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What Harry Got Wrong In 2015 | FiveThirtyEight
I f-ed up a lot in 2015. It’s bound to happen when you’re predicting things for a living and involved in approximately 200 articles, chats, podcasts and videos per year. I also got a lot right. But that, or the volume of work, doesn’t excuse my erro…
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Burundi crisis: Pierre Nkurunziza threatens to fight AU peacekeepers – BBC News
Burundi’s President Pierre Nkurunziza has threatened to fight African Union (AU) peacekeepers if they are deployed to the country. The AU announced two weeks ago that it would send 5,000 troops to protect civilians in the country, even without the g…
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Anatomy of a Misfit by Andrea Portes – review | Children’s books | The Guardian
So. What if you were Spider Stew on the inside? What if everybody thought you were an Immigrant, a Half-Breed, a vampire? What if you knew you were the darkness, but everyone thought you weren’t? Meet Anika Dragomir.
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Smith Island Is Sinking Into the Chesapeake Bay Thanks to Climate Change | New Republic
Twelve miles off the coast of Maryland’s Eastern Shore, Tim Marshall and I knife through the salty, choppy waters of the Chesapeake Bay in an aging white fishing skiff.
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Arrests, Attacks, and Increasing Recognition: 2015 on the Dark Web | Motherboard
The dark web continues to spread, but still in 2015 not a day goes by without a sensationalist article screaming about the horrors of a space apparently beyond the reach of investigators, where the most depraved parts of humanity reside. The truth, …
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What to Put on Your Resume When You Have No Relevant Work Experience
Your dream job just got posted, and you’re super excited. There’s just one problem: You literally have zero relevant work experience.
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Tim Grierson’s Top Ten Films of 2015 | New Republic
In a year marked by much-acclaimed films from major directors like Todd Haynes (Carol), George Miller (Mad Max: Fury Road), and Hou Hsiao-Hsien (The Assassin), I found myself feeling a bit out-of-step with the critical consensus.
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The Best Scenes of Women in the Movies This Year | New Republic
For women in Hollywood, 2015 was the year the industry’s abysmal gender gap made front-page news.
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The killing of Mike Brown in August 2014 made the world wake up to police gun use in America. But when the Guardian began looking for reliable data on how many civilians are killed by guns each year we found there was none. We decided to count them …
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Burundi’s president threatens to fight AU peacekeepers – Al Jazeera English
Burundi’s President Pierre Nkurunziza has threatened to fight African Union (AU) peacekeepers if they were deployed in the country to halt violence that has claimed hundreds of lives.
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Despite the Trump disaster, the Republican Party is in great shape – Vox
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Venezuela Socialists dispute opposition win in eight seats – BBC News
Members of Venezuela’s Socialist party are disputing the election of eight opposition candidates in legislative elections held on 6 December. The opposition won a two-thirds majority which enables it to challenge socialist President Nicolas Maduro.
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AVG’s Web TuneUp put millions of Chrome users at risk – BBC News
It has emerged that a popular tool meant to ward off malware contained a flaw that put millions of people’s personal data at risk. AVG’s Web TuneUp software is marketed as a free way for users to defend themselves from “hidden threats”.
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Overstated profits, secretive lobbying, the dirty side of industries laid bare – 2015 saw yet another clutch of corporate scandals.
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The Meaning Of Donald Trump | FiveThirtyEight
In this week’s 2016 Slack Chat, we leave the horse race aside to look for meaning in Donald Trump’s romp through the world of politics. The transcript below has been lightly edited.
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Turkey arrests: Two held in Ankara over New Year ‘attack plot’ – BBC News
Turkish police have arrested two suspected members of so-called Islamic State (IS) over an alleged plot to attack New Year celebrations in Ankara, officials say. Police seized suicide vests during a raid in the Turkish capital, media say.
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Kim Jong-un’s ‘Closest Comrade’ Has Died in a Car Crash | VICE News
A senior North Korean ruling party official and a top aide to leader Kim Jong-un has died in a car accident, the state news agency reported on Wednesday, the latest dramatic demise in the close circle of deputies to the country’s leader.
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Environment Agency chair heads to flood-hit areas after Barbados break | Environment | The Guardian
Fresh from his sunshine holiday in Barbados, the chairman of the Environment Agency had little time to gather his things this morning before heading to meet flood victims in England’s sodden north.
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2015 in Politics and Policy – The Atlantic
Every December, The Atlantic looks back on the previous year—to highlight not just the big moments, but also the progression of big ideas. Below, the last of three installments highlights some political and cultural stories worth revisiting—or disco…
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Russia: ‘Glum’ Snow Maiden statue given makeover – BBC News
A statue of Russia’s Snow Maiden has been removed from a north-western town and given a mood makeover after complaints that she looked miserable. The Snow Maiden is a traditional character from Russian folklore, and considered an essential part of t…
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Why the 2010s Are Reminiscent of the 1920s – The Atlantic
In the wake of the terrorist mass murders in Paris and then San Bernardino, many Republicans and conservatives, already concerned about unauthorized immigrants from Mexico and Central America, have responded by conflating opposition to immigration, …
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Footage in this report shows the condominium where ‘affluenza’ teen Ethan Couch and his mother Tonya are said to have stayed while on the run in the Mexcian beach resort city of Puerto Vallarta. The pair were detained on Monday.
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Leading authors join drive to help flood-hit Yorkshire bookshop | Books | The Guardian
Authors including Jon Ronson and Ian Rankin have joined efforts to help a bookshop badly hit by the floods that have swept the north of England.
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December 30, 1936: The United Auto Workers Sit Down on the Job in Flint, Michigan | The Nation
On the second to last day of 1936, the year-old United Auto Workers launched a sit-down strike at a General Motors facility in Flint, Michigan, demanding raises for the workers and recognition of the UAW as the authorized body for collective bargain…
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The agreement signed at the United Nations climate summit in Paris has been hailed as historic, ground-breaking, and unprecedented. At the same time, the targets are so ambitious that many climate analysts are rolling their eyes.
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England’s lost children – Al Jazeera English
Andy was nine years old when he and his half-brother Eddie first went to live with their foster parents, Sharon and Paul Jackson. At the time of the placement, their social worker described Andy as being like a “lively puppy”. In reality, he was gro…
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Considering how unpredictable the Los Angeles Clippers have been this season, it makes some strange sense that one of their best stretches of basketball would coincide with their team MVP getting injured.
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Meet “Sledgehammer Shannon,” the lawyer who is Uber’s worst nightmare | Mother Jones
In early 2012, on a visit to San Francisco, Shannon Liss-Riordan went to a restaurant with some friends. Over dinner, one of her companions began to describe a new car-hailing app that had taken Silicon Valley by storm. “Have you seen this?” he aske…
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We Keep Coming Back to the Unforgettable Images in These 2015 Photobooks | Mother Jones
The pace of photo book publishing is showing no signs of slowing down, and this year more than ever photographers turned to books as a preferred medium for distributing their work. Interestingly, many 2015 releases pushed the boundaries of design, t…
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When Michigan State coach Mark Dantonio first arrived back in East Lansing in 2006, he made a bold statement that had many college football folk raising more than an eyebrow.
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This Year, States Took the War on Uteruses to the Next Level | Mother Jones
Reproductive rights took a beating in 2015. According to a year-end report released by the Center for Reproductive Rights, nearly 400 anti-abortion bills were introduced across the country in 2015, up from 335 provisions introduced in 2014.
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EXETER, N.H. — Jeb Bush practically shouted his stump speech here, slamming Donald J. Trump as a “chaotic candidate” who “loves the chaos because it’s all about him.” He knocked President Obama and Hillary Clinton for believing that “containing ISIS…
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German town bans New Year fireworks at refugee hostels – Al Jazeera English
Refugees in a German town have been banned from setting off fireworks to mark the New Year, apparently out of concern that loud blasts could traumatise people who have fled war zones.
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The Retirement Trap – Al Jazeera English
Moroccans who have spent all their working lives in France and the Netherlands are now facing discrimination against their pensions in what has been criticised as a form of ‘retirement apartheid’. I live alone in a narrow room, like a prison.
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Changing Myanmar’s hidden atheists – Al Jazeera English
Yangon, Myanmar – Theo first began to question his faith in his late teens. But it was not until last year that he told his parents that he had become an atheist. Luckily for Theo, his father did not evict him, although he was disappointed.
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Laura Massaro’s rise to world No1 is another exciting development for squash | Sport | The Guardian
The first half of the Professional Squash Association season concluded at the Hong Kong Open in early December, with Mohamed El Shorbagy and Nicol David taking the spoils. David won her tenth Hong Kong crown and El Shorbagym pick up his second.
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The 60 most-read Opinion pieces of 2015 | Opinion | The Guardian
1. Someone stole naked pictures of me. This is what I did about it, by Emma Holten 2. The real American Sniper was a hate-filled killer. Why are simplistic patriots treating him as a hero?, by Lindy West
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Current El Nino phenomenon ‘could be as bad as 1998’ – BBC News
The US space agency Nasa has warned that the effects of the current El Nino weather phenomenon could be as bad as those of 1998, the strongest on record. That El Nino played havoc with world weather systems and was blamed for several extreme weather…
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Iran conducts ‘provocative’ live rocket tests near US ships – BBC News
Iran’s navy conducted rocket tests last week near US warships and other commercial vessels in the Strait of Hormuz, the American military has said. The tests threaten to cause new tensions between the two nations following their landmark nuclear dea…
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Thousands of homes are without power and major emergency schemes are being activated on Wednesday as Storm Frank began lashing the west coast of Britain.
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Tadcaster bridge over river Wharfe collapses during flooding – video | Environment | The Guardian
A large section of a bridge over the river Wharfe in Tadcaster collapses into the waterway on Tuesday evening. Onlookers back away as a wave rushes towards the bank, followed by a strong smell of gas from newly exposed pipes.
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Magnitude 4.9 earthquake felt over Metro Vancouver at 11:39 PST : worldnews
What really happens: “WHAT THE FUCK? ” checks twitter and Reddit Been jumping around threads it’s really cool to see the response time.
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Why I wrote a book about having a disabled sibling – in pictures | Children’s books | The Guardian
Skip to main content Children’s books Why I wrote a book about having a disabled sibling – in pictures Nicola Davies’ new book Perfect (gloriously illustrated by Cathy Fisher) explores a boy dealing with the birth of a disabled sister, and how watch…
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We Must Cut the Military and Transition to a Science-Industrial Complex | Motherboard
Many Americans subscribe to the annoying belief that our nation’s military-industrial complex is the surest way to remain the wealthiest and leading superpower in the world. After all, it’s worked for the last century, pro-military supporters love t…
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Michel Houellebecq: profane or prophetic? – books podcast | Books | The Guardian
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Losing the fight against Big Data | Al Jazeera America
SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Two years ago, Target suffered a major data breach in which the records of 110 million customers were stolen by hackers.
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Atlanta’s Alarming Rates of HIV and AIDS | Al Jazeera America
ATLANTA — Dr. Melanie Thompson, a veteran of four decades of HIV and AIDS research, stood at the front of a wood-paneled room in Georgia’s Capitol, known in local parlance as the Gold Dome. A chart titled “Persons living with HIV in Fulton Co.
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Storm Frank batters parts of UK causing flooding fears – BBC News
Hundreds of homes are without power as a fresh storm brings heavy rain and high winds to parts of the UK. Storm Frank hit Northern Ireland on Tuesday evening leaving 2,500 homes without electricity.
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Tiger Woods at 40: the good, the bad and the ugly of golf’s former world No1 | Sport | The Guardian
Just as the dominant presence of Tiger Woods was impossible to foresee during his teenage years, so it would have taken an astonishing level of prescience to pinpoint his status when turning 40.
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US marines reject BigDog robotic packhorse because it’s too noisy | Technology | The Guardian
The US military is cooling its eagerness for robots in the battlefield, after trials with quadrupedal robot and nightmare machine Big Dog revealed one crucial flaw: it’s much, much too loud.
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Dagestan gunmen shoot tourists at fortress in south Russia – BBC News
Gunmen have shot and killed one person and wounded 11 others at the Derbent citadel in Dagestan, a Unesco World Heritage site in the North Caucasus. The tourists were attacked on Tuesday night outside the fortress in Derbent, one of Russia’s most an…
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England took a 1-0 lead in the four-match series against South Africa after sealing a 241-run win in the first Test on the final morning in Durban. South Africa resumed on 136-4 in search of a distant 416 but lost four wickets for seven runs in the …
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Samsung takes the wraps off a trio of experimental gadgets | The Verge
At CES in January, Samsung will show off for the first time ever a trio of devices from its Creative Lab or C-Lab program — a startup incubator within the company dedicated to developing employees’ experimental product ideas.
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Dogs airlifted to safety in Daly, Australia – video | Environment | The Guardian
Four dogs are airlifted out of the flooded Daly region in the Northern Territory of Australia. They are a few of around 60 animals being rescued from the area following the devastating floods in the region.
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US is still spying on Netanyahu communications: Report – Al Jazeera English
The United States is still spying on Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s communications despite a pledge from the White House that it would curtail the hacking of allies, the Wall Street journal has reported.
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For years, President Bill Clinton was the best friend Donald J. Trump always hoped to have. When scandal engulfed Mr. Clinton’s White House, Mr. Trump leapt to the president’s defense. “He’s probably got the toughest skin I’ve ever seen, and I think…
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Apple ‘to pay Italy fraud fine’ – BBC News
Heavy rain and gales batter Northern Ireland and Scotland, as parts of northern England are braced for the second flood in a week.
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Donald Trump says he will spend $2m a week on TV campaign ads | US news | The Guardian
Billionaire US Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump says he plans to spend at least $2m a week on television advertising in the first three voting states, a move that would mark a departure for a candidate who has so far relied on free med…
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Space exploration: Is it time for more laws to govern space? – BBC News
The legalities of life in space are unlikely to trouble most astronauts, but what laws do govern the area beyond Earth’s atmosphere? Legal correspondent Clive Coleman investigates the statutes that have their origins in the Cold War space race.
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After Ramadi gain, Iraqi army eyes next ISIL stronghold – Al Jazeera English
The Iraqi army, emboldened by the recent recapturing of the city of Ramadi from the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL), is now eying another ISIL stronghold: Fallujah.
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Get these super soft touchscreen gloves for less than $7 in the Boing Boing store / Boing Boing
Your messages don’t stop when it snows. That’s why you need these texting gloves to stay warm while you stay in touch. They’re comfortable and cozy and one size fits every hand.
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Jonathan Strange and Mr. Norrell by Susanna Clarke – review | Children’s books | The Guardian
With all of the whimsy, spark and imagination of Harry Potter and the dry, well-observed wit of Neil Gaiman, Susanna Clark perfectly conveys all that can be brilliant about British literature and manages to be refreshingly different from either.
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Set This House in Order by Matt Ruff – piecing together a shattered mind | Books | The Guardian
I’m one of those people who believe that books aren’t for sharing at all. They’re for stumbling across, keeping closely guarded secrets – and our most precious books are all the more special because of that.
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The friendship of Jean-Paul Sartre and Albert Camus ended, famously, in 1951.
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Britain is leader in e-commerce, says Google’s Schmidt – BBC News
Britain is the world leader in e-commerce, former Google boss Eric Schmidt has told the BBC. Now executive chairman of Google parent company Alphabet, Mr Schmidt said there was no reason why a hundred billion pound tech start up could not be launche…
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The greatest Lemony Snicket quotes ever | Children’s books | The Guardian
Lemony Snicket (real name Daniel Handler) has always been an enigmatic character, and his wonderfully wacky and absurd writing shrouds his offbeat works with equal mystery.
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More than 60 sharks have been spotted near popular swimming spots on the New South Wales coast in the past two days. Swimmers were kept out of the water at Jervis Bay when more than 30 sharks, believed to be bronze whalers, were seen in the shallows.
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Arab Spring, a need for re-awakening – Al Jazeera English
By any measure, the losses suffered by the Arab community this year have been dramatic and extraordinary. Throughout the entire Arab domain, the alarming trend towards national disintegration has gathered strength.
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Human dignity for stateless on Haiti-Dominican border – Al Jazeera English
Anse-a-Pitres, Haiti – Eugene Toussaint and his wife, Isoline, have seen thousands arrive with their families from the Dominican Republic in the past six months. “They started to arrive on June 17,” says the elderly pastor, “and they didn’t stop.”
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Aretha Franklin stole the entire night away from the Kennedy Center Honorees when she brought the house down during a barn burning rendition of Carole King’s “(You Make Me Feel Like) A Natural Woman.
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Cuba Vows to Keep Socialism ‘Intact’ Despite US Investment : worldnews
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The Best of Brain Pickings 2015 – Brain Pickings
After the annual reading list of the 15 finest books of the year, it’s time for the annual look back upon the best of Brain Pickings this year — “best” being a hybrid measure of the articles you read and shared most ardently, and those I took the gr…
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Like David Aaronovitch’s parents, Sam and Lavender, my mother and father, Joe and Molly, were for many years members of the British Communist Party of Great Britain.
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Foodpanda Lays Off 15 Percent Of Its Staff In India | TechCrunch
Foodpanda, the restaurant delivery service backed by Rocket Internet, has laid off about 300 of its employees in its Indian unit. This means Foodpanda India, which launched in 2012, has lost 15 percent of its workforce.
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Migrant crisis: Sea crossings top one million mark – BBC News
More than one million migrants have successfully crossed the sea to reach Europe in 2015, figures show. However thousands of people have perished in their attempt.
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President Hamid: ‘We must protect Bangladesh’s secularism’ – BBC News
Bangladesh will “protect its secularism”, despite a series of attacks on religious figures and institutions, President Abdul Hamid has said. The country has seen attacks on Shia Mosques and Christian priests, and at least five bloggers have been hac…
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China mine survivors detected by infrared cameras in Shandong – BBC News
Eight miners trapped for five days after a mine in China caved in have been found alive, state media say. Reports say rescue teams have not yet been able to free the survivors, but have made contact and sent in supplies.
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Mildest December since UK records began means more rain – and more pain | UK news | The Guardian
December is set to be Britain’s mildest since records began in 1910, according to the Met Office. And not just a bit warmer – the December average for England has been 9.5C, which is more than 5C above the long-term average, and 2C higher than the p…
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I went running yesterday, up over the moors of West Yorkshire. We started at Guiseley – a dry town, in the new sense of the phrase – and ran through woods down to Esholt. Then, suddenly, it was a different place, where water was in control.
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The best of the wildlife photography awards 2015 – in pictures | Environment | The Guardian
Skip to main content Wildlife The best of the wildlife photography awards 2015 – in pictures Winning images from national and international wildlife photography competitions of the year
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Two arrested over rape in India’s Pune – BBC News
Two men have been arrested in connection with the rape of a woman in the campus of tech giant Infosys in the western city of Pune. The men were arrested after the 25-year-old woman filed a complaint.
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Qualcomm Signs New Patent Licensing Deals In China | TechCrunch
Qualcomm announced today that it has inked new patent licensing deals in China with smartphone manufacturers Beijing Tianyu Communication Equipment and Haier Group.
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Welcome to the (Mozart In The) Jungle, we’ve got classical music · What’s On Tonight · The A.V. Club
Here’s what’s up in the world of TV for Wednesday, December 30. All times are Eastern.
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Filipino priest on hoverboard condemned by church – BBC News
A Filipino priest has been condemned by diocese authorities, after video of him gliding around church on a hoverboard during Christmas Eve mass went viral. The priest, who has not been named, can be seen sailing up and down aisles as churchgoers in …
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“Jesus, the days that we have seen,” whistles the voice of skinny Robert Shallow as he shuffles up a snow-covered slope, followed a few paces behind by the teetering outline of Sir John Falstaff.
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There’s something very odd about the recent trailers for a couple of upcoming animated films.
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“Superstar” put the rawk in rock opera · Hear This · The A.V. Club
In Hear This, The A.V. Club writers sing the praises of songs they know well. This week: Songs our families made us listen to repeatedly.
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Most Charlie Kaufman movies are tricky to write about because they’re too certifiably insane to summarize—just trying to explain what happens in Being John Malkovich, Adaptation, or Synecdoche, New York can exhaust a hefty word count.
