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Rick James — Mary Jane — Listen and discover music at Last.fm
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Peace Love Beauty Wisdom Balance Imagination Truth Consciousness, Another Appalachia (11 photos)…
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ON New Year’s Eve, in the shadow of Cologne’s cathedral, crowds of North African and Middle Eastern men accosted women out for the night’s festivities. They surrounded them, groped them, robbed them. Two women were reportedly raped.
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How Will I Die? – The Atlantic
In general, the probability of death is pretty simple to calculate. It’s 100 percent. We all die. But the devil is in the details. Humans fear catastrophe and disaster, and accordingly, tend to worry about horrifying events: gunfire, a terrorist att…
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Looking at Appalachia Photography Project Roger May – The Atlantic
When President Lyndon Johnson designated Appalachia as the battleground for the War on Poverty, black and white images of destitute families and broken-down barns came to define the region. Some 50 years later, those stereotypes remain—and Roger May…
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Barack Obama’s Impact on the Gun-Control Debate and the 2016 Election – The Atlantic
By renewing his push to expand background checks on gun sales, President Obama on Tuesday vastly increased the odds that gun control will play a larger role in the 2016 election than in any presidential contest since 2000.
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Crime Blotter: Rhino Horn, Panther Skins, and More
Every Sunday, Wildlife Watch notes some of the previous week’s wildlife crime busts and convictions around the world.
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War is Unavoidable—and Other Hard Lessons from Homer’s Iliad
Homer’s Iliad—a 3,000-year-old epic poem—continues to shape how we think about war. “Every adjective evokes the destruction and tragedy of war,” says Caroline Alexander, author of The Iliad: A New Translation.
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One of many reason I think The Graham Norton Show is one of the best talkshows. : television
One of many reason I think The Graham Norton Show is one of the best talkshows. (youtube.com) Mariam Margolyes’ stories are absolutely fucking historical. She has to be one of the funniest people I have ever seen on a talk show or otherwise.
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When short-story specialist Ann Beattie rose to prominence in the 1970s, her originality and ability to capture the flavour and disposition of the times led to the idea of a “Beattie generation”; decades later, what makes her so influential is still…
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David Cameron ‘won’t quit if EU vote lost’ – BBC News
David Cameron says he will stay on as prime minister even if he loses the UK’s referendum on its EU membership. The PM told the BBC’s Andrew Marr Show he did not think quitting the EU was “the right answer” but the government would “do everything ne…
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The not-so-secret history of comics drawn by women | Books | The Guardian
This week the largest comics festival in France announced its 30 nominees for what many consider the most prestigious prize in comics, the Grand Prix. Not one nominee was a woman.
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Glass Sword by Victoria Aveyard – review | Children’s books | The Guardian
I want you to think about the worst possible way a good book you’ve read has affected you. I want you to try and feel what you felt during your worst book hangover. Now, I’m going to tell you mine.
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Lou Reed — The Gun — Listen and discover music at Last.fm
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Abbreviated Pundit Round-up: Hyperpocrisy edition
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Funkadelic – Who Says a Funk Band Can’t Play Rock?! https://t.co/cZlQGGpIE5 https://t.co/voYcNb5AsP
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Motorhead Diehards Toast Lemmy on the Sunset Strip – The Daily Beast
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Abbreviated Pundit Round-up: Hyperpocrisy edition
Dana Milbank notes that Ted Cruz played with fire and got his widdle fingers singed. When you dance with the devil, the choreography can get awkward.
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Could the rise of Donald Trump lead to a viable third-party presidential candidacy? The former New Mexico governor Gary Johnson hopes so.
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Baltimore is known to many as the heroin capital of the US. If William Richards has anything to do with it, it may also become the nation’s most psychedelic city.
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Cornball politics: is the sun setting on ethanol as an Iowa caucus decider? | US news | The Guardian
For decades, presidential candidates seeking to compete in the Iowa caucuses have dutifully pledged their support for the production and sale of ethanol.
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New Volkswagen vehicles likely to be overshadowed by emissions scandal | Business | The Guardian
On Sunday night, as Detroit fills with auto journalists and car executives, Volkswagen will hold a media party at Fishbone’s, the Cajun-themed restaurant in the city’s Greektown neighbourhood.
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Motorhead Diehards Toast Lemmy on the Sunset Strip – The Daily Beast
While Dave Grohl, Slash, Mikkey Dee, and other rock royalty paid tribute to rock’s Ace of Spades Saturday, fans flocked to the Sunset Strip to pay their respects to Lemmy the only way he’d want them to: with cheers, wicked laughter, and an endless s…
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Thousands march in Hong Kong over missing publishers – Al Jazeera English
Thousands of protesters in Hong Kong have taken to the streets, demanding answers over the disappearance of a book editor and four of his colleagues.
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North Korea ‘At Brink Of War’ Over Seoul Music : Music
How would you like to be the artist that started the third world war? The worst case of noisy neighbour’s ever?
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Bob Dylan — Shooting Star — Listen and discover music at Last.fm
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Hong Kong: Thousands rally over missing booksellers – BBC News
Thousands in Hong Kong have rallied against the disappearance of five booksellers from a shop known for selling works critical of China. All are suspected of being held in China, and the protesters fear the growing influence of Beijing.
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The Alan Parsons Project — Children of the Moon — Listen and discover music at Last.fm
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France remembers victims of Charlie attacks – BBC News
President Hollande laid a wreath in the Place de la Republique, where a commemorative oak tree was unveiled, and a minute’s silence was observed. In the attacks, jihadist gunmen killed 12 people at the satirical Charlie Hebdo magazine, four hostages…
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Angus Scrimm dead: Phantasm star was 89 : movies
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Leonard Cohen — So Long Marianne — Listen and discover music at Last.fm
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Former Pakistan internationals Salman Butt and Mohammad Asif have returned to cricket after five-year bans for spot-fixing in a 2010 Test against England. The duo are playing for Water and Power Development Authority in Pakistan’s domestic one-day t…
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The wavering fortunes of Jeremy Corbyn – Al Jazeera English
Glasgow, United Kingdom – He may have secured nearly 60 percent of the vote in the UK Labour leadership race a full four months ago, but the fortunes of Jeremy Corbyn continue to dominate the domestic British political scene.
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Asda feels pressure and fuels price war – BBC News
Supermarket chain Asda has predicted another year of “intense pressure” for the struggling sector as the global economy remains “turbulent”. Asda boss Andy Clarke said he would sink another £500m into the price war with his rivals, as part of “radic…
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The Invoice review – gentle, thought-provoking satire | Books | The Guardian
A Stockholm bedsit and a part-time job in a video rental shop hardly seem the stuff of dreams, until the unassuming hero of Jonas Karlsson’s latest novella is issued with a staggering invoice for his life to date.
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Coalition denies using cluster bombs in Yemen – Al Jazeera English
The Arab coalition in Yemen has denied accusations of dropping cluster bombs in the country after UN chief Ban Ki-moon said their use may be a “war crime”.
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Tropical Cyclone Ula roars towards Vanuatu – Al Jazeera English
A red alert warning has been issued for the South Pacific nation of Vanuatu as Tropical Cyclone Ula heads towards the country’s southern Tafea province. The storm is currently located around 90km from the southern island of Aneityum, where they are …
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Staring down a praying mantis : gifs
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Neil Young — Hey Hey, My My (Into the Black) — Listen and discover music at Last.fm
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Afghanistan and the Taliban need Pakistan for peace – Al Jazeera English
In the latest attempt to find a solution to the nearly 38-year-old war in Afghanistan, diplomats from Afghanistan, Pakistan, the United States, and China will meet in Islamabad on January 11.
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Lisa McInerney is magnetised by squalor. Her first public indulgence of this interest was in 2006 when she founded Arse End of Ireland, a blog in which she adopted the persona of Sweary Lady in order to offer dispatches from the frontline of an impo…
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Mr. Penn’s interview with Mr. Guzmán had two parts: a seven-hour face-to-face meeting in the jungle, to which Mr. Penn did not bring a pen, paper or a recording device; and a video the kingpin sent to Ms. del Castillo after Mr. Penn sent him questio…
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David Aaronovitch: Me, Mum, Dad… and Stalin | Books | The Guardian
Shortly before Christmas, the journalist David Aaronovitch, who has sometimes struggled with his weight, agreed to appear on Radio 4’s Woman’s Hour with Katie Hopkins, the Mail Online columnist whose pet subject is her loathing of fat people.
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Humans Leave a Telltale Residue on Earth – Scientific American
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Sculptors compete in Harbin Ice Sculpting Competition – BBC News
Around 60 sculptors have been taking part in the Harbin International Ice Sculpting Competition in northeast China. The finished sculptures are displayed at the Ice and Snow Sculpture Festival, which runs until 5 February.
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Met a tiny green spider wearing sunnies today : aww
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Went camping in Alaska this summer. Got no sleep whatsoever. : pics
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It looks like a bloody organ wrenched from a human body. In fact, this is a lion’s mane jellyfish. Shot last summer in Russia’s White Sea by diver and photographer Alexander Semenov, it is one of a host of underwater creatures few would want to meet…
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Jordan Spieth tightened his grip on Hawaii’s Tournament of Champions as an eight-under-par third-round 65 moved him five shots clear on 24 under. Fellow American Brooks Koepka leads the chase after 10 birdies in a round of 63 – the best of the event…
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Ethiopia’s crackdown on dissent takes deadly toll – Al Jazeera English
Wolonkomi, Ethiopia – Security forces have killed at least 140 people during a crackdown on anti-government demonstrations in Ethiopia in recent weeks, activists and rights groups say.
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Keep your pet on a short leash with the Tractive GPS pet tracking device / Boing Boing
Never lose track of your pet again thanks to the Tractive® GPS Pet Tracking device. This life-saving device attaches to your dog, cat or any other pet and allows you to view their live location on an interactive map.
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Maggot Moon by Sally Gardner – review | Children’s books | The Guardian
Maggot Moon. What do you think of when you hear that title? Bugs? The moon? Bugs on the moon? Well, I won’t tell you that now, that would be spoiling it. Standish Treadwell can’t read, he can’t write. He isn’t that bright.
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The Naked Shore: Of the North Sea review – across the sea that shaped us | Books | The Guardian
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At the end of this long, rich, illuminating and enjoyable study of the North Sea, Tom Blass describes his subject as an entity that “words can only fail”. -
What are zines and which should I start reading? | Children’s books | The Guardian
What are zines and which should I start reading? https://t.co/bCEbfpzNIf https://t.co/6b4mgk11Eb
Since the late 20th-century punk revolution, YA zines are nothing new. With the riot grrrl movement leading the way, the zine has always offered an outlet of self expression for young people. -
15 year old grumpy loaf : Catloaf
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A new menace haunting Muslim charities – Al Jazeera English
The impulse of charity giving is embedded in human nature. For many Muslims the prime mover is the teachings of their religion to help out fellow human beings in distress or in need, irrespective of their background.
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Comet Wild 2 dust ‘ballistics’ probed in 3D – BBC News
Scientists in the US are making detailed 3D maps of the cavities carved by comet dust in blocks of foam carried by Nasa’s Stardust spacecraft. Stardust visited Comet Wild 2 in 2004, catching samples from its dusty tail in specially made slabs of “ae…
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Meet the new faces of fiction for 2016 | Books | The Guardian
“It’s quite a weird book, isn’t it?” suggests Harry Parker in his publisher’s office on a grey Tuesday morning. “Weird” may be overstating things, but Anatomy of a Soldier feels like a new take on the war novel.
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Summarising John Irving’s 14th novel, Avenue of Mysteries, is rather like attempting to relate someone else’s dream to a third party.
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FCC Says The U.S. Failed Its Annual Broadband Test : technology
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Mexican drug lord ‘El Chapo’ may be extradited to US – BBC News
Mexico says it is willing to extradite Joaquin ”El Chapo” Guzman, one of the most wanted drug traffickers in the world, to the US. The office of the attorney-general said extradition proceedings for the head of the Sinaloa drug cartel would start …
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Church ‘should repent’ over treatment of gay Anglicans – BBC News
More than 100 senior Anglicans have signed an open letter calling on the Church of England to repent on its treatment of lesbian, gay and bisexual Christians. Addressed to the Archbishops of Canterbury and York, it comes ahead of a meeting of the gl…
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Love Everyone Often Peace Beauty Balance Life Light Magic: Barred Spiral Galaxy NGC 1300
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Peace Love Beauty Wisdom Balance Imagination Truth Consciousness, Barred Spiral Galaxy NGC 1300…
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US flies B-52 bomber over South Korea amid North tensions – BBC News
The US has flown a B-52 bomber over South Korea in a show of force after North Korea said it successfully tested a hydrogen bomb. The B-52 swooped over an air base close to the North-South border.
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Fairphone | A more ethically made smartphone. : Liberal
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Egypt parliament convenes for first time under Sisi – Al Jazeera English
Egypt’s parliament has convened for the first time in almost four years since the chamber was dissolved.
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France attack victims remembered in ceremony – BBC News
A ceremony is being held in Paris to honour the victims of attacks in the city last year, with French President Francois Hollande due unveil a plaque at the foot of a 10-metre high “tree of memory”.
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Love Everyone Often Peace Beauty Balance Life Light Magic: Star cluster, Pleiades. [1648×1187]
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Chemicals in Melbourne’s Yarra River created a health risk, says report | Environment | The Guardian
A toxic cocktail of chemicals and herbicides has been washed into Melbourne’s Yarra River, killing trees and creating a public health risk, according to a Parks Victoria report.
