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Why ‘GMO-free’ is a marketing ploy you shouldn’t fall for – The Washington Post
A lot of companies are changing their recipes to remove genetically modified organisms and “unnatural” ingredients, and plenty of customers think that’s great news.
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Calais migrant crisis: Eurostar passengers reveal ‘appalling’ experience – BBC News
Eurostar passengers stranded overnight in Calais have returned to London, saying they were left on a dark train for more than four hours as migrants climbed onto their carriages. The train then developed a technical fault, with passengers finally ar…
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Food chain Chipotle sued over its “GMO free” claims | Ars Technica
Earlier this year, the restaurant chain Chipotle announced to much fanfare that it was halting the use of GMOs in the food it serves. That announcement has since been amplified by advertisements and displays in its restaurants.
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Refugees Protest as Budapest Trains Remain Closed | Al Jazeera America
Hundreds of refugees protested in front of Budapest’s Keleti Railway Terminus for a second straight day on Wednesday, shouting “Freedom, freedom!” and demanding to be let onto trains bound for Germany from a station that has been closed to them.
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Illinois police hunt for suspects in shooting of a popular police veteran | US news | The Guardian
Law enforcement officers prepared early on Wednesday to resume the intensive hunt for three suspects in the fatal shooting of a popular veteran police officer in a small northern Illinois community.
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Feedly Adds Shared Collections For Pro Users, Lets Teams Share Sources
Feedly has become one of the best ways to keep up with your RSS feeds. One key feature that’s been missing, however, is the ability to bulk share a collection of sources. Now, Feedly is adding this feature to Feedly Pro.
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North Carolina brothers may get up to $750,000 for wrongful convictions | US news | The Guardian
Two North Carolina brothers could each receive hundreds of thousands of dollars from the state, three decades after wrongful convictions in the killing an 11-year-old girl landed one on death row and the other in prison for a life sentence.
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Straight Outta Compton tops UK box office – BBC News
Rap movie Straight Outta Compton has followed its US success and opened at number one at the UK box office. The NWA biopic, produced by Dr Dre and Ice Cube, took £2.49m in its opening weekend.
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The Cartoon Lounge: The Huffington and Puffington Post – The New Yorker
This year I gave up my gym membership. Why? Not because I’m too lazy to exercise. In fact, I like exercise, need exercise. Without a good amount of it, I get the heebie-jeebies. Even with it, I still get the heebies, but at least that’s better. Anyw…
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Russia’s Arctic adventures – Al Jazeera English
In the early 18th century, Russia sent a number of large expeditions to explore and map the Siberian coastline. These missions were not cheap – funding these expeditions cost Moscow one-sixth of its state budget in 1724.
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More Shots Of BlackBerry Android Phone Leak Online | TechCrunch
We got a glimpse of BlackBerry’s rumored Android-powered smartphone last month, in the form a render shared on Twitter by notorious leaker Evan Blass. Now photos of the Android BlackBerry have apparently leaked too — published by Taiwanese website T…
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The “Cadillac” Tax is Coming, And Could Hit Your Midsize Health Plan
According to new projections from the Kaiser Family Foundation, one in four employers will be hit with the Affordable Care Act’s insurance excise tax when it takes effect in 2018.
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Eurostar passengers recount ‘horrendous’ experiences – BBC News
Eurostar passengers have begun arriving back in London after spending the night in Calais. Trains were delayed and cancelled after migrants got onto the tracks, near the Channel Tunnel.
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How Porn Will Survive Free Internet Porn | Motherboard
Pornography used to be an easy way to get rich quick: If you had a camera and an internet connection, you could smut peddle your way to a comfortable living in a few easy steps.
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Misty Hills by Hilda Murray / 500px
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Soho’s 56 Dean Street clinic leaks patients’ HIV status – BBC News
The 56 Dean Street clinic in London’s Soho sent out names and email addresses of 780 patients with HIV in an information sheet regularly sent out to people who attend the clinic. Patients were supposed to be blind-copied into an email but instead it…
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Akash Shah was sitting atop his motorbike waiting to make a u-turn on the busy streets of his hometown in Pune, India when a bus veered from its designated lane and nearly crashed into him. Shah was indeed lucky.
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Fossil Fuel Company Executives Make A Lot Of Money Off Of Ruining The Climate | ThinkProgress
Could the global warming crisis be solved if fossil fuel executives were just paid less? Well, sort of.
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California Is Trying Everything To Get More People To Vote | ThinkProgress
As soon as this week, the California Senate could pass a bill to address its dismally low voter turnout by making registration automatic for the millions of residents with drivers licenses.
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Over the 18 years Denise Doheny has worked as a child care provider, she’s experienced a number of tough financial spells. She was homeless twice, once living with her mother, another time with friends. She had a hard time affording food.
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My moment at Tokyo’s infamous Hotel Okura – Al Jazeera English
There were a number of international campaigns to save Tokyo’s Hotel Okura – the icon of Japanese modernism that closed its doors this week. One of them was launched by Thomas Maier, Okura fan, and head of the fashion house Bottega Veneta.
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When College Freshmen Were Forced to Pose Nude During Orientation | Mental Floss
Freshman orientation is easily the most awkward part of college.
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A few years ago, the writer Joy Williams’s favorite church needed to dispose of a few extra pews after a renovation. Williams attends the church only in April and October, when her frequent cross-country drives take her to Laramie, Wyo., but she wan…
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A Tale of Three Seafood Sandwiches | Hakai Magazine
My New England seafood supper is lost over Tennessee. Two dozen herring, nine kilograms of squid, and a bushel of blue mussels are circling in a thunderstorm over FedEx’s hub in Memphis.
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Climate change will alter ocean bacteria crucial to food chain – study | Environment | The Guardian
Climate change will have irreversible and unprecedented impacts on crucial ocean microorganisms that could trigger dramatic effects further up the food chain, according to scientists.
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Watch: How Paul Bettany Became Vision for The Avengers | WIRED
Skip Article Header. Skip to: Start of Article. In Avengers: Age of Ultron, Paul Bettany went from only providing voiceover work for Tony Stark’s virtual assistant Jarvis to embodying someone else: Vision.
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In Brooklyn and Beyond, Is Gentrification a Human-Rights Violation? – The Atlantic
No one will be surprised to learn that the campaign to build a national movement against gentrification is being waged out of an office in Brooklyn, New York.
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You Don’t Have to Be Good at Math to Learn to Code – The Atlantic
I’m not in favor of anyone learning to code unless she really wants to. I believe you should follow your bliss, career-wise, because most of the things you’d buy with all the money you’d make as a programmer won’t make you happy.
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How America Lost Track of Ben Franklin’s Definition of Success – The Atlantic
When he retired from the printing business at the age of 42, Benjamin Franklin set his sights on becoming what he called a “Man of Leisure.
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Significant Digits For Wednesday, Sept. 2, 2015 | FiveThirtyEight
You’re reading Significant Digits, a daily digest of the telling numbers tucked inside the news. New Zealand is entertaining the idea of changing up its flag. The government received 10,000 design submissions, but only four remain in the running.
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September’s Reading group: The Book of Daniel by EL Doctorow | Books | The Guardian
The Waterworks was the popular choice for this month’s Reading group commemorating the writer EL Doctorow. It came top by a considerable margin. This is both good and bad news. It’s good news because The Waterworks is an underrated classic.
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Syria crisis: Latakia blast rocks president’s stronghold – BBC News
At least seven people have been killed in a car bomb explosion in the Syrian port city of Latakia, state TV says. It says more than 40 people were injured in the attack on the city’s main Hamam Square.
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BBC Sport – Michael Clarke cancels Big Bash deal and takes indefinite break
Former Australia captain Michael Clarke has pulled out of a deal to play in the Big Bash and will take an indefinite break from the game. Clarke, who has had a long-term back injury, said quitting the international game had prompted him to also cons…
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Migrant crisis: Hundreds protest at Hungary station ban – BBC News
Hundreds of migrants have protested for a second day at Hungary’s decision to prevent them from travelling on towards Germany and other EU countries. They are among 2,000 people camped at Budapest’s Keleti train station, having bought tickets for on…
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How the care crisis is making old age a nightmare | Polly Toynbee | Society | The Guardian
At 9am the 1,000 beds at Addenbrooke’s hospital in Cambridge were full. Senior nurses gathered together to spin through the state of play.
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Toy maker Lego sees strong growth, profit in all regions
HELSINKI (AP) — Lego says its popular multi-colored toy blocks were in strong demand around the world in the first half of the year, boosting its earnings and the outlook for the full year. Net profit in the first six months of 2015 was up 30 percen…
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Israel in Palestine: Separating fact from fiction – Al Jazeera English
Around the time of launching the Middle East negotiations in the 1990s, the BBC launched a new sitcom by the name of Keeping Up Appearances.
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South African students protest over use of Afrikaans – Al Jazeera English
Hundreds of students at Stellenbosch University in South Africa have protested against the Afrikaans language being favoured at their school, alleging that it promotes racism.
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The US military has re-opened a criminal investigation into some of the most serious accusations of war crimes against US forces in Afghanistan since 2001.
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Dominating this image is part of the gigantic nebula Gum 56, illuminated by the hot bright young stars that were born within it.
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Abbreviated Pundit Round-up: Partisanship isn’t all about ideas
One reason for that: most Americans, regardless of their political views, don’t have a solid opinion about every single issue of the day, particularly when it concerns a complicated or obscure topic.
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Splyce Sorts Your Music by BPM, Is Your Own Personal DJ
Android/iOS: Nothing can break your power playlist faster than suddenly hitting a chill song with a slow beat. Splyce is a music player that aims for a better overall experience by sorting, playing, and mixing your music like a DJ.
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Hippo calf plays in San Diego zoo pool – video | World news | The Guardian
A five-month-old hippopotamus calf explores San Diego zoo’s pool with her mother on Tuesday. The baby hippo paddles and swims through the pool, attracting the attention of curious visitors who can see the animals through an underground glass window.
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Migrant crisis: Thousands arrive in mainland Greece – BBC News
Thousands of migrants are arriving in mainland Greece as the government prepares for talks on tackling the huge number of people reaching its shores. Two ships carrying more than 4,200 people travelled to Piraeus port at night after leaving Lesbos i…
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Artificial Intelligence Can Now Paint Like Art’s Greatest Masters | Motherboard
Some of the paintings you see above were painted by some of the most renowned artists in human history. The others were made by an artificial intelligence.
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A Day In the Life of a Booming Oil and Gas Town In the Canadian Northwest | Motherboard
Nichole Peever and I are sitting in the cab of her Toyota truck, heading north on the Alaska highway, away from Airport Road in Fort St. John. Until recently, the area around Airport Road was quite swampy.
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Wolf Totem review – lupine thrills and pack mentality | Film | The Guardian
Chosen as China’s foreign-language Oscar entry this year, you’d expect Jean-Jacques Annaud’s adaptation of Wolf Totem, a bestseller by Lü Jiamin, to dutifully toe the party line – especially as it’s set during the Cultural Revolution, a wound never …
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Cable-Box Rentals: A Needless $19-Billion Industry – The Atlantic
One of the least glamorous realities of the American cable industry is a relic invented in 1948: the cable box. The box has become a fixture in the American household, not least because it is surprisingly profitable. Earlier this year, a U.S.
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Photographing the American Dreamers – The Atlantic
What is the American dream? What does it look like? How many types of American dreams are there, and how many have there been? Seeking answers to these questions, though fun, is a fruitless pursuit. Everyone, American or not, has his or her own idea…
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Eatsa: Is a Restaurant Without Waiters The Future of Food? – The Atlantic
Before there were fast-food restaurants, and long before there was fast-casual, there was a dining experience that was faster and casual-er than anything that would follow it.
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Ukraine conflict: Deadly Luhansk ambush ends lull in east – BBC News
Two people have been killed and six wounded in an ambush on a Ukrainian army vehicle near the rebel-held city of Luhansk, officials in Kiev say. It was the first major incident since a renewed truce between the army and pro-Russian rebels came into …
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New sewage system to tackle Rio 2016’s water problems – Al Jazeera English
Several rowers became ill during a recent Olympics test regatta in Guanabara Bay. “The problem will be solved by the beginning of the Games next year,” Nuzman told reporters on a visit to London. The Rio Games run August 5-21.
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From trash to tables: Recycling food UK style – Al Jazeera English
People & Power investigates South Korea’s disturbing rise in suicides, particularly among the elderly. Thailand’s prime minister talks about his military takeover, press freedom, poverty, and constitutional reform.
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Prawn Nebula View Offers Stunning Glimpse of ‘Cosmic Recycling’ (Video)
A new view of the Prawn Nebula shows “cosmic recycling” at work: Glowing clusters of newborn stars illuminate surrounding gas, expelled from an earlier stellar generation, which will eventually form into even newer stars. The 2.
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MOREHEAD, Ky. — Before she ignited a firestorm over same-sex marriage, Kim Davis was known, for decades, as a woman behind the counter of a small county clerk’s office: a mild-mannered conduit for auto tag renewals, lien releases, land records and m…
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When Sony Pictures Entertainment decided to make a movie focusing on the death and dementia professional football players have endured from repeated hits to the head — and the N.F.L.
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Now You Can Buy Stuff Online Without Paying Up Front | WIRED
In recent weeks, the online retailer Overstock.com started testing a new checkout service from a Swedish company called Klarna.
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Indiana State Police won’t give up stingray records due to “terrorism” risk | Ars Technica
A California-based privacy activist who has filed hundreds of public records requests to learn about how cell-site simulators are used nationwide had a request denied earlier this week by the Indiana State Police.
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Royal Jelly Isn’t What Makes a Queen Bee a Queen Bee | WIRED
For decades, scientists thought an excess of something special, a substance called royal jelly, elevated a regular honey bee larva to a queen. New research suggests we had it backward: It’s what future queens aren’t fed that matters.
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The FDA May Add a Life-Saving Vitamin to Tortillas | WIRED
Nearly every bite of bread, cereal, pasta, or delicious chocolate croissant you eat comes with a tiny dose of folic acid, also known as vitamin B9. Adding folic acid to enriched flour—mandatory in the US since 1998—has protected about 1,300 babies a…
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Neck-Snapping New Shelby May Be the Most Fun Mustang Ever | WIRED
Skip Article Header. Skip to: Start of Article. I flash my best You haven’t made a terrible mistake smile, shift into first, and take off down one of America’s toughest race tracks.
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‘Dr Evil’ says a $15 minimum wage will create high school dropouts | Business | The Guardian
“What? I get $30,000 a year with no experience or skill?” asks a billboard in New York’s Times Square, the self-styled crossroads of the world.
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Google’s New Logo Is Trying Really Hard to Look Friendly | WIRED
Skip Article Header. Skip to: Start of Article. Google has become so much more than than a white webpage with a text box. We interact with Search, Maps, Android, Gmail, and a dozen other Google products, in countless ways for countless purposes. Mor…
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Does cloud computing have a nationality? That’s the question posed by Microsoft’s lawyers and the counsel in a closely watched case whose oral arguments begin in Manhattan on Wednesday morning. The case scrutinizes the ability of the US government t…
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Donald Trump carves out a new constituency: professional athletes | US news | The Guardian
Donald Trump’s presidential campaign has received support from several unlikely groups – and now, it seems, he has one more in his corner: former professional athletes.
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The Complete Guide to Refinancing Your Student Loans
What if there was a way to cut the cost of your outrageously priced student loan? That’s what refinancing promises: ideally, you save thousands of dollars in interest over the life of your loan. But that’s not necessarily the whole story.
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In Baltimore, Summer Bloody Summer | Al Jazeera America
Tune in Friday, Sept. 4 at 10 p.m. ET/7 PT for America Tonight’s Saving Baltimore special BALTIMORE – Blocks away from Freddie Gray’s home is a space that’s now one of the safest parts of West Baltimore.
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Voices of Baltimore: Life After Freddie Gray | Al Jazeera America
Tune in Friday, Sept. 4 at 10 p.m. ET/7 PT for America Tonight’s Saving Baltimore special BALTIMORE – Over the last three months, America Tonight has been reporting in Baltimore, during the city’s bloodiest stretch in decades.
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Alien Oceans’ Glint Could Reveal Habitable Water Worlds
This artist’s concept shows Kepler-62f, an exoplanet in the habitable zone of its host star, which is located about 1,200 light-years from Earth in the constellation Lyra. Researchers think Kepler-62f may be a “water world.
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No hyperbole here but Louise O’Neill is the best YA fiction writer alive today. Patrick Ness, Malorie Blackman and John Green are all exceptional authors, producers of the finest YA books in recent years, but none of them match up to Louise O’Neill.
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Three authors, three characters and one big road trip. Vicks is the wild child, but behind that exterior she is secretly worried about her boyfriend who hasn’t texted her since he left for college.
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Why I explore rape culture in my new book for teens | Children’s books | The Guardian
At a wedding recently, a friend whom I hadn’t seen in a while introduced me to his new girlfriend. “My name is Emma,” she said, and I couldn’t help but wince.
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Australia urgent plea to shear overgrown sheep – BBC News
Australia’s national shearing champion has had to be urgently called in after a heavily overgrown sheep was found wandering near the capital Canberra. Ian Elkins responded after animal welfare officials warned the life of the merino sheep could be i…
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Natalia Strelchenko murder accused appears in court – BBC News
John Martin, 48, is accused of killing the 38-year-old, who was found with fatal head injuries at a house in Newton Heath, Manchester on Sunday. Mr Martin, of Culcheth Lane is also charged with the attempted murder of a youth, who cannot be named.
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‘Cosmic Recycling’ Seeds The Prawn Nebula | Observatory Zoom-In Video
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US Military Launches Advanced Tactical Communications Satellite Into Orbit
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‘Gone Girl’ Suspect Confesses to Reporter—As FBI Listens In | WIRED
That’s one lesson accused kidnapper Matthew D. Muller is learning the hard way. Muller, 38, has been in custody since June at the Santa Rita Jail in Alameda County, California, facing state charges for a home invasion and federal charges for the hig…
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Sport picture of the day: frustrated Nick Kyrgios mastered by Andy Murray | Sport | The Guardian
Nick Kyrgios yells in frustration during his match against Andy Murray at the US Open in New York. Photograph: Carlo Allegri/Reuters
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What Happens When Two of Ocean’s Most Venomous Creatures Fight
Photographs capturing a battle royale between two of the ocean’s most venomous creatures—a sea snake and a stonefish—have gone viral, but such face-offs probably aren’t all that rare. What is rare is for such encounters to be recorded.
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3 Pacific Cyclones, A Hurricane off Africa: What’s Going On?
Three cyclones—Kilo, Ignacio, and Jimena—are currently tearing it up in the central Pacific. On Sunday, all of them were a category 4. This is the first time the northeastern Pacific has seen three such hurricanes simultaneously.
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NewsCred Raises $42M As It Sets Its Sights Beyond Content Marketing | TechCrunch
NewsCred is announcing that it has raised $42 million in additional equity funding. The round was led by FTV Capital. Existing investors FirstMark Capital, InterWest Partners, and Mayfield Fund also participated.. FTV partner Liron Gitig is joining …
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Experts call for immediate halt to £7,000-per-badger cull | Environment | The Guardian
Three senior scientists who collectively produced two decades of government research on controlling badgers to reduce bovine TB are among a group of eminent experts to call for an immediate halt to the badger cull.
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US Open: Halep progresses as withdrawals continue – Al Jazeera English
Romanian second-seed Simona Halep eased into the second round of the US Open, advancing 6-2 3-0 after New Zealand’s Marina Erakovic retired with a knee injury.
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This AI Creates Interactive Fiction by Reading Other People’s Stories | Motherboard
Researchers at the Georgia Institute of Technology have developed an artificial intelligence that can create interactive stories by reading and learning from stories written by other people.
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ITV apologises over Loose Women rape poll – BBC News
ITV has apologised after a poll on Loose Women about rape offended viewers. The show asked whether rape was ever a woman’s fault.
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BBC Sport – Saido Berahino: West Brom to hold talks after deadline day bid
West Bromwich Albion will hold talks with frustrated striker Saido Berahino after Tottenham’s failed deadline day bid to sign him. He turned down two late bids for the 22-year-old, criticising Spurs “antics” in trying to get the player “cheaply”.
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Cycle tour of Tiananmen Square ahead of huge parade – BBC News
China will stage a huge military parade on 3 September to commemorate the 70th anniversary of the end of World War II in Asia, and highlight China’s participation in a war that may have cost 14 million Chinese lives.
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Hundreds of migrants set up camp at Budapest station – BBC News
Hundreds of migrants have set up camp at a major railway station in the Hungarian capital, Budapest, after police sealed off the terminal to stop them travelling through the EU.
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How One Architect Is Trying to Make Post-Katrina New Orleans Look More Like Amsterdam – The Atlantic
When Hurricane Katrina’s storm surge flooded southeast Louisiana, living with water was a nightmare for New Orleanians.
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US Open: Federer, Murray ease into second round – Al Jazeera English
Roger Federer glided into the second round on a hot, steamy day at Flushing Meadows, while Andy Murray ushered talented young Australian Nick Kyrgios out of another grand slam event at the US Open.
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For years before Hurricane Katrina, storm experts warned that a big hurricane would inundate the Big Easy. Reporters noted that the levees were unstable and could fail.
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Henry VIII voted worst monarch in history | Books | The Guardian
King John I may forever be known as a Bad King following that seminal history textbook 1066 and All That, but according to history authors it is Henry VIII who should bear the title of the worst monarch in history.
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Corruption eats Russia-annexed Crimea from within – Al Jazeera English
Sevastopol, Crimea – A top Russian security official was very clear about the dangers Crimea is facing.
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Red Cross workers shot dead in northern Yemen – Al Jazeera English
Two Red Cross aid workers have been shot dead in northern Yemen by unknown assailants, the humanitarian organisation said. The pair died in the attack in Amran province.
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In preparation for the 2015 NFL season, FiveThirtyEight is running a series of eight division previews, each highlighting the numbers that may influence a team’s performance (including projections and rankings based on ESPN’s preseason Football Powe…
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Abdul Basit: Death row delay for Pakistan paraplegic – BBC News
Pakistani prison officials have missed Tuesday’s court deadline to explain how they would hang a paraplegic man. Abdul Basit is paralysed from the waist down and uses a wheelchair after an illness he contracted while in prison.
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VICE News Journalists Transferred to Prison Hours From Legal Help | VICE News
VICE News’ team of three journalists — who remain detained in Turkey for entirely baseless and absurd charges — have now been transported to a prison facility more than five hours away from where their legal representation is based, and from the cou…
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Yemen crisis: Two Red Cross staff shot dead in Yemen – BBC News
Two members of the Red Cross have been shot dead in northern Yemen, the humanitarian organisation has said. They were killed by unidentified gunmen in Amran province while driving from Saada province to the capital, Sanaa.
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“Revelations” · Scream · TV Review · The A.V. Club
With “Revelations,” Scream the TV series’ first season is officially over. With that comes the identity of “the killer” or “Ghostface Filler” or “the Lakewood Slasher” or whatever you want to call the villain of this story.
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Refugees call for freedom outside Budapest rail station – Al Jazeera English
Hundreds of refugees stranded outside Budapest’s main international railway station have started protesting for a second day as authorities continue to block them from travelling to other countries.
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Biden’s White House Ambitions May Die in Iowa—Again | Mother Jones
Joe Biden’s 2008 campaign died on the evening of the Iowa caucuses. “So many of you have sacrificed for me and I am so indebted to you,” Biden told supporters in a speech in Des Moines announcing that he was shutting down his campaign, shortly after…
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Coal Companies Are Dying While Their Execs Grab More Cash | Mother Jones
These are dark days for coal.
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Did Jeb Bush help launch a covert mission to airlift thousands of Ethiopian Jews to Israel in the 1980s, saving them from starvation? He says he did.
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The Controversial Doctor Behind the New “Viagra for Women” | Mother Jones
The path to market for the first-ever women’s libido drug began in 2010 when Dr. Irwin Goldstein chased a pharmaceutical executive around a Miami medical conference. Goldstein is one of the top researchers in the budding field of sexual medicine.
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Can This Genius Strategy Stop Big Ag from Dumping Fertilizer Into Drinking Water? | Mother Jones
Corn is to Iowa what oil is to Texas—so it’s not every day that an Iowa official takes on the state’s biggest industry. But Bill Stowe, CEO and general manager of Des Moines Water Works, has had it with Big Ag. It “rules the roost in this world,” he…
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Australian tennis player Nick Kyrgios reflects on his defeat by Andy Murray in the US Open on Tuesday. He says he is dealing with the fallout from the controversial comment he made in August while playing against Stan Wawrinka.
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September 2, 1973: J.R.R. Tolkien Dies | The Nation
Time for another installment—after last month’s item on The Catcher in the Rye—in the recurring series, Scathing Nation Reviews of Literary Classics. This time we have a truly ingenious pairing of writer and subject: Edmund Wilson, in 1956, on The L…
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Conservatives Plot Against Planned Parenthood, and John Boehner – The Atlantic
It has become an annual harbinger of autumn in this era of divided government: The calendar swings from August to September, Congress returns from its long summer break, and Republican leaders try to figure out how to keep the federal lights on past…
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Stephen Colbert, the Late Night Hope http://t.co/VD7SOg6UDT
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Roadie, the Atlanta-based shipping marketplace that’s angling to tap drivers already on the road to deliver packages, is adding some star wattage to its team with the announcement that music star Ludacris (aka Chris Bridges) is partnering with the …
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Fluffy and Puffy: Paddy-field Pipit by Riaz J. Siddiki / 500px
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Kind of depletes the point of a hospital : AdviceAnimals
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MRW Netflix pauses to ask if I’m still watching – GIF on Imgur
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Even The Inventor of PGP Doesn’t Use PGP | Motherboard
If you’ve ever tried to learn how to send an encrypted email, you know it’s a painful, easy-to-fuck-up process. To use a popular buzzword in Silicon Valley-speak, it’s anything but “frictionless.”
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Get The Best Trade-In Price On Your Old iPhone Before The New One Drops | TechCrunch
Apple is likely to drop a new pair of updated iPhones at its special event on September 9. If you’re planning on taking the plunge in purchasing one of the new devices and are thereby unloading your old iPhone, Gazelle has a deal for you.
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We know that as humans emit greenhouse gases into the atmosphere, it causes the Earth to warm. But it also causes other climate changes that are less obvious. In some instances, it makes areas wetter (because there is more moisture in the air as tem…
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Wellness Pet Food – $5 off $75 or $10 off $100 on Amazon : cats
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You’re So Beautiful! by Anna King / 500px
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I know the pixels are few, but the message is strong – Imgur
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Snap Is A Stabilized 4K Drone That’s Fully Portable | TechCrunch
Snap takes a different crack at the consumer drone equation. Rather than creating a heavy giant like the latest DJI Phantom or some crappy toy that you’d buy off QVC, Vantage Robotics has chosen to create a drone that packs high quality recording eq…
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WHSmith ‘bug’ spreads customer data – BBC News
Magazine subscribers with WHSmith have received dozens of emails containing the details of other customers owing to a processing “bug”. Details including names, addresses and phone numbers have been emailed to other customers.
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The Eko Core Is A Digital Upgrade For The Centuries-Old Stethoscope | TechCrunch
In a few months, the stethoscope will celebrate its 200th birthday. A medical breakthrough in 1816, it’s still a part of nearly every doctor’s visit today and a symbol of medicine itself. Yet the stethoscope hasn’t changed much in the past 200 years.
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The director of true life drama Concussion, starring Will Smith as a doctor who uncovered a dangerous brain condition which can affect American football players, has denied claims the film toned down its attacks on the US National Football League (N…
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Wikipedia blocks hundreds of ‘black hat’ sock puppet accounts – BBC News
Wikipedia has blocked 381 accounts for what it has called “black hat” editing – people being paid to create promotional articles without disclosing who they represent. The accounts were reportedly run by one “co-ordinated group”.
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Europe’s Headbangers Have Some Seriously Luscious Locks | WIRED
Skip Article Header. Skip to: Start of Article. Related Galleries Metal fans are easily identified by their denim and leather and patches, their love of beer, and, of course, their headbanging.
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Triple to Single by Pete Wongkongkathep / 500px
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Intel Invests In Qnovo’s Battery Boosting Tech | TechCrunch
Battery life remains the fly in the ointment of consumer smartphone satisfaction. Not to mention all the other devices we’re being encouraged to strap on our person or stick in our bags as computing shifts from fixed locations to something that’s ne…
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Emma Thompson joins protest at Shell’s London HQ – video | World news | The Guardian
A polar-bear puppet the size of a double-decker bus descends on Shell’s headquarters on London’s Southbank on Tuesday. Actor Emma Thompson is among 64 activists and puppeteers who manoeuvred the bear to stand close to Shell’s front entrance.
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Shoreham air crash inquests: Last victim James Mallinson named – BBC News
The identity of the last unnamed victim of the Shoreham air crash is set to be revealed later as the inquests open into the deaths of the 11 people who were killed in the disaster. The Air Accidents Investigation Branch (AAIB) is studying the plane’…
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I like to think I was drunk all through high school. : AdviceAnimals
I like to think I was drunk all through high school. via /r/AdviceAnimals http://t.co/92HIi58EEX http://t.co/akIJkj9ues
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Complex Decomposition [2250×2250] [OC] : FractalPorn
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Andy Murray on beating Nick Kyrgios at the US Open – video | Sport | The Guardian
Andy Murray, ranked number three in the world, discusses his win against 37th placed Australian Nick Kyrgios on the second day of the US Open on Tuesday. He says he was put on the defensive by his opponent, and also comments on his tendency to laugh…
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Durham Palace Green remains were Scottish prisoners – BBC News
Skeletons found near Durham Cathedral were those of 17th Century Scottish prisoners of war, tests have revealed. The mass grave containing 18 bodies was unearthed in 2013 during work on Durham University’s Palace Green library.
