn https://t.co/tamUHW4zTa
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An archetypal dwarf galaxy – NGC 5477 in the Messier 101 group [3625 x 2183] https://t.co/M5bDw4tVba https://t.co/R4oMqN5stV
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Once again, Norway has been voted the best country in the world for humans – Quartz
The United Nations’ annual Human Development Report, a behemoth study of every nook and cranny of the world, is out this week. And the countries that come up on top in the rankings portion of the report are entirely unsurprising.
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7 of the Best Explosions In ‘Star Wars’ Backwards
Sure, there’s the endless battle between good and evil, space samurai cutting each other’s hands off with beams of light, and the galaxy’s most serious case of daddy issues, but the real highlight of Star Wars is the explosions.
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Home Indoor air-quality monitors earn their stripes by sampling the air inside your home and reporting the levels of pollutants such as CO2, volatile organic compounds and dust.
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Afero Is An IoT Dev Platform Play Built By Danger Co-Founder Joe Britt | TechCrunch
Remember Danger? The mobile maker Microsoft acquired for $500 million back in 2008 in the hopes of firing up its mobile fortunes? Things didn’t pan out quite so well for Microsoft of course, but Danger co-founder Joe Britt is doing just fine.
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Although he survived the end of the world in the season one finale of Man Seeking Woman, Josh Greenberg (Jay Baruchel) is still hapless in the face of continued singledom. The red band trailer for season two teases the road ahead, which is filled wi…
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Scarlett Johansson to Move That Body in new movie from Broad City writers · Newswire · The A.V. Club
As part of a bid to amp up our efforts to feed the insatiable maw of capitalist exploitation, The A.V. Club now presents a newswire that has been designed to maximize its appeal for the average internet search engine:
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When discussing motion pictures online, a 140-character limit does not necessarily provide a lot of room for in-depth character analysis or cogent analysis of symbolism and theme. So Twitter may not be the best place to go to describe a film well.
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He already wrote everything you need to know about his strategy in a book he published in 1987. Media doesn’t report on substance. It’s boring. Make an outlandish claim about something controversial and you get front-page coverage from every outlet.
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“If you’re in favor of World War III, you have your candidate” – Vox
“If you’re in favor of World War III, you have your candidate” https://t.co/ggDCy8t9Y8 https://t.co/C8BozgC9Yp
As the GOP debates continue, I see two themes as important, one of which is “horse-race-based,” and the other of which is “issue-based.” On the horse race front, the collective dynamic within the field is increasingly about winnowing everybody but D… -
Am I being detained, hooman? : aww
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Am I being detained, hooman? via /r/aww https://t.co/IP1lCyUgGt https://t.co/hmYL3QT6Zr https://t.co/WQknx8Xfvf
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View from my office window [OC] [1684×1300] : SkyPorn
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Facts about the Syrian Refugees
Facts about the Syrian Refugees https://t.co/Wl9wLaszFR https://t.co/dg9a6yeDgq
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Buried In A 2,000 Page Spending Bill, A Modicum Of Justice For Victims Of Terrorism | ThinkProgress
Racing against a midnight deadline, Republican and Democratic negotiators agreed on a $1.1 trillion spending bill Tuesday night. The bill includes provisions to compensate victims of terrorist attacks, including the 1998 bombings of the U.S. Embassi…
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I played Katy Perry’s new mobile game until I ran out of energy | The Verge
While the great majority of the video game world takes a breather every December, the mobile game market kicks into high gear. People around the world are going to receive new phones and tablets for the holidays, and they’re going to download apps f…
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New York’s most spectacular Christmas light displays – in pictures | Life and style | The Guardian
If you want lavish Christmas decorations in New York, forget Rockefeller Center and department store window displays. The best lights are in Dyker Heights in Brooklyn, where the houses are extravagantly covered in thousands of lights
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Abby Wambach on how to fix US men’s soccer: fire Jürgen Klinsmann | Football | The Guardian
Abby Wambach plays her final game for the US women’s soccer team on Wednesday night, but in the build-up she found time to advise her male counterparts on how to get out of their recent slump: fire Jurgen Klinsmann. Why not?
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Republican Party head brags about ‘competent’ black and Hispanic outreach
There were a lot of howlers delivered at Tuesday night’s Republican presidential debate, and it wasn’t restricted to the candidates and moderators.
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Republican debate leaves Iowa voters unmoved: ‘I’d like more cohesiveness’ | US news | The Guardian
Even after the final debate of the year, Republicans in the key early voting state of Iowa haven’t yet settled on a candidate.
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Bringg Raises $5 Million So Any Business Can Offer An Uber-Like Experience | TechCrunch
If on-demand is the future of delivery, a startup called Bringg aims to help established businesses better compete with the likes of Amazon and Uber going forward.
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Short-term brain experiments may mislead on long-term impacts | Ars Technica
Many neuroscience studies in animals involve some type of short-term (or acute) manipulation of the brain, followed by behavioral tests.
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Fracking under national parks approved by MPs amid acrimony | Environment | The Guardian
Controversial proposals to allow fracking under national parks have been approved by MPs amid accusations that ministers “sneaked” the move through a “parliamentary backdoor”.
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Philips Hue Reverses Decision To Block Third-Party Light Bulbs | TechCrunch
Philips shipped a controversial firmware update for its Philips Hue bridge yesterday. The company decided to block third-party light bulbs to fix interoperability issues. Today, the company announced that this move was a mistake. A future update wil…
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Will Guns on Campus Lead to Grade Inflation? | New Republic
Texas college professors may soon face a dilemma between upholding professional ethics and protecting their lives.
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El Nino Could Ignite Amazaon, Drench California – Scientific American
The Amazon forests of Central and South America are at increased risk of fires in 2016 due to the ongoing El Niño, according to NASA scientists. This El Niño, which has helped trigger more than 100,000 fires in Indonesia and spewed an estimated 1.
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See Prince George with Uncle Harry En Route to the Queen’s Christmas Lunch | Vanity Fair
There has been much attention bestowed on Princess Charlotte as of late—official portraits taken by mom Kate Middleton, a shout out from none other than American royal Jennifer Lawrence—so it’s been, perhaps, possible to have briefly forgotten about…
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It’s finally officially official: Hideo Kojima, the creator of Metal Gear Solid and one of the world’s most famous game developers, is no longer working for Konami.
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The High School Football Coach Who Never Punts | FiveThirtyEight
Pulaski Academy football coach Kevin Kelley never punts. He always kicks on-side. His teams play … weirdly. Now the Arkansas squad is going back to Dallas to face its rival, Highland Park, a team that has won 84 games in a row at home and outplayed …
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The new mobile game from the creator of Flappy Bird will drive you crazy | The Verge
Prepare yourself for the pain of failure: the creator of Flappy Bird has a new ultra-hard mobile game out today in time to test your patience before the holidays. Swing Copters 2, a free-to-play sequel to the mobile title developer DotGears Studios …
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Watch an Infamous Hacker Take His DIY Self-Driving Car for a Test Drive | Motherboard
One of Silicon Valley’s biggest whiz kids has been toiling away in secrecy on a project that he believes is going to make him “the next billion-dollar CEO.” The man is George Hotz, and the project is a self-driving car that he thinks can blow Tesla …
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Congress snuck a surveillance bill into the federal budget last night | The Verge
After more than a year of stalemate, Congress has used an unconventional procedural measure to bring a controversial cybersurveillance bill to the floor.
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Republicans Fail to Kill Net Neutrality in Budget Bill | Motherboard
Republican efforts to sabotage the new FCC open internet policy by attaching poison-pill riders onto the $1.1 trillion “omnibus” budget bill appear to have failed, according to a summary of the bill from the Senate Appropriations Committee.
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Cod and haddock catches to increase under EU fishing quotas | Environment | The Guardian
Consumers can expect to see more plaice, cod, haddock and sole on sale in shops and restaurants following recoveries in fish populations around the UK coast and more relaxed catch fish limits as a result of overnight negotiations between EU minister…
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EA There was a time that could preserve us. Two years ago the number of people displaced by natural disasters tripled the number of war refugees.
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New Research Says Vegetarian Diets Could Actually Be Worse for the Planet | MUNCHIES
In the immortal words of Tim and Eric Awesome Show, Great Job!, all the food is poison. Nothing edible is safe, and everything is bad for you. And for the environment. And for humanity.
