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Saudi Arabia ‘intercepts’ scud missile fired from Yemen – Al Jazeera English
Saudi Arabia has intercepted a missile fired from Yemeni capital Sanaa towards the kingdom’s southern city of Najran, in the latest cross-border attack on the kingdom, the Saudi-led coalition battling rebels in Yemen has said in a statement.
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The Great Biscuit Rebellion of 1852 – The Atlantic
The 1853 commencement at the University of South Carolina was extraordinary for conferring diplomas on just 11 graduates, less than a fifth of that year’s original class. The missing students were campus activists of that era. And their complaint wa…
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Thailand beach murders: Myanmar plea over convictions – BBC News
Myanmar’s army chief has called on Thai officials to review the conviction of two of its nationals for the murder of two UK backpackers in Thailand in 2014. It follows protests in Myanmar (also known as Burma) against the death sentences for Zaw Lin…
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North Dakota’s oil-heavy economy is hanging on, but for how long? | Business | The Guardian
Oil prices may be reaching the bottom of the barrel – but for the state that was at the epicenter of the shale-oil boom in the past few years, North Dakota has ridden out this year’s bust. So far.
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Colbert King on the thwarted terrorist attack in Kenya. On Monday, the al-Shabab terrorist group attacked and forced a bus to stop in Mandera, Kenya. The terrorists boarded the bus and ordered the Muslim and Christian passengers to separate. Their i…
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One Minute to Ten review – a guessing game | Books | The Guardian
Political commentator Dan Hodges’s first book is a perplexing one.
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Dara is a 12-year-old, Cambodian girl with a big dream: she wants to become an actress. When her school announces auditions for The Sound of Music, she is over the moon and believes that she should get the lead role of “Maria”.
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First-class refugees: Malaysia’s two-tier system – Al Jazeera English
Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia – Just the previous week, Mohamed Ibrahim’s family had been in Syria, struggling to survive amid the devastation of war, living every day in fear of bombs. Now, the only loud noises they hear are the thunderclaps from Malaysia…
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The world’s wild week of weather – Al Jazeera English
This year’s Christmas period has been marked by a series of unusual and, at times, devastating weather systems, right across the world. In the US, at least eight people died on Saturday night after multiple tornadoes hit northern Texas.
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What Meteorites Mean for Science, Culture, and Kitsch
Without meteorites, you probably wouldn’t be reading this.
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Iraqi forces ‘enter IS Ramadi bastion’ – BBC News
This breaking news story is being updated and more details will be published shortly. Please refresh the page for the fullest version.
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Mobile footage shows moment family drive through California wildfire – BBC News
The terrifying moment a Dutch family drove through a California wildfire has been captured on mobile phone. Maaike Maks was visiting California from the Netherlands when she and her family were caught driving through the middle of the raging fire in…
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Drone footage of flooding in Hebden Bridge and Mytholmroyd – video | Environment | The Guardian
Aerial views taken by a Halo Vue drone on Boxing Day show the devastation caused by heavy rain and flooding in Hebden Bridge and Mytholmroyd. The army has been called in to deal with the impact of the flood in York, Leeds and elsewhere as the Enviro…
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My Hour by Bradley Wiggins review – inside story of a superhuman ride | Books | The Guardian
When, in June, Bradley Wiggins attempted to break the record for the furthest distance cycled in one hour at the Olympic velodrome in London, the atmosphere was more akin to a boxing match – he came out to the Supremes’ Stoned Love, had crew cut his…
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American football legend Peyton Manning has denied a claim he was treated with human growth hormone during his recovery from neck surgery in 2011. The allegation is made in an Al Jazeera investigation into doping in sport, which is due to be broadca…
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Is the PLO facing a legitimacy crisis? – Al Jazeera English
Ramallah, occupied West Bank – The demonstration against the Israeli occupation had been going on for hours, and these teenage boys wanted a break. On a recent afternoon, they passed around soft drinks outside a convenience shop near Ramallah, huddl…
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December 27, 1932: Radio City Music Hall Opens | The Nation
The Nation’s longtime architecture critic Douglas Haskell commented on the multiplicity of influences evident in its design. The hall has a mighty, swift sweep. Hesitation there is none. It is as if, when you pushed aside the curtain, there had been…
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Wherefore Art Thou, Mohammad? | Mother Jones
Before the New York Times stationed him in Afghanistan, Rod Nordland spent years reporting on the Soviet occupation and its aftermath for Newsweek. But he couldn’t have anticipated the dilemma he would face covering America’s longest war.
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The Joy of Six: obscure North American sports channels | Sport | The Guardian
Format: Formerly Maverick Television, the “MAV” stands for “Movies, Action and Variety.” Although it’s really a motorsports channel and a landing spot for some of the shows orphaned when Fox Sports axed the Speed Channel domestically in the summer o…
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The Girl in the Red Coat by Kate Hamer review – a study in loss and love | Books | The Guardian
How does a person cope with the pain of losing those they most love? This is a fate befalling characters in Kate Hamer’s gripping debut novel which explores lives turned into “a terrible broken puzzle”.
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IN the twenty-five years since the fall of the Berlin Wall, the architecture of liberal modernity has looked relatively stable. Not flawless or wonderful or ideal, to be sure; not free of discontents and decadence.
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Emo Kylo Ren: Star Wars: The Force Awakens’ Polarizing Villain – The Daily Beast
Star Wars: The Force Awakens’ Kylo Ren is the perfect villainous heir to Anakin Skywalker: He is as emotionally volatile and unpredictable in his struggle between the Dark Side and the Light, and as compelling as Anakin should have been in the prequ…
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Aerial views of El Niño flooding in Argentina – video | Environment | The Guardian
Footage shows Goya city flooded by the overflow of the Paraná river in Argentina on Saturday.
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This will be my final update for a while. Things have deteriorated here to a degree that I didn’t foresee. I didn’t know how much writing about the things that are happening out here would affect every single part of my life, and maybe that was stup…
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Logan’s Run author George Clayton Johnson dies at 86 – BBC News
Science-fiction writer George Clayton Johnson, who co-wrote the 1967 dystopian novel Logan’s Run, has died aged 86. The writer, who had cancer, died in Los Angeles on Christmas Day his son, Paul Johnson, said.
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Pakistan leg-spinner Yasir Shah has been provisionally suspended after failing a drugs test. The 29-year-old tested positive for the banned substance chlortalidone after an in-competition test in November.
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The term “shooting from the hip” could have been invented to describe Mark Cohen’s style of street photography. Like many of the 1960s pioneers, Cohen likes to surprise his subjects, capturing them as they pass by and often without them even being a…
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Victoria police constable Mel Varker helps a koala distressed during the Wye River bushfires on Sunday.
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Robert Spitzer, influential US psychiatrist, dies aged 83 – BBC News
Robert Spitzer, the influential American psychiatrist credited with establishing a modern classification of mental disorders, has died at the age of 83. Dr Spitzer played a leading role in the development of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of …
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Deadly tornadoes sweep through US state of Texas – Al Jazeera English
Tornadoes have swept through parts of northern Texas in the United States, killing at least eight people and leaving some 50,000 people in the dark, according to local officials.
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Peace process in Syria: Talk, talk, kill, kill – Al Jazeera English
The death of Zahran Alloush on December 25 is a reminder that the Syrian regime is willing to risk the Vienna process in order to further its own more direct interests.
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Chicago police ‘accidentally kill’ mother of five – BBC News
A Chicago police officer “accidentally struck and tragically killed” a mother of five after responding to a domestic disturbance, department officials say.
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Istanbul: Turkish Cuisine at a Crossroads – Al Jazeera English
Istanbul sits at the point of intersection between Europe and Asia and its food has been heavily influenced by its rich history and traditions: the palace food from the Ottoman times, the Armenian and Greek influences and that from Anatolia.
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Benner House – Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Benner House is located on Mill Street in the village of Rhinebeck, New York, United States, just off US 9. It was built by a German immigrant, Johannes Benner, in the 1730s. It is the oldest house in the Village of Rhinebeck.
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Charlotte, a French cafe and bakery that opened in 2011 on rounded Savior Square (called “hipster square” in the local press), quickly became the go-to brunch spot for Warsaw’s style-conscious upper crust.
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Ruth Rendell remembered by Valerie Amos | Books | The Guardian
Ruth is best known for her writing, but for over 17 years she was a valued and committed member of the House of Lords.
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Oliver Sacks remembered by his nephew, Jonathan Sacks | Books | The Guardian
In my youth in London, Oliver, Uncle Ollie, was a towering figure, with a massive build, a 60-inch chest, 22-inch neck and an insatiable appetite.
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Gulf States: A burning priority for ISIL? – Al Jazeera English
While recent spectacular terror attacks either directed or inspired by the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) have mostly taken place against the West and Russia, a new priority for ISIL could be the Gulf.
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World’s rarest magpie comes to UK zoo – BBC News
Conservationists at Chester Zoo have started the first conservation breeding programme in Europe for one of the world’s most endangered birds. The Javan green magpie has been poached almost to extinction from its native Indonesian forests.
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Jackie Collins remembered by her sister, Joan | Books | The Guardian
She was more than a sister to me. I considered her a true and wonderful friend (whose advice I didn’t always listen to, unfortunately, and to my disadvantage).
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Analysis: The Taliban’s resurgence in Afghanistan – Al Jazeera English
The Taliban in Afghanistan have expanded their presence and acquired more reach in the country than at any point since the toppling of their regime as a result of the United States-led intervention in 2001.
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Four Australia players made first-innings centuries as the home side took firm control of the second Test match against West Indies in Melbourne.
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How to Watch a Movie review – expert advice, and a touch of condescension | Books | The Guardian
It’s a question every film critic gets asked: does watching films for a living take the fun out of it? Is the spell broken when you consider the mechanics behind the magic? Can you ever “switch off” in the cinema?
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Your book, Citizen: An American Lyric, has won the National Book Critics’ Circle poetry award in the US, the Forward in the UK and is shortlisted for the TS Eliot prize. It exposes racism in the US at its most violent and at its most nuanced.
