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~starfish~ by _deluxe_ / 500px
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Watch Ai Weiwei’s art iterate into strange animated objects – Boing Boing
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Blast-Off! Japan’s HTV Cargo Craft Launches To ISS | Video
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State inquiries into Planned Parenthood turn up no evidence of wrongdoing | US news | The Guardian
Planned Parenthood appears to be weathering scrutiny by state legislatures that began in the wake of undercover “sting” videos by anti-abortion activists, as investigations in states across the country have repeatedly turned up no evidence of wrongd…
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More Than Just A Period Tracker, Kindara Raises $5.3M To Understand Women’s Health | TechCrunch
Kindara, a startup that helps women track ovulation cycles and fertility, has raised $5.3 million in seed funding to bring big data to women’s health.
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Here Is Your WIRED Star Wars Challenge for Day 108 | 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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Crews plan to search through a debris area on Wednesday for three men believed killed when a landslide described as a sea of logs and mud swept through part of an Alaska coastal town. The avalanche occurred on Tuesday morning but a search was hamper…
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Astronauts Will Test a New Way to Recycle Urine and Sweat into Drinking Water | Motherboard
Water is critical for astronauts up in space, but as it weighs so much, getting it up there is pretty costly.
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Something Deep Inside Pluto Is Replenishing Its Atmosphere | WIRED
Pluto has a problem: Its thin, nitrogen atmosphere shouldn’t be there. Ultraviolet rays from the sun should have knocked it away, molecule by molecule, in the dwarf planet’s first few thousand years. Four billion years later, Pluto’s atmosphere is s…
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Children bearing brunt of war in Yemen, UNICEF says – Al Jazeera English
The conflict in Yemen has killed nearly 400 children since the end of March, and a similar number of children have been recruited by armed groups, according to a new report by the UN children’s agency.
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Watch rare footage of a deep-sea jellyfish and prepare for nightmares
Depending on how you feel about mysterious ocean-dwelling monsters, you will either find this video terrifying or oddly relaxing.
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A romance game that feels like playing a Jane Austen novel – Offworld
If you’ve ever wanted to experience the romance, gossip, and tragic social misunderstandings of an Austen heroine, Regency Love is a visual novel made just for you.
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South Sudan’s half a peace agreement – Al Jazeera English
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia and Pagak, South Sudan – Internal scuffles, uncompromising language and 180-degree turns marked the days leading up to the August 17 deadline to sign a peace agreement, leaving observers confused and with little hope for a viab…
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With scholar’s killing, ISIL steps up war on history – Al Jazeera English
In the shadow of the terrible air strikes that rained down on a marketplace in the Damascus suburb of Douma earlier this week killing and maiming hundreds, came another death on Tuesday that added to Syria’s death toll of a quarter of a million.
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The Woman Who Held Hitler’s Teeth | Broadly
When we hear the name Hitler, we don’t often think about his cavities. Given the towering history of World War II, it’s odd to consider its architects as real human beings, with bad breath and stomach trouble, shoes that hurt, compressed spines, and…
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You might have been okay at Super Hexagon, back in the day – Offworld
I think that just twelve seconds is as long as I’m actually able to survive at Terry Cavanagh’s Super Hexagon. The game, with its deep color and throbbing chiptune soundtrack (did you preorder your Hexagon vinyl?) is meant to be difficult; it create…
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Right Whale [1024×1537] by Bob Cranston : seaporn
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WATCH LIVE TODAY: Japanese HTV5 Launching to Space Station : space
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College tuition vs minimum wage then and now : mildlyinteresting
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How Can I Know Anything at All? BBC Animations Feature the Philosophy of Wittgenstein, Hume, Popper & More http://t.co/lQisge4vMt
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The FDA Just Approved A Drug To Improve Women’s Libidos. But Here’s The Catch. | ThinkProgress
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved Flibanserin, popularly known as “the female Viagra,” on Tuesday after twice rejecting the therapy.
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Rush Limbaugh’s Evasive Embrace of Donald Trump – The Atlantic
He continued, “If Johnny Carson had come out and done a 20-minute monologue on dead-serious political issues before getting to the jokes, people would say, ‘What?’” But Limbaugh is not bound by their categories. “I do both,” he said. “I cross over s…
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The vagaries of golf’s world ranking system mean Jordan Spieth’s stay at the summit may be a brief one. In fact, he could be replaced by Rory McIlroy after next weekend’s Barclays Championship, an event the Northern Irishman is not even participatin…
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The Success of America’s Housing Policy Depends on Where Families Live – The Atlantic
My wife leans in. A year ago, after nine hours of labor, she received an epidural and immediately asked me to pass the iPad so she could send a note to work.
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SEIU officials declined to be interviewed for this story, and haven’t said exactly what they would like to discuss with McDonald’s, although labor experts say the SEIU would probably love to get McDonald’s to require its franchisees, probably nation…
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Where is the world’s most remote city? | Cities | The Guardian
Other than a 65-mile, dead-end stretch to the town of Nauta, there are no roads leading in or out of the Amazonian city of Iquitos, Peru. While its small airport has direct flights to Lima, most goods are shipped in or out by river.
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Police Officers Are Being Indicted For Murder at Unusually High Rates – The Atlantic
In a phone interview on Tuesday, Professor Stinson told me that in a period stretching from May 2005 to April 2015, 54 officers were charged for on-duty killings where they shot someone, working out to 5.4 officers charged per year.
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Lightning | Flickr – Photo Sharing!
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WELCOME OLE: DISCARD OF LOFOTEN | Flickr – Photo Sharing!
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Xiaomi Bakes Opera’s Data Compression Tech Into Newest Version Of MIUI Android | TechCrunch
Xiaomi may be best known for its competitively priced smartphones, which have soaked up marketshare in China at the expense of Samsung and other Android makers, but it also has its own version of Android.
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Abbreviated Pundit Round-up: GOP attacks the 14th Amendment
At this point, they may not yet be worried that Trump will actually become their nominee. After all, the history of presidential nominations is full of one-time frontrunners who failed to make it all the way.
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AlienVault Secures $52M Round With Eye Toward IPO | TechCrunch
AlienVault, a company that delivers a hybrid threat management solutions combined with a crowd-sourced threat intelligence platform, announced a $52 million investment round today.
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The Bangkok Bombing Was Planned and Executed by a ‘Network,’ Say Police | VICE News
The bomb attack that killed at least 20 people at Bangkok’s Erawan shrine on Monday was carried out by a “network” of people, according to Thailand’s chief of police.
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Photos: Scenes From a Packed Donald Trump Rally — NYMag
“They’re calling it the summer of Trump,” Donald Trump boasted Friday to a packed rally at Winnacunnet High School in Hampton, N.H., a few days before the release of a new CNN/ORC poll showing him more than ten points ahead of the rest of the GOP fi…
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You probably need more Tasmanian imps in your life – Boing Boing
Baby Tasmanian devils are called imps. There’s a big push underway to breed the ornery marsupials in captivity due to a facial tumor epidemic ravaging wild populations. Upside: lots of baby pictures. Devil Ark is one organization working to save the…
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WATCH: 100% accurate portrayal of dinosaur extinction – Boing Boing
This lifelike re-enactment of the Chicxulub impact event was meticulously researched prior to filming by Field Day and The Slow Mo Guys.
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M.W.A: Fozzie and Kermit do Express Yourself by N.W.A – Boing Boing
AnimalRobot always does great mashups, and this timely version of Fozzie Bear doing N.W.A’s “Express Yourself” taps into the moment’s zeitgeist. Here’s the original to take you back during this month of revisionist nostalgia.
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Millionaire fined after using children’s gravestones to build a patio – Boing Boing
Today in 1% villainy: UK property developer Kim Davies broke a bunch of laws when he used children’s gravestones from a derelict church he owned to build an illegal patio at a historic home.
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Your Brain on Porn and Other Sexual Images – Scientific American
Scientific American presents Savvy Psychologist by Quick & Dirty Tips. Scientific American and Quick & Dirty Tips are both Macmillan companies. A recent neurology study found that the more porn a man watched, the less gray matter he had in his brain.
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Can the new athletics chief save the sport in crisis? – Al Jazeera English
Seb Coe has beaten some immense challenges in his career on and off the track. But he’ll know saving athletics will be his toughest test yet. It may even be beyond him or anyone else.
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Good Wednesday morning from Washington. Democrats are quietly counting their Iran votes, and President Obama remains on vacation, hoping things stay as unexciting as possible.
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Blackphone 2, an upgraded version of the privacy-centered smartphone from Silent Circle, is available for pre-order. The Swiss handset, designed by PGP inventor Phil Zimmerman, uses an Android fork named PrivatOS designed specifically to guard users…
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Watch the test footage for post-apocalyptic Zorro reboot ‘Zorro Reborn’
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Early History of Andy Warhol’s First Factory – Boing Boing
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Zorro is getting a post-apocalyptic reboot | The Verge
The masked outlaw Zorro is preparing to defend the poor from tyrants and despots in a new film set in the post-apocalyptic future, according to The Hollywood Reporter.
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‘The 40-Year-Old Virgin’ at 10: How Judd Apatow’s Comedy Stands the Test of Time – The Atlantic
It’s often said that Apatow’s films are fundamentally conservative, or at least driven, fundamentally, by conservative values—in their emphasis on harmonious coupledom (Trainwreck, Bridesmaids), in their emphasis on the fulfillments of children (Kno…
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Why 3-D Printed Pills Won’t Threaten the Pharmaceutical Industry – The Atlantic
Aprecia has now become the first major pharmaceutical company to print drugs. That means it now owns key intellectual property governing its own (presumably successful) version of the technique.
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Science Isn’t Broken | FiveThirtyEight
If you follow the headlines, your confidence in science may have taken a hit lately. Peer review? More like self-review. An investigation in November uncovered a scam in which researchers were rubber-stamping their own work, circumventing peer revie…
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Bangkok bomber part of a network, say Thai police – Al Jazeera English
Thai police have released a sketch of the main suspect in a deadly bombing that killed at least 20 people in the capital Bangkok, as the national police chief said the attack was carried out by “a network”.
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Mailbox for Mac has been updated but that’s bad news for many users
Mailbox for Mac quietly got a big update for the first time in months today from version 0.3 right up to to 0.7, with a new design and a number of improvements. It’s now sporting a much cleaner design, snappier animations and feels like a more fully…
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How Xetal’s tech tracks people indoors, no cameras needed
Each week we’re profiling one company that has been selected for Boost – our early-stage startup growth program. Catch up with these companies in person at The Next Web Conference in New York on November 18.
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Be Glad Tesla’s Working on That Ultra-Creepy Charging Arm | WIRED
Tesla Motors’ video of a charger that plugs itself into the car, left us supremely creeped out. Obviously. The prototype autonomous arm has a shudder-inducing serpentine quality and conjures images of the robotic takeover that’s just a matter of tim…
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Google Won the Internet. Now It Wants to Cure Diseases | WIRED
When Google co-founder Larry Page dropped his now-famous blog post revealing that Google was reorganizing itself as Alphabet, one of the most striking things was what he chose to highlight as the kind of work these newly independent non-Google compa…
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Review: Toshiba Satellite Radius P55W-C | WIRED
If the Toshiba Satellite Radius P55W-C looks and sounds familiar, it should: It’s an upgrade of the Toshiba Satellite Radius P55W-B that I reviewed almost exactly one year ago.
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ChartMogul revamps its website and subscription analytics tools
Analytics tool ChartMogul has overhauled its website, bringing in a fresh interface and some new tools that will bring better insight on customer behavior. The interface has been completely overhauled, which is nice for aesthetics, but also serves i…
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The Amazingly Accurate Futurism of 2001: A Space Odyssey | WIRED
The Making of Stanley Kubrick’s ‘2001: A Space Odyssey’ documents in nearly scientific detail exactly that: the story of how the iconic science-fiction film came into existence, and how it predicted much of the technology we take for granted today.
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StoreDot says it can charge an electric car in five minutes using existing technology
Electric vehicles are obviously really cool, but we’ve yet to figure out quick-charging. Tesla has its battery-swapping scheme, which tries to exchange your car’s battery as quickly as a fuel-up at the gas pump.
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In the wake of events in Ukraine, NATO has turned its attention towards countries that border the Russian Federation — attempting to boost its quick-response capabilities in Europe.
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The Flash Storage Revolution Is Here | WIRED
You’ve likely heard about Samsung’s 16TB hard drive, by far the world’s largest. That is an eye-popping number, a large enough leap forward that it’s difficult to fully process. And the most exciting thing about that 16TB hard drive? It’s just a hin…
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Burning Man’s bug infestation is a metaphor for Silicon Valley
The Burning Man festival site is infested with biting bugs. I don’t believe in god – hence no capitalization – but I do believe that the universe offers up the perfect metaphor every now and then. Burning Man is beloved by a certain class of Silicon…
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Donald Trump has transformed GOP politics – no matter what happens | US news | The Guardian
Donald Trump has shaped the Republican presidential primary in his image. Regardless of where his candidacy goes from here, his two months of active campaigning have already placed an irrevocable stamp on the nominating process.
