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This Woman Wears Thousands of Swarming Bees—to Meditate
Do not try this at home. Not that anyone would. Oregonian artist and energy therapist Sara Mapelli, known as the Bee Queen, wears a squirming coat of thousands of honeybees over her topless torso—a performance aimed at helping others conquer fears a…
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VATICAN CITY—Following a guided tour of the excavated ruins beneath St.
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At least 17 bodies have been washed up on the Turkish coast in the latest tragedy to hit migrants and refugees trying to cross the sea to Greece. Their boats are thought to have capsized while crossing to the island of Lesbos.
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Thailand tackles its ‘Seven Deadly Days’ – Al Jazeera English
At no point did I lose consciousness. Instead, I remember the confusion with clarity. One minute, everything is normal – the next, the world is turning upside down at such a pace that my brain can’t keep up and everything starts to swirl around.
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The Graveyard Book by Neil Gaiman – review | Children’s books | The Guardian
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Nobody Owens lives in a graveyard. He has lived there all his life. When he ventures out into the living world for the first time, the dangerous man who killed his parents hears of it and his adventures have just begun. -
Serena Williams retires from Hopman Cup match citing knee inflammation | Sport | The Guardian
Serena Williams retires from Hopman Cup match citing knee inflammation https://t.co/aQTANB1v9q https://t.co/sMbyvylpO7
Serena Williams retired hurt at the Hopman Cup as she attempted to warm-up for her Australian Open title defence. The American did not face Elina Svitolina on Monday because of an inflamed knee, but took to the court against the Australian Jarmila W… -
Why we still don’t know what to make of Kipling | Books | The Guardian
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The Oregon Standoff, Black Lives Matter, and Criminal-Justice Reform – The Atlantic
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The standoff in Oregon between armed militias and federal law-enforcement provides a great moment for reflecting on some of the lessons of Black Lives Matter and the criminal-justice-reform movement that grew over the last year. -
Massive Mao statue towers over fields in China – Al Jazeera English
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A massive gold-painted statue of Communist China’s founding father Mao Zedong has been erected in open countryside in the country’s central province of Henan. Towering some 37 metres over empty fields, the statue shows Mao seated in thoughtful repos… -
Sarah Jeong Is Still Trying to Change Her Facebook Name to ‘A Literal Psyduck’ | Motherboard
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Authorities plan to cut off power to militia at occupied Oregon refuge | US news | The Guardian
Federal authorities are planning to cut off the power of the wildlife refuge in Oregon that has been taken over by militia, exposing the armed occupiers to sub-zero temperatures in an effort to flush them out.
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Garmin’s new Tactix Bravo was made for your everyday SEAL Team Six mission | The Verge
Garmin is known for its rugged and reliable outdoor performance wearables, but one of its newest watches is more suitable for a covert mission than a weekend warrior outing.
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This hub lets you control Bluetooth devices from anywhere in the world | The Verge
Bluetooth devices stop working as soon as you walk away from them. But what if they didn’t? What if you could control a Bluetooth speaker from any corner of your home without getting disconnected? Or what if you could open a Bluetooth door lock even…
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Donald Trump’s new ad shows he’s serious about winning – Vox
Throughout Donald Trump’s rise and hold at the top of national Republican Party polling, there’s been a tendency to dismiss his rhetoric as mere limelight-grabbing antics.
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Garmin’s Varia Vision is like Google Glass for cyclists | The Verge
Heads-up displays may not be ready for general, everyday use — see the first iteration of Google Glass for proof of that — but that doesn’t mean they don’t work well in specialty applications.
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Cheap Clothes Are Too Expensive: Buy Quality Instead
Quality clothes last longer for the money you spend, they’re more comfortable, and they make you look and feel pretty good while you wear them. Best of all, you can find quality anywhere. It comes down to buying less mediocre stuff and using that mo…
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Kuwait Recalls Iran Envoy Amid Saudi Spat | Al Jazeera America
The diplomatic row that has seen Saudi Arabia and the kingdom’s Sunni allies cut ties with Iran widened Tuesday as Kuwait recalled its ambassador to Tehran in the face of growing international concern.
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Obama to Push New Gun Control Measures | Al Jazeera America
President Barack Obama will meet with the United States’ top prosecutor Monday to discuss new firearm control measures, with the White House eyeing executive action as a way to push through ways to curb America’s gun violence.
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The 15-year-old daughter of a woman who was killed along with her boyfriend in Brooklyn was arrested on Monday and charged with two counts of murder, the police said.
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Republican Intellectuals Still Don’t Get Donald Trump | New Republic
Within the space of a few months, Donald Trump has gone from a joke to an imminent threat.
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Passive Fitness Tracking App Human Comes To Android | TechCrunch
Human has been quite popular on iOS, and Android users can now rejoice as the app is now available on the Play Store. As a reminder, Human is a passive app designed to help you stay healthy with a simple goal. Every day, you need to move for 30 minu…
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Garmin’s Augmented Reality Headset Could Be A Dream Come True For Cyclists | TechCrunch
Garmin‘s new Varia Vision device could either be a dream come true for cyclists or a work in progress, but this is definitely an interesting accessory. The Varia Vision is an augmented reality display that you mount to your sunglasses.
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Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro has limited the National Assembly’s powers over the Central Bank. President Maduro approved the changes on Wednesday, but it only became public on Monday.
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Iran: Cutting ties cannot cover S Arabia’s ‘big crime’ – Al Jazeera English
Iran’s President Hassan Rouhani has said Saudi Arabia’s decision to cut diplomatic ties with Tehran “cannot cover its crime” of executing prominent Shia religious leader Nimr al-Nimr.
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Chaos Communication Congress Hackers Invaded Millions of Servers With a Poem | Motherboard
Just before the end of 2015, sys admins all over the world woke up to a whimsical message beaming out of their computer screens. “DELETE your logs. Delete your installations.
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The Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons has found indications that some Syrians have been exposed to sarin or a similar nerve agent. In one case, blood samples showed victims had been exposed to sarin or a sarin-like substance.
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Postal Service honors NASA with stamps : space
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Broadway’s 2015 box office takings have dropped $8m (£5m) from the previous year despite a strong Christmas period. Industry statistics released on Monday show theatres took an overall $1.354bn (£923m) in 2015, compared to 2014’s total of $1.362bn (…
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Road trip through Scotland, Isle of Sky, Scotland [OC] [5184×3456] : EarthPorn
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Beautiful blue sky over Milford Sound, New Zealand [OC][5185×3457] : EarthPorn
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Love Everyone Often Peace Beauty Balance Life Light Magic: Orion spacecraft
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December 2015 was wettest month ever recorded in UK | Environment | The Guardian
December was the wettest month ever recorded in the UK, with almost double the rain falling than average, according to data released by the Met Office on Tuesday.
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Is Pre-K All It’s Cracked Up To Be? | FiveThirtyEight
Prekindergarten is extremely popular. President Obama made expanding pre-K a major policy goal.
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The Greatest Scene of Space Dandy to Date. – YouTube
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Kuwait Has Now Withdrawn Its Ambassador from Iran | VICE News
Kuwait became the latest country to recall its ambassador from Iran on Tuesday, as protesters in Iran and Iraq marched for a third day in protest at Saudi Arabia’s execution of a dissident Shia cleric.
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For more than two months, California has experienced a slow-moving environmental disaster: Methane leaking from a faulty natural gas well near Los Angeles neighborhood Porter Ranch has displaced thousands of families and is releasing the greenhouse …
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I’ve just returned from CES Unveiled – a surreal smorgasbord of tech inventions great and small. The event is designed to offer a preview of some of the 3,500 exhibitors who are flocking to Las Vegas this week to show off their creations at the worl…
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This Huge Loophole Helps the Meat Industry Hide Its Pollution | Mother Jones
This story was originally published by Reveal and from the Center for Investigative Reporting is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. Subscribe to the podcast and learn more at revealnews.org.
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Fire crews said the popular electrical product was charging in a girl’s bedroom in the Melbourne suburb of Strathmore when the blaze started. Acting deputy chief officer Robert Purcell from Metropolitan Fire Brigade said there was total devastation …
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It’s Not Just Militia Members Who Want to Take Over Federal Land | Mother Jones
As a young man, Ken Ivory served as a Mormon missionary in Guatemala. These days, he’s still looking for converts.
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No taboo should be off limits when writing for teenagers | Children’s books | The Guardian
Ask an author on a teen/YA panel at a literature festival “Is anything off-limits in writing for teenagers?” and I’ll give you short odds on the answer being “No”. Related: Judy Blume’s Forever: the first and last word on teen sex?
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President Obama Announces Executive Actions to Stop Gun Violence – The Atlantic
President Obama will outline a series of executive actions on Tuesday to curb gun violence as he acts on his own to accomplish what he could not persuade Congress to do.
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The Obama Administration’s New Crackdown on Migrant Families – The Atlantic
In November 2014, Barack Obama made one of the most significant unilateral decisions of his presidency, announcing wholesale changes in the way the federal government would enforce immigration laws. No longer would the vast majority of immigrants wh…
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When does science finally take ‘no’ for an answer? —…
No-shows are a commonplace, though often hidden, part of the process of scientific discovery. Theories predict. That’s their job.
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Huge currency zones don’t work – we need one per cit…
How many currencies does the world need? Actually, let’s make this more concrete. The euro was a colossal bet on the proposition that Europe, at any rate, needs only one. You will have noticed that the experiment is going badly.
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Tensions flare over environmental threat of Canadian gold mine in Kyrgyzstan https://t.co/sQcldf8FrL https://t.co/BagKwA8FJH
The remote Issyk Kul province in eastern Kyrgyzstan, on the border with China, is home to some of the most stunning vistas of the rugged Tian Shan mountain range that cuts through much of Central Asia. -
HP’s EliteBook Folio is like a MacBook that runs Windows | The Verge
The tech world has traditionally cared more about how a thing works than how a thing looks. But how a thing looks — and the feeling you get while using it — can be every bit as important.
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India: ‘World’s wettest place’ suffers water shortage – Al Jazeera English
Meghalaya state, India – For those recently debating climate change at the global summit in Paris, the coinciding deluge in India’s southern city of Chennai seemed a powerful illustration that the gathering urgently needed to succeed in its aims.
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Justin Trudeau made a splash in Canada – now the real test begins | World news | The Guardian
Canada’s telegenic new prime minister, Justin Trudeau, made a good first impression on the world stage after the surprise Liberal victory swept the former Conservative government from power last October.
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Paving The Way For Women In Science And Tech | TechCrunch
The topic of women in science and tech is inevitably personal. Author Eileen Pollack was one of the first women to get a physics degree from Yale at a time when women in science was incredibly rare.
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Scottish minister defends budget cuts as flood warning remains | UK news | The Guardian
Flood-stricken communities across Scotland remain on alert on Tuesday morning, as Scotland’s finance minister rebutted claims that cuts were threatening the efficiency of the country’s flood forecasting agency.
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A wet, but mild, December was a record-breaking month, the Met Office’s final figures show – but why was it so extreme and can we expect more of the same? It was the warmest December since records began in 1910 – and the wettest of any calendar mont…
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Residents worried as Taliban claims latest Kabul attack – Al Jazeera English
The Taliban has claimed responsibility for a suicide attack on a compound for foreign contractors that killed at least one civilian and wounded 34 others. Officials said there did not appear to be any casualties inside the compound.
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Former Ku Klux Klan Grand Wizard Says Donald Trump Speaks ‘A Lot More Radically’ Than He Does – MTV
In a recent interview, former KKK Grand Wizard David Duke said that 2016 presidential hopeful Donald Trump speaks “a lot more radically” than he does.
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Sales of guns in the US are rising, just as President Barack Obama unveils control measures designed to limit the availability of weapons. Shares in gun makers Smith & Wesson and Sturm Ruger jumped on news of strong sales in the final months of last…
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Bob Mortimer has been cleared by doctors to go on tour with comedy partner Vic Reeves after having a triple heart bypass operation. Vic and Bob cancelled the first leg of their 25th anniversary UK tour last October because he needed surgery.
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How has the warm December affected your garden? https://t.co/73OEt2MFaK https://t.co/40JCVNFOzH
December 2015 was a double record-breaking month according to figures from the Met Office. Last month was the warmest December on record since 1910 – and the wettest of any calendar month in that time. -
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I just got my first puppy! Reddit, meet Walter. He is a miniature goldendoodle. : aww
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Obersee, Berchtesgadener Land, Bavaria, Germany [OC] [5184×4356] : EarthPorn
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Peace Love Beauty Wisdom Balance Imagination Truth Consciousness, 2016 preview http://bit.ly/1UsHWce
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Love Everyone Often Peace Beauty Balance Life Light Magic: 2016 preview
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Thousands of pink bottles wash up on Cornish beaches – video | UK news | The Guardian
Video from Ross Hocking, the manager of the Pohldu cafe in Cornwall, shows a clear-up operation near the cafe on Tuesday after thousand of pink plastic bottles began washing up on Pohldu beach.
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The giant homage to the communist leader was paid for by local businessmen, who spent nearly 3 million yuan ($460,000; £313,000), reports say. The gold-coloured giant sits in farmland in Tongxu county, Henan Province, central China.
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Inflation in the eurozone remained at 0.2% in December, unchanged from November, official statistics show. Price growth in food, alcohol and tobacco slowed slightly compared with November, while the drop in energy prices was also smaller, according …
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More than 20 die as cold blast grips Poland – Al Jazeera English
Temperatures continued to plunge in Poland over the weekend, killing 21 people, officials have said. This brings the total of weather-related deaths over the past two months to 40.
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What Animals Will Trend in 2016? | Motherboard
This year, rather than writing our own predictions, we decided to have Motherboard interview each other. I am the lucky one that got to pick Motherboard editor-in-chief Derek Mead’s brain about the future.
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Organisers say there are 31 groups of lanterns on display – from traditional Chinese elements such as dragons and pandas to a tribute to Italy’s Tower of Pisa.
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VW shares slide after US Department of Justice files lawsuit | Business | The Guardian
FRShares in Volkswagen are sliding after the US Justice Department sued the German automaker over emissions-cheating software fitted to diesel vehicles. Volkswagen’s shares were 3.1% lower at €122.
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Spanish police say they have seized three tonnes of cocaine and arrested 12 suspected drugs smugglers from Britain, the Netherlands and Spain. The drugs were recovered in the north-western Galicia region, and are thought to have been be bound for a …
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TEHRAN — When a Saudi state executioner beheaded the prominent Shiite dissident Sheikh Nimr al-Nimr on Saturday, the Shiite theocracy in Iran took it as a deliberate provocation by its regional rival and dusted off its favored playbook, unleashing h…
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Environmental authorities in Beijing say the Chinese capital’s air quality in 2015 was better than the year before despite the city’s first two red alerts for pollution late in the year.
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Voice control your Volvo from your Microsoft Band 2 | The Verge
The Volvo XC90 is perhaps the best SUV on the market today. The Microsoft Band 2 is a capable but somewhat niche smartband. Combine them and you can use voice control your Volvo from your wrist. Yes, it’s not unlike Knight Rider.
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Hiroshima by John Hersey – survivors’ stories carry weight of history | Books | The Guardian
A quiet hysteria buzzed through Hiroshima in the summer of 1945. The Americans had been firebombing Japan for weeks, and it was one of only two key cities they had not yet hit.
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Climate change could dry up global power production, study warns | Environment | The Guardian
Thousands of power plants around the world may face severe reductions in their ability to generate electricity by mid-century due to water shortages, according to new research.
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Refugees, including children, drown off coast of Turkey – Al Jazeera English
At least 21 people, including three children, have drowned off Turkey’s Aegean coast after their boat capsized in rough seas.
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Downton Abbey could go out on a high after its final series was nominated for the best drama prize at this year’s National Television Awards. The ITV saga, which has won three times in the last four years, is up against Doctor Who, Broadchurch and C…
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French telecoms operators Orange and Bouygues have confirmed that they are in talks over a possible merger. In separate statements, Orange said that the talks were “preliminary” while Bouygues said that “no decisions have been taken”.
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Kuwait recalls ambassador to Iran as row escalates – Al Jazeera English
Kuwait has recalled its ambassador to Iran, in the latest episode of a regional diplomatic crisis following the execution of a prominent religious leader in Saudi Arabia, the official Kuwait News Agency reported.
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The Gambia’s government has banned its female employees from leaving their hair uncovered at work, a leaked memo quoted by private newspapers says. Women should use a “head tie and neatly wrap their hair”, the memo said, without giving reasons for t…
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D-Link’s Smart Alarm Detector will text you when your house is on fire | The Verge
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D-Link has announced a new device that sends alerts to your smartphone whenever your smoke alarm or carbon monoxide detector goes off at home. -
Yoga and dance across the Atlantic – in pictures | Life and style | The Guardian
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Skip to main content Yoga Yoga and dance across the Atlantic – in pictures Photographer Kristina Kashtanova captures athletes striking incredible poses at beautiful locations across London and New York Tuesday 5 January 2016 04. -
Former goalkeeper Brad Friedel appointed head coach of USA Under-19s | Football | The Guardian
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Brad Friedel will take his first steps in management as head coach of the United States Under-19s. The former Tottenham, Aston Villa, Blackburn and Liverpool goalkeeper ended his playing career in the summer at the age of 44. -
The mayor of Cologne has summoned police for crisis talks after about 80 women reported sexual assaults and muggings by men on New Year’s Eve. The scale of the attacks on women at the city’s central train station has shocked Germany. About 1,000 dru…
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Palestinian circus performer jailed ‘for no reason’ – Al Jazeera English
Late last year, Mohammed Faisal Abu Sakha was stopped by Israeli security forces and arrested while on his way to work.
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Indian Hyperlocal Delivery Startup Grofers Pulls Out Of 9 Cities | TechCrunch
Grofers, the Indian on-demand delivery service startup backed by top investors, confirmed today that it has stopped operating in nine cities as first reported in Inc42.
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Robert Stigwood, who managed Cream and the Bee Gees before producing the rock musicals Saturday Night Fever and Grease has died at the age of 81. The Australian impresario’s death was confirmed on Facebook by Spencer Gibb, son of Bee Gees star Robin…
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Chinese Parents Want 2nd Children Registered | Al Jazeera America
Chinese parents who had children outside the country’s one-child policy protested outside the family planning commission Tuesday in an attempt to have their fines canceled now that all couples are allowed to have two kids.
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An Indian teenager has scored 1,000 runs in a single innings to set a new world record in school cricket. Pranav Dhanawade broke the previous record of 628 set by Arthur Collins in 1899 on Monday.
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For a list of all the latest deals, check out the transfers page. Manchester United are ready to make a summer offer of more than £75m for Real Madrid forward Gareth Bale, 26, after the Spanish club sacked manager Rafael Benitez on Monday.
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The Name of this Book is Secret by Pseudonymous Bosch – review | Children’s books | The Guardian
Cass is 11 years old and is the female protagonist of the story; she is prepared for every disaster going from floods, to tornadoes and drives everyone crazy with her constant fretting about the next catastrophic calamity that could occur.
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Ensure your Apple earpods don’t fall out again with Earhoox / Boing Boing
Earbuds often don’t fit well, a literally uncomfortable truth that extends to even Apple EarPods. Earhoox offer an easy solution in the form of silicone molds that wrap around your EarPods, helping them apply traction and pressure to key points on y…
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Astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson, the most prominent public defender of science education and funding, frequently comes in for some good-natured ribbing for his genial pedantry, ascension to Carl Sagan’s unofficial spokesmanship, and downgrading o…
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The main suspect in the latest propaganda video by so-called Islamic State is thought to be Briton Siddhartha Dhar, an official source tells the BBC.
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Tyga Is a Creepy Predator Who Is Attracted to Underage Girls – The Daily Beast
Tyga was always a bit of a joke. The 26-year-old rapper, whose real name, Michael Ray Stevenson, resembles that of a redneck assassin, achieved moderate fame and fortune on the back of his hit single “Rack City,” a terribly silly track about making …
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New Zealand sealed a 3-1 one-day series win against Sri Lanka with a Martin Guptill century helping them to a 36-run victory at Mount Maunganui. The Black Caps scored 294-5 with Guptill hitting 102, before Sri Lanka were dismissed for 258.
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Vikings – Season 4 Trailer : television
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Scientists Track Undersea Noise Pollution as Ship Traffic Swells : environment
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EL James wades in to help flood-hit Yorkshire cricket club | Books | The Guardian
She may be more well-known for BDSM than LBW, but Fifty Shades of Grey author EL James has lent her support to a campaign to raise money for a flood-hit cricket club by personally donating a signed set of her erotic fiction trilogy.
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CES Day 1 is over and the trends are already clear | The Verge
The CES show floor doesn’t open until Wednesday, but the conference kicked off tonight with CES Unveiled, a more intimate (aka small, dense, and noisy) event where an eclectic mixture of companies come to preview their new products.
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How Michael Grant’s Gone series cured my iPad addiction | Children’s books | The Guardian
I realise now that my tablet/ipad addiction had been getting out of control and was stopping me from reading. So this is the story of how one book series changed that (or at least helped a bit…). My “eureka read” is in two parts and my “eureka momen…
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A threatened bluefin tuna has sold for US$118,000 (£80,000/AU$164,000) at the first auction of the year at Tokyo’s Tsukiji fish market on Tuesday. It was bought by sushi restaurant chain boss Kiyoshi Kimura who took the fish back to one of his resta…
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Obama takes executive action to tighten US gun control – Al Jazeera English
US President Barack Obama is to issue a set of executive orders to tighten gun control in a bid to reduce firearm-related deaths in the country.
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Space in Videos – 2015 – 12 – Preview 2016
2016 will be another full and exciting year for the European Space Agency. This ESA TV video takes a look at what’s ahead. It will be a ‘Martian year’ in particular with the ExoMars launch next March and with the landing of its descent module in Oct…
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Caught my two kittens having a snuggle this evening. : cats
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[OC] Three Mills Waterfall Nohn Eifel Germany [3264×1840] : EarthPorn
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Hallstatt, Austria via /r/pics https://t.co/PxYfb8CKnN https://t.co/oi4zUSSaCl
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EFF blasts T-Mobile’s Binge On, calls for FCC investigation | The Verge
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The Electronic Frontier Foundation has taken a thorough look at T-Mobile’s new Binge On feature, which lets customers watch video from Netflix, HBO, Hulu, and others without it counting against their data plan. -
Calif. Gas Disaster Highlights Patchwork of Laws | Al Jazeera America
Since Oct. 23, 2015, plumes of methane have been spewing out of a storage facility 25 miles northwest of downtown Los Angeles in a section of town called Porter Ranch. The disaster has been compared by environmental groups to the BP oil spill in the…
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Indonesia Cashback Service Snapcart Lands $1.7M Ahead Of Southeast Asia Expansion | TechCrunch
Snapcart, an Indonesia-based startup that runs a service offering consumers rewards in exchange for scans of their shopping receipts, has closed $1.675 million in funding just four months after launch.
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New York State Homeless Rules to Change | Al Jazeera America
Police departments in New York on Tuesday began implementing an executive order by Gov.
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In 1950, Gwendolyn Brooks (June 7, 1917–December 2, 2000) became the first black woman to receive the Pulitzer Prize for Poetry. She was only thirty-three.
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Oregon standoff and a clear case of white privilege – Al Jazeera English
Although heavily armed, bent on a standoff with police, and organised by militiamen with prior criminal convictions, the police did not resist. No tear gas was sprayed. Not a single shot was fired. Nor a single arrest made. Rather, the seizure of fe…
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A 200kg (440lb) bluefin tuna sold for 14 million yen ($117,283; £80,000) at the first auction of the year at Tokyo’s Tsukiji Fish Market.It is the fifth time in a row the buyer, Kiyoshi Kimura, president of a sushi restaurant chain, won the bid.
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Samsung’s leaked Windows tablet looks a lot like Microsoft’s Surface | The Verge
Everyone is copying Microsoft’s Surface tablet. Whether it’s Lenovo, HP, Google, Apple, or Dell, it feels like the entire PC industry is heavily inspired by Microsoft’s combination of tablet, removable keyboard, and stylus.
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A sushi restaurant in Japan has paid US$118,000 (£80,000/AU$164,000) for a bluefin tuna at the first auction of the year at Tokyo’s Tsukiji market, despite repeated warnings that the prized fish is heading towards extinction.
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Facebook just gave us one more reason never to trust it : technology
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White House Will Require Licenses for Gun Show Dealers : politics
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This Viral Comic Nails the Racist Hypocrisy Toward Oregon’s Militiamen : Liberal
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Virginia Woolf wrote in her breathtaking recollection of the insight that made her an artist. “The whole world is a work of art… there is no Shakespeare… no Beethoven… no God; we are the words; we are the music; we are the thing itself.”
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Where is the most cycle-friendly city in the world? | Cities | The Guardian
The future of cycling in the UK was dealt a bad hand when George Osborne’s Spending Review revealed a new commitment of £300m to cycling investment to 2020/21. While that might sound like a lot, it equates to around £1.
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Avenue of Mysteries by John Irving review – dreaming the past into life | Books | The Guardian
“Writing a novel is actually searching for victims,” John Irving told the Paris Review in 1986, when he had published six novels, including The World According to Garp; his next would come three years later, with A Prayer for Owen Meany, which remai…
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Retailer Next has blamed the warm weather in the final few weeks of last year for a “disappointing” trading performance in the run-up to Christmas. The company also said trading at its Next Directory operation had been difficult, due in part to poor…
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Saudi Arabia: Iran row ‘no effect’ in Syria-Yemen wars – Al Jazeera English
Saudi Arabia has said its decision to break diplomatic ties with Iran will not affect efforts to negotiate peace in Syria and Yemen – where the two regional heavyweights support opposite sides.
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Smoke rings sent into space… : space
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A girl who lost arm to cancer receives three-legged kitten for Christmas : pics
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This blue house stood out as I was walking by. : pics
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Biotech Startups Hit the Ground Running, With Five Filing IPO Plans Today | TechCrunch
If we had to gamble on it, we’d bet the IPO market will be far more brisk this year than last year, which was the worst year for tech IPOs in particular since 2009. Even still, it came as a bit of a surprise today when not one or three but five biot…
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Thailand’s forest rangers step up training in violent ‘blood wood’ war | Environment | The Guardian
It’s dawn in Thailand’s Eastern forest, and the sound of combat boots echoes through the jungle mist at Ta Phraya national park’s headquarters. The stomping boots belong to forest rangers on a counter-poaching tactics course.
