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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. Ah, Mariah Carey, that gr…
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Russia Khodorkovsky: Court orders exiled tycoon’s arrest – BBC News
A Russian court has placed ex-oil tycoon Mikhail Khodorkovsky on an international wanted list over the 1990s murder of a Siberian mayor.Mr Khodorkovsky has been living in exile in Europe since he was pardoned by President Vladimir Putin in 2013 for …
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Is It Worth It to Upgrade to Business Class on American Airlines? – The Atlantic
I flew business class for the first time in my life last week. It was an overnight, 10-hour flight for a work trip. STOP, do not click the comment button. I am not a luxurious person! I don’t own designer anything. I hail from a family of proud “Dr.…
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4 reasons why America’s teen birth rate just hit an all-time low – Vox
America’s teen birth rate is falling — and fast. There are 42 percent fewer teen births now than just seven years ago. In 2007, 4.2 percent teenage girls in the United States gave birth. In 2014, the rate was 2.4 percent.
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Signs It’s Time to Leave Your Bank (and How to Choose a New One)
I am not a loyal banking customer. Over the past 5 or 6 years, I’ve switched banks a few times because of fees, poor customer service, or just better options elsewhere. I regret nothing. If you’re thinking about leaving your bank, here are some sign…
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Hermione is not black, but she’s not white either… | Children’s books | The Guardian
Hermione Granger is not black. Hermione is not white, or mixed-race, or any other ethnicity. Hermione is a blank canvas for the reader to draw upon, to project themselves on, to reflect their own appearance if they so wish. To me, Hermione was never…
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Gifts for the 1%: cruises, submarines, and … rhinos? | Life and style | The Guardian
What is it? Technically this gift is a donation to Rhinos Without Borders. The funds from the donation will be used to capture, transport and release two rhinoceroses. The cost of the donation also includes a 10-day safari in South Africa and Botswa…
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Melmoth the Wanderer by Charles Maturin – a gothic matryoshka | Books | The Guardian
I first read Melmoth the Wanderer more than a decade ago, after stumbling across a battered copy I picked up for a few pounds in a secondhand bookshop by the sea.
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It’s 1981, the era of Margaret Thatcher and the cold war, IRA bomb attacks and race riots. There’s a royal wedding and Brideshead Revisited is being serialised on TV.
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The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald – review | Children’s books | The Guardian
Glitz, glam and splendour, behold the roaring twenties! A world of success, freedom and dreams. However, this novel is about the downfall of the American Dream. Meet Jay Gatsby, an amazing man who has built his way to the very top through his work a…
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Anna and the Swallow Man by Gavriel Savit – review | Children’s books | The Guardian
Firstly, I would like to start by praising this book. This is a wonderful read about the relationship between Anna who is the protagonist and the Swallow Man who is kind of like her Guardian angel.
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Savor This Moment, Climate Activists. Next Year Is Going to Get Ugly. | New Republic
On Saturday, December 12, thousands of onlookers in a Paris suburb witnessed the rarest moment in the fight against climate change.
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Why Are American Cops 100 Times Deadlier Than Finnish Police? | New Republic
Chicago police officer Jason Van Dyke was charged with first degree murder November 24 in the death of Laquan McDonald. A video released by police shows Van Dyke shooting the teenager 16 times. Van Dyke is an extreme example of a pattern of unnecess…
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Nigerian Shias ‘buried in mass graves’ in Zaria – BBC News
Nigeria’s military killed and quickly buried the bodies of at least 300 Shia Muslims in an unjustified attack in the northern Zaria city, Human Rights Watch (HRW) has said. The bodies were buried without family members’ permission, it added.
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ISS crew receives Christmas delivery – BBC News
A Russian cargo vehicle carrying food and supplies has docked with the International Space Station – just in time for Christmas.It launched on Monday from Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan.
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America’s Cities Are Still Too Afraid to Make Driving Unappealing | New Republic
The morning I wrote this I took public transportation to work. I hopped on the bus around the corner from my house, then the train for a few stops farther.
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Mr. Tambourine Man (Live at the Newport Folk Festival. 1964) – YouTube
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The Beatles Come To Spotify, Apple Music And Other Streaming Services | TechCrunch
After a couple of weeks of rumors, The Beatles website confirmed that the entire band’s catalog will be available on Spotify, Apple music and all music streaming services out there starting tonight at midnight, local time.
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US prisoners released early by software bug – BBC News
More than 3,200 US prisoners have been released early because of a software glitch. The bug miscalculated the sentence reductions prisoners in Washington state had received for good behaviour.
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‘Sharia compliant’ airline takes off in Malaysia – Al Jazeera English
Malaysia’s first “sharia-compliant” airline made its inaugural domestic flight over the weekend and it hopes to include international routes next year, a senior airline official said.
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Internet Freedom Is Actively Dissolving in America | Motherboard
It’s the end of 2015, and one fact about the internet is quickly becoming clear this year: Americans’ freedom to access the open internet is rapidly dissolving. Broadband access is declining, data caps are thriving, surveillance is increasing, and e…
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Russian Bombings Have Killed so Many Syrian Civilians They Could Be a War Crime | VICE News
Russian airstrikes in Syria have indiscriminately killed hundreds of civilians and may constitute a war crime, Amnesty International said on Wednesday.
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Kim Dotcom’s Extradition to the US Has Now Been Cleared by a Judge | VICE News
German tech entrepreneur Kim Dotcom has lost a bid to block his extradition from New Zealand to the United States to face charges including copyright infringement and money laundering — a major victory for the US Department of Justice in the long-ru…
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Van Morrison – Bulbs – live – YouTube
Van on German TV. Copyright lyrics and music owned by Exile.
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‘Is Santa Real’: The History of a Christmas Phenomenon – The Atlantic
Every year, a significant portion of the adults of the nation get together and, spurred by some combination of love and whimsy and magical thinking, engage in a massive lie. Santa Claus, a.k.a. St. Nick, a.k.a. the bearded old man who embodies child…
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Nick Cave – The Ship Song – YouTube
“Songwriters Circle” 1999-07-09
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Twitter Partners With Chat App Lookup To Let Users In India Shop In 140 Characters | TechCrunch
Twitter has announced a partnership with Lookup, a chat app that connects consumers with retailers, which will allow its users to make purchases and find information using 140 characters. Lookup, which recently raised $2.
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Cape Town closes beach to remove whale carcass – BBC News
South African officials have closed some beaches in Cape Town as efforts are underway to remove the carcass of a beached whale. The 15m-humpback whale came ashore on Tuesday night and lodged on a reef, according to local reports.
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No jeans, no cigarettes on the bus from Beirut to Raqqa – Al Jazeera English
BEIRUT – In Umm Mohamed’s suitcase there is a neatly folded black abaya and niqab, while to the side of her seat she has piled a pair of shoes and socks. “All black,” she smiled, holding up her handbag, also black. “I got it to make the trip, just …
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A refugee stalemate: When an asylum claim is rejected – Al Jazeera English
Rathenow, Germany – Abdishakur Ahmed spends most days disconnected from German society, hanging out in a small room he shares with two other Somali refugees. But, in his state-provided dormitory in a rural German town, Ahmed dreams of building a bet…
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You can stream The Beatles tonight at midnight | The Verge
The world’s most famous band will be available on a variety of streaming services tomorrow. Timed perfectly for Christmas Day, The Beatles’ catalogue will be available to stream on Spotify, Apple Music, Slacker, Tidal, Groove, Rhapsody, Deezer, Goog…
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Zizek, Turkey and intellectual frivolity – Al Jazeera English
In his criticism and eventual rejection of all the major methods used in the natural sciences, Paul Feyerabend had said that the only principle that allows progress in science is “anything goes”. Anything that gets the job done is welcome, he may ha…
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What have we lost now we can no longer read the sky?…
I will write the laws that are to govern mankind for all time. These laws cannot be written on the water as that is always changing its form, nor can they be written in the sand as the wind would soon erase them, but if they are written in the stars…
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Why I never want to dress up in black tie again — Ae…
As a Brit with both working‑class and immigrant roots, there are two words on an invitation that I dread reading even more than ‘fancy dress’. They are ‘black tie’ – or what Americans would call a ‘tuxedo’.
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Congress Ends a Surprisingly Productive 2015 – The Atlantic
Lo and behold, Congress actually got some big things done this year.
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Jeb Bush’s Questionable Attacks on Donald Trump – The Atlantic
The strange, sad tale of Donald Trump and Jeb Bush continues. After first trying to ignore the billionaire bigot, and then getting humiliated by him, Jeb is now making his willingness to stand up to Trump the centerpiece of his campaign.
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False San Bernardino Story Spurs Congressional Action – The Atlantic
But by Thursday, the Times admitted it had gotten parts of the story wrong. Tashfeen Malik had not posted publicly about violent jihad before moving to the U.S. Instead, according to the FBI, she had written about violent jihad only in private messa…
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Officer William Porter Mistrial and Police Culture – The Atlantic
The trial of Officer William Porter, the first of six officers charged in the death of Freddie Gray, ended in a mistrial last week after the jury heard sharply conflicting accounts about the inner workings of the Baltimore Police Department.
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Man pleads guilty to financial news hack – BBC News
US prosecutors have secured their first conviction in a case involving hack attacks on three of the major financial news release publishers. Alexander Garkusha plead guilty to conspiracy to commit wire fraud, in a New York court.
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Spain rivals weigh coalition options in post-election talks – BBC News
Spanish Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy will meet the Socialist leader Pedro Sanchez shortly for exploratory talks on forming a coalition government. The new liberal Ciudadanos (Citizens) party, which came fourth in Sunday’s election, now wants a “pact…
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The Panthers are two games away from 16-0. Can they keep it going? | Sport | The Guardian
Life would appear to be just great these days for the 14-0 Carolina Panthers. Cam Newton, their effervescent (not to mention multi-talented) quarterback, is surely the NFL’s most valuable player, and the Panthers are generally resourceful and resili…
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For a glory that felt a long time coming, it was over with quickly: thanks to a Carli Lloyd hat-trick over the first 16 minutes of the contest – the fastest hat-trick from a kickoff in World Cup history – the US women’s national team trounced Japan …
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Farmer Pieter Kruger stands smiling on a large weir built on a river in the Baviaanskloof area that provides water to South Africa’s fifth largest city. Tall and lean, he looks out over a gathering pool, delighted at the first time it has filled up …
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Jeb Abandons Jeb! | Mother Jones
Perfect last minute Christmas present for the low-energy person in your life who needs an extra exclamation point: Jeb! Not the candidate, just his name—upbeat punctuation mark and all. The word has apparently lost its appeal. Even to the candidate.
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Our Norwegian Embassy’s Weird Videos – The Daily Beast
When you’re posted up in a relatively non-confrontational foreign country as the official representative of the United States, life can get a little boring.
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The Pentagon Says It’s Killed 20,000 ISIS Fighters—and Just 6 Civilians | Mother Jones
Asked about his critics’ calls for the United States to use more force in its air war against ISIS, President Barack Obama rejected the idea of expanded air strikes in an interview with NPR on Monday.
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How Sweden’s ‘most wanted man’ brought a town together – Al Jazeera English
Boliden, Sweden – Moder Mothanna Magid had been famous – or infamous – for days before he even realised it. The 22-year-old Iraqi asylum seeker hadn’t seen the newspapers with his picture on the front page.
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Mali clash: French forces ‘neutralise’ Islamist militants – BBC News
French forces in Mali have killed or captured 10 members of an Islamist group which claimed responsibility for a hotel massacre last month, the defence ministry in Paris says. The operation took place on Saturday night near Menaka in eastern Mali.
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Violence hurts Bethlehem’s Christmas tourism business – Al Jazeera English
Tourism to Bethlehem is down this Christmas, the mayor of the city revered by Christians as the birthplace of Jesus said, as violence continued to grip Israel and the occupied Palestinian territories.
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How is Paris coping one month on from the co-ordinated attacks? – BBC News
It is just over one month since 130 people were killed and hundreds more wounded in co-ordinated attacks in Paris. Since then, the French capital has been trying to return to normal, but the effects are still clear.
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THERE was, of course, the terrorism, and talk of immigration, and guns. But 2015 has emerged as the Year of the Toilet, when private business became part of a public debate about acceptance, inclusion, double standards and equality.
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Sanders defends Clinton after Trump remarks: ‘I also went to the bathroom’ : politics
Donald Trump “has discovered that women go to the bathroom and it’s very upsetting for him,” Sanders told a large crowd of laughing college students. Classic Sandersass.
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Somalia bans Christmas celebrations – BBC News
Somalia’s government has banned the celebration of Christmas, warning that such Christian festivities could threaten the nation’s Muslim faith. Security agencies have been directed to stay alert to stop any gatherings.
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MP urges Cameron to intervene after US bans UK Muslim family – BBC News
Labour MP Stella Creasy has called on the prime minister to challenge the US after a UK Muslim family was barred from boarding a flight to Los Angeles.
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When is it right to remove a statue? – BBC News
Activists are campaigning for a statue of Cecil Rhodes to be removed from an Oxford college. The movement against him is part of a wider drive to get rid of monuments to figures who are now intensely controversial.
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Probing Mars, charging cars / TTP2 / Space Engineering & Technology / Our Activities / ESA
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Opec: Oil prices will reach $70 a barrel by 2020 – BBC News
Oil producers’ group Opec has said it expects oil prices to start to recover over the next few years. Prices have fallen from more than $100 a barrel in the summer of 2014 to less than $40 a barrel now.
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Is the Shenzhen landslide the first of many more? | Environment | The Guardian
The deadly landslide that buried part of the southern Chinese city of Shenzhen beneath a tide of red mud on Monday may be a devastating new consequence of China’s urban explosion, an expert has warned.
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Colombian beauty queen philosophical after Miss Universe mishap – video | US news | The Guardian
Miss Colombia thanks her supporters on Tuesday after she was wrongly crowned the winner of Miss Universe 2015. Ariadna Gutiérrez Arevalo had been crowned and was standing on stage to cheers from the Las Vegas audience when host Steve Harvey returned…
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Apathy and Progress Are Killing Turkey’s Famous Flamingo Lake | Motherboard
I’m on the shores of Lake Tuz, the second-largest lake in Turkey, and no one wants to talk about salt.
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Climate change and the right to food – Al Jazeera English
Two weeks after the Paris agreement on the global climate change, the time for celebratory pictures and self-congratulatory speeches by leading diplomats is over.
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Australia relents and grants Pakistani man’s dying wish – Al Jazeera English
Australia’s government has reversed a widely-criticised decision to reject visa applications for the family members of a dying Pakistani student, who want to visit him on his death bed.
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Storm Eva batters northern England | Environment | The Guardian
Britain faces further downpours over the festive period with Storm Eva battering parts of the country with winds up to 70mph, as homeowners and businesses in Cumbria faced a flood clean-up for the third time this month.
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Hong Kong firm says missing chairman Yim Fung back at work – BBC News
Hong Kong listed brokerage firm Guotai Junan International says its chairman Yim Fung is back at work, after being missing for more than a month. The firm said in a statement that Mr Yim had returned after “assisting in certain investigations” in ma…
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A cinemagoer from Texas has been named the ultimate Star Wars champion after sitting through episodes of the space opera saga for 46 hours straight, including nine back-to-back viewings of new instalment The Force Awakens.
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Dudley Persse – Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
He was a grandson of the Rev. Robert Persse (died 1612), who originated in Northumberland but settled in Ireland in the late 16th century and was buried at Bodenstown, County Kildare. Dudley’s father (Henry of Clane) was one of three sons born to Ro…
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Google robots declare war on Christmas | The Verge
You know Dasher and Dancer and Prancer and Vixen,You know Comet and Cupid and Donner and Blitzen,But do you recall,Google’s most dangerous reindeer of all? Spot, the Boston Dynamics’ robot,Has a very scary pose,And if you ever saw it,You would likel…
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Cumbria hit by more floods – video | Environment | The Guardian
Business owners in the Cumbrian town of Appleby say they didn’t expect another flood on Tuesday just days after they finished cleaning up from Storm Desmond. Hundreds of homes were evacuated and vehicles were submerged.
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Send Paddington creator Michael Bond a 90th birthday message | Children’s books | The Guardian
Who doesn’t love Paddington Bear, the sticky-pawed, marmalade-loving refugee from Peru, who is taken in by the Brown family and has a series of hilarious adventures?
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France beheading attack: Suspect Yassin Salhi kills himself – BBC News
A French terror suspect who decapitated his boss and tried to blow up a gas plant in June, has been found dead in prison near Paris. The authorities said Yassin Salhi, 35, had hanged himself with sheets tied to the bars of his isolation cell.He was …
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Lost Boys actor Brooke McCarter dies at 52 – BBC News
Brooke McCarter, best known for playing a vampire in The Lost Boys, has died at the age of 52, his family has said. The US actor played Paul, a member of Kiefer Sutherland’s blood-sucking gang, in the 1987 horror comedy film.
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Why German soccer wants American players | Football | The Guardian
“If a player from the United States would come here and score every week,” said Michael Schade, CEO of Bayer Leverkusen, one of the biggest clubs in the history of German football, “it would be a dream come true.
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Indian Regulator Temporarily Suspends Facebook’s Free Basics, Says Report | TechCrunch
Free Basics, a service by Facebook initiative Internet.org, is having a rough week in India. First, an email campaign by the social media network was criticized for being heavy-handed and misleading.
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Turkey Istanbul airport blast kills cleaner – BBC News
An explosion near a plane at Sabiha Gokcen airport in the Turkish city of Istanbul has killed a woman cleaner. The woman who died was reportedly working on a Pegasus airlines plane overnight when the blast took place. A colleague who was with her wa…
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Beatles to join music streaming services – BBC News
The Beatles’ music is to be made available on a range of streaming music services. The BBC understands an announcement will be made at about 11:00 GMT saying that the British band’s tracks will go live ahead of Christmas on Friday.
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Five large banks ‘paid no UK corporation tax’ in 2014 – BBC News
Five of the largest banks in the UK paid no corporation tax in 2014, despite making billions of pounds in profits, analysis by Reuters has shown. JP Morgan, Bank of America Merrill Lynch, Deutsche Bank, Nomura Holdings and Morgan Stanley paid no cor…
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The absurd life of Félix Nadar, French portraitist and human flight advocate | Books | The Guardian
Nothing about Félix Nadar was ever straightforward, as the photograph on the cover of When I Was a Photographer reveals.
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When I was eight or so and living in Gibraltar (my father was in the army and we were station there), my teacher read us A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens as a pre-Christmas treat.
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Un Lun Dun by China Miéville – review | Children’s books | The Guardian
After a strange turn of events, Zanna and her best friend Deeba follow the trail of a broken umbrella to a wheel. Once the wheel is turned, the two girls find themselves in a strange place called Un Lun Dun – the place where all of the lost and brok…
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B.B. King Plays Live at Sing Sing Prison in One of His Greatest Performances (1972) | Open Culture
“I was told that some of you dudes don’t know anything about blues,” he said from the stage before beginning what he would go on to call the one of the greatest shows of his career: “So I wanna say this to you: I came to swap some with you.
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LG copies Microsoft’s classic Surface ad to tease new fridges and TVs | The Verge
Microsoft’s Surface tablet is a seminal product that has spawned a litter of hybrid copycats. Microsoft’s Surface marketing, it turns out, has also proven too good not to copy.
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Beijing smog drivers face fines for breaking car rules – BBC News
Beijing drivers could face a total of $1.6m (£1m) in fines for breaking driving restrictions during the city’s pollution red alert, Chinese media say.
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Alan Kurdi’s father pleads for world to open its doors – Al Jazeera English
The father of Alan Kurdi, the young Syrian boy whose photo sparked a worldwide outcry about the fate of refugees travelling to Europe, has appealed for the world to open its doors to those fleeing the war in Syria.
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Neil Young – Old Man – YouTube
Track 1 (side two) from the album, “Harvest” (1972).Full “Harvest” album playlist – http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=…
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Kendrick Lamar’s To Pimp A Butterfly is critics’ top album of 2015 – BBC News
Kendrick Lamar’s sprawling hip-hop opus To Pimp A Butterfly has emerged as the critics’ favourite album of 2015. The album, which tackles race relations in post-Ferguson America, topped a “poll of polls” compiled by the BBC.
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Colds I can take. It’s the flu that makes me remember how sucky it is to be sick. I’ve been fighting a cold for a week now. I seriously thought to myself today “what if I never get better and I took all my healthy days for granted?”
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Traveling Wilburys – Handle With Care – YouTube
© 2007 WMGHandle With Care
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Kim Dotcom, the founder of Megaupload, reacts to a New Zealand court’s ruling that he can be extradited to the United States to face charges of copyright infringement, racketeering and money laundering.
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HRW: Nigeria Soldiers Killed Shia Children | Al Jazeera America
Nigerian soldiers fired on unarmed Shia children with no provocation before unjustified raids that killed hundreds of the minority group in the West African nation, Human Rights Watch said Wednesday.
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360-degree videos come to Apple TV for the first time | The Verge
Web giants like YouTube and Facebook have been showing off a slate of 360-degree videos in recent months, using the format for Christmas specials and iOS News Feeds, but the clips have so far been conspicuously absent from one format — Apple TV.
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Oliver Sacks (July 9, 1933–August 10, 2015) wrote in his 1985 classic The Man Who Mistook His Wife For A Hat: And Other Clinical Tales (public library) — perhaps the most influential treatise on the perplexities of memory, which solidified Dr.
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There’s a lot of polluted water in an area near me; I have questions about how to fix it. (self.environment) Near my university there’s a park with hiking trails and a creek running through it.
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Australia captain Steve Smith has been named both cricketer of the year and Test cricketer of the year by the International Cricket Council. He becomes the fourth Australian to lift the Sir Garfield Sobers trophy after Ricky Ponting,Mitchell Johnson…
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Whatever happened to the 15 people the Internet hated most in 2015? – The Washington Post
Slate may have declared 2014 “the year of outrage,” but if you thought online discourse would mellow from that point — well, you were wildly mistaken.
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Pamunkey Recognition as 567th Tribe on Hold | Al Jazeera America
At the White House Tribal Nations Conference in November, representatives from the 567 federally recognized American Indian and Alaska Native tribes mingled with President Barack Obama.
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This is so creative and amazing! My secret Santa sent me the first T-Shirt they saw in the “Last Chance” section on Amazon. Hope you had a fabulous time!! It was awesome because outside of the Zoo for myself, we had never been to any of these places…
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Bob Dylan Reads “‘Twas the Night Before Christmas” – Brain Pickings
In 1823, an anonymous poem titled “A Visit from St. Nicholas” appeared in the pages of the local paper in Troy, New York. It quickly became a proto-viral sensation, reprinted — often with illustrations — in newspapers, magazines, and anthologies aro…
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The hundred years war, fought by England and France from the mid‑14th to mid-15th centuries, is remembered this side of the water for famous English victories such as Crécy and Agincourt, the latter battle being the prize exhibit of this fourth volu…
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WASHINGTON — Target category No. 275 from the nuclear target list for 1959 may be the most chilling. It is called simply “Population.”
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BAGHDAD — For the first time, Iraqi forces engaged Islamic State fighters within the city center of Ramadi on Tuesday, reaching the edge of the inner government district in an attempt to seize the critical western provincial capital after months of …
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Forgotten chapters of Jane Austen’s Emma. Illustration: Tom Gauld
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Emma – perhaps Jane Austen’s most complex, subtle and complete novel – was published on 23 December 1815. As with most of Austen’s works, it’s full of gems that are often ironically brilliant and applicable to modern life, and sometimes amusingly da…
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25 States’ Concealed-Carry Permits No Good in VA | Al Jazeera America
Virginia will no longer recognize concealed-carry handgun permits from 25 states that have reciprocity agreements with the state, effective Feb. 1, Attorney General Mark Herring said on Tuesday.
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Matthew Lodge secures plea deal but faces multimillion-dollar US lawsuit | Sport | The Guardian
Former Wests Tigers prop Matthew Lodge has secured a plea deal in New York that could let him sidestep a jail sentence, but he still faces paying millions of dollars to the victims of his alleged violent rampage.
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Purple haze: lilac sky at night highlights China’s smog blight | World news | The Guardian
Photographs appearing to show one of China’s most famous cities shrouded in a spectacular violet mist went viral on Wednesday, as millions of citizens choked on the country’s latest bout of toxic smog.
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The least essential TV of 2015 · Best of · The A.V. Club
2015 will officially go down as the year of “peak TV,” an idea that instantly commandeered the small-screen zeitgeist.
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Every December, there seems to be only a handful of holiday songs, but a multitude of versions of each. This year, we’re throwing down in a Christmas Carol Cage Match to decide the definitive version of some of the most common seasonal cuts.
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In The New Christmas Canon, The A.V. Club looks beyond Rudolph’s nose and Zuzu’s petals to highlight entertainment from the ’90s, ’00s, and ’10s that has become a seasonal staple—or deserves to.
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Cock locked · Savage Love · The A.V. Club
After spending some years in the doldrums after having kids, my husband and I are now enjoying hot kinky sex and the occasional free pass to fuck other people. We couldn’t be happier.