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New ranges send Lego sales soaring in first half – BBC News
New Jurassic World and Elves ranges have helped Lego post double-digit sales growth globally in the first half of the year. The Danish toy company said that revenue rose 23% to 14.1bn kroner (£1.4bn) for the six months to 30 June.
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Having A Good Laugh by Linda Edgecomb / 500px
Having A Good Laugh by LindaEdgecombPhotography http://t.co/PLRX4aEt3A http://t.co/YTp1e9XyAt
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Rupert Murdoch takes 40% News Corp pay cut to $5.1m | Media | The Guardian
Rupert Murdoch took a 40% pay cut for the year ending 30 June as his total package for being executive chairman of News Corp fell from $8.7m (£5.7m) to $5.1m. News Corp chief executive Robert Thomson also say his pay fall, down almost 18% to $10.3m …
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Top 10 cricket scenes in fiction | Books | The Guardian
In his autobiography, Arthur Conan Doyle recalled how he was once stumped by the England wicketkeeper Dick Lilley off the bowling of WG Grace. Sherlock Holmes would have instantly spotted Conan Doyle’s creative embellishment.
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Reincarnation of Bruce Lee : gif
Reincarnation of Bruce Lee via /r/gif http://t.co/8uHT6DpApT http://t.co/HsiL0zy9yo
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Glass Ferrari Horse in Seconds!! : interestingasfuck
Glass Ferrari Horse in Seconds!! via /r/interestingasfuck http://t.co/xANpxftZFU http://t.co/OMtXie9Uom
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One man and his robot http://t.co/7XnOtiGD5V http://t.co/CGeksP4QBO http://t.co/PZyYpNPhPh
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HMB while i jump this bike : holdmybeer
HMB while i jump this bike via /r/holdmybeer http://t.co/MdS5PzOqWx http://t.co/jzs81pIBEe
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Space in Images – 2015 – 09 – André Schiele and rover
ESA’s head of telerobotics, André Schiele, introduces journalists to the rover that astronaut Andreas Mogensen is scheduled to operate from orbit next week.
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Cappella Di Vitaleta III by Arnaud Bratkovic / 500px
Cappella Di Vitaleta III by Arno07 http://t.co/IZQ8uiRwSg http://t.co/FIO9udQaXB
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The hills in the sunset by Shanye wuyu / 500px
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A bus-sized polar bear and Emma Thompson have joined a week-long protest against Arctic drilling at Shell’s headquarters in London.
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Indonesia’s Snapcart Turns The Humble Receipt Into Big Data For Brands And Retailers | TechCrunch
Smartphones could give retailers and brands unprecedented insight into consumer spending and behavior just by allowing you to photograph your receipt. That’s the premise of a new technology startup that launched in Indonesia today.
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Transfer quiz: where are they now? | Football | The Guardian
Didier Drogba makes his debut for his new team. Who? Photograph: Graham Hughes/AP
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Argentina orders HSBC to replace local boss – BBC News
Argentina’s central bank has ordered HSBC to replace its chief executive in the country within 24 hours and accused the bank of failing to prevent tax evasion and money laundering. In November Argentine authorities charged HSBC with helping more tha…
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Paulinho (Kashiwa Reysol v GUANGZHOU EVERGRANDE) Joe Dodoo (Bury v LEICESTER) Alberto Paloschi (CHIEVO VERONA v Lazio) Sam Madeley (FC UNITED v Curzon Ashton) Adrián Ramos (BORUSSIA DORTMUND v Hertha Berlin) Florian Thauvin (NEWCASTLE v Northampton …
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NFC North preview: will injuries cost Green Bay a Super Bowl run? | Sport | The Guardian
Could injuries derail Green Bay? Titles are not won in preseason, but they could well be lost.
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Red Queen (Through the Looking-Glass) – Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Red Queen is a fictional character in Lewis Carroll’s fantasy novella, Through the Looking-Glass. She is often confused with the Queen of Hearts from the previous book Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland, although the two are very different.
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It’s Basically Legal for Mexican Narcos to Buy Lions, Cheetahs, and Other Exotic Pets | VICE News
Beyond the stalls lined with love potions and Santa Muerte statuettes, Mexico City’s labyrinth-like Sonora market houses thousands of caged animals. Rows of visibly distressed kittens, puppies, piglets, lambs, goats, and giant rabbits are crammed in…
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Kilauea Point, Kauai, Hawaii [OC] [3264×2448] : EarthPorn
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VICE News Capsule – Wednesday, September 2 | VICE News
The VICE News Capsule is a news roundup that looks beyond the headlines. Today: Nepal’s police crack down on protesters, Zambia suffers power shortages, classes resume in rebel-held areas of Ukraine, and Boston scientists develop a method to cure de…
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Bangkok blast: Police match fingerprint to bomb suspect – BBC News
Thai police investigating the deadly Erawan Shrine bombing in Bangkok say fingerprints on possible bomb-making equipment found at the weekend match those of a man detained on Tuesday. They believe the foreign man, arrested close to the Cambodian bor…
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Clownfish by papa74 http://t.co/vi1Mzw7QeK http://t.co/UnaKliVvft
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Maid by Joachim Bergauer / 500px
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Anyone else’s cat sleep like this? : cats
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Zakopane, Poland. Took this a few years ago. [3264×1836] : EarthPorn
Zakopane, Poland. Took this a few years ago. [3264×1836] via /r/EarthPorn http://t.co/0MNgCk7bny http://t.co/8Na6Kza6JU
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Maths helps prepare for new diseases – BBC News
Researchers have developed a way to help determine the level of surveillance required to detect the arrival of costly invasive diseases. The mathematical model offered “an initial idea” of what a particular level of surveillance could achieve.
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Armed men seize Turkish construction workers in Baghdad – Al Jazeera English
Men wearing military uniforms have stormed a construction site in Baghdad and seized 20 workers, 17 from Turkey and three from Iraq, security sources have told Al Jazeera.
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Maths helps prepare for new diseases – BBC News
Maths helps prepare for new diseases http://t.co/isO2hpe9Lq
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Got a hint from the grass that our hand sprayer leaked over night. : mildlyinteresting
Got a hint from the grass that our hand sprayer leaked over night. via /r/mildlyinteresting http://t.co/NUoebiuPR1 http://t.co/JHWoEtCz9h
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Calais migrant crisis: Trespassers cause Eurostar delays – BBC News
Trespassers on the tracks of the Channel Tunnel have caused major disruption for hundreds of passengers. Two Eurostar services were forced to turn back overnight, one to London and one to Paris.
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Wild forest lab studies immunity – BBC News
Patches of Kielder forest in the north-east of England are being turned into wild research laboratories to work out the environmental triggers for common diseases like asthma and allergies. The aim to study how wild forest rodents’ immune systems ar…
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An ant drinking water. [1920×1080] : AnimalPorn
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UN: Gaza may be uninhabitable by 2020 on current trends – Al Jazeera English
Gaza could be “uninhabitable” in less than five years if current economic trends continue, according to a new United Nations report.
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Dogs are Awesome. : InterestingGifs
Dogs are Awesome. via /r/InterestingGifs http://t.co/L0wZi9ZKuW http://t.co/yJ7ghjDmHo
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The Wild Beyond by Piers Torday – review | Children’s books | The Guardian
I have been looking forward to reading this book ever since I discovered that The Last Wild was the first book of a trilogy and it didn’t disappoint me. I am just a bit sad now that I will probably never meet Kester Jaynes and his amazing friends, b…
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Syria’s wounded seek rehabilitation in Lebanon – Al Jazeera English
Tripoli, Lebanon – In 2011, Zaher had a bright future ahead of him. He had completed his law degree and finished his compulsory military service with the Syrian army.
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Gap announced last week that it would soon end the practice of on-call scheduling, which requires workers to call in before a shift to see if they are needed.
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Let Me Be Frank With You by Richard Ford review – Bascombe returns | Books | The Guardian
Let Me Be Frank With You by Richard Ford review – Bascombe returns http://t.co/YZSdyBMjUE
You will almost certainly have noticed the vogue for extremely long novels about ordinary lives, a trend whose great-grandfather could be said to be Ulysses, were it not for the fact that James Joyce’s book is written in extraordinary language, wher… -
She’s already perfected the puppy dog eyes. : aww
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My dog made a new friend : aww
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240 MOOCs Getting Started in September: Enroll Today | Open Culture
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Knockdown by Andrew Vasiliev / 500px
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My life in a building: A chapel from the soil – Al Jazeera English
Dusk falls in Ibadan and the Dominican friars sing their evening prayers in reverberating harmony. The last rays of sun shine through the window of the chapel’s tower, illuminating the crucifix on the wall behind the altar.
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Congolese warlord Bosco ‘Terminator’ Ntaganda on trial – Al Jazeera English
Former Congolese warlord Bosco “Terminator” Ntaganda is set to be tried before the International Criminal Court (ICC) for war crimes, including the rape of child soldiers within his own rebel force.
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Best friends :’) – GIF on Imgur
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Sue Perkins has had brain tumour for eight years – BBC News
Great British Bake Off star Sue Perkins has revealed she has a non-cancerous tumour in her pituitary gland, which prevents her from having children.
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Bill Turnbull is to leave BBC Breakfast – BBC News
Bill Turnbull has announced he is leaving BBC Breakfast after nearly 15 years. The presenter told the Daily Mirror his tenure was “more than enough for me and the audience. So it is a good time to call it a day and do something else”.
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When hippies revolt : firstworldanarchists
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95 years old rajastan by enrico barletta / 500px
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Former Runaways bassist Jackie Fuchs has criticised Chrissie Hynde’s comments suggesting women should not make themselves targets for sexual assaults by dressing provocatively or getting drunk.
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VICE spent last night with campaigners from the environmental campaign group Greenpeace, as they pulled off their latest stunt in central London.
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Anti-poaching Project Misfires in Tanzania | Al Jazeera America
ARUSHA, Tanzania — Shortly before shipping out to Tanzania to start work with a newly formed anti-poaching organization, Kinessa Johnson visited a gun show where she spoke with a citizen journalist about her new gig.
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Icelanders Use Facebook to Open Door to Refugees http://t.co/CcODcByjFP
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Holland is not a dense country, but an empty city [750×750] : MapPorn
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Michigan Pilots ‘Healthy Bucks’ Program | Al Jazeera America
YPSILANTI, Mich. — In June, Alice Newell’s doctor became alarmed by her ongoing weight gain and unhealthy eating habits.
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BBC Sport – Commonwealth Games: Durban confirmed as 2022 host city
Durban will be the first African city to host the Commonwealth Games after being confirmed as the venue for 2022. The Games will begin on July 18 – what would have been the 104th birthday of former South African president Nelson Mandela – and finish…
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Bangkok Bomb Fingerprints Match Suspect’s | Al Jazeera America
Thai police say the fingerprints of a foreign man arrested at Thailand’s border with Cambodia match those they found on a bottle containing bomb-making material.
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Alibaba’s Streaming Video Subscription Service Rolls Out In China | TechCrunch
Alibaba’s unlimited video streaming subscription platform, Tmall Box Office (TBO), is now available for some users of its smart TV operating system in China. Tech In Asia spotted TBO’s new homepage, which gives viewers access to Chinese and foreign …
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Wi-Fi Sharing Community Instabridge Locates $3M Series A | TechCrunch
Instabridge, the WiFi sharing community and mobile app, appears to be on somewhat of a roll, including (and perhaps unsurprisingly) finding a lot of traction in developing markets where the draw to Wi-Fi over cellular data is particularly prevalent.
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The vilification of Muslims in world sport – Al Jazeera English
On August 25, ESPN Major League Baseball (MLB) analyst Curt Schilling, a former player himself, issued a tweet that compared “Muslim extremists” to “Nazis”. The tweet inserted the vilification of Muslims into the world of sport.
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‘Turkish workers seized’ in Iraq – BBC News
The government is set to announce “significant” changes to its planned rules on an in-out EU referendum, Whitehall sources tell the BBC.
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Scientists trapped by hungry polar bears – BBC News
A team of Arctic researchers has asked the Russian government for help after their remote weather station became surrounded by hungry polar bears. The bears have been fighting over food, and have prevented the scientists from taking their regular re…
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Paris fire: Eight dead in France block of flats – BBC News
The blaze in the 18th district of the French capital broke out in the early hours of Wednesday, and it took more than 100 firefighters to contain it. Four survivors – some of whom are in a critical condition – are in hospital.
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What are the best Scottish children’s books? | Children’s books | The Guardian
When I was about seven, we had a memorable family holiday on Mull – it felt like it rained all the time and I lost Snowy the soft toy seal I’d bought at a gift shop, but it was lovely anyway! I came back dreaming of island living and getting up to m…
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Scottish children’s book award shortlist 2016 revealed | Children’s books | The Guardian
Lots of animals, mysteries, fantasies and even a hopeful Olympic runner feature in the shortlist for the 2016 Scottish children’s book award!
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Squeaker celebrating her (made up) birthday the right way via /r/cats http://t.co/gA35FzfOu8 http://t.co/ljxzAet4wC
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“There is no science without fancy, and no art without facts,” Vladimir Nabokov famously proclaimed.
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Judge clears way for drivers’ class action against Uber – Al Jazeera English
A US federal court judge has granted class-action status to court cases filed by Uber drivers who are claiming benefits from the company on the basis that they have been treated like employees but only paid as contractors.
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UniversalAvenue, The On-Demand Sales Force App, Picks Up Further $5M Funding | TechCrunch
UniversalAvenue is playing squarely in the on-demand economy with an app and service that lets companies, including startups, hire sales people (or ‘brand ambassadors’) on-demand.
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California judge allows drivers to sue Uber over tips – BBC News
A judge has allowed Uber drivers in California to take legal action to determine whether they are contractors or employees.Three drivers had sued Uber, arguing they were employees of the company.
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Jelly Fish by Rahul Gandhi / 500px
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Obama on Solar Hope, not complacency : environment
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Gorilla by SylvieS http://t.co/0ReSOC2yCn http://t.co/VYtjNbKB7t
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Baddest girl in town by Alessandro Di Cicco / 500px
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No such thing as too much sloth via /r/sloths http://t.co/VPq7UvDiE3 http://t.co/PYwIfCqVIy http://t.co/17FQyfl6jN
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Eagle Lake near South Lake Tahoe [OC] [3264×2448] : EarthPorn
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Kindle Unlimited Launches In India | TechCrunch
Kindle Unlimited, Amazon’s “all-you-can-read” subscription service, is now available in India. Pricing currently starts at 99 rupees (about $1.50) for a one-month plan, though that will increase to 199 rupees at the end of this month.
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Bruce Lee on the Power of Repose and the Strength of Yielding | Brain Pickings
When he emigrated from Hong Kong to America in 1959, Bruce Lee (November 27, 1940–July 20, 1973) adapted the ancient Chinese conceptual martial art Wing Chun into his own version, Jun Fan Gung Fu, literally translated as “Bruce Lee’s Kung Fu,” and p…
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Asos founder Nick Robertson stands down – BBC News
Nick Robertson, the founder and chief executive of online fashion retailer Asos is to stand down after 15 years, the company has announced. Mr Robertson is stepping down with immediate effect but will remain on the board as a non-executive director,…
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A Man with a Life Sentence for Marijuana Was Just Released From Prison | VICE | United Kingdom
Jeff Mizanskey, a 62-year-old Missouri man who was sentenced to life in prison without parole on a marijuana-related charge, was released from prison today. He spent two decades behind bars. Mizanskey was arrested in 1996 for conspiring to sell six …
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The Strange Relationship Between Politics, Prosecutors, and Police Shootings | VICE | United Kingdom
The United States is alone in the world in electing its prosecutors. This means every decision a prosecutor makes is a political one – doubly so when their names are in the headlines.
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North Carolina will Introduce BBQ Scratch and Sniff Lottery Tickets Tomorrow | VICE | United Kingdom
The Charlotte Observer reports that tomorrow, the North Carolina Education Lottery will debut “BBQ Bucks,” a new line of barbecue-scented scratch-off lottery tickets. Depending on how you feel about state-sanctioned gambling, this is either a good o…
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Who is DR Congo’s ‘Terminator’ Bosco Ntaganda? – BBC News
Former Congolese rebel leader Bosco Ntaganda is due to go on trial at the International Criminal Court (ICC) at The Hague for war crimes. He denies all 18 charges which include murder, rape and the recruitment of child soldiers.
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Obama Pushes for More US Icebreakers | Al Jazeera America
President Barack Obama said on Tuesday the United States needs to quickly acquire at least one new heavy icebreaker for the U.S. Arctic, where melting sea ice has spurred more traffic and the United States has fallen far behind Russian resources.
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Heart-shaped spot loaf : Catloaf
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Lake Louise, Banff National Park [OC] [4928×3080] : EarthPorn
Lake Louise, Banff National Park [OC] [4928×3080] via /r/EarthPorn http://t.co/12USsU5geL http://t.co/FkDka8kGae
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No such thing as too much sloth : sloths
No such thing as too much sloth via /r/sloths http://t.co/VPq7UvDiE3 http://t.co/X3l6FLWkyT
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WASHINGTON — President Obama all but clinched victory for his Iran nuclear deal on Tuesday, as two Democratic senators threw crucial support behind the landmark accord.
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Space in Videos – 2015 – 09 – iriss mission launch replay
ESA astronaut Andreas Mogensen, commander Sergei Volkov and Aidyn Aimbetov were launched into space this morning 2 September at 04:37:43 GMT (06:37:43 CEST) from Baikonur cosmodrome, Kazakhstan.
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Summoning via /r/palatecleanser http://t.co/a2a8OJl86R http://t.co/IWzpFxVDPO
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Paring His Bucket List, Obama Relishes Hiking at an Alaskan Glacier http://t.co/cJ4D2oMKA6
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There is a Dying Mall in my town. This is 12:30 on a Saturday. : pics
There is a Dying Mall in my town. This is 12:30 on a Saturday. via /r/pics http://t.co/ma6EX6QOiZ http://t.co/4jYrAYE2vc
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Malaysia police to investigate former prime minister Mahathir – BBC News
Malaysian police have asked former prime minister Mahathir Mohamed to give a statement on allegations he made at a recent anti-government protest. Dr Mahathir’s accusations of ruling party leaders accepting bribes “warrant police action”, a spokespe…
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Cleaning up the rubbish left on the Swiss Alps – BBC News
At first glance, when you see the Swiss Alps, everything looks picture perfect. But closer inspection reveals that many skiers, hikers and tourists have left things behind – things that damage the environment.
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Snoozy turtle by Peter Pinnock / 500px
Snoozy turtle by PeterPinnock http://t.co/69zyv7vbq2 http://t.co/KiGtlbB2qA
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ESA astronaut Andreas Mogensen launched to Space Station http://t.co/QdFVKyOQwi http://t.co/kVUFDiLXNO http://t.co/bLJhbQEikr
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Oh shit, white girls about to have some traction – Imgur
Oh shit, white girls about to have some traction http://t.co/PEHCSpK9YD http://t.co/TN5ZmrB5ZA
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ESA astronaut Andreas Mogensen, commander Sergei Volkov and Aidyn Aimbetov were launched into space this morning 2 September at 04:37:43 GMT (06:37:43 CEST) from Baikonur cosmodrome, Kazakhstan.
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Malaysia police to question Mahathir over rally remarks – Al Jazeera English
Malaysian police have said they will call on former prime minister Mahathir Mohamad to give a statement on allegations he made against Prime Minister Najib Razak at an anti-government rally in Kuala Lumpur last weekend. “We will call him [Mahathir].
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NASA Deploys Congressional Rover To Search For Funding – The Onion – America’s Finest News Source
WASHINGTON—Calling the program “the most crucial in the agency’s history,” researchers at NASA announced Wednesday they have successfully deployed a Special Exploratory Rover to Congress as part of an open-ended mission to seek out any possible trac…
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Authorities Block Alleged Site Of ‘Nazi Gold Train’ – The Onion – America’s Finest News Source
Police in Poland blockaded a stretch of tracks after the alleged discovery of an abandoned train rumored to be the “Nazi gold train,” a freight car reportedly filled with gold and gems before vanishing in 1945 and a target of treasure hunters who, p…
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SAN FRANCISCO—Saying love could be as close as a neighbor or colleague you’ve never once found yourself remotely interested in, new dating website OnSecondThought.com launched this week with a promise to pair users with people they already know but …
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CATOOSA, OK—After months of watering, mulching, staking, fertilizing, pruning, and spraying each plant, local homeowner Margie Helmholtz confirmed Wednesday that an entire summer of tending her backyard garden had yielded one edible cherry tomato.
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Why bother by Gerald Macua / 500px
Why bother by geraldmacfly http://t.co/fiLoax8DxV http://t.co/Cva8kZZHcI
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Nikolaus Lehnhoff, German Opera Director, Dies at 76 http://t.co/pinMKJn09u
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Awakening by Veselin Atanasov / 500px
Awakening by zone032 http://t.co/I4l4xdEgEI http://t.co/6ak4rHxQUw
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Noah Davis, California Figurative Artist and Founder of the Underground Museum, Dies at 32 http://t.co/YeKP1OgB5X
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SHREVEPORT, LA—Saying the sense of equality and self-worth wouldn’t last much longer, local 5-year-old Katie Williams told reporters Tuesday that she was enjoying the final few weeks before the achievement gap between her and children at better-fund…
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James Bond seems to have become a problem. Obviously, a literary character that generates billions of dollars over more than six decades is not the worst sort of problem to have, but he presents a problem all the same.
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Martin O’Malley pledges to expand national service volunteering programs | US news | The Guardian
Martin O’Malley, the former Maryland governor and struggling Democratic hopeful for the White House, has announced that if elected he would push to expand voluntary national service programs to all Americans.
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Conservationists want to install motion-sensing cameras and fox-deterring lights at the last mainland penguin colony in New South Wales, after a fox killed 27 of the endangered birds in just 11 days.
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Obama nearing deal with Congress over Iran – Al Jazeera English
US President Barack Obama has almost enough support from senators to block Republican attempts to derail a deal with Iran over its nuclear programme.
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Frank Sinatra and Judy Garland, 1946 : OldSchoolCool
Frank Sinatra and Judy Garland, 1946 via /r/OldSchoolCool http://t.co/m2BkVhoNry http://t.co/4LSKTrKeQZ
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The Lighthouse by Franz Engels / 500px
The Lighthouse by franzengels http://t.co/dAgdSLndq9 http://t.co/SvHTNPk0j7
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President Is Stripped of Immunity in Guatemala http://t.co/nvAiOWUSni
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Is The New York Times at War With Hillary? – The Daily Beast
Does The New York Times harbor an institutional bias against the Clintons, prompting the country’s most influential newspaper to accentuate the negative and minimize the positive in portraying one of America’s more powerful political families?
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Space in Videos – 2015 – 09 – iriss mission liftoff
ESA astronaut Andreas Mogensen, commander Sergei Volkov and Aidyn Aimbetov were launched into space this morning 2 September at 04:37:43 GMT (06:37:43 CEST) from Baikonur cosmodrome, Kazakhstan.
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Can a Blood Test Predict Suicide? – The Daily Beast
Every year, twice as many people kill themselves than are murdered in the United States. A contributing factor to the annual suicide death rate of more than 40,000 is that even trained professionals have difficulty figuring out when people have reac…
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Manhunt for Killers of a U.S. Cop—the Seventh Shot to Death in a Month – The Daily Beast
For the seventh time in a month, a police officer had been shot to death. The latest was 52-year-old Lt. Charles Joseph Gliniewicz of the Fox Lake Police Department in Illinois, who had radioed that he was engaging in a foot pursuit in response to s…
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Sugar Baby of the Year: 12 Women Compete to Be Named the Sweetest – The Daily Beast
It does not take talent or brains, nor a desire for World Peace to win this beauty pageant. Looking good in a swimsuit and striking a sexy pose are the criteria for judging the 12 girls competing for Sugar Baby of the Year. No, we’re not talking abo…
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Blast Off! New Crew Launch Will Make It 9 On Space Station | Video
Sergey Volkov (Roscosmos), Andreas Mogensen (ESA) and Aidyn Aimbetov (Kazakh Space Agency) will join 6 others on the International Space Station (ISS) in two days after their launch from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan on Sept. 2nd, 2015.
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Russian Rocket Launches International Crew of 3 Toward Space Station
Three new crewmembers launched toward the International Space Station early Wednesday morning, embarking on a mission that will boost the orbiting lab’s population to a level not seen in nearly two years.
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How J.D. Salinger Said Goodbye to World War II – The Daily Beast
Seventy years ago, on Sept. 2, 1945, World War II came to an official end in a surrender ceremony between the Allied powers and Japan aboard the battleship Missouri in Tokyo Bay. “The entire world is quietly at peace. The holy mission has been compl…
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Black Lives Matter’s Big Mistake – The Daily Beast
To the surprise of many within the Democratic establishment, the Black Lives Matter movement rebuffed the Democratic National Committee’s resolution in support of the movement via a terse message posted to the group’s official Facebook page on Monda…
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Trigger-Happy Cop Shot One of His Own and Kept Blasting Away – The Daily Beast
The number of signs that Albuquerque Police Lt. Greg Brachle ignored or didn’t see before putting nine .45 caliber bullets into his fellow officer’s body are simply staggering. There was the fact that Brachle knew Det.
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Scott Walker Is a ‘Yes’ Man—and It’s Killing His Campaign – The Daily Beast
Scott Walker just can’t say no. And he might talk his way out of the presidency.
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A minute and a half into Other Space, Paul Feig’s new sci-fi comedy for Yahoo! Screen about an untested spaceship crew getting lost in another universe, we see a revealing sight: a man in a skirt next to a woman in pants.
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Can We Digitize History Before ISIS Destroys it? – The Daily Beast
This past June, 14 years after the Taliban bombed Afghanistan’s Bamiyan Buddha statues, a Chinese couple created life-sized holograms of the ancient artifacts and projected them back into their cliffside home.
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The asexual dom · Savage Love · The A.V. Club
I’m confused about my sexuality. For many years, I thought I preferred hetero-romantic asexual relationships. Exposure to select reading material—thanks to my gender-studies classes—has me convinced I’m an asexual T-type (i.e.
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‘Mad Max’ the Video Game Brings Beauty and Terror to the Wasteland – The Daily Beast
The wasteland is hot, gritty, and unforgiving, and in the new PS4/Xbox One title Mad Max, you are tasked with taming it—punch by bloody punch, shotgun blast by concussive shotgun blast, and car attack by gruesome, tire-screeching, harpoon-hurling ca…
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Student Bodies · Film Review · The A.V. Club
Halloween was one of the biggest hits of 1978, but it took about a year for the major Hollywood studios and independent filmmakers around the country to start cashing in. Then, by the summer of 1980, slashers abounded.
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Hey, Hillary: Time for a Reboot – The Daily Beast
So now it’s almost fall, and now, thanks to the most recent State email release, we know that Hillary Clinton apparently still believes in appointment TV (she wanted to know what time The Good Wife and Parks and Recreation were on) and that Lanny Da…
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Special Topics In Gameology explores a specific corner of the gaming world in a miniseries of articles. The current theme is commerce, in which we examine games’ representation and use of business and trade.
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Hong Kong Teen Faces Trial Over Democracy Protests | Al Jazeera America
Hong Kong teenage student leader Joshua Wong will face trial on charges relating to his role in storming government headquarters nearly a year ago in a protest that sparked months-long pro-democracy street occupations.
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Music videos have been in a state of recession for years now, as downturns in the music industry and the rise of low-cost, high-concept viral videos have supplanted the big-budget event video. But the one-shot music video has endured even as the mus…
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Going to the movies is expensive. Back in April, The Wrap reported that the national average was $8.12 a ticket—and that was before the summer movie season, when IMAX and 3-D prices surely drove that number up.
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Laugh and learn a little something with The Carmichael Show · What’s On Tonight · The A.V. Club
Here’s what’s up in the world of TV for Wednesday, September 2. All times are Eastern. The Carmichael Show (NBC, 9 p.m.): We here at TV Club enjoy it when a new show pleasantly surprises us, and that’s what we got with last week’s premiere of The Ca…
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Spot the predator via /r/cats http://t.co/ZJXoTbFPdU http://t.co/75lPtHZhN7
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Late summer bliss by Ellie / 500px
Late summer bliss by orchid1155 http://t.co/KdL2SwabkW http://t.co/I5BAt4ccLb
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Not amused via /r/foxes http://t.co/Z3G4y0BthX http://t.co/tkGZjB5MxA
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Why you should read the footnotes : funny
Why you should read the footnotes via /r/funny http://t.co/JUmkUAtKCg http://t.co/isgjotiqo3
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Gelida nebbia by Antonio Amati / 500px
Gelida nebbia by Antonio-Amati http://t.co/ebqCPpybFL http://t.co/V4yMMZrYoO
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Some corners of corporate America have a new message for new parents: Put down that laptop and pick up your baby instead. Even as employees are increasingly tethered to the office, a workplace culture that urges new mothers and fathers to hurry back…
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My boyfriend tucks Norm into my spot when I’m not there : aww
My boyfriend tucks Norm into my spot when I’m not there via /r/aww http://t.co/NUmd7044RW http://t.co/ePKF3X6GQq
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Soyuz Heads to Space Station with New Crew | NASA
Soyuz Heads to Space Station with New Crew, Return Transportation for One-Year Mission Team http://t.co/9LjoI7HXcL
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Sunbeam, early morning by Anne M. Erdogan / 500px
Sunbeam, early morning by AME29 http://t.co/nTI01oyIFL http://t.co/dOlIOeRVUM
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[Photograph] The best way to enjoy this subreddit. : monkslookingatbeer
[Photograph] The best way to enjoy this subreddit. via /r/monkslookingatbeer http://t.co/g9rsDDQOtG http://t.co/rqnsaFQHi8
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Second Beach Sunset by Chip Phillips / 500px
Second Beach Sunset by phillips_chip http://t.co/eLVLwKNigH http://t.co/WGxgu1br3y
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A cube of nails (x-post /r/pics) : oddlysatisfying
A cube of nails (x-post /r/pics) via /r/oddlysatisfying http://t.co/kvCt88DCer http://t.co/lT9gAr2X9M
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Kukaklek Lake, Alaska [OC] [2000×1321] : EarthPorn
Kukaklek Lake, Alaska [OC] [2000×1321] via /r/EarthPorn http://t.co/6SmvWuzB2J http://t.co/thMWRYyuW6
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The bucolic noble savage – alive in my head? | Environment | The Guardian
The thrush held its prize in its beak, a worm plucked from the hedge, like a dog with a stick in its mouth. To me its gaze was defiant, ferocious and proud, but then I wondered if I was just reading into it what I wanted to see.