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West Indies cricketer Chris Gayle has apologised after asking a reporter out during a live television interview. Journalist Mel McLaughlin was reportedly left angry and upset after Gayle abruptly asked her out during an interview in Hobart on Monday…
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Hyundai’s augmented reality app helps idiot-proof car maintenance | The Verge
Cars are really complex these days. Even simple vehicle-related tasks can be can be difficult if you’re not car-savvy and you need to follow the instructions in the ever-growing owner’s manual. To make life easier for its owners, Hyundai has built a…
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Writing an anti-cycling column? Maybe read this first | Environment | The Guardian
Maybe it’s just the end-of-year effect, with ideas running low and a couple more commissions to fulfil. Or perhaps it’s just the traditional news lull over the festive period, obliging newspaper columnists to dig into their own experiences and preju…
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Welcome back Super Friends! “Blood Bonds” picks up right where “Hostile Takeover” left off, with Kara battling her Uncle Non as he tries to rob Lord Technologies. Yet rather than take a propulsive leap forward, “Blood Bonds” mostly feels like a step…
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Baltimore Named City With Best Quality Of Pigeon Life – The Onion – America’s Finest News Source
BALTIMORE—Noting key indicators such as safety, health, and climate, a new survey published Tuesday in the Wall Street Journal ranked Baltimore the number-one city in the U.S. for quality of pigeon life.
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WASHINGTON—According to a Pew Research Center poll released Tuesday, the majority of registered voters in the U.S. chose Democratic frontrunner Hillary Clinton as the candidate they would most like to have an 8-ounce glass of tap water with.
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The Central Question in the Bill Cosby Criminal Case – The New Yorker
Bill Cosby’s fate may come down to a single legal question—which happens to be one of the most controversial and difficult questions in all of criminal law.
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Your 2016 New Year’s resolutions in TV-watching begin here · Preview · The A.V. Club
The beginning of January is typically the time when optimistic people full of renewed energies from the holidays embark on a set of New Year’s resolutions, usually involving joining a gym, beginning a new diet, or maybe even cutting down on all that…
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Oh, weary traveler, if you’ve come here in search of answers about the ancient prophecy that foretold a fantasy show secretly designed to be drinking game, rest your feet; you found it.
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New Girl starts new season, skips straight to wedding episode · What’s On Tonight · The A.V. Club
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Beyond Star Trek: Beyond: 79 of our most anticipated entertainments of 2016, part 2 https://t.co/DaWCtpBH26 https://t.co/5owrEcB0zQ
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Presidential candidates allege fraud in CAR election – Al Jazeera English
Some 20 of 30 presidential candidates in the Central African Republic’s election have called on authorities to stop counting the votes, alleging fraud. They made the demand at a news conference on Monday, after nearly 40 percent of the ballots had b…
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Faraday Future said its battery-powered FFZero1 would project information over the driver’s view and include a smartphone dock in its steering wheel.
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You know Monday Night Raw is in a sorry state when even the simplest of episodes seems noteworthy. That’s the case with tonight’s Raw.
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Oregon Rancher ‘Heroes’ Accused of Child Abuse – The Daily Beast
A photo of a teenage boy with two bizarre wounds on his chest suggests that child abuser might be a better description than hero for the two ranchers in whose name so-called militia members have taken over a federal building in Oregon.
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My 7 year old daughter and a 10 month old Great Dane pup! : aww
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Well, now I know who took my portal gun. : cats
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Bellowing Stag Image, United Kingdom – National Geographic Photo of the Day
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Faraday Future’s FFZERO1 concept car looks even weirder up close | The Verge
How do you get in? It’s a valid question. There is no obvious way in or out of the FFZERO1 — but then again, there is no obvious reality in this car.
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Watch Faraday Future say that its new car platform will be as disruptive as the iPhone | The Verge
Are Ford, GM, and BMW the new Motorola, Nokia, and Blackberry?
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How the Saudis Churn Out ‘Jihad Inc.’ – The Daily Beast
I had to see just one detail on the night of the San Bernardino killings to get a clue about the shooters’ ultraconservative leaning.On the Facebook page for Syed Farook’s mother, the 62-year-old Rafia, I studied her “likes.
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Bellowing Stag Image, United Kingdom – National Geographic Photo of the Day
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Winter in the swinging bog | Environment | The Guardian
On this raw winter’s day a scalpel-sharp wind slices across my face as I head down the ancient steps in St Chad’s churchyard, each one created from gravestones, all slippery with leaves.
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A Confident Ben Carson Shows Up on Staten Island as Donald Trump – The Daily Beast
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So Now Muslims Can Be Fired for Praying? – The Daily Beast
So Now Muslims Can Be Fired for Praying? https://t.co/HoGVkOf1uN https://t.co/U4IBnzWHGC
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Does Airbnb Have an Orgy Refund Policy? – The Daily Beast
Does Airbnb Have an Orgy Refund Policy? https://t.co/PLZyn1936C https://t.co/8snnga4MOG
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Are the Terrorists Winning a Year After Charlie Hebdo? – The Daily Beast
Are the Terrorists Winning a Year After Charlie Hebdo? https://t.co/5ubCsP6B2d https://t.co/urL7hQG1ks
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How to Survive the Heroin Epidemic – The Daily Beast
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The execution of the popular Shiite cleric Sheikh Nimr al-Nimr and 46 other prisoners on Saturday was about the worst way Saudi Arabia could have started what promises to be a grim and tumultuous year in the kingdom and across the Middle East.
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Trump Revisits Muslim Ban in First Tv Ad | Al Jazeera America
Republican presidential hopeful Donald Trump is giving some of the most divisive proposals of his campaign a starring role in his first television ad — although the billionaire developer faced questions about the footage he chose to illustrate his a…
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Evidence discovered by a BBC investigation shows child labour is being used on land owned by the Catholic Church. The land is leased to a company who use the land to grow tea.
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The US said it “expects” Pakistan to act against perpetrators of a deadly attack on an Indian air force base. The state department’s John Kirby said Pakistan must target militant groups.
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Lego’s classroom robotics kit goes wireless | The Verge
Lego’s entry-level robotics set is getting an overhaul. The brickmaker today is announcing WeDo 2.0 for elementary classrooms, which will both teach science-related concepts and, more importantly, let children build and program Lego robots.
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Ford will have way more fully autonomous research cars on the road this year | The Verge
In a release this evening, Ford says it’s doubling down on its self-driving research — tripling down, actually, going from 10 fully autonomous cars in its fleet up to “about 30” this year.
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Ford wants to integrate your smart home and your smart car | The Verge
Ford is exploring integrating its cars with the Amazon Echo and the Wink smart home platform, and it seems like something AT&T could have told us about in its early-90s “You Will” marketing campaign.
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How Michael Fassbender Made Steve Jobs Human – The Daily Beast
Steve Jobs opens with a mission. Or maybe it’s a vision.
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China Launches a New High-Tech Spy Ship – The Daily Beast
The Chinese navy has just commissioned a new high-tech spy ship—at least its fourth since 1999.
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The Hexoskin smart shirt will have that thing that makes it a smart shirt | The Verge
Hexoskin, the smart clothing company that successfully funded its first connected fitness shirt through Indiegogo, is launching a new crowdfunding campaign.
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Does Airbnb Have an Orgy Refund Policy? – The Daily Beast
Justine Smith didn’t really mind that the two people who were renting out a room of her Montreal apartment through Airbnb on New Year’s Eve were doing cocaine in her living room.
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Who Thought This Lesbian Viral Video Was a Good Idea? – The Daily Beast
I’m done watching people try things for the first time on the Internet.
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China’s Hidden Protests – The Daily Beast
HONG KONG—Three years ago, a cluster of public school teachers stood before a government building in Nanjing, ringed by police officers. Helmets and shields were stacked on the pavement nearby. The teachers weren’t shouting.
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Why Hillary Can’t Shake Bill’s Affairs – The Daily Beast
It’s the “Bimbo Eruption” Redux. As you may have seen, Paula Jones reappeared on Sunday, giving a lengthy interview to a conservative radio host that Brietbart.com pantingly promoted, charging that Hillary Clinton is the enemy of American women.
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How to Survive the Heroin Epidemic – The Daily Beast
The latest opiate-related mortality statistics, taken from 2014, are in and we’re seeing more of the same. The death toll rose 14 percent in the last year, making it apparent that, so far, attempts to stem the flow of death have not worked.
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Are the Terrorists Winning a Year After Charlie Hebdo? – The Daily Beast
PARIS—“I do jihad! I’m gonna fuck you! I’m gonna place bombs! I’m gonna fuck you and I’m gonna cut your throat, and I’m gonna cut the throats of your fathers and mothers and brothers and sisters!” said the man on the Paris Metro, rambling on and on …
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A Confident Ben Carson Shows Up on Staten Island as Donald Trump – The Daily Beast
STATEN ISLAND — “Who said there weren’t warm people in New York?” Ben Carson began, beaming on the stage of a small ballroom in the Hilton Garden Inn on Staten Island.
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So Now Muslims Can Be Fired for Praying? – The Daily Beast
If 190 Christians were fired en masse from their jobs for wanting to pray for a few minutes, there would be outrage! Franklin Graham would be screaming from the rooftops. Fox News would break into its coverage of Christian victimization to do a spec…
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Meals on Wheels…but for Pot – The Daily Beast
Eighteen years after Alaskans were granted permission to use medical marijuana, there is still not a single place to buy it. It’s a cruel conundrum caused by the lack of a provision about dispensaries in the bill legalizing it.
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The Celebrity Surgeon Who Used Love, Money, and the Pope to Scam an NB | Vanity Fair
The first meeting between Benita Alexander, an award-winning producer for NBC News, and Dr. Paolo Macchiarini, the famous transplant surgeon, took place at the bar at Boston’s Mandarin Oriental hotel.
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‘Veteran for Trump’ Backed the Bundys – The Daily Beast
Jerry DeLemus may be from New Hampshire, but his heart is in Oregon, where the offspring of his beloved former associate Cliven Bundy are holding a refuge on federal land hostage.
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LEGO Education is launching a new version of its WeDo robotics kit for elementary school students at CES today. Just like its predecessor, WeDo 2.0 is meant to introduce students to robotics, engineering and programming, but it’s also meant as a too…
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APOD: 2016 January 4 – Earthset from the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter
Explanation: On the Moon, the Earth never rises — or sets. If you were to sit on the surface of the Moon, you would see the Earth just hang in the sky. This is because the Moon always keeps the same side toward the Earth.
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Electric car company Faraday Future unveiled its first concept car, the FFZero1, at CES 2016 this evening in Las Vegas, Nevada. And true to an earlier leaked image, it looks a lot like the Batmobile.
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Lake Wenatchee State Park, WA [OC] [5344×3008] : EarthPorn
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This is Faraday Future’s ridiculous 1,000-horsepower electric concept car | The Verge
Faraday Future — the California-based electric car company that’s been operating in stealth mode for the past year and a half — made its first big splash on the eve of CES this week with the unveiling of the FFZERO1, a high-performance concept car.
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Elon Musk’s Competition Just Got Real | Vanity Fair
Ever since its founding 18 months ago, the California-based electric-car start-up Faraday Future has been cloaked in mystery—from its unnamed, deep-pocketed funders to its grandiose product plans. Even its moniker was suitably vague.
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A Model Aircraft Pilot Is Suing the FAA Over Its New Drone Registration Rules | Motherboard
Last month, the FAA released an “interim final rule” that makes it illegal for anyone to fly a drone without first registering it with the government. That someone decided to sue the agency over it isn’t surprising, because the regulation is controv…
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Whats good? Your boy Kimbo here. Special shout out to Camsoda.com crew for helping me connect with my fans. This is dope. I’m sure you have heard but I have a Bellator fight Feb 19 live on Spike TV so make sure you tune in!
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Dutch government backs strong encryption, condemns backdoors : technology
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Haiti Vote Problems Due to Incompetence | Al Jazeera America
Commission member Rosny Desroches said only 8 percent of the tally sheets and other documents they examined from the Oct. 25 vote were free of any irregularities. But the commission said that was not a sign of rampant vote-rigging as the opposition …
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West Indies cricketer Chris Gayle says he was “joking” when he asked a reporter out on live television. Journalist Mel McLaughlin was reportedly left angry and upset after Gayle abruptly asked her out during an interview in Hobart on Monday night.
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Coachella: Guns N’ Roses, LCD Soundsystem, Calvin Harris Lead Lineup | Rolling Stone
Coachella: Guns N’ Roses, LCD Soundsystem, Calvin Harris Lead Lineup Disclosure, Ice Cube, Grimes, Run the Jewels, Sia, the 1975, A$AP Rocky and many more recruited to play Indio fest
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Robert Stigwood, Bee Gees Manager and Film Producer, Dead at 81 | Rolling Stone
Robert Stigwood, manager of Rock and Roll Hall of Fame groups like Cream and the Bee Gees and producer of films like Saturday Night Fever and Grease, passed away. Stigwood was 81.
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Open thread for night owls: Building the U.S. nuclear arsenal has killed thousands
Peter Sellers as Dr. Strangelove, the ex-Nazi nuclear expert, one of three roles he played in the 1964 Stanley Kubrick film of the same name. Lawrence Wittner writes—American Casualties of the U.S.
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Peace Love Beauty Wisdom Balance Imagination Truth Consciousness, New Order – Thieves Like Us…
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My friend found a cat in the stadium at an NFL game. Security let him keep it. : aww
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Lacrosse player having a bad day. : gifs
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Some Christmas trees may still remain up, but the already contentious Republican presidential campaign is on the verge of entering a new phase, decidedly lacking in the holiday spirit.
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New Order – Thieves Like Us – YouTube
“Thieves Like Us” is a singled released in April 1984 by the legendary label Factory Records. This is the remastered version that came up on the 2008 Collectors Edition of “Power, Corruption & Lies.” The single itself contains an amazing B-side call…
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Blink is a cheap, battery-powered Nest Cam competitor | The Verge
Can two double AA batteries really last a year? Wireless doesn’t always mean wire free. Many smart home products still require plenty of wires, mostly for power.
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Live from Faraday Future at CES 2016 – The Verge
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The wife of a Hong Kong bookseller who reported him missing to police has withdrawn her request for help. It comes as a letter – said to be handwritten by Lee Bo – was published by Taiwan’s Central News Agency.
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Nvidia Announces New Drive PX 2 ‘Supercomputer In A Lunchbox’ For Self-Driving Cars | TechCrunch
Following last year’s Drive CX, Nvidia just announced an updated version of its computing platform for self-driving cars, the Drive PX 2.
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Does an artist ‘owe’ the audience anything?
In politics, at the very core of democratic principles is the idea of power coming from the will of the people. Therefore, the opinions of the population are generally given lots of weight, and governance becomes a shared experience of officials in …
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Puerto Rico has defaulted for the second time in five months, as the island struggles with massive debt obligations and a flagging economy. Last week, the island’s governor said it would pay most, but not all, of the nearly $1bn (£681.6m) it owed, u…
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Owl Floating in the Sink | Bath Time : gifs
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Does an artist ‘owe’ the audience anything?
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Harper Lee’s Go Set a Watchman tops US 2015 bestseller list | Books | The Guardian
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New Order – Age Of Consent – YouTube
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Guns N’ Roses, LCD Soundsystem, and Calvin Harris are headlining Coachella 2016 | The Verge
Coachella is usually one of the biggest and most eclectic music festivals around, and this year is no different. The Indio, CA double-weekend extravaganza usually finds a way to appease both rock-friendly dads and EDM-drunk youth if only through she…
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The 360fly camera, a small, sturdy ball with panoramic views we first discovered at CES 2014, is back again and buddying up with sports brand BRG to bring us live or recorded, 360-degree, stitchless, 4k video for sports enthusiasts – and with all th…
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Ciara and Future’s Baby Drama and the Black Mother Double Standard – The Daily Beast
The ongoing drama surrounding rapper Future, his baby’s mother Ciara and her current fiancé Russell Wilson has played out like primetime soap.
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Bernie Sanders wins hearts by flying coach : Liberal
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Planetary Nebula Kohoutek 4-55 by Joshua Oakley | We Heart It
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New Order – World In Motion [OFFICIAL MUSIC VIDEO] – YouTube
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Catholic Church linked to Uganda child labour – BBC News
During his November visit to Africa, the continent which now counts nearly 200m Roman Catholics, Pope Francis said that children were some of the greatest victims of Africa’s historical exploitation by other powers. He also urged young Africans to r…
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Where Hair Pullers Like Me Are Not Alone | Narratively | Human stories, boldly told.
My first thought was that I’d come late to the party. Groups had already formed in the ballroom of the Marriott Hotel in Chicago, circles of giggling teenage girls and the shy, downcast younger ones who remained at their mothers’ sides. I spotted a …
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Joy Division – Love Will Tear Us Apart [OFFICIAL MUSIC VIDEO] – YouTube
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Obama Takes His Last Shot at Gun Control – The Daily Beast
Nothing has frustrated President Obama more than his inability to get Congress to pass legislation to address the country’s rampant gun violence, so he is going around Congress.
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Hear Rae Sremmurd’s Punishing New Track ‘By Chance’ | Rolling Stone
Hear Rae Sremmurd’s Punishing New Track ‘By Chance’ Mike WiLL Made-It and Resource produce sibling duo’s latest song
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Oregon Town Has Some Sympathy for Militiamen – The Daily Beast
BURNS, Oregon — Driving through town, you don’t get the sense that a group of gun-toting extremists, now calling themselves Citizens for Constitutional Freedoms, have taken over a federal wildlife refuge 30 miles down the road.
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Trust me, I’m an engineer. : gifs
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An old stadium that has been repurposed so people can live in it : pics
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Oregon Town Has Some Sympathy for Militiamen – The Daily Beast
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Obama to Expand Gun Background Checks and Tighten Enforcement https://t.co/ISMYZ4U5Me https://t.co/IOuGIoFcmF
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New game show will challenge contestants to not laugh at Larry The Cable Guy https://t.co/xxFbzOn29j https://t.co/z5JnZ5jaci
Most American game shows aren’t really known for being especially difficult, and they tend to require little more than a basic familiarity with letters or a reasonable level of competence in balancing eggs while Guy Fieri yells in the background. -
D-Link’s insane spider router had terrifying spider children | The Verge
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D-Link made a splash at last year’s Consumer Electronics Show with what can only be described as “the most insane wireless router in the history of mankind. -
Ziro lets you build robots, then control them with a glove | The Verge
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Motion controls often leave a lot to be desired. They can be unreliable, tiring, and not nearly as intuitive as they sound. But even at their most awkward, they confer a kind of regal power. There’s something mystical about waving a palm or clenchin… -
Obama Takes His Last Shot at Gun Control – The Daily Beast
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Lenovo’s Razer collaboration lights up its new gaming PC | The Verge
Lenovo and Razer announced its gaming PC collaboration back in November, and now the first example is on show at CES this week. Lenovo has fitted its existing Ideacenter Y900 with Razer’s Chroma Full Spectrum lighting.
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WASHINGTON — President Obama will announce executive actions on Tuesday intended to expand background checks for some firearm purchases and step up federal enforcement of the nation’s gun laws, White House officials said Monday,
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Site of San Bernardino Massacre Reopens | Al Jazeera America
The office building in San Bernardino, California, where 14 people were massacred last month, reopened on Monday. Security would be heightened for the facility, which was closed in the aftermath of the Dec. 2 shooting, said Inland Regional Center Ex…
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Obama tightening online loophole for gun sales, requiring background checks | Ars Technica
President Barack Obama late Monday directed the US Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives to require those selling guns, whether at a flea market or online, to register as a firearms dealer and to perform background checks on gun purcha…
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Behind a Shopping Center in New Jersey, Signs of a Mass Extinction https://t.co/5g9Bt6dD5v https://t.co/tToL5l3MJK
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Netatmo’s smart security camera might make your smart home paranoid | The Verge
Netatmo’s smart security camera might make your smart home paranoid https://t.co/7xwdIRu5om https://t.co/jzU4KlKnuP
Netatmo’s new Presence outdoor security camera is designed to let you know what objects — humans, animals, and cars, specifically — are moving outside your house at any time. -
China bus fire in Ningxia kills 14 people https://t.co/qL5sn4Jwqg https://t.co/uKcgBjHNWg
A fire on a public bus in the Chinese province of Ningxia has killed 14 people and injured another 32, report state media. -
Tipron is a transforming robot projector that looks like a rolling eyeball | The Verge
Tipron is a transforming robot projector that looks like a rolling eyeball https://t.co/MGqzH29ccr https://t.co/M8LJuGlm8K
The Tipron, developed by Japanese smart device maker Cerevo, looks like a white eye on a sleek robotic stalk and wheeled base — a child’s friendly sidekick droid in some ’70s science fiction movie. It has one purpose: to move around your house and p… -
Climate Change Is Taking A Toll On Farmers’ Mental Health : environment
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MANTUA TOWNSHIP, N.J. — Behind a Lowe’s home improvement store here, scientists are methodically scraping and sifting through a quarry pit that may contain unique insights to the mass extinction that eliminated the dinosaurs.
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New Order – Temptation [OFFICIAL MUSIC VIDEO] – YouTube
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Is Steven Avery Guilty? Evidence ‘Making a Murderer’ Didn’t Present
For those of you who haven’t watched Netflix’s 10-episode documentary Making a Murderer, do so immediately. It’s the most addictive, infuriating, engrossing and maddening true crime story since the first season of Serial — in fact, it may be better.
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A public display of patriotism by a Russian politician buying a Lada car backfired – as many focussed on his what appears to be his luxury Swiss watch instead.Shortly before the new year, Vitaly Milonov, a St Petersburg lawmaker, stepped out to buy …
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New Yorkers lament the retirement of Dr Jonathan Zizmor, the star of ubiquitous subway adverts seen since the 1980s. Anyone who has taken the New York City subway since 1981 will likely recall the advert – a wide rainbow promising “BEAUTIFUL CLEAR S…
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At Oxford’s John Radcliffe Hospital, a clinical trial is taking place in which six patients who have had little or no sight for many years are having a cutting-edge “bionic eye” implanted in an attempt to give them some sight, and independence, back.
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I drew a portrait of Hugh Laurie : pics
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New restrictions on private cars, which are being enforced to tackle hazardous pollution levels in Delhi, faced their first serious test on Monday as residents headed back to work following the New Year weekend.
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During his November visit to Africa, the continent which now counts nearly 200m Roman Catholics, Pope Francis said that children were some of the greatest victims of Africa’s historical exploitation by other powers. He also urged young Africans to r…
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Nvidia announces Drive PX2 self-driving car ‘supercomputer’ at CES 2016 | The Verge
Do you like teraflops? Nvidia is kicking off CES 2016 with its traditional first keynote. CEO Jen-Hsun Huang wasted no time getting to the “punchline,” a new computer for cars he’s calling the Drive PX2, the follow-up to last year’s Drive CX.
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Rand Paul says something something Bill Clinton therefore Hillary bad
This will likely be the last month of Rand Paul’s presidential campaign. Can’t imagine why. Sen. Rand Paul has been, since the inception of his supposed presidential campaign, going on and on about how Hillary Clinton shouldn’t be president because …
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El Niño Is Running Late But It’s Been Pounding Beers All Day
So El Niño was supposed to arrive this morning, and in true California style, it hasn’t showed up yet. Be warned, though, when El Niño does get here, it’s in the mood to fucking party—and it’s drinking to get drunk.
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The President Acts on Gun Violence https://t.co/i17C8hK3dX https://t.co/RajhqDomAo
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Show Off Your Snapchat Stories Forever On Slinger | TechCrunch
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Ephemerality be damned. Some art deserves to live longer than 24 hours. So rather than just squirrel away your saved Snapchat Stories, you can upload them to Slinger. It’s a new app aiming to be the permanent home for vertical videos. -
In the hope of combating America’s intolerable levels of gun violence, with Congress refusing to pass hugely popular gun-safety measures, President Obama is issuing a modest, limited set of executive actions on guns.
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The Books I Loved in 2015 – The New Yorker
“Shyness & Dignity” is one of only three novels currently available in English by Dag Solstad (born in 1941), who is probably the most eminent living Norwegian novelist, and the author of nearly thirty books.
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My girlfriends cat, letting her know she’d like to come inside. : cats
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MRW coach stuck me in right field in Little League : reactiongifs
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Falcon 9 engine nozzles from close after landing : space
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The Afghan government and its US and Nato allies have been fighting the Taliban in Afghanistan for the past 14 years. But, despite the killing of thousands of militants, the insurgent group has retaken big chunks of the country.
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Watch Kanye West’s Golden Ticket-Worthy ‘American Idol’ Audition | Rolling Stone
In October, Kanye West staged a surprise American Idol audition when the singing competition tried out hopefuls in San Francisco. With the 15th and final season of American Idol set to premiere January 6th, West’s full Idol audition has been reveale…
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What if your drone could talk to your car? That’s probably not a question you’ve asked yourself all that often, but what if you are the United Nations or a search-and-rescue organization that wants to launch drones from the bed of their pickup truck…
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Live from Nvidia’s CES 2016 press event – The Verge
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Now there’s an iPhone-controlled ceiling fan | The Verge
Apple’s HomeKit is slowly trying to bring the connected home into the mainstream, one smoke detector and Nest knock-off at a time.
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Cocteau Twins – Orange Appled – YouTube
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Mark Hamill on Late Night with Conan O’Brien in 1997 : television
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Here’s what you need to know about the crazy ranchers’ standoff in Oregon | Grist
Cadiz Inc. plans to pump 814 billion gallons from the desert’s aquifer to L.A. and other California communities. The two Democratic candidates support similar solutions to problems with the rural economy, but they differ over the causes.
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Faraday Future CES 2016 event: our first glimpse at a new electric car maker | The Verge
Faraday Future has been one of the most closely watched companies in the auto industry in recent months — which is particularly interesting because it hasn’t revealed a single product.
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Gloria Allred Crashes Kardashian Circus—But Why? – The Daily Beast
Gloria Allred, famed feminist attorney and celebrity scandal chaser, emailed an invitation to a press conference Monday afternoon with a subject line worthy of a tabloid banner: “Kylie Jenner, Tyga and the Kardashians—Has Scandal Journalism and Tyga…
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This pot won’t let you kill your houseplants | The Verge
Parrot’s flashiest announcement of CES is without question its new drone, but it’s shown up with one other neat — but much tamer — product, too: a self-watering pot for houseplants. The pot holds 2.
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The category winners have been announced in the 2015 Outdoor Photographer of the Year (OPOTY) competition. More than 12,000 images were entered in eight categories.
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Lenovo’s New Droid-Shaped PC Is an All-In-One Entertainment System
If you’re sick of awkwardly plugging your laptop into a projector to watch movies on your wall, Lenovo’s new IdeaCenter 610S is for you. It’s a powerful PC with a built-in 720p projector. As others have pointed out, the rig also looks like a Star Wa…
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Russia’s relationship with the countries it calls “Europe” (the EU and the European Economic Area) has evolved significantly since the dissolution of the USSR.