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What We Left Behind by Robin Talley – review | Children’s books | The Guardian
Toni and Gretchen are the “it” couple of their all-female prep school. They know that they are perfect for each other and everyone else agrees.
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Hundreds more people are being evacuated this morning as flooding continues to cause misery in towns and cities across the north of England.
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How to draw… a whopper | Children’s books | The Guardian
Did you know that little lies can turn into big WHOPPERS? Here’s Rebecca Ashdown, author of The Whopper, to show you how to draw your own whopper – just be careful it doesn’t gobble you up!
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Entertainment quiz of 2015: Music – BBC News
Do you think you know what happened this year in the world of music? Have a go at the first of our 2015 quizzes and see how much you remember about the past 12 months.
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A stray dog walked into our photo this morning in Monument Valley, AZ [OC] [4989 x 3326] : EarthPorn
Seems like a harsh environment for a dog. Did anyone help him out? I’m surprised that there isn’t a casino.
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Love Everyone Often Peace Beauty Balance Life Light Magic: Southern Craters and Galaxies
Southern Craters and Galaxies https://t.co/jfLghZwTDt https://t.co/GGZc426890
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That is pure glee right there. “Did you see that stick?” I love how the first reaction to that sort of excitement is to stand straight up. It bridges all cultures.
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Working towards complex surgeries on unborn babies – Al Jazeera English
London – The lab at University College London is abuzz with activity. One team is working on a prototype of an extremely high-resolution ultrasound for an unborn baby – the veins a bright pink, the placenta a swirling grey.
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2015: The year that was on Al Jazeera – Al Jazeera English
As another year draws to a close, there is no denying that violence, bloodshed and disasters dominated Al Jazeera’s news headlines once again.
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No need for a review, folks: it was Warren Beatty. The first giddy avalanche of press about Carly Simon’s memoir wasn’t about her, but about him, the sole subject, according to the papers, of her biggest hit, You’re So Vain.
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This guy has some serious disabilities but that hasn’t stopped him from uploading some great gaming videos. Most have less than 100 views and rarely have any comments at all. I’m sure some activity on his channel would mean the world. (youtube.com)
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Restored photo of a boxing match from 1913. : pics
Restored photo of a boxing match from 1913. via /r/pics https://t.co/sIMlmF1BQd https://t.co/mEUfdbVcyy https://t.co/WmG67aEQYs
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Restored photo of a boxing match from 1913. via /r/pics https://t.co/sIMlmF1BQd https://t.co/mEUfdbVcyy https://t.co/WmG67aEQYs
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Fished out in Senegal: a day aboard the Mansor Sakho – Al Jazeera English
Like most fishing pirogues in Senegal, the Mansor Sakho has a young crew. Everyone but the captain and his first mate are in their teens and early 20s. One deckhand is 13. Like most children everywhere in the world, they are voracious.
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Roomba path time lapse via /r/pics https://t.co/WniezABWfp https://t.co/chMGg1VhiR https://t.co/hGxt4UNskn
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Roomba path time lapse via /r/pics https://t.co/WniezABWfp https://t.co/chMGg1VhiR https://t.co/hGxt4UNskn
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Henning Mankell remembered by Kenneth Branagh | Books | The Guardian
The last time I met Henning Mankell was in Copenhagen, on a cold December’s evening in the winter of 2014. We met in the restaurant of a hotel on the harbour. In the seven years that we had known each other, we made 12 television films from his Wall…
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Chinese mine owner kills himself as 17 miners remain trapped – BBC News
The owner of a gypsum mine in China’s eastern Shandong province has killed himself, as rescuers try to reach 17 miners who have been trapped for two days, state media report. One person died and four miners escaped when the mine collapsed on Friday.
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Sir Terry Pratchett remembered by his daughter, Rhianna Pratchett | Books | The Guardian
My father talked about death a lot. He believed that we should be more like our Victorian forebears who, although rather bashful when it came to talking about sex, regarded death as a much more comfortable topic of conversation. It’s the great unifi…
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My sister got me a mask of my face for Christmas : creepy
It’s like the worst agent IMF has ever had. The International Monetary Fund?
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Evacuation from Syria’s Yarmouk camp paused – Al Jazeera English
A plan to evacuate armed groups and families from the Damascus-area Yarmouk refugee camp and nearby areas has been put in limbo following the assassination of a Syrian rebel leader, according to reports.
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India’s slum kid reporters tell stories of street life – Al Jazeera English
At the age of 17, Vikas Kumar has been through more than other teenagers could imagine. When he was nine, he ran away from his abusive parents and worked as a rag picker for a couple of years at a local train station, battled drugs addiction and cam…
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Pope Francis: atheists who follow their consciences will be welcome in Heaven : UpliftingNews
Can we all get together for a moment, not be snarky assholes about it and be happy that progress in acceptance is made? There is literally nothing bad about this.
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I sat there, staring, wonderding why my religious Mother in Law had a severed Toe Christmas tree orament. Upon closer inspection… (i.imgur.com) I’m finishing my coffee.
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If gym equipment was invisible, gyms would look like silent raves. : Showerthoughts
If gym equipment was invisible, gyms would look like silent raves. (self.Showerthoughts) You’re right.. I deserved that laugh
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In with the New – The New Yorker
One of the things that make a New Yorker’s holiday heart clench just a little is the speed with which today’s beacon of light becomes tomorrow’s burnout case, kicked to the curb.
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The eco guide to green jeans | Lucy Siegle | Environment | The Guardian
Globally, denim production adds up to 4bn metres per year, 60% of it made in Asia (mostly in China). Jeans are usually made from non-organic, non-sustainable cotton, which means pesticides, a gargantuan amount of water, trade injustice and exploitat…
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Tell us about your pop-culture weekend: December 25 – December 27 · AVQ&A · The A.V. Club
We’ve expanded the definition of AVQ&A—our weekly thought-starter—by asking you (and us) a simple question each week: What pop culture did you consume this weekend, and what did you think of it? If you have suggestions for AVQ&A questions, big or sm…
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US storms: Tornado leaves trail of destruction in Texas – BBC News
A number of people have died in a traffic accident in Garland, Texas, after a tornado lifted the cars off the road, police say. Melinda Urbina from the Dallas County Sheriff’s office described what happened.
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Here’s what’s up in the world of TV for Sunday, December 27. All times are Eastern. Flesh And Bone (Starz, 8 p.m.): In 1961, FCC chairman Newton N.
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Kids asked for “Hello Kitty” and “Dragon” computers for Christmas. I made some wall mounts out of plywood. Here’s a little worklog. (imgur.com) Holy shit.
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UK floods: Homes evacuated as flooding persists – BBC News
Emergency teams have worked overnight to evacuate people from homes in York, as flooding continues to hit many parts of northern England. Some 2,200 homes in York were targeted for evacuation, with more than 3,500 properties thought to be at risk.
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Kylo Wren – charcoal and graphite : Art
ArtworkKylo Wren – charcoal and graphite (imgur.com)submitted 10 minutes ago by loading…
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Southern Craters and Galaxies via NASA https://t.co/tE1Zv7SWdi https://t.co/FJMAEVFYcZ https://t.co/BzHLQK5tsX
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Dallas tornadoes ‘kill eight’ – BBC News
Heavy rain leads to more flooding in northern England, with homes evacuated in Lancashire and Yorkshire, and rivers overflowing in Manchester and Leeds.
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APOD: 2015 December 26 – Southern Craters and Galaxies
Explanation: The Henbury craters in the Northern Territory, Australia, planet Earth, are the scars of an impact over 4,000 years old.
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Italy to fine smokers €300 for tossing cigarettes : worldnews
Isn’t littering already against the law? I know it isn’t enforced well, but I think that’s an offense anywhere I have lived. I wish they would enforce litter laws regarding cig butts here. Where I live it’s very litter free except cigarette butts. I…
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GREENVILLE, S.C. — A sign in a classroom here at Berea High School, northwest of downtown in the largest urban district in the state, sends this powerful message: “Failure Is Not an Option. You Will Pass. You Will Learn. You Will Succeed.”
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My Rey costume for my families annual Boxing Day costume Party. : pics
My Rey costume for my families annual Boxing Day costume Party. (imgur.com) You… you….YOU KILLED BB-8!!! And turned him into a drink dispenser!!
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Frog on Leaf Image, India – National Geographic Photo of the Day
This spot should be left empty to be filled in by the Photo of the Day logic.
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Sunday Talk: The schlong and winding road
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert will be airing reruns this week. The Daily Show with Trevor Noah will be pre-empted this week.
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My lotion came out like a mini cat : mildlyinteresting
Congratulations! That’s really gross! That was really strange imagining the artist pulling this off.
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How I Created A $350 Million Software Company Knowing Nothing About Software | TechCrunch
I’ve always wanted to make a lot of money, have people pay a lot of attention to me and do a lot of exciting things. I just never knew how.
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Flooding ‘worst in 50 years’, as 150,000 flee in Paraguay, Argentina, Brazil and Uruguay – BBC News
Vast areas in Paraguay, Argentina, Uruguay and Brazil are being hit by the worst flooding in 50 years, forcing the evacuation of more than 150,000 people.
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Open thread: Homeless for the holidays, the Paris deal and the devil
Does Paris deal fall short? Yes. But no difference between the parties on climate change? Come on, by Ian Reifowitz
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TIL Daniel Balsam is a US man who got so infuriated with constant email spam that he quit his job, got a law degree and has so far earned over 1 million USD in court judgements against the spammers. (en.wikipedia.org) Court judgements.
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Hashtag backlash: marketing campaigns that turned into social media disasters | Media | The Guardian
Dr Brent Coker, an internet marketing expert from the University of Melbourne, says that is the fundamental rule any marketing or advertising agency should stick to when promoting a brand. This year is certainly no exception.