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One of David Gordon Green’s best movies is one of his least-seen · Watch This · The A.V. Club
Every day, Watch This offers staff recommendations inspired by a new movie coming out that week. This week: It’s the final week of the year, so we’re dispensing with themes and just recommending some movies we love.
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“Confound it!”: 11 pop-culture moments that needed batteries · Inventory · The A.V. Club
If there’s one constant every holiday season, it’s that something somewhere is going to need batteries. Maybe it’s that Nintendo 3DS that your nephew was demanding and finally received, or possibly that stupid singing fish on the wall everyone thoug…
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Now that there’s a real-life blowhard pushing a border wall as a “solution” for immigration, we find ourselves longing for the days when such a scheme was relegated to cartoons (namely, The Simpsons in 2009).
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Other dicks, other doms · Savage Love · The A.V. Club
I am a 30-year-old straight man and I’ve been with a 28-year-old bisexual woman for a year. Early in our relationship, after much discussion, we established that it would be open. I would have the liberty to see other women and so would she.
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Hopes for peace as CAR votes in long-delayed poll – Al Jazeera English
People in the Central African Republic (CAR) are voting on Wednesday in a crucial election that it is hoped will restore peace and democracy to a divided country scarred by years of violence.
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The scars of war on Lebanon’s Holiday Inn – Al Jazeera English
Beirut – In the early hours of the morning, Lebanese artist Jad El Khoury, who goes by the name Potato Nose, entered the carcass of Beirut’s abandoned Holiday Inn through the military base that now occupies the ground floor.
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LG’s smart home hub looks like an Amazon Echo with a screen | The Verge
Amazon’s Echo was one of the stars of the retail giant’s record-breaking holiday period, and it was only a matter of time before competitors started making their own smart speakers. LG’s new SmartThinQ hub appears to be one such copycat.
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Tax Breaks, Falling Costs Are Boosting Wind And Solar. (npr.org)
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Tax Breaks, Falling Costs Are Boosting Wind And Solar. : environment
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Tax Breaks, Falling Costs Are Boosting Wind And Solar : NPR
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Peace Love Beauty Wisdom Balance Imagination Truth Consciousness, Dust of the Orion Nebula via NASA…
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A glut of oil, the demise of Opec and weakening global demand combined to make 2015 the year of crashing oil prices. The cost of crude fell to levels not seen for 11 years – and the decline may have further to go.
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Algeria a ‘symbolic target’ for ISIL – Al Jazeera English
Algiers – Dozens of top African police officials met in Algiers this month to ratify legal documents related to the creation of Afripol, the pan-African law enforcement agency expected to begin operations next year.
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Kenneth Baker may dream fondly that all 12-year-olds will be settling down with Animal Farm this Christmas.
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Storm Frank approaching from the south west: further damage and flooding is expected as the storm batters the British Isles with torrential rain and gale-force winds. Photograph: MeteoGroup/PA
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APOD: 2015 December 29 – Dust of the Orion Nebula
Explanation: What surrounds a hotbed of star formation? In the case of the Orion Nebula — dust. The entire Orion field, located about 1600 light years away, is inundated with intricate and picturesque filaments of dust.
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Hillary Clinton’s Baffling Foreign-Policy Problem – The New Yorker
Some suspect that the Democratic National Committee, which has sponsored three Presidential debates in 2015, is out to render Hillary Clinton’s two remaining opponents—the former Maryland governor Martin O’Malley and the socialist New England senato…
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Former Trump Aide: He’s Doomed – The Daily Beast
Look at the polls, and Donald Trump is crushing his Republican opponents. But from the perspective of Sam Nunberg, a political advisor who worked for Trump until earlier this year, the Donald’s campaign is losing — and just a couple months from tot…
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Snow-white blooms and sparkles at the slipway | Environment | The Guardian
White hydrangeas and the camellia named Cornish snow, bloom side by side brightening the midwinter gloom, while the fragrance of daphne pervades the damp mild air.
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The world in 2015 review: a year of living dangerously | News | The Guardian
Good things did happen. Iran and the western powers reached a landmark agreement on circumscribing Tehran’s controversial nuclear programme. Israel was unhappy, as were Saudi Arabia and the Gulf states – but most of the rest of the world breathed a …
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Voting due to begin in CAR elections – BBC News
Polls are due to open in the Central African Republic in delayed presidential and parliamentary elections aimed at restoring stable government after years of turmoil. Thirty candidates are vying to replace interim leader Catherine Samba-Panza.
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Guillermo del Toro divulged his top 10 Criterion films to the DVD site, and (unsurprisingly, given the director’s deep love of cinema) it’s an eclectic, intelligent, and wide-ranging list that he groups in “thematic/authorial pairings.
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Afghan businessman accused of bribing US soldiers – BBC News
US prosecutors have filed charges against an Afghan businessman accused of bribing American soldiers to win multi-million dollar contracts. The FBI alleges Hikmatullah Shadman gave at least two US soldiers bundles of $100 notes to win inflated deals…
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How Nevada’s Hispanics Could Choose the GOP Nominee – The Daily Beast
The Republican primary election in Nevada is scheduled for February 23, and it could be the place where two superstars in the GOP—Marco Rubio and Ted Cruz—who have been on a collision course for months finally crash into one another.
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The Death Philly Cops Won’t Explain: Is Omar Lopez the Next Freddie Gray? – The Daily Beast
PHILADEPHIA — This Christmas the family of Omar Lopez placed a small toy tree at a gravestone to honor their son who was killed in mysterious circumstances by police this fall. Lopez, 24, died following an altercation with a transit officer in Octob…
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The Best Novel You’ve Never Heard Of – The Daily Beast
When I came to New York in 1981, I asked every writer I came in contact with about his or her favorite novels. Robert Christgau, then a senior editor and pop music critic for the Village Voice, recommended, without hesitation, The Man Who Loved Chil…
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Can Kinsey-Approved Virtual Vaginas Help Close the Orgasm Gap? – The Daily Beast
In the United States, the orgasm gap is just as wide as the wage gap. According to the National Survey of Sexual Health and Behavior (NSSHB), 91 percent of men reported having an orgasm during their last sexual encounter. Only 64 percent of women co…
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How Chuck Norris Helped Bring Down Communism – The Daily Beast
In the 1984 Chuck Norris film Missing In Action, there’s a scene in which Norris, as a former POW who has returned to Vietnam looking for MIAs, is captured and strung upside down by Vietnamese soldiers. One ties a bag over his head with a rat in it.
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How ISIS Actually Lost Ramadi – The Daily Beast
Pentagon officials hailed the U.S.-trained Iraqi army this week for retaking much of the western city of Ramadi from the self-proclaimed Islamic State.
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Hezbollah Fighters Are Fed Up With Fighting Syria’s War – The Daily Beast
BEKAA VALLEY, Lebanon — They joined to fight Israel in Lebanon, but after multiple combat tours in the Syrian cities of Aleppo, Idlib, Latakia and around Damascus, Hezbollah reservists tell The Daily Beast that they are no longer willing to die in S…
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11 Arrested for Being Gay in Senegal—Is President Obama to Blame? – The Daily Beast
Reports from the West African nation of Senegal say that the government has arrested 11 people accused of homosexual acts. If convicted, those accused—who were rounded up at a “celebration of a gay marriage”—face up to five years in prison.
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What Went Wrong With Rand Paul? – The Daily Beast
So this is the year that libertarianism, a political philosophy advocating minimal government across the board and thus annoying as hell to both conservatives and liberals, finally up and died.
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20 Biggest Pop Culture Fails of 2015: Steve Harvey, Donald Trump, and So Much More – The Daily Beast
Fantastic Four bombed. The Tidal wave crashed. Rihanna never released an album, and those Good Wife stars didn’t share that scene. A look back at 2015’s biggest pop culture fails. Everything about this was hard to watch.
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Why Is Matt Drudge Boosting Donald Trump? – The Daily Beast
Who’s responsible for Donald Trump? The establishment honchos of the Republican Party first and foremost, for not having to stones to stand up and stop the crazy in their party over the last seven years when Steve King and Louis Gohmert and Michele …
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The Other Children Killed in Cleveland – The Daily Beast
CLEVELAND — Philip backed his silver Pontiac into the driveway next to his mother’s home in the 900 block of East 131st Street on Tuesday night. He looks tough but has an easy smile.
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Why Jennifer Lawrence’s New Year’s Humbug Is So Right – The Daily Beast
Thank you, Jennifer Lawrence. Thank you for saying what any sane and reasonable person knows. There is only one thing to do come New Year’s Eve. Stay in. Possibly stay sober. Go to bed before midnight.
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CAR votes: Bloodshed has clotted but wounds still ache – Al Jazeera English
Bangui is quite different to the first time I was here. Then, the main road leading away from the airport was often deserted, heads peeked around the edges of houses, people scurried across the road.
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This is my two faced kitty named Pounce! : cats
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Glowing Fireflies Image, Japan – National Geographic Photo of the Day
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Seal causes stand-off after trying to cross California road – BBC News
A half-ton elephant seal that had tried to cross a road in Northern California has been tranquilised by rescue officials.It followed a day-long stand-off in which wildlife experts used horns and paddles to try to encourage the animal back into the w…
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What a 107 thousand horse power engine looks like : pics
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More troops may be needed in Afghanistan, says US and Nato chief | World news | The Guardian
The top US and Nato military commander in Afghanistan may seek additional American troops to help local forces as they struggle to contain the Taliban insurgency, according to reports.
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Thailand beach murders: Myanmar protests grow over verdict – BBC News
Protests against the conviction in Thailand of two Burmese men for the murder of a pair of British tourists have been growing in Yangon. The Thai embassy’s consular section in the Burmese capital said it would be closed for the week in the wake of t…
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Facebook class action lawsuits to go ahead – BBC News
Two US class action lawsuits against Facebook by shareholders alleging it hid growth concerns ahead of its 2012 public listing can now go ahead. Facebook told the BBC that it was disappointed with the decision and it has launched an appeal against i…
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How is Artificial Intelligence transforming Wall Street? – BBC News
Machines already control much of the activity on Wall Street but could algorithms take over the work of traders? Computers can do certain tasks much faster humans but critics have blamed them for some problems, such as the 2010 Flash Crash.
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Migrant crisis: How one German town is coping with its migrants – BBC News
Germany has played a leading role in the migrant crisis, with officials claiming the country has received more than one million asylum applications in 2015. The Bavarian town of Abensberg has a population of 14,000 and is now home to 200 refugees – …
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Republican George Pataki pulls out of presidential race | US news | The Guardian
Former New York governor George Pataki has suspended his bid for the 2016 Republican presidential nomination. He tweeted the news on Tuesday night, saying he was confident the party would choose the right person.
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Worries grow over humanitarian impacts of ‘strongest El Nino’ – BBC News
The strongest El Nino on record is likely to increase the threat of hunger and disease for tens of millions of people in 2016 aid agencies say. The weather phenomenon is set to exacerbate droughts in some areas while increasing flooding in others.
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A science preview of the year 2016 – BBC News
After a year that saw the first close-up investigation of Pluto and the unveiling of a new human species, what scientific discoveries are likely to make headlines in 2016?
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Donald Trump ‘to spend $2m a week on campaign’ – BBC News
US Republican presidential frontrunner Donald Trump says he is planning to spend $2m (£1.3m) a week on campaign advertising. Mr Trump said he would bring out “substantial” adverts in Iowa, New Hampshire and South Carolina ahead of primary elections …
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The Tennessee attorney general is accusing Chevron of fraudulently siphoning more than $18 million over a period of about 30 years from a cleanup fund that people contribute to every time they fill up at the pump (fuelfix.com)submitted 20 minutes ag…
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Watch Lemmy Kilmister Howl in Footage From Motorhead’s Final Show | Rolling Stone
Footage of Lemmy Kilmister and Motörhead tearing through fan-favorite “Overkill” at what would become their final concert has surfaced online, Ultimate Classic Rock reports.
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SeaWorld sues California over ban on breeding captive killer whales | Environment | The Guardian
SeaWorld filed a lawsuit on Tuesday challenging a California commission’s ruling that bans the company from breeding captive killer whales at its San Diego theme park.
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You’d struggle to think of a more pathetic figure – a koala on an operating table, eyes closed and face-down in a scratchy towel, four paws immersed in containers of sodium chloride.
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The centerpiece of “CQB” is the Donnager’s last stand against a group of mysterious attackers, an explosive, doomed defense full of gunfire, blood, and some zero-gravity heroics.
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I believe I read somewhere that on the stress scale, divorce ranks higher than the death of a spouse.
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Aphex Twin Releases Gritty, Ominous New Song ‘T17 Phase Out’ | Rolling Stone
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Director Penelope Spheeris: ‘Lemmy Was Off the Charts Intelligent’ | Rolling Stone
Penelope Spheeris, director of the 1988 heavy metal documentary Decline of Western Civilization II: The Metal Years, fondly said late Motörhead frontman Lemmy Kilmister “brought the term ‘no BS’ to new heights” in an interview with Billboard.
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Ozzy Osbourne Remembers Lemmy: ‘He Was My Hero’ | Rolling Stone
Ozzy Osbourne is one of the few musicians who knew Lemmy Kilmister from his early days in Hawkwind through four decades of Motörhead. They toured together on Osbourne’s first U.S.
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Tom Morello on Lemmy: ‘Part Man, Part Wolf, Part Maker’s Mark’ | Rolling Stone
On Monday, after hearing of the death of Lemmy Kilmister, Tom Morello posted the following on Facebook: “Metal flags fly at half mast tonight as we salute the incomparable Ace of Spades.
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Open thread for night owls: Washington Post and Guardian report killings by cops very differently
Concerned that official records undercount the number of people shot and killed by police in the United States every year, the Washington Post() attempted to compile a list of every fatal police shooting in 2015.
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Recognizing Probabilities In Budgeting And Forecasting | TechCrunch
CEOs and CFOs of our portfolio companies often ask us, “How aggressive should we be when we set our budget? We want to grow as fast as possible and invest in our exciting new programs.
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Watch Two Guys Stick A GoPro Into A Homemade Pneumatic Cannon And Shoot It Really High | TechCrunch
There are few things as exciting as shooting things into the air using a 3D-printed cannon. That’s why this video is so important – and so educational.
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This Modern Trailer For ‘The Empire Strikes Back’ Will Make You Want To See It Again – Digg
25 diggs Movies Trailers, today, are fully dramatized productions meant to extract maximum emotion towards a film. Back when “Star Wars” came out it didn’t get this full treatment, so Tom F of YouTube decided to do it himself.
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Find the panda! Star Wars version : pics
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Star Wars just made 2015 the biggest year in US box office history | The Verge
If there’s one thing that J.J. Abrams’ Star Wars: The Force Awakens has been great at — aside from reminding everyone how much they liked the original movie — it’s been breaking box office records. Lots of them.
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The Mississippi River is flooding in a big way right now, at the wrong time of year, and is forecasted to match or break 22-year-old crest records over the next few days. Meteorologists are calling it “insane.” (newsweek.com)
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Somebody brought this bear into doggie day care. : aww
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This flood was not only foretold – it was publicly subsidised : environment
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Father of Chicago’s latest police shooting victim files lawsuit
A lawsuit has been filed on behalf of Antonio LeGrier in the police shooting of his 19-year-old son Quintonio, according to the Chicago Sun-Times.
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My new family member, Luna the Maine Coon. : cats
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The Indian Startup Scene In 2015 | TechCrunch
India has now become one of the largest bases for startups in the world after the United States, the United Kingdom, and China.
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Guns N’ Roses to reunite, headline Coachella · Newswire · The A.V. Club
Billboard is reporting that Guns N’ Roses—as in the actual Guns N’ Roses, Slash and Axl Rose, the twin scions of Goofy Top Hat and Ill-Advised Bandana—are planning to reunite.
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Alice Cooper, Lemmy and Marilyn Manson out for a walk : pics
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Sunset Reflected On Building : pics
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Microsoft may have your encryption key; here’s how to take it back | Ars Technica
As happens from time to time, somebody has spotted a feature in Windows 10 that isn’t actually new and has largely denounced it as a great privacy violation. The Intercept has written that if you have bought a Windows PC recently then Microsoft prob…
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Conservatives call for Tony Abbott’s return to frontbench – BBC News
Supporters of former Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott have made calls for him to return to a senior government position. It comes after two cabinet ministers stepped down on Tuesday over separate scandals, which means a political reshuffle is l…
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President Barack Obama signs into law a ban on tiny plastic particles used in personal cosmetic products that scientists say are polluting U.S. lakes, rivers and the oceans. (mlive.com) Thank god. Some of this plastic shit was even in crest toothpas…
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See what The Empire Strikes Back trailer would look like it if came out today | The Verge
It’s a testament to the enduring visual design of the original Star Wars trilogy that in order to make “modern trailers” for The Empire Strikes Back and Return of the Jedi, all YouTuber Tom F had to do was employ some clever cuts and overlay the hau…
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Not that this or any other night at Señor Frog’s in Times Square was ever fully conventional.
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Next Year’s El Niño Looks Eerily Similar to 1998’s Incredibly Powerful El Niño
What will our El Niño weather look like in 2016? The answer is chaotic, powerful—and perhaps oddly recognizable. The comparisons between the ‘97-’98 El Niño and the 2015-16 El Niños has been steadily stacking up for awhile now.
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The Year in John Cassidy – The New Yorker
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Islamic State conflict: Paris attack-linked IS commander ‘killed in coalition strikes’ – BBC News
Ten Islamic State commanders in Iraq and Syria have been killed in the past month by targeted US-led coalition air strikes, a US military spokesman has said. US Army Colonel Steve Warren named Frenchman Charaffe al-Mouadan as one of those killed.
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Most Popular Features and Essays of 2015
How-Tos and explainers may be our bread and butter at Lifehacker, but occasionally we just have to share a rant, personal story, or exposé. Here were our best features and essays in 2015. Some think that being poor is simple.
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Vox Sentences: California’s gas leak is doing 7 million cars’ worth of climate damage – Vox
The California methane leak, explained; Ramadi retaken; and seriously, what kind of parents throw their son a going-away party before he goes on the run? Vox Sentences is written by Dylan Matthews and Dara Lind.
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Musician David Lowery sues Spotify for “unlawfully” distributing music | Ars Technica
Musician David Lowery, frontman for alt-rock bands Camper Van Beethoven and Cracker, sued Spotify in California District Court (PDF) this week for alleged copyright infringement. Lowery’s complaint accuses Spotify of failing to license musicians’ wo…
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Scientists Officially Pronounce the “Ninja Lanternshark” a New Species
It’s scientific name is Etmopterus benchleyi, but when a shark is all-black, lurks in the depths of the ocean, and has the ability to glow, why limit yourself to the official nomenclature? Researchers have nicknamed this bad boy the “ninja lanternsh…
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Environmental Peace Ecology is out! https://t.co/8DbJRs4gJi
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Philadelphia Eagles fire Chip Kelly after second straight underwhelming year | Sport | The Guardian
The Philadelphia Eagles have fired coach Chip Kelly with one game left in his third season, dumping their coach after missing the playoffs in consecutive seasons. Kelly was released Tuesday night just before the end of a disappointing season that be…
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Why Africans in the UK pay so much to send relatives’ bodies home – BBC News
“My father’s dream was for him to be buried in his birthplace and have the call to prayer resonate over his grave,” says Nadia Elbhiri, whose father passed away last year in London.
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Year in pictures 2015 – BBC News
Our selection of some of the best news photographs taken around the world this year.
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Should we solar panel the Sahara desert? – BBC News
Could one solution to climate change be to harvest the power of sunlight where it shines brightest on the planet? Should we solar panel the Sahara desert? Four experts discuss the radical proposal with the BBC World Service Inquiry programme.