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Turkey’s government has urged Saudi Arabia and Iran to calm their diplomatic row, saying the dispute will only worsen regional tensions. Deputy PM Numan Kurtulmus said the Middle East was “already a powder keg”.
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D-Link’s Wireless Router Twins Ensure There Are No Dead Spots in Your House
Even with countless antennas pointing in all directions, most consumer-level routers can’t create a wifi network that covers every last corner of a large house.
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Cocteau Twins – Lorelei – YouTube
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Bow Falls, Banff Alberta [OC] [5,184 x 3,465] : EarthPorn
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Morro Rock, Morro Bay, California [OC] [2448×3060] : EarthPorn
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Cocteau Twins Pearly Dew Drops Drops – YouTube
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Omron’s blood pressure monitor looks more like a smartwatch than a medical device | The Verge
Omron’s blood pressure monitor looks more like a smartwatch than a medical device https://t.co/wD6jOZZHc8 https://t.co/ut9fgpZw0M
Getting your blood pressure checked has long been a staple of your average doctor’s visit. But Omron Healthcare wants people to know their blood pressure without having to trudge to the clinic. -
Jay Z and Beyoncé, watch out: There’s a new fashion power couple in town. Just after the new year, Tory Burch, chairman and chief executive of the American fashion brand that carries her name (valued early last year at $3.
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Whether you’re typically right or left-brained, this bundle will teach you to use both sides in the name of photography. Learn the science of taking professional-quality photos, and tap into the creativity behind each shot.
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Is fat the great evil of our time responsible for seducing us into an early, extra-wide, grave with its delicious succulence? Or is it as misunderstood as it is mouth-watering? And in need of a welcome return to our plates?
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The Devastating Story of Washington’s Peeping-Tom Rabbi | Washingtonian
When a politically connected rabbi was arrested, the news stunned Washington. It turns out his betrayal was worse than we knew. Barry Freundel at a minyan service before his arrest. Wrapped around his head and arm are tefillin, symbolizing man’s bon…
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Augmented Reality Versus Virtual Reality: The Battle Is Real | TechCrunch
Although virtual reality (VR) and augmented reality (AR) have existed in some form for decades, only recently have they garnered mainstream attention. VR is blowing up right now, and its content and hardware advances have been exciting to watch.
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This Mortal Coil – Song to the Siren “Cocteau Twins” – YouTube
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Cocteau Twins “Aikea Guinea” – YouTube
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Cocteau Twins – Cherry Coloured Funk – YouTube
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The Simplified Mobile Office Bag
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Sometimes, you need to take work on the go. The best way to do so is to only carry what you need, which is exactly what Everyday Carry reader and Work Hard Anywhere co-founder Benson Chou does. The bag is a Filson Original Briefcase. Here’s what’s i… -
Vox Sentences: What the hell is going on in Oregon, explained – Vox
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A federal building in Oregon is under armed occupation, the Middle East’s 2 regional superpowers are getting hostile, and, oh yeah, the biggest gun-control actions of the Obama presidency. Welcome back! Vox Sentences is written by Dylan Matthews and… -
This pot won’t let you kill your home plants | The Verge
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Withings’ infrared thermometer adds fevers to your quantified self data | The Verge
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Withings is known for elegant and smart takes on simple household products — a baby monitor, a scale, a smartwatch. You can now add thermometer to that list. -
BBC – Future – The real reason we make (and break) January resolutions
Many of us will start 2016 with resolutions – to get fit, learn a new skill, eat differently.
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This company wants to make billions by pumping water from the Mojave Desert | Grist
Cadiz Inc. plans to pump 814 billion gallons from the desert’s aquifer to L.A. and other California communities. The two Democratic candidates support similar solutions to problems with the rural economy, but they differ over the causes.
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Big Cats and People Live in Close Quarters in India – Scientific American
The numbers of large carnivores, especially leopards, are increasing in private lands and lands outside the protected-area systems in India, bringing new challenges for co-existence.
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Fox’s Rocky Horror TV remake finds its Brad and Janet · Newswire · The A.V. Club
It may seem like comic book fans have a monopoly on the extreme reactions that follow casting news, but that’s only because there are a lot of comic book movies these days.
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The Oresund Bridge, which links Sweden and Denmark, is recognised the world over thanks to the hit TV drama The Bridge. For many, it sums up the ease with which people have been able to travel between the two countries.
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Donald Trump’s First, Ugly TV Ad – The New Yorker
There are two images of a man and a woman standing next to each other in the first seconds of Donald Trump’s first television campaign ad.
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The use of so-called smart drugs is growing in popularity. But do they work? It was a normal Tuesday morning when my friend first told me about “smart drugs”.
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MRW I spend 2 hours going through /r/cringe. : reactiongifs
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Saturn’s Moons Enceladus and Rhea : space
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Sanders vs. Clinton on farm policy: Similar plans, differing worldviews | Grist
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The two Democratic candidates support similar solutions to problems with the rural economy, but they differ over the causes. Researchers say we prefer to be “willfully ignorant” when it comes to the ethical issues behind our purchases. -
DJI teams up with Ford to build a rescue drone that launches from a moving car | The Verge
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This afternoon DJI announced version 3.0 of its software development kit, or SDK. That’s probably not very interesting to you, since most people aren’t in the business of building apps to interface with drones. -
Immersit’s 4D motion device makes couch surfing a physical experience | The Verge
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French start-up Immersit wants to give your home movie viewings and gaming sessions the same physical intensity that’s typically reserved for pricey theater seats and amusement parks. -
Asian markets extended their losses on Tuesday, after a 7% plunge in mainland Chinese shares on Monday triggered an equities sell-off around the world. Japan’s Nikkei 225 index was down 0.4% to 18,371.29, while Australia’s S&P/ASX 200 fell 1.1% to 5…
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Good luck running against this in 2016, Republicans
Read it and weep, Republicans. And while you’re at it, absolutely run on a rehashed version of George W. Bush’s economic policies.
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Obama Moves to Tighten Gun Sales Background Checks | Al Jazeera America
President Barack Obama said on Monday his new executive actions to tighten gun rules were “well within” his legal authority and consistent with the U.S. right to bear arms, a warning to opponents who are likely to challenge them in court.
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Gaming laptops, mice, and desktops feature heavily in Lenovo’s consumer line-up | Ars Technica
Lenovo announced in November last year that it was teaming up with Razer to build a range of gaming systems, and its consumer line-up contains the first fruits of that collaboration, with a bunch of Razer-branded variants of its Y-series hardware.
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Parrot DISCO – Drone Prototype flights – CES 2016 – YouTube
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Lenovo’s new PC looks like BB-8 crossed with a Dalek | The Verge
But really, what I should tell you about the IdeaCentre 610S is that it’s the cutest goshdarn PC I’ve ever seen, it’s straight out of Doctor Who and Star Wars, and I want it to be at the heart of my apartment’s entertainment setup immediately.
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Lenovo’s new Yoga 900S aims to be the best thin and light convertible laptop | The Verge
Lenovo has been refining its Yoga laptop formula ever since its introduction in 2012. The Yoga 3 Pro swapped to Intel’s Core M processor with some design tweaks, and last year’s Yoga 900 returned to the familiar Core i chip with some minor improveme…
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Files on nearly 200 floppy disks belonging to Star Trek creator recovered | Ars Technica
According to a press release from DriveSavers data recovery, information on nearly 200 floppy disks that belonged to Star Trek creator Gene Roddenberry has been recovered. The information on the disks belongs to Roddenberry’s estate and has not been…
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It seems some people can’t wait – the CES trade show doesn’t officially start until Wednesday, when its giant exhibition floors open their doors. But already tech firms great and small are firing out press releases and YouTube videos.
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Acer’s Liquid Jade Primo is a curvier take on a Windows 10 phone | The Verge
If none of the iPhones or Android devices take your fancy, your choice of smartphone becomes drastically limited. Limited choice is still some choice, though, and Microsoft’s efforts at offering diversity have today been given a boost by Acer.
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Reported Quotes From The Atlantic Today – The Atlantic
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Attn: Hasbro, Rey is the main character of The Force Awakens | The Verge
You can play the new Star Wars edition of Monopoly as one of four characters. Here are your choices: Finn, Kylo Ren, Darth Vader, or Luke Skywalker. Have you seen The Force Awakens? Okay, good. (If not, well, really small spoilers ahead.
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Barack Obama takes action over US gun laws – 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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Here’s the MagSafe connector your new MacBook is missing | The Verge
The new MacBook is finally seeing more adapters and peripherals to make use of its versatile USB port, but longtime Mac notebook users will still feel like something’s missing: MagSafe.
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Netatmo Makes Outdoor Security Cameras Suck Less | TechCrunch
Netatmo just announced the Netatmo Presence, a new smart outdoor security camera packed with actually useful features. In particular, this camera can detect if there’s a car in your driveway, a person waiting outside or a pet running around your gar…
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Kombu Is Your Secret Ingredient to Savory, Umami-Packed Dishes
Umami, the “fifth taste,” can be added to dishes with lots of ingredients, but few deliver the bang for the buck that kombu does. It’s affordable, easy to use, and packs a big savory punch in soups, stews, sauces, or just dried and sprinkled over fo…
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Withings Launches Incredibly Sophisticated Thermometer To Track Your Fever | TechCrunch
You may know Withings for its beautiful smart watches, but the company has had a long history of health tracking devices. The $100 Withings Thermo is keeping up with this trend. It’s a smart temporal artery thermometer, and arguably the best thermom…
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BBC – Future – Do ruthless people really get ahead?
Don Draper in Mad Men. Gordon Gekko in Wall Street. Miranda Priestly in The Devil Wears Prada. When we think of success, we often picture rather brutal characters who will happily trample over others’ feelings in the pursuit of fame and fortune.
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This past July, I took a trip up to Northern Wisconsin with a group of my close friends from college. I committed to two things in Wisconsin: deleting all of the social media apps from my phone and not washing my hair. This went okay.
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‘‘Don’t buy special equipment,’’ says Tom Coleman, who has been listening to Chicago police- and fire-radio communications 24 hours a day for eight years. (He says he has mastered the skill of ‘‘half listening’’ in his sleep.) Find the department fe…
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Sphero’s new Star Wars watch will let you control BB-8 with Force gestures | The Verge
Sphero’s BB-8 has been one of the most interesting tie-ins to Star Wars: The Force Awakens (which, given the sheer quantity of Star Wars merchandise this past year, is no small feat).
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Parrot’s Pot Helps You Keep Your Houseplants Alive | TechCrunch
Parrot is probably best known for its drones, but the company actually offers a wide range of products that also includes headphones and in-car infotainment technology. Last year at CES, Parrot first showed its robotic plant pot.
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A New Wearable Lets You Control Sphero’s BB-8 Using the Force
So how do you make the coolest Star Wars toy ever even cooler? Having finally given everyone an interactive droid they can call their own, later this year Sphero will also be giving Star Wars fans the ability to control BB-8 using the Force—or at le…
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Louis C.K., Albert Brooks Prep Animated FX Pilot | Rolling Stone
Two of comedy’s most cynical commentators, Louis C.K. and Albert Brooks, are teaming up to create a new animated pilot. The duo will co-write and executive produce the show, according to The Hollywood Reporter, and they will voice two of the as-yet-…
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A New Wearable Lets You Control Sphero’s BB-8 Using the Force
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Raumfeld is adding Google Cast and SoundCloud support to its wireless speakers | The Verge
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Raumfeld is making its wireless speaker system a bit more attractive today: the company has announced that later this year, its system will support Google Cast and SoundCloud. These new services will join Tidal, TuneIn, Last.fm, and Spotify (via Spo… -
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Linksys is trying to make fixing your router less painful | The Verge
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Routers may not be the worst piece of consumer electronics — I’d still give the crown to printers — but they’re never far from the top of the list of miserable tech to deal with. For a good decade, no one seemed care. -
Metal Vocalist Sings Her Recipe For Shepard’s Pie – Digg
Funny Food Music Linzey Rae of The Anchor might have struck gold with this one.
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How Much Do Marco Rubio’s Boots Cost? | Vanity Fair
Ignoring the entire upper half of Sen. Marco Rubio’s body, clad in what appears to be an ill-fitting Ralph Lauren Polo pullover (regular price $165, now on sale at Macy’s for $64.99), Rubio’s statement footwear jumps out for several reasons.
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Oregon ‘standoff’ roundup: The dumbest revolutionaries on the planet?
Some afternoon updates on the armed far-right jackasses who have valiantly taken control of a Oregon wildlife refuge Because Reasons.
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Men’s rights activists declare victory over Star Wars · Newswire · The A.V. Club
Amid the box office records and critical praise heaped on Star Wars: The Force Awakens, a few hyper-sensitive souls may have noticed a very small disturbance in the Force, as if dozens of voices cried out in terror, and were suddenly ignored. You se…
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Parrot’s new Disco drone ditches quadcopter design for a fixed-wing aircraft | The Verge
Over the past few years, the form factor of the consumer drone has become fairly standard. Almost every popular offering currently on the market takes the shape of a quadcopter, with four rotors on a body supported by two legs for takeoff and landin…
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Immigration activists condemn US deportation of asylum seekers | US news | The Guardian
Immigration activists accused the Obama administration on Monday of spreading fear and anger after a weekend of raids that saw 121 immigrants apprehended across the country for deportation.
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President Obama is to unveil controversial plans to introduce new gun controls in the US. The president had previously admitted that his lack of progress on the issue had been one of the greatest regrets of his presidency.
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Channeling my @aaronsw: from the collected writings of Aaron Swartz / Boing Boing
This week, the New Press publishes The Boy Who Could Change the World: The Writings of Aaron Swartz , a collection of the writings of our late, lamented friend. The collection is introduced by Lawrence Lessig, and I wrote the introduction to Aaron’s…
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Obama administration unveils executive actions aimed at reducing gun violence – The Washington Post
The Obama administration on Monday unveiled a series of new executive actions aimed at reducing gun violence and hoping to make progress in one of the most frustrating policy areas of President Obama’s tenure.
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The Obama administration on Monday unveiled a series of new executive actions aimed at reducing gun violence and making some political headway on one of the most frustrating policy areas of President Obama’s tenure. -
Did The Saudis Start This Mideast Crisis on Purpose? – The Daily Beast
Iranian officials were outraged by Saudi Arabia’s execution of a prominent Shiite cleric—and that may be exactly the response the Saudi monarchy was hoping for. Former U.S.
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Rey Is Missing From New Star Wars Monopoly, And This Is Becoming a Real Problem
The problems of female characters being under-represented in geek merchandise is real. But when it’s a secondary character like Gamora or Black Widow, at least toy companies have an excuse. When the girl is not just the star of the movie, but of the…
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The Atlantic Daily: Saudi Arabia vs. Iran, Bundys vs. the Feds, U.S. vs. Volkswagen – The Atlantic
Bahrain and Sudan have joined its ally Saudi Arabia in cutting diplomatic ties with Iran, after Iran condemned Saudi Arabia’s recent mass execution of 47 men, including a respected Shiite Muslim cleric, on what Saudi officials said were terrorism ch…
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Jarryd Hayne’s NFL fate rests with next San Francisco 49ers coach | Sport | The Guardian
Jarryd Hayne’s future in the NFL will rest in the hands of the San Francisco 49ers’ new head coach.
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Transformers’ Optimus Prime and Bumblebee are for sale · Newswire · The A.V. Club
In the beginning of Michael Bay’s first Transformers movie, Shia LaBeouf’s Sam Witwicky goes to a used car lot and picks out a comically shitty Camaro as his first car.
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The Best Type of Humidifier for Adding Bacteria-Free Moisture to the Air
Humidifiers are great for adding moisture to the air in dry climates, but if they aren’t clean they can spew nasty bacteria into the air. Some humidifiers market themselves as “bacteria-free,” but only a few types of humidifier actually stay relativ…
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Our First Look at Doctor Strange’s Swanky Magical Abode, the Sanctum Sanctorum
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Facebook just gave us one more reason never to trust it | The Verge
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The past several years have done wonders for Facebook’s once-murky public reputation. After a series of privacy-related controversies and a rocky debut in the stock market, the company embraced and quickly came to dominate the time we spend on mobil… -
Rey Is Missing From New Star Wars Monopoly, And This Is Becoming a Real Problem
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The world of threats to the US is an illusion : Liberal
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The Oregon protest at a federal wildlife refuge has reignited an already intense debate on social media about policing, race and terrorism.
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The Best and Worst Projects for Increasing Your Home’s Return on Investment
If you’re a homeowner, you’re probably always thinking of ways you can increase your home’s resale value. Here are the best additions you can make to your home if you want to increase your return on investment.
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Parrot’s Newest Drone Has Wings | TechCrunch
When you think of consumer drones, chances are you are thinking of quadcopters. But fixed-wing drones have long been a staple of the military and the model aircraft community and now Parrot, which pioneered the quadcopter craze with its AR.Drone, is…
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Google SEC Paperwork Reveals It Paid Over $380 Million For Bebop | TechCrunch
At the end of November, Google announced it was buying bebop, a cloud platform startup founded by former VMware CEO and co-founder Diane Greene. Today, the company filed paperwork with the SEC revealing the purchase price: $380,241,352 to be precise.
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Oregon armed occupiers include prominent anti-Islam activist | US news | The Guardian
The Bundy militia claim to be simple patriots guarding the US constitution. But 48 hours into their occupation of a wildlife refuge in rural Oregon, it has emerged that the band of armed protesters includes at least one prominent anti-Islam activist.
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World’s largest blue star sapphire ‘found in Sri Lanka’ – BBC News
Gemologists in Sri Lanka claim that the largest blue star sapphire yet has been discovered in a mine in the country. The gemology institute in the capital Colombo has certified that the gem weighs 1404.49 carats and say they have not certified anyth…
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Unseasonable Flooding on the Mississippi River : Natural Hazards
More than a week after heavy rains swamped parts of Missouri and Illinois in December 2015, communities along the Mississippi River are facing severe flooding. The rainfall between December 26–28 dropped at least 6 inches on many communities in an a…
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Activision Confirms Acquisition Of E-Sports Startup Major League Gaming | TechCrunch
Some consolidation in the world of gaming and specifically e-sports. Today Activision Blizzard confirmed that it has acquired Major League Gaming, a specialist in live gaming events.
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Unseasonable Flooding on the Mississippi River : Image of the Day
More than a week after heavy rains swamped parts of Missouri and Illinois in December 2015, communities along the Mississippi River are facing severe flooding. The rainfall between December 26–28 dropped at least 6 inches on many communities in an a…
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GM’s Lyft Investment Is Another Swipe at Uber | Vanity Fair
Monday marked the first time a major carmaker teamed up with a ridesharing company, and the crown didn’t go to the sector’s reigning cash king, Uber.
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Gemologists in Sri Lanka claim that the largest blue star sapphire yet has been discovered in a mine in the country. The gemology institute in the capital Colombo has certified that the gem weighs 1404.49 carats and say they have not certified anyth…
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The past year witnessed one of the greatest human migrations of recent times, with more than one million people arriving in Europe by sea. Almost half of those came across the short stretch of water between Turkey and the Greek island of Lesbos.
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How the Leader of the Oregon Armed Protest Benefited From a Federal Loan Program | Mother Jones
As one of the leaders of a band of armed, anti-government activists who have taken over a National Park Service building in Oregon, Ammon Bundy has denounced the “tyranny” of the federal government.
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These Clips From Natalie Dormer’s New Horror Film Are Crawling With Maggots
January is generally a pretty quiet time for movie releases, but one that’s definitely got our attention is The Forest, the supernatural thriller starring Natalie Dormer and produced by David Goyer. Four new clips just came online that are legitimat…
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Trump models GOP’s cautious response to Obama’s gun actions: ‘Soon, you won’t be able to buy guns’
Although the National Rifle Association was waiting to see the specifics of President Obama’s executive actions promoting gun safety, none of that moderation was necessary for GOP politicians. Donald Trump wasted no time in trotting out the worst fe…
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Stay charged for the holidays with deals on a 2 or 3-pack of cables, See the the dropdown above!
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Part of the reason Garnet is the best (or at least most popular) character on Steven Universe is that she’s the most mysterious. For most of the first season, Garnet was relatively distant compared to Amethyst and Pearl. She served as the team’s de …
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Car with dead shark strapped to bullbar in Western Australia – video | Environment | The Guardian
A motorist in Perth says she ‘had to look twice’ when she noticed a 2m-long dead shark strapped to the front of a white four-wheel-drive vehicle in Safety Bay.
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Just how crazy is pop culture’s current state of spoiler phobia? So crazy that Renée Zellweger, star of Bridget Jones’s Baby—that’s Bridget Jones herself!—can’t even be trusted with the ending to the franchise sequel, which co-stars Colin Firth and …
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Watch the trailer for Werner Herzog’s new documentary about the internet | The Verge
At the start of the trailer for Lo and Behold: Reveries Of The Connected World, Werner Herzog’s upcoming documentary about the internet, a well-permed news anchor sets up a mental exercise for the audience: Imagine reading your morning newspaper on …
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The Bankruptcy of India’s Economic and Political “Miracle” – In These Times
In 2008, under the aegis of a Congress Party-led coalition government in India, the country was rocked by one of the biggest scandals of graft and corruption it had ever seen.
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Bail approved for former police officer charged in Walter Scott shooting | US news | The Guardian
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Group behind Hateful Eight leak apologizes, thanks Quentin Tarantino · Newswire · The A.V. Club
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The people who make their non-living uploading stolen copies of films and TV episodes onto the internet for free generally leave their opinions of said films out of it. -
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Brian David Johnson (previously) is the futurist and theorist who used design fiction to help the company think about how its products would work in the future (I wrote him a story about the painful death of passwords).
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Mike Piazza Was More Than A Big Bat | FiveThirtyEight
It took four tries, but Mike Piazza looks like a likely candidate for election to the National Baseball Hall of Fame when voting results are announced on Wednesday. According to Ryan Thibodaux’s BBWAA ballot tracker, Piazza has been named on 86.
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The leaders of a group of militiamen who took over a US wildlife refuge headquarters in Oregon over the weekend said on Monday they had acted to protest the federal government’s role in governing wild lands.
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A Colorful, Animated Account of a Migrant’s First Days in New Zealand – The Atlantic – The Atlantic
In a series of vivid, stream-of-consciousness stories, we hear from “Baba,” an elderly Turkish man who migrated to New Zealand decades ago. The memories were told to his grandson, the filmmaker Joel Kefali, who then animated the recordings.
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Avatar Is a Much Better Movie Than You Remember
Avatar is about to be dethroned. At some point, Star Wars: The Force Awakens will probably unseat James Cameron’s extraterrestrial epic as the movie with the highest (unadjusted) box office of all time. So this is a good time to remind you that Avat…
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The strange, sad quest to match a severed, embalmed head with its story – The Washington Post
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Switching to Linux, saying goodbye to Apple and Microsoft / Boing Boing
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The Age of Hacker-Caused Blackouts Is Upon Us
In the past few years, the amount of damage that hackers can do by just accessing data has become painfully clear.
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Turtle soup disappeared because people ate too many turtles.
They say you can get seven different kinds of meat from butchering a turtle. Depending on what part of the turtle you’re chewing on, the taste may be reminiscent of pork, or chicken, or veal, or fish, or whatever … you get the picture.
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Graphic Novelist Named National Ambassador For Young People’s Literature : NPR
NPR’s Kelly McEvers talks with Gene Yang about becoming the first graphic novelist to be named the Library of Congress’ National Ambassador for Young People’s Literature.
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This Week’s Night Sky: Close Encounters With Planets
Meteors Sprinkle. After nightfall on Monday, January 4, look for stragglers at the tail end of the new year’s first meteor shower, the Quadrantids, which peaked early this morning.
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Depeche Mode – Policy Of Truth (Video) – YouTube
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CNN analyst: mad white guys with guns are cool
Welp, its 2016! Might as well not waste any time. Let’s get right down to it: white supremacy didn’t go anywhere since last year. Not that I actually thought it would … I’m just saying.
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Obama confident executive action on gun control is constitutional – video | US news | The Guardian
Barack Obama said on Monday he was confident his new executive actions to tighten US gun rules were consistent with the constitutional right to bear arms and said the initiatives would be rolled out over the next several days
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New gun laws ‘will save lives’ – Obama – BBC News
President Barack Obama says the tighter gun laws he will announce this week will “save lives” and potentially spare families the agony of bereavement. The president did not give details of what he will do but he is expected to expand background chec…
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Champ of the Labor Camp: Dubai’s Singing Competition for Migrant Workers – The New Yorker
Abdul Salam Abdullah Mulla’s eyes were closed, his hands raised to the sky, as he sang a Hindi film song about longing for a loved one.
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The George Awakens – The New Yorker
For fanboys everywhere “The Force Awakens” was supposed to have one happy side effect: it would exile George Lucas from the galaxy he created. In 2012, Lucas sold his company and his homegrown mythology—I think we call it I.P. now—to Disney.
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The Value of Generosity: How Giving Back Fosters Success
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CRISPR Gene Editing Is Now Being Used to Fix Genetic Diseases – Mic
New research might finally help humanity kiss genetic diseases goodbye. Researchers from Duke University treated an adult mouse for Duchenne muscular dystrophy, a genetic disorder that causes muscle breakdown and weakness, using CRISPR gene-editing …
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Undertale offers a new spin on retro RPG video games / Boing Boing
Undertale is a new 8bit RPG that’s much different from the rest. In most games, you have to kill bosses and monsters to survive.
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Factory figures make for grim reading as global stock markets fall | Business | The Guardian
Figures from China showing that factory output contracted for a 10th straight month in December pointed to a continuation of 2015’s global economic slowdown and the likelihood of worse to come.
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Sleep Number unveils low-cost smart bed to coach you on your sleeping habits | The Verge
The latest development in the internet of beds: an app that tells you exactly when and how to go to sleep. Sleep Number, which has made a variety of “smart” beds in recent years, announced the unfortunately named (but attractively priced) “it bed” a…
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University President Explains Why His School Doesn’t Have Football | ThinkProgress
The student section sits empty during the fourth quarter of an NCAA college football game, Saturday, Oct. 26, 2013 at Memorial Stadium in Champaign, Ill. (AP Photo/Bradley Leeb) Drexel University has 18 Division I varsity sports teams, but football …
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Islamic State video suspect thought to be Briton Siddhartha Dhar – BBC News
The chief suspect in the latest propaganda video by so-called Islamic State (IS) is thought to be British man Siddhartha Dhar, the BBC understands. Mr Dhar is the focus for the security services’ study of the video, which purports to show the killin…
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Afghan forces end siege near Indian consulate – Al Jazeera English
Afghan special forces killed a group of attackers inside in a house in the northern city of Mazar-i-Sharif, bringing to an end a 24-hour siege following the attack on the nearby Indian consulate.