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‘El Chapo’: Sean Penn interviewed Guzman before recapture – BBC News
Hollywood actor Sean Penn interviewed Mexican drug kingpin Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman at a secret location soon after his jail break. The interview, conducted in October in the Mexican jungle, is published in Saturday’s edition of Rolling Stone.
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Giant Bear Plays With Giant Man Because That’s How They Do In Russia – Digg
Animals Cute They say that pets and their owners start to resemble one another.
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When the nap was real good : pics
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No winner for the $900M Powerball jackpot, Wednesday’s draw worth $1.3B : news
You could spend $48,000 a day for 72 years. That’s some Charlie Sheen-level cocaine and hooker partying.
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The Name of God Is Mercy review – mixed messages from the pope | Books | The Guardian
Under Pope Francis, the Catholic church seems poised belatedly to embrace the 21st century. Since his surprise election in March 2013, the former Cardinal Jorge Bergoglio of Buenos Aires has singlehandedly transformed the backward-looking image of t…
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A Blazing Fireball between the Orion Nebula and… – Just Space
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Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds — The Mercy Seat (Video Mix) — Listen and discover music at Last.fm
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Comedian vs Donald Trump supporter : Liberal
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Powerball rolls on after no winning ticket emerges in Saturday’s draw | US news | The Guardian
Lottery officials have said no ticket has matched all six Powerball numbers. That means the record $949.8m jackpot is expected to soar to $1.3 billion for Wednesday’s drawing. The odds to win were one in 292.2m, and the numbers drawn were 32-16-19-5…
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We said goodbye to our 16-year-old cat Midnight this week. : cats
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Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds — Slowly Goes the Night — Listen and discover music at Last.fm
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Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds — City of Refuge — Listen and discover music at Last.fm
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Djokovic thrashes Nadal to win Qatar Open – Al Jazeera English
Novak Djokovic has moved ahead in his long-running rivalry with Rafael Nadal after thrashing the Spaniard to win the Qatar Open in Doha.
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In 2004, the kindergartens of Jyväskylä, a lakeside city in Finland, received funding to give all children aged one to seven instruction in “varied food habits”.
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Porn sites should have a category of “The man is silent” : Showerthoughts
That and something like “no dialogue” where nobody says anything. You could put it on mute?
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Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds — Mercy — Listen and discover music at Last.fm
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Mexico says Sean Penn interview helped catch El Chapo – Al Jazeera English
A secret interview given by Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman, the recaptured Mexican drug kingpin, to the American actor Sean Penn helped authorities locate his whereabouts, according to a Mexican law-enforcement official.
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These soup cans are the same size, but one says it’s bigger : mildlyinteresting
They incorrectly calculated the size difference for the 30% one. For the one on the left, they’re basically saying the 10.75 oz can is 30% smaller than the 15.2 oz can.
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London’s Australia House usually dishes out travel documents and advice but could also in theory provide entirely drinkable water from an ancient well underneath, according to laboratory tests.
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Toddler Sees Himself In The Mirror : gifs
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Complete lack of depth perception… : space
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The eco guide to booking a holiday | Lucy Siegle | Environment | The Guardian
Camping aside, vacationing used to be viewed as eco hooliganism by the green movement. But as the standards of eco tourism grow and our own sustainable infrastructure stagnates, it will soon be easier to be green abroad than at home. A holiday could…
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Tell us about your pop-culture weekend: January 8 – January 10 · AVQ&A · The A.V. Club
We’ve expanded the definition of AVQ&A—our weekly thought-starter—by asking you (and us) a simple question each week: What pop culture did you consume this weekend, and what did you think of it? If you have suggestions for AVQ&A questions, big or sm…
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Here’s what’s up in the world of TV for Sunday, January 10. All times are Eastern. The 73nd Annual Golden Globe Awards (NBC, 8 p.m.
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Releasing a squirrel that got trapped in the house doesn’t go as planned : gifs
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Monstrous Catch in the Steelers vs Bengals Playoff Game : sports
Catch of the year? I can do dat. Lil’ Flip while I catch it? I can do dat.
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Lake Titicaca (peru side) at 15000ft (4234 x 2539) via /r/SkyPorn https://t.co/0gfIVO9KWc https://t.co/IrORsCtyjr https://t.co/KHpEhPy6jg
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This is Panda. She’s got the pinkest belly in town. : aww
This is Panda. She’s got the pinkest belly in town. via /r/aww https://t.co/Hw6ECgHXQV https://t.co/KfSNJAZxPD
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Lake Titicaca (peru side) at 15000ft (4234 x 2539) : SkyPorn
Lake Titicaca (peru side) at 15000ft (4234 x 2539) via /r/SkyPorn https://t.co/0gfIVO9KWc https://t.co/MBa7wDs6Gl
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My friend takes her two kittens everywhere. via /r/aww https://t.co/JW8ze8OEY0 https://t.co/ZqAi4jOlRN https://t.co/LD5QCj8kdp
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Barred Spiral Galaxy NGC 1300 via NASA https://t.co/ApQQNbybH1 https://t.co/dqCHvXCRSe https://t.co/vrbDi4uKHP
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Star cluster, Pleiades. [1648×1187] : spaceporn
Star cluster, Pleiades. [1648×1187] via /r/spaceporn https://t.co/ZkLUVn65E7 https://t.co/IPJoZMmtZL https://t.co/DaJqUQSZL6
Star cluster, Pleiades. [1648×1187] via /r/spaceporn https://t.co/ZkLUVn65E7 https://t.co/x73iWuzqYc -
Star cluster, Pleiades. [1648×1187] via /r/spaceporn https://t.co/ZkLUVn65E7 https://t.co/IPJoZMmtZL https://t.co/DaJqUQSZL6
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Galavant Gag Reel : television
Galavant Gag Reel via /r/television https://t.co/fFyxSNSrAy https://t.co/isBcQ9f3B6
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Catalonia separatists to elect regional president – BBC News
Members of Catalonia’s assembly are due to choose a new regional president after pro-independence parties reached an agreement to form a coalition. The anti-capitalist CUP party and the Junts pel Si (Together for Yes) alliance are expected to elect …
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APOD: 2016 January 9 – Barred Spiral Galaxy NGC 1300
Explanation: Big, beautiful, barred spiral galaxy NGC 1300 lies some 70 million light-years away on the banks of the constellation Eridanus. This Hubble Space Telescope composite view of the gorgeous island universe is one of the largest Hubble imag…
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My friend takes her two kittens everywhere. : aww
My friend takes her two kittens everywhere. via /r/aww https://t.co/JW8ze8OEY0 https://t.co/qmr3zScWc8
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Lake Boardwalk Image, Croatia – National Geographic Photo of the Day
Above the Boardwalk https://t.co/iieoIEh6tO https://t.co/eOhIsu7stP
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Flint toxic water tragedy points directly to Michigan Gov. Snyder : environment
Flint toxic water tragedy points directly to Michigan Gov. Snyder via /r/environment https://t.co/0t3f75Osep https://t.co/KvHn6D0V4b
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Lake Boardwalk Image, Croatia – National Geographic Photo of the Day
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President Obama Reframes the Gun Debate – The New Yorker
Last week at the White House, as President Obama announced a set of executive actions aimed at blunting gun violence, he seemed anything but numb.
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US deploys B-52 bomber after North Korea’s nuclear test – Al Jazeera English
The United States has deployed a B-52 bomber on a low-level flight over its ally South Korea in a show of force following North Korea’s nuclear test last week.
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Bengals meltdown hands Steelers improbable last-gasp wildcard victory | Sport | The Guardian
The Pittsburgh Steelers are heading to Denver. The Cincinnati Bengals are heading to another long offseason after a meltdown as ugly and ill-timed as it was complete.
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Mexico May Extradite Drug Kingpin Known as El Chapo https://t.co/ICjivp1O4b https://t.co/rYaulapbjk
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MEXICO CITY — After long resisting requests from Washington, the Mexican government is moving toward extraditing Joaquín Guzmán Loera, the Mexican drug lord known as El Chapo, to the United States to face drug and murder charges there, Mexican offic…
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Sunday Talk: A wing and a prayer
Meet The Press: White House Chief of Staff Denis McDonough; Raging Narcissist Donald Trump (R); Roundtable: Helene Cooper (New York Times), Jennifer Jacobs (Des Moines Register), Robert Costa (Washington Post) and Journalist Jeff Greenfield.
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Whitesboro’s racist town logo up for vote / Boing Boing
On Monday Whitesboro, NY citizens will head to the polls to determine the fate of their racist town seal. The logo, which used to depict a white man in a coonskin cap throttling a native american about the throat, was modified to place the hands of …
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Trump urged to apologise to Muslim protester ejected from rally – BBC News
The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) has urged Republican presidential hopeful Donald Trump to apologise to a Muslim protester ejected from one of his rallies. CAIR said Rose Hamid’s eviction from the rally in North Carolina sent a “chil…
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Gene network coded for cognitive ability is identified : technology
Gene network coded for cognitive ability is identified via /r/technology https://t.co/KsRlDYnqZ9 https://t.co/yiQoCyCS4S
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El Chapo caught on camera by Sean Penn as biopic mystery unfolds | World news | The Guardian
Actor and activist Sean Penn went gonzo journalist and got an interview with the world’s most wanted man, Joaquín “El Chapo” Guzmán, who, from his hideouts in the impenetrable hills of western Mexico, dished details on his life in the illegal drugs …
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Crocslide via /r/gifs https://t.co/aQBRbfHzf6 https://t.co/BJsvrNGJQd
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California Sunset | Santa Barbara Style [2466×2112] [OC] : SkyPorn
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I learned about my friends’ sleep problems by accident. We were having a cookout with three families not long ago, and the children were off playing by themselves.
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MEXICO CITY — As the most notorious drug trafficker this country has ever produced, Joaquín Guzmán Loera knew he had a story worthy of Hollywood gold. And that, in part, led to his undoing.
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Open thread: Love and justice, extreme lies and hidden costs
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Rocket Internet-Backed Easy Taxi Confirms Asia Exit, Doubles Down On Latin America | TechCrunch
Easy Taxi, the Uber and GrabTaxi rival backed by Rocket Internet and among other investors, has confirmed that it has exited Asia in order to focus on the ride on-demand market in its native South America.
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Sean Penn Interviewed El Chapo — And It Reportedly Led to the Drug Lord’s Capture | VICE News
The story of Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzmán was already stranger-than-fiction — but it took an even more bizarre turn on Saturday night when Rolling Stone published a lengthy feature story authored by the actor Sean Penn, who met the fugitive drug lord a…
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How Startups Are Solving A Decades-Old Problem In Education | TechCrunch
The term “2 Sigma” comes from the results of the study, which showed that students who were provisioned with a combination of one-on-one mentorship and mastery learning performed two standard deviations (“sigma”) higher than students in a convention…
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Deal struck for aid to reach besieged Syrian towns – Al Jazeera English
Aid agencies say a deal has been reached to send food and medicine into beseiged towns in Syria, where tens of thousands of people are in danger of starving to death.
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Calvin and Hobbes the day we brought them home : aww
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Pickles always watches you poo… : cats
Pickles always watches you poo… via /r/cats https://t.co/1HGKEuHv3M https://t.co/ZFOvlVYkon
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My friend takes her two kittens with her everywhere. : pics
My friend takes her two kittens with her everywhere. via /r/pics https://t.co/euajqROxvq https://t.co/gdbVOEAUDi
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Seen from Devils Tower, Black Gunnison Canyon and Grand Teton : space
Seen from Devils Tower, Black Gunnison Canyon and Grand Teton via /r/space https://t.co/XaplzqiF8V https://t.co/5SJ580jx7C
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Have you guys heard of adoseofbuckley? : Liberal
Have you guys heard of adoseofbuckley? via /r/Liberal https://t.co/tQhneAhOeb https://t.co/3NPdc00jRI
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How Startups Are Solving A Decades-Old Problem In Education | TechCrunch
How Startups Are Solving A Decades-Old Problem In Education https://t.co/Gbm04kbAPf https://t.co/B3924qGoFU
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US bomber flies over South Korea amid standoff over North Korea nuclear tests https://t.co/BkD0AGbuwE https://t.co/tsGGddV7C7
A powerful US B-52 bomber flew over South Korea on Sunday, in a clear show of force from the United States as a Cold War-style standoff deepened between its ally Seoul and North Korea following Pyongyang’s fourth nuclear test. -
Biodegradable, Edible Water Bottles That You Can Make At Home : environment
Biodegradable, Edible Water Bottles That You Can Make At Home via /r/environment https://t.co/aK71Aa3W81 https://t.co/nkfoIjyzPV
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US claims Iran fired rockets close to aircraft carrier in Strait of Hormuz | US news | The Guardian
Related: Iran’s fury at the Saudi killing of a cleric has heightened tensions But where does the deepening Sunni-Shia rift leave the west?
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Longform: El Chapo Speaks by Sean Penn
A secret meeting, and short conversation, with the drug lord while he was still on the lam.
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So I took my new drone to South Africa… : gifs
So I took my new drone to South Africa… via /r/gifs https://t.co/FH9YzHyHO7 https://t.co/zspJsQQO3l
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Trying To Jump Into A Pile Of Leaves : gifs
Trying To Jump Into A Pile Of Leaves via /r/gifs https://t.co/IOZW8Vz1D1 https://t.co/iLCcCjrjB9
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Was Putin’s Media Chief Ready to Snitch Before He Dropped Dead? – The Daily Beast
When police found Mikhail Lesin dead in a Washington, DC hotel room, the most interesting question wasn’t the cause of his demise, but what he was doing in the United States in the first place.