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Asian shares higher on strong lead from Wall Street – BBC News
Asian shares headed higher on Wednesday, getting a strong lead from Wall Street where rising oil prices led to a rebound in the market. The S&P 500 and the Dow Jones indexes both gained over 1% as oil prices rallied overnight to climb by around 3% a…
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Obama’s skin tone darker in GOP ads, study shows : politics
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Obama’s skin tone darker in GOP ads, study shows | NOLA.com
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Germany’s year: Has it been worrying or wunderbar? – BBC News
Europe’s largest economy has a talent for provoking strong reactions abroad, from outrage to something approaching hero-worship. And that was particularly the case during 2015. One minute Germany is lionised as a model of economic efficiency and pol…
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Restrictive Ethiopia cuts an economic dash – BBC News
“I retired at 24,” says Samuel Alemayehu, as we look out over the vast, stinking rubbish mountain in the heart of Addis Ababa. Birds shriek as they swoop down to collect items from the heaps of waste. Human scavengers, faces grey with dust, pick thr…
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Such class acts, these Republicans. Studies show that Donald Trumps skin tone is more orange in Democrat ads.
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Really, How Should a Dog Wear Pants? – The Daily Beast
It is most fitting that 2015, a year that has seen a belligerent, orange-faced reality TV star lead the race for the highest office in our would-be great country, is ending with a debate about dogs wearing pants.
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2015: The year that angry won the internet – BBC News
A social networking CEO is subjected to racist attacks on her own website. A cartoonist’s life is trashed by trolls. Women get rape and death threats. There’s a case to be made that online, 2015 was a year of increased hate.
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Giant squid that swam into Japanese bay guided back out to sea by diver | Environment | The Guardian
The 3.7-metre-long squid was spotted swimming under fishing boats at Toyama Bay on Christmas Eve. It reportedly lingered around the moorings for several hours and was captured on video using a submersible camera.
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The Poseidon Adventure Is Still One of the Most Insane Disaster Movies Ever Made
Celebrate New Year’s Eve aboard the S.S. Poseidon, and experience one of the standouts of the 1970s disaster-movie craze: The Poseidon Adventure.
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Alexei Stakhanov: The USSR’s superstar miner – BBC News
In December 1935, Time magazine’s cover photo featured the celebrated Soviet worker Alexei Stakhanov. The US was still in the grip of the Great Depression and Stakhanov was a poster boy for communism – the figurehead of a new workers’ movement dedic…
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How Would A Dog Wear Pants? – Digg
Dogs don’t wear pants, but what if they did? What would a pair of dog slacks look like? Four-legged or two-legged? Overnight, this image has taken over Twitter/Reddit/Imgur — the Internet, basically, dividing users into the four-legged1 and two-legg…
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Group Commerce Startup Massdrop Is Working With Its Users To Design New Products | TechCrunch
Massdrop‘s investors have argued that the group commerce site is more a community than a straightforward marketplace. Here’s one way that Massdrop is doing things differently — a new initiative called Massdrop Collabs.
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Revealed: Thatcher’s mystery gems, Reagan’s reading and moon dust | Politics | The Guardian
Downing Street press officers were alerted when a Guardian journalist called about the supposed clandestine donation in October 1985, according to documents released by the National Archives in Kew on Wednesday.
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US storms: Missouri floods close Mississippi near St Louis – BBC News
A five-mile (8km) section of the Mississippi River near St Louis, Missouri, has been closed to vessels as rising water levels caused “hazardous conditions”, the US Coast Guard said.Storms and tornadoes have lashed the region in recent days, swelling…
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It seems fitting that Quentin Tarantino, a renowned film buff who rose from video-rental-store ranks, paid careful homage to specific westerns while making his own, The Hateful Eight.
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Learn How to Write Unforgettable Thank You Notes With This Primer
A great thank you note is a lot more than a piece of paper with “thank you” written on it, however. This primer will have you writing thank you notes so good, people will want to give you presents just to receive one.
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Our Year in Meals – The New Yorker
The magazine’s Tables for Two correspondents revisit some of their most memorable meals of 2015. My favorite new restaurant this year was Simpson Wong’s Chomp Chomp, in the West Village.
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The Best Weather Bloopers Of 2015 – Digg
4 diggs Funny From the same YouTube account that brought you “Best News Bloopers Of 2015,” comes the best weather bloopers of 2015. There’s nothing more innocent than a weather blooper.
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Metallica’s Lars Ulrich on Lemmy: ‘His Spirit Will Always Live in Us’ | Rolling Stone
Few bands have cited Motörhead and Lemmy Kilmister as an inspiration quite as loudly as Metallica.
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North Korea says top official Kim Yang Gon killed in car crash – BBC News
Kim Yang Gon, 73, was a secretary of the ruling Workers’ Party and was in charge of ties with South Korea. He was part of a high-level delegation from North Korea that helped ease a stand-off with the South in August, after an exchange of artillery …
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Sonny Bill Williams tweets graphic photos of dead children – BBC News
Rugby union star Sonny Bill Williams has posted graphic images of dead children on Twitter after a visit to Syrian refugee camps in Lebanon. Williams, who played a starring role in New Zealand’s Rugby World Cup win, was in Lebanon as a Unicef ambass…
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Marco Rubio fends off renewed attacks from rivals on Senate voting record | US news | The Guardian
Marco Rubio faced a fresh round of attacks on Tuesday from his Republican rivals over the Florida senator’s penchant for skipping votes while running for president.
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WHO: Guinea Ebola outbreak over – BBC News
The World Health Organization (WHO) has declared the end of the Ebola outbreak in Guinea, two years after the epidemic began there. The disease killed more than 2,500 people in the West African state, and a further 9,000 in neighbouring Liberia and …
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Can Putting Your Baby to Bed Be a Crime? – The Daily Beast
After a jarring return to work and some prodding from our famously eager pediatrician, my husband and I have started “cry-it-out” with our four-month-old son—a brutal, if necessary, method where exhausted parents train their babies to sleep by ignor…
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Flaming Wreckage Of Clinkle Rebuilds As A Referral Service | TechCrunch
Clinkle imploded after employees quit en masse in May, protesting how its young CEO Lucas Duplan was mismanaging the $30 million-funded payments startup. But Duplan won’t quit.
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2016 calendar now available at http://www.kchronicles.
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George Pataki’s Hopeless Campaign, In One Chart | FiveThirtyEight
George Pataki has reportedly decided to end his presidential bid. Pataki is a serious person with a long, successful career in politics, including three terms as New York’s governor. But his bid for the Republican nomination was doomed from the star…
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Berlin — GERMANY is not lacking in right-wing sentiment these days, but most people are careful about how they deploy their anti-immigrant rhetoric. And then there’s Björn Höcke. Last month Mr.
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The NSA spied on Israeli prime minister during Iran talks, says WSJ | The Verge
In 2014, Washington was buzzing over a controversial new nuclear agreement between the US and Iran — but the negotiations may have kept America’s spy agencies busy as well.
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All of the train’s 26 wagons overturned at the Quarrells site, 20km east of Julia Creek, on Sunday. Heavy rain and muddy ground have hampered efforts to reach the train, roughly 100m from the nearest road.
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Daugaard-Jensen Land, Greenland : Image of the Day
In Greenland, snow and ice dominate much—but not all—of the landscape. This image mosaic shows an aerial view of a largely ice-free area near the western coast of North Greenland.
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This map shows where wild bees are in decline | Grist
No matter how attached we might be to that super-heated crust, the traditional ways aren’t automatically the healthiest.
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Just Not Sorry for Gmail Helps You Write More Confident Emails
Chrome: A lack of confidence in your emails can make it hard to set a professional tone, or make important messages seem weak. Just Not Sorry is a simple Gmail plug-in that identifies qualifying words and phrases so you can weed them out.
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Disney made a tiny robot car that can drive up walls | The Verge
Disney’s research arm has been quietly churning out impressive, occasionally unnerving experiments for some time now, and its latest is a particularly inspired bit of engineering: a small, four-wheeled robot with the uncanny ability to climb up wall…
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Did Jeb Lead The Effort To Kill Obamacare in Florida? Kinda. – The Daily Beast
A new Jeb Bush super PAC ad touts his governorship and the efforts made to fight the “Obamacare expansion.” Just one thing: That law didn’t pass until three years after Bush left office.The new spot, called “Three Governors,” contrasts Bush with Gov…
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Indian students protest scrapping of fellowships – Al Jazeera English
New Delhi, India – Rohit Kumar has joined hundreds of fellow students for months protesting in front of the government office in charge of higher education after it suddenly announced it would discontinue vital scholarships.
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BBC Sport – Leicester City 0-0 Manchester City
Leicester’s two leading scorers Jamie Vardy and Riyad Mahrez were both substituted at Anfield on Boxing Day but are fit to face Manchester City. Danny Drinkwater could return from a hamstring injury.
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Missouri floods: Aerial footage of flooded streets – BBC News
At least 18 people are reported to have died in Missouri after torrential rain caused severe flooding. On Tuesday, the Mississippi River spilled over the top of the levee at West Alton, Missouri, about 20 miles north of St Louis.
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‘Chimes At Midnight’ Gives Weight To A Shakespearean Knave : NPR
1965. It had been seven years since Orson Welles directed Touch of Evil, more than 20 years since Citizen Kane, so a lot of people thought he was washed up when he shopped around a project he’d created by blending bits and pieces of five plays by Sh…
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“Michigan Gov. Rick Snyder apologized to the City of Flint Tuesday for the Flint drinking water crisis that has left children poisoned by lead and announced he has accepted to resignation of Michigan Department of Environmental Quality Director Dan …
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The Storm That Will Unfreeze the North Pole: It caps off a month—and year—of weird weather. (theatlantic.com)
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Musician David Lowery Sues Spotify For Copyright Infringement : The Two-Way : NPR
Spotify, the ground-breaking streaming music service, is facing a class action lawsuit alleging that it violates the copyrights of thousands of independent musicians. If the songwriters prevail it would cost Spotify tens of millions of dollars in un…
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2015: The Year in Sad Jeb | Vanity Fair
Around this time last year, political pundits were ready to call 2015 the Year of Jeb Bush.
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FAA shuts down dozens of drone clubs near Washington, DC | The Verge
The Federal Aviation Administration last week asked drone and model aircraft clubs operating within 30 miles of Washington, DC’s airport to cease flying due to national security and airspace issues, according to a report by Motherboard.
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Uber, Lyft competitor Sidecar shuts down to “work on strategic alternatives” | Ars Technica
Rideshare and delivery company Sidecar announced on Tuesday that it would be shuttering its services at 2pm Pacific Time, December 31, 2015.
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Dog Pants Should Have Four Legs: An Argument From Linguistics – The Atlantic
The picture above has attracted tens of thousands of retweets in the past day. Many of those retweets have come from people who argue in favor of the image on the right-hand side. Those people are wrong. ‘No, father, he can not. He would have only…
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This Story by Walter Jon Williams Is Messed Up in the Best Possible Way
Great news! The always fantastic Walter Jon Williams has a reprinted story in the new issue of Clarkesworld Magazine, that I had never read before. “Daddy’s World” starts out idyllic and slowly gets more dark and demented. Until it finally gets just…
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Derby, the Adorable Cybernetic Dog, Just Got Upgraded 3D-Printed Legs
Last year we told you about Derby, a dog born with underdeveloped legs and paws. Tech firm 3D Systems designed a pair of prosthetic limbs for the Husky mix, but they were too short, and they also prevented Derby from being able to sit normally. A ne…
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New York City politicians want to legalize hoverboards | The Verge
Hoverboards, those meme-friendly scourges of major airlines and wrists everywhere, are getting a much-needed helping hand, courtesy of a band of New York City politicians. The lawmakers want to legalize hoverboards in the Big Apple, which are prohib…
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Alabama and Michigan State face each other in a late New Year’s Eve game that could stretch into 2016 (depending on your time zone). Alabama is the favorite, according to FiveThirtyEight’s model, as the Tide have the nation’s top defense and a domin…
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Clemson and Oklahoma square off on New Year’s Eve in a matchup that pits the nation’s only remaining undefeated team (the Tigers) against the favorite according to FiveThirtyEight’s college football model (the Sooners). Both teams have a strong defe…
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I wonder what the political outcome for them would be if they both decided now to just start having a bunch of non-sanctioned debates and give the finger to the DNC.
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World’s richest 10% produce half of carbon emissions; poorest half just a tenth : environment
World’s richest 10% produce half of carbon emissions; poorest half just a tenth (thinkpol.ca)submitted 1 hour ago by loading…
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By DEC. 29, 2015 What we hear can be as important as what we see.
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Kate Bush – Running Up That Hill – Official Music Video – YouTube
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New VA Clinic Opens For Transgender Vets : NPR
It’s one of the first VA hospitals in the country to open a clinic devoted specifically to the needs of veterans like Sue McConnell. McConnell came out as transgender while serving with the Navy in Vietnam, which meant leaving the military.
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New type of contagious cancer spreading among Tasmanian devils | Ars Technica
Contagious cancers were thought to be exceedingly rare—after all, researchers only knew of three kinds in the world. But now, there’s a fourth. And it’s raising some big questions about scientists’ understanding of cancer.
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Deadline is reporting that The Weinstein Company has moved up—again—the moment that Quentin Tarantino’s heart is fated to break—that is, the date that the director’s lovingly crafted The Hateful Eight will be subjected to the cruel binary manhandlin…
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Know Fast Teaches You Something New Every Day with Short, Informative Videos
iOS: Know Fast for iPhone delivers short (less than four-minutes), informative videos to you each day, in categories you choose. It’s a great way to spend a few minutes learning something new and interesting in a field you’re interested in, or just …
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Everything you need to know about elections in CAR – Al Jazeera English
When the Muslim-led Seleka rebels marched into the capital Bangui and ousted President Francois Bozize in March 2013, it ushered in one of the darkest periods in recent Central African Republic history.
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Microsoft patents a slider, earning EFF’s “Stupid Patent of the Month” award | Ars Technica
The Electronic Frontier Foundation’s “Stupid Patent of the Month” for December isn’t owned by a sketchy shell company, but rather the Microsoft Corporation. The selection, published yesterday, is the first time the EFF has picked a design patent as …
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When Senator Bernie Sanders’s campaign team was about to address a throng of media about a breach in which his data director and at least two other staff members accessed Hillary Clinton’s proprietary voter data, reporters and political watchers bra…
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The Sun in UV as seen by NASAs SDO js – Just Space
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Faig Ahmed’s Distorted, Pixelated Rugs Are Textile Acid Trips | Inverse
Faig Ahmed is an artist born in and based out of Baku, Azerbaijan, whose handwoven rugs marry the traditional to hallucinations of the internet age.
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Asthma rates are starting to fall — just not for the poorest kids | Grist
The mansion was destroyed decades before the BP oil spill. No matter how attached we might be to that super-heated crust, the traditional ways aren’t automatically the healthiest.
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Tax Breaks, Falling Costs Are Boosting Wind And Solar : NPR
Right before the holidays, Congress approved tax credits for clean energy. It was just a tiny part of a $1.8 trillion spending bill, but solar and wind power companies say it’s a Christmas present that will catapult their industry forward.
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23 Things To Look For When You See Star Wars: The Force Awakens Again
We’ve already told you seeing Star Wars: The Force Awakens again is probably a good idea. We’ve also given you lots of questions to ponder once you leave the theater. But now, we’re going to give you 23 things to look for when you see the movie agai…
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Donald Trump and the Mystery of the Penny-Pinching Campaign – The Atlantic
Among the many mysteries in the Donald Trump phenomenon, the question of his campaign spending is perhaps not the most pressing, but it is among the most inscrutable. On Tuesday, Trump told reporters in New Hampshire that he was going to start buyin…
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DJ Shadow Gifts Monstrous New Song, ‘Swerve’ | Rolling Stone
DJ Shadow Gifts Monstrous New Song, ‘Swerve’ Legendary DJ-producer set to drop new album next year
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Migrant crisis: Over one million reach Europe by sea – BBC News
More than one million refugees and migrants have reached Europe by sea since the start of 2015, the United Nations refugee agency (UNHCR) says. Over 80% of the 1,000,573 people arrived in Greece, with the majority landing on Lesbos island, it said.
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Once train crash: Argentine ex-ministers jailed – BBC News
A court in Buenos Aires has given jail sentences to two former Argentine transport ministers for a train crash which killed 51 people in 2012.Ricardo Jaime and Pablo Schiavi were given six- and eight-year sentences for negligence.
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Study links college football game days to increase in rape reports | US news | The Guardian
Game days at top US college football programs are associated with a significant rise in reports of rape from college-aged victims to law enforcement authorities, a new study has found.
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Deadspin’s Favorite Vines Of 2015
The Deadspin staff picked their favorite Vines from 2015, and you won’t be surprised to learn that many of them include maniacal dogs. Please enjoy. Prayers up to the Vine user who was murdered by that dog. -Tom Ley
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News | A Still-Growing El Niño Set to Bear Down on US
The current strong El Niño brewing in the Pacific Ocean shows no signs of waning, as seen in the latest satellite image from the U.S./European Ocean Surface Topography Mission (OSTM)/Jason-2 mission. El Niño 2015 has already created weather chaos ar…
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An Air Bridge Deal Promises a Way Out for the Cuban Migrants Stranded in Costa Rica | VICE News
The first 250 of an estimated 8,000 Cuban migrants who are currently stuck in Costa Rica are due to finally be able to continue their journey to the United States thanks to a regional agreement.
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SeaWorld is coming under renewed criticism after the death last week of an 18-year-old orca whale named Unna at its San Antonio theme park. Unna had undergone several months of treatment for a fungal infection. Unna is the third whale to have died a…
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What Exactly Does An Editor Do? The Role Has Changed Over Time : NPR
When Harper Lee’s Go Set a Watchman was published earlier this year, readers learned that this much anticipated “second book” by Lee was actually a first draft of what would later become the beloved To Kill a Mockingbird.
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Microinsurance Is The Answer To The Insurance Industry | TechCrunch
Let’s be real. The insurance industry has barely evolved since Benjamin Franklin introduced the concept in the late 1700s. You’d think after three hundred years and a market size of $1 trillion in the United States alone, insurance companies like Me…
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What to Do If You Think You Have a Sports-Related Concussion
Concussions aren’t just for NFL players. They can happen while playing in a weekend sports league or even from an unlucky slip and fall. If you know how to spot a concussion and where to find good treatment, you can avoid the risk of further injury.
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With this essential IT bundle, you’ll work towards earning your Cisco network engineering, CCNPtroubleshooting, CompTIA Network+, and Red Hat credentials. These stamps of approval will help qualify you for entry-level IT jobs, or even climb a rung o…
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Hoverboarding priest suspended for forgetting his Ecclesiastes | The Verge
An unidentified Catholic priest is taking some time to reflect on his decision to ride a hoverboard at the conclusion of Christmas Eve Mass, according to religious news site Aleteia.
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Here’s the good news about Earth from this year | Grist
No matter how attached we might be to that super-heated crust, the traditional ways aren’t automatically the healthiest. How the internet of things will get hacked by the companies that are building it, and other tales of sustainable (and unsustaina…
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The Hateful Eight is opening one day early in almost 2,000 theaters | The Verge
Quentin Tarantino’s new movie The Hateful Eight is going to enjoy its digital wide release a day earlier than expected, a late Christmas present stemming from the popularity of the movie’s controversial 70mm roadshow extravaganza.
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This mashup of pop punk classics and Top 40 hits is surprisingly brilliant | The Verge
A little over 12 minutes into If You’re Listening It’s Never Too Late, the new mixtape from production trio Captain Cuts, you’ll hear the lingering, melancholy piano line from My Chemical Romance’s ode to freaks, “Welcome to the Black Parade.
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Ensuring that Mad Men-loving four-year-olds are never far from their requisite Jon Hamm fix, HBO has released the first trailer for its newly acquired Sesame Street, complete with the steady stream of celebrity cameos that have kept kids tuning in t…
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What’s on Riley Keough’s Vanity Table? | Vanity Fair
Actress and model Riley Keough, the eldest granddaughter of the iconic Elvis Presley, is creating her own legacy.