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Help wanted: malware researcher for U of T’s Citizenlab / Boing Boing
Ronald Deibert from the University of Toronto’s Citizenlab (previously) sez, “The Citizen Lab at the Munk School of Global Affairs, University of Toronto has a job posting for a security researcher/malware analyst.
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Activision acquires pioneering e-sports organization Major League Gaming | The Verge
Back in October Activision Blizzard announced a brand new division focused on e-sports, and today the division is making its first big announcement: Activision has acquired the business of pioneering e-sports organization Major League Gaming.
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The Smooth Warrior Rocks the Apocalypse in the Greatest Mad Max: Fury Road Art of All Time
We’ve featured Brandon Bird’s fantastic pop art on io9 before, mainly because it is uniformly awesome. But his newest piece, in which a certain post-apocalyptic rocker has been ousted by the maddest man of all, Kenny G, may be our favorite yet.
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GM Is Working With Lyft to Make On-Demand Self-Driving Cars – The Atlantic
Five years ago, a $500 million investment in a ride-hailing service that aspires to use driverless cars would have sounded bizarre. At that time, Uber was a young startup worth just $60 million and Lyft, its closest U.S. competitor, hadn’t even laun…
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Donald Trump Jabs at New York Jets Owner on Twitter | Rolling Stone
Donald Trump wants to make the New York Jets great again, and he knows just how to do it: By recruiting owner Woody Johnson to join his team.
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Trump Campaign Admits ‘Mexican Immigrants’ in Ad Are Moroccans | Rolling Stone
The Donald Trump campaign released its first television advertisement Monday. The 30-second spot reiterates Trump’s call for a temporary ban on all Muslims entering the country “until we can figure out what’s going on.”
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Love Everyone Often Peace Beauty Balance Life Light Magic: Today in History: January 4 (28 photos)
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This Week’s TV: Get Ready To Visit the Magical Realm of Shannara!
This Week’s TV: Get Ready To Visit the Magical Realm of Shannara! https://t.co/30BCQpfpt1 https://t.co/xpCInymIWV
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NASA has begun working on its next great space observatory | Ars Technica
NASA has begun working on its next great space observatory https://t.co/cHhCxI4TvQ https://t.co/kHAizDrk1n
Thanks to an infusion of Congressional funding, NASA has accelerated development of a telescope that could answer some of the most fundamental questions about both the universe and nearby exoplanets. -
This Six-Year-Old Canadian Has Been Flagged a Flight Security Risk Since He Was a Baby | VICE News
Before Adam Ahmed could even walk or talk, he was flagged as a security risk in Canada. His parents, Sulemaan Ahmed and Khadija Cajee, suspected there was something wrong shortly after he was born when they were traveling to Mexico on a family vacat…
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Mormon Faith Serves As Powerful Symbol For Oregon Protesters : NPR
NPR’s Audie Cornish talks with John Sepulvado of Oregon Public Broadcasting about the leader of the Oregon protesters, Ammon Bundy, and his family’s particular brand of Mormonism.
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Black Monday: A Look At Coach, GM Firings In The NFL : NPR
NPR’s Audie Cornish speaks with Emily Kaplan, who writes about the NFL for Sports Illustrated, about the league’s 2015 season and Black Monday firings.
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Armed Protesters Occupy Malheur National Wildlife Refuge Center In Oregon : NPR
The scene was quiet Monday at the Malheur National Wildlife Refuge Center in Oregon as it was occupied by more than a dozen armed, anti-government supporters.
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Amazon Invades India – Fortune
In the blistering heat one recent afternoon, a crowd of people gathered down a narrow side street in Govandi, one of Asia’s poorest and most sprawling slums, on the eastern edge of Mumbai.
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Leonardo DiCaprio Is Single Once Again | Vanity Fair
Kelly Rohrbach’s friends are no doubt somewhat befuddled at the moment, deliberating as to whether they should be sending the 25-year-old model a “CONGRATS GURL!!!!!” text with multiple heart emoji—for it was announced today Rohrbach was cast opposi…
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Chicago and Los Angeles, win tickets to see The Force Awakens in 4DX · Contest · The A.V. Club
With box office numbers for The Force Awakens climbing higher and higher every day, it’s safe to say that the world is ready to let Jar-Jars be bygones and fully embrace Star Wars yet again.
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James Gurney made a neat 3D model from craft foam to help him paint a robot / Boing Boing
James Gurney is the creator of the Dinotopia book series and is one of the best book illustrators alive today. His work is in the league of N.C. Wyeth and Howard Pyle.
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The Periodic Table Is Getting Four New Elements – The Atlantic
The world is going to need new science textbooks. Four new elements have been added to the periodic table, finally filling out its seventh row, in a change approved by the International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry (IUPAC), which governs such…
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Breaking: We’re ignorant and lazy consumers who judge people for doing the right thing | 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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Amy Duggar: Cousin Josh Duggar a ‘Fraud and a Complete Stranger’ – The Daily Beast
The Duggar family—along with friends like former Arkansas Governor Mike Huckabee—have been very hesitant to say anything critical about Josh Duggar, who, over the past year, admitted to sexually molesting his younger sisters, suffering from a porn a…
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Baywatch movie finally casts the all-important Pamela Anderson role · Newswire · The A.V. Club
The oft-criticized glut of reboots and long-gestating sequels includes a Baywatch movie, which recently shifted gears from a parody with potential (it would have starred Bill Hader) to a hunkier update of the slow-motion montages of yesteryear starr…
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Star Wars Spin-Off Rogue One Already Most Anticipated Movie of 2016 | Vanity Fair
We haven’t seen a single official trailer or teaser, but according to a new poll, Rogue One: A Star Wars Story is already the most anticipated movie of 2016.
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Everything You Need to Know About the Iran-Saudi Arabia Crisis | Mother Jones
Relations between Shiite Iran and its oil-rich Sunni neighbors across the Persian Gulf have never been warm, and the civil wars in Syria and Yemen have fueled mistrust and proxy battles between the two countries for years.
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This Week’s TV: Get Ready To Visit the Magical Realm of Shannara!
This week, things start to get back to normal! Supergirl, Limitless, Teen Wolf, American Horror Story, Heroes Reborn, Reign, and Nova all return! The Shannara Chronicles, based on Terry Brooks’ fantasy novels, debuts! Plus a full week of Steven Univ…
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Atlantic Readers Pick the Weirdest, Greatest Songs on Their Running Playlists – The Atlantic
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The Sun at 4.5 Billion Years Old is Approaching a Critical Epoch https://t.co/Tm44hMXitf https://t.co/y0Q1hZeBdl https://t.co/4scoC2tj4C
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A Browser Game Called Agar.io Got Googled More In 2015 Than ‘Fallout 4’ | Motherboard
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It’s just another day in the petri dish. I’ve collected enough free-floating mass that soon, if I want to keep growing my cell, I’ll need to start hunting other players. Suddenly, I spot some larger blobs in the corner of my screen. -
Extend the Shelf Life of Vermouth by Refrigerating It
Extend the Shelf Life of Vermouth by Refrigerating It https://t.co/SOmRU1tQ8W https://t.co/s4VM1SkdSS
Vermouth may seem like it has a long shelf life because it looks similar to a liquor bottle, but this cocktail ingredient can actually go bad fairly quickly if you’re not careful. -
Donald Trump’s first 2016 ad: a frame-by-frame microcosm of his campaign | US news | The Guardian
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Unemployed television presenter Donald Trump released his first television ad on Monday, signaling that he has begun the “running for president” stage of his campaign. -
Taurid Meteor over Deadfall Basin in Northern… – Just Space
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Joy Division – Love Will Tear Us Apart (Peel Sessions 1979) – YouTube
Joy Division performing Love Will Tear Us Apart for BBC’s John Peel.
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‘Children Are Eating Leaves Off The Trees’: The Nightmare of The Siege of Madaya, Syria | VICE News
In the early hours of Sunday morning, a pregnant woman and her daughter tried to sneak out of Madaya, a mountain village perched in the snow-capped mountains of southwestern Syria.
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City Reels After Its New Mayor Is Murdered a Day After She Took Office | VICE News
Whenever Gisela Mota Ocampo left her home in the city of Temixco to run an errand, go to work or visit friends, she made a point of showing she wasn’t frightened. Even after she was elected mayor last summer, she refused to employ any kind of securi…
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U2 – Pride (In The Name Of Love) – YouTube
Music video by U2 performing Pride (In The Name Of Love). (C) 1984 Universal-Island Records Ltd.
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The Battle Over How to Save New York’s Homeless from the Winter Cold | VICE | United States
For tens of thousands of homeless New Yorkers, the unusually warm start to this winter has been a seasonal stroke of luck, especially compared to last year, when storm after storm rocked the East Coast, forcing throngs of homeless to take desperate …
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Mark Zuckerberg Wants To Build His Own AI Butler, Inspired By Iron Man
What was your New Year’s resolution again? In superhero movies and TV shows, genius billionaire tech inventors get to have all the cool toys—they just have to make them on their own.
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Images Of Faraday Future’s Crazy Concept Car Seemingly Leak Via Its App | TechCrunch
Whoops. Faraday Future — the super mysterious electric car company that no one really seems to know much about — is all set to debut something tonight… and it seems that something might’ve just leaked.
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The Sun at 4.5 Billion Years Old is Approaching a Critical Epoch
At a critical point in the life of a star like the Sun its rotation stops ‘slowing down’, according to research published in the journal Nature by University of Birmingham scientists today (Jan. 4, 2016).
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Supreme Court Justice Scalia: ‘There’s no place’ for claims that the Constitution protects atheists
When absorbing Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia’s recent remarks, keep in mind that this is a sitting member of the Supreme Court and one of the nine people in America most capable of enforcing his personal beliefs onto the rest of us through fo…
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Celestron SkyProdigy 130 Telescope – Unboxing & Build | 4K Video
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Does Yahoo Screen’s Death Mean Community Is Officially Over? | Vanity Fair
Last week, while you were busy closing out 2015, Yahoo quietly shuttered its video component Yahoo Screen—the handy hub that streamed everything from Saturday Night Live to N.F.L.
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Understand: The esoteric criminal sentencing that mobilized Oregon’s Cowliphate / Boing Boing
The domestic terrorists who occupied the Malheur National Widlife Refuge Building in Burns, Oregon were mobilized over the plight of ranchers Dwight and Steve Hammond who were convicted of arson, sentenced to a year in prison, released after time-se…
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Mike O’Brien’s 7 Minutes In Heaven web series has always been one of the funniest short bleeps of comedy online, but—because O’Brien was busy with Saturday Night Live or his record, Tasty Radio, or whatever—there hasn’t been a new one since 2012.
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President Obama can’t pardon Making a Murderer’s Steven Avery – Vox
President Obama can’t pardon Making a Murderer’s Steven Avery https://t.co/iWl9gawbiT https://t.co/oINf825Sp4
It’s hard to walk away from Netflix’s Making a Murderer without a big sense of outrage. -
Sanders is more than a rebel : Liberal
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Better Call Saul gets a new trailer and subtly metaphorical poster https://t.co/KnEkg3QXkO https://t.co/bCkAvFem5p
The last trailer we saw for Better Call Saul, AMC’s Breaking Bad spinoff/prequel, leaned pretty hard on foreshadowing the tragic future we know awaits Bob Odenkirk’s Jimmy McGill. This new trailer, however, is more about the wacky adventures McGill … -
Malaysia’s schools will start holding anti-ISIS talks for kids : worldnews
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Service Dogs May Help Veterans Cope With PTSD : Shots – Health News : NPR
At a warehouse near Dallas, a black Lab named Papi tugs on a rope to open a fridge and passes his trainer a plastic water bottle with his mouth. Service dogs are often trained to help veterans with physical disabilities.
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Justice Department Files Lawsuit Against Volkswagen Over Emissions Software : NPR
On Monday, the Department of Justice, acting on behalf of the Environmental Protection Agency, filed a civil complaint in federal court in Detroit against Volkswagen.
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GOP Candidates Shift Focus To National Security As First Voting Nears : NPR
The calendar has finally turned to 2016, and the Republican presidential candidates are ramping up their campaigning. The theme this week is national security, an issue that unites the GOP establishment and the conservative grassroots.
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Using Technology To Keep Carbon Emissions In Check : All Tech Considered : NPR
The Paris agreement to curb climate change calls for a dramatic shift away from fossil fuels and the greenhouse gasses they emit, especially carbon dioxide. Switching to renewable energy helps but that won’t happen fast enough to keep temperatures f…
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After Left Stranded At Sea, What Happened To The Rohingya Migrants? : NPR
NPR’s Audie Cornish talks with freelance reporter Jennifer Rigby about what happened to the Rohingya migrants who were stranded, the current diaspora of the refugee crisis, and life in the camps.
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Encore: A Tribe Called Quest Recalls Debut Album : NPR
A Tribe Called Quest talk about the 25th anniversary remastered release of People’s Instinctive Travels and the Paths of Rhythm. This story originally aired on Nov. 13, 2015, on All Things Considered.
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Bill Clinton Hits The Campaign Trail For His Wife In New Hampshire : NPR
With just weeks before the first votes are cast, Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton unleashes her husband on the campaign trail in New Hampshire. Bill Clinton remains a popular figure among Democrats, but he also comes with baggage.
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Obama, Attorney General Loretta Lynch Discuss Action On Gun Control : NPR
President Obama met with the attorney general and the FBI director as he prepares to go around Congress and take executive action to reduce gun violence. But could the move actually prompt more Americans to buy guns?
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The Periodic Table Gets Update With 4 New Elements : NPR
The periodic table is getting an update. The International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry announced that four new chemical elements have been assigned atomic numbers 113, 115, 117 and 118.
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Natalia LaFourcade Explains The Roots Of ‘Hasta La Raíz’ : NPR
The Song Exploder podcast tells the story of songs by breaking them into their pieces and letting you hear how they were built.
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Lyft, GM Teaming Up To Create Fleet Of Driverless Cars : The Two-Way : NPR
If you hail a ride using the on-demand app Lyft, that car could one day be self-driving. On Monday, Lyft announced a new partnership with General Motors, which is pumping half a billion dollars into the software startup and joining the board.
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Saudi Arabia’s Execution Of Shiite Cleric Sets Off Diplomatic War With Iran : NPR
The Shiite leader executed by Saudi Arabia was fighting for rights for the country’s Shiite minority in a broad grassroots effort.
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Global Stock Markets Open 2016 With Sharp Dive : NPR
It’s the first trading day of 2016, and it’s been a rocky one. Wall Street opened the day with a sharp dive — one of the worst opening days in decades. NPR explores the China factor and other issues adding to investors’ worries.
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Bahrain, Sudan Join Saudi Arabia In Severing Ties With Iran : NPR
The execution of a Shiite cleric in Saudi Arabia has set off a chain reaction around the region between the Saudis and their Shiite rivals in Iran.
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Unlocking the Mysterious Mangroves | Al Jazeera America
Mangroves may not be the most verdant trees in the forest, but they pack a very important punch when it comes to environmental stability. One of their main attributes is protecting coastal areas from storm surge.
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Civil Rights At Issue In Korea, But Not The Korea You’d Expect : Parallels : NPR
When you hear about rights abuses on the Korean peninsula, the conversation usually focuses on North Korea. But lately, the North’s democratic neighbor, South Korea, is also drawing international concern for how its government is dealing with dissen…
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Aliens May Have Visited Earth Already, Hillary Clinton Says
Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton appears to have an open mind when it comes to the possibility of alien life.
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Could Oregon Be the Next Waco? | New Republic
What is at stake in the government’s handling of the armed occupation of a small outpost in Oregon’s Malheur National Wildlife Refuge? On the one hand, a potential conflict between law officers and the armed militiamen headed by Ammon Bundy has left…
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Watch This Disgusting Tentacle Fungus ‘Hatch’ in Slow Motion | Motherboard
Clathrus archeri, also known as the octopus stinkhorn or devil’s fingers, has been plaguing the UK since the days of World War I, when it was accidentally brought over from Australia along with shipments of military supplies.
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R.I.P. Jason Wingreen, character actor and voice of Boba Fett · Newswire · The A.V. Club
Jason Wingreen, the character actor who provided the voice of Boba Fett in Star Wars: Episode V—The Empire Strikes Back, has died. He was 95.
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Second only to umlauts, the members of Mötley Crüe love the rock ‘n’ roll lifestyle. Pretty much all of their most famous songs are about it, and their drug-fueled and alcoholic escapades—and subsequent brushes with the law—are as much a part of the…
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Giant puppetry tradition takes on new life in Jakarta – Al Jazeera English
Giant sized puppets known as ondel-ondel are a centuries old tradition belonging to Betawi people on the Java island of Indonesia.
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Former All Blacks coach John Mitchell takes charge of US Eagles | Sport | The Guardian
The former All Blacks coach John Mitchell is the new head coach of the US Eagles, it was announced on Monday. In an interview released by USA Rugby, Mitchell said: “I’m excited about putting my strengths into play and building on the solid work laid…
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Thomas Piketty on Thomas Piketty / Boing Boing
Crooked Timber’s fascinating seminar on Thomas Piketty ran all through December, presenting arguments from economists, social scientists and political theorists from around the world on Piketty’s seminal Capital in the 21st Century.
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What You Need To Know About The Oregon Militia Standoff – The Onion – America’s Finest News Source
During a rally in Oregon for two ranchers convicted of arson, a group of anti-government protesters initiated the armed occupation of a federal building at the Malheur National Wildlife Refuge.
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The Most Essential Electronics Hand Tools (and How to Use Them)
We talk about all kinds of electronics projects and name drop a variety of hand tools. But if you’ve never known exactly what tools you need or how to use them, Adafruit walks you through everything you need to know. The video runs through everythin…
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If these Gilmore Girls reboot set photos are real, abandon all hope | The Verge
Every fandom has one huge, hotly debated question at its core. “Who are Jon Snow’s parents?” “Where did Rey come from?” “Is Snape evil?” “Is Samwise Gamgee the real hero?” If you belong to the Gilmore Girls hive, you have a stance, and you have your…
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Acer’s new Chromebook 11 sacrifices specs for a nice design and $179 price | The Verge
Chromebooks have an enigmatic quality about them. The best among them, Google’s own Chromebook Pixel, is an expensive, no-compromise mobile computer with added niceties like USB-C, a superb high-resolution touchscreen display, and a durable all-meta…
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US stock markets open with worst performance in decades | Business | The Guardian
US stock markets got the post-New Year’s blues on Monday, opening with their worst performance in decades, driven down by a slowdown in China’s economy and more trouble in the Middle East. The Dow Jones Industrial Average closed down 1.6% after stag…
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The founders of Lyft, the ride-hailing service, have long imagined that the future of transportation would involve fewer cars on the road. Now General Motors is helping the start-up reach that goal. Lyft announced on Monday that G.M.
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I am unfamiliar with exactly how many of you know about ferrets in general (thanks to our always awesome mythbri and her Monday Mustelid post on Mustela putorius) and/or listen to the No Such Thing As A Fish podcast, but suffice it to say I’m kind o…
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Of Oz the Wizard, an alphabetized version of The Wizard of Oz
Of Oz the Wizard is the entire Wizard of Oz movie presented in alphabetical order by dialogue. So it starts with all the scenes where Dorothy and the gang say “a”, “aaiee”, “along”, and proceeds through “you’re” and “zipper”. Even the words on each …
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Obama to unveil new gun control measures after meeting with Lynch | US news | The Guardian
Previewing a series of executive actions that are expected to centre around closing loopholes in the current system of background checks, Barack Obama promised that sweeping new gun control measures would save lives and spare families from mass shoo…
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The disturbing lack of black organic farmers | 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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Why open offices are terrible / Boing Boing
Open offices (without walls and doors) are “damaging to the workers’ attention spans, productivity, creative thinking, and satisfaction,” writes Maria Konnikova in her article for The New Yorker. Like me, Maria went to a school with an open design.
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Armed militants on Monday began their third day in the Malheur national wildlife refuge in eastern Oregon, where they say they could stay “for several years”, in defiance of the US government.
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Yahoo yanks Yahoo Screen hub, scatters “original” content across sites | Ars Technica
Yahoo’s push to host exclusive TV and video content appears to have hit a major speed bump, as the company confirmed it had closed its dedicated Yahoo Screen hub site on Monday.
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Bill Clinton returned to the campaign trail on Monday to make the case for his wife as the most qualified contender for the White House in living memory, delivering an endorsement that was equal parts personal and pragmatic.
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PlayStation Network is down | The Verge
Sony has confirmed what gamers using the PlayStation Network on PlayStation 3, PlayStation 4, and PlayStation Vita this morning already knew: the company’s online service is down. Worse, the company is unable to approximate when service will return.
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Sheila the sheep sheared after being lost for six years – BBC News
Sheila the sheep was found after being lost in dense forest near Hobart in Tasmania, Australia. She was rescued by a local resident, Peter Jones, who found her on the side of a road, after she was unable to move because of the heaviness of her fleec…
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Help us come up with the 11 Questions for 2016 · Newswire · The A.V. Club
When The A.V. Club launched our 11 Questions feature way back in 2013, we came up with all the questions, as well as the premise that we’d ask the same 11 questions every single time we talked to someone. Easy enough.
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The takeover of a federal wildlife refuge in Oregon appears to be more than just a protest of the impending imprisonment of two ranchers who set fires that spread into public lands.
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io9 29 Most Random Ways That Major Characters Got Written out of Movie Sequels | Kotaku Fallout 4’s Factions All Suck | The Concourse Those Jamokes In Oregon Aren’t Terrorists, They’re Jamokes | Jezebel Beth Stelling’s Alleged Rapist Defends Himself…
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Gizmodo The Science Stories We’ll Be Watching in 2016 | Gawker Second Amendment Softie Ted Cruz Flip-Flops on Government Tyranny | Foxtrot Alpha Coalition Jets Will Do Seemingly Anything To Stay Away From Russia In Western Syria | Lifehacker Top 10 …
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The success or failure of a farming operation depends hugely on the vagaries of weather and climate. For a farmer, a single intense rain event or prolonged dry period can mean a year of lost crops and income.
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Flashback: See Hank 3 Honor Hank Sr. With ‘Howlin’ at the Moon’ | Rolling Stone
By early 1951, Hank Williams had taken five songs to Number One on the country charts. Among them, “Cold, Cold Heart” had also been a chart-topping pop hit for crooner Tony Bennett, who would later perform his stylized version of the tune on the Gra…
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O’Malley on Obama’s refugee raids: ‘What the hell have we come to as a country?’
This is not an immigration issue. This is a humanitarian issue, a refugee issue: people fleeing violence should be treated as such. But the Obama administration has nonetheless kicked off the new year with a series of raids to round up and deport Ce…
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What the internet demands, more often than not, the internet gets.
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Third Man Records Releasing Music From Jack White’s Early Bands | Rolling Stone
Three of Jack White’s early bands will be the focus of the latest installment in Third Man Records’ The Vault series.
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Ted Cruz Wields Constitution-Powered Lightsaber in Bizarre Fan Film | Rolling Stone
Watch Ted Cruz Wield Constitution-Powered Lightsaber in Bizarre Fan Film A right-wing filmmaker and Obama birther created ‘The Constitution Strikes Back’
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What Sort of Man Is Donald Trump? – The New Yorker
On Sunday, the Times ran a front-page story about Donald Trump’s older brother, Freddy, a heavy drinker who died an early death, back in 1981, at the age of forty-three.
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Malware Found Inside Downed Ukrainian Power Plant Points to Cyberattack | Motherboard
On December 23, a Ukrainian power company announced that a section of the country had gone dark.
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Donald Trump’s new ad warns of immigrants crossing the border (in Africa) – The Washington Post
Donald Trump’s super-scary new campaign ad includes a scene straight out of Joe Arpaio’s nightmares: A horde of people clambering over and down embankments to make their way across the border illegally. You can easily find the location of where this…
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They Don’t Really Care About Taxes, Folks
SALAM: Well, the genius of — the genius of Ted Cruz is also the fact that if you look at the Republican Party, if you’re looking at the elite side, fundamentally you have these libertarian instincts.
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TPP vs Canada: a parade of horribles / Boing Boing
Michael Geist has rung in the new year with the first in a series of posts that set out, in eye-watering detail, the bowel-loosening terror of the effects that the secretly negotiated Trans Pacific Partnership would have on Canada if the country rat…
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One of my best purchases in 2015: magnetic tool holder / Boing Boing
I bought this wall-mounted magnetic strip to have easy access to tools I need for simple household tasks: opening packages, hanging pictures, assembling furniture, tightening loose nuts, installing door locks, measuring things, simple plumbing repai…
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Honeywell takes on Nest with a HomeKit thermostat | The Verge
If thermostats can be cool, Nest certainly makes the coolest. Its connected thermostat is the iconic smart home product, and traditional home companies have raced to catch up. Honeywell, one of the industry’s leaders, unveiled its answer a couple ye…
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Vanilla ISIS needs snacks / Boing Boing
The domestic terrorists who seized the Malheur National Widlife Refuge Building in Burns, Oregon and vowed to stay there “for as long as it takes” have put out a plea to their supporters asking them to send “supplies or snacks” to help the nosh thro…
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First known hacker-caused power outage signals troubling escalation | Ars Technica
Highly destructive malware that infected at least three regional power authorities in Ukraine led to a power failure that left hundreds of thousands of homes without electricity last week, researchers said.
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Stripping dual nationals of French citizenship – Al Jazeera English
Dual passport holders could lose their French citizenship if they are convicted of terrorism offences. France is on high alert following the Paris attacks which killed 130 people on November 13.
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4 new elements will be added to the periodic table. Here’s what it means. – Vox
The International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry (IUPAC) has announced that four new elements — with atomic numbers of 113, 115, 117, and 118 — will be added to the periodic table.