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The haul after 7 days of relaxing on the beach. All found in North Topsail, NC : pics
The haul after 7 days of relaxing on the beach. All found in North Topsail, NC via /r/pics https://t.co/JicjM7XvMi https://t.co/BmZVA43TfL
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Finally faced my fear and couldn’t be happier : pics
Finally faced my fear and couldn’t be happier via /r/pics https://t.co/gMyJfuXAH2 https://t.co/r15YrLZtNB
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Paris police station attacker lived in German refugee shelter: police : worldnews
Paris police station attacker lived in German refugee shelter: police via /r/worldnews https://t.co/R7y3T8l6S4 https://t.co/nH7yZ8jMmC
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Joaquín Guzmán Loera, the Mexican drug lord known as El Chapo, started out in business not long after turning 6, selling oranges and soft drinks.
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Greenland panorama [3000×1342] by Max R : EarthPorn
Greenland panorama [3000×1342] by Max R via /r/EarthPorn https://t.co/Ym2dqglGDK https://t.co/3RYbnsIv5r
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Sunrise over the Canadian Rockies [OC] [2241×3984] : EarthPorn
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Our talkative cat Nala jumps all over the place. He she is mid-sentence : cats
Our talkative cat Nala jumps all over the place. He she is mid-sentence via /r/cats https://t.co/e6FXXXv0Mc https://t.co/XNnTul5jr7
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There is much to be infuriated about in Making a Murderer, the true crime docuseries from filmmakers Moira Demos and Laura Ricciardi.
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A gulf between them: Understanding the Saudi-Iran dispute – BBC News
Could open conflict now be one step closer between the two big regional powers in the Gulf? This week has seen tensions between Saudi Arabia and Iran rise to dangerous levels following the Saudis’ execution of a Shia cleric and the subsequent stormi…
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Cologne Mayor’s ‘code of conduct’ ridiculed and other trends of the week – BBC News
Germans ridicule the Cologne Mayor’s safety advice, Iranians poke fun at their strained diplomatic relationships. All that and more in BBC Trending’s Trends Of The Week. You can also listen to our radio programme here.
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Taylor Swift has a hundred songs about break ups and zero songs about blow jobs. Coincidence? (self.Showerthoughts) All week? Damn, I’m sorry.
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Hillary Clinton Says I’m Unelectable | Bernie Sanders : politics
Hillary Clinton Says I’m Unelectable | Bernie Sanders via /r/politics https://t.co/1FfBLjRcQr https://t.co/p78cYtSKN9
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El Chapo Speaks | Rolling Stone
Editor’s Note: As Rolling Stone went to press, El Chapo Guzmán was arrested in Los Mochis, Sinaloa.
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Failed Paris attacker lived in German refugee shelter – BBC News
German police say a man who was shot dead as he attacked a police station in Paris on Thursday had been living in a shelter for asylum seekers in Germany. Police searched the building in the western town of Recklinghausen but found no evidence of fu…
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MoMa Flaunts Picasso’s Sexy, Full-Bodied Sculptures – The Daily Beast
In fall of 2015, the Grand Palais in Paris mounted the full-on bore of an exhibition, Picasso.mania. It offered the comfort of such tired clichés as “Picasso is still and always the great artist-hero.”
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How Haute Is Your Hijab? Dolce & Gabbana Couture Line Unwraps Anger on All Sides – The Daily Beast
ROME—When Italian designers Dolce & Gabbana announced their new line of hijabs and abaya and sheyla gowns, they joined a growing list of fashion houses trying to tap into the lucrative $266 billion market of Muslim shoppers, which is expected to dou…
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When You Fall in Love with a Stripper – The Daily Beast
K. J. grew up in the desert, near Ninth Avenue in a little town called Hesperia, which was known in those days as the only town in the area without curbs on its main drag. K. J.
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Kitten with the wiggles. : aww
Kitten with the wiggles. via /r/aww https://t.co/8c7lYThNeD https://t.co/55OohOvNVm
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Flash flood nope in Cali : gifs
Flash flood nope in Cali via /r/gifs https://t.co/rl6wTQZ8Jv https://t.co/rlDbOJ9Dq9
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Leo, Hillary and Their Bears https://t.co/PRGmvzJ6m8 https://t.co/qX7TnNM2jl
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When You Fall in Love with a Stripper – The Daily Beast
When You Fall in Love with a Stripper https://t.co/AOPjreNDJl https://t.co/QUs398o970
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How Haute Is Your Hijab? Dolce & Gabbana Couture Line Unwraps Anger on All Sides – The Daily Beast
How Haute Is Your Hijab? Dolce & Gabbana Couture Line Unwraps Anger on All Sides https://t.co/sph5ukYYoh https://t.co/sMQ8BIzKuH
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There were only 14 days in all of 2015 when police didn’t kill anyone : Liberal
There were only 14 days in all of 2015 when police didn’t kill anyone via /r/Liberal https://t.co/pbPsxfpAEn https://t.co/sMlzVCS17Y
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Ocean ecosystems plagued by agricultural runoff : environment
Ocean ecosystems plagued by agricultural runoff via /r/environment https://t.co/Nf4Bs0zztV https://t.co/4U8XN2dgvP
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WASHINGTON — IT’S hard to say which of the three monomaniacal, monumentally grueling quests is the most riveting.
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Hey Supreme Court, Please Settle This Ted Cruz Birther Thing – The Daily Beast
Here are four words I never thought I would write: Donald Trump is right. As Trump said this week, it would be “very precarious” if Ted Cruz were the GOP nominee given that Cruz was undisputedly born in Canada.
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How the Whiskey Industry Is Being Hacked – The Daily Beast
If you ask any major whiskey maker what their biggest problem is today, every single one, without exception, will tell you they need more stock. Whiskey has surged to be the number one spirit in terms of annual revenue, and is just a few years from …
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Mom in the Hospital? What You Need to Know. – The Daily Beast
The stereotype of the doctor who doesn’t know how to talk to patients and their families often holds true.
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Tom Stoppard: I Want to be Like Verdi – The Daily Beast
Sir Tom Stoppard does not merely talk in complete sentences. He talks in complete paragraphs.
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El Chapo’s 10,000 Demon Sons – The Daily Beast
When Mexican president Enrique Peña Nieto tweeted Misión cumplida: lo tenemos (Mission accomplished, we got him), no one in Mexico had to ask who the “him” in question was.
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Sarah Vowell’s Rough Guide to US History – The Daily Beast
The Monmouth Battle Monument in Freehold, N.J., includes five bronze bas-relief sculptures.
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How to Make Millard Filmore’s Spicy Pickled Eggs – The Daily Beast
“The whole country is full of enterprise. Our common schools are diffusing intelligence among the people and our industry is fast accumulating the comforts and luxuries of life. “
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Are Russians and Ukrainians the Same People? – The Daily Beast
In the last few years Vladimir Putin has surprised many observers of the international scene not only by his actions, but also by his words.
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Experts Blame Obama for North Korea’s Nukes – The Daily Beast
News of a North Korean nuclear test earlier this week set off an explosion of finger-pointing by Republican presidential candidates—Barack Obama, they say, is to blame for the American failure to halt the hermit state’s progress on developing weapon…
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Prince George’s Very Normal School is Exceptional For The Royals – The Daily Beast
With a natty, blue rucksack on his back, a smile on his face, and his body wrapped up against the cold in a quilted jacket from John Lewis, George Windsor looked like any other upper-middle class British kid arriving for his first day at kindergarte…
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Why Is the Media Rooting for GOP Chaos? – The Daily Beast
Every four years, CSPAN plays an unintentional, cruel trick on the journalists gathered to cover the conventions. Throughout the utterly unspontaneous, thoroughly programed rituals we attend, it runs films and kinescopes of tumultuous conventions pa…
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NFL playoffs: Pittsburgh Steelers v Cincinnati Bengals – live! | Sport | The Guardian
So I’ve had some technical options but here’s what you missed. We’re up to eight in our drive to reach 12. Possible?
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Why American workers are in dire need of a wage rise | Josh Bivens | Business | The Guardian
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Kansas City Chiefs roll past toothless Texans for first play-off win since 1994 https://t.co/MiZVNDbnxH https://t.co/Midw3baQ9f
On the opening kickoff, Davis got three good blocks around the 10-yard line and then simply outran the rest of the defenders for the second-longest kickoff return TD in postseason history. -
Why Is the Media Rooting for GOP Chaos? – The Daily Beast
Why Is the Media Rooting for GOP Chaos? https://t.co/54xf4CzQA5 https://t.co/pE1EJ9LQsh
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Are Russians and Ukrainians the Same People? – The Daily Beast
Are Russians and Ukrainians the Same People? https://t.co/ilp8kwYIcy https://t.co/CnhcigeiKv
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How to Make Millard Filmore’s Spicy Pickled Eggs – The Daily Beast
How to Make Millard Filmore’s Spicy Pickled Eggs https://t.co/i4eJdsEmfL https://t.co/Ffula4xN0v
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Mom in the Hospital? What You Need to Know. – The Daily Beast
Mom in the Hospital? What You Need to Know. https://t.co/EuOqDgoS6l https://t.co/r2gxKvCmI4
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Experts Blame Obama for North Korea’s Nukes – The Daily Beast
Experts Blame Obama for North Korea’s Nukes https://t.co/Qoey8yXdCu https://t.co/3H1NDIwUO9
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I recently adopted a cat. Just woke up to this : aww
I recently adopted a cat. Just woke up to this via /r/aww https://t.co/x4REUJB0od https://t.co/AFu1ML1dcR
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Lake Titicaca (peru side) at over 15000ft (4234 x 2539) : EarthPorn
Lake Titicaca (peru side) at over 15000ft (4234 x 2539) via /r/EarthPorn https://t.co/4ao5kZFj15 https://t.co/taScuXLJUU
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My Day: Prakash the Bharatpur bird guide – BBC News
Bharatpur bird sanctuary near India’s capital Delhi is a haven for many species of wildlife. In winter the Unesco-recognised reserve – also known as Keoladeo National Park – becomes an important stopping point for thousands of migratory birds.
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The New York Times is reporting today that fugitive drug kingpin Joaquín Guzmán—a.k.a. El Chapo, the head of Mexico’s notorious and extremely lethal Sinaloa drug cartel—was recaptured by authorities at least in part because he was trying to get a bi…
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Are these the nicest cabins in the world? – BBC News
Many people yearn for their own quiet space. Somewhere remote – a place to write a novel or compose an album of love songs. A new book celebrates the work of those who have realised their dreams.
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Does it matter where a country’s leader is born? – BBC News
Can you be born in Canada and become US president? And does it matter where you are born to become the president or prime minister of other countries?
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How to deal with a medical emergency on the Space Station – BBC News
A major medical emergency has never occurred on the International Space Station – but what would happen if it did? And what lessons could be learnt for treating similar emergencies on Earth?
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Bamako bikers gather for Sunday wheelies – BBC News
Arthur Simpson-Kent, wanted over the murder of former EastEnders actress Sian Blake and her two young sons, is arrested in Ghana.
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Cologne attacks: Germans left feeling vulnerable – BBC News
The New Year’s Eve attacks on women in Cologne are still reverberating in Germany, with the resignation of the city’s police chief on Friday, and news that migrants were among the suspected attackers.
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The grim reality of a suicide bomb – BBC News
When two suicide bombs were detonated at a mosque in Yemen in September, at least 25 people were killed and many more injured. BBC cameraman Jack Garland arrived soon after the explosion and describes what he saw. This account contains graphic detai…
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Trump Bullies, Boasts and Bullshits in Bernie’s Burlington – In These Times
Donald Trump held a private party disguised as campaign event on January 7 in a 1,400-seat theater in in Burlington, Vt. Sitting in the audience was like watching blood dry—a convergence of the compellingly grotesque and the mind-numbingly boring.
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Environmental Peace Ecology is out! https://t.co/SxzvpJG3iv
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Shaving the apex via /r/pics https://t.co/IazTOw5j6e https://t.co/TIgVtyUTmt
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Google’s self-driving cars are learning to cope with the rain : technology
Google’s self-driving cars are learning to cope with the rain via /r/technology https://t.co/Qo0QNajPSK https://t.co/4GUgOHnXPl
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Nest’s Smart Home Apps Are Back Online Following Outages | TechCrunch
Nest users who depend on their connected products to monitor their homes experienced a hiccup in connectivity Saturday that left users scrambling to figure out what was happening.
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Spotlight on green news & views: Attempted land grab not new; U.S. as future energy superpower
See Lefty Coaster’s post below on the fires in Western Australia. Brilliant Must-Read Article at Slate on Oregon Occupation – And the Media written by xaxnar: Joshua Keating has put together a brilliant piece of writing on the standoff at the Malheu…
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ABC execs were kind of disappointed by The Muppets, too · Newswire · The A.V. Club
If you responded to ABC’s recent, occasionally hard-hearted revival of The Muppets with a sort of disappointed shrug last year, you’re not alone: network chief Paul Lee doesn’t seem to know what to make of the felt-based showbiz satire, either.
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My town has over 2,500 parking meters but every day two random ones are free. : mildlyinteresting
My town has over 2,500 parking meters but every day two random ones are free. (imgur.com) How do these meters work?
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Mexico’s government said on Saturday that it is backing US requests to extradite drug lord Joaquín “El Chapo” Guzmán to the United States, although it has also stressed there is a lengthy legal process to go through before this can happen.