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More Americans were killed in Christmas weekend storms this year than in Islamic extremist attacks since 9/11. Extreme and deadly weather over Christmas weekend shows Sanders is right: Climate change is the gravest threat. (salon.com) This is the mo…
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WASHINGTON — Even as the Obama administration scrambles to confront the Islamic State and resurgent Taliban, an old enemy seems to be reappearing in Afghanistan: Qaeda training camps are sprouting up there, forcing the Pentagon and
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WHEN schools in Augusta County, Va., closed earlier this month after parents objected to an Arabic calligraphy lesson, it was tempting to see it as only the latest example of the rampant anti-Muslim sentiment that has taken hold in much of the count…
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DRAGON BALL x FORD : Witness An Unbelievable Fusion – YouTube
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When Lemmy Took on the War on Drugs – The Daily Beast
The late Lemmy Kilmister was, like so many other deceased and aging rock stars, a walking stereotype of rock n’ roll excess. Lemmy, the founding member and frontman of the British heavy metal band Motörhead, bragged that he drank a bottle of Jack Da…
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PSA: Don’t Display Empty Boxes of Valuable Items to Thieves
The holidays usually means a lot of presents, and that means a lot of empty product boxes to get rid of. When you toss out your boxes, make sure you’re not showing off all of the expensive items that are now in your home to potential thieves. Accord…
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15 technology trends for 2016 / Boing Boing
Frogdesign presents 15 tech trends that have the potential to “radically transform businesses in 2016.
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Deadspin Rams Defensive End William Hayes Is A Dinosaur Truther | Jezebel When Your Fat Pic Goes Viral as a Feminist Cautionary Tale | Gizmodo Priest Suspended For Hoverboarding in Church | Gawker Making a Murderer Is Good, But What Is It Good For? |
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The Many Faces of John Berger | New Republic
Up until the 1970s, British art criticism was predicated on the idea of connoisseurship.
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Huckabee lies about his love affair with Josh Duggar
Our favorite pastor turned pill pusher turned politician is having a senior moment regarding his old buddy Josh Duggar of America’s finest reality show, 19 Kids and Counting.
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Surfing the Web on a public Wi-Fi connection can be dangerous business. Steer clear of hackers with protection from ZenVPN. You’ll be free to access any of their servers located in 32 locations around the world, and can rest easy knowing your activi…
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Radiohead’s rejected theme song for the James Bond movie Spectre / Boing Boing
Radiohead says, “Last year we were asked to write a theme tune for the Bond movie Spectre. Yes we were. It didn’t work out, but became something of our own, which we love very much. As the year closes we thought you might like to hear it. Merry Chri…
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Tamir Rice Prosecutor Indicted Innocent Men, But Not Killer Cops – The Daily Beast
Cuyahoga County, Ohio prosecutor Timothy J. McGinty’s announcement that a grand jury, at his office’s recommendation, declined to file charges against the two officers who killed 12-year-old Tamir Rice surprised almost no one.
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11 Times Science Fiction and Fantasy Gave Us Hope for the Future in 2015
This has been a tough year. Pop culture let us down in many ways, even as our political system and our social institutions revealed a deeper seam of ugliness.
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Kate Bush – Running Up That Hill – Official Music Video – YouTube
Official music video for the single “Running Up That Hill” written and produced by British singer Kate Bush.The song was the first single from Kate’s 1985 album Hounds of Love and released in the UK on 5 August 1985.”Running Up That Hill” entered th…
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Chicago, see Charlie Kaufman’s Anomalisa early and for free · Contest · The A.V. Club
Though Charlie Kaufman’s body of work is filled with unexpected delights and oddball left turns, no one could have anticipated that his second directorial effort (after Synecdoche, New York) would’ve been an animated movie.
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Priest Suspended For Hoverboarding in Church
It’s the future! But the Catholic church doesn’t seem ready to embrace it. A priest in the Philippines recently rode a hoverboard during a Christmas Eve Mass. But the Diocese of San Pablo has now suspended the poor hoverboarding Father.
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Turkish football authority to pay outed gay referee – Al Jazeera English
Turkish Football Federation (TFF) was ordered to pay thousands of dollars to a homosexual referee for revoking his licence after his sexual identity was leaked to the Turkish media.
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2015 Was a Huge Year for Weed — and 2016 Will Be Even Bigger | VICE News
There’s an old adage in American politics: “As Ohio goes, so goes the nation.” While it might hold true for presidential campaigns — the last candidate to reach the White House without winning the state was John F.
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Peace Love Beauty Wisdom Balance Imagination Truth Consciousness, Master of Disguise via /r/pics…
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How To Annoy Your Dad: Play The Harpsichord : NPR
Mahan Esfahani says the harpsichord is as relevant today as it was when Bach and Vivaldi were playing it, and his interview with NPR’s Robert Siegel this past June left no doubt.
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Draft Of CDC’s New Prescribing Guidelines Stirs Debate : NPR
Since 1999, prescription opioid sales have quadrupled in the U.S. Now, as the country faces an epidemic of prescription drug abuse, doctors are divided over how much prescriptions are the problem.
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In Exile, Burundian Musicians Create Out Of Crisis : NPR
Political violence has engulfed the African nation of Burundi. The U.N. Security Council has passed a resolution to try and prevent potential genocide, while refugees have been pouring into neighboring Rwanda. Among them is a group of musicians who …
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N.Y. Crime Stats Hit New Low, But Residents Say They Don’t Feel It : NPR
Like last year, New York City will finish 2015 with historically low crime numbers. But despite that evidence, polls show many residents feel the city is heading back to the “old days” of high crime.
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‘Casual’ Hides Romance With Cynicism And Subtlety : NPR
As part of our year-end look at the “Ones That Got Away in 2015” series, NPR TV Critic Eric Deggans reviews Hulu’s Casual, a comedy about the modern search for connection.
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War Crime Investigations Among France’s Release Of Vichy Documents : NPR
During World War II, the Vichy regime helped Nazi Germany deport 76,000 Jews from France. Robert Siegel talks to Robert Paxton about France opening up police and ministerial archives from the regime.
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Startup Aims To Give Classical Musicians An Online Bump : NPR
For classical musicians, it’s difficult to sell their work online because of how the music is tagged on apps like Spotify. A tech startup in Nashville is trying to change that.
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Lemmy Of Motörhead And Rock Icon Dies At 70 : NPR
Ian Kilmister — most known as Lemmy — has died from cancer at the age of 70. He was the founder, bassist, and frontman for the influential metal band Motörhead.
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Majority Of Officers Killed In Line Of Duty Were Traffic-Related Incidents : NPR
A new report details the number of law enforcement officers killed nationwide this year in the line of duty. Traffic-related deaths have been the number one cause in 15 of the last of 20 years.
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Under U.K. Law, Jail Time For Psychologically Abusive Partners : NPR
A new law in the United Kingdom aims to help people trapped in an abusive marriage, even without physical abuse. The legislation makes it illegal for spouses to psychologically bully their partners.
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The Student Who Once Nudged His Way To The Oval Office Now Hopes To Move In : NPR
This story is part of NPR’s series Journey Home. We’re going to the places presidential candidates call home and finding out what those places tell us about how they see the world. Few presidential candidates go around invoking Richard Nixon. But th…
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An Ex-Dictator Faces Trial — But Not In The Country He Ruled : Parallels : NPR
Chad’s ex-dictator Hissene Habre stands accused of crimes against humanity, including allegations of sexual slavery, and the testimony over the past few months has been harrowing.
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Are Police Too Aggressive With The Mentally Ill? : NPR
Across the country, officer-involved shootings this year have raised questions about police tactics. In Los Angeles, a third of police shootings involved people deemed in mental distress.
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The Terrifying Storm That Will Melt the North Pole This Week – The Atlantic
The sun has not risen above the North Pole since mid-September. The sea ice—flat, landlike, windswept, and stretching as far as the eye can see—has been bathed in darkness for months.
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Is Amazon entering yet another market? | Grist
No matter how attached we might be to that super-heated crust, the traditional ways aren’t automatically the healthiest.
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Ever find yourself a little constipated on vacation? It’s not just you. The Atlantic points out that travel constipation is a pretty normal phenomenon, and solving the problem takes an understanding of why it happens in the first place.
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Donald J. Trump seems aware that he has a fight on his hands in New Hampshire, and that he needs to battle to at least a draw. At a rally in the state on Monday night, Mr. Trump opened his remarks by urging the crowd to come out and vote, and to pro…
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Why your brain is so bad at planning for the future – Vox
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The Year the ‘Pink Tide’ Turned: Latin America in 2015 | VICE News
Bolivia’s President Evo Morales said earlier this month that he’s been feeling “a little lonely.
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Watch Catholic Priest Deliver Swagged Out Sacred Mass On Hoverboard – YouTube
This guy’s bringing that must-have Catholic swag to Christmas 2015…Footage has emerged of a priest utilising this years most desired gadget in church – the hoverboard.The Catholic Priest cruises around the church delivering his sacred mass on a sweg…
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How to Cut, Drill, and Mount Anything to Your Wall
It seems easy: You want to hang a heavy picture or mount your TV. But behind the smooth wall in front of you could be pipes, ductwork, or electrical wiring. If you cut without a plan, you can do real damage, both to your home and your wallet. Here’s…
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Showtime to stream the Billions premiere for free on January 1 · Newswire · The A.V. Club
Because nothing eases the pain of a post-New Year’s Eve hangover like Paul Giamatti screaming in your ear about credit default swaps and hinky mortgages, Showtime has announced that it’ll be putting the premiere episode of its new financial drama Bi…
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Todd Rundgren – One World (Rock and Roll Tonight ’83) – YouTube
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Confetti quality-tested before New Year’s Eve in Times Square – video | US news | The Guardian
On the drizzly afternoon of 29 December, confetti that will be used during New Year’s Eve in Times Square was tested for its airworthiness.
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Court throws out Facebook lawsuit against fugitive claiming 50% stake | US news | The Guardian
A New York state appeals court on Tuesday threw out Facebook Inc’s unusual malicious prosecution lawsuit against DLA Piper and other law firms that have represented a fugitive who claimed a 50% stake in the social media company.
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Brazil’s deficit jumps sharply as recession bites – BBC News
Brazil’s deficit jumped in November to one of the highest levels on record as state finances came under increasing strain amid a deep recession. The public sector deficit – the difference between what the government spends and what it receives in re…
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Musicians Sue Spotify for $150 Million Over Unpaid Royalties | Rolling Stone
Spotify has been hit with a $150 million class action lawsuit that alleges the streaming service has knowingly reproduced and distributed copyrighted music without obtaining the proper licenses, Billboard reports.
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Shaimaa al-Sabbagh died publicly. Journalists and camera phone-wielding bystanders captured the last desperate moments of her life after she was fatally shot on January 24, at a small, peaceful demonstration in downtown Cairo.
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North of England braced for further flooding as Storm Frank hits | Environment | The Guardian
Northern England is bracing itself for the impact of Storm Frank as torrential rain and gale force winds threaten further misery for the flood-ravaged area.
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‘Forgotten’ 19th-Century Images of Eclipses, Stars & Planets Found – Scientific American
An astronomer recently made an unexpected discovery — not in the skies, but in a tea-kitchen at the Niels Bohr Institute in Copenhagen.
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Russell Crowe Vents His Hoverboard Frustrations in Twitter Rant | Vanity Fair
This year, Americans watched as their airports were overtaken by kids and young men who couldn’t be bothered to walk to the nearest people mover, instead opting for 2015’s hottest toy, the hoverboard, to propel them through fast-food-laden terminals.
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Manually Force Safari iCloud Syncing from Your Mac
Having trouble getting your Safari history and settings to sync over iCloud? OS X Daily points to a little setting in the Mac App that’ll force the sync process. Safari is supposed to automatically sync up your history and tabs, but it doesn’t alway…
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Sarah Kliff notes that the individual mandate in Obamacare is turning out to be essential — and it’s working, with the risk pool improving as the penalties kick in. What I wrote back in 2007, when Obama was campaigning against the mandate.
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Why Video Evidence Wasn’t Enough to Get Justice for Tamir Rice | The Nation
We have been here before and we will find ourselves here again. The extrajudicial killing of black people like twelve-year-old Tamir Rice is not new, and neither is the fact that Timothy Loehmann, the officer who killed him, will not face any crimin…
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This is What Outer Space Does to Your Body – YouTube
Great Big storyteller Leland Melvin is back in another installment of “The Astronaut Life.” When you go to outer space, your body changes. Your spine gets longer, your heart doesn’t work as hard and your vision gets worse. Leland lets us in on his b…
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I used to tutor this guy, I’ll call him James. I was about twenty, and this was twenty years ago. He was a guy about ten years older than me at the time. He was getting a graduate degree in counseling and was dyslexic. I was just about to graduate w…
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Tears For Fears Head Over Heels / Broken Outro LIVE – YouTube
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I Woke Up in a Parallel Universe – The Huffington Post
On the day the story of my rape came out, I had to drop my cat Cleo off at “summer camp”—my euphemism for the week she’d be away receiving radioactive iodine treatment for a thyroid tumor. Outside, the July sun was bright, but the vet’s office felt …
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Why murder rates are up in St. Louis, Baltimore, and some other cities – Vox
In August, the New York Times warned of “murder rates rising sharply in many US cities.” Pointing to big increases in the number of homicides in some cities — 76 percent in Milwaukee, 60 percent in St.
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‘Glee’ Star Busted for Child Pornography – The Daily Beast
On Tuesday morning, the Los Angeles Police Department Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force Unit served a search warrant at the home of actor Mark Salling, who is best known for playing Noah “Puck” Puckerman for six seasons on Fox’s musical sh…
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A Cook Tells Oberlin Students Why ‘Inauthentic’ Menu Items Are Inevitable – The Atlantic
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How Stories Deceive – The New Yorker
On the afternoon of October 10, 2013, an unusually cold day, the streets of downtown Dublin were filled with tourists and people leaving work early. In their midst, one young woman stood out.
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Life-jacket mountain a metaphor for Greece’s refugees – Al Jazeera English
Lesbos, Greece – At the end of the winding, rocky trail is a mountain of life jackets. Swelling by the day, it serves as testimony to the hundreds of thousands of refugees who have passed through this Greek island on their way to search for safety i…
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Tamir Rice and America’s Tragedy – The New Yorker
There’s a temptation to see a Cleveland grand jury’s failure to indict the officers responsible for the death of Tamir Rice—coming, as it did, on the three hundred and sixty-second day of the year—as a last-minute addition to a grim year-end list in…
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Politico previews how it intends to help Republicans attack Hillary Clinton if she’s the nominee
Politico is at it again, deciding that Hillary Clinton will be “haunted” in the general election, should she get the nomination, by six “choice remarks and positions” she’s taken in 2015. Because you know, unlike Clinton, the eventual Republican nom…
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The media hyped up a nationwide crime wave. A new report pushes back. – Vox
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Over the past few months, media outlets have warned about a supposed nationwide crime wave. The New York Times published a front-page story that claimed “murder rates [are] rising sharply in many US cities.” CNN, USA Today, and NPR ran similar stori… -
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If you remember this playground, your childhood was awesome — Hopes&Fears
he words, written in big, white, Impact letters, caught my attention as I idly scrolled through Facebook a few months ago: “IF YOU REMEMBER THIS, THEN YOUR CHILDHOOD WAS AWESOME.
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D’Brickashaw Ferguson: What I learned from Concussion – NFL – SI.com
When it comes to football, injuries occur so frequently that they are often considered simply a part of the game.
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Meet The Benedictine Monk Of Silicon Valley – BuzzFeed News
Like many techies, Brother Eckhart Camden wears a hooded garment to work. But his uniform is not a hoodie, strictly speaking. Instead, Brother Eckhart wears a black tunic and scapular — reflecting his status as probably the only Benedictine monk wor…
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Todd Rundgren – One World (Rock and Roll Tonight ’83) – YouTube
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Uber rival Sidecar is ending ride-sharing and delivery services this week | The Verge
Sidecar, a ride-sharing and delivery service, will cease operations at 2PM PT on December 31st, according to co-founders Sunil Paul and Jahan Khanna.
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Gorgeous images from National Geographic Photo Contest / Boing Boing
This is James Smart’s breathtaking photo of an anti-cyclonic tornado touching down near Simla, Colorado. The image is the grand prize winner of the 2015 National Geographic Photo Contest.
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Mother And Daughter Say Cops Beat Them With Nightsticks During Jamar Clark Protests | ThinkProgress
Protesters listened as Nekima Levy-Pounds, center, president of the Minneapolis chapter of the NAACP, renewed demands for investigators to release videos of the fatal shooting by Minneapolis police of Jamar Clark, an unarmed black man, while speakin…
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Gabriel Stricker Returns To Google To Lead Communications For Fiber | TechCrunch
During all of Twitter’s changes this year, one move stuck out as quite significant…its Chief Communications Officer Gabriel Stricker announced that he was leaving the company. A “shift in strategy” is the way the story went.
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Ben Jennings on David Cameron’s response to the floods – cartoon | Opinion | The Guardian
Illustration: Ben Jennings
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Career Spotlight: What I Do as a 911 Dispatcher
In the event of an emergency, the first person you speak to might be the dispatcher who answers your 911 call. They’re responsible for getting you help as soon as possible, and keeping the officers, fire fighters, or paramedics informed of the situa…
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Inside Lemmy’s Last Days | Rolling Stone
Two weekends before his death, Lemmy Kilmister of Motörhead was celebrating an unlikely milestone on the Sunset Strip: his coming 70th birthday.
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Midday open thread. Report: 69 journalists killed in 2015. ‘Cli-Fi’ carves out niche genre
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Russia Names Boris Nemtsov Murder Mastermind | Al Jazeera America
Russian police named a Chechen man as the alleged mastermind behind the high-profile murder of opposition leader Boris Nemtsov, but the dead politician’s supporters said the suspect was only a low-level figure and that a cover-up was underway.
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“Hispandering.” Failing basic geography. Insulting Iowans. As presidential candidates have pushed the limits on social media, seeking to stand out on the cluttered, noisy platforms, there have been more than a few stumbles.
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Baking with Insect Flour | Lucky Peach
From what I hear, it is inevitable that we will all, soon enough, be subsisting off of bugs.
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The storm that caused tornadoes will heat the North Pole.
This year’s holiday season has been full of extreme weather, with weird anomalies from coast to coast—like a script worthy of a Syfy network movie. The week of Christmas was the warmest on record by far for a vast stretch of the eastern United State…
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Former Glee star Mark Salling arrested for possession of child abuse images | US news | The Guardian
Authorities say former Glee star Mark Salling has been arrested in Los Angeles for investigation of possessing child abuse images. Police officer Tony Im says the 33-year-old actor was taken into custody on Tuesday after a warrant was served at his …
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THE VELVET UNDERGROUND & NICO – I’M WAITING FOR THE MAN – YouTube
THE VELVET UNDERGROUNG & NICO (1967)LOU REED: vocals, guitar, and ostrich guitarSTERLING MORRISON: guitar, bass guitar, backing vocalsJOHN CALE: electric viola, piano, bass guitar, backing vocals MAUREEN TUCKER: percussionNICO: chanteuse; backing vo…
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Sidecar Is Calling It Quits On Rides And Deliveries | TechCrunch
Sidecar, the on-demand car service that was supposed to compete with Lyft and Uber, is shutting down at the end of this year, Sidecar CEO Sunil Paul wrote on Medium.
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NGC 1275 multi-wavelength composite js – Just Space
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Affluenza teen and mom captured in Mexico / Boing Boing
In 2013, 16-year-old Ethan Couch was found guilty of drunkenly plowing into a group of people helping a stranded motorist, killing four of them and maiming two others.
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At least 28 people were killed holding BB or pellet guns in the US in 2015 | US news | The Guardian
Police officers in the US have in 2015 killed at least 28 people holding BB or pellet guns comparable to the one Tamir Rice was carrying when he was shot dead in Cleveland, Ohio.
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Check out Disney’s real wall-climbing robot! / Boing Boing
Disney Research Zurich and ETH Zurich (Swiss Federal Institute of Technology) developed VertiGo, a mobile robot that can roll up walls. It uses two tiltable propellers that keep it rolling and also provide the thrust that keeps it against the wall w…
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Aerial footage shows Missouri town submerged by floods – video | US news | The Guardian
Aerial footage on Tuesday shows major flooding along rivers in Missouri, submerging the town of Union. Governor Jay Nixon did not give details about the latest confirmed fatalities in the state, but said nearly all of those who died in Missouri were…
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Facebook is testing multiple news feeds on mobile | The Verge
Facebook is testing multiple, topic-based feeds on its mobile app in place of one main News Feed. It’s the next step in a process started by the company in October when it began allowing some users to see specialized interest feeds on the web. The n…
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Ex-Glee star held on child porn claims – 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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Protests in Myanmar as Thailand issues death sentences – Al Jazeera English
Hundreds of people in Myanmar protested for a fifth day against death sentences handed down in Thailand to two Myanmar men – seen by many as scapegoats – convicted of killing two British backpackers. Witheridge had also been raped.