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US stock markets open with worst performance in decades | Business | The Guardian
US stock markets got the post-New Year’s blues on Monday, opening with their worst performance in decades, driven down by a slowdown in China’s economy and more trouble in the Middle East. The Dow Jones Industrial Average was down more than 2% in af…
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Puerto Ricans strive to boost food production – Al Jazeera English
Puerto Rico is in desperate financial trouble and the Caribbean island is expected to default on some of its $70bn of debt. It also faces a looming food crisis as most of its food supply is imported. The island’s farmers are urging the government to…
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Here’s What Happened When Black People Tried Armed Occupation | ThinkProgress
When a small group of radical militiamen linked to Nevada rancher Cliven Bundy took over the Malheur National Wildlife Refuge in Oregon on Saturday, they vowed to use violence in their fight against the federal government. Claiming the feds have no …
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See the Incredible Detail That Turned Anomalisa Into a Puppet Movie Masterpiece
Though it may feel like there’s only one movie currently playing at the theater, there’s actually another. It’s a smaller, fantastic film named Anomalisa, a stop-motion puppet film written and co-directed by mad genius Charlie Kaufman, and here’s wh…
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Koreans Don’t Want to Admit They’re Eating Chinese Kimchi | MUNCHIES
Kimchi is the lifeblood of Korea. It is impossible to overstate how important a thrice-daily bowl of the fiery, fermented red cabbage is to the Korean worker. It is the gasoline and the Valvoline that keeps her running, the alpha and the omega of pe…
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Dim the lights, cue the house band: It’s finally time for “American Idol” to sing itself off. That once-monumental music competition show begins its 15th and farewell season on Wednesday with a premiere full of callbacks.
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London: the urban explorer/jewel thief’s guide / Boing Boing
In April, Geoff “BLDGBLOG” Manaugh will publish A Burglar’s Guide to the City, a new book about London’s rich history of heists and the network of tunnels, catacombs, sewers, and caves that London such a paradise for would-be superthieves.
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US sues Volkswagen over defeat device scandal | Ars Technica
The US Department of Justice has sued Volkswagen Group (PDF) in a Michigan District Court on behalf of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), alleging that the automaker installed illegal defeat devices on almost 600,000 diesel passenger vehicle…
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These ugly wireless earbuds tell you where you lost them | The Verge
One of the most visceral fears about truly wireless earbuds is how easy it would be to lose them. Altec Lansing thinks it can calm those nerves with the Freedom earbuds — wireless earbuds that use a companion app and a “Bluetooth-based GPS” system t…
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T-Mobile throttles all video streams and downloads to 1.5Mbps, EFF says | Ars Technica
T-Mobile USA’s controversial “Binge On” program is throttling all HTML5 video streams and direct video downloads to about 1.5Mbps, according to tests run by the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF).
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Rwandan president condemns US ‘disappointment’ as he seeks third term | World news | The Guardian
Rwandan president Paul Kagame has hit back at the United States for criticizing his decision to seek a third term in office, repeating his earlier stand that foreigners shouldn’t determine the destiny of Rwandans.
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Tom Coughlin out as New York Giants coach after missing playoffs yet again | Sport | The Guardian
Tom Coughlin, who returned the Giants to NFL prominence by winning two Super Bowls, resigned Monday after missing the playoffs for the fourth consecutive year.
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CNES Vows To Get to the Bottom of Leaks that Forced Mars InSight Delay
PARIS — The French space agency, CNES, on Jan.
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What Do Companies Spend to Sponsor Bowl Games? – The Atlantic
This season, in addition to competing in marquee matchups such as the Cotton Bowl and the Sugar Bowl, college football teams have vied for such smaller-name titles as the Foster Farms Bowl, the BattleFrog Fiesta Bowl, the TaxSlayer Bowl, and the San…
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Today in History: January 4 – The Atlantic
A look at various events that took place on this day, January 4, photographed over the past century.
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The Bundy Family’s Odd Mormon Connection, Explained | ThinkProgress
News broke over the weekend that a group of armed militiamen commandeered a federal building housed in Oregon’s Malheur National Wildlife Refuge, an action they said was meant to protest the conviction of two local ranchers found guilty of setting f…
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Study Finds the Poorest Americans Die Younger Than the Poorest Costa Ricans – The Atlantic
One of the many things economic development buys is longer life.
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Watch how immigration in America has changed since 1820 – Vox
The idea of banning an entire racial or ethnic group from entering the US isn’t a new proposal. Donald Trump is far from the first person to propose it. In fact, this country has a long history of picking and choosing whom it lets into its borders —…
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The World’s Largest Coal Producer Is Halting Approvals For New Coal Mines | ThinkProgress
China, the largest coal producer in the world, won’t be approving new mines for the next three years as it grapples with alarming pollution and pursues other energy sources, including nuclear plants. The country announced the move last week, accordi…
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Press Your Knees Into Your Elbows to Fix Your Deadlift
Lifting a huge weight off the ground requires a ton of different muscles to work in sync. When you get your form right, you’ll be able to lift more weight and protect yourself (somewhat) from injury. This tip helps to wake up all the right muscles f…
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How to Teach a Robot to Build a Rube Goldberg Machine | Motherboard
There’s something thrilling about watching a Rube Goldberg machine go through its elaborate motions, something human.
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On Noisy Neighbors – Discoveries
The student loan boom brought a swath of new luxury apartments to college campuses. But on urban campuses, a growing population of bargain-hunting coeds raises concerns about gentrification—the way newcomers change the culture of a neighborhood and …
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Fentanyl Is Killing Canadians — And There’s a Battle for Access to an Antidote | VICE News
Jac’s problems with substance abuse started with a back injury and a prescription for OxyContin. She had anxiety and the opiate made her feel like she could deal with it. When she told the doctor that, he cut her off cold.
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Diversity Policies Don’t Help Women or Minorities, and They Make White Men Feel Threatened
U.S. companies spend millions annually on diversity programs and policies. Mission statements and recruitment materials touting companies’ commitment to diversity are ubiquitous.
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The Obama administration just sued Volkswagen over its emissions cheating | 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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Midday open thread: Legacy admissions; Sanders backs Obama on gun control action
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Southern US states are bracing themselves for major flooding as surging waters that have inundated parts of Missouri and Illinois head south down the Mississippi river.
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SpaceX Rocket In Great Shape After Historic Landing, Elon Musk Says
The first stage of the Falcon 9 rocket that SpaceX landed during an orbital launch on Dec. 21, 2015, rests in a hangar at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida.
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Awards season is well underway, with the Golden Globes less than a week away and Chris Rock champing at the bit—or at least, grinning at the camera—to return to his Oscar-hosting duties.
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The Matrix Glitches as Black-and-White Comic The Walking Dead Becomes a Coloring Book
The Walking Dead comic book is a relative rarity in the world of modern, mainstream comic, as each issue is in greyscale, rather than the normal full-color palette, making it a comic you could color at your pleasure. But now the zombie series is goi…
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T-Mobile’s “Binge On” is just throttling for all video / Boing Boing
T-Mobile claims that its Binge On service (video that doesn’t count against subscribers’ data-caps) is a bit of pre-processing magic that makes the videos you watch load with less jitter and buffering, but that’s not what’s going on under the hood. …
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Zidane replaces sacked Benitez as Real Madrid coach – Al Jazeera English
Real Madrid have sacked coach Rafa Benitez after only seven months in charge and promoted former France and Real great Zinedine Zidane from the B team to replace him, president Florentino Perez said.
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Inside The World’s Fastest Toy Company
If you ask a few people close to the fire why England is the center of the sports car universe, they say it’s because all the engineers are there. But the BAC Mono is more than the ultimate in sports car engineering. It’s a surprisingly successful b…
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When War Becomes Personal: Nicole Tung – The Atlantic – The Atlantic
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US-owned Arcadia Healthcare buys the Priory for £1.28bn | Business | The Guardian
The Priory, famed for treating celebrities with drink and drug problems, has been sold to a US chain of clinics. Priory Group, which consists of the original south-west London clinic and more than 300 other sites in the UK, has been bought by Acadia…
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Hide Unwanted iPhone App Icons With This iOS 9 Trick | TechCrunch
For those who believe a cluttered desk is a cluttered mind, the same is likely doubly true when it comes to your iPhone’s home screen.
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The Economy in 2016: On the Edge of Recession
Economic forecasters exist to make astrologers look good, but I’ll hazard a guess. I expect the U.S. economy to sputter in 2016. That’s because the economy faces a deep structural problem: not enough demand for all the goods and services it’s capabl…
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By most accounts, Star Wars: Episode VII—The Force Awakens was pretty good, but it’s impossible to please everyone.
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Galavant’s Smaller, Sillier Moments Make the Show Worth Watching
Galavant—the musical mash-up of Disney, Medieval Times, The Princess Bride, and Game of Thrones Lite—is back! Season two’s first episode is titled “A New Season…
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On Sunday, New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo (D) announced an executive order that will require all local officials to bring homeless people inside when the temperatures dip below freezing, even against their will.
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The UN’s special rapporteur on the situation of human rights in the Palestinian territories has tendered his resignation, because of continued refusal on the part of Israel to allow him entry into Palestine. The rapporteur, Indonesian diplomat Makar…
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Girl Scouts can sell cookies online if they initiate sales.
In its second year of online cookie sales, Girl Scouts has netted sponsorships from Dell and Visa to help build out its digital sales platform and provide tablets and laptops to scouts who don’t have access to computers.
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The Police Chase of the Future Is Virtual — And It Could Save Thousands of Lives – Mic
It’s the No. 1 cause of injury, death and litigation to police officers — the most dangerous part of police work. Can you guess what it is? Firearms? Executing search warrants? Arrests gone badly?
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Why Your Rent Is Rising in 2016 – CityLab
If your New Year’s Resolution was to find better financial balance in 2016, especially when it comes to how much of your paycheck goes into your rent, you may need to consider moving, buying a house, or both. Happy New Year!
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How Meeting Lemmy Helped Save My Life | NOISEY
Drinking with Motörhead used to be a dangerous pursuit, as I discovered on a number of occasions during the noughties, and, as a friend of Lemmy’s publicist, I got to see the band play numerous times whilst pie-eyed.
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South Korea’s Export Data and the Global Economy’s Slowdown – The Atlantic
One of the more reliable indicators of the global economy continues to heighten fears of a worldwide slowdown. South Korean exports—which has been referred to as the world’s economic canary in the coal mine—fell 13.8 percent in December from a year …
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Why the U.S. Justice Department Is Suing Volkswagen – The Atlantic
The United States is suing Volkswagen for allegedly violating U.S. federal environmental laws by installing illegal software in thousands of its diesel vehicles and cheating on emissions tests. The U.S.
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You Need a Budget’s New Web App Runs In Any Browser, Switches to a Subscription Pricing Model
You Need a Budget has long been one of the most popular personal finance tools around and it’s launching a new web app that comes with a new pricing model. The new version of You Need a Budget is a web app, meaning that it’ll run in any browser with…
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Two injured as Turkey snow fall hits pedestrians – BBC News
Two people have been injured in Turkey after huge chunks of snow fell off a roof and hit passers-by. The snow had piled up on the roof of a mosque in the city of Rize.
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Yahoo has killed its Yahoo Screen online video platform | The Verge
Yahoo’s disintegration as a venerable online media brand has continued with the shutdown of Yahoo Screen, according to a report from Variety today. The company’s video platform and mobile app was supposed to be home to both original programming and …
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Thank Government Appeasement of Wingnuts for the Oregon Standoff – The Daily Beast
There’s a really simple reason why armed men thought they could get beat the federal government in Oregon: they beat Uncle Sam the last time they showed up with guns.
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Volkswagen Just Got Sued Over Its Massive Emissions Cheating Scandal | ThinkProgress
The U.S. government is suing Volkswagen over the car company’s widespread emissions cheating scandal. The lawsuit, filed Monday by the U.S.
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HSBC bank cuts off services to Islamic Relief charity – Al Jazeera English
Banking giant HSBC has stopped offering financial services to the charity Islamic Relief, which becomes the latest Muslim organisation to have its ties with the company cut.
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CHICAGO—Stressing that the movie “definitely had some cool moments,” local man Jeff Feitel, who saw Star Wars: The Force Awakens six times over the holidays, told reporters Monday that he thought it was pretty good.
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Obama considers executive actions on gun control
President Obama is meeting with Attorney General Loretta Lynch today to discuss possible executive actions to curb gun violence. Recalling the 2012 school shooting in Newtown, Conn.
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House Republicans ready Volkswagen bailout vote
Volkswagen Group Chairman Matthias Mueller speaks to the media during an interview after a press conference to announce the latest update in the company’s handling of the engine emissions scandal on December 10, 2015.
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T-Mobile’s Binge On Indiscriminately Throttles All Video Content | Motherboard
The more we learn about T-Mobile’s “Binge On” video streaming program, the more it seems to violate one of the basic tenets of the open internet: the idea that service providers shouldn’t have any control over what their connections are used to acce…
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Intel takes to the skies by purchasing a drone maker | Ars Technica
In an effort to bolster its position in the growing “Internet of Things” market and the exploding unmanned air vehicle market, Intel is acquiring German drone company Ascending Technology.
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Year of the Sex Olympics: 1968 BBC television play predicted reality TV / Boing Boing
I have not yet watched this 2-hour BBC television play, called , but it sounds good. It’s a science fiction story that predicts a world in which the masses are pacified by pornographic, humiliating, and violent reality TV shows.
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Join us in congratulating Frances Hardinge on winning the Costa children’s book award 2015 with The Lie Tree (published by Macmillan Children’s Books). Frances pipped fellow shortlistees Sally Nicholls, Hayley Long and Andrew Norriss to the prize.
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Why an Oregon Wildlife Refuge Became Occupied Territory
Since Saturday, a group of about 20 armed protesters has occupied the headquarters of a National Wildlife Refuge in rural eastern Oregon, seeking return of federal lands to local ranchers and loggers.
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Kate Atkinson wins Costa novel prize for A God in Ruins | Books | The Guardian
The pressure might have been too much for some writers but not Kate Atkinson: just two years after winning the Costa novel award for Life After Life, a major bestseller hailed as “astonishing” by judges at the time, the novelist has landed the prize…
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Why isn’t the U.S. counting meat producers’ climate emissions? | 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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Yahoo Shuts Down Yahoo Screen, Its Home For Original Content | TechCrunch
According to a report by Variety, and confirmation by Yahoo, Yahoo Screen will be closing its doors with its content being split amongst its various magazine properties. Screen launched in 2013 as a place to house Yahoo’s original content, which the…
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Those who only know T.S. Eliot from such early poems as “The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock” and The Waste Land may be surprised to encounter what many critics consider his greatest work, the Four Quartets.
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How 19 Corporate Giants Plan to Make Money Off the Climate Crisis | New Republic
Climate change will have some pretty terrifying consequences. Experts have predicted everything from deadly heat waves and devastating floods to falling crop production and even increased political instability and violence.
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Happy Endings now streaming on Hulu, is still canceled · Newswire · The A.V. Club
In the most amahhhzing news to come in 2016 so far, Happy Endings is now available for streaming on Hulu.
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Samsung’s Galaxy S7 phones may bring back microSD and water resistance | The Verge
Samsung’s upcoming Galaxy S7 phones (both the regular and the curved-screen variants) will include expandable storage via microSD and IP67 water resistance, according to a report at VentureBeat. The S7 phones will also reportedly have larger batteri…
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Louis CK and Albert Brooks team up for animated FX comedy · Newswire · The A.V. Club
Deadline reports that Louis CK and Albert Brooks have teamed up for an animated comedy that has received a pilot order from FX. CK and Brooks are co-creators, co-writers, executive producers, and will provide the two lead voices for the show.
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What’s Your Favorite Kitchen Trash Can?
When you think about it, kitchen trash cans are just tiny dumpster that we display in our homes. That’s kind of gross! And yet, with their premium materials and unique opening mechanisms, many popular models feel like works of functional art.
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Iran and Saudi Arabia: The Showdown Between Islam’s Rival Powers – The New Yorker
The rule of thumb in the Middle East is that diplomacy often—too often—makes progress only to be overtaken by unforeseen violence on the ground. It’s happening again.
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Why You Need a Budget, Even If You’re Broke
A friend of mine is a career counselor. During sessions, she inevitably asks clients: do you have a budget? A common response is: No, because I don’t have a lot of money. The good news is: you don’t have to be rich to come up with a budget.
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Karen O gave Rise Of The Tomb Raider unexpected soul · Hear This · The A.V. Club
In Hear This, The A.V. Club writers sing the praises of songs they know well. This week: Songs we discovered in video games.
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Drunk people are annoying. That shouldn’t surprise anyone, including most drunk people. Just how annoying they are, though, can be fairly shocking. That’s the gist of a new video from a Canadian bouncer who strapped a GoPro to his chest last New Yea…
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You’d never guess the dark, despairing Missing was a Ron Howard movie · Watch This · The A.V. Club
Every day, Watch This offers staff recommendations inspired by a new movie coming out that week. This week: The Hateful Eight and The Revenant have us thinking about modern Westerns.
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Toho’s new Godzilla has a wicked sunburn · Newswire · The A.V. Club
The American Academy of Dermatology recommends the use of sunscreen with an SPF of 30 or higher, but clearly those standards are fit only for puny humans and not radioactive monsters from the bottom of the sea.
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The N.F.C. came into the weekend with its six playoff teams already known, but the conference kept everyone waiting for the final positioning until the last game of the regular season.
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Kenya College Reopens Months After Al Shabaab Attack Killed 148 | VICE News
The Kenya college attacked by gunmen from the Somali militant group al Shabaab in April, sparking a 15-hour long siege that left 148 people dead, officially re-opened today, more than nine months after the violence.
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In May 2005, George R.R.
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Ted Cruz Won’t Be Burned Twice by the Bundys | New Republic
It took a long time for Republican presidential candidates to formulate a response to the occupation by armed seditionists of a federal building in a national wildlife refuge in rural Oregon. Today, two leading candidates, Marco Rubio and Ted Cruz, …
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BBC Sport – Real Madrid sack Rafael Benitez after just seven months in charge
Rafael Benitez has been sacked as manager of Real Madrid after just seven months in charge at the Bernabeu. The 55-year-old Spaniard was relieved of his duties following a meeting of the club’s board on Monday.
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Warner Bros. sues “HD Fury” over boxes that can copy 4k video | Ars Technica
The device shown above is a $199 video peripheral that Warner Brothers doesn’t think should have been in anyone’s Christmas stocking. Until just hours ago, it was available for online purchase.
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Meet The Child-Abusing Arsonists That Inspired The Oregon Militia Standoff | ThinkProgress
The militia standoff in Oregon, which led several armed men to occupy a federal wildlife sanctuary, is a tale of right-wing ranchers acting out longstanding grievances against the federal government. It is also, however, a story about Dwight and Ste…
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How much do greenhouse gas emissions warm your part of the world? | Ars Technica
Climate science attempts to answer a lot of questions, but Earth’s population probably cares about just one of them: what is the amount of global warming we should expect from a given amount of greenhouse gas emissions?
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GM and Lyft are teaming up to build self-driving cars — and take down Uber – Vox
The self-driving car wars are heating up. A few weeks after we learned that Ford and Google are creating a joint venture to develop self-driving cars, General Motors and Lyft have announced a self-driving joint venture of their own.
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The US government is suing Volkswagen for emissions cheating | The Verge
The US Department of Justice and the Environmental Protection Agency filed a joint lawsuit Monday against Volkswagen for installing illegal “defeat devices” in 600,000 of its diesel engine vehicles.
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Mexico Just Busted the Alleged Financial Brains of the Jalisco New Generation Cartel | VICE News
The alleged financial brains of the Jalisco New Generation Cartel has been taken into police custody while recovering from a shooting at a hospital.
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Is it dangerous to sleep with your smartphone? — Hopes&Fears
Molly Mirhashem Author Erin Lux Illustrator Whether it’s waiting up for a response to an unanswered text, replying to work emails long after the end of the business day, or aimlessly scrolling through Instagram, even the most disciplined among us ca…
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Amazon’s Other App Store, Alexa’s “Skills” Section, Has Quietly Grown To Over 130 Apps | TechCrunch
Amazon has been quietly building out an ecosystem of applications for its connected device, the Amazon Echo.
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Freddie Mercury sings “We Are The Champions” a capella / Boing Boing
If you’re wondering, that’s a Yamaha Electone electronic organ. Above, the Star Wars Theme. Below, from a few years back, Back To The Future. Many more performances: 826aska The late, great Natalie Cole, who passed away last week, bares her beautifu…
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US Sues VW Over Emissions-cheating Software | Al Jazeera America
The Justice Department sued Volkswagen on Monday over emissions-cheating software found in nearly 600,000 vehicles sold in the United States. The civil complaint against the German automaker, filed on behalf of the Environmental Protection Agency in…
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Is The Password Dead? The Future Of Web And Mobile Authentication | TechCrunch
Will 2016 be the year when passwords become obsolete? Or will we just continue to grin and bear it? And what’s the matter with passwords, anyway?
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Intel acquires German drone company as it pursues aerial computing market | The Verge
Last year we awarded a best in show prize to the Asctec Firefly, a drone built by Germany’s Ascending Technologies in partnership with Intel. It showed off some of the most robust sense and avoid technology we had encountered to date.
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Shortly before Christmas, the nine rangers who look after the parks and green spaces of Brighton and Hove were sent a text message from their bosses: six will lose their jobs under the Labour council’s austerity budget, a bonfire not of bureaucrats …
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Watch what happens when you ignite 10,000 sparklers packed in a bucket / Boing Boing
It would take two days to go through 10,000 sparklers if you were to burn them all one right after another. In this video you’ll see what happens when you light them all at once. A man and his nephew packed the sparklers together in a bucket and dro…
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Why US militiamen stormed Oregon building – BBC News
Armed protesters have occupied a US government building in Oregon to support father and son ranchers who have been ordered to return to jail. Dwight Hammond, 73, and his son Steven, 46, were convicted of arson on federal land in 2012, but a court ru…
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Backroad Anthem Singer Craig Strickland Missing Following Hunting Trip | Rolling Stone
Backroad Anthem Singer Craig Strickland Dead at 29 A week after disappearing while hunting in a winter storm in Oklahoma, the vocalist’s body was discovered Monday morning
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There’s a White House petition to pardon Making A Murderer’s Steven Avery · Newswire · The A.V. Club
To paraphrase Mugatu, Making A Murderer is so hot right now.
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Volvo wants you to Netflix and drive | The Verge
Volvo thinks you’re going to be watching a lot of video when your car is driving itself, and it’s working with Ericsson to create smarter streaming technologies to reliably get you Modern Family on your commute.
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The Expanse Concept Art Takes You Deep Into the Machines That Keep the Solar System Running
In addition to being the combination space opera/political thriller we’ve been waiting ages for, The Expanse is also home to some gorgeous spaceship and space station porn. And now that we’ve got a look at some of the concept art for the show, we’re…
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29 Most Random Ways That Major Characters Got Written out of Movie Sequels
It sucks that Will Smith won’t be in the Independence Day sequel—but wait ‘til you hear the random explanation for his character being gone. Alas, this is standard practice.
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Kentucky Sen. Rand Paul (R) on Monday said that Hillary Clinton’s husband’s sex life is fair game for the 2016 campaign because she has tried to have a double standard.
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Australia now has a George Costanza-themed bar, baby · Newswire · The A.V. Club
Let the jokes about pretzel-inspired thirst commence: According to Uproxx, Australians will be wetting their whistles and doing their best impressions of “The Lord Of The Idiots” at a new George Costanza-themed bar.
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Nearly 400 Anti-Abortion Bills Were Introduced Last Year | Rolling Stone
State legislatures around the country last year passed dozens of anti-abortion laws, and considered hundreds of others, according to an analysis by a leading reproductive rights research group. The Guttmacher Institute found that, all told, 17 state…
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‘Making a Murderer’ Footage ‘Manipulated,’ Says Manitowoc Sheriff | Rolling Stone
‘Making a Murderer’ Footage ‘Manipulated,’ Says Manitowoc Sheriff “In several areas throughout the film, you can see where they cut the tape,” says Sheriff Robert Hermann
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TEHRAN — Three Sunni-led countries joined Saudi Arabia on Monday in severing or downgrading diplomatic ties with Iran, worsening a geopolitical conflict with sectarian dimensions in one of the world’s most volatile regions.
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History records that The Wizard Of Oz was edited by one Blanche Sewell, an Oklahoman and thwarted actress who also cut together such memorable films as Red Dust, Go West, and Grand Hotel during her 25-year career in Hollywood.
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The Book of Miracles: Wondrous Medieval Illustrations of Divine Horror – Flashbak
We can’t be certain who wrote the Book of Miracles, a luxuriously illustrated Roman manuscript that in 1552 thrilled residents of the Swabian Imperial Free City of Augsburg.
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US files civil suit against Volkswagen for violating clean air laws | US news | The Guardian
The US Justice Department on Monday filed a civil suit against Volkswagen AG for allegedly violating the Clean Air Act by installing illegal devices to impair emission control systems in 600,000 vehicles.
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Russian GRU military spy chief Igor Sergun dies – BBC News
The head of Russia’s secretive GRU military intelligence service, Gen Igor Sergun, has died suddenly aged 58. Expressing condolences, President Vladimir Putin called him “an experienced and competent commander, a man of great courage, a true patriot…
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Missing Electrons in the Atmosphere Possibly Found
The layers of Earth’s atmosphere. A mysterious decline in the concentration of free electrons occurs in the D-region of the ionosphere, a phenomenon known as the D-region ledge. Now, researchers suggest the ledge can be explained by the burn up of t…
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FBI monitoring Oregon refugee seized by armed men – BBC News
The FBI is leading the response to the armed seizure of a US government building in Oregon, with officers trying not provoke the men who have promised violence. The anti-government group seized the remote wildlife refuge on Saturday, saying they sup…
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Venezuelans losing hope as gridlock looms – Al Jazeera English
Caracas, Venezuela – When Kilder Telleria, a 40-year-old graphic designer, voted for the opposition in last December’s parliamentary elections, he was not feeling particularly hopeful.
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Whoopi Goldberg Wants to Hear Bill Cosby’s Side of the Story – The Daily Beast
The View host Whoopi Goldberg continued to distance herself from old friend Bill Cosby in her first episode of the new year. But she still expressed more sympathy for him and his wife Camille than they’re getting anywhere else these days.
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The Inland Regional Center in San Bernardino has reopened for the first time since last month’s massacre, allowing around 600 employees to return to work at the site.
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Why Is the US Deporting Refugee Families? | The Nation
The White House rang in the New Year by slamming the gates on refugee families seeking sanctuary. ICE announced quietly, in the midst of the holiday break, that it would begin raiding and deporting Central American families who have failed to qualif…
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Ted Cruz tells Oregon’s militant protesters to “stand down peaceably” – Vox
Republican presidential candidate Ted Cruz has a message for the armed militia members occupying a federal building in Oregon: Stand down. Presidential candidates might be expected to oppose most violent confrontations.
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May the fours be with you today. : mildlyinteresting
May the fours be with you today. (imgur.com) America celebrates it today, but the rest of the world is on the DD/MM/YY system and will celebrate it on April 1st.