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The beautiful African grey parrot is facing extinction : environment
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Carpet looks perfect via /r/gifs https://t.co/2cmvEK94b4 https://t.co/pnIXgwpHAX
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Cannon Beach, OR [OC] [3000×2000] : EarthPorn
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AZ Desert [OC][1920×1080] : SkyPorn
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She always poses so proudly after a haircut : aww
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Flint toxic water tragedy points directly to Michigan Gov. Snyder : politics
Flint toxic water tragedy points directly to Michigan Gov. Snyder via /r/politics https://t.co/8KrybLocIO https://t.co/gOt2BkmQ9D
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Glenn Hubbard and I will be on This Week tomorrow. I believe that we’re talking about The Force Awakens. Also Marco Rubio’s boots. Possibly some economics.
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C-Way Is An Apple Watch For Kids | TechCrunch
While wandering the Eureka Park floor at CES, we ran into C-Way, a cool French startup that is making GPS-enabled smart watches for kids. So what exactly does a smart watch for kids do?
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Every week, we share a number of downloads for all platforms to help you get things done. Here were the top downloads from this week. You Need a Budget has long been one of the most popular personal finance tools around and it’s launching a new web …
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What To Know Before You Co-Invest | TechCrunch
One of my investors candidly asked me recently, “Shelly, if I have an opportunity to invest with people I’ve just met, how do I avoid getting screwed over?” This is a good question; for most investors interested in startups, co-investing is the de f…
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ABC’s Of Kings And Prophets might shove all its sex and violence online · Newswire · The A.V. Club
Having set themselves the weirdly specific hurdle of marketing and broadcasting a sexually explicit Bible epic on primetime network TV, ABC is struggling to find a way to handle its upcoming mid-season drama Of Kings And Prophets.
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Tesla’s new firmware improves Autosteer, adds remote parking—of a sort | Ars Technica
It’s been a big week for electric vehicles, thanks to CES. Faraday Future made waves, Chevrolet debuted the Bolt, Volkswagen gave us the Budd-e electric camper van, and Arcimoto’s SRK turned out to be our surprise of the show.
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This week in the war on workers: Faster union elections are working for workers
Anti-union bosses screamed doom when the National Labor Relations Board moved to streamline union representation elections, claiming that any election in which the boss couldn’t drag things out (providing maximum time to intimidate workers away from…
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Kids in the 90’s playing PC games. : OldSchoolCool
Kids in the 90’s playing PC games. (m.imgur.com) That face when you survive all the dysentery and broken wagon axels and actually manage to finish Oregon Trail.
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Ursa Minor – Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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If You Sneeze, This Very Good Corgi Will Fetch You A Tissue – Digg
Animals Cute “Achoo!” has already replaced “Shake” as our favorite dog command.
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Captured cartel kingpin Joaquín “El Chapo” Guzmán appears to have been brought low in part by a yearning to have a biopic made about him, Mexico’s attorney general said on Friday as the country’s most wanted man was paraded in front of the media.
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The Memorial Service & Celebration of “Lemmy” Kilmister is Now Streaming Live | Open Culture
Just a quick note, “Lemmy” Kilmister’s memorial service is now streaming live on Youtube. Click play above. Ian Fraser Kilmister was an English musician, singer and songwriter who founded and fronted the rock band Motörhead. He died on December 29th…
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Analysis of Ancient Poop Indicates That Roman Plumbing Was Highly Overrated | Motherboard
The Romans may have been one of the first civilizations to have indoor plumbing, but it seems that claims to their effectiveness have been greatly exaggerated.
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‘Free State of Jones’ – Official Trailer #1 (2016) Matthew McConaughey : movies
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Berlin — ON New Year’s Eve, hundreds of men gathered in the plaza at the main train station in Cologne, Germany, groping and robbing scores of women as they passed by. By the end of this week the police had received 170 complaints, including 120 rel…
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Bonaverde Plans To Reinvent The Way You Drink Coffee | TechCrunch
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Bonaverde co-founder Hans Stier took the stage this week at CES to give us an update on his company. As a reminder, Bonaverde raised nearly $700,000 on Kickstarter a few years ago for a coffee machine that roasts, grinds and brews coffee in fifteen … -
J.J. Abrams predicts Person Of Interest is probably ending soon · Newswire · The A.V. Club
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Zach Snyder Just Dropped A New Batman v. Superman Teaser On Twitter
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Heavily armed men offer ‘security’ for Oregon militia at wildlife refuge | US news | The Guardian
Just as a number of the regular occupiers at the Malheur national wildlife refuge were finishing up a morning press conference, a fleet of a more than a dozen vehicles drove up to the site. Men armed with rifles got out of their trucks and began sta…
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Perfectly Sear Pork Chops Without Overcooking Them With This Oven Trick
Getting a good sear on pork chops can be difficult when you’re trying not to burn or overcook them, especially if they’re pretty thick. This method will let you get a flavorful sear on your pork chops without sacrificing the tenderness of the meat.
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Here’s What Happened at the Dueling Protests Over the Mass Sexual Assault in Germany | VICE News
It’s been just over a week since more than 100 women were robbed, threatened, or sexually assaulted in front of Cologne’s towering cathedral, by what has been described as 1,000 “drunk and aggressive” men of “North African or Middle Eastern” appeara…
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Solar in the Sahara : Image of the Day
Morocco gets plenty of sun—about 3,000 hours per year, according to the Solar GCC Alliance. A new solar plant in that desert country is poised to take advantage of the ample Saharan sunlight.
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Study finds Obamacare helping in a state that fought it hardest, Texas
Nice try. Despite the best efforts of former Texas Gov. Rick Perry and his successor Greg Abbott, Obamacare is helping Texans.
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How a Controller Sounds When Trying to Save an Airplane – The Atlantic
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Ever wanted to see Turkish Star Wars? Are you in Seattle? Do you have plans tonight? Head over to Grand Illusion in Seattle to check it out.
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Bravery of France ‘heart attack boy’ is praised – BBC News
A five-year-old French boy who saved his father’s life by cycling to get help after he had a heart attack has been praised for his courage by the farmer who came to his aid.Jean Francois Pinot told the BBC he saw the child in his pyjamas riding his …
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I printed the new Star Wars Imax posters on to metal and they look amazing! : pics
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Can a new constitution heal Sri Lanka’s wounds? – Al Jazeera English
President Maithripala Sirisena has pledged to introduce sweeping constitutional reforms aimed at preventing his country from returning to ethnic war. He told parliament he wants a new statute to guarantee the country will not see a repeat of the civ…
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Tesla Model S Can Now Drive Without You | TechCrunch
Well, authorities in Hong Kong aren’t going to like this one bit. Back in November, they told Tesla to remotely disable its semiautonomous driving technology until they can confirm that the features, released in mid October, are safe.
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Lupe Fiasco says he’s putting out his last album this year · Newswire · The A.V. Club
Rapper Lupe Fiasco has announced that one of his upcoming albums, Roy, will be his last. Fiasco made the announcement yesterday on Twitter, declaring the coming of the LUPend, before then getting down to the busy work of muddying the waters of his a…
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Watch Unnerving Trailer for Kennedy Assassination Series ‘11.22.63’ | Rolling Stone
Watch Unnerving Trailer for Kennedy Assassination Series ‘11.22.63’ “The past doesn’t want to be changed.
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Make Your Own “USB Condom” for Added Security When Charging from Untrusted USB Ports
When you need a quick charge of your phone or other device, it’s easy to just connect it into any old untrusted computer or public charging station. The chance of malicious data getting through to your phone is pretty slim, but it still exists.
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Watch Live Stream of Lemmy Kilmister’s Memorial Service | Rolling Stone
Today, starting at 2:30 p.m. PST, Motörhead’s Lemmy Kilmister will be laid to rest in a friends-and-family service at Hollywood, California’s Forest Lawn Memorial Cemetery.
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An Illusory Swimming Pool : pics
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Poland’s Right-Wing Government Scares Europe by Going After the Media | VICE News
Poles took to the streets Saturday in freezing temperatures to protest a new media law that allows the government to take control of state television and radio broadcasters, which many fear is a step toward an authoritarian state.
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Mexico moves to extradite ‘El Chapo’ – 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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Jim Webb mulling independent run for president
So here’s a question: Why? Has there been a public outcry for more Jim Webb? A vast but silent movement that looks at America’s problems and says if only Jim Webb were here?
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Will Mexico Extradite El Chapo to the U.S.? – The Atlantic
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The Mexican government is reportedly willing to extradite Joaquín Guzmán, the powerful Sinaloa drug cartel boss known as ‘El Chapo,’ to the United States for trial, Mexican officials told news outlets on Saturday. -
Lemmy fans gather for memorial service live-streamed from Hollywood | Music | The Guardian
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Friends and fans of Ian “Lemmy” Kilmister, the frontman of Motörhead, were scheduled to gather in Hollywood for the legendary bassist’s memorial service on Saturday, as well as for a day of celebration at his favorite Los Angeles bar. -
Headphone makers quietly prepare for the iPhone 7 | The Verge
Apple is the perennial absentee newsmaker at CES. The Cupertino company never attends the Consumer Electronics Show, but it always manages to stir up some hype and excitement around its products during the show. Call it a happy accident.
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The Republican Party is facing a historic split over its fundamental principles and identity, as its once powerful establishment grapples with an eruption of class tensions, ethnic resentments and mistrust among working-class conserva
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You Can Now ‘Summon’ The Tesla S Like An Obedient Pet | Motherboard
If your time is too valuable to pull in and out of the garage, Tesla Motors has you covered.
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Only a Third of Russian Air Strikes Syria Hit Isil | Al Jazeera America
Only a third of Russia’s air strikes in Syria are targeting the Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) and its imprecise attacks are forcing the population to flee, fueling Europe’s refugee crisis, a senior U.S. official said on Saturday.
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In Photos: The Faces and Frozen Landscapes of the ‘Oregon Standoff’ | VICE News
Members of an anti-government militia have now occupied the Malheur National Wildlife Refuge in remote eastern Oregon for a week.
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Google And Amazon Talk About Managing Drone Traffic At CES | TechCrunch
Figuring out how to manage drone traffic over the United States to allow for drone delivery services and other drone-based service is going to be critical if Amazon and Google ever want to deliver packages to the backyards of their customers.
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Conor McGregor Rips Floyd Mayweather, Challenges Him to a Fight | Rolling Stone
Conor McGregor challenged Floyd Mayweather to a fight after the undefeated boxer questioned whether the UFC featherweight champion’s ascension in the sport and in the media was racially motivated. “Floyd Mayweather, don’t ever bring race into my suc…
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Travel Back To The 1960s With James Franco In The Trailer For 11.22.63
Hulu just dropped the first trailer for their adaptation of Stephen King’s novel 11.22.63, and it looks like it’ll be quite a bit of fun.
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The selfie stick works. : cats
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On Sept. 11, 2001, seven members of Ladder Company 20 on Lafayette Street in the NoLIta neighborhood of Manhattan were killed in the collapse of the World Trade Center, about a mile and a half away, along with seven members of Squad 18, which shared…
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How Axions May Explain Time’s Arrow | Quanta Magazine
Few facts of experience are as obvious and pervasive as the distinction between past and future. We remember one, but anticipate the other. If you run a movie backwards, it doesn’t look realistic. We say there is an arrow of time, which points from …
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Abrams: Force Awakens DVD will have deleted scenes, but no extended cut : movies
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Billy Corgan’s memoir is 1000 pages long and counting · Newswire · The A.V. Club
Cat fancier, former wrestling impresario, and Smashing Pumpkins frontman Billy Corgan is hard at work committing his fractious life story to paper, according to an interview he did last month with a Chicago-based TV host.
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Lemmy of Motorhead: Singer’s funeral to be held Los Angeles – BBC News
The funeral of Motorhead frontman Lemmy is to take place in Los Angeles later. The British rock star, who was born Ian Fraser Kilmister in Burslem, Stoke-on-Trent, died on 28 December, aged 70, just two days after discovering he had an “extremely ag…
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Biotech Company Offers Fitness and Beauty-Focused Genetic Tests | Motherboard
At the busy, crowded conference center where the Consumer Electronics Showcase was taking place in Las Vegas this week, dozens of people found time to roll up their sleeves and donate blood.
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Harsh winter wreaks havoc in Iraq refugee camps – Al Jazeera English
More than three million people have been forced from their homes by ISIL’s onslaught in Iraq. Many live in deplorable conditions in camps where tents are collapsing under winter rains and some children have only slippers to wear in the freezing cold.
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10 Of The Coolest Gadgets We Saw At CES 2016 | TechCrunch
We met tons of brand new tech startups at CES this year and saw gadgets ranging from health-focused wearables, drones, 3D printers, and AR/VR headsets. We even got views of the Las Vegas strip from 1,000 feet off the ground in the UberCHOPPER.
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These Secret Netflix Codes Can Reveal Tons of Hidden Categories
Netflix has tons of great content, but it can be hard to find it all if you don’t know what you’re looking for. The site’s algorithms show you what it thinks you want to watch, but these codes can help you venture outside the suggested depths.
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Cologne attacks: Pegida and police clash at migrant protest – BBC News
Riot police have used water cannon to disperse anti-migrant protesters in the German city of Cologne. Right-wing groups, headed by the anti-Islam Pegida movement, gathered after reports emerged of a wave of sexual assaults on women on New Year’s Eve.
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HARTFORD — “Where did I learn about sexual consent?”Jonathan Kalin was standing before an auditorium of Trinity College freshmen, pressing play on a clip from the movie “Superbad.