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The A.V. Club’s gift guide for procrastinators · Best of · The A.V. Club
Your advent calendar is almost emptied of chocolate, family time looms, and you still don’t have presents for everyone on your list.
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Lucy’s got some ‘splaining and Christmas Special(ing) to do · What’s On Tonight · The A.V. Club
Here’s what’s up in the world of TV for Wednesday, December 23. All times are Eastern. I Love Lucy Christmas Special (CBS, 8 p.m.): Great news: CBS is airing a one-hour special of two back-to-back I Love Lucy episodes! We’ll take that over CSI: Scor…
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Let This Classic Animation Show You How Awesome Triangles Are – Digg
1 digg Animation Science In this short 1966 animation by René Jodoin, a triangle makes hundreds of transformations into other shapes — illustrating the awesome power of the math of triangles without using any words or numbers.
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‘Downton Abbey’ Bandit’s Story Is Sadder Than Anything on the Show – The Daily Beast
Branden Deel is a two-bit thief with haute taste in television. The former machinist has been trying to feed his heroin addiction by taking five-finger discounts on DVDs at big box stores across central Ohio, especially pricey box sets of Downton Ab…
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Nigeria’s Khomeini, Spreading Iran’s Revolution to Africa – The Daily Beast
CALABAR, Nigeria — The Nigerian army has been accused of massacring a large number of Shia Muslims in the town of Zaria in Nigeria’s northwestern Kaduna state over the course of three days earlier this month.
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Was This Broadway’s Best Year Ever? – The Daily Beast
Hamilton got the most publicized raves, but what about the daring genius of Fun Home, and the lush pleasure of An American In Paris? The best shows this theater season soared so prodigiously high that more standard plays evoked a shrugged meh.
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Claire Underwood Could Learn a Lot From Lady Bird Johnson – The Daily Beast
Lyndon Johnson has had good press the past few years. Fiftieth anniversaries of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and Voting Rights Act of 1965 have prompted several histories spotlighting the political genius who shepherded those bills and a raft of oth…
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Kendall Jenner, Gigi Hadid, and the Year of the Instamodel – The Daily Beast
In September, model Gigi Hadid–she of the bombshell curves and recent Victoria’s Secret waves–took to Instagram to defy online trolls among her then-6.5 million followers who criticized her voluptuousness.
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It’s Time for a Muslim-Moderated Presidential Debate – The Daily Beast
Tuesday’s GOP debates were all about Muslims. The word “Islam” or derivations of it like “Islamic” were mentioned 27 times in the primetime debate and 31 times during the earlier “kid’s table” debate.
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The latest alleged American recruit for al Nusra was desperate to leave the country because the Supreme Court passed gay marriage. In a complaint unsealed last week, authorities say a 22-year-old Bay Area man planned a trip overseas to join al Qaeda…
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Best Children’s Books of 2015 – The Daily Beast
In some ways, Bernice Gets Carried Away is very typical: talking animals, bad attitudes, valuable life lesson about sharing, etc.
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One of the more fun things about reading all the coverage of Quentin Tarantino’s upcoming bloody western epic The Hateful Eight—and there is oh-so-much coverage—is seeing the different ways writers have come up with to describe Jennifer Jason Leigh’…
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How The Sultan of Brunei Banned Christmas – The Daily Beast
At least the Grinch had an excuse. Dr. Seusss’s most hated character endured a miserable childhood that saw his love of Christmas cruelly snuffed out.
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Hey, Ted Cruz and Marco Rubio: Tone It Down, Already! – The Daily Beast
These days, it seems every time either Marco Rubio or Ted Cruz—both of them 44-year-old, well-spoken, intelligent, Cuban-American, sons of immigrants, lawyers, and first term senators elected with support from the Tea Party—opens his mouth, it’s all…
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Top TV Showrunners on the Best Shows They Binge-Watched in 2015 – The Daily Beast
The holidays are here and you finally have some free time on your hands. In a year of way too much TV, we thought you might need some help figuring out which shows are worth bingeing before we say goodbye to 2015.
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For-Profit Prison Bosses Bankroll Rubio – The Daily Beast
The GEO Group—a shady, for-profit prison company—has invested more heavily in Marco Rubio for years and his presidential campaign is no exception.
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This second batch of Sidney Awards, given for some of the year’s best long-form essays, congregate, coincidentally, around a theme: the excessive individualism of American society, and the ways human beings try to create community for good or ill.
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Why Energy Efficiency Is a Must in today’s World : environment
Why Energy Efficiency Is a Must in today’s World (ozinformationhub.blogspot.com)submitted 1 hour ago by loading…
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The Moment A World Cup Skier Was Nearly Hit By A Drone Falling Out Of The Sky | TechCrunch
Drone registration may seem like unnecessary hassle for some, but an incident at the alpine skiing world cup this week illustrated why the FAA is pushing for regulation.
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Holiday gifts from the Israeli embassy in the United States this year will be deliberately sourced from settlements in the occupied territories of the West Bank and Golan Heights, the country’s US ambassador has announced.
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How a battery recycler contaminated L.A.-area homes for decades (latimes.com)submitted 4 hours ago by loading…
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Satellite Eye on Earth: November 2015 – in pictures | Environment | The Guardian
On 20 November, satellites captured this image of fresh snow that had fallen along the Himalayan range in central Asia. The moisture for snowfall in this part of the range is delivered primarily by the summer monsoon.
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Afghanistan Taliban: ‘Reinforcements arrive’ in Sangin – BBC News
Military reinforcements have arrived in the Afghan town of Sangin to support police and soldiers besieged by Taliban militants, the Helmand district governor has told the BBC. Mohammad Jan Rasoulyar also said that military planes had dropped food su…
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Celebrities are wasting away, 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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How a battery recycler contaminated L.A.-area homes for decades : environment
How a battery recycler contaminated L.A.-area homes for decades https://t.co/SdqPdfW7mO https://t.co/XSNk1QCiF3 via /r/environment
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How a battery recycler contaminated L.A.-area homes for decades – LA Times
How a battery recycler contaminated L.A.-area homes for decades https://t.co/SdqPdfW7mO https://t.co/XSNk1QCiF3 via /r/environment
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These doggies got a new lease on life : aww
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World. Meet Maddy. via /r/aww https://t.co/mn9WO1XXdJ https://t.co/kZ76yLCM7A https://t.co/bWSwRWGQLJ
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Peace Love Beauty Wisdom Balance Imagination Truth Consciousness, World. Meet Maddy. via /r/aww…
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Chinese teen pulled from rubble 60 hours after mudslide – Al Jazeera English
Rescuers have pulled a 19-year-old man from under the rubble caused by a landslide in China more than 60 hours after a disaster which has left scores of people missing.
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Floating in the fog free of meaning, a timeless yew | Environment | The Guardian
A yew tree looms in the fog, a brooding presence hovering in space above the cliff, not of this world. One of a cluster of wild yews, old and stunted from growing out of limestone and an obstinacy that refuses to recognise time as we measure it, thi…
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It’s going to be so easy to turn a 5 into a 6 for the first few months of 2016. : Showerthoughts
It’s going to be so easy to turn a 5 into a 6 for the first few months of 2016. (self.Showerthoughts) Yeah, the switch to 2017 will be the hard one.
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Pet dog ‘kept missing toddler safe’ in Australia – BBC News
A pet dog is being credited with keeping a little girl safe after the pair wandered away from their family home and could not be found for hours. Two-year-old Sophia set out across her family’s property south-east of Melbourne at around 7:30pm on Tu…
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Borderlands Christmas cosplay : gaming
She’s hot!
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Kneeling Man and Horse Image, United Arab Emirates – National Geographic Photo of the Day
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APOD: 2015 December 22 – Solstice Illuminated: A Year of Sky
Discover the cosmos! Each day a different image or photograph of our fascinating universe is featured, along with a brief explanation written by a professional astronomer. Explanation: Can you find which day is the winter solstice? Each panel shows …
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EU referendum: Polish leader Duda fears ‘crisis’ if UK leaves – BBC News
Poland’s new President, Andrzej Duda, has warned that the European Union would face a “very serious crisis” if the UK were to leave. UK PM David Cameron has promised a referendum on EU membership by the end of 2017 and is pushing for reform.
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Polish President: We are ‘eurorealists’ not eurosceptics – BBC News
Polish President Andrzej Duda insists his Law and Justice party, which recently won parliamentary elections. are “eurorealists” not eurosceptics. He said that protests against the governing party are “organised by the oppositon” and show that “democ…
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‘Hateful Eight’ Pirated Screener Traced Back to Top Hollywood Executive : movies
Andrew Kosove, co-CEO of production-finance company Alcon Entertainment, was sent the “screener” copy of Hateful Eight for year-end awards consideration. That copy was signed for by an office assistant and later shared online…
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America’s Miley Cyrus Fatigue – The Daily Beast
Miley Cyrus has built a career on multiple personality disorder. First, she was the bewigged fake pop star Hannah Montana by day, and real-life child star Miley Cyrus by night.
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There is a bomb underneath you.” It’s the largest releases of methane in California history: A giant stream of climate-warming methane gas is blowing hundreds of feet into the air in Los Angeles County and no one can stop it! (thebigwobble.org)
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China Landslide Survivor Found | Al Jazeera America
Rao Liangzhong of the Shenzhen Emergency Response Office said that the man, Tian Zeming, was rescued around dawn on Wednesday. He said Tian was from Chongqing in southwestern China.
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John Cena is just a big kid in cargo shorts : gifs
When you get a chair for Christmas, and it’s actually a good thing. Reddit loves John Cena.
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TIL that after their only son died at the age of 15, Leland Stanford founded Stanford University and told his wife that ”the children of California shall be our children.” (stanford.edu)submitted 28 minutes ago by loading…[–]justreddis [score hid…
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NPR’s Delicious Dish Schweddy Balls – Saturday Night Live – YouTube
Subscribe to SaturdayNightLive: http://j.mp/1bjU39d SEASON 24: http://j.mp/1b7QvGo Holiday Sketches: http://j.mp/14Kxsjm Talk Shows: http://j.mp/18UKNmm Popu…
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Amnesty says Russia hitting civilians in Syria attacks – BBC News
Amnesty International has shown evidence suggesting that Russian air strikes in Syria have killed hundreds of civilians. The human rights organisation also alleges that Russia is causing widespread, indiscriminate destruction.
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Cam’ron Squashes Holiday Cheer as Santa Claus on ‘Nightly Show’ | Rolling Stone
Cam’ron Squashes Holiday Cheer as Santa Claus on ‘Nightly Show’ “Santa Cam” dismisses wishes for world peace, doles out numbers for therapists, bootleg DVDs
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Bernie Sanders just broke Obama’s record for digital fundraising : politics
Just remember, we won the battle but we haven’t won the war. Please continue to support where you can! I’m surprised I’m back here in /r/politics I’m glad you all are on the bernie train.
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This is Wilbur. This is how he sits. : cats
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“Remember The Cant” · The Expanse · TV Review Tensions rise on The Expanse · TV Club · The A.V. Club
Three episodes in, and it’s clear (if it wasn’t already) that The Expanse is not going to be much concerned with episodic structure.
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An email popped into the inbox of a famous radio host this month, sent by a young man from the Bahamas, with an offer he hoped would turn the head of even an industry veteran: scripts for the first six episodes of a coming season of a
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In the early years of our marriage, I told my husband that if I ever had to hide anything important from him—safety deposit box key, Cayman Island bank account numbers—I would put it in the box of extra garbage can liners.
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Man arrested over threat to shoot friend who revealed Star Wars spoiler | US news | The Guardian
A Montana man has been arrested on suspicion of threatening to shoot a student for divulging a plot line from the newly released Star Wars epic, court documents show.
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Taco shop near my house got robbed last week. They put out this awesome video. : videos
Taco shop near my house got robbed last week. They put out this awesome video. (youtu.be) Haha pretty funny. Fuck those two low lives! haha dumb shit bags will get what they deserve. And they don’t serve taco’s in jail
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Open thread for night owls: ProPublica’s picks for 10 best political money investigations of 2015
Dark money makes its way into political campaigns, and legislation. Robert Faturechi presents ProPublica’s choices for the 10 Best 2015 Investigative Reports on Political Money: 1.
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Kim Dotcom Ruled Eligible For Extradition to US, Will Appeal | TechCrunch
After a ten week trial and more than 3 years after the raid on Kim Dotcom’s mansion, a New Zealand judge has denied an extradition stay for Kim Dotcom and his three business associates.
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Rust is looking very festive. : cats
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The authorities have intensified their search for Ethan Couch, releasing new details and offering a $5,000 reward.
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Drone falls from the sky, nearly striking World Cup skier during a race | Ars Technica
A drone crashed to Earth during a World Cup slalom ski race in Italy today, nearly hitting skier Marcel Hirscher. The drone belonged to a TV broadcast crew and carried a heavy camera on it.
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Travis Scott Pleads Guilty in Lollapalooza Stage Melee | Rolling Stone
Rapper Travis Scott pleaded guilty to charges of reckless conduct after encouraging fans to climb over security barricades during his set at Lollapalooza this summer, Billboard reports. A judge ordered Scott — real name Jacques Webster — to remain u…
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EpidemiologyZombie infections: epidemiology, treatment, and prevention. BMJ Christmas special. [Crosspost from /r/EverythingScience] (reddit.com)
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Beatles Coming to Apple, Spotify, Amazon, Google Christmas Eve | Re/code
You can spend Christmas streaming the Beatles. The world’s most famous band will finally be available on streaming music services, starting this Thursday, Christmas Eve.
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The tiny shed where Andy Rooney wrote
I spent some time in Rensselaerville, New York, this fall, where Andy Rooney used to pass his summers. Not far from his home, he had a five-sided shed in which he did his writing. It had an AC unit stuck to the side of it and triangle-shaped windows…
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NZ Judge Rules Kim Dotcom Can Be Extradited to US | Al Jazeera America
Dotcom’s lawyers said they will appeal the decision. Judge Nevin Dawson’s ruling on Wednesday comes nearly four years after U.S. authorities shut down Dotcom’s Megaupload website, which some visitors had used to illegally download songs and movies.
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Quiz of the Year: 52 weeks 52 questions, part three – BBC News
It’s the third part of the Magazine’s quiz of the year. Test your recollection of 2015 over four days with four sets of 12 questions – themed on the lines of “who?”, “what?”, “why?” and “where?” – and a four-part puzzler. Today it’s “why”:
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Twenty-three companies fined for causing forest fires leading to Indonesia haze: Twenty-three companies have been fined or had licenses revoked after causing forest fires that spread thick haze across Southeast Asia.
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Bad news: Scientists say we could be underestimating Arctic methane emissions (washingtonpost.com)submitted 49 minutes ago by loading…
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David Attenborough interview: ‘We can’t afford to be fatigued about climate change’. At 89, Sir David Attenborough has lost none of his passion for life. He talks about global warming, Barack Obama, and new series The Great Barrier Reef. (telegraph.…
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Peace Love Beauty Wisdom Balance Imagination Truth Consciousness, Bonsai Tree Castle via /r/pics…
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Fluxo Is A Lamp That Exhibits True Smarts | TechCrunch
Good lighting can mean the difference between time for business and business time. That’s why Fluxo is so cool.
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Lower Cascade Falls, Danbury, NC [OC] [4533×2550] : EarthPorn
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Megaupload founder Kim Dotcom can be extradited to the US to face copyright charges | The Verge
Megaupload founder Kim Dotcom is set to be extradited to the United States to face charges including copyright infringement, money laundering, and racketeering, a court in New Zealand has decided.
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Judge upholds Seattle ‘gun violence tax’ | Al Jazeera America
King County Superior Court Judge Palmer Robinson dismissed arguments that Seattle’s tax, adopted last summer, exceeded the city’s authority under state law. The measure — one of only a few of its kind in the U.S.
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Sanders: My campaign is fundraising better than Obama’s https://t.co/qUzs35AJ33 https://t.co/t086xmiXTZ via /r/#politics
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Bernie Sanders: My campaign is fundraising better than Obama’s – CNNPolitics.com
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New Zealand court rules Kim Dotcom can be extradited to US – BBC News
A New Zealand court has ruled that internet entrepreneur Kim Dotcom can be extradited from New Zealand to the United States to face multiple charges.He, and three associates, are accused of alleged copyright infringement, racketeering and money laun…
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‘He Can’t Be a Terrorist! His IQ Is Only 51’ – The Daily Beast
An Alabama man accused of trying to work with ISIS and the Pakistani Taliban online couldn’t have done it, his lawyer and family insist. He has “the mind of a child,” they say, with an IQ of only 51.
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Kim Dotcom’s extradition to US cleared by New Zealand judge | Technology | The Guardian
A New Zealand court has ruled that Kim Dotcom, the Megaupload founder, can be extradited to the United States to face charges of copyright infringement, racketeering and money laundering.
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New Zealand Judge Grants US Request to Extradite Megaupload’s Kim Dotcom | Motherboard
In a setback for advocates of online file-sharing, New Zealand judge has decided that Megaupload founder Kim Dotcom and three other former managers of the defunct file-hosting service are eligible for extradition to the United States.
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The Happy Home Company Raises $3.5M To Make Home Maintenance Easier | TechCrunch
The Happy Home Company is aiming to eliminate the headaches of home maintenance and improvement, and it’s raised $3.5 million in seed funding. The company has been relatively quiet, at least in terms of talking to the media, since I wrote about it a…
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Australians overwhelmingly support calls for the federal government to send a customs ship to monitor Japanese whaling in the Southern Ocean, a poll commissioned by the anti-whaling activist group Sea Shepherd indicates.
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Did Marreese Speights of the Golden State Warriors really previously own this “1975 Oldsmobile Donk on 28s forgiatos”? I have no idea, but it can be yours for $20,000.
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Analysis of Donald Trump Tax Plan Sees a Boon for Wealthy and Trillions in Debt : politics
Collapse the current seven (Personal Income) tax brackets, which range from 10 to 39.6 percent, into three brackets of 10, 20, and 25 percent. The plan would reduce the corporate income tax rate from 35 percent to 15 percent and repeal the corporate…
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Wild bees on the decline in key US agricultural ecosystems, according to new study : environment
Wild bees on the decline in key US agricultural ecosystems, according to new study (theguardian.com)submitted 51 minutes ago by loading…
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Kim Dotcom to be finally extradited to the US, New Zealand judge rules | Ars Technica
A New Zealand judge ordered Tuesday afternoon (Wednesday, Auckland time) that founder Kim Dotcom and his co-defendants should be extradited to the United States to face criminal charges over alleged massive copyright infringement on his now-shuttere…
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China landslide: Man rescued alive in Shenzhen after 60 hours – BBC News
A man buried in rubble for more than 60 hours after a landslide hit Shenzhen in China has been pulled out alive, state media says.The landslide, which struck early on Sunday, engulfed more than 30 buildings in an industrial district.At least one per…
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Islamic State conflict: Ramadi battle enters second day – BBC News
The battle to drive so-called Islamic State (IS) fighters out of the centre of Ramadi is entering its second day as Iraqi special forces fight the militants street by street. Officials are optimistic that the city will be recaptured by the weekend.
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To be clear… (imgur.com) Good. This kind of thinking is what’s needed.
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A used bookstore in my city has a store cat. : aww
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Sick of Unwanted Spoilers? Erase Them From Your Mind with Spoiler-Free™
Some of us love spoilers—but some of us really, really hate them. Spoilers have become an especially charged topic of late, with the new Star Wars movie among other things. So it’s a good thing you can sign on to a new Kickstarter for SpoilerFree an…
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Environmental Peace Ecology is out! https://t.co/M0dVZHvlX5
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Most Popular iOS Downloads and Posts of 2015
iOS had a big year with iOS 9, new iPhones, and a fancy new iPad Pro. Let’s take a look back on the year with some of our biggest, most popular posts about Apple’s mobile operating system.
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Climate change is coming for the Southwest’s forests | Grist
Turns out, tens of millions of investor dollars just don’t cut it these days. These companies aren’t rooting for catastrophic warming — but they are thinking about the business opportunities that could result.
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Kentucky’s old governor gave thousands the right to vote. The new governor took it back. – Vox
Outgoing Kentucky Gov. Steve Beshear took a big step toward extending voting rights on Tuesday: He signed an executive order that will let most convicted felons in the state vote once they complete their sentences.
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Vox Sentences: SpaceX just did something really, really cool – Vox
A new era in spaceflight starts not with a lanuch, but with a landing; Americans keep dying in “non-combat” operations in Afghanistan; and a US airstrike kills 10 Iraqi soldiers. Vox Sentences is written by Dylan Matthews and Dara Lind.
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Microsoft’s huge Surface Hub displays delayed again | The Verge
Microsoft’s Surface Hub displays are once again taking an even longer route to market than planned.
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Scrapping the five-star system in favor of emoji reviews
There’s no point in sticking with the old school system of reviewing restaurants and rides with stars when emoji can offer other users more nuanced and specific feedback. Facebook and Uber are trying to figure how to make emoji reviews work. Kristen…
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Ten of the best drone photos of 2015 – BBC News
The arrival of the drone ushered in new possibilities for photographers looking to find a new angle. Users of the site Dronestagram have been voting for their favourite images, and here we present a selection of those chosen as being among the best …
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We at Digg take great pride in finding the Internet’s tastiest content. Every day, we lap it all up — news stories, longform, videos, Vines and so on — then spit back only the good stuff. So here’s a summary of what got the tongues wagging this year.
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When the KKK Was a Pyramid Scheme
Today, the Ku Klux Klan is one of the most extreme and reviled symbols of American racism. But there was once a time when the fringe hate group verged on “mainstream.” In the 1920s, its members numbered in the millions and made up a significant perc…
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Tatra Mountains, Poland [4160×3120] [OC] : EarthPorn
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When All You Want for Christmas Is A Good Venture Capitalist | TechCrunch
In the words of Pitbull, “Ask for money, get advice. Ask for advice, get money twice.” When you’re shopping for a VC, you might want to take Pitbull at least a little seriously, because he seems to know what he’s talking about.
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Canine copycats can mirror other dogs emotions – BBC News
Dogs can copy each other’s expressions in a split-second just like people, showing signs of basic empathy, according to Italian researchers. Mimicking each other’s facial expressions is a human habit, which helps people to get along.
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Here’s A Video Of Boston Dynamic’s Awesome Big Dog Robot Pulling Santa’s Sleigh | TechCrunch
Not sure what you’re looking at? That’s Big Dog, a super-cutting edge quadruped robot as built by Boston Dynamics, a robotics company that Google acquired back in 2015. It’s adorable for now. Just don’t go building a Robot Santa Claus, Boston Dynami…
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Robert Durst agrees to Los Angeles extradition on murder charge | US news | The Guardian
The real estate heir Robert Durst has agreed to be extradited from Louisiana to Los Angeles by mid-August 2016 to face a murder charge, prosecutors have announced. Related: What is Robert Durst still hiding?
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The benefits of cheap oil – BBC News
The fall in oil prices in the last 18 months is a large-scale international redistribution of income, from sellers to buyers. We have looked at the impact on some of the losers, the oil exporters.
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Is Greece really on the road to recovery? – BBC News
Six months ago I was in Athens standing in front of a TV camera on an exposed and very hot roof top overlooking the Greek parliament.
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Birmingham’s ancient Koran history revealed – BBC News
When it was revealed this summer that the University of Birmingham had fragments from one of the world’s oldest Korans, it made front-page news around the world. In terms of discoveries, it seemed as unlikely as it was remarkable.
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Wild bison will be allowed to migrate out of Yellowstone National Park and stay in parts of Montana year-round under a Tuesday move by Gov. Steve Bullock that breaks a longstanding impasse in a wildlife conflict that’s dragged on for decades (bigsto…
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British Muslim family denied boarding on Disneyland trip flight / Boing Boing
A British Muslim family was denied boarding at Gatwick Airport after the US government informed the airline that they would not be admitted to the USA. They were on their way to Disneyland. The family had gotten advanced government authorization to …
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The pregnant women who love to dance – BBC News
Pregnant women are given an awful lot of advice about what to do – or not do – while they’re expecting. But Instagram mum Alison Faulkner doesn’t believe dancing belongs on the list of “don’ts” – so she challenged her followers to a “pregnant lady d…
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Nine-year-old boy has testicular tissue frozen – BBC News
A young boy with an inoperable brain tumour has become the first in the UK to have testicular tissue frozen so that he has a chance of having his own children when he grows up.
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‘I was there’: Eyewitnesses recall how 2015 changed their lives – BBC News
From the devastating gun attacks in Paris and Tunisia to the crippling earthquake in Nepal and the unprecedented migrant crisis in Europe, 2015 was a year in which human stories and experiences came to the fore.
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DR Congo president unlikely to give up power – BBC News
In the Democratic Republic of Congo, the presidential election is set for November 2016.
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How to have yourself a merry cyber-safe Christmas – BBC News
In 2000, Scott Culp wrote a terrific essay on computer security. It was entitled the 10 Immutable Laws Of Security.
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Evangelicals Consider Exodus From GOP Over PP Funding – The Daily Beast
Billy Graham’s son is over the GOP. Franklin Graham, who heads the Billy Graham Evangelistic Association, posted on Facebook yesterday that he plans to leave the Republican Party.
