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Over the last few years, the kindergarten of British public life has firmly established its naughty step: the hearings of its esteemed select committees.
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BlackBerry Cancels Plan To Exit Pakistan After Government Drops Monitoring Request | TechCrunch
Beleaguered phone maker BlackBerry has u-turned on its decision to exit Pakistan after it claimed it had struck an agreement with authorities over previous demands for access to user data.
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Paytm Acquires Personal Assistant App Shifu To Improve Its Artificial Intelligence Tech | TechCrunch
Paytm, the Indian mobile commerce company backed by Alibaba, announced today that it has acquired Shifu, a personal assistant app for smartphones.
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The Kano Screen Kit Is a Fun to Build, Compact Display for the Raspberry Pi
We’re all surrounded by screens, but few of us know how they really work. If you’re looking to teach your kids how displays work (or learn for yourself!) and you need a display for a Raspberry Pi, the Kano Screen Kit is a reasonably priced, portable…
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Body found in suitcases pulled from Austrian lake – BBC News
Human remains have been found in two suitcases pulled from an Austrian lake. The remains appear to belong to a woman aged about 70, police say.
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The Democratic Party gained thirty-one House seats in the mid-term elections of 2006, reclaiming control of the chamber for the first time since 1994. (They also took the Senate.) Nancy Pelosi of California, first elected to Congress in 1987, had be…
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STIFU by grabbing the wrong computer at the airport. If anybody knows a Jason Turner who is currently traveling in Thailand, please let me know. (self.tifu) So this morning, 8 am Thailand time, I was travelling from Chiang Mai to Bangkok.
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New year brings new challenges for both sides of religious freedom divide | US news | The Guardian
While the highest justices in the US prepared to legalize gay marriage last year, a new campaign arose among social conservatives. Its aim was to counter the supreme court’s ruling with state laws creating religious exemptions. Many saw such laws as…
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Wisconsin’s public-sector unions plot fightback as supreme court case looms | US news | The Guardian
Wisconsin’s labor leaders cheered when their nemesis, Scott Walker, dropped out of the presidential campaign last September. Walker’s anti-union message failed to catch fire the way it did four years ago, when he pushed through legislation that hobb…
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The Western Myth of Bitcoin in Kenya | Motherboard
Lost and and trying to navigate by the maps on our smartphones, we were on the outskirts of Nairobi in search of Bejo’s Bar and Grill, which we were told was one of the first businesses in Kenya to accept bitcoin.
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New photos of SpaceX booster show sooty, but undamaged rocket | Ars Technica
The Falcon 9 rocket not only survived, it now appears increasingly clear it did so in good shape. On Sunday SpaceX released a new photo of the first stage of its Falcon 9 rocket that it successfully landed two weeks ago.
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In Raqqa, support ISIL or die – Al Jazeera English
At first glance Abdel Aziz al-Hamza, with his slender stature and mellow voice, appears shy. Other than his thick black beard, nothing in particular about him stands out. Like most young people, he wears standard blue jeans, T-shirt and a baseball c…
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If you are 10 years old or over and like books about adventure (like me!), then I’d suggest this book is for you! A girl called Marrill meets a master thief called Fin from another land and together they discover an amazing magical world filled with…
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Iran Accuses Saudi Arabia of Fueling Tensions | Al Jazeera America
Iran on Monday accused Saudi Arabia of using an attack on its embassy in Tehran as a pretext to fuel regional tensions, as Iranian diplomats faced a 48-hour deadline to leave Riyadh. “Iran… is committed to provide diplomatic security based on inte…
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Sunni mosques bombed in town south of Baghdad – Al Jazeera English
Three mosques in an Iraqi city south of Baghdad have been bombed and partially destroyed, with no group yet claiming responsibility. Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi confirmed that the attacks on Sunni mosques in the city of Hilla, in Iraq’s Babil go…
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Stunning, rare photo of Antarctica seen from space [800 x 600] : spaceporn
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2015 was the year Congress started working again – Vox
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Hating Congress is an American national pastime, and that’s not likely to change anytime soon. But look back on the just-finished year in legislating, and one thing becomes clear — a lot of legislating happened in 2015. -
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An Unaccompanied 15-Year-Old Dies in Attempts to Reach His Sister in the UK | VICE News
VICE News is closely watching the international migrant crisis. Check out the Open Water blog here. The unaccompanied minor was attempting to cross the Channel to reach his sister and brother-in-law, who are already living in England.
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American football is too dangerous, and it should be abolished | Dave Bry | Opinion | The Guardian
We just completed another regular season of NFL football. Now let’s see if we can make it the last such season ever played. In its current state, professional football is immoral and we as a society should end its existence.
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The Italian Mob’s Toxic Waste Dumping Is Giving People Cancer | Motherboard
Never really known as a friendly group, the Italian mafia has been brutally murdering people for hundreds of years. Most of the time, these killings are quick—some henchmen waylay the target, squeeze a trigger a few times and make their getaway.
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An Unaccompanied 15-Year-Old Has Died in France, Trying to Reach the UK | VICE News
VICE News is closely watching the international migrant crisis. Check out the Open Water blog here. The unaccompanied minor was attempting to cross the Channel to reach his sister and brother-in-law, who are already living in England.
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Islamic State fighters target Libyan oil port of Sidra – BBC News
Islamic State (IS) fighters have clashed with guards near Libya’s Sidra oil port east of its Sirte stronghold, Reuters news agency is quoting witnesses as saying.
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Venezuela opposition names Henry Ramos Allup assembly head – BBC News
Venezuelan opposition lawmakers have chosen a veteran politician as the new head of the country’s legislative body. Henry Ramos Allup, 72, will be the first opposition politician to lead the National Assembly in 16 years following a landslide victor…
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Even today the crime is remembered, with a shudder, across Long Island. Hidden in the woods in Smithtown, N.Y., a boy’s battered body was found with six rocks jammed down his throat.
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From crawling to flying, the agony and ecstasy of tr…
An eloquent reminder that expertise is earned, this observational documentary from the US filmmakers Nick Paley and Dawn Kim explores the thrills and frustrations of taking on a new challenge – from swimming, to archery, to flying a plane – at any a…
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Can talking about music add to our understanding of …
Words and music have been at odds for a long time. They have quarrelled for centuries. But they have not always quarrelled over the same things. Song came first.
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From ‘Roots’ to DNA kits: the quest for African-Amer…
The appeal of genetic ancestry testing cannot be understood without also understanding the backdrop of the specific example of Alex Haley’s Roots: The Saga of an American Family (1976).
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Moon Mystery Solved! Apollo Rocket Impact Site Finally Found
A sharp-eyed NASA spacecraft has spotted the final resting place of part of one of the rockets that took astronauts to the moon, more than 43 years after the booster slammed into the lunar surface.
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Under the Starry Sky: Trio Watches Meteor Shower in Stunning Photo
Astrophotographer Deepanshu Arora took this image during Perseids Meteor shower week on August 18, 2015 at Cannon Beach in Oregon. Arora had just bought a wide lens camera and wanted to capture some shots of the night sky. He used a Samyang 14mm, f/…
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Newsquest/Gannett forced to change policy over remote subbing | Media | The Guardian
Remote subbing appears to work in many places across the world but, evidently, not at Newsquest/Gannett’s UK-based production hubs.
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Oregon ‘militia’ mocked in the name of #YallQaeda – Al Jazeera English
Scientists are studying the world’s deadliest viruses to find treatments and vaccines for new infectious diseases. In this special edition of Counting the Cost, we look at the biggest business stories to watch in 2016.
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Chechnya struggles to stop wave of recruits joining IS – BBC News
Religious leaders in the southern Russian republic of Chechnya have a new message to preach these days, about the dangers of so-called Islamic State (IS). They teach that IS has nothing to do with true Islam, labelling it the “devil’s army”.
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Chechnya’s battle against IS extremists – BBC News
Close to 3,000 Russian citizens have now joined the ranks of the so-called Islamic State and the Russian government fears that battle-hardened extremists could eventually bring their fight back home.
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Donald Trump and the Causes of ‘Trumpism’ – The Atlantic
In some ways, the most interesting political story of 2015 was not Donald Trump but the widespread pundit reaction to Trump.
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US shuts drone base in Ethiopia – BBC News
The United States is shutting down its drone operation in southern Ethiopia. The US military has been using a base in the city of Arba Minch to launch the remotely-piloted aircraft since 2011, although Ethiopia denied it existed.
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George RR Martin ‘astonished’ by fan support over missed deadline | Books | The Guardian
George RR Martin has thanked his fans for the “astonishing … outpouring of support”, which followed his admission on Saturday that he would not be able to finish his novel The Winds of Winter before the new TV series of Game of Thrones airs this spr…
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Bahrain cuts diplomatic ties with Iran – 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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What’s happening in children’s books in 2016? A literary calendar | Children’s books | The Guardian
January 4 Never Evers by the authors of Lobsters, Tom Ellen and Lucy Ivison, is published. 4 Costa category award winners announced. Check out the shortlist here. 7 Publication of The Icarus Show by Sally Christie (the daughter of Tom’s Midnight Gar…
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The Institute for Policy Integrity at the New York University (NYU) School of Law recently published a report summarizing a survey of economists with climate expertise. The report was a follow-up and expansion of a similar survey conducted in 2009 b…
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Yemen imposes curfew in Aden following deadly battle – Al Jazeera English
Authorities in Yemen’s southern city of Aden have imposed a curfew after violence blamed on local armed groups killed at least 17 people, pro-government media and security sources said. Yemeni government forces announced that the curfew would last f…
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Poem of the week: Poulain the Prisoner by Augusta Webster | Books | The Guardian
BEYOND his silent vault green springs went by, The river flashed along its open way, Blithe swallows flitted in their billowy play, And the sweet lark went quivering up the sky.
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When He Was 16, This Man Threw One Punch—And Went to Jail for Life | Mother Jones
Tony Clayton was 30 years old, and just two years out from passing the Louisiana bar, when he walked into court in February of 1994, prepared to try his first murder case.
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The War on Women Is About to Get a Whole Lot Worse | Mother Jones
Between the shooting deaths of three people at a Colorado Planned Parenthood, the Supreme Court’s decision to hear its first abortion-related case in nine years, and the more than 50 new abortion restriction laws enacted by state governments, aborti…
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How We Found the People Who Were Sent to Prison for Life as Kids | Mother Jones
From May to October of 2015, the Phillips Black Project collected information about people sentenced to life without parole for crimes they committed as juveniles.
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3 Anger-Inducing Charts About Kids and Prison | Mother Jones
In 2005, when the Supreme Court struck down the use of capital punishment sentences for juveniles, it was a step toward greater legal recognition that children are different from adults—that young people’s changing brains and social vulnerability ma…
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Obama Opens 2016 With Another Big Push on Guns | Mother Jones
On the first day of 2016, President Barack Obama began his final year in the White House with brief comments highlighting his accomplishments on the economy, health care, marriage equality, and climate change. Then he focused once again on what he h…
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Is sugar production still wrecking the Everglades? | Grist
From tanking startups to banning tips, from seafood-prepping slaves to climate-protecting seaweed, these works of food journalism brightened the year.
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2016 Will Be (Another) Test Of The Economic Recovery | FiveThirtyEight
A year ago, I wrote that 2015 would be “the true test of the economic recovery.” The previous year had been a good one in terms of job growth and other traditional economic measures, but anemic wage growth meant that many Americans hadn’t experience…
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Holiday highlights / Highlights / Rosetta / Space Science / Our Activities / ESA
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Spotlight honoured by National Society of Film Critics – BBC News
The US National Society of Film Critics has named Spotlight the best film of 2015. The drama, which chronicles The Boston Globe’s investigation into child abuse in the Catholic Church, features an all-star ensemble cast including Rachel McAdams and …
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UK manufacturing growth slows again in December – BBC News
UK manufacturing growth slowed again in December, extending its decline from October’s rapid rate of expansion, an influential survey suggests. The Markit/CIPS UK manufacturing PMI fell to 51.9 in December, down from 52.5 in November. Any figure ove…
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Love Everyone Often Peace Beauty Balance Life Light Magic: Spiral Galaxy NGC 4845 in VIrgo
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Love Everyone Often Peace Beauty Balance Life Light Magic: Spiral Galaxy M101 Pinwheel Galaxy
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The mystery of the missing Hong Kong bookseller – BBC News
Hong Kong’s top official, CY Leung, says his government is greatly concerned about the case of a missing bookseller. Paul Lee, an owner of the Causeway Bookstore, which specialises in titles critical of the Chinese government, disappeared last week.
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As Refugees Pour In, Child Labor Booms in Turkey | Al Jazeera America
ISTANBUL — Adil’s childhood ended one autumn night in 2012, when his family crossed the border from Syria into Turkey to escape the bombs falling on their hometown of Aleppo.
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Chemistry: Four elements added to periodic table – BBC News
Four chemical elements have been formally added to the periodic table, completing the scheme’s seventh row. The elements are the first to be added to the table since 2011, when elements 114 and 116 were added.
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Kenya’s Garissa university reopens after deadly al-Shabab attack – BBC News
Kenya’s Garissa University College has officially reopened, nine months after the killing of nearly 150 people, mainly students, in an attack by militant Islamist group al-Shabab. Staff have reported to work while students are expected to be back on…
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Space in Images – 2016 – 01 – Solar panels
Follow Tim and his time in space via timpeake.esa.int.
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In pictures: Preparations for Harbin Ice and Snow Sculpture Festival – BBC News
Security services are examining a video, purportedly showing killings by so-called Islamic State, to identify a man and young boy with British accents.
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Be The Nerd — Quit Facebook | TechCrunch
If you believe the origin story depicted in Aaron Sorkin’s The Social Network, a young Mark Zuckerberg built Facebook in order to meet girls.