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Aston Martin to take on Tesla with electric version of the Rapide
Tesla’s electric car will soon face tough competition from a big name in luxury vehicles. Aston Martin CEO Andy Palmer told Automotive News on Sunday that an all-wheel-drive 800 horsepower version of the Rapide will be arriving in two years. The car…
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Arkham Knight is getting Tim Burton’s 1989 Batmobile in new DLC
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Knocker now makes it easy to explore the UK property market
Knocker started as an iOS app designed for a very specific situation – exploring the property market around you, wherever in the UK you happened to be.
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BBC’s iPlayer service is getting more Netflix-style features, including cross-device resume
The Beeb is rolling out changes for its iPlayer streaming TV service over the course of the next few weeks that will bring new features to the platform, as well as extended hardware support for existing options.
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The ‘female Viagra’ is a turn-off. Here’s why | Anne Perkins | Comment is free | The Guardian
And so, forward, the onward march to perfection! The US Food and Drugs Administration has finally licensed a drug, Flibanserin, to enhance women’s appetite for sex.
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What’s Ireland’s climate plan? | Environment | The Guardian
US president Barack Obama’s new policy on emissions announced earlier this month promises an “all-out climate push”. But as the incumbent US president has discovered during his term and a half, the “audacity of hope” often gives way in reality to th…
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Warning: Graphic images below. Everyone was silent as we watched the flare spiral slowly to the ground, burning brightly, high above the smoke, noise, and flame of the burning oil refinery on the flat horizon.
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Ashley Madison data dump confirmed – Boing Boing
Hours after a data dump exposing millions of users of a hookup service for cheating spouses, the provenance of the data was confirmed. In a statement, Ashley Madison spokesman Anthony Macri (right) said it was a criminal act.
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Ashley Madison condemns attack as experts say hacked database is real | Technology | The Guardian
Hackers say they have followed through on a threat to release stolen customer information from the cheating spouses website AshleyMadison.com.
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Twitter combines everything in man’s inventory to help him escape pit – Boing Boing
Dinosaur Comics creator Ryan North found himself stuck in a skateboarding pit with his dog, Chompsky, an umbrella, a leash, a t-shirt, and a pocket computer. To escape, he played Twitter like a text adventure.
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BERLIN — Germany’s Parliament has overwhelmingly approved a third bailout package for Greece despite misgivings by some conservative lawmakers of Chancellor Angela Merkel’s Christian Democratic party. Lawmakers voted 454-113 in favor of the deal on …
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Sony’s Metal Gear Solid Walkman is a truly tasteful video game tie-in | The Verge
In celebration of the upcoming Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain, Sony has released a bunch of Phantom Pain-branded electronics, including a new version of its high-fidelity Walkman, the super-expensive ZX2.
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New York’s rent controls: ‘essential for the future of the city’ | US news | The Guardian
Manhattan has a high proportion of renters compared with central London and other cities around the world, with 77% of households renting rather than owning their homes, according to the National Low Income Housing Coalition.
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Api.ai Raises $3M For Its Siri-Like Conversational UI, Makes Developer Usage Free | TechCrunch
Api.ai, a developer of AI and natural language tech that enables developers to add Siri-like conversational interfaces to their apps, has raised $3 million in additional funding. The round is being led by SAIC Capital, the U.S.-based venture capital…
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Rand Paul Will Pay for Kentucky’s GOP Election Himself – The Atlantic
Over the weekend, the Kentucky senator said he gave $250,000 to his state’s Republican Party for the explicit purpose of funding its presidential caucus in March. He promised to pony up another $200,000 in the fall, enough to cover the entire cost o…
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HONG KONG — Alibaba, the Chinese e-commerce titan, has always had a capricious streak when it comes to strategic investments and acquisitions. In the past two years, it has put money into insurance and finance, motion pictures, brick-and-mortar reta…
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Updated 6:27 a.m. Good morning on this mottled Wednesday.
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FOLSOM, Calif. — Evert W. Palmer has a vision for this city famous for its state prison: 10,200 new homes spread across the rolling hills to the south, bringing in a flood of new jobs, new business and 25,000 more people. Yes, Mr.
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BANGKOK — Police in Thailand released a sketch Wednesday of the man they believe carried out this week’s deadly Bangkok bombing, and offered a 1 million baht ($28,000) reward for help leading to his arrest.
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Good morning. The German Parliament gave a crucial endorsement today to the third bailout package for Greece, worth $95 billion and negotiated by its international creditors.
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RAMALLAH, West Bank — The Israeli authorities have offered to release a Palestinian prisoner who has been on a hunger strike for two months in protest of his incarceration, one of his
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MUMBAI — One of India’s best-known human rights activists, Teesta Setalvad, was brewing her morning tea on July 14 when she got a telephone call from her security guard.
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The great philosopher Homer Simpson once memorably described alcohol as “the cause of and solution to all of life’s problems.” Internet advertising is a bit like that — the funder of and terrible nuisance baked into everything you do online.
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On Monday, a labor board decision put an end to the unionization bid by a group of Northwestern football players hoping to gain benefits through collective bargaining.
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Google Won’t Let the Government See the Emails of Rand Paul’s Aides | Mother Jones
That was almost a year ago. Two weeks ago, Benton and two other top Paul aides, John F. Tate and Dimitri Kesari, were indicted on federal charges, including conspiracy, campaign finance violations, and making false statements.
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ESA astronaut Andreas Mogensen, Soyuz spacecraft commander Sergei Volkov and Kazakh cosmonaut Aidyn Aimbetov arrived in Baikonur, Kazakhstan, yesterday. This is their last destination before heading to the International Space Station in the night of…
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Venus and Earth form a beautiful Spirograph pattern with their orbits. : space
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Andromeda galaxy by Luca X js – Just Space
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Open Star Cluster IC 4651 – Sibling Stars | ESO | We Heart It
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What Does it Take to Get Climate Change on The Republican Agenda – The Atlantic
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Uber Lands Strategic Investment From One Of India’s Top Private Equity Funds | TechCrunch
Uber is once again upping its focus on India after the U.S. company announced it has laned a strategic investment from Tata Opportunities Fund (TOF), a third-party private equity fund sponsored by Tata Capital, one of India’s largest wealth manageme…
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It’s Full of Stars! Brilliant Cluster Captured in New Images, Video
The stars in the image are from an open star cluster called IC 4651, which lies in the Milky Way about 3,000 light-years from Earth. Astronomers used the La Silla Observatory in Chile, part of the European Southern Observatory, to capture the sparkl…
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Watch a Japanese rocket launch with supplies for the International Space Station | The Verge
A Japanese rocket filled with supplies for the International Space Station will launch today from southern Japan. After many high-profile failures of cargo resupply missions within the past year, there is extra pressure for this launch to go well.
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August 19, 1909: The First Race at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway | The Nation
The first race at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway was held on this date in 1919. Nearly three decades later, The Nation published a dispatch from the Indianapolis 500:
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Trump flattening GOP rivals | TheHill
Donald Trump is steamrolling the competition in the fight for the Republican presidential nomination. On Tuesday, a second national poll conducted in the wake of the first GOP debate found Trump with a double-digit lead over the next closest conten…
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Engineers Craft Materials That Can Stay Dry Underwater for Months at a Time | Motherboard
Engineers are close to perfecting materials that can stay dry for months at a time even fully underwater, according to research published this week in Scientific Reports. Imagine a submarine that never gets wet, or a pipe that conveys liquids along …
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Clinton comes under friendly fire | TheHill
Hillary Clinton has come under friendly fire from Democratic rivals and liberal-leaning commentators over her use of a private email server — and her campaign’s handling of the controversy.
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Open star clusters like the one seen here are not just perfect subjects for pretty pictures. Most stars form within clusters and these clusters can be used by astronomers as laboratories to study how stars evolve and die.
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Comet impacts cook up ‘soup of life’ – BBC News
New results show how collisions between comets and planets can make molecules that are the essential building blocks of life. This suggests that the chemistry needed to gather the molecular ingredients for life could be more common than previously r…
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After the March The New York Times story, the House committee investigating the 2012 attacks in Benghazi, Libya, asked for the email server, but Clinton’s lawyer said at the time that everything on it had already been deleted.
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Who’s Behind the Smithsonian Museum’s $63-Billion Ode to American Capitalism? – In These Times
On the logo for the Smithsonian National Museum of American History’s new 45,000-squarefoot wing devoted to business history, the descriptor “America innovates” is capped with a giant exclamation point. This flourish catches the casual tourist a bit…
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SwiftKey Quantifies Emoji Use | TechCrunch
Which emojis do New Yorkers use more than other U.S. states? How diverse is California’s emoji usage? Do Alaskans dream of emoji fish? Predictive keyboard maker SwiftKey, whose software now runs on some 250 million devices worldwide, has crunched t…
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It’s exactly what it seems to be: a twister formed over a fire’s intense heat, drawing the blaze hundreds of feet into their air. Filmed by a firefighter in Idaho, this apocalyptic footage hit the internet yesterday and went viral.
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LSU Tigers star Ben Simmons: ‘I definitely want to be the No 1 pick’ | Sport | The Guardian
From slumber parties to the heights of global basketball, Dante Exum and Ben Simmons have shared quite the journey since meeting over a decade ago.
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FIFA presidential hopeful Mong-joon denies paying bribe – Al Jazeera English
FIFA presidential candidate Chung Mong-joon has said that payments he made to Haiti and Pakistan in 2010 were “charitable donations” and any attempt to use them as part of a reported ethics investigation was “cynical and unethical”.
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How (and Why) SpaceX Will Colonize Mars – Wait But Why
This is Part 3 of a four-part series on Elon Musk’s companies. For an explanation of why this series is happening and how Musk is involved, start with Part 1. Pre-Post Note: I started working on this post ten weeks ago. When I started, I never inten…
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Today’s HTV supply launch from Japan to the International Space Station also marks the arrival in orbit of one of ESA’s smallest missions yet – a CubeSat which will test miniaturised technologies for space, set to be followed by many more in coming …
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Spook is in the air. : ledootgeneration
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I sketched this cat wearing sunglasses. Eye safety first! : cats
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The other languages on this hot coffee sleeve are fake-French and fake-German – Imgur
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Guardian of the Genesis : AnimalsBeingBros
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I heard you guys like High Pressure Cleaning – GIF on Imgur
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We are the public education system – Imgur
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Mars Shines with Cosmic Beehive This Week: How to See It
On Thursday morning, August 20, just before dawn, the planet Mars will pose in front of a swarm of stellar bees, the Beehive Cluster (Messier 44) in the constellation Cancer.Credit: Starry Night software.
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Climate philanthropist George Soros invests millions in coal | Environment | The Guardian
Billionaire climate philanthropist George Soros invested more than $2m (£1.3m) in struggling coal giants Peabody Energy and Arch Coal in recent months, despite having once called the fuel “lethal” to the climate.
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The Most Secure Way to Communicate? An iPod Touch | WIRED
If you want to communicate really securely, you may assume you need some government level spy training, a high tech encrypted phone, or at least a custom operating system. Nope. Not at all.
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This Terrifying Evening Jog Will Leave Your Palms Sweaty – Digg
US televangelists are still very much a thing, and US tax law allows television preachers to get away with almost anything. From private jets, to guarantees of medical healing to loan-shark-esque tactics, the “Prosperity Gospel” doesn’t seem quite o…
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Busting the Biggest Myth of CISA—That the Program Is Voluntary | WIRED
When the U.S. Senate returns in September, one of its priorities will be to pass so-called “cybersecurity” legislation, namely the Cybersecurity Information Sharing Act.
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This chef built her reputation on seafood. How’s she feeling about the ocean now? | Grist
Renee Erickson isn’t just one of the most celebrated chefs in the Seattle restaurant scene — though she’s certainly that.
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Is it worth treating everyone who might get worms? – BBC News
About a quarter of the world’s population could have worms living in their guts. For many years experts have recommended treating large groups at risk of infection – but is this mass approach worthwhile?