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Colombia’s President Signs a Decree Legalizing Medical Weed | VICE News
Colombia’s president has legalized the production and sale of medical marijuana, putting the country firmly within a wave of more liberal attitudes to weed that is currently sweeping Latin America.
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This needs a lot of attention. Ted Cruz is actually running for president, and is nuttier than squirrel shit.
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Kano Releases Screen Kit For The Holiday Season | TechCrunch
The new screen means the Kano is now a fully fledged computer anyone can make – particularly kids between the ages of 6 and 12. Kano provides an introduction to various programming languages including Python and Javascript.
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The Legacy Collection plunders the deepest depths of the Disney sound archive to collect, with unprecedented completeness, the audio histories of 11 classic animated films from each era of the Disney Studios, from Lady and the Tramp and Aristocats t…
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Ukraine water fight video exposes government breakdown – BBC News
Divisions within Ukraine’s post-revolutionary government burst into the open last week, after a video was made public of a profanity-filled row between Interior Minister Arsen Avakov and Odessa governor Mikheil Saakashvili.
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Places of rape in India: ‘Ladies Park’, school bus, mall – BBC News
But as an exhibition of photographs currently on in the capital, Delhi, shows, these are also locations where women have been raped in India. The Rape in India Project is a crowd-sourced platform of photos documenting locations and spaces where sexu…
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Oracle StackEngine Acquisition Part Of Expanding Cloud Strategy | TechCrunch
After years of ridiculing the cloud, Oracle has been taking the cloud a lot more seriously recently, and it quietly purchased StackEngine last Friday as part of an effort to boost its public cloud.
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Trailer carrying piglets crashes in North Carolina – BBC News
They were recaptured but at least one died in the accident.
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Nasa delays next Mars probe due to leaky seal on instrument | Science | The Guardian
Nasa is calling off its next probe mission to Mars because there isn’t enough time to fix a leaky seal on a key science instrument. The InSight spacecraft was set for launch in March.
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YouTube doesn’t like T-Mobile’s low-quality video scheme | The Verge
YouTube isn’t happy with T-Mobile’s new Binge On program. The program, which launched last month, prevents T-Mobile subscribers from streaming HD video and in exchange allows them to stream video from Netflix, HBO Go, and a number of other services …
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Why is one county handing down one in six US death sentences? – BBC News
The number of death sentences handed down in the US dropped by a third in 2015, continuing a long-term trend, but one county in California seems to be going against the grain. It handed down 16% of all death sentences in the country despite being ho…
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The art of the airport tower – BBC News
During the busy holiday travel season, the last thing many of us think of as we take off or land is the humble airport tower. Unless, that is, you’ve seen one of Carolyn Russo’s photographs.
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‘The awakening is now’ is a Beyond Awakening Collective short film about growing up, passion and fandom. This project was realised by a group of enthousiastic filmmakers with a passion for the classic ‘Star Wars’ films. Finally, ‘the force awakens’ …
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Want to get bummed about Christmas? Watch this adorable, depressing video | Grist
Here are some highlights from the video: The average person gains one pound over the holiday season, and according the New England Journal of Medicine, that person will likely never shed said pound. Americans spend about $616.
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A watchmaker’s paradise – BBC News
In the Joux Valley, in the south-west corner of Switzerland, the traditional craft of watchmaking is flourishing. It’s not just leading companies that have workshops in the Jura Mountains but also highly skilled, independent craftsmen, as John Laure…
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Which of These Albums Reimagined with Star Wars Characters Is Your Favorite?
The return of Star Wars has brought us many good things (a chance to revisit our Han Solo crushes from 4th grade) and many bad things (ketchup-infused VaderDogs). But nothing out there is as truly awesome as these album covers inspired by the Star W…
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Chinese survivor pulled from landslide rubble after 60 hours – BBC News
Relatives of people still missing after a mudslide in China have criticised a five-hour suspension to rescue efforts. Authorities say at least 80 people are still missing after the disaster in Shenzhen.
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According to Jacq the Stripper’s Twitter bio, “I dance. Naked. For large (and occasionally insultingly modest) sums of money. I wrote a book about it.” Her book is The Beaver Show, and you can buy it in paperback or Kindle. It’s a memoir of her life…
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Ski Racing Champion Marcel Hirscher Nearly Smashed by Falling Drone | Motherboard
We got a brief vision of our dystopian, drone-filled future when a quadcopter nearly took out world champion alpine ski racer Marcel Hirscher during a World Cup race Tuesday night. Hirscher continued on the slalom run, apparently undaunted by the dr…
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Nicolas Cage, Compulsive Spender – The Daily Beast
Nicolas Cage agreed this week to return a stolen Tyrannosaurus Rex skull, which was taken illegally from Mongolia. The actor bought the prized artifact for $276,000 in 2007 from a Beverly Hills gallery, which issued a certificate of authenticity wit…
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BBC Sport – Petr Cech: Arsenal ‘can go all the way’ to Premier League title
Arsenal are set up to win the Premier League title this season, according to goalkeeper Petr Cech. Arsene Wenger’s side are two points behind leaders Leicester and have lost only once in 11 league games.
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St. Louis — EARLIER this year, Jeanette, a 17-year-old high school senior, came to my office after her third “concussion” in three years. She had been bumped in the head during volleyball practice, but not knocked out, and then developed headaches t…
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A cloudy winter Wyoming afternoon [1920 x 877] : SkyPorn
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Gojimo, The U.K. Exam Preparation App, Picks Up Further $1.8M Backing | TechCrunch
Gojimo, an app that helps U.K. high school students prepare for exams, has picked up a further $1.8 million in funding, bringing total raised by the 2013-founded startup to just over $3 million.
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Syria conflict: Russia air strikes ‘killed 200 civilians’ – BBC News
At least 200 civilians have been killed in Russian air strikes in Syria, an Amnesty International report says, quoting witnesses and activists. It says it “researched remotely” more than 25 Russian attacks in five areas between 30 September and 29 N…
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Three Helpful Tips for Clearing Your Driveway With a Snow Shovel
Removing snow from your driveway and footpaths can be a major hassle in the winter. With the right approach, however, you can handle it quickly and safely.
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YouTube criticizes T-Mobile for downgrading video quality | Ars Technica
T-Mobile USA’s recently instituted practice of downgrading video quality to 480p in order to reduce data usage now has a prominent critic: YouTube.
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Dying Pakistani student’s family denied Australia visa – BBC News
Australian authorities have refused to grant a visa to the family of a Pakistani student dying of skin cancer. Hassan Asif, 25, is in the final stages of his life and unable to fly home to Pakistan because he is too sick.
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Summit’s coming: Broadway fans to get their own convention | Stage | The Guardian
There will be meet-ups for fans of Andrew Lloyd Webber or Stephen Sondheim and one for theatre fans who have tattoos. Welcome to BroadwayCon, a convention to be held next month in New York.
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Juniper Networks security flaw may have exposed US government data | Technology | The Guardian
Two security flaws that lay undiscovered in Juniper Networks’ widely used corporate virtual private network (VPN) software for three years could have exposed sensitive informative to foreign governments or criminal groups, researchers have said.
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Ralph McQuarrie’s Ultra-Rare Cover For The Empire Strikes Back Novelization Is Gorgeous
Starwars.com has been running an ongoing feature series about the art of the beloved concept artist Ralph McQuarrie, recounting the history behind some of the artist’s lesser known or exceedingly rare pieces of art—including a spectacular look at on…
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Did Kim Kardashian’s Emojis Really Crash the Apple Store? | Vanity Fair
A year after Kim Kardashian “broke the Internet” with a nude magazine cover, the pop-culture empress claimed to have broken Apple’s Web site with Kimoji, the personalized emojis she launched this week.
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Darkness (11/11) – Van der Graaf Generator – YouTube
Van der Graaf Generator – Darkness (11/11) https://t.co/Nv5ByyzRvZ
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Cool hat my uncle made out of wood via /r/pics https://t.co/usjdPpepVJ https://t.co/9bliSUlgvG https://t.co/cLt1L5ZrQ7
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Cool hat my uncle made out of wood : pics
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from U2’s album “October” (1981)
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Congress’s Energy and Commerce Committee Announces a Concussion Probe – The Atlantic
Just a few days before Will Smith’s Concussion hits theaters, the House Energy and Commerce Committee announced that it would take a deep dive into head injuries in 2016.
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A New System Lets Self-Driving Cars “Learn” Streets On The Fly | TechCrunch
SegNet is a new system created by the University of Cambridge that can “read” a road and assess various features including street signs, road markers, people, and even sky. The system looks at an RGB image of a road and then classifies different lay…
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Lyft beats Uber to become first ride-hailing app allowed at LAX | The Verge
Starting Wednesday at 8AM, Lyft will become the first ride-sharing company approved to pick up and drop off passengers at Los Angeles International Airport, Mayor Eric Garcetti announced today.
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Kristian Bush, Robert Ellis Lead 30A Songwriters Festival Lineup | Rolling Stone
Here’s a sobering thought: winter actually just began, and it will drag on seemingly forever until next March. Happy holidays, right?
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Earlier this month, Jerry Seinfeld helped President Obama break a rule he has with the Secret Service. The comedian let the president drive.
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The-Dream Surprise-Releases Sam Cooke Covers Album | Rolling Stone
The-Dream Surprise-Releases Sam Cooke Covers Album Singer-songwriter honors late mother with new release
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From Shell to urban farms, our readers shared these stories like crazy | Grist
We’ve finally reached the end of it, folks. It being 2015 — the year of our Lord Donald Trump, who surprisingly didn’t make our list of most shared stories.
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Shoot for the moon and even if you miss you will land amongst the stars [OC] [320×320] https://t.co/Q5biEDZrER https://t.co/WL4gSATSt4
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UN Says the US-backed Saudi Campaign in Yemen Has Disproportionately Targeted Civilians | VICE News
Two days after peace talks adjourned with little sign of progress, the UN’s human rights chief told Security Council members on Tuesday that an inordinately high percentage of attacks on civilians in Yemen’s 9-month civil war can be attributed to a …
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England pace bowler James Anderson is a doubt for the Boxing Day Test against South Africa with a calf injury. Anderson, England’s leading wicket-taker in Tests, was sent for scans on Tuesday after suffering tightness in his right calf muscle.
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MEOW_irl via /r/MEOW_IRL https://t.co/OfoWoIIYxy https://t.co/SJiWIiJUfm https://t.co/OsxBO7HMOy
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MEOW_irl via /r/MEOW_IRL https://t.co/OfoWoIIYxy https://t.co/SJiWIiJUfm https://t.co/OsxBO7HMOy
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The record industry insists that all unauthorized copies represent lost sales. So Peter “brokep” Sunde, co-founder of The Pirate Bay, has built a machine that makes 100 copies per second of Gnarls Barkley’s “Crazy,” storing them in /dev/null (which …
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Tattoo removals for North Korea defectors – BBC News
North Korean defectors who reach South Korea are being provided with plastic surgery to remove scars and tattoos, including patriotic slogans. The aim is to help them escape the stigma that can prevent them from flourishing in their new lives.
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Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds – The Mercy Seat – YouTube
Music video by Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds performing The Mercy Seat.
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03 Neil Young – Journey Through The Past (Live at the BBC 1971) – YouTube
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Pets are awesome to grow up with : aww
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Pets are awesome to grow up with via /r/aww https://t.co/KObSaF3MsY https://t.co/eRCV6VVQAO https://t.co/YzK4FY4bmY
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Goodnight, sweet prince. You will be missed! : cats
Goodnight, sweet prince. You will be missed! via /r/cats https://t.co/6JwQUu6oQm https://t.co/n4GI1VpdKO https://t.co/tR5qRIxQZE
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The Alphabet from Orbit: Letter J : Image of the Day
Today’s Image of the Day is derived from our newest feature: Reading the ABCs from Space. J, j…what begins with J?
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Two of Neil Gaiman’s Short Stories Will Become Gorgeously-Drawn Graphic Novels
Dark Horse Books is planning a pair of graphic novels adapted from short stories by Neil Gaiman: How to Talk to Girls at Parties, with art by Brazilian artists (and twin brothers) Gabriel Bá and Fábio Moon, and Troll Bridge, with art by frequent Gai…
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I will never do anything Muppety
A surprisingly moving micro-oral history of “How we made: The Muppet Christmas Carol”: When I met Michael Caine to talk about playing Scrooge, one of the first things he said was: “I’m going to play this movie like I’m working with the Royal Shakesp…
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Consider Going the Extra Inch Instead of the Extra Mile
Going the extra mile is a great way to separate yourself from the pack, but it’s not the only way. Instead of going the extra mile every once in a while, consider going the extra inch with every single thing you do.
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Other-LiveHey man, I’m Tommy Chong, 1/2 of Cheech & Chong & 77-year-old actor, director, activist, musician, who also occasionally smokes a little bit of pot…AMA! (self.IAmA) Let me tell you guys first off that I’ve been the victim of a death hoax…
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Clerks Stricken From Kentucky Marriage Licenses | Al Jazeera America
Kentucky’s new governor on Tuesday ordered county clerks’ names stricken from state marriage license forms that were at the center of a controversy involving Rowan County Clerk Kim Davis, who was jailed after refusing to issue licenses to gay couple…
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Crossing The Tundra With Russia’s Reindeer Herders
Reindeer look almost darling. They’re short — the tops of their heads don’t come up past five feet — and they’re as nervous as rabbits. Both male and female reindeer have antlers; if you approach them from a distance, you might think they would hold…
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How To Avoid Giving Food Poisoning To Your Holiday Guests | Popular Science
Raw turkey: don’t let it give you food poisoning. The holiday season is upon us—that is, of course, if you celebrate Christmas or capitalism.
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Weight Watchers Is Struggling To Survive In The Digital Age – BuzzFeed News
Craig Gapter has belonged to Weight Watchers on and off for 16 years — “starting from when everything was pen and paper” — and credits it with having helped him shed 30 pounds.
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The Last Wrestler – SBNation.com
At the end of the row, he is by himself. In front, first seat on the right of the aisle, blue and gold mat on the floor before him, huge American flag hanging from the rafter above.
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Genesis – Supper’s Ready (Live) – YouTube
Live in Shepperton 1973
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Christie: Trans People Are Confusing – The Daily Beast
Chris Christie is not known for his sensitivity. The tough guy governor has a particularly weak history on equal rights for trans individuals. In his New Jersey, these people just complicate and confuse everything.
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Airport full-body scanners no longer optional, if the TSA screener doesn’t like you / Boing Boing
At their sole discretion, and without any public guidelines, TSA agents can now opt you back into the full-body scanner, even if you opt out.
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Zambia power cuts leave most of the country in darkness – BBC News
Much of Zambia has been plunged into darkness by a power cut, the country’s Energy Minister Dora Siliya has said.
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How To Look Punk: A Ridiculous 1977 Guide For Wannabes Anarchists – Flashbak
“To me, punk rock is the freedom to create, freedom to be successful, freedom to not be successful, freedom to be who you are. It’s freedom” – Patti Smith Entry to the world of punk seemed pretty cheap: self-cut hair and heroin. If that was too expe…
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Indiana Girls Swim Team Hopes To Make History In High School Sports : NPR
The Carmel, Ind., high school girls swim team is poised to make history at state this year. A win will break the record for most consecutive wins for any high school team of any sport or any gender.
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Genghis knows what you did. And he does not approve. : cats
Genghis knows what you did. And he does not approve. via /r/cats https://t.co/edtF8WANKT https://t.co/hevXBBeSPv https://t.co/xBg0zd9mq7
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Genghis knows what you did. And he does not approve. via /r/cats https://t.co/edtF8WANKT https://t.co/hevXBBeSPv https://t.co/xBg0zd9mq7
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Las Vegas crash: Details emerge about suspect – BBC News
A woman charged in a deadly hit-and-run crash in Las Vegas was once praised for overcoming a rough childhood and homelessness, it has emerged. In a video, Lakeisha Holloway describes finishing school and working at a good job after being raised by a…
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Star Wars: The Force Awakens is now the fastest film to make $300 million | The Verge
Star Wars: The Force Awakens is breaking every record it can at the box office this week. The Hollywood Reporter writes that the film has pulled in north of $300 million in the five days since its debut.
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Kentucky governor orders county clerk names dropped from marriage licenses | US news | The Guardian
Republican Kentucky governor Matt Bevin ordered the state to prepare new marriage licenses that do not include the names of county clerks, in an attempt to protect the religious beliefs of clerk Kim Davis and other local elected officials.
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World championship skier nearly wiped out by falling drone | The Verge
If you watch the video above, you’ll see Austrian skier Marcel Hirscher at the Alpine Skiing World Cup in Italy, gracefully rocking back and forth on his big ski sticks, gliding down a mountain with the grace of a dolphin in tropical waters.
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Pickle Just About Anything in Three Hours with This Guide to Quick Pickles
Making pickles is a time-honored tradition for many, but they take time to get right. If you’re going to eat those pickles soon, a quick pickle might be more your style, and this guide from Cook’s Illustrated shows you how to pickle almost anything:…
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Wind Energy Is Actually Booming in the US. You Just Have to Look for It. | VICE News
The amount of electricity generated from wind-powered turbines reached new heights in 2015, buoyed by plummeting costs, according to the American Wind Energy Association (AWEA), the industry’s leading trade group.
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SpaceX Landed Its Rocket, But You Should Know A Few Things Before Buying Your Spacesuit | VICE News
In case you had missed it, amid all the fanfare over the release of the latest installment of Star Wars, a great many of your nerd friends may be incredibly excited about something else related to space: That a company called SpaceX, which launches …
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Argentina’s New President Is Already Picking a Fight With Venezuela | VICE News
With less than two weeks on the job Argentina’s new president, Mauricio Macri, has started a public row with Venezuela’s government underlining that, in foreign policy at least, he meant what he said when he promised his election would bring “change.
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Impeachment Bid Against President Drives Political Turmoil In Brazil : NPR
What’s going on in Brazil? The president could be facing impeachment, and the country is going through its toughest economic downturn in years. NPR explores some of the challenges Brazil is facing.
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In ‘The Revenant,’ A Return From Death’s Door — Onscreen And Off : NPR
Ryuichi Sakamoto has been a film composer for more than 30 years. His résumé includes Merry Christmas, Mr. Lawrence, Wuthering Heights, and three films by Bernardo Bertolucci, including The Last Emperor, which won Sakamoto an Oscar.
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NASA’s Next Mars Lander Won’t Launch in 2016, Leaky Instrument to Blame
An Artist’s illustration of NASA’s InSight Mars Lander on the Martian surface. The mission, slated to launch in March 2016, will not be ready due to instrument leaks, NASA says.
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US stops British Muslim family from boarding flight to visit Disneyland | US news | The Guardian
A British Muslim family heading for Disneyland was barred from boarding a flight to Los Angeles by US authorities at London’s Gatwick airport amid concerns of an American overreaction to the perceived terrorist threat.
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Colombia fully legalises medical marijuana – BBC News
Colombia’s president has signed a decree fully legalising medical marijuana in a shift away from preventing drug crop production. Juan Manuel Santos said the move put Colombia “in the group of countries that are at the forefront…in the use of natu…
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Boko Haram conflict keeps 1 million kids out of school – Al Jazeera English
An estimated one million children have been forced out of school as a result of violent attacks by Boko Haram in northeastern Nigeria and its neighbouring countries, a new UNICEF report said on Tuesday.
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In David O. Russell’s new drama, Joy, Melissa Rivers makes a rewarding cameo as her late mother, Joan Rivers, behind the scenes of a home-shopping network in the early 90s.
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These New Minimalist Stephen King Book Covers Will Remind You Why Reading is Scary
If you were already freaked out by Stephen King’s horrible psyche before, then this could make things a tad worse. Scribner is releasing a ton of Stephen King classics as e-books, with minimalist cover art by Jim Tierney and art direction by Jaya Mi…
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J.J. Abrams Explains Why That Lightsaber Shot From the Trailer Isn’t in The Force Awakens
Years of anticipation leading up to Star Wars: The Force Awakens made several things obvious once the film came out. Chief among them is that several shots in the highly scrutinized trailers were not in the movie. Now, the film’s director has explai…
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Darkness (11/11) – Van der Graaf Generator – YouTube
A performance of “Darkness” taken from German TV … ca. 1970, when Nic Potter was still in the band.
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CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. — Bassam Issa stepped in front of a crowded classroom of students this month at Southern Adventist University, a Christian college near here, for a presentation on being Muslim in Chattanooga — recently named America’s most “Bible…
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In blockbuster poll, Sanders destroys Trump by 13 points | TheHill
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The Band, Up On Cripple Creek – YouTube
from “The Last Waltz”http://goo.gl/ZsmxOhttp://goo.gl/PhPaX
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Highly anticipated Mars lander will be delayed or even canceled, NASA says | Ars Technica
One of 2016’s most anticipated space missions will have to be postponed more than two years—and might even be canceled—due to a faulty seismometer.
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In blockbuster poll, Sanders destroys Trump by 13 points : politics
It’s delusional that the very people claiming Trump is a legitimate candidate are saying Bernie is not. When Bernie DESTROYS Trumps polling numbers. Trump would even lose to Romney by a huge margin. And we all know how well Romney did.
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Three Tips to Spice Up Your Holiday Side Dishes
Tired of the same old mashed potatoes or mac and cheese? Here are three tips from three New York chefs on how to spice up some staple side dishes. Check out the video for the full instructions on each, and enjoy!
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It’s hard out there for a clean energy startup | Grist
The big new bundle of laws won’t pre-empt GMO labeling by states, killed labeling of where meat comes from, and affects food in many other ways. From powdered protein to fried insects, these special hors d’oeuvres are a far cry from the Swedish meat…
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Donald Trump’s Tax Plan Benefits Wealthy Americans – The Atlantic
Populist resentment and economic fears have helped fuel the rise of Donald Trump in a crowded Republican presidential field.
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Could the Paris Agreement mean that half of all coal will go unmined? | Grist
Star Wars movies have always leaned heavily on nature to get their point across — but the new one adds a surprising type of landscape to the mix. Watch as we use a gingerbread house to explain how to green your home.
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Nasa suspends Mars mission over faulty instrument – BBC News
The US space agency, Nasa, has suspended the March launch of its next mission to Mars because of a fault in a key research instrument. Nasa said a problem with a seismometer provided by the French space agency meant the launch could not go ahead.
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Thousands of prisoners in Washington got out early because of a software glitch | The Verge
Washington Governor Jay Inslee has ordered corrections officials to halt some prison releases after announcing today around 3,200 prisoners were released early due to a programming error, according to a report from NBC affiliate King-5 News.
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Foursquare Raising New Funding at $250 Million Value | Re/code
Foursquare is close to finalizing a funding round that will value the company at about $250 million — less than half of what investors thought the company was worth two years ago.
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Nicolas Cage returns a National Treasure he had no part in stealing · Newswire · The A.V. Club
If you’re Nicolas Cage, you’re used to being an Army Of One in films like Con Air and Ghost Rider.
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The question of what should happen when popular public figures are convincingly accused of private vileness is difficult, and it’s not going away.
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Deadspin Bone Crunchers, Crunch Course, And How The NFL Hitched Its Brand To Brain Damage Snuff Films | Jezebel The Best Jezebel Posts of 2015, According to Some People Who Might Know | Gizmodo 12 Machines That Show Modern Farming Isn’t the Bucolic …
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Oculus Founder: Rift Launch “On-Target” For Q1 2016 | TechCrunch
One of the most asked questions about the Oculus Rift is “when are we getting them?” and the founder of the company continues to update those who are waiting patiently. According to a series of tweets from Palmer Luckey, the Rift is on-target to shi…
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Get lost on the ghost streets of Los Angeles
What’s a ghost street? The shadow scape of a real street that no longer exists.
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AstroCritic Review: ‘Star Wars: The Force Awakens’
Leroy Chiao is a former NASA astronaut and ISS commander. He is the co-founder and CEO of OneOrbit and serves as the special adviser for human spaceflight to the Space Foundation, and the Houston Association for Space and Science Education. Chiao co…
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A psychotic person shows how to make a Christmas sweater out of tissue paper / Boing Boing
See sample photos at Wink. Here in Japan, ’tis the season to make nengajo. Nengajo are specialized New Year’s postcards sent to friends, relatives, acquaintances, former classmates, current classmates, co-workers, and anyone and everyone else in one…
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SNL’s best sketch this week never aired | The Verge
You don’t watch Saturday Night Live anymore. You think it stopped being funny years ago, coincidentally around the time you graduated from high school or college. The new cast sucks, even though you haven’t really seen their stuff. I get that.
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Flytenow Shuts Down After Court Rules Against Flightsharing Startups | TechCrunch
Airplane ridesharing startup Flytenow today announced that it is shutting down after a court recently upheld the FAA’s power to regulate what does (and does not) constitute a commercial aviation operation. Flytenow wanted to bring together private p…
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Good news for Obamacare: more young people are signing up – Vox
About 8.3 million people have signed up for health coverage through Healthcare.gov’s 2016 open enrollment period, the Obama administration announced Tuesday. That beats last year’s total of 6.4 million people who had signed up at the same point in t…
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NASA Has Called Off the Launch for Its Brand New Mars Lander
Mars InSight lander was set to blast its way towards the red planet just three short months from now. Today, NASA announced that leaks that had sprung up in the lander wouldn’t be fixed in time.