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Kosovo’s Government Headquarters Set on Fire After Riot Erupts at Huge Protest | VICE News
Protesters in Kosovo clashed with riot police and set fire to the country’s government headquarters in the capital Pristina on Saturday, as thousands of demonstrators turned out to express opposition to recent government agreements with neighbors Se…
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The Long Game Part 3: Painting in the Dark on Vimeo
A brand new video essay for 2016! “Painting in the Dark: The Struggle for Art in A World Obsessed with Popularity” is the long overdue follow up to the Long Game Parts 1 & 2 which looked at the creative ups and downs of Leonardo da Vinci. In this ne…
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Would I Lie to You – The Cuddle Jumper : television
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BBC Sport – Manchester United 1-0 Sheffield United
Manchester United will be without Adnan Januzaj because the forward did not start a league match for Borussia Dortmund while on loan with the German side and is short of match fitness.
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FBI investigating fatal Chicago police shooting from 2013 | US news | The Guardian
The FBI is conducting a civil rights investigation into the fatal 2013 Chicago police shooting of a motorist whose family is challenging officers’ accounts that he was armed and opened fire.
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10 Outstanding Short Stories to Read in 2016 : Longreads Blog
Below is a guest post from Mumbai-based writer-filmmaker—and longtime #longreads contributor—Pravesh Bhardwaj (@AuteurPravesh). For a couple of years now I have been posting short stories from free online sources, using the hashtags #fiction #longre…
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Otis Clay, Soul Singer and Blues Hall of Fame Inductee, Dead at 73 | Rolling Stone
Otis Clay, “Trying to Live My Life Without You” soul singer and Blues Hall of Fame inductee, passed away Friday in his native Chicago following a heart attack. Clay was 73. His management confirmed Clay’s death on his official site, asking fans to “…
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Did Pope Benedict XVI’s Brother Run a Sadistic Sex Camp for Choirboys? – The Daily Beast
ROME—The priests at the Regensburg, Bavaria boarding school for boys liked to make the students take off their clothes and bend over for either a violent whipping or forcible anal sex. Sometimes the priests made them drink red wine. Sometimes the pr…
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Muslim protester ejected from Donald Trump rally – BBC News
A Muslim woman staging a silent protest has been ejected from a rally held by the Republican presidential hopeful Donald Trump. Mr Trump has cause controversy in recent weeks by suggesting that Muslims should be banned for entering the United States.
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Chapo’s Return to Prison: The Hunt, the Biopic, and a Weakness for Tunnels | VICE News
Drug lord Joaquín “El Chapo” Guzmán woke up this Saturday in maximum-security prison — the same prison in central Mexico from which he escaped from in July thanks to a tunnel that began in the shower stall of his cell.
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2015’s Most Popular Programming Language Was Good Old Java | Motherboard
Java is about the least buzzworthy programming language going. It is reviled by many, and rumors have swirled that its corporate parent, Oracle, isn’t especially interested in the language’s future.
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EarthSky’s meteor shower guide for 2016 : space
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Sanders is Best Hope for Poor, Middle Class : politics
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Other Militia Groups Meet With Oregon Occupiers | Al Jazeera America
Members of self-styled militia groups met on Friday with armed protesters occupying a federal wildlife refuge in Oregon, pledging support for their cause, if not their methods, and offering to act as a peacekeeping force in the weeklong standoff ove…
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Lena Dunham talks policies and pantsuits in push for Hillary Clinton | Culture | The Guardian
Lena Dunham isn’t supporting Hillary Clinton for president because they share the same anatomy. She is, however, a big fan of the Democratic frontrunner’s pantsuits. Related: Lena Dunham asks Hillary Clinton: are you a feminist? ‘Yes, absolutely’
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These TFA-Style Trailers For The Original Star Wars Films Makes Us Wish They Were In Theaters Again
There’s something undeniably awesome about that first Force Awakens trailer that lends itself really well to remixes. Youtube user Tom F has gone an recut the trailers for the Original Trilogy in the style of the new trailers, and the result is awes…
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If there is a punctuation mark that reflects Hannah Eddy’s personality, it is the exclamation point. She is tall, thin, vivacious and perpetually positive. Ms. Eddy, 27, who grew up in Eugene, Ore., with five sisters and brothers, was known as the o…
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Wooden Surfboards | How It’s Made – YouTube
Hollow wooden surfboards are making a comeback. These artisanal boards are made from carefully chosen, eco-friendly wood cut into many different parts, assembled and finished by hand.Watch full episodes:http://www.hulu.com/how-its-madehttp://bit.ly/…
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This week at progressive state blogs: PA tries to ditch medical weed; the Kochs’ juice in ND
This week in progressive state blogs is designed specifically to focus attention on the writing and analysis of people focused on their home turf. Let me know via comments or Kosmail if you have a favorite state- or city-based blog you think I shoul…
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Bitch Planet’s latest issue is a heartbreaker. It’s also its best. – Vox
Kelly Sue DeConnick and Valentine De Landro’s Bitch Planet isn’t known for its subtleties. That’s not to say the comic is devoid of nuance or quiet moments; in fact, there are plenty. But I’ve always seen Bitch Planet as more of a call to arms, a sl…
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GameFace Labs On Their Upcoming Untethered VR Headset | TechCrunch
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Yesterday on the CES TechCrunch Hardware Battlefield stage I sat down with Edward Mason, Founder and CEO of VR Headset startup GameFace Labs. -
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U.S. wildlife officials reject protections for an Alaska wolf in decline : environment
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J.J. Abrams Thinks The Lack Of Rey Toys Is “Preposterous And Wrong” | Vanity Fair
Earlier this week, after much outcry from fans, Hasbro added Rey—just, you know, the main character of Star Wars: The Force Awakens—to its Star Wars: The Force Awakens-themed version of Monopoly.
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Why a Road Trip Should Be On Your Job Hunting Agenda
If you’re looking for a new job, it’s tempting to stay behind a computer, scouring job boards and other sites. In reality, the best thing for your career might be to get out and get around town, or better yet, nearby towns as well.
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Fee-For-Value Drives Trillion-Dollar Healthcare Opportunity | TechCrunch
One of the main tenets of healthcare reform has been to better align payment/reimbursement schemes to incentivize healthcare providers for achieving improved outcomes and lower cost.
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Related: What will happen if the Oregon militia gets its demands? Melissa Cooper doesn’t know when she will see her three children again.
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Endless Has Built A $79 PC For The Offline World | TechCrunch
There are affordable computers, there are cheap computers and then there’s the Endless Mini, which is available for as little as $79. In other words, Endless is building Linux-based computers for people who have never owned a computer, particularly …
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El Chapo extradition sought by US after Mexicans recapture drug lord | World news | The Guardian
The fugitive drug lord Joaquín “El Chapo” Guzmán allegedly contributed to his capture by attempting to make a film about his rags-to-riches rise to the top of one of the world’s most extensive criminal enterprises, it has emerged.
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Canada Denies Refugee Status to Black Man Who Said He Was Fleeing US Police Brutality | VICE News
A black US citizen who sought refugee status in Canada, claiming he was afraid of police violence against black people, has returned to the US since his application was rejected in December.
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West Wing Week: 1/08/16 or, “Too Many” on Vimeo
This week, the White House was humming with pre-SOTU buzz, as the President prepared to deliver his final State of the Union Address. He also announced new steps he’s taking to reduce gun violence and keep guns out of the wrong hands — and then dis…
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Our morning wake up call : cats
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JWST got its 13th mirror deployed : space
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Star Wars: The Force Awakens broke records in China with an estimated $33m in ticket sales on its first day in the world’s second-largest film market, Walt Disney said on Saturday.
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Police investigate Philadelphia shooting suspect’s computers and finances | US news | The Guardian
The travel history, computers and finances of the man suspected of shooting a Philadelphia police officer on Thursday have been swept into an FBI investigation into the attack, though officials have downplayed the suspect’s alleged oath to terrorist…
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Republican politicos put terror investigation at risk in effort to take shot at Obama
As the governor of the state where one of the two suspects was under investigation, it seems likely that Abbott (along with Lt. Gov. Patrick, both of whom were elected in 2014) would be kept in the loop on developments.
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New Report Exposes Dangerous Loopholes In NCAA’s Concussion Policy | ThinkProgress
The NCAA has recently started touting a “continued commitment” towards concussion safety.
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HealthStudy reveals that light exposure plays a role in the weight of preschool age children. Light had a significant impact on weight even after accounting for body weight, sleep, and activity. (sciencedaily.com) Sorry, removed and reposted for tit…
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What’s behind China’s stock market meltdown? – Al Jazeera English
For the second time in a week stocks have fallen on China’s stock exchanges, causing an emergency shutdown and intensifying concerns about the health of the world’s second largest economy.
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See Kacey Musgraves’ Elegant ‘Late to the Party’ on ‘Colbert’ | Rolling Stone
See Kacey Musgraves’ Elegant ‘Late to the Party’ on ‘Colbert’ Singer-songwriter and band go formal for easygoing love song from ‘Pageant Material’
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Thousands Poland Protest New Right-wing Government | Al Jazeera America
Thousands of opponents of Poland’s new right-wing government held protests in Warsaw and other cities on Saturday against policies which they say threaten democracy and media freedom.
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After a Brutal Audit, NASA Unveils Its New Asteroid Detection Program | Motherboard
In the great pantheon of apocalyptic events, few scenarios inspire more dread than the threat of a cataclysmic asteroid impact.
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Kosovo protesters clash with police over Serbia deal – Al Jazeera English
Ethnic Albanian protesters have clashed with police in Kosovo after its government agreed to a EU-brokered deal that gives ethnic Serbs in the territory greater local powers.
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Watch An Ancient, Voracious Galaxy Finally Settle Down Into Its Quieter Years | Motherboard
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When they were first discovered, quasars were an enigma: they were first found as radio sources in the cosmos so intense, researchers were convinced the radio sources were extraterrestrial in origin. -
Peace Love Beauty Wisdom Balance Imagination Truth Consciousness, New Zealand: Aurora Australis js…
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New Zealand: Aurora Australis js – Just Space
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Argentina prison fugitives recaptured in Cayasta – BBC News
Image copyright AFP Image caption Martin Lanatta, Christian Lanatta and Victor Schillaci (L-R), who escaped from a prison in Santa Fe province two weeks ago. A huge manhunt in Argentina has netted three jail breakers convicted of a notorious triple …
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View from the left—feds focus on terrorizing immigrant families as armed extremists overrun Oregon
As a dozen or so wild-eyed anti-government extremists laid claim to Malheur National Wildlife Refuge in Oregon last weekend, the U.S. government looked the other way. Instead federal agents trained their sights elsewhere—targeting undocumented women…
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Photo Evidence Shows Facebook Is Building Messenger For Mac | TechCrunch
TechCrunch has attained photographic evidence and an eyewitness report that Facebook has built an as-yet-unreleased Facebook Messenger For Mac desktop app. The photo below shows a Facebook employee using it.
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Things Go Wrong When A Group Of Friends Create A Teleporting Rocket Ship In Traveler
This is a cool short film: Traveler. In it, a team of friends create a jet-powered vehicle that can teleport. Once they succeed, however, the problems begin.
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Muslim Woman Thrown Out of Trump Rally | Al Jazeera America
As Donald Trump questioned the motives of Syrian refugees at a Friday night rally, saying they “probably are ISIS,” a woman sitting in the sports arena stands behind him silently stood. She was wearing a white hijab and a blue T-shirt reading, “Sala…
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Doctors Unionize to Resist the Medical Machine https://t.co/C5GGq40DxF https://t.co/ZBa4EDQVnb
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“I’m not sleeping” via /r/gifs https://t.co/7dyGCeCeta https://t.co/PkFG8NZo78
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Early in the morning on Aug. 12, 2015, a 68-year-old man named Barry turned up at PeaceHealth Sacred Heart Medical Center in Springfield, Ore., confused and feverish. The case was not a candidate for even a minor subplot on “House.
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It was inevitable that China’s economy would slow from its once turbocharged growth rates. But its leaders have made so many mistakes in recent months that they have turned what should have been a benign, natural slowdown into a chaotic descent.
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Happy Emperor Norton Day / Boing Boing
The Electronic Frontier Foundation is hiring four new staffers: a criminal defense staff attorney, a technology generalist and two new activists (here’s what life is like for EFF activists).
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Grow Fresh Green Onions Any Time of Year In a Plastic Bottle
Chilly weather or no space for a garden doesn’t have to stop you from growing your own food. A trip to the garden store for some bulbs—which you can even get in cold weather months—some soil, and a five liter plastic bottle are all you need for a ne…
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Kanye West’s New Album, Swish, Will Drop February 11 | Vanity Fair
Kanye West’s last solo album, Yeezus, dropped all the way back in June of 2013. Since then, West has been busy both conceiving and creatively naming children and fashion lines.
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Watching a seahorse give birth is… disturbing. : gifs
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This Is What It Looks Like When Syrian Rescuers Search for Airstrike Survivors | VICE News
Russian airstrikes on the town of Maraat al-Numan in northwestern Syria killed dozens of people on Saturday, according to the Syrian Civil Defense group, which posted helmet-cam footage that shows the chaotic rescue effort in the aftermath of the bo…
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This Is What It’s Like To Be Christian And Live Under ISIS – BuzzFeed News
TEL ABYAD, Syria — Like the other Christians, Sarkis Kirbukiyle packed what he could and fled when ISIS militants captured his hometown. But then he went back.
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The Berkshire hills of Massachusetts[OC][9000×4500] : EarthPorn
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Risks And Red Lines As UK Prepares To Reforge Surveillance Law | TechCrunch
On Thursday a half-day conference taking place in London’s Kings College heard a range of views about the U.K.’s draft Investigatory Powers Bill, currently before parliament.