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Let’s face it, the holidays are a miserable time of year for many people. Writers have mined this fact for pathos and much dark humor in stories featuring low-rent mall Santas, squabbling family dinners, inept home invaders, and King of the Hill’s r…
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Pastebin, The Text Sharing Website, Updates With An Emphasis On Code | TechCrunch
Pastebin, now home to 95 million “active” pieces of text, has gotten a complete overhaul including a new mobile friendly site that lets coders share snippets of text on their phones.
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Top 10 books about justice and redemption | Books | The Guardian
We tend to consider the words justice and redemption as two separate things: legal actions and spiritual events. But in life and in literature, they are most often blurred and intertwined.
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Twin strangers from Ireland and Sweden meet / Boing Boing
Cables fray, and chargers disappear into thin air. Even if you don’t need a replacement, snag a backup to store in your bag while you’re on-the-go.
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Billionaire Hedge Funder Bill Ackman Says This Year Was His Fund’s Wor | Vanity Fair
As all the world waits to see whether the Federal Reserve will raise rates as expected on Wednesday—a sign that the economy has recovered enough from the financial meltdown nearly a decade ago—a billionaire hedge-fund manager told investors that his…
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How Many Calories Are Counted on Google? – The Atlantic
In the tens of thousands of Google searches that take place every second, people want to know about recipes, beer, and cocktails first—and then diets, exercise, and calories. That’s according to Google’s annual report, which details the most popular…
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New Law Could Ban European Teens From Social Media – The Onion – America’s Finest News Source
Lawmakers are considering a controversial alteration to the European Data Protection Regulation that would require teens under 16 to gain parental consent to access sites such as Twitter, Facebook, and Instagram, potentially barring thousands of tee…
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The Atlantic’s Favorite Songs of 2015, From Drake’s Hotline Bling’ to ‘Hamilton’ – The Atlantic
This list isn’t meant to be definitive. Instead, it’s an alphabetically ordered grab-bag of what some of The Atlantic’s editors and writers listened to over and over again in 2015. You can listen along with our Spotify playlist.
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Countless doctoral theses have been written on the complexity of Mass Observation’s successes, failures and contradictions, but at the heart of it is a fairly simple set of events.
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“I feel like I don’t need to be here,” veteran S.N.L. cast member Keenan Thompson jokes as Tina Fey and Amy Poehler take the wheel on the promos for their upcoming holiday episode. He’s not totally wrong.
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It’s time for the extra life to die · For Our Consideration · The A.V. Club
Wisdom teeth used to be pretty useful. Back in the good old days of human development, our ancestors apparently had bigger jaws and more teeth to help with chewing raw plants.
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The 2016 Republican presidential candidates gathered in Las Vegas Tuesday night with two goals: to scare the hell out of the American people and promote themselves as the guy or gal who’ll keep us safe. They all succeeded at their first objective bu…
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Rand Paul Got It Right: Trump ‘Would Defy Every Norm That Is America’ | The Nation
Rand Paul got it right. Donald Trump doesn’t care.
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Kerry’s Mission to Moscow | The Nation
Nation contributing editor Stephen F. Cohen and John Batchelor continue their weekly discussions of the new US-Russian Cold War. American Secretary of State Kerry’s meeting with Russian President Putin, on December 15, frames the discussion.
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We Don’t Really Know How To Stop People From Wanting To Be Terrorists
For years, we’ve been trying to stop people from joining extremist groups by giving them jobs. It turns out, it’s not nearly that simple.
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How G.I. Joe Paved the Way for Collectible Action Figures – The Atlantic
On my desk are several action figures, ranging from the heroic (Superman) to the historic (Alexander the Great) to even the academic (Freud). But as long as I’ve owned them, these action figures have remained actionless: I do not make Superman fly, …
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Police Are Putting GPS Trackers in Every Object You Can Imagine – Mic
Dallas Police Sergeant James Johnson first started playing around with bait cars when he was working on auto theft cases for the DPD. Over the past decade, the department rigged vehicles with GPS trackers and set them up to be stolen.
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Antique dolls can be rather creepy. But antique dolls kept in coffins or served up in puddings and cakes for ravenous young children are definitely creepy.
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GOP Debate Overlooked How Current U.S. Policy Already Allows For Civilian Casualties | ThinkProgress
Candidates at the Republican Debate in Nevada last night discussed the prospect of civilian casualties in the war against ISIS.
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‘Childhood’s End’: Talking Spaceships, Overlords and Utopia on Syfy’s New Miniseries
The Syfy network miniseries “Childhood’s End” brings Arthur C Clarke’s classic novel to the small screen.
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Every Original Show From Netflix, Hulu, and Amazon, In Three Graphics
You don’t have to sacrifice good TV to ditch cable. In fact, some of the best TV and movies around only available on streaming services. We’ve put together a massive list of all the original shows and movies that are exclusive to Netflix, Hulu, and …
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ESO: ALMA Observatory Reveals Planetary Construction Sites https://t.co/yTUttqHtAf https://t.co/LONbDPvNwH https://t.co/cBFfvuVnkA
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A boy saving a baby deer from flood waters. : pics
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A boy saving a baby deer from flood waters. via /r/pics https://t.co/MG0dDFwkdn https://t.co/lD06tKD6QE https://t.co/ts0ys3LDbp
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This is Mittens via /r/aww https://t.co/tABF1wQHRp https://t.co/mZTD25HN3V https://t.co/wAPIIGaTif
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This is Mittens via /r/aww https://t.co/tABF1wQHRp https://t.co/mZTD25HN3V https://t.co/wAPIIGaTif
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Biggest Mystery in Mathematics in Limbo After Cryptic Meeting – Scientific American
The mystery concerns an impenetrable but potentially groundbreaking proof of a puzzle known as the abc conjecture, which appeared online three years ago.
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Ehsan Abdulaziz, a married, 46 year old, rich Saudi property developer, says he invited an 18 year old woman to sleep on his couch, and later tripped and fell on her as she lay asleep, accidentally penetrating her vagina with his penis. The jury in …
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US House Speaker Paul Ryan says budget deal has been reached – BBC News
The $1.1 trillion (£730billion) spending bill includes both Republican-backed initiatives and Democratic priorities. It funds the government through the 2016 budget year, raising defence spending and extending tax credits.
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Trump Answers Question About Affordable Child Care By Mocking The Questioner | ThinkProgress
At a recent event for Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump, a member of the women’s policy organization Make It Work asked him about his thoughts on child care. “I love children,” he responded. After her follow up, he continued, “It’s a bi…
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Power Through Your Work With a “Forcing Function”
For some reason, I’m able to get my work done quicker and more efficiently if I’m on a tight deadline. If I’m writing a blog post, for example, the words seem to flow faster and more easily when I know I only have a couple of hours to turn it in.
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How Rand Paul Proved His Usefulness | New Republic
Rand Paul should not have been on the Las Vegas stage Tuesday night for the fifth Republican presidential debate. The network hosting it, CNN, flouted its own rules for participation to squeeze him in on the ninth and final podium—funny enough, at t…
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Innocences: A Review of ‘Star Wars IV: A New Hope’ | New Republic
The young American director George Lucas has made three features: THX 1138, which was about the future; American Graffiti, which was about adolescents; and now Star Wars, which is a “future” film for adolescents.
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North Korea’s Supreme Court handed a Canadian pastor a sentence of life in prison with hard labor for what it called crimes against the state.
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Japanese Women Have Lost A Supreme Court Battle To Keep Their Own Surnames | VICE News
A bid by Japanese women to forge independence in a male-dominated society failed on Wednesday, when the country’s Supreme Court upheld a law requiring married couples to use the same surname.