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The Smaller the Chameleon, The Mightier Its Tongue | Motherboard
With their freaky 360 degree eyes, technicolor dream skin, high knee swagger, and crazy long tongue, it’s safe to say that chameleons are about as chill as lizards come.
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Oil, gold, shares: Finance markets in rocky start to 2016 – BBC News
Share markets fell, while oil and gold prices rose, as rising tensions in the Middle East and more poor Chinese economic data spooked investors. Europe’s main stock markets followed Asian exchanges lower, with the FTSE 100 down 2%, Germany’s Dax 3.3…
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BBC Sport – Guus Hiddink: Chelsea can make Premier League top four
Chelsea can still finish in the Premier League’s top four, says interim manager Guus Hiddink after Sunday’s 3-0 win at Crystal Palace. The Blues have not lost in four matches but are 13 points behind Tottenham, who occupy the fourth Champions League…
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Aftermath of earthquake in north-east India – video | World news | The Guardian
Emergency services respond after a 6.7 magnitude earthquake hit India’s remote northeast region before dawn on Monday, killing at least four people, injuring 100 others and damaging several buildings.
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Tropical cyclone hits South Pacific islands – Al Jazeera English
Tropical Cyclone Ula has brought widespread disruption to the usually tranquil island paradises of the South Pacific. Forming between the islands of Tuvalu and Samoa on Thursday, Ula first passed over Tonga on New Year’s Day.
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Spiral Galaxy M101 Pinwheel Galaxy by Joshua Oakley | We Heart It
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Queen’s neighbours at historic Scottish castle forced to flee floods | Environment | The Guardian
Residents at a historic castle close to Balmoral have been forced to flee their home after the swollen river Dee threatened to devastate the 16th-century tower.
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Zambia sets presidential election to August 2016 – Al Jazeera English
Zambia will hold presidential and parliamentary elections on August 11 under a new constitution, a government spokesman has said. President Edgar Lungu’s is expected to assent to the constitutional amendments on Tuesday, ratifying the election date,…
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Ethiopia’s Overlooked Drought | Al Jazeera America
IDAGA HAMUS, Ethiopia — Inside a health clinic in northern Ethiopia a nurse wraps a special tape measure around the upper arm of 9-month-old Aixiet, cradled in her mother’s arms.
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Why Compton Students Are Suing Their Schools – In These Times
When most people think of trauma, they imagine an immediate event: a soldier who has fought in a war zone or a victim of sexual violence, for instance.
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George Gosse – Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
George Gosse GC (16 February 1912 – 31 December 1964) was a mine clearance specialist in the Royal Australian Naval Volunteer Reserve (RANVR) during the Second World War. He was awarded the George Cross for the heroism he displayed between 8 May and…
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Iran-Saudi crisis ‘most dangerous for decades’ – BBC News
Relations between Saudi Arabia and Iran are at their worst for nearly 30 years. Tensions have spiralled following the execution of Saudi cleric Nimr al-Nimr, the subsequent setting ablaze of the Saudi embassy in Tehran, and Riyadh’s expulsion of Ira…
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Paris’s great canal cleanup: hipster haunt St-Martin to be drained | World news | The Guardian
Authorities in Paris will today begin draining the canal St-Martin, a favourite haunt of hipsters in north-eastern Paris, in an attempt to refurbish its locks and remove rubbish.
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Iran and Saudi Arabia: The art of Islamic tolerance – Al Jazeera English
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Shift in South Korean tradition sees men enter the kitchen – BBC News
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Bill Gates, Book Critic, Names His Top 5 Books of 2015 | Open Culture
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The skill of the tree surgeon: Country diary 100 years ago | Environment | The Guardian
The gale has blown down some fine beeches. They root rather shallow, and have been totally torn up.
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Hillary Clinton tells heckler ‘you are very rude’ – BBC News
US Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton told a heckler she was “very rude” during a town hall event in New Hampshire.
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Dengue fever spreads in Yemeni city ravaged by cyclone – Al Jazeera English
Mukalla, Yemen – Abdullah, a middle-aged bus driver in Yemen’s port city of Mukalla, goes home from work every day with a severe cough and sore eyes, after being exposed to large amounts of sewage on the streets.
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2016: It’s deportation time – Al Jazeera English
On the final page of my friend Juan’s Mexican passport are two words, handwritten in English and in capital letters: “ORDERED REMOVED.
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Iran accuses Saudi Arabia of fuelling tensions – Al Jazeera English
Iran’s foreign ministry says Saudi Arabia is using an attack on its embassy in Tehran as a pretext to fuel tensions – after being given a 48-hour deadline to remove its diplomatic mission from Riyadh.
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Ruby Redfort: Pick Your Poison by Lauren Child – review | Children’s books | The Guardian
Pick Your Poison is the fifth Ruby Redfort adventure. I have been waiting for this book ever since I finished book 4 in the series and, needless to say, it did not disappoint.
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Golden Gate Ventures’ Vinnie Lauria On Being A Startup Investor In Southeast Asia | TechCrunch
How does a new venture capital firm go from a debut fund focused on seed investments, to becoming an established name that covers Series A and other rounds within just three years? It’s a pretty tough feat to even become established at seed-stage, l…
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OmSignal has made a biometric-tracking smart bra | The Verge
One of the trends we’re expecting to see more of at CES is wearable technology built directly into clothing — something that comes with its own practical constraints (like washing it) but could ultimately be more useful than a wrist device that ends…
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How US shale oil production is forcing prices down – BBC News
Oil prices jumped over Saudi Arabian and Iranian tensions as trading began for the new year. But most predict this rise will be short lived and we are looking at another torrid year for commodity prices.
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‘Unprecedented’ Malaria outbreak in South Sudan – Al Jazeera English
Aweil, South Sudan – In a remote northwest corner of South Sudan, Theresa Ahok is in a hurry. The 35-year-old is from the village of Adiang and walked for an hour and a half before managing to flag down a truck to drive her and her sick son another …
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Oil and gold prices rise on Middle East tensions – BBC News
Oil prices have jumped as worsening relations between Saudi Arabia and Iran raised concerns about possible supply disruptions. Brent crude prices rose more than 3% on Monday, before easing to $38.10 a barrel, still up about 2%.
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Was the story of Never Evers based on anybody? Are the main characters anything like you Lucy (Mouse?) or you Tom (Jack?) when you were at school? Lucy: I definitely don’t have Mouse’s grace or ballet skills! I knew a girl at university who had been…
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Ammon Bundy: Oregon militia occupation is right – video | US news | The Guardian
Ammon Bundy gives an update, posted to his facebook page, about the ranchers who have occupied the Malheur refuge in Oregon. in the video he requests more defence and for more people to join the cause.
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Japan PM Shinzo Abe urges talks for Russia peace treaty – BBC News
Japan’s Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has called for talks with Russia’s President Vladimir Putin so that the two countries can negotiate a peace treaty. The two never signed a treaty after the end of World War Two because of a dispute over four islands.
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Pepper, the Southern boobookPaul Mander runs Broadwings, a raptor-training and rehabilitation centre in Queensland, Australia. Pepper was in Paul’s care and at first she wasn’t sure about being photographed: she kept flying off her perch, preferring…
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True crime, true class | Books | The Guardian
The friends on whom I pressed Helen Garner’s This House of Grief – an astonishing account of the trial in Australia of a man who drowned his three children by driving his car off a bridge – have begun reporting back now, and once they’ve told me how…
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16 Elevating Resolutions for 2016 Inspired by Some of Humanity’s Greatest Minds – Brain Pickings
What if we could augment the bucket-list of typical New Year’s resolutions, dominated by bodily habits and pragmatic daily practices, with higher-order aspirations — habits of mind and spiritual orientations borrowed from some of humanity’s most tim…
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Mark Zuckerberg is known for setting himself tough challenges — whether that’s learning Mandarin, promoting equality, or (controversially) trying to solve global Internet access — but this year the Facebook founder just took things to another level.
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‘Watermelon boy’ steals the spotlight at cricket match – BBC News
Mitchell Schibeci, 10, dubbed “watermelon boy”, found fame after he was spotted eating a whole watermelon – skin and all – during a Big Bash League match.
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Chinese markets suspended as shares plunge – Al Jazeera English
Chinese stock markets have tumbled seven percent in their opening session of 2016, forcing exchanges to suspend trading for the first time. The plunging share prices on Monday came as weak factory activity surveys and falls in the yuan added to conc…
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Hillary Clinton tells Republican heckler: you’re very rude – video | US news | The Guardian
Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton swiftly shut down a heckler on Sunday during a town hall event in Derry, New Hampshire.
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BBC Sound Of 2016 countdown kicks off with two-way tie – BBC News
R&B trio WSTRN and dance producer Mura Masa have taken joint fifth place in the BBC Music Sound of 2016. Both acts received the same number of votes from the 144 DJs and pundits who create the list, which highlights the most exciting new acts in mus…
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Four new elements have been added to the periodic table | The Verge
Four new elements have been permanently added to the periodic table, after their discoveries were verified by the global chemistry organization that oversees the table.
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The race for the White House is powered by delusion | Richard Wolffe | Opinion | The Guardian
We have reached the point of the long presidential primaries where some clarity has normally been reached. After several months of overproduced TV debates, over-hyped candidate interviews and over-examined polls, the first votes are just one month a…
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Charlotte is a hardcore blep-er : cats
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The ‘unprecedented’ case of the missing Hong Kong bookseller – BBC News
When four associates of the Causeway Bay Bookstore went missing last October, it was their colleague, Paul Lee, who raised the alarm.
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China halts trading as stocks fall 7% : worldnews
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The great German philosopher, sociologist, and music theorist Theodor Adorno considered punctuation marks the “friendly spirits whose bodiless presence nourishes the body of language.” Beloved poet Mary Oliver jested that every writer has a finite l…
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Islamic State video examined by UK security services – BBC News
The UK’s security and intelligence agencies are examining a video by so-called Islamic State, to identify a man and young boy with British accents. The video purportedly shows the killing of five men who IS says were spying for the UK.
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Whirlpool’s new smart appliances have Amazon Dash built in | The Verge
Last October, Amazon partnered with a host of companies to incorporate its Dash order functionality directly into some of their products.
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The Chinese language has no word for “brother” or “sister”. Instead, you are a jiejie (older sister) or meimei (younger sister); a gege (older brother) or didi (younger brother). Hierarchy and family relationships have been central to Chinese societ…
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‘Militia’ continues siege of Oregon government building – Al Jazeera English
A group of self-described militiamen continue to occupy a federal building in the remote high desert of the US state of Oregon in protest against a prison sentence for local ranchers accused of burning government land.
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Ernest Hemingway (July 21, 1899–July 2, 1961) counseled in his 1935 Esquire compendium of writing advice, addressed to an archetypal young correspondent but based on a real-life encounter that had taken place a year earlier.
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A rupture in Europe, but whose politics will prevail? – Al Jazeera English
It’s a bleakly depressing map – an aptly illustrative closing curtain on a bleakly depressing year. Bad enough that the nightmarish war in Syria unleashed the biggest refugee crisis since World War II.
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Gun battles rage near Indian consulate in Afghanistan – Al Jazeera English
Gunfights have raged as Afghan forces battle to flush out fighters holed up near the Indian consulate in the northern city of Mazar-i-Sharif, hours after they attempted to storm the diplomatic mission.
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What are the UN ‘Global Goals’ for 2016? – BBC News
The United Nations “Global Goals” have come into effect now that we have entered 2016. They were launched in New York last September. Here is a look at what they are and how they are supposed to be reached.
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Tried to do a face swap with my infant daughter : funny
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M42 – the Orion Nebula js – Just Space
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When last we left Archer’s intrepid spy crew, they were stranded in a desert with no prospects on the horizon after having ruined their “last” chance at making right with the CIA, leading a fed-up Mallory to ask what they plan on doing to make money.
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Ford Is Adding Support For Apple CarPlay And Android Auto To Its Vehicles | TechCrunch
At last, at last, at last. Ford is finally adopting Apple’s CarPlay and Android Auto for its in-car infotainment system, so the carmaker announced ahead of the CES event in Las Vegas this week.
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David Cook tells us what it’s like to win American Idol · Expert Witness · The A.V. Club
In Expert Witness, The A.V. Club talks to insiders about the entertainment business to shed light on how the pop-culture sausage gets made. American Idol returns this week for its 15th and reportedly final season.
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Boom goes the StevenBomb! · What’s On Tonight · The A.V. Club
Here’s what’s up in the world of TV for Monday, January 4. All times are Eastern. Steven Universe (Cartoon Network, 5:30 p.m.
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The victim of Taman Shud case is as much a mystery as whodunnit · Wiki Wormhole · The A.V. Club
With more than 5 million articles, Wikipedia is an invaluable resource, whether you’re throwing a term paper together at the last minute, or putting one of the countless 2015-specific pages to bed so you can set up 2016.
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When IFC announced that David Cross would return for a third season of The Increasingly Poor Decisions Of Todd Margaret, it seemed the show would have to go back in time—or possibly sideways, to some kind of parallel universe—to move forward with an…
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John Oliver: Give Up on Your New Year’s Resolutions Now – The Daily Beast
Last Week Tonight’s John Oliver shares some helpful advice on how to break your New Year’s resolutions early to avoid disappointment.
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Iranian diplomats given 48 hours to leave Saudi Arabia – BBC News
Saudi Arabia has given Iranian diplomats 48 hours to leave the country, amid a row over the Saudi execution of a top Shia Muslim cleric. Saudi Foreign Minister Adel al-Jubeir announced on Sunday the country had broken off diplomatic ties with Iran.
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Working with the Whitney’s Replication Committee – The New Yorker
I walk south on Manhattan’s High Line toward the Whitney Museum of American Art: international tourists with their selfie sticks, sunbathers on the wooden benches in various stages of undress.