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Mumbai thief force-fed 48 bananas to excrete stolen gold chain : nottheonion
This may have been cruel, but it was creative and effective. I would say the recovery method employed by the police would itself be a deterrent to many would-be thieves.
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Thailand adopts tough penalties for child pornography – Al Jazeera English
Thailand has brought in tougher new measures to deal with the spread of child pornography in the country, a move it hopes will protect vulnerable children.
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BBC Sport – Arsenal 3-1 Sunderland
FA Cup holders Arsenal are without forward Alexis Sanchez, who has not recovered from a hamstring injury. Midfielder Mikel Arteta will be involved though, having played for 45 minutes on Tuesday with Arsenal U21s.
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Night Court should get way more love on reddit. : television
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Faraday Future’s Chief Engineer Is Short On Answers, Full Of Buzzwords | TechCrunch
Faraday Future’s Nick Sampson joined me on the TechCrunch CES 2016 for what turned out to be a lively interview. Sampson is Faraday’s Senior Vice President of R&D and engineering and, I guess, moonlights as the company’s spokesperson. But he’s no El…
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Gillmor Gang: Stock Footage | TechCrunch
The Gillmor Gang — John Borthwick, Matthew Panzarino, Ari Weinstein, and Steve Gillmor. Recorded live Friday, December 18, 2015. The Gang welcomes Workflow’s Ari Weinstein for a deep dive into the science and politics of the Notification Layer.
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TMZ Sues Source Over Jared Leto’s Taylor Swift-Trashing Leaked Video | Rolling Stone
In an unexpected move, TMZ and their parent company Warner Bros. are suing a videographer who sold them a tape featuring Jared Leto making disparaging remarks about Taylor Swift.
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Catalonia: Artur Mas quits amid assembly deadlock – BBC News
Catalonia’s acting leader Artur Mas has said he will step down as the pro-independence head of the Spanish region, to avoid triggering new elections.
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Miami Dolphins name Adam Gase as ninth head coach since 2004 | Sport | The Guardian
Chicago Bears offensive coordinator Adam Gase was hired Saturday as the Miami Dolphins’ ninth coach since 2004, and he’ll try to end the team’s seven-year playoff drought. Gase was the NFL’s hottest coaching candidate among assistants, and at 37, he…
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Longform: Michael Lewis on Longform
The 15-year-old who flummoxed the SEC, the precarious existence of NFL placekickers, a world tour of economic collapse and much more—our complete archive of articles by Michael Lewis.
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Longform: Betting on the Blind Side by Michael Lewis
Sitting alone in his San Jose office, Michael Burry saw the bubble in the subprime-mortgage market before anyone else. So he convinced Wall Street to let him bet on it, even though few were betting on him. The article that became The Big Short.
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‘Truck Driver’ Singer Red Simpson Dead at 81 | Rolling Stone
Red Simpson, an architect of the Bakersfield Sound with contemporaries Merle Haggard and Buck Owens and a champion of truck drivers, has died after suffering a heart attack in December. He was 81.
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An Ohio judge has elicited chuckles for a poem he wrote to shoot down an inmate’s lawsuit this week. The inmate, Darek Lathan, sued after guards at the Correctional Reception Center in Orient refused to let him go to the bathroom, causing him to hav…
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New Program for Homeless Native American Veterans | Al Jazeera America
Native Americans make up a greater number of the U.S. armed services proportionally than any other ethnic group, according to the Department of Defense. But any Native American veterans who after military service fall into homelessness would find fe…
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Police are looking into a fire at the home of the former South Carolina police officer accused in the shooting death of a black man last April. Local media outlets report the fire at the vacant home of Michael Slager was reported around 9.20pm on Fr…
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The Bronx is booming – Al Jazeera English
New York, US – The Parrilla Latina restaurant is just a block away from the Bronx Documentary Center, but getting there with Michael Kamber took a while. He kept running into people.
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National Lottery prize of almost £60m up for grabs – BBC News
A National Lottery jackpot of nearly £60m must be won in Saturday’s draw after 13 consecutive rollovers failed to find a winner.New Camelot rules mean the £57.8m prize is shared out in the first draw after the prize reaches £50m – it hit £50.4m in W…
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SEOUL, South Korea — The young leader of North Korea, Kim Jong-un, has often been dismissed as inexperienced, erratic and even clueless.
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MEXICO CITY — The latest on Mexican drug lord Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman who was recaptured six months after he escaped from a maximum security prison: (all times local)10:35 p.m.
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Red Rock Canyon, California [6016×4016] [OC] via /r/EarthPorn https://t.co/h6Pq7wDgnd https://t.co/H8f1YnQdTc https://t.co/4DqmXXMGB3
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FARIDKOT, India — A column of 4-by-4s turned off a dusty road in rural Punjab last week, past ox carts and farmworkers holding sickles, and came to a stop in an unmarked field.
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Get inspired to work out with these great songs from sports movies – Vox
It’s the first non-holiday weekend of a brand new year, which means it’s time to put that resolution to finally get in shape to the test. And for our money, there’s no better workout inspiration than a Big Moment from a great sports movie — or, more…
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Law enforcement officials say the mother of a fugitive teen who invoked “affluenza” as a defense in a 2013 fatal drunken-driving accident took $30,000 from a bank account and cut ties with her husband before fleeing to Mexico.
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US lottery fever as Powerball jackpot reaches $900m – BBC News
The largest jackpot in American history is on offer to US lottery players, with a payout of about $900m (£620m) possible for the Saturday night draw. Lottery fever in the US has resulted in long queues outside lottery-ticket vendors, driving up the …
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Star Wars: The Force Awakens’ J.J. Abrams and Stephen King saw a scary movie, fell in love – Vox
“When J.J. Abrams fell in love with Stephen King” is the romantic comedy nerds didn’t know they wanted, until it was presented on a silver platter at this winter’s Television Critics Association press tour.
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Almost 12 years ago my Dad caught a picture so rare that no one believed us when we told them. Today I finally found the picture to prove it… (imgur.com) Story time please!!!
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Lena Dunham Has Taken Over Hillary Clinton’s Instagram Account | Vanity Fair
Lena Dunham has made no secret of her adoration for Hillary Clinton. Back in September, the Girls star and creator interviewed the Democratic presidential candidate for Lenny Letter, her new email newsletter devoted to “feminism, style, health, poli…
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Sisters for life. Meet Wheelie and Callie. My two sweet girls. : cats
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Red Rock Canyon, California [6016×4016] [OC] : EarthPorn
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Kate Bush — Deeper Understanding — Listen and discover music at Last.fm
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J.J. Abrams: ‘Person of Interest’ likely canceled after this season : television
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Peace Love Beauty Wisdom Balance Imagination Truth Consciousness, Kate Bush – Deeper Understanding…
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Meet the Band of Brooklyn ‘Anti-Conspiracy Theorists’ That Formed a Bernie Sanders PAC | VICE News
At the top of a creaky flight of stairs in a grungy music room in Brooklyn, four self-proclaimed “anti-conspiracy theorists” stepped up to a small pink-lit stage. Among a motley lineup of rock and free jazz groups that raged until the early hours, C…
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Marshawn Lynch out as Seahawks prepare for coldest game in franchise history | Sport | The Guardian
Along with the usual assortment of cargo that goes on every NFL road trip, the Seattle Seahawks are collecting every parka, hand-warmer and beanie to be found. Good reason. The NFC wild-card matchup Sunday at Minnesota could end up being the coldest…
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.@GabbyGiffords on ending gun violence: “It’s a long, hard haul. But we cannot falter now.” https://t.co/jIuguDyDix https://t.co/vsIeysYbmJ
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The kittens that bathe together, stay together : cats
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Red Cedar stump in Vancouver : pics
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Woman kicked out of Trump rally for standing while Muslim
Things you cannot do at a Donald Trump rally: stand quietly while Muslim. Friday evening, 56-year-old flight attendant Rose Hamid established that, in case there was any question:
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Rapper handcuffed in Atlanta bank parking lot. he withdrew $200,000, said the bank accused him of “robbing the bank.” (wsbtv.com) If that is true why is he on the ground with handcuffs.
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The Beautiful Meaninglessness of David Bowie – The New Yorker
David Bowie’s “Blackstar,” recently released, is his second album since he resurfaced from what seemed like semi-retirement. As it turned out, it was a period of rejuvenation.
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El Chapo Caught After Trying to Make a Biopic | Al Jazeera America
Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman, a legendary figure in Mexico who went from being a farmer’s son to the world’s top drug lord, was apprehended Friday after a shootout between gunmen and Mexican marines at a house in Los Mochis, a seaside city in Guzman’s …
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Control a Modern Dance Troupe in This Beautifully Buggy Game | Motherboard
A few dashes, sprints and sputters of footwork, a couple of beats from the bongo and the piano chords, before my modern dancer, who looks like a bacterial cell illustration with limbs, exploded into a swarm of shapes.
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My cat looking regal af this morning. : cats
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Australia is breeding stick insects : pics
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Photo of the fire currently plaguing Western Australia – Over 100Km wide : pics
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“You are not going to like me saying this,” my dad said, “but you need to get a lock on your bedroom door and a lock on your bathroom door. Men can get very frisky when they are away from their wives.” I rolled my eyes, hung up and panicked.
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Cologne: ‘Chaotic’ protests after New Year sex attacks – BBC News
German police have used water cannon to disperse anti-immigrant protesters in Cologne. Officials said the far-right Pegida demonstrators had been throwing missiles at the police, and refusing orders to pull back.
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Michael Gerson: Nominating Trump would shatter the Republican Party
Perhaps the larger part of it, however, is that you can’t very well make an argument that the loudmouthed authoritarian xenophobe is alien to your upstanding humane freedom-loving conservative Republican movement when your upstanding humane freedom-…
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Kim Peterson’s Jaw-Dropping Images Take Us To New Worlds
We love some fantastic concept art, and one artist who we came across recently is Kim Peterson, who’s put together some jaw-dropping images that transport us to some fantastic worlds. Peterson hails from Stockholm, Sweden, where he’s been inspired b…
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Updated, 8:39 p.m. | A combative Gov. Paul R. LePage of Maine, who has a history of making blunt, sometimes racially tinged remarks, found himself in a familiar position on Friday as he sought to walk back a comment that had drawn widespread condemn…
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Kim Peterson’s Jaw-Dropping Images Take Us To New Worlds
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BBC Sport – FA Cup: Reports & highlights from Saturday’s FA Cup matches
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Pink Floyd: Their earliest recordings, 1964-65|Dangerous Minds
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Fifty years after they were originally recorded, several heretofore unreleased Pink Floyd demos dating from late 1964 and early 1965 were released as a limited edition set of two seven-inch singles on this past November’s Record Store Day as 1965: T… -
All Res – Gogo Penguin on Vimeo
Music video for the track All Res taken from the album Man Made Object, released on Blue Note 5th February 2016. http://gogopenguin.co.uk/ Director – Antony Barkworth-Knight Director of Photography – Jamie Kennerley Producer – Decca Records France
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In The Big Book of Madness, you will learn to love losing | Ars Technica
Welcome to Ars Cardboard, our weekend look at tabletop games! Check out our complete board gaming coverage right here—and let us know what you think. “Oh, bugger, we’re out of madness.” This is the sanitized version of an oft-heard new phrase in our…
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Germany Toughens Tone Refugees Competing Protests | Al Jazeera America
Migrants who commit crimes should lose their right to asylum, German Chancellor Angela Merkel said on Saturday, toughening her tone as thousands of people faced off in competing protests in Cologne over the country’s refugee policy and the mass assa…
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Why a painful parasite with no cure is close to eradication – Vox
Guinea worm disease — a terrible parasite that once affected millions in developing countries — may not be long for this world. The Carter Center announced Wednesday it documented just 22 cases of Guinea worm in 2015.
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US authorities are this weekend weighing the merits of several petitions seeking the exoneration of Steven Avery, the central character of the hit Netflix documentary series Making a Murderer, after an overwhelming response from viewers who believe …
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We have come a long way in the debate on gun safety. Well, actually we haven’t come anywhere at all. But we’ve certainly talked a lot. And the lines have just hardened. Last week President Obama announced a teeny, weeny executive action to close a f…
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Amethyst and quartz sphere that looks like one of Stephen King’s Langoliers : pics
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Butte man arrested after calling cops to complain he was ripped off in meth deal. : nottheonion
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Why We Keep Playing the Lottery – Issue 4: The Unlikely – Nautilus
To grasp how unlikely it was for Gloria C.
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World number one Novak Djokovic claimed his first title of the year with an impressive 6-1 6-2 win over Rafael Nadal in the Qatar Open. The Serb continued his recent dominance of the 14-time Grand Slam title winner with a ninth victory in 10 meeting…
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Star Wars Force Awakens Behind the Scenes Photos from crew member : movies
The sets used in this film were truly amazing. People are quick to bash CGI and “non-practical effects”, but movies really do look better when both are done well together. The Force Awakens will age very nicely because of both practical and digital …
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My lovable little derp, Pimento. : cats
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Partner held over actress murder – 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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The US may have seen its two best years of job growth since the late 90s, but according to labor secretary Tom Perez, the American people still need a raise. The last time the federally minimum wage went up was in July 2009. It has stayed at $7.
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As many as a million Americans will be booted off food stamps this year
The good news is that the economy continues to “improve.” The bad news is that somewhere between a million and half-million Americans will be booted off SNAP (food stamps) in the coming year because they can’t find work.