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Is there a better bathroom at an international sporting venue? : sports
Is there a better bathroom at an international sporting venue? (pbs.twimg.com) No, at my team’s park, we all have to use one big trough, its pretty traumatizing for the youngsters who haven’t seen all the gross old man dicks before.
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‘Ash vs. Evil Dead’ Recap: The Dismemberment Plan | Rolling Stone
When you talk about what makes a TV series succeed or fail, you typically want to avoid repeating the same points over and over.
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Unconscious koala saved by crew fighting Great Ocean Road bushfire | Australia news | The Guardian
When Country Fire Authority members fighting to put out the fire near Lorne found the koala lying unconscious by the side of the road, they brought the animal back to their station. Victoria police then took over the koala’s wellbeing and hand-fed h…
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The Best Memoirs & Autobiographies of 2015 – The Daily Beast
In her photographs, and now in her memoir, Sally Mann has tackled subjects whose names are always capitalized: Home, Family, Death, Time. But with few exceptions, she has found ways, in prints and print, to illuminate those subjects without falling …
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20 Amazing Under-the-Radar Albums of 2015 – The Daily Beast
I listened to more than a thousand new albums in 2015. Family and friends tell me I need to get a life—but fortunately I can block out their advice so long as I keep my headphones on. I listened to pretty much everything, from Adele to the Zombies.
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The US Senate: The World’s Whitest Deliberative Body – The Daily Beast
In the last couple of years racial politics have dominated our political discourse.
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Farewell Sway: Another New York Nightlife Classic Dies – The Daily Beast
Although—or because—it is one of the youngest of the world’s great cities, New York has a way of generating neighborhoods as if on fast-forward, developing their own histories at full steam yet being obliterated even more quickly.
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UK year in pictures: 2015 – BBC News
We’ve picked out a selection of our favourite pictures taken during the past year around the United Kingdom. Some are dramatic moments, others have a touch of humour, but all sum up the past 12 months.
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With 31 games remaining in the season, there are two billion ways the season could end. Which of those outcomes are best for your team? It’s questions like these that led us to build our N.F.L. simulator, to let you explore which games matter the mo…
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U.S. Healthcare Is Failing My Patients – The Daily Beast
When I was called to the Emergency Room to admit a patient from a nursing home, I was surprised to learn that the patient was only in her 30s. Reading a bit more about her, I learned that she had paraplegia, and her care needs had extended beyond wh…
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Here’s What the World Will Look Like After Mass Incarceration – The Daily Beast
Bernie Sanders has been vocal in denouncing the private prison industry— but Hillary Clinton went a step further and agreed to stop taking campaign contributions from the corporations that run them.
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The Earthquake That Brought an Empire to Its Knees – The Daily Beast
It was a calamity of Biblical proportions, akin to Sodom and Gomorrah or Egypt in Exodus. In 1755, Lisbon, the capital of the extensive Portuguese empire and the third busiest port in the world, was in the midst of its second golden age.
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Will America’s 100 Year-Old Female Spy Finally Be Recognized for The Hero She Is? – The Daily Beast
Cpt. Stephanie Czech arrived at the U.S. embassy in Berlin wearing civilian clothes, as always, and delivered the report she’d been carrying to the intelligence section. The war may have ended, but Czech was still working, undercover. Berlin was not…
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Jarryd Hayne fans might call his return to the San Francisco 49ers’ 53-man squad a Christmas miracle. Others upset at the injury-ravaged team’s treatment of the former NRL star the past two months probably would call it karma.
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Male Circumcision: What Would Jesus Do – The Daily Beast
When we think of the birth of Jesus, we think of the traditional images of Christmas: the shepherds, the angels, the farm animals jostling to see the Christ child, the swift removal of his foreskin a week later. No? Scratch that last part?
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This Creepy Face Perfectly Explains the Uncanny Valley – The Daily Beast
Something weird happens if you put “average” faces together—they get more attractive.
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Why We Need Saul Bellow Now – The Daily Beast
Surely one of the healthier ironies of the United States is that its finest postwar novelist was an illegal immigrant from Canada.
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Victims and Microaggressions: Why 2015 Was The Year Students Lost Their Minds – The Daily Beast
Before 2015, playing beer pong and pulling all-nighters were the activities most associated with the college experience. That all changed this year.
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A Drone Ride Through Venice Beach Is The Best Way To Wake Up – Digg
10 diggs Vimeo Aviation Using a trusty GoPro and a drone, Robert McIntosh created this incredibly beautiful and soothing footage of Venice Beach.
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As Run-D.M.C. once warned us, “Something strange goin’ on/ Something is wrong.” Nine episodes later, this series isn’t so much Ash Vs. Evil Dead anymore as it’s Ash Vs. Ruby Vs. Evil Dead.
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WTF? Taekwondo governing body set for rebrand over use of acronym : nottheonion
The WTF is 42 years old but when I first heard saw “WTF forms” at my dojang I was a bit confused. I don’t think the rebranding is necessary but it would be less confusing to people who don’t practice Taekwondo or other martial arts.
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SFU research suggests plus-size models may lead to obesity : science
Anorexic models lead to eating disorders, obese models lead to obesity–how long does it take to figure out we should just be using normal healthy sized models?
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TIL that during the Fukushima nuclear disaster, more than 200 retirees volunteered to replace younger workers at the facility. The volunteer group figures they have less than 20 years to live and will be dead before any radiation induced cancer deve…
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Wonder how many times he dropped those on his head during his career. Never! #1 box stacker!
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More than 100,000 people evacuated their homes in the bordering areas of Paraguay, Uruguay, Brazil and Argentina due to severe flooding in the wake of heavy summer rains brought on by El Niño, authorities said.
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Science: Best long reads of 2015 (part two) – BBC News
Part two of our festive collection of Science and Environment reads. You can read part one here. Enceladus: A second genesis of life? By Jonathan Amos.
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Gonorrhoea ‘could become untreatable’ – BBC News
Gonorrhoea could become an untreatable disease, England’s chief medical officer has warned. Dame Sally Davies has written to all GPs and pharmacies to ensure they are prescribing the correct drugs after the rise of “super-gonorrhoea” in Leeds.
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Find The Panda, Black Metal Style. : funny
Find The Panda, Black Metal Style. (imgur.com) My dumb ass was like ” Bruh there is no panda stop playin”. I was sure of myself.
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Environmental Peace Ecology is out! https://t.co/lLkvsG8R4V
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Fall in love with Los Angeles in this amazing time-lapse video
The City of Angels is the metropolis Americans often love to hate, but there is a romance and history to Los Angeles that manages to cast a compelling spell despite the notorious sprawl.
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US storms: Death toll climbs to 18 as ‘historic’ blizzard is due – BBC News
At least 18 people are now known to have died after nearly a week of tornadoes, heavy rains and flooding in several US south-central states. The bodies of a man and a woman – who were missing since a tornado in Benton County, Mississippi – were foun…
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Argentina activist reunited with ‘wrong granddaughter’ – BBC News
A 92-year-old Argentine activist who spent nearly half of her life looking for her missing granddaughter will need to resume her search after a case of mistaken identity.Maria Isabel Mariani, known as Chicha, announced on Thursday that she had final…
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My grandma knows i like games, so she got me this GAMER keychain as a stocking stuffer. Fml : gaming
My grandma knows i like games, so she got me this GAMER keychain as a stocking stuffer. Fml (i.imgur.com) My grandma got me a dildo with “go fuck yourself” written on it in permanent marker.
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Samsung And Oculus Team Up With LeBron James For Virtual Reality Journey | TechCrunch
On Christmas day, the world was given a gift by Oculus, Samsung, UNINTERRUPTED, and LeBron James during the Warriors and Cavaliers game.
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Here Come The Brides: Same-Sex Couples Try Out New Wedding Songs : NPR
Chances are, if you’ve ever been to a wedding, you heard the classic bridal march commonly known as “Here Comes the Bride.” The song has been a staple of weddings in the Western world for more than 150 years, since Richard Wagner composed it as part…
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Theranos Wellness Centers Aren’t Using “Nanotainers” At This Time | TechCrunch
I’m in Arizona visiting family over the holidays and since I’m in the only state currently running tests for Theranos — the blood analysis startup worth just north of $9 billion — I thought I’d take the chance to try its wellness center.
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Tour of the museum that houses Ukraine’s nuclear past – BBC News
It was one of the most feared weapons of the Cold War and was dubbed “Satan” by Nato. The USSR’s SS-18 missiles were over a thousand times more powerful than the bombs that destroyed Hiroshima and Nagasaki with the full arsenal capable of global des…
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The return of the Honky Chateau – BBC News
A once-famous recording studio in a French chateau is being refurbished and will reopen in 2016. Hugh Schofield had an exclusive tour of the Chateau d’Herouville – where the original piano used by Elton John on Goodbye Yellow Brick Road has languish…
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Dying off: Antigua’s struggle to save the coconut palm – BBC News
White sand beaches fringed by lofty palm trees – it is the image of a tropical paradise that has lured holidaymakers to the Caribbean for decades.
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The inmates who chose to remain on ‘prison island’ – BBC News
Buru Island in East Indonesia was once home to 12,000 political prisoners, suspected communist sympathisers sent to toil there during the rule of President Suharto from the late 1960s.
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DJ Rita Ray’s African tracks: Top 10 for 2015 – BBC News
It’s been a year studded with memorable African musical gems from defiant Malian musicians to a Kenyan Afro pop group that took to the dance floor with President Barack Obama. DJ Rita Ray chooses her top 10 releases::
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How the internet lied to you in 2015 – BBC News
It was another busy year for journalists debunking fake or misleading images on social media. In 2015, many pictures and videos went viral, some for all the wrong reasons.
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The man who exposed the lie of the war on drugs – Roberto Saviano already lives under armed guard after writing about the Neapolitan mafia. Now he is determined to uncover capitalism’s complicity with the narco-lords of South America. (theguardian.c…
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This week in the war on workers: Budget cuts force Chicago parents to clean school bathrooms
Volkswagen AG is refusing to bargain with skilled-trades workers at the company’s Tennessee plant who voted for union representation earlier this month, the United Auto Workers said.