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Slide Show: New Yorker Cartoons January 11, 2016 – The New Yorker
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Cover Story: Marcellus Hall’s “The Great Thaw” – The New Yorker
“I first submitted this idea eight years ago,” Marcellus Hall, the artist who painted this week’s cover, says. “Global warming was still a topic of discussion then, and I was thinking of a twist on the usual winter theme in New York.
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Glimpses of the otherworldly | Environment | The Guardian
It emerges from somewhere in the bare oak branches above with the slow, sliding grace of an airship. Within moments it has taken its place high in the huge midwinter sky, which today is hectic with rowdy winds, long trains of cumulus and meteoric bu…
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Current Events with “Downton Abbey” – The New Yorker
So farewell, “Downton Abbey.” The sixth and final season of the series just began on PBS’s “Masterpiece,” providing resolution to its viewers’ most pressing concerns.
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Ashima Shraishi, Rock-Climbing Prodigy – The New Yorker
The mother and father of Ashima Shiraishi, a fourteen-year-old New Yorker who has been called the most talented rock climber in the world, met in fashion school, in Tokyo, in the early seventies.
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This is what 13,000 cubic feet per second of flood water looks like : gifs
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New trailer for SPACE COP – RedLetterMedia : movies
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Piano Recitals, Refreshed – The New Yorker
In the middle of December, the city experienced some peculiar pianist behavior.
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Saudi Women Realize Their Rights – The New Yorker
In September, 2014, Mohra Ferak, twenty-two years old and in her final year at Dar Al-Hekma University, in the Saudi port city of Jeddah, was asked for advice by a woman who had heard that she was studying law.
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Bowie, Off Broadway – The New Yorker
Henry Hey met David Bowie in 2012, when the producer Tony Visconti asked him to play some keyboard parts on Bowie’s album “The Next Day.” It went well. “I was told that David asked for me back,” Hey said recently. “I think we had a good rapport.
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The John Birch Society’s Lasting Influence – The New Yorker
I have several reasons for keeping a half-century-old “Goldwater for President” poster on a wall of my university office.
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STX Entertainment: A New Hope for Hollywood? – The New Yorker
Adam Fogelson, the chairman of Hollywood’s newest studio, listened to a pitch for a film called “Unmanned” with an encouraging smile. Hollywood pitches are jolly, elaborately courteous affairs.
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It was for the wind as much as anything.It was for the tidal flats, for the miles of barsand the freezing runs between them,blued and darkened in the withering gusts.For the buckets, for the long-tined rakes.For our skin burning and the bonesbeneath…
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“When Grace at the Bliss Café Calls” – The New Yorker
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The Mail (January 11, 2016) – The New Yorker
The piece by Ben McGrath was a beautiful remembrance of Dicky Conant, who made it his life’s work to navigate a long-distance canoe using a road atlas and river maps (“The Wayfarer,” December 14th). Everyone Conant met was captivated by his personal…
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Briefly Noted Book Reviews – The New Yorker
The Big Green Tent, by Ludmila Ulitskaya, translated from the Russian by Polly Gannon (Farrar, Straus & Giroux). Spanning the period from the fifties until the collapse of the Soviet Union, this epic chronicle of dissidence daringly subverts the rea…
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Day of Judgment – The New Yorker
The Messiah floated gently down Eighth Avenue, His arms spread wide, as if to hug mankind. Traffic stopped and people gawked, their eyes and iPhones pointed toward the heavens. All who gazed upon Him knew at once why He was here: Earth was saved and…
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Pfizer and America’s Corporate Exodus – The New Yorker
The biggest corporate deal of 2015 was also, in the view of many, the shadiest: Pfizer’s $160-billion merger with the Irish drug company Allergan.
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The “Star Wars” Workout – The New Yorker
At New York Sports Clubs’ Chelsea branch one recent Tuesday, employees were rushing to remove toy lightsabers from their plastic packaging.
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She visits others. Before they’re up, dawn, she walks to the lake, listening to Bach, the first clavichord exercise, which she plans to have played at her funeral someday, has had this plan since she first heard the music and, thinking of it, she we…
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Islamic State video scrutinised by UK security services – BBC News
The UK’s security and intelligence agencies are to examine a video by so-called Islamic State, to identify a man and young boy with British accents. The video purportedly shows the killing of five men who IS says were spying for the UK.
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APOD: 2016 January 3 – A Starry Night of Iceland
Explanation: On some nights, the sky is the best show in town. On this night, the sky was not only the best show in town, but a composite image of the sky won an international competition for landscape astrophotography.
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My dad 3D printed a pair of earrings for my mom : pics
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The Anti-Muslim Zealot in Bundy’s Oregon Militia – The Daily Beast
BURNS, Oregon — Ammon Bundy’s band of Oregon militiamen include anti-government wingnuts who have fought the feds on behalf of ranchers before, and one activist whose anti-Muslim rhetoric sparked warnings from the FBI.
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Khodorkovsky: From Russian Multi-Billionaire to ‘Murderer’? – The Daily Beast
MOSCOW — A lot has been happening to former oil tycoon Mikhail Khodorkovsky in Russia since he left Russia. The 52-year-old opposition leader, who now lives in exile in Europe, is once again wanted by the Russian courts—and this time Khodorkovsky is…
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Inside the Anti-Gay Church That Loves Kim Davis and Ted Cruz – The Daily Beast
CISCO, Texas — Right outside the little town of Cisco, Texas, there’s a tiny church that wants to change the world. And, thanks to the billionaire pastor’s backing, it just might be able to get that done.
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Ford is finally adding CarPlay and Android Auto to its cars | The Verge
Ford has long indicated that CarPlay and Android Auto were part of its long-term infotainment strategy, but only now are we learning the actual game plan: both platforms will finally be coming this year.
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How the P.C. Police Propelled Donald Trump – The Daily Beast
The American left created Donald Trump. When I say “the left,” I do not mean the Democratic Party—or, solely the Democratic Party.
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Are Hamptons Police Ignoring Femicides? – The Daily Beast
The family of the Hamptons mother who vanished—and who was found weeks later hanging on a tree near her home—is demanding police reopen her case, as activists claim cops wiped their hands of the investigation because the victim was Hispanic.
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China Assembles Its Stealth Jet Fleet – The Daily Beast
China has apparently begun mass production of its new J-20 stealth fighter, making it only the second country in the world to produce radar-evading warplanes on a large scale.
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Latinos Are the One Group That Was Onto Donald Trump From the Start – The Daily Beast
A few weeks ago, during an appearance on CNN, a journalist who works for a conservative website said what many other political observers have been thinking: “Donald Trump is just not funny anymore.
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Will Obama Botch Syria Like He Botched Libya? – The Daily Beast
Libya is a mess. The country’s two competing governments—the secular-leaning House of Representatives (HoR) and the Islamist-leaning General National Congress (GNC)—have been squabbling over power since June 2014.
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It’s Legal to Steal a Gay Bar in Moscow Now – The Daily Beast
MOSCOW — In Russia, you can steal a nightclub as long as it’s a gay nightclub. Dietrich, one of three lesbian bars in Moscow, was snatched from its owner in broad daylight, the latest sign that gays and lesbians here are being turned into second-cla…
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Why Is ‘The Bachelor’ Full of Bums? – The Daily Beast
Gather ’round ladies, gulp your Rosé, and just try to control yourselves, because it’s time for a new season of The Bachelor and this time, ABC is promising they’ve found “the perfect ten.
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Ted Cruz’s Laughable Libertarian Pose – The Daily Beast
On a recent episode of Red Eye with Tom Shillue, guest Alan Dershowitz opined that Ted Cruz, whom he taught at Harvard Law back in the day, was very “libertarian.
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Supermassive and super-hungry | ESA/Hubble
This NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope image shows the spiral galaxy NGC 4845, located over 65 million light-years away in the constellation of Virgo (The Virgin).
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The Eternal City Is Collapsing Because of Crap – The Daily Beast
ROME — There is nothing quite as overpowering as the acidic stench of the fresh, wet feces from more than four million birds that have apparently decided to winter in Rome this year.
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Two children, man die after car driven ‘at speed’ into Australia bay – BBC News
Police were called to Brennen Wharf in South Australia’s Port Lincoln after witnesses saw the white Ford drive into the water early on Monday morning. The act “appeared deliberate” and the car quickly sank in 30m of water, police said.
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Blowhards Beware: Megyn Kelly Will Slay You Now | Vanity Fair
It’s 8:50 P.M. at the Kelly File studio. The crew dudes finish shining her glass desk, through which viewers can see her shapely legs. Two makeup women, armed with blow-dryer and hair spray, put the finishing touches on her glistening tresses.
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Open thread for night owls. Stiglitz on the great economic malaise continuing
In early 2010, I warned in my book Freefall, which describes the events leading up to the Great Recession, that without the appropriate responses, the world risked sliding into what I called a Great Malaise.
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On “Downton Abbey,” returning for its final season on Sunday, the clothes may be classy but, as with any soap opera worth its suds, the behavior is often anything but.
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Niagara Falls Image, Canada – National Geographic Photo of the Day
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‘Mad Max: Fury Road’ is an Ultra HD Blu-ray launch title : movies
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Siege on Indian airbase enters third day – Al Jazeera English
A siege on an Indian airbase near the Pakistani border has spilled into its third day, with at least one gunman thought to be holed up inside.
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Vikings hold on to win NFC North and force Packers down wildcard route | Sport | The Guardian
The Minnesota Vikings won the NFC North by holding on for a 20-13 win Sunday night over the Green Bay Packers. Adrian Peterson ran for a touchdown, cornerback Captain Munnerlyn returned a fumble 55 yards for a score, and Minnesota (11-5) claimed its…
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CES 2016: MyCaptR app 3D-scans homes using an iPad – BBC News
MyCaptR can then be used to decide how best to remodel a home or office before calling in the builders and buying new furniture. It will be demonstrated this week by Levels3D at the CES tech show in Las Vegas.
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It’s 8:00pm and guess what this little charm has been doing all day? : cats
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Second doctor: “Oh, yes. Those are the charmed substances that some years ago were thought to contain life-preserving properties.” Fans of Woody Allen may recognize that snippet of dialogue from his 1973 comedy, “Sleeper.
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A quick pace, a brace of committed and funny guest actors, and a smidgen of heart combine to make “The Girl’s Code” an unassuming but above-average episode of The Simpsons.
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San Francisco 49ers head coach Jim Tomsula fired after just one season | Sport | The Guardian
Jim Tomsula was fired by the San Francisco 49ers on Sunday night after one disappointing season, with an announcement just more than two hours after the season finale.
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Deadly earthquake rocks northeastern India – Al Jazeera English
At least two people have been died after a strong 6.7 magnitude earthquake struck northeast India near the country’s borders with Myanmar and Bangladesh, sending panicked residents fleeing into the streets.
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Small creek in the valley. Snowdonia, Wales. [4920×3264] : EarthPorn
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It’s time to admit it. Israeli policy is what it is: Apartheid : Liberal
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Downton Abbey’s return spotlights more than ever the era’s changing social and economic mores, the seismic shift Carson described a full season ago as “a shaking of the ground I stand on.
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Here are official photos of Samsung’s crazy fridge with a giant touchscreen | The Verge
CES hasn’t started yet, but Samsung was apparently so eager to show off its new, exceptionally odd fridge/smartphone hybrid that it posted a few official photos online.
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A friend and her sisters decided to get tattoos. : gaming
The girl on the left is wearing her sweater backwards. Women. Am I right?
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Mark Zuckerberg to build AI to help at home and work – BBC News
Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg has said he plans to build artificial intelligence (AI) to help him around the house and with his work.
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Big RAM laptops are abundant as Lenovo does its Skylake refresh | Ars Technica
We’ve long cried out for laptops with lots of RAM, so that they can handle workloads as varied as hosting development virtual machines or running Chrome, and with Skylakes it looks as if they are arriving in abundance.
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Lenovo’s ThinkPad X1 tablet transforms into a laptop, projector, and 3D camera | The Verge
Every laptop maker is trying to create the perfect tablet that does a little more than the usual, and now Lenovo has a fresh take on the formula. At CES today, Lenovo is introducing the ThinkPad X1 tablet.
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Lenovo X1 Carbon adds tablet and desktop editions, and a Yoga that ditches the LCD | Ars Technica
LAS VEGAS—Last year’s Lenovo ThinkPad X1 Carbon was a return to form for Lenovo’s X1 Ultrabook, with a keyboard to die for, strong performance, and a 14-inch screen in a 13-inch package. This year, Lenovo is taking the X1 branding—light, powerful, h…
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Floyd being majestic via /r/cats https://t.co/5gjblPT9pb https://t.co/7d7UsEMY2O
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Shadows of clouds over the Pacific [1280×1538] : SkyPorn
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Was searching through my phone and found this picture of my fur baby : cats
Was searching through my phone and found this picture of my fur baby via /r/cats https://t.co/g54lZjhYCO https://t.co/QQzSeOGonL
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Lenovo adds OLED displays and Yoga folding to X1 laptop line | The Verge
Lenovo is updating its X1 Carbon ultrabook today at CES; the new models will ship with sixth-generation Skylake processors inside a thinner and lighter frame that measures 0.66 inches thick, weighs in at 2.6 pounds, and features a fingerprint reader.
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Lenovo’s ThinkPad 13 lets you choose between Windows 10 or Chrome OS | The Verge
Lenovo might be the world’s largest PC maker, but it started offering Chromebooks nearly two years ago. Today at CES it’s expanding its offering with a new ThinkPad-branded Chromebook. This time around you can pick between Chrome OS and Windows 10.
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Samsung’s new Tizen-powered remote could rule your smart home | The Verge
Samsung recently unveiled plans to integrate its SmartThings connected home platform into all its SmartTVs in 2016. Now, it looks like it has built a remote to power your entire living room setup.