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Swiss Muslim probed over interview with Syrian rebel – Al Jazeera English
A Muslim organisation in Switzerland has denounced an “unjustified” criminal probe of one of its executives for spreading “terrorist” propaganda over a documentary he made on fighters involved in Syria’s bloody four-year civil war.
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The Most Shocking Thing About Trevor FitzGibbon’s Behavior Is How Common It Is | The Nation
In the days since one of the country’s most powerful PR firms on the left disintegrated amid allegations that its founder, Trevor FitzGibbon, had sexually harassed and assaulted employees and clients alike, many progressives have been scratching the…
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This Is Why So Many People Want Charlotte Rampling to Win an Oscar | Vanity Fair
Ever since Andrew Haigh’s film 45 Years debuted earlier this year at the Berlin International Film Festival, the raves have poured in for Tom Courtenay and Charlotte Rampling’s depiction of a married couple whose union becomes threatened by the reve…
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US bee crisis ‘could destabilise crop production’ – Al Jazeera English
The first US national study to map wild bees has found that the insect, which is essential for the production of about one-third of the world’s crops, is facing major declines in the country’s most important agricultural regions.
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You Can Now Watch 360-Degree Video on Your TV
Earlier this year, YouTube rolled out 360-degree videos. Like magic, they let you peer around in any direction from within the video. Now, one company is taking that futuristic video-viewing from your computer—and bringing it to your much bigger TV …
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Political Clout of South Grows as Population Soars | Al Jazeera America
Continued robust population growth signals a potential surge in political power for Southern states into the foreseeable future.
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Amid Economic Recovery, School Districts Desperate For Bus Drivers : NPR
There’s a school bus driver shortage in districts from Indiana to Florida, and Nashville, Tenn., has one of the most pressing. Nearly a quarter of the city’s 550 slots for drivers are unfilled — and that’s when no one is sick.
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Steam Sales Are Getting Kinda Boring
If you check Steam, you’ll notice that the big Steam winter sale kicked off today. It’s got a couple good deals, a bunch more alright ones, and… that’s kinda it. No big game-like event, no real frills, no surprises. Just like the autumn sale befor…
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Earth seen from the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter. [952 x 952] [OS] https://t.co/yIQ4aBVxS9 https://t.co/iMQO3sDdcO
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It’s Beginning to Look a Lot Like Christmas (30 photos) https://t.co/Cet7g1a5C7 https://t.co/prIRm2MsoC
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AZ lawmaker who believes Earth 6,000 years old leads education panel
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Watch Samantha Harlow’s Wistful ‘Once a Year’ Video | Rolling Stone
Suffice it to say, Christmas is a pretty bittersweet occasion for Samantha Harlow. The East Nashville-based singer-songwriter just released the video for her song “Once a Year” and it hits on the swirl of emotions that adults often experience around…
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Google will reportedly challenge Facebook with an intelligent messaging app | The Verge
Google is said to be building a new messaging app, this time with an intelligent twist: it’ll let you chat with your friends or message a Google bot for answers to your questions.
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Hillary Clinton Is A Grandmother, But She’s #NotMyAbuela Twitter Users Say | ThinkProgress
Hillary Clinton speaks during a Democratic presidential primary debate at Saint Anselm College in Manchester, N.H. on Dec. 19, 2015. The list includes everything from how she advocates for vaccines to how she reads to children. It even includes a ta…
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Over 3,000 Inmates Were Accidentally Released From Prison Due To A Computer Error | ThinkProgress
Approximately 3,200 Washington State prisoners were released early since 2002, Gov. Jay Inslee (D) announced on Tuesday, due to a coding error in computer software that calculates time prisoners can earn off their sentences while incarcerated.
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The Curse of Israel’s Undersea Gas El Dorado – The Daily Beast
TEL AVIV— Almost six years after Israel discovered deep-water gas reserves, the potential riches, like an undersea El Dorado, have brought forth deep suspicions and furious debate, exposing bitter economic and social divides.
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Tiger Woods hopes to be in major contention over next five to 10 years | Sport | The Guardian
Tiger Woods is looking forward to 2016, outlining his desire to make it into the US Ryder Cup team and expectation that he will be in contention for major titles over the next five to 10 years.
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Keep Super Sticky Dough from Binding to Your Hands With a Little Oil
A lot of recipes recommend you flour your hands to keep yeasty dough from clinging to your fingers, but that can end up inadvertently adding a lot of extra flour into your recipe. A little oil on your hands can work just as well.
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Jennifer Lawrence Is Not Interested in Dating Justin Bieber | Vanity Fair
Jennifer Lawrence is pretty much always an extremely entertaining interview subject: candid, funny, and game. But she was on, even for her, another level Monday night when she stopped by the “clubhouse” to hang out with Andy Cohen on Watch What Happ…
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The 11 Biggest Differences Between the Book and Movie Versions of The Force Awakens
Many movie novelizations are surprisingly different than the actual movies. The original Star Wars had a book version that was weirdly different and came out months earlier.
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Henry Rollins: ‘Bored Rich Guy’ Donald Trump Doesn’t Want Presidency | Rolling Stone
Henry Rollins reiterated his support for Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders and called Donald Trump a “bored rich guy just being crass” in a wide-ranging interview with The Daily Beast.
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Support for Donald Trump May Be Even Stronger Than It Appears | Vanity Fair
A new poll from Quinnipiac shows Donald Trump up 4 percent over his nearest opponent. Another poll from Fox claims that Trump is 21 percent over the nearest G.O.P. candidate. Yet another one from Public Policy Polling claims that Trump leads by 16 p…
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Syria’s Kurds Have Nearly Tripled Their Territory Fighting the Islamic State in 2015 | VICE News
Amid the chaos in Syria, the country’s Kurds have managed to resist the advances of the Islamic State and carve out a zone of unprecedented autonomy in their own lands.
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Before a Manitoba court named him Canada’s first ever transgender judge, Kael McKenzie did his homework. In submitting his application, he knew he could make history — but that didn’t prepare him for the deluge of media attention that came with the …
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Google Plans New, Smarter Messaging App – WSJ
Google is building a new mobile-messaging service that taps its artificial intelligence know-how and so-called chatbot technology to try to catch rivals including Facebook Inc. in the fast-growing arena, according to people familiar with the matter.
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Jeb! Bush upset at Trump for letting Hillary Clinton ‘enhance her victimology status’
Jeb! Bush does not seem sure of what he disapproves of more: Donald Trump’s general habit of insulting people and insufficient “level of decorum,” or the fact that Trump’s insults give Hillary Clinton the chance to “enhance her victimology status.
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Track of the Day: ‘White Wine in the Sun’ by Tim Minchin – The Atlantic
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Even the Supergirl TV Show Is Throwing Shade at Man of Steel
This was shown in Morning Spoilers earlier today, but I think the fact that the Supergirl TV series has made a supercut of all the people Kara has saved over the course of the show’s eight episodes, because I don’t know what purpose it serves ther t…
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News | NASA Suspends 2016 Launch of InSight Mission to Mars
After thorough examination, NASA managers have decided to suspend the planned March 2016 launch of the Interior Exploration using Seismic Investigations Geodesy and Heat Transport (InSight) mission.
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AZ lawmaker who believes Earth 6,000 years old leads education panel : politics
If dinosaurs are real why didn’t the Bible mention them? Checkmate atheists. You misunderstand young earth creationism. Jesus rode around on a dinosaur
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In defense of bad sex | Fusion
here have been times when a guy was everything I thought I wanted—he had a great body, he was friendly and kind, he seemed as attracted to me as I was to him—and yet our sex was bad. Maybe he came too quickly or I was distracted by something work-re…
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From College Seniors: Was A State University Worth The Price? : NPR Ed : NPR
Going to college today is a very different experience than it once was. The cost has soared, and the great recession cut into many of the assets that were supposed to pay for it. This week All Things Considered is talking with young people about the…
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Spanish-Speaking Iowan Works As Interpreter For Presidential Hopefuls : NPR
Ernest Nino-Murcia came to America from Colombia when he was 6 years old. He didn’t speak a word of English. Fast forward 30 years — he’s on the stump in Iowa with GOP and Democratic presidential hopefuls acting as an interpreter.
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Iraqi Forces Launch Offensive To Retake Ramadi From ISIS : NPR
NPR’s Robert Siegel talks with photojournalist Ayman Oghanna about the Iraqi army’s operation to recapture Ramadi from ISIS. He filmed a documentary about Ramadi for Vice News called Retaking Ramadi from the Islamic State: The Battle for Iraq.
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Brits Doing Brooklyn: ‘A View From The Bridge’ Crosses The Sea To Broadway : NPR
NPR’s Robert Siegel talks with actor Mark Strong about his Broadway debut playing Eddie Carbone in Arthur Miller’s, A View from the Bridge.
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The Case Against Wearing Hijab To Support Muslim Women : NPR
NPR’s Ari Shapiro interviews Asra Nomani, co-founder of the Muslim Reform Movement and author of Standing Alone: An American Woman’s Struggle for the Soul of Islam, about the op-ed she co-wrote with Hala Arafa in the Washington Post about why, as Mu…
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Meteorologists Launch Balloons To Collect Weather Data : NPR
Twice a day, like clockwork, people release balloons around the world at the same time. These balloons aren’t political statements or party favors. They’re scientific tools. And the people releasing them are meteorologists.
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Donald Trump Slams Hillary Clinton Using Crude Slang Term : NPR
Donald Trump used some colorful slang Monday night when describing Hillary Clinton’s loss to Barack Obama in the 2008 Democratic primary. Some are interpreting the Republican presidential candidate’s language as sexist.
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Encore: This Is Where Donald Trump Learned How To Beat The System : NPR
NPR looks back on Donald Trump’s time in military school where he learned how to get ahead while playing by the rules. This story originally aired on Nov. 10, 2015 on Morning Edition.
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SpaceX Successfully Lands Rocket After Launching It Into Space : NPR
SpaceX, the commercial aerospace company, pulled off a major feat Monday night. After pushing satellites towards orbit, the rocket’s booster separated, and safely landed back on earth.
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First Mention: Introducing Al-Qaida To The NPR Audience : NPR
We go back to 1998 for an installment in our occasional feature “First Mention” to hear when we introduced the term “Al-Qaida” to our audience.
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Cousin Remembers Reverend Killed In Charleston, S.C., Shooting : NPR
There have been a number of high-profile shootings this year, including several mass shootings. One of those happened in June at a historic black church in Charleston, S.C. Rev. Depayne Middleton Doctor was one of nine people killed. Her cousin, Rev.
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As Syrian Refugees Reach Canada, Many Are Pitching In : Parallels : NPR
Canada’s new Prime Minister Justin Trudeau pledged to bring in 25,000 Syrians within a matter of months, but it’s not just his government that’s handling the massive task of resettling the refugees.
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Number Of Migrants Who Reached Europe This Year Tops 1 Million : NPR
NPR’s Robert Siegel talks to William Lacy Swing, director general of the International Organization for Migration, which estimates over 1 million migrants have arrived in Europe this year.
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Syrian Migrant Gets Settled In Germany After Tough Journey : NPR
NPR’s Ari Shapiro checks back in with a Syrian man who made the trip to Germany this year. We first met him in the summer when he was in Turkey preparing for his journey.
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BBC Sport – Martin Skrtel: Liverpool defender confirms six-week lay-off
Liverpool defender Martin Skrtel has confirmed he will be sidelined for six weeks through injury. The 31-year-old Slovakia international limped off in the 41st minute of the Reds’ 3-0 defeat by Watford on Sunday.
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Watch BBC documentary about Fermat’s Last Theorem / Boing Boing
But there are no known solutions for xn+yn=zn, when n equals any whole number other than 1 or 2. In 1637 mathematician Pierre de Fermat wrote in the margin of a book that he had devised a proof that there are no whole number solutions.
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Space Station Transmits ‘Happy Holidays’ Greetings | Video
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Bank of America gets Twitter to delete journalist’s joke, says he violated copyright | Ars Technica
The founding editor of Business Insider UK, Jim Edwards, had a bank delete two of his tweets today. In an e-mail, Bank of America told Edwards that his tweets violated the bank’s copyright and that if he kept it up, they’d see to it that his Twitter…
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2016 is just around the corner, and while you’re undoubtedly focused on the holidays, resolutions, and the benevolent promise of a brand new year, we know there’s also something else you’re thinking about: w
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Long-Press the Plus Button in iOS Photos to Create a New Folder
Organizing photos into albums is super easy on iOS, but even if you do that a lot, things get pretty unwieldy. Thankfully, you can put those albums inside folders, but creating one is a little hidden away. Finer Things in Tech found it by long-press…
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A woman with Asperger’s goes clubbing
The first thing I do is get a drink–she wants to buy. Then we start dancing. I dance exuberantly, and not always on rhythm, either. At gay clubs they thought this was hip. My friends took me to some great ones in college; I made friends with a lot …
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SHENZHEN, China — As the mountain of debris grew, so did the warnings. The construction dump on the outskirts of Shenzhen was prone to dangerous erosion, an environmental impact report said. The expanding piles of waste presented a “crisis,” a Shenz…
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SpaceX Just Made History, But Its Next Mission Is Even More Important | ThinkProgress
The SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket and Dragon spacecraft lifts off from Space Launch Complex 40 at the Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Cape Canaveral, Fla., Sunday, June 28, 2015. Elon Musk’s private spaceflight company SpaceX made history on Monday nig…
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Did an Italian Businessman’s Nephews Burn Him in the Company Oven? – The Daily Beast
ROME — There was something strange about the smoke billowing from the chimney of the Bozzoli metal works on Oct. 8 near Brescia in northern Italy. People who lived in the area were used to the hazy smoke that normally belched from the factory.
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Why More Americans Are Dying in Holding Cells – The Daily Beast
On Monday a special prosecutor announced that neither the sheriff’s office nor jailers in Waller County, Texas would face criminal charges related to the death of Sandra Bland, a black woman who was arrested following a routine traffic stop last sum…
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Stop Reading About Social Media Trends And Start Listening | TechCrunch
The Internet is rife with articles espousing digital trends in every shape and form: video is still going strong, IoT, live streaming and “super real-time.” But trends are just that: trends. Today’s hottest thing is tomorrow’s old news. Google Glass…
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How did Darth Vader know what Luke got for Christmas? / Boing Boing
Ah, the power of music. Original trailer below. Thanks to the nationwide switch from analog to digital TV, great-quality HD television can be accessed without committing to a lengthy cable or satellite contract.
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Woman arrested for roughing up farting husband / Boing Boing
Port St. Lucie, Florida police arrested Dawn Meikle after she allegedly attacked her husband, Donald Fitzroy Meikle, for farting too much in bed. When he broke wind, she apparently elbowed him and then kicked him out of their bed.
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U.S. Military’s First Openly Gay Woman Killed in Combat – The Daily Beast
Among the loved ones mourning the death of Air Force Maj. Adrianna Vorderbruggen is her wife, Heather, and their young son, Jacob. Vorderbruggen, one of six U.S. troops killed Monday in Afghanistan, was remembered as much for her advocacy as her ser…
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A not-so-modest proposal to remove atmospheric carbon dioxide | Ars Technica
“The sooner you start socking away part of your paycheck for retirement, the easier it is to hit your goals. If you wait until late in your career to start, your goal could be simply out of reach unless you take a second job or win the lottery.
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David Fincher and Charlize Theron Are Making a Show for Netflix About FBI Profilers
Well, that’s an enticing array of names. Netflix and David Fincher—who’ve already made magic with House of Cards—are adding Charlize Theron to the mix for drama series Mindhunter, which is based on the true-crime classic by legendary FBI profiler Jo…
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This Lifesize BB-8 Cake Is Almost Too Beautiful To Eat
Everyone loves cake. And most people love BB-8. So combining the two seems like a match made in desert heaven. Thankfully, Cakes Cove in Toronto has done just that.
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Winter has come via /r/pics https://t.co/vsKC4swsBk https://t.co/kMRgW6tf9U https://t.co/jA6nqDosdz
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Why 2015 Was a Weird Year for UFO Sightings | Inverse
Mankind’s relationship to space change in 2015: Not only did we find liquid water on Mars, the commercial space race heated up, making our own starry ambition seems more plausible than ever. But we didn’t find life and life didn’t find us — at least…
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San Bernardino attackers ‘met online’ and in person at Hajj – BBC News
The San Bernardino attackers began their relationship online and then met at the 2013 Hajj pilgrimage, according to a visa application. According to Syed Farook’s fiancée visa application, he and Tashfeen Malik made contact on a website, emailed and…
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Marco Rubio: Overrated, Underrated Or Properly Rated? | FiveThirtyEight
micah (Micah Cohen, politics editor): We jumped on the Marco Rubio bandwagon a while ago, and there were a few weeks when the conventional wisdom seemed to hold that Rubio was the front-runner. But he never got much of a bump in the polls. He got so…
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Rwanda genocide: UK judge rejects extradition bid – BBC News
A judge in London has ruled that five Rwandan men accused of taking part in the country’s 1994 genocide should not be extradited to face trial.They were held in the UK in 2013 after an extradition request from the Rwandan government and denied invol…
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Netflix picks up Mindhunter series from David Fincher and Charlize Theron · Newswire · The A.V. Club
Although he’s recently been focused on depicting a different kind of heartless individual, David Fincher will soon return to the world of serial killers.
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This season, a notorious pirate gives the music industry an expensive gift | Ars Technica
Peter Sunde, co-founder of the Pirate Bay, is out of jail and back with a new project whose entire goal is to screw the music industry. It’s called the Kopimashin, and it lives to make copies of the Gnarls Barkely song “Crazy.”
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Make Your Own Blinking Super Mario-Inspired Tree Topper with an Arduino
Looking for one last DIY project before the holidays? Adafruit has a guide for making your own 8-bit Super Mario tree topper using an Arduino, LEDs, and a few other tools.
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‘Ordinary Time’ and William Styron’s ‘Earthrise’ Story – The Atlantic
This is ‘Not Doomed Yet,’ The Atlantic’s weekly newsletter about global warming. It lives here in the science section; you can also get it in your inbox: So, Paris happened. The last time I wrote, there was no international diplomatic framework for …
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How to Not Gift Wrap – The Daily Beast
Friends, if you’re like me, people approach you every Christmas season and say the same thing: “O wise and beautiful Jeb, how can I streamline my Christmas cheer-flow [CHOW] while maximizing gift-output [GUT]?” I say the same thing every year: You c…
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Woman charged with murder, felony hit-and-run in deadly Las Vegas crash | US news | The Guardian
Prosecutors in Nevada have charged a woman with murder, child abuse and felony hit-and-run after authorities say she repeatedly plowed her vehicle into crowds on the Las Vegas Strip.
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Native Ads Are Here to Stay, But the FTC Wants Them Clearly Labeled | Motherboard
Native ads online may be formatted to look like genuine editorial content, but the Federal Trade Commission doesn’t want consumers to be confused about their provenance.
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Animal Rights Group Hopes Graphic Footage Will End France’s Foie Gras Love Affair | VICE News
A French animal rights group has released two shocking videos showing the mistreatment of animals inside a foie gras factory.
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The Mall of America wants to stop a Black Lives Matter protest with a restraining order – Vox
The Mall of America is seeking a restraining order to stop a Black Lives Matter protest scheduled for Dec. 23, asking a judge to force protesters to cancel the event and immediately stop promoting it.
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TV reporter spends retirement investigating brutal murder – BBC News
After a long career in television, Bill Proctor could have spent his retirement out of the spotlight. Instead, he has been trying to track a killer. The clock was running down on Bill Proctor’s 40-year career in broadcast news.
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US imposes financial restrictions to reinforce Ukraine sanctions | US news | The Guardian
The Obama administration has imposed financial restrictions on 34 additional people and entities for helping Russian and Ukrainian companies evade US penalties and other infractions, prompting threats of retaliation from the Kremlin.
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Watch the Trailer for ‘Dazed and Confused’ ‘Spiritual Sequel’ | Rolling Stone
Watch Baseball-Themed Trailer for ‘Dazed and Confused’ ‘Spiritual Sequel’ Richard Linklater returns to the well of youth, stupidity in ‘Everybody Wants Some’
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How Star Wars Changed the Way We Dress | Vanity Fair
In the nearly four decades since George Lucas unleashed the universe of Star Wars on the world, Darth Vader masks and Princess Leia donut buns have been Halloween-costume fixtures, and Star Wars logo T-shirts have become ubiquitous.
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Madame Claude: France’s most famous brothel keeper dies – BBC News
France’s most notorious brothel keeper, who claimed to have supplied women to some of the world’s most powerful men, has died aged 92. Madame Claude ran an exclusive brothel near the Champs Elysees in Paris, at one point managing more than 500 women.
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A female officer in the US Air Force who was one of the first openly gay service members to get married was identified on Tuesday as being among six US troops killed by a suicide bomber near Bagram air base in Afghanistan.
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Zimbabwe to adopt China’s currency the yuan – Al Jazeera English
Zimbabwe plans to adopt the Chinese yuan as legal tender in return for debt cancellation worth about $40m – a move one economist predicted “has no future at all”.
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I bought an iPhone because I’m not as sad as I used to be | The Verge
I thought I’d never buy an iPhone, until I did. It was a Monday night and I was looking at my cheap Moto E, and realized I really didn’t like my phone.
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2015’s Best TV: I Hate Top Ten Lists, but O.K., Fine, Here’s a List – The New Yorker
As I’ve written each year during this festive season, I hate Top Ten lists. But do I have opinions? Sure, I have opinions. The other day, someone asked me whether “Transparent,” Jill Soloway’s series on Amazon, was a “niche” show. This was a general…
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The Pain-Streaked Optimism of an American Muslim – The New Yorker
My daughter, with her usual teen-age intensity, comes home and tells me of a boy at school who made an ISIS joke, and of another boy who teasingly accused a girl of being a terrorist for loosely wrapping a scarf around her head.
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US Imposes Ukraine-related Sanctions | Al Jazeera America
The United States on Tuesday imposed sanctions on 34 individuals and entities as part of its efforts to pressure Russia for its intervention in Ukraine, the U.S. Treasury Department said. The U.S.
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Inside Adele’s All-Out Fight Against Scalpers | Rolling Stone
Adele’s team has “done everything within our power to get as many tickets as possible in the hands of the fans,” as her manager said recently, but the pop megastar’s battle against scalpers for her sold-out 2016 world arena tour has been largely sym…
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Knitters With Hopelessly Knotted Yarn Call ‘Detanglers’ for Help – WSJ
Many knitters find their craft a tranquil and even meditative pastime—until knots and tangles in their yarn send them into a fury. But for one group of fanatics, there is nothing more satisfying than a hopelessly tangled web.
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Watch Us Ruin Your Favorite Christmas Movies in Under 3 Minutes | Vanity Fair
We all return to the same holiday movie classics every year for a reason: Christmas is all about tradition, and what better way to tap into your childhood memories than with a 100th viewing of A Christmas Story? But if you’re feeling a bit more Grin…
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You may have seen “The Year in Pictures 2015,” but you should also check out how New York Times editors pick the best of the 150,000 photographs that come across their desks over the course of a year. Q. The Times wants to publish Pictures of the Ye…
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The figures were so astounding that I refused to believe them. I found them buried in a footnote, and assumed at first that they must have been a misprint. So I checked the source, wrote to the person who first published them, and followed the citat…
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See sample pages from this book at Wink. A delightfully funny and punny read, The Art of Eating through the Zombie Apocalypse: A Cookbook & Culinary Survival Guide isn’t merely humor, it actually provides sound advice for the survivalist.
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UP TV Wants To Inspire You With Poor Children’s Suffering | ThinkProgress
Why would you do this? UP TV producers decided it would make for uplifting television to put low-income children in a situation where they would have to choose between helping themselves and their parents while being morally judged, and the news med…
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Midday open thread: No more concealed carry reciprocity in VA; Chinese rover discovers new moon rock
Attorney General Mark R. Herring (D) plans to announce Tuesday that Virginia will no longer recognize concealed carry handgun permits from 25 states that have reciprocity agreements with the commonwealth.
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Judge: San Francisco can’t fire cops who exchanged racist and sexist text messages | Ars Technica
A San Francisco Superior Court judge has ruled that police officers who sent racist and homophobic text messages can’t be fired because the city missed a deadline.
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Man who lent gun to Boston Marathon bomber to be freed from prison | US news | The Guardian
A man who lent the convicted Boston Marathon bomber the gun used to kill a police officer three days after the deadly 2013 attack was set to be released from prison after a judge sentenced him to time served on Tuesday for drug and firearms charges.
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There’s One Piece of Democracy That Fat Cats Can’t Buy | Mother Jones
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What Happened to the Polar Vortex? – Scientific American
It has been ridiculously warm across the eastern half of the country this month, with many spots likely to see their warmest December on record. New York City may reach as high as 72°F on Christmas Eve. Washington D.C. is forecast to reach the mid-7…
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Oberlin College Dining Hall Food Protest Teaches Students – The Atlantic
When I attended Oberlin College—a mere five years ago—I watched two students in paper-white jumpsuits force-feed themselves rotten vegetables and take turns puking on each other.