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Liver hormone may be the off-switch for sweet-tooth, cocktail cravings | Ars Technica
Gimmicky diets, flavor fakery, and sham sweets all try to bamboozle the brain out of wanting sugary treats and calorie-packed happy hour drinks. But scientists may have found an all-natural way to simply switch off those corrupting cravings.
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BP oil spill money to go to Alabama governor’s mansion and a new hotel | Grist
The mansion was destroyed decades before the BP oil spill. No matter how attached we might be to that super-heated crust, the traditional ways aren’t automatically the healthiest.
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Jennifer Lawrence Hates New Year’s Eve: “I Always End Up Drunk and Disappointed” | Vanity Fair
Jennifer Lawrence may have conquered Hollywood, won an Oscar, and won the freaking Hunger Games, but the actress has failed repeatedly in one unexpected arena: New Year’s Eve.
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Cincinnati rally planned for Tamir Rice
Black Lives Matter-Cincinnati is planning a rally today, Tuesday, December 29, at 6 PM, protesting the lack of indictments in the 2014 murder of Tamir Rice by a Cleveland police officer.
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Top 6 Must-See Sky Events for 2016
Among other celestial delights, the upcoming year may be best remembered for a planetary disappearing act and a Martian close-up. Mars will be at its biggest and brightest in May, and then in the fall will appear to pass close to a famous nebula.
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The Other Side Of Adele’s “Hello” – YouTube
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Band member confirms, “Motörhead is over, of course” · Newswire · The A.V. Club
In an unsurprising addendum to some sad musical news, members of heavy metal legend Motörhead have confirmed that the band will not survive the death of founder and frontman Lemmy.
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At least one person dead after plane crashes into Anchorage building | US news | The Guardian
A small plane clipped a downtown Anchorage office building and then slammed into a nearby commercial building early Tuesday, killing at least one person aboard, authorities said.
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The Tamir Rice Decision Is the Breaking Point | New Republic
Monday’s revelation that no one will go to trial for the killing of 12-year-old Tamir Rice probably surprised no one. Surely, we all knew how this would end.
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A FiveThirtyEight Crash Course In Basketball Stats | FiveThirtyEight
Welcome to the latest episode of Hot Takedown, our podcast where the hot sports takes of the week meet the numbers that prove them right or tear them down. On this week’s show (Dec. 29, 2015), we bring you the latest edition of “Stat School.
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Watch this truck attempt to cross a crazy narrow and precarious bridge / Boing Boing
Note that he holds his nose before splashing into the water. This occurred yesterday in Saudi Arabia, according to YouTube poster Mohamed Quetteineh.
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Tom Hiddleston and Hugh Laurie Will Soon Have A Spy Showdown On Your TV Screen
We all love Tom Hiddleston, and this spring, you’ll get to see him on your TV once a week—as a spy no less. Some new details have been revealed about his new project The Night Manager, a six-part miniseries that will air in April on the BBC and AMC.
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The Tor Project Is Starting a Bug Bounty Program | Motherboard
The Tor Project, the non-profit that maintains software for anonymity on the internet, will soon be offering a bug bounty program, meaning those who find vulnerabilities in Tor applications could get paid for their efforts.
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Turn a Raspberry Pi Zero Into Just About Any USB Device You Can Imagine
The Raspberry Pi Zero is a pretty low key little device, but the folks over at Adafruit figured out that it’s possible to turn the Zero into a USB device, which means it can be used to make a number of electronics, ranging from an ethernet device to…
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John Bradbury, Specials Drummer and Two Tone Pioneer, Dead at 62 | Rolling Stone
John “Brad” Bradbury, the drummer for the Specials and an influential backbeat force in the two tone ska wave that swept the U.K. in the late Seventies, has died, The Guardian reports. He was 62.
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Hawaii to Make Smoking Age 21 – The Daily Beast
On Friday, Hawaii will become the first state to raise the smoking age to 21. After the bill takes effect, there will be a $10 fine the first time anyone under 21 is caught smoking and a $50 fine for every offence after that.
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The Most Intriguing Environmental Stories of 2015 – Scientific American
From the Paris Agreement to the accelerating clean energy revolution, 2015 was a big year for stories on energy and the environment, including its status as perhaps the last year in human history to see atmospheric concentrations of CO2 below 400 pa…
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Hear Lemmy’s Rockabilly Band Cover Johnny Cash | Rolling Stone
Though Lemmy Kilmister will forever be identified with the raw, propulsive rhythms of hard rock he pioneered in Motörhead and Hawkwind, the “Ace of Spades” singer-bassist also dabbled in American roots music and country with one of his many side pro…
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The storm that caused tornadoes will heat the North Pole.
This year’s holiday season has been full of extreme weather, with weird anomalies from coast to coast—like a script worthy of a Syfy network movie. The week of Christmas was the warmest on record by far for a vast stretch of the eastern United State…
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Germany wants to build a 100-kilometer bicycle superhighway | The Verge
Germany, the country that brought you the speedsters’ paradise called the Autobahn, is looking to replicate the model for bicyclists. According to the AFP, the country just opened the first 5-kilometer (3-mile) stretch of what will eventually become…
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The Halloween Movie Franchise Currently Belongs to No One
Multiple sources are reporting that Halloween is looking for a new studio. The long-running horror series has been under the banner of Dimension Films since 1995, starting with its sixth film, Halloween: The Curse of Michael Myers, and topping off w…
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The Coolest Images From National Geographic’s 2015 Photo Contest
This year, more than 13,000 photographs were submitted to National Geographic’s annual photo contest. These 13 are the very best. This stunning image of an anti-cyclonic tornado was the grand prize winner.
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Reconsidering the Rock Groupie – The New Yorker
On the day after Valentine’s Day, 1969—an auspicious date in the annals of romance—Rolling Stone launched “a special super-duper neat issue” dedicated to unveiling, in both the literal and metaphorical sense, “The Groupies and Other Girls”: women ta…
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It May Be 70 Degrees Fahrenheit Above Average This Week in the North Pole : environment
It May Be 70 Degrees Fahrenheit Above Average This Week in the North Pole (news.vice.com)submitted 22 minutes ago by loading…
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Amazing sunset in Shimla, India. [4160×3120] [OC] via /r/SkyPorn https://t.co/YIYcaUDUuu https://t.co/jLIGXSmAOY https://t.co/YO3I4CtSyJ
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Polished meteorite sphere : pics
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Coy little loaf via /r/Catloaf https://t.co/06nAvysENQ https://t.co/gVQbvEVziG https://t.co/poABkscKKS
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Peace Love Beauty Wisdom Balance Imagination Truth Consciousness, Coy little loaf via /r/Catloaf…
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The Year We Almost Lived In The Future – BuzzFeed News
This past September, near the end of one of its marathon keynote events, Apple dimmed the lights to wrap up its presentation with a one-minute ad spot for the iPhone 6S.
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By DEC. 29, 2015 What we hear can be as important as what we see.
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By DEC. 29, 2015 What we hear can be as important as what we see.
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Stargazer Spies Space Station Streaking Through Orion’s Belt (Photo)
Laura Austin captured this stunning image of the ISS streaking through Orion’s Belt on Sept. 10, 2015 from Sarnia, Ontaria, Canada.Credit: Laura Austin View full size image The International Space Station hurled through Orion’s Belt in this image ca…
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See this giant squid caught on video! / Boing Boing
A majestic giant squid (Architeuthis) made the scene at Toyama Bay in central Japan. At an estimated 3.7 meters (12.1 feet), researchers think this was a juvenile.
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Over the past 20 years, green construction has gone from a niche enterprise to a major driver of new business. But in 2016, erecting sustainable, profitable green buildings will no longer be enough to stand out.
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The new Ghostbusters are fighting the ghosts of the patriarchy | The Verge
Entertainment Weekly has given us yet another glimpse into what is looking more and more like a badass take on Ghostbusters, this time hinting at what kind of ghosts the new foursome will be facing.
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One year difference. via /r/cats https://t.co/8uztlFpuFf https://t.co/XAhQrW8Pcx https://t.co/docepD9WY6
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Peace Love Beauty Wisdom Balance Imagination Truth Consciousness, One year difference. via /r/cats…
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Star Wars: The Force Awakens is on pace to become the biggest film of all time – Vox
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The burdens of antibiotic resistance faced by developing countries – The Long and Short
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The Most Badass Adventures of 2015 | Outside Online
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The Dumbbell Nebula Photographed by Lus Campos js – Just Space
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Movies and music go way back — back, even, to the era of silent films, when music, provided by any performance outfit, from a full orchestra to a humble upright piano player, constituted the only accompanying sound of any kind.
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Lemmy Kilmister of Motörhead and Hawkwind, RIP / Boing Boing
Inimitable singer and bassist Lemmy Kilmister of Motörhead and Hawkwind, died yesterday. He was 70.
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Using the new Apple TV to emulate classic game consoles | Ars Technica
For those of us fortunate enough to have the privilege, late December and early January bring two things: new toys and a bit of vacation time.
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Twitter cracks down on harassment by rearranging paragraphs in its terms of service | The Verge
In the wake of former CEO Dick Costolo admitting the company “suck[s] at dealing with abuse,” Twitter has devoted many blog posts to explaining how seriously it takes the issue. It hired more people to enforce its abuse policies, and added new tools…
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Schedule the Mortgage Closing at the End of the Month to Save a Ton in Interest
You might experience sticker shock when you go to close the mortgage on your first home. One item you can save a whole lot of money on: Prepaid interest costs. WiseBread points out that closing near the end of the month could save you hundreds of do…
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Officers in Tamir Rice shooting reacted to what they were told, lawyer says | US news | The Guardian
The two police officers cleared Monday of criminal charges in the November 2014 fatal shooting of Tamir Rice reacted based on what they knew at the time, that a “guy” was waving a gun and pointing it at people, their attorneys said Tuesday.
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Instead of Making Resolutions, Make a List of Your Successes and Fears
It’s that time of year again when everyone starts thinking about making promises to themselves that we’re supposed to keep for at least 365 days. That usually doesn’t go well. Instead of making a resolution, make these two lists.
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Donald Trump dominated Twitter in 2015 – Vox
Americans tweeted a lot in 2015 — but they really focused on Donald Trump, mass shootings, and, earlier in the year, Freddie Gray, a black man in Baltimore who was fatally wounded while in police custody.
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A Sad R2 Unit Waits in the X-Wing Graveyard
What do you think is happening in this brand new piece of Star Wars fan art? Will that X-wing ever fly again? Will that R2-unit find a friend? This is the work of Emmanuel Shiu (Game of Thrones, Star Trek), whose work we’ve featured before, and we’r…
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Nigeria: The defeat of deadly Boko Haram? – Al Jazeera English
Nigeria’s information minister said on Tuesday that Boko Haram was “largely defeated” – despite two days of grisly attacks blamed on the armed group that killed dozens in the volatile northeast. “They lack the capacity to launch horrendous attacks t…
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Songs don’t come a lot more direct in their emotionality than “Only Love Can Break Your Heart,” the third track off of Neil Young’s 1970 album After the Gold Rush.
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Russia’s top investigative body on Tuesday said it would charge five men in connection to the February assassination of Kremlin opposition leader and former deputy prime minister Boris Nemtsov, who was an outspoken critic of President Vladimir Putin.
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Anti-Concussion Football Helmets Are A Scam
“We didn’t really relate that in a modern sport like football, in a helmeted sport, that it could lead to that.” That’s what Dr.
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Texas ‘affluenza teen’ and mother arrested in Mexico after disappearance | US news | The Guardian
Ethan Couch and his mother, Tonya, were arrested by Mexican authorities in Puerto Vallarta on Monday night, 11 days after FBI agents and US marshals joined the hunt for the infamous “affluenza teen”. In 2013, four people died in a drunk-driving acci…
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This $19,000 Hoverboard Will Let You Ride For Five Minutes At A Time | TechCrunch
Given that no real, average human is scooting to first period on a hover board, there sure are quite a few of them hovering about on the internet, from the almost-real to the shamefully (and dangerously) misnamed.
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Rape Reports Skyrocket On College Football Game Days | ThinkProgress
Sexual assault on college campuses is already a known epidemic. But a recent study has dug further into the issue — and discovered a frightening increase in the number of rapes following one cherished campus event: Football games.
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Daily Kos Democratic Primary Straw Poll 12-29-15
It’s been two weeks, so let’s do one more of these before we wrap up 2015. The trendlines: At 9,000 votes, I don’t see much evidence of a major freeping effort. Hillary Clinton’s early Fall gains in our polling (despite those infamous 11/3 and 11/7 …
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Sanders also decried the influence of Republican donor Sheldon Adelson, saying that the nation’s earliest caucus was not in Iowa or Nevada, but among GOP candidates vying for the casino magnate’s support. “Brothers and sisters,” said Sanders, “this …
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When David Einhorn, the founder of Greenlight Capital, plays host to his investors at the American Museum of Natural History in January, his guests will sip cocktails and dine under a 94-foot blue whale in the Milstein Hall. William A.
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Love Everyone Often Peace Beauty Balance Life Light Magic: Reading the Alphabet From Space
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How Momofuku Ando invented instant ramen – YouTube
Before World War 2, ramen wasn’t instant. But one tinkerer fixed that…Learn more about Momofuku Ando here: http://www.vox.com/2015/3/5/8150929/m…Subscribe to our channel! http://goo.gl/0bsAjOVox.com is a news website that helps you cut through t…
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The Top 10 Hollywood Breakthroughs of 2015 | Vanity Fair
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Rewild the landscape to absorb storm waters | Letters | Environment | The Guardian
The floods in the north of England are a tragedy. More so, as your editorial (28 December) suggests, because of the government’s lacklustre approach to flood management, which is proving increasingly inadequate in the face of climate change.
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Time to get real about the UK’s flood defences | Letters | Environment | The Guardian
If people such as floods minister Rory Stewart, David Cameron and other politicians are to serve a useful function to the public on issues such as flooding we need them to finally learn and apply a new vocabulary.
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Metallica’s Kirk Hammett: Lemmy Made It ‘Okay to Be an Outsider’ | Rolling Stone
Metallica’s Kirk Hammett: Lemmy Made It ‘OK to Be an Outsider’ “It was ok to not feel like I had to conform to anything that I objected to in my teenage life,” guitarist says of Motorhead’s influence
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The Officer in the Laquan McDonald Shooting Pleads Not Guilty – The Atlantic
Jason Van Dyke, the Chicago police officer who shot Laquan McDonald, a black teenager, in 2014, 16 times, has pleaded not guilty to murder charges. Dan Herbert, Van Dyke’s defense attorney, told reporters that his client was “hanging in there” and w…
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Daisy Ridley Is Helping To Bring Us A Studio Ghibli Film We’ve Never Seen Before
For film fans, simply hearing the name of the legendary Japanese animation house Studio Ghibli is a badge of honor. New film, old film, doesn’t matter. A Ghibli movie means quality and now one that’s never been released in the U.S. is coming with th…
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How Lemmy and Motorhead Gave Metal Its Umlaut | Rolling Stone
How Lemmy and Motorhead Gave Metal Its Umlaut “I thought it looked mean,” late icon once said of infamous diacritic
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D-California introduced a bill to price on carbon emissions at $15/ton, paid by the paid by the miner, producer or importer of the resources. A $10/ton carbon fee and dividend leads to a 33% decline in carbon emissions after 10 years and 52% after 2…
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New Research Says That for Men, an Orgasm a Day Can Keep the Doctor Away – Mic
There’s tons of evidence to suggest that having orgasms on a regular basis is good for your health. In fact, science has suggested that masturbating regularly can lead to everything from an improved immune system to better bladder control to lower b…
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Common sense on flood prevention is being swept aside | Letters | Environment | The Guardian
I agree with John Gummer that the government should use the Housing Act to prevent further developments in at-risk areas. Even as we watch unprecedented flooding taking place in northern counties, planning authorities here in the south are contempla…
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Missing contour data hampers response | Letters | Environment | The Guardian
For those who have already been flooded this winter, their future losses will be compounded by a lack of affordable height information.
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Tories’ leaky policies on flooding leave us unprepared | Letters | Environment | The Guardian
Congratulations on a notably hard-hitting editorial (28 December). I can only fault it on one point – your contention that Leeds and Manchester carry more weight in Westminster than do Somerset or Cumbria. Not with the Conservatives, they don’t.
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Schadenfreude, thy name is Martin Shkreli. Few arrests this year can have been greeted with as much jubilation as that of the one-time Manhattan hedge fund manager.
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Jeb Bush can’t win Iowa. But he wants to make sure Marco Rubio doesn’t come close. – Vox
Jeb Bush has virtually no chance of winning the Iowa caucuses — but his team wants to make sure Marco Rubio doesn’t do too well there either.
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Floating structures go with the flow | Letters | Environment | The Guardian
Amid the tragedies of the floods throughout the north of England, one innovative design feature has survived, despite its location in a sunken former gravel pit on the banks of the river Ribble.
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This being the season of quizzes and party games, here is a topical teaser.
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Oddities and Turmoil: Kenneth Graves’s Pictures from the Bay Area, 1963-1974 – The New Yorker
It is a miracle that most of us survived those years. Some of us—in fact, many of us—didn’t make it. Some of us served in that horrendous and misguided war; some of us escaped to Canada or left for other countries to avoid military service, which, a…
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The Condescending Compassion of Charlie Kaufman’s “Anomalisa” – The New Yorker
“Anomalisa,” the stop-motion feature directed by Charlie Kaufman and Duke Johnson and written by Kaufman, is the off-Hollywood equivalent of the “Entourage” movie.
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King Louie on Chicago Gun Violence: ‘The Devil’s Working Overtime’ | Rolling Stone
King Louie on Chicago Gun Violence: ‘The Devil’s Working Overtime’ Rapper speaks on gun violence one week after being shot in the head in Chicago
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The Power of the Nudge to Change our Energy Future : environment
I tested whether defaults could nudge consumers into choosing a green energy contract over one that relies on conventional energy. The results were striking: setting the default to green energy increased participation nearly tenfold.
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My dogs have become Cuttlefish. : pics
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The Power of the Nudge to Change our Energy Future https://t.co/FqJdIwrZ1J https://t.co/vTSPQZP2yK via /r/environment
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Ehud Olmert, Israel’s former prime minister and one-time mayor of Jerusalem who was convicted of bribery charges in 2014 in relation to real estate deals during his time as mayor, will be serving jail time at a special high-security prison ward afte…
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Are Checked Baggage Fees Too Low?
When you board a plane, you never know what’s beneath your feet. Travelers hate checked bag fees, but shipping companies pay for space in planes’ cargo holds every day. As passengers board, baggage handlers throw suitcases into the plane’s lower dec…
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Here Are 58 Million Reasons to Care About California’s Drought | Mother Jones
This story was originally published by Newsweek and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. The past four years of punishing drought have badly hurt California’s forests.
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The New Year’s Eve Ball Drop Is Too Slow, So We Fixed It | FiveThirtyEight
The ball drop in Times Square happens too slowly for my taste. Just before midnight, the LED-studded ball will inch down its pole at a speed of 1.2 feet per second. That’s slower than the CDC-defined moderate walking pace of 3 miles per hour, or 4.4…
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How Creativity is a Numbers Game – Scientific American Blog Network
Adapted from Wired to Create: Unraveling the Mysteries of the Creative Mind, by Scott Barry Kaufman and Carolyn Gregoire, available today. It’s a great myth that creative geniuses consistently produce great works.
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Spain pair ‘locked brother up in inhuman conditions’ – BBC News
Police in Spain say they have arrested a man and a woman who kept their mentally ill brother locked up in “inhuman conditions”. The 59-year-old man was found lying naked in a tiny room with no roof in the southern town of Dos Hermanas.