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‘Downton Abbey’ Returns At a Brilliant Gallop: S6E1 Recap – The Daily Beast
The somnambulance of season five—when plots and characters aimlessly meandered—is over. The final season of Downton Abbey began with the galloping hooves of horses and yapping of hounds massing for a day’s hunting.
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During the last few seasons of Downton Abbey, we grew used to a certain pattern set in place by creator Julian Fellowes: several episodes would inevitably drip by as the Downton mastermind carefully set up plot twists for each of the ensemble charac…
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Migrant crisis: Sweden border checks come into force – BBC News
Sweden has introduced identity checks for travellers from Denmark in an attempt to reduce the number of migrants arriving in the country. All travellers wanting to cross the Oresund bridge by train or bus, or use ferry services, will be refused entr…
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Hyundai and Kia miss 2015 sales targets – BBC News
South Korean automaker Hyundai Motor and its affiliate Kia Motors missed their global sales targets in 2015 for the first time since the financial crisis. The carmakers, which together are the world’s fifth largest automakers by sales, sold 8.01 mil…
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Saudi Arabia’s execution of the Shiite cleric Sheikh Nimr al-Nimr could escalate tensions in the Muslim world even further.
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Chinese markets tumble on factory data – BBC News
Asian markets started the new year on a cautious note as the region traded mixed after the holidays. Japan’s benchmark Nikkei 225 index was down 0.7% to 18,907.50 as a stronger yen weighed on shares of major exporters.
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Interpol Busts Hundreds for Ivory, Rhino Horn Crimes : environment
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BBC/Weinstein’s War & Peace : television
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Warner Bros. will release 35 4K Blu-ray movies this year in glorious HDR | The Verge
Since 4K is quickly becoming the industry standard for home entertainment, content is finally starting to catch up. Warner Bros. recently announced that it has plans to release 35 4K Blu-ray movies by the end of 2016.
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Meet Rhubarb. She partied a little too hard last night. : cats
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Samsung Goes After Sonos With A New Wireless Soundbar System | TechCrunch
Wireless whole-home audio is a tough nut to crack. Only a few folks – primarily Sonos – have cracked it but Samsung is hot on the whole-home kick with the HW-K950, a Dolby Atmos-enabled soundbar that includes three forward-facing and two upward spea…
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French Startups Are Also Taking Over CES | TechCrunch
It’s true, startups are taking over CES. But this is just part of the story. CES isn’t yet another startup show.
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Mexico mayor shooting: Morelos governor takes over local police – BBC News
The governor Mexico’s Morelos state, Graco Ramirez, has taken command of police services in 15 towns and cities following the murder of a newly-elected mayor on Saturday. The mayor, Gisele Mota, was shot dead at her home less than 24 hours after tak…
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As Trump attacks and divides, liberals must be the glue that unites the victims of his vile vitriol
This pronouncement will pain many: Donald Trump has a strategy that could win him the Republican nomination. And if he wins the nomination it could get worse, as he will have a different strategy that could possibly win him the White House.
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My cousin got a drone for Christmas.. : pics
My cousin got a drone for Christmas.. (imgur.com) She’s a little soldier.
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Queensland community Oman Ama reject proposed nuclear waste dump | Environment | The Guardian
Locals at Oman Ama, west of Warwick, have written to energy and resources minister Josh Frydenberg asking to be taken off the list of six potential sites to store “low to intermediate” nuclear waste.
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When we last saw the cast of Galavant, they couldn’t stop singing about how their show would probably get canceled after just one season. Such cheeky metafictional humor can quickly get annoying, but the joke worked because, well, it was probably tr…
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On the second day of their armed occupation of the Malheur National Wildlife Refuge, the Bundy militia shifted tactics. From a state of lockdown they moved to a charm offensive, inviting a small media contingent inside their redoubt, with warm smile…
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Fact-Checking the Sunday Shows: January 3 – The Daily Beast
With the holidays in the rearview, journalists and politicians Sunday plunged into all-out coverage of the 2016 presidential race.
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You Don’t Want A 5-Star Review | TechCrunch
Brands know that customer reviews play an integral role in consumers’ purchasing decisions, especially online. As such, they work hard to drive the highest ratings they can. And yet, it’s the presence of less-than-five-star reviews that can actually…
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Cutest way to carry in groceries : gifs
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Snoqualmie River Shooting Star [5184×3456] [OC] : SkyPorn
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Graveyard Fields in the Fall, North Carolina [OC] [2515X2515] : EarthPorn
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LG made an 18-inch display you can roll up like a newspaper | The Verge
LG Display has a prototype 18-inch screen its showing off at the Consumer Electronics Show this week that rolls up like a piece of paper. The technology builds on LG’s forward-looking OLED work focusing on bendable, rollable, and curving displays.
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Oregon Sheriff: “These men came to Harney County claiming to be part of militia groups supporting local ranchers, when in reality these men had alternative motives to attempt to over throw the county and federal government in hopes to spark a moveme…
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Fox Glacier, New Zealand. My favorite photo of 2015 [OC] [3500×2333] : EarthPorn
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Sunset over tonight’s flight [4128×2322] : SkyPorn
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Eldorado Canyon After Snowstorm. [oc] [1080 x 720] : EarthPorn
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High Above a lake near Reine, Norway. [OC] [1800×1200] : EarthPorn
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Scientists Find New Way to Determine if Exoplanets Can Harbor Life https://t.co/vbYwBGzKWX https://t.co/Diw5GG6A3y https://t.co/BC7P6ai9YO
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Authorities in Rome have been forced to close roads for cleaning after heavy weekend rainfall made streets and pavements covered in bird droppings too slippery and treacherous for pedestrians and traffic.
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Rice and palm oil risk to mangroves – BBC News
The threat posed by the development of rice and palm oil plantations to mangroves in South-East Asia has been underestimated, a study has suggested. Rice and oil plantations accounted for 38% of mangrove deforestation between 2000 and 2012, the rese…
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Peyton Manning makes winning return as Broncos clinch AFC top seed | Sport | The Guardian
Peyton Manning replaced Brock Osweiler in the third quarter Sunday and led the Broncos a 27-20 win over the San Diego Chargers that clinched the top seed in the AFC playoffs for Denver.
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Haiti first round vote ‘stained by irregularities’ – BBC News
A commission investigating disputed presidential and legislative elections in Haiti says the October vote was “stained by irregularities”. But it has recommended that a second round run-off should go ahead as planned on 17 January.
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My daughter got the mail today (it’s Sunday), apparently they have another week off school. : funny
My daughter got the mail today (it’s Sunday), apparently they have another week off school. (i.imgur.com) The stamp really makes it legit. No stamp, I would have thought it was fake. One more week for sure.
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Milky Way over the Very Large Telescope https://t.co/szJ5OMx1Y0 https://t.co/eLfkDakXqG https://t.co/M18kPTiMwH
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Browns fire coach Mike Pettine and GM Ray Farmer after wretched season | Sport | The Guardian
The Browns changed uniforms to start the season and their coach and general manager to end it.
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What are the big challenges facing Europe? – BBC News
This year will be another year of intense and complex foreign policy challenges. But it will also be a year of revelations. In a number of areas, 2016 could be the year when international affairs begin at least to stabilise after the rollercoaster r…
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‘Mad witch’: Minister mistakenly sent offensive SMS – BBC News
Australia’s Immigration Minister Peter Dutton has reportedly apologised for mistakenly sending an SMS to a journalist, calling her a “mad witch”. Political reporter Samantha Maiden said the offensive text, which also contained strong language, was i…
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Jarryd Hayne fails to appear in first half of 49ers’ final game of season | Sport | The Guardian
Jarryd Hayne has failed to make it on the field in the first half of the San Francisco 49ers’ final game of the season. The St Louis Rams lead the 49ers 16-10 at halftime on Sunday at San Francisco’s Levi’s Stadium.
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Images of hope, made from pictures of war – BBC News
When the Saudi-led coalition started its military operations in Yemen last March, Saba Jallas was struck by how sudden it all seemed. Jallas, like many other Yemenis, spent the early months of the conflict trying to find ways to cope with its impact…
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The contrarian American taking on the British banks – BBC News
Vernon Hill is a contrarian and proud of it. Sitting in his glass walled office, wearing a navy pin-striped suit and red tie, the 70-year-old American founder and chairman of Metro Bank, looks just like a typical banker, but appearances aside he’s a…
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How Germany’s love of silence led to the first earplug – BBC News
INSERT IMAGE OF EARLY EAR PLUG.. Germans have a difficult relationship with noise. They hate it and complain loudly, writes Sean Williams, who has traced Germany’s relationship with sound and the invention of the first earplug.
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The man who can only say yes and no – BBC News
It’s common to have communication problems after a severe stroke. But Graham Pawley is an unusual case in that he can understand everything but say virtually nothing back. He has to get by with “yes” and “no”.
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Pedal power – the unstoppable growth of cycling – BBC News
As many of us make getting fit one of our New Year’s resolutions, the BBC’s Will Smale – who is bike obsessed – takes a look at the reasons why an ever growing number of people, both men and women, are taking up the sport.
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The little car you can drive in France without a licence – BBC News
If you are planning on driving in France, beware – one could be heading straight for you at the next roundabout. Carolyn Brown, who lives part of the year in Brittany, has a cautionary tale about a very small car.
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meow irl via /r/MEOW_IRL http://bit.ly/1PGwjPr | Peace Beauty Life Light Love Balance Wisdom
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Earthquake measuring 6.8 magnitude strikes India : worldnews
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How to Alienate Your Audience – Steven Moffat (x-post from r/Sherlock) : television
How to Alienate Your Audience – Steven Moffat (x-post from r/Sherlock) via /r/television https://t.co/zgrCMSUFMf https://t.co/6jShexNjZS
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Transgender woman in Bangladesh: ‘I’m not a burden to society’ – BBC News
Forty-two-year-old Ananya Banik was born a boy in the northern Mymensingh district of Bangladesh. But as she approached adolescence, her identity and sexuality were in turmoil.
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Another way to visualize gerrymandering: Measuring the competitiveness of state legislatures
Frequent readers of Daily Kos Elections are already very well acquainted with our intense (some might say “interminable”) focus on the impact of the redistricting process on the quality (and in some cases, quantity) of our elections.
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Parents urged to get free sugar app to check products – BBC News
Parents are being urged to sign up for a free app which tells them the sugar content of food and drink. The “sugar smart app”, from Public Health England, works by scanning barcodes and revealing total sugar in cubes or grams.
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Instantly Fix a Broken Zipper Pull With a Zip Tie
If the pull tab on your zipper inexplicably snaps off, a zip tie can make a great replacement until you can find something more visually appealing. Whether it’s your winter jacket, your tent, or your travel bag, it’s not good when you can’t zip them…
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Cooking is hard work that’s often hard to be passionate about. Yet, once programmer Brett Terpstra started seeing the similarities to coding, the whole process became a lot more interesting.
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WASHINGTON — Clint Murphy let the deadline for getting health insurance by the new year pass without a second thought. Mr. Murphy, an engineer in Sulphur Springs, Tex., estimates that under the Affordable Care Act, he will face a fine of $1,800 for …
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Milky Way over the Very Large Telescope by Joshua Oakley | We Heart It
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Birds Playing Guitar For Art Are Cute And Rad – Digg
Art Animals In Céleste Boursier-Mougenot’s ongoing installation of “Birds Playing Guitar,” he places zebra finches and electric guitars in the same room to create the curious situation of birds actually playing guitars.
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Mark Zuckerberg: I’m building an AI for my home that’s ‘kind of like Jarvis in Iron Man’ | The Verge
Mark Zuckerberg wants to live a bit more like Tony Stark. In a post on Facebook this afternoon, Zuckerberg wrote that he intends to build an AI that can run his home and present him with virtual reality visualizations of his work.
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Earthquake hits India’s Manipur state – BBC News
Islamic State militants release a video, featuring a man and young boy speaking with British accents, purportedly showing the killing of five men who it says were spying for the UK.
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R.I.P. Vilmos Zsigmond, Oscar-winning cinematographer · Newswire · The A.V. Club
Vilmos Zsigmond, the iconic cinematographer of The Deer Hunter and Close Encounters Of The Third Kind, has died.
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Sleepy Table Loaf via /r/Catloaf http://bit.ly/1UpdRKG | Peace Beauty Life Light Love Balance Wisdom
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Love Everyone Often Peace Beauty Balance Life Light Magic: Sky Lights in the New Year
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Ashley Madison subscriptions up by 4 million despite data theft : technology
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MRW I fart in public and someone else gets blamed for it : reactiongifs
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BURNS, Ore. — An armed antigovernment group vowed Sunday to continue to occupy a federal wildlife refuge building in rural Oregon indefinitely, in protest of the government’s treatment of two local ranchers.
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An Armed Militia Has Taken Over A Wildlife Refuge In Oregon — Here’s What We Know – Digg
On Saturday, the Bundy family of Nevada joined forces with militiamen to take over a federal building that was closed for the holidays at the Malheur National Wildlife Refuge in Oregon. What began with a peaceful protest has turned into a bizarre si…
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South Africa and Lesotho—A Panorama : Image of the Day
An astronaut aboard the International Space Station (ISS) looked toward the horizon as the spacecraft sped across southern Africa.
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From Digital Disappointment ToThe End Of The App Era, Here Are Eight Trends For 2016 | TechCrunch
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Central African Republic ex-PM Touadera ahead after election – BBC News
Early results from the Central African Republic’s presidential election show ex-Prime Minister Faustin Archange Touadera taking a surprise lead. Thirty candidates contested the poll, which is likely to go to a run-off between the top two on 31 Janua…
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Media coverage of protests sure looks different when demonstrators are white – Vox
Over the holiday weekend, a group of predominantly white militiamen took up guns and began occupying the government’s Malheur National Wildlife Refuge headquarters in Oregon, culminating in a tense standoff with law enforcement in the area. It seems…
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Chasing the green dot: Pussydrift : gifs
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What Happened To The Food Industry Last Year? | TechCrunch
By the time you read this, you will be aware of the U-turn our food system is making to find new, personalized, localized ways to your plate. Last year was a bellwether year for food systems, specifically food distribution systems.