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Comic writer gets stuck in a hole and Twitter saves him, point-and-click adventure style | Polygon
Ryan North is the writer behind the webcomic Dinosaur Comics, the print comic The Unbeatable Squirrel Girl and To Be or Not to Be: That Is The Adventure, a retelling of Hamlet in the style of the Choose Your Own Adventure series. He lives in Canada.…
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Call to protect health workers in conflict zones – BBC News
The World Health Organization is calling for “intensified action” to protect health workers treating people in crisis and conflict zone. It says hundreds of doctors, nurses and support staff have died in war zones and when fighting disease outbreaks…
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MRW her head game is too strong. : shittyreactiongifs
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To Pluto and Beyond: Planetarium Show Wows Space Fans
NEW YORK — The first-ever flyby of Pluto left scientists and the public wide-eyed, and the surprises will likely keep on coming. NASA’s New Horizons spacecraft zoomed through the Pluto system on July 14, coming within 7,800 miles (12,500 kilometers)…
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Parallels brings Cortana to the Mac | The Verge
Microsoft’s Cortana digital assistant is making its way to Android and iOS soon, but the software giant has no plans to bring it to Mac. While you might be waiting a long time to see Cortana appear on your MacBook officially, Parallels is bringing t…
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India launches world’s first solar-powered airport – Al Jazeera English
World-renowned feminist author and democracy campaigner Naomi Wolf on the state of feminism and civil liberties. We hear from Palestinians who were allegedly used as human shields by the Israeli army during the 2014 Gaza war.
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Watch a machine try to work out what’s in the Star Trek intro | The Verge
Watching a neural network trying to work out what it’s seeing in the opening credits of Star Trek: The Next Generation is both fascinating and kind of sad.
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Coal mining sector running out of time, says Citigroup | Environment | The Guardian
US banking giant Citigroup says the global coal industry is set for further pain, predicting an acceleration of mine closures, liquidations and bankruptcies.
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Early Britons: Have we underestimated our ancestors? – BBC News
Have we underestimated the first people to resettle Britain after the last Ice Age? Evidence from a variety of sources suggests that early Britons were more sophisticated than we could have imagined.
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On-Demand Parking Service SpotHero Raises $20M In Series B | TechCrunch
The task of locating a parking spot in a major city can be agonizing and at points seem downright impossible. SpotHero is aiming to simplify the process and help drivers locate parking and reserve spots around the city through the company’s web and …
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VICE News Capsule – Wednesday, August 19 | VICE News
The VICE News Capsule is a news roundup that looks beyond the headlines. Today: India confiscates smuggled cough syrup, Japan’s military exercises, Syria secures its ancient artifacts, and two American female soldiers make history.
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Morocco’s teachers battle urban-rural education divide – Al Jazeera English
Tamassint, Morocco – Just outside a mountain town near Morocco’s coastal city of al-Hoceima, Aithmanan Primary School’s six small buildings, each painted in faded mint and cream, encircle a dirt courtyard.
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How Bolivia Got Smart and Convinced Poor Farmers to Grow Less Coca | VICE News
Seven years after Bolivia kicked out the DEA, and two years after the UN approved a legal coca market in the Andean nation, cultivation of the plant used to manufacture cocaine has continued to fall in the country, belying a central tenet of Latin A…
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Portal:Contents/Categories – Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Categories (along with other features like cross-references, lists, and infoboxes) help you to find information, even if you don’t know what exists or what it’s called. The following list of categories of Wikipedia’s coverage parallels our other lis…
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The “Post-Apocalyptic Zorro” Movie Is Alive, The Desire to Live Is Dead
I really hope this is the end of “versions of famous characters set in a dystopic future.” I don’t even have words for how unnecessary this is. Just, please, dear god, why. Stop. No.
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US to South Sudan: Sign peace deal or face UN sanctions – Al Jazeera English
The US says it is consulting with other countries about imposing UN sanctions on anyone who undermined the peace process in warn-torn South Sudan.
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VAIO is coming back to the USA | The Verge
VAIO computers are returning to US shores this year, with the first products built by Sony’s former PC brand scheduled to go on sale in October.
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Puppy out for an evening paddle – Kailua, HI [OC] [2000×1333] : waterporn
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Second star to the right, and straight on till morning. – Imgur
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WRONG LEVVEEERRRR!!!!! – Imgur
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Sea Dreams by Jeff Dotson / 500px
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Rakuten Launches Its Own Security-Enhanced Android App Store In Japan | TechCrunch
Rakuten, Japan’s top online retail firm, has pulled an Amazon after it launched its own branded Android app store today.
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YouTube’s opening its latest studio for creators in India
After Los Angeles, London, New York, Tokyo, Sao Paulo and Berlin, it’s Mumbai’s turn to bask in the spotlight. YouTube has announced that it will open its next studio and collaboration space in the Indian city soon.
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Viddsee brings Asian indie short films to your Android device
Indie movie fans have enjoyed Viddsee’s curated collection of short films from Southeast Asia on the Web and iOS devices for a while now. The Singapore-based platform has now launched an Android app to bring its service to more users across the glob…
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The US won’t relinquish its control over ICANN just yet
The US Commerce Department will renew its contract with the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) for another year, delaying proposed plans to give up control over the Web administration organization.
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Space in Images – 2015 – 08 – Cosmic fire
It is cold, dark, dry and isolated with very little oxygen to breath in the air, but the unique location makes Concordia station in Antarctica an attractive place for scientists to conduct research.
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Michael Stipe Recommends 10 Books for Anyone Marooned on a Desert Island | Open Culture
A former art major at the University of Georgia and current art teacher at NYU, Michael Stipe’s tenure as frontman and lyricist for R.E.M. revealed a literate mind, whose best lyrics scan well as poetry. And one can imagine being invited over for a …
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Click to create black holes and attract the white lines. : woahdude
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Deep Sea by Jeff Dotson / 500px
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Milky Way & star trails over Big Sur. [2400×3600] [OC] : ExposurePorn
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Retail Analytics Startup IntelligenceNODE Raises $4M From NEA And Orios | TechCrunch
Mumbai-based IntelligenceNODE, a big data analytics startup that serves retailers, has raised $4 million in Series A funding led by New Enterprise Associates and Orios Venture Partners.
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Covered or uncovered: Global female body norms – Al Jazeera English
In these dog days of summer, this writer’s heat-oppressed mind often turns to the swimming pool.
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Determined koala chases woman herding cows on a quad bike – video | World news | The Guardian
Ebony Churchill was rounding up dairy cows for milking on a farm in western Victoria when a koala started chasing her quad bike. The 31-year-old was audibly scared and tried to outrun it, but this resulted in the sharp-clawed animal picking up speed.
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UN chief expresses ‘concern’ over violence in Kashmir – Al Jazeera English
United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has voiced alarm at the latest upsurge in violence along the disputed border of India and Pakistan in Kashmir that has killed at least nine people since last week.
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“Reject’s Beach” · Another Period · TV Review · The A.V. Club
It’s always great to start a review off with good news, and in this case, it’s the fact that Comedy Central has renewed Another Period for a second season.
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Hackers Dump Data From Ashleymadison.com | Al Jazeera America
Hackers dumped online personal details of more than a million users of infidelity website AshleyMadison.com, tech websites reported on Tuesday. After threatening to release salacious details on as many as 37 million customers of the website, which u…
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Me. She’s talking about me. : lolcats
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My shower gel says who made it and when. : mildlyinteresting
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“Wow, you even made music for it!” : AdviceAnimals
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Stevie Nicks – Edge Of Seventeen (Official Video) Version 1 – YouTube
The first version of the Unreleased Official Video for Stevie Nicks’ classic, “Edge Of Seventeen”, the third single from her 1981 solo debut, Bella Donna. This version features footage shot at Stevie’s condominium on the beach in Marina del Rey, CA.
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Samurai Champloo Opening Credits – YouTube
Samurai Champloo Opening Credits
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Admiral: Navy Set to Lift Ban on Female SEALs — The Cut
Later this week two women will become the first female graduates of the elite Army Ranger School, and on Tuesday Admiral Jonathan Greenert, the chief of naval operations, said the Navy is preparing to allow women to serve on SEAL teams for the first…
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Five former New Orleans police officers deserve a new trial on charges connected to the deadly shootings of unarmed people amid the chaos following hurricane Katrina, a federal appeals court ruled Tuesday, upholding a judge’s 2013 decision.
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Yvonne Craig, the original 1960s Batgirl dies, aged 78 | Television & radio | The Guardian
According to a statement on her website, Craig died from complications from breast cancer that had metastasized to her liver. She had undergone chemotherapy treatment for two years. Craig joined Batman in 1967 for the third and final season of the p…
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Federer eases through at Cincinnati Open – Al Jazeera English
Roger Federer returned from a month-long layoff with a 6-4 6-4 second-round victory over Roberto Bautista Agut at the Western and Southern Open in Cincinnati.
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Go See How Depressingly Non-Green Your City Is
No-one lives in a city because they enjoy being surrounded by hulking concrete monoliths. Thanks to this mapping tool from Portland State University, you can now see exactly how lacking your city in the tree department. As part of a project funded b…
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Monologuing : trippinthroughtime
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[OC] [2000p x 2000p] Gooderham Flat Iron building [Toronto, ON, Canada] : CityPorn
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My Neighbor’s Cat Had Kittens! : cats
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Simone Weil on Attention and Grace | Brain Pickings
“Attention without feeling,” Mary Oliver wrote in her beautiful elegy for her soul mate, “is only a report.” To fully feel life course through us, indeed, we ought to befriend our own attention, that “intentional, unapologetic discriminator.”
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Under-fire world athletics body elects new leader – Al Jazeera English
Sebastian Coe was elected president of the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) after beating Ukraine’s Sergey Bubka by 115 votes to 92 in a ballot of the governing body’s 50th Congress.
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Why is fracking bad? You asked Google – here’s the answer | Comment is free | The Guardian
You don’t have to look hard for stories of people who think fracking is bad. There are the two children in Pennsylvania who were given a lifelong gagging order over talking about fracking after a settlement with an oil and gas company.
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New Push for Syria Peace Emerges | Al Jazeera America
More than four years into Syria’s civil war, a series of significant military defeats for Damascus and a historic diplomatic breakthrough with Tehran have thrust the gears of a long-stalled peace process back into motion.
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Cosmic Forensics Pinpoint Stellar Suspects in Supernovae
Adam Hadhazy, writer and editor for The Kavli Foundation, contributed this article to Space.com’s Expert Voices: Op-Ed & Insights. For brief periods, Type Ia supernovae can outshine an entire galaxy of billions of stars.
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“i waited for you to fall in love with someone else … but you didn’t & now i’m faced with the biggest terror of my life, knowing i am enough even at my worst for you to love me all your life.
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For the last year, Google’s work force has increasingly been under attack from a herd of unicorns.
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Updoot or else mr. skeltal will give your computer a spooky virus! : ledootgeneration
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Miles Davis defining cool in 1947. : OldSchoolCool
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Google Is Opening A YouTube Production Studio In Mumbai, India | TechCrunch
There’s good news for aspiring YouTube stars in India after Google announced its first YouTube Space for the country. Located in Mumbai, the production facility — the second of its kind in Asia — will be hosted by the reputed Whistling Woods Interna…
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Paving Over Historic Indian Village in Kentucky | Al Jazeera America
More recently, last fall and earlier this year, Henderson; Greg Maggard, a staff archaeologist with the KAS; and David Pollack, its director, went to Indian Old Fields to see what artifacts might be found. They turned up arrowheads, shards of potter…
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RIP Yvonne Craig, TV’s First Batgirl
Yvonne Craig, who originated the role of Barbara Gordon in the 1960s Batman show, passed away Monday night at the age of 78. Craig’s family announced that she passed away due to breast cancer that had spread to her liver. She was in her home in Paci…
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My mom circa 1975 : OldSchoolCool
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Celebrity wolves stir controversy with yet more cubs | Science | The Guardian
Celebrity wolves Slavc and Juliet have produced their third litter in as many years. I came across the story of Slavc in 2014. He was born in Slovenia but left in December 2011, crossing the Alps and ending up in Lessinia Natural Regional Park just …
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GrabTaxi Lands $350M From China’s Top Uber Rival Didi Kuaidi And Others | TechCrunch
GrabTaxi, the taxi-hailing app that rivals Uber in Southeast Asia, is getting some big name support from China after it announced a $350 million Series E round from a range of investors that — most interestingly — include Didi Kuaidi, China’s larges…
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Liver Buildings from my hotel window (5312×2988) : CityPorn
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Peace Love Beauty Wisdom Balance Imagination Truth Consciousness, Induction forge via /r/woahdude…
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News in Brief: Cocaine Dealer Most Upstanding Guy Wall Street Broker Knows http://t.co/GyavW8Y2N8
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Lagrange Points: Parking Places in Space
A Lagrange point is a location in space where the combined gravitational forces of two large bodies, such as Earth and the sun or Earth and the moon, equal the centrifugal force felt by a much smaller third body.
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Some TV shows never even make it past the first season. Maybe a series lacked the ratings to match its artistic accomplishments, or maybe it floundered its way into the network crosshairs, but it’s time to look at one-season series outside the immed…
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Snapdeal Confirms $500M Investment From Alibaba, SoftBank and Foxconn | TechCrunch
Indian e-commerce platform Snapdeal has confirmed that it received $500 million of funding from three of Asia’s largest tech companies: Alibaba, Foxconn, and SoftBank. Returning investors Temasek, BlackRock, Myriad, and Premji Invest also participat…
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In a fourth season episode of Mad Men, “The Chrysanthemum And The Sword,” Sally Draper watches The Man From U.N.C.L.E. at a friend’s house. Roused by a scene in which Illya Kuryakin finds himself tied up and disheveled, she begins to masturbate.