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Japanese suggest new Tokyo Olympics logo after official emblem scrapped – BBC News
After the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games logo was scrapped because of allegations of plagiarism, the Japanese public has wasted no time in coming up with their own suggestions.
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The Abbott government has signed off on detailed rules for its Direct Action climate policy, which experts say will allow big industry to actually increase greenhouse emissions.
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US urges China to free Christian activists and lawyers – BBC News
The US has called on China to release several lawyers and Christian leaders who were detained ahead of a meeting with a senior US official. Among the detainees is Zhang Kai, a prominent Christian lawyer, as well as pastors and activists.
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Obama hikes to Alaskan glacier, buys lots of cinnamon rolls – video | Environment | The Guardian
US President Barack Obama has visited the shrinking Exit glacier to highlight human-induced climate change while on a visit to Alaska. Obama says the glacier has shrunk rapidly over the past few decades, leading to sea level rises as well being a st…
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The Presidential Candidates’ Fairy-Tale Mirror – The New Yorker
Andersen’s ingenious mirror, were it to exist, would hardly be necessary when looking at today’s Presidential candidates: the campaign, even at this early stage, has been doing the mirror’s work for it.
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John McEnroe hits out at ‘bonehead’ shot selection of Nick Kyrgios | Sport | The Guardian
John McEnroe lashed Nick Kyrgios’s “bonehead” behaviour as the most polarising personality in tennis made a first-round exit from the US Open in New York.
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Boston — IS psychology in the midst of a research crisis?
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Hunt for 3 Suspects in Illinois Officer Murder | Al Jazeera America
More than 100 police officers using aircraft and canine units searched a northern Illinois county on late Tuesday for three suspects believed to be involved in the fatal shooting of a 30-year veteran police officer, officials said. Fox Lake Police L…
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APOD: 2015 September 1 – Distant Neutrinos Detected Below Antarctic Ice
Explanation: From where do these neutrinos come? The IceCube Neutrino Observatory near the South Pole of the Earth has begun to detect nearly invisible particles of very high energy.
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Windows 10’s first month shows the value of free upgrades, and the challenge ahead | Ars Technica
In its first full month on the market, Windows 10 appears to command about 5 percent of the PC market. That’s not just fast: it’s unprecedented. Windows 8 took about 6 months to achieve the same penetration.
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In Paris, the Eiffel Tower attracts nearly seven million visitors a year. Here, lines form and fluctuate beneath La Dame de Fer, or “the iron lady,” an iconic fixture in the city for more than 125 years.
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Migrant crisis: Thousands arrive in mainland Greece – BBC News
Thousands of migrants are arriving in mainland Greece as the government prepares for talks on tackling the huge number of people reaching its shores. Two ships carrying more than 4,200 people travelled to Piraeus port at night after leaving Lesbos i…
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Kimmewah Kup · Playing House · TV Review · The A.V. Club
Emma and Maggie take their act on the road this week, to the lake cabin of their youth, to a place where competitive paddleboarding is a thing. There has been relationship strife before in Maggie and Emma’s world during the first season.
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me irl via /r/me_irl http://t.co/2kTD849fmv http://t.co/eV2AkB22gf
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Grieving Mama Bear Finally Leaves Tree After Cubs Shot To Death : environment
Grieving Mama Bear Finally Leaves Tree After Cubs Shot To Death via /r/environment http://t.co/Fbqe2QeZlZ http://t.co/T6rAvjFVxn
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Announced we are pregnant, and showed us practicing our baby skills on the cat. : cats
Announced we are pregnant, and showed us practicing our baby skills on the cat. via /r/cats http://t.co/EQuaoVy5lT http://t.co/iULJFs3iVV
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He blindly dodged his probable death. : gifs
He blindly dodged his probable death. via /r/gifs http://t.co/MwuwO71A9E http://t.co/gWavJK1hO3
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This saved me $25 dollars yesterday. : AdviceAnimals
This saved me $25 dollars yesterday. via /r/AdviceAnimals http://t.co/4KFli7WyX3 http://t.co/iLxps32M1J
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Guess I better hop on the Moraine Lake bandwagon [OC] [1600×1246] : EarthPorn
Guess I better hop on the Moraine Lake bandwagon [OC] [1600×1246] via /r/EarthPorn http://t.co/2xgNHiywqL http://t.co/8lQCMV3RZr
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The “Seine” side of Paris [1500×1000][OC] : ExposurePorn
The “Seine” side of Paris [1500×1000][OC] via /r/ExposurePorn http://t.co/UqcONQ8QXE http://t.co/jCGLojNjOD
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Wasalu is very confused by the concept of “fishies” : cats
Wasalu is very confused by the concept of “fishies” via /r/cats http://t.co/fFei8tDq9G http://t.co/QsK6J7h4zr
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Breaking Bad Abandoned. Prime, CA. (OC) (1400×800) : AbandonedPorn
Breaking Bad Abandoned. Prime, CA. (OC) (1400×800) via /r/AbandonedPorn http://t.co/W9kYQnhBM5 http://t.co/mGTHh8Obic
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Frances Tiafoe, presumptive future of American tennis, shows well in defeat | Sport | The Guardian
The future of American men’s tennis glowed in the sunset on Tuesday evening. Frances Tiafoe wore an orange shirt and orange shoes and he blasted shots with his forehand that were so vicious you could hear gasps in the grandstand that rises beside Co…
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Sin City (Las Vegas, NV) (OC) (1400×800) : unitedstatesofamerica
Sin City (Las Vegas, NV) (OC) (1400×800) via /r/unitedstatesofamerica http://t.co/ApqcWOeiOV http://t.co/Y5pA0hAg0B
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The Mother of the Abyss by Alvaro Estrada : ImaginaryMindscapes
The Mother of the Abyss by Alvaro Estrada via /r/ImaginaryMindscapes http://t.co/ftlQdcQRRW http://t.co/eemOPH3m2p
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Slumped Loaf via /r/Catloaf http://t.co/CZXoQCqGr5 http://t.co/nba0Zixp1N
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Mojave National Preserve. California. (OC) (1400×800) : EarthPorn
Mojave National Preserve. California. (OC) (1400×800) via /r/EarthPorn http://t.co/GSTwAGJ5y4 http://t.co/IGNmM4DO79
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Related: Executions and death sentence statistics worldwide: interactive A man who spent nearly 25 years on Missouri’s death row was executed on Tuesday for the kidnapping, rape and murder of a 15-year-old girl.
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Human Harris Faulkner suing Hasbro over cartoon hamster Harris Faulkner · Newswire · The A.V. Club
Fox News anchor Harris Faulkner is suing the Hasbro corporation for $5 million, claiming that a cartoon hamster doll that shares her name damages “her personal brand and laudable professional reputation.
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“New Jersey” · Drunk History · TV Review · The A.V. Club
Now in its third season, Drunk History has mastered its formula. The Comedy Central comedy born from a Funny Or Die webseries strikes a strange balance: It’s both a well-oiled and sloppy machine. Things are, of course, bound to get sloppy when copio…
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Here’s How New Texas Public School Textbooks Write About Slavery
In 2010, the Texas Board of Education approved a revised social studies curriculum that, wrote The New York Times that year, would “put a conservative stamp on history” once going into effect in 2015.
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Andy Murray moves on as Nick Kyrgios succumbs to psychological crucible | Sport | The Guardian
Andy Murray goes through, Nick Kyrgios goes down – but their hugely anticipated encounter on the second evening of the 2015 US Open, won in four don’t-look-away sets by the Scot, was more than a tennis match.
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Trees covering an area twice the size of Portugal were lost worldwide in 2014, according to an analysis which shows west Africa is becoming a new hotspot for tree cover loss.
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Open thread for night owls: Activists push fossil-fuel divestment for Paris climate conference
“If you say you want action in Paris, then you have a responsibility to divest from fossil fuels,” said May Boeve, executive director of 350.org, which is co-hosting Tuesday’s Paris Divestment Conference along with the European Green Party.
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Yemen crisis: ‘Serious abuses’ against Aden detainees – BBC News
Pro-government militiamen and Houthi rebels have committed serious abuses against detainees in Yemen’s second city Aden, Human Rights Watch says. The US-based group alleges southern militias have summarily killed at least seven Houthi prisoners sinc…
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Morrissey attacks Australian plan to cull 2 million feral cats | Music | The Guardian
British singer Morrissey is a seasoned animal rights advocate and, heaven knows, he’s now miserable about Australia’s plan to slaughter 2 million cats.
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Nigeria to Deploy Drones to Combat Oil Theft | Al Jazeera America
The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation will deploy drones across the territorial waters of Africa’s largest oil producer as part of a series of new efforts to help curb rampant oil theft, a company official said Tuesday.
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Bright stars of Sagittarius and the center of our… – Just Space
Bright stars of Sagittarius and the center of our Milky Way… http://t.co/2PPqJB4ypi http://t.co/RWT6Ic9GGF
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Magic Johnson and Larry Bird – NCAA Finals 1979 : OldSchoolCool
Magic Johnson and Larry Bird – NCAA Finals 1979 via /r/OldSchoolCool http://t.co/AoncpTpdq4 http://t.co/bxGOil5t0V
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Bear Attack via /r/funny http://t.co/qSqKBOgvA2 http://t.co/KDHgg9I5rW
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Lila Perry, a transgender student at Hillsboro High School, talked to reporters on Monday after a protest against her use of the girls’ bathrooms and locker room.
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Always Read the Book : TrollXChromosomes
Always Read the Book via /r/TrollXChromosomes http://t.co/V4u1VqwELW http://t.co/HbYSC8T2fp
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Ah, rats. via /r/AnimalsBeingBros http://t.co/mvA8kVDdO8 http://t.co/m2Ea185HYQ
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OSHA Officer Shows Up At Exactly The Right Time – Digg
“That’s why he can’t be down there!” Never go into the content mines without proper safety equipment
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Refugees in standoff outside Budapest rail station – Al Jazeera English
Hundreds of refugees demanding to travel to Germany faced off with police outside Budapest’s main railway station, as new figures highlighted the unprecedented scale of Europe’s refugee crisis.
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Uber Drivers Granted Class Action Status | Al Jazeera America
Uber drivers are entitled to class action status in litigation over whether they are independent contractors or employees, a key development in a case threatening Uber’s business model and that of other hot startups dependent on similar service work…
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Karl Rove: Obama should be nice to McKinley because, um, Hawaii
“In a serious vein, I would hope that he would find a gracious way to honor McKinley, who is an important figure in American history. And I’m not certain he has the authority to have done what he did; the designation was granted by law of Congress i…
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Half off at the local bakery at the end of the day : Catloaf
Half off at the local bakery at the end of the day via /r/Catloaf http://t.co/lkEurqkmCi http://t.co/V6gBMUG953
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MRW I realize I farted loudly during a friend’s operatic aria : shittyreactiongifs
MRW I realize I farted loudly during a friend’s operatic aria via /r/shittyreactiongifs http://t.co/f0xiUXDTRO http://t.co/a5IBtH9Nio
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Didn’t Work! via /r/funny http://t.co/DxWRtIEbGH http://t.co/OrW5iBdTbD
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I wish my dog was this good during bath time. : aww
I wish my dog was this good during bath time. via /r/aww http://t.co/pjPLtNWELC http://t.co/qUdzi0Mp9Z
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The Under-Reported Truth Behind Most Mass Shootings : Liberal
The Under-Reported Truth Behind Most Mass Shootings via /r/Liberal http://t.co/QDpSV7ZJ55 http://t.co/w041tixaPd http://t.co/2a3pDwF4mv
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The Under-Reported Truth Behind Most Mass Shootings | Alternet
The Under-Reported Truth Behind Most Mass Shootings via /r/Liberal http://t.co/QDpSV7ZJ55 http://t.co/w041tixaPd http://t.co/2a3pDwF4mv
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My son found a blue bullfrog at work today : pics
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Chewbarka via /r/funny http://t.co/H0N8VZCMXJ http://t.co/hh8Z0N6F1E
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Besties via /r/cats http://t.co/AB7pxMeBXB http://t.co/jSYqWq5n7A
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BBC Sport – US Open 2015: Andy Murray beats Nick Kyrgios in first round
Britain’s Andy Murray won a pulsating New York night match against Australian Nick Kyrgios to reach the US Open second round. Murray, seeded third, came through 7-5 6-3 4-6 6-1 against the brilliant but unpredictable 20-year-old.
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meow_irl via /r/MEOW_IRL http://t.co/PTZsDIl50z http://t.co/5ZwRAwfEjg
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Arc of Milky Way taken in a desert somewhere in United Arab : woahdude
Arc of Milky Way taken in a desert somewhere in United Arab via /r/woahdude http://t.co/eUu9ZcIqxd http://t.co/ulQDKL5hzG
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The Queensland government has ruled out major development of a port in Cairns that would jeopardise Australia’s pledge to Unesco to limit industrial impacts on the Great Barrier Reef.
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US Open 2015: Nick Kyrgios v Andy Murray – in pictures | Sport | The Guardian
This is easily the pick of the first round ties, with Murray, the third seed, facing the notorious Kyrgios in front of a bumper night session crowd. Photograph: Gary Hershorn/Corbis Facebook Twitter Pinterest Share Share this post Facebook Twitter P…
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Russia Puts Boots on the Ground in Syria – The Daily Beast
The end of summer. It means back-to-school shopping, tearfully ended beach-borne romances, Labor Day barbecues—and, it would seem, the increased likelihood of new Russian adventurism.
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Australian GDP growth unexpectedly slow – BBC News
Australia’s gross domestic product (GDP) grew less than expected in the second quarter of this year as the economy struggled to gain momentum. The economy expanded 0.2% from the previous quarter and was up 2% compared with the same period last year.
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Someone’s already filed a pro-Kanye SuperPac with the FEC · Newswire · The A.V. Club
Less than three days into his deadly serious bid for a 2020 presidential nomination, rapper Kanye West has already begun accruing powerful must-haves for his eventual run.
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Guatemala’s Congress voted unanimously on Tuesday to strip President Otto Perez Molina of his immunity from criminal prosecution, a move that clears the way for him to face charges in connection with a corruption scandal that has rocked the Central …
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Disney’s Artemis Fowl adaptation moving forward with Kenneth Branagh · Newswire · The A.V. Club
As reported by The Tracking Board, Disney has enlisted the help of Kenneth Branagh (who recently directed Cinderella) to try and get its long-in-the-works adaptation of Eoin Colfer’s Artemis Fowl books moving again.
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DR Congo: Bosco Ntaganda to appear before ICC – BBC News
Former Congolese rebel leader Bosco Ntaganda is due to go on trial at the International Criminal Court (ICC) at The Hague for war crimes. He denies all 18 charges which include murder, rape and the recruitment of child soldiers.
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Europe in disarray over migrants – BBC News
For much of the past five years, Europe has been on edge; the crisis in the eurozone was seen as threatening the entire European project. Now, in a brief passage of time, everything has changed.
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Life in the comfort zone: From pipes to smartphones – BBC News
The cartoon character Linus van Pelt from the Peanuts comic strip has a comfort blanket, and so do lots of children. I have been out and about, travelling, and watching other travellers recently. This made me think about the history of comforters.
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Can we learn to live with nuclear technology? – BBC News
As Japan restarts its nuclear power industry four years after the Fukushima disaster, have we learned to make peace with the technology? Japan’s nuclear plants had been switched off after the meltdown at the Fukushima plant in March 2011 caused by a…
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Kirkjufell Iceland by Etienne Ruff / 500px
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It was really not a bad idea at all… : funny
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University of Arkansas: Drones on campus are a safety and security threat | Ars Technica
This week, the University of Arkansas announced that it would prohibit drones from flying over campus grounds, unless the flight is specifically approved by the Provost and Vice Provost for Research and Economic Development.
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EU referendum: ‘Significant’ changes to rules for vote – BBC News
The government is set to announce “significant” changes to its planned rules on an in-out EU referendum. The changes will focus on the so-called purdah rules, which stop ministers using public money to campaign for one side, from 28 days before such…
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Viewpoint: How a ‘breaking’ murder has exposed Indian media – BBC News
For the last few days, India’s media have been riveted by a murder mystery. But the hysterical coverage, full of speculation and innuendoes, is disturbing, writes politician and author Shashi Tharoor.
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Arkansas Attorney General requests executions | Al Jazeera America
Arkansas’ 10-year hiatus in capital punishment moved nearer to its end on Tuesday when state Attorney General Leslie Rutledge formally asked Governor Asa Hutchinson to set execution dates for eight inmates who have exhausted their appeals.
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Lucy, Our 12 year old cat we got from a friend who couldn’t keep her. : cats
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What can a president do to boost renewable energy? A lot | Grist
That may sound reasonable.
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Turkey PKK conflict: Turks question explosion in tensions – BBC News
For journalists, local or foreign, reporting from the south-east of Turkey has always been a challenge. But now, with the ceasefire between Turkey and Kurdish PKK militants at an end, violence has returned to the region and tensions are high.
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Watch the Next Three Astronauts Launch to the ISS | WIRED
A few minutes after midnight east coast time, three more humans will leave the safe confines of Earth to live in a metal and glass cage in the sky. We speak, of course, of the International Space Station.
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Four Storms on the Move | NASA’s GOES-West satellite captured this image of four tropical cyclones all at once in the Pacific Ocean. From left to right, there’s Typhoon Kilo, Hurricane Ignacio, Hurricane Jimena and Tropical Depression 14E.
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Inviting either a feminist critique of the trappings of horror literature, or just a lot of really dumb puns (Sucks In The City barges immediately to mind), NBC has given a pilot order to Brides, a new supernatural drama about the un-lives of a trio…
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On Aug. 21, a Baylor University football player named Sam Ukwuachu was sentenced to six months in the county jail and 10 years’ probation for sexually assaulting a freshman soccer player two years ago.
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MRW my friend played my mix tape without warning. : shittyreactiongifs
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Environmental Peace Ecology is out! http://t.co/UJx8xhr7Ss
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Guatemala’s Congress strips president of immunity – BBC News
Guatemala’s congress has voted in favour of removing immunity from the country’s president Otto Perez Molina. The vote paves the way for possible prosecution in a corruption scandal that has sparked huge protests in recent months.
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Google Launches New Native Ad Format In Gmail | TechCrunch
Google is rolling out a new ad format in Gmail. A few years ago, Google launched a new kind of native ad in Gmail that sat at the top of the inbox and mostly looked like a regular email.
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Lessons From A TechCrunch Disrupt Launch | TechCrunch
May 26, 2010, was the most stressful and exciting day of my life. So far. I’ve also called it the most horrible and most wonderful day, as well.
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Skylake for laptops: Faster Core M and Ultrabook GPUs with eDRAM | Ars Technica
Intel’s Skylake rollout hasn’t been nearly as halting as the Broadwell rollout, but the company is still doling out information (and processors) bit by bit rather than all at once.
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Skylake for desktops: New socketed processors from Core i7 to Pentium | Ars Technica
It’s been over two years since Intel’s entire lineup of socketed desktop processors got a true refresh.
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Intel Skylake processors launched at Ifa tech show – BBC News
Intel has launched its latest range of processors, codenamed Skylake, targeting everything from high-powered gaming rigs to computes the size of a USB stick. The “sixth generation” Core family promises improved performance, battery life and graphics…
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Intel announces a beefed up Core M Compute Stick with Skylake | Ars Technica
As part of Intel’s big Skylake info dump today, the company quietly announced a follow up to its Compute Stick HDMI dongle.
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Positive reinforcement – Imgur
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A Moment of Prayer, the social network about Praying : InternetIsBeautiful
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Oh shit, white girls about to have some traction : funny
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Aerodynamics of a cow. – Imgur
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Don’t Pay College Athletes | The New Republic
For 80 years, the Heisman Trophy has been awarded annually to the college football player “whose performance best exhibits the pursuit of excellence with integrity.
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US swoop on secret ‘steroids labs’ with China links – BBC News
US agents have arrested more than 90 people and shut down 16 underground labs making illegal steroids and other performance-enhancing drugs. The Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) said hundreds of kilos and thousands of litres of chemicals were s…
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Rudd wanted ‘sympathy call’ from Clinton, email reveals – BBC News
Former Australian prime minster Kevin Rudd had “hoped for a sympathetic call” from then US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton after he was deposed in 2010, an email has revealed. Mr Rudd had already been phoned by US President Barack Obama.
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Asian markets continue their slide – BBC News
Asian markets continued to fall on Wednesday on worries about China’s growth took their toll. Data suggesting China’s manufacturing sector was shrinking at its fastest pace in three years ignited a global market sell-off on Tuesday, resulting in US …
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Steven Spielberg Is Looking For His Next Action Heroine For Ready Player One
Steven Spielberg is literally working on three movies at once. He’s got Bridge of Spies out next month, The BFG next Summer and then Ready Player One in December 2017. That’s the furthest off—but the casting process is already underway, and there’s …
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It’s almost 9 PM. : firstworldanarchists
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Keep the seatbelts on. Stock markets around the world tumbled again on Tuesday, dashing hopes that financial markets would calm down after two weeks of turbulence.
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Triple revolution via /r/gifs http://t.co/dNwVnr22En http://t.co/QhVVOaOMRb
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Betty White c. 1940 : OldSchoolCool
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What ordinary people eat around the world : pics
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Just keep digging. (X-post from /r/mindcrack) : perfectloops
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Elvis and his fabulous, long lasting blep. : Blep
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Faris the one-eyed cat likes to blep when asking for belly scritched : Blep
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Graffiti artist Stik’s life painting on the streets – BBC News
He has lived in a homeless hostel and dodged police to put his mark on the city, but now London-based graffiti artist Stik is invited all over the world to paint huge murals of stick figures, many of them offering social comment.
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Google Introduces Uncomplicated Pay-As-You-Go Model For Its Maps API | TechCrunch
The Google Maps API has been a mess when it comes to pricing. The company is making moves to clean that up with a newly announced pay-as-you-go model.
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Chiara Vigo: The last woman who makes sea silk – BBC News
Silk is usually made from the cocoons spun by silkworms – but there is another, much rarer, cloth known as sea silk or byssus, which comes from a clam. Chiara Vigo is thought to be the only women left who can harvest it, spin it and make it shine li…
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No, Idris Elba Is Not Too ‘Street’ for James Bond – The Daily Beast
Today in What Kind of Fuckery Is This, the author of an upcoming James Bond book, Anthony Horowitz, came under fire for shooting down the possibility of fan favorite Idris Elba as Bond, saying Elba was “too street” to play the superspy.
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Weird workplaces: The lawyer whose yacht is his office – BBC News
Blue spaces are where New York attorney John Lenoir finds his inspiration. The retired federal prosecutor has turned his yacht into an office, complete with view of the Manhattan skyline.
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Southwest flight had to land because of ‘aggressive and hostile’ passengers | US news | The Guardian
Six people face federal charges in the US after cabin crew and passengers of a Southwest Airlines flight said the group’s aggressive and hostile behaviour caused an unscheduled landing in Amarillo, Texas.
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I Touched All Your Stuff Documentary Trailer Suggests True Crime at its Truly Weirdest
Chris Kirk is an American imprisoned for drug smuggling in Brazil.
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China’s Economic Slowdown: How Bad Is It? – The New Yorker
Tuesday was another nervy day on Wall Street: the Dow closed down almost four hundred and seventy points, or about three per cent. The immediate issue, once again, was China, which by some measures is now the world’s second-largest economy.
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El Salvador violence up to civil war-era level – BBC News
Violence involving street gangs in El Salvador left 907 people dead last month, a level of bloodshed unseen since the civil war of the 1980s, police say. They say the high numbers are due to an increase in clashes between street gangs and the securi…
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BBC Sport – Rod Marsh: Ex-Australia keeper wants to change no-ball rule
The ex-Australia wicketkeeper wants the current rule changed so umpires are able to stand further back. That would give them more time to react if the ball is hit powerfully in their direction.
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Gamers guzzle a crazy amount of energy | Grist
The average gaming computer guzzles as much energy as three refrigerators — three refrigerators! And since gaming isn’t complete without snacks, we should probably make that four.
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Drones: Now Taking All The Nuance Out Of Fishing – Digg
On the plus side, now you don’t need to buy a boat!
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If You’re Lying About Being a Navy SEAL, This Man Will Catch You | Washingtonian
The mud feels grimy and viscous, with a greenish tint that makes you think of Superfund sites and names for new diseases. I’m crawling through it on my elbows with 25 other slimy recruits. The scene is a boot camp called Extreme SEAL Experience, hel…
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Bees and flowers have a special relationship, and climate change is screwing it up | Grist
Climate change — as it is for pretty much all life forms — is a huge bummer for bees.
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Netflix and Chill : trippinthroughtime
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Her name is Melissa : StartledCats
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A Road to New York City by FerCS / 500px
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I found it a few days ago near the house : cats
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Cat. via /r/CatsStandingUp http://t.co/De9YQNydkX http://t.co/M3el6xIZW3
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Hiked down into Clarksfork Canyon, Wyoming [1920×1080] : EarthPorn
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MRW I’m on tinder and all the pictures are groups of girls : reactiongifs
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The Baffled, Bias-Lit Workspace
YouTuber Mumbo Jumbo makes some pretty rad Minecraft videos, and posted his equally rad workspace to Reddit’s battlestations subreddit for everyone to see.
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Lleyton Hewitt through but cramps stop Thanasi Kokkinakis at US Open | Sport | The Guardian
Veteran Lleyton Hewitt safely advanced to the second round of the US Open, but Australian young gun Thanasi Kokkinakis is out after succumbing to the brutal conditions in New York.
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NHS staff offered Zumba to keep well – BBC News
NHS staff will be offered exercise classes in a bid to keep them fit and in work, NHS England’s chief executive is set to announce. Simon Stevens will outline his £5m solution for cutting the NHS bill for staff sickness, which currently stands at £2…
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Can virtual reality rejuvenate old roller coasters? – BBC News
Europa Park in Germany is currently testing a virtual reality (VR) system that allows roller coaster riders to experience VR while on the ride. BBC Click’s LJ Rich got an exclusive look at the new tech and talked to one of those behind behind the th…
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Reserved Tesla’s Top-Line Model X SUV? You Can Start Customizing It Now | TechCrunch
If you reserved a “Signature Series” Model X, the $132,000 version of Tesla’s new crossover SUV, you can start modifying it to your heart’s delight.
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Vincent Cassel will hunt Matt Damon in the new Bourne movie · Newswire · The A.V. Club
Despite eight years (and the tenure of one broken-hearted Jeremy Renner) having passed since the last time they picked up the franchise, it looks like Matt Damon and Paul Greengrass are already getting back into the Bourne series’ tried-and-tested f…
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Queen Butterfly by Josep Sumalla / 500px
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Texas supercell via /r/woahdude http://t.co/dkrYQ6YoUE http://t.co/j1TknMc19z
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NEW YORK MORNINGS !!! by konstantinos metallinos / 500px
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The girl and dog reading in ricefield. by Jakkree Thampitakkul / 500px
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HM water while my dog and I make this jump : holdmybeer
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Zapatillo keys [OC] [1080 x 1080] : waterporn
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3d printed jet engine model : perfectloops
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Saudi Arabia Blamed for Friendly Fire Incidents and Civilian Deaths in Yemen | VICE News
Friendly fire from a Saudi-led airstrike reportedly killed seven fighters loyal to ousted Yemeni President Abd Rabbuh Mansur Hadi on Tuesday, scuttling a planned attack on Houthi rebels in northern Yemen.
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Nigeria to deploy drones to fight oil theft – Al Jazeera English
Nigeria’s state oil giant NNPC has announced a plan to deploy drones to monitor the movement of ships in a bid to fight oil theft on the country’s waterways.
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Grandaddy is back together, working on a new LP · Newswire · The A.V. Club
Pioneering but semi-reluctant lo-fi act Grandaddy is working on a new record. That news comes via frontman Jason Lytle’s Twitter feed and is a boon to fans of the group, which broke up in 2006 but reunited briefly in 2012 for about seven tour dates,…
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Key Ally Distances Himself From Work of Businessman Dubbed ‘Jewish Schindler’ | VICE News
A couple weeks ago, Montrealer Steve Maman was being feted by media around the world for helping free 128 Yazidis and Christians from enslavement by Islamic State militants (IS), garnering him the nickname “Jewish Schindler.
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New Mexico town makes over $100,000 selling those garbage E.T. games · Newswire · The A.V. Club
For decades, the entire video game community was enthralled by a rather dull urban legend: Supposedly, storied game developer Atari had, in the early ‘80s, dumped thousands (or millions!) of unsold cartridges—mostly consisting of the dreadful E.T. g…
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Guatemala Congress Lifts President’s Immunity | Al Jazeera America
Guatemala’s Congress voted to withdraw President Otto Perez Molina’s immunity from prosecution Tuesday in connection with a widening customs corruption scandal that has rocked his administration and the country’s political system.