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The New York Jets needed a victory at Buffalo on Sunday to clinch a playoff spot. And given that these are the Jets, such simple odds did not work in their favor. And, of course, it was former coach Rex Ryan who eliminated them, just a year after be…
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Critical Steve Jobs documentary The Man in the Machine airs on CNN tonight at 9PM ET | The Verge
Did you miss Steve Jobs: The Man in the Machine when it hit theaters earlier this year? Well, if you have a cable subscription, you can catch the controversial documentary on CNN tonight at 9PM ET.
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A Starry Night of Iceland http://bit.ly/1O2Lxd6 | Peace Beauty Life Light Love Balance Wisdom
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Scot ‘arrested in Kyrgyzstan’ over ‘horse penis’ dish joke : worldnews
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Scottish communities prepare for more floods – BBC News
Parts of Scotland are still being warned that flooding is likely, with rivers expected to peak later. The Met Office has issued amber “be prepared” warnings of rain for much of north east and central Scotland on Saturday and Sunday.
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Donald Trump Doesn’t Give a Shit About Somali Militants Using Him for Propaganda | VICE News
Donald Trump isn’t backing down from remarks he made that were used by the Somali militant group al Shabaab in a recruiting video aimed at would-be followers in the US. The video by al Shabaab, which has long been allied with al Qaeda, was released …
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Turns Out Monkey Bars And Kickball Might Be Good For The Brain : NPR Ed : NPR
Recess at Eagle Mountain Elementary School in Fort Worth, Texas, looks much like recess anyplace else. Some kids run and squeal, others swing, while a half-dozen of their peers are bunched up on the slide. Journey Orebaugh, a 6-year-old in an off-wh…
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Latest Samsung Galaxy S7 leak suggests flagship will come in sizes up to 5.7 inches | The Verge
It’s widely expected that Samsung will unveil its Galaxy S7 this February during Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, and that means that the rumors are starting to stream in.
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French sunset[2533×1303][OC] : SkyPorn
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For Famed Rock Climber, A ‘Big Break’ That Thankfully Wasn’t Literal : NPR
As part of a series called My Big Break, All Things Considered is collecting stories of triumph, big and small. These are the moments when everything seems to click, and people leap forward into their careers. Normally, Alex Honnold tries to avoid b…
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New York governor Andrew Cuomo on Sunday signed an order requiring communities statewide to take homeless people from the streets and into shelters when temperatures reach freezing.
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Robbery suspect caught by police thanks to Snapchat selfie with victim | US news | The Guardian
Police in Northern California say they have arrested a man accused of armed robbery thanks to a Snapchat selfie he took with one of the victims.
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Lavender-is-a-manly-color loaf : Catloaf
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A Starry Night of Iceland by Joshua Oakley | We Heart It
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Life’s Too Short, Brainstorming. Best Television I’ve Seen In A Minute : television
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Words You’ll Hear: ‘Substantially Similar’ : NPR
“Substantially similar” is a phrase key to understanding California’s Fair Pay Act. The new law went into effect Jan. 1 and aims to close the pay gap between men and women.
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As 2016 Elections Loom, So Does A Possible End To DACA : NPR
Back in 2012, President Obama took executive action to create a program for unauthorized immigrants who entered the U.S. as children before June of 2007, and who are currently younger than 34.
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ESPN’s The Undefeated Goes Online At Last : NPR
ESPN’s long-delayed website The Undefeated will cover the intersection of sports and race. The website’s new leader, Kevin Merida, explains what he has planned.
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Can I Just Tell You: Problems Money Can’t Fix : NPR
In her regular essay Can I Just Tell You, NPR’s Michel Martin shares all the questions she’s pondering going into the new year, especially those money can’t fix.
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The Superintendent Who Turned Around A School District By Tackling Poverty : NPR
We often hear about school districts who struggle with high poverty, low test scores and budget problems. But one district has faced all of these and achieved remarkable results.
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App-Free: What Happens When You Try To Date Offline : NPR
The beginning of a new year is a busy time for new singles. According to the websites Match.com and PlentyOfFish, January 3 is the busiest day of the year for new signups to their sites. But those are just two of the plethora of dating apps and webs…
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Egypt Cracks Down On Free Facebook Service : NPR
Egypt has shut down a free Facebook service called Free Basics. The government says it’s a licensing issue, but critics say the Egyptian government is stifling freedom of expression.
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Update On Armed Anti-Government Protesters In Oregon : NPR
Armed anti-government activists have occupied a building in the Malheur National Wildlife Refuge in Oregon to protest the federal prosecution of two ranchers.
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Can Mormons Drink Coca-Cola? : NPR
Many people assume Coca-Cola and other caffeinated drinks are forbidden under Mormon church doctrine. The truth is more complicated, and has been a long-running subject of debate among Mormons.
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Sweden begins border ID controls to halt refugee influx – Al Jazeera English
Sweden is set to begin ID controls on its borders as part of the government’s efforts to limit the number of refugees entering the country. Everyone entering Sweden from midnight on Sunday by bus, train or ferry will be checked and those lacking val…
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Starvation as a tool of war in Syria – Al Jazeera English
Fighting from within, bombed from above, and now starvation. Syria’s struggling population continues to dwindle as lives are lost to war and hunger.
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Rich Larson Downs A Team Of Soldiers In This Visceral Short Story
Like military science fiction? Rich Larson’s got a fantastic story in the January issue of Clarkesworld: Extraction Request. The story follows a group of soldiers who have been shot down, and where they find a bit more than they expected while they’…
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Winter Wonderland, Maroon Bells, Colorado [OC] [1600×1067] : EarthPorn
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Enjoying a sunset at the Grand Canyon, AZ [1024×683] [OC] : EarthPorn
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MONTREAL — AS scandals go, it was a juicy one.
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Milky Way on a Clear Night – New Zealand Winter – Sam Irwin Photography (3000 x 2000) https://t.co/jTl9P7eBdQ https://t.co/tUuPhQ2PxN
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Love Everyone Often Peace Beauty Balance Life Light Magic: Imagination Star Tower Station Library.10
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The Crimes of the American Government : Liberal
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Going child-free: Indian women opting for lives without kids : worldnews
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Joss Whedon Confirms He’s Done with Marvel Movies, Clarifies When He Left : movies
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Who the Hell is Ammon Bundy, the Oregon Militia Ringleader? – The Daily Beast
They are willing to “kill and be killed, if necessary,” or so the gun-toting militiamen in Oregon have insisted to reporters during their siege over the New Year weekend.
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Startups Are Taking Over CES | TechCrunch
The Consumer Electronics Show keeps on growing. Several years ago the show outgrew the massive Las Vegas Convention Center and started using part of the Sands Expo Center several blocks away.
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Why Armed Protesters Took Over a U.S. Wildlife Refuge Building – The Atlantic
On Saturday, Bundy went further. He and an unknown number of other individuals, armed with guns, stormed an empty building in a federal wildlife refuge in Oregon in support of the ranchers.
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This Trailer For An Upcoming Russian Superhero Flick Looks Awesome
Russia is getting into the superhero film craze with Zaschitniki. A trailer for the film came out in the fall of 2015, and it looks like amazing fun. The film is due out later this year, and we can’t wait to see it.
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Track of the Day: ‘Sunday Bloody Sunday’ (cover) – The Atlantic
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Rock spotting? It beats shopping | Science | The Guardian
If you are a geology nut, you may dream of clambering up volcanoes or searching for dinosaur footprints in China, but sometimes you need go no further than your town centre to experience a cornucopia of fascinating rocks.
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This pug is probably cooler than you : aww
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Clyde River, Nova Scotia in Autumn [OC] [6016×4000] : EarthPorn
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MRW I get home and find out that my sister ordered us a broccoli pizza : reactiongifs
MRW I get home and find out that my sister ordered us a broccoli pizza via /r/reactiongifs https://t.co/754Yl9qHly https://t.co/Jzwg1h8xQQ
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The revolutionary conflict of our civilization is being televised
Police are also killing blacks about four times as often, and those killed are twice as likely to be unarmed. Meanwhile the rate of police solving crimes and murders committed against blacks—even by other blacks—is dismally low.
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US forest service investigates Nestle bottled water facility in California | US news | The Guardian
The US Forest Service has begun an environmental review of Nestle Waters North America’s bottling operations in southern California’s San Bernardino National Forest, according to a newspaper report.
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BBC Sport – Valencia 2-2 Real Madrid
Gary Neville’s Valencia battled to a dramatic La Liga draw with Real Madrid, who ended up with 10 men. Real led when Karim Benzema finished off a great move involving Cristiano Ronaldo and Gareth, Bale but Dani Parejo equalised with a penalty.
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All he needed was a little motivation!
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What’s Happening in Oregon Is Nothing Less Than Armed Sedition : politics
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Gary Anderson defeated Adrian Lewis 7-5 to retain his PDC World Championship crown at Alexandra Palace. The 45-year-old Scot, who miscounted on three occasions, fought off a valiant fightback from the Englishman in the latter stages.
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ClutchPoints Gives You all the NBA Game Updates You Need in One Place
iOS/Android: If you’re trying to follow an NBA game and you don’t have cable or you’re not in front of a TV, you can always keep tabs on the score from your phone. ClutchPoints not only gives you the score, it shows you real-time plays, video, detai…
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Answers sought on missing Hong Kong publishers – Al Jazeera English
Pro-democracy protesters have marched in front of China’s liaison office in Hong Kong to demand information about a missing book editor and four of his colleagues, who worked for a company specialising in books critical of China’s government.
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Miley Cyrus and Liam Hemsworth Reunited In Australia This Weekend | Vanity Fair
Miley Ray Cyrus (née Destiny Hope) and Liam Hemsworth weren’t supposed to fall in love. They came from different worlds: Miley sprung from the cavernous maw of Billy Ray Cyrus, while Liam was born in Australia, where the local populace believes Bill…
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BAGHDAD — Saudi Arabia cut diplomatic ties with Iran on Sunday and gave all Iranian diplomats 48 hours to leave the kingdom, as escalating tensions over the execution of an outspoken Shiite cleric in Saudi Arabia marked a new low in relations betwee…
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Saudi Arabia cuts diplomatic ties with Iran after Nimr execution | World news | The Guardian
Saudi Arabia says it is to cut diplomatic relations with Iran in a sharp escalation of tensions between the two regional foes following the execution of the Saudi Shia cleric, Sheikh Nimr al-Nimr.
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Deputy US marshal fatally shoots man wanted in homicide, officials say | US news | The Guardian
Sioux Falls police officer Sam Clemens said authorities received a tip that Lonnie Haskell Powers Jr, 37, of Summerville, South Carolina, was in Sioux Falls, and that he was armed. They tracked Powers to a parking lot at Lewis Drug on Saturday after…
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While Print Books Are Making A Comeback, Magazines Aren’t
Welcome to this week’s Reading List, where you’ll find the best popular culture and science fiction stories on the internet assembled in one delightful package. This week: film stories, John Williams, Flash Gordon and b-movie titles.
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Being “Hangry” Is Real, So Don’t Neglect the Snacks
You haven’t eaten for a while and you’re starting to get snappy with everyone. You’re hangry. It’s not just a joke, it’s a real phenomenon. So, don’t forget to have some snacks around if you’re worried about your attitude.
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The ESA’s Latest Image From Rosetta Shows Off A Rugged Surface
Rosetta is still orbiting Comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko, and it’s beamed back an impressive image showing off the comet’s surface. It’s rugged and beautiful. The image was taken with the probe’s Narrow Angle Camera at a height of 79.653 km, 1.6 AU…
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Vilmos Zsigmond, Oscar-Winning Cinematographer, Dead at 85 | Rolling Stone
Vilmos Zsigmond, the Academy Award-winning cinematographer of Close Encounters of the Third Kind as well as films like The Deer Hunter, Deliverance and Heaven’s Gate, passed away Friday, his business partner Yuri Neyman confirmed to Variety. Zsigmon…
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Love Everyone Often Peace Beauty Balance Life Light Magic: Imagination Star Tower Station Library.08
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‘Making a Murderer’ Petition Gets 100,000 Signatures : television
‘Making a Murderer’ Petition Gets 100,000 Signatures via /r/television https://t.co/e7YxVtZj4y https://t.co/HrwkvdBYXd
“Mom what does inconsistent mean?” Such a sad situation for Brendan alone. Ignorance is not bliss in this situation. “Will I be back to school for 1:29.” That was maybe the biggest argument for incompetence to stand trial. He just confessed to a mur… -
The X Files Reopened : television
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Ars Deathwatch 2016: Companies and tech whose time may have come : technology
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Mexican Mayor Gunned Down | Al Jazeera America
Three people, including a minor, were being held Sunday in the slaying of a newly inaugurated mayor in a central Mexican city troubled by gangs.
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Saudi Arabia severs diplomatic relations with Iran – Al Jazeera English
Saudi Arabia has announced that it is severing diplomatic ties with Iran following Saturday’s attack of its embassy in Tehran during protests.