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An Impressively NSFW Second Trailer For ‘Deadpool’ – Digg
3 diggs Trailers Entertainment Movies Given the amount of red spandex and blood involved, “Red Band Trailer” is quite appropriate.
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The Force Awakens doubles previous Christmas Day record with $49.3 million box office | The Verge
Who needs Christmas movies when you have Star Wars? Droves turned out to see The Force Awakens during their day off on Friday, as the J.J. Abrams film crushed the Christmas Day box office record with $49.3 million in sales.
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Liu Cixin’s novel, The Three Body Problem earned the Hugo Award for Best Novel earlier this year. It was a triumphant moment for Chinese SF, which has enjoyed its own incredible history over the 20th century.
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Australia residents return after Christmas Day bushfire – BBC News
Residents of areas hit by bushfire in Australia’s Victoria state have begun returning home after the evacuation orders were lifted, officials say. Locals of Wye River and Separation Creek – the worst-affected towns – were bussed in to survey their p…
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A Princess In Patchwork: Sewing For The Miss Florida Seminole Princess Pageant : Code Switch : NPR
The Seams, an occasional NPR series on clothing as culture, has been reporting a series about Florida Seminole Indian patchwork and its heritage and use in tribal life. Read the first installment in this series, “Osceola At The Fifty Yard Line.”
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Beat the Winter Blues With a Norwegian Shift In Mindset
The bitter cold and short days of winter can take a toll on your mood, and even lead to something more serious known as Seasonal Affective Disorder. To beat back the winter blues and keep in high spirits, a simple shift in mindset is all you need. K…
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Probably my favourite scene in Scrubs ever. : television
Probably my favourite scene in Scrubs ever. (youtube.com) Such a great show!
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Letter A: Ship Tracks Above the Pacific Ocean : Image of the Day
Today’s Image of the Day is derived from our newest feature: Reading the ABCs from Space. Aloha, A…what begins with A? There is Antarctica and the Arctic, algal blooms, and the atmosphere. And aerosols altering an astronaut’s view of ancient rocks…
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Spotlight on green news & views: Exxon wasn’t alone; letting VW off the hook for diesel deceptio
Lions listed under Endangered Species Act written by MorrellWI1983: “The Fish and Wildlife Service has listed two subspecies of lion under the Endangered Species Act.
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Augmented Reality Will Make Us Smarter | TechCrunch
Moore’s Law is bound to pop up any time you read an article about the future of technology. Moore’s Law is common knowledge in tech; it deals with the exponential growth of the number of transistors on a circuit and the speed that information is pro…
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Benin PM Lionel Zinsou escapes from helicopter crash – BBC News
Benin’s Prime Minister walked away unscathed after the helicopter in which he was travelling crashed in the country’s northwest, his daughter said. It is unclear why the helicopter carrying Lionel Zinsou crash-landed in a stadium.
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Comcast has just started rolling out its gigabit internet service | The Verge
When you think about gigabit internet connections for consumers, Google is certainly one of the first names that comes to mind. Now, over three years after Google Fiber launched in Kansas City, Comcast is moving forward with its own gigabit service.
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Wish you could paws moments like this forever. They don’t ruff each other up, they hug instead.
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Capitol Hill Political Staffers Find Their Zen : NPR
Behind every lawmaker on Capitol Hill are dozens of young, ambitious staff members. Frequently pale from exhaustion, they work frenetically, touting the demanding work culture like a badge of honor.
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When you get a drone for christmas : pics
Amazon is now delivering Mini Mes by drone! Are they gonna attach fricking laser beams to the drones?
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The gigantic Cronulla sand dunes were a wilderness when the First Fleet arrived in the land that would be Australia. More than 200 years later, they are far smaller.
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Monument Or Eyesore? Weighing The Legacy Of A Pittsburgh Playwright : NPR
A decade after playwright August Wilson’s death, his childhood home in Pittsburgh is in bad shape. As Erika Beras of WESA reports, community members have mixed feelings on what to do with what’s left.
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Barbershop: Political Dust-ups And Advocacy In The NBA : NPR
In the Barbershop, blogger Dru Ealons, Washington Post reporter Wesley Lowery and NPR editor Ammad Omar discuss controversies involving Donald Trump and Ted Cruz, and a new set of ads from the NBA.
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Migrants Find A Warm Welcome At This German School : Parallels : NPR
At Johanna-Eck School in Berlin, the mission to educate and integrate migrants is taken seriously. The student body is a jumble of nationalities and ethnicities highlighting Germany’s evolving identity.
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A Closer Look At Obama Administration’s Controversial Deportation Plans : NPR
The Obama administration is facing criticism for its deportation policy in the new year. Mark Krikorian, director of the Center for Immigration Studies, and Elizabeth Keyes, director of the Immigrant Rights Clinic at the University of Baltimore Scho…
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The gigantic sand dunes in Cronulla, Sydney – close to the so-called birthplace of modern Australia – date back to mesolithic times. But over the past century they have been steadily encroached upon by human activity.
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Prevent iOS from Resizing Background Wallpapers with a Screenshot
When you try to use a small picture for your background on iOS, it automatically zooms in and resizes the image. It’s annoying if you’re trying to use a non-portrait image. OS X Daily has a simple workaround.
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Will Barnes And Noble Save Itself By Selling Alcohol?
Barnes and Noble hasn’t been doing so hot this year. The book retailer has struggled in the face of stiff competition and recently began looking into getting liquor licenses for a location in New York: will this save the chain?
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The Most District: What’s America’s largest congressional district? New Mexico’s sprawling 2nd
The nation’s largest, and least dense, congressional district is New Mexico’s 2nd Congressional District. Covering the southernmost two-thirds of what’s already a very large state, the 2nd sprawls over 71,739 square miles of land; according to the 2…
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The Year the Trudeau Mystique Returned to Canada | VICE News
That was a headline in the Montreal Gazette in January, 1969. Pierre Elliott Trudeau had been prime minister of Canada for roughly six months. And while it may have been the senior Trudeau who first created ‘Trudeaumania,’ it is his son, Canada’s ne…
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Why Engineers Can’t Stop the Enormous Methane Leak Flooding LA | Motherboard
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Fire at Houston Mosque Is Suspicious | Al Jazeera America
A fire at a Houston mosque is suspicious and may have been intentionally set, an official from the U.S. Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives said Saturday.
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Two Killed After Chicago Police Called | Al Jazeera America
In a city already troubled by allegations of police misuse of force, a Chicago police officer shot and killed a male college student and a mother of five, both black, on Saturday morning following a report of a domestic disturbance.
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PsBattle: Vern Troyer holding up the drone plane he got for Christmas : photoshopbattles
Unmodified images of Putin leaked! Obviously fake. He’s not shirtless.
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How to Sell Your Old Phone for the Most Money | WIRED
Just got a shiny new phone? Yay! Time to get rid of your old one. There are a number of services that will pay you cash or store credit for it, even if it’s a smashed mess.
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Go To Mars With These Fantastic Scenes From Kim Stanley Robinson’s Red Mars
Artist Travis Smith is a big fan of Kim Stanley Robinson’s Mars trilogy, and inspired by the recent news that there will be a television show, he went and illustrated several scenes from the first novel, Red Mars.
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Wildfire partially shuts down California’s scenic Highway 101 | US news | The Guardian
California’s famous coastal highway partially closed on Saturday because of a wildfire that began late on Friday night. Fire officials said the 1,200-acre fire was only 10% contained on Saturday afternoon. No injuries have been reported.
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Fatal shooting of Palestinian man caught on video – Al Jazeera English
A video has surfaced of Egyptian border guards shooting dead on Thursday an unarmed 28-year-old Palestinian shortly after he swam in from the Gaza Strip. The video shows Ishaq Khalil Hassan swimming naked in the Mediterranean Sea and then crossing i…
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Latin America Flooding Forces Over 100,000 to Flee | Al Jazeera America
More than 100,000 people have had to evacuate from their homes in the bordering areas of Paraguay, Uruguay, Brazil and Argentina due to severe flooding in the wake of heavy summer rains brought on by El Niño, authorities said Saturday.
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Report: Muslims avoiding UK anti-terror spy programme – Al Jazeera English
Citing figures from the National Police Chiefs Council, the report published by the newspaper on Saturday said less than 10 percent of tip-offs on the Prevent scheme had come from Muslims – that is less than 300 out of the 3,000-plus tip-offs in the…
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Point Break · Film Review The new Point Break is X-tremely dull · Movie Review · The A.V. Club
Boldly reimagining Kathryn Bigelow’s cult favorite as a movie where absolutely nobody seems to be having any fun, the new Point Break drops the original’s Zen-like balance of macho mysticism and camp in favor of dour humorlessness.
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As I’ve said, it’s hard these days for liberals to look at the state of the Republican primary without feeling a lot of Trumpenfreude.
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Star Wars Begins (2011): The most comprehensive Star Wars documentary ever…by far. : Documentaries
Star Wars Begins (2011): The most comprehensive Star Wars documentary ever…by far. (vimeo.com) You seem like the kind of person that would like sand.
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Dream of walking all way round England’s coast comes a step closer | Environment | The Guardian
More than 95 miles of new coastal path will open in a few weeks as the government strives to meet its pledge to complete the England Coast Path on schedule. The new sections will almost double the length of coastal path that has already been created…
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A photo tour of the new Daily Kos offices
From the outside hallway, looking into our front door. That’s the conference room in the back: The other end of the conference room. It’s a HUGE room, so we’ve got some informal soft seating on that side.
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Gingerbread house meets Ritz-Carlton in Christmas treat for Arizona diners | US news | The Guardian
Like something out of Hansel and Gretel, a larger-than-life gingerbread house made with pounds of sugar and spice has been luring in guests at one southern Arizona resort. Much like the fairy tale, they are free to enter and sit down by a roaring fi…
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Save 75% on elite password protection from Sticky Password / Boing Boing
No need to struggle with remembering long and complicated passwords, Sticky Password is your password management and form filler solution, available for Mac, Windows, iOS, and Android.