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In Jonathan Franzen’s New Novel Purity, the Internet Is the Villain
Is Jonathan Franzen trolling us? The Great Literary Curmudgeon famously detests the internet, and in his latest novel, Purity, the internet plays a central role to the pulpy plot: It’s the villain.
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BBC Sport – Gossip column: Cavani, Adebayor, De Gea, Berbatov, Gayle
Arsenal refused to pay £50m for 28-year-old Paris St-Germain forward Edinson Cavani, 28, as he has no sell-on value. (Daily Mirror)
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TransTech Helps Transgender People Get Jobs In Tech And, Soon, The White House | TechCrunch
Transgender and gender non-conforming people are at risk of facing injustice and discrimination wherever they are: in their childhood homes, schools, the workplace and even in line at the grocery store.
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E-Commerce Feed Management Company Lengow Secures €10M Series B | TechCrunch
Lengow, which claims to be the European leader in “e-commerce feed management”, has closed a Series B round.
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Guatemalan Congress strips president’s immunity – Al Jazeera English
Guatemala’s Congress has voted to strip embattled President Otto Perez’s immunity, clearing the way for him to be prosecuted over allegations he masterminded a massive corruption scheme.
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This Video Explains What “Complete Breakfast” Actually Means
You’ve probably had a lot of commercials tell you that their cereal is “part of a complete breakfast,” but what does that really mean? This video explains why cartoon mascots use that phrase so often, as well as what a “complete breakfast” should ac…
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Every male sitcom character in the past 30 years : AdviceAnimals
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Abandoned Copper Mine, Alaska [x-post from /r/pics][OC][1600×1063] : AbandonedPorn
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More Jim K Benton gold. – Imgur
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The real reason people have children. – Imgur
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Let my kitten go outside for the first time.. She seems quite happy I suppose… : aww
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Small win http://t.co/8kguRIJXoE http://t.co/ICI3OZgzBY
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See how this little pussy gets love from a different mother… AWESOME videos : cats
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Observatory, Mountains, Universe : The… – Just Space
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Peaceful in Bai Tu Long Bay by Khoi Tran Duc / 500px
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I need a smarter cat door! : cats
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BBC News – Polar bears halt Arctic research in north Russia
Pictures show how polar bears have besieged a team of Arctic meteorologists working in a remote corner of Russia.
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Key Ally Distances Himself From Work of Montrealer Dubbed ‘Jewish Schindler’ | VICE News
A couple weeks ago, Montrealer Steve Maman was being feted by media around the world for helping free 128 Yazidis and Christians from enslavement by Islamic State militants (IS), garnering him the nickname “Jewish Schindler.
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US Olympic committee picks Los Angeles for 2024 bid – BBC News
The US Olympic Committee (USOC) has named Los Angeles as the US bid for hosting the 2024 games. The bid sets out $6bn ($3.8bn) in proposed public and private spending.
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Deadspin Shut Up About Tom Brady’s Legacy | Jezebel Here’s How New Texas Public School Textbooks Write About Slavery | Kotaku Steam Is Getting An Uncensored Sex Game | Lifehacker Why Facebook Makes Your Images Look Like Crap, and How to Fix It | Kin…
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The Co-Creator of Arrow Is Making A “Hot Gothic” Show About The Brides of Dracula
Are you ready for another sexy vampire soap opera? Just a couple years after its Dracula show crashed and burned, NBC is ready to try again.
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Barack Obama visits Alaskan glacier – in pictures | US news | The Guardian
Barack Obama walks to greet visitors after arriving at Elmendorf air force base Photograph: Andrew Harnik/AP Facebook Twitter Pinterest Share Share this post Facebook Twitter Pinterest close
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CNN changes Republican debate rules in move that could help Carly Fiorina | US news | The Guardian
CNN has changed the rules for admitting candidates to a Republican presidential debate it will host later this month, possibly securing a place onstage for Carly Fiorina, the former Hewlett-Packard executive who surged in the polls following a first…
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Judge: California Drivers Can Go Class-Action to Sue Uber | WIRED
The decision issued today by US District Judge Edward Chen means as many as 160,000 Uber drivers in California could join the case seeking mileage and tip reimbursement from the company, presently valued at $51 billion.
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Obama nearing deal with Congress over Iran – Al Jazeera English
US President Barack Obama has almost enough support from senators to block Republican attempts to derail a deal with Iran over its nuclear programme.
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Prison officials, civil rights organizations, former guards and gang members have expressed widespread support of a legal settlement between the state of California and Pelican Bay state prison that will end the use of solitary confinement as a mean…
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Uber now faces class action lawsuit in California over expenses, tips | Ars Technica
A federal judge in San Francisco has granted class action status to a group of former and current Uber drivers. With that distinction, a group of four drivers will now be able to go forward with a class action lawsuit representing the 160,000 driver…
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Reykjavík names a street after Darth Vader, Iceland’s favorite son · Newswire · The A.V. Club
As reported by HitFix, the city of Reykjavík in Iceland has decided to rename a street in its Höfði industrial district after beloved intergalactic tyrant Darth Vader. It won’t be named Darth Vader Street, though, because—and this may surprise you—t…
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Uber drivers are entitled to class action status in litigation over whether they are independent contractors or employees, a US judge said on Tuesday, in a ruling in a case that could have wide implications for the sharing economy.
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Here’s What We Think We Know About the New Apple TV | Motherboard
Apple will host a fancy media event in San Francisco next week where the company is expected to introduce the latest generation iPhones, likely called the iPhone 6s and iPhone 6s Plus. You and everyone else on the internet already know that.
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Kentucky Clerk Denies Marriage License ‘Under God’s Authority’ – Digg
On Tuesday, Kim Davis, a clerk for Kentucky’s Rowan county, denied marriage licenses to two same-sex couples. Here, she tells the second of the two couples that she isn’t issuing marriage licenses today “under God’s authority. Head to WKYT for the …
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Cabo Verde Hit by First Hurricane in a Century : Image of the Day
Hurricanes in the Atlantic Ocean typically start to develop off the west coast of Africa, then move westward across the basin and intensify as they approach North America or the islands of the Caribbean and Gulf of Mexico.
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Nicole Frýbortová can do things on a bicycle that will make your eyes pop out of your head, including a no-hands, one-foot, backwards wheelie.
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Welcome to this week’s episode of Hot Takedown, our podcast where the hot sports takes of the week meet the numbers that prove them right or tear them down. On this week’s show (Sep. 1, 2015), FiveThirtyEight’s Carl Bialik previews the U.S.
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Politicians who complain about college costs frequently cite two numbers: one trillion and seven million. Student borrowers owe more than $1 trillion, and seven million borrowers are in default, according to the latest Department of Education data.
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Ex-Chetham’s music school teacher facing sex offence charges found dead | US news | The Guardian
A former violin teacher who faced extradition from the United States to Britain for allegedly sexually abusing pupils at a prestigious Manchester music school has died, possibly by his own hand, while US marshals served a search warrant at his home …
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Pokémon party organizer: we’ve got no money and were sued without warning | Ars Technica
Ramar Jones was in for a shock last week when his attempt to create a Pokémon-themed party led to a federal lawsuit. In an interview with Seattle’s Geekwire, Jones said the news of the lawsuit came to him with no warning.
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Emails Show the FBI and JSOC Discussing an American Blogger Later Killed By the US | VICE News
Read more from ‘Primary Sources,’ the VICE News FOIA blog.
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Cutting edge cyber security to hunt hackers – BBC News
As companies around the world re-examine their cyber security following a data breach at the Ashley Madison website, the BBC’s James Cook reports from California on the fight against computer hackers. Technology is creating virtual reality maps whic…
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US Open 2015: Andy Murray v Nick Kyrgios – live! | Sport | The Guardian
Bryan will be here shortly. In the meantime why not read Kevin Mitchell’s preview of tonight’s opening-round blockbuster: Kyrgios looks relaxed and confident – at least on the surface – after shipping more flak than a B-52 bomber. “I’m feeling prett…
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BBC Sport – Premier League: Transfer window proves richest ever at £870m
The summer transfer window was the richest in Premier League history as total spending for the calendar year reached £1bn for the first time. Summer outlay passed £870m, 4% up on last the record set last year.
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New Zealand flag: Four finalists are revealed – BBC News
The four finalists in New Zealand’s public competition to design what could be the country’s new national flag have been revealed. Thousands of designs were submitted and New Zealanders will have the chance to choose their favourite design in a refe…
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Game Of Thrones earns new Guinness World Record, not for piracy this time · Newswire · The A.V. Club
Since last year, HBO’s Game Of Thrones has held the dubious honor of being the Guinness World Record’s most pirated TV show, with scores of internet Onion Knights scouring the torrents to bring the show’s blend of political drama, gripping battles, …
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Break the Ice and Make Friends at Conferences By Bringing a Power Strip
Conferences and conventions are great places for meeting people, but it can be a little nerve-wracking to introduce yourself to random strangers. Plugging in a power strip can make the whole process a lot easier.
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James O’Keefe Aims At Hillary, Stings Self – The Daily Beast
James O’Keefe assured me it wasn’t a joke. Standing at the lectern at the National Press Club in Washington, D.C. Tuesday morning, in charcoal suit and plaid tie, O’Keefe said he was serious.
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Clever Editing Brings Together Three Creepy Encounters With Three Hannibal Lecters
Filmmaker Matthew Morettini may also be a mind-reader, because he’s crafted something I’ve been waiting for since my ascent from casual Hannibal viewer to full-blown Fannibal: a short video juxtaposing the same Hannibal Lecter/Will Graham scene from…
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Alabama Shakes’ Brittany Howard Releases New LP as Thunderbitch | Rolling Stone
Brittany Howard has wasted no time following up Alabama Shakes’ remarkable new record, Sound and Color, releasing an 10-track, self-titled new LP under the moniker Thunderbitch, Fuse reports.
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Somewhere in Los Angeles, someone is cleaning up Miley Cyrus’s mess. The floor of the Microsoft Theater is covered in confetti, mylar jellyfish and body glitter after Sunday night’s Video Music Awards. Cyrus threw a good party for the cameras and no…
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Not quite like that crow from the front page… : StartledCats
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Woke up this morning to this poop head trying to sleep on my head : cats
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‘Hungarian Public Opinion Is In Shock’ Regarding Migrant Crisis : NPR
NPR’s Robert Siegel talks to György Schöpflin, member of the European Parliament for Hungary, about the ongoing migrant crisis in Europe and the crowds of migrants denied access to trains in Budapest.
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Law Professor: Davis Can’t Evoke Religion To Deny Marriage Licenses : NPR
NPR’s Robert Siegel talks with Columbia Law professor Katherine Franke about Kim Davis, the elected clerk of Kentucky’s Rowan County, who is refusing to issue marriage licenses to same-sex couples.
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2 Young Ghanaians Recruited By ISIS : NPR
At least two Ghanaians have reportedly left the country to join ISIS. The West African nation has a Muslim minority and has so far been spared of extremist insurgency, despite being in a neighborhood of states blighted by militant Islamists.
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Obama Asks Congress To Fund New Coast Guard Icebreakers : NPR
President Obama is in Alaska calling for Congress to fund the construction of new Coast Guard icebreakers. The president said the Arctic is growing in importance, and the Coast Guard’s icebreakers aren’t keeping pace with the challenge.
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World economy ‘in the hands of Fed’ – Al Jazeera English
Ten voting members on the United States Federal Reserve Board have the power to influence the global economy. The Fed will vote this month on whether to raise interest rates. As the Central Bank of America, its main purpose is to provide a stable fi…
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Google Wants to Crush Agitating ‘Install Our App’ Ads | WIRED
You follow a link on your smartphone to a website; LinkedIn, say, or OpenTable, or any of countless examples. Instead of the pleasant mobile interface you were expecting, you’re greeted by a prompt that asks if you’re sure you wouldn’t rather downlo…
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Judge In California Delivers Uber’s Worst Nightmare | ThinkProgress
Uber’s business model is on the rocks late Tuesday after a federal judge granted class-action status to a lawsuit targeting the company’s treatment of drivers as independent contractors.
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Why Startups Should Leverage Compliance | TechCrunch
Not surprisingly, the banks don’t enjoy being the only ones told to play by the rules. More to the point, though, forcing Wall Street regulations onto Silicon Valley is their approach to dealing with the threat of technology firms coming to eat thei…
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The fatal shooting of a Texas man by sheriff’s deputies in San Antonio last week was captured on video that appears to show he had his hands up when the officers fired. The Bexar County Sheriff’s department identified the man on Monday as Gilbert Fl…
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This Guy Just Spent 20 Years in Prison for Selling Weed — Now He’s Getting Out | VICE News
Jeff Mizanskey, a Missouri man who has spent a third of his life in prison for a nonviolent drug offense, grinned and raised his arms in victory shortly before stepping across the threshold of the prison’s metal detector and into the waiting arms of…
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Most Popular Universal Remote Control: Logitech Harmony 650
Picking a universal remote control is pretty tricky these days. There are plenty of simple, programmable IR blasters out there, but some of the best remotes can control other devices using Bluetooth or even Wi-FI.
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Tech’s Biggest Names Unite to Create a New Video Format | WIRED
The list, with a few notable exceptions, is a roster of some of the biggest names in tech: Amazon, Cisco, Google, Intel, Microsoft, Mozilla and Netflix are teaming up to revamp the way video works over the Internet.
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The parents of a San Francisco woman who was fatally shot by a man in the country illegally said Tuesday that federal and local authorities contributed to the death of their daughter through negligence and bureaucratic bungling.
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Popcorn Time lawsuits continue as 16 are sued for watching Survivor | Ars Technica
The “Popcorn Time” app was launched in 2014 as a kind of “BitTorrent for dummies” with a simple Netflix-style interface for viewing movies.
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Man Acquitted Of Dumping Beer On Native American Kids’ Heads At Hockey Game | ThinkProgress
After a group of Lakota children and chaperones said a group of executives at a hockey game in Rapid City, South Dakota poured beer on their heads and told them to “go back to the Res,” only one person faced criminal charges for disorderly conduct.
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Berta Rojas Proves The Classical Guitar Can ‘Sing A Tango’ : NPR
Berta Rojas, a two-time Latin Grammy nominee, is widely considered one of the world’s great classical guitarists. Critics have praised her flawless technique, dynamic sensibility and artistry.
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A Compelling Plot Gives Way To Farce In Franzen’s Purity : NPR
Your purchase helps support NPR Programming. How? With a title like Purity, Jonathan Franzen’s latest novel sets the reader up for great expectations, and how. What Franzen does well in every novel is to tell a sprawling story with a robust and inti…
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Can a Young American Millionaire Succeed Where Europe Has Failed? | Outside Online
Three days after boarding the 131-foot rescue vessel MV Phoenix in Augusta, Sicily, I was standing on the ship’s top deck on a warm June dawn, watching the rotor blades of a blue-and-orange-striped Camcopter S-100 drone shudder into motion.
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Huge Fish Farm Planned Near San Diego Aims To Fix ‘Seafood Imbalance’ : The Salt : NPR
The largest fish farm in America could be built four miles off San Diego’s coast. Rose Canyon Fisheries could have a footprint on the ocean floor of 1.3 square miles, about the same size as New York’s Central Park. The goal is to produce 11 million …
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How Startups Are Using Tech To Mitigate Workplace Bias : Code Switch : NPR
We all harbor biases — subconsciously, at least. We may automatically associate men with law enforcement work, for example, or women with children and family. In the workplace, these biases can affect managers’ hiring and promotion decisions.
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Golden Earth by Jake Olson Studios / 500px
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Sunshine Coast, British Columbia. [OC] [2656×1494] : EarthPorn
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Every single damn time : funny
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Shaken Markets Bring Down Public Tech Shares As Some Recent IPOs Set New Record Lows | TechCrunch
If you work for a tech company, you are probably poorer today than you were yesterday. In the midst of a broader selloff, technology as an industry managed a roughly flat performance, as measured by Google Finance’s tech category.
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Chicago, see M. Night Shyamalan’s The Visit early and for free · Contest · The A.V. Club
After a few high profile sci-fi/fantasy flops (The Last Airbender and After Earth), M. Night Shyamalan is returning to his lower-budget roots with this fall’s The Visit.
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Hungary Seals Off Budapest Train Station to Migrants and Refugees | VICE News
VICE News is closely watching the international migrant crisis. Check out the Open Water blog here.
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Today’s Instagram Update Could Ease the Dreaded @ Wars | WIRED
Instagram is revamping Instagram Direct, making it a far more useful messaging service. The social network introduced Instagram Direct in 2013. It wasn’t exactly a messaging service so much as a way to share private or semi-private photos with someo…
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US President Barack Obama buys up cinnamon buns at Alaska cafe – BBC News
US President Barack Obama has treated a crowd of people to cinnamon buns during a visit to a coffee shop in Alaska. Mr Obama is on a tour of Alaska this week where he has been been urging world leaders to do more to cut carbon emissions.
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Georgia man shot by police in house mixup released from hospital – video | US news | The Guardian
A man shot by police officers who arrived at the wrong Atlanta-area house was released from hospital on Tuesday. The man, named by local media as Chris McKinley, was shot along with his dog after police entered the wrong house on Monday, after recei…
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Bad Lip Reading of the first Republican Debate – Boing Boing
I never get tired of the Bad Lip Reading videos. This one, made for the first Republican Debate, might be the best one I’ve seen.
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Rev. Rob Schenck, Minister to Top D.C. Officials: Gun Control Is the Christian Way – The Daily Beast
“Then Jesus said to him, ‘Put your sword back into its place; for all those who take up the sword shall perish by the sword.’” (Matthew 26:52) Last week, anyone with a television or web-enabled device could have viewed a double murder by handgun.
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Twilight Racing at New York’s Last Remaining Velodrome – The New Yorker
In the years before the Second World War, thousands of track-cycling fans packed stadium-sized velodromes in Harlem and Coney Island to watch celebrity bicyclists pedal around oval tracks at speeds of more than forty miles per hour. Today there is o…
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Kentucky Clerk Defies Supreme Court Ruling In Denying Marriage Licenses : NPR
A county clerk in Kentucky refused to issue any marriage licenses Tuesday, despite a U.S. Supreme Court ruling that compelled her to issue licenses to same-sex couples.
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Marijuana industry struggles with devastating wildfire season | Grist
The burners may have left for Black Rock City, but there’s still a lot burning on the West Coast. From Central Washington’s blazes to the wildfires ravaging the tinderbox we call California, the Pacific Coast is on fire. Across the U.S., wildfires h…
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Iceland turned an old coal plant into a haven for artists and entrepreneurs | Grist
Incongruously placed at the center of the Elliðaárdalur valley in Reykjavík, Iceland, is a large, gloomy structure tucked between a crowding of trees along the banks of the Elliðaár River.
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New Discovery: Ancient Antarctic Lake –“A Replica of Conditions on Early Earth”
At the bottom of a frigid Antarctic lake, a thin layer of green slime is generating a little oasis of oxygen, a team including UC Davis researchers has found.
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Climate change will do strange things to this hungry little microbe | Grist
For CO2-eating bacteria, climate change is kind of a sweet deal.
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Google’s New Logo Is Far More Than Just A Digital Doodle | TechCrunch
The more you see something, the more normal it becomes.Today, Google unveiled a new logo and branding. So far the public reaction is a mixed bag. I’m sure that most of the people who spend time in Mountain View working for Google barely noticed its …
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Here’s How Many of Japan’s Idle Nuclear Plants Are Likely to Reopen | VICE News
Japan’s nuclear power industry continues to suffer long after the 2011 Fukushima disaster.
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TV spot for a home mechanical bull becomes the “Orgasmic Achiever 2000” – Boing Boing
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White police officer pulls over black driver for making eye contact – Boing Boing
John Felton, a black man, was driving to his mother’s house in Dayton, Ohio to celebrate her birthday when he was pulled over by a white police officer. Felton recorded the interaction on his phone:
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Sing Muse and Bring Us Your Best Science Poetry
Left brain, right brain, BS! Today we are uniting the arts and the sciences, which means that we want your best science-based poetry. Haiku, sonnet, free verse—even the lowly limerick. All are welcome. And get water drunk.
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Ex-police chief who shot unarmed black man avoids jail with plea deal | US news | The Guardian
A white ex-police chief agreed Tuesday to plead guilty to misconduct in office in the shooting death of an unarmed black man, a far lesser offense than the murder charge that ended in two mistrials.
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Pregnant woman to have dolphin as midwife – Boing Boing
Dorina Rosin, a “spiritual healer,” plans to give birth in the sea with the aid of dolphins. Among other benefits, Rosin and partner Maika Suneagle believe that their baby will speak dolphin.
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New Space Station Crew Will Launch Into Orbit Tonight: Watch Live
Three new crewmembers will blast off toward the International Space Station late tonight (Sept. 1) and you can watch the liftoff live online.
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BBC Sport – US Open 2015: Roger Federer wins easily in New York
Second seed Roger Federer raced past Argentina’s Leonardo Mayer in 77 minutes to reach the second round of the US Open at Flushing Meadows. The five-time champion won 6-1 6-2 6-2 on a hot afternoon in New York.
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Roger Federer charges past Leonardo Mayer in US Open first round | Sport | The Guardian
Novak Djokovic went through to the second round here for the loss of just three games to the Brazilian João Souza on day one.
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Wow, European Lawyers Really Have It Out for Google | WIRED
It looks like Google’s legal headaches in Europe are about to get worse, thanks to a new site that aims to become a hub for companies and organizations that believe they’ve been harmed by the search giant’s allegedly anticompetitive practices.
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Vice News fixer ‘arrested over encryption software’ – Al Jazeera English
Three staff members from Vice News were charged with “engaging in terrorist activity” because one of the men was using an encryption system on his personal computer which is often used by the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL), a senior pre…
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This Fan-Made Trailer For A Boba Fett Movie Needs To Happen Right Now
In the next decade, fans are going to see Boba Fett back on the big screen. Lucasfilm has almost certainly been working on a spinoff film starring the famous bounty hunter and while it’s not yet confirmed, it’s coming.
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Judge Rules 160,000 Uber Drivers Can Sue in a Class Action | Motherboard
An employment lawsuit against Uber can now proceed as a class action after a judge certified a class of 160,000 Uber drivers in California.
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Chris Christie Fawns Over Bruce Springsteen in Unearthed Emails | Rolling Stone
Chris Christie has never let his conservative politics interfere with his love of Bruce Springsteen, and a string of messages from a 15-year-old email listserv unearthed by Politico paint a portrait of the Republican presidential hopeful as an arden…
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Apple might start making original video content · Newswire · The A.V. Club
Here’s some good news about our great and wise overlords at Apple Incorporated: According to a report from Variety, soon we might be able to express our love of Apple and its stylishly designed products through original—and most likely exclusive—pro…
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Waterfalls in Coed-y-Brenin, Snowdonia, Wales [2164×1623] [OC] : EarthPorn
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Abandoned Copper Mine, Alaska [OC][1600×1063] : AbandonedPorn
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I have caught the red dot! – GIF on Imgur
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Economic Concerns Fuel Campaign To Save The Sage Grouse : NPR
Many in the West are backing an effort to keep the greater sage grouse off the endangered species list. By saving the bird, they feel they can save the culture and customs of the West as well.
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Hotel Room Rates Skyrocket For Republican National Convention In Cleveland : NPR
Hotel room prices are always subject to demand. Big events mean big jumps in local nightly rates. But what’s going on in Cleveland for the Republican National Convention seems extreme.
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In New Neapolitan Novel, Fans Seek Clues About Mysterious Author’s Past : NPR
Your purchase helps support NPR Programming. How? The Naples in Elena Ferrante’s Neapolitan novels isn’t the Italy you see on postcards. The neighborhood she describes in vivid detail is poor and unglamorous — and it may or may not be based on the n…
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Supreme Court rules against Kentucky clerk in gay marriage case | MSNBC
This story has been updated. The U.S. Supreme Court late Monday rejected an appeal from a county clerk in Kentucky who said she could not issue marriage licenses to same-sex couples because of her religious objections.
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Shut Up About Tom Brady’s Legacy
Here’s a true sentence packed with enough ridiculousness to blast a person across the room like a cannon: a U.S.
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Everything Is for Sale – Racked
Alone in a car, driving an empty stretch of highway, it’s easy to believe you’re the only person in the world. In western Ohio, where dark fields of soy alternate with great blocks of green corn roofed with yellow tassels, the road runs flat and str…
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U.N. Confirms ISIS Destroyed Temple Of Bel In Palmyra, Syria : NPR
Following initial reports of explosions at the ancient Syrian city of Palmyra, the United Nations has confirmed through satellite imagery that ISIS has destroyed one of the most visited and recognized examples of pre-Islamic architecture in the Midd…
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Many Texans Don’t Have Access To Mental Health Care : Shots – Health News : NPR
In her third year of medical school, Karen Duong found herself on the other side of Texas. She had driven 12 hours north from where she grew up on the Gulf Coast to a panhandle town called Hereford. It’s even named after a breed of cattle.
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The United States Coast Guard Cutter Healy in the Bering Sea in 2012.
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Chronic Absences Cost Kids More Than Basic Learning – The Atlantic
While too many students at all grade levels are regularly skipping school, many preschoolers and kindergarteners are missing nearly as much seat time as teenagers, according to a new report.
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I’m Jane McGonigal, Game Designer and Author, and This Is How I Work
Jane McGonigal is a game designer—but she isn’t exactly working on the next Mario. Rather, she brings an academic perspective to gaming and looks at how games can improve our lives and solve real problems.
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Marco Rubio Is Winning When It Comes To Tech Funding Thanks To One Multibillionaire | ThinkProgress
The presidential primaries are six months away and tech companies aren’t wasting any time putting money up for the candidates they want to go the distance. Presidential hopefuls former secretary of state Hillary Clinton, Sen.
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U.S. District Judge Grants Uber Drivers In California Class Action Status | TechCrunch
A U.S. District Judge just granted the three people who filed a lawsuit against Uber class action status.
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Your Most Heinous Stories of Role-Playing Games Gone Wrong
Everybody loves role-playing games (unless you’re irrationally worried about Satan.) Escaping into a fantasy world, surrounded by like-minded nerds, is just the best thing ever. Except when it isn’t, because someone is deciding to be a total Gelatin…
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Alaska’s Native peoples have used the highest peak in North America as a landmark for millennia. We have hunted animals, picked berries in its foothills and fished in waterways nearby.
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L.A. Pot Dispensary Goes Up in Smoke After Recent Arson Attack – The Daily Beast
LOS ANGELES — A 4,600-square-foot medical marijuana dispensary caught fire early Tuesday morning, weeks after a neighbor said someone tried to light the building on fire.
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‘SNL’ Adds Jon Rudnitsky, Another Stand-Up Comedian, as Cast Member – The Atlantic
Since the departure of many of its biggest stars two years ago, Saturday Night Live has mostly avoided major cast changes. Yesterday, NBC announced the show would add only one new cast member for its 41st season—the near-unknown stand-up comic Jon R…
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Purple beauties by Marie Rich / 500px
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Smell Mapping: Using Your Nose To Retrace Your Steps : NPR
A University of California, Berkeley psychologist has found that people can create a map in their heads with scents as location markers. NPR replicates the experiment with a master sommelier, and discovers that olfactory navigation is lot more succe…
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California Prisons To Limit Number Of Inmates In Solitary Confinement : NPR
California authorities have agreed to sharply limit the number of inmates held in isolation for long periods of time, a major development in the national debate about solitary confinement.
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Pope Francis Announces Window To Forgive Women Who Had Abortions : NPR
Pope Francis is giving all priests a window of discretion to forgive women who have had abortions. The window is during the upcoming holy year, which will begin in December.
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Hungary Closes Budapest Train Station To Migrants : NPR
The Hungarian authorities closed the international rail terminal in Budapest to migrants Tuesday after many purchased tickets to Germany.
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News | Comet Hitchhiker Would Take Tour of Small Bodies
Catching a ride from one solar system body to another isn’t easy. You have to figure out how to land your spacecraft safely and then get it on its way to the next destination. The landing part is especially tricky for asteroids and comets, which hav…
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Last light on the lake by Kyle Kuiper / 500px
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Thor’s Well by Nick Carnera / 500px
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A jaguar bearing its teeth. Photographed by Gordon James. [1024×985] : AnimalPorn
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A book of the beautiful street signs in Paris – Boing Boing
I don’t know if anyone knows the magnificent signs of Paris as extensively as Louise Fili. For over 40 years the American-born graphic designer roamed the “City of Lights,” documenting and photographing the signs that bring life and expression to th…
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Texas police ‘shoot man with hands up’ – BBC News
Video footage has emerged that appears to show police in Texas shooting and killing a man who had his hands up. In the video, obtained by local media in San Antonio, Gilbert Flores is seen outside a house with his arms raised before shots are fired …
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Raising Dion: a diverse comic book that turns its back on superhero tropes | Books | The Guardian
No one ever said being a single mother was easy, but raising a child with superpowers takes things to a whole other level.
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Here Are Jimmy Iovine’s 14 Greatest Tracks | WIRED
Before he co-founded Interscope Records (and way before he started Beats Electronics with Dr. Dre), our September cover co-subject Jimmy Iovine was a record producer and studio engineer who worked on dozens of legendary recordings.
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Hang Dry Your Shirts Faster With These DIY “Space Hangers”
When you hang dry your clothes, you save on energy costs and you don’t wear them out as fast. The down side is that it takes a lot longer for the drying to actually happen. These custom “space hangers” will speed up the process.