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Flash stretches out his floofy “poke-sticks” : cats
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Tree slowly bending under the weight of snow and ice : gifs
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Military Titanic (NSFW) via /r/gifs https://t.co/q9j1PFG22J https://t.co/0oPA9jTZQX
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Saudi Arabia Cuts Ties With Iran as Fallout From Mass Execution Continues | VICE News
Saudi Arabia’s foreign minister says the kingdom has severed diplomatic relations with Iran a day after a mob of angry protesters looted and burned the Saudi embassy in Tehran following the execution of a prominent Shiite cleric and 46 other prisone…
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Saudi Arabia breaks off ties with Iran – 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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Brain Implant that Could Reanimate Paralyzed Limbs Secures $16M in Funding | Motherboard
The National Science Foundation recently awarded the Center for Sensorimotor Neural Engineering at the University of Washington a $16 million grant for research that will hopefully lead to implantable tech that promotes brain plasticity and the rean…
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Tuxedo loaf via /r/Catloaf http://bit.ly/1R5Ac1N | Peace Beauty Life Light Love Balance Wisdom
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5 Facts to Know about the California Methane Leak : environment
5 Facts to Know about the California Methane Leak via /r/environment https://t.co/q7mrdRJrTX https://t.co/ePDe6HwXxx
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Watch people beat games at top speed all week during Awesome Games Done Quick | The Verge
It’s no secret that gamers like to watch other people play video games, and over the course of the next week, you can do it for a good cause.
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Philadelphia Mummers parade officials denounce acts of ‘hate and bigotry’ | US news | The Guardian
Philadelphia’s next mayor and organizers of the city’s annual New Year’s Day Mummers parade have condemned expressions of hate made by marchers who painted their faces brown and harassed and mocked gay and transgender people.
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How I made a life-size humpback whale. : DIY
How I made a life-size humpback whale. (imgur.com)
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Cute camping trip. via /r/aww http://bit.ly/1OD8H9t | Peace Beauty Life Light Love Balance Wisdom
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Sunrise of Storrs, CT Summer 2015 [5222×3482] : SkyPorn
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5 Things That Will Disappear In 5 Years | TechCrunch
Just five years ago the world was a very different place.
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Hong Kong Worried Disappearance Publishing Staff | Al Jazeera America
Hong Kong pro-democracy lawmakers said Sunday that they will press the government for answers after a fifth employee of a publishing company specializing in books critical of mainland China’s leadership went missing.
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This robot. (i.imgur.com) Fucking synths.
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The sad graph of software death : technology
The sad graph of software death via /r/technology https://t.co/sbaykB06fk https://t.co/NvnDjpEJgC
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Vilmos Zsigmond, Oscar-winning cinematographer, dies aged 85 | Film | The Guardian
The cinematographer Vilmos Zsigmond, who was best known for his work on The Deer Hunter and Close Encounters of the Third Kind, has died. He was 85. His business partner Yuri Neyman confirmed that Zsigmond died on Friday in Big Sur, California.
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What You Need To Know About The Current Militia Standoff In Oregon | ThinkProgress
It’s hard to know how this episode will end, but it’s easy enough to understand its origins. While the attempted provocation is ostensibly about one particular federal case against ranchers, the full backstory involves a volatile mix of anti-governm…
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Love Everyone Often Peace Beauty Balance Life Light Magic: Imagination Star Tower Station Library.05
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MRW I’ve just gotten past the opening of Jupiter Ascending. : reactiongifs
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Explosions and Gunfire Heard as Indian Consulate in Afghanistan Comes Under Attack | VICE News
Afghan security forces battled a group of gunmen near the Indian consulate in the northern city of Mazar-i-Sharif on Sunday, officials said, as gunfire and rocket-propelled grenades rocked the surrounding area.
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Halt and Catch Fire | The Red Queen Coder
I have a bunch of TV I keep meaning to watch that I tend to “save” because I know it’s going to be a good show and I don’t want to waste it on times when I just want junk food. One of those shows is Halt and Catch Fire.
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This Badass ExoSuit From Edge Of Tomorrow Is Constructed From Junk
This. is. awesome. By day, Peter Kokis is in charge of security for a major company. In his off time, however, he’s a sculptor and cosplayer who has constructed some amazing costumes. His latest, the ExoSuit from Edge of Tomorrow, is constructed fro…
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Indian consulate in Afghanistan under attack by gunmen : worldnews
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The death of Sussex cricketer Matthew Hobden at the age of 22 is being investigated by police. Hobden was found dead in a private property to the west of Forres on the northern coast of Scotland on Saturday, a Police Scotland spokesman said.
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Armed Militants Have Taken Over a Federal Building in Oregon | Vanity Fair
On Saturday night, a group of armed militants broke into and occupied a federal building near Burns, Oregon, declaring their intent to break free of the “tyranny” of the U.S. government and encouraging likeminded folks from around the country to “br…
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Iran says Americans seeking prisoner swap for journalist Jason Rezaian | World news | The Guardian
Unnamed Americans have contacted Iran for a deal to swap Washington Post reporter Jason Rezaian, convicted and jailed in Iran on spying charges, for other unspecified detainees, according to a senior Iranian official quoted on Sunday.
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Staff at site of San Bernardino shooting prepare to return to campus | US news | The Guardian
In the offices of the Inland Regional Center, Christmas did not come. Tinsel still hangs on cubicles. A small tree with presents sits undisturbed. A sign-up sheet to bring in food remains empty of names.
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Love Everyone Often Peace Beauty Balance Life Light Magic: Imagination Star Tower Station Library.04
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MRW I finish the last episode of Making a Murderer on Netflix : reactiongifs
MRW I finish the last episode of Making a Murderer on Netflix via /r/reactiongifs https://t.co/NE0vt104hM https://t.co/WKwMKYSh9o
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Hang on, I got some important stuff to do. Don’t go. : aww
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A Mayor Was Just Shot Dead in Mexico on the Day After She Took Office | VICE News
The mayor of a city in the central Mexican state of Morelos was shot dead the day after she took office. Gunmen killed Gisela Mota Ocampo at her house in the city of Temixco on Saturday morning, authorities said. She had been sworn in as mayor of th…
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It sucks to be a woman in the United States
The New York City Department of Consumer Affairs (DCA) just released a study of the gender price differential in New York City.
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The Protests of a Shiite Muslim Cleric’s Death in the Middle East – The Atlantic
Demonstrators in Iran, Pakistan, Bahrain, and elsewhere marched in the streets Sunday, chanting and carrying signs, in protest of Saudi Arabia’s execution of a respected Shiite Muslim cleric.
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150 Muslims Lose Their Jobs For Protesting Prayer Policies | ThinkProgress
About 150 Muslim workers at a meat processing planting plant have been fired for refusing to show up for work during an ongoing dispute over prayer accommodations.
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DAMN IT DOGMEAT! (gfycat.com)
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Siege of Syria’s Zabadani persists despite swap deal – Al Jazeera English
The Syrian town of Zabadani near the Lebanese border continues to suffer under siege despite a deal between pro-government forces and rebels that was meant to ease the blockade.
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Angry Loaf! via /r/Catloaf http://bit.ly/1YZFzUO | Peace Beauty Life Light Love Balance Wisdom
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Sanders promises to release full tax plan before Iowa caucuses : politics
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Few Computers Are Powerful Enough to Support Virtual Reality : technology
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Tesla delivered just 208 of its Model X crossovers last quarter | The Verge
Tesla’s Model X crossover finally arrived this fall after being delayed from its initially-planned 2013 launch, but only a scarce few actually got the highly-anticipated vehicles in their driveways.
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A pledge of £40m by David Cameron to repair and improve flood defences has failed to stem criticism of the government as parts of the UK braced themselves for more misery.
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Trump: Hillary Clinton ‘constantly playing the woman card’ – video | US news | The Guardian
Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump tells CBS’s Face the Nation that Hillary Clinton is “constantly playing the woman card. It’s the only way she may get elected”. He said: “Personally, I’m not sure that anybody else other than me is goin…
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Great job R2 via /r/pics http://bit.ly/1RjhQce | Peace Beauty Life Light Love Balance Wisdom
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MRW trying to date after exiting a five year relationship : reactiongifs
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[OC] The 1000 year old trees of Deadvlei, Sossusvlei, Namibia [2560×1440] : EarthPorn
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At Least 15 Dead After Islamic State Suicide Bombers Attack Iraqi Military Base | VICE News
Attacks by five suicide bombers on an Iraqi military base north of Baghdad on Sunday killed at least 15 members of the security forces and wounded 22 others, security sources said.
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Reddit, Please wish Zigmund a happy 10th birthday!! : cats
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Baxter loaf via /r/Catloaf http://bit.ly/1RY4BiO | Peace Beauty Life Light Love Balance Wisdom
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At the stroke of midnight on January 1, millions of New Year’s resolutions went into effect, with the most common ones being lose weight, get fit, quit drinking and smoking, save money, and learn something new (we can help you there).
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FRANKFURT — Uber is rapidly expanding its ride-hailing operations across the globe. But here in this city of 690,000 — slightly less than the population of San Francisco, Uber’s hometown — the company recently did something unusual: It retreated.
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Mont Blanc avalanche in France kills two Lithuanian climbers – BBC News
An avalanche on Mont Blanc in the French Alps has killed two Lithuanian climbers after heavy snowfall. Mont Blanc is the highest mountain in the Alps and among the most dangerous in the world. The avalanche began at an altitude of 3,200m (10,560ft).
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Fighting erupts over control of Yemen’s Aden port – Al Jazeera English
Government forces have clashed with fighters for control over the strategic southern port of Aden, Yemeni officials in the southern city say.
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Inside Ramadi as Iraqi special forces battle IS fighters – BBC News
Nearly a week after Iraqi government forces claimed to have liberated Ramadi from so-called Islamic State, large parts of it remain under the militants’ control.
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North Georgia Appalachian Trail [6000×4000][OC] : SkyPorn
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Hank wasn’t quite feeling himself today… : cats
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Old Man’s Cave in Hocking Hills state park. [OC] [4365×2912] : EarthPorn
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The fall of Microsoft, in one chart – Vox
It’s been a rough decade or so for Microsoft.
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Star Wars topples Spectre to become UK’s biggest film of 2015 – BBC News
Star Wars: The Force Awakens has become the UK’s biggest film of 2015 after just 16 days of release, with takings of £94.06m beating Spectre’s £93.5m. JJ Abrams’ film has also overtaken Avatar (£94m) as the second most successful film in history in …
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Company 3D prints ceramics that can withstand 1700ºC temps | Ars Technica
Ceramics have many useful properties: they can be extremely durable, and hold up to very high temperatures. Unfortunately simple flaws in the material can leave the door open for catastrophic failures, making manufacturing, especially of complex sha…
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Love Everyone Often Peace Beauty Balance Life Light Magic: Milky Way over the Very Large Telescope
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Scientists Find New Way to Determine if Exoplanets Can Harbor Life https://t.co/vbYwBGRmlx https://t.co/WfMG1OkkDC
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My Blackberry Is Not Working! – Hilarious British comedy sketch. : television
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Why is No One Talking About the Disappearing Forests in California? : environment
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As Republicans enter the home stretch of selecting a candidate to win back the White House, Marco Rubio asked voters to envision a general election in which Hillary Clinton could “lecture” him on the lives of struggling Americans.
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Yep, That Was The Wilhelm Scream In ‘Star Wars: The Force Awakens’ | Motherboard
The Force Awakens was filled with nods to the original trilogy of Star Wars films, from the holographic Dejarik game board on the Millennium Falcon to a cameo by the fish-faced Admiral Ackbar.
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Samsung’s Dolby Atmos ‘soundbar’ uses two rear speakers to put sound above you | The Verge
True surround sound has always required lots of speakers, and the clutter only increases if you want a no-compromise Dolby Atmos system with “3D” sound. Of course, people have always wanted surround without the hassle, and that’s why all-in-one soun…
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Armed Militiamen Occupy Wildlife Refuge in Oregon and Threaten Showdown With Feds | VICE News
The case of two Oregon ranchers headed to prison for illegally setting fires on federal lands has snowballed into a standoff with a group of armed right-wing militiamen, who have occupied the headquarters of a wildlife refuge and said they’re willin…
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Scot ‘arrested in Kyrgyzstan’ over horse penis dish joke – BBC News
A Scottish mine worker has reportedly been arrested in Kyrgyzstan, after comparing its national dish to a horse’s penis on Facebook.Michael McFeat, from Abernethy, was said to have been held after posting a picture of Kyrgyz co-workers queuing for a…
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Diamond Head crater in Hawaii : pics
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Aurora Borealis in Kiruna, Sweden – dominikknoll [OC][4594×3269] : EarthPorn
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Orion in the early January Wisconsin sky [OC] [5184×3456] : SkyPorn
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Love Everyone Often Peace Beauty Balance Life Light Magic: Imagination Star Tower Station Library.01
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Barack Obama’s plan to achieve gun control reform through executive actions had Republican candidates for president facing an awkward Sunday challenge: how to denounce a president for supporting something you once signed into law. For New Jersey gov…
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Indian consulate in Afghanistan attacked – Al Jazeera English
The Indian consulate in the northern Afghan city of Mazar-i-Sharif has come under attack, with armed men attempting to enter the compound, the spokesman for the local governor has told Reuters. Explosions and gunfire could be heard from the vicinity…
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Livestream’s $399 Movi Brings Multi-Camera Polish Into A Pocket-Sized Package | TechCrunch
If you’re a regular person looking to shoot some video, it’s hard to complain about the many, many options available. Heck, the iPhone camera is good enough at this point that it’s been used to shoot a critically acclaimed feature film.
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Minimum Wage Rises in 14 States and Several Cities | Al Jazeera America
As the United States marks more than six years without an increase in the federal minimum wage of $7.25 an hour, 14 states and several cities are moving forward with their own increases, with most having taken effect Jan. 1.
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Armed Militia Occupies National Wildlife Refuge | Mother Jones
As many as 100 armed militia members seized control of a Fish and Wildlife Services building in a remote part of eastern Oregon on Saturday and threatened to shoot law enforcement officers who attempt to kick them out.
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I only just noticed something while rewatching The Prestige. [Spoilers] : movies
SpoilersI only just noticed something while rewatching The Prestige. [Spoilers] (self.movies) “We were two young men at the start of a great career. Two young men devoted to an illusion. Two young men who never intended to hurt anyone.”