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Day For Night · Film Review · The A.V. Club
François Truffaut loved movies, and he loved making movies. That’s apparent in virtually every movie he ever made, no matter the subject, so there was no particular need for him to conduct a feature-length, behind-the-scenes tour of his professional…
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Say goodbye to these! (“These” are season finales.) · What’s On Tonight · The A.V. Club
Here’s what’s up in the world of TV for Wednesday, August 19. All times are Eastern. Duck Dynasty (A&E, 9 p.m.): Duck Dynasty still exists, and as such, surely people will care that this is the one-hour eight season finale.
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The boyfriend experience · Savage Love · The A.V. Club
I’m a woman in a straight relationship. I woke up this morning, and my BF wasn’t in bed with me. He felt ill in the middle of the night and went to sleep in the spare room—where he found a condom in its wrapper behind the nightstand. Now my BF think…
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Fear The Walking Dead · TV Review · The A.V. Club
AMC’s new zombie drama Fear The Walking Dead is being pitched as a “prequel” to cable TV’s most popular scripted series.
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Thai Police Hunt for Bombing Accomplices | Al Jazeera America
“We are also looking for other suspects in connection with the blast. These types of attacks are not usually planned by one person alone,” he added.
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According to Hollywood legend, acclaimed film composer Bernard Herrmann wasn’t interested in scoring Taxi Driver.
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CONCORD, N.H. — Owen Labrie, a senior at the St. Paul’s School, made up a list of potential girls for his “senior salute” — a school ritual in which older students proposition younger ones for as much intimacy as they can get away with: a kiss, touc…
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Who’s Jason? : firstworldanarchists
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NEW YORK—Highlighting the man’s trustworthiness, even temperament, and overall decency, Wall Street broker Simon Hansen revealed to reporters Monday that his cocaine dealer, Tim Arndt, is easily the most upstanding person he knows.
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Best law ever! Illustration: First Dog on the Moon for the Guardian
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Debt Management plan : dataisbeautiful
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A video promoting the University of Alabama’s chapter of a largely white sorority has been taken down after being widely criticized online for its portrayal of women and for its lack of diversity.
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Aliyun, the cloud computing unit of Chinese e-commerce giant Alibaba, is taking another major step toward international expansion with the opening of a data center in Singapore. Aliyun received a $1 billion investment earmarked for global expansion …
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See How Easily A Rat Can Wriggle Up Your Toilet – Digg
Did you know rats can hold their breath for three minutes and tread water for up to three days? This is how they’re getting up your toilet and into your home.
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Kim Yujeong Station, Chuncheon, South Korea (4132×3096) OC : ArchitecturePorn
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Kameni Chora Volcano, Methana, Greece [OC] (1024 x 630) : waterporn
Kameni Chora Volcano, Methana, Greece [OC] (1024 x 630) via /r/waterporn http://t.co/qkYP9cIQQ6 http://t.co/rzggTxMPG1
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Promoters say the Red Hill mine, north of Moranbah, will deliver 2,000 construction jobs and 1,500 permanent positions. But BHP Billiton Mitsubishi Alliance (BMA) has not decided when operations will begin.
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A Canadian marble fox! via /r/aww http://t.co/yPy6bV1Iwy http://t.co/iiceqeTezJ
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Really? Couldn’t just give him the ball? : gifs
Really? Couldn’t just give him the ball? via /r/gifs http://t.co/poDHBuSAd0 http://t.co/O9U6T4hJ6Z
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This rock formation. : oddlysatisfying
This rock formation. via /r/oddlysatisfying http://t.co/06pl8xadeI http://t.co/u08hv0X7xf
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The beautiful Boston Gardens (Boston, Massachusetts, US) [3264×2448] : CityPorn
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I’ll Keanu Leaves now. : AdviceAnimals
I’ll Keanu Leaves now. via /r/AdviceAnimals http://t.co/HZhaJ8Lsvs http://t.co/cdGtMDBNTQ
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King Bob, the best damn sugar glider father in history. : AnimalsBeingBros
King Bob, the best damn sugar glider father in history. via /r/AnimalsBeingBros http://t.co/BpiJvv6kHX http://t.co/4QoGxqM7e0
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Cute Funny Dog – That buddy has a huge Talant! : AnimalsBeingBros
Cute Funny Dog – That buddy has a huge Talant! via /r/AnimalsBeingBros http://t.co/gjXrYXFZE4 http://t.co/sfidzlG8qx
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Can we help him find his old war buddies? : pics
Can we help him find his old war buddies? via /r/pics http://t.co/G0Gbk7croq http://t.co/PSGBbeA3qp
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Chelsea Manning Guilty of Violating Prison Rules | Al Jazeera America
Convicted national security leaker Chelsea Manning has been found guilty of violating prison rules and will receive three weeks of recreational restrictions at the Kansas military prison where she’s serving a 35-year sentence.
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Reaves and cairns and midges too | Environment | The Guardian
Beneath the eastern flank of Bodmin Moor, the sunken lane from Tolcarne is strewn with hazelnuts. Sun dapples the shady bedrock, ferns and mosses, and midges spiral in shafts of light.
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Witchhazel is a serial blepper : Blep
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Eye contact. via /r/cats http://t.co/3aP7tCoX3r http://t.co/M9ZpV8qjQ9
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She brought her dolly to bed. : cats
She brought her dolly to bed. via /r/cats http://t.co/PozVyhJUNy http://t.co/ABmAv8N6pW
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Ancient yet endangered, lake sturgeon stage a comeback : environment
Ancient yet endangered, lake sturgeon stage a comeback via /r/environment http://t.co/XnwLHLU5Yb http://t.co/VGemzOMI0L
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Masaai Wedding, Tanzania 2005 [2008×3008] : HumanPorn
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Epic Fail – Dog pees on his owner… : AnimalsBeingBros
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Volcan Arenal erupting in Costa Rica [1024×683] : EarthPorn
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The other languages on this hot coffee sleeve are fake-French and fake-German : funny
The other languages on this hot coffee sleeve are fake-French and fake-German via /r/funny http://t.co/BPfKAdNAVV http://t.co/jxl40xjQOl
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A Serious Immigration Debate, Thanks to Donald Trump – The New Yorker
Two months ago, in the first speech of his Presidential campaign, Donald Trump departed from his prepared text in order to speak—vehemently and apparently extemporaneously—about the issues that concerned him most.
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The BBC Wants to Harness Fan Power for Doctor Who
This could go very well or very poorly: the BBC has launched “Mission Dalek,” a competition where fans create their own stories about the Doctor and the Daleks. The only restrictions on Mission Dalek is that the work you make has to be digital: vide…
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APOD: 2015 August 18 – Announcing Comet Catalina
Discover the cosmos! Each day a different image or photograph of our fascinating universe is featured, along with a brief explanation written by a professional astronomer.
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The new Tile will let you find your keys or your phone | The Verge
Tile was an early Kickstarter success story and now it’s hitting the big leagues. Starting today, there’s a new version that will be available both online and in retail stores. The Tile is designed to help you find your keys — or purse, or basically…
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Knotty Pine · Playing House · TV Review · The A.V. Club
Playing House, in its short run, has done something very specific with its writing: It has largely created its own vernacular. Take “Body be banging,” which could have been this throwaway phrase that has cropped up throughout the show’s run. Hell, t…
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Iranians must take responsibility for their role in the 1953 coup | World news | The Guardian
The Salsabil neighbourhood of Tehran was still a middle-class enclave when the first coup against Mohammad Mossadegh failed in the summer of 1953. As news spread of the monarch’s escape, defiant residents poured out into the streets with cries of “D…
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Shrine reopens in Bangkok as police hunt suspect – Al Jazeera English
Buddhist monks have led prayers for the reopening of a Bangkok shrine where a blast killed 20 people, as police in Thailand continue to hunt a man shown on security footage calmly planting what is believed to be the bomb.
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Who Do We Blame When Artificial Intelligence Systems Go Wrong? – Digg
There has been much discussion of late of the ethics of artificial intelligence (AI), especially regarding robot weapons development and a related but more general discussion about AI as an existential threat to humanity.
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Balinese Dancer Image, Indonesia – National Geographic Photo of the Day
This spot should be left empty to be filled in by the Photo of the Day logic.
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This store sells nothing but olive oil : mildlyinteresting
This store sells nothing but olive oil via /r/mildlyinteresting http://t.co/JUd8CEKwO2 http://t.co/JewedFNw20
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Hackers Post the Stolen Ashley Madison User Data — The Cut
Hackers have made us feel morally conflicted about everything from George W. Bush’s majestic self-portraits to a fun Channing Tatum email, and now they’ve really topped themselves.
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Viddsee’s Android App Showcases Short, Independent Films From Asia | TechCrunch
If you like short films from indies and have an Android device then there’s good news for you after Viddsee launched a native Android app. Viddsee specializes in showcasing the work of independent filmmakers based out of Asia.
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Ghost Runner by Madeline Boni : ImaginaryMindscapes
Ghost Runner by Madeline Boni via /r/ImaginaryMindscapes http://t.co/xxdG7IJUyC http://t.co/DIRolEba0Z
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Stargazing from Red Rock Lake : Breathless
Stargazing from Red Rock Lake via /r/Breathless http://t.co/k1ngamiQ3M http://t.co/fO6HHEFbEX
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I made a Shia LaBeouf iphone wallpaper and couldn’t resist sharing – Imgur
I made a Shia LaBeouf iphone wallpaper and couldn’t resist sharing http://t.co/UqwXTxikV2 http://t.co/apLTCtTtlB
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Dallas Cowboys and St. Louis Rams joint practice devolves into a massive brawl
But when a joint practice between two NFL teams explodes so badly that the nastiness of the fisticuffs lifts off like a rocket of hate into the stratosphere and when said practice has to be stopped because of how hot the blood is boiling, that’s whe…
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Palestinian Refugees in Syria Suffer From Typhoid | Al Jazeera America
The U.N. agency for Palestinian refugees said Tuesday that there is a typhoid outbreak among civilians from a besieged Palestinian refugee camp on the outskirts of the Syrian capital, with at least six confirmed cases.
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Glasgow University researchers in sea lice-resistant salmon plan – BBC News
Researchers at Glasgow University have developed a new way to protect farmed salmon from sea lice. The tiny crustaceans are a naturally-occurring parasite that can cause disease and are responsible for many losses to wild and farmed fish stocks.
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Weeks later and I’m still finding remnants… : cats
Weeks later and I’m still finding remnants… via /r/cats http://t.co/3DU1izmQ9p http://t.co/8khgJ410MH
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Spoiled Rotten via /r/cats http://t.co/6xVZkqknfc http://t.co/V11z2kE0xj
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This is an all too common occurrence (turn your sound on) : cats
This is an all too common occurrence (turn your sound on) via /r/cats http://t.co/tL4pwqTlvR http://t.co/m8X4Q9RFUw
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Amazing Cosplay via /r/pics http://t.co/uqT0eKnNQp http://t.co/JGsysVHUaD
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Searching for a shooting star [OC] [4679X3119] : ExposurePorn
Searching for a shooting star [OC] [4679X3119] via /r/ExposurePorn http://t.co/LdYwhgNw6D http://t.co/ShnQXdw8FQ
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Colorado is beautiful! (4160×2340) : BotanicalPorn
Colorado is beautiful! (4160×2340) via /r/BotanicalPorn http://t.co/HlEz1oyOAh http://t.co/lAB5OsGmhr
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Figures show record influx of migrants into Europe – Al Jazeera English
A record 107,500 migrants crossed the European Union’s borders last month, according to new figures, showing they are arriving in dramatically increasing numbers and creating a humanitarian crisis for the 28-nation bloc.
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Maria Sharapova and Serena Williams both pull out of Cincinnati Masters | Sport | The Guardian
Maria Sharapova, struggling with a right leg strain less than a fortnight before the start of the US Open, withdrew from the Cincinnati Masters on Tuesday night. She was joined on the sick list by Venus Williams, who has a virus.