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“Maybe a Little Less Stress Is a Better Deal than a Little More Money”
As we head into the new year, new responsibilities and new plans are on tap for a lot of people’s careers. Before you tackle anything new, product manager Ankur Shukla reminds us that sometimes stress level is the most important thing to consider.
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What Star Wars: The Force Awakens learned from comic books – Vox
He’s right. This is definitely the most consistent criticism of the movie. But it’s completely backward. J.J. Abrams’s baldfaced rip-off of the original Star Wars is, by far, the most innovative thing about The Force Awakens.
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Quentin Tarantino Almost Made A Luke Cage Movie And Wants To Create His Own Superhero
Luke Cage is a character whose name got tossed around for years as possibly getting the live action treatment. Movies, TV, The Rock, Terry Crews, so many possibilities were discussed. Now, we have him on Netflix and he’s great but a greater version …
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baby husky christmas surprise – YouTube
picking up our son from school with a stomach ache and then surprising him with a baby siberian husky and she was so tiny he thought she was a kitten
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Domestication was bad news for doggy DNA | Ars Technica
Inbreeding to create purebred dogs has a deservedly bad reputation, as many of these breeds suffer from genetic diseases. But it turns out that it’s not the only culprit.
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From Halliburton to Walmart, these big corporations will make money off of climate change | Grist
Watch as we use a gingerbread house to explain how to green your home. The big new bundle of laws won’t pre-empt GMO labeling by states, killed labeling of where meat comes from, and affects food in many other ways.
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Let’s Face It, 2015 Was A Pretty Lousy Year For Unicorns | TechCrunch
It’s been a pretty awful year to be a unicorn in 2015. Box and Square went public this year at significantly less than their last private valuation, Box at a 30 percent discount and Square at a 40 percent discount.
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NASA’s next mission to Mars could be delayed at least two years | The Verge
NASA has delayed the next planned mission to Mars indefinitely after discovering a fault in one of the lander’s key science components. The InSight lander was supposed to launch in March of 2016 and monitor seismic activity once it landed on Mars.
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This Ruthless Art Game Will Judge Your MS Paint Masterpieces | Motherboard
You can now experience what it’s like to be a struggling artist without quitting your day job. In Passpartout, a new interactive art game created by Flamebait Games, users toil away on virtual paintings and attempt to sell them.
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Judge allows Utah to block federal funds to state’s Planned Parenthood | US news | The Guardian
A federal judge ruled Tuesday that Utah can cut off federal funds to the state’s Planned Parenthood organization, a move the Republican governor ordered after the release of secretly recorded videos by an anti-abortion group. The ruling from U.S.
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Nevada airport files federal complaint over treatment of Mexican teenager | US news | The Guardian
Reno-Tahoe international airport has filed a complaint with US customs officials over the treatment of a 15-year-old Mexican girl who allegedly was detained for hours without a chance to contact her family.
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Reagan’s Daughter: My Dad Would Be ‘So Appalled’ By GOP Presidential Candidates : politics
Reagan’s daughter also disagreed with her dads policies and has lived a very… sane.. life. Reagan’s son: “We should take care of every citizen, providing decent educations and affordable health care. Also, no one should give a shit which gods you …
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“Destination Earth?” –Stephen Hawking and RAS Astronomers Warn of Danger from Giant Comets https://t.co/fnPonjZhAk https://t.co/PE67tS1Uh8
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Of Rotten Apples and Rotten Systems
Martin Shkreli, the former hedge-fund manager turned pharmaceutical CEO who was arrested last week, has been described as a sociopath and worse. In reality, he’s a brasher and larger version of what others in finance and corporate suites do all the …
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Meet a Master Tarot Card Designer From Milan, Birthplace of Tarot | Atlas Obscura
Want to divine the future by looking at beautiful drawings? Pick up a tarot deck. These symbolism-heavy illustrated cards have been helping people make psychic predictions since the 15th century.
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Google is testing a way for users to log in without a password | The Verge
Google’s plot to kill the password is moving forward. The company is testing a method for users to log into their Google accounts using only a mobile phone and without having to type in a memorized string of characters.
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Elon Musk’s reusable rocket could save more than just money | Grist
Feeling proud of yourself for figuring out how to reuse that kimchi jar as a drum in your experimental bluegrass band? Well, the engineers at SpaceX just figured out how to reuse a giant space rocket. Last night at 8:29 p.m.
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Poll: Half of Voters Say They’d Feel Embarrassed by Trump Presidency https://t.co/lDQf65F0hK https://t.co/3fEH0VATnM via /r/#politics
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Poll: Half of Voters Say They’d Feel Embarrassed by Trump Presidency – NBC News
Poll: Half of Voters Say They’d Feel Embarrassed by Trump Presidency https://t.co/lDQf65F0hK https://t.co/3fEH0VATnM via /r/#politics
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Queen Post ‘Bohemian Rhapsody’ Covers by Choir, String Quartet | Rolling Stone
Queen Post ‘Bohemian Rhapsody’ Covers by Choir, String Quartet Rock outfit celebrates 40th anniversary of seminal single with reinterpretations by Royal Academy of Music students, Trinity Boys Choir and English
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Lebanon: One in four a refugee – BBC News
More than one million Syrians are now seeking refuge in neighbouring Lebanon, the UNHCR has said. Many are living in makeshift accommodation and face increasing pressures as winter approaches.
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Turkey slams Russian attack on Syria’s rebel-held Idlib – Al Jazeera English
Turkish Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu condemned reported Russian air strikes that killed dozens of Syrian civilians in a rebel-held city and said Syria will not be part of “Russian imperialist goals”.
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Why Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump are still fighting over a nonexistent ISIS video – Vox
During Saturday night’s Democratic debate, Hillary Clinton made a claim about Donald Trump that earned her some flak. She said the Republican frontrunner’s anti-Muslim rhetoric had made him an ace recruiter for ISIS.
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Eagles of Death Metal Talk U2 Show, Play It Forward Campaign | Rolling Stone
A little over a month has passed since an Eagles of Death Metal concert in Paris was the target of a deadly terrorist attack. Since then, frontman Jesse Hughes has been in awe of the outpourings of support his fellow musicians have shown him.
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The Abbot Point coal terminal may face a court challenge and a possible reassessment by the commonwealth after Greg Hunt admitted that the future development of a tugboat harbour at the site had not been considered in its environmental impact statem…
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12-Minute Daily Yoga Sessions Could Help Improve Your Bone Health
Osteoporosis is the most common cause for a broken bone among the elderly. If you’re concerned about your bone health, there’s good news: practicing yoga postures—for just 12 minutes a day—could improve bone quality. Columbia University physiatrist …
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Culture Club – Karma Chameleon – YouTube
Music video by Culture Club performing Karma Chameleon (Ledge Music Electro 80 Mix) (2005 Digital Remaster).
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PSA: ‘Tis the season to get iOS and OS X apps and games for cheap | Ars Technica
If you find yourself in possession of an iTunes gift card later this week, good news: iOS and Mac app developers are offering big discounts on some actually-pretty-good apps and games this week.
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Ted Kennedy’s finest moment – Vox
In a Senate chamber that was quiet and almost empty, on a spring afternoon in 1996, Sen. Edward M. Kennedy rose from his back-row desk and ambled to the red corner bench where a dozen Senate staffers waited for whatever business brought us there. “W…
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NASA Suspends Next Mission to Mars – Scientific American
NASA will not launch its InSight spacecraft to Mars in March as originally planned, because of a leak in a French-built seismometer that is the spacecraft’s primary scientific instrument.
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Father of teens beaten in New York church offered plea deal | US news | The Guardian
The father of two teens beaten inside an upstate New York church has been offered a plea deal in his second-degree murder and assault case. Bruce Leonard, 65, appeared briefly Tuesday in Oneida County court, where the judge informed him that attorne…
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Kim Kardashian’s Buttmoji Owns The App Store | TechCrunch
It seems like 2015 was the year of the “emoji.” I mean, a damn emoji was the “word of the year.” This year is ending with a massive bang on the App Store thanks to Kim Kardashian and her…assets. The app, KIMOJI, costs $1.99.
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By now, there’s a pretty good chance that you’ve seen the new Star Wars movie — and for those who haven’t, don’t worry: no spoilers here. At long last, we’ve got a much-needed dose of Starfighters, Rebel Alliances, Lasers, and droids.
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David Fincher and Charlize Theron are making a serial crime drama for Netflix | The Verge
David Fincher and Charlize Theron are teaming up to executive produce Mindhunter, a true crime adaptation that’s coming to Netflix at some point in the future, according to Deadline.
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SpaceX releases close-up photos of Falcon 9’s successful launch and landing | The Verge
SpaceX hit a major milestone last night when it stuck the landing of its Falcon 9 rocket. As usual, SpaceX documented the entire event for the public, broadcasting live video and publishing photos from the launch and landing sites so it can all be s…
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NFL Reportedly Restricts ‘Unrestricted’ Funds For Important Brain Trauma Research | ThinkProgress
The NFL has blocked $16 million of its “unrestricted” grant money from being used to fund an extensive study of chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE), a progressive brain disease caused by repeated brain trauma, according to a report by ESPN’s Outs…
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As a young girl I dreamed of going to Disneyland. Like many of my friends I hoped to one day visit places I’d only seen on television shows and in films.
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Barack Obama sinks 40ft golf shot during Hawaii vacation | US news | The Guardian
No one could ever accuse him of not getting in enough practice – but all of that time spent on the golf course finally paid off for President Obama.
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Coleco Chameleon continues quixotic quest for contemporary cartridge console | Ars Technica
Regular readers may remember an odd little story we ran back in May about the Retro VGS game console project. Sporting a plastic shell made from the actual original Atari Jaguar molds, the new system was being designed to support new games made with…
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‘What a shot!’: Barack Obama sinks a 40ft golf shot in Hawaii – video | US news | The Guardian
Several onlookers could be heard cheering the president at the 18th green, where Obama managed to chip a shot into the hole from nearly 40ft (12 meters) away, reporters on the ground said.
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We’re in this crazy situation called life
Whether or not you’re a writer or even care about words, this video starring George Saunders talking about how to tell a story that matters is phenomenal. It was created by Redglass Pictures. (P.S. There’s swearing in it.)
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5 amazing 2015 books to read right now — and what you should read after them – Vox
Recommending books can be a tricky endeavor.
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Poll: Half of Voters Say They’d Feel Embarrassed by Trump Presidency : politics
These are all acceptable terms. It’s embarassing he even came this far.
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It’s Time for Obama to Go Big on Pardons – The New Yorker
The orderly mind of Barack Obama appears to recoil at the vulgar world of pardons. The President is a consummate rationalist, a believer in systems and order. Pardons, in contrast, rely exclusively on the whim of the grantor.
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Clinton Loses Ground in Democratic Primary Race. “Following Saturday night’s debate, the race between the top two contenders for the Democratic presidential nomination is closer than ever” (rasmussenreports.com)
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Court Says It’s Legal for Quebec Doctors to Administer Lethal Medication | VICE News
The Quebec government has conquered the latest obstacle to its right-to-die legislation, as the province’s highest court ruled on Tuesday that it doesn’t conflict with Canada’s Criminal Code.
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Instagram Makes It Easier To Share From Boomerang | TechCrunch
Right before the holidays, Instagram snuck in an update for its most second-most popular spun-out app, Boomerang. The app currently sits in the top 250 on the App Store’s free apps. The changes, although subtle, will probably make its users super ha…
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New subscribers can get three months of Google Play Music for $1 | The Verge
Today Google’s unveiling a few last minute holiday specials, with each focusing on a different part of the Google Play ecosystem. The most appealing is available exclusively to people who haven’t already subscribed to Google Play Music or YouTube Re…
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Conservative talk show hosts like what they see in arsonist Ted Cruz
It shouldn’t be surprising—at all—that conservative talk radio is pumping for Ted Cruz in the presidential race. He is the ideal of what that particular interest group has been peddling as the solution to America’s woes.
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A grim arthouse director made a comeback by embracing self-parody · 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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David Cameron is facing calls to challenge the US over its refusal to allow a British Muslim family to board a flight from Gatwick to Los Angeles to visit Disneyland.
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New Republic’s Best Stories of 2015 | New Republic
Choosing the best of anything is a precarious adventure, but after taking a survey of everything the New Republic published in 2015, it’s especially difficult to define the best amid so many different kinds of journalism and criticism: breaking news…
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It’s Beginning to Look a Lot Like Christmas – The Atlantic
With only a few days left until Christmas, lighted displays, colorful markets, and Santa’s helpers are out in force. From Europe to the Americas and Asia, gathered here as an early gift to you, is a collection of holiday cheer and light wrapped up i…
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A bigger chimichanga is better in this new Deadpool teaser · Coming Distractions · The A.V. Club
Earlier this month, we came across a fan-made (though probably while in full cosplay) infographic that served as a Deadpool primer for anyone intrigued by the movie’s quippy, bloody trailer who might otherwise be unfamiliar with the merc with a mout…
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Ladybird guide to ‘the husband’ tops Christmas bestseller list | Books | The Guardian
A husband, many of us will be discovering this Christmas, can remember football scores, all his old car number plates and most of Withnail & I – but “cannot remember what his wife asked him to bring back from the shops.
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1 Million Refugees Entered Europe In 2015. Here’s What To Expect In 2016 | ThinkProgress
More than one million refugees and migrants entered Europe in 2015, and as wars and instability look set to carry on for some time, more will seek better lives in the coming year.
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Must Listen: Guy Fieri’s Swan Song – The Daily Beast
Today Complex’s First We Feast food blog dropped a bombshell of a brilliant article detailing their “discovery” of a Guy Fieri mixtape featuring such stars as Drake, 50 Cent, Vanilla Ice, Kid Rock, and more.
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How to Watch the First Episodes of 2016 Shows Colony and Second Chance Online
Tis the season for online binge-watching—and getting a jump on TV episodes that haven’t yet hit the airwaves. Several networks are offering sneak peeks of shows online, including USA’s dystopian thriller Colony, and Fox’s Frankenstein-inspired cop d…
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Darwin’s Dogs – Scientific American
Larry Greenemeier is the associate editor of technology for Scientific American, covering a variety of tech-related topics, including biotech, computers, military tech, nanotech and robots.
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Reindeer climbs stairs to greet care home residents – BBC News
Cupid the stair-climbing reindeer has visited a care home in Wiltshire – both upstairs and down – to greet its residents and spread Christmas cheer. Accompanied by mate Comet, the pair were taken around the Brookside Care Home in Melksham.
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GOP Candidates Receive Failing Grades on Climate as 2015 Smashes Global Temperature Records (truth-out.org)submitted 4 hours ago by loading…
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Bootleg of the Week: Bruce Springsteen Live in New York 7/13/74 | Rolling Stone
Ernest “Boom” Carter’s tenure in the E Street Band lasted a mere eight months.
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The makers of Rudolph also created some of the most off the wall Christmas specials ever – Vox
The makers of Rudolph also created some of the most off the wall Christmas specials ever https://t.co/psM3BYVnMA https://t.co/jYcz3GV2yy
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Ellen Pao was at the heart of two of 2015’s biggest feminist news stories: her discrimination lawsuit against former employer Kleiner Perkins; and her resignation from content-sharing site Reddit, after weathering what she later called “one of the l…
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FiveThirtyEight Is Hiring A Data Visualization Intern For Summer 2016 | FiveThirtyEight
FiveThirtyEight is looking for a data visualization intern to help us make charts for the site this summer.
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Why Google and Ford could be teaming up | The Verge
If early reports prove true, Ford and Google will announce the development of a self-driving car initiative at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas early next month, a mutually beneficial partnership that could provide a blueprint for the next…
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Does Modern Physics Count as Science? – The Atlantic
Physicists typically think they “need philosophers and historians of science like birds need ornithologists,” the Nobel laureate David Gross told a roomful of philosophers, historians, and physicists in Munich, Germany, paraphrasing Richard Feynman.
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CBGB is Reborn … As a Restaurant in Newark Airport | Open Culture
CBGB, the birthplace of New York’s 1970s punk scene, closed in 2006, with Patti Smith headlining the final show. It was the end of an era, another great New York institution shutting its doors.
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How to Get the Best Deals During This Week’s Steam Sale
Steam’s annual Winter Sale is on now, but before you go and empty your wallet, here are some helpful tips to make sure you get the most for your money and catch the titles you really want.
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Top 10% of Americans enjoy an average of 74 alcoholic drinks per week / Boing Boing
Thirty percent of adult Americans are teetotalers. Ten percent consume an average of 0.02 drinks a week. Another ten percent have 0.14 drinks per week (I’m in this category, as I will have a taste of my wife’s wine when she orders a glass). The next…
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IAAF deputy general secretary Nick Davies has stepped down temporarily while an internal investigation takes place over emails he sent regarding a plan to delay naming Russian drug cheats in the run-up to the 2013 World Championships in Moscow.
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Wisconsin congressman says armed citizens can defend against ‘scumbags’ | US news | The Guardian
After a shooting last Saturday at a Wisconsin mall, a state representative has said citizens holding concealed carry gun permits could “clean our society of these scumbags” by taking “careful aim”.
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Transfer Your Notes from Evernote to Apple Notes with This Script
Ready to leave Evernote and move your notes to iCloud? This free Applescript is the quick and easy way to transfer your notes to Apple Notes. The script comes from Larry Salibra, founder and CEO of Pay4Bugs.
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Here Are Some Apps and Games You Can Spend That iTunes Giftcard On | Motherboard
As people everywhere receive iTunes giftcards for the holidays and wonder silently, “What am I going to do with this?”, savvy app developers are discounting their products.
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A Kurdish man describes fear of military attacks in Turkey – BBC News
Nearly 40,000 people have lost their lives in the Turkish military conflict with the Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) over three decades. In 2013, the government began a peace process with the group, which collapsed in July this year.
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When the Berlin Wall Fell, Bernie Sanders Didn’t Respond Like Other Politicians | The Nation
In November of 1989, as the citizens of East Germany broke through, and then demolished, the Berlin Wall, a 48-year-old socialist in the United States was plotting his next move.
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44 percent of Republicans would be ‘proud’ of a Donald Trump presidency
Your new Quinnipiac University poll is out, and there’s good and bad news for fans of A Rudimentary Sense of Shame. For Republicans, 44 percent would be proud to have Trump in the White House, twice as much as GOP voters who would be embarrassed.
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So Your Neighbor Got a Drone for Christmas – Scientific American
On the evening of July 26th, in Bullitt County, Ky., William Merideth’s daughter came in from the backyard and told her father that she’d just seen a drone fly over their neighborhood.
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The Force Awakens: all the unanswered questions and mysteries | The Verge
Spoiler warning: This piece contains major spoilers for The Force Awakens. The trailers for Star Wars: Episode VII—The Force Awakens kicked off a frenzy of fan speculation, but the film answers virtually none of the big questions it raises.
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Watch the first trailer for Richard Linklater’s new comedy Everybody Wants Some | The Verge
Director Richard Linklater seems to have combined elements from two of his past movies — Dazed & Confused and Bad News Bears — to bulk up the slim concept for his latest.
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Killer Mike is defending rap as an art form to the Supreme Court. Here’s why. – Vox
When high school students see an injustice going on in the halls, some gossip with their friends about it. Others may report the problem to a teacher. Taylor Bell rapped about it — and was punished in the process.
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The Marijuana Breathalyzer’s Uncertain Future – The Atlantic
Mike Lynn is cautiously excited. A 49-year-old family man who lives in the Bay Area, Lynn has been an emergency-room doctor at Highland Hospital for most of two decades. His company, Hound Labs Inc.
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James Cameron reminds everyone he’s still working on those Avatar sequels · Newswire · The A.V. Club
December has provided James Cameron with the unexpected boon of invoking Avatar in the same conversations as Star Wars: Episode VII—The Force Awakens, if only to remind everyone that his Dances With Wolves companion piece still holds the record for …
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US home sales slump 10.5% in November – BBC News
The rate of US home sales fell in November as buyers struggled with new regulation. The National Association of Realtors (NAR) said existing home sales decreased by 10.5% in November, despite continued demand.
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Migrant crisis: Mediterranean rescue as influx tops million – BBC News
Italian officials have reported the rescue of 555 migrants from the Mediterranean while 11 others died trying to reach Greece from Turkey.
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Leonid is not exactly what you would expect from a black market money dealer. He is young, well-built, handsome, and well-dressed. The upmarket café he chose to meet in is the kind that serves its meals on slates and offers menus in English as well …
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Yule Log 2.015 – Log Ensemble on Vimeo
http://watchyulelog.com Our third and best year yet. Thanks to everyone who helps make this silly idea an amazing reality. Created by Daniel Savage Site by Wondersauce Music by Friendship Park 0:06 – Eran Hilleli 0:11 – Ross Phillips 0:15 – Patrick …
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Couple whose tea leaves were mistaken for weed loses lawsuit / Boing Boing
In 2012, a sharp-eyed police officer in Kansas spotted Robert Harte leaving a hydroponics store with a bag of supplies. Soon after, the police fished through Harte’s garbage and found some wet leaves, which tested positive for marijuana.
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UFC Porn Is Real And It’s Spectacular
Ariel X trained for several years before earning her purple belt in Brazilian jiu-jitsu. She still trains to this day, and has added Muay Thai, Sambo, weightlifting and running to her regimen.
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The most important landscape in Star Wars ain’t on a map, kid | Grist
Star Wars movies have always leaned heavily on nature to get their point across — but the new one adds a surprising type of landscape to the mix. Watch as we use a gingerbread house to explain how to green your home.
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The Logo That Took Down DARPA’s Information Awareness Office – The Atlantic
In February 2002, shortly after the terrorist attacks of 9/11, The New York Times published a story reporting that John Poindexter, the former national-security advisor to Ronald Reagan, had a new role: the head of the newly created Information Awar…
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There’s One Thing I Totally Hate About The Force Awakens
Let me clarify: I don’t actually hate Star Wars: The Force Awakens. I watched the movie three times in four days, and will surely see at least twice more before it leaves theaters. But even though I love the movie, there is one major aspect of it th…
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For the second out of five episodes, Bill Murphy sees things he can’t unsee. Only this time, he hears things that are even worse (if, indeed, anything could be worse for a little kid than a long, lingering shot of his father’s sagging, thrusting scr…
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Poverty stunts IQ in the US but not in other developed countries | Ars Technica
As a child develops, a tug of war between genes and environment settles the issue of the child’s intelligence. One theory on how that struggle plays out proposes that among advantaged kids—with the pull of educational resources—DNA largely wins, all…
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Radiator Hospital says goodbye with the heartbreaking “Our Song” · Hear This · The A.V. Club
In Hear This, The A.V. Club writers sing the praises of songs they know well. This week: Songs about endings. It’s fitting that the first song I wrote about this year for Hear This was by Radiator Hospital, and so is the last.
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Ramadi assault: How a small change in tactics helped Iraqi forces – BBC News
A switch in tactics has provided the Iraqi Security Forces (ISF) with some victories in their battle against the so-called Islamic State (IS), notably in Ramadi, says the US military.The change came in the late summer.
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A Gallery of Jaw-Dropping Concept Art From Star Wars: The Force Awakens
Now that The Force Awakens has hit theaters, Lucasfilm has started slowly revealing a treasure trove of concept art for the film, giving us a look at how The Force Awakens evolved visually over the course of its production.
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Shark attacks Brazilian scuba diver during Unesco marine preserve dive | World news | The Guardian
A shark ripped off a Brazilian diver’s forearm as he swam off the tropical archipelago of Fernando de Noronha, the first such attack to hit the Unesco world heritage site, authorities said Tuesday.
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The Highwaymen – Highwayman (Live at Farm Aid 1985) – YouTube
The Highwaymen, with Willie Nelson, Johnny Cash, Waylon Jennings, and Glen Campbell sing “Highwayman” at Farm Aid in Champaign, Illinois on September 22, 1985.Willie Nelson is a co-founder and President of Farm Aid, along with co-founders and board …
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Killer Mike, Big Boi, and TI Argue Rap is Not a Crime in Supreme Court Brief | VICE News
Should the state prosecute Eminem for verbally imagining slitting his ex-wife’s throat in the rap song Kim, or take Ice Cube’s lyrics about shooting an LA cop in the face in We Had to Tear this Mothafucka Up as true intent to commit a crime? And sho…
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Do Facts Still Matter in US Politics? Here Are Some of 2015’s Biggest False Claims | VICE News
Honesty isn’t the first adjective that leaps to mind when describing politicians.
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Restraining order sought against Black Lives Matter chapter in Minneapolis
Minnesota’s Mall of America wants shoppers to return, NOT Black Lives Matter protestors. A judge is expected to rule today on whether or not to prevent Black Lives Matter-Minneapolis from holding a demonstration Wednesday, December 23, at the Mall o…
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Google Begins Testing Password-Free Logins | TechCrunch
Google confirmed this morning it’s now testing a new way to sign into your Google account without having to type in a password. Instead, those who have been invited to try this new method of logging in authenticate by responding to a notification se…
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Italian Scientists under Investigation after Olive-Tree Deaths – Scientific American
Nine scientists are being investigated for a possible role in enabling an outbreak of a disease that is ravaging olive groves in Puglia, Italy. The public official in charge of containing the epidemic is also under investigation.