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When Building Your Professional Network, Don’t Forget to “Network Down”
Building a real professional network is a valuable way to get ahead and you can do it without being sleazy. One key way to do that: don’t just “network up” to people above you.
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Two bodies found as southern storms’ death toll rises to 10 | US news | The Guardian
The bodies of two people missing since Wednesday have been found, said Mississippi emergency management agency spokesman Greg Flynn, bringing the state’s storm death toll to 10. Among the victims was a 7-year-old boy who perished while riding in a c…
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Could Modi’s visit to Pakistan signal a policy shift? – Al Jazeera English
It had been almost twelve years since an Indian Prime Minister last set foot on Pakistani soil. And when it finally happened, we were told the meeting wasn’t meticulously planned: it was an off-the-cuff stopover.
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William Guest, Gladys Knight & The Pips Singer, Dead at 74 | Rolling Stone
William Guest, Gladys Knight & The Pips Singer, Dead at 74 Longtime Pip and Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductee appears on hits “Midnight Train to Georgia” and “Love Overboard”
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Former Cincinnati assistant coach Al Hmiel confesses to being college basketball slimeball
YORK, Pa. – Looking back, Al Hmiel can see that he was a “slimeball.” A liar. A cheat. A University of Cincinnati basketball coach committed to landing recruits and keeping them eligible through any available means. He looks back with loathing.
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You probably know about Godwin’s Law, which states that as an argument escalates, it becomes more and more likely something will be compared to Hitler.
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Southern California Wildfire Shuts off a Section of Highway – The Atlantic
A wildfire in Southern California closed off a section of a major highway early Saturday. Officials say traffic was shut off in both directions on Highway 101 near Ventura, 65 miles northwest of Los Angeles.
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The Six Most Interesting Psychology Papers of 2015 – The New Yorker
Every year, psychologists publish a staggering amount of research—it’s impossible to read it all. Still, I gave it a shot—and here are the six papers I found most fascinating. This paper isn’t really a study; it’s the outcome of an important movemen…
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Two Killed by Chicago Police Following Report of Domestic Dispute | VICE News
Chicago police, responding to a report of a domestic disturbance, shot and killed a young black man and a black woman Saturday. In the very early hours of Saturday morning, a man called the police to say that his son was acting agitated.
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I am Bill Seng. Cancer victim with days left to live. AMA! : IAmA
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Star Wars: The Force Awakens was originally called Shadow of the Empire | The Verge
Thanks to Disney’s marketing machine, we’ll never again hear the phrase “The Force Awakens” without thinking of Star Wars: Episode VII. But the movie could have had a different title.
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Everyone from Miley Cyrus to The Weeknd Surprised Fans With New Music | Vanity Fair
So this is Christmas. And what have you done? This year, if you’re a musical icon of some repute, you’ve gone ahead and surprised your fans with new music that is vaguely dark in nature and, more often than not, makes pointed references to marijuana.
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Check Out The First Creepy Teaser For Orphan Black’s Fourth Season
The next season of Orphan Black drops in April 2016, but BBC America has just released the first, super creepy teaser for it. There’s not much there, but it certainly does set the tone, doesn’t it?
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Anti-Islam Protesters in Corsica Burn Qur’ans And Chant ‘They Must Be Killed’ | VICE News
What started as a show of support for three injured emergency responders in Corsica on Christmas Day escalated into a violent attack on a Muslim prayer room, where angry protesters attempted to burn Qur’ans and prayer books.
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It was the day the floodwaters inexorably advanced across the Pennines, leaving much of the north of England sodden and beleaguered. From Greater Manchester in the north-west to parts of North Yorkshire some 50 miles to the east, Boxing Day 2015 wil…
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The Hornhunter – NOWNESS on Vimeo
Dutch director Noël Loozen’s whimsical short offers up unusual advice for men seeking love. And it involves blowing horns. Read the feature on NOWNESS – http://bit.ly/1Tc4NbK
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Displaced Iraqis seek help to return home – Al Jazeera English
Thousands of Sunni Iraqis displaced by conflict say they need help to get home safely from their temporary home in the northern Kurdish region.
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Rare Footage Shows Giant Squid Cruising Through A Harbor | Motherboard
It’s incredibly rare to see a giant squid alive—and it’s even rarer to see it cruising along next to your boat anchor.
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The Cloud’s Biggest Threat Are Data Sovereignty Laws | TechCrunch
The beauty of the cloud is the promise of simplification and standardization — without regard to physical or geographic boundaries. It’s this “any time, any place, any device” flexibility that is driving rapid adoption.
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(x-post /r/blackpeopletwitter) WhiteFace Santa : creepy
Yup. Possibly time to unsub. Bummer. Damn. Santa is ashy af.
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Economic Policy Institute’s Top Charts for 2015 show incomplete recovery still hurts many Americans
There are two cohorts among non-workers in this age group. The majority say they don’t want a job because they are in school or training, taking care of family, are disabled or too ill to work.
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Could a Big Cosmic Mystery Be Caused by Asteroids Slamming Into Dead Stars? | Motherboard
Since 2010, radio astronomers have been contending with a mystery: a handful of very intense, very short lived signals have been detected, and disappeared just as quickly.
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7 Cups Puts Trained Listeners and Mindfulness Exercises on Your Phone, for Free
Android/iOS: 7 Cups is a great service to talk to someone if you don’t have the money for therapy, and their mobile apps make it even easier to connect to a listener and text or talk about what’s on your mind. It even includes mental exercises to he…
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Butchering London – Roads & Kingdoms
There are four days until Christmas. It has just gone six in the morning, I’m in the heart of the City of London, and I’m wondering: How do you tell a good quality pig’s head from a bad one? There are three left in the display cabinet, their dead ey…
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Molten Copper vs Snow Globe – YouTube
Pouring molten scrap copper on top of a snow globe. At the end the snow globe still plays. Hope you enjoy. Merry Christmas
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Mosque Fire In Houston Under Investigation For Arson | ThinkProgress
Officials are investigating whether a fire at a Houston mosque that began on Christmas Day may have been arson, since the blaze had various points of origin, according to CBS affiliate KHOU. The FBI and Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explo…
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Chicago Police Fatally Shoot Two People After Responding To Call | ThinkProgress
Chicago police shot and killed two people early Saturday morning after responding to what they called a domestic disturbance call. According to NBC 5, police fatally shot Quintonio Legrier, a student at Northern Illinois University, after responding…
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Deputies fatally shoot CNN security guard as he tried to help distressed son : news
I think the scariest statistic is the amount of police shooting that occur from mental illnesses. The United States really doesn’t take mental problems seriously enough IMO.
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Radiohead Recorded The Original Theme Song For The Lateset James Bond Film, Specre
This is … unexpected. Radiohead had been asked to write the theme song for the latest James Bond film, Specre. According to the band, it didn’t work out, but they recorded it anyway, and released it to the web.
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Southern California Wildfire Closes Major Highway | Al Jazeera America
More than 600 firefighters were at the scene or en route to battle the blaze in the Solimar Beach area of Ventura County, and parts of the 101 highway had been closed, county fire department spokeswoman Heather Sumagaysay said.
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36 rare photographs of history : pics
In that first one – I thought there was no way anyone could take a look at The Elephant’s Foot without keeling over and dying in like 15 seconds. What are those two workers doing in the background? Probably keeling over and dying.
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Nissan-BMW rolling out electric car charging network
Tesla has built out a nationwide network of charging stations for owners of its cars, which is awesome, but it does little to build out infrastructure for broader acceptance of electric cars. However, that’s now changing.
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Conversation with Steve Binder, Director of the Star Wars Holiday Special
What does the infamous Star Wars Holiday Special have to do with improving race relations and Elvis getting his groove back? Steve Binder. So this holiday season, I sat down with the legendary director to talk about Wookiees, Hound Dogs and some of …
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Afghan army suffers troop losses in Helmand – Al Jazeera English
Army officials in Afghanistan say 21 soldiers have been killed by the Taliban in Helmand province during the last 48 hours. Fighting between Afghan soldiers and the Taliban has been particularly heavy around the town of Sangin, which is under Taliba…
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How to Return Nearly Anything Without a Receipt
Whether you’ve gotten a gift you really don’t like or you’re just prone to losing receipts, returning items without a receipt can sometimes be a minefield. Here are some tips and techniques to make sure you get your money back. This post was origina…
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Chicago police fatally shot two people early Saturday morning on the city’s west side, after responding to a domestic disturbance call in the building where they live, according to police and family members.
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Privacy advocates and tech companies are speaking out vociferously against the UK’s new surveillance bill, but the country’s Home Secretary, Theresa May, says there’s no reason to worry.
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Christmas Day Heat Records Shattered As Hottest Year On Record Comes To A Close | ThinkProgress
There was no white Christmas for the eastern half of the U.S. this year, far from it in fact.
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Tree Counter Is Astonished By How Many Trees There Are : nottheonion
This title is gold. Anyone more astonished at the fact that a tree counter is astonished?
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Homeless man offered job after being kicked off property : UpliftingNews
GET OFF MY LAND! YOU START ON MONDAY! FUCK YOU! That’s really wonderful to hear…
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Argentina’s Outgoing President Won’t Let Go of Social Media Accounts | Motherboard
For a brief time this month, the internet had two Argentinian presidents. Newly-elected president Mauricio Macri was sworn into office on December 11, but the presidential Twitter account, @CasaRosadaAR, has remained under the control of outgoing pr…
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The truth is rushing out there: why conspiracies spread faster than ever | World news | The Guardian
“I remember reading about Final Fantasy VII, a movie I was really looking forward to. My initial reaction was disappointment that it was two years away – because by then we’d be under military control.” It was 2004, and Matthew Elliott was in deep.