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Rethinking The Role Of Tech Companies In The Refugee Crisis | TechCrunch
The urgent humanitarian situation in Europe has pushed the ongoing global refugee crisis to the forefront of U.S. consciousness. There are currently 60 million people around the world who have been forced to flee their homes because of war, conflict…
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The rise of ISIS, explained in 6 minutes – Vox
The rise of ISIS, explained in 6 minutes https://t.co/31NgZV40G9 https://t.co/tj85ANQj7A
You will notice that while ISIS is in many ways a specific phenomenon of the Arab Middle East, it is also a product of much larger international forces and events. -
Hey, Republican establishment: it’s time to panic – Vox
Hey, Republican establishment: it’s time to panic https://t.co/R0YGGHG86x https://t.co/DPvDns8xiM
You’ve probably heard the hoary old tale of the boiling frog. A frog is put into a pot of pleasant warm water, and then the water’s temperature is increased. -
Found two loaves on campus this morning. : Catloaf
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Found two loaves on campus this morning. via /r/Catloaf https://t.co/Bgluxxpdbb https://t.co/wPF7uz3qul https://t.co/gOWCgUaDzp
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The best TV of 2015, part 2 · Best of · The A.V. Club
The best TV of 2015, part 2 https://t.co/XWh7RSnDNQ https://t.co/81IW0VBQqN
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When a single e-mail gives hackers full access to your network | Ars Technica
When you’re a Fortune 500 company that’s a favorite target of sophisticated hackers, it often makes sense to install security appliances at the outer edges of your network to stop attacks before they get far.
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Machine by Midnight Commercial, with special thanks to Al Attara, Dark Matter Manufacturing, Jemma Rose Brown, Andy Cavatorta, Alexander Dawson, Rigoberto Lara Guzmán, Gwylim Johnstone, Lui Kawasumi, Andrea Lauer, Wiena Lin, Jen Lusker, Chris Tsimbi…
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The fuzzy pink ridesharing platform Lyft has hired Evan Cohen to head up its East Coast operations. Cohen left his position as chief operations officer at Foursquare in June of 2014.
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360 Capital Partners Closes New $38 Million Seed Fund | TechCrunch
With $330 million under management (€300 million), 360 Capital Partners has been quite active in the French tech ecosystem. Today, the venture capital firm announced a brand new $38 million fund (€35 million) focused on seed investments.
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Your Mouse Knows When You’re Mad | TechCrunch
Did you know that when you get frustrated with your computer you move your mouse more slowly? Your computer knows. In fact, researchers at BYU have figured out tell-tale signs of frustration, anger, and confusion in users just by looking at their mo…
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EU court backs airline freight cartel challenge – BBC News
Europe’s second-highest court has backed a challenge by 11 airlines against an €800m (£583m) European Commission freight cartel fine. The General Court of the European Union said there were “internal inconsistencies” in the Commission’s 2010 decisio…
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Big Oil Just Won Another Round In Congress | ThinkProgress
In a blow to environmental activists, lawmakers agreed late Tuesday to lift the 40-year-old oil export ban in a budget deal for the coming year. In exchange, the wind and solar industries will receive some market certainty, with tax credits extensio…
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William Porter, one of six Baltimore City police officers involved in the death of Freddie Gray to face trial, will find out his fate this week when a jury issues its first ruling. The jury deadlocked Tuesday and continued deliberating Wednesday.
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Here’s the first official image of the new Ghostbusters · Newswire · The A.V. Club
If you were somehow still in denial (or ignorance) of the new Ghostbusters being an all-woman team, here’s even more proof that the patriarchy is crumbling.
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ESO: ALMA Observatory Reveals Planetary Construction Sites
Astronomers using the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA) have found the clearest indications yet that planets with masses several times that of Jupiter have recently formed in the discs of gas and dust around four young stars.
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Ruby Redfort: Pick Your Poison by Lauren Child – review | Children’s books | The Guardian
Pick Your Poison is the fifth Ruby Redfort adventure. I have been waiting for this book ever since I finished book 4 in the series and needless to say, it did not disappoint.
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Niel Bushnell: ‘you only live one life if you don’t read’ | Children’s books | The Guardian
How satisfying do you find being a children’s author and what is your favourite thing about it? I think it is one of the best jobs you can have. You get to let your imagination run wild which is good fun. It’s hard work as well but really good fun.
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At 7:15am in the northern Indian city of Lucknow, a stream of children flows through the gates of the Kanpur Road campus of City Montessori school. A dozen helpers pull school bags off roof racks and direct traffic to keep things moving.
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You see my eyes are open Don’t need ’em blind or folded Follow the thin red line! Music: Dan Freeman And The Serious Director: Michael Fragstein Production Company: Büro Achter April Set Design: Turan Tehrani DoP: Rainer Sprenger Performer: Igor Wei…
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Isn’t there a word for that? Perpetrating violence against a civilian population for political reasons? It’s on the tip of my tongue… It’s a “t” word… Tre-… terr… toughness?
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It’s just after 1pm on a Thursday afternoon, and fans are already lined up outside the Roxy Theatre on Los Angeles’s famed Sunset Strip.
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WASHINGTON — Republican and Democratic negotiators in the House clinched a deal late Tuesday on a $1.1 trillion spending bill and a huge package of tax breaks.
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Star Wars, explained https://t.co/M9sDGaCq23 https://t.co/5hm6ZP4Jus
I don’t need to tell you what Star Wars is. You already know. Consider this: Can you picture an Ewok? Sure you can; Ewoks are tiny and fuzzy and teddy bear-like. You might even be able to tell me they appear in Return of the Jedi and live on the moo… -
Someone snuck skimmers into Safeway stores / Boing Boing
Some Safeway customers in California and Colorado who used debit/credit cards have had their card numbers and PINs slurped up by criminals who then took the cards out for spending sprees.
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Operator! Operator! The UberRush Logistics Layer Has Arrived | TechCrunch
The real goldmine for Uber is in becoming the transportation backend for tons of other services, not just its own apps. Now this logistics layer strategy is coming to fruition through a partnership with Operator, the chat-based shopping assistant ba…
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Lawmakers Have Snuck CISA Into a Bill That Is Guaranteed to Become a Law | Motherboard
To anyone who has protested the sweeping, vague, and privacy-killing iterations of the Cybersecurity Information Sharing and Protection Act or the Cybersecurity Information Sharing Act over the last several years, sorry, lawmakers have heard you, an…
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Toxic Algae Causing Brain Damage in Sea Lions along California Coast – Scientific American
A toxin produced by marine algae is inflicting brain damage on sea lions along California’s coast, causing neurological and behavioral changes that can impair their ability to navigate in the sea and survive in the wild, scientists said on Monday.
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Basket’s New App Helps You Find The Best Prices On Groceries | TechCrunch
A number of apps today let you check prices and comparison shop for things like clothing, electronics, toys, housewares, and more, but what about your everyday purchases, like groceries? Does your local store, Amazon, or Jet.
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Smallest ever image printed, using quantum dots – BBC News
Researchers in Switzerland have created what has been classed as the world’s smallest inkjet-printed picture. They made a 0.08mm-by-0.115mm (0.003in-by-0.005in) colour photo of tropical clown fish, which is about as wide as a piece of photocopy pape…
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This AI Can Help You Take the Perfect Selfie | Motherboard
It’s a snap of you in a picturesque farmer’s field, arms raised above your head, which is thrown back as if to say, triumphantly, “I love the smell of cow turds!” You look cute, and you’re in a nice location—what’s not to like?
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Mass prisoner swap under way in Yemen – Al Jazeera English
A mass prisoner exchange is under way between Houthi fighters and government forces in Yemen amid UN-sponsored talks to end the fighting in the Arabian Peninsula country.
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Thailand military court jails woman for ‘anti-royal Facebook post’ – BBC News
A military court in Thailand has sentenced a woman to nine-and-a-half years in prison for defaming the country’s monarchy on Facebook. The defendant, identified as Chayapha, was arrested in June and charged with sedition for a posting allegedly oppo…
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Frank Underwood 2016 – Anything for America
These are my mottos. I have no patience for useless things – like political gridlock and stagnation. And neither should you. Join me. Let’s roll up our sleeves together. Let’s plow through the stubborn and smallminded and send Washington a message l…
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Canada Is Finally Stepping Up its Maple Syrup Research Game | Motherboard
2015 was a banner year for maple syrup research in Canada. You might expect that to be the case every year for a country that produced 9.49 million litres of the stuff in 2014.
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How The World Looked When Jesus Was Born, According to Roman Geographers | Atlas Obscura
Two thousand years ago, around the time that Jesus of Nazareth was born, the second Holy Temple was still standing in Jerusalem. The Great Pyramid at Giza was already 2,500 years old, but the Library of Alexandria was still around. In Rome, the Colo…
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Google will start a new company for its self-driving car, and it might take on Uber | The Verge
Bloomberg Business is reporting today that Google’s long-running self-driving car project will spin out as its own company under Google parent Alphabet next year.