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After Martin Shkreli drew public ire last summer for hiking the price of a drug that’s critical to AIDS patients and pregnant women by 5,500 percent, the news of his arrest this month on charges of defrauding investors warmed the internet’s heart.
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“Muslims are our equals,” declared an open letter signed by nearly 50 religious and civic leaders.
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What We’re Following This Afternoon, December 22 – The Atlantic
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Donald Trump’s tax plan gives the top 0.1 percent $1.3 million each – Vox
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“App Santa” Promo Drops Prices On 20 Top iOS And Mac Apps | TechCrunch
There are a number of holiday app sales now running as mobile developers slash prices in hopes of reaching potential customers who will soon be unwrapping smartphones for Christmas.
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Famed electronics author Forrest Mims was choked by an airline captain / Boing Boing
Forrest Mims is the author of the famous book, Getting Started in Electronics, published by RadioShack for many years. I bought the book in the 1980s, and had a blast making the projects in it.
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Star Wars inspires Splash Wars
Behold, Princess Leia wearing milk. You can find the rest of photographer Manu Cabanero’s “Splash Wars” series here, but be forewarned the rest are NSFW.
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‘Two Days in the Life of Andy….’: Candid photos of Andy Warhol, 1981|Dangerous Minds
Andy Warhol seated at a table at the Pierre Hotel in New York City, Robert Levin, 1981 In the spring of 1981, Andy Warhol was working on his “Myths” show, which ran later that year at New York’s Ronald Feldman Gallery.
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Nissan’s front-engined front-wheel drive hybrid Le Mans car is no more | Ars Technica
One of the most interesting—and certainly one of the most hyped—stories in motorsport this year has been Nissan’s GT-R LM. And now that story has come to a close, following an announcement earlier today that the Japanese automaker is pulling the plu…
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Avengers: Infinity War Directors Say People Should Prepare to be Shocked
Between now and when we finally see what happens in Avengers: Infinity War, we’re going to get six new Marvel movies. That sounds pretty great, but we are still curious about what this two-parter on the horizon holds, and its directors love to tease…
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The winter solstice made last night the longest and darkest of the year, but the skies over Florida were filled with light, not once, but twice.
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Windows 10 Mobile review: Windows on phones gets rebooted. Again. | Ars Technica
One way or another, Microsoft has been promising Windows 10 Mobile for years.
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Taylor Swift Will Close Out Her Stellar 2015 with a New Music Video | Vanity Fair
Taylor Swift, by any standards, had an outrageously excellent year.
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India jet crash kills all 10 aboard – Al Jazeera English
The chartered twin-engine plane went up in flames after slamming into a wall shortly after take-off from the Indian capital’s Indira Gandhi International airport.
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College Students Demand Culturally Sensitive Cafeteria Food | Vanity Fair
Across college campuses nationwide, student activists are leading mass movements against institutional racism in higher education. Mizzou students successfully ousted their president after he failed to respond to several racially motivated incidents…
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Star Wars Reportedly Paid Harrison Ford Over 50 Times More Than His Young Co-Stars | Vanity Fair
How much does it cost to get Harrison Ford to slip back into those snug smuggler pants to play Han Solo? Reportedly, eight figures. That should be more than enough to pay off Jabba the Hutt.
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Burying Rdio, the Music App for Annoying Men – The Awl
Last month, the streaming music service Rdio filed for bankruptcy and announced that its assets were being purchased by Pandora. Today, it’s shutting down, which means that after half a decade, I have to find a new way to listen to music.
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Daily Cartoon: Tuesday, December 22nd – The New Yorker
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Little Kid With Perfect Pitch Easily Identifies Polychords – Digg
3 diggs Music Curious Cute This bright-eyed kid totally aces the “hardest ear-training test of all time,” and he does it lightning fast.
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Last week, Peter Mattaliano, 66, an acting coach and screenwriter, put up Christmas decorations in his Hell’s Kitchen apartment and laid out presents for the children: Mary and Alfred. These are not Mr. Mattaliano’s children, and they are no longer …
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Nicolas Cage returns stolen dinosaur skull he paid $276,000 for / Boing Boing
In 2007 Nicolas Cage and Leonardo DiCaprio got into a bidding war for a 67-million-year-old tyrannosaurus bataar skull. Cage won, but later found out the skull had been illegally smuggled into the United States. He will return it to the Mongolian go…
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We Talked to a Famous Adult Actress About the Promise of Virtual Reality Porn | Motherboard
Note to readers: Several links in this story lead to NSFW websites. There are a couple key reasons why virtual reality porn may not be the adult entertainment industry’s savior, as some may have you believe.
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Be Transparent When Reaching Out to a Reference You Haven’t Talked to in a Long Time
Networking is the key to finding a great job, but things happen. It might be months or even years since you were in touch with a former boss or coworker. The Muse shows us how to handle this situation gracefully.
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The Moto 360 Sport reviewed: Good, but not enough fitness to be worth it | Ars Technica
When Motorola launched new Moto 360 models earlier this year, it also announced the Moto 360 Sport as an Android Wear watch for the more active among us. The Sport will be available for purchase on January 7 (it’s already on sale in the UK and Franc…
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Migrant crisis: Hungary denies fuelling intolerance in media – BBC News
The Hungarian government has fiercely rebuffed criticism from three top international organisations that its new anti-migrant media campaign is generating fear, intolerance and xenophobia.
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If You Can Sit Through This Brothers Grimsby Trailer, Sacha Baron Cohen Will Owe You $100
Not saying that Sacha Baron Cohen will actually pay you $100 if you can watch this trailer for his new spy-fi comedy all the way through. Just that he will owe you $100. Be warned: The trailer really goes off the rails in the last 20 seconds or so.
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The Year Africa’s Strongmen Embraced the ‘Constitutional Coup’ | VICE News
36 people died in Kinshasa in January during demonstrations sparked by perceived attempts by President Joseph Kabila of the Democratic Republic of the Congo to stay in power after his second and final term.
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Welcome Annalee Newitz, here to put some culture in your tech/science | Ars Technica
If you like Ars’ coverage of science, you’ve undoubtedly been thrilled by having Eric Berger and Beth Mole join the staff here.
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Here Is Ryan Reynolds With a Giant Chimichanga for Deadpool
Seriously though. Do you need anything else after a headline like that? Juuuuust in case you do, this short teaser has been released to advertise Deadpool being shown in IMAX theaters when it releases. Here’s the short, but sweet, clip in its entire…
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Sandra Bland, who was found hanged in her cell at a Texas county jail last summer, would not have died had she been white, Vermont senator Bernie Sanders said after a grand jury declined to indict anyone in connection with her death.
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Terror attack foiled in French region of Orleans – BBC News
French police have foiled a terror attack on police and army personnel in the region of Orleans the interior minister has said. Bernard Cazeneuve said on Tuesday that two men, aged 20 and 24, were arrested on 19 December and are being held for quest…
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NFL reportedly vetoes funding for Boston University concussion study | Sport | The Guardian
The NFL has withdrawn from funding a major research initiative on the relationship between football and brain disease due to concerns over the objectivity of the Boston University doctor leading the project, the ESPN news program Outside The Lines r…
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Tenacious D Launch Auction to Benefit Paris Victims | Rolling Stone
Tenacious D Launch Auction to Benefit Paris Victims Jack Black, Kyle Gass post props, costumes, memorabilia to aid Josh Homme’s Sweet Stuff Foundation
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Searching for the missing in China’s deadly landslide – Al Jazeera English
Rescuers searching a Chinese industrial park swamped by a landslide recovered the first body on Tuesday, as anger mounted over safety failings that led to a disaster feared to have killed dozens.
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Tens of Thousands of College Students Have Nowhere to Sleep | Rolling Stone
LaTia Daniels started at Kennesaw State University as a walk-on to the school’s track and field team, earning an athletic scholarship on top of her federal financial aid.
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‘MST3K’ Returns: Joel Hodgson on Bringing Back the Cult TV Show | Rolling Stone
Joel Hodgson never set out to start a wisecracking revolution.
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Watch ‘Walking Dead’ Actress Emily Kinney Talk Songwriting | Rolling Stone
Watch ‘Walking Dead’ Actress Emily Kinney Serve Coffee, Talk Songwriting Kinney returns to Brooklyn shop where she used to work in exclusive “Off the Clock” video
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Best of 2015: Hailee Steinfeld Reveals Favorite Music, Movies and More | Rolling Stone
Hailee Steinfeld went from Oscar-nominated actress to bonafide pop star this year, thanks to her hit empowerment anthem “Love Myself,” catchy debut EP Haiz and a role in Pitch Perfect 2 that allowed the teenager to show off both her acting and singi…
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Game of Thrones Heard the Complaints, Will Temper the Sexual Violence in Season 6
Whether or not you watched the fifth season of Game of Thrones, you likely caught wind of the controversy surrounding its especially gratuitous violence against women. Even fans of the show condemned certain scenes—Sansa Stark’s rape in particular—a…
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A brief history of Islam in America – Vox
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Inside The Porn Industry’s Reckoning Over Sexual Assault – BuzzFeed News
Plush Talent, a New York City-based agency representing adult film stars, recently started giving new clients a welcome guide to the porn industry. Along with tips on social media (“Twitter is a must have for every porn star, period.
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ExxonMobil and Sierra Club Agreed on Climate Policy—and Kept It Secret – Bloomberg Business
ExxonMobil and Sierra Club may be thought of as natural enemies, particularly when it comes to a question so tricky as how to address climate change.
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A dialogue with Olivier Blanchard:
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Touchdown! SpaceX Rocket Makes A Perfect Upright Landing
Last night, a SpaceX rocket zoomed into space, helped deliver 11 satellites to orbit, and then gracefully touched back down in a manner reminiscent of the most skilled of acrobats.
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Ronald Reagan’s daughter minces no words about the current GOP field: My father “would be so appalled at these candidates” (salon.com)submitted 59 minutes ago by loading…
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The Panthers Have A Good Shot At 16-0, Even If They Rest Their Starters | FiveThirtyEight
Last time we checked in with the Carolina Panthers, we declared them the worst team ever to start a season 11-0. At the time, this was due primarily to a scoring margin and passing attack that didn’t quite measure up to those of previous undefeateds.
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Rare Christmas Full Moon Will Add to Holiday Light
Holiday lights will adorn many neighborhoods this Christmas, but look out for a very special lighting treat in the form of a full moon this Friday. This month, the full moon will peak at 6:11 a.m. EST (1111 GMT) on Dec. 25.
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Translation Tuesday: Hedgehogs by Amanda Michalopoulou | Books | The Guardian
They could hear them in the night. From the communal garden came a rasping, booming sound like an electric coffee maker empty of water. She got up and opened the door to the balcony to hear better.
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California approves Flywheel, the app that makes taxis work like Uber | The Verge
Flywheel, an app for booking regular taxis, got the green light from California regulators Tuesday to offer its “TaxiOS” technology to cab owners to replace the current, outdated jumble of meters, dispatch, advertising, navigation systems, and credi…
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Stratos CEO sells the company to keep its smart credit card alive | The Verge
Stratos — one of a number of startups trying to combine all your credit, debit, and gift cards into one supremely capable smart card — has been sold to a company called Ciright One LLC.
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Hunger, Homelessness on the Rise in US Cities | Al Jazeera America
Many of America’s largest cities continue to grapple with rising food insecurity and homelessness, according to a report released by the U.S. Conference of Mayors on Tuesday.
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This supposedly uplifting Christmas show is actually a cruel experiment on poor children – Vox
In America, poor people are expected to prove their worth. Their right to not be poor is always contingent on their behaving like good, upright citizens, even when the middle class and rich get benefits with no strings attached.
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Hackers are scaring companies into respecting your privacy
When it comes to the security of our personal information, 2015 was may be the worst year on record. As of Dec. 15, according to a running tally kept by the Identity Theft Resource Center, the past year saw 750 data breaches at American corporations…
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Crunchies Tickets Make A Great Holiday Gift | TechCrunch
Can’t figure out what to get your friends and family members for the holidays? How about a ticket to the 9th Annual Crunchies award show in San Francisco?The Crunchies take place on February 8, 2016, at San Francisco’s beautiful War Memorial Opera H…
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Flywheel Launches Uber-Like Operating System For Taxi Cabs | TechCrunch
Flywheel, the no-surge-fee taxi startup that hopes to challenge on-demand ride services like Uber and Lyft, is expanding its TaxiOS platform.
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OTOY Looks To Give Developers The Tools To Build Lifelike Real-Time 3D Environments | TechCrunch
Around ten years ago, Jules Urbach was sitting at the table at his mom’s house, coding away, when there was a knock at the door. His mom answered, but the visitor was for him. Directors J.J.
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Families of Sandy Hook victims to split $1.5m in lawsuit settlement | US news | The Guardian
The families of more than a dozen victims of the 2012 school shooting in Newtown, Connecticut, will split $1.5m under recently finalized settlements of lawsuits against the gunman’s mother’s estate. A lawyer for several victims’ families says the se…
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Games Like Angry Birds Friends And Risk Hit The Chromecast Right Before The Holidays | TechCrunch
We’ve gotten a fair bit of play out of Google’s latest $35 Chromecast leading up to the holidays. The games are pretty fun, and you can’t beat it for the price. In time for said holidays, a few more games are being shoved out to keep your family yel…
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Christmas Eve is just around the corner, but Santa’s already been out and about — in fact, there have been thousands of them.
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Over a Quarter of the Encrypted Web Is About to Be Broken | Motherboard
Much of the web will soon be a lot less secure. That’s because the cryptographic algorithm used to secure much of the world’s online credit card transactions, browsing sessions, and internet banking sites is very, very close to being compromised by …
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From Shump’s hair to Tim Duncan’s dad jeans: we pick the NBA’s most stylish | Sport | The Guardian
The NBA continues to be the most progressive sports league in America, when it comes to style, fashion and individuality.
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Congressman fights for his right to be a vapebro | The Verge
He goes on to say “And why do I vape? It is because it prevents me from smoking the real thing.
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What It Was Like to Sell Fortunes and Spells on eBay – The Atlantic
eBay’s patience with witches and warlocks ended in the year 2012 A.D., when it issued a ban on all listings of the fantastic or supernatural, including spellcasting, curse-sending, and any form of prophecy.
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Kickstarter and Indiegogo Are Diverging on Equity Crowdfnvesting – The Atlantic
Back in October, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission approved a new set of rules that will allow entrepreneurs to use crowdfunding sites to raise capital.
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What could possibly be worse than a CBGBs theme restaurant? THIS.|Dangerous Minds
You’ve all probably read by now that Newark Airport is about to open a branded CBGB restaurant.
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Organizers of a demonstration in protest of the police shooting of Jamar Clark by Minneapolis police have been hit with a lawsuit by the Mall of America, which is seeking a court order requiring them to tweet and text a message announcing the cancel…
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Brazil’s 1,000-year-old calendar – BBC News
A pre-colonial astrological observatory in the Brazilian rainforest was built to be aligned to the sunrise on the December solstice – which falls on 22 December in 2015.
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Game of Thrones Fan Favorite Pedro Pascal Makes Surprise Return for Season 5 DVD | Vanity Fair
No, you’re not crazy. Pedro Pascal’s character, Oberyn Martell, did die in Season 4. But sometimes death just isn’t enough to stop a popular actor from coming back. Ahem.
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Lifting Oil Export Ban Is Like ‘100 Keystone Pipelines’ | ThinkProgress
It’s not often that environmentalists and Republican leadership in Congress agree, but they do on this one, troubling issue. Of course, Ryan meant that as a good thing.
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Jason deCaires Taylor: An underwater art museum, teeming with life | TED Talk | TED.com
For sculptor Jason deCaires Taylor, the ocean is more than a muse — it’s an exhibition space and museum. Taylor creates sculptures of human forms and mundane life on land and sinks them to the ocean floor, where they are subsumed by the sea and tra…
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Jeb! Bush says Donald Trump is Barack Obama’s fault, somehow
Jeb! Bush seems to be enjoying all the attention he’s getting for attacking Donald Trump—a move he’s trying to play as strength even though it comes from desperation—and now he’s managed to drag President Obama into that mess: “He would not exist we…
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Meet the Wonderfully Absurd Devil From Fox’s Lucifer
Lucifer is a gleefully camp take on the devil to the point where it feels like it belongs back in the mid-90s weekend afternoons on the WB. That is not an insult. It is my highest form of compliment. Is this particularly true to the DC comic it’s ba…
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The First Posters for The Divergent Series: Allegiant Are Here
Much like Harry Potter, Twilight and Hunger Games before it, The Divergent Series is splitting the final book, Allegiant, into two parts. The first part hits theaters in March and its first posters are here.
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Far Right Jewish Leader Calls for ‘Vampire’ Christians to be Thrown Out of Israel | VICE News
The leader of Jewish extremist group Lehava has likened Christians to “bloodsucking vampires” and called for their expulsion from Israel, in a tirade published a few days before Christmas. “In a few days it will be ‘Christmas’ of the accursed religi…
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The People Speak: Women’s Equality | VICE News
VICE News traveled around the world speaking to people about women’s equality, and changing perspectives on the role played by women in global societies. Find out what people from Delhi, India to Toronto, Canada had to say about gender equality.
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What Can You Actually Do for Syrian Refugees? | The Nation
Since the outbreak of Syria’s civil war four years ago, the United States has accepted 2,174 Syrian refugees—not quite the population of the happening metropolis of Red Lodge, Montana. Meanwhile, according to The Guardian, about one in five people i…
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Armenia accuses Azerbaijan of all-out ‘war’ – Al Jazeera English
Armenia says a ceasefire with neighbouring Azerbaijan over the breakaway region of Nagorno-Karabakh no longer exists, describing frequent skirmishes at the front line as “war”.
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Honey is the dog from Up in real life : aww
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The best video games of 2015 | The Verge
You can tell 2015 was a great year for new video games by the titles that didn’t make this list. It was a year that saw inventive new mobile games like Prune and Alto’s Adventure, and much-anticipated blockbusters like Star Wars Battlefront and Meta…
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Affordable Housing in New Jersey – The Atlantic
HOWELL, N.J.—The comments started online shortly after this middle-class Republican stronghold in central New Jersey filed a plan to rezone a wooded area to enable the construction of 72 affordable housing units.
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Boeing fined $12m by US for ‘multiple’ issues – BBC News
Aircraft maker Boeing is to pay a $12m (£8m) fine for “multiple pending and potential enforcement cases”, the US air regulator has said. The firm failed to meet a deadline to provide fuel tank safety instructions to airlines, among other issues, the…
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SpaceX Is the World’s Most Interesting Space Company Again | Motherboard
SpaceX is back in business. Monday night’s historic launch and landing of Elon Musk’s new, more powerful Falcon 9 rocket ticked off every box the company needed to prove to the world that its June mission failure was an anomaly. And thank goodness.
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CHICAGO — Grand jurors in Texas declined on Monday to indict anyone in connection to the July death of a Chicago-area woman, Sandra Bland, who was found hanged in her cell at the Waller County jail, one of the special prosecutors assigned to the cas…
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Buried in the budget deal that now has emerged from Congress is a provision by which the IRS will be actively forbidden from enacting new rules in 2016 to rein in the obvious scams in which most of the 501(c)4’s engage. (esquire.com) But could they …
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Bernie Sanders: Sandra Bland wouldn’t have died if she were white – CNNPolitics.com
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Jessica Jones gets messy with “AKA 1,000 Cuts,” and I’m not just talking about all the bloodshed that follows Kilgrave’s return to the general population.
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This past summer, we featured a shot-by-shot breakdown of several sequences in Andrei Tarkovsky’s Solaris by filmmaker and video essayist Antonios Papantoniou.
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New York detective among six killed in Afghanistan – BBC News
A New York City police detective is among the six American troops killed in a Taliban suicide attack in Afghanistan, it has emerged.Police Commissioner William Bratton has confirmed Detective Joseph Lemm was killed in the Bagram Airfield attack.
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Six new lateral thinking puzzles to test your wits and stump your friends / Boing Boing
Numerous research studies have correlated higher IQs with longer lifespans. Why? One reason could be that smarter people apparently don’t do as many dumb things that could kill them early. In Scientific American, Michigan State University psychologi…
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When Your 3-Year-Old Son Asks, ‘Are They Going to Kill Me?’ | The Nation
“Well,” my proud preschooler begins, “we did not have a lockdown drill today.” And that’s about as far as he gets in the art of storytelling. Sometimes I’ll get something about “bim” (gym) or how “Bambi” (Jeremy) pinched him during free play.
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See Maren Morris’s Live, ‘Pop-Up Video’ Inspired ‘My Church’ | Rolling Stone
See Maren Morris’s Live, ‘Pop-Up Video’ Inspired ‘My Church’ Stripped-down performance takes acoustic approach to gospel rave-up
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Scott Weiland: STP, Jamie Weiland Remember Troubled Singer | Rolling Stone
Two days after Scott Weiland, the former singer of Stone Temple Pilots, was found dead in his bunk on a tour bus in Bloomington, Minnesota, the band’s guitarist Dean DeLeo was in his car when the radio started blasting “Creep,” from STP’s 1992 debut…
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Nicolas Cage Returns Stolen Dinosaur Skull That Almost Belonged to Leonardo DiCaprio | Vanity Fair
Haven’t we all been there? You think you’ve found the perfect gift—a sweater, a book, an ancient dinosaur skull, what have you—until you learn that it was probably stolen from the Mongolian government. There’s only one right thing to do: you have to…
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NYU Advises Student Not To Apply Because They Are Too Poor | ThinkProgress
A New York University official’s response to an email from a senior at Brown University asking for a fee waiver has set off a firestorm on Twitter about low-income students’ access to higher education.
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How These Communities Save Energy—and Time for What Matters
Every winter near solstice time, residents of EcoVillage Ithaca gather in a darkened room around a spiral of evergreen boughs laid on the floor. A single lit candle sits at the center as musicians play in the background.
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The Most Horrifyingly Insane Tarzan Rip-Off of All Time
They’re finally making another Tarzan movie. But Tarzan is just the tip of the iceberg, when it comes to people who somehow randomly became rulers of the jungle. And they’ll never make a movie based on the craziest Tarzan knock-off of all time: Kona…
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‘WWE Raw’: Seth Rollins Snags a Slammy, Kevin Owens Cancels Christmas | Rolling Stone
Well, it wasn’t a great show, but there was plenty to talk about. Those could be words of consolation from a dissatisfied lover, or they could apply to last night’s intermittently stimulating three-plus hours of WWE entertainment. (You decide.)
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In The New Christmas Canon, The A.V. Club looks beyond Rudolph’s nose and Zuzu’s petals to highlight entertainment from the ’90s, ’00s, and ’10s that has become a seasonal staple—or deserves to.
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Gulf nations demand release of abducted Qataris in Iraq – Al Jazeera English
The Gulf Corporation Council has called on the Iraqi government to “take decisive and immediate measures” to secure the release of Qatari citizens abducted earlier this month in the country’s south.
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Why East Nashville Was More Hot Than Hip in 2015 | Rolling Stone
On a chilly evening in early December, the East Nashville skyline was aglow in a bright, periwinkle haze.
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Obama to Get Coffee, Chat With Jerry Seinfeld on Web Series | Rolling Stone
Barack Obama will join Jerry Seinfeld for a drive, a cup of coffee and a wide-ranging chat on the first episode of the seventh season of the stand-up’s web series, Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee, The Washington Post reports.
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Gwen Stacy Is Getting Her Own Comic Again, This Time as Gwenpool
Gwen Stacy is sure getting around Marvel’s current comics for a character who has mostly stayed dead since she was killed off nearly 45 years ago. Not only is she the star of Spider-Gwen, she’s now getting another series. Well, one version of her is…
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How Amazon’s Bookstore Soothes Our Anxieties About Technology – The New Yorker
The first thing Amazon did to the building that would become its first bricks-and-mortar bookstore was add bricks and mortar. The store, located in Seattle’s University Village shopping mall, opened in early November.
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Seven of the Year’s Biggest Wins Against Wildlife Exploitation
This was the year of Cecil the Lion. The enormous male, the leader of his own pride, was well known among researchers and tourists for his shaggy black mane. But when Cecil was killed by an American dentist visiting Zimbabwe on a big game hunt, the …
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How Some Animals Cash In on Economic Crises
The song of the lowland coquí rings throughout Puerto Rico, from late afternoon when the first pre-dinner cocktail is shaken at the El San Juan hotel until the last margarita glass is salted past midnight.
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News | Lowdown on Ceres: Images From Dawn’s Closest Orbit
NASA’s Dawn spacecraft, cruising in its lowest and final orbit at dwarf planet Ceres, has delivered the first images from its best-ever viewpoint. The new images showcase details of the cratered and fractured surface. 3-D versions of two of these vi…
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On Patrol With Myanmar Rebels Fighting Both the Army and Drug Addiction | VICE News
After a three-day trek through the jungles of Myanmar’s Golden Triangle this past February, the Ta’ang National Liberation Army’s (TNLA) Battalion 101 finally reached an objective that had been in its sights for years: the poppy fields, heroin refin…
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How The Atlantic’s Jan/Feb 2016 Magazine Cover Came About – The Atlantic
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When I interviewed Hassle’s Alex Depledge on-stage at our London Disrupt conference, she had sympathy for my dislike of the ‘sharing economy’ moniker.