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Open thread for night owls. Berman: ‘Honor Julian Bond’s Legacy by Protecting Voting Rights’
A tag is a way to search for this diary. If someone is searching for “Barack Obama,” is this a diary they’d be trying to find? Use a person’s full name, without any title. Senator Obama may become President Obama, and Michelle Obama might run for of…
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This rock kinda looks like a heart. : mildlyinteresting
This rock kinda looks like a heart. via /r/mildlyinteresting http://t.co/MrvO2RmRUH http://t.co/jv9133SDGS
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Dancing in Chaos by Jenna Martin / 500px
Dancing in Chaos by jennamartinphoto http://t.co/F39skvo0aY http://t.co/v2glKZaQNa
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Hula hoop via /r/perfectloops http://t.co/vtd8wq6SIe http://t.co/alJ8Sne1Q0
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this cat has thumbs via /r/cats http://t.co/Au83oOlCBh http://t.co/IJxEZQGlXq
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me irl via /r/me_irl http://t.co/kbYikW9zkz http://t.co/49FAckzrQf
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50/50’s Jonathan Levine might direct untitled Amy Schumer mom-com · Newswire · The A.V. Club
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Carly Fiorina reviews TSA on Yelp, likely breaks site rules
Crafting a Yelp review is a sacred task.
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Sinister 2’s Ciarán Foy is making a movie about a spooky Irish island · Newswire · The A.V. Club
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Bixby Bridge, Big Sur California [OC] [3641X2427] : EarthPorn
Bixby Bridge, Big Sur California [OC] [3641X2427] via /r/EarthPorn http://t.co/vOBa0RdoV2 http://t.co/Xo5JF7Ta44
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Rock formation outside of Moab, UT [OC] [5184 X 3456] : EarthPorn
Rock formation outside of Moab, UT [OC] [5184 X 3456] via /r/EarthPorn http://t.co/Y7T6qOLqmy http://t.co/eJEB1cc82w
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The Ethiopian War Memorial in Chuncheon, South Korea (4132×3096) OC : ArchitecturePorn
The Ethiopian War Memorial in Chuncheon, South Korea (4132×3096) OC via /r/ArchitecturePorn http://t.co/ONQ7H0iipQ http://t.co/zUNIXAiKOF
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Running in circles [x/gifs] : perfectloops
Running in circles [x/gifs] via /r/perfectloops http://t.co/gKZF8Ww1Jw http://t.co/Vp0qhBwgVN
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Saw this on Facebook, I thought it belong here : TrollXChromosomes
Saw this on Facebook, I thought it belong here via /r/TrollXChromosomes http://t.co/JbYfAmPl8g http://t.co/MTtTl2Gpk4
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I think drugs are kicking in. : cats
I think drugs are kicking in. via /r/cats http://t.co/pLbTpTUa6F http://t.co/gmSPOiuBUf
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HMJB while I go down this slip n slide : holdmyjuicebox
HMJB while I go down this slip n slide via /r/holdmyjuicebox http://t.co/Yk6WIkaNqz http://t.co/ZDnKA57i7y
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Everything I need, all in one aisle : funny
Everything I need, all in one aisle via /r/funny http://t.co/LgBRco4aYk http://t.co/unrVK0hNoG
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ISIL Fighters Behead Archaeologist in Palmyra | Al Jazeera America
Fighters from the Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) beheaded an antiquities scholar in the ancient Syrian city of Palmyra and hung his body on a column in a main square of the historic site, Syria’s antiquities chief said on Tuesday.
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Watch: How “oldschool” computer graphics worked back in the eighties – Boing Boing
YouTube personality TheiBookGuy produced an easy-to-watch, easy-to-understand explainer piece on how computer graphics worked in the 1980s.
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meow irl via /r/MEOW_IRL http://t.co/xSsYRow2Oj http://t.co/xW83UrVmDO
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came home from school, and my pregnant kitty had her kittens! : cats
came home from school, and my pregnant kitty had her kittens! via /r/cats http://t.co/s5gV3TImY3 http://t.co/b9wmiOpf5F
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Great white shark and seal in mid-air clash above the ocean – video | Environment | The Guardian
Researchers with the Massachusetts Division of Marine Fisheries and the Atlantic White Shark Conservancy capture the moment a great white shark jumps out of the water as it chases a seal off the Massachusetts coast. The seal can be seen leaping out …
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Intel’s new processors will let you wake your computer with your voice | The Verge
Intel’s Skylake processors have a slightly creepy new feature — they’re always listening to you. Shout “hey Cortana” or “Cortana, wake up” at a Windows 10 machine with one of the new chips and it will wake your PC from its low power state.
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St Paul’s school rape trial begins with account of sexual conquest game | US news | The Guardian
Boys at an elite New Hampshire prep school, where a former senior is accused of raping a 15-year-old freshman girl, rubbed the carved name of a man from the class of 1947 on a campus wall for good luck during an annual spring game of sexual conquest…
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The 50 Startups That Launched At Y Combinator Summer 2015 Demo Day 1 | TechCrunch
Hardware took the spotlight at today’s Y Combinator Demo Day, reflecting a major shift of the accelerator beyond the cliche mobile app startup. Out of the 50 companies from the Summer 2015 batch that demoed on the record today, 20 featured hardware.
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Scott Walker’s campaign screens reporter questions
A tag is a way to search for this diary. If someone is searching for “Barack Obama,” is this a diary they’d be trying to find? Use a person’s full name, without any title. Senator Obama may become President Obama, and Michelle Obama might run for of…
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We don’t need decriminalization. It’s time to legalize marijuana
The dutchie has officially been passed to the Buckeye State—but it can’t smoke just yet. Marijuana legalization proponents have successfully placed a measure on the November ballot, giving Ohio voters a key opportunity to vote up the green-up.
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Jurassic World writer signs on for Kong: Skull Island · Newswire · The A.V. Club
Really sticking to this whole, “It’s an island, but with monsters on it” niche that he’s somehow found himself in, Jurassic World writer Derek Connolly has signed on to pen the script for Kong: Skull Island, Universal and Legendary Pictures’ long-pl…
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Running in circles : perfectloops
Running in circles via /r/perfectloops http://t.co/AxhoPgIRcT http://t.co/lQ1hn4E6oS
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Dione above Saturn’s rings. : space
Dione above Saturn’s rings. via /r/space http://t.co/D0JqcSWVpQ http://t.co/tJTkTCOSi0
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Creeper.. via /r/cats http://t.co/37sXhwB9EU http://t.co/rak61WwWk9
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My alarm clock this morning. : cats
My alarm clock this morning. via /r/cats http://t.co/FJrrT543E5 http://t.co/mRuDgurkWL
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Camel’s Hump, Vermont [4608×3456] [OC] : EarthPorn
Camel’s Hump, Vermont [4608×3456] [OC] via /r/EarthPorn http://t.co/BkqgEIAzpv http://t.co/xSOSkBJJMP
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WRONG LEVVEEERRRR!!!!! : funny
WRONG LEVVEEERRRR!!!!! via /r/funny http://t.co/XuVfISf1Ue http://t.co/5w1T3yQ2Tp
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Cat. via /r/CatsStandingUp http://t.co/APNqiXaTTw http://t.co/AnKBmMdi16
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Rugby match halted by unstoppable 4-year-old
Rugby players are some of the toughest athletes on the planet, and nobody knows that better than ex-rugby players who still have to nurse their injuries from long ago.
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Romantic octopuses who mate beak-to-beak defy loner stereotype – video | Environment | The Guardian
Biologist Rich Ross at the California Academy of Sciences says a batch of octopuses from Central America doesn’t fit the loner profile that scientists had drawn for the rest of the species.
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NGC 1132 js http://t.co/emkg9YzuwZ http://t.co/yulyBmboP6
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Environmental Peace Ecology is out! http://t.co/0PFCyYFKcP
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I went to a vending machine, and I hit the button for Root Beer… : funny
I went to a vending machine, and I hit the button for Root Beer… via /r/funny http://t.co/TkoVXN069G http://t.co/Z6GfjxdXgE
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Second Life college campuses: A tour of abandoned worlds | Fusion
Once upon a time, in the year 2007, people were really excited about Second Life. Businessweek ran a cover story with the headline “Virtual World, Real Money.” Brands opened stores in Second Life malls. It was even featured on an episode of The Offi…
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Gabon President Pledges Inheritance to Charity | Al Jazeera America
Gabon’s President Ali Bongo has pledged to give his share of the inheritance from his father to charity and said his family was also handing over properties including a villa in the capital, Libreville, and two homes in Paris to the state.
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Sweet-smelling secrets of mosquito-repellent grass – BBC News
US scientists have isolated two key chemicals responsible for the mosquito-repelling activity of sweetgrass, a plant traditionally used by some Native Americans to fend off the bugs. In brief laboratory tests, the two compounds drove mosquitoes away…
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Chelsea Manning punished in prison for old toothpaste, Vanity Fair magazine
Chelsea Manning was sentenced to a 21-day restriction on recreational activities by a disciplinary review board on Tuesday. Military officials had confiscated several “prohibited” items from Manning, including a copy of Caitlyn Jenner’s Vanity Fair …
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After Humanity Colonizes Space, Those Colonists Resent Working for Earth
Once humans live on other planets, what allegiance will those human colonists to people back home and their space research? That’s the question explored in the meditative short film The Earth We Forgot, where a woman expresses her frustration to her…
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How you see color may change with the seasons. Researchers reporting in this week’s issue of Current Biology found people surveyed in summer tended to perceive shorter, greener wavelengths of yellow as “purer” (i.e.
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There might also be a Flight Of The Conchords movie · Newswire · The A.V. Club
It’s been six years since Flight Of The Conchords went off the air on HBO, taking with it a lot of songs about awkward man-children and their surprisingly deft and catchy melodies.
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Bernie Sanders is right: Americans work more now : politics
Bernie Sanders is right: Americans work more now via /r/politics http://t.co/sjTcIwg7xb http://t.co/yO7xBt4c1o http://t.co/BMaotpNfH7
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Cathedral Rock, Sedona, AZ, USA [1275×1920] [OC] : EarthPorn
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Bernie Sanders is right: Americans work more now – Aug. 18, 2015
Bernie Sanders is right: Americans work more now via /r/politics http://t.co/sjTcIwg7xb http://t.co/yO7xBt4c1o http://t.co/BMaotpNfH7
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Cathedral Rock, Sedona, AZ, USA [1275×1920] [OC] via /r/EarthPorn http://t.co/0a5hx1zaHb http://t.co/ywacYKXNJe http://t.co/vb1yFPPpv1
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Can I help you? via /r/cats http://t.co/usN2br0Nce http://t.co/yIfQc3rwB0
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“Hello?” via /r/cats http://t.co/Y82emCbDAg http://t.co/cbDmpXEGvN
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Parenting Idea via /r/funny http://t.co/YpblyPRcmi http://t.co/u2zEuvmUuf
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Mt. Democrat Summit, CO [1920×1080][OC] : EarthPorn
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Hack Amazon’s Dash buttons to do your bidding | The Verge
It was only a matter of time before someone discovered how to hack Amazon’s dash buttons, the tiny, Wi-Fi enabled devices you can use to buy more detergent or toilet paper at the literal push of a button.
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Hacker Customizes his Apple Watch Face | WIRED
A hacker on Twitter seems to have figured out the watch face on his Apple Watch, and has done some tweaking. The video shows watch faces that are a bit livelier than the default Apple ones. He has also provided a link to his source code, so you too …
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Chelsea Manning Found Guilty Over ‘Contraband’ — But Won’t Face Solitary Confinement | VICE News
Chelsea Manning, the former US Army soldier who received a 35-year sentence in military prison for providing classified documents to WikiLeaks, has been found guilty again, this time for possessing unapproved reading material and expired toothpaste.
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Sometimes the simplest designs are the most endearing : foxes
Sometimes the simplest designs are the most endearing via /r/foxes http://t.co/yzPLTYCXoB http://t.co/QqQ5c0H33I
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Greek island struggles to cope with migrant crisis – Al Jazeera English
The EU has pledged financial assistance to Greece as the country struggles to cope with the massive influx of migrants. Hundreds of people from countries including Syria and Afghanistan have been making the short sea journey from Turkey to Kos.
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US Democratic presidential hopeful Hillary Clinton answers audience questions about gun violence during a campaign event in Las Vegas on Tuesday.
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These tips prove there’s actually a good way to give a handjob
Some might say that “the best way to give a handjob” is an oxymoron—they’d tell you that there is no good way. But Adina Rivers would disagree. Rivers has a blog and YouTube channel called My Tiny Secrets, where she says “nothing is taboo.
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Manhattan at Dusk [OC] [2925×1500] : CityPorn
Manhattan at Dusk [OC] [2925×1500] via /r/CityPorn http://t.co/1k5yVIscyt http://t.co/HpWzjSPFN0
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(Request) can you infinite zoom this? : perfectloops
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2nd in my paintings of fallen angels, Kokabiel, Angel of the Stars : pics
2nd in my paintings of fallen angels, Kokabiel, Angel of the Stars via /r/pics http://t.co/tVYrOPEZnO http://t.co/ERiA411nWC
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Here we see a baby wigglefloof cleaning its tiny squishbeans. : aww
Here we see a baby wigglefloof cleaning its tiny squishbeans. via /r/aww http://t.co/Yvhqy7tEOW http://t.co/UJc8pk2xno
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Cary Fukunaga explains why he left the It remake · Newswire · The A.V. Club
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Ashley Madison hackers appear to have followed through on threat to expose users | The Verge
When casual sex and cheating site Ashley Madison was hacked last month, the perpetrators gained access to personal data for millions of users, and threatened to release it unless parent company Avid Life Media took the site and its sister enterprise…
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FDA Approves Female Sex Pill | Al Jazeera America
The Food and Drug Administration on Tuesday approved the first prescription drug designed to boost sexual desire in women, a milestone long sought by a pharmaceutical industry eager to replicate the blockbuster success of impotence drugs for men.