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Download Thousands of Free Technical and Research Books from Springer
We’re always happy to find a large collection of free educational books, and it looks like Springer has recently made available over 50,000 books covering STEM subjects. The academic and research books are available as PDF downloads. You can search …
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Russia are unlikely to return to international competition in time for next year’s Rio Olympics, says European Athletics president Svein Arne Hansen. Russia’s athletics federation was banned by the International Association of Athletics Federations …
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I came down pretty hard on Tim Taylor yesterday, but with reason. There is simply no reason any reputable economist should, at this late date, be saying things like “We tried huge stimulus, but it didn’t work, so maybe fiscal policy is ineffective.”…
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The police need higher levels of training. They had a horrible communication break down. They went in to a situation and escalated to the worst point. Just imagine the situation if they had use the loud speakers and said get the fuck on the ground.
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Sun Blasts Flare at Earth: New Year’s Eve Storm?
This NASA Solar Dynamics Observatory observation shows a composite view of our sun in extreme-ultraviolet light. On Dec. 28, the sunspot cluster AR2473 erupted with a M1.9 flare, sending a coronal mass ejection at Earth.
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NASA/Hubble: “Human Civilization Has Arrived Early in the Universe” (2015 Most Popular)
Earth came early to the party in the evolving universe. According to the new theoretical study, when our solar system was born 4.6 billion years ago only eight percent of the potentially habitable planets that will ever form in the universe existed.
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‘Comfort women’: Taiwan tells Japan to extend compensation – BBC News
Japan must apologise and compensate Taiwanese women used as wartime sex slaves, the island’s government says. President Ma Ying-jeou demanded Japan “return justice and dignity to them”.
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NASA’s Plutonium-238 Reserves Get Boost For Space Missions | Video
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CBS sued in Big Bang Theory ‘soft kitty’ copyright case – BBC News
The daughters of a teacher who wrote a poem about a “soft kitty” are suing CBS, the network behind The Big Bang Theory, for copyright violation. According to the case filed by Ellen Newlin Chase and Margaret Chase Perry, the show used their mother E…
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From ISIS to Russia: How War Changed in 2015 – The Atlantic
From China in Asia to Russia in Europe and the Middle East, and ISIS just about everywhere, 2015 has seen the flourishing of conflicts that exist in a gray zone, one which is not quite open war but more than regular competition, which is attuned to …
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Ethan Couch arrest: US runaway teen ‘held farewell party’ – BBC News
A teenager who was on the run after a fatal drink-driving crash held a farewell party before fleeing to Mexico, say police.Officials in Texas said that Ethan Couch, 18, and his mother Tonya, planned his escape out of the country.
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What We’re Following on Tuesday Afternoon, 12/29 – The Atlantic
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The Military Versus the Private Sector for Job Security and Quality of Life – The Atlantic
Economic insecurity is an important theme this election cycle. As Bernie Sanders frequently mentions in his stump speeches, the top 1 percent of workers in America earn more than the bottom 50 percent combined.
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Trump, feeling the heat in New Hampshire, lashes out at everything with a pulse
Donald Trump still has a solid lead in New Hampshire polls but Chris Christie is edging up after gaining the endorsement of the conservative Union Leader—which also told The Donald where he could stick it in an op-ed a couple days ago.
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Graham Duff’s epic best albums of 2015 mega-post|Dangerous Minds
Graham Duff is a prolific scriptwriter, producer and show runner. His latest TV show is the horror anthology series The Nightmare Worlds of HG Wells, starring Ray Winstone and Michael Gambon with a soundtrack courtesy of Damon Reece (Massive Attack)…
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3 visitors from my count. Then again, could just be the streetlights reflecting from the windows.
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Are you working this week? Welcome to the office dead zone. – The Washington Post
Ring ring. Ring ring. Nope. No one’s in. Only broken candy canes remain on the office food table. Half the lights are off, and the air feels weird inside. Does everyone else feel groggy, too?
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Meadowlark Lemon obituary | Sport | The Guardian
Meadowlark Lemon, who has died aged 83, was billed as the Clown Prince of Basketball, but deserved to be called its king.
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Early in the day that the new Star Wars movie came out, my boss and I were joking about how it would be really funny to do fake spoilers. I remembered a really funny time when Adrian Chen tweeted out a fake spoiler for The Dark Knight Rises in the C…
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Spotify is being sued for $150 million over unpaid royalties | The Verge
Musician David Lowery has filed a class action lawsuit against Spotify, claiming the streaming service knowingly distributes copyrighted content, Billboard reports. Lowery is seeking at least $150 million in damages for the illegal distribution of s…
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Chicago police officer pleads not guilty to murdering Laquan McDonald | US news | The Guardian
The Chicago police officer charged with killing 17-year-old Laquan McDonald pleaded not guilty on Tuesday. Officer Jason Van Dyke, 37, faces six counts of first-degree murder and one count of official misconduct.
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US ‘affluenza’ fugitive Ethan Couch held in Mexico – BBC News
A Texas teenager who avoided jail over a fatal drink-driving crash by claiming he suffered from “affluenza” has been detained by police in Mexico.Ethan Couch, 18, and his mother Tonya were taken into custody in the west coast resort town of Puerto V…
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Lemmy’s Last Great WTF Interview – The Daily Beast
The passing of Motörhead frontman Ian “Lemmy” Kilmister at age 70 is the sort of thing metal fans both half expected and also believed would never happen.
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The 11 most important fandoms of 2015
What year is it again? With everyone talking about Jedi, Ghostbusters, road warriors, and hoverboards, it could be 1985. Then again, fans are also buzzing with news about the Gilmore Girls, Harry Potter, and even Death Note, so maybe it’s 2005.
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WASHINGTON — The hedge fund magnates Daniel S. Loeb, Louis Moore Bacon and Steven A. Cohen have much in common. They have managed billions of dollars in capital, earning vast fortunes. They have invested millions in art — and millions more in politi…
WASHINGTON — The hedge fund magnates Daniel S. Loeb, Louis Moore Bacon and Steven A. Cohen have much in common. They have managed billions of dollars in capital, earning vast fortunes. They have invested large sums in art — and millions more in poli… -
How Can No One Be to Blame for Tamir Rice’s Death? | The Nation
First, police killed the 12-year-old black boy at a park, barely bringing the car to a halt before jumping out to open fire. Then, minutes later, they pinned his 14-year-old sister to the ground after she ran up to see about her wounded sibling.
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Ten Conservation Headlines that Defined 2015 – Scientific American Blog Network
Another year under our belts, a few more extinctions to our credit. But also a few victories. I wrote more than 200 articles about endangered and threatened species this past year, half of which appeared here at “Extinction Countdown.
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Lion booked in for second vasectomy after partner gives birth | World news | The Guardian
A lion who fathered three cubs despite having had a vasectomy is going back to the vet to have the operation a second time.
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5 Things Astronauts Learned While Living in Outer Space | New Republic
The International Space Station is the longest-running continuously inhabited human outpost in space—this year it celebrated its 15th anniversary.
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These floods were not just predictable; they were predicted. There were clear and specific warnings that the management of land upstream of the towns now featuring in the news would lead to disaster. On 9 December one of my readers told me this.
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The FAA Shut Down Every Drone Club Within 30 Miles of Washington, DC | Motherboard
The Federal Aviation Administration has shut down at least 36 model aircraft clubs in the Washington, DC area, citing a new, extended no-fly zone for drones around the nation’s capital.
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Israeli arrested over alleged arson death celebrations video – BBC News
A suspect has been arrested over a wedding video which showed Israeli revellers apparently celebrating a deadly arson attack on a Palestinian family, Israeli police say.The suspect was seen dancing with a gun as guests sang about taking revenge on P…
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When I watched this the first time, I wasn’t aware of the fact that it was actually produced by a group of conservatives, the Public Integrity Alliance of Arizona, a nonprofit largely made up of East Valley Republicans.
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Forgotten Stairs, now a waterfall. : pics
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Collateral Damage in the Hunt for ‘El Chapo’ (Excerpt from ‘Displaced in Sinaloa’) | VICE News
As the Mexican Navy continues the hunt for fugitive Joaquin ‘El Chapo’ Guzman, hundreds of people have been forced to flee the Golden Triangle, the Sinaloa Cartel’s stronghold in Northern Mexico.
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The Story of Vicente, Who Murdered His Mother, His Father, and His Sister : Longreads Blog
The following excerpt appears courtesy of Verso Books. The passage—the book’s opening chapter—details a single terrible crime, which Rodriguez Nieto uses as an inroad to discussing Juárez’s emergent culture of crime. Verso writes:
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In the final few weeks of what was, for me, a pretty bad year, a phrase has hung around in my head. I say it to myself sometimes: “Babe. Neither of us r the same.
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South Africa’s King Dalindyebo’s bid for retrial fails – BBC News
South Africa’s justice minister has thrown out a bid by a Thembu king to reopen his criminal trial so that he can avoid serving 12 years in prison. King Buyelekhaya Dalindyebo had failed to provide any new evidence to justify a retrial, Michael Masu…
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The Ten Worst Examples of Whitewashing From the Last Fifteen Years
Gods of Egypt caused such an uproar, the director was forced to apologize. But it’s just the latest in a long line of movies where characters of color are played by white actors. Movies that should have known better.
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Stephen Batchelor Talks Buddhism in a “Secular Age” | Vanity Fair
What is Buddhism? It’s a simple question, but an unanswerable one, at least on a frozen, bite-size, media-ready level.
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European Space Agency In 2015 – Highlight Video
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15 threats to free speech from 2015 / Boing Boing
Chris from the National Coalition Against Censorship writes, “Free speech zones. Facebook’s nudity nonsense. Panic over ‘Islamic indoctrination.’ Threatening to sue a school for reading an LGBT book. Those are a few of the 15 Threats to Free Speech …
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Lemmy is dead. Long live Lemmy: Musicians remember the Motörhead frontman – Vox
Ian “Lemmy” Kilmister, legendary front man and bass player for the heavy metal/rock/punk band Motörhead, died Monday evening at the age of 70, just two days after being diagnosed with cancer.
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Thai king’s favourite dog Tongdaeng dies – BBC News
Thai King Bhumibol Adulyadej’s favourite dog, Tongdaeng, who became a national celebrity, has died at the age of 17. The kind adopted Tongdaeng in 1998 as a puppy and wrote a book praising her loyalty and obedience.
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Streaming is making the music industry more unequal | The Verge
This year, in lieu of the traditional Best Of Lists, we thought it would be fun to throw our writers into a draft together and have a conversation. Jamieson Cox and Micah Singleton talk about how the rise of streaming music is making one of the musi…
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Donald Trump Is About to Open His War Chest | Mother Jones
Donald Trump is just getting started.
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‘Ace Calling’: The stupid Ace Frehley Facebook fan page you need to join|Dangerous Minds
Readers of Time Out New York and listeners of WFMU’s “Miniature Minotaurs” know writer/editor/DJ/producer Kurt Gottschalk, who’s also the founder/curator of the ridiculous single-serving Facebook group “Ace Calling,” accurately self-proclaimed “The …
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Chicago Cop Pleads Not Guilty to Murder Charges | Al Jazeera America
Jason Van Dyke faces six counts of first-degree murder and one of official misconduct in the 17-year-old’s death. He appeared in front of Judge Vincent Gaughan in Cook County Criminal Court and was dressed in a dark suit and blue striped tie. The ne…
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ISIL Leader Linked to Paris ‘mastermind’ Killed | Al Jazeera America
U.S.-led airstrikes in Syria and Iraq have killed 10 high-ranking ISIL members over the last month including a fighter with “direct” links to the alleged mastermind behind the Paris attacks, the Pentagon said Tuesday.
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“When Wall Street greed drove this country into a major economic recession, the middle class bailed them out, now it’s time for Wall Street, they’re doing great right now, to help the middle class, and help our young people pay-off their student deb…
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Reading the Alphabet From Space via NASA https://t.co/KrWkFpI2St https://t.co/K3EwIyBgzU https://t.co/frHFKsVTij
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Reading the Alphabet From Space | NASA
Reading the Alphabet From Space via NASA https://t.co/KrWkFpI2St https://t.co/K3EwIyBgzU https://t.co/frHFKsVTij
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DONALD J. TRUMP has said and done a lot of outlandish, polarizing things in 2015 — running for president first among them. The Republican candidate has led in most national polls for five months. Everyone else is a pathetic loser and we need him, as…
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A wealthy Texas teen who disappeared after breaking his probation sentence for killing four people while driving drunk, has been taken into custody in Mexico and will be returned to the United States, Mexican authorities said on Tuesday.
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UK to deport Californian who lived 48 years in country / Boing Boing
71 year old Thomas Podgoretsky has resided in the UK for 48 years on a permanent leave to remain visa. He has four British children and six British grandchildren, as well as three British ex-wives.
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20 minutes behind the scenes with the new X-Files | Ars Technica
We’ve had our closest look yet at the returning X-Files, thanks to a new video from Fox. It heralds the start of the new six-part series, which begins on January 24.
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From bottom to top, women need the pay gap closed
Wage gaps are caused by several factors, but researchers have found that up to 41.1 percent of the overall pay gap between men and women is left unexplained after controlling for various factors such as industry, experience, and education (Blau and …
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Martin O’Malley campaign event in snowy Iowa draws just one person | US news | The Guardian
Martin O’Malley on Tuesday chose to put a brave face on a chastening campaign experience, after precisely one person showed up to his final event in Iowa the day before.
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New Concept Art Shows Off Batman v Superman’s Batcave
While Ben Affleck’s Batman may be letting Wayne Manor fall into disrepair, the Batcave remains a high-tech and up-to-date haven, as you can see from the concept art dropped by Entertainment Weekly.
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Amy Schumer, Star Wars, and Minions: a 2015 pop culture time capsule – Vox
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Winners of the 2015 National Geographic Photo Contest (13 photos) https://t.co/SO6j8pU4d2 https://t.co/XfvOst4SFb
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Pretending to be a meerkat. : cats
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Rare pause from hunting Christmas decorations : cats
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‘Ace Calling’: The stupid Ace Frehley Facebook fan page you need to join|Dangerous Minds
Readers of Time Out New York and listeners of WFMU’s “Miniature Minotaurs” know writer/editor/DJ/producer Kurt Gottschalk, who’s also the founder/curator of the ridiculous single-serving Facebook group “Ace Calling,” accurately self-proclaimed “The …
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134 New Beetles and Dragonflies, Hiding in Plain Sight – Scientific American Blog Network
Haleakala Volcano on the island of Maui has yielded up 74 new beetle species, while the whole of Africa has contributed 60 new dragonflies, yet more proof that the diversity of life – even large, obvious, often brightly colored life – remains woeful…
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US storms: Couple ‘entombed’ for 20 hours in car – BBC News
Snowstorms, blizzards and tornadoes are causing severe disruption across parts of the South and Midwest United States. Extreme weather over the last few days has killed at least 40 people.
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Since it’s original sin of slavery, America has been obsessed with the fear of black men. Rather than atone for its own sins when it worried about what would happen when slavery ended, white supremacy projected its fears onto black America.
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Dozens Of Indian Students Turned Away From The U.S. For Unclear Reasons | ThinkProgress
Twenty Indian students carrying valid student visas for colleges in California were denied entry in Chicago and put on planes back to India on Sunday, following other incidents of the U.S. turning away people from certain countries. The U.S.
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The X-Files “I Want to Believe” Poster’s Origin Story | New Republic
On January 24, The X-Files returns to television in the form of a six-part miniseries. As the premiere date nears, original fans of the show—those who discussed it on the alt.tv.
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The Chicago police shooting of Laquan McDonald, explained – Vox
Laquan McDonald didn’t appear to pose a threat to the people around him as he haphazardly ran down a Chicago street, allegedly carrying a knife but keeping his distance from the police cars parked around him.
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Laquan McDonald death: Chicago policeman denies murder – BBC News
Jason Van Dyke was heckled as he arrived at court where he denied six counts of first-degree murder. Video released earlier this year showing the shooting of Laquan McDonald sparked an outcry and the resignation of the chief of police.
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The San Diego Chargers have slapped free safety Eric Weddle with a $10,000 fine for staying on the field to watch his daughter perform during half-time of a game against the Miami Dolphins last week.
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US military: Paris attacks suspect killed in Syria – Al Jazeera English
An investigation into the role played by a retired US colonel in Iraq’s US-funded sectarian interrogation units. As Brazil faces a rapid economic downturn, we travel to Rio de Janeiro to find out how everyday citizens are coping.
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Daily Cartoon: Tuesday, December 29th – The New Yorker
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Metallica, Alice Cooper Pay Tribute to Lemmy Kilmister | Rolling Stone
Alice Cooper remembered late Motörhead mastermind Lemmy Kilmister as a “one-of-a-kind in rock ‘n’ roll” in a touching note posted to Facebook. “He was innovative, true to his art and continually relevant even though he never cared about being releva…
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The Year the Trump Laughter Died | Rolling Stone
It started out as a joke: Donald Trump running for president! What better way to spoof the thinness of the Republican field than to shove a bombastic reality star with orange hair, a sixth-grade vocabulary and no behavioral filter onto the debate st…
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Report: 69 Journalists Died Reporting in 2015 | Al Jazeera America
Sixty-nine journalists were killed around the world in the course of their work in 2015. Twenty-eight of them were slain by armed groups including al-Qaeda and the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL), according to the Committee to Protect Jo…
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Chinese President Xi Jinping Is Featured on a New Communist Party Rap Track | VICE News
Economic development, streamlining bureaucracy, improving infrastructure — they’re all topics tailor made for rap. At least, that’s what the Chinese Communist Party appears to believe.
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The man of a thousand haircuts, David Bowie has been the vanguard for creative reinvention for longer than many of his fans have been alive. As soon as he’s made us think he’s exhausted his imagination, he reappears with yet another album, another l…
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Donald Weinstein obituary | Books | The Guardian
My friend, mentor and colleague Donald Weinstein, who has died aged 89, was an influential historian of the Italian Renaissance.
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US-led airstrikes have killed a Syrian-based jihadi linked to the chief planner of the November suicide attacks in Paris, the Pentagon said on Tuesday.
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Demining Colombia ‘will take a generation’ – BBC News
Colombian Defence Minister Luis Carlos Villegas said on Tuesday that mines were the biggest challenge facing post-conflict Colombia. Colombian soldiers and members of the country’s largest rebel group, Farc, are working together to clear mines.
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A Young Moroccan Woman’s Journey to Become a Surfer – The Atlantic – The Atlantic
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Protesters Demand Federal Investigation Into The Killing Of Tamir Rice | ThinkProgress
A grand jury’s decision not to indict the Cleveland police officer who fatally shot 12-year-old Tamir Rice sparked public protests Monday evening — and will likely continue throughout the week.
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‘Does This Tiny Ocean World Harbor Life?’–NASA’s Last Flyby of Saturn’s Geyser Moon, Enceladus
“We bid a poignant goodbye to our close views of this amazing icy world,” said Linda Spilker, the mission’s project scientist at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, California.
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Jamaica Journal gives a genteel view of slavery | Books | The Guardian
The Long Song is a book that gives voice to the silent black majority who endured slavery in Jamaica. There are no surviving narratives written by those slaves, so it fills an important gap. It does not, however, exist in a vacuum. There were contem…
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Who’s Fighting the Mental Health Crisis on Campus? Unions. | The Nation
As an international student at Yale University, working toward a prestigious degree in the School of Management, Grant Mao never bothered much with the activist campaigns on campus.
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Kilgrave has a powerful new weapon in “AKA Take A Bloody Number,” and his name is Luke Cage.
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That’s just hilarious, so is the picture in the article. Good on O’Malley for sticking around and speaking to him. I prefer him over Clinton but he just hasn’t been able to pick up any steam this campaign.