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El Nino to California: Game On | Motherboard
Just about as predicted, the effects of this winter’s bonkers El Nino event began hitting California on Dec. 31, delivering a succession of three powerful, drenching storms right into the guts of drought-parched Southern California.
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Protesters set Kosovo government building on fire – BBC News
Anti-government protesters in Kosovo’s capital Pristina have clashed with police at a demonstration against an agreement with the Serb minority. Protesters threw petrol bombs and stones. Part of a government building was set on fire, but the flames …
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This week on Krazy Kosmic Konspiracy Koincidence Korner a look at a band that may (or may not) have influenced, inspired, etc, etc, the living legend that is Mr. David Bowie.
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Watch ‘Broad City’ Girls Play Spin the Microphone on ‘Tonight Show’ | Rolling Stone
Watch ‘Broad City’ Girls Play Spin the Microphone on ‘Tonight Show’ Abbi Jacobson and Ilana Glazer sing Paula Cole and Bell Biv DeVoe with Jimmy Fallon and Tyler Perry
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Calls to end gender pay gap in modelling – BBC News
It is not unusual to hear calls for the gender pay gap to be closed, but it’s normally women who are getting less money than men. However, in the British fashion industry, female models can often earn double the amount that male models do.
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Will This Fancy Metallic Glue Kill Soldering? | Motherboard
If you want to piss off an electrical engineer, tell them that future electronics might be built using a room-temperature metallic glue instead of conventional soldering techniques. Despite the tedium, burns, bad joins, and dangerous lead fumes, sol…
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Viking (2016) New Russian historical movie teaser : movies
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Crowd Cheers as Muslim Protester Gets Kicked Out of Trump Rally in South Carolina | VICE News
A Muslim woman was heckled and booed after staging a silent protest that got her kicked out of a Donald Trump rally in South Carolina last night.
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Coyote playing with a ball – YouTube
I saw this guy playing on the hill while I was getting ready for work. It’s pretty rare to see a coyote this close to the house at all, and totally unexpected to see one playing with the neighbour-dog’s ball in broad daylight!
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State-Run Psychiatric Hospitals In Texas Are Now Gun-Friendly | ThinkProgress
This week, Austin State Hospital, a psychiatric facility in Texas, pulled down the “no guns” signs that had long been posted throughout the building. That’s because, thanks to new legislation, guns are now permitted in all 10 of the state-run psychi…
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French mosques extend open invitation – BBC News
French mosques have invited non-Muslims in to try to create greater understanding of Islam in France. Visitors are being offered hot drinks, pastries, calligraphy demonstrations and discussion during the “open-house” weekend.
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Help Support The Launchpad Astronomy Workshop!
A couple of years ago, I got to attend a really magnificent writer’s workshop: the Launchpad Astronomy Workshop, held each year in Wyoming. One of its supporters has launched a crowdfunding campaign to help support the program.
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Saturday’s Best Deals: PS4 Fighting Controller, MicroSD Cards, Desk Lamp, and More
A specialized PS4 controller, a popular kitchen thermometer, and ultra-cheap microSD cards highlight today’s best deals. Bookmark Kinja Deals and follow us on Twitter to never miss a deal.
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Rival groups protest in Germany over sex assaults – Al Jazeera English
Competing protests have been held in Cologne, Germany in response to the series of violent assaults against women on New Year’s Eve. After bottles and firecrackers were hurled at officials, police cancelled the march by the far-right groups, a spoke…
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Saturday’s Best Deals: PS4 Fighting Controller, MicroSD Cards, Desk Lamp, and More
A specialized PS4 controller, a popular kitchen thermometer, and ultra-cheap microSD cards highlight today’s best deals. Bookmark Kinja Deals and follow us on Twitter to never miss a deal.
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Obama administration will tie social needs to public health in new grant projects
In Chicago’s North Lawndale neighborhood in the late 1980s, infant mortality was a real crisis, stemming from an equally high rate of teen pregnancies. That’s when Debra Wesley joined Mount Sinai Hospital to take charge of its family planning depart…
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Damien Echols is in a unique position to comment on Netflix’s controversial documentary Making A Murderer, having also spent 18 years in prison for a crime he didn’t commit.
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Isil Claims Killing Two Police Cairo Suburb | Al Jazeera America
An affiliate of the Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) in Egypt has claimed responsibility for an attack that killed two policemen in the Giza neighborhood in the southern outskirts of the country’s capital city.
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Saudi FM warns of additional measures against Iran – Al Jazeera English
Saudi Foreign Minister Adel al-Jubeir did not specify what form the measures could take as he spoke after a meeting of Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) foreign ministers in the Saudi capital on Saturday.
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Game of tag between a cheetah and an unsuspecting dog. : gifs
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Merlin’s summer vs winter coat. : cats
Merlin’s summer vs winter coat. via /r/cats https://t.co/yQz0mvkbBj https://t.co/G3pp8wbFQy
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Top 10 Ways to Brainstorm New Ideas
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Ideas make the world go round, but coming up with great ones isn’t always easy. Here are ten ways you can prompt your brain to get those ideas flowing. “The best way to come up with new ideas is to get really bored” – prolific author Neil Gaiman say… -
The proper distance between the moon and Earth : space
The proper distance between the moon and Earth via /r/space https://t.co/hPlWlIWNu6 https://t.co/4sk149Tyc7
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The 2015 Analytics Software Market | TechCrunch
Now that the books have closed on 2015, it’s time to look back and take in some of the changes in the analytics software market.
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Kosovo opposition protests turn violent in Pristina – BBC News
Anti-government protesters in Kosovo’s capital Pristina have clashed with police at a demonstration against an agreement with the Serb minority. Protesters threw petrol bombs and stones. Part of a government building was set on fire, but the flames …
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I quizzed dozens of Silicon Valley elites about inequality. Here’s what they told me. – Vox
Inequality is perhaps my favorite interview topic in Silicon Valley: It’s fascinating to watch ordinarily confident titans of industry squirm in their seats before offering a conspicuously measured response.
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“A globular cluster might be the first place in which intelligent life is identified in our galaxy,” says Rosanne DiStefano of the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics (CfA). Globular star clusters are extraordinary in almost every way.
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Beautiful field with tree near Warwick, NY. [OC] [1714×1094] : EarthPorn
Beautiful field with tree near Warwick, NY. [OC] [1714×1094] via /r/EarthPorn https://t.co/5DEUqviyVH https://t.co/vYbBpMdjop
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Tyler Perry and the Internet’s Boyfriend: The Week in Pop-Culture Writing https://t.co/O1OF9kmTG8 https://t.co/FdV2Knwpmo
The Brand Keeping Oprah in Business Rembert Browne | Vulture “It comes down to the question of who gets to decide what’s good for black people. Should all kinds of blackness be shown, or should its representation be curated? To Perry, no one should … -
Filthy Old New York – The New Yorker
Filthy Old New York https://t.co/I4moSTpFsG https://t.co/Pu6S8wHhIS
In the nineteen-seventies and eighties—before you moved to the big city, and possibly before you were even born—New York was both a grittier and more glamorous town than the lifeless billionaires’ playground of today. Get a glimpse of the pre-Disney… -
In the UK, doctors can now prescribe e-cigarettes to help you quit smoking | Ars Technica
In the UK, doctors can now prescribe e-cigarettes to help you quit smoking https://t.co/rglJffWLHh https://t.co/jU2I5isrLF
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Syrian Airstrike Hits Prison, Kills Dozens | Al Jazeera America
An airstrike killed at least 39 people in a Syrian rebel-held town in the northwest on Saturday when it struck a courthouse and an adjacent prison, the Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights reported.
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BBC – Earth – These aerial photos change familiar places into alien worlds
Misty white dissolves into streaks of grey. Turquoise weaves through a background of tan and black. Modern art? Or a view of our planet like no other, taken from thousands of miles up.
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Watch the King Confound the President in ‘Elvis & Nixon’ Trailer | Rolling Stone
Watch the King Confound the President in Uproarious ‘Elvis & Nixon’ Trailer Kevin Spacey and Michael Shannon star in film that recounts infamous December 1970 meeting at the White House
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MSNBC caught up with Ben “and Jerry’s” Cohen outside a rally for Donald Trump in Burlington, VT, home state to Ben and Jerry’s and headquarters for the Bernie Sanders campaign. When you open up the pint, there’s this big disc of chocolate on the top…
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Mercedes Let Us Take a 360-Degree Photo From Inside Its New Concept Car | Motherboard
Here’s something you probably didn’t expect to see today: a 360-degree photo from the interior of a new Mercedes concept car that’s being shown off at CES, which Mercedes allowed me to take after some convincing.
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Emory Peak [OC] [1600 x 900] : EarthPorn
Emory Peak [OC] [1600 x 900] via /r/EarthPorn https://t.co/F5PRImtMCU https://t.co/gMAKVNZxcK
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Why Chapo’s Capture Won’t Stop the Flow of Weed, Meth, Cocaine, and Heroin | VICE News
The capture of the world’s most wanted drug lord less than six months since his cinematic tunnel escape from a Mexican prison will likely do little to stem the flow of drugs across the border into the United States.
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Movie Review: Natalie Dormer Makes a Lackluster Horror Debut in ‘The Forest’ – The Atlantic
Imagine a Japanese horror film called The Bridge, in which a man travels to San Francisco after hearing that his troubled twin brother was last seen on the Golden Gate Bridge—notoriously a spot where people go to kill themselves.
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Donald Trump More Electable to GOP Primary Voters – The Atlantic
The phenomenon can be charted across a series of national polls, from which a consistent pattern has emerged in attitudes toward the GOP front-runner since he entered the race last summer.
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Alaska’s Criminal-Justice Reforms – The Atlantic
Decreasing oil revenues have left Alaska facing a massive budget shortfall. The state has looked at all sorts of ways to cut costs, including slashing spending on roads, schools, and boats.
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In Flint, Michigan, a scandal over lead-tainted water keeps getting darker. On Tuesday, Governor Rick Snyder declared a state of emergency due to lead in the water supply. The same day, the U.S. Department of Justice announced that it is investigati…
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2015: A Record Year for Mergers and Acquisitions – The Atlantic
In the last 100-odd years, there have been six waves of rapid merger activity in the U.S. At the turn of the 20th century, horizontal mergers, which united companies in the same industry (such as steel or oil) and formed monopolies, were common.
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David Lang Wrote ‘Simple Song #3,’ for the Film ‘Youth,’ With Google’s Help – The Atlantic
The film Youth turns on a song. Released last month and starring Michael Caine, Jane Fonda, and Harvey Keitel, the movie begins as a royal messenger asks the aging composer Fred Ballinger (Caine) to conduct his most famous work for Prince Phillip’s …
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Sony Is Trying to Trademark ‘Let’s Play’ | Motherboard
Gaming is a hugely popular category for video content on the internet. It’s why Amazon acquired the video game streaming platform Twitch for $1 billion, and why Pewdiepie has the most popular channel on YouTube with 41 million subscribers.
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Polish media laws: Nationwide protests are staged – BBC News
Protests have take place across Poland against new laws which demonstrators say gives the newly-elected government power to restrict media freedoms. Several thousand protested outside the main public TV station in Warsaw.
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Muslim woman ejected from Donald Trump rally after silent protest | US news | The Guardian
A Muslim woman was escorted from a Donald Trump rally on Friday night, after she stood silently behind the Republican frontrunner wearing a shirt that read: “Salam, I come in peace.
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ssh, don’t want to wake him up. : aww
ssh, don’t want to wake him up. via /r/aww https://t.co/qqOmbhGmbt https://t.co/aOuUkeDmPA
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With Powerball sales breaking previous records, the odds are growing that someone will win Saturday night’s $800m jackpot – but if no one matches all the numbers, the next drawing is expected to soar past $1bn.
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The war on drugs is literally killing Mexico – Vox
The global war on drugs is killing Mexico: A new study found that violence from the drug war caused Mexico’s life expectancy to stagnate — and, in men’s cases, drop — after six decades of increases.
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This was the one we were all waiting for. This one is going to be all over Swedish neofascists facebook pages in a week.
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Vtech, having leaked 6.3m kids’ data, now wants to run your home security / Boing Boing
Remember the Hong Kong-based crapgadgeteer Vtech, who breached 6.
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Knightley and Son by Rohan Gavin – review | Children’s books | The Guardian
Having never heard of Knightley and Sons, I saw it in my local library and decided to read the first few pages to see if I enjoyed the start. It was a spectacular opening and I am sure that you will agree:
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The Arcimoto SRK electric vehicle is the most fun thing we did at CES | Ars Technica
LAS VEGAS—Electric vehicles were a big thing at CES this year. Even before the show officially kicked off, Faraday Future introduced the world to its FF Zero 1 concept car, and Chevrolet let journalists (including us) get behind the wheel of its new…
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DoYogaWithMe Streams Hundreds of Yoga Videos for Free
Ready to build your strength, flexibility, and balance with yoga? You’ll find yoga videos scattered across the web, but one site you might want to bookmark is DoYogaWithMe.
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‘America can do anything,’ an optimistic Obama proclaims in weekly address
Hi everybody. Seven years ago, the American auto industry was on the brink of collapse. Plants were closing. Hundreds of thousands of workers were getting laid off from jobs that had been their ticket to a middle-class life.
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Egypt policemen shot dead in Giza in IS-claimed attack – BBC News
Gunmen have killed two Egyptian police in the city of Giza, officials said. The so-called Islamic State (IS) group said it was behind the attack.