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FDA approves sex drug for women that only kinda works | The Verge
The first-ever pill for low libido in women won approval for sale from US regulators. The once-daily drug, made by Sprout Pharmaceuticals and to be marketed as Addyi (pronounced “add-ee”), will be on the market in October, the company said in a stat…
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Bryan Mitchell ended the top of the first inning at Yankee Stadium by striking out the cleanup hitter with a 97-mile-an-hour fastball. He punched his glove in excitement as he bounced off the mound. The next inning ended in horror for him.
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An update from Fort Asshole : aww
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These Coin Cutouts : oddlysatisfying
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The diet without Aspartame : wheredidthesodago
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Hermeneutic style – Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Wikipedia article of the day for August 19, 2015 http://t.co/OZmwrHV5wV
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The Future Of The Web Is All About Context | TechCrunch
Imagine a world where search engines proactively send recommended articles, people and companies to their users — and all of these recommendations are extremely helpful and relevant. This is an example of using context for discovery, and it’s the fu…
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Murder Charges for Cops in Stun Gun Death | Al Jazeera America
A grand jury indicted two former Atlanta-area police officers on murder charges after prosecutors said they used stun guns on a man while his hands were cuffed behind his back. The indictment filed Monday charges former East Point police Sgt. Marcus…
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Here Are The Deleted Scenes From ‘Mad Max: Fury Road’ – Digg
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By your side [Shigatsu wa Kimi no Uso] : animegifs
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Saturns Swirling Cloudscape js – Just Space
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Chelsea Manning Says She Has Been Sentenced to 21 Days Restricted Activity | Vanity Fair
Chelsea Manning tweeted on Tuesday that she had been found guilty of four disciplinary charges, and will be punished with 21 days of restrictions on her activity while in prison. “No gym, library or outdoors,” Manning said.
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Watch Stephen Colbert’s Best Mick Jagger Impression in Rolling Stones Karaoke Session | Vanity Fair
Beginning next month, Jimmy Fallon won’t be the only late-night host who can sing, dance, and do off-the-cuff celebrity impressions.
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New Trial Upheld in Post-katrina Shootings | Al Jazeera America
Four of the men are charged in the shootings at the Danziger Bridge, which happened a week after Hurricane Katrina hit the city and levee failures led to catastrophic flooding. A fifth ex-officer is charged in the cover-up, which fell apart as feder…
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Your brain adapts and reacts. : gifs
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FDA Approves the First ‘Female Viagra’ | WIRED
When it comes to problems in the bedroom, men have long had several pharmaceutical options—but women were typically out of luck. That begins to change today.
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Chelsea Manning guilty but spared solitary confinement for contraband | US news | The Guardian
Related: Same-sex marriage isn’t equality for all LGBT people. Our movement can’t end | Chelsea Manning
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Sri Lanka’s new political path – Al Jazeera English
Mahinda Rajapaksa, Sri Lanka’s former president, was hoping that a victory in the general elections would pave the way for him to become the next prime minister. But the coalition that defeated him in the presidential elections in January made big g…
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This Video Will Show You Three Creatures You Never Knew Existed In Three Minutes
These creatures, found around the Galapagos, are so weird that the scientists filming them don’t even know what some of them are.
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Help America defeat the world at robot battles with this Kickstarter
Team USA is making strides toward the goal of battling Japan in the world’s first international giant robot battle.
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Ashley Madison hackers just released all the stolen user data
The Daily Dot is currently working to verify the authenticity of the files and the user data they purportedly contain.
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Hackers Post What Appears To Be All of the Stolen Ashley Madison Account Data | Motherboard
As threatened a few weeks ago, the hackers who managed to break into Ashley Madison’s servers have now allegedly posted the data from that hack online. The data, which weighs in at nearly 10GB, was initially posted to a .onion address on the dark we…
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Nat Geo Explorers Nominated for Top Conservation Prize
The prize has a history of recognizing conservationists with deep ties to National Geographic, says Francis. Last year’s winner Patricia C. Wright, founder of Centre ValBio, was honored for her work saving Madagascar’s lemurs from extinction.
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Flying Spiders Found—and They Can Steer in Mid-Air
Kelp gulls are eating the eyeballs from newborn Cape fur seals—a behavior never before seen in nature, a new study says.
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Will New U.S. Restrictions on Methane Be Enough?
Separately, the Bureau of Land Management is updating its own standards that govern methane leaks from oil and gas production on public land.
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Did Chucking Stones Make Us More Human?
Homo erectus, the first rambler out of Africa, scavenged through a Pleistocene boneyard here 1.8 million years ago. Our dawn ancestors appear to have chucked rocks at saber-toothed tigers, leopards, wolves, and hyenas to drive them from their kills.
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Black and white reindeer outside Pello, Finland [OC] [3840×2160] : AnimalPorn
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Jared from Subway will reportedly plead guilty to child porn charges · Newswire · The A.V. Club
According to a Fox affiliate in Indiana, Jared Fogle is reportedly planning to plead guilty to charges related to possession of child pornography later this week.
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Only 11% Have Quit Apple Music’s Free Trial, Apple Says Proudly | Motherboard
How many people are actually using Apple Music? Depends on who you believe. According to Apple, a full 79 percent of people who signed up for Apple Music are still using the streaming music service. Remember: Apple said a few weeks ago that 11 milli…
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Filmmakers recreate the gruesome fatalities of Mortal Kombat
The Mortal Kombat games have always been known for their over-the-top violence. But it hardly compares to the insanity of bringing its scenes to life.
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Amazon Employees React to ‘New York Times’ Story | Motherboard
In the wake of the New York Times feature on Amazon’s “bruising workplace,” current employees and managers at Amazon have criticized the piece for presenting an overly negative depiction that was not “data-driven.
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WASHINGTON — Bill Clinton was called the first black president because he crossed racial lines so easily, a distinction he lost when Barack Obama became the first actual black president. But for decades, some Americans claimed that the nation’s firs…
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How this week’s League of Legends finals set the stage for Worlds
The most watched esports event of the year is just over one month away, and this week will decide the majority of the teams that will vie for the championship. That’s after a weekend of playoff games that paved the way for an exciting set of finals.
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Kasich: ISIS fight requires more than just military | TheHill
Ohio Gov. John Kasich on Tuesday said America’s strategy against the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS) doesn’t only involve military might, invoking recent reports of a young Mississippi couple who attempted to join the terror group.
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China says thousands arrested for online crime – Al Jazeera English
Chinese authorities say police have arrested 15,000 people on suspicion of cybercrime, including hacking, online fraud and illegal sale of personal information.
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A forensic examination of Hillary Clinton’s private computer server could unearth more details than what she put in her emails. It could answer lingering questions about the security of her system, who had access to it and whether outsiders tried to…
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Ex-Interpol Member Carlos D Talks New Acting Career, One-Man Show | Rolling Stone
Carlos Dengler, the co-founding bassist and keyboardist of Interpol who is also known as Carlos D, discussed his new forays into acting and writing since leaving the New York City rock outfit in 2010 in a lengthy interview with Bedford + Bowery. “I’…
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Last month, Bikini Kill announced that it would release three previously unheard tracks as part of the upcoming re-release of its debut, Revolution Girl Style Now! And apparently that revolution has already begun, as the band has shared the first of…
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EPA wants the oil and gas sector to stop leaking so much methane | Grist
If climate change isn’t a strong enough argument, a new Google Maps feature will make the solar decision a whole lot simpler for you.
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The first prescription drug to enhance women’s sexual drive won regulatory approval Tuesday, clinching a victory for a lobbying campaign that had accused the Food and Drug Administration of gender bias for ignoring the sexual needs of women.
The first prescription drug to enhance women’s sexual drive won regulatory approval on Tuesday, clinching a victory for a lobbying campaign that had accused the Food and Drug Administration of gender bias for ignoring the sexual needs of women. -
FDA Approves First Drug To Boost Women’s Sexual Desire : Shots – Health News : NPR
The Food and Drug Administration approved the first drug designed to increase a woman’s libido. The controversial decision was hailed by some doctors and advocates as a long-sought victory for women’s health, but was condemned by others as irrespons…
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Abandoned Building in Burns, Oregon [5312×2988] [OS] [OC] : AbandonedPorn
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The outspoken scion of the New York real estate developer Fred C. Trump stood on stage in Washington one day in 1992 and told a mostly female crowd of law enforcement agents to lighten up when it came to sexual harassment.
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How Google’s Networking Infrastructure Has Evolved Over The Last 10 Years | TechCrunch
Google today announced that it wants to fix your home Wi-Fi, but internally, it has long been working on far more complex networking issues. To connect the hundreds of thousands of machines that make up a Google data center, you can’t just use a few…
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The Obama Administration Gives Shell the Final Go Ahead for Arctic Oil Drilling | VICE News
The Obama administration granted on Monday final permission for Royal Dutch Shell to drill for oil in the Arctic’s Chukchi Sea.
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Hot Looks: Here Comes the Sunscreen | Vanity Fair
Summer is out in full force, and, with the sun bright and beaming, you must protect your skin! Here is a roundup of some of the best sun-protecting products out there. 1) Sisley Sunleÿa Age Minimizer Sun Care Sunscreen Cream Broad Spectrum S.P.F. 50…
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Dismaland: Banksy’s (?) swipe at Disneyland – Boing Boing
Hugh writes, “The whisper is that Banksy is involved in the staging of some sort of pop-up show/exhibition/thing called Dismaland — apparently a swipe at Disneyland. Banksy and his people are saying nothing.
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Daily glass of wine raises risk of breast cancer in women | Society | The Guardian
Drinking one glass of wine a day increases a woman’s chances of getting breast cancer, according to new research. Alcohol is a known risk for a number of cancers, including colorectal, liver, larynx and oesophageal cancer, and most attention has bee…
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Sandwich’s Adam Lisagor on Producing the Killer Corporate Video | TechCrunch
Adam Lisagor, an L.A.-based video producer, has more demand for his corporate videos than he can handle, thanks to the breakout success of product launch videos for Square, Airbnb, and Warby Parker among hundreds of others. Demand doesn’t look to be…
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Giant dump of data purports to be from Ashleymadison.com – Boing Boing
The dating site for people wanting to cheat on their spouses was breached last month. The 10GB file contains email addresses, names, credit cards, and other potentially compromising information.
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Ving Rhames joins bastards Ed Helms and Owen Wilson in Bastards · Newswire · The A.V. Club
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Maryland’s charitable “Batman” killed fixing Batmobile on highway · Newswire · The A.V. Club
For whatever reason, news stories about real people dressing up like Batman tend to go for the jugular, emotions-wise. (Maybe it’s because the character represents some better part of the human soul, or maybe there’s just something about people in c…
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Iran arms deal prosecution falls apart because of warrantless laptop search – Boing Boing
The case against Jae Shik Kim — a South Korean exec caught selling weapons components to Iran — has collapsed because the prosecutors abused the rule allowing them to search laptop hard-drives without a warrant when someone is at a “border crossin…
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Two Friends, One Pair of Eyes – The New Yorker
Lina and Mengchun are roommates and inseparable friends who share a tiny apartment in one of Beijing’s many underground housing complexes. They work at an N.G.O.
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The Cartoon Lounge: Happy Cartoonniversary – The New Yorker
Hey, gang, remember “The Complete Cartoons of The New Yorker”? That’s the tome we published, back in 2004, containing sixty-eight-thousand-and-something cartoons, with accompanying CDs.
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WASHINGTON—After revelations emerged regarding the online retailer’s cutthroat office environment, Americans across the nation expressed outrage Wednesday that Amazon’s punishing workplace culture had yet to result in same-day shipping for every sin…
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HMB while I jump off this waterfall : holdmybeer
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Good Guy American Express : AdviceAnimals
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First time to the Delaware Water Gap in Pennsylvania [1920×1080] : EarthPorn
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If You Could Take a Pill to Improve Your Creativity, Would You?
Sure, who wouldn’t want to be more creative? But what about a pill to improve your self-control, or sociability? What if you enjoy being impulsive, or revel in your alone time? If a pharmacological enhancement changed a defining aspect of your perso…
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Former Subway Spokesperson to Plead Guilty — NYMag
Subway reminded the internet earlier this month that he no longer works with them.