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Germany Gives Green Light To Bicycle Highways. It is Time To Learn From Germany (ecol.net)
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Hours after being called a “wacko” by Donald Trump, Democratic presidential hopeful Bernie Sanders fired back at the Republican front-runner, saying he was pushing “pathetic policies” designed to benefit billionaires such as himself at the expense o…
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Winners of the 2015 National Geographic Photo Contest – The Atlantic
Winners of the 2015 National Geographic Photo Contest (13 photos) https://t.co/MronIwDemu https://t.co/FH9jgmDf2f https://t.co/pLEks5Ntxa
National Geographic Magazine just announce the winners of this year’s photo contest. The Grand Prize Winner, James Smart, will receive $10,000 and a three-day trip to National Geographic headquarters in Washington, D.C., to participate in the annual… -
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The newest addition to my Christmas village : cats
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Pretending to be a meerkat. : aww
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What it’s like to be a travel writer, from free booze to near-death experiences — Hopes&Fears
We spoke with three travel writers who report from exotic, wild or luxurious destinations for money. Writer A is an editor at a lifestyle blog and a writer for a variety of publications who mainly travels on free press trips.
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Everyone mucks in as Rochdale prepares for next deluge | Environment | The Guardian
Four days after the worst floods anyone in Rochdale can remember, the town was gearing up for the next torrent after forecasters predicted yet more heavy rain. Everyone was playing their part.
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Can today’s robot vacuums handle the mess of two toddlers? | The Verge
One of the interesting things about becoming a parent is that your home is no longer your own. Things disappear from drawers, mysteriously topple off shelves, and somehow wind up in the toilet. You learn which strange sounds need immediate attention…
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A Wake-Up Call To Fight Government Surveillance | TechCrunch
Look around any crowded place nowadays and it’s quite clear that many of us have literally become prisoners of our own devices: smartphones, tablets, laptops — anything and everything with an Internet connection.
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Experts on Whether Inequality Will Ever Improve – The Atlantic
For nearly half a century now, inequality in America has been on the rise. The result is an alarming concentration of wealth among the country’s very well-off: The 400 richest Americans own more than the poorest 61 percent—194 million people.
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Learning to Pick Locks Taught Me How Crappy Door Locks Really Are
About a month ago, I picked up a training lockpick set. I’ve always been curious about how lock picking works and how difficult it really is. In the process of learning, I discovered not only how easy it was, but how to look beyond the lock when it …
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Turkey’s Erdogan: Kurd leader’s autonomy call ‘treason’ – Al Jazeera English
Turkey’s President Tayyip Erdogan said autonomy demands from a Kurdish leader were a “clear provocation” and his political party will be “taught a lesson”.
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A Threat to the Monarch Butterflies’ Migration to Mexico – The Atlantic
The town of Valle de Bravo is one of Mexico’s beloved “Pueblos Magicos” or “Magical Towns,” a place full of sensory delights. White stucco walls trimmed in rust-colored paint hug narrow, cobbled streets. The market bursts with the colors of fresh ci…
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As people in York assess the damage to their flood-hit homes, they express anger and frustration about government decisions and the lack of adequate warning after years of false alarms.
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Pluto, Mars Water and More! The Biggest Space Stories of 2015
The year that was 2015 swept in a significant amount of space and astronomy science. NASA’s New Horizons probe reached Pluto after a decade of travel across interplanetary space, exploring the most well-known dwarf planet.
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The Punisher Comes to Hell’s Kitchen In First Daredevil Season 2 Photo
In its forthcoming second season Daredevil is getting two new major characters: the Punisher and Elektra Natchios. Thanks to Entertainment Weekly, we now have a look at the Punisher in action. And it’s not looking good for our hero. He has a differe…
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PSA: Duke Nukem classics being removed from GOG store, going on sale | Ars Technica
If you’ve been waiting for an excuse to buy Duke Nukem 3D again, digital download service GOG is giving you ample reason to get a move on. The first-person shooter classic and three other Duke Nukem titles are being offered for $2.
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England need six wickets on the final day to complete victory in the first Test against South Africa in Durban. Steven Finn took 3-27 to reduce the hosts to 136-4. They had been set 416 – the second highest chase ever – to win.
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The 15 JPMorgan Chase bank accounts had a few things in common: They had high balances, there was little activity on them and they belonged to elderly clients — indeed, at least eight were dead.
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44 rare historical photos : pics
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After Two Years and Thousands of Deaths, Guinea Is Finally Ebola Free | VICE News
Two years ago Guinea recorded the first death of what would eventually become the largest Ebola outbreak since the virus was first discovered in the forests of central Africa nearly 40 years ago.
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Best of 2015: How a 19-Year-Old North Korean Escaped and Became a Sushi Chef in America | VICE News
Daniel had been planning his escape for weeks. The 10-minute walk from his family’s home to the frozen river that formed the border with China would be simple. Then he would sneak across the ice, which he thought would be solid enough to support his…
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America’s Most Electable Fictional Presidents | New Republic
The 2015–16 election cycle is like the guest you welcome into your home, except then the guest refuses to leave for, like, eight to ten months. Using all the hot water in the shower every morning. Tracking mud onto the couch that your grandmother le…
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Daniel Rozin, “PomPom Mirror,” 2015 on Vimeo
Daniel Rozin “PomPom Mirror”, 2015 928 faux fur pom poms, 464 motors, control electronics, video camera, custom software, microcontroller, wooden armature 48 x 48 x 18 in / 121.9 x 121.9 x 45.7 cm Rozin’s anthropomorphic “PomPom Mirror” features a s…
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The 2016 car forecast: electric, with a dash of speed | The Verge
Next year is gonna be a good year. When you review cars for a living, many years are. In 2015, I started my January by “driving” an autonomous Audi A7 from Silicon Valley to CES in Las Vegas, part of a technology showcase of great things to come.
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‘Writable’ Circuits Could Let Scientists Draw Electronics into Existence – Scientific American
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Yarn’s App Lets You Share Short Clips From Movies, TV Shows And Music Videos | TechCrunch
GIF-sharing is so 2015. Or at least, a startup called Yarn hopes that will be the case.
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Pakistan suicide bombing kills ‘at least 22’ in Mardan – BBC News
A suspected suicide bomber on a motorbike has killed at least 22 people in north west Pakistan, and injured at least 30 others.It happened as people queued at a government office in the city of Mardan. The BBC’s Haroon Rashid reports.
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Paris-linked IS leader ‘died in strike’ – 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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Crime fiction in 2015: the rise of the Girl that could be any of us | Books | The Guardian
Over and over again, in Wilkie Collins’s wildly popular sensation novel The Woman in White (1859), the titular female character emerges from nowhere to place her hand on the male hero’s shoulder.
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Connect the snotty dots in the ‘Punk Rock Fun Time Activity Book’|Dangerous Minds
Draw the graffiti on CBGB’s bathroom walls (or Joey Ramone taking a piss?) in the Punk Rock Fun Time Activity Book! Many of you Dangerous Minds readers have likely noticed that coloring books marketed to adults has become kind of a huge “thing” over…
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More Video Editing Shortcuts in Premiere, Along With Final Cut Equivalents
Video editing is a highly detailed, time consuming task. Keyboard shortcuts can help you speed up the process quite a bit. Video editor Derek Lieu shares his own tips and tricks for faster editing in Premiere, along with Final Cut equivalents.
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BBC Sport – Real Madrid: Rafael Benitez on the ‘campaign’ against him
Real Madrid manager Rafael Benitez has said there is “a campaign” against him and the club. “Everything is magnified. Everything is criticised that can be and where not it is manipulated,” Benitez said.
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Families on the move from Ramadi after capture from IS – BBC News
BBC Arabic mobile phone footage showed families being transferred from liberated Ramadi via safe routes to the Iraqi city of Habbaniya. It comes a day after the city was recapture from the so-called Islamic State (IS) group.
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Bernie Sanders: Audit the Department of Defense, contractors wasting money while soldiers are on food stamps. (realclearpolitics.com) DoD has a HUGE budget and wastes the shit out of a big part of it.
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Shell terminated Polar Pioneer contract ending Artic Drilling plans : environment
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Shell terminates Polar Pioneer contract with Transocean – Splash 247
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5 comic books to look forward to in 2016 – Vox
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How To Stop Hangovers (With Science) – YouTube
Subscribe! http://bit.ly/ACSReactionsNew Years Eve is just around the corner, and just in case you celebrate a little too hard, we’re offering you some chemistry fueled tips on how to stave that hangover. You know, to better help you not drop the ba…
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Turkish Football Federation fined for sacking gay referee – BBC News
An Istanbul court has ordered the Turkish Football Federation (TFF) to pay compensation for sacking a referee on the grounds of his homosexuality. The TFF was fined 23,000 lira ($7,900; £5,300) for dismissing Halil Ibrahim Dincdag back in 2009.
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Ted Cruz’s biggest constituency: The House maniacs
Ted Cruz might be the most hated person on the Senate side of Capitol Hill, but he’s got the House maniacs on his side, with Rep. Steve King (R-IA) acting as head cheerleader.
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Boris Nemtsov murder: Russia hunts ‘Chechen mastermind’ – BBC News
Russian investigators say a Chechen security officer ordered the murder of opposition politician Boris Nemtsov, but he is believed to have fled abroad. Mr Nemtsov, a prominent critic of President Vladimir Putin, was shot dead in central Moscow in Fe…
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Iraq PM Vows to Defeat ISIL by End of 2016 | Al Jazeera America
Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi on Tuesday visited Ramadi, a day after government forces retook most of the city from the Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant (ISIL), clinching a major victory and leading the Iraqi premier to vow to rid the who…
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Another Year, Another 20 Billion Kilometers Through The Universe – Scientific American Blog Network
Caleb A. Scharf Dr. Caleb A. Scharf is Director of Astrobiology at Columbia University, and has an international reputation as a research astrophysicist, and as a lecturer to college and public audiences.
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Silicon Valley is confusing pseudo-science with innovation | The Verge
This year, in lieu of the traditional Best Of Lists, we thought it would be fun to throw our editors into a draft together and have a conversation.
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Mysterious Pulsar and Jellyfish Nebula Share Explosive Birth (Photo)
An explosion in space may have created not only a brilliant nebula but also a rapidly spinning neutron star, according to new data from NASA’s Chandra X-ray Observatory.
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Tamir Rice Case Spotlights Protections for Police Who Kill – The Atlantic
Although 2015 will go down as the year when the United States began grappling with the problem of police violence, it ended with a trio of defeats for reformers.
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The short, weird rise of the hoverboard with wheels | The Verge
The Verge tested Lexus’ hoverboard in August. Thanks to science and a considerable promotional budget, the car maker’s hoverboard actually hovered above the earth — as its name suggested. The experience was the culmination of a shared pop culture dr…
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Republican presidential frontrunner Donald Trump elaborated Monday evening on his recent proposal that Muslim Americans monitor each other and report suspicious activity, claiming Muslims knew about but failed to report the radicalized couple that s…
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A Little Life is the best novel of the year. I wouldn’t recommend it to anyone. – Vox
“Be quiet! Don’t cry! Shhh.” I cried my way through Hanya Yanagihara’s novel A Little Life.
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Teen With ‘Affluenza’ Arrested in Mexico – The Atlantic
Ethan Couch, the teenager from Texas who was granted probation by a judge in 2013 after driving drunk and killing four people, has been arrested in Puerto Vallarta, Mexico.
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Your TV is lying to you about who has abortions – Vox
The entertainment industry isn’t exactly known for realistic portrayals of abortion. It’s a common trope that women facing unintended pregnancies onscreen either don’t consider abortion as an option, or have the choice made for them by a convenient …
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British Astronaut Tim Peake to Run London Marathon in Space
One astronaut is about to bravely go where no man has gone before: for a 26-mile (42 kilometer) run aboard the International Space Station.
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Around 20 minutes after closer Wade Davis struck out the Mets’ Wilmer Flores in the bottom of the 12th inning of Game 5, dozens of friends and family of the newly crowned Kansas City Royals were stationed on the field, waiting for their World Series…
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Saturn’s Geyser Moon Enceladus Amazes in Final Flyby Photos
The northern territory of Saturn’s icy moon Enceladus is seen in glorious detail by NASA’s Cassini spacecraft during its final close flyby of the moon on Dec. 19, 2015.
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Here’s The Most Mind-Blowing Theory About Terry Gilliam’s Twelve Monkeys
We’re coming up on the 20th anniversary of Twelve Monkeys, still one of the best time-travel movies. But we’re only just beginning to get to the bottom of what’s really going on in this film.
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Walton Goggins TV’s Most Charming Villain Joins Tarantino’s Inner Circle | Vanity Fair
If you take the long view on the career of actor Walton Goggins, a clear pattern emerges.
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The Outbreaks of 2015: Ebola, MERS, and Measles at the Happiest Place on Earth | VICE News
This story is part of a partnership between MedPage Today and VICE News. When 2015 began, the world was still focused on the Ebola outbreak in West Africa.
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Azhar Ali will remain Pakistan’s one-day captain after his offer to resign over Mohammad Amir’s presence at a Lahore training camp was rejected. Amir is available for selection after being jailed and banned for five years for his part in a spot-fixi…
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So I got a GoPro for Christmas… – YouTube
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A magic mirror is a raspberry pi powered monitor behind a double sided mirror. A mostly black web page allows you to add some widgets to the mirror’s reflection as if by magic. This version includes widgets for displaying the weather forecast, the d…
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Specials drummer John Bradbury dies – BBC News
John ‘Brad’ Bradbury, drummer with The Specials, has died at the age of 52. The ska group tweeted the news: “It is with deep regret that we say goodbye to our great friend, the world’s greatest drummer, our beloved Brad. RIP.”
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Asthma Rate Stops Climbing in Some U.S. Kids after Rising for Decades – Scientific American
(Reuters Health) – Childhood asthma rates appear to have stopped rising among many U.S. groups, but not among the poorest kids or children aged 10 and older, a study suggests. Overall, asthma prevalence among kids under 18 had been rising for decade…
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BBC Sport – Pavel Srnicek: Former Newcastle keeper dies aged 47
Former Newcastle United goalkeeper Pavel Srnicek has died at the age of 47, nine days after suffering cardiac arrest in the Czech Republic. He was taken to a hospital in Ostrava and placed in an induced coma.
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SmartThings And Samsung Team Up To Make Your TV A Smarthome Hub | TechCrunch
Samsung and SmartThings are buddying up to introduce Samsung’s latest line of Smart TVs, complete with SmartThings platform integration so folks can use their TVs as an interface to control the home.
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San Francisco’s Housing Activists Are Making the City More Expensive – The Atlantic
His daughter was a 6-year-old kindergartner at the time. The ensuing plot featured a cartoonishly evil technology company that conspired to oust salt-of-the-earth tenants from a multicultural group house to satisfy naked greed.
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Take Advantage of These Tax-Deductible Medical Expenses Before the Year Ends
As the year comes to an end, there’s a lot you can do now to maximize your taxes, including getting in last minute tax-deductible medical expenses. Need to order new glasses or teeth get your teeth cleaned? See if you can squeeze them in before New …
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Best of 2015: Joe Jonas on ‘Mad Max,’ Other Favorites | Rolling Stone
Joe Jonas returned to music this year in a surprising fashion: His new band DNCE sees the former Jonas Brother go funk-pop.
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Suicide Bombing Kills 22, Wounds 45 in Pakistan | Al Jazeera America
The bombing took place in the city of Mardan, outside the regional office of the National Database and Registration Authority, or NADRA, which issues identity cards to Pakistanis, according to senior police officer Saeed Khan Wazir.
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Motorhead Drummer: ‘Motorhead Is Over, Of Course’ | Rolling Stone
Motorhead Drummer: ‘Motorhead Is Over, Of Course’ “We won’t be doing any more tours or anything. And there won’t be any more records.
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The NFL’s Bright and Shiny Sh-t Show: Is the AFC Any Good? | Rolling Stone
One night not too long ago, I found myself watching an infomercial for a product I did not fully comprehend, and had no real use for; and yet I will admit the sales pitch was so compelling that I nearly bought it anyway, because how could I possibly…
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Dustin Lynch on Garth Lessons, Crowd Connection: The Ram Report | Rolling Stone
Dustin Lynch on Garth Lessons, Crowd Connection: The Ram Report “Mind Reader” singer recalls what he learned from the superstar as he resumes his headlining club tour
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Shell terminated Polar Pioneer contract ending Artic Drilling plans (splash247.com)submitted 7 minutes ago by loading…
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These $900 Biogas Units Turn Household Organic Waste Into Cooking Fuel And Fertilizer (trueactivist.com)submitted 1 hour ago by loading…
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Top trends conservationists should be paying attention to — but aren’t : environment
Top trends conservationists should be paying attention to — but aren’t (ensia.com)submitted 16 minutes ago by loading…
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Obama to seek ‘every opportunity’ to push climate plans in 2016, experts say : environment
Obama to seek ‘every opportunity’ to push climate plans in 2016, experts say (theguardian.com)submitted 38 minutes ago by loading…[–]CatalyticDragon 0 points1 point2 points 16 minutes ago(0 children)Good.
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Life as a “comfort woman”: Survivors remember a WW2 atrocity that was ignored for decades – Vox
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Japan and South Korea announced on Monday that they’d reached an historic agreement over Japan’s use of Korean “comfort women” during World War Two. From 1932 to 1945, the Japanese military forced tens of thousands of women and girls, many of them K… -
Chris Christie’s soft-on-drugs stance may be helping him in New Hampshire. Here’s why. – Vox
Chris Christie’s soft-on-drugs stance may be helping him in New Hampshire. Here’s why. https://t.co/v5vhWhVsHk https://t.co/COTakAsNt8
There’s a surprising rising star in New Hampshire’s first-in-the-country Republican primary: Chris Christie. The New Jersey governor’s rise — from around 3 percent in late September to 11. -
Editorial: Wikipedia fails as an encyclopedia, to science’s detriment | Ars Technica
For all its flaws, Wikipedia is an amazing resource. Despite the vandalism, edit wars, and arguments over what constitutes a point of view, it provides key information about a dizzying variety of topics.
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The Rest of Us Just Live Here by Patrick Ness – review | Children’s books | The Guardian
I sigh in wonder just thinking about it. This. Is. Genius. No kidding. It sums up my life, your life, his life, her life, everyone in-between’s life. It bl**dy gorgeous. I can’t even. It’s so beautifully written that I was hanging off every word. I …
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Bikers patrol flood-hit Yorkshire towns to deter looters | UK news | The Guardian
Motorcycle clubs have stepped in to deter looters from targeting flood-hit homes and businesses in the Calderdale Valleys region. Night-time patrols of Hebden Bridge and Mytholmroyd are being carried out by bikers who have come from Bradford and bey…
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Race on campus: the year of ‘making a statement on what America should be’ | US news | The Guardian
2015 was a year marked by on-campus protests of an energy and volume that America has only rarely seen since the 1960s.
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The Year in Motherboard Features: Where Are They Now? | Motherboard
We published a lot of stories this year. No small share of them were reported, longform features whose characters and forces-at-play have not settled since. They’ve gone on, each in their own way, and are worth revisiting. I’ve compiled some of thes…
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Ford files patent for rear tire that converts into an electric unicycle | The Verge
It might not be long before we see a Ford concept car that borrows an idea from the Batmobile. Back in June, the automaker filed for a patent that describes a car with a rear tire designed to pull double duty as an electric unicycle.
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191 Million Voter Records Exposed. No one claims responsibility for database. (csoonline.com) Looks like we’re going to be getting some more robo-calls from some lovely opportunitists.
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‘Affluenza’ Teen Ethan Couch Detained in Mexico | Al Jazeera America
Authorities said a Texas teenager serving probation for killing four people in a drunken-driving wreck after invoking an “affluenza” defense was in custody in Mexico, weeks after he and his mother disappeared.
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The World’s 20 Most Impressive Bridges
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Marines’ LS3 robotic mule is too loud for real-world combat | Ars Technica
The kickable “robotic mule”, also known as AlphaDog or LS3, created by Alphabet-owned Boston Dynamics under a contract with DARPA, has proved too loud to fight alongside the US Marines.
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Photographing the Tiny Upstate New York Town Obsessed with UFOs | Atlas Obscura
The question is printed in large type, on paper that has been stuck on the walls of the Pine Bush barbershop. In red pencil, the word “you” has been underlined. It forms part of the UFO ephemera collected by Butch, the barber and local UFO historian.
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The beauty of Bosnia and Herzegovina : pics
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China’s new anti-terror law: No backdoors, but decryption on demand | Ars Technica
China has passed new anti-terrorism legislation that requires telecoms and Internet companies to provide “technical interfaces, decryption and other technical support assistance to public security organs and state security organs conducting preventi…
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How Momofuku Ando invented instant ramen — and transformed Japanese cuisine – Vox
Momofuku Ando, who invented ramen instant noodles, would have celebrated his 105th birthday today. In addition to inspiring hip restaurants (and Google Doodles), he earned the adoration of a nation.