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Watch the Star Wars casts sing “Stayin’ Alive!” / Boing Boing
Ah, the power of music. Original trailer below.
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Inside America’s First Spear-Hunting Museum – The Atlantic – The Atlantic
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Obsession on Ice: How One Harvard Kid Survived His Stanley Cup Dreams | Vanity Fair
It didn’t start in a small Canadian town on a frozen pond in a backyard, but rather at Lasker Rink, an outdoor swimming pool located on the northern end of Central Park in New York City.
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China’s Lunar Rover Found a New Type of Moon Rock | Motherboard
China’s Yutu rover just passed its two year anniversary of living on the Moon, and what a ride it has been. The robotic explorer has gone from writing its own death notes to recently becoming the longest-lived rover ever to grace the lunar surface.
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Since Spain transitioned to democracy, the country’s politics has been dominated by two major parties.
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Schlonged? Donald Trump’s Pathetic Frat-Boy Politics | The Nation
Apparently I haven’t been clear about the meaning of “schlong.” I thought it was simply slang for “penis,” but The Washington Post says it’s actually a term for “a large penis.” Who knew? I’ve never had reason to use the word in my long career in jo…
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Always classy, Fox News speculates on timing of Chelsea Clinton’s pregnancy
Chelsea Clinton, shown here pregnant with first daughter Charlotte: The face of political calculation. It was inevitable that some on the right would suggest that Chelsea Clinton’s second pregnancy is a product not of a couple wanting to have a seco…
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The Rise and Fall of ‘Boring Dystopia,’ the Anti-Facebook Facebook Group | Motherboard
At first glance, Boring Dystopia looked like a Facebook group for people who hated Facebook.
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“Bernie Sanders: Sandra Bland wouldn’t have died if she were white” : politics
Might be right. It’s baffling to me that people can live in America their whole lives and not recognize that white people have easier lives due to their skin color. Not just with police, but with everyone.
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Donald J. Trump on Monday night mocked Hillary Clinton for using the bathroom during last weekend’s Democratic presidential debate and employed a vulgar term to describe her defeat to Barack Obama in the 2008 primary. “She was favored to win, and sh…
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A Million in 12 Months: Europe’s Migration Crisis in Numbers | VICE News
The number of refugees and migrants arriving by land and sea in the European Union has passed 1 million this year, three quarters of them from Syria, Afghanistan, and Iraq, the United Nations refugee agency (UNHCR) and the International Organization…
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The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Up: Mind-Hacking Advice for Living Clutter Free
Japanese organizing consultant Marie Kondo set off a decluttering craze across the world with her pocket-sized book, The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Up. After reading the book, it’s easy to see why. This book can transform the way you see your po…
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Worldwide Hunt Begins for Missing Carbon Minerals – Scientific American
Calling all rock hounds, the Deep Carbon Observatory(DCO) wants you. According to a new predictive model, more than 140 carbon mineral species on Earth have yet to be discovered, and DCO scientists have launched a citizen science project called the …
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The Startup, The Burnout | TechCrunch
Burnout is as real as it gets. Burnout is a period of life when your thinking has become relentlessly intrusive, and quieting such thinking only makes it worse, similar to that of anxiety, depression and chronic stress.
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Stepping into Chantal Sutherland’s home in Huntington Beach, California, the first thing to catch the eye are two Pomeranians disco-dancing on the other side of wide glass doors. They’re waiting impatiently to be allowed in.
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Here’s Sundar Pichai chilling with the creator of Flappy Bird | The Verge
In an unorthodox meeting of the minds, Google CEO Sundar Pichai and Flappy Bird creator Dong Nguyen met today in Hanoi, Vietnam. Pichai, who assumed the role of chief executive in October following the company’s restructuring as Alphabet Inc.
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Bowe Bergdahl to be arraigned in military court on desertion charges | US news | The Guardian
US army sergeant Bowe Bergdahl was scheduled to appear in a military court on Tuesday on charges of desertion and misbehavior before the enemy, as he gets ready to face a court-martial for walking off his post in eastern Afghanistan in 2009.
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Why do smart people live longer? / Boing Boing
Numerous research studies have correlated higher IQs with longer lifespans. Why? One reason could be that smarter people apparently don’t do as many dumb things that could kill them early. In Scientific American, Michigan State University psychologi…
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Half of voters would be ’embarrassed’ if Trump became president, poll finds | US news | The Guardian
Half of US voters said they would be “embarrassed” if Republican frontrunner Donald Trump was elected president while just under a quarter said they would be “proud” to have the billionaire real-estate mogul as their commander-in-chief, according to…
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Kuwait politician Nabil al-Fadhl dies in parliament – BBC News
The 65-year-old collapsed suddenly while at his seat. Other MPs gathered round and the health minister attempted to resuscitate him. Mr Fadhl was also a journalist, using his newspaper column to criticise Islamists as well as other politicians.
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SpaceX Successfully Lands Rocket and Sets a Course for Mars – Scientific American
Elon Musk’s Mars dream is looking more and more achievable. Musk’s company, SpaceX, successfully landed the first stage of its Falcon 9 rocket at Florida’s Cape Canaveral Air Force Station during an orbital launch Monday night (Dec. 21).
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Beyond ‘Serial’: The 50 Best Podcast Episodes of 2015 – The Atlantic
More than 300,000 podcasts exist in the world as of the close of 2015. They range from products made by someone pressing record in their closet to million-dollar outfits with sterling sound engineering. Objectives span from shining a light on underh…
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The Atlantic’s January/February Double Issue: “Election 2016” – The Atlantic
Washington, D.C. (December 22, 2015)—American politics are at a precipice as 2016 shapes up to be a pivotal year.
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2015: The Year A $15 Minimum Wage Swept The Nation | ThinkProgress
If 2014 was the year where the majority of states got on board with a higher minimum wage than the federal level of $7.25 an hour, 2015 was the year the rallying cry for a $15 minimum wage gained serious legislative traction.
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Bowe Bergdahl Arraigned on Desertion Charges | Al Jazeera America
U.S. Army Sergeant Bowe Bergdahl, who spent five years as a Taliban prisoner after leaving his combat outpost in Afghanistan in 2009, was arraigned Tuesday on charges related to his disappearance.
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Book vending machine takes unwanted Christmas gifts instead of money / Boing Boing
In a clever marketing stunt, German book publisher Bastei Lübbe and bookshop Hugendubel built a vending machine that accepts unwanted Christmas presents as payment for new books. According to TheBookseller.com, the machine will be tour shopping cent…
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China to open its first naval base in Africa – Al Jazeera English
China recently announced a landmark agreement with Djibouti to establish Beijing’s first overseas naval base in its modern history.
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A Vigorous Foreign-Policy Debate Between Clinton and Sanders | The Nation
Saturday’s Democratic debate in New Hampshire provided stark contrast to the Republican “fear and loathing in Las Vegas” imbroglio last Tuesday.
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The BBB’s Scam Tracker Tool Warns You About Fraud in Your Area
Scammers are smart (well, some of them). By the time their tactics are uncovered, they’ve already stolen from a handful of people. To make sure you’re not one of those people, the Better Business Bureau has developed a new Scam Tracker Tool. Availab…
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NASA Astronaut Tim Kopra on Dec. 21 Spacewalk | NASA
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My cat does this when he wants a belly rub : aww
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Three People Locked Themselves to a Canadian Pipeline and Shut It Down | VICE News
Three people are facing charges after they locked themselves to a Canadian pipeline that’s at the center of a court battle.
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How Did We Get Into This Mess?: Don’t touch disabled people without their consent.
Back in June, Morgan Wheeler saw a wheelchair user and asked if she could help. He said no. She started pushing him anyway. He asked her to stop. She kept pushing him. He asked her to stop again. She kept pushing him around. 1. This is likely illega…
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Elon Musk Rockets Back into First in Silicon Valley Space Race | Vanity Fair
In Silicon Valley’s race to space, Elon Musk is back on top. On Monday night, the billionaire’s private aerospace company, Space X, fired a rocket into space and then successfully landed it again, a historic step toward cheaper commercial spacefligh…
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Manny Pacquiao: Miss Universe Win Avenges Mayweather Defeat | Rolling Stone
Manny Pacquiao: Philippines’ Miss Universe Win Avenges Mayweather Defeat Pac-Man says Miss Philippines’ triumph more than makes up for his loss to Mayweather – even if Steve Harvey screwed it up
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Muslims Shield Christians In Bus Attack – The Daily Beast
Muslim passengers on a bus attacked by Islamist terrorists in Kenya refused to separate into groups that would single out Christians, according to press reports.
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Watch Sharon Jones Turn Office Into Festive, Soulful Holiday Concert | Rolling Stone
Watch Sharon Jones Turn Office Into Festive, Soulful Holiday Concert Band transforms NPR’s Tiny Desk into Christmas party
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Simon Cowell Slams Zayn Malik’s ‘Rude’ One Direction Comments | Rolling Stone
Simon Cowell rebutted Zayn Malik’s “rude” comments about One Direction’s music, suggesting the budding solo singer would reconsider his assessment with time, the Daily Mirror reports.
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The tragic success of Republican recruitment – Vox
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One trend that’s been pretty hard to miss in the past few presidential cycles is the increased number of Republicans running for the job. This year has seen a very crowded field, while the Democratic contest has been relatively small and not very co… -
Puppy surprise for 90yr old grandma – YouTube
Too cute when grandma gets her own puppy
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Cards Against Humanity asks Hannukah backers whether to destroy a Picasso / Boing Boing
The Cards Against Humanity 8 Sensible Gifts for Hannukah collected $15 from 150,000 people and converted the dough to a series of gifts, including customer CAH cards, socks, a day off for a factory’s worth of workers in China’s Pearl River Delta, an…
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How 19 Big-Name Corporations Plan to Make Money Off the Climate Crisis – Think weapons, air conditioners, & ice cream, for starters. (motherjones.com) Nothing is wrong with that either, so long as they don’t actively try to cause global warming or c…
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Half of U.S. voters would be ‘embarrassed’ to have Donald Trump as president: poll (washingtontimes.com) The real problem is that half of us wouldnt.
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Peace Love Beauty Wisdom Balance Imagination Truth Consciousness, The 10 Photos of 2015 via /r/pics…
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How Bad of a Greenhouse Gas Is Methane? – Scientific American
SAN FRANCISCO—Environmental advocates are trying to change how policymakers consider the climate impacts of methane, a potent greenhouse gas. The change, if implemented, could make natural gas a less attractive option for generating electricity in p…
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Odell Beckham is today’s villain. But in the NFL, outrage doesn’t last long | Sport | The Guardian
The villainization of Odell Beckham is under way.
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Neil deGrasse Tyson Has Deep Thoughts About ‘Star Wars: The Force Awakens’
Famed astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson has searched his feelings about “Star Wars: The Force Awakens,” and the Force is strong in his opinions.
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Cammed copies of Star Wars: The Force Awakens circulate on torrent sites / Boing Boing
Despite unprecedented copyright enforcement measures from Disney, at least one cammed version of the new Star Wars movie has circulated online, less than a week after the film’s release.
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The Two Massive Failures That Probably Killed Sandra Bland | ThinkProgress
A Texas grand jury announced Monday it would not bring any indictments related to the death of Sandra Bland, an African-American woman who was discovered hanged in her Waller County jail cell — although the special prosecutor in this case did indica…
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Cecil the lion: ‘He died for a cause’ | Environment | The Guardian
‘Cecil didn’t die for a reason. He died for a cause,” says Johnny Rodrigues, chair of the Zimbabwe Conservation Task Force. Five months after Zimbabwe’s most famous lion was found skinned and headless on the edge of Hwange National Park, the killers…
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We Talked About Refrigerators with Vint Cerf, Father of the Internet | Motherboard
The internet was once described by International Telecommunications Union secretary general Dr. Pekka Tarjanne as “a haven for pornographers, terrorists and hackers.” That was in 1995. Some things, it seems, never change.
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How House Targaryen Conquered Westeros, Hundreds of Years Before Game of Thrones
Many fans see George R. R. Martin’s A Song of Ice and Fire as a saga about Daenerys Targaryen’s return to her homeland (assuming she actually gets there). Long before Daenerys, the Targaryens ruled for centuries.
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GM might be planning to add electricity to the Corvette’s screaming V8 | Ars Technica
Since the 1960s, whether or not General Motors would finally put a mid-engine Corvette into production has been a perennial question for ‘Vette-watchers. Now they’ve got a new puzzle: is a hybrid Corvette on the way? The answer may be yes, based on …
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El Gordo: Lottery ticket-holders in one town win €640m – BBC News
Ticket-holders in the coastal town of Roquetas de Mar are celebrating after they won first prize – and a share of €640m (£470m) – in Spain’s traditional “El Gordo” (The Fat One) lottery. The winning number – 79140 – appeared on 1,600 tickets in the …
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Rdio is gone, and with it a bunch of A.V. Club music content · Newswire · The A.V. Club
For the past few years, you may have noticed that whenever The A.V. Club posts a song or a set list, 99 percent of the time we’ve done so using the streaming service Rdio.
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DC cuts short an incredibly promising Justice League United run · Comics Panel · The A.V. Club
The first round of cancellations following the start of the DC You publishing initiative began last month with the end of Green Lantern: Lost Army and the presciently titled Doomed, but the most disappointing cancellation hit last week with the conc…
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Like You, Rashida Jones Is Powerless Against Law & Order Reruns | Vanity Fair
Rashida Jones, the daughter of self-made music magnate Quincy Jones and model turned The Mod Squad star Peggy Lipton, has said of her illustrious parents that she is “the genetic expression of all their secret academic dreams.
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The Science Books We Loved Most in 2015
Looking for a good holiday read? There was no shortage of excellent popular science books this year, from memoir, alternate science histories, and the poisons of Agatha Christie, to deep dives into string theory, quantum biology, and the mystery of …
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Sunday’s landslide is not the first man-made disaster to affect China this year. In August, a large warehouse storing toxic chemicals exploded in the northern port city of Tianjin, killing more than 100 people and injuring hundreds more.
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Canada’s Defense Minister Is Looking at ‘Wider’ Islamic State Threats | VICE News
Canada’s defense minister says Libya and Sinai Peninsula may be the next battlegrounds against the Islamic State, and the world needs to get ready. Harjit Singh Sajjan, the minister of national defense, highlighted the two regions while on a trip to…
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Is Senator Marco Rubio running for president? Is that a stupid question? After all, there he was on stage last week in Las Vegas, speaking more than any candidate besides Cruz (he beat Trump!).
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Animation vs. Minecraft on Vimeo
Stick figures on a computer find a Minecraft cube.
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Coffee is Killing Your Productivity | Observer
Face to face meetings can be valuable. There’s an energy that you don’t get any other way. But the cost is very high, and it’s extremely rare to gain that energy with a stranger.
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London bus stops embrace e-paper – BBC News
Transport for London is trialling e-paper bus stops that can display real-time travel information. Fitted with solar-powered panels, they show how long passengers have to wait for the next buses, as well as route maps and timetables.
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My cat Melissa. The real miss Universe! : cats
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Poll: Donald Trump trails Hillary Clinton, Bernie Sanders in matchup – CBS News
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Oculus shipping final Rift hardware to developers starting this week | Ars Technica
In a press release last night, Facebook-owned Oculus announced that it will begin shipping final, complete versions of its Oculus Rift VR headset to developers starting this week.
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German politician guilty over Auschwitz tattoo – BBC News
A German politician has been found guilty of incitement to hatred after he was pictured with a tattoo of the Nazi death camp at Auschwitz.A photo of Marcel Zech’s tattoo was taken at a swimming pool in Oranienburg, near Berlin, last month.
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The Snapchat Story of iLoveMakonnen – The New Yorker
In late April of this year, Makonnen Sheran, the hip-hop artist known as iLoveMakonnen, was lying on his back after a pre-show sound check at Bowery Ballroom. He spoke with me while he looked at Snapchat on his phone, which he held above his head wi…
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Lisa McInerney: ‘Short fiction leaves its author nowhere to hide’ | Books | The Guardian
Before The Glorious Heresies, it seemed to me that – for all but the most exceptional talents – making a career in writing involved achieving a sequence of objectives.
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Grand Jury Declines to Indict Anyone in Death of Sandra Bland – The Atlantic
A grand jury on Monday decided not to indict anyone in connection with the death of a Chicago woman who was found dead in an apparent suicide in her jail cell three days after she was arrested during a routine traffic stop this summer in Texas.
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Afghanistan highlights a history of chaotic western intervention | World news | The Guardian
With Britain and its allies increasingly engaged militarily in Syria, Iraq and, prospectively, in Libya too, the latest reverses in Afghanistan have harshly illuminated the stark dangers and unforeseen consequences of precipitate western interventio…
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Carry On by Rainbow Rowell – review | Children’s books | The Guardian
This book is amazing and thrilling and adorable. Everyone should read it. Carry On is the story of Simon Snow, ‘The Chosen One’, and his nemesis/roommate Baz. It takes place during their final year at Watford School of Magicks and is a fantasy/conte…
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A 13-year-old boy faces a juvenile detention hearing in the US after crashing the car with his eight-year-old sister in the passenger seat. The incident in Detroit, Michigan, was recorded on a police officer’s dash cam.
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SAFE Donates Old Toys to Kids in Need
When your kids get new toys, donating some of their old ones can help children in need, and keep your own household clutter down. Stuffed Animals for Emergencies (SAFE) accepts gently used toys (not just new ones) and sends them directly to kids who…
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Homeland reclaims its cynicism and has its best season since its first – Vox
Homeland is one of TV’s most viciously cynical shows. Everybody has a price. Nobody has integrity. The real story is being crafted behind the scenes, by world-weary spies and operatives who on some level want to keep people safe but who also want to…
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Nigeria raises borrowing in budget as oil prices fall – BBC News
In his first budget since his election victory in March, Muhammadu Buhari said he would spend $31bn (£20.8bn) in 2016 on infrastructure and the economy. However, Nigeria has been hard hit by the falling price of oil.
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Is Modi’s India flirting with fascism? – Al Jazeera English
We explore the hip side of Congo-Brazzaville with a style icon, a rap artist, a wrestler, and a radio talk show host. Why have we waited so long to acknowledge the real threat of global warming?
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Donald Trump Hates Journalists but Says He Won’t Kill Them | Vanity Fair
In what appears to be a reluctant capitulation towards human decency, Donald Trump said on Monday that while he admires Vladimir Putin, he certainly would never kill journalists, as the Russian president allegedly does.
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The Women Fighting Boko Haram – The New Yorker
Fatima Muhammed had taken a quick break from the canteen she runs in Maiduguri, a rambling city in northeastern Nigeria, but she was still fielding calls from demanding customers. Dressed in a maroon hijab, she would put her phone down, only to have…
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What flight attendants really think about when they first greet you – Quartz
This question originally appeared on Quora: What are flight attendants really thinking when they are forced to greet and thank passengers at the door? Answer by Gaea Peregrinor, flight attendant. I’ve been a flight attendant for 25 years.
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Moto 360 Sport review | The Verge
When Motorola announced that it would be making a new sport watch, it was not unreasonable to think that it might be an improved version of something like the MotoActv, a 2011 release that won over a small but rabid fan base of workout enthusiasts.
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Bless up: How DJ Khaled became the year’s most positive meme | The Verge
Miami producer DJ Khaled turned 40 this year. To coincide with this milestone, he also became a symbol of the American Dream, a self-appointed motivational speaker, and a public spectacle. He went from outsized hip-hop personality to a meme in human…
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Bank of America uses copyright to censor business reporter’s tweets / Boing Boing
Business Insider’s Jim Edwards got a letter from Bank of America/Merrill Lynch informing him that they’d instructed Twitter to remove two of his tweets on the grounds that they violated B of A’s copyright.
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Polish journalist’s cat in Russian diplomatic spat – BBC News
Russia is expelling a veteran Polish correspondent – and has joked that it will look after his cat for him. The Russian foreign ministry acted against Waclaw Radziwinowicz because Poland expelled a Russian journalist.
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See the Touching Photo Prince Harry Picked for His 2015 Christmas Card | Vanity Fair
Before we get to the actual unveiling of Prince Harry’s 2015 Christmas card, we know you have just one question when it comes to the Cinnamon Prince’s choice: IS THE BEARD VISIBLE OR NOT? The answer, thankfully, is yes, the glorious beard Harry grew…
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Cartoon flashback: More things for Islamophobes to worry about
Here’s a comic from 2010 that seems extra-appropriate for current times. If only the me of the past knew how bad things would get in 2015.
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Today’s Best Deals: Pajamas, Gadgets, and More Last Minute Gifts
Cheap pajamas, space-saving appliances, and a great universal remote highlight today’s best last minute gifts deals. Bookmark Kinja Deals and follow us on Twitter to never miss a deal.
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Poll: Donald Trump trails Hillary Clinton, Bernie Sanders in matchup : politics
Wait for it… Someone’s gonna get schlonged.
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Boom’s New Comic Book Power Rangers Look Unsurprisingly Like Power Rangers
Next month the teenagers with attitude that we all know and love, the original Mighty Morphin’ Power Rangers, will begin a new series of comic book adventures. We’ve already seen how absurdly stylish they are underneath their Ranger suits, but what …
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Clifford Cain Jr., a retired electrician in Baltimore, was used to living on a tight budget, carefully apportioning his Social Security and pension benefits to cover his rent and medication for multiple sclerosis. So Mr. Cain was puzzled when he sud…
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Loafing after being hyper : Catloaf
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Esoteric Australian political humour: Stoner Sloth vs Tony Abbot / Boing Boing
Here’s the joke: Stoner Sloth is a disastrous, tin-eared anti-marijuana ad campaign from the New South Wales Department of Premier and Cabinet.
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The 82-year-old caller to Brown Deer, Wisconsin police said that she could hear someone in the throes of sexual ecstasy chanting “ISIS is good, ISIS is great” on the 4400 block of Dean Road. The caller was asked to call back if the chanting resumed.
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Google Brings Its Interactive, 360-Degree “Spotlight Stories” To YouTube | TechCrunch
Google is bringing its Spotlight Stories – immersive, 360-degree animated videos meant to introduce a new form of storytelling – to YouTube, the company announced this morning.
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Cannabis Chemistry AMAScience AMA Series: Known as CANN, we are the new Cannabis Chemistry Subdivision of the American Chemical Society! Comprised of academic professionals, distinguished researchers, and eager volunteers our group aims to improve t…
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Vintage photos of what it was like to spend Christmas in jail|Dangerous Minds
As full of joy and merriment as the holidays can be, unless you are completely out of touch with reality, Christmas isn’t always a happy time of year for a lot of folks. I mean, all you have to do is look around you to figure that one out.
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Why giving people easy access to a supermarket doesn’t improve their health – Vox
In recent years, there’s been a lot of attention paid to food deserts, those culinary wastelands without supermarkets.
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Cards Against Humanity Is Asking People to Vote on Whether It Cuts Up a Picasso | Motherboard
Cards Against Humanity, the party game where players fill in the blanks in sentences with phrases like “my dad’s fucking dumb face” and “a big black dick,” is threatening to destroy an original Picasso print.
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After Hillary Clinton Encouraged a Fact Check of Her Campaign Donations Claim, OpenSecrets Did Just That: ‘Next Time, Just Call Us’ (theblaze.com)submitted 7 hours ago by loading…
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North Korea Blasts Canada for ‘Daring to Pick a Quarrel’ Over Life Sentence of Pastor | VICE News
North Korea has denounced Canada’s reaction to the imprisonment of a Christian pastor as “malicious slander” and blasted the Canadian government for daring “to pick a quarrel with our fair and just judicial decision.
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These Super-Chocolaty Rugelach Are Easy to Make: All You Need Is a Food Processor
Rugelach, those traditional Jewish cookies filled nuts, jam, and other goodies, are delicious no matter what the season, and these super-chocolaty ones are filled with Nutella.
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Oil and gas company Total fined more than £1m over North Sea leak | Business | The Guardian
The French oil and gas multinational Total has been fined more than £1m for safety breaches that led to a major leak at its Elgin platform in the North Sea. Total will pay £1.
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Cheap Trick’s Bun E. Carlos on Possible Rock Hall Reunion | Rolling Stone
The annual Rock and Roll Hall of Fame induction ceremony is pretty much the one place, outside of a courtroom, where feuding members of rock bands are forced to come together.
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The Waco Biker Shootout Investigation Blunders Onward – The Atlantic
The criminal-justice system in Waco, Texas, continues to boggle the mind.