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The US on Tuesday put pressure on political leaders in South Sudan by announcing it was consulting with other countries about imposing United Nations sanctions on anyone who undermined the peace process in the war-hit east African state.
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Air Force cadet charged with buying, selling drugs off the Dark Net
An Air Force Academy cadet was arrested for buying illegal drugs from Dark Net markets and shipping them to the Colorado school, the Gazette reported Tuesday.
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Splatoon teams to square off as Autobots and Decepticons
The Autobots and Decepticons will fight for loot and bragging rights in this month’s Splatfest in Nintendo’s Wii U-exclusive online team-based shooter Splatoon.
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The Internet killed Michael Sam—and here’s what other gay players can learn from it
There was once a man named Buck O’Neil. He was a baseball player, and he was probably good enough to play in the major leagues. But his prime athletic years came in the late 1930s and early 1940s, and O’Neil was a black man.
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Why LGBT activists vandalized a historical monument outside the Stonewall Inn
Who led the gay rights movement in its early days? White gay men, or black and brown transgender women? It’s a complex answer, but one thing is clear: trans people of color are noticeably missing from the upcoming Hollywood film Stonewall, directed …
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The ‘Tunguska Event’ Flattened 600 Square Miles of Forest | Motherboard
Over a hundred years ago, in the sparsely populated forests of Siberia near the Tunguska River, a massive explosion shook the earth. It flattened 83 million trees over 600 miles of forest. It destroyed livestock herds, shattered windows, and knocked…
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Deadspin This Woman Does Not Like Us Making Fun Of The Texans | Gizmodo Stop Refrigerating Your Butter | Jalopnik Quit Blaming The Dealer For Your Low Trade-In Offer | Jezebel Why Are Women Obsessed With Investigation Discovery’s Grisly TV Shows? | …
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Scientists have identified one of the earliest flowering plants on Earth. Montsechia vidalii likely lived and reproduced below water.
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Establishing El Gouna : Image of the Day
In 1985, sand and coral dominated the Red Sea coast in an area about 30 kilometers (19 miles) northwest of Hurghada, Egypt. Aside from a lone road that ran along the coast, the desert landscape was largely untouched by human activity.
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Podcast: A Premier League Preview; The NFL Gets Microchips | FiveThirtyEight
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 (Aug. 18, 2015), we follow up on the soccer metric WhoScored. Last week,…
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Themes & Variations – 2015 on Vimeo
“Themes & Variations” – 2015 by Ziye Liu A fully CG rendered short film based upon contemporary artworks from artist Yayoi Kusama and Ai Weiwei, the short film explored the infinite possibilities by using 3D digital art to create new “versions” of e…
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Wonderful Worlds: The Planets and Remarkable Moons… – Just Space
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Dick Allen, 1972, baseball badass : OldSchoolCool
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What should an electric car sound like? The truth is, no one really knows.
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About Time’s Lydia Wilson joins Star Trek Beyond · Newswire · The A.V. Club
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Radical! Neon Found on the Moon
The moon doesn’t have any gaudy casinos or buzzing diner signs, but it does have neon.
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Syfy cancels Haven after 5 seasons · Newswire · The A.V. Club
Syfy has announced that it won’t be renewing its small-town science fiction series Haven for a sixth season.
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Dish couldn’t trick the FCC into giving it $3.3 billion in small business discounts | The Verge
Dish’s spectrum bill is a lot higher than it hoped. The Federal Communications Commission decided today that two small companies controlled by Dish are not eligible for the “very small business” discounts that they claimed during the last spectrum a…
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Kid interviewed on first day of school is really going to miss his mom
Summer’s over, which means kids are heading back to school and mommy gets to enjoy some time to herself—but not everyone’s ready to let go. Meet 4-year-old Andrew Macias, who was interviewed by KTLA 5 News on his way to the first day of pre-kinderga…
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Rosie O’Donnell turns to Twitter for help finding her missing daughter
Former View host Rosie O’Donnell is reaching out to the Internet to help find her 17-year-old daughter, who has gone missing. According to O’Donnell, her daughter Chelsea hasn’t been seen since Aug. 11. She left home with her 6-month-old therapy dog…
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The (real) hard problem of AI – Boing Boing
It’s not making software that can solve our problems: it’s figuring out how to pose those problems so that the software doesn’t bite us in the ass.
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A tag is a way to search for this diary. If someone is searching for “Barack Obama,” is this a diary they’d be trying to find? Use a person’s full name, without any title. Senator Obama may become President Obama, and Michelle Obama might run for of…
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It Happened: Hackers Have Posted the Stolen Ashley Madison Data | WIRED
Hackers who stole sensitive customer information from the cheating site AshleyMadison.com appear to have have made good on their threat to post the data online. A data dump 9.7 gigabytes in size was posted on Tuesday to the dark web using an Onion a…
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Selma director Ava DuVernay is not only a filmmaker in her own right, she’s also a huge supporter of black cinema. For instance, she founded the African-American Film Festival Releasing Movement (AFFRM) as a grassroots way to distribute the work of …
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Jimmy Buffett concert plagued by rogue human excrement · Newswire · The A.V. Club
A New England town is bravely facing down one of history’s greatest scourges: Buckets of excrement produced by Jimmy Buffett fans.
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Jennifer Hudson in talks to star in Aretha Franklin biopic · Newswire · The A.V. Club
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This Artist Is Redrawing a Tintin Book With Tintin Buck Naked
This isn’t the first anti-colonialist reworking of Tintin, but it certainly has the most penises. Hergé’s Tintin series is one of the most beloved comics in Europe, but the 1930s-era racial stereotypes and colonialist attitudes make a lot of modern …
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Islamic Scholars Issue Climate Change Declaration | Al Jazeera America
Muslim scholars from 20 countries issued an “Islamic Declaration on Climate Change” on Tuesday, calling on the world’s 1.6 billion Muslims to do their part to eliminate dangerous greenhouse gas emissions and commit to renewable energy sources.
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‘Shots On The Bridge’ Unpacks A Tangled Story Of Deceit And Tragedy : NPR
On Sept. 4, 2005 — nearly a week after floodwaters submerged much of the city, a call came in to the New Orleans Police Department: Officers in distress, maybe under fire, at the Danziger Bridge.
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The Bubble Nebula js – Just Space
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Law and Order by Daniel Lewis / 500px
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VICE News is closely watching policing in America. Check out the Officer Involved blog here.
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States Replace 420 Mile Markers With 419.9 — NYMag
In a story published at 4:20 p.m. this afternoon, the Associated Press reported that Idaho officials recently had to swap out the state’s “Mile 420” signs because people kept stealing them. Now, if you drive along U.S. Highway 95 south of Coeur d’Al…
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Dave Chappelle Announces Fall U.S. Tour | Rolling Stone
Dave Chappelle has quietly announced an intimate fall tour. The stand-up superstar will play theaters in select cities across the country throughout September and October.
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Jon Stewart, Donald Trump, Shaq, and 5 other celebs who won at the WWE
We’re already feeling the lack of Jon Stewart in our lives, but his next gig guarantees we’ll see him again very soon.
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The Startling Poetry of a Nearly Forgotten Japanese Modernist – The New Yorker
Sagawa Chika, born Kawasaki Ai in 1911, died of stomach cancer in 1936, before her twenty-fifth birthday. Even with such a brief career, she was one of the most innovative and prominent avant-garde poets in early-twentieth-century Japan.
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See New Order’s Medieval Rave in ‘Restless’ Video | Rolling Stone
Neon lights dot across crowned princes and medieval beasts in New Order’s wholly fantastical and anachronistic video for “Restless,” a chilly and catchy song off their upcoming album Music Complete.
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Postscript: Hamid Gul, 1936-2015 – The New Yorker
Hamid Gul, the wily and mendacious former head of Pakistan’s spy agency, Inter-Services Intelligence, died on Saturday of a brain hemorrhage. Gul was the architect of so much that has gone wrong in Pakistan and Afghanistan.
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Hear Chief Keef’s Heavy, New ‘Bang 3’ Track ‘Bouncin’ | Rolling Stone
Chief Keef has released a heavy, hounding new track, “Bouncin,” the first taste of the second half of his Bang 3 double LP.
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Two young campers killed by a falling tree limb in Yosemite national park have been identified as 14-year-old boys from Orange County in southern California. The Mariposa County sheriff’s office identified the boys as Justin Lee of Irvine and Dragon…
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Microsoft Launches New Windows 10 Build, Vows To Keep Its Early Access Program Alive | TechCrunch
Microsoft released a new Windows 10 build to its testing community today, noting in the process that the cadre of developer and fans that comprise its ‘Insider’ program will continue to receive builds ahead of the general public.
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How Twitter rescued this comic artist and his dog from a hole
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Carly Fiorina wants to get rid of the minimum wage
A tag is a way to search for this diary. If someone is searching for “Barack Obama,” is this a diary they’d be trying to find? Use a person’s full name, without any title. Senator Obama may become President Obama, and Michelle Obama might run for of…
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EPA issues rules for reducing methane emissions from oil and gas industry | The Verge
For the first time ever, the US Environmental Protection Agency proposed rules for cutting methane emissions from oil and natural gas drilling companies, The New York Times reports.
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Help! I Put A Placeholder In My Story—And It Became Permanent!
Writing is a messy business for most of us—even if you’re one of those people who outlines everything in advance, there’s always going to be some parts that you make up as you go. And sometimes, a first draft will include stuff that you know you’re …
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U.S. Army Sergeant: ‘Excited,’ ‘Intrigued,’ By Women Completing Ranger Course : NPR
NPR’s Audie Cornish talks to Sgt. Janiece Marquez, who worked alongside Green Berets in Afghanistan, about whether this is a victory for those seeking to change the gendering within Army policy.
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Germany’s Big Port Eager For U.S.-EU Trade Deal, But Some Are Skeptical : Parallels : NPR
Walking alongside the River Elbe, it’s easy to get the sense of Hamburg’s long history as a port. Brick warehouses in the German city date back to the mid-19th century, though most of those have been converted to offices or museums.
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Chinese Media, Residents Continue To Question Cause Of Tianjin Explosions : NPR
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CAPA President: NLRB ‘Had It Wrong’ On Northwestern Players’ Bid To Unionize : NPR
NPR’s Robert Siegel talks to Ramogi Huma, president and founder of the College Athletes Players Association, about what’s next after the Northwestern football team lost its bid to unionize.
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Ever Since The Great Recession, Zombie Houses Have Haunted New Jersey : NPR
Michael McCabe knows what it’s like to be surrounded by zombies. Zombie houses, that is.
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Judge Orders Kentucky Clerk to Issue Same-Sex Marriage Licenses, Then Stays His Order | VICE News
A Kentucky county clerk appears to have earned more time to continue refusing marriage licenses for same-sex couples in the state, following a federal judge’s decision on the controversy earlier this week.
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Canada Might Start Dumping Nuclear Waste Near the US Border | VICE News
A Canadian plan to build an underground nuclear waste dump less than a mile from Lake Huron is getting unfriendly attention from US lawmakers, who are trying to force the Obama administration to invoke a 106-year-old treaty against its northern neig…
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In This Week’s Comics, Howard the Duck Becomes Howard the Human
It’s quiet end-of-summer week for new comics—but hey! Look at the sweet mustache on Howard the Human (née Duck), the latest wacky addition to Marvel’s Secret Wars event.
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Robbers with machete run when cashier pulls out bigger sword – video | US news | The Guardian
Two ninja-clad teenagers armed with a machete tried to rob a Pittsburgh convenience store, only to be chased off by the owner – who had a bigger sword. Surveillance video shows the teenagers entering Perry Market on Friday night, brandishing their w…
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Read this: A woman Dr. Dre beat up reviews Straight Outta Compton · Hear This · The A.V. Club
A lot has already been said about the way Straight Outta Compton both glorifies violence and hypes up N.W.A., and that’s probably all true, a symptom of a biopic both made too soon and with the involvement of some of its subjects.
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Pope Francis Isn’t the Only Religious Leader Calling for Action on Climate Change | VICE News
VICE News is closely tracking global environmental change. Check out the Tipping Point blog here.
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Sandra Bland’s death prompts Texas lawmakers to review jail safety | US news | The Guardian
The death of Sandra Bland in a rural county lockup launched a new review of jail safety in Texas, but state lawmakers were noncommittal Tuesday about whether Bland’s family would be part of the process.
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Amazon recently surpassed Walmart as the most valuable retailer in the country. It is ceaselessly inventive, unafraid to try something and fail. Its ambitious goal: sell everything to everyone everywhere.
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Dog is excited to help his tiny human! : AnimalsBeingBros
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24hr Time Lapse Of FedEx Airplanes In The USA : dataisbeautiful
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Who (or What) Is the Scariest Horror-Movie Villain Ever?