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Guinea Declared Free of Ebola Virus That Killed Over 2,500 – Scientific American
Guinea was declared free of Ebola transmission on Tuesday after more than 2,500 people died from the virus in the West African nation, leaving Liberia as the only country still counting down the days until the end of the epidemic.
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Roasted Grapes Add Sweet, Decadent Flavor to Salads and Meat Dishes Alike
We all know that root vegetables really sing when roasted, but a visit in the oven can bring out complex flavors in all sorts of foods, even unexpected ones like grapes.
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On yer bike: a brief history of cycling politicians | Environment | The Guardian
From Norman Tebbit’s infamous advice to the unemployed to get on their bikes to the Plebgate row, cycling has a long history of being embroiled in British political controversy and intrigue.
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The Big Short tells a complicated story, but the Great Recession is very simple – Vox
The Big Short has earned acclaim from critics and financial journalists alike for the skillful way in which it dramatizes and humanizes financial products and concepts that are complicated, and at times deliberately obscure.
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Virginia Rep. Ramadan Draws Hate From Trump Fans, Because Of Course – The Daily Beast
Three days ago, David Ramadan was just another low-profile state lawmaker—one of more than 7,000 humble state legislators. That was until he stood up to Donald Trump and became the latest politician/citizen/human to draw the fact-free rage of the mo…
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Why is the media so afraid of Facebook? | The Verge
This year, in lieu of the traditional Best Of Lists, we thought it would be fun to throw our editors and writers into a draft together and have a conversation.
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TSA threatens to stop accepting driver’s licenses from nine states as of Jan 10 / Boing Boing
When Congress passed the 2005 Real ID act — mandating easy sharing (and intrinsic insecurity) — of driver’s license data, they insisted compliance by states with the rules would be voluntary. But they also threatened “consequences” for noncomplian…
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KRS-One meets Mr. Magic / Boing Boing
KRS-ONE, DJ Scott La Rock, and several emcees from the homeless shelter combine to create a legendary collective in this week’s Hip Hop Family Tree strip. Looks are deceiving when KRS-One finds out that the social worker at his homeless shelter has …
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Puddle of Mudd’s Wes Scantlin Arrested for Drug Possession | Rolling Stone
Puddle of Mudd singer Wes Scantlin was arrested last week in Beverly Hills, California after a routine traffic stop turned up a controlled substance in Scantlin’s vehicle.
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Proof Of Concept: 100 Geeks, 5 Weeks, 1 Future (documentary) : environment
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Bismuth Could Stop Farts From Smelling, If Someone Could Make It Safe
We avoid mercury, arsenic, and lead exposure, but there’s one heavy metal that we gulp down in smaller doses: bismuth. And if it were less toxic, bismuth could one day keep us from stinking up elevators and other public places with our farts.
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Ford Wants to Turn Your Car’s Back Wheel Into a Batpod
A patent filed by Ford a few weeks ago reveals a rather unorthodox alternative to throwing a bicycle in your trunk. Like the Batpod that ejected from the Batmobile in The Dark Knight, the back wheel of your car could quickly transform into a self-ba…
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Flood warnings were in effect across central and southern Illinois on Tuesday, a day after a winter storm brought sleet and icy rain to the state. Much of the southern and midwestern US is still recovering after flooding and damage from storms and t…
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San Francisco Strikes Back at Justin Bieber Graffiti | Vanity Fair
Justin Bieber has been accused of irresponsibly telling “our youth that likeminded lawlessness and contempt for public property are condoned and encouraged.” But, for once, it has nothing to do with drag racing, drug use, hoverboards, or any public …
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Obamacare supporters don’t like talking about it — but the individual mandate is working – Vox
The individual mandate is among Obamacare’s most hated provisions. About two in three of Americans think the requirement to buy health insurance is a bad idea. But recent enrollment data shows that the mandate is working.
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US military says robotic pack mules are too noisy to use | The Verge
The US military has reportedly shelved development of its robotic pack mule — the Boston Dynamics-built Legged Squad Support System or LS3. According to a report from Military.
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Videos from the thirty-second Chaos Communications Congress / Boing Boing
More overtly political than security events like Vegas’s Defcon, more regular than New York’s HOPE, CCC events in Hamburg are an annual gathering of the hacktivist tribes. This year’s theme is “walled gardens,” and videos from the dozens of talks ar…
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Even More Details About The “Trippy” World Of Doctor Strange
Civil War teasers hint at not one death, but two. Chris Carter explains why Mulder and Scully can’t be together in the new X-Files. Plus, filming from the set of Wonder Woman, cool new Legends of Tomorrow footage, and a new clone on Orphan Black. So…
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John Kasich takes a hard line — on gerrymandering “I support redistricting reform dramatically,” he said according to the paper. “We carve these safe districts, and then when you’re in a safe district, you have to watch your extremes, and you keep m…
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A Texas teenager who was given probation after killing four people while driving drunk was arrested Monday evening in the Mexican resort city of Puerto Vallarta, where he had fled with his mother, according to Mexican and American officials.
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Why police so often see unarmed black men as threats – Vox
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Most of the racial prejudice Americans harbor today is subtle and manifests itself in stealthier ways than it did in the past. It shows up in how employers view potential hires, how salespeople choose to assist people at high-end stores, or how teac… -
The Complete Guide To Making Lasagna At Home | First We Feast
Not every lasagna is made by an ancient Italian nonna who’s been slaving away in the kitchen all day, but let’s be honest—the good ones taste like they were.
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Midway into a long December’s day of campaigning throughout New Hampshire, the state on which he had pinned his flagging electoral hopes, the Republican presidential candidate John Kasich stood in the middle of a Greek restaurant’s banquet room and …
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Media excited about Trump’s sexist attacks on Clinton, but keep forgetting to mention Trump’s sexism
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I was 15, sitting on a London tube headed for the Houses of Parliament with my mum, when she leant forward and warned me that she might be about to get arrested. It was 2009 and we were on our way to a climate change protest she had helped to organi…
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Baby Whales Pecked to Death by Gulls – Scientific American
Jason G. Goldman Dr. Jason G. Goldman received his Ph.D. in Developmental Psychology at the University of Southern California in Los Angeles. His research focused on the evolution and architecture of the mind, and how different early experiences mig…
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Refugees are enterprising and tech-savvy, research finds – Vox
What comes to mind when you think of a refugee camp? Maybe heat — and flies. Rows of tents as far as you can see. People who are hungry and desolate, waiting for their lives to begin again. Bustling markets buzzing with trade is probably not what yo…
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Scientists Find New Drug Targets for Psoriasis – Scientific American
Psoriasis is a chronic inflammatory skin disorder that affects about 2-3% of the population. It is triggered by the immune system, and new insights into immune processes have thrown up a number of exciting drug targets.
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The recent floods have not only brought the effects of climate change to the fore – they have also ruined Christmas for many families. But the generosity of so many has shown that community spirit is alive and well throughout the north.
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The Republican Fear of Facts on Guns. For nearly two decades, Congress has banned needed research on gun violence by the CDC. Last week, Congress, doing the bidding of the gun industry, quietly killed a provision in the omnibus spending bill that wo…
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Ars talks about the future of electric powertrains with Audi | Ars Technica
It’s rumored that Audi will use next month’s Detroit auto show to unveil a sister car to the e-tron quattro that we saw up close in Los Angeles last month. Dubbed the Q6 h-tron by Autocar, the new alternative fuel SUV will use a hydrogen fuel cell.
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Twitter Has Made It Impossible to Ignore the Reality of Sex Work | Motherboard
Sex workers—including porn performers, cam girls, strippers, escorts, and many more—have formed such a vibrant, vocal part of the internet that it’s hard to imagine an online world without them. And with that visibility has come a reduction in the s…
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The best book we’ve read all year: Guardian writers and readers look back | Books | The Guardian
I may have mentioned this before, but I’m a dad now. As a result, almost all the books I’ve received this year remain hopelessly unread.
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Windows 10 covertly sends your disk-encryption keys to Microsoft / Boing Boing
There’s no way to turn off the “recovery” feature that sends your disk encryption keys to Microsoft by default, without notice — though you can (and should) ask Microsoft to forget the keys later.
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Payment system security is hilariously bad / Boing Boing
In Shopshifting: The potential for payment system abuse, Karsten Nohl and Fabian Bräunlein showed attendees at Hamburg’s Chaos Communications Congress just how poor the security in payment terminals is, and demonstrated several attacks that would le…
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Reports of Rape Rise on College Football Game Days – Bloomberg Business
College football game days may have a sinister side: They’re associated with a higher incidence of sexual assault, according to a new study that explored links between campus party culture and rape.
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The forgotten mole men of Vienna’s sewers|Dangerous Minds
Long before Orson Welles (as Harry Lime) was chased thru Vienna’s subterranean sewers in The Third Man, the city’s labyrinth of tunnels, waterways and culverts offered a secret refuge to many of the homeless poor.
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Those Demanding Free Speech Limits to Fight ISIS Pose a Greater Threat to U.S. Than ISIS (theintercept.com)
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Sikhs in America are still coming under attack because people think they’re Muslims : politics
It’s actually a shame that Americans don’t know more about Sikhism. It’s probably the most tolerant religion in the world. Sikh and ye shall find.
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Widespread flood warnings as UK braces for Storm Frank | UK news | The Guardian
People in the north of England, south and central Scotland, and Northern Ireland are being warned to brace themselves for more downpours and the possibility of increased flooding overnight, as Storm Frank hits.
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The Power of the Nudge to Change our Energy Future – Scientific American
More than ever, psychology has become influential not only in explaining human behavior, but also as a resource for policy makers to achieve goals related to health, well-being, or sustainability.
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Before-and-After Photos of the Changing Environment : environment
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Mama cat and tiny baby kitten : aww
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Jezebel Britney Spears’s Instagram Has Become a Fascinating Journey Through Her Mind | Sploid What Happens When You Mix Coca Cola with Bleach? | Gawker “Affluenza” Teen Detained Near Mexican Beach Town With His Mother | Lanesplitter Dickhead Bikers …
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Make Financial Decisions Based on Your Own Values, Not Someone Else’s
The most important money rules never change, but there’s much to be said about doing what works for you. Ultimately, you’re in charge of your financial situation, and that means making decisions based on what’s important to you, not what matters to …
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The Revenant Composer Ryuichi Sakamoto Explains His Process | Vanity Fair
At 63, renaissance man Ryuichi Sakamoto’s creative verve has shown no signs of waning despite Sakamoto being diagnosed with oropharyngeal cancer last year. As a member of the experimental Japanese electronic trio Yellow Magic Orchestra—colloquially,…
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From Droughts to Disease, 2015 Highlighted Our Food System’s Shortcomings | Motherboard
2015 was a bit of a news roller-coaster when it came to the things we eat.
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The Islamic State Has a Detailed Ruling on Who Can Have Sex with Female Slaves | VICE News
Islamic State (IS) theologians have issued an extremely detailed ruling on when “owners” of women enslaved by the extremist group can have sex with them, in an apparent bid to curb what they called violations in the treatment of captured females.
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The country where the Ebola epidemic started was just declared Ebola-free – Vox
Exactly two years after a two-year-old boy died of Ebola in Guinea, starting the largest outbreak of the disease in history, Guinea is officially Ebola-free, the World Health Organization announced Tuesday.
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Cheers and Jeers: 2015 Flashback, Part I
From the GREAT STATE OF MAINE…
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The biggest surf wave I have ever seen : pics
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How Donald Trump destroyed the Republican Party in 2015 – The Washington Post
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Pupil Size: A Measure of Trust? – Scientific American
Pupils are a rich source of social information. Although changes in pupil size are automatic and uncontrollable, they can convey interest, arousal, helpful or harmful intentions, and a variety of emotions.
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Barack Obama will defend the Paris climate change agreement and forge ahead on his environmental agenda until his final days in the White House, according to analysts.
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How researchers dupe the public with a sneaky practice called “outcome switching” – Vox
For years, the drug company GlaxoSmithKline illegally marketed paroxetine, sold under the brand name Paxil, as an antidepressant for children and teenagers.
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I read 164 books in 2015 and tracked them all in a spreadsheet. Here’s what I learned. – Vox
My life became a cultural wasteland after my daughter was born. No more books, no more movies — only television provided a last, desperate bastion of artistic connection, consumed in small doses through a semi-conscious daze.
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Israel’s Supreme Court Reduces Former Prime Minister Ehud Olmert’s Prison Term – The Atlantic
Israel’s Supreme Court reduced former Prime Minister Ehud Olmert’s prison sentence from 6 years to 18 months after overturning the main bribery charge against him. The ruling is a partial victory for Olmert though he will still be the first former I…
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Jezebel Britney Spears’s Instagram Has Become a Fascinating Journey Through Her Mind | Sploid What Happens When You Mix Coca Cola with Bleach? | Gawker “Affluenza” Teen Detained Near Mexican Beach Town With His Mother | Lanesplitter Dickhead Bikers …
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What’s Supersizing Antarctica’s Sea Spiders? | Hakai Magazine
With eight spindly legs, a minimalist body, and long proboscis, sea spiders look like something from the fever dream of an arachnophobic science fiction author. But sea spiders are very real, and they live all over the world.
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How Donald Trump destroyed the Republican Party in 2015 : politics
Jeb can fix it! Guac Man to the rescue!
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Maps reveal US “hotspots” where crops could fail in the future | Ars Technica
In the first-ever study that uses data modeling to track the populations of wild bees in the US, scientists have uncovered a disturbing trend. Bee populations are dropping in the regions of the country that need it most.
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How Long Before You Can Use Your 2015 Calendar Again? | FiveThirtyEight
Welcome to The Riddler. Every week, I offer up a problem related to the things we hold dear around here — math, logic and probability. These problems, puzzles and riddles come from lots of top-notch puzzle folks around the world, including you, the …
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Complaint factory: Angry Internet subscribers tee off against Comcast, Verizon, AT&T | Ars Technica
Comcast, the nation’s largest cable company and home Internet service provider, has a lot of angry customers. And instead of just privately fuming, thousands of them have complained to the Federal Communications Commission (FCC).
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Get Into the Savings Habit by Putting Away 50% of Your Extra Income
Getting into the habit of saving if you haven’t started is a serious psychological hurdle. To help ease into it, start saving half of any money you can count as “extra.”
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8 Tech Breakthroughs of 2015 That Could Help Power the World
These three don’t belong to a Jetsons-like future. They’ve already arrived as part of a new tech era in which scientists and entrepreneurs are rapidly trying bold ideas to save energy or provide cleaner alternatives.
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‘Anomalisa’: Love, Actually, for Two Imperfect People | New Republic
Setting aside for a moment its deep humanity, gorgeous design, delicate poignancy and melancholy sense of humor, Anomalisa is a marvelous film because it does something very rare in movies: It feels exactly right.
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Calvin Pace, an outside linebacker for the New York Jets, has made a living as a football player going on 13 years. He sensed a while ago that the Jets’ success or failure this year would be determined in the 17th and final week of the regular seaso…
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Top sustainability stories of 2015 – in pictures | Guardian Sustainable Business | The Guardian
Skip to main content Guardian sustainable business reflections and predictions 2016 Top sustainability stories of 2015 – in pictures From Davos and predictions of a chocolate crisis to the MRSA superbug in supermarket pork and the VW emissions scand…
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Abbreviated pundit roundup: Donald Trump’s lasting impact on the GOP
Trump quickly proved he was the exception to the rule, and the media was left awestruck and dumbfounded by his ability to flout the conventions of American politics.
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Google Glass 2.0: first pictures emerge | Technology | The Guardian
Despite killing it off at the beginning of this year, Google has revealed a new version of its Glass wearable computer, aimed squarely at enterprise businesses such as healthcare and manufacturing.
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How Pittsfield, New Hampshire’s Schools Are Practicing Restorative Justice – The Atlantic
PITTSFIELD, N.H.—When the freshman Hope Parent left her cellphone unattended at Pittsfield Middle High School, last year, her classmate Brandon Bojarsky saw his chance for a little fun.
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Spain and Italy receive economic recovery boost – BBC News
Spanish shops are now hiring at pre-crisis levels, while business confidence is also holding up in Italy, according to official figures. Spain’s national statistics agency said retail hiring in November grew 1.8% on last year, the fastest rate since…
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AutoMate Leaves Beta, Brings Android Auto-Style Dashboard to Your Phone
Android: Car dashboard apps are easy to come by, but hard to do well. AutoMate manages to pull it off, with an easy-to-use dashboard of handy features that help make driving easier.
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Environment Agency chair returns from Caribbean holiday amid criticism | Environment | The Guardian
The head of the embattled Environment Agency is returning to the UK from holiday in the Caribbean amid criticism of his absence from the UK as the body deals with some of Britain’s worst flooding for decades.
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Last Joyride of the ‘Affluenza’ Kid: Ethan Couch in Custody – The Daily Beast
Fugitive “affluenza” teen Ethan Couch and his mother have been detained in Mexico, weeks after the 18-year-old skipped a meeting with his probation officer and sparked a continental manhunt.
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Escape from Leer and South Sudan civil war – Al Jazeera English
Kakuma refugee camp, Kenya – Eight months pregnant and fearing for her life, Nyayang Bol Biel gathered up her two young children in the dead of night and prepared to embark on a 500-mile journey that she prayed would save their lives.
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On an glacier-filled island with fjords and elephant seals, Russia has built Antarctica’s first Orthodox church on a hill overlooking its research base, transporting the logs all the way from Siberia.
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Chris Christie is back in the presidential mix. But what about Bridgegate? – Vox
There’s recently been some buzz that Chris Christie, whose presidential campaign has long been considered an afterthought, could be on the rise in New Hampshire. After all, he’s been campaigning hard in the state, won some big endorsements, and has …
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2015 in reproductive rights: Arkansas leads way on new abortion limits | US news | The Guardian
Arkansas is not a state that is hurting for greater abortion restrictions – not even in the eyes of abortion foes. So when Arkansas became the first state this year to enact new anti-abortion laws, it provoked the ire of reproductive rights groups a…
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How to End Online Ads Forever – Scientific American
On the Internet, ads are a real problem. They’re a problem for us, the people, and not just because they clutter up our Web pages; they also cost us money (in mobile data charges), battery life and time.
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Belgium Arrests 2 People in Connection With New Year’s Plot – The Atlantic
Two people have been arrested in Belgium in connection with a plot to stage attacks around the New Year’s celebration, the federal prosecutor’s office said. The two were arrested in raids on Sunday and Monday in the Brussels and Liege areas, as well…
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The FAA Has Finally Realized Drones Aren’t Going Away | Motherboard
A flurry of lawsuits, high-profile attacks on consumer drone pilots and their machines, and overzealous Federal Aviation Administration policing made 2014 a highly interesting year to be following drone news.
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How a Good Night’s Sleep — and a Bad Night’s Sleep — Can Enhance Your Creativity | Open Culture
You decide you need some medical advice, so you take to the internet. Whoops! There’s your first mistake. Now you are bombarded with contradictory opinions from questionable sources and you begin to develop symptoms you never knew existed. It’s all …
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The Summer I Turned Pretty by Jenny Han – review | Children’s books | The Guardian
Is romance in the air or is it just the sea salt? Summer. The one season every girl wishes for, for her secret romances to come true. Jenny Han places all of our longings and crushing desires into a beautiful trilogy starting with The Summer I Turne…
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The problem with addressing Islam as a problem lies in two opposing factions: Radical Islam and Islamophobia. People afraid of Islam assume that most or all Muslims believe sinister and medieval ideas, which mostly untrue.
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Scotland’s Plastic Bag Ban Saved 650 Million Bags In Its First Year (fastcoexist.com)submitted 11 minutes ago by loading…
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What Harry Got Wrong In 2015 | FiveThirtyEight I f-ed up a lot in 2015. It’s bound to happen when you’re predicting things for a living and involved in approximately 200 articles, chats, podcasts and videos per year. I also got a lot right. But that, or the volume of…
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