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Chris Brown Under Investigation for Battery and Theft Charges | Vanity Fair
Las Vegas police are investigating allegations of battery and theft against Chris Brown.
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Blast near India mission in Afghan city – BBC News
Explosions and gunfire have been heard near the Indian consulate in northern Afghan city of Mazar-e-Sharif. It was not immediately clear whether the consulate had been directly targeted. The area is also home to a building belonging to a local polit…
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STUART SLAVIN, a pediatrician and professor at the St. Louis University School of Medicine, knows something about the impact of stress. After uncovering alarming rates of anxiety and depression among his medical students, Dr.
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Open Channel: What Excites You The Most About 2016?
It’s a brand new year, and with it, there’s a whole bunch of new things to look forward to in the science fiction / fantasy world. So, what are you looking forward to the most this year? Me personally? Star Wars: Rogue One.
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Facebook’s ‘Free’ Internet Program Had a Rough Week | Motherboard
Up to 3 million Egyptians lost their connection to the internet last week when Facebook’s Free Basics program was shut down on Wednesday. The reason for the shutdown of Facebook’s controversial Free Basics program, which launched in Egypt in October…
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DO some people have a special talent for serendipity? And if so, why? In 2008, an inventor named Steve Hollinger lobbed a digital camera across his studio toward a pile of pillows. “I wasn’t trying to make an invention,” he said. “I was just playing.
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Scientists Find New Way to Determine if Exoplanets Can Harbor Life https://t.co/uRRUK3IsHR https://t.co/5Yli3VcF8p https://t.co/eWT8XKJsiN
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Scottish flood defence cuts criticised as Sepa warns of more flooding | UK news | The Guardian
The Scottish government has been urged to carry out an urgent review of flood defences as forecasters warned of further flooding in the north-east of the country, with some rivers not peaking until Monday morning.
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Fish Creek Falls, Steamboat Springs, Colorado [OC] [1836 x 3264] : EarthPorn
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Las Vegas police identify officers who killed man holding cellphone | US news | The Guardian
Las Vegas police have identified two officers who shot and killed a man who was holding a cellphone that was mistaken for a gun. Police on Saturday said 37-year-old sergeant Robert Bohanon and 27-year-old officer Blake Walford had been placed on rou…
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On Saturday, a large group of armed militia members took over a federal building in rural Oregon, claiming the property to protest the conviction of two local ranchers found guilty of setting fire to government land.
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Scientists Find New Way to Determine if Exoplanets Can Harbor Life
Researchers have found a new way to measure the pull of gravity at the surface of a star. For distant stars with planets orbiting them, this information is key in determining whether any of those planets can harbour life.
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NowThis – Bail Bond Activists Want To Reform Justice System | Facebook
“There are two systems of justice. One for people that are rich, and one for the rest of society.” https://t.co/NY2hKaKuOI
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What You Need To Know About the Paris Agreement | DipNote
What You Need To Know About the Paris Agreement – U.S. State Department https://t.co/MeZbPdlJMq
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CNN to host Obama town hall on guns in America 8PM : Liberal
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CNN to host Obama town hall on guns in America 8PM : television
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IPv6 celebrates its 20th birthday by reaching 10 percent deployment | Ars Technica
Twenty years ago this month, RFC 1883 was published: Internet Protocol, Version 6 (IPv6) Specification.
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Catalonia faces new election as leftist CUP rejects Mas – BBC News
Spain’s Catalonia region faces fresh elections after a small anti-capitalist party, the CUP, refused to support the pro-independence leader Artur Mas. Mr Mas – the Catalan president – is leading the movement for independence from Spain. But the CUP …
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Chris Christie: criticism from New Jersey is based on ‘partisanship’ | US news | The Guardian
Chris Christie on Sunday blamed “partisanship” for criticism in New Jersey about his record in office and the time he spends out of the state while campaigning for president.
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The Oath Keeper Who Wants to Arm Black Lives Matter | Rolling Stone
In early August, on the first anniversary of Michael Brown’s death, Ferguson was simmering again. Near midnight, a gunfight erupted between four plainclothes detectives and an 18-year-old black man on West Florissant Avenue, the main commercial drag.
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See Alabama Shakes’ Fiery ‘Austin City Limits’ Set | Rolling Stone
See Alabama Shakes’ Fiery ‘Austin City Limits’ Set Band performs six track off Grammy Album of the Year-nominated ‘Sound & Color’
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Suicide attacks kill dozens of troops in Iraq – Al Jazeera English
Two suicide attacks blamed on the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) group have killed dozens of government troops in Iraq. At least 13 Iraqi soldiers died in Sunday’s attack on police training at a military base near the city of Tikrit, wh…
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Islamic State militants ‘kill five men it says spied for UK’ – BBC News
A video has been released online by the so-called Islamic State, which it says shows the killing of five men who it claimed had been spying for the UK.A masked militant speaking with a British accent appears in the 10-minute film, threatening attack…
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Will ‘bitter’ voters keep clinging to Trump?
Working-class whites, once the lynchpin of the Democrats’ New Deal coalition, pulled the lever as Wallace voters as part of the “Silent Majority” in Richard Nixon’s “Southern Strategy” and, by 1980, as Reagan Democrats.
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Check Out Some Behind The Scenes Pictures From The Force Awakens
Now that The Force Awakens has hit theaters, the film’s director of photography, Dan Mindel has been posting some great behind the scenes images from the film to his Instagram feed.
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TV Review: ‘Downton Abbey’ Returns on PBS for a Feel-Good Final Season – The Atlantic
When you’re alone, and life is making you lonely, you can always go … to Downton.
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Behold: “The Screams of a Star Being Ripped Apart” | Motherboard
There is more to the violence of a black hole than the cataclysmic inward suck of infinite gravity.
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Toddler becomes first refugee to drown in 2016 – Al Jazeera English
A two-year-old boy has become the first known refugee in 2016 to drown trying to reach Europe after the dinghy he was travelling on crashed into rocks, Greek coastguard says.
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Watch (Almost) Every Rocket Launch of 2015 | Motherboard
2015 was a great year for space: we saw the first orbital rocket to get launched and then land again, NASA astronaut Scott Kelly embarked for his groundbreaking year in space, and Pluto provided us with enough porn to last a lifetime.
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Bernie Sanders responds to heckle by Trump supporter – video | US news | The Guardian
US Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders dispatches a heckler at a campaign stop on Saturday in Amherst, Massachusetts. A man wearing a Donald Trump t-shirt, and holding a sign saying: “Obama is a Christian …
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Giving birth is as hard on your body as running a marathon – Vox
Giving birth is as hard on your body as running a marathon https://t.co/7Ini2oeuxi https://t.co/0sNBrGsw51
According to new research, giving birth can be as traumatic to a woman’s body as running a marathon — but doctors often don’t treat it that way. -
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Bar sign offers great advice : pics
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Here’s why snake venom is deadly : gifs
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Bella is enjoying the hammock I got her for Christmas : cats
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Israel Charges Two in West Bank Arson | Al Jazeera America
Israel on Sunday indicted a Jewish settler and a minor in a July arson attack on a Palestinian home that killed a toddler and his parents — a case that has been unsolved for months and helped fuel the current wave of Israeli-Palestinian violence.
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Dog Owner Pretends to Suddenly Collapse While Walking His Dog and Records the Dog’s Reaction. (i.imgur.com) Zero fucks given that day.
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This past March, NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope revealed the best evidence yet for an underground saltwater ocean on Ganymede, Jupiter’s largest moon. The subterranean ocean is thought to have more water than all the water on Earth’s surface.
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You Can Submit Your Novel To Gollancz This January
Got an unpublished science fiction, fantasy or horror novel? UK genre publisher Gollancz will be accepting un-agented submissions throughout January! Starting January 4th (Monday!) through January 22nd, the publisher will be accepting novel submissi…
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Major offshore wind operator plans £6bn UK investment by 2020 | Business | The Guardian
Dong Energy, the biggest operator of offshore windfarms in BritIN, has said it plans to spend a further £6bn in the UK by 2020, convinced that the government is serious about supporting wind power.
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The Livestream Movi puts the power of a multi-camera setup in your pocket | The Verge
Live streaming was one of the big trends in 2015. The Meerkat app was a sensation at SXSW, Periscope stole that momentum when it launched a month later, and Facebook released (and slowly opened up access to) its own live video feature.
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Run Windows on Your Mac: VirtualBox vs VMware Fusion vs Parallels
If you need to run Windows inside OS X, you have three options: VirtualBox, VMware, and Parallels. Each has their own strengths and weaknesses, and different use cases where one’s better than another. Let’s break down when each is best and for what.
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Came across this MarmaLoaf at 3:30am : Catloaf
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WHEN I moved my Beginning Greek course, last year, from the spring to fall semester, I did not reckon with the impact on my psyche of diminishing daylight. As the days grew shorter, my thoughts about the course grew darker.
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The Miami Tech Scene Is Heating Up | TechCrunch
Miami is a city of many traits. Historically recognized for the sun, beach and tourists of South Beach, it has now become much more than that.
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It’s in the Stars: A Reading List About Astrology : Longreads Blog
In 2015, I started to copy my weekly horoscopes into my journal. I didn’t do it every week, but I did it often enough that it became something like a practice.
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Vietnam says China landed plane on disputed island – Al Jazeera English
Vietnam has accused China of violating its sovereignty by landing a plane on an airstrip on an artificial island in a contested part of the South China Sea.
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In Defense of Learning Code the Hard Way | Motherboard
It’s the new year, which means many of us are making resolutions to be better, healthier, less-bad, or just generally more valuable human beings. One popular resolution is (again) learning to code.
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Militia Takes Over Wildlife Building in Oregon | Al Jazeera America
Militia members at the refuge claimed to have as many as 150 supporters with them. The Malheur National Wildlife refuge building, federal property managed by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, was closed for the holiday weekend.
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Sussex bowler Matthew Hobden – who has died aged 22 – was a “gentle giant”, according to his amateur club captain. England cricketers wore black armbands as a mark of respect on Sunday. The cause of his death has not been given.
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WTF Is Happening in the Oregon Militia Standoff, Explained | Rolling Stone
On Saturday night, dozens of white, armed American militants stormed a federal wildlife refuge in Oregon seeking to take a “hard stand” against federal government “tyranny.” It’s a wild story. Here’s what you need to know.
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Lots of stabbings and 2 deaths by pie: every death in Shakespeare, in one chart – Vox
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One of the really great things about Shakespeare fandom is that you have a limited number of things to work with. -
Look at this pile of 30 dogs posing and looking straight at the camera. : aww
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Poll: Whites and Republicans Rank as Angriest Americans : politics
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Ascension Island to become huge marine reserve : environment
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BBC Sport – Crystal Palace 0-3 Chelsea
Crystal Palace’s list of absentees has grown with Yohan Cabaye missing through suspension and Patrick Bamford’s loan spell ending. Attacking quartet Yannick Bolasie, Connor Wickham, Bakary Sako and Dwight Gayle all remain injured.
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Islamic State Says It Sends ‘A Message to David Cameron’ With Video of Executions | VICE News
The Islamic State (IS) has released a new propaganda video that shows the apparent killing of five prisoners, executions it says are intended to send “a message to David Cameron,” warning the British prime minister about the country’s involvement in…
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How one man plans to make billions selling Mojave desert water | US news | The Guardian
Scott Slater has got a plan. It is not a popular plan, but he wants to pump 814bn gallons of water from under the Mojave desert to Los Angeles and the other drought-stricken communities in southern California, and make more than $2bn (£1.3bn) doing …
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Tensions over the treatment of two cattle ranchers in Oregon escalated into an armed standoff on Saturday when members of a rightwing militia occupied a wildlife refuge at Malheur national park.
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Sunday’s Best Deals: Wireless Audio, LifeSpan Treadmill, $3 Multitool, and More
Wireless headphones, a water-resistant speaker, and a deeply-discounted treadmill highlight today’s best deals. Bookmark Kinja Deals and follow us on Twitter to never miss a deal.
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91% of patients who survive opioid overdose are prescribed more opioids : science
Medicine91% of patients who survive opioid overdose are prescribed more opioids (arstechnica.com)submitted 10 minutes ago by loading…
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Armed Protesters Seized A Federal Building. The Media Called Them Peaceful. | ThinkProgress
Ammon Bundy, son of rancher Cliven Bundy, speaks at an event to celebrate the one year anniversary since the Bureau of Land Management’s failed attempt to collect his cattle.
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“I noticed a slight glow in the mist hugging the valley floor and wondered how this would look in a timed exposure so I left the shutter open for ten minutes, and this image is the result” Yosemite Valley [1247×1138] [OS] Photo by Phil Hawkins (cdn.…
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This tap has worn so it looks like it dispenses cola. : mildlyinteresting
This tap has worn so it looks like it dispenses cola. (imgur.com)
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What one man learned from obsessively tracking his vital signs for 48 years – Vox
What one man learned from obsessively tracking his vital signs for 48 years https://t.co/TAr1laakbW https://t.co/pxgvDDmzZH
Robert Sothern is the ultimate quantified man. For 48 years, five or six times each day, he’s been tracking his bodily functions and mental acuity in extensive — almost absurd — detail. -
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Death Valley under the Milky Way on New Year’s Eve [OC] [810×539] : EarthPorn
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You can’t just wave it around like that! : gifs
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Sunset at Great Sand Dunes National Park [oc] [3456×2242] : EarthPorn
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This is Fluffypuss, I never took photos before I got her. : cats
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MRW the professor asks me a question I don’t know the answer to. : reactiongifs
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Drowning in Disinfecting Wipes : environment
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Israel indicts Jewish extremists in deadly arson attack : worldnews
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KASHGAR, China — Families sundered by a wave of detentions. Mosques barred from broadcasting the call to prayer. Restrictions on the movements of laborers that have wreaked havoc on local agriculture.