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Watch Teachers Flee From the Deadly Children in This Cooties Clip
We really loved Cooties, and now we have an exclusive clip to prove to you why. In it, you can see the all-star cast of teachers—Elijah Wood, Alison Pill, Rainn Wilson, Jack McBrayer, Leigh Whannell, and Nasim Pedrad—trying to get to safety when the…
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Auschwitz installs mist showers that (duh) remind visitors of Holocaust gas chambers – Boing Boing
Poland’s Auschwitz Memorial installed mist showers to cool down visitors at the former site of the Nazi’s largest concentration camp. Somehow, management was surprised that some people found this insensitive. The memorial’s management thought they w…
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Arkansas’ attorney general has asked governor Asa Hutchinson to set execution dates for eight death row inmates in what would be the state’s first executions in a decade.
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Miley Cyrus’s Quest for Realness – The New Yorker
“Yeah, I smoke pot / Yeah, I love peace” is how Miley Cyrus opens her new record, “Miley Cyrus and the Dead Petz.” Her burly, overfed voice is soon placed in chorus with itself: “Do it! Do it!” she encourages. As far as declarations of autonomy go, …
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Turkey conglomerate raided for ‘funding Gulen movement’ – Al Jazeera English
Turkish police have raided the premises of a business and media conglomerate linked to a prominent opposition figure whom the government accuses of trying to destabilise it.
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The Battle of the Books: Gulp vs. Gut
If you want to know everything that happens to a piece of food between the grocery store and the toilet, these are the books you want to read. But in a fight between Gulp, by Mary Roach and Gut, by Giulia Enders, which will come out on top? Gut is t…
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By now, you should probably know about Hillary Clinton’s ill-advised use of a personal email account for her Secretary Of State correspondence. It’s been quite the scandal for her presidential campaign, as she was repeatedly ordered to hand her emai…
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Seabirds Keep Eating all the Plastic we Are Throwing in the Ocean | VICE News
The threat drifting plastic debris poses to marine wildlife is “global, pervasive and increasing,” a study by the Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO) has found.
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Meanwhile in the Future: The Only Lions Left Live in Zoos
Many scientists believe that the Earth is approaching another mass extinction event. Between deforestation, pollution, hunting, and general human encroachment, all sorts of species are at risk of going extinct.
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The Oral History Of Founders All Day IPA | VinePair
Over the past few years, Founders All Day IPA has become ubiquitous at weekend tailgates, backyard BBQs, and outdoor adventures. This low alcohol session beer is now the brewery’s most successful product, accounting for over 50% of their sales, but …
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Hungary’s Leader Pushes His Anti-Migrant Platform To Bolster Support : Parallels : NPR
In most European Union countries, it’s fringe groups that drive anti-migrant sentiment. Not so in Hungary, where the government is busy stoking the fire. Hungary is now the main gateway for asylum-seekers headed to northern Europe, with thousands ar…
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An Unanswered Question About Iran’s Nuclear Program : Parallels : NPR
Ever since the U.S. and its partners finalized the nuclear deal with Iran in July, Secretary of State John Kerry has tried to downplay what diplomats call the possible military dimensions of Iran’s nuclear program.
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Business Lobby Is Denied Overtime To Kill Overtime Rule
This is the final week that the Labor Department is accepting comments on a proposed rule that would make some 5 million additional workers eligible for overtime pay for working more than 40 hours a week.
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4 Other Mountains Native Americans Would Like to Rename
Mount McKinley, which officially became Denali this week, isn’t the only mountain Native Americans have been lobbying to rename. At stake are the names of some of America’s most iconic natural sites.
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Sponsor Content: Preserving Humanity’s Cultural Legacy
The Louvre has perfected the art of protecting the Mona Lisa. The British Museum safeguards mummies that have been entombed for thousands of years.
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When Will Everyone I Know Be Married? | FiveThirtyEight
I’m 24 and at the age where a lot of my friends are getting married. I’m wondering what’s the average marriage age for people in the United States vs. worldwide. It’s not just your friends.
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New Plans Could Protect the Titanic, 30 Years After It Was Found
Thirty years ago this Tuesday, ocean explorer Robert Ballard came across the find of a lifetime: The twisted wreckage of the Titanic, resting over 2 miles (3.2 kilometers) below the surface.
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Island’s Feral Cats Kill Surprisingly Few Birds, Video Shows
Cats, already the overlords of the Internet, also reign over Jekyll Island (map), a small barrier island off the coast of Georgia. The island is home to 150 free-ranging cats, which is about one cat for every five people.
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Here Are the Ancient Sites ISIS Has Damaged and Destroyed
Islamist militants in Iraq and Syria continue their war on the region’s cultural heritage, attacking archaeological sites with bulldozers and explosives.
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Why Obama is the First President to Visit the Arctic
When President Barack Obama touches down in tiny Kotzebue, Alaska, on Wednesday, he’ll visit a region where environmental change is already altering daily life. Caribou populations that Inupiat rely on for food recently dropped by more than half.
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ISIS Shows Off Its American-Made M16 Rifles : worldnews
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ISIS Shows Off Its American-Made M16 Rifles – NBC News
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Toughts…… by Chris Ruhrmann / 500px
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Eat dis and be blessed wit calcium. Tanks Mistah Sketal : ledootgeneration
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Kenyan domestic workers ‘abused in Saudi Arabia’ – BBC News
The BBC has been speaking to a group of Kenyan domestic workers who say they have faced abuse – including physical assaults and rape – at the hands of their employers in Saudi Arabia. Activists posted a video of women begging for help on social medi…
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And Then There Were None voted top Agatha Christie novel – BBC News
Murder mystery And Then There Were None has been named the world’s favourite Agatha Christie novel in a poll. The 1939 thriller received 21% of the votes, with Murder on the Orient Express and The Murder of Roger Ackroyd coming second and third resp…
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Hillary Clinton’s ‘Bleak Week’: Emails Show Response to WikiLeaks Revelations | VICE News
That’s how US State Department director of policy planning Anne-Marie Slaughter described it in a November 2010 email to Hillary Clinton, one day after WikiLeaks caused an international diplomatic crisis when it released more than 250,000 classified…
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US markets plunge as Chinese economy fears revive global jitters | Business | The Guardian
World stock markets got off to a rocky start in September closing sharply down on fears that China’s slowing economy will hurt economies across the globe. In the US all the major indices closed down, the second fall of the week, following similar fa…
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Stabbings, Shootings, And Nazi Art: WWE’s Week of Lunacy – The Daily Beast
Pro-wrestling has been socked with a dose of real life lumps. It’s not the first time that WWE’s over-the-top, outlaw ethos has lost control and spilled beyond the ring into the headlines. (See: The aforementioned Hulk Hogan scandal.
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Watch This Clever Sci-Fi Short on Infinite Parallel Realities | Motherboard
Suppose someone built an infinite computer, with infinite processing power and infinite storage capacity. What could you do with it?
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Historians of Color Are Revolutionizing the Narrative of ‘American Exceptionalism’ | The Nation
I find myself these days on the cusp of despairing over the cruel mischief long wrought by the paradigm known as “American exceptionalism.
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When Disaster Strikes, Museums Call In The A-Team | Atlas Obscura
Restoring a painting at the FAIC Cultural Recovery Center in Brooklyn. (Photo: Courtesy Foundation of the American Institute for Conservation of Historic and Artistic Works) You’ve got a muddy 18th century chest of drawers. Who you gonna call?
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Who wants head scratches? : aww
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She looks unamused but she was purring like a tractor. : cats
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California To Move Thousands Out of Solitary | Al Jazeera America
LOS ANGELES – Thousands of California prison inmates who have been in solitary confinement – some for more than 30 years – will be released into the general prison population under a legal settlement announced Tuesday.
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As Barack Obama roams fearlessly across Alaska and prepares to guest-star on adventure show Running Wild with Bear Grylls, the time is surely right for other politicians to broaden their appeal with high-stakes appearances across the gamut of realit…
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September 1st is an auspicious day in the Harry Potter series. It marks the moment Harry can escape his abusive Muggle family and return to Hogwarts School Of Witchcraft And Wizardry, a magical safe haven that’s constantly infiltrated by his murdero…
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A Cooking School in France for Women Living in the Banlieues – The New Yorker
Anyone idly wondering what might be required to join the workforce of tomorrow (as opposed to the local gang or prison population) could do with a preparatory stint with 15 Femmes en Avenir, a program that combines nine months of training at the Ins…
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Jimmy ‘Superfly’ Snuka Charged With Third-Degree Murder | Rolling Stone
Wrestling legend Jimmy “Superfly” Snuka has been charged with third-degree murder and involuntary manslaughter in connection with the 1983 death of his girlfriend in an Allentown, Pennsylvania motel.
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Five Alaskan wilderness experts Obama should consult instead of Bear Grylls | US news | The Guardian
During President Obama’s trip to Alaska this week, he will be testing out his survival skills on the NBC reality show Running Wild with Bear Grylls, a show on which the adventurer takes 48 hour journeys with celebrities into remote locations around …
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Runkeeper Gets a Design Overhaul and New Start Screen for Faster Logging
The design overall brings brighter coors, new icons, and a few new illustrations that makes the app a little more fun to use. More important is the new start screen, which makes it so you can instantly access music, select your workout, and run with…
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Jim Lauderdale Goes ‘Soul Searching’ on New Album | Rolling Stone
Jim Lauderdale Goes ‘Soul Searching’ on New Album Double disc was recorded in historic Nashville and Memphis studios
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For The First Time Ever, More College Students Smoke Pot Than Cigarettes | ThinkProgress
Marijuana use has increased among college students in recent years, surpassing tobacco as the primary inhalable substance of choice in that group for the first time, a new study has shown.
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NYC’s ‘Taxi Of Tomorrow’ Unveiled – The Onion – America’s Finest News Source
The Nissan NV200 minivan was revealed Tuesday as New York City’s newest taxi, featuring a low-annoyance horn and a more comfortable driver’s seat, with city officials announcing plans to roll out thousands more as older models are retired. What do y…
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Dope to be re-released in theaters this weekend · Newswire · The A.V. Club
In what is certainly not a shameless attempt to capitalize on the success of Straight Outta Compton, Open Road has announced that it will be re-releasing Rick Famuyiwa’s Dope in theaters this weekend.
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Beloved and Oscar-nominated actress Meryl Streep has been in a lot of films and has a lot of admirers. That being said, she still hasn’t really made it.
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My Nephew Has Some Questions – The New Yorker
ME: I need you to buckle up back there, buddy. MY NEPHEW: Why?
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If someone had told me 10 years ago that I would one day announce in The New York Times how old I was when I lost my virginity, I would have died of embarrassment. By the time I was in my 20s, there were only two valid explanations for being a virgi…
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Enigma of the trees that resist wildfires – BBC News
Spanish scientists Bernabé and José Moya couldn’t believe their eyes. More than 20,000 hectares of forest were charred. But in the middle of the devastation, a group of cypresses was still standing tall and green.
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A Critical Look at Where Classic Mythology and Science Fiction Collide
I know in the Venn diagram of “science fiction lovers” and “classic Greek and Roman literature,” there’s not exactly a ton of overlap. But for those like myself who are fans of both, or for those who enjoy taking a more scholarly examination of scif…
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This Is What Greece’s Refugee Crisis Really Looks Like | The Nation
Lesbos, Athens, and northern Greece—In the baking midday August heat on the Greek island of Lesbos, Ziad Mouatash bounces out of an overcrowded inflatable raft and touches EU soil for the first time.
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Amazon Prime Video: Now with offline viewing on Android, iOS | Ars Technica
Now that most default on-the-go devices are bereft of ways to load DVDs and Blu-rays, streaming video options have become that much more desirable for videos in areas with little to no reception.
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Rob Ford and Canadians dismiss Scott Walker’s ‘off-the-wall’ border idea | US news | The Guardian
Former Toronto mayor Rob Ford says Canada has no plans to invade the United States – and that Americans can rest assured the threat from the north is receding.
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Russia’s Economy Is a Mess — and Its Problems Aren’t Going Away | VICE News
Russia’s economy remains mired in a recession that leaves little room for the Kremlin to maneuver, as its foreign reserves dwindle and prices for basic goods continue to rise.
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Michael J. Fox to play a robot dog · Newswire · The A.V. Club
They say every generation gets the robot dog movie it deserves. The ’70s got the Valerie Bertinelli-starring C.H.O.M.P.S., and now we get one featuring the voice of Stuart Little. Deadline reports that Michael J. Fox has signed on to voice the title…
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NASA Awards Technology, Integrated Discipline Engineering Contract | NASA
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NASA Awards Postdoctoral Program Contract | NASA
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NASA Awards Systems Engineering Advanced Services Contract | NASA
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Aerodynamics of a cow : interestingasfuck
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Scumbag County Clerk : AdviceAnimals
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My local animal shelter just got in a litter of boxer puppies. : aww
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Register Now For Our Next Round Of Disrupt SF Hackathon Tickets! | TechCrunch
Want to participate in the Disrupt SF Hackathon but missed out on the last ticket release? Guess what? Today we’re releasing the another round of Hackathon tickets to the public, and you can score your tickets to the event right now.
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Are Headlines Dooming Bernie Sanders’ Campaign? | ThinkProgress
Bernie Sanders has a headline problem. Although the presidential hopeful continues to raise money and climb the polls, much of the journalistic rhetoric surrounding Sanders concerns his seemingly preordained failure.
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Road Noise Takes Toll On Migrating Birds – Scientific American
Building a road through wilderness certainly has a visible impact on local flora and fauna—you’re physically paving over a slice of what was once habitat. But roads have less obvious effects, too. Like the introduction of traffic noise, which also t…
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Illinois police hunt three men after officer killed near Chicago – video | US news | The Guardian
A manhunt is under way in the suburbs north of Chicago as police search for three men wanted in the shooting death of a police officer. The officer, who has not been identified, was pursuing the men on foot in the city of Fox Lake, 55 miles north of…
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Make Presentations Less Terrifying By Breaking Them Into Small Chunks
Giving presentations is a bit stressful for many of us, but over on Harvard Business Review, they suggest that one way make things a little better is to break your presentation into smaller, more memorable, chunks. Create rest stops.
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io9 Book Club Is In Session: Let’s Talk About Kim Stanley Robinson’s Aurora!
Welcome to the monthly meeting of the io9 Book Club. This month, we’ve read Aurora by Kim Stanley Robinson. Jump into comments to get started talking about it!
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Video shows Texas officers shooting man who appears to have his hands up | US news | The Guardian
A Texas sheriff’s department is coming under pressure from civil rights groups following the release of the full version of a video that shows two officers shooting and killing a man who appears to have his hands up.
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Campaign rallies are crawling with hidden cameras these days as opposition researchers from rivals, activist groups or political action committees spare no expense in hopes of finding a gaffe or, ideally, signs of unlawfulness.
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Took a stab at capturing the Andromeda Galaxy with a T2i : space
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run, drop kick, repeat : perfectloops
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Icon by Bob_Bittner http://t.co/Em714EXPf4 http://t.co/LQLeqSh3Rg
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erotisches Spinnennetz by oberbergischer-sauerlaender / 500px
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Evening glory by KarinaFleur / 500px
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Stupid Patent of the Month: “Internet drink mixer” vs. everyone | Ars Technica
It’s that time of the month again: the Electronic Frontier Foundation has selected a winner for its “Stupid Patent of the Month” contest. Patent-holding company Rothschild Connected Devices Innovations (RCDI) owns US Patent No.
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Even The Heritage Foundation Thinks That Anti-Gay Kentucky Clerk Is Nuts | ThinkProgress
Kim Davis, the Kentucky county clerk who has staged a weeks-long campaign of resistance to marriage equality, came under fire from an unexpected source on Tuesday — the conservative Heritage Foundation.
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Temple Grandin on How Oliver Sacks Changed Her Life | WIRED
Neurologist and author Oliver Sacks passed away this weekend. He had written eloquently about his terminal cancer—as he had written eloquently about so much else—so his death was not a surprise. But that made it no less of a loss.
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Video captures Texas cops shooting man with raised hands | Ars Technica
A Texas broadcaster has published video captured from a viewer’s mobile phone that shows San Antonio police shoot and kill a man with his hands up.
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9 Ridiculous Passages From Dick Cheney’s New Book | ThinkProgress
On Tuesday, Former Vice President Dick Cheney released a new book, Exceptional, which he co-wrote with his daughter Liz. The book is ostensibly about how great America is but spends a lot of time criticizing the current state of the country, particu…
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Mozilla Relaunches Its Thimble Online Code Editor For Teaching HTML, CSS And JavaScript | TechCrunch
Back in 2012, Mozilla launched Thimble, an online code editor for teaching the basics of HTML, CSS and JavaScript. Over time, though, things got pretty quiet around the project as other browser-based code editors like Brackets and full online IDEs l…
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Los Angeles city council backs bid for 2024 Olympics | Sport | The Guardian
The Los Angeles city council has thrown its support behind an effort to bid for the 2024 Olympic Games.
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Daniel Levitin on Oliver Sacks and the John Lennon Suite | WIRED
Daniel J. Levitin, neuroscientist and author of This Is Your Brain on Music and the forthcoming The Organized Mind Oliver Sacks visited Montreal ten years ago to give a lecture.
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Sneaky adware caught accessing users’ Mac Keychain without permission | Ars Technica
Last month, Ars chronicled a Mac app that brazenly exploited a then unpatched OS X vulnerability so the app could install itself without requiring people to enter system passwords.
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Music: “Here Comes the Nice,” Small Faces (1967) – Boing Boing
Here comes the nice, looking so cool. Everyone knows the nice is no fool.
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Find Mental Health Help for Almost Anything With These Hotlines and Groups
If you think you’re having a mental health issue, but don’t feel ready to find a therapist (or aren’t sure if your insurance will cover one), a good place to begin seeking help is with a support group or hotline.
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Brad Voytek on Oliver Sacks’ “Soft Thinking” | WIRED
Brad Voytek, cognitive scientist at the University of California, San Diego Neuroscience is a funny field because on the one hand it’s highly technical—dynamical systems analysis, computational complexity, and so on—but on the other hand it’s profou…
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Imagining Joffrey as Game Of Thrones’ noble hero · Great Job, Internet! · The A.V. Club
Without ambiguity, Game Of Thrones’ Joffrey Baratheon is an unlikable character.
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And Then There Were None declared world’s favourite Agatha Christie novel | Books | The Guardian
Agatha Christie’s story of 10 strangers who are picked off one by one after being lured to an island mansion, And Then There Were None, has beaten Murder on the Orient Express and The Murder of Roger Ackroyd to be named the world’s favourite Christi…
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Saturn Moon Crosses Gas Giant’s Face in Jaw-Dropping New Photo
An icy moon of Saturn hangs against the face of its giant parent planet in a breathtaking new image captured by NASA’s Cassini spacecraft. The photo, which Cassini took on May 21, shows the moon Dione crossing Saturn’s disk.
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Star Wars Rebels Season 1 is a Must-Buy Blu-ray for Star Wars Fans
If you’ve been salivating for Star Wars: The Force Awakens without an outlet for that excitement, you haven’t watched Star Wars Rebels. Its home on Disney XD allowed some to write it off as just a kids’ show, but Rebels is much more than that.
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Study: 100% of Websites in These Two Top-Level Domains Are ‘Shady’ | Motherboard
The recent expansion of top-level domains (TLDs) has created fertile ground for cyber scammers, according to a study published on Tuesday by security company Blue Coat. Blue Coat analyzed tens of millions of websites and found that 95 percent of web…
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A Friend in Syria – The New Yorker
On a scorching afternoon in July, 2013, a taxi driver in southern Turkey pledged to take me from Gaziantep Airport to Kilis, near the Syrian border, for a curiously low fee.
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Stephen Colbert is preparing for his big CBS close-up. The new host of The Late Show has been filming test episodes of his new show, inviting guests and audience members into the recently revamped Ed Sullivan theater in an attempt to figure how his …
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Jimmy Kimmel Is Battling Gamers for Most Clichés Dropped in One Week | Motherboard
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In my life I have been fortunate to have explored fascinating places around the world. There is one particular city though, that keeps giving me new emotions every day. It is Roma (or Rome). His variety of architectures that stands clearly apart fro…
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2 suspects in alleged Pokémon plot held without bail – The Boston Globe
Two Iowa men charged with plotting an attack at a Boston Pokémon competition were not “keyboard commandos,’’ but were heavily armed men prepared to commit the “mass casualty situation’’ they described in social media postings, a prosecutor said Tues…
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Midday open thread: Obama meets with tribal leaders in Alaska; Idris Elba ‘too street’ to play Bond?
Twitter, on the other hand, thinks Idris Elba would be perfect. But a Guardian investigation has found US police have carried out at least 30 fatal shootings into moving vehicles they claimed were being used as weapons so far in 2015.
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How long will it take—how many decades, how many more centuries if we’re really unlucky—before the Christianity virus just completely and utterly burns itself out? At what point will there just simply be no more use for it and we’ll all just give up…
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Before Google decided that its online news reading application Google Reader was too nerdy and niche to warrant its further attention, a small but devoted community of consummate news gatherers were able to create “bundles” – groups of recommended s…
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Emerson Crayton Jr: full police bodycam video of shooting | US news | The Guardian
Body camera footage from police officer Tommy Maness shows the shooting of Emerson Crayton Jr in Alexander City, Alabama. The video appears to contradict an official police account that the officer was about to be struck by the SUV before he shot Cr…
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Stunning Web Comic ‘Brassens in Space’ Takes Readers on Cosmic Journey
An image from the Web comic “Brassens in Space,” by French cartoonist Boulet. In the comic, the artist takes the songwriter Georges Brassens on a tour of the solar system, to show him the wonder and awe made possible by science.Credit: Boulet/boulet…
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Nicholas Thomas: full surveillance video of police shooting | US news | The Guardian
Officers in Vinings, Georgia, claimed Thomas fled from a Goodyear store in a customer’s vehicle when they attempted to serve him a warrant. Police said he was driving towards them and that they feared for their lives, prompting them to fire on the c…
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BUDAPEST — The Keleti train station in Budapest, which has emerged as ground zero in Europe’s spiraling migration crisis, cut off service to migrants on Tuesday as European countries remained bitterly divided and confused over how to handle the thou…
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As US secretary of state, Hillary Clinton was one of the most powerful people in the world, but on 3 January 2010 there were just two questions on her mind: what time is Parks and Recreation on? And how about The Good Wife?
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Police with helicopters, dogs and armed with rifles were conducting a massive manhunt in northern Illinois on Tuesday after an officer was shot and killed while pursuing a group of suspicious men.
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China’s Stock-Market Crash: The Government’s Top 5 Scapegoats – The Atlantic
China’s stock markets continue to stumble, despite the massive stimulus that the government has unleashed to prop them up. The Shanghai benchmark index fell by 1.23 percent Tuesday, after closing down slightly Monday. The index has fallen by nearly …
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Samuel DuBose: full police dashcam video of shooting | US news | The Guardian
Footage from University of Cincinnati police officer Ray Tensing’s body camera shows the shooting of Samuel DuBose in July.
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New Comcast innovation: A $30 charge to eliminate your data cap | Ars Technica
Comcast has unveiled a new $30 charge that will let customers in Florida escape the company’s 300GB monthly usage limit. The nation’s largest cable company has been trialling data caps in nine states, with slightly different policies in each one.
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MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. — Google, a leader in efforts to create driverless cars, has run into an odd safety conundrum: humans.
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How Rock Band Shaped Best Coast’s Power Chords | WIRED
On the Song Exploder podcast, host Hrishikesh Hirway talks to musicians who take apart their songs and, piece by piece, tell the stories of how they were made. Listen below.
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Spetses Island (Greece) [OC] [2592×1456] : EarthPorn
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A Bluish Word in the Netherlands by Tashina van Zwam [OC] [2704×4176] : BotanicalPorn
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The Secrets of an NFL Locker Room | Rolling Stone
There’s a strange place that exists in our world. It’s an intersection of cultures, ideas and people, from all manner of socioeconomic backgrounds, hailing from every walk of life, brought together under an umbrella of violence and greed.
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A Day Inside Glenn Beck’s America – The New Yorker
This past Saturday, some twenty thousand people marched through the streets of Birmingham, Alabama. They were there at the invitation of the conservative radio and television host Glenn Beck, as part of a movement known variously as Restoring Unity,…
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Many U.S. Catholics haven’t heard of Pope Francis’ climate push | Grist
This story is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. Pope Francis has so far had a tough time selling his high-profile climate campaign to Americans — even to the faithful.
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These charts show how much worse fires have gotten in your state | Grist
The West continues to be a fiery inferno as August fades into September. Wildfires have exploded across the region. There have been 117 large wildfires to date including 70 large fires that are still burning. Those fires along with thousands of smal…
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Eta Carinae Nebula js – Just Space
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NASA Awards Grants to Expand STEM Education | NASA
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Firefish by papa74 http://t.co/XA25fRKrhD http://t.co/NmSFZYWGwW
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The only explanation via /r/funny http://t.co/sIMhkNstkR http://t.co/mKfPBTyHwg
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Double Wings by Sobhi Dimachkieh / 500px
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Georgia police shoot man and kill his dog after responding to wrong house | US news | The Guardian
Police officers who arrived at the wrong metro Atlanta home after a report of suspicious activity shot the man who lives there, killed his dog and “likely” shot a fellow officer, leaving him seriously wounded, authorities said Tuesday.
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Indian Kumbh Mela festival bans selfies due to stampede fears – BBC News
The ban is being imposed at the Kumbh Mela, a pilgrimage that has attracted nearly three million people since July. Authorities say that selfies will be banned on the days that people ritually bathe in the sacred Godavari river.
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Prepare All Your Tears for the Danish Girl Trailer | WIRED
Oh, Oscar season! You are a time of heartbreak! We recently brought you the trailer for Carol, a smoldering story of taboo love between two women in mid-century Manhattan, and now we bring you The Danish Girl.
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Obama Says Politicians Who Treat Climate Change Like a Joke Aren’t Fit to Lead | VICE News
VICE News is closely tracking global environmental change. Check out the Tipping Point blog here. US President Barack Obama pleaded with Arctic nations to pull together and hold the line on climate change, telling a Monday conference in Alaska that …
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Iran nuclear deal poised to go ahead after key Democratic votes secured | US news | The Guardian
The Iranian nuclear deal is poised to clear remaining political hurdles in Washington after key Senate Democrats indicated there was now enough support in Congress for Barack Obama to withstand any Republican-led effort to block it.
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Google Will Soon Start Punishing Mobile Sites With Annoying App Install Ads | TechCrunch
There’s nothing wrong with app install ads, but too often now, you click on a mobile search result, and when the site loads, a giant app install interstitial pops up that prompts you to install that site’s app.
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With the school year just beginning in many districts, parents at two schools are already expressing outrage that transgender students are being allowed to use the bathrooms that match their identities. At Hillsboro High School in Missouri, Lila Per…
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“I caught a fish with my drone!” – Boing Boing
I believe this to be very likely faked, but nonetheless fantastic.
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BBC – Future – The disturbing consequences of seeing your doppelganger
More than two decades ago, Peter Brugger, as a PhD student in neuropsychology at the University Hospital Zurich in Switzerland, was developing a reputation as someone interested in scientific explanations of so-called paranormal experiences.
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I had a lot of POLLEN in my HERB grinder – Boing Boing
My herb grinder collects a lot of pollen, and I had forgotten it was there. This handy pollen press lets me efficiently store and use it! Clearly, it is easy to forget that pollen is collecting in a grinder, especially if the only time you look at a…
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Star Wars screenshots improved, clarified by Onion headlines · Great Job, Internet! · The A.V. Club
“Area Loner To Dwell On Past.” A sharp-witted, humorously melancholic observation on human folly? To be sure.
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Build a Smart Plant Pot that Alerts You When It Needs Help
For some of us, plants are hard to keep alive and while there are all sorts of tech tricks to keeping plants alive, most of them are rather gaudy. Over on Instructables, Akin Yildiz shares a way to make a smart plant pot that alerts you when it need…
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An adaptation of David Ebershoff’s novel The Danish Girl has finally made it to the big screen, and if this trailer doesn’t scream “Inevitable Eddie Redmayne Oscar nomination,” we’re not sure what does.
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Twitter helps Kanye West dance to The Wiggles, Taylor Swift · Great Job, Internet! · The A.V. Club
Kanye’s got the moves. He can dance to everything, everywhere—and on Twitter, he actually does. User @kanye_dancing uses a video of clip of Kanye rocking out in a crowd to depict him dancing to literally any song.
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Donald Trump will return to NBC as a guest on The Tonight Show · Newswire · The A.V. Club
What a summer Donald Trump has had—he announced his presidential candidacy in June, offended a significant portion of the country’s largest minority group only days later, lost support for his “scholarship program”, supposedly engaged in a flame war…
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I’m heading off to Sydney, for the Festival of Dangerous Ideas. Blogging will be limited due to travel, plus blood rushing to my head from standing upside down when I get there.
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Strychnine: A Brief History of the World’s Least Subtle Poison
Like most awful poisons, strychnine got its reputation early. Unlike most awful poisons, it was rarely mistaken for anything else. Here’s why strychnine is one of the world’s most common, but least subtle, poisons.
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Common Core “Results” Aren’t Actually Test Scores
A few states have now released results from the Common Core standardized tests administered to students last spring.
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The Final Lessons From This Year’s Hugo Awards Clusterfrak
The Hugo Awards are over, and the result was a dramatic rejection of the two “Puppies” campaigns to pack the ballot with a narrow selection of authors. But what does it all mean, and what happens now? Some of science fiction and fantasy’s leading li…
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‘The Meatball’ Vs ‘The Worm’: Why NASA’s Logos Are So Clunky – The Atlantic
“It’s a design nightmare,” Greg Patt, a publishing contractor for NASA, sighed.