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CES 2016 Day 1: The biggest news from Vegas’ biggest tech show | The Verge
Even if you can’t be at CES — and statistically speaking, you’re probably not here — you can still experience some of the biggest announcements in real time. Most of the major press conferences and keynotes will be streaming live, and you can find t…
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Little Girl Plays ‘Back To The Future’ Theme As Entire Orchestra – Digg
19 diggs Music Movies Who needs an entire orchestra when you can basically get the same thing from a small girl and her keyboard? MORE: Here’s a 5-year-old girl doing a drum cover of a System Of A Down Song
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Dwell has a short feature on Tekserve, a beloved Manhattan technology store and Apple service shop.
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Militia antics aside, the mandatory minimum given to the Oregon ranchers is absurd – Vox
What led a militia to take over a federal building in Oregon? Behind the tense standoff is a legitimate protest over a troubling law — specifically, a very harsh mandatory minimum sentence.
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Sputnik Planum’s Mountainous Shores | Space Wallpaper
About this Image Mountain sides of large water-ice blocks, varying from dark to light and some possibly revealing layers of Pluto crust, squeezed together to create the “al-Idrisi mountains.
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General Motors pledges $500 million to Lyft for driverless taxi research | Ars Technica
On Monday, General Motors and ride-sharing company Lyft announced a new partnership to develop a network of driverless taxis. GM has invested $500 million in Lyft as part of a $1 billion funding round. The partnership includes a seat for GM on Lyft’…
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Tax avoidance hits the poorest hardest | Letters | Business | The Guardian
The news that Apple will pay £234m to settle an Italian tax dispute (Report, 31 December) is a powerful reminder of the scale of the challenge when it comes to making sure companies pay a fair amount of tax.
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Franco-American art dealer Wildenstein in tax fraud trial – BBC News
The trial has opened in Paris of 70-year-old Guy Wildenstein, patriarch of an international art dealing dynasty, on charges of massive tax fraud. Several other members of the family are also on trial over the allegations.
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Podmass is back with more Star Wars · Podmass · The A.V. Club
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It’s disheartening but true: New Year’s resolutions are bullshit. Well-meaning bullshit perhaps, but bullshit nevertheless. Last Week Tonight host John Oliver understands this, and he sympathizes.
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Weekend Box Office: Same Wars, different year · Newswire · The A.V. Club
Thanks to the holidays, it’s been a couple weeks since us lazybones at The A.V. Club reported on box-office numbers, so let’s just get everyone up to speed: Star Wars, nothing but Star Wars. Yes, other movies opened over Christmas, in wide and limit…
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Holiday episodes are a long-standing tradition. With so many episodes to produce in a year (especially for sitcoms), the appeal of built-in stories with clear themes makes a lot more sense. (Especially for sitcoms, which can often tie the “meaning” …
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‘The Murderer is Still on the Run’: Charlie Hebdo Marks Massacre Anniversary | VICE News
The brothers who attacked French magazine Charlie Hebdo may have been gunned down but the real murderer is still at large, the satirical weekly has claimed, in a special edition marking the one-year anniversary of the deadly ambush of its Paris offi…
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It’s a well-known fact that prominent German film director/poster child for existential despair Werner Herzog hates the jungle. He hates how cruel and rotten and teeming with violence it is, as he rather eloquently elaborates in Les Blank’s acclaime…
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U.S. files civil suit against Volkswagen for environment violations| Reuters
WASHINGTON The U.S. Justice Department on Monday filed a civil suit against Volkswagen AG (VOWG_p.DE) for allegedly violating the Clean Air Act by installing illegal devices to impair emission control systems in 600,000 vehicles.
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We Want To Fly You To San Francisco To Attend The Crunchies | TechCrunch
We want to fly you to San Francisco for the 9th Annual Crunchies Awards! Walk the Green Carpet in style! One lucky winner will be able to invite three friends on a whirlwind trip to San Francisco to rub elbows with founders, VCs and other attendees …
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More than 13,000 rape kits remain untested in Florida, officials say | US news | The Guardian
More than 13,000 rape kits around the state of Florida have gone untested, the state’s law enforcement agency announced on Monday. The costly backlog may take years to clear.
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VW sued by US justice department – BBC News
The US justice department is suing Volkswagen over the emissions scandal that saw the German car giant fit software in millions of cars to cheat emissions tests.
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The poison-eating heroes who helped make food safe – Vox
Harvey W. Wiley was an intellectual who taught Greek, Latin, and chemistry. So naturally, he assembled a group of young men to eat poison. As the above video shows, it had amazing results.
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Suburban Lawns: Lost Pioneers of Post-Punk|Dangerous Minds
I would rather be sorry than safe. But the price is going up, up, up, up. Lost pioneers. Consuming new frontiers. The fields of punk and its equally wild little step-brother, post-punk, were rich and woolly for a short period of time.
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South African Facebook post sparks #RacistsMustFall outrage – BBC News
Comments by a white South African woman calling black people “monkeys” have sparked widespread outrage. On Facebook, Penny Sparrow used the word to describe New Year’s revellers on Durban’s beach because of the mess she said they made.
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Distant Galaxy Merger Captured by Hubble Space Telescope (Photo)
You can ring in the new year with some celestial fireworks, courtesy of the iconic Hubble Space Telescope. Hubble has taken a colorful photo of the galaxy NGC 6052, which lies about 230 million light-years away in the constellation Hercules — and is…
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Nvidia’s CES 2016 press conference: start time, live blog, and streaming | The Verge
The Verge is back on the ground at CES in Las Vegas, and the year’s big events are just about here. First up: Nvidia.
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Pre-orders for Oculus Rift begin on 6 January – BBC News
Pre-orders for the Oculus Rift virtual reality headset will be open from 6 January, says the Facebook-backed company. It will be taking orders from 08:00 PCT (16:00 GMT) but has given no guidance on price or when it will ship units.
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Historic Polish church partly destroyed by fire – BBC News
Authorities in Poland are investigating a fire which destroyed parts of a historic church in Braniewo, northeastern Poland. St Anthony’s Church was built in 1838 and contained artefacts from as far back as the 17th Century.
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The Search for the Origin of Life [Excerpt] – Scientific American
Excerpted from A Brief History of Creation by Bill Mesler and H. James Cleaves III. Copyright © 2016 by Bill Mesler and H. James Cleaves III. With permission of the publisher, W. W. Norton & Company, Inc. All rights reserved. The year is 3,500,000,0…
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January’s Money Challenge: No Restaurant Spending
We’ve given you a ton of tips, tools, and tricks for managing your money. Now it’s time to put those tips to use in the Lifehacker Ultimate Money Challenge.
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Watch this magical 60-second recap of the original Star Wars – Vox
The thirst for everything Star Wars in unquenchable. The new movie, Episode VII – The Force Awakens, is huge; it’s set to pass Avatar this week in North American earnings and has taken in $1.5 billion worldwide.
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Asus is bringing its camera-focused ZenFone Zoom to the US for $399 | The Verge
One year after we first saw it at CES 2015, Asus has announced plans to release the ZenFone Zoom in the United States. The $399 smartphone, which features a 13-megapixel camera with a Panasonic sensor and 3x optical zoom, will be available beginning…
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Tea party darling Matt Bevin ready to betray them on Medicaid expansion in Kentucky
The newest tea party Republican governor, Kentucky’s Matt Bevin, will soon be on the Koch brothers’ naughty list and possibly top their list for a primary challenge.
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Facebook is prepping for an Android doomsday | The Verge
Facebook wants to be prepared should it ever enter a war with Google.
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And with that, the final season of “Downton Abbey” comes charging out of the gate. Well, maybe not charging, Abbots. We must first clear the hurdle of the World’s Longest-Lasting Murder Investigation.
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The Al Gore of Polynesia | Narratively | Human stories, boldly told.
Everyone on the island of Moorea turned out for the festival. There were French government officials in slacks, American scientists in safari shorts and flip-flops, and an array of locals dressed in their finest Hawaiian prints.
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How Ash Vs Evil Dead Took Everything We Loved From The Movies And Made It Better
With “The Dark One,” Ash vs Evil Dead has come to an end. For now. Thank goodness the best new show on TV will return for a second season. But for now, we’re still in awe of how well the show captured everything we loved about the Evil Dead films.
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Facebook made its Android app crash to test your loyalty | The Verge
In an effort to see just how far it could go to get Android users to abandon its platform, Facebook reportedly sabotaged its mobile app in years past with errors that would cause it to crash for hours. The Information reports that Facebook wanted to…
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An amazing tale of interspecies friendship / Boing Boing
The lyrebirds of Australia were highly mysterious and rarely seen until one fell in love with an elderly widow in 1930.
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Review: ‘Facts’ Is Kanye West’s Resurrection as an Unhinged, Relevant Rapper – The Atlantic
It’s 2016, so what’s Kanye West going to do now? Kanye asked himself the same sort of question on 2011’s “Monster,” and helpfully provided a reply: Whatever I wanna do! Gosh, it’s cool now! Know I’m gonna do: Ah, it’s the new now!
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The cold war between Saudi Arabia and Iran that’s tearing apart the Middle East, explained – Vox
Only a few days into the new year, the Middle East has already taken a significant turn for the worse. The region’s greatest rivalry, between Saudi Arabia and Iran, has become rapidly and significantly more toxic in the past few days, and it could h…
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Given that everyone had at least a few days over the holidays to just sit and stare aimlessly at screens, probably in an attempt to avoid real quality family time, it should come as no surprise that Netflix’s Making A Murderer is the hot new topic o…
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Live-tweeting while watching a TV show is standard practice these days, but BBC America is taking it a bit further: upcoming repeats of Doctor Who will have fan-generated social media popping up during the episodes.
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Sometimes we set ourselves up for failure, and while we probably don’t even realize we’re doing this, there’s a reason for it: it’s comfortable. This video from School of Life explains.
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We have to stand up to litter louts. Fines won’t stop them | Alice Arnold | Opinion | The Guardian
It’s over three years ago that I threw a plastic bottle back through the car window whence it came. I thought little of it at the time until I tweeted about it and a small media storm erupted. Apparently, it was not normal to stand up to litter lout…
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How J.J. Abrams Found the Most Important Location in Star Wars: The Force Awakens
As Star Wars: The Force Awakens inches toward becoming the highest-grossing film in history, you’re might be a touch curious about how it came to be. This new video gives us a rare peek behind-the-scenes at the actual making of the film, and specifi…
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Oculus Rift Preorders Start Wednesday
The wait is over: Starting 11am EST Wednesday morning, you can preorder an Oculus Rift of your own. The company just made the announcement on its blog. No word yet on pricing or expected delivery date.
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The Story of Tulum’s Hartwood | Lucky Peach
This story comes from Lucky Peach #16: The Fantasy Issue. For more great stuff like this, subscribe to the magazine! Like virtually all the other restaurants on Tulum’s sole jungle-lined road, Hartwood is outdoors—a ten-by-fifty-meter rectangle fram…
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Justin Bieber Has a New Kissing Partner | Vanity Fair
To keep track of the romantic travails of Justin Bieber requires multiple flow charts at this point, as the singer bounces from Selena Gomez to new potential love interest to maybe Selena Gomez again to new potential love interest, and so on.
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Intel Acquires Drone Startup Ascending Technologies | TechCrunch
Intel has made yet another hardware acquisition to build up its business of integrating its processors and RealSense imaging technology into the next wave of connected devices beyond PCs.
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The Big Bang Theory sued for using “soft kitty” lyrics in hit TV show | Ars Technica
The heirs to a poet who claim their mother wrote a poem popularized in the TV series The Big Bang Theory are suing CBS and others connected to the sitcom for allegedly using the “soft kitty” lyrics without their permission on at least eight episodes.
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Intel and Warner Bros. sue Chinese company for stripping out video encryption | The Verge
How do you show users a movie online without letting them make a copy? For streaming services like iTunes, Amazon, and Netflix, the answer has been High-Bandwidth Digital Content Protection (HDCP), an Intel-owned
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5 Expert Predictions for the Global Economy in 2016 – The Atlantic
The world will face economic challenges on multiple fronts in 2016. As the U.S. Federal Reserve begins its monetary tightening, Europe is struggling to manage migrant and debt crises, China’s financial stability is in doubt, and emerging economies a…
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Colombia bullfighting: At least 25 injured in Turbaco – BBC News
At least 25 people have been injured in an amateur bullfighting event in the northern Colombian city of Turbaco. Four of the people gored by the bull are in a serious condition.
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Texas Police Won’t Release Video of High Schooler Ahmed Mohamed’s Arrest | Motherboard
The Irving, Texas police department has video of the September arrest of 14-year-old Ahmed Mohamed. But it won’t be releasing it or several other documents relating to the teen, who was arrested after bringing a clock-making kit to his high school.
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DJI introduces new versions of its flagship Phantom and Inspire 1 drones | The Verge
The world’s most popular drone maker unveiled new versions of its two most popular models today. The Inspire 1 was tweaked in a pretty basic way, you can now buy it in black. But the Phantom line got a really interesting new addition, the Phantom 3 …
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Bentley will install actual rock inside your car | The Verge
As if Bentley motorcars weren’t heavy enough, the British marque is letting customers install bespoke “stone veneer technology” in their cars. The stone veneers, just 0.
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Rubio jumps the shark: ‘Barack Obama has deliberately weakened America’
Oh wait, I’ve got one… Well, we knew the final weeks leading up to Iowa and New Hampshire were bound to bring out the best in Republicans, and Marco Rubio has now entered his name into the GOP’s “Not a shred of truth” sweepstakes.
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It’s Not All Bad News When It Comes to Beijing’s Terrible Air | VICE News
It isn’t all bad news when it comes to Beijing’s notoriously heavy — and deadly — smog. Take a look through the haze and there’s a glimmer of sunshine. Average concentrations of PM 2.5 — particulates that measure 2.5 microns in diameter and can pene…
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In this installment of our anonymous interview series, we spoke with three art handlers who install artworks in museums, galleries and estates. Jeff: I’m currently an art handler, though I like to use the European term “art technician.
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KANKAKEE, Ill. — Someone stole Abraham Lincoln’s hand. The crime had no witnesses. There are no suspects. The police are not even certain when the hand disappeared.
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What Patton Oswalt Got Right In His ‘Star Wars 7’ Rant | Inverse
In April of 2013, Patton Oswalt improvised a filibuster on an episode of Parks And Recreation which was later released to the internet in full.
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Ingenious New Non-Lethal Bullet Burns Propellant Inside the Round
A new compact, lightweight weapon will stop a target in their tracks from a hundred meters away without harming them. Nicknamed the Pogojet, it’s a radical less-than-lethal design from Jeffrey Widder, senior research scientist at Battelle Memorial I…
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General Motors invests $500m in ride-hailing company Lyft | Business | The Guardian
General Motors and ride-hailing company Lyft are forming an unprecedented partnership that could help them beat their rivals to the self-driving future. Lyft said Monday that GM invested $500m in the company as part of a $1bn round of fund-raising.
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Scientists Probe Origin of Life at the Molecular Level
How can life originate from a lifeless chemical soup? This question has puzzled scientists since Darwin’s ‘Origin of species’. University of Groningen chemistry professor Sijbren Otto studies ‘chemical evolution’ to see if self-organization and auto…
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London zoo conducts its annual animal stocktake – in pictures | World news | The Guardian
Zookeepers have started the annual headcount, which takes a week to complete. They will tally up every mammal, bird, reptile, fish and invertebrate from 750 different species for the audit, a requirement for the zoo’s licence.
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American Murderer Serial: why are there so many crime anthology shows? | The Verge
Have you heard about TV’s hot new crime anthology? The one that tracks a single investigation in depth over the course of a season, then moves on to a new story with different characters the following year? Surely you know the one — the ads have bee…
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The French have never done “le doggy bag’’. They eat what is on their restaurant plate or it goes straight in the bin. Until now, that is.
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Commuters from Denmark hit by Swedish border checks – BBC News
Denmark has tightened its border controls with Germany, hours after Sweden imposed similar measures to deter migrants entering from Denmark. Danish Prime Minister Lars Loekke Rasmussen said the decision was “not a happy moment” but Denmark “must res…
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This portable charger looks like an extension of your iPhone | The Verge
Apple had a bit of an off year in 2015, with products that looked like they were still in beta post-release and design missteps unfitting for a company that prides itself on aesthetic perfection. Apple’s lumpy battery pack in particular was singled …
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SpaceX Falcon 9 First Stage Comes In Hot In Alternate NASA View | Video
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Steven Universe is the most delightful, sex positive show on television – Vox
The adult version of the “getting picked last for the kickball team” exclusion nightmare might now be “falling behind on pop culture.” With so many choices, whether on TV or the sprawling galaxy of the Internet, there’s just no way to stay on top of…
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Remembering Haskell Wexler, Genius Cinematographer and Committed Leftist | The Nation
Artists can be prickly characters. Activists are headstrong troublemakers.
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BOSTON—Noting his short outbursts of laughter as he charged across the house, sources confirmed Saturday that pajama-clad 5-year-old Lucas Mason made a turbulent rampage through a dinner party hosted by his parents.
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Michael Moore Has a Plan to Make America Great Again | The Nation
For all of Donald Trump’s ugly bluster about making America great again, he’s awfully soft on what American greatness actually is. All that’s certain, it seems, is that it will involve the construction of a menacing wall—with a big, beautiful door—o…
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Stocks worldwide tumbled in the first trading day of 2016, as fresh fears about a slowdown in China’s economy ignited concerns about global growth. The sell-off started in Asia on Monday, triggered by weak manufacturing data for China and continued …
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How to follow The Verge at CES 2016 | The Verge
What happens in Vegas… will be well documented on our social media accounts In the middle of the Nevada desert sits a convention center. Near that convention center sits a trailer.
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Raccoon tries to wash cotton candy, but it dissolves instantly / Boing Boing
This raccoon found a chunk of cotton candy. When the animal dipped the cotton candy into a puddle to wet it, the chunk dissolved, and the raccoon was like, wtf? Why do raccoons dip their food into water? It’s not to clean it, and it is not to soften…
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Hezbollah bomb attack targets Israeli border patrol – BBC News
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The company behind RocketSkates now makes an electric skateboard | The Verge
At last year’s CES, a company called Acton showed us RocketSkates — electric, two-wheeled roller skates that were hard but fun to ride. But this year Acton has something completely new at CES: a small electric skateboard called the Blink-Board.
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What Do the Bundy Brothers Have Against Wildlife? | The Nation
The gun-toting children of anti-government zealot Cliven Bundy and their allies want to define themselves as “patriots.
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President Obama’s boldest action on guns yet, explained – Vox
After high-profile mass shootings, President Barack Obama has urged the American people to call on Congress to pass measures that would restrict access to guns and, hopefully, reduce gun violence.
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Polar’s new wireless scale never lets you escape your weight, ever | The Verge
A long, long time ago, like in 2012, a few tech companies thought it would be a good idea to add wireless connectivity to weight scales. Fitbit made one, called the Aria. (The company still makes this, though it hasn’t updated the scale in a while).
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Here’s a keychain-sized external battery pack for your Apple Watch | The Verge
Everything needs an external battery now. Congratulations, this is the future Everybody seems to be making battery packs for phones — including Apple. Not so much for the Apple Watch, which gets a day of power for most people but can die if you do a…
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Newly aglow with fatherly pride after the recent birth of his daughter Maxima, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg seems to be asserting his position on gender issues and the tech industry: Girls should embrace their nerdiness.
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This company wants to unclog your Wi-Fi | The Verge
Wi-Fi is one of the most commonly used forms of wireless technology available today. Nearly every modern device, whether it’s your laptop, smartphone, tablet, wearable, or even home appliance connects to Wi-Fi networks to reach the internet.
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Which U.S. president would win in a massive knife fight? / Boing Boing
This is from way back in 2012, but Geoff Micks determined which U.S. president would win in a massive knife fight and it is essential reading.
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How can Han Solo talk to and understand any alien he meets? Why is he such a gifted pilot? In this short piece from 2008, Tim Carmody answers those questions and more: Han Solo Has the Force.
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ISIL attack on Libyan oil terminal reported – Al Jazeera English
Fighters from the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) group have clashed with a force guarding Libya’s Es Sider oil export terminal, witnesses say. ISIL also claimed on Monday to have taken over the nearby town of Ben Jawad, which sits betwe…
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WASHINGTON—Saying their current process of establishing economic pacts had become stale and predictable, high-ranking government officials from the United States and China confirmed Monday that the two nations had decided to try spicing up their tra…
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Oculus Rift preorders start Wednesday at 11am ET/8am PT | Ars Technica
Oculus announced today that its long-awaited, PC-based Rift virtual reality headset will be available for preorder starting this Wednesday, January 6, at 8am PST (11am EST).
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Seattle Seahawks on Fury Road: Can Anyone Stop the NFC Champs? | Rolling Stone
The popular advanced stats website Football Outsiders lives and dies by its signature measurement, DVOA, which stands for Defense-adjusted Value Over Average. Basically, it weighs as many variables as possible – not just wins and losses – in an atte…
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Watch John Oliver Recommend Lowering New Year’s Resolution Standards | Rolling Stone
Watch John Oliver Recommend Lowering New Year’s Resolution Standards “We all know the key to a successful resolution is not hard work and dedication – it’s managing disappointment,” says ‘Last Week Tonight’ ho
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Women Can’t Expect Equality In The Boardroom Until At Least 2065 | ThinkProgress
The share of women on corporate board seats among hundreds of the country’s biggest corporations has doubled over the last 17 years. But even if the rate of change significantly increased, it will take decades until women reach equality.
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Phoenix Suns owner attributes team’s woes to ‘millennial culture’ | Sport | The Guardian
Phoenix Suns owner Robert Sarver attributed his club’s ongoing struggles to the inability of “millennial culture” to deal with problems.
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What We’re Following on Monday Afternoon, 1/4 – The Atlantic
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Europe’s BlueYard Capital Is A New $120M Early-Stage Fund From Ex-EarlyBird VCs | TechCrunch
It was a few months back that rumours began to circulate within the European — and specifically Berlin — startup community that ex-Early Bird VCs Ciarán O’Leary and Jason Whittier were raising a fund of their own.
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20 minute Uber ride cost $1,114.71 on New Year’s Eve / Boing Boing
After Matt Lindsay celebrated New Year’s Eve in Southwood Community Centre near Edmonton, he hailed an Uber to take him and his friends home. The driver who picked up Matt warned him that the “surge rate” was 8.9 times the regular fare.
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Declassified: US Military’s Secret Cold War Space Project Revealed – Scientific American
A newly released treasure trove of historical data reveals intriguing details about a secret Cold War project known as the Manned Orbiting Laboratory (MOL). The U.S. Air Force’s MOL program ran from December 1963 until its cancellation in June 1969.…
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Bill Clinton speaks during a campaign stop for his wife, Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton, in Nashua, New Hampshire. Photograph: Jim Cole/AP
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Grief at the Heart of a Moral Movement | The Nation
In a violent and fragmented society, sometimes the grief is so deep that I cannot help responding as a father as well as a Christian pastor and a political leader.
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There has been no shortage of anti-government rhetoric from the group since the occupation began, but they have not issued a list of demands. They have no plans to leave the occupied building, Mr. Bundy said, and they do not appear interested in neg…
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The Genocidal Unconscious of American Sports’ Naming Practices | The Nation
There are the Redskins, Chiefs, Indians, and Braves—sports teams named after the victims of the settler-colonial genocide that made the United States. Then there’s the professional baseball team named after another true American tradition, a paramil…
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Mauritania Is After an Escaped Al Qaeda Militant Who Tried to Kill the President | VICE News
The government of Mauritania, a vast nation on the West African coast with an increasing jihadist presence, is on the hunt for an Islamist militant who escaped from prison, where he was awaiting execution for his part in a plot to assassinate Presid…
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Someone has ALPHABETIZED ‘The Wizard of Oz’ and the result is amazing|Dangerous Minds
Matt Bucy is probably best known in the world of fan fiction—he’s the co-producer and cinematographer for the impressive and ongoing series of fan-made Star Trek episodes called Star Trek Continues which endeavors to function (unofficially and non-c…
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Oculus Rift Pre-Orders Will Open On Wednesday | TechCrunch
It’s been a long road but the latest attempt to convince the gadget-buying public they need to strap something onto their face in order to experience thrilling sensations passing through their synapses is gearing up for its first big test.
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There’s one great reason to see Quentin Tarantino’s The Hateful Eight in theaters – Vox
Leave it to Quentin Tarantino to revive an archaic, epic film format and use it to create one of the most intimate, theatrical movie experiences in years. The Hateful Eight, his latest work, is a talky, stagey production, featuring a small cast and …
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Your new favorite 19th-century naughty erotic typeface (NSFW)|Dangerous Minds
I couldn’t find much about 19th century German artist Heinrich Lossow’s “smutty” alaphabet. In fact, I could only find one single online source that had all of Lossow’s dirty typeface together on one page.
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CarPlay and Android Auto coming to all 2017 Ford Sync 3 cars | Ars Technica
Android Auto and Apple CarPlay are both going to show up in new Fords this year. On the eve of CES, Ford announced that every 2017 model year car equipped with Sync 3 (its latest infotainment system) will have both smartphone connectivity platforms …
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Orbital View: Where’d You Go, Jefferson Grid? Cont’d – The Atlantic
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Stop me if you’ve heard this one: When the star is unable to perform, a talented underdog is plucked from the chorus and thrown into the spotlight with just minutes to prepare… It’s a crowd pleasing plot, one that occasionally plays out in real life…
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Fox News Contributor Defends Armed Occupation Of Government Building By Militants | ThinkProgress
On Saturday, a group of heavily armed anti-government militia members, including three members of the notorious Bundy family, seized a government building in Oregon. They are still occupying the building and say they are prepared to stay “for years.”
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Mark Zuckerberg’s perfect response to the idea that girls should “date the nerd” – Vox
Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg wrote an absolutely beautiful response to a commenter on his page that encourages girls to be the heroes of their own stories and do amazing things in STEM (science, technology, engineering, and math): Zuckerberg had pos…
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Insurers paid out $27bn for natural disaster claims in 2015 | Business | The Guardian
Around $27bn (£18bn) was paid out by insurers for natural disaster claims last year, with weather causing 94% of incidents, according to data from reinsurer Munich Re.
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Mike Tyson is launching his own Bitcoin wallet brand | The Verge
Mike Tyson’s Bitcoin ambitions don’t stop with a branded ATM. Now, the former boxer is launching a Bitcoin wallet in collaboration with Bitcoin Direct, the company behind his ATM.