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Survey results from Cards Against Humanity’s Hannukah Gifts package / Boing Boing
People who bought Cards Against Humanity’s Eight Sensible Gifts for Hannukah subscription were invited to take a survey at the end of the purchase, one that asked all kinds of weird, invasive questions — naturally, CAH has published the results!
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This Is the Over-the-Top Way Kris Jenner Does Christmas | Vanity Fair
Would we expect anything less from Kris Jenner than the most insane, extravagant Christmas decorations you have ever seen in your entire life? Nope, we would not.
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Republicans in Congress let net neutrality rules live on (for now) | Ars Technica
House leaders from both major parties struck a deal late Tuesday night on a $1.1 trillion spending bill and tax breaks.
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The new Ghostbusters have arrived in their first official photo | The Verge
We’ve seen the new Ecto-1 and the new proton packs. We even saw them in their jumpsuits. Now, we finally have the first official pic of the new Ghostbusters ready for action.
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Why Human Genetics Research Is Full of Costly Mistakes – The Atlantic
For Heidi Rehm, it looked like a straightforward case. Her lab at Partners Healthcare offers tests for genetic diseases.
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Good. It’s time for you to find a different line of work that doesn’t destroy the environment. It has nothing to do with hate. It has everything to do with what science is telling us is necessary for the collective well-being of our species.
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Happy Holidays from America’s most powerful families | The Verge
The holidays are a time for thoughtful reflection — for human beings and massive corporations alike. What did we do well this year? What did we learn about ourselves and the people around us? What are our wishes and dreams for the year to come?
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IXmaps: a tool to figure out when the NSA can see Canadians’ data / Boing Boing
Canadians’ data requests overwhelming flow through US cables, even when the communications are within Canada.
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Marco Rubio Shines in Debates, But Voters Don’t Seem to Care | Vanity Fair
As Marco Rubio stepped onto CNN’s debate stage at the Venetian hotel in Las Vegas on Tuesday night, G.O.P. elites waited with bated breath.
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Congress reaches deal on spending bill to fund federal government
Congressional leaders released their long-negotiated omnibus spending bill Tuesday evening, with Speaker of the House Paul Ryan touting Republican wins that seem less than great victories. After the deal was announced, many members of both parties s…
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Kurzgesagt makes some of the most entertaining science explainers around. Check out their most recent video on black holes.
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Happy Holidays from Microsoft | The Verge
Happy holidays to our friends and family! It’s been an incredible year for us at Microsoft. January started with our big Windows 10 launch, the product of a lot of late nights from Satya and Terry.
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Happy Holidays from Twitter | The Verge
Happy holidays from Twitter! We had an incredible 2015 – full of ups, downs, and bitterly fought power struggles. We hope yours was every bit as memorable as ours.
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Happy Holidays from Google | The Verge
We hope you had a happy and healthy 2015! As the year comes to a close, we wanted to take a moment and share some of our fondest memories with you. First, the big news: as you may have heard, this year we changed the family name to Alphabet.
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Happy Holidays from Facebook | The Verge
Ho ho ho! Or should we say poke poke poke? Greetings once again from Facebook. We hope you had a happy and healthy 2015. Here at Facebook, 2015 was filled with sharing, liking, commenting, and the total domination of all social interaction.
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Retale is bringing VR shopping to the Oculus Rift, and it’s confusing | The Verge
Shopping in VR is one of those things that sounds incredibly obvious: all the convenience of Amazon, without the slightly impersonal feeling of looking at pictures on a screen. But no one seems sure what makes in-store shopping special.
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Fran Lebowitz Doesn’t Have an iPhone Because Yours Will Do, Thank You | Vanity Fair
From the late-night circuit and an HBO documentary to her essays and speaking engagements, Fran Lebowitz has never shied away from a controversial topic. And in this new video, she takes on public transportation, Motel 6, and driving cross country.
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Happy Holidays from Apple | The Verge
Hello from Cupertino! We’re delighted to be writing you after another incredible year. We couldn’t be prouder of 2015, and we can’t wait to share with you all the wonderful things we have planned for 2016.
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Republican Debate: Candidates Play Up Fear Itself | Al Jazeera America
When Franklin Delano Roosevelt mounted the East Portico of the United States Capitol in March 1933 for his first inaugural address, the country had already endured several years of crisis. In his speech, the famously jocular Roosevelt took a more so…
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But the franchise has plans for even more women to join the fight in that galaxy far, far away. Felicity Jones will lead upcoming spin-off Rogue One while actresses Tatiana Maslany and Gina Rodriguez have auditioned for roles in Episode VIII.
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Coal lobby chief: COP21 means ‘we will be hated like slave traders’ : environment
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Coal lobby chief: COP21 means ‘we will be hated like slave traders’ | EurActiv
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LoopMe Pivots From Mobile Ad-Inbox Towards AI-driven Video, Closes $7M | TechCrunch
Way back in 2013 LoopMe attempted to solve the problem of intrusive ads on a mobile screen by consolidating them into an “ad inbox” that the user would access through a small button. They raised a seed round to do it. Then in 2014 they raised a $3M …
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‘Socialism’ the most looked-up word of 2015 on Merriam-Webster | Books | The Guardian
“Socialism” was the most looked-up word on Merriam-Webster’s site this year, a change the American dictionary publisher attributes to US presidential candidate Bernie Sanders, who has positioned of himself as a “democratic socialist”.
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Gamma Rays Flood Earth from Distant Galaxy –“Traveled Half the Age of the Universe” -CfA
In April 2015, after traveling for about half the age of the universe, a flood of powerful gamma rays from a distant galaxy slammed into Earth’s atmosphere.
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Finding a Las Vegas native in the Venetian resort-hotel-casino is like the old line about Floridians at Disney World: go find an employee. Everyone else is not from here, which is just as well, because this isn’t a here.
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Saharan dust cloud bound for UK prompts health warning | Environment | The Guardian
A Saharan dust cloud is expected to settle over parts of the UK on Thursday, prompting health experts to issue warnings to elderly people and those who suffer from breathing problems.
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Love Everyone Often Peace Beauty Balance Life Light Magic: Watch Galileo launch
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SHABAS EL SHUHADA, Egypt — Abdel Gawad Ellabbad knows exactly how he was infected with hepatitis C. As a schoolboy in this Nile Delta rice-farming village, his class marched to the local clinic every month for injections against schistosomiasis, a p…
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Manhattan’s Stunning Finale Is an Explosive Conclusion to a Fantastic Season
We’ve been building up all season for this: Last night, Manhattan ended its second season with a stunning recreation of the historic Trinity Test 70 years ago—and one last innocent casualty of the race to build the bomb.
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GOP Candidates Get Awkward When Asked About Surge Of Anti-Muslim Violence In U.S. | ThinkProgress
LAS VEGAS, NV — Minutes after attending a forum hosted by anti-Muslim conspiracy theorist Frank Gaffney on Monday, Republican presidential candidate Rick Santorum praised Americans for their tolerance of Muslims in the wake of multiple attacks claim…
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MIT Researchers Train An Algorithm To Predict How Boring Your Selfie Is | TechCrunch
Researchers at MIT’s Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Lab (CSAIL) have created an algorithm they claim can predict how memorable or forgettable an image is almost as accurately as a human — which is to say that their tech can predict how…
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Caught in the act | ESA/Hubble
The NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope has captured the image of the first-ever predicted supernova explosion. The reappearance of the Refsdal supernova was calculated from different models of the galaxy cluster whose immense gravity is warping the sup…
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Netflix Gets a New, Redesigned App for Windows 10 with Live Tiles and Cortana Commands
Netflix was always one of the Windows 10 apps most worth using, but today it got a big update with a live tiles, a new interface, and Cortana integration.
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Howdy! Senior writer Jason Heller here. Just letting you know that Science Friction, The A.V. Club’s monthly science fiction film series, continues tonight at Alamo Drafthouse Cinema Denver with Attack The Block.
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NIH-Funded Trials Dip, Industry Trials on the Rise – Scientific American
(Reuters Health) – Every year since 2006 in the U.S., the number of clinical trials funded by the National Institutes of Health (NIH) has gone down, while the number of industry-funded trials has gone up, a new study shows. Analyzing the ClinicalTri…
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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’s become a seasonal staple—or deserves to.