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Parents of victims of Washington school shooting seek up to $110m in damages https://t.co/1W97h42bhE https://t.co/s9C1G2A6Xf
Five families of teenagers who were shot by a classmate at a high school are seeking up to $110m in damages from the school district and father of the shooter. Lawyers for the Marysville school district received the claim for damages in an email on … -
15lbs loaf via /r/Catloaf https://t.co/7OYkNZrwGc https://t.co/hwxWn6stMj https://t.co/Iw1HnnP1ch
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Knife Attack by Suspected Militants at Egyptian Resort Leaves Three Tourists Wounded | VICE News
Suspected militants armed with knives wounded two Austrian tourists and a Swede at a hotel in the Egyptian Red Sea resort of Hurghada on Friday evening, the Interior Ministry said.
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Scores killed in Russian air strikes in Syria’s Idlib – Al Jazeera English
Scores of people have been killed and over 100 others injured in Russian air strikes in Syria’s Idlib province, Al Jazeera has learnt.
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It’s not just Rep Pete Hoekstra [R-MI] who switched sides in the surveillance debate when he discovered that his beloved NSA had been spying on him — a whole raft of Congressional NSA cheerleaders have followed the path that German Chancellor Angel…
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BBC Sport – Wycombe Wanderers 1-1 Aston Villa
Midfielder Marcus Bean and striker Paul Hayes are available for Wycombe after recovering from ankle problems. Aston Villa are missing winger Adama Traore (broken foot), but striker Jordan Ayew and midfielder Ashley Westwood are back from suspensions.
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Longform: The Funny Thing About Abusive Relationships by Julieanne Smolinski
“Offhand, there are maybe three times in my life I can clearly recall laughing at something really terrible. One: when my mother told me my grandfather had a heart attack. Two: when a friend and I were driving to Cape Cod and a huge bird careened in…
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A bowel-loosening long-term geopolitical weather report / Boing Boing
The idea that global politics are a terrifying blend of natural disasters, belligerence, and deadly military potential isn’t unique to this decade, but holy fuck, did it ever just get weird.
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Great Britain’s Kate Avery won the Great Edinburgh Cross Country women’s race at Holyrood Park. Avery, 24, took the lead in the early stages and finished the 6km course in 21 minutes and five seconds for her first senior international victory.
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Peace Love Beauty Wisdom Balance Imagination Truth Consciousness, Double the loaf via /r/Catloaf…
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Doom reboot teased with new screens, Game Informer preview | Ars Technica
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The Making of a Champion Darts Player – The New Yorker
Scott “Scotty Dog” Mitchell, the current reigning world darts champion, has doubled down on his ill-fitting nickname.
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BERLIN — At least 231 children who sang in a boys’ choir led for 30 years by the brother of former Pope Benedict XVI were abused over a period of almost four decades, a lawyer investigating reports of wrongdoing said Friday.
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Watch a Man Spend 48 Hours in Virtual Reality | Motherboard
One theory for why people get sick from virtual reality is that the conflict of sensory information leads to all sorts of nasty effects—your eyes perceive movement, but your inner ear doesn’t. Whatever the cause, individuals differ wildly in how sus…
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De-bullshitifying the libertopian Legend of Malheur National Wildlife Refuge / Boing Boing
The domestic terrorists occupying the Malheur National Widlife Refuge Building near Burns, Oregon justify their actions with a highly selective — and largely fabricated — history of the federal lands they’ve seized. The truth is a lot sleazier.
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Baltimore Public Housing Workers Demanded Sex For Repairs | ThinkProgress
M.G.’s refrigerator in her apartment in Gilmor Homes, a public housing complex in Baltimore, had been broken for years. She filed numerous work orders seeking to get it fixed or replaced, but nothing ever happened.
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Homeland Security Looked Past Anti-Government Movement, Ex-Analyst Says https://t.co/Vquje5u5W4 https://t.co/yifppvhR3C
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Let’s get one thing straight. Canned beans are never going to be as good as home-cooked dried beans, no matter how many seasonings you add to your pot. They’re like any other convenience food: a wan simulacrum, fine in a pinch but never transcendent.
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Daryl Johnson once worked in the branch of the Department of Homeland Security that studied the threats posed by antigovernment groups. His former office was shut down more than five years ago. But when members of an armed group took over a federal …
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New York police officer shot in ankle after responding to large fight | US news | The Guardian
Authorities said a New York City police officer was shot after exchanging gunfire with a suspect involved in a large fight, early on Saturday morning.
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Revolts, race, Russia: 60 years on, 1956 is disconcertingly similar to 2016 | Books | The Guardian
Headlines filled with turmoil in the Middle East, racial violence in the United States and arguments about Britain’s place in the world. Not from 2016, but 60 years ago.
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Gunmen kill Egyptian police officers in Giza attack – Al Jazeera English
Gunmen have shot dead two Egyptian police officers in the southern outskirts of the capital Cairo, the latest deadly attack on the country’s security forces.
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Nine months ago, the US Food and Drug administration accused Kind, the snack-bar maker, of breaking the law by describing its bars containing fatty nuts as “healthy”. Fighting back, Kind charged that the FDA’s rules are wrongheaded and outdated.
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Will Supreme Court tackle 1st Amendment issue in Madden NFL litigation? | Ars Technica
Electronic Arts is making good on its year-old promise that it would fight to protect its stated First Amendment right to produce one of the world’s most popular video games, Madden NFL, while using the likenesses of pro players without their permi…
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3 reasons the economy boomed in 2015 – Vox
December’s job growth numbers are in, and they make it official: 2015 was the second-strongest year for job growth since the 1990s, and only slightly behind the big gains of 2014. Unemployment fell in 2015 from an already low 5.6 percent at the end …
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What Poor South Carolinians Think About The GOP’s Poverty Summit In South Carolina | ThinkProgress
Jeb Bush has called for the end of food stamps. Chris Christie has vetoed an increase in the minimum wage in his state and Ben Carson believes Obama is purposefully depressing the economy to keep people on welfare.
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This week in science: the truth is already out there
The Falcon Heavy in relation to other heavy lift vehicles in both gross size and overall performance. Note the significant increase in payload capacity. So it turns out one of Hillary Clinton’s senior staffers is a UFO enthusiast.
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Reddit needs more hedgehogs via /r/aww https://t.co/zewsrDlNry https://t.co/Jvpobykvo0 https://t.co/xMNB2cW18A
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The Dutch boy mopping up a sea of plastic – BBC News : technology
The Dutch boy mopping up a sea of plastic – BBC News via /r/technology https://t.co/4QBeUyUZOf https://t.co/Nn7jDXZAjp
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Muslim woman ejected from Trump rally : Liberal
Muslim woman ejected from Trump rally via /r/Liberal https://t.co/wiaieHOZjD https://t.co/mmpPOhHvBA
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Last year the US supreme court handed major victories to liberal Americans, legalising gay marriage and throwing out a challenge to Barack Obama’s landmark healthcare reforms. But 2016 may be less kind.
Unions brace for supreme court case that could shake up powerful political force https://t.co/IeCcLmH4Qj https://t.co/2Mly9UC6Eu -
The Cruel Inequities | TechCrunch
There are few people in technology more infuriating than Y Combinator’s Paul Graham, who earlier this month dropped a brilliant summary and analysis of the ongoing refragmentation of modern societies, followed immediately by a blinkered, muddled, wr…
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Reddit publishes real-life dead-tree book of its “best” AMAs | Ars Technica
In a rather odd move this week, community hub Reddit published a book of what it believes to be the best Ask Me Anything subreddit snippets. For the princely sum of $34.99 in the US only (or $4.99, £3.
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Iowa’s righteous Cruzade: senator preys on the holy and the wholly fed up | US news | The Guardian
Ted Cruz reaches the dramatic climax of his pitch to voters with a flourish that is as subtle as it is selfless. After asking them to vote, he also asks them to pray. Every day, between now and the Iowa caucuses in just three weeks. And not just for…
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Reddit needs more hedgehogs : aww
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Scientific American MIND Reviews First Bite – Scientific American
Every bite forms a memory, and the most powerful ones are the first, says food writer Wilson. As children, we do not simply learn what we like and dislike by putting new foods in our mouth. We also learn by watching others eat—at home, at school and…
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How the huge gas leak is turning California’s Porter Ranch into a ghost town | Grist
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AMERICANS work some of the longest hours in the Western world, and many struggle to achieve a healthy balance between work and life. As a result, there is an understandable tendency to assume that the problem we face is one of quantity: We simply do…
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Reykjavik: Iceland’s recipe for survival – Al Jazeera English
Reykjavik: Iceland’s recipe for survival https://t.co/0TUnctKNIg https://t.co/2HE6s16QV6
For centuries, Iceland was regarded as little more than a remote land of Vikings and volcanoes. But its spectacular crash during the global financial crisis of 2008 and the travel chaos caused by the ash plume from Eyjafjallajokull threw a spotlight… -
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Most “anti-inflammation” diets are overkill. Tom Brady’s is a case in point. – Vox
Celebrities love eliminating very specific foods from their diet and then claiming they’ve figured out the holy grail of health — despite limited scientific backing. Now it seems athletes do it too.
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The 20 photographs of the week | Art and design | The Guardian
A Bahraini protester holds a placard bearing a portrait of prominent Shia Muslim cleric Nimr al-Nimr. Demonstrators clashed with riot police in the village of Sitra, Bahrain, following a protest against al-Nimr’s execution by Saudi authorities Photo…
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Claims of rises in flood defence spending ‘essentially meaningless’ | Environment | The Guardian
Government claims that it increased spending on flood defences ahead of the wettest December on record are “essentially meaningless”, an independent adviser on climate change has said.
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Smart Spoon Helps Parkinson’s Patients Feed Themselves | Motherboard
Being able to feed yourself is a daily freedom many people take for granted, but for people with neurological conditions causing tremors, the essential activity can be a huge source of frustration and shame.
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Vietnam accuses China of threatening regional air safety – BBC News
Vietnam has accused China of threatening regional air safety by conducting unannounced flights through its airspace to a disputed reef in the South China Sea, state media reported. Forty-six such incidents were logged by aviation authorities in the …
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Saudi Arabia vs Iran: Beyond the Sunni-Shia narrative – Al Jazeera English
The long-running conflict between Saudi Arabia and Iran reached new heights this week after the kingdom severed diplomatic relations with the Islamic Republic.
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Powerball: What time is the $800 million jackpot drawing? – Vox
At 10:59 pm Eastern time on Saturday, January 7, there will be a Powerball lottery drawing for an estimated $800 million jackpot. That’s the biggest jackpot in history, even adjusted for inflation.
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Stress on Simulated Mars Was Not What I Expected-Nautilus Blog : space
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Meow irl via /r/MEOW_IRL https://t.co/zkhVyuSOLI https://t.co/s7GiZegn9B
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A glacier in South Iceland. [2448×3264] [OC] : EarthPorn
A glacier in South Iceland. [2448×3264] [OC] via /r/EarthPorn https://t.co/HrVvpOvomW https://t.co/uA3ydDgNIH
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Evan “The Nerdwriter”: Element 92, Exploration of the Kardashev Scale. : space
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Virtual Reality And A Parallel Universe Of Cyberclones | TechCrunch
One of the biggest technology trends of 2015 was virtual reality (VR), from Oculus Rift to Google’s cardboard headsets. TechCrunch Disrupt SF 2015 saw a lot of VR experiences where users could wear headsets and navigate an immersive 3D world.
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Eastern European leaders double down on anti-migrant, anti-Muslim rhetoric : worldnews
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Abbreviated Pundit Round-up: Gun discussion and political notes on the GOP contenders
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Abbreviated Pundit Round-up: Gun discussion and political notes on the GOP contenders
Republicans explain away their unwelcome poll-leader by dismissing his supporters as a loud but narrow network of angry white men and celebrity chasers. It’s not true.
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Former world number one Victoria Azarenka won her first title since 2013 by beating Angelique Kerber in the Brisbane International final. The unseeded Belarusian, who has been plagued by injuries in recent years, beat the fourth-seeded German 6-3 6-…
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Russian viral video of doctor hitting patient who dies – BBC News
CCTV footage has emerged of a Russian hospital doctor punching a patient who collapsed and later died. The incident took place in the city of Belgorod, 670km (440 miles) south of the capital, Moscow, on 29 December.
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Australia bushfire destroys scores of homes in Yarloop – BBC News
Emergency services are continuing to battle a large bushfire in Western Australia. An entire town – Yarloop, south of Perth – was almost destroyed, with 130 properties destroyed. At least three people are missing.
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Discovery of wreckage from lost whaling fleet could lead to more ships | World news | The Guardian
Archaeologists have discovered the wrecks of two American whalers off the Arctic coast of Alaska, almost 145 years after ice trapped a whaling fleet and sent 33 ships to the bottom. Researchers with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administratio…
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Chipotle faces uphill battle to win back reputation after E coli outbreak | Business | The Guardian
“I don’t care,” Anna said, as she screwed up a brown paper bag that had contained a steak and black bean Chipotle burrito. Related: Chipotle temporarily closes 43 stores amid E coli outbreak “If I die, I die.
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Remains of sunken whaling fleet found after 144 years – video | US news | The Guardian
The scattered remains of several whaling ships, which sunk nearly 144 years ago off the Arctic coast of Alaska. NOAA archaeologists recently discovered the battered hulls of two of the ships.
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Japan keeps this defunct train station running for just one passenger : worldnews
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Donald Trump and Bernie Sanders Hold Big Leads in New Hampshire Poll https://t.co/fzF1Cx2HlE https://t.co/h5lMkDoQsD
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