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This man is drawing one butt each day / Boing Boing
Historically, the Pokémon franchise has focused its merchandising efforts on the parts of Pokémon characters that were not their butts. But that’s about to change, thanks to a new wave of toys, charms and other assorted swag from Japan that will fin…
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See more sample pages from this book at Wink. A delightfully funny and punny read, The Art of Eating through the Zombie Apocalypse: A Cookbook & Culinary Survival Guide isn’t merely humor, it actually provides sound advice for the survivalist.
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Tennessee Lawmaker Wants To Support Armed Militia Occupying Federal Building | ThinkProgress
Tennessee state Rep. Andy Holt (R) tweeted on Sunday evening asking how to “send support” for an armed militia occupying a federal facility in Oregon.
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The real reason superrich people hate Obama – Vox
A lot of ink and pixels were spilled in 2012 wondering why billionaires hated Barack Obama so much when his administration had presided over emergency measures that prevented a banking crisis and laid the groundwork for a robust stock market recover…
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The First Firestorm Finally Is Coming Back to The Flash, But…
If you were waiting for the return of the first Firestorm to The Flash, I have some bad news. Technically, that’s not Firestorm pictured above, it’s someone else… someone sinister.
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Oregon Militia Wants to ‘Free’ Occupied Land for Logging, But There Are No Trees | Motherboard
Over the weekend a bunch of militant ranchers and wannabees took over a building at a federal wildlife refuge in southeastern Oregon. The group has threatened violence upon any authority threatening to remove them and are generally making a big show…
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RIP ‘death panels,’ and welcome to a bit of sanity in our national health system
Ellen Goodman, former syndicated columnist for the Boston Globe and the Washington Post Writers Group, writes a welcomed obituary for one of the biggest lies of the Obamacare fight: “Death panels.” (Thanks, Sarah Palin, for ruining yet another thing…
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E.ON completes split of fossil fuel and renewable operations | Environment | The Guardian
Germany energy giant E.ON has officially separated its fossil fuel assets into a new company, dubbed Uniper. The move, which became effective on January 1st, will see the energy company focus on renewables, energy networks, and energy efficiency ser…
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11 More Awesome Spotify Tips and Tricks You’re Probably Not Using
Even if you listen to Spotify every day, there are tons of features you may not know about.
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What Is A ‘Laser’? — Ratter — “Heyday in Tabloids”
We won’t spam you, we promise. We’re talking one email a week max. “What Is” is a weekly series that explores early media descriptions of an object, genre, or concept. See the archives here.
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Obama Meets with the US Attorney General to Take Gun Control into His Own Hands | VICE News
President Barack Obama, officially fed up with trying to get any gun control measures through the Republican-controlled Congress, is taking matters into his own hands to enact gun control measures during his last year in office.
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Welcome to a week at the mall of the future | The Verge
I’ve just landed in Las Vegas for my seventh consecutive Consumer Electronics Show, and I feel like I’m finally grasping what this grand gathering is about.
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This Boy’s Life | The Marshall Project
T ony 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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Twitter reinstates Politiwoops, account that tracked politicians’ gaffes / Boing Boing
Twitter has reinstated Politiwoops’ access to the site after the public outcry over it having cut off the advocacy service. Politiwoops, which tracked tweets published and subsequently deleted by politicians, aimed to help keep government honest.
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The first season of Judd Apatow’s Netflix comedy will be available on February 19th | The Verge
Netflix has already ordered two seasons of Judd Apatow’s upcoming rom-com series Love ahead of its premiere, but at least now we know when that premiere is: February 19th.
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Did Star Wars Just Jump Back Into the Oscar Race? | Vanity Fair
The rules always said that you couldn’t win the best picture Oscar without a nomination for editing. It hadn’t happened since Ordinary People did it in 1980, a long enough streak to make it pretty much gospel in the world of Oscars prediction.
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The Flaw in ISIS’s Favorite Messaging App – The Atlantic
In some corners of Washington, D.C., cryptography is becoming a dirty word. Since the rise of the Islamic State, hardly a day goes by that politicians don’t raise the specter of a terrorist attack planned on encrypted messaging platforms.
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How satellite technology is helping to fight illegal fishing | Environment | The Guardian
Pirate fishing vessels plundering fish from the world’s marine reserves, such as the one around Ascension Island announced on the weekend, can now be watched, tracked and brought to justice using satellite technology.
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Samsung’s new portable SSD supports USB Type-C | The Verge
Following up last year’s Portable SSD T1, Samsung has just announced a new version of its sleek external storage system: the Portable SSD T3. The device has learned a few new tricks, now going up to 2TB capacity, along with 250GB, 500GB, and 1TB mod…
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General Motors joins Lyft to develop driverless cars – BBC News
US car giant General Motors (GM) is teaming up with car sharing service Lyft to develop a fleet of driverless vehicles. GM is investing $500m (£340m) in Lyft as part of a $1bn fund raising initiative and will take a seat on the San Francisco-based c…
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Denmark and Sweden tighten border control – Al Jazeera English
Denmark has introduced temporary controls along its border with Germany, just hours after Sweden took similar measures to check the flow of refugees.
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Oculus Rift preorders open Wednesday morning | The Verge
Oculus still hasn’t announced a launch date for its Rift virtual reality headset, but now we know when preorders are opening: this Wednesday, January 6th, at 11AM ET.
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One of the clearest signs that a dictator’s reign has come to an end is when statues of him are removed from public display. It happened to Stalin. It happened to Saddam Hussein. And now it has happened to Bill Cosby.
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It turns out Judd Apatow has no Love (series) for Hulu after all—although initial reports of Apatow’s original comedy series indicated he might produce the show for the streaming company, Netflix has just announced the arrival of Love to its own pla…
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The Dark Web Hacking Forum ‘Hell’ Is Back Online | Motherboard
The infamous dark web hacking forum called “Hell,” where hackers and cybercriminals share stolen data and hacking tips, just relaunched months after it was shut down amid rumors of its founder being arrested and the forum being swarmed by undercover…
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Is ‘Epidemic’ the Right Metaphor for Gun Violence? – The Atlantic
Much could be written, has been written, and still needs to be written about gun violence, the Second Amendment, responsible gun ownership, the gun lobby, and politicians. But here I want to pause and consider a metaphor that’s becoming more common …
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Metroid: The Sky Calls on Vimeo
Rainfall Films and director Sam Balcomb present a live action short set in the Metroid universe, starring Jessica Chobot (Nerdist) and America Young (Halo 5). Learn more about Rainfall here: http://rainfall.tv [ This non-profit film is not associate…
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Sweden Imposes New Border Checks, So Denmark Follows Suit | VICE News
Denmark imposed temporary identity checks on its border with Germany on Monday following a similar move by Sweden, dealing a double blow to Europe’s fraying passport-free Schengen area amid a record influx of migrants.
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Politics, we’re often told, is governed by rules — basic principles that explain not just what’s going to happen, but what rational candidates and parties can be expected to do. Donald J.
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The tiniest chameleons may actually have the most powerful tongues – The Washington Post
What can go from 0 to 60 in a hundredth of a second? That would be the tongue of the chameleon Rhampholeon spinosus.
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The Griffin BreakSafe Brings MagSafe Back To The MacBook | TechCrunch
If you have small children, pets, or drunken roommates you understand the value of MagSafe. These chargers woulds snap off and on magnetically without damaging your computer or port and they were amazingly great at saving your laptop from tipping on…
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My Maker Dad book is on sale on Kindle / Boing Boing
Redditor MymlanOhlin shares their method for making a glowing bottle Nuka Cola Quantum from Fallout 4, a fiendishly difficult videogame whose brilliant storytelling and gorgeous, explorable landscapes have totally colonized our household.
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Hashim Amla’s unbeaten 157 helped South Africa frustrate England as the tourists took only one wicket on day three of the second Test in Cape Town. The South Africa captain reached his 24th Test century off 214 balls after he was dropped by James An…
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Marco Rubio on Monday framed the presidential election as a choice that would define America’s role on the global stage. In doing so, he took direct aim at both Hillary Clinton’s record as secretary of state and Republican candidates he called “isol…
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Last chance reminder: Final day of our annual Charity Drive sweepstakes | Ars Technica
Last week, I asked the Ars Technica community to dig deep and help us beat the Charity Drive donation record set back in 2012. This week, I can say the community has responded beautifully to that request.
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How Kirk Cousins turned Washington from laughing stock to playoff team | Sport | The Guardian
It was just a few months ago when Washington were the biggest joke in the NFL. They were coming off a 4-12 season. They picked up once-promising QB of the future Robert Griffin III’s option in the offseason, then coach Jay Gruden installed Kirk Cous…
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Joss Whedon Explains How the Marvel Cinematic Universe Is More Separate Than You Think
Agents of SHIELD, Agent Carter, Daredevil, and Jessica Jones have all proven themselves as worthy entries into Marvel’s pantheon of shared live-action properties.
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Harry Cliff: Have we reached the end of physics? | TED Talk | TED.com
Why is there something rather than nothing? Why does so much interesting stuff exist in the universe? Particle physicist Harry Cliff works on the Large Hadron Collider at CERN, and he has some potentially bad news for people who seek answers to thes…
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Tips, links and suggestions: what are you reading this week? | Books | The Guardian
Welcome to this week’s blog, and Happy New Year to all! Here’s a roundup of your comments and photos from our last post, where TLSers shared holiday cheer and wishes, as well as their holiday reads – from ghost stories to novels set in the USSR – an…
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Griffin’s BreakSafe Magnetic USB-C adapter clones MagSafe for the new MacBook | The Verge
Most of the consternation surrounding the new MacBook has to do with the fact that it has a single port: one USB Type-C connector. Adapters and hubs that work with it have been a little slower to come out than we’d hoped, but at CES this year we’re …
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Young girl plays incredible organ arrangement of Star Wars Theme / Boing Boing
If you’re wondering, that’s a Yamaha Electone electronic organ. Above, the Star Wars Theme. Below, from a few years back, Back To The Future. Many more performances: 826aska
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Tim Peake’s message to Her Majesty The Queen – YouTube
Message from British ESA astronaut Tim Peake aboard the International Space Station to Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, 31 December 2015.Tim Peake is spending six months in space to run expe…
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Fiat Chrysler will roll out CarPlay and Android Auto this year | The Verge
Fiat Chrysler will bring CarPlay and Android auto to its next-generation UConnect infotainment systems this year, the company announced today at CES.
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Britain Denounces ISIL Video Showing ‘Spies’ Shot | Al Jazeera America
An Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) video showing a young boy in military fatigues and an older masked man who both spoke with British accents should be viewed as a propaganda tool, Prime Minister David Cameron said on Monday.
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Introducing his song “Alma” on his 1965 album That Was the Year That Was, Tom Lehrer, referring to the song’s subject, Alma Mahler, quipped: “It’s people like that who make you realize how little you’ve accomplished.
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NFL Playoffs: The Parity Party Is Over, and Football Is Fun Again | Rolling Stone
Let us begin with the New York Jets, because if you’re going to pose deep philosophical questions about what the hell this NFL regular season meant, and what it says about professional football as a consumer product in 2016 and whether this is a lea…
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Inside Wall Street’s Exclusive Deadhead Society | Rolling Stone
One evening in October 2015, an Irish bar in midtown Manhattan hosts a mixer for Wall Street executives, though it more closely resembles a hippie-commune reunion.
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’13 Hours’: Can Michael Bay Pull Off a Gritty Movie About Benghazi? | Rolling Stone
When Michael Bay wants to screen a cut of his movie, he calls Anthony. Anthony flies from L.A.
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Luke Bryan Tour, Brothers Osborne Album Highlight 2016: Ram Report | Rolling Stone
As 2016 dawns, country music is anticipating a slew of new albums and hot tours, as well as the emergence of some promising young artists. Brothers Osborne lead the charge of new releases, unleashing their debut Pawn Shop on January 15th.
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The Comfort Food Diaries: The Mindless Pleasures of the PB&J | Serious Eats
This story is not about a guilty pleasure. It’s not about exalting a humble eating experience into a sentimental touchstone of shared experience. Nor is it about covering a faintly ridiculous dish in the laurels of intellectual reverence to make it …
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Get Used To Blackouts and Higher Electric Bills As the Climate Changes | VICE News
VICE News is closely tracking global environmental change. Check out the Tipping Point blog here.
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Israeli Adtech Looks To Scale Up | TechCrunch
Israeli startups look to America for inspiration, money and, of course, exits. But recent events indicate a change in course, at least for Israeli advertising and marketing technology companies that have quietly become global powerhouses.
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Ice Sheets Hold the Secrets of Sea-Level Rise – Scientific American
SAN FRANCISCO—Three years ago, scientists discovered that ice loss in Greenland and Antarctica has accelerated since 1992 due to climate change. Now the same group of scientists has launched an initiative to use satellite data to continually monitor…
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AT&T getting rid of phone contracts and subsidies this week | Ars Technica
AT&T will stop offering phone subsidies with two-year contracts this Friday, requiring customers to purchase phones at full price or on device installment plans. AT&T has offered the option to buy devices under monthly installment plans since mid-20…
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Microsoft Says Windows 10 Is Now Running On Over 200 Million Devices | TechCrunch
Microsoft this morning announced promising numbers related to the growth and traction of its Windows 10 operating system.
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Syrian Seamstresses Send Help Home | Al Jazeera America
Surviving war and overcoming hardship, Syrian seamstresses in Turkey find sisterhood and honor in producing clothing in Reyhanli.
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(I don’t know) how to recover from an accident
Emma Carmichael and her cousin Molly were hit by a truck this summer. Their bodies and minds are slowly healing. I talked about it in the weeks following, as friends came to visit. “Want to hear what I remember?” I’d ask. I was prepared, even if my …
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Makerbot Releases The Smart Extruder+ | TechCrunch
Makerbot has just announced the availability of their new Smart Extruder+, a PLA 3D printer head that offers “better performance over a longer period of time.” This is the first major upgrade to Makerbot’s extruder since the launch of their Fifth Ge…
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Homelessness and Supportive Housing in New York City – The Atlantic
The streets of New York and other U.S. cities are home to thousands of people who suffer from crippling mental illnesses, and others who are addicted to drugs and alcohol. In January 2015, there were more than 80,000 chronically homeless people in t…
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2016 starts very badly for Carly Fiorina and Ben Carson
Friday was a holiday and the kickoff of the final stretch of campaigning before actual presidential primary voting begins. Suffice it to say that Ben Carson and Carly Fiorina did not kick things off in style. Well, not a good style. They certainly b…
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Oregon Militia Occupation Drags On | Al Jazeera America
Federal law enforcement officials on Monday sought to bring a peaceful end to the weekend occupation of the headquarters of a U.S. wildlife refuge in Oregon by self-styled militiamen, while authorities said all staff at the facility were safe.
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Iran and Saudi Arabia’s great rivalry explained – BBC News
Iran and Saudi Arabia are locked in an escalating dispute over the Saudi execution of leading Shia cleric Sheikh Nimr al-Nimr. Diplomatic ties have been broken, angry words exchanged and Iranian protesters stormed the Saudi embassy in Tehran.
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Kanye West’s ‘Facts’ May Have Saved the Los Angeles Lakers | Rolling Stone
The Los Angeles Lakers are, by any objective measure, a terrible team, not-so-proud owners of the second worst record in the NBA. But they’ve gotten the New Year off to a positive start.
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Lemmy’s Favorite Bar Plans 12-Hour Memorial Service | Rolling Stone
The Rainbow Bar & Grill in Los Angeles, Lemmy Kilmister’s favorite watering hole, will hold a memorial service for the Motörhead legend on January 9th. “Join us as we say goodbye to a dear friend and loved one,” the bar’s Facebook told patrons of th…
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Dogged enforcers: the well-trained social media world of Dogspotting | Life and style | The Guardian
It’s the one that got away that you never forget. A part of me will always wonder what might have been if I’d reached for my camera a little faster, if I’d been a little quicker to break into a run.
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They don’t have to tell you where meat comes from anymore / Boing Boing
Responding to overwhelming consumer demand to be kept in the dark about where meat comes from, the government has relaxed the relevant labeling requirements.
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Beyond the Hype: This Is the Tech We Expect to Lay Hands on in 2016 | Motherboard
This year, rather than writing our own predictions, we decided to have Motherboard interview each other. CES, the huge annual consumer electronics show in Vegas, acts as something of a starter pistol for the year in tech.
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The Tactical Intelligence of #NoJusticeNoLeBron | The Nation
Tamir Rice will forever be 12 years old, sentenced to death by Cleveland’s police for holding a toy gun and “being a child while black.
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Samsung’s Fridge of the Future will let you check spoilage from your phone | The Verge
Yesterday, the first photos of Samsung’s new smart refrigerator appeared on the company’s official Flickr page. Now, a Korean version of the product announcement has appeared on Samsung Korea’s official site.
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HINGHAM, MA—After getting out of bed and trudging into his bathroom early Monday morning, New England Patriots head coach Bill Belichick reportedly attempted to wake himself up by splashing some blood on his face.
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Donald Trump’s New Television Ad – The Atlantic
The new Donald Trump ad has dropped, and it looks a lot like the old Donald Trump campaign. In fact, the TV spot is basically a greatest-hits package of the Trump campaign:
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Poland cold snap toll rises to 21 dead – BBC News
One of Poland’s deadliest-ever cold snaps killed at least 21 people over the weekend, with temperatures falling to -18C (-0.4F), officials say. That means that since 1 November at least 39 people have been killed by cold weather in Poland.
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Sale Of Gas-Fueled Cars To Be Limited By 2050 – The Onion – America’s Finest News Source
The United Nations Conference on Climate Change announced an agreement by five countries to ban the sale of new gas-fueled cars by 2050, a move that would reduce global pollution but could cause economic complications if electric car production is …
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Avoid Financial Pitfalls by Finding Your Blind Spots
Money can be an overwhelming thing to manage, so most of us try to avoid certain aspects of our finances altogether. Maybe it’s a fear of investing. Maybe it’s impulsive spending. Whatever your blind spot, pinpointing it is the key to moving past it.
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Trump’s First TV Ad Is Exactly As Anti-Immigrant As You’d Expect | ThinkProgress
Republican frontrunner Donald Trump’s first television ad relies on the same anti-immigrant sentiment that has characterized his positions on the campaign trail. In the ad, Trump promises to “make America great again” by banning Muslim immigration a…
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Saddam Hussein’s Yacht Is Sailing Again With a New Mission
After three decades of being passed around by Middle Eastern monarchs, Saddam Hussein’s yacht is now in the hands of Iraqi marine researchers.
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Scientific American Celebrates its 170th Birthday [Video] – Scientific American
Scientists Find New Drug Targets for Psoriasis December 29, 2015 — Nature Video
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Security Forces Are Still Battling Gunmen at Indian Airbase and Consulate | VICE News
Indian security forces were battling for the third day on Monday to clear out militants who attacked one of its airbases and killed seven soldiers — at the same time a similar fight at an Indian consulate in Afghanistan entered a second day.
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I retired at 30. The best part isn’t leisure — it’s freedom. – Vox
This leads to a series of skeptical questions about how anybody could possibly save enough in 10 years of work to live off for the remaining 70, or how I handle raising kids, health insurance, college tuition, emergencies, groceries, and luxuries. B…
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Anne Hathaway Proudly Reveals Her Bikini Baby Bump | Vanity Fair
Anne Hathaway has a achieved another milestone.
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Greeter Falls, South Cumberland State Park, Tennessee [OC] [5181 x 3453] : EarthPorn
Greeter Falls, South Cumberland State Park, Tennessee [OC] [5181 x 3453] via /r/EarthPorn https://t.co/3HVlQPfrD4 https://t.co/o7vdPFFUXS
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New WiFi standard offers more range for less power : technology
New WiFi standard offers more range for less power via /r/technology https://t.co/zrqUrB1QRI https://t.co/KGysuB6m1N
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A Pair of Conjoined Porcelain Dolls Make a Connection Through Music
A Pair of Conjoined Porcelain Dolls Make a Connection Through Music https://t.co/HrRxW16TzN https://t.co/6P59E9PGtQ
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The follow-up to Clash of Clans is a digital card game called Clash Royale | The Verge
The follow-up to Clash of Clans is a digital card game called Clash Royale https://t.co/qj8mSjHtvQ https://t.co/meeT76iec0
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“A Passive, Flickering Object” –The Odd Supermassive Black Hole at the Milky Way Center
“A Passive, Flickering Object” –The Odd Supermassive Black Hole at the Milky Way Center https://t.co/PwBiW3EfBU https://t.co/YrHlxIPha1
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A Pair of Conjoined Porcelain Dolls Make a Connection Through Music
“Valse à quatre mains” (“Waltz with four hands”) is a short animated film by a group from Supamonks Studio, which is gorgeous in its music and imagery. The attention to detail is amazing—just look at the cracks in the hair of the violinist! Contact …
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Darius McCollum first commandeered a train at age 15. He has been arrested 30 times for transit-related crimes. Most recently, he was arrested in November, while behind the wheel of a Greyhound bus officials said he had stolen from a depot in New Je…
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Donald Trump’s first TV ad is a Greatest Hits of his campaign’s most controversial ideas – Vox
Donald Trump’s first TV ad is a greatest hits of his campaign’s most controversial ideas https://t.co/jSzxI3KFJs https://t.co/6frqSM1Qm4
Donald Trump has managed to lead the Republican presidential race for months without running a single television ad. Now, with a few weeks left before the Iowa caucuses (where Trump is polling slightly behind Sen. -
Sweden introduces border checks with Denmark – BBC News
Sweden has introduced identity checks for travellers from Denmark in an attempt to reduce the number of migrants arriving in the country. Last year Sweden accepted more than 150,000 asylum applications.
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As “Paying The Writer” Gets Easier, Whither Bookstores? | TechCrunch
There has been a bit of fussiness in publishing over the past few weeks regarding the rise of used bookstores as cultural centers/ways to screw writers.
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Should George R.R. Martin Be Blamed for ‘The Winds of Winter’s Delay? | Inverse
I don’t blame George R.R. Martin for not being done with The Winds of Winter in time for the sixth season of Game of Thrones. Have you ever gone in deep with a writer on their process? There is no magical path to successful writing. Some writers do …
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Winds Of Winter won’t be out before Game Of Thrones’ season 6 premiere · Newswire · The A.V. Club
We’ve been bracing ourselves for the delayed arrival of The Winds Of Winter, the sixth book in George R.R. Martin’s A Song Of Ice And Fire series, for some time now.
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Watch Channing Tatum Go Full Disney Princess with “Let It Go” from Frozen | Vanity Fair
The Channing Tatum and Jenna Dewan Tatum episode of Lip Sync Battle really is the gift that keeps on giving. As the father of a two-year old daughter, you better believe Tatum knows his way around “Let It Go.
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Allies back Saudi Arabia in showdown with Iran – Al Jazeera English
Saudi Arabia’s regional allies have stepped up diplomatic pressure on Iran, breaking or downgrading relations with the country following an attack on the Saudi embassy in Tehran, which followed executions in the kingdom.
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Poland’s ruling conservatives clash with EU over media control – BBC News
For the first time since the fall of communism in 1989 the government in Poland could soon have almost complete control over the public media.
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Of Course, Mark Zuckerberg’s 2016 Resolution Includes Building an A.I. | Vanity Fair
Mark Zuckerberg, new millennial dad, is trying to be a better man in the new year, and what would a “personal challenge” be without broadcasting it to his whole follower base?
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meow_irl via /r/MEOW_IRL http://bit.ly/1OGGipe | Peace Beauty Life Light Love Balance Wisdom
meow_irl via /r/MEOW_IRL https://t.co/qrs2drobq8 https://t.co/tNK9xZHRH1 https://t.co/Y3csvWftbO
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Japan’s New Godzilla Is One Fantastically Freaky King of the Monsters
Japan’s New Godzilla Is One Fantastically Freaky King of the Monsters https://t.co/Ppda2vqluR https://t.co/RuTNEyObvK
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You have to be seriously geeky to get excited when the Internal Revenue Service releases a new batch of statistics. Well, I’m a big geek; like quite a few other people who work on policy issues, I was eagerly awaiting the I.R.S.’s tax tables for 201…
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Japan’s New Godzilla Is One Fantastically Freaky King of the Monsters
We’ve seen brief glimpses of Hideki Anno and Shinji Higuchi’s Shin Godzilla (a.k.a. Godzilla Resurgence) before, but we’ve barely seen the kaiju himself.
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Godzilla, girls and guns: Color-drenched Japanese sci-fi art|Dangerous Minds
Godzilla vs.
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Need a Chill Pill? Here’s a Recipe from the 19th Century | Atlas Obscura
In the 1980s and early 1990s, if you were acting uncool, your sassy friend might have told you to “take a chill pill”–that is, to relax. But in the late 1800s, if someone told you to take a chill pill, they’d mean something completely different: a l…
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Frank Einstein and the Brainturbo by Jon Scieszka – review | Children’s books | The Guardian
This book is about a boy called Frank Einstein and his friends including two robots called Klink & Klank. They are trying to help their friend Jane Goodall make the baseball team. Frank Einstein has lots of ideas to make improvements to the body to …
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The Twisted Things People Have Done For A Klondike Bar | Atlas Obscura
An original Klondike Bar. (Photo: Keith Homan/shutterstock.com) The iconic commercials from the 1980s suggested that people would perform extreme actions in the name of a chocolatey-coated ice cream rectangle, loaded up all big and thick, with no ro…
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Toyota will use Ford’s app platform, but CarPlay and Android Auto are nowhere in sight | The Verge
Toyota has announced that it’s officially adopting SmartDeviceLink (SDL) for its next-generation in-car electronics, six-odd months since first announcing it was taking a look the platform.
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The Incredible Thing We Do During Conversations – The Atlantic
One of the greatest human skills becomes evident during conversations. It’s there, not in what we say but in what we don’t. It’s there in the pauses, the silences, the gaps between the end of my words and the start of yours.
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Windows 10 is now running on more than 200 million devices | The Verge
Microsoft’s free Windows 10 upgrade is clearly going well. Back in October the software giant revealed that 110 million devices were running Windows 10, and that number has now jumped to more than 200 million. Microsoft first released Windows 10 as …
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China Markets Suspended After Stocks Tank | Al Jazeera America
China’s major stock exchanges tanked on the first trading day of the year, triggering a “circuit-breaker” that suspended equities trade nationwide for the first time and put months of regulatory work to restore market stability at risk.