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OK, The Fed Is Set To Raise Rates. Now What? | FiveThirtyEight
Seven years ago — to the day — the Federal Reserve made history: It moved its benchmark interest rate as low as it could — nearly to zero. By that point, the housing bubble had burst, major financial institutions had failed (or were bailed out), and…
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Transform Your Mornings With The Best Price Ever on a Philips Wake-Up Light
We’ve seen several deals lately on Philips’ life-changing wake-up lights, but if you’re not among the 20,000+ Gawker media readers who have already pulled the trigger, the entry level model just dropped to its lowest price ever.
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Japanese Supreme Court Rules Married Couples Must Have the Same Last Names – The Atlantic
Japan’s Supreme Court has upheld a law from 1898 that requires married couples to have the same last name—a piece of legislation that critics said was discriminatory.
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Order a copy of Eat More Comics: The Best of The Nib, 300 pages of political cartoons, comics journalism and essays out this month.
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The Intimate Story of a Gay-Marriage Pioneer | New Republic
In John Waters’s film Female Trouble, Aunt Ida (played by ex-barmaid Edith Massey) reveals a sentiment that, I suspect, she has in common with many queer people: “the world of heterosexuals is a sick and boring life.
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Spotify is offering up some professionally mixed party playlists that you can adjust on the fly to suit your celebratory mood. It’s called—get this—Spotify Party, and is rolling out to the Android and iOS app today. Read more on the Spotify blog.
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Cosmic Jailbreak! Blazar’s Gamma Rays Make It To Detectors Unscathed | Video
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How Astronauts Watch the Super Bowl in Space | WIRED
Last February, over 114 million viewers tuned into NBC’s coverage of Super Bowl XLIX. Among them: The crew of the International Space Station. At least, the ones who kept odd enough hours enough to watch. Kickoff was at 6:30 pm Eastern Time, sure.
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Why The Agency Investigation Chicago Police Shootings Probably Won’t Deliver Justice | ThinkProgress
Ever since the video of Laquan McDonald’s shooting was released to the public in late November, Chicagoans have protested in the streets to demand the resignation of Mayor Rahm Emanuel.
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Top Google Searches of 2015 – The Atlantic
People love to google other people. That’s the main takeaway from Google’s annual list of the year’s most popular searches. But humans have dominated Google’s year-end roundup for at least 15 years. It’s how the cast of most-searched characters chan…
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Are you in the market for a pair of ‘professionally done’ Brian Eno custom Converse?|Dangerous Minds
Well, this is what they were going for. The Converse “Chuck Taylor” All-Star has, for half a century, been the official shoe of “cool.”
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US bank robbery suspect returns during live TV report – BBC News
A suspected bank robber in the US returned to the scene of the crime to try again just as an Iowa television station was conducting a live report.
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Which holiday movie cliché are you? Take our quiz to find out. – Vox
Hollywood loves the holidays, but perhaps not as much as it loves clichés.
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70-Degree Days in December: What? – Eastern United States’s warm spell : environment
70-Degree Days in December: What? – Eastern United States’s warm spell (theatlantic.com)submitted 3 hours ago by loading…
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Where America’s jail population exploded. (Hint: It’s not just big cities.) – Vox
Where America’s jail population exploded. (Hint: It’s not just big cities.) https://t.co/w5kZgNpifw https://t.co/lFwpM5ZcS1
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We named him Dobby for a reason. : aww
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Sid Vicious’ handwritten list of ‘What Makes Nancy So Great’|Dangerous Minds
In 1978, a 20-year-old Sid Vicious made a list in numerical order naming all of his American girlfriend Nancy Spungen’s “great” qualities.
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Chris Christie spent this entire debate as if a GOP operative was offstage threatening to walk out with the picture of him hugging Obama after Sandy. Every time he opened his mouth I knew we’d hear these phrases…”for seven years after 9/11 I was a…
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Know When to Bundle Up With This ‘Wearable Weather Station’ | Motherboard
Getting ready to leave my hermetically sealed, climate-controlled space pod (AKA my bedroom) during the onset of a Canadian winter can feel a bit like preparing for an actual mission to Mars.
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You think Clinton is opposed to WW3? No but sanders and rand are striking the same chord on this subject. We know what happens when we have knee jerk reactions to things like this and it doesn’t go well for anyone
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Philips promises new firmware to permit third-party lightbulbs / Boing Boing
It took less than 48 hours for public outrage to convince Philips that updating its lamps to reject third-party lightbulbs was a stupid idea.
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A couple of years ago, in a casting room not too far away (we’re guessing California), there was concern that Harrison Ford wouldn’t reprise his role as Han Solo in Star Wars: Episode VII—The Force Awakens. That bummed out a lot of Star Wars fans, m…
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Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas: The Republican Debate
It was showtime in the Republican debate last night in Las Vegas. Hysteria was the coin of the table. Carpet-bomb ISIS. Take out Assad. Destroy Iran. Shoot down Russian planes. Launch cyberwar against China. Expand the Army, Navy, Air Force; moderni…
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Follow These”Unfussy” Rules of Wine and Have Fun at the Bottle Shop
I have never been “good” at drinking wine, but that doesn’t keep me from practicing, and these new “not-at-all-stuffy” rules for buying and drinking vino are perfect for people like me.
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Ghostbusters and Top Gun added to US National Film Registry – BBC News
Ghostbusters, Top Gun, The Shawshank Redemption and LA Confidential are among 25 films that have been added to the US National Film Registry. The 1920 film The Mark of Zorro and Peter Sellers’ 1979 comedy Being There have also been chosen for preser…
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Austria holds two French citizens over Paris attacks – Al Jazeera English
Austrian authorities are investigating two French citizens for possible links to last month’s attacks in Paris that killed 130 people, officials say.
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Textio, A Startup That Analyzes Text Performance, Raises $8M | TechCrunch
Textio CEO Kieran Snyder always loved taking a quantitative approach to how language worked with her studies in linguistics. And when she and her co-founder Jensen Harris were leaving Microsoft to start a new company, it was only natural that it wou…
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Far-right feasts on France’s unchecked Islamophobia – Al Jazeera English
France’s far-right is on the rise. While the National Front (FN) did not gain control of any of the regions in the regional elections runoff, it led in the first round with 30 percent of the vote and gained 6.7 million votes, their highest yet.
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AWS Launches Its Smallest And Cheapest EC2 Instance Type Yet | TechCrunch
Earlier this year, at its re:Invent developer conference in Las Vegas, Amazon’s AWS cloud computing platform announced that it would soon launch a very small (but burstable) instance type for its EC2 computing service. These new t2.nano instances ar…
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Stuff Every Stocking With Wireless Audio, Starting At $12
Wireless speakers and headphones are so affordable these days, you can give them away as crowd-pleasing stocking stuffers for the holidays.
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Netflix to offer less bandwidth for My Little Pony, more for Avengers | Ars Technica
Online streaming giant Netflix, which is responsible for a huge amount of traffic flowing across the Internet during the evening, is experimenting with ways to save bandwidth.
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Donald Trump’s Walmart Candidacy for the Republican Presidential Nomination – The Atlantic
Throughout the summer of Trump, then the autumn of Trump, and now into Trump-mas-tide, pundits and politicians alike have assumed that something would happen that would cause Trump’s standing to deflate and his candidacy to go away. I’m not being su…
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Mossberg: Battery tech isn’t keeping up | The Verge
Welcome to Mossberg, a weekly commentary and reviews column on The Verge and Re/code by veteran tech journalist Walt Mossberg, now an Executive Editor at The Verge and Editor at Large of Re/code. This isn’t an investment column, and I am not an inve…
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George Hotz, iPhone jailbreaking pioneer, is making a self-driving car | The Verge
Bloomberg Business has a profile this week of George Hotz — better known to some as “Geohot,” a pioneer in the early iPhone jailbreaking scene that let owners put custom apps on their devices for the first time.
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A complete guide to the new Star Wars canon before The Force Awakens | The Verge
When Disney bought Lucasfilm, the company threw almost every piece of Star Wars lore away. In a flash, literally decades of stories from its expanded universe were nixed from canon — cleaning the slate in order to give director J. J.
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Netflix’s new Windows 10 app embraces Microsoft’s universal dream | The Verge
Netflix is making the most of Windows 10 today. Netflix is updating its Windows Store app to embrace Microsoft’s universal app platform to run the same apps across PCs, tablets, phones, and the Xbox One console.