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Inside Chris Stapleton’s ‘Tonight Show’ Triumph: The Ram Report | Rolling Stone
Inside Chris Stapleton’s ‘Tonight Show’ Triumph: The Ram Report A wailing “Sometimes I Cry” elicits raves from host Jimmy Fallon and the Roots
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Watch Sarah Palin Spoof Tina Fey in ’31 Rock’ Sketch | Rolling Stone
Watch Sarah Palin Spoof Tina Fey in ’31 Rock’ Sketch John McCain and Lindsey Graham help former vice presidential candidate exact revenge on ‘SNL’ star
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Sometimes I’m so ashamed of our species, I mean do we even deserve to continue if things like these are to be our legacy? Long after our buildings and monuments have succumbed to the depths of time, devastation like this will be the lasting impact o…
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It will cost $12 trillion for energy infrastructure to pace the next 24 years of population growth (noosfeer.com)submitted 1 hour ago by loading…
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Meet the House science committee chairman who’s trying to put global warming research on ice – Smith has received more than $600,000 from the fossil fuel industry during his career in Congress, campaign finance data show. (washingtonpost.com)
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US third-quarter GDP revised down as economy continues sluggish recovery | Business | The Guardian
The US economy grew at a slightly slower pace than first thought in the third quarter of 2015, continuing a sluggish recovery trend started after the last recession.
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Have a very scary Christmas with Vincent Price|Dangerous Minds
Habits often start through the comfort they give. While the tree may be up, the decorations hung and the lights a-twinkling I never feel truly festive without rereading Charles Dickens’ A Christmas Carol.
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The evolution of anti-evolution bills / Boing Boing
In “>a new paper in Science (paywalled), Nicholas J.
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Punk doggies, punk kitties, and their friends the punk rat and the skinhead cat|Dangerous Minds
We live in an age where the majority of world knowledge is accessible via a few keystrokes. It’s truly an amazing time wherein the Internet grants us nearly limitless access to the full wisdom of recorded human history and thought.
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Desert tower raises Chile’s solar power ambition to new heights | Environment | The Guardian
Rising more than 200 metres above the vast, deserted plains of the Atacama desert, the second tallest building in Chile sits in such a remote location that it looks, from a distance, like the sanctuary of a reclusive prophet, a temple to ancient god…
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Sepp Blatter’s Very Bad Year | New Republic
Has anyone had a worse year than Sepp Blatter? Ever since U.S. prosecutors kicked off a long-overdue investigation into corruption at FIFA in May, the noose has tightened around football’s most powerful man.
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Nature in state of confusion as Europe heat continues – Al Jazeera English
Unusually warm weather continues across much of northern Europe, with some of the highest temperatures being recorded across the northwest. UK forecasters said that no national records have been broken yet, but they have come within half a degree in…
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Civil War Could Be a Major Turning Point For Captain America and Black Widow
Plus, Cap’s relationship with Bucky and Civil War’s desire to make a “modern” Spider-Man. Mitch Pileggi talks returning to The X-Files. Once Upon A Time casts its next big villain. Plus, a new trailer for The Forest, Supergirl life-saving, and more.…
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Attorney General Mark Herring (D) will announce Tuesday that Virginia will close a loophole that had allowed handgun owners to circumvent the state’s requirements for carrying a concealed weapon, the Washington Post reported.
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The Important Education Issue Leaders Are Still Ignoring
One of the more telling combinations of news stories from the past week found education policy insiders in Washington, D.C.
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Russia to start building Iran nuclear reactors – Al Jazeera English
Russia will begin building two nuclear reactors in Iran next week, a top Iranian atomic energy official said Tuesday. The news comes a year after Tehran signed a contract with Moscow to construct a further two reactors at the existing Russian-built …
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Jezebel 2015’s Top Baby Names Less Dumb Than First Reported | Gizmodo The Most Badass Photos from the SpaceX Rocket Landing | Gawker SeaWorld Orcas Get Day Off After One Dies of Bladder Infection | Jalopnik This Is The Least Important Star Wars: The…
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Jezebel 2015’s Top Baby Names Less Dumb Than First Reported | Gizmodo The Most Badass Photos from the SpaceX Rocket Landing | Gawker SeaWorld Orcas Get Day Off After One Dies of Bladder Infection | Jalopnik This Is The Least Important Star Wars: The…
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The Case for Buying Something You Love, Even If It’s Expensive
Most people assume personal finance is all about restricting yourself and never giving into the temptation to spend. There’s a place for that, sure, but there’s also a case to be made for buying things you love. Financial expert Carl Richards makes …
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Havana: Cuba’s Food Revolution – Al Jazeera English
After more than five decades of enmity and trade embargo, the United States restored diplomatic relations with the neighbouring island nation of Cuba in July 2015.
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The Twelve Apostles, Victoria, Australia [1920×1920] Photographed by Cuba Gallery (farm6.staticflickr.com)submitted 31 minutes ago by loading…
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AP Investigation: US power grid vulnerable to foreign hacks
SAN JOSE, Calif. (AP) — Security researcher Brian Wallace was on the trail of hackers who had snatched a California university’s housing files when he stumbled into a larger nightmare: Cyberattackers had opened a pathway into the networks running th…
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How One Psychologist Convinced Children to Spurn Sugar
Can you train a kid to hate sugar? Karl Duncker was a psychologist prowling around Britain in the 1930s. He was a master researcher on peer pressure who offered London children fictional “hemlock” to see if he could sway them to avoid sugar.
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Why It’s So Hard to Put a Price on the World’s Biggest Diamonds – Bloomberg Business
When miners unearth the world’s biggest and rarest of diamonds — like the golf-ball-sized, 357-carat rock found this year in the southern African kingdom of Lesotho — figuring out what they are worth can prove almost as difficult. Gem Diamonds Ltd.
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Meet the House science committee chairman who’s trying to put global warming research on ice – Smith has received more than $600,000 from the fossil fuel industry during his career in Congress, campaign finance data show. (washingtonpost.com)
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Is It “Reed” Receipts or “Red” Receipts? We Finally Settled the Infamous Debate – Mic
If you text on an iPhone, you have the option to let your friends know when you’ve received their messages — a simple notification that says “read.” It’s called a “read receipt,” and until this week, the only debate about them was whether to turn th…
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People living along the central Atlantic coast of Florida have for decades enjoyed the spectacle of rockets headed for space. On Monday night, they were treated to a new sight that may become common: a rocket coming back down to a gentle landing. Wi…
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The Gift by Lewis Hyde – the book that keeps on giving | Books | The Guardian
I’ve often thought of books as a gift and the act of reading as opening that gift: the sense of the unexpected, the feeling of having been enriched by something priceless.
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Judge, siding with Google, refuses to shut down Waze in wake of alleged theft | Ars Technica
Google, the owner of the traffic app Waze, has managed to beat back a copyright lawsuit filed by lesser-known rival PhantomAlert. Back in September 2015 PhantomAlert sued Google over allegations of copyright infringement. Google purchased Waze in Ju…
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Star Wars: The Force Awakens is a movie we can’t evaluate until we see Episode VIII – Vox
Star Wars Episode VII: The Force Awakens is an indisputably fun, indisputably well-crafted and well-paced film.
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Britain Needs to Move Its Antarctic Base Because the Ice Shelf Is Cracking | Motherboard
As winter sets in for the Northern Hemisphere, it’s summertime on Earth’s southernmost continent. For Antarctic researchers, that means another window of opportunity for fieldwork.
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Research Confirms a Link between Intelligence and Life Expectancy – Scientific American
People are living longer than ever. According to a 2015 World Health Organization report, Japanese live the longest, with an average life expectancy of 84, while Americans can expect to live to 77. At the same time, it is an obvious fact that some p…
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Crystal Meth and Cartels in the Philippines: The Shabu Trap | VICE News
At the start of 2015, Mexican national Horacio Hernandez Herrera, allegedly third in command of the infamous Sinaloa Cartel, was arrested in the Philippines’ capital, Manila, at the center of a 12 million peso ($255,000) drug bust.
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Morning Digest: Republican retirement creates competitive House race in upstate New York
Brandman dropped out of the race on the poll’s final night in the field, but FM3 says the news didn’t break until after calls were concluded; in any event, he was a non-factor. Correa’s definitely in an enviable position, and he sports a strong 47-1…
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Meet the New “Ninja Lanternshark” | Hakai Magazine
Scientists have discovered a new species of shark, one with jet-black skin, bulbous eyes, and special cells that allow it to glow in the dark. They call it the Ninja Lanternshark.
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VideoBlocks Adds Discovery Channel Clips To Its Stock Video Marketplace | TechCrunch
Stock video service VideoBlocks today announced that it will soon start selling clips from the Discovery Channel’s Discovery Access library in its recently launched Marketplace.
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Bloomberg: Finland Should Never Have Joined Euro, Foreign Minister Says. Until recently, Spain was the quintessential euro crisis country — a nation that basically did nothing wrong on policy, but was whipsawed by huge capital inflows that then came…
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US economic growth revised down from 2.1% to 2.0% – BBC News
The US economy grew at an annual pace of 2.0% in the third quarter, according to official figures, slightly slower than the previous estimate of 2.1%. The revision still indicates that the world’s biggest economy is growing healthily.
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The Oddball, Nostalgia-Inducing Christmas Tech Art Of The 1980s And 1990s
It’s blocky at best. Sometimes it’s monochromatic. But whatever its technical limitations, it still brims over with holiday cheer and charm. Starting in the early 1980s, personal computers began to impact everything about how large numbers of people…
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The Science Behind Why Holiday Jingles Get Stuck In Our Heads | Atlas Obscura
Trombone and carolers. (Photo: Chris Darling/flickr) When a song gets stuck in our head, the trigger could be anything. The scent of freshly baked holiday cookies. The sight of a Christmas tree glowing with lights.
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Text Reminders Cut Binge Drinking in At-Risk Recipients – Scientific American
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Who hid a backdoor in a popular corporate VPN program? | The Verge
For years, attackers may have unmasked and read sensitive digital communications between users and corporate entities around the world.
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Our economist dad thinks Christmas presents are a waste of money. We give them anyway. – Vox
Joel Waldfogel, an economist at the University of Minnesota, talks to his daughters about what makes a good present — and when to give cash or gift cards. Joel Waldfogel: The ideal gift is something that you wouldn’t have bought for yourself, maybe …
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El Gordo: Prize ticket numbers sung by school children – BBC News
El Gordo, Spain’s annual big lottery draw has taken place in Madrid. School children present each winning ball to a panel of judges while singing out the numbers.
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How to draw… a Christmas Eve tree – in pictures | Children’s books | The Guardian
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India passes tough new law for serious juvenile crimes – BBC News
The Indian parliament has passed a bill which allows juveniles between 16 and 18 years of age to be tried as adults for serious crimes like rape or murder. At present, those under 18 can be sentenced to a maximum of three years in a reform facility.
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Daily Kos Radio is LIVE at 9 AM ET!
Seriously, I really want to get to this ISIS story! No, not that ISIS story! Well, OK, probably that ISIS story, too. But also another one. One where we may end up coming to the conclusion that ISIS is Galt’s Gulch.
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SpaceX’s rocket landing triumph could make spaceflight cheaper – Vox
Elon Musk’s private spaceflight company SpaceX made history last night, successfully launching its Falcon 9 rocket into space and then landing the booster rocket that powered the flight so that it can be reused. Falcon 9 was carrying 11 satellites i…
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Why The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt is my game of the year | The Verge
I dove back into the world of The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt a few nights ago, my first time spent with the game since plowing through its first expansion pack in October.
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A Christmas Fit for Gentiles – The New Yorker
When I think of my maternal grandparents, I think of Christmas. Since they both lived into the nineteen-eighties, I can think of many other things, too. But Christmas at St. Mary Woodlands House, the large vicarage in Berkshire where they lived next…
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Armed Police Raid Offices of Mikhail Khodorkovsky | Al Jazeera America
Armed Russian police on Tuesday raided the offices of a pro-democracy movement founded by outspoken Kremlin critic Mikhail Khodorkovsky, less than two weeks after investigators accused him of organizing a contract killing.
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Sanders urges Clinton to push for DNC investigation | Washington Examiner
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First reviews of Mariah Carey | Fusion
At this point, Mariah Carey’s 1994 album Merry Christmas is a classic. She has a five-octave range that’s so powerful it’s absurd, and during Christmastime, it’s almost impossible to flip channels or make a last minute Target run for wrapping paper …
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How Obama Let Big Oil Drill in the Pristine Alaska Wilderness – POLITICO Magazine
From his seat in the small plane flying over the largest remaining swath of American wilderness, Bruce Babbitt thought he could envision the legacy of one of his proudest achievements as Interior secretary in the Clinton administration.
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Sandra Bland: What we know about her mysterious death in a jail cell – Vox
Why would a woman with a promising new job kill herself after she was arrested over an argument for a minor traffic violation? That’s the question on friends and family members’ minds after police said Sandra Bland, a 28-year-old black woman, killed…
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Give The Gift of Extra Counter Space For $58 or Less, Today Only
If you know anyone struggling with a cramped kitchen, there’s still time to give the gift of space-saving kitchen gear, on sale today only.
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FRIANT, Calif. — Californians suffering through the fourth year of a punishing drought have a new worry. With fierce storms predicted for the winter, they are bracing for floods by stockpiling sandbags and rushing to buy insurance.
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Sanders urges Clinton to push for DNC investigation : politics
This is something I hope both parties agree on. There’s no reason to not want to ensure the integrity of all the data from the beginning of the campaign, especially when we know the failure of the NGP-VAN firewall has happened before. If you’re inno…
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Introducing Boogie Down Productions / Boing Boing
KRS-ONE, DJ Scott La Rock, and several emcees from the homeless shelter combine to create a legendary collective in this week’s Hip Hop Family Tree strip. Read the rest of the Hip Hop Family Tree comics!
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Apple Opposes UK Surveillance Bill Over Encryption Concerns | TechCrunch
Apple has submitted a formal statement to the bill committee working on a new complex and controversial surveillance law in the U.K., The Guardian reports.
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How the Brain Finds Its Way [Video] – Scientific American
Gary Stix, a senior editor, commissions, writes, and edits features, news articles and Web blogs for SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN. His area of coverage is neuroscience. He also has frequently been the issue or section editor for special issues or reports on …
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The Most Significant World Events of 2015 – The Atlantic
Saudi Arabia launched air strikes in late March against its neighbor Yemen with the help of nine other, mainly Arab, countries. The move came after Houthi rebels captured Yemen’s capital Sanaa and drove Yemeni President Abdu Rabbu Mansour Hadi into …
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This year, nearly 30 writers shared their favorite passages from literature for “By Heart,” The Atlantic’s series about books, literary influence, and the creative process.
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How Modern Global Time Was Invented – The Atlantic
In January 1906, several thousand cotton-mill workers rioted on the outskirts of Bombay. Refusing to work at their looms, they pelted factories with rocks, their revolt soon spreading to the heart of the city, where more than 15,000 citizens signed …
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China lawyer given suspended sentence for online comments – BBC News
Pu Zhiqiang has been found guilty of “inciting ethnic hatred” and “picking quarrels” on his social media posts. Stephen Evans reports from Beijing.
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In Photos: The Year in Hollywood Racial Diversity – The Atlantic
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I immigrated to the United States 20 years ago. I still miss the Soviet holidays. – Vox
I want to buy all the ornaments in the store. A whole wall of Maisons du Monde, a home decor shop on the outskirts of Madrid, is stocked with elaborate snowflakes, balls that say “Merry Christmas,” and statuettes of animals that range from reindeer …
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The Year in Hollywood Racial Diversity – The Atlantic
Performers like Nicki Minaj, Wyatt Cenac, and Aziz Ansari challenged the entertainment industry’s bias, highlighting their personal experiences with racism.
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Drunk people account for 70% of weekend emergency room visits in UK city | Ars Technica
A study conducted in the city of Newcastle, UK, has revealed what you always suspected. Over two-thirds of emergency room visits on weekends, especially in the wee hours of the morning, are directly related to alcohol consumption.
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BBC Sport – Michel Platini: Fifa committee was ‘asleep for four years’
Banned Uefa president Michel Platini has accused world football’s ethics committee of “sleeping” for four years before barring him from football. Platini and Fifa president Sepp Blatter were ruled to have abused their positions over a £1.3m ($2m) “d…
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BBC – Earth – Which animal is the deadliest hunter on the planet?
For cat owners, it’s not hard to imagine that the deadliest hunter on Earth has four paws and whiskers. Especially if your moggy likes to bring you ‘gifts’.
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BBC – Future – The lethal effects of London fog
Imagine smog so thick that you can’t see your feet as you walk through it; so impenetrable that it blots out the sun; so toxic that it stings your eyes and leaves you gasping for breath.
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Winter solstice: the importance of daylight | Dean Burnett | Science | The Guardian
It’s the winter solstice. The shortest day of the year. Except it isn’t. Today will last 24 hours, like every other day (give or take).
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Chromer Makes Browsing From Third-Party Apps More Like Browsing In Chrome
Android: When you click on a link in some apps, you might find you open a small, stripped-down web browser without leaving the app. While this is nice, it lacks a lot of useful features of Chrome. Chromer fixes this.
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Donald Trump mocks ‘disgusting’ Clinton toilet break – BBC News
Republican frontrunner Donald Trump has mocked Hillary Clinton for apparently taking a toilet break during a televised Democratic debate. “I know where she went. It’s disgusting,” he said to supporters at a rally in Michigan.
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How Long Will Your Smartphone Distract You From Family Dinner? | FiveThirtyEight
Welcome to The Riddler. Every week, I offer up a problem related to the things we hold dear around here — math, logic and probability. These problems, puzzles and riddles come from lots of top-notch puzzle folks around the world, including you, the …
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How the internet freed America from ridiculous anti-drug propaganda – Vox
One of the most startling developments in recent US politics is how quickly support for marijuana legalization grew in just a few years. Ten years ago, 36 percent of Americans supported legalizing pot. Today that number is at 58 percent, according t…
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Climate Change Could Cost Montana Billions, Study Says | ThinkProgress
Global warming could severely hamper the outdoor economy of the nature rich state of Montana, a new study by the state’s oldest conservation organization found. Thousands of jobs and about a billion dollars in earnings may be at jeopardy in the comi…
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What We’re Following This Morning, December 22 – The Atlantic
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In pictures: Brazil dam burst aftermath – BBC News
On 5 November, the people of Bento Rodrigues in the south-eastern Brazilian state of Minas Gerais heard a deafening noise when the nearby Fundao dam holding waste water from iron ore mining collapsed.
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Sangin: Kabul and Nato’s failures laid bare – BBC News
The grim strategic geography of Afghanistan, the province of Helmand and towns like Sangin and Lashkar Gah, is back in the headlines.
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Sandra Bland jail death: Jury rules against indictments – BBC News
The jury ruled that neither sheriff’s officials nor jailers committed a crime in their treatment of Bland. It has not yet been determined whether the police officer who arrested her should face charges, a prosecutor said.
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Spot a Bad Boss During the Interview By Asking the Right Questions
Interviews are a two-way street. While you might be trying to get a job, you also want to know if you’re getting a bad boss in the process. You can’t just ask “Do you suck at being a boss?” but you might be able to get an idea with subtler questions.
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Sex, lies and arsenic: how the ‘king of poisons’ lost its crown | Science | The Guardian
Poison is a deliciously evil word. Say it now – purse your lips and savour the shape, if not the taste, of those sleek, fat vowels filling your mouth. Quite thrilling, isn’t it? The Victorians couldn’t get enough of it, metaphorically speaking.
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Hilary Clinton supported/supports the Iraq War, Bank Bailouts, Patriot Act, TPP and the Death Penalty while Bernie Sanders is opposed to all of them. (politifact.com) She has my vote!
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In a time when people offer up every gesture as fodder for their adoring social media public, it’s a little difficult to imagine living a life as private as Jane Austen (1775-1817) did. And yet, the impression we have of her as shy and retiring is m…
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Stratos Sells To Ciright One To Avoid Collapse | TechCrunch
Stratos isn’t dead yet. The Michigan-based startup just signed an agreement with Ciright One LLC to take over the fledging company.
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Abbreviated pundit roundup: The mother of all straw men
Trump and his fellow Republican presidential candidates have connected political correctness to virtually every issue: Vladimir Putin. Immigration. The San Bernardino shooting. Planned Parenthood. David Cameron. The Islamic State. Gun ownership. Soc…
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Significant Digits for Tuesday, Dec. 22, 2015 | FiveThirtyEight
You’re reading Significant Digits, a daily digest of the telling numbers tucked inside the news. And there was much rejoicing: FIFA president Sepp Blatter, who has been accused of corruption, was just slapped with an eight-year ban from the sport of…
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Jennifer Lawrence Says That, Yes, She Has Made Out with Liam Hemsworth Off-Screen | Vanity Fair
If you ever felt a little dubious about being on Team Peeta, now is the time to switch sides. Meanwhile, every member of Team Gale? Now is the time to rejoice.
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Sex tape row: German court orders man to destroy naked images – BBC News
Germany’s highest court has ordered a man to destroy intimate photos of videos of his ex-partner because they violate her rights to privacy. The Federal Court said the man, a photographer, should no longer possess naked photos and sex tapes, even if…
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12 Days of Christmas Songs: ‘Once in Royal David’s City’ Is a Staid Victorian Sermon – 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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The Benefits and Limitations of Single-Sex Education – The Atlantic
Defenders of same-sex schools hold fast to the belief that girls and boys benefit from separate academic instruction.
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Cyber security: Attack of the health hackers – FT.com
Last January an administrator at health insurer Anthem noticed an unusually complex query running on the computer network. It looked like a colleague was responsible, but a quick check revealed that it was coming from somewhere else. Minutes later, …
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On Christmas Day, Stephen Baker will, all being well, enjoy a family Christmas lunch at his home just outside Ipswich. But there will be one intrusive presence at the meal: Baker’s Blackberry will be on the table.
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NASA Europa Mission May Land on Potentially Life-Hosting Jupiter Moon
SAN FRANCISCO — There’s a good chance that NASA’s highly anticipated Europa mission will do much more than just fly by the ocean-harboring Jupiter moon.
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Twitter’s terrible, except when it’s a memorial to your dead father | The Verge
When my father died two-and-a-half years ago he was the first person close to me to bequeath a digital legacy. Sunday was his birthday. I know this because I still get reminders on my desktop, and email, and Facebook, and tablet, and phone.
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The scandal over Brooklyn’s small-batch artisanal chocolate factory, explained – Vox
The hand-built three-masted sailboat sailed into Brooklyn on wind power, loaded with 20 tons of cocoa beans.
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Where will the climate refugees go? – Al Jazeera English
New York, US – No one can be sure just how many people will be displaced by climate change by the middle of this century. In fact, the estimates vary widely, with some putting the number at 25 million and others suggesting it could hit the one billi…
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SpaceX Rocket Landing Is a Giant Leap Toward a City on Mars, Elon Musk Says
Elon Musk’s Mars dream is looking more and more achievable. Musk’s company, SpaceX, successfully landed the first stage of its Falcon 9 rocket at Florida’s Cape Canaveral Air Force Station during an orbital launch Monday night (Dec. 21).
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Galley cat: moggy loose on a mid-flight plane – video | World news | The Guardian
Mobile phone footage captures a cat loose in the galley of a mid-flight Delta Air Lines aeroplane on Saturday. The flight attendant demands passengers wake the cat-owner and retrieve the pet.
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Gender Equality in Science Will Require a Culture Shift – Scientific American
Last October news broke of allegations that University of California, Berkeley, astronomer Geoff Marcy had for years harassed female students. (Marcy, who denied some of the allegations, resigned.) The news reminded me of an experience I had in scho…
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Staff at Texas Jail Where Sandra Bland Died Will Not Be Indicted | VICE News
A Texas grand jury decided on Monday that no indictments would be issued relating to the death of Sandra Bland, an African-American woman who died by hanging in an apparent suicide three days after being jailed following a traffic stop this summer.
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Residents stranded as battle for Helmand intensifies – Al Jazeera English
Residents of Afghanistan’s Sangin have told Al Jazeera they are stranded with no food and water supplies as fierce fighting continues between government forces and the Taliban for control of Helmand province.
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The Falcon Has Landed! Epic Views of SpaceX’s Amazing Rocket Landing
SpaceX, your Falcon 9 rocket has landed, and oh, what a sight it was. In a history-making launch late Monday (Dec.
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Nine girls killed in Syria elementary school shelling – Al Jazeera English
At least nine students have been killed by a mortar shell that hit a girls’ school in the Syrian northeastern city of Deir Ezzor, according to state media and a monitoring group.
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The Best Video Editor for iPhone
The iPhone doesn’t have a shortage of video editing apps. In fact, there’re so many it’s almost impossible to choose among them. But when it comes to the right combination of features and usability on the arguably too-tiny-for-video-editing iPhone s…
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Do children have a right to be loved? — Aeon Opinions
Surely every child on Earth should be loved. That seems obvious. But is that a human right? Many international declarations adopt this view.
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For six years, Mahabir Pun hiked two days each month…
In the remote and imposing Annapurna region of Nepal, internet access has historically either been sparse or non-existent.
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The real story behind the killing of Samir Kantar – Al Jazeera English
Beirut, Lebanon – Amid an array of Lebanese, Palestinian and Hezbollah flags, thousands gathered in Beirut’s southern suburbs on Monday to attend the funeral of Samir Kantar, 54, a high-profile member of the Lebanese movement Hezbollah, who was kill…
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12 Days of Christmas Songs: Mariah Carey’s ‘All I Want for Christmas Is You’ Is a Philosophy of Desire – 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,…
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