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What The Planet Will Look Like In 2100 – The Onion – America’s Finest News Source
As scientists try to project the effects of climate change into the future, many of these forecasts only go as far as 2100, a year beyond which the alterations to our environment become much harder to predict.
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Climate Change Could Alter Key Ocean Bacteria – Scientific American
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US Open 2015: Roger Federer v Leonardo Mayer – live! | Sport | The Guardian
The greatest of all time meets the greatest of all time. Photograph: VIEW press/VIEW press/Demotix/Corbis
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Chrissie Hynde’s Rich and Ragged Memoir – The Daily Beast
Chrissie Hynde is, in every way, a daughter of Akron, the place whose essence is captured in the legends of two t-shirts sold at Rubber City Clothing in the downtown whose destruction she deplored in one of the Pretenders’ most acidic songs.
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Learn how to skin a watermelon – Boing Boing
What a fine fruit hack! (Creativity Design Science)
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Your Heart Is Aging Faster Than You – The Daily Beast
A new report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Tuesday revealed 69 million Americans aged 30-74 to have a heart age five years older than their actual age—a number that puts them at significantly higher risk of heart attack a…
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Dick Cheney defends America’s use of torture, again, in new book | US news | The Guardian
Dick Cheney has defended the Bush administration’s approval of the use of torture again in a new book about American exceptionalism written with his daughter Liz Cheney.
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Agent Q Is A Virtual Assistant That’s Focused On Helping You Shop Online | TechCrunch
It seems like everyone wants to build a virtual assistant that you communicate with via text message. In the case of New York City startup Agent Q, it’s an assistant that helps you shop online.
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How to Disable Windows 10’s “Inactive Window Scrolling” Feature
Windows 10 introduced a feature I’ve been waiting years for: the ability to hover over an inactive window and scroll up and down with the scroll wheel. If you’d rather disable this, you can do so in Windows’ settings.
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Alabama police officer on trial for beating Indian man during encounter | US news | The Guardian
An Alabama police officer went on trial Tuesday on a federal charge of using excessive force against an Indian man who was thrown down and partially paralyzed during a confrontation in a suburban neighborhood.
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007 author doesn’t think Idris Elba is suave enough to play James Bond · Newswire · The A.V. Club
Warning: this article spoils the ending of Skyfall. Anthony Horowitz, an English novelist whose James Bond novel Trigger Mortis releases on September 8, doesn’t like the rumor that Idris Elba will portray James Bond after Daniel Craig finishes his f…
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Guns, gangsters, and New York City—Cassavetes style · Watch This · The A.V. Club
Every day, Watch This offers staff recommendations inspired by a new movie coming out that week. This week: The Venice Film Festival begins, so we’re recommending some of the best winners of the fest’s highest honor, the Golden Lion.
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It happens every year. Someone gets hired a popular media outlet, only to have their social-media history ransacked and every racist, sexist, or unfunny thought they’ve ever had exposed.
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“Baby Elephant Walk” is the sound of baseball and tentative beginnings · Hear This · The A.V. Club
In Hear This, A.V. Club writers sing the praises of songs they know well. This week: With Labor Day on the horizon, we’re once again talking about our favorite “baby” songs. I don’t know why I love “Baby Elephant Walk,” but I do.
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We don’t get to do many controlled experiments in economics, so history is mainly what we have to go on. Unfortunately, many people who imagine that they know how the economy works go with what they think they heard about history, not with what actu…
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Nothing says anarchy like these hilarious stock photos of ‘punkers’|Dangerous Minds
A group of happy punks Oh dear, the stock photography version of punk. If you asked my nana what a punk was or looked like, she’d point to one of these photos and say “Right here. One of them.”
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“Distribution of Europeans, Chinese, Japanese and Negros” – [1798 x 1098] : MapPorn
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Cops in Texas Kill Man Standing With Hands Up – The Daily Beast
Two Bexar County, Texas, sheriff’s deputies have been placed on administrative leave after a video showed them shooting a man who was apparently standing still with his hands up outdoors.
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An affordable, self-correcting, multi-material 3D printing platform | Ars Technica
Research on 3D printing (also called additive manufacturing) has increased the accessibility of the technology to the general public. Today you can even buy your own 3D printer, although at a steep price—the cost of these systems has hindered their …
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Jeezy Ascends on Harrowing Single ‘God,’ Announces New Album | Rolling Stone
Jeezy gets deified on the powerful, harrowing new single, “God,” set to appear on his upcoming, as-yet-untitled sixth studio album out November 13th via CTE/Def Jam.
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Traffic noise annoys songbirds to the point of harming them – Boing Boing
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Author Anthony Horowitz sorry for Idris Elba remarks – BBC News
Author Anthony Horowitz has apologised for saying he thought Idris Elba was “too street” to be the next James Bond. Horowitz, who has written a new James Bond book, made his comments about Elba – best known for his roles in Luther and The Wire – to …
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Several hundred people gathered at the Bethesda Fountain in Central Park on Monday afternoon to celebrate the life of Kyle Jean-Baptiste, the 21-year old actor who died last week in a fall from a fire escape in Brooklyn. Mr.
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‘The Bastard Executioner’: Inside Kurt Sutter’s Bloody New Show | Rolling Stone
Kurt Sutter would like to get something off his chest.
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A Day Inside Glenn Beck’s America – The New Yorker
This past Saturday, some twenty thousand people marched through the streets of Birmingham, Alabama. They were there at the invitation of the conservative radio and television host Glenn Beck, as part of a movement known variously as Restoring Unity,…
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Elena Ferrante’s New Book: Art Wins – The New Yorker
A few paragraphs into Elena Ferrante’s new novel, “The Story of the Lost Child,” the final volume of the writer’s so-called Neapolitan tetralogy—the first three volumes are “My Brilliant Friend,” “The Story of a New Name,” and “Those Who Leave and T…
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O’Keefe sting operation buys Hillary swag for Canadian tourist, dooming Clinton campaign
You know what I miss? That conservative squirrel. He should have gotten a Fox show.
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Canadian Police Charge Syrian Colonel Accused of Torturing Maher Arar | VICE News
Police in Canada have criminally charged the Syrian military official believed to have tortured Maher Arar, a Syrian-Canadian engineer who was imprisoned in Syria after US authorities deported him on what turned out to be false suspicions he was lin…
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Weekend of Wonder: Dinner in a taco shop’s folk art garden, made from scrap junk – Boing Boing
Our upcoming Weekend of Wonder will include a wide array of fun experiences with artists, makers, and magicians, but it will also include some really great Southern California food. During the 3-day “extravaganza,” meals are a place where we’ll be a…
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Video Appears to Show Texas Man Surrender as Deputies Open Fire | VICE News
VICE News is closely watching policing in America. Check out the Officer Involved blog here. Local media in Texas broadcast a video today that shows the deadly killing of Gilbert Flores by two sheriff’s deputies in northwest San Antonio last week.
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Kuwait charges ‘terror cell tied to Iran and Hezbollah’ – Al Jazeera English
Kuwait has charged 26 people, suspected of links to Iran’s government and the Lebanese movement Hezbollah, with plotting attacks against the Gulf state, according to the Kuwait state news agency Kuna.
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Halo 5’s Intro Is Full of Spectacle and Fanservice | WIRED
Microsoft has released a new trailer for Halo 5: Guardians this morning, showcasing what appears to be the upcoming Xbox One game’s opening cinematic.
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Daniel Craig says his Bond isn’t as sexist, still very lonely · Newswire · The A.V. Club
Presumably causing all the men in the room to look down at their shoes and clear their throats uncomfortably, Daniel Craig, the current actorly incarnation of iconic secret agent James Bond, says in a new interview with Esquire U.K.
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Here is how much of a badass Jorge Ramos is – Boing Boing
Jorge Ramos, the Univision reporter/anchor who was famously thrown out of a Donald Trump circle jerk for practicing journalism without permission has a long history of pissing off dangerous, rich, powerful criminals.
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Google unveils new, more huggable logo · Newswire · The A.V. Club
In an effort to remind users that it’s the world’s most lovable mega-corporation strip-mining your personal data for advertisers’ use, Google has unveiled a new logo that’s cuter and friendlier than ever. Visitors to google.
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The Back To The Future trilogy is a fun sci-fi romp through the past and future, complete with well-known quotes and props. But who has time to watch all three movies? It’s 5.
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Primordial Sea Beast Resembled Ancient Greek Warship – Scientific American
WASHINGTON, Sept 1 (Reuters) – One of the earliest big predators to prowl Earth’s primordial waters was a sea scorpion nearly 6 feet (1.7 meters) long whose body looked a bit like an ancient Greek warship.
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The Girl Who Slept with God : Longreads Blog
Below is an excerpt from the debut novel by Val Brelinski, as chosen by Longreads contributing editor Sari Botton, who writes: On the approach to my fiftieth birthday, I’ve discovered a new hero: Val Brelinski, who at 58 has just published her debut…
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Toll Booth Worker Strike May Jam Key Artery For Chicago Drivers On Labor Day Weekend | ThinkProgress
The Chicago Skyway is a key conduit for drivers in the Chicago area looking for a weekend getaway. But on this Labor Day weekend, trips to Lake Michigan might be a lot messier than usual.
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Nigeria to start using drones to fight oil theft – BBC News
Nigeria is to deploy drones to monitor the movement of ships in an effort to curb the rampant oil theft in the country, the state oil firm says. Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) says it wants to end crude theft in the next eight months.
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Most Americans Don’t Know The True Danger Of Anxiety | ThinkProgress
While an increasing number of Americans see mental and physical health equally, viewing depression and bipolar disorders as risk factors for suicide, a new study suggests that few understand that when unmitigated, anxiety disorders too can endanger …
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A man sentenced to life in prison without parole on a marijuana-related charge was freed on Tuesday from a Missouri prison after being behind bars for two decades – a period in which the nation’s attitudes toward pot have steadily softened.
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DOJ says ousting Planned Parenthood from Louisiana Medicaid violates law | US news | The Guardian
The US Justice Department told a federal judge that Governor Bobby Jindal’s decision to oust Planned Parenthood from Louisiana’s Medicaid program appears to violate federal law by denying Medicaid patients the right to choose their healthcare provid…
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Find Out If Your Pet Can Fly In-Cabin with This Guide to Airline Pet Policies
You want your pet to be as comfortable as possible (and preferably by your side) when flying, but not every airline makes their policies clear. Map Happy has compiled the in-cabin pet policy for major North American airlines as well as top internati…
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Coinbase Is Trying to Compete In Canada’s Crowded Bitcoin Market | Motherboard
Coinbase, a popular platform for buying and selling bitcoins using real money, started accepting Canadian dollars yesterday. But while Coinbase has the distinction of becoming the first licensed Bitcoin exchange in the US just this year, in Canada, …
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Josh Miller Leaves Facebook for the White House | TechCrunch
Once an entrepreneur has sold his or her company and logged the required time with the acquiring outfit, he or she typically sets out to start another company — or become an investor.
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This Grand Theft Auto V wildlife documentary is surprisingly good – Offworld
Although it’s easy to miss when you’re shooting your way through Los Santos, the fictional world of Grand Theft Auto V is teeming with wildlife who are as busy going about their lives as you are.
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Karabash, Russia Is Divided by a Mountain of Pollution | WIRED
Caption: Karabash resident Tatiana explains the impossibility of breathing when the copper smelting plant is operating. Pierpaolo Mittica The trees and hillsides surrounding the Russian town of Karabash are burned and lifeless.
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Ecuador Considered Smuggling Julian Assange to Freedom in a Bag | WIRED
Julian Assange rose to fame as the master of helping whistleblowers safely smuggle documents out of corporations and governments. Smuggling himself, however, hasn’t turned out to be so easy. But it’s likely that none of these escape routes were ever…
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The Nicki Minaj and Miley Cyrus Beef Explained with Emojis | WIRED
We’re still not actually sure if it’s a full-on beef/fued/whatever, but in case you missed it, rap powerhouse Nicki Minaj and pop-art thingy Miley Cyrus exchanged some heated words at the MTV Video Music Awards on Sunday.
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TechCrunch Is Coming To Denver For The TC Meetup + Pitch-Off! Apply Now! | TechCrunch
In exactly one month, TechCrunch is hitting the Rocky Mountain State for the TC Meetup + Pitch-Off in Denver in conjunction with Denver Startup Week. The event will be held at 1644 Platte Street on October 1 at 6pm.
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How The Planned Parenthood Attack May Result In More Government Stimulus
Before conservatives became unhinged over Planned Parenthood, the odds on another government shutdown by the end of September were decent. In February, President Obama proposed a budget that increased military and non-military domestic spending.
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Lake Louise, Gitcha-ninj Nebish Forest [500×375] by Heart Windows Art : EarthPorn
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The beach and bay at Ghajn Tuffieha, Malta (OC) [1024×683] : seaporn
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News in Brief: Relationship In Exciting Early Stage Where Every Exchange Causes Unspeakable Anxiety http://t.co/FWi5AHO4vA
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New Ebola death confirmed in Sierra Leone – BBC News
It comes as a setback to the country’s effort to eradicate the deadly disease. Sierra Leone was celebrating last week when it discharged its last known Ebola patient from hospital.
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Unearthing NASA’s ‘Worm’: Reissue of Manual Celebrates Retired NASA Logo
A 40-year-old book that gave rise to one of NASA’s most iconic logos is being relaunched as a limited edition reprint on Kickstarter. The NASA Graphics Standards Manual, first published in January 1976, defined a new graphic identity for the U.S. sp…
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Iconic Tokyo hotel to be replaced with skyscraper – Al Jazeera English
Tokyo’s Okura hotel was built in 1962 and has played host to politicians, film stars and even James Bond. Its owners now want to replace it with a modern skyscraper.
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Google reveals new logo for mobile world – BBC News
Google has made subtle changes to the main logo for its core search services. The change smoothes out some of the features in the letters that make up the well-known colourful logo spelling out its name.
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Donald Trump’s Mountainous History Of Disrespect For Native Americans | ThinkProgress
It was a show of respect to Native Americans when President Obama on Sunday restored the name of the nation’s tallest mountain, formerly called Mount McKinley, to Denali. So it makes a lot of sense that presidential candidate Donald Trump didn’t lik…
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Hillary Clinton has obviously had a bad summer. She’s losing in New Hampshire to Bernie Sanders, even among women. She’s barely leading him in Iowa.
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Video Shows Kentucky Clerk Denying Same-Sex Marriage License Once Again | VICE News
Two same-sex couples in Kentucky have requested that a federal judge fine a county clerk after she refused to issue their marriage licenses on Tuesday despite a recent US Supreme Court ruling against her earlier this week.
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Ambulance chasers go after Google as antitrust case gains steam | Ars Technica
As if the threat of being hit with a huge fine (up to £4.3 billion) from the European Commission weren’t enough, Google will now have to deal with another, rather unusual challenge: the Google Redress & Integrity Platform (GRIP).
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Some 10,000 Icelanders Are Offering to Relocate and House Syrian Refugees | VICE News
VICE News is closely watching the international migrant crisis. Check out the Open Water blog here. Iceland’s government is reportedly reconsidering its national refugee quota, after thousands of Icelanders volunteered to accept Syrians into their h…
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Jeremy Ben-Ami and David Wade Respond to Robert Satloff’s Iran-Deal Questions – The Atlantic
Last week, I posted a series of sharp, critical questions addressed to President Obama from Robert Satloff, the executive director of the Washington Institute for Near East Policy, about the Iran nuclear deal.
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Fantastic Science and Tech Books that Will Reboot Your Brain for Fall
Summer is slipping away fast, but there’s still time to spend a long weekend devouring a book on the beach.
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Syfy has renewed both Dark Matter and Killjoys for second seasons, thirteen episodes for the former and ten for the latter. When the shows return in 2016, they’ll join new shows The Magicians and The Expanse and returning show 12 Monkeys.
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5 Horror Movies That Should Be Made Into TV Shows (And 3 That Shouldn’t)
Television shows inspired by horror movies are nothing new; Buffy the Vampire Slayer, which ended in 2003, is one of the genre’s most successful examples. But there’s a trend afoot, with the likes of Scream, Damien, and Ash vs. Evil Dead hitting the…
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Economic Effects of the Iran Deal – The Atlantic
Over the past month, I’ve quoted responses from around the world, pro and con, about the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action on Iran, a.k.a. “the deal.” You can find a compendium of previous Iran-related items here.
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See Maddie & Tae’s Harmony-Heavy Victory Lap on ‘Today’ | Rolling Stone
See Maddie & Tae’s Harmony-Heavy Victory Lap on ‘Today’ Days after their album release, country duo wake up early to sing “Fly” and “Girl in a Country Song”
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Lana Del Rey: Vamp of Constant Sorrow | Rolling Stone
She goes to a dark place, in the end, and won’t come out of it. “I’m not sure if they should run this story,” Lana Del Rey will say, sprawled out on a soft brown couch in tiny denim cut-offs and a white V-neck tee, blowing pensive little gum bubbles.
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Five Telling Nuggets from Hillary Clinton’s New Batch of E-Mail – Bloomberg Politics
The State Department on Monday night released a new batch of e-mails from Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton’s tenure as secretary of state. The dump provides some insight into Clinton’s television tastes, but also reveals some inform…
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Microsoft, Google, Amazon, and others join to create royalty-free video codecs for all – Boing Boing
Microsoft, Google, Mozilla, Cisco, Intel, Netflix, and Amazon today launched a new consortium, the Alliance for Open Media (Twitter). The group plans to develop a new generation of royalty-free open source digital media formats, but creating a new, …
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New Macbeth trailer as gloomy as the rest · Coming Distractions · The A.V. Club
The Weinstein Company has released the first official U.S. trailer for Justin Kurzel’s Macbeth, which is actually shorter than the official teaser trailer put out by StudioCanal U.K.
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GARDEN CITY, GA—Admitting that they often felt like they were still on their first date, local couple Derek Peterson and Tara Meyers told reporters Tuesday that they were in the early, exciting stage of their relationship where every interaction cau…
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People can be tricky to read sometimes. Often, just when you think you’ve got someone all figured out, they throw you a curveball and you realize you don’t have a clue. I guess human nature is complex like that.
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Amazon, Cisco, Google, Intel, Microsoft, Mozilla and Netflix today announced that they have formed a new open source alliance — the Alliance for Open Media — with the goal of developing the next generation of royalty-free video formats, codecs and o…
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The many screams of the films of Wes Craven · Great Job, Internet! · The A.V. Club
Wes Craven reinvented horror at least three times across three different decades. First, with the shocking assault on the senses of The Last House On The Left in the ’70s. Next in the ’80s with the supernatural slasher of A Nightmare On Elm Street.
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Obama gets apocalyptic as he talks climate change in Alaska | Grist
President Obama kicked off a three-day climate-centric tour of Alaska on Monday with a speech that had him sounding more apocalyptic than ever. Appropriately apocalyptic. Here’s a bit from that speech, delivered at the GLACIER Conference in Anchorag…
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Donald Trump Is the Favorite to Win the Republican Primary | The New Republic
At this point in the last Republican primary, Rick Perry was pulling away from Mitt Romney. He briefly opened up a 10-point lead, and then just as quickly gave way to pizza magnate Herman Cain, who in turn gave way to Newt Gingrich, and so it went u…
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Edenworks Is Building The Future Of Food On Urban Rooftops | TechCrunch
Avocados from Mexico. Apples from Chile. Broccoli from China. If you take a look at the stickers on the produce you’re buying at the grocery store, chances are they’ll read something like this. Fast-forward twenty years.
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US Open 2015: Britain’s Johanna Konta brushes aside Louisa Chirico | Sport | The Guardian
Johanna Konta cruised to the second grand slam victory of her career as she defeated the American wildcard Louisa Chirico in the US Open first round.
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Fred Jackson could be reunited with Marshawn Lynch at Seattle Seahawks | Sport | The Guardian
After being released by the Buffalo Bills, running Fred Jackson is looking for an opportunity to reunite with former team-mate Marshawn Lynch in Seattle.
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Natalia Strelchenko death: Man charged over pianist 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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Jurors weigh death sentence for white supremacist convicted of murder | US news | The Guardian
Jurors who convicted a white supremacist of killing three people at Jewish sites in suburban Kansas City were set to hear more evidence Tuesday before deciding whether to recommend a death sentence.
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Stephen Colbert is the Newest Voice of Waze | WIRED
Tired of giant media companies trying DRIVE engagement by STEERING you toward experiences meant to SHIFT your allegiances in their direction? Well, CBS would never do that. That’s why, starting today, you can select Stephen Colbert’s voice in the Wa…
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Georgia teenager dies after being shot with stun gun by police | US news | The Guardian
An autopsy was being performed Tuesday on Nicholas Tanner Dyksma, 18, of Columbus, Harris County coroner Joe Weldon said.
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WASHINGTON, D.C. — “No, this is not a joke,” conservative media provocateur James O’Keefe said in a news conference Tuesday.
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Transform Your Eating: A Start-to-Finish Guide to Tracking Your Food
For lunch on Tuesday of last week, I had a vegetable stir-fry mixed with curry ground beef and a side of rice (all topped with Sriracha, of course). I could recall this meal from a week ago because I track my food every day.
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Current El Nino climate event ‘among the strongest’ – BBC News
The current El Nino weather phenomenon could be one of the strongest on record, according to the World Meteorological Organization (WMO). The event occurs when the waters of the Pacific become exceptionally warm and distort weather patterns around t…
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This Ebola Documentary Shows VR Film’s Radical Potential | WIRED
Caption: A still from Waves of Grace. courtesy Vrse
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New San Francisco restaurant eliminates need for human interaction | US news | The Guardian
Those sick and tired of having to deal with their fellow humans all the time have a new respite – a fully automated restaurant in San Francisco. Customers at Eatsa in the Financial District will order from an iPad, sending the order to the kitchen.
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On Monday, President Barack Obama said that the move to officially reinstate the name Denali, which means “the high one” in Athabascan, was “a step to reflect the heritage of Alaska Natives”.
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With so many dealerships to choose from, it can be difficult to decide where to spend your energy to get your deal. There are many good dealers who will give you a great price with little stress, and then there are the others, whose only goal is to …
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Barack Obama will propose on Tuesday accelerating the timeline for purchasing and building new icebreakers for the US coast guard in the Arctic Ocean, as part of an effort to close an increasing gap with other countries – particularly Russia.
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Bill Gates calls for more funds to help world’s poorest farmers | Environment | The Guardian
Bill Gates called for more funds to help the world’s poorest farmers deal with climate change on Tuesday, in an appeal that could help pry open the coffers of industrialised countries.
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Harry Potter’s Kid Starts at Hogwarts Today and Death Is Coming for Us All
We are mortal and every step we take brings us one step closer to the grave. We know this because today—September 1st, 2015—is the day that Harry and Ginny Potter (née Weasley) send their first son to Hogwarts to begin his wizard education, accordin…
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Instagram Direct’s 85M Users Can Now Reply With Photos In Snapchat-Style Visual Convos | TechCrunch
Instagram Direct felt half-baked when the in-app chat feature launched without the ability to send photo replies in December 2013.
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In Pursuit Of Presence And True Immersion | TechCrunch
The experience of “reality” is a result of our sensory organs delivering information about the external world to our brains via electrical stimulus. The brain interprets this input and creates our reality.
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Azerbaijan jails prominent anti-corruption journalist – Al Jazeera English
Azerbaijan has sentenced Khadija Ismayilova, an award-winning investigative journalist and anti-corruption campaigner, to seven-and-a-half years in jail over several fraud charges which she denounced as politically motivated.
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The Pinnacles at Nambung National Park in Western… – Just Space
The Pinnacles at Nambung National Park in Western Australia… http://t.co/N3RVDkeVvo http://t.co/ZAdTe13zzQ
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Rylai the fox – Who would be interested in an AMA? : foxes
Rylai the fox – Who would be interested in an AMA? via /r/foxes http://t.co/PVggotUJVI http://t.co/ei9YjlyNrW
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Estes Park, Colorado [1280×960] [OC] : EarthPorn
Estes Park, Colorado [1280×960] [OC] via /r/EarthPorn http://t.co/cw6oDaybAh http://t.co/2PJLu36HPK
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Waiting for Illumination by Trevor Anderson / 500px
Waiting for Illumination by TrevorAnderson http://t.co/IouPt3U5w8 http://t.co/I6BNyuYleL
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Enchantress, book one in James Maxwell’s Evermen series – Boing Boing
James Maxwell’s Enchantress is an engaging, dense fantasy that sucked me right in. In a world where magic is used daily for practical purposes, and great warriors use enchanted weapons to defend the land, naturally there is a lot of intrigue and dou…
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Cumberbatch and Mirren set for London Film Festival – BBC News
Benedict Cumberbatch, Dame Helen Mirren and Dame Maggie Smith will be among the British stars on the red carpet at this year’s London Film Festival. The October event will include the UK premiere of crime drama Black Mass, starring Johnny Depp and C…
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Google unveils new logo in doodle at turning point in company’s history | Technology | The Guardian
First they changed their name, now they’ve changed their logo. Google introduced a new sans-serif and slightly toned-down four-colour logo on Tuesday in the biggest redesign since 1999. Google said the new design would soon be seen across all its pr…
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Amazon Prime will soon allow users to download, not just stream, videos – Boing Boing
Amazon ratcheted up the streaming video competition stakes today, by offering downloadable videos to Amazon Prime video customers. There’s a catch: Amazon Prime users will only be allowed to download to Apple and Android phones or tablets, including…
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“Grey Swan” Hurricanes Pose Future Storm Surge Threat – Scientific American
Black swans are catastrophic events that no one sees coming, while “grey swans,” as they are known, are extreme events for which there’s no historical precedent, but that could still potentially be predicted.
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Skyfall? ‘Never liked it.’ Idris Elba? ‘Too ‘‘street’’ to play 007.’ Ian Fleming’s stories? ‘A bit slow.’ Anthony Horowitz takes no prisoners as he tells Event why his new Bond novel reboots the spy as a shamelessly macho killing machine…
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The Battle for Syria’s South (Trailer) | VICE News
Daraa is where Syria’s revolution began four years ago. Now it’s the scene of a forgotten war, in which largely secular Free Syrian Army (FSA) rebels — marginalized elsewhere in Syria — continue to lead the struggle against Bashar al-Assad’s regime.
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Did many women use Ashley Madison? – BBC News
The company behind infidelity dating website Ashley Madison has denied that hardly any women used the service. Its rebuttal followed an article by Gizmodo which suggested that only around 12,000 of the site’s 36 million members were real women.
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Obama Is a Climate Hypocrite. His Trip to Alaska Proves It. | Mother Jones
This story was originally published by Slate and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. Problem is, those words fall flat when compared with Obama’s mixed record on climate. The widely publicized trip comes at a delicate momen…
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Quentin Tarantino: The Complete Syllabus of His Influences and References: From Reservoir Dogs to Django Unchained, the master list. (New York)
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David Byrne’s Lending Library | Brain Pickings
“When a library is open, no matter its size or shape,” Bill Moyers wrote, “democracy is open, too.
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Barack Obama meets with tribal leaders during Alaska visit – video | US news | The Guardian
The president speaks about issues facing native Alaskans during a roundtable meeting with Native American tribal leaders in Anchorage, Alaska, on Monday night. The president said the government was committed to supporting tribal youth, as well as of…
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US gay marriage licence is refused by clerk in Kentucky – BBC News
A Christian official has refused to issue marriage licences to same-sex couples in Kentucky despite exhausting all of her legal options.The US Supreme Court has rejected the argument that the faith of Rowan County Clerk Kim Davis prevented her from …
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More Republicans Believe Ted Cruz Was Born In USA Than Obama | ThinkProgress
Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX), was born in Calgary, Alberta in Canada in 1970, according to the birth certificate he released two years ago.
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The federal U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agency arrested 244 immigrants with criminal convictions over a four-day immigration raid in Los Angeles last week, according to a news release.
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Humans Made Chickens Look Ridiculous. Really Ridiculous | WIRED
Humans Made Chickens Look Ridiculous. Really Ridiculous http://t.co/pgYbFpPOfS
Click image to expand to full screen gallery. With dogs and cats stealing all the attention, it’s important to remember humanity has bred all kinds of critters into all kinds of shapes and sizes. -
My gas gauge gets it. : firstworldanarchists
My gas gauge gets it. via /r/firstworldanarchists http://t.co/o7s3Bk3Hfj http://t.co/05xDUeDfx5
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Nearing the summit of Mt Triglav, Slovenia. [OC] [2048 x 470] : EarthPorn
Nearing the summit of Mt Triglav, Slovenia. [OC] [2048 x 470] via /r/EarthPorn http://t.co/qCVJqvk0Cy http://t.co/JlOJjsFYmr
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Tiger cubs playing. : AnimalsBeingBros
Tiger cubs playing. via /r/AnimalsBeingBros http://t.co/ujMuwE4VKP http://t.co/sSXLeMzPGN
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Microsoft, Google, Amazon, others, aim for royalty-free video codecs | Ars Technica
Microsoft, Google, Mozilla, Cisco, Intel, Netflix, and Amazon today launched a new consortium, the Alliance for Open Media.
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Under The Dome Has Been Canceled! In Related News, Anyone Want To Hire a Dome?
The great colonnades of Rome have lasted for centuries, through political upheaval and some really questionable fashion choices. But for some of us, glory is more fleeting. CBS, because genius is never recognized in its time, has decided to pull the…
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Novelty T-shirt to become network sitcom from 2 Broke Girls writer · Newswire · The A.V. Club
Because dogs have blogs now, so why not women, Deadline reports that CBS is currently developing a half-hour sitcom, Talk Nerdy To Me, “inspired by” a blog chronicling the personal and professional lives of women in the tech industry.