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RIP George Clayton Johnson, The Man Who Started Star Trek On Its Epic Voyage
Yesterday, science fiction author and screenwriter George Clayton Johnson passed away at the age of 86. He’s best known for novels such as Logan’s Run and shows such as The Twilight Zone and Star Trek.
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Hundreds flee their homes as England’s north is submerged | Environment | The Guardian
Hundreds of people had to flee their homes on Saturday after torrential rain triggered flooding in towns across Lancashire and West Yorkshire, and dangerously high waters even reached the cities of Manchester and Leeds.
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Pro bodybuilder vs pro armwrestler : gifs
Not just any pro armwrestler, the guy is one of the best in the business. He took on the Mountain and just held him there while laughing at him. Found something not sure if it’s the same arm wrestler.
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As untold millions of dollars pour into the shadowy campaign troughs of the presidential candidates, voters need to be reminded of the rosy assumptions of the Supreme Court’s Citizens United decision that legitimized the new spending frenzy.
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DJ Fresh x High Contrast ft. Dizzee Rascal – How Love Begins (Official Video) on Vimeo
Directed by Scott Cudmore Produced by Rory Halsall Photography by Christopher Lew Steadicam Operator Alan Kelly Choreography by Addy Chan Production Design by Jessica Jerome Casting by Ashley Hallihan Edited by Scott Cudmore Styling by Muska Zurmati…
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What to Do With All Your Holiday Gift Cards
The gifting season isn’t even over, and you’re probably staring at a small pile of gift cards.
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How to Saber Champagne in Slow Motion – YouTube
Here’s how to saber Champagne with common kitchen utensils. A short video shows how to saber Champagne in slow motion.Learn more about wine: http://winefolly.com
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Janet Jackson Postpones World Tour Due To Surgery | Vanity Fair
Earlier this year, Janet Jackson announced she’d be reentering the spotlight with the Unbreakable World Tour, which would see her traversing the globe for more than 70 concerts.
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Argentina floods: Streets turned to rivers in Concordia – BBC News
More than 150,000 people in Argentina, Paraguay, Uruguay and Brazil have been driven from their homes by some of the worst flooding in years. In the city of Concordia in Argentina, streets and homes were completely submerged.
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Just seven years ago, a black neighborhood in St. Petersburg was home to the most sought-after public school in Pinellas County. Southside Fundamental Middle had students of all races lining up to get in.
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Star Wars And The Critical Benefit Of Low Expecatations – The Atlantic
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Watch Bono, Hozier, Glen Hansard Busk on Dublin Street | Rolling Stone
Watch Bono, Hozier, Glen Hansard Busk on Dublin Street U2 singer performs “Every Breaking Wave,” “When Love Comes to Town” as part of annual charitable event
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The Year in Borowitz – The New Yorker
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New research this year by Harvard astrophysicists shows that if life can travel between the stars (a process called panspermia), it would spread in a characteristic pattern that we could potentially identify.
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‘I’m alone’: migrant children explain why they risked crossing the border | US news | The Guardian
The seven children had just crossed the river, shoes still caked with mud, when US border patrol agents stopped them. The youngest was six, Jon Smith Figueroa Acosta, he said, and he’d made the 2,000-mile journey from Honduras.
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Here are some of our favorite maps from 2015
At Daily Kos Elections, our first passion is, well, elections. But maps are our second great love, and you can’t interpret and understand politics without them. Below we’ve compiled a roundup of several of the best maps that caught our eyes over the…
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Refugees bring new life to Greek businesses – Al Jazeera English
Greek authorities say they could end up spending $500m this year trying to contain the refugee crisis, with further revenue losses from declining tourism.
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Floods Displace 150,000 in South America – The Atlantic
At least five people have been killed and more than 150,000 displaced after some of the worst flooding in years in Paraguay, Argentina, Uruguay, and Brazil that has been caused by a powerful El Niño weather pattern.
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Photos of the Week: 12/19-12/26 – The Atlantic
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Robert Downey Jr. Received A Christmas Eve Pardon | Vanity Fair
Robert Downey Jr. likely had a very merry Christmas this year: The actor received a Christmas Eve pardon from Gov. Jerry Brown for a 1996 drug conviction.
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Cleveland Browns duo arrested as GM admits: ‘It’s extremely disappointing’ | Sport | The Guardian
It’s been a rotten season for the Browns.
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Open Channel: What Cool Stuff Did You Get For The Holidays?
Christmas is now over along with most of the big holidays. So, now that the big day is over, what cool stuff did you get for the holidays? Show off what cool books/movies/geek stuff you found under the tree!
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Weeds was great for a while, then weird. But it always had good moments no matter how stupid the plot got. As soon as she went from housewife pot dealer to cartel mistress, shit jumped the shark.
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Could PM Abe stabilise Japan’s chaotic political world? – Al Jazeera English
Saturday, December 26 marks three years since Shinzo Abe became Japan’s prime minister. His main focus has been to fix the country’s economy with a set of policies, widely known as Abenomics.
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See Florence and the Machine Cover Beatles Classic in Paris | Rolling Stone
See Florence and the Machine Cover Beatles Classic in Paris Band performs “All You Need Is Love,” Eagles of Death Metal’s “I Love You All the Time” at tour finale
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North America’s Biggest Landslide In 30 Years Went Completely Unnoticed | Motherboard
In the middle of the Alaskan wilderness, things can shift on a magnificent, Earth-shattering scale, and none of us are any the wiser.
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After Deadly Airstrike, Syrian Rebel Group Appoints New Leader | VICE News
In an effort to mitigate what many expected to be a huge blow, one of the most powerful rebel groups fighting against Syrian President Bashar Assad — Jaysh al Islam or “Army of Islam” — has moved quickly to appoint a successor to Zahran Alloush, t…
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Meet Wikipedia’s Soccer Scammers
“The door that God opens, nobody closes,” wrote a relieved Murilo de Almeida on Facebook in the final hours of September. The transfer window for the Hong Kong Premier League was sliding shut and, after much anguish, missing paperwork needed to get …
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Proponents of the Precision Tracking Space System were not shy about touting its supposed benefits. The head of the U.S. Missile Defense Agency said PTSS represented an “unprecedented capability” to protect America and its allies against a nuclear a…
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Watch 900-horsepower race trucks do insane things in the snow | The Verge
Considering how many extreme sports Red Bull has its fingers in, it probably comes as no surprise that the company runs an annual event where big trucks slide around on frozen tundra.
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Crystal Patterson didn’t have the cash or assets to post $150,000 bail and get out of jail after her arrest for assault in October.
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Because cybersecurity: the private jet edition / Boing Boing
“Cybersecurity”: it’s the new “terrorism,” a word to conjure with, a source of bottomless no-bid procurements for the military-industrial complex, full employment for snake-oil salesmen. But this full-page ad for Statusjet (whose name really says it…
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Planned Parenthood Shooter Wants To Defend Himself In Court | ThinkProgress
Robert Lewis Dear, the man arrested for killing three people at a Planned Parenthood clinic in Colorado Springs, Colorado last month, has invoked his constitutional right to defend himself in a court of law.
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Deadpool | Red Band Trailer 2 [HD] | 20th Century FOX – YouTube
Based upon Marvel Comics’ most unconventional anti-hero, DEADPOOL tells the origin story of former Special Forces operative turned mercenary Wade Wilson, who after being subjected to a rogue experiment that leaves him with accelerated healing powers…
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KABUL, Afghanistan — Farkhunda had one chance to escape the mob that wanted to kill her. Two Afghan police officers pulled her onto the roof of a low shed, above the angry crowd.
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TIL that teenager invented a push-button socket wrench and offered the patent to Sears. Sears told him the patent was valueless and gave him $10,000, then went on to make $44 million selling the ratchets. (articles.chicagotribune.com)
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UK floods: torrential rain lashes northern Britain – video | Environment | The Guardian
Parts of Britain are under water again as torrential rain from Storm Eva causes mass flooding in the north west of England on Boxing Day. The Met Office has issued severe weather warnings for rain, snow, wind, fog and ice
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The Christmas Light Killer on Vimeo
Every night in December people in a small suburb of Philadelphia flock to a holiday light show. They drive at a snails pace through the 2 mile stretch of beautiful light displays, listening to holiday music, soaking up the Christmas spirt. But at th…
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Serbia corruption probe sees dozens arrested – BBC News
Police in Serbia have arrested about 80 people in what has been described as the country’s biggest anti-corruption investigation in decades. One of those held is a former minister, Slobodan Milosavljevic.
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Dolby Cinema: Twin laser projectors + object-based 3D audio = awesome | Ars Technica
Earlier in the year, our own Sebastian Anthony had the opportunity to experience the new “IMAX with laser” cinema in Leicester Square, and it didn’t disappoint.
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Switzerland Wants a Single, Universal Phone Charger by 2017 | Motherboard
Apple’s Lightning cable cartel be damned: Switzerland is moving forward with a plan for a single, universal phone charger across the country, standardizing phone chargers across the board.
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Readers’ books of the year 2015 | News | The Guardian
Sarah Akhtar, Stoke-on-TrentAnthony Doerr’s All the Light We Cannot See (4th Estate) follows two children, Marie-Laure in France and Werner in Germany, as the second world war approaches. I knew they were destined to meet, but not where or how.
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STOCKHOLM — Parishioners text tithes to their churches. Homeless street vendors carry mobile credit-card readers. Even the Abba Museum, despite being a shrine to the 1970s pop group that wrote “Money, Money, Money,” considers cash so last-century th…
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‘China intimidating foreign press,’ says French journalist – BBC News
China has effectively expelled a French journalist over an article she wrote that was critical of Beijing’s policy towards Muslim Uighers in Xinjiang. Beijing confirmed it would not renew press credentials for Ursula Gauthier, of the French news mag…
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The Year the Whole World Got Involved in Syria | VICE News
Foreign intervention in Syria’s seemingly intractable conflict is nothing new.