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Exercising in virtual reality with the VirZoom motion controller | The Verge
Video games and exercise don’t play well together. Sure, there’s the eight-year-old Wii Fit, drumming with the new Rock Band, and a slew of dedicated exercise games using Microsoft’s Kinect and featuring fitness trainers you’ve never heard of.
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Microsoft’s new philanthropy effort will focus on access to technology | The Verge
But what would Bill Gates think? Microsoft has launched a new philanthropic effort named, funnily enough, Microsoft Philanthropies.
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The GOP debate, explained in one tweet: This wasn’t a “foreign policy” debate, or even a “national security” debate. It was contest about who could tell the scariest story. (vox.com) And who could say “Hillary Clinton” the most.
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Peace Love Beauty Wisdom Balance Imagination Truth Consciousness, Game of snowflakes via /r/pics…
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Americans used to support an assault weapons ban. Not anymore. – Vox
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For the first time in 20 years, a majority of Americans say they oppose banning assault weapons, according to a new poll from ABC News and the Washington Post. And the people who say they’re most worried about terrorism are also more likely to say t… -
Evolving E-bike designs and technology changing the face of urban commuting / Boing Boing
Boing Boing proudly welcomes Mando as a sponsor! Anyone who commutes to work in a major metropolitan center like New York, London, Paris or Berlin knows all too well about the challenges of getting from Point A to Point B.
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Meet the Syrians starting new lives in the UK – BBC News
Syrian refugees are continuing to arrive in the UK, hoping to begin a new lives away from their war-torn country. They include members of the Ghulam family from Aleppo, who have been living in Beirut for the last year.
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Bank robber suspect spotted during live TV report in Iowa – BBC News
A local TV news reporter was giving a live update about a bank robbery in Iowa, when the suspect came back to rob it a second time, according to police.Adam Sallet was reporting for KIMT 3 outside Sterling State Bank in Rochester on Tuesday when som…
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Three mega-rare Black Flag videos see the light of day—watch them here now|Dangerous Minds
Greg, Anthony, Kira and Henry of Black Flag Black Flag was the band that got me into punk, or “hardcore” if you insist (back then the terms were interchangeable). My War is my go-to record to this day when normal life goes to shitsville.
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Star Wars: The Force Awakens Is the Most Fun I’ve Had at the Movies in Ages
They finally made a movie sequel to the original Star Wars trilogy. And the good news is? The Force Awakens easily captures the charm and excitement of the first three movies. Here’s our spoiler-free review. And by “spoiler free,” we mean: zero spoi…
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The Year in Things We’veAlready Forgotten | New Republic
Memory is faulty, it’s said, and on top of that it’s hard to describe. There are different kinds of memory and as many varieties of remembering: we can remember how to do things, that events happened, and the particular circumstances in which they o…
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Europe takes its next step in constructing its own navigation satellite constellation at lunchtime on Thursday 17 December, with the launch of the eleventh and twelfth Galileo satellites.
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CHICAGO—In an effort to avoid making a judgment before he even enters the theater, local fan Mike Siedler confirmed Wednesday that he was going into tomorrow’s premiere with an open mind about whether Star Wars: The Force Awakens is the best or wors…
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Maine’s crusade against safety net programs has shredded the state’s efficiency at processing food stamps applications, prompting the United States Department of Agriculture to warn Gov. Paul LePage’s (R) team to fix things fast or get hit with sign…
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Morning Digest: Louisiana Democrats consider expert at duck à l’orange, duck rôti, duck grillé…
● LA-Sen: On Monday, Republican Rep. Charles Boustany kicked off his bid for this open seat. Boustany joins John Fleming, a fellow GOP congressman, in the race.
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California’s Medicaid Program May Be Failing 7.3 Million Latinos | ThinkProgress
California is failing its low-income residents by declining to attract doctors who can treat people enrolled in its Medicaid program, according to a civil rights complaint filed with the federal government this week.
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New Camera Sees Invisible Greenhouse Gas – Scientific American
Researchers in Sweden have developed a new camera that can visualise the flow of methane—a key greenhouse gas—as it emanates from its source. In one piece of footage the team has shown a plume of methane spilling from a window in a barn housing cows.
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Data-Driven Health Insurance Provider Clover Health Raises Another $35M | TechCrunch
When Sequoia Capitals Michael Dixon met Clover Health CEO Vivek Garipalli, he said he knew he wanted to invest. The catch: it took 18 months to convince him. But that finally happened, with the company today announcing a $35 million financing round …
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Rand Paul warns against toppling Syria’s Bashar Assad – “We have to have a more realistic foreign policy and not a utopian one where we say, ‘Oh, we are going to spread freedom and democracy and everybody in the Middle East is going to love us.
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Our First Real Details About The Iron Fist Netflix Series!
Justin Lin talks about the music in Star Trek Beyond. The Force Awakens moves on from TV spots to mini-featurettes. One character is skipping the next season of Game of Thrones. Plus, Doctor Strange gets a writer, plot synopses for Suicide Squad, an…
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Google is launching a new accelerator program today. The Launchpad Accelerator will provide mobile startups in India, Brazil and Indonesia with mentorship, training, support, and up to $50,000 in equity-free funding.
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Amazon urges customers to dispose of unsafe hoverboards | Ars Technica
Following a number of self-balancing scooters around the world bursting into flames or exploding, Amazon UK has urged its customers to bring unsafe “hoverboards” to their local recycling point for disposal.
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For the First Time, Daily Marijuana Use Overtakes Cigarettes Among 12th-Graders – The Atlantic
For the first time, more high-school seniors smoke marijuana daily than smoke cigarettes daily, according to a new survey of teen drug use released Wednesday morning by the National Institute on Drug Abuse. An equal number of sophomores—3 percent—us…
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Why Is Hobby Lobby Buying Biblical Artifacts? – The Atlantic
In november 2017, the Museum of the Bible will open in Washington, D.C., two blocks from the National Mall. Like many of the city’s other museums, it is designed to attract hordes of visitors each year, and it will be vast—eight stories tall, and co…
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12 Days of Christmas Songs: ‘Do You Hear What I Hear’ Is Actually About the Cold War – The Atlantic
Welcome to The 12 Days of Christmas Songs: an attempt to uncover the forgotten history of some of the most memorable festive tunes. From December 14 through 25, we’ll be tackling one secular song and one holy song each day.
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Two things are fast upon the world—the holiday season and the premiere of Star Wars: The Force Awakens.
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In F Is For Family’s terrific opening sequence, a cap-and-gown-wearing graduate leaps into the sky, flying toward the bright future ahead—only to be brought back down to earth by the inevitabilities of real life: a draft notice, marriage, and a slow…
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Republican candidates consolidate support by sticking to scripts at debate | US news | The Guardian
If you tuned in to last night’s Republican debate expecting to hear about income inequality, education or racial justice, you would have been disappointed. During the three hours that Republican candidates were up on stage, climate change didn’t com…
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Memphis teen ‘was running away’ when shot dead by police, witnesses say | US news | The Guardian
Darrius Stewart, the unarmed black 19-year-old shot and killed by a white Memphis police officer in July, was moving away from the officer when the second shot was fired, according to several eyewitnesses quoted in the official investigation.
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Final NASA budget bill fully funds commercial crew and Earth science | Ars Technica
For the first time since 2011, Congress has fully funded NASA’s commercial crew program, keeping open the possibility that the space agency will be able to end its reliance upon Russia for transportation to the International Space Station by the end…
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Judges at the supreme court at Westminster reject an appeal by US presidential candidate Donald Trump’s golf club business against planning permission granted by Scottish ministers for offshore wind turbines near his golf course in Aberdeenshire.
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Donald Trump loses Scottish windfarm appeal – Judges reject US presidential candidate’s appeal against planning permission for offshore turbines near golf course (theguardian.com)submitted 1 hour ago by loading…
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Ex-employee: Rare’s management to blame for Kinect focus, not Microsoft | Ars Technica
Microsoft is often blamed for the once-legendary Nintendo developer Rare moving away from games like Banjo-Kazooie and Perfect Dark and into Kinect development.
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Fear Leads To The Dark Side So Install This App To Stop Star Wars Spoilers | TechCrunch
You’re a Star Wars fan. At least, your chances of being a Star Wars fan are very high, considering what I know about our lovely TechCrunch readership. Plus, you clicked on this headline.