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Turkish Media Crackdown Continues with Raids on Group Aligned with Muslim Cleric | VICE News
Authorities under the direction of Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan have searched the offices of a conglomerate with close ties to exiled Muslim cleric and Erdogan foe Fethullah Gulen, the company said Tuesday.
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Motherboard Reacts to the New Google Logo | Motherboard
Google has a new logo, so get excited. The company said updated its logo to be more reflective of today’s mobile-dominated computing environment, “and shows you when the Google magic is working for you, even on the tiniest screens.
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You Can Now Watch Amazon Prime on the Subway | Motherboard
Amazon just added another perk to its Prime Video selection of movies and TV shows. Android and iOS users of the Amazon Video app can now download videos that could previously only be streamed over an active internet connection.
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We recently reported that not only would Michael Shannon would be appearing in Batman V Superman: Dawn Of Justice, but that his character would have flippers for hands.
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A $1 Paper Microscope is Bringing Science to Everyone – The Atlantic
It took about six months for the jungle to kill Aaron Pomerantz’s microscope. Pomerantz, an entomologist working with Rainforest Expeditions, had been doing fieldwork in the remote Tambopata Research Centre, nestled within the Peruvian Amazon.
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Zora Neale Hurston Teaches Angela Flournoy How to Write What You Don’t Know – The Atlantic
By Heart is a series in which authors share and discuss their all-time favorite passages in literature. See entries from Karl Ove Knausgaard, Jonathan Franzen, Amy Tan, Khaled Hosseini, and more. Angela Flournoy set out to write The Turner House, a …
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Meet the Gay Millennial Republicans Who Want to Transform the GOP – Mic
In the Venn diagram of identity politics, never has there been an intersection so narrow as the one between gays and Republicans. For the few individuals who straddle those disparate communities, the tension between the two groups can be extreme.
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The Killer Inside My Apartment – The Hairpin
The closest look I ever got at a house centipede was, I shit you not, the time one crawled out of my kitchen sink drain, moments after I’d finished cleaning it—my HANDS were just there, and this hellbeast appeared from the depths of my home’s draina…
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We begin, as many discussions about politics today should, with an analogy to pro wrestling.
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Japan has scrapped its Tokyo 2020 Olympics logo amid allegations of plagiarism – Quartz
Tokyo’s 2020 Olympic Games have suffered another design setback. After scrapping architect Zaha Hadid’s design for its new Olympic stadium in July, the Tokyo 2020 Olympics CEO, Toshiro Muto, announced today (Sept.
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Google has changed a lot over the past 17 years — from the range of our products to the evolution of their look and feel. And today we’re changing things up once again… http://g.co/googleevolved
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In Google’s new logo, serifs a no-go – Boing Boing
Google has a new logo. Everything’s coming up sans serif.
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On-demand Alcohol Delivery Startup Saucey Drinks To $4.5 Million In Seed Funding | TechCrunch
Los Angeles-based on-demand alcohol startup Saucey has delivered good times in a bottle since 2013 but held off raising VC funding till now. The service just pulled in $4.5 million in seed money to make its platform more efficient.
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Idris Elba’s chances of being cast as the first black screen Bond took a hit this week when author Anthony Horowitz claimed the star of Luther and The Wire was “too street” to be Britain’s favourite spy.
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Amazon Prime Lets You Download Videos and Watch Offline Now | WIRED
In a move to put pressure on Netflix with something other than Emmy-nominated series like Transparent, Amazon now allows Prime members to download movies and shows to their Android and iOS devices for offline playback. No Internet? No problem.
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Lifehacker Has a New Look. Share Your Feedback Here
No, your browser isn’t zoomed in—we’ve been given a small facelift! You can read more about the new design at the Kinja Product post below. Be sure to share your feedback in the comments of that post, where our design and product team will see them.
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President Obama Calls For Faster Action To Curb Arctic Warming And Climate Change | ThinkProgress
ANCHORAGE, AK — President Obama arrived in Anchorage, Alaska Monday evening to start a three-day sojourn around the state dedicated to spotlighting the disruptive, and in some cases devastating, effects of climate change in Alaska and the Arctic.
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Build a Standing Desk that Converts to a Work Table
Standing desks are hot right now, but can be on the pricey side. You can build this height-adjustable standing desk with basic materials from Home Depot.http://lifehacker.com/five-best-stan…
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BBC Sport – Ishant Sharma banned for one Test after Sri Lanka row
India’s Ishant Sharma has been banned for one Test following an altercation with three Sri Lanka players during his side’s series-sealing victory in Colombo.
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In Search of Our First Trillionaire
White House hopeful Bernie Sanders has been doing his best lately to place America’s “billionaire class” right at the center of the nation’s political discourse.
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Additional Firn Aquifer Measurements : Notes from the Field : Blogs
Our entire team left Greenland in the last week or so and I am writing this blog post from a warm place. In this post, I will describe the additional measurements taken by the team and show a few photos to illustrate how this data were taken.
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So why are we doing this now? Once upon a time, Google was one destination that you reached from one device: a desktop PC. These days, people interact with Google products across many different platforms, apps and devices-sometimes all in a single d…
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Bernie Sanders Lays Down 2016’s New Electoral Math | The Nation
Democratic candidates for president flew to the Twin Cities last week to make their pitches to members of the Democratic National Committee.
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Jazzercise takes on Sid Vicious. Nobody wins|Dangerous Minds
The biggest-selling single the Sex Pistols ever put out wasn’t “Anarchy in the U.K.
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Elizabeth Nyamayaro: An invitation to men who want a better world for women | TED Talk | TED.com
Around the world, women still struggle for equality in basic matters like the right to drive and to marry when they choose. But how to enlist everyone, men and women, as allies for change? Meet Elizabeth Nyamayaro, the inventor of the #HeForShe Twit…
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Foul-mouthed bird spits on family dog and tells it off|Dangerous Minds
Photo of Eric via Facebook We normally don’t blog about animals here on DM, but when something this special like Eric the foul-mouthed bird comes along… it’s necessary. Eric lives in Australia and is owned by a woman named Sharon Curle. Eric has a v…
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AS surprising as Donald J. Trump’s political ascendance may be, it is not unprecedented. He is the latest in a long line of demagogues that have appeared throughout American history to point accusing fingers at blacks, foreigners, Masons, Jews, soci…
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Newly released emails from Hillary Clinton’s private server reveal the continuing influence in international affairs of her husband, former president Bill Clinton.
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BBC Sport – Saido Berahino: Spurs target hints at West Brom displeasure
West Brom have turned down a fourth bid from Tottenham for England Under-21 striker Saido Berahino. Spurs have made two transfer deadline day bids for the 22-year-old, having had two other bids rejected earlier in the summer.
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California on Tuesday agreed to end its unlimited isolation of imprisoned gang leaders, restricting a practice that once kept hundreds of inmates in notorious segregation units for a decade or longer.
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Google got a new logo today. The new logomark is the company’s first major branding update in 16 years.
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A slice of the Queen’s wedding cake up for auction – BBC News
The slice has been kept in its original box by an unnamed woman from Hove, East Sussex, whose father attended the royal wedding on 20 November 1947. It is due to be auctioned at Gorringes in Lewes on Wednesday at 10:00 BST.
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Horizon to horizon js – Just Space
Horizon to horizon js http://t.co/vnpDObfKUo http://t.co/vjAoy1oeWO
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From Turkey to Sweden: Syrian migrant’s perilous journey – BBC News
The BBC’s James Reynolds follows the progress of a young Syrian migrant, as she makes a perilous journey from Turkey to Sweden to claim asylum. “I don’t want to be Syrian anymore,” says 20-year-old Nour Ammar. “Everything is hard for Syrian people. …
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Google gets a new logo | Ars Technica
Google has a new logo! The new design keeps Google’s primary color theme but switches to a sans-serif typeface. According to Fast Company, the new font is Google’s own creation, called “Product Sans.” We first got a glimpse of it in the Alphabet log…
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From Syria to Sweden: One migrant’s 2,000-mile journey – BBC News
As the war in Syria shows no sign of slowing, over four million Syrians have fled the country in the search for a new life. Most of them, around three million, end up in crowded refugee camps and cities in neighbouring countries like Lebanon and Tur…
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Bangladesh charges five men over murder of blogger – Al Jazeera English
Bangladesh police have charged five people over the murder of an atheist blogger, one of four secular writers hacked to death this year over writings criticising conservative religious groups.
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‘Mr Jump’ Is the Worst Possible Evolution of Mobile Gaming | Motherboard
I am not on a first name basis with Mr Jump, even though I have spent far too much time with him.
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Gaming Computers Use a Truly Astonishing Amount of Energy | Motherboard
Gaming is continuing to boom, especially computer gaming. By the end of 2016, sales of PC games are expected to overtake sales for console games, though both will remain massive markets, worth $29 billion and $28 billion, respectively.
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MoPub Founder Jim Payne Joins Accel As An Entrepreneur In Residence | TechCrunch
Not that Payne has been twiddling his thumbs since his departure — he’s been advising startups and also making plans of his own, for a startup has something to do in mobile video.
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Wasp venom ‘a weapon against cancer’ – BBC News
The venom of a wasp native to Brazil could be used as a weapon to fight cancer, scientists believe. The University of Brazil team say the experimental therapy latches to tumour cells and makes them leak vital molecules.
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Gay couple confronts Kentucky clerk for denying marriage licenses – video | US news | The Guardian
A county clerk in Kentucky is confronted by a same-sex couple after refusing to issue marriage licenses to gay couples, based on religious grounds.
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Newly discovered dolphin hints at ancient transition from oceans to rivers – The Washington Post
The latest “river dolphin” to be discovered actually lived in the ocean — and that’s pretty exciting. On Tuesday, scientists from the Smithsonian announced their find in the journal PeerJ.
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Marco Rubio says [Democrat] weakened military to pre-[date] levels because [gigantic lie]
First, the defense cuts were part of the Republicans’ sequestration policy, not the White House’s agenda, making this an odd line of attack. Second, Romney’s discredited argument from three years ago isn’t any better now.
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Kinsa’s New Smart Ear Thermometer Will Tell You What To Do When You’re Sick | TechCrunch
Kinsa, the maker of a smart thermometer that tracks the spread of illness, has today announced their second product in the form of the Kinsa in-ear thermometer.
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DoorDash Now Delivers More Than Food With A New 7-11 Partnership | TechCrunch
DoorDash, known for its restaurant delivery service, is the latest in a string of startups aiming to bring anything to your door right within hours of ordering it. The company said it is partnering with 7-11 to deliver products to DoorDash users bey…
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Ride This One-Wheeled Gyro Skate They Call A “Hoverboard” | TechCrunch
The mad scientist who started Hoverboard Technologies calls his vehicle an “earned experience.” That means it’s hard to ride. Despite the name, this hoverboard* doesn’t levitate.
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Found this great ad for the 1978 Superman movie in an old issue of Life magazine : movies
It seems silly today with the success of so many superhero movies. But I remember many people at the time expecting this to flop, as the idea of a “serious” superhero movie geared towards adults was just silly to them.
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Why Facebook Makes Your Images Look Like Crap, and How to Fix It
If you use Facebook, you’ve probably uploaded a picture at some point. While Facebook is great for sharing, it also uses some pretty ruthless compression (compared to other sites, anyway) that makes your pictures look like crap. Here’s how to preven…
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Google Gets A New Logo | TechCrunch
Google is giving itself a makeover today. The company today announced that it’s making some changes to its iconic logo and overall branding. It’s also making changes to the design of its search results pages.
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Can You Get PTSD From a Hurricane? – The Atlantic
Hurricane Katrina destroyed most of New Orleans and left the greater Gulf Coast area wrecked. Nearly 2,000 people were killed as a result of the storm and thousands more were permanently displaced from their homes.
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Look, we’ve done the whole “Hannibal creator and showrunner Bryan Fuller is sadistically toying with the freshly cancelled show’s devoted audience, just like someone we know, ahem” thing before, but the man just can’t seem to help himself.
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From left: Kazakh cosmonaut Aidyn Aimbetov, Roscosmos spacecraft commander Sergei Volkov and ESA astronaut Andreas Mogensen after their last press conference before their launch into space on 2 September from Baikonur, Kazakhstan.
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Mad Max: Fury Road as an ancient Egyptian painting
From illustrator @takumitoxin, a wonderful rendering of the events of Mad Max: Fury Road in the style of an ancient Egyptian painting. Fury Road is out on Blu-ray today (and streaming). This movie was the perfect summer entertainment.
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Why Chad’s Muslim Population Didn’t Oppose the Country’s Burka Ban | VICE | United Kingdom
On June 17, 2015, a day before the start of Ramadan, Prime Minister Kalzeubet Pahimi Deubet of the predominantly Muslim Chad announced that burkas, turbans, and other religious face coverings would be banned nationwide.
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Why Isn’t a Revolutionary HIV Medication Getting to Sex Workers? | VICE | United Kingdom
On a crisp day in the fall of 2013, Casper,* a slender white queer man prone to wearing a slick of plum-red lipstick, visited a free walk-in health clinic in Crown Heights, Brooklyn, for a routine HIV test.
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Sri Lanka Massacred Tens of Thousands of Tamils While the World Looked Away | VICE | United Kingdom
To the Tamils of northeast Sri Lanka and to much of their global diaspora, Isaipriya was a star: a presenter and actress who came to symbolize the Tamil resistance.
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Chloe Grace Moretz Details All the Ways Humans Were Killed in the 5th Wave Trailer
Things do not look good for humanity in the first trailer for Sony’s The 5th Wave, based on the Rick Yancey novels. We’ve got Moretz’s Cassie going through the empty world with a gun at the ready, while her voiceover lists the four other waves of al…
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Chris Packham slams ‘shameful’ silence of Britain’s conservation charities http://t.co/mxIEEX0Ker
Chris Packham has slammed the “shameful” silence of some of Britain’s major conservation charities on fox hunting, the badger cull and the plight of hen harriers. -
Additional Firn Aquifer Measurements : Notes from the Field : Blogs
New posts in the Notes from the Field blog – Additional Firn Aquifer Measurements http://t.co/VfyfuGI8Is
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Elizabeth Nyamayaro: An invitation to men who want a better world for women | TED Talk | TED.com
Elizabeth Nyamayaro: An invitation to men who want a better world for women http://t.co/MWieRwWxv6
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Me irl via /r/me_irl http://t.co/BIgFFHLQCk http://t.co/ibwqNUmMPY
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Crazy eyebrows blep via /r/Blep http://t.co/BBveoMCnfx http://t.co/m3xmzJaoJt
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Lake Louise, Gitcha-ninj Nebish Forest [500×375] : EarthPorn
Lake Louise, Gitcha-ninj Nebish Forest [500×375] via /r/EarthPorn http://t.co/j3kXeDCXg5 http://t.co/UiB5k1cyip
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Arc of Milky Way taken in a desert somewhere in United Arab : space
Arc of Milky Way taken in a desert somewhere in United Arab via /r/space http://t.co/Es20GiyLyh http://t.co/FnI1Ye6GOF
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Amazon Prime Video now does what Netflix won’t: offline playback : technology
Amazon Prime Video now does what Netflix won’t: offline playback via /r/technology http://t.co/OQZ6ghx6p5 http://t.co/T0pnA2CX9y
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Your Horoscopes – Week of May 1, 2012 – The Onion – America’s Finest News Source
You will experience unbounded happiness and success in every area of your life this week, unless of course there is something fundamentally and irreversibly wrong with you. Your life story will bring much-needed happiness and laughter to the world, …
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Wikipedia blocks hundreds of linked accounts for suspect editing | Ars Technica
The Wikimedia Foundation, the host of the online encyclopedia Wikipedia, said late Monday that it has suspended 381 accounts or “socks” that it claims accepted or charged money “to promote external interests on Wikipedia without revealing their affi…
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The story behind the funniest e-mail Hillary Clinton has ever sent – The Washington Post
While combing through the most recent Hillary Clinton e-mail dump, a certain, seemingly non-political, but potentially highly controversial message stands out.
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Is Silicon Valley in Another Tech Bubble? | Vanity Fair
One Thursday morning in early June, the ballroom of the Rosewood Sand Hill hotel, in Menlo Park, was closed for a private presentation.
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Murder rates are rising across America—but nobody knows why – Quartz
The long decline of murders in American cities has started to take a deadly upward turn. Major cities across the country are seeing the number of homicides rise from last year’s figures.
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Read our methodology. Every year, thousands of high school students get ready for the SAT by using The Princeton Review’s test preparation services.
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Sometimes Wikipedia’s reliance on volunteers to craft its online content comes back to bite them. Case in point: this morning, the organization announced that editors on the English version of Wikipedia have banned 381 user accounts that were engagi…
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Exclusive: Hear ‘Bernie’s Tune,’ an Unreleased Erroll Garner Track – The Daily Beast
At just 5-foot-2, jazz legend Erroll Garner used to stack phone books on his piano bench to properly reach the keys.
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Why IS militants destroy ancient sites – BBC News
The destruction of the grandest, most important temple in the ancient Syrian town of Palmyra has flung so-called Islamic State’s (IS) barbarous actions back into international consciousness.
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Specialty metals manufacturer ATI reinvented itself in recent years. Instead of serving as a vital organ in the dozen communities where it operates mills, it decided to be a boil, blight – a bane upon civic life in six states.
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Waltham Forest family ‘heading for Syria’ found – BBC News
A mother and her four children from east London believed to be travelling from London to Syria have been detained in Turkey. The family went missing from their home in Waltham Forest last week. This breaking news story is being updated and more deta…
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DNA used as velcro to form cells into 3D structures | Ars Technica
One of the great hopes for stem cells is that they’ll allow us to eventually replace injured or damaged tissues. But there’s a big gap between the cells of stem cells and anything resembling an organ. Organs are complex, three-dimensional structures…
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Global stock markets begin September with more losses | Business | The Guardian
Global stock markets staged a dramatic start to September as rising worries about China’s economic slowdown sparked fresh sell-offs in Asia, Europe and on Wall Street. After suffering their worst month in three years in August, US shares tumbled aft…
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From Swashbucklers to Supermen: A Brief History of Action-Movie Heroes | Rolling Stone
There’s a moment in Mission: Impossible—Rogue Nation — Tom Cruise career-saver, franchise MVP and the summer’s best non-Imperator Furiosa action blockbuster — where the CIA director refers to the film’s relentless hero as “the living manifestation o…
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James didn’t realize that the machine’s force-field was still on. : wheredidthesodago
James didn’t realize that the machine’s force-field was still on. via /r/wheredidthesodago http://t.co/YzYM0cwu7A http://t.co/iiyfyJ76Cx
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Since you loved my last photo of Willow, here’s another! : cats
Since you loved my last photo of Willow, here’s another! via /r/cats http://t.co/rjMLoydReD http://t.co/gOp4ZkVws2
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An Oklahoma man escorting an alarmingly large snapping turtle : AnimalsBeingBros
An Oklahoma man escorting an alarmingly large snapping turtle via /r/AnimalsBeingBros http://t.co/wTQZxZVFQw http://t.co/6S5064neZr
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Amazon Prime to allow offline viewing – BBC News
Members of Amazon’s Prime service can now download films and TV episodes for offline viewing. TV programmes, comedy series and films such as The Wolf of Wall Street are available via the service that already lets people stream video content.
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China prepares for military parade with trained monkeys and blanket TV coverage – BBC News
In China, reality TV fans may have to switch off for the next few days, as anti-Japan war dramas and documentaries take over the country’s screens.
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Why Kanye West, 38, Called Himself a ‘Millennial’ at the VMAs – The Atlantic
The technical definition of “Millennial” depends on who’s technically defining it, but rare are the generational experts who would say the 38-year-old Kanye West deserves the label that usually applies to people born sometime after 1980.
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Donald Trump, Elizabeth I, and the English Origins of Birthright Citizenship – The Atlantic
Giving squalling infants membership in the polity: Whose idea was that, anyway?
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King of Couture: How Louis XIV Invented Fashion as We Know It – The Atlantic
September 1 marks the 300th anniversary of the death of King Louis XIV, France’s longest-reigning monarch. Logging 72 years on the throne, Louis eclipsed Queen Victoria by a decade.
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DC Comics’ Wonder Woman Endorses Marriage Equality – The Atlantic
In the latest Wonder Woman comic (released in digital format on August 20), the feminist icon becomes the first DC hero to officiate a marriage between characters of the same gender. After performing the ceremony, Wonder Woman schools Clark Kent on …
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The Fourteenth Amendment and the Children of Undocumented Immigrants – The Atlantic
Imagine the moon rising majestically over the Tonto National Forest, highlighting the stark desert scenery along the Superstition Freeway just west of Morristown, Arizona. The sheriff of Maricopa County sips coffee from his thermos and checks that h…
The Problem with Challenging Birthright Citizenship http://t.co/2sMTYRgRGr -
007 Author: Idris Elba Is ‘Too Street’ To Be James Bond | ThinkProgress
Anthony Horowitz, the latest author behind the debonair, crime-fighting, gadget-wielding super-spy that is James Bond, thinks fan favorite Idris Elba wouldn’t be the right person to take on the icon.
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NASA Tossed Astronauts with this Gimbal Rig Before Launching Them Into Space
How do you regain control of a spacecraft tumbling through space? The Mercury astronauts trained by spinning in this gimbal rig in an effort to mimic the disorienting chaos they’d need to battle during the earliest human spaceflight missions. Time l…
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Memo to Fed: Don’t Raise Interest Rates | The Nation
The Federal Reserve governors really want to raise interest rates. For months, they’ve signaled that they are likely to start gradually raising them this fall. Interest rates have been near zero since the “Great Recession.” Unemployment is down.
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SAN JOSE, CA—Marveling at the ease and deftness with which he communicates the two messages simultaneously, employees at local advertising firm Wavelength Solutions told reporters Tuesday that their supervisor Eric Crowell has a unique ability to se…
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This Turbo-Powered Jellyfish Relative Could Inspire Submarines of the Future | Motherboard
Researchers are studying the unique swimming techniques of a simply designed yet highly maneuverable jellyfish-like creature in order to inspire designs for underwater vehicles of the future.
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Play Around With This Fluid Dynamics Simulator | Motherboard
The video above shows it in action, but you can play around with it yourself on Li’s website, controlling the flow of the simulated liquid by toggling different quantities for variation and radius. There’s also a “drop” button so you can watch the c…
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The boxy yellow vehicle is a survivor. It won a competition to redesign New York City’s taxi. It endured a pothole-marred course in Arizona meant to replicate the city’s rugged streets. And it prevailed in a legal battle and overcame the election of…
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LEXINGTON, Ky., — A county clerk in Kentucky who objects to same-sex marriage on religious grounds denied licenses to gay couples on Tuesday, just hours after the Supreme Court refused to support her position.
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For years, travelers have been drawn to online sites like Expedia, Travelocity, Orbitz and Priceline to find and reserve hotel rooms, flights and rental cars. Hotels welcomed the system — or at least learned to live with it — even though the busines…
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Maple House by Martin Dulanto [1050×704] : ArchitecturePorn
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Marriage Hall Lahore Pakistan [1920×1280] : ArchitecturePorn
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Wildlife Photographer of the Year 2015 finalists – in pictures | Environment | The Guardian
Komodo Judo by Andrey Gudkov Finalist, Amphibians & Reptiles Two large male Komodo dragons hissing angrily at each other in Indonesia’s Komodo national park. Komodo dragons can grow up to 8ft Photograph: Andrey Gudkov Facebook Twitter Pinterest Shar…
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In Alaska, Obama Paints Grim Picture of Climate Change | WIRED
The President is in Alaska to talk about climate change this week, because, he says, the Arctic is “the leading indicator of what the climate faces.” He noted that over the last 60 years, Alaska has warmed about twice as fast as the rest of the U.S.
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In the end, Ira and Carolyn Hodge drove out with some photos, their clothes, their horse and their dog, Harley. Their home took seven years for them to build and contained everything they owned – vehicles, mementos from their parents, memories.
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Donald Trump panders to butthurt Ohioans, promises to reverse mountain renaming
The White House announced the Denali moniker Sunday, restoring the name that Alaska Natives had called it for thousands of years before a gold prospector named it after McKinley in the late 19th century, when he was a presidential candidate.
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You Can’t Understand Security Without These Classic Works | WIRED
Caption: WarGames | A high-schooler hacks into a US military computer and brings the country to the brink of war—a reminder that attribution can be tricky. MGM/Everett Collection
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What Your Pet Reveals about You – Scientific American
Most of us think our pets say a lot about who we are. Why else would we proudly proclaim our loyalty on T-shirts and in online profile pictures? Yet few scientists have rigorously investigated whether our choice of pet reveals anything about our per…
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Of all the game’s enigmas and zealots, the most fascinating character in Bloodborne might be the Doll. She lives in The Hunter’s Dream, your ethereal base of operations, and she is its solitary constant, your companion throughout this terrible night.
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Animal Ownership Interaction Study – Scientific American
Courtesy of Mdk572, via Wikimedia Commons. The Animal Ownership Interaction Study involves volunteer dog-owner participants and their canines of both pure and mixed breeds.
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China’s currency wars rattle African economies – Al Jazeera English
Since China’s devaluation of the yuan last month, an estimated $5tn has been wiped off global stock markets. Jolting financial markets, emerging and developing nations have been the hardest hit and have seen their currencies fall to multi-year lows.
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Auction of huge DNA sculptures to fund disease research – Al Jazeera English
This summer, Lord Nelson, perched high on his column above London’s Trafalgar Square, has company. The UK capital is hosting a collection of 21 giant sculptures inspired by the DNA double helix, the molecule that contains the instructions every orga…
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Two Guys in California Live Streamed Their Gun Crime and Got Arrested | VICE | United Kingdom
Everything from Mortal Kombat, to planking, to selfies has received a boost from news coverage telling parents it’s a new trend that’s going to kill their kids.
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NBC has already retired its Coach revival · Newswire · The A.V. Club
Although it made promises of a Hayden Fox nature, NBC has cruelly reneged on its Coach revival series. According to Deadline, the network stopped production on the 13-episode order after completing the pilot.
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The Queen of England was standing in a hall at the London School of Economics looking a little perplexed. The date was November 4, 2008, and she had arrived to open a new building on campus.
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As Much As 90 Percent Of Seabirds Have Ingested Plastic, New Study Estimates | ThinkProgress
The vast majority of seabirds likely have plastic in their guts, a new study estimates. The study, published Monday in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, looked at 186 species of pelagic seabirds.
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How The Archive Corps Is Saving Documents Before They Disappear – The Atlantic
Jason Scott has something of a reputation. He’s a historian who works for the Internet Archive, and he’s known in some circles as the guy who can save bits of history right before they disappear.
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~ Blue eye ~ by Jasna Matz / 500px
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Stars and Dust Pillars in NGC 7822 from WISE. js – Just Space
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To be clear, President William McKinley has one of the largest grave sites of any former American president, so perhaps a mountaintop was a bit superfluous.
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I recently wrote for Boing Boing about how happy I am with a “budget” grill I bought on Amazon, the Char-Broil Performance TRU Infrared 480 gas barbecue. After using it as-is for a month, I really wanted to branch out and explore the limits of what …
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Watch: guy compares effects of booze vs LSD on everyday tasks – Boing Boing
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Kubb, a minimalist wooden cube computer – Boing Boing
Such things usually come with beautiful but pointless greebling, but this one is a simple 5-inch cube made from three choices of finish: white ash, brown ash, and elm. The Kubb has an i3 or i5 CPU, SSD storage, up to 16GB of RAM, and Intel HD onboar…
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Katrina was the big bad storm for which we were totally unprepared. It’s like adulthood. You know it’s coming. You think you’re ready but you’re not. You’ve completely underestimated its force and power.
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Lizard Squad launches DDoS against UK law enforcement agency | Ars Technica
The website of the UK’s National Crime Agency was briefly affected by a distributed denial of service attack today, just a few days after the agency announced the arrest of six teenagers for using a paid DDoS service.
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WASHINGTON—Emphasizing that these projections necessitate immediate action, a report released Thursday by the Environmental Protection Agency revealed that global climate change will force humans to double the speed of their ice cream consumption by…
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Death toll from violent Ukraine protests rises to three – Al Jazeera English
The number of people killed in clashes between protesters and police in Kiev, Ukraine’s capital, has risen to three, according to the interior ministry.
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2016 Voters Flirt With Outsider Candidates | Al Jazeera America
How many years of combined governing experience do the three candidates currently leading the race for the Republican presidential nomination have between them? The math is easy: Zero.
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The CEO of a company that makes an educational game called “Playing History: Slave Trade,” chalked up Twitter outrage that bubbled up over the weekend to cultural differences between Europe and the United States, saying the company didn’t intend to …
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Amazon took a big step today to differentiate its Prime Instant Video service from rival Netflix: it’s becoming the first subscription-based video streaming service to make its content available for offline viewing on iOS and Android devices.
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What President Obama Will And Won’t See On His Trip To The Arctic | ThinkProgress
Last week, the president went to Las Vegas to talk renewable energy, and then New Orleans to talk climate disaster recovery. On Monday, President Obama flew to Alaska for the first day of a three-day, climate-focused visit, a trip that makes him the…
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The New York Times has obtained harrowing new jail footage of the final hours of diabetic Rikers Island inmate Carlos Mercado, who died because correctional officers had taken away his insulin.
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Optimism Helps You Track and Manage Your Mental Health
Windows/OS X/iOS/Web: Your emotional state can vary throughout the day, and there are certain things that you may not even realize affect your mentality. Optimism keeps track of your mental health and helps you find those emotional triggers. The app…
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The Strange World of Quantum Physics –Scientists “Squeeze a Single Light Particle”
A team of scientists has successfully measured particles of light being “squeezed”, in an experiment that had been written off in physics textbooks as impossible to observe. Squeezing is a strange phenomenon of quantum physics.