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China Effectively Expels a French Journalist After Her Critical Reporting – The Atlantic
In the article in question, which was published in the French weekly L’Obs on November 18, Ursula Gauthier called into question the Chinese government’s motives for linking the Paris attacks with violence in China’s Xinjiang region.
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Nick Compton and James Taylor added 125 for the fourth wicket as England fought back after an early collapse against South Africa on a rain-affected first day of the first Test in Durban. The pair came together at 49-3 after openers Alastair Cook an…
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Watch How Stormtroopers Changed Over Three Trilogies
The stormtrooper is one of the iconic images of the Star Wars film saga, and this gif takes you through the three major variations between the prequel, original and sequel trilogies.
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Houston mosque fire appears ‘suspicious’, investigators say | US news | The Guardian
Officials have deemed a fire at a Houston mosque on Friday “suspicious”, as investigators work to determine the cause. No injuries were reported, though about 200 people had been inside the building for prayer an hour before the fire started around …
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The man who exposed the lie of the war on drugs | Books | The Guardian
Pablo Escobar was “the first to understand that it’s not the world of cocaine that must orbit around the markets, but the markets that must rotate around cocaine”.
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This chart shows how Uber is devastating New York’s taxi business – Vox
Uber’s devastating effect on the New York cab industry is plain to see in this chart, produced by Goldman Sachs, showing the change in the price of New York City taxi medallions since 2004.
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Barack Obama’s 2015 in pictures
US President Barack Obama throws rose petals as he pays his respects at Raj Ghat, the memorial for India’s independence icon Mahatma Gandhi, in New Delhi on January 25, 2015. Whatever you may think of President Obama, the man is photogenic, especial…
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Neoconservative’s analysis: Donald Trump, elites, and the GOP’s future / Boing Boing
Archconservative David Frum delivers a brutal, unflinching look at the contradictions between the Republican party’s elites and kingmakers — who favor redistributive policies that suck money out of the middle class and deposit it in their own offsh…
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China: Scaling The World’s Highest Innovation Peaks | TechCrunch
In a world of statistics, here’s a number that stands out: 71. That’s how many times the word “innovation” was mentioned in a communiqué issued after the Chinese Communist Party’s recent plenary meeting, which focused on China’s next five-year plan.
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Top 10 Cleaning Products You Should Totally DIY
When you make your own detergents and other cleaning solutions, you not only get to control the ingredients you’re using, you could also save a pretty penny. Often the ingredients are lying around your home already anyway. Here are 10 cleaning produ…
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Churches Open Their Doors On Christmas To Immigrants Seeking Refuge From DHS Raids | ThinkProgress
On Thursday, the Washington Post reported that Immigration Customs and Enforcement (ICE) and the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) were preparing raids in efforts to ramp up deportations of immigrant families who fled violence in Central America…
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Am I the only one who thought the cheeky scamp was going to start dry banging her? If by thought you mean hoped then… maybe…
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Journalist Forced Out of China | Al Jazeera America
Expecting the move, Ursula Gauthier, a longtime journalist for the French news magazine L’Obs, said late Friday night that she was prepared to leave China. Once she departs on Dec.
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Growing Up Together … (i.imgur.com) Dog looks worried both times. First is will she ever stop eating my food? The second time the dog is wondering will she ever get into Vassar?
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Rage comics were funny at one point? In the same way spurdo comics are funny.
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Israel Expected to Bring Charges in Arson Case | Al Jazeera America
Israeli authorities are expected to soon raise charges against Jewish settlers suspected in a July arson attack on a Palestinian home that killed a toddler and his parents — a case that has been unsolved for months and that helped fuel the current w…
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[Serious]What’s your in-laws from Hell story? : AskReddit
She gave me used stationery for Christmas. Haha Oh my god, that is so sad.
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BBC Sport – Man Utd boss Louis van Gaal in ‘new situation’ after Stoke defeat
Manchester United boss Louis van Gaal says he is in a “new situation” in his time at the club after his side suffered a fourth successive defeat. More to follow.
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Police in Vienna on Terror Alert After Tip Warns of Attack on Europe | VICE News
Police in Vienna are ramping up security after receiving a tip that raised the possibility of an attack on numerous European capitals using guns and explosives between Christmas and New Year’s Eve.
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Mixed results for Iraqi forces in Anbar operation – Al Jazeera English
Iraqi security forces say heavy fighting is taking place between troops and fighters belonging to the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) group in the province of Anbar, with reports of progress in Ramadi and losses in Fallujah.
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Pressure mounts on van Gaal after Stoke stun Man Utd – Al Jazeera English
Louis van Gaal’s position in the Old Trafford hot seat looked even more precarious as Stoke City swept Manchester United aside in a comfortable 2-0 victory to kickstart a busy day of Premier League holiday action.
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server engineers at steam : gaming
Well, he’s not wrong. But is he an asshole?
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China to expel French journalist over Uighur report – Al Jazeera English
China is forcing a French journalist to leave the country following publication of a report describing state repression of Muslim Uighurs in Xinjiang province.
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Critics are going too easy on Star Wars: The Force Awakens – Vox
Critics are going too easy on Star Wars: The Force Awakens https://t.co/LFGnjRdjxT https://t.co/9yHBCnvref
Warning: this review is riddled with spoilers. By now, more or less everyone has acknowledged that Star Wars: The Force Awakens closely echoes A New Hope — so closely, in fact, that “echoes” does not quite do it justice. -
Pope Francis: atheists who follow their consciences will be welcome in Heaven / Boing Boing
The Pope’s message, contained in an open letter, is more directed to the faithful than the nonbelievers, and is a repudiation of millennias’ worth of Church doctrine that equates heresy with sin.
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3 Tips for Handling a Steam Sale and Accepting Your Mortality | Motherboard
Forget Black Friday. Forget Cyber Monday. If you’re playing games on your PC, the only hot deals that matter this time of year pop up during Steam’s holiday sale, which started on December 22 and will end on January 4.
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BBC Sport – Stoke City v Manchester United
Stoke’s Geoff Cameron is still out with a hamstring injury, while Peter Crouch is not fit despite returning to training following a similar injury. Marc Muniesa and Stephen Ireland are long-term absentees, but Ireland could return in the new year.
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“That guy needs a hug.” : sports
How do you say “suck it up, sucker!” in French? That announcer should be sacked.
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Looking for JJ by Anne Cassidy – review | Children’s books | The Guardian
Honestly, I read the first chapter of this book and thought, I am never going to read this. I was very wrong about that. It’s about a girl named Alice Tully in Part 1. She is in college, lodging with a woman, Rosie, and working in a coffee shop. Com…
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Sana Naeem never dreamed about falling in love while growing up in Roseville, Calif. Ms. Naeem, 26, immigrated from Pakistan with her Muslim family when she was 6, and everyone understood that her mother and father would find a husband for her when …
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Same-sex love shines ’round the world in 2015!
Same-sex marriage supporters in San Francisco wear “Just Married” shirts to celebrate the U.S Supreme Court ruling legalizing marriage equality on June 26, 2015. The United States wasn’t the only country to legalize same-sex marriage this year.
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How to be human: why won’t she date me? | The Verge
Leah Reich was one of the first internet advice columnists. Her column “Ask Leah” ran on IGN, where she gave advice to gamers for two and a half years. During the day, Leah is Slack’s user researcher, but her views here do not represent her employer…
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Lying to your friends: Our 4 favorite bluffing games | Ars Technica
Welcome to Ars Cardboard, our weekend look at tabletop games! Check out our complete board gaming coverage right here—and let us know what you think. “Aaron, just tell me the truth. I’ll believe you. Are you a spy?” Of course I was a spy. I’m always…
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Watch Skrillex’s Feel-Good ‘Stranger’ Remix Video | Rolling Stone
Watch Skrillex’s Feel-Good ‘Stranger’ Remix Video Producer updates ‘Recess’ track for charity D
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Harbingers of failure: meet the customers you don’t want to love your product | Ars Technica
A central premise in marketing seems so obvious that it doesn’t even bear scrutiny: if customers give you positive feedback on your product, that’s good. And if those people buy the product repeatedly, that’s even better.
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5 Seconds of Summer: Inside the Wild Life of the World’s Hottest Band | Rolling Stone
The floorboards by the pool on the canyon-side deck, which overlooks the Chateau des Fleurs, a $100 million mansion that’s been on the market since it was built, and the Pacific Ocean in the distance. A fireplace is surrounded by empty beer bottles.
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It’s practically impossible to define “GMOs” – Vox
Originally published on Grist. Debates rage over what to do about genetically modified organisms, but we rarely stop to ask a more basic question: Do GMOs really exist? It’s an important question, because no one in this debate can tell you precisely…
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This Glowing Millennium Falcon Purse Is the DIY Project You Were Looking For
Star Wars magic is back in the air, and you can capture some of it with this practical yet definitively geeky DIY purse. Mikaela Holmes posts her instructions for recreating the Millennium Falcon in bag format over at Instructables.
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Industrial egg separator : food
WHAT HAPPENS NEXT???!!! Cleaning that thing must be absolutely miserable!
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The Best Day-After-Christmas Deals: Battery Packs, Dash Mounts, 4K Display, and More
A hugely popular battery pack, one of your favorite smartphone dash mounts, and a (relatively) cheap 4K monitor highlight todya’s best deals. Bookmark Kinja Deals and follow us on Twitter to never miss a deal.
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Iraqi Forces Say They’re Close to Taking Ramadi From Islamic State | VICE News
Iraqi troops have pushed deeper into the heart of the last remaining district held by Islamic State in the city of Ramadi, despite being slowed by bombs and booby traps, army spokesmen said on Saturday.
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Killing of Syrian Rebel Leader Delays Evacuation | Al Jazeera America
The pullout, which was supposed to start on Saturday, was to involve mainly fighters from ISIL who earlier this year overran the Yarmouk area, which is home to a Palestinian refugee camp and has been hotly contested and fought-over in the Syrian con…
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Pope Francis assures atheists: You don’t have to believe in God to go to heaven. “Sin, even for those who have no faith, (only) exists when people disobey their conscience.” (independent.co.uk) Why would atheists care?