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Ad Startup Nanigans Enlists MoPub Founder Jim Payne For Its Board | TechCrunch
Nanigans is best-known as a Facebook advertising company, but CEO Ric Calvillo said that by adding MoPub founder Jim Payne to its board of directors, it can grow the “non-Facebook” side of its business.
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The Turing Church Preaches the Religion of the Future | Motherboard
It doesn’t bode well that Skype keeps crashing during my first attempt to speak with Giulio Prisco.
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Your Speech Is Packed With Misunderstood, Unconscious Messages – Facts So Romantic – Nautilus
Imagine standing up to give a speech in front of a critical audience.
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Firefox for Windows finally has an official, stable 64-bit build | Ars Technica
Today, with the release of Firefox 43, almost a decade after the idea was first mooted, there is finally an official 64-bit build of Firefox for Windows.
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George Hotz Is Taking on Tesla by Himself
A few days before Thanksgiving, George Hotz, a 26-year-old hacker, invites me to his house in San Francisco to check out a project he’s been working on. He says it’s a self-driving car that he had built in about a month. The claim seems absurd.
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Daily Kos Radio is LIVE at 9 AM ET!
Ways to Listen to Kagro in the Morning: Your options to listen LIVE: click on the embedded player above go to NetrootsRadio.
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How would Snowden vote? Republican debate shows limited options | US news | The Guardian
Although Edward Snowden had his passport revoked, he is still a US citizen and eligible to vote in the presidential election, even from exile in Russia. But judging from the Republican debate last night, his choices are severely limited.
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HealthLow-carb beats low-fat in a meta-analysis of 17 clinical trials. Obese and overweight adults on low-carb diets lost more weight and had lower atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease risk. (news.meta.com)
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Tour de force, say fans as Star Wars franchise stirs after 10 years | Film | The Guardian
As global anticipation builds for what is undoubtedly the cinematic event of the year, if not the decade, Star Wars: The Force Awakens had its world premiere in Los Angeles in advance of its worldwide release.
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Amnesty Calls for Investigation of Nigerian Army | Al Jazeera America
Human rights advocates have called for an investigation following the Nigerian army’s raid on a Shia Muslim sect in which hundreds of people were reportedly killed.
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The big news about “Star Wars: The Force Awakens” is — spoiler alert — that it’s good! Despite the prerelease hype, it won’t save the world, not even Hollywood, but it seamlessly balances cozy favorites — Harrison Ford,
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The final Republican presidential debate of 2015 was marked by sharp exchanges between Senator Ted Cruz of Texas and Senator Marco Rubio of Florida, and it featured a feistier Jeb Bush and a Donald J. Trump who seemed as if he was trying not to slip…
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Everyone is wildly overestimating how many immigrants there are – Vox
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You Only Need to Succeed Today
Long-term goals are overwhelming. You want to get a good job, lose weight, raise your kids right, and get rich. Good luck getting all that done by tomorrow. Instead, just focus on today.
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College Students Are Renting Out Their Dorm Rooms On Airbnb. What Could Go Wrong?
When Eduardo’s roommate moved out of his New York City dorm room before the summer term was finished, Eduardo saw a business opportunity. Here was an empty bed in a city where hotel rooms typically cost more than $200 per night.
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In Hebron ‘even the kids have numbers’ – Al Jazeera English
Hebron, Occupied West Bank – Every sunset, 23-year-old Alaa stands in the balcony of her modest stone house overlooking Hebron’s Shuhada Street.
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Significant Digits for Wednesday, Dec. 16, 2015 | FiveThirtyEight
You’re reading Significant Digits, a daily digest of the telling numbers tucked inside the news.
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Paris attacks: Austria arrests two suspects at refugee camp – BBC News
Police in Austria have arrested two people suspected of having links to the Paris attacks at a centre for refugees in Salzburg, prosecutors say. Robert Holzleitner, from the state prosecutor’s office, said the pair had travelled from the Middle East.
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Tornado rips through Sydney leaving trail of devastation – BBC News
An NSW Ambulance spokesperson said two people have been taken to hospital, one suffering head injuries and another suffering from shock.
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German charged over ‘tattoo of Nazi death camp’ – BBC News
A German man has been charged with incitement to hatred after he was pictured with a tattoo apparently of the Auschwitz Nazi death camp.The tattoo has the slogan “To Each His Own”, which was on the gate of the Buchenwald concentration camp.
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Here’s the MacBook USB-C adapter that Apple should have made | The Verge
Well, I’ve been using the MacBook as my primary computer for the past six months or so, and it’s true that its one and only USB-C port can make things a bit awkward at times. But the last few weeks have been a whole lot easier, thanks to a little pe…
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Once again it’s end-of-the-year list season. It’s an addiction—we can’t help but collectively start wrapping up the previous twelve months in neat little boxes: Best, Worst, Top, Bottom, Winners, Losers, The Departed, The Elected, The Meaning of i…
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Shares climb on US Fed rate hike expectation – BBC News
Shares and bond markets have risen as investors get ready for what is expected to be the first rise in US interest rates in nearly a decade. The Federal Reserve is expected to announce the start the gradual rate rise process at 19:00 GMT.
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Republican climate denial: it’s the donors, stupid – Vox
Republican climate denial: it’s the donors, stupid https://t.co/P13k2ntyau https://t.co/bBBag7d0xh
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3 charts that prove Trump, Rubio, and Cruz dominated the CNN Republican debate – Vox
3 charts that prove Trump, Rubio, and Cruz dominated the CNN Republican debate https://t.co/kLuL8DkOz9 https://t.co/fG7U4Ayjg8
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Executions in the U.S. Fall to Lowest Levels Since 1991 – The Atlantic
The 28 executions in 2015 were the fewest since 1991, when there were 14, a new report released Wednesday says. —As of December 15, 14 states and the federal government imposed 49 new death sentences this year, the fewest since the early 1970s when …
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Astronomers Make a Map of a Super Saturn’s Rings – Scientific American
Much astronomy takes place in the offices and observatories where scientists work. But if you want to find the most exciting theories, you need to go where guards are lowered and wilder ideas can roam free.
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How Mexico’s most interesting team beat the odds and rose to success | Football | The Guardian
By nearly any measure, the football team bearing the emblem of the western hemisphere’s largest university is an enigma.
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What Happens When You Treat Abortion Patients Like They’re Going To The Spa | ThinkProgress
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Kate Cockrill has asked a lot of women what it was like to have an abortion. Some of the answers she gets are stark. “One of the interviews I did a couple years ago was with a woman who had an abortion in Arkansas.
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Pakistan Music: Lyari Notes – Al Jazeera English
Pakistani rock musician, Hamza Jafri, travels in an armed vehicle. The musician is famous for his hard hitting political lyrics since the 1990s. Since then, religious fundamentalism has been on the rise with shops selling music torched, concerts bom…
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Bo Ryan abruptly retires as coach of Wisconsin | Sport | The Guardian
The methodical brand of basketball that Bo Ryan ran at Wisconsin rarely surprised opponents as it piled up wins and two trips to the Final Four over the last two seasons. Ryan saved the biggest shocker of his career for his final game.
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Despite claiming nearly half of the world’s land and accounting for one-third of the world’s greenhouse gas emissions, food and agriculture had always played a secondary role in international climate negotiations, pushed aside in favor of discussion…
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Bulgaria, My Land – Al Jazeera English
As new technologies keep us connected, we look at the deadly phenomenon of distracted driving. Former Motherland party representative Natalia Narochnitskaya discusses Russia’s stance on Ukraine, ISIL and Syria.
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As the 2016 electoral contest slouches toward actual voting, I wonder whether Donald Trump is happy with the results of a campaign that he has built almost entirely on hatred, fear and personal invective.
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Love Everyone Often Peace Beauty Balance Life Light Magic: The Horsehead Nebula
The Horsehead Nebula https://t.co/UPE0xAs4Ti https://t.co/zTAg1NAshY
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2015 is the year America started having a sane conversation about death – Vox
2015 is the year America started having a sane conversation about death https://t.co/u99VUcjd5K https://t.co/YZuNudm7dG
Earl Blumenauer had become accustomed to losing. During the health reform debate, the Oregon congressman pushed a provision that would reimburse doctors for helping Medicare patients draw up advance care directives. -
How Diversity Destroyed Affirmative Action | The Nation
The recent wave of campus protests further confirm what we all know: Race is still an open wound in America, and racial discrimination and racism still exist in the United States.