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Toyota is connecting a lot of cars to a ‘Big Data Center’ this year | The Verge
Millions of Toyotas around the world, connected to LTE, quietly uploading and downloading from a huge, nondescript building far, far away: that appears to be the end goal of a new initiative announced by Toyota to
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Jeb Bush Is Readying His Nuclear Option for the Primaries | Vanity Fair
As the rest of the world begins to grapple with their New Year’s resolutions, Jeb Bush, who spent most of 2015 in a dismal tailspin, has apparently made a solemn vow of his own: to take down Marco Rubio, his former Florida protégé, even if he has to…
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Laurie Anderson Plots Concert for Dogs in Times Square | Rolling Stone
Laurie Anderson is playing a concert intended only for dogs. The musician-performance artist is inviting canines and their owners to sit on the steps of Duffy Square in New York City as she performs low-frequency music at 11:30 p.m. on Monday, Janua…
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Windows 10 now on more than 200 million devices, and people are using the Store | Ars Technica
Windows 10 is now in use on more than 200 million active device after about five months on the market, according to figures released by Microsoft today.
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This Map Shows Low-Cost Spay and Neuter Clinics in Your Area
Spaying or neutering your pets can be expensive, but it’s important to consider.. Luckily, this map from the ASPCA shows you clinics with affordable spay and neuter programs in your area.
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Charts: Adele’s ’25’ Spends Sixth Week at Number One | Rolling Stone
On the Charts: Adele’s ’25’ Spends Sixth Week at Number One After five weeks of astronomical sales, ’25’ comes back to Earth (a little)
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Who, What, Why: How do elements get their names? – BBC News
New elements have been added to the periodic table. But how do they get their names, asks Camila Ruz. Science textbooks around the world have become suddenly out of date. Four new chemical elements have been added to the periodic table.
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SmartDeviceLink, Ford’s open-source technology for connecting mobile apps with in-car interfaces, is getting a few important new backers today.
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Denmark introduces temporary controls along German border : worldnews
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Sheriff says Oregon militia came to overthrow local, federal governments : Liberal
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What is the most interesting scientific news? Very, VERY smart people respond. / Boing Boing
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US authorities begin deportations of Central American asylum seekers | US news | The Guardian
The Department of Homeland Security began a divisive push over the weekend to find and deport Central American immigrants who sought legal asylum in the United States but were ordered to leave the country, according to immigration rights advocates.
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Life in Western Mongolia is an adventure. Training eagles to hunt, herding yaks, and racing camels are just a few of the daily activities of the nomadic Kazakh people. I spent a few weeks living with them and experiencing one of the most unique cult…
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Your Supercar Has Nothing On This Tiny Chameleon’s Tongue
Rhampholeon spinosus, a lumpy-nosed chameleon that can fit on the tip of your thumb, doesn’t exactly inspire awe at first sight. But don’t let its size fool you: in one respect, this little lizard is among the most powerful machines on Earth. It’s g…
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Sudan and Bahrain Sever Ties With Iran Over the Protest at the Saudi Embassy – The Atlantic
Bahrain and Sudan, both close allies of Saudi Arabia, have joined the kingdom and cut diplomatic relations with Iran, while the United Arab Emirates, another Saudi ally, has downgraded them.
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North Carolina police shoot and kill one while attempting to serve warrant | US news | The Guardian
Police in North Carolina say one person was killed and a police officer suffered an ankle injury when shooting broke out as police tried to serve an arrest warrant at a Charlotte home. Multiple news outlets reported that police fired back and hit on…
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From It’s OK To Be Smart, a 12-part series explaining evolution.
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The Rokos Core OS Turns Your Raspberry Pi Into A Bitcoin Node | TechCrunch
The Rokos Core, now in its fourth version, is a disk image for Raspberry Pis that can turn your single-board computer into a full bitcoin node. The system will allow you to hold a bitcoin wallet and mine, send, and receive bitcoin over the network.
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Last Year (Winds of Winter) – Not A Blog
The last post from the Lost Post, and the one you’ve all been waiting for. Back when this was one long long long post, before Live Journal sent it to the cornfield, I mentioned opening with Dickens’ line, “It was the best of times, it was the worst …
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CES 2016 schedule: where to watch the biggest keynote live streams | The Verge
Even if you can’t be at CES — and statistically speaking, you’re probably not here — you can still experience some of the biggest announcements in real time. Most of the major press conferences and keynotes will be streaming live, and you can find t…
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Roku Expands Its Smart TV Platform, Will Launch Its First 4K TV This Spring | TechCrunch
If cord-cutting and streaming services are the future of TV watching, then it makes sense that one of the top makers of streaming media players, Roku, is expanding its television footprint.
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Upgrade Boring Bread Crumbs by Sauteing Them in Butter and Herbs
Breadcrumbs may seem like something that only exist to add texture to other, more interesting foods, but sauteing them in butter and herbs transform them into something you’ll want to eat all on their own.
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UK oil and gas fields increase production for first time in 15 years | Business | The Guardian
Britain’s oil and gas fields have increased production for the first time in more than 15 years, figures show. Government statistics for the first 10 months of 2015 show oil and gas produced on the UK continental shelf up 8.6% from a year earlier, t…
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The Man Named Best Dressed in the Royal Family Is Probably Not Who You’d Expect | Vanity Fair
Last January, British GQ caused some mild commotion by anointing a one-year-old (Prince George) as the 49th best-dressed male in the U.K., and the publication—which has just now unveiled its top 50 best-dressed men in the U.K.
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Scotland battered by heavy rain and gales | UK news | The Guardian
Heavy rain and high winds are battering parts of Scotland, with forecasters warning of further flooding and key transport routes already knocked out due to damage from Storm Frank last week.
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Watch two televangelists defend their private jets|Dangerous Minds
Yes, because God had nothing better to do that day than ask you two nitwits about your private planes. Here’s five nauseating minutes of televangelists Kenneth Copeland and Jesse Duplantis defending their use and ownership of private planes.
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Big Short director Adam McKay talks about finding the humor in the financial collapse – Vox
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The previous films of director and screenwriter Adam McKay would not necessarily suggest he would be the perfect person to make The Big Short, a film about the 2008 financial crisis. -
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New photos of SpaceX booster show sooty, but undamaged rocket : worldnews
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HAIFA, Israel — At Elika, a bar in the Hadar neighborhood of this hilly port city, a 30-something psychodramatist rolled a cigarette and sipped coffee with her father, a well-known actor in Israel. The bartender poured tall beers for two women who w…
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Watch Mark Hamill host the TV premiere of Star Wars (1984) / Boing Boing
In 1984, Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope made its television debut on CBS. Mark Hamill himself hosted the introduction to the film, sporting a sharp tuxedo. Classy. Most classy. (Thanks, UPSO!)
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Drug Approvals at 19-Year High Belie Industry Challenges – Scientific American
2015 was a good year for innovation in medicine with the U.S. Food and Drug Administration approving 45 novel drugs, four more than in 2014 and the most since the all-time record of 53 set in 1996.
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Net reaches new addressing scheme milestone – BBC News
Efforts to convert net users to a new addressing scheme have hit a key milestone. The novel scheme is needed to help the net support more users and many more smart devices and gadgets.
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Periodic table’s seventh row finally filled as four new elements are added | Science | The Guardian
Four new elements have been added to the periodic table, finally completing the table’s seventh row and rendering science textbooks around the world instantly out of date.
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‘Less than 1%’ of PCs can run virtual reality – BBC News
Less than 1% of of the PCs expected to be in use globally in 2016 will be powerful enough to run the best virtual reality technology, graphics-chip company Nvidia has said. It estimated just 13 million would have the required graphics capabilities i…
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Strengthen Your Core In 2016 With Today’s Amazon Gold Box
If your new year’s resolutions included strengthening your core, Amazon’s here to help with all-time low prices on two pieces of ab workout equipment. The $25 Perfect Fitness Ab Carver Pro has a stellar 4.
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Scurrying, shy and short-eared: readers’ December wildlife pictures | Environment | The Guardian
We asked you to share your December pictures of the wildlife around the world. Here’s a selection of our favourites
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Motherboard Is Searching for the Future at CES | Motherboard
Motherboard is going to CES, and I couldn’t be more excited about it. It’s true. Every year, right after the holidays, the entire consumer electronics industry descends upon Las Vegas for a week of unrelenting hype.
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Watch N64 classic Zelda: Ocarina of Time beaten by blind gamer | The Verge
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AMD’s new graphics architecture is called Polaris | Ars Technica
The rumours were true: AMD’s new graphics architecture is called Polaris (it previously went under the codename Arctic Islands), it’s based on a 14nm FinFET process, and it’ll ship in “mid-2016.
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Trump re-ups controversial Muslim ban and Mexico wall in first campaign ad | US news | The Guardian
Republican frontrunner Donald Trump has released his first, long-promised campaign ad: a spot that touts his controversial proposal to ban Muslims from entering the US “until we can figure out what’s going on”.
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Captain America: Civil War Art Teases A Major Comic Moment For Ant-Man and Hawkeye
Joss Whedon is really done with Marvel movies. Get a better look at some mysterious Star Wars characters. Will Smith reacts to the next Independence Day. A Flash character makes an intriguing return. Plus more details on Alien: Covenant, and new loo…
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Report: Major League Gaming shuttered after $46 million Activision buyout | Ars Technica
Major League Gaming, the once mighty American e-sports organisation, has been bought by Activision Blizzard in a $46 million (£31 million) deal. MLG will be dissolved as part of the deal, with Activision Blizzard picking up most of its remaining ass…
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Study: Shared Office Coffee Machines Are As Gross As You’d Think
Assuming you don’t love rapid bacterial colonization.
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Pink plastic lawn flamingos, which were invented in Leominster. (Photo: Andy Atzert/flickr) Every object has a birthplace. Even the most dispossessed, the most despised, the most godforsaken piece of junk, was crafted–lovingly or otherwise–somewhere.
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Armed militia takes over federal building in Oregon. They’re white, so what do we call them?
Over the weekend, a group of armed militia members led by the son of deadbeat rancher Cliven Bundy took over a federal building in Oregon at the Malheur National Wildlife Refuge.
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Saoirse Ronan Calls Ryan Gosling “Blond, Canadian Jesus” | Vanity Fair
With one week to go until Oscar voters turn in their nomination ballots, many of this year’s hopefuls are back out in the spotlight, hoping that voters spent the holiday break catching up on their films and now need one quick reminder of their in-pe…
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Powerful Earthquake Strikes India | Al Jazeera America
The death and injuries were caused by falling debris. Manipur state’s home minister, G. Gaikhangam, said several regions of the state suffered extensive damage. He said the state capital of Imphal was hit hard but did not give any details.
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A startup is using a mesh network to bring free Wi-Fi to Philadelphia | The Verge
Mesh networks are typically seen in areas experiencing natural disasters, political upheaval, or repression, where chaining routers together into a mini Wi-Fi network can provide a secure and low-cost connection.
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Roku is betting big on 4K UHD and HDR TVs this year | The Verge
Do you like acronyms? Here’s one more: TCL Roku has been embedding its smart TV system into TVs for a couple years now, which is one of the ways it’s survived amid steeper competition from Amazon, Apple, and virtually everybody else you could think …
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Acer Goes All-In With Rugged And All-In-One Chrome Devices | TechCrunch
Remember Chromebooks? Acer does. The company has announced a $180 “rugged” Chromebook laptop and an iMac-like all-in-one – called a Chromebase – with optional touchscreen. The devices are low cost and promise a bit of performance. The laptop, the CB…
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Use Your Ego to Drive Yourself to Achieve, Not to Destroy Someone Else
Ego gets a bad rap, but it’s not just for evil villains. Personal ego can be a catalyst for personal success. As long as you’re not using it to trample everyone else along the way.
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Hear Two Clips From Fred Armisen’s ‘Portlandia’ Tie-In Audiobook | Rolling Stone
Hear Two Clips From Fred Armisen’s ‘Portlandia’ Tie-In Audiobook Sketch comedy series’ feminist bookstore owner Candace Devereaux shares her adventure on “The Brussels to Antwerp Express”
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Trying to lose weight? Looking for a plan that doesn’t involve counting calories or crossfit? Well look no further; I hereby present to you the false memory diet, pioneered by Elizabeth Loftus and her colleague Daniel Bernstein.
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Minnesota Vikings: Power to the Purple | Rolling Stone
OK, quick show of hands. Who here believes the Minnesota Vikings will successfully defend their home turf in Sunday’s NFL playoff matchup against the Seattle Seahawks? You goofballs in the back wearing those ridiculous horned helmets: You don’t coun…
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Denmark: Bordercontrol between Denmark and Germany – Temporary. : worldnews
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Twitter Invests In Muzik Connected Headphone Company | Re/code
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Here is something you didn’t expect to hear about coming out of CES this year: Twitter has invested in Muzik, a “connected headphone” company. -
Partnerships And Interoperability Matter Most In Cloud-Mobile World | TechCrunch
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Life Sciences Marketplace Quartzy Raises $17 Million To Build Up The Supply Side | TechCrunch
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MakerBot is replacing its most ill-fated 3D printing product | The Verge
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Love Everyone Often Peace Beauty Balance Life Light Magic: Holiday highlights
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Love Everyone Often Peace Beauty Balance Life Light Magic: Sephirot of the Tree of Life
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Denmark responds to Swedish border checks with own controls – BBC News
Denmark has tightened its border controls with Germany, hours after Sweden imposed similar measures to deter migrants entering from Denmark. Danish Prime Minister Lars Loekke Rasmussen said the decision was “not a happy moment” but Denmark “must res…
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How ‘Do Not Track’ Ended Up Going Nowhere | Re/code
Back in 2010, the Federal Trade Commission pledged to give Internet users the power to determine if or when websites were allowed to track their behavior.
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Making a Murderer’s Lawyer Hero | New Republic
Years before the Netflix documentary Making a Murderer conferred literary celebrity on him, before taking on (with Jerome Buting) Steven Avery’s murder trial defense in 2007, and even well before Avery was found to have been wrongfully convicted in …
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AutoNotification Uses Tasker to Create Custom Notifications With Over 50 Buttons
Android: Half of the immense power of Tasker comes from third-party plugins. AutoNotification allows you to create powerful notification panels with Tasker. The newest version can even add over 50 buttons to a single notification.
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‘Obama, come and take it’: gun show business booms amid fear of regulation | US news | The Guardian
Thousands of people surged past Louis Bakane’s little booth at the Great Southern Gun and Knife Show this past weekend, and he had a theory why. “They’re panicking,” he said.
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Two NFL franchises have fired their coaches on a day in the calendar known as ‘Black Monday’ as a result of its history of witnessing sackings. The San Francisco 49ers dismissed Jim Tomsula, 47, after only a year in charge as they slumped to a 5-11 …
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Significant Digits for Monday, Jan. 4, 2016 | FiveThirtyEight
You’re once again reading Significant Digits, a daily digest of the telling numbers tucked inside the news, back from a bacchanal of a New Year’s week. In a gut-wrenching post to his blog on Saturday, George R.R.
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WASHINGTON — Hours after President Obama announced in a 2014 speech that he was escalating his campaign against Islamic extremists, a number of prominent columnists suggested they knew exactly what he was thinking.
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Saudi-Iran Row Escalates: Bahrain Cuts Ties and Iraqi Mosques Attacked | VICE News
Bahrain announced on Monday it was cutting diplomatic relations with Iran, state news agency BNA reported, a day after its ally and neighbor Saudi Arabia also severed relations with Tehran.
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It was a miserable day in Demotte, Indiana, bitterly cold with freezing rain pelting the ground. But Dana Drew’s dogs wanted to go outside anyway, so she let them into her fenced backyard for a few minutes. It was about 5:15 p.m. on Monday, December…
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GM is investing $500 million in Lyft to develop self-driving cars | The Verge
General Motors, one of the world’s largest car manufacturers, and Lyft, one of the world biggest ride-sharing companies, are teaming up to develop driverless cars.
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Daily Kos Radio is LIVE at 9 AM ET!
First Monday of the year! Exciting! By next week, they’ll suck again, of course.
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Today’s post is about the new book The White Nationalist Skinhead Movement: UK & USA, 1979 – 1993 released last month by Feral House publishing.
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Forty Stories by Donald Barthelme – serious frivolity | Books | The Guardian
I first came across Barthelme at university, as I am sure is the case with many others. Like most people, I didn’t actually read him. His name was something to drop into conversation – a signifier of postmodern cool, a wink to the stalls.
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The Senate races to watch in 2016 – Vox
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2016: The Year of Reading, Not Mindless Clicking | Motherboard
This year, rather than writing our own predictions, we decided to have Motherboard interview each other. Most of the time, I click on a story, scan it quickly, then open another tab, which is how most people consume media these days. I don’t like th…
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MRW everyone is going back to work but I remember im still laid off : reactiongifs
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What We Know About the Standoff in Oregon – The Atlantic
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Lyft, Now Worth $5.5 Billion, Hops Into The Autonomous Car Race With General Motors | TechCrunch
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Tens of millions of trees in danger from California drought : environment
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Love Everyone Often Peace Beauty Balance Life Light Magic: Power to ISS
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Wildlife on your doorstep: January | Environment | The Guardian
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In Sherlock: The Abominable Bride, Holmes is the worst kind of superhero | The Verge
If you went into this year’s Sherlock holiday special The Abominable Bride expecting a period-piece trifle, no one can blame you. Everything released in advance of its January 1st premiere focused mostly on Victorian London’s dashing menswear and Ma…
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Wanted: books to help my children remember they love reading! | Children’s books | The Guardian
The holidays have been very stress free for my seven and nine year old sons partly because we have been able to relax from the pressures of school reading! Instead, we shared stories by reading aloud as a family.
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A (Not So?) Surprising Amount of Americans Would Like to Be Reincarnat | Vanity Fair
Nothing lasts forever. Wait, does that mean us? That’s fine, because for most Americans a little immortality will take the sting out of our ineluctable disappearing act.
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Note: A reminder that there’s a New England Daily Kos meetup happening this Saturday, January 9 starting at noon. The place: The Farm Bar And Grille at 57 State Street in Kittery (Maine’s southern-most town). To RSVP or get more info, email Kossac…
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Finally, after months of chasing money and striking postures, of breathless polls reporting on inattentive voters, the presidential races head toward real votes in caucuses and primaries, beginning in Iowa and New Hampshire. Already, the attack ad s…
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A Record Player and Instant Film Were the Best Sellers on Amazon this Christmas : Music
articleA Record Player and Instant Film Were the Best Sellers on Amazon this Christmas (silater.com)submitted 26 minutes ago by loading…
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UK Open Rights Group Crowdfunds Mass Surveillance Explainer | TechCrunch
Proof, if proof were needed, that democracy is a cat and mouse game of PR these days… Civil rights campaign organisation, the Open Rights Group, is running a crowdfunding campaign to try to raise £20,000 to fund a challenge to the U.K.
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Movinga, the online removals startup that claims to be a leader in its native Germany but also operates in numerous other European countries, such as Austria, Switzerland, U.K., France and Italy, has picked up $25 million in Series B funding.
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All the Criteria That Defines What “Middle-Class” Really Means
The term “middle class” has become such common jargon that most of us accept it as both a clearly defined group, and a worthwhile goal. But what defines the middle class is a bit more fluid than you might think.
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More than 170,000 call for pardon of ‘Making a Murderer’ subject Steven Avery – The Washington Post
Steven Avery is an unlikely icon for innocence. In contrast to “Serial” podcast’s Adnan Syed, he isn’t particularly charismatic or well-spoken, nor does he have a relatable story — in Syed’s case, a high school romance — attached to the murder for w…
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Acer announces USB Type-C monitors alongside new premium laptops | Ars Technica
Acer is kicking off its CES with a flurry of new PCs, and while the company is still primarily known for its budget offerings, its newest high-end laptops all have some good ideas to offer.
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Acer has a new $180 Chromebook and a 24-inch Chrome OS all-in-one | Ars Technica
Acer has always been a trailblazer when it comes to budget Chromebooks and other Chrome OS hardware, so it’s no surprise that the company has announced a pair of new Chromethings in the run up to CES this week. The first of the two is an 11.
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Europol Is Worried About Child Pornographers Using Tor on Mobile | Motherboard
Using mobile data on the go has never been easier or quicker: with 4G networks, video and other data types can be downloaded quite painlessly while out and about.
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Two interlocking issues drove what appears to be slightly more than a dozen armed men to seize control of a U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service building in Oregon on Saturday evening. The first was the incarceration, release and eventual reincarceration …
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Bedford prefurs formal attire on Sundays : cats
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Warner Bros and Intel Sue 4k Content Protection “Stripper” : technology
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Bahrain cuts diplomatic ties with Iran : worldnews
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ESPN May Finally Be Ready to Kill the Cable Bundle : television
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Israeli officials fear a looming disaster: the collapse of the Palestinian Authority – Vox
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There’s a new type of Wi-Fi, and it’s designed to connect your smart home | The Verge
It seems obvious: Wi-Fi already connects most gadgets in your home. So why wouldn’t it connect your smart home gadgets, too? But while it sounds obvious, the companies making these connected gadgets have been reluctant to use Wi-Fi.
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Acer launches ultra-wide, super-thin, and USB-C monitors | The Verge
If 2015 was the year that we first started to see laptops and phones with the new USB-C port, 2016 will be the year where we see a flood of peripherals to support them.
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Audi Leads $28M Investment In Rental Startup Silvercar | TechCrunch
Silvercar, a startup rethinking the auto rental experience in airports, already seems pretty tied to Audi — after all, every vehicle that Silvercar rents out is a silver Audi. Now the companies are deepening that relationship with a $28 million Seri…
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Mio’s new fitness tracker wants you to ignore your step count | The Verge
Vancouver-based Mio Global is known for being one of the earliest wrist-device makers to use optical heart-rate tracking technology.
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BlackBerry won’t be leaving Pakistan after all | The Verge
BlackBerry has decided to continue operating in Pakistan, abandoning a plan to withdraw from the country after the government demanded backdoor access to user data.
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England could play their first day-night Test in the Ashes series against Australia during the winter of 2017-18. Cricket Australia (CA) say it would be a “natural progression” after hosting the inaugural day-night Test against New Zealand at Adelai…
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E-cigarette may become available on NHS – BBC News
The UK medicines regulator has approved a brand of e-cigarette to be marketed as an aid to help people stop smoking. The decision means e-Voke, produced by British American Tobacco, could be prescribed on the NHS.
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Gawker Oregon Militiamen Receive Fitting Nickname: ‘YallQaeda’ | Jezebel Sorority Sister Fatally Shot While Serving As Designated Driver | Deadspin Report: Chip Kelly Was Fired In Part Because He Messed Up The Eagles’ Holiday Party | Gizmodo Oregon …
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Denmark: Facebook blocks Little Mermaid over ‘bare skin’ – BBC News
A Danish politician who tried to post a photo of Copenhagen’s iconic Little Mermaid statue on Facebook was told it could not be published because of nudity rules.
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Why the dangerous Steelers are a force to fear in the wide-open AFC playoffs | Sport | The Guardian
Unless teams jockeying for seeding truly thrills you, this wasn’t one of the most memorable week 17s in NFL history.
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As Hillary Clinton wrapped up a town hall on her first day campaigning in 2016, the year in which she hopes to become the first woman elected to the US presidency, she had a few parting words. The reference to Donald Trump’s campaign slogan was lost…
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Largest Wildlife Census in History Makes Waves in Conservation
Early findings from the largest ever aerial survey of African wildlife—the Great Elephant Census (GEC)—are proving that big data can make a big difference when it comes to saving the world’s largest land mammal. The Africa-wide census, funded by Mic…
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The rush to rank the latest Star Wars movie The Force Awakens against its predecessors has got the series’ legions of fans looking back with even more scrutiny than usual at those six chapters of this apparently never-ending cinematic space opera.
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Saucy ‘Escort Cards’ Were a Way to Flirt in the Victorian Era
Say you’re a high society lady in the Victorian-era United States. And say a charming bachelor catches your eye across the dance floor and wants to get to know you. He could a.) find someone of good standing to introduce you to him, b.
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Via Noah Smith, an interesting back-and-forth about the political leanings of professors. Conservatives are outraged at what they see as a sharp leftward movement in the academy:
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Hong Kong bookseller kidnap claims concern CY Leung – BBC News
Chinese police have no right to operate in Hong Kong, its leader CY Leung has said, amid fears a local bookseller has been detained by mainland authorities. Lee Bo is the fifth man linked to a shop selling works critical of China’s government to go …
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British number one Andy Murray says he would leave the Australian Open early if his wife, Kim, goes into premature labour with their first child. The first Grand Slam of the 2016 season runs from January 18-31 and the baby is due in mid-February.
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To Win In Iowa Or New Hampshire, It May Be Better To Poll Worse Nationally | FiveThirtyEight
Ted Cruz is doing considerably better in polls of Iowa than he is in national polls. Chris Christie is doing better in New Hampshire than he is with all Americans. Donald Trump is doing worse in both Iowa and New Hampshire than he is in the country …
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Comment from the January 11, 2016, Issue – The New Yorker
In “The Next Great Famine,” Amy Davidson writes about the Great Famine of 1315-17 and climate change. You can read previous Comments published in the magazine, as well as our online Daily Comment and Cultural Comment columns.
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The Arctic they grew up in is unrecognizable, but bowhead whales are oddly calm. They appear to be unexpectedly benefitting from the warmer, less icy climate that has emerged over the past decade.
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Welcome to the new and improved Verge newsletter | The Verge
Today’s the day. After a long hiatus we’re flipping the switch on the new Verge newsletter: First Click. It’s the same First Click you’ve enjoyed for the last nine months only now with the option of having it delivered directly to your inbox each mo…
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Make These Ten Different Dishes Using Just Eggs
The humble egg is one of the most hackable, flexible foods you can eat. There are dozens of ways to make them, and no two ways are alike. In this video from Brothers Green Eats, you’ll learn ten different dishes you can make with just eggs (and mayb…
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Abbreviated pundit round-up: More debates; fighting malpractice; police shootings
Writing in the Huffington Post, Peter Dreier bemoaned the firing of Post columnist Harold Meyerson, noting that it has silenced one of the paper’s major left-wing voices.
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Baby donkey meets huge horse : aww
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Sephirot of the Tree of Life by Joshua Oakley | We Heart It
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Sephirot of the Tree of Life http://bit.ly/1O5U671 | Peace Beauty Life Light Love Balance Wisdom
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Millions of Small Asteroids That Could Threaten Our World Remain Uncatalogued – Scientific American
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Sheriff says Oregon militia came to overthrow local, federal governments : Liberal
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Love Everyone Often 01/05/2016
This Woman Wears Thousands of Swarming Bees—to Meditate Do not try this at home. Not that anyone would. Oregonian artist and energy therapist Sara Mapelli, known as the Bee Queen, wears a squirming coat of thousands of honeybees over her topless torso—a performance aimed at helping others conquer fears a……
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