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Joy, the new Jennifer Lawrence movie, could have been so good. Instead, it’s awful. Why? – Vox
Hidden somewhere inside of Joy, the shockingly bad new film that reunites director David O. Russell with star Jennifer Lawrence, is one of the best movies of the year. The problem is that Russell and his team just couldn’t find it in time for the fi…
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I complained about helicopter parents for years. Then I realized I was one. – Vox
I complained about helicopter parents for years. Then I realized I was one. https://t.co/I1ek3mDkdj https://t.co/tX6vsPgqNW
As a middle school teacher, I’d long been aware of helicopter parents as a problem in society at large. I witnessed firsthand how today’s risk-averse parenting style has undermined the competence, independence, and academic potential of an entire ge… -
Syrian rebel commander’s killing threatens peace talks – Al Jazeera English
The death of Syrian rebel leader Zahran Alloush is being seen a major blow to a tenuous peace process, with the opposition’s interim leader warning that other rebel commanders and political opponents could also be targeted for assassinations.
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The Murdoch empire strikes back – Al Jazeera English
Concerns are growing that the UK’s Conservative government is trying to reshape and influence Britain’s media landscape as it continues to befriend media mogul Rupert Murdoch’s empire.
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How to Prevent Your Next Fight From Snowballing — Science of Us
When you get in a fight with someone, a brutal, self-perpetuating logic takes hold. If things escalate, within minutes the fight is no longer about whatever substantive issue sparked it; rather, everything snowballs in a way that can be disheartenin…
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The teahouse that holds the history of Iraq’s Erbil – Al Jazeera English
Erbil, Iraq – For 75 years, Mohsin Majeed Machko’s family has been running Erbil’s most famous teahouse, the Machko Chai Khana. Built into the southern wall of the Citadel – a UNESCO World Heritage site – Mohsin’s father Muhammed opened the teahouse…
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ANCHORAGE — Oil money no longer pays the bills here. The governor, facing a profound fiscal crisis, has proposed the imposition of a personal income tax for the first time in 35 years.
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I HAD heard stories of doctors disappearing — gone, suddenly, their offices closed and no forwarding address to be found — but I never expected it from my physician of 12 years. After weeks of phoning his office, I finally reached him. He referred t…
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This week in science: landing a Dragon on its tail
A Dark Earth with a Red Sprite : The rarely imaged phenomenon is known as a red sprite and it can be seen, albeit faintly, just over the bright area on the image right. This bright area and the red sprite are different types of lightning, with the w…
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BBC – Future – How do you prepare for the isolation of space?
There is not much to look at from the window of the British Antarctic Survey’s Halley research station on the Brunt ice shelf in Antarctica. “It’s monotony,” says Nathalie Pattyn. “I can look out of my window now and see the vastness of a flat, whit…
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Inside the Making of Serial Season Two — Vulture
It was the day after the first episode of the second season of the Serial podcast finally kerplunked into view — along with its subject, a soldier named Bowe Bergdahl, who in 2009 walked off his post in Afghanistan and was captured by the
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Severe weather has plagued the southern US during Christmas week, and the misery continued as a tornado touched down in north-central Alabama on Christmas Day.
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Machines, Lost In Translation: The Dream Of Universal Understanding : All Tech Considered : NPR
It was early 1954 when computer scientists, for the first time, publicly revealed a machine that could translate between human languages. It became known as the Georgetown-IBM experiment: an “electronic brain” that translated sentences from Russian …
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Tornado Hits Birmingham, Alabama, Causing Flooding – The Atlantic
A tornado struck Birmingham, Alabama, on Friday, downing tree limbs, causing flooding, and trapping some people under debris, officials said. The twister touched down at about 5 p.m. local time (6 p.m. ET), prompting a warning from the National Weat…
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Words that Need to Die in 2016 – Slog – The Stranger
I wanna start with a line from Wittgenstein, that ol’ Austrian philosopher of language who seriously embraced silliness and who wrote two of the best books ever. In Tractatus he wrote: “The limits of my language means the limits of my world.
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A Computer That Can Hear a Marriage in Trouble – WSJ
The human voice can reveal a great deal. Now, with the help of a computer, it can probably reveal whether your marriage is deteriorating.
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In America, not many people know much about Boxing Day, besides that it’s the day after Christmas1. In the United Kingdom — and many former colonies of England — Boxing Day, December 26, is a national holiday, yet its origins are still highly debate…
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Americans Have Worse and Fewer Teeth Than British People | Inverse
Our neighbors across the pond may be slowly catching up to us in the space race, but there’s one area we never thought we’d see parity — our teeth.
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The Best Articles Of The Week: Bieber’s Church And Rule 34 – Digg
There’s so much great journalism on the Internet these days that digging through all of it can be a lot of work. So every Thursday, we highlight the longform articles from the past week that we think you shouldn’t miss.
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How crowdfunding became a lifeline for cancer patients struggling with debt | Society | The Guardian
“We did not want to go into problems with our house and credit,” says Lisa Salo, a kindergarten teacher from Suwanee, Georgia. But Salo’s chemotherapy treatments for breast cancer were already costing her $4,000, and she knew she would owe another $…
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FW De Klerk criticises Rhodes statue removal campaign – BBC News
Former South African President FW De Klerk has criticised a campaign to remove a statue of Cecil Rhodes at Oxford University’s Oriel College. Mr De Klerk said South Africa’s white Afrikaner population had many reasons to dislike Rhodes but “never th…
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WASHINGTON—The founding Monument Academy teachers and staff knew that running a 24-hour school for children who’ve survived trauma and violence would be difficult. They just didn’t know how difficult.
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Star Wars’ Oscar Isaac and the Case Against Colorblind Casting – The Atlantic
Gods of Egypt, a fantasy-action epic, came under fire recently for casting white actors including Gerard Butler and Nikolaj Coster-Waldau to play ancient Egyptians.
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NASA and the U.S. Air Force Test a New Ground-Based GPS – Scientific American
Anyone who has struggled to pinpoint his or her location in a mall, airport or urban canyon amid skyscrapers has experienced a GPS gap firsthand.
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Ars Technica’s (virtual) Performance Car of the Year | Ars Technica
2015 has been the year of the performance car here at Ars. We’ve spent some time behind the wheel of some quite powerful and exotic machines, from high-powered luxury sedans like the Tesla Model S P90D and Audi RS7 to mid-engined supercars from McLa…
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Can ballet ease Parkinson’s symptoms? – BBC News
It is a disease characterised by tremors, slow movements and stiff muscles – but new research has found an unusual method of easing the symptoms of Parkinson’s. Academics from the University of Roehampton have found that ballet can have significant …
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Pride of place in the cube-shaped library at the British ambassador’s residence in Washington goes to a bust of Winston Churchill.
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‘Tornado completely destroyed my home’ – BBC News
At least 14 people have been killed and hundreds of homes have been destroyed by a cluster of tornadoes in the American south. One tornado in Mississippi stayed on the ground for more than 230 kilometres, ripping roof tops completely off houses.
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The town where the only drinking water comes in bottles – in pictures | US news | The Guardian
East Porterville, California, is a predominantly Latino, low-income town that relies solely on private wells. As these dry up because of the drought, many families are forced to rely on deliveries, water from neighbours, or abandon their homes.
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I see you’ve installed a door where the clock used to be. The things you can get done when you’re not drinking are amazing. He’s finally getting out. It also helps staying in shape.
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Boxing Day, explained https://t.co/KeUNfyeGBc https://t.co/ff1q2mV8nA
Christmas has come and gone, but in some countries the celebration is far from over. Yes, gentle readers, December 26 is Boxing Day, which for Americans is the day we recover from our eggnog and gift-exchange hangovers but for other parts of the wor… -
Syrian Rebel Group Names a Successor to the Leader Who Was Killed in an Airstrike – The Atlantic
The Army of Islam, one of the main rebel groups fighting Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, has a new leader, a day after its chief was killed in an airstrike near Damascus, dealing a major blow to the groups that are fighting the Syrian military.
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Things you can’t put in a 2015 James Bond movie : videos
The butt slap. The gentleman or misogynistic way of telling a lady to move along.
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Guantánamo Bay lawyers call bluff on Obama’s promise to close prison | US news | The Guardian
Lawyers representing Guantánamo Bay detainees who have been held at the camp in Cuba for up to 14 years without charge or trial have accused President Obama of stalling on his promise to close the military prison.
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Book Review: Light – Scientific American
Clara Moskowitz is Scientific American’s senior editor covering space and physics. She has a bachelor’s degree in astronomy and physics from Wesleyan University and a graduate degree in science journalism from the University of California, Santa Cru…
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Abbreviated Pundit Round-up: On the day after Christmas
The number of Americans filing for unemployment benefits fell more than expected last week, nearing a 42-year low as labor market conditions continued to tighten in a boost to the economy.
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Louise Bourgeois’s Final Act – The New Yorker
When Joan Acocella profiled Louise Bourgeois in The New Yorker, in early 2002, the artist had just passed her ninetieth birthday, but she was very clearly, as Acocella put it, “not a dear old lady.
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Catholic Ireland’s saints and sinners – Al Jazeera English
Colm O’Gorman is a man in demand. When we met him, Amnesty International Ireland had just released a report on public attitudes to abortion, still illegal in Ireland, and as executive director he has to field inquiries from the media.
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Economics define surprise India-Pakistan rapprochement – Al Jazeera English
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, who is acquiring quite a reputation as an intrepid traveller, usually embarks on his foreign tours on board a Boeing 747 Jumbo.
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Saudi Arabia ‘intercepts’ scud missile fired from Yemen – Al Jazeera English Saudi Arabia has intercepted a missile fired from Yemeni capital Sanaa towards the kingdom’s southern city of Najran, in the latest cross-border attack on the kingdom, the Saudi-led coalition battling rebels in Yemen has said in a statement. tags: Pocket al jazeera english…
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