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LAS VEGAS — Two days after Sheldon Adelson’s lawyers lost in their attempts to have a judge removed from a contentious lawsuit that threatens his gambling empire, a call went out to the publisher of this city’s most prominent newspaper.
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Israel Charges Two Jews for West Bank Firebombing That Killed Palestinian Family | VICE News
Israeli prosecutors filed murder charges on Sunday against a man and a minor for an arson attack in the occupied West Bank that killed three members of a Palestinian family and helped fuel the fiercest eruption of street violence in years.
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Sunday’s Best Deals: Wireless Audio, LifeSpan Treadmill, $3 Multitool, and More
Wireless headphones, a water-resistant speaker, and a deeply-discounted treadmill highlight today’s best deals. Bookmark Kinja Deals and follow us on Twitter to never miss a deal.
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A Visual Guide to Slowing Down and Enjoying Every Moment
We’ve discussed why time feels like it’s flying by, and how to slow it down, especially as you get older, but this visual guide puts some of those best tips into a simple, easy-to-follow graphic, perfect for looking over if you’re in the middle of a…
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Armed domestic terrorists take over federal building, but it’s OK, they’re white / Boing Boing
The local and state cops didn’t even come by the scene of the occupied building the first day. It’s a stark contrast with the heavily armed police turnout for last week’s peaceful #blacklivesmatter protest at the Mall of America.
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meow_irl via /r/MEOW_IRL http://bit.ly/1OsJUsV | Peace Beauty Life Light Love Balance Wisdom
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Iran’s supreme leader condemns Shia cleric’s execution – BBC News
Saudi Arabia will face “divine revenge” for its execution of a prominent Shia cleric, Iran’s supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has warned. Sheikh Nimr al-Nimr was among 47 put to death after being convicted of terrorism offences.
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Yorkshire bridge written off after floods | Environment | The Guardian
The extensive damage to the crossing in Elland, near Halifax – along with the well-publicised partial collapse of the bridge in Tadcaster, 35 miles away – has dramatically highlighted the costly impact of December’s deluge on infrastructure in the n…
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16 Games We Want to Play in 2016 | Motherboard
One year ago we fixed up a list of games to play in 2015 at a moment in time when it seemed like The Last Guardian, Team Ico’s stirring next gen title had become vaporware. A year later and, boy, are we glad to eat those words.
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Iran Warns Saudis Divine Vengeance for Execution | Al Jazeera America
Iran’s top leader on Sunday warned Saudi Arabia of “divine revenge” over the execution of an opposition Shia cleric while Riyadh accused Tehran of supporting terrorism, escalating a war of words hours after protesters stormed the Saudi Embassy in Te…
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EVERY New Year’s, in a spirit of self-examination, I try to catalog my worst blunders from the preceding year. But this year, like almost every pundit in America, I have one mistake that overshadows all the others, one confession that makes my other…
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Ars Deathwatch 2016: Companies and tech whose time may have come | Ars Technica
The coming of the new year gives us an opportunity to both look back wistfully and look forward with hope. It also offers a chance to look back with anger and toward the new year with a sense of cynicism and schadenfreude.
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The Verge Review of Animals: the elephant seal | The Verge
This column is part of a series where Verge staffers post highly subjective reviews of animals. Up until now, we’ve written about animals without telling you whether they suck or rule. We are now rectifying this oversight.
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Anna and the Swallow Man by Gavriel Savit – review | Children’s books | The Guardian
This is the sort of book that is best read while knowing as little about it as possible. Knowing the plot would spoil the captivating dreamy mystery and the magical spell of the beautiful prose. But I will tell you this.
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The First Meteor Shower of 2016 Is Peaking, and It’s an Exceptional One
The first meteor display of 2016 – the Quadrantid meteor shower – will hit its peak early Monday morning (Jan. 4), with a strong display of “shooting stars” likely for Europe and North America.
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Study: Curfews cause more gun violence – Vox
Study: Curfews cause more gun violence https://t.co/ONHT9yCvxM https://t.co/BTCiRrIFWY
Last year, the mayor of Baltimore reacted to riots over the death of Freddie Gray by placing a 10 pm curfew on the city. The idea was simple: Fewer people in the streets, fewer chances of violence breaking out. But maybe that wasn’t a good idea. -
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Self-driving buses will be a big part of the transit puzzle : technology
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Donald Trump Responds to Terrorist Recruitment Video | Rolling Stone
Donald Trump Responds to Terrorist Recruitment Video “What am I going to do? I have to say what I have to say,” Republican frontrunner says of al-Qaeda affiliate video
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Paypal rolls out the welcome mat for hackers / Boing Boing
It’s not bad enough that Paypal is prone to shutting down your account and seizing your dough if you have a particularly successful fundraiser — they also have virtually no capacity to prevent hackers from changing the email address, password and p…
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EU ready to fight Polish media law amid row over values – BBC News
A senior EU official has threatened legal action against Poland’s new conservative government over its controversial media law.The EU Commissioner for the Digital Economy, Guenther Oettinger, said: “There are solid grounds for us to activate the rul…
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DELRAY BEACH, Fla. — Three shaky months into recovery from heroin addiction, Dariya Pankova found something to ease her withdrawal. A local nonalcoholic bar sold a brewed beverage that soothed her brain and body much as narcotics had. A perfect solu…
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Anomalisa, from Charlie Kaufman, tells a familiar story in an unusually inventive way – Vox
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As the last shot of Anomalisa pulls back, letting the light hit its puppet characters so you remember all over again that they’re not made of flesh and bone, a disquieting feeling settles over the end credits. This film is something different, and b… -
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Indian security forces battled into Sunday evening to secure an air base near the border with Pakistan, a day after a militant attack that has killed seven military personnel and wounded another 20.
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Why Are So Few ISIS Fighters From Indonesia? – The Atlantic
In recent days, rumblings of ISIS have reached the country with the largest Muslim population in the world. Security forces in Indonesia, which is home to some 200 million Muslims, launched a manhunt for the militant leader Santoso, who had publicly…
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Body of missing autistic boy, 5, found in Pennsylvania canal | US news | The Guardian
The body of a five-year-old Pennsylvania boy with autism was found in a canal about a quarter mile from a relative’s home where the boy wandered away, barefoot and without a coat, during a New Year’s Eve party, authorities announced Saturday.
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What a strange show Mozart in the Jungle is! Amazon’s comedy set behind the scenes of a symphony orchestra will be a loving, transcendent look at the process of creating art in one scene, then undone by strained attempts at goofy comedy in the next.
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A group of activists and militiamen protesting the federal prosecution of two ranchers occupied a remote federal building in the rural southeastern corner of Oregon, the authorities said.
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It’s because its his 6th picture on the mountain becuase he wouldn’t keep still and has been told off. Rocks … Seen one, seen ’em all. -
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Donald Trump says Hillary Clinton is ‘constantly playing the woman card’ | US news | The Guardian
Donald Trump has taken another shot at Hillary Clinton, telling CBS’s Face the Nation in an interview to be broadcast on Sunday: “She’s constantly playing the woman card. It’s the only way she may get elected.”
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I am in hell—or its equivalent. Specifically, I am in an IEP (Individual Educational Plan) meeting for my 14-year-old daughter, a special-education student in Prince George’s County, Maryland.
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Five employees of the publisher Mighty Current and its retail arm, Causeway Bay Bookstore, have disappeared from Hong Kong, and pro-democracy leaders say that they were kidnapped to the mainland by PRC security forces in retaliation for publishing b…
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‘Catastrophic damage’: Midwest flood death toll rises to 24 | US news | The Guardian
As the Mississippi River and its tributaries retreated from historic winter levels that flooded towns, forced evacuations and killed two dozen people, residents in the St Louis area were facing a massive cleanup and recovery effort that will likely …
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Oculus Rift’s Innovative Virtual Reality Controllers Are Already in Trouble | Motherboard
Sorry to keep banging the pessimistic drum on virtual reality, but Oculus Rift’s launch this year is shaping up to be challenging at best.
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Paris: Voice of the Suburbs – Al Jazeera English
Widad Ketfi is a bold journalist for Bondy Blog, a news outlet set up to give young journalists in Paris’ deprived suburbs an opportunity to shape their own narrative and combat negative stereotypes depicted in the mainstream media.
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Don’t suffer internet trolls gladly
But it’s not the legal sense of the term that’s the problem; it’s the colloquial sense of the term—the idea that people should be able to say whatever they want on the Internet, even if, maybe even especially when, what they have to say is antagonis…
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Ars drives the McLaren 650S Spider | Ars Technica
OK, we’ll admit it—there was a lot of excitement in the office leading up to our time with the McLaren 650S Spider. And why not? This is a proper carbon fiber supercar, built in the same factory as one of the most successful and storied Formula 1 te…
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Flood warnings remain for parts of Scotland : environment
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A Week After India Banned It, Facebook’s Free Basics Shuts Down in Egypt : technology
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Singer Chris Brown investigated for alleged battery – BBC News
US singer Chris Brown is being investigated by Las Vegas police over an allegation of battery. Officers were contacted at 10:30 local time (18:30 GMT) on Saturday about the alleged incident at the Palms Casino resort, according to Lt Jeff Goodwin.
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Protests flare in Srinagar over executions in Saudi Arabia – BBC News
Protests have broken out in Indian-administered Kashmir against Saudi Arabia’s execution of 47 people, including prominent Shia cleric Sheikh Nimr al-Nimr. Hundreds of Shia Muslims clashed with police in Kashmir’s main city of Srinagar.
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Huge natural gas leak in California will take months to fix, officials say | US news | The Guardian
The escape of tons of natural gas from storage under a Los Angeles neighborhood is not likely to be fixed for at least another two months because of the specific dynamics of the leak, according to officials.
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Conservationists betting on bees to ease clash of humans and elephants | World news | The Guardian
A community near the famed Serengeti national park in Tanzania is enlisting the help of bees to reduce escalating tensions with elephants that enrage locals by trampling upon their crops.
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Saudi Arabia has given Iran’s envoy 24 hours to leave the country : worldnews
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AVG Putting Millions of Chrome Users at Risk : technology
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Senator Bernie Sanders’s presidential campaign raised more than $33 million in the final three months of 2015, as his wide base of small-amount donors enabled him to come within $4 million of the amount raised by Hillary Clinton, his rival for the D…
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Cynicism May Cost You – Scientific American
Most of the world’s population now lives in cities, which means fewer of us know our neighbors. Should we adapt to modern society by raising our guards and looking over our shoulder? Research says no—we are actually not trusting enough, and it could…
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Fresh gunfire and blast heard at India Pathankot base – BBC News
More gunfire and a blast have been heard at an Indian air force base at Pathankot, near the Pakistani border. It follows an earlier attack on the base on Saturday. At least four attackers and seven Indian soldiers have died so far.
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Breaking the DRM on the 1982 Apple ][+ port of Burger Time / Boing Boing
4AM is a prolific computer historian whose practice involves cracking the copy protection on neglected Apple ][+ floppy disks, producing not just games, but voluminous logs that reveal the secret history of the cat-and-mouse between crackers and pub…
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Former NFL players call for medical marijuana to be taken off banned list | Sport | The Guardian
To understand football, Nate Jackson says, you need to remember one inherent truth about the game: a human body was not made to absorb that kind of punishment. Jackson, author of the football memoir Slow Getting Up, spent six seasons playing tight e…
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Four black schoolchildren raced home along a dirt road in Archer, Florida, in 1944, kicking up a dust cloud wake as they ran. They were under strict orders from their mother to run – not lollygag or walk or jog, but run – directly home after hitting…
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In Wartime: Stories From Ukraine by Tim Judah review – humane and haunting | Books | The Guardian
While military matters in Syria have been distracting politicians and pundits alike, Tim Judah’s grim, timely salvo from Ukraine is a reminder that not every war has to revolve around the Middle East.
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The BoomStick makes any wired headphones sound better | The Verge
Most of us would like our music to sound better, even if we’re not willing to do much about it. The only real solution — buying better headphones — costs money, and picking the right ones takes time and effort.
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The Best Columns of 2015 – The Daily Beast
Every year, we catalogue the best columns of the past twelve months here at The Daily Beast. It’s a necessarily subjective selection process, though we crowd-source nominations.
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The BoomStick Gives Your Stock Earbuds A Major Sound Quality Boost | TechCrunch
The standard sets of stock headphones being shipped by companies like Apple and Samsung are, by in large, garbage. For consumers looking to achieve more of a high-end audio experience, their best bet is traditionally in securing a new pair of cans.
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12 ideas for exciting work lunches | Grist
As they say: With time comes (lunch) perspective. And we’ve learned a lot from our mistakes slapdash grilled cheeses, toasts dotted with almost out-of-season baby tomatoes, and miscellaneous photoshoot leftover lunches. 2016 will be our lunch year.
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LIMA, Peru — In a dry canyon strewn with the ruins of a long-dead city, archaeologists have made a discovery they hope will help unravel one of the most tenacious mysteries of ancient Peru: how to read the knotted string records, known as khipus, ke…
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Deadly IS attack on Iraq ex-US Camp Speicher base – BBC News
At least 12 members of the Iraqi security forces have been killed in a suicide bomb attack on the former US base of Camp Speicher, outside Tikrit. There were reports of about five bombers at the camp’s western gates. So-called Islamic State (IS) sai…
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Cancer Cells Can’t Proliferate and Invade at the Same Time – Scientific American
The worst cancer cells don’t sit still. Instead they metastasize—migrate from their original sites and establish new tumors in other parts of the body. Once a cancer spreads, it is harder to eliminate.
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Barbados or bust? Why we shouldn’t holiday-shame public figures | Archie Bland | Opinion | The Guardian Over the last few years, the kindergarten of British public life has firmly established its naughty step: the hearings of its esteemed select committees. tags: Pocket archie bland environment | the guardia news…
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