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Lose Yourself In A Star Wars Yule Video – The Daily Beast
It’s just days before that new Star Wars flick drops, and you can barely contain your excitement. How does one hold it together in these final anxious moments before the culmination of years of anticipation? By starting at this five hour Yule log vi…
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Box-Salesforce Partnership Demonstrates Power Of Cloud Connectivity | TechCrunch
Salesforce and Box announced a partnership today in which Salesforce customers can access Box content or content management services directly in Salesforce without applications switching or creating elaborate work-arounds. The partnership involves t…
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Google Play Books’ New Night Light Mode Makes Night Reading Easier on the Eyes
Android/iOS: Look, we get it. You’re not giving up screen reading before bed. If you use our favorite ebook reader, however, you can now make it a little easier on the eyes with Night Light mode.
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Happy 240th birthday Jane Austen: how well do you know her books? | Books | The Guardian
1Which Austen novel was originally titled First Impressions?EmmaPride and PrejudiceNorthanger AbbeySense and Sensibility2How old are the Dashwood sisters at the beginning of Sense and Sensibility?13 and 1716 and 1921 and 2326 and 283In Mansfield Par…
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How a ‘typo’ nearly derailed the Paris climate deal | Environment | The Guardian
Could the fate of the world hang on a single word? Could the whole Paris climate agreement have been scuppered at the very last minute? History will record a diplomatic triumph but it may skate over events that took place in the dying moments when a…
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After the floods: One Carlisle street surveys the damage – in pictures | Environment | The Guardian
Following Storm Desmond, photojournalist Peter Caton visited people living on a severely flooded road in Carlisle, Cumbria. His images capture the impact of the floods on their lives and homes
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Someone needs to explain carpets to Ted Cruz. They’re continuous stretches of material, usually rectangular, sometimes round.
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Something must have gone right in Tuesday’s Republican debate, because Donald Trump complained it was unfair. Which meant, of course, that his opponents put a few dings in The Donald.
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)People seem to be comfortable buying an ever-growing number of things online, but are they ready to purchase their cars that way? Vroom says they are, and it’s making a couple of big deals to move forward with that vision.
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Thousands reach Greece despite Turkey-EU refugee deal – Al Jazeera English
The International Organisation for Migration says at least 45,255 refugees and migrants have arrived in the Greek islands from Turkey since the beginning of December, after the implementation of a Turkey-EU deal which was supposed to impose strict b…
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If you don’t know by now, there’s been much chatter on the Internet about how Facebook is letting people rip videos from YouTube and then allowing them to upload the stolen videos directly to their page even if they don’t own the content or copyrigh…
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Students of Pakistani school attack still victimised – Al Jazeera English
Students who survived the massacre in a school in Peshawar last year, which left 144 people dead including children, still suffer to cope with the tragedy.
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Why Did a Harvard Study About E-Liquids Irk Some Vapers? | Motherboard
There’s a common refrain sung out whenever new research emerges about potential dangers associated with vaping: it’s still better than smoking. This may be true, but should that stop us from talking about the possible dangers of vaping?
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Abbreviated Pundit Round-up: More chaos and polls to pontificate about
Real Clear Politics has Clinton as a six-point favorite based on its poll average, which includes the new Post/ABC poll putting Clinton up by five points. If the election were held tomorrow, the saying goes, Trump would very likely lose.
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The title of the TED talk above, “Flow, the secret to happiness,” might make you roll your eyes. It does indeed sound like self-help snake oil.
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Now Is the Time to Colonize Mars, Elon Musk Says
SAN FRANCISCO — Humanity shouldn’t dally in its quest to colonize Mars, SpaceX’s billionaire founder and CEO Elon Musk says. Colonizing Mars has long been a passion of Musk’s.
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First Click: How the critics are scoring Star Wars: The Force Awakens | The Verge
I love looking at review scores. In fact, I rarely see a movie without first checking the scores on Rotten Tomatoes, Metacritic, and then IMDB (in that order). I never read reviews, however, because I hate spoilers.
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The Geysers on Saturn’s Moon Enceladus Are Mysteriously Losing Steam
SAN FRANCISCO — The famous geysers on Saturn’s icy, ocean-harboring moon Enceladus aren’t what they used to be.
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Undead and Mythological Creatures Inspire New Names for Stars, Alien Planets
The people have spoken: 14 distant stars and 31 alien planets are getting new names that have been selected and voted on by members of the public. And those exoplanet names include some wild ones like Poltergeist, Thestias and even Quijote. Today (D…
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At the G.O.P. Debate, Jeb Bush Becomes the Trump-Fighter – The New Yorker
If last night’s Republican debate, in Las Vegas, had been the prize fight between Donald Trump and Ted Cruz that CNN promoted it as, many of the attendees would have demanded their money back, and rightly so.
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David Cameron urged to reconsider solar subsidy cuts following Paris climate deal : environment
David Cameron urged to reconsider solar subsidy cuts following Paris climate deal (theguardian.com)submitted 2 hours ago by loading…
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One-Hundred Gunmen Have Kidnapped a Group of Qatari Hunters in Iraq | VICE News
About 100 gunmen abducted at least 26 Qataris from their hunting camp in a sprawling desert area of Iraq in the early hours of Wednesday, the regional governor and police said, and a wide-scale search for the group is now underway.
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Middle East: A breeding place for war – Al Jazeera English
A century ago today, a 36-year-old author and purported Arabist named Mark Sykes made his way to 10 Downing Street in London to meet the leaders of Britain and discuss the tricky issue of dividing the spoils of the collapsing Ottoman Empire.
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Syrian opposition: No ceasefire unless Assad goes – Al Jazeera English
The Syrian National Coalition (SNC) said the opposition would not agree to a ceasefire unless Bashar al-Assad signs an agreement to step down as president of Syria. The comments came on Wednesday as the United States and Russia prepared for the next…
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Rights groups decry Israel’s comments on Dawabsheh case – Al Jazeera English
The arson attack took place nearly five months ago in the occupied West Bank village of Duma and killed three members of the Dawabsheh family, including an 18-month-old toddler, Ali, and his parents, Saad and Reham. The settlers who killed the Dawab…
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Yemen’s warring parties agree to mass prisoner swap – Al Jazeera English
Yemen’s warring parties have agreed to exchange hundreds of prisoners in a move aimed at supporting the United Nations-sponsored peace talks in Switzerland, despite both sides accusing each other of breaching a ceasefire.
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Fear of Islamic Indoctrination in America’s Public Schools – The Atlantic
Williamson County, Tennessee, embodies demographic stereotypes about the South: The county just south of Nashville is overwhelmingly white, Christian, and Republican. But this fall, a curious controversy emerged there.
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Jerrycan Tracks Your Car’s Fuel, MPG, Mileage, and More
iPhone: Curious about just how much mileage your car’s getting on average? Or if you have different results when you fill up at different gas stations? Or maybe you’re just curious about your carbon footprint? Jerrycan’s an app that makes tracking a…
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The first time John Ruskin noticed the gray clouds of the “plague-wind” was in 1871, decades into the industrial era.
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It’s Not Just Hospitals: Health Records Are Stolen from Almost Every Industry – The Atlantic
When hackers stole the personal health data of 10 million people from Excellus, a health insurance company, it was just the most recent incident in a string of recent cyberattacks that targeted health-care companies.
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EU chief Juncker says Schengen zone here to stay – BBC News
European Commission head Jean-Claude Juncker has vowed that the EU’s passport-free Schengen zone is “here to stay” on the eve of an EU summit. Mr Juncker defended the zone but said member states had a responsibility to protect the bloc’s external bo…
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Killer Mike interviews Democrat Bernie Sanders on YouTube | Music | The Guardian
Run the Jewels’ Killer Mike has continued his support for Democrat presidential candidate Bernie Sanders by releasing a series of video interviews on YouTube.
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The Major National Security Issue CNN Didn’t Raise During The GOP Debate – Though it focused on national security, touching on ISIS, N Korea & terrorism, it failed to address climate change, which the Pentagon has deemed a major national security th…
Love Everyone Often 12/17/2015
How Rogue Techies Armed the Predator, Almost Stopped 9/11, and Accidentally Invented Remote War | WIRED On the afternoon of October 7, 2001, the first day of the war in Afghanistan, an Air Force pilot named Scott Swanson made history while sitting in a captain’s chair designed for an RV.…
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