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Hillary Clinton emails: Cherie Blair lobbied for Qatari crown prince | Politics | The Guardian
New emails released from Hillary Clinton’s private account show that Cherie Blair lobbied the US secretary of state on behalf of the crown prince of Qatar, writing to Clinton: “As you know I have good links to the Qataris.
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More Homework Won’t Make American Students Smarter | The New Republic
Reformers in the Progressive Era (from the 1890s to 1920s) depicted homework as a “sin” that deprived children of their playtime. Many critics voice similar concerns today.
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Alien Chemistry of Exo-Planets?
As astronomers continue finding new rocky planets around distant stars, high-pressure physicists are considering what the interiors of those planets might be like and how their chemistry could differ from that found on Earth.
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Reissue of the NASA Graphics Standards Manual
When I posted about NASA’s logo battle, I included a link to some photographs of the NASA Graphics Standards Manual. At the time, I mused to myself that someone should reprint the manual…hey, maybe the guys who did the standards manual for the NYC…
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News in Brief: Report: Climate Change To Force People To Double Ice Cream Consumption Speed By 2050 http://t.co/JIs2PljhCL
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A Red Flag for a Neurodegenerative Disease that May Be Transmissible – Scientific American
A Red Flag for a Neurodegenerative Disease that May Be Transmissible http://t.co/9VimC8TFFE
Buildup in brain cells of the protein alpha-synuclein (dark spots) occurs in the neurodegenerative disorder Multiple System Atrophy (MSA). Scientists claim to have discovered the first new human prion in almost 50 years. -
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Work from home they say, get more done they say… : cats
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A chance encounter proves fateful for 2 robots mining on a desolate planet. Contact: Hello@Jackanders.com Crew: Created By: Jack Anderson Original Score By: Cody Bursch Sound Design By: Jackie! Zhou Additional Animation: Jen Re, Erica Robinson, Hunt…
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Nepal police kill protesters amid political unrest – Al Jazeera English
Police have killed at least five protesters as demonstrators threw stones and petrol bombs, angry at a new planned constitution.
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108-year-old message in a bottle washes ashore – Boing Boing
Afloat on the seas of fate (and on the actual sea) for a century, a message in a bottle released from Plymouth, England, has finally washed up in Amrum, an island off the coast of Germany.
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Newly discovered dolphin hints at ancient transition from oceans to rivers – The Washington Post
The latest “river dolphin” to be discovered actually lived in the ocean — and that’s pretty exciting. On Tuesday, scientists from the Smithsonian announced their find in the journal PeerJ.
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Nintendo Will Now Let You Buy Digital Games on Amazon | Motherboard
Earlier today Nintendo quietly launched a digital store on Amazon’s website, allowing players to purchase digital games like Splatoon for Wii U or Pokémon Omega Ruby for the 3DS directly through the retailer’s website.
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This First Clip From the Gotham Season Premiere Is Already Completely Bonkers
As io9’s reviewer of Gotham, I’ve been looking forward to the second season much like I look forward to a dentist appoint—painful, but necessary.
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Three Countries, Two Crooked Cops, and a Wedding | Motherboard
This is the sixth in a series of dispatches from the Mongol Rally. As one could probably predict, the drive from London to the Russia-Georgia border was the easiest part of this trip.
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The Global Fight Over Our Drinking Water Is Just Getting Started | The Nation
Water is an essential natural element, but around the world, it’s also an artificially endangered resource.
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At Vox, David Roberts argues that tech nerds are too dismissive and ignorant of politics, particularly if they are as interested as they say they are in changing the world. The piece includes this fascinating one-paragraph take on the state of conte…
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With $50 Million Edison Nation Looks To Back A New Generation Of Inventors | TechCrunch
Touting a direct pipeline to Amazon’s Launchpad program and sporting $50 million in commitments to help finance the businesses of young inventors, Edison Nation is preparing to embark on a nationwide tour to find the country’s next great tech invent…
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California Passes Country’s Most Robust Equal Pay Law | ThinkProgress
On Monday, the California Senate unanimously passed an equal pay bill with the strongest measures aimed at closing the gender wage gap in the country. Gov. Jerry Brown (D) has said that he’ll sign it into law.
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Samsung Stock Down For Fifth Month In A Row | TechCrunch
Samsung shares fell another 8.1 percent this month, losing $12 billion in value. The company has lost $44 billion in value since April.
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Which fictional school do you belong in? – quiz | Children’s books | The Guardian
1What would your dream school teach you?How to be a super spyHow to fight monsters!How to use magic, of course!How to protect humans and kick demon buttEnglish, drama – or something else you can actually use in the real world2Which of these describe…
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Daily Cartoon: Tuesday, September 1st – The New Yorker
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What does your pizza-munching strategy say about you? – Boing Boing
CRUST-FIRST: Bold, Innovative. Influencer. FOLDER: Impatient, Competitive, Willing To Get It Done. JUST BITE WHATEVER: Perfectionist. KNIFE AND FORK: Calm. Methodical. As a retired pizzologist (on keto diet—it provides analytical distance), I disagr…
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NEW YORK—Surveying the piles of wrappers, old newspapers, and empty bottles scattered around the playing surface during his pre-match warmups, world No. 2–ranked tennis player Roger Federer expressed utter disbelief Monday over the sheer amount of t…
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Is John Urschel’s Beautiful Mind at Risk? | Rolling Stone
Is John Urschel’s Beautiful Mind at Risk? The NFL’s only published mathematician says a training camp concussion won’t stop him from playing the game he loves
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Researchers: Drinking Water Doesn’t Prevent Hangovers – The Onion – America’s Finest News Source
A new study of 800 Dutch students has concluded that neither drinking water nor eating fatty foods helps significantly ease hangover symptoms after consuming alcohol, emphasizing that the only way to avoid suffering a hangover is to drink less. What…
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God Wondering How Far He Could Throw Earth – The Onion – America’s Finest News Source
THE HEAVENS—His gaze shifting from the terrestrial planet out to the expanse of the universe and then back, The Lord Almighty, Our Heavenly Father, reportedly wondered aloud Tuesday just how far He could throw the Earth.
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Jimmy Kimmel Draws Parallels Between Candidates Trump, Kanye West | Rolling Stone
Jimmy Kimmel, like many other red-blooded Americans, was inspired by Kanye West’s VMA announcement that he’ll run for president in 2020.
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Keith Richards Talks First Solo LP in 23 Years | Rolling Stone
“Louder!” says Keith Richards, raising his index finger as he peers into a sound booth at New York’s Electric Lady Studios. Soon, “Crosseyed Heart,” a raw Delta-blues stomp, blares from the speakers.
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President Obama Takes Over the White House’s Instagram | WIRED
That is, except for last night, when President Obama took over The White House’s official Instagram account.
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The Coming Liberal Disaster at the Supreme Court – The New Yorker
The beleaguered liberals on the Supreme Court had a great deal to celebrate in the term that ended in June. Two epic cases, and even some lesser ones, went their way. In Obergefell v. Hodges, the Justices ruled, five to four, that all fifty states m…
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Being a journalist in Gambia – Al Jazeera English
Unlike some of its West African neighbours, Gambia has enjoyed relative stability, portrayed in tourist brochures as an idyllic holiday destination. But it’s also a country whose government is well known for intolerance to dissent.
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The Latest Craze In Winemaking: Marijuana-Infused Wine | VinePair
There’s been a lot of buzz about pot and wine recently. It’s hard to separate the toga party contingent’s thirst for a potion into which two psychoactive substances have been crammed, from the more sober, scholarly consideration of the 3,700+ year h…
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The fortune-teller of Kabul | May Jeong | World news | The Guardian
Last November, Abdullah Sharifi visited a spirit medium. By his own admission, Sharifi was the last person you would expect to indulge in mysticism. Twenty-two years old, tall, handsome, with slicked-back hair, Sharifi usually wears blue jeans and a…
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MuckRock • “A cultural and artisan event” FBI files on Burning Man
The 29th annual Burning Man festival kicks off this week in Nevada’s Black Rock Desert. Among those paying close attention to the festivities will be the FBI’s Special Events Management unit, who have kept files on “burners” since at least 2010.
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How To ‘Skin’ A Watermelon – Digg
Nothing is more impressive than showing up to a BBQ with a perfectly skinned watermelon. People love that shit.
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Girl Online by Zoe Sugg – review | Children’s books | The Guardian
It all began when the Youtube beauty sensation Zoe Sugg, aka Zoella, announced that she will be releasing a book. Well, obviously you all can imagine what happened when Zoe, currently with an audience of 8.98 million subscribers, announced this info…
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Andreas Campomar: how football reflects my continent’s soul | Books | The Guardian
My father had told me the stories . “Che, you know that we were world champions,” he would say. “We may be a small country but at least we’ve won two World Cups.” For a child this kind of fighting talk loomed large in the imagination.
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If you haven’t heard about the Times Square flap, you can catch up here. And you can read a report by a journalist who went undercover as a desnuda (the term for the painted performers) here.
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Ex-Android and HTC employees launch Robin, a “cloud-first” smartphone | Ars Technica
It’s not often a new Android OEM comes along, but today a company called “Nextbit” is taking the wraps off of its first ever phone: the Robin.
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Flint is finished – Boing Boing
Pittsburgh has its robots and even Detroit has its dreams, but some rustbelt cities have nothing much left. Flint, Michigan. The city was once a major hub for auto manufacturing. Its downtown was booming and vibrant, bolstered by strong working and …
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Amazon Prime Video Gets Offline Playback on iOS and Android
iOS/Android: Amazon may not be the most popular video streaming service on the block, but today it got a killer feature that takes it one step closer to its competition: offline video. iTunes and Google Play have been able to do this for awhile, of …
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10 Siri Hacks to Streamline Your Life – Scientific American
This month, my Scientific American column described Viv, a next-generation voice assistant that’s been created by the team who originally brought us Siri (or, rather, brought Siri to Apple). Now, I meet people all the time who say, “Oh, I never use …
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Trump Dominates Presidential Candidates’ Discourse | Al Jazeera America
As the race for the White House continues, Donald Trump still dominates the political discourse.
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Back in the USSR: A Reading List : Longreads Blog
Svetlana Boym, an eminent Leningrad-born literary scholar, died earlier this month in Boston.
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Nextbit’s Robin Is Another Pretty Phone—But With Infinite Storage | WIRED
Caption: Robin’s made to be a beautiful, high-end smartphone, and also a showcase for Nextbit’s remarkable cloud software. Christie Hemm Klok/WIRED
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Siri Drives Apple CarPlay (Review) | TechCrunch
The streamlined 2016 Corvette Stingray is one of the first vehicles to ship with Apple CarPlay in the States. Simply put, it’s an iPhone for your dashboard, which Apple and car makers hope you’ll use instead of the iPhone in your hand. First, the ba…
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Mobile Gaming Live-Streaming Service Mobcrush Raises $11M | TechCrunch
Mobcrush, which live-streams mobile games like Twitch does for PC games, said today that it has raised $11 million in a new financing round led by Kleiner Perkins. TechCrunch previously reported that the company had raised around $10 million.
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Islamic State battles Syrian rebel forces in Damascus – BBC News
Syrian rebel forces have come under attack from Islamic State (IS) on the southern outskirts of Damascus. Militants from the jihadist group are reportedly battling Jaysh al-Islam fighters in the Qadam district and those of Ajnad al-Sham in nearby As…
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NSA Boss: Encrypted Software Needs Government Backdoors | WIRED
Admiral Michael Rogers was supposed to be the kinder, gentler face of the NSA. When he replaced General Keith Alexander as director in 2014, the government sent him on a charm offensive to repair damage done by the Snowden leaks. But charm only goes…
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Kesha to play Kesha-like character on Jane The Virgin · Newswire · The A.V. Club
Earlier this month, we learned that Britney Spears would play Britney Spears in an upcoming episode of Jane The Virgin.
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God Wondering How Far He Could Throw Earth – The Onion – America’s Finest News Source
News in Brief: God Wondering How Far He Could Throw Earth http://t.co/kWtykJuDZ7
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Sports News in Brief: Roger Federer Stunned By Sheer Amount Of Trash On U.S. Open Courts http://t.co/jrwDWMLpvd
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Love Everyone Often Peace Beauty Balance Life Light Magic: Latest Galileos closing in on launch
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Pelecanus Occidentalis wing span and feeding [4128×2322] : AnimalPorn
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Nextbit’s Robin Is An Android Smartphone That Taps The Cloud For Bonus Smarts | TechCrunch
A little over a year ago, we broke the news that Nextbit, a company founded by early Android veterans, had raised $18 million dollars for… something. Something secret. Today, they’re finally pulling back the curtain.
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LotusFlare Raises $6 Million To Help Emerging Markets Access The Mobile Internet | TechCrunch
The mobile revolution may be booming, but not everyone has the same level of access. That’s why major tech companies like Facebook and Google are building out systems involving drones or high-flying balloons to make sure those in developing regions …
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Which song have you been playing all your life? – Boing Boing
For me, it’s bouncy Erasure hit Sometimes. But we don’t, individually, decide what becomes truly timeless. It’s a generational thing, writes Matt Daniels. Using Spotify data, Daniels figured out which songs we collectively never stopped playing.
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There Are a Trillion Reasons Why PayPal Is Launching a New Way to Pay | Motherboard
PayPal is now in the mobile peer-to-peer payments game. Again. The company this morning launched PayPal.me, a mobile payments service that lets users send money to each other over the web, email, or text message without having to download a dedicate…
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You are Bigfoot, so don’t let anybody film you – Offworld
All we know of the mythical Bigfoot is a famously-indistinct strolling blur, and as such the legend of the sasquatch remains. In Found Bigfootage, you play as that strolling blur, making sure invasive camera-wielders get anough footage to leave you …
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Nepal constitution protests leave five dead – BBC News
Nepalese police have shot dead five protesters in the south of the country angry at a draft constitution. Those killed belong to the Madhesi ethnic community, who are culturally close to Indians across the border.
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A county clerk in Kentucky has again refused to issue marriage licenses to same-sex couples on religious grounds, risking jail time or fines as she continues to ignore orders by courts and the governor.
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A Definitive Guide to Congress’ Attacks on Conservation Law | Audubon
This year we’ve seen an absurd number of assaults on legislation and agencies that protects birds and their habitat. Read about the penguins of the Galapagos, understand why parrots talk, and learn how to build a bird feeder.
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The New Trend in State Symbols: Guns | Atlas Obscura
Many people realize that their states have state seals, state flags and state songs. Many are also familiar with their state flowers (in Tennessee for instance, it’s the delicate iris) and trees (in California it’s the majestic sequoia).
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This is the second part of a continuing series. Part One can be found HERE. Recently a friend hipped me to a song that I had NO IDEA existed, having thought for decades that the COVER of it by an ‘80s one-hit-wonder band was the original and only ve…
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How police turn American drivers into moving targets | US news | The Guardian
Tommy Maness had no choice but to shoot, they said. Called to tackle a supposed late-night fight at a roadside diner in Alexander City, Alabama, the 34-year-old police corporal saw Emerson Crayton Jr, a young black man, hurry into his Ford SUV in th…
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WellAware Raises Additional $16 Million For Its Oil And Gas Monitoring Services | TechCrunch
WellAware, the well-connected San Antonio-based provider of monitoring and management services for oil wells, pipelines, and refining and chemical facilities has raised an additional $16 million in its latest round of financing.
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Obama’s approval of Arctic drilling ‘undermines his climate message’ | Environment | The Guardian
Obama’s approval of Arctic drilling ‘undermines his climate message’ http://t.co/7hRQ88KKPJ
Barrack Obama has fatally undermined the message of his visit to the Arctic to highlight the dangers of climate change because his administration allowed Shell to drill there, a leading US environmentalist has said. -
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The Coming Liberal Disaster at the Supreme Court – The New Yorker
The Coming Liberal Disaster at the Supreme Court http://t.co/jvJpG0d1kc
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Are You Good Enough to Be a Tennis Line Judge? : InternetIsBeautiful
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Forgotten bridge in a Michigan forest [2448×3264] : AbandonedPorn
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PayPal has launched a new way to request and receive payments, called PayPal.me. Users can create personalized links that can be sent over text or email or any messaging app to request a payment—the idea being that the link never changes, and it wor…
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Make Awesome DIY Choco Tacos with a Little Help from Your Microwave
While hanging out with some young people this summer, I offered a trip to the ice cream truck, Choco-Tacos all around. This ended up being an expensive bribe, because each frozen treat rang in at a cool $4.95. If I had seen the above video sooner, I…
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Gawker That’s Not a Shark—This Is a Shark | Jalopnik These Are The 10 Least-Requested Options And Packages For New Cars | Kotaku Jimmy Kimmel Responds to YouTube Backlash | Lifehacker Five Mind Tricks That’ll Make Your Food “Taste” Better |
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Sensors Save Lung Transplant Patients from Organ Failure – Scientific American
Although surgeons already have methods to examine donor lungs for biomarkers linked to primary graft dysfunction, these techniques require several hours to report results—more time than transplant surgeons typically have.
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Archaeologists Tracked Lewis and Clark by Following Their Trail of Laxatives
How do you follow a trail more than 200 years old, when even the maps they used uncertain? You look for specific historical deposits. And famed explorers of the Louisiana Purchase, Lewis and Clark, made some very unusual ones.
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The video games I played were generally fairly silly in a pop-culture sort of way. Batman: Arkham Knight, The Witcher 3, the God of War series. In one way or another all of them deal with suicide. It was a housebound, post-surgery period and I wasn’…
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An award-winning golf aficionado and micro-brewer is to appear on reality television as part of a pre-retirement publicity tour.
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Good News, Everyone! Chrome Is Just Killed Flash Ads | TechCrunch
Chrome, the browser used by over 50% of the Internet, is officially preferring HTML5 ads over Flash content, a move that should finally dump the failed media platform into the trash heap of history. Quoth Google:
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Now that’s fun: Adam Davidson tells us about trade in the ancient Near East, as documented by archives found in Kanesh — and reports that the volume of trade between Kanesh and various trading partners seems to fit a gravity equation: trade between …
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Yummly, the online recipe recommendation and food delivery service has raised $15 million in a new round of funding led by Bauer Venture Partners that values the company at $100 million.
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There’s a very nice interview with Olivier Blanchard, who is leaving the IMF, in which among other things Olivier says the right thing about changing one’s mind:With respect to outside, the issue I have been struck by is how to indicate a change of …
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The pop star has announced his 2020 presidential run, but it remains the least interesting thing about him. Was this announcement premeditated? Probably not, or he would have put his phrases in the right order.
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Relativity’s Reach [Interactive Graphic] – Scientific American
The outer limits of 21st-century physics involve arcane pursuits with strange and wonderful names like M-theory and the de Sitter universe. Many of these endeavors rely heavily on Albert Einstein’s explanation of how gravity emerges from the bending…
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Hackers ‘Lizard Squad’ Just DDoSed the UK’s National Crime Agency | Motherboard
On Tuesday morning, hacking group Lizard Group appeared to briefly take down the website of the National Crime Agency (NCA)—essentially the UK’s version of the FBI—in an apparent revenge attack.
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Equip all children with scissors, reject capitalism? – Offworld
I am an arbitrary silhouette on a wanly-lit hillside. To my right waits a horde of lamp-eyed children. Before me, helicopters drop giant pairs of scissors at ruthless angles.
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Hundreds of Wikipedia Editors Got Banned for Secretly Promoting Brands | Motherboard
Wikipedia has 381 fewer editors today, after hundreds of accounts were banned for taking undisclosed pay to create and edit “promotional articles.
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Canadian economy enters recession – BBC News
The Canadian economy has entered recession, official figures have shown. Gross domestic product (GDP) fell by an annualised rate of 0.5% between April and June.
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Can working on violent video games mess you up? – Offworld
In commercial games, we celebrate beautiful game art, but how often do we think about what it takes to make the really gruesome stuff? Apparently, to create Halo 3’s Flood-infested “Cortana” level, artist Vic De Leon immersed himself in images from …
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LISTEN: Godless in Missouri – Boing Boing
What happens to a town founded explicitly to reject Christianity? In 1880, freethinking attorney George Walser tried a new experiment in the American heartland — a community dedicated against Christianity, “the only town of its size in the world wi…
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Here Is Your WIRED Star Wars Challenge for Day 121 | WIRED
For the seemingly interminable wait until Star Wars: The Force Awakens hits theaters, we’re helping pass time by giving you daily challenges related to everyone’s favorite universe. When you complete a task, send us a tweet @WIRED or tag us on Faceb…
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Monday evening, the Supreme Court handed down an order that effectively cut off an anti-gay Kentucky county clerk’s last line of legal resistance to marriage equality. Though she has an appeal pending before a lower federal court, that appeal will n…
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Game of Thrones Could be Filming Some of the Book Subplots They’d Skipped Before
There are a ton of Game of Thrones rumors, some more plausible than others. Bill Murray explains why he’s coming back to Ghostbusters. Find out what Skye is up to on Agents of SHIELD. Plus our first look at Lucy Lane in Supergirl. Spoilers now!
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Significant Digits For Tuesday, Sept. 1, 2015 | FiveThirtyEight
You’re reading Significant Digits, a daily digest of the telling numbers tucked inside the news. Former Texas Gov.
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The Newest Nest Thermostat Looks (And Sees) Much Better | WIRED
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Our beloved Pandora is 10 years old this month. The music company has endured ups and downs but is set to celebrate that milestone anniversary on the 9th. It’s quite impressive. What started as the human genome project has become something much bigg…
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3D Robotics Launches 3DU To Promote The Use Of Drones In Education | TechCrunch
3DU aims to bring drones to more schools — ranging from K-12 to postgraduate programs — by making both hardware discounts and sponsorships available to these schools, as well as giving them classroom and curriculum support.
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Pope Tells Priests “Forgive Abortion” – The Daily Beast
VATICAN CITY — Just when you think Pope Francis has nothing left up the sleeve of his cassock, he does it again.
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Trusted Lets Parents Book Vetted Babysitters At The Last Minute | TechCrunch
Trusted is launching a new service for parents in search of high-quality babysitters — particularly parents who need to find someone ASAP. CEO Anand Iyer compared the startup’s approach to the recently launched senior care service Honor.
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With Hot Fuss, The Killers caused (and defined) a scene · Permanent Records · The A.V. Club
Permanent Records is an ongoing closer look at the records that matter most. In January of 2004, three years after the iPod debuted, Apple announced that sales had surpassed 2 million units. A mere four months later, someone dropped $299 for number …
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US Open: Djokovic and Nadal reflect on first round wins – video | Sport | The Guardian
Novak Djokovic and Rafael Nadal give their reactions after winning their first round matches at the US Open on Monday.
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Guru, With $2.7 Million In Funding, Simplifies Internal Knowledge Sharing | TechCrunch
Given the speed at which startups often grow, disseminating important information to the folks that need it (when they need it) can become a huge hurdle. Guru, started by Boomi founder Rick Nucci, aims to solve that problem.
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Checking Out? Hilton’s App Now Lets You Grab An Uber | TechCrunch
Hilton and Uber announced a partnership today to let hotel guests grab a ride from anywhere they are staying in the world on the hotel’s HHonors app. Ride-sharing services like Uber and Lyft are not an uncommon site alongside taxis at the front entr…
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3rd-generation Nest Learning Thermostat arrives for $249 | Ars Technica
Nest has announced a new version of the Nest Learning Thermostat—the third generation of the company’s smart home device. The new version of the Nest has a larger, higher resolution screen, slimmer profile, and an updated user interface.
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BBC Sport – David De Gea: Real Madrid ‘did everything’ to sign Man Utd keeper
Real Madrid say they did everything they could to sign Manchester United goalkeeper David De Gea after missing the deadline by two minutes.
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Amazon’s Deeply Discounting a Ton of Computing and Gaming Gear, Today Only
Today only, Amazon’s promoting a Gold Box deal featuring an eclectic mix of computing and gaming accessories marked down to new low prices. The full list is below, but the Logitech G13 gameboard, the wireless Xbox 360 controller, and the previous-ge…
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Smash the city in this riotous ‘slam-em-up’ – Offworld
Jane Friedhoff describes Slam City Oracles as a “rambunctious, riot grrrl, Katamari-meets-Grand Theft Auto physics game”—you grab a pal and slam into as many objects as you can in two minutes. As hard as you can, so that you can send things flying a…
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Kentucky clerk defies Supreme Court order on gay marriage – BBC News
A Christian official has refused to issue marriage licences to same-sex couples in Kentucky despite exhausting all of her legal options.A district judge could now hold Rowan County Clerk Kim Davis in contempt, which can carry steep fines or jail tim…
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Nest’s Smart Thermostat Gets Updated With A Bigger, Brighter Screen | TechCrunch
Back in June, Nest overhauled just about every product they make… save for one curious exception: the smart thermostat that most know them for best. Two months later, Nest’s thermostat is getting an upgrade of its own.
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The Average Mortgage Closing Costs in Every State
Your home is probably the most expensive thing you’ll ever buy, but it’s the small expenses that may catch you off guard. Closing costs can add up fast. And just like home prices, they vary depending on where you live.
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European Premium Restaurant Delivery Service Take Eat Easy Closes €10M Series B | TechCrunch
The European premium restaurant delivery space appears to show no signs of cooling. As recently as July, London’s Deliveroo raised a $70 million Series C for further international expansion. And today it’s the turn of Rocket Internet-backed Take Eat…
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Marissa’s Tumblr • Happy personal news
With great happiness, Zack and I have some exciting news to share – I’m pregnant! In fact, I’m expecting identical twin girls, likely arriving in December. The twins part was quite a surprise, because I have no family history of twins or any other p…
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ETHETE, Wyo. — On one of the last days of school at Wyoming Indian Elementary School in the spring, Cheryl Williams is playing a game of “8-plus” with Atsa, a first-grader with a round, reflective face under a fuzzy thatch of black hair.
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Investigation: What Happens When Limbs Turn Up Without a Body Attached? | Atlas Obscura
Not to be gross about it, but limbs that are no longer attached to a body turn up with surprising frequency.
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Obama paints doomsday scene of global warming in Alaska
ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — President Barack Obama is painting a doomsday scenario for the Arctic and beyond if climate change isn’t dealt with fast: entire nations submerged underwater, cities abandoned and refugees fleeing in droves as conflict break…
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How Utter Darkness Could Heal Lazy Eye – Facts So Romantic – Nautilus
The email from a professor offered an unusual spring break adventure: Come spend five days in complete darkness. To Morgan Williams, then a sophomore at Swarthmore College and a psychology major, it sounded like a great way to spend his vacation wee…
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Thai prime minister says bombing suspect arrested at border
BANGKOK (AP) — Thai authorities arrested a man they believe is part of a group responsible for a deadly bombing at a shrine in central Bangkok two weeks ago, the prime minister announced Tuesday.
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Tesla’s Model S breaks Consumer Reports rating scale | Ars Technica
When it comes to doing product reviews, Consumer Reports is the 800lb (362kg) gorilla, and that extends to their car reviews.
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Samsung Preps Apple News Rival In Europe, Inks Axel Springer Deal | TechCrunch
Samsung has inked a strategic partnership with European media giant Axel Springer. The pair announced the collaboration in a press release today, ahead of the IFA consumer electronics conference where they will be showing off an early beta of their …
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Pope on abortion: Francis relaxes forgiveness ban – BBC News
Pope Francis has said Catholic priests will be allowed to forgive women who have had abortions, and doctors who carry out the procedure. However, the measure is just a temporary one for the coming Jubilee Year, which runs from 8 December – 26 Novemb…
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Pope to Allow All Priests to Forgive Abortion | Al Jazeera America
Pope Francis will give all priests discretion during the Roman Catholic Church’s upcoming Holy Year to formally forgive women who have had abortions, the Argentine pontiff announced Tuesday in his latest move toward a more open and inclusive church.
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Cutting Losses, Kochs to Sell Scott Walker – The New Yorker
WICHITA (The Borowitz Report)—Saying that “things just didn’t work out,” the billionaire Koch Brothers have decided to put Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker up for sale. The Kochs, who earlier had purchased Gov.
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Pope Francis has announced a sweeping expansion for how women who have abortions can be forgiven, a step towards creating a more welcoming church — that still condemns abortion.
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The World’s Most Powerful Camera Will Snap an Area 40x Bigger Than the Moon | Motherboard
The world’s most powerful digital camera has been given a construction green light by the US Department of Energy. Acting as a 3.
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Countdown to the Crypto-Apocalypse | Motherboard
Last month, the National Security Agency quietly announced it would be abandoning the cryptography algorithms it has used since 2005 for fear of the coming computing revolution. Today, data is encrypted one of two ways: via symmetric or asymmetric e…
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White House Sidesteps Hubbub About Obama’s Future Role at Columbia A passing comment by the president of Columbia University on Monday touched off a flurry of expectations that President Obama would affiliate with the university, his alma mater, aft…
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The FUGS First Rehearsal and Lou Reed’s Earliest Known Recording of ‘Heroin’ – Boing Boing
LISTEN: WFMU’s Ted Barron recently played the very uncommon 1965 Pickwick demo of Heroin. Hear it at this link. | (Link to the full playlist) ALTERNATE EARLY VERSIONS: Reed also recorded other alternate versions with John Cale.
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It is difficult to know which is moving faster: the debate around the ethics of farmed fish, or the growth in how much of it we are eating. By 2030, aquaculture is predicted to account for 60% of fish destined for our plates and it’s already more th…
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Shark footage makes newsman vow off swimming in ocean – Boing Boing
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Cutting Losses, Kochs to Sell Scott Walker – The New Yorker
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