A really good horror movie will scare the crap out of you while you’re watching it. But a really great horror movie will haunt you for days, weeks, even years after … especially if it has a particularly potent villain whose terrible actions and le…
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Saudi Women Are Registering to Vote For the First Time In History | VICE News
Four years after King Abdullah announced that women will be granted equal voting rights and the right to run for office in the conservative Muslim country, women in Saudi Arabia began to register to vote this past weekend.
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British professor to live as David Bowie for a year, for science · Newswire · The A.V. Club
Just call him the Thin White Fake. In what could potentially be framed as an argument against the concept of tenure, Will Brooker, a professor at Kingston University in London, has announced his intention to live as David Bowie for a year.
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When The Bus Will Be Its Own Boss | TechCrunch
Thousands of cabs make their way through the streets of London. Hundreds of buses pick up and drop off passengers. Trucks carry their cargo. They are, of course, autonomous; like Google’s self-driving car, they all move without a driver. This vision…
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Razer is putting Intel’s depth-sensing tech into a VR and streaming camera | The Verge
Razer is hardly the biggest name in virtual reality, but with the OSVR platform, it’s one of the most vocally dedicated to partnerships and cross-compatibility.
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Memphis stars as Man Utd edge closer to CL return – Al Jazeera English
Memphis Depay scored a first-half double and provided a late assist for Marouane Fellaini to lead the English club to a 3-1 win over FC Brugge in the first leg of their Champions League playoff.
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Udacity wants nanodegree graduates to work for them on contract or as project reviewers
The real value in education lies in its ability to land you a job. Udacity’s founder and CEO Sebastian Thrun loudly proclaims as much every chance he gets. Now, Udacity is offering jobs to nanodegree graduates. Part of the nanodegree program involve…
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Mad Max: Fury Road’s Insane Car Chase, Remade with Go-Karts
I’m probably guiltier of hyperbole more than any other writer on this site, but please, please, please do not fail to watch this utterly unbelievable awesome version of that insane car chase from Mad Max: Fury Road, remade with go-karts, paintball g…
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Two Atlanta area police officers charged with murder after using stun guns | US news | The Guardian
A grand jury indictment charging two former Atlanta area police officers with murder says a man died after the officers used stun guns on him while his hands were cuffed behind his back.
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Political Ad Spending Online Is About to Explode | WIRED
Defense is a perennial topic in any presidential election season. But during the first Republican debate in Cleveland tonight, the candidates fought not about increasing the number of troops and tanks on the ground, but about how to enhance the coun…
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You Have Taste Receptors in Your Colon. Here’s Why.
Taste buds don’t only exist in your mouth. You can find them all over your body, including your stomach, your lungs, and your colon. Why? It turns out the taste buds are much more versatile tools than we suppose. Some of you might have developed a t…
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The Catch showrunner exits due to “creative differences” · Newswire · The A.V. Club
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Here’s how you can turn your photos into beautiful emoji mosaics
The history of mosaic — the art of creating a whole picture with shards of glass or other materials, has been around since at least the 3rd millennium B.C., appearing in places like Mesopotamia, Greece, Rome and Damascus — is long and storied.
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Bring Bughuul home with this Sinister prize package · Contest · The A.V. Club
The most shocking thing about 2012’s Sinister was that it was actually a well-made and effective horror movie. Well, that and Bughuul, the ancient, soul-eating, child-abducting demon from a dark realm.
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Send Your Name to Mars on NASA’s Next Red Planet Mission | NASA
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A bear waving. [4309×2527] : AnimalPorn
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Nothing like a bowl of soup for breakfast : firstworldanarchists
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Midnight sun by Daniel Kordan / 500px
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Saw the opportunity and he took it. : AnimalsBeingBros
Saw the opportunity and he took it. via /r/AnimalsBeingBros http://t.co/mbzQaWnG6H http://t.co/EhSMqlGwYn
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When I see ads ‘by AdBlock’ while using AdBlock : AdviceAnimals
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Here’s That Post-Apocalyptic Zorro Movie You Didn’t Ask For | Vanity Fair
“Every generation has its own Zorro hero,” according to one of the people who will be financing a new spin on the nearly 100-year-old outlaw. And apparently, our generation has done something to deserve our version being a post-apocalyptic version.
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What government secrets look like | The Verge
Welcome to the second annual Verge Hack Week.
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‘Oxymoronic’ Supermassive Black Hole Found | Video
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TBS and Intel are developing a reality TV series about wearable inventors | The Verge
Turner Broadcasting is working its next great reality series.
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See Stephen Colbert Impersonate Mick Jagger for Howard Stern | Rolling Stone
See Stephen Colbert Impersonate Mick Jagger for Howard Stern New ‘Late Show’ host talks old Rolling Stones tribute band, sings “Brown Sugar”
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Mad Max: Fury Road GoKart Paintball War, in 4K – Boing Boing
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Star Trek vs. Superman: Who’s the Fastest Sci-Fi Spacefarer? (Graphic)
If the fictional USS Enterprise raced the ship from “Battlestar Galactica” to the nearest star system, which would get there first? A new graphic from Travelmath.com seeks to answer that question, which sounds like a typical opening argument over be…
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The Republican presidential candidate Scott Walker on Tuesday offered an alternative to Barack Obama’s healthcare law that would provide tax credits and restructure Medicaid, and took a swipe at GOP rivals in Congress for their inability to repeal t…
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South Africa’s disabled children shut out of school – Al Jazeera English
Human Rights Watch says an estimated 500,000 children have been shut out of South Africa’s education system because they are disabled. Many parents say they have trouble convincing schools to enrol their children because of discrimination.
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MegaBots Wants You to Kickstart Them to Victory Against Japan’s Giant Robot | Motherboard
Would you pay big bucks to watch some giant robots belt each other? Will you do it for Team America? The creators behind MegaBots, the robot-building company that challenged Japan to a giant robot boxing match, are calling for your donations in a ne…
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EPA Moves to Cut Methane Leaks from Oil and Gas – Scientific American
The Environmental Protection Agency on Tuesday proposed new rules meant to help combat climate change by curbing methane emissions from new hydraulically fractured crude oil wells and natural gas pipelines and other infrastructure.
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WASHINGTON—Describing the findings as “deeply troubling,” the U.S. Department of Transportation released a report Tuesday revealing that the growing epidemic of distracted driving is responsible for more than 5,000 unfinished text messages a year.
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Stop The Foreign Music! African Pop Stars Ask For Government Help : Goats and Soda : NPR
Taylor Swift may be the world’s No. 1-selling artist, but she might have a hard time getting airplay in some countries. In South Africa, 55 percent of the content on radio stations as well as community and public TV has to be local.
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Food Tours Help Keep Barcelona’s Mom-And-Pop Tapas Bars Alive : NPR
Spain’s neighborhood tapas bars are facing competition from big chains. Fortunately, foreign tourists are now discovering them. Weekend Edition.
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Bombing At Hindu Temple In Bangkok Kills At Least 20 : NPR
At least 20 people were killed and scores more wounded in Monday’s bombing in Bangkok. The blast took place at a Hindu temple in the middle of the city’s tourist district.
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Music Review: ‘Faded Gloryville,’ Lindi Ortega : NPR
She is a Goth-looking Canadian singer who plays country music. Reviewer Meredith Ochs says Lindi Ortega is genre-defying in both her music and personal style.
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How The Devaluation Of The Yuan Could Have Long-Lasting Effects In Africa : NPR
NPR’s Audie Cornish interviews Deborah Brautigam, director of the China Africa Research Initiative at Johns Hopkins University, about the relationship between the Chinese and African economies.
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Two Women Become The First To Complete U.S. Army Ranger Course : NPR
The first women have completed the tough and grueling Army Ranger training course. But it’s still uncertain whether the women will be allowed to serve in ground combat units.
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Egyptian Government Imposes Strict Anti-Terrorism Law : NPR
NPR’s Robert Siegel interviews Nathan Brown, a professor at George Washington University, about the constitutionality of the law and the concern it will be used to crackdown on political dissent.
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Scientists Develop App To Turn Smartphones Into Cosmic Ray Detectors : NPR
If scientists can convince people to use the app, they hope it will help them solve a cosmic mystery. All Things Considered.
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Aging Irrigation Systems Lead To Crop Losses In The West : NPR
Farmers across the West are making do with less water than they are used to. But the problem isn’t just lack of rainfall and snowpack. Outdated irrigation systems have led to crop losses and conflict among farmers.
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Hungary Builds Controversial Border Fence To Disrupt Flow Of Migrants : NPR
A controversial border fence to keep out migrants who travel to Hungary through Serbia will be finished by the end of August.
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EPA Announces New Regulations On Methane Emissions : NPR
The Environmental Protection Agency is aiming to cut methane emissions by 40 to 45 percent over the next 10 years. The new regulations are expected to regulate emissions from natural gas wells.
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The World’s Most Trafficked Mammal Is One You May Never Have Heard Of : Parallels : NPR
Lisa Hywood remembers the first time she ever set eyes on a pangolin. It was in 1994, and she had just founded the Tikki Hywood Trust, a wildlife conservation sanctuary in Zimbabwe. One morning, someone dropped off a strange-looking, injured creatur…
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Google’s latest project is called Project Sunroof. Sunroof utilizes Google Earth data to estimate the solar energy potential of buildings. Enter Project Sunroof, my recent 20% project. Project Sunroof is a new online tool we’re testing to help homeo…
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StreetCode Academy Bridges The Gap Between East Palo Alto And Silicon Valley | TechCrunch
East Palo Alto sits in between Facebook and Google’s Silicon Valley campuses. But, despite their close proximity, they’re typically considered to be two different worlds.
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Saturn’s Weirdest Ring Explained: Ancient Collision Caused It
Saturn and its dazzling rings take center stage in this photo by NASA’s Cassini spacecraft. Saturn’s weird F ring is located just outside the planet’s main rings.
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Navajo nation bears burden of recent Animas mining spill disaster in Colorado – Boing Boing
The Environmental Protection Agency was investigating an old mine near Silverton, Colo., earlier this month, when it accidentally released 3 million gallons of toxic waste water into the Animas River.
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New Google robot named Atlas is obviously drunk – Boing Boing
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Idaho replaces mile marker 420 with 419.9 in attempt to thwart stoners | US news | The Guardian
If you’re looking for milepost 420, you won’t find it in Idaho. Idaho transportation officials say the mile marker has been replaced with 419.9 signs to curb thieves eager to own a number associated with marijuana enthusiasts. Turns out, Idaho isn’t…
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Migrant Workers Are Still Being Abused In Qatar | VICE News
Qatar has indefinitely delayed launching a new labor reform that would ensure migrant workers are paid regularly and on time.
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Airport security confiscates three year old’s fart gun – Boing Boing
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Anova Acquires Hardware Marketing Startup Get Fresh For $9.2M | TechCrunch
Okay, this one’s a little surprising: Anova, maker of an automated sous vide cooker, has acquired startup Get Fresh, with Get Fresh CEO Stephen Svajian becoming CEO of Anova.
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Lionel Richie Named 2016 MusiCares Person of the Year | Rolling Stone
Lionel Richie will receive the 2016 MusiCares Person of the Year award early next year in honor of his storied music career and charitable work for myriad causes including AIDS, breast cancer, human rights, famine, poverty and human trafficking.
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Carly Rae Jepsen’s E•MO•TION is perfect, narrative-free pop music | The Verge
By the end of 2012, it was accepted as a historical fact that Carly Rae Jepsen’s “Call Me Maybe” was objectively the song of 2012. It was one of the few moments in pop music where even would-be detractors and snobs had to shrug and concede its super…
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New Mexico officers to stand trial for murder in homeless man’s death | US news | The Guardian
A judge ruled Tuesday that two New Mexico police officers must stand trial on murder charges in the fatal, on-duty shooting of a homeless man that sparked angry protests in Albuquerque and helped lead police to overhaul use of force policies.
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The Jonny Quest movie will be PG-13, based on the original cartoon · Newswire · The A.V. Club
Back in May, we reported that Robert Rodriguez had signed on to direct and co-write the script for a live-action Jonny Quest movie that—at the time—we didn’t know anything about.
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Amazon Workers Seem Confused About What Makes a Good Workplace | Vanity Fair
Over the weekend, The New York Times detailed accounts from more than 100 current and former Amazon employees who described a grinding workplace, one in which the rank and file would weep at their desks, work 85 hours a week or sometimes for several…
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Do bugs scream? — Hopes&Fears — flow “Question”
Hopes&Fears answers questions with the help of people who know what they are talking about. Today’s hot item: do bugs scream? It happens to everyone.
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A Maryland businessman who thrilled thousands of sick children with his impersonation of Batman over more than a decade was hit by a car and killed on Sunday on a highway in western Maryland, the state police said.The man’s real name was not Bruce W…
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I’d love to hear more about your product and or services. : AdviceAnimals
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Star trails and a Perseid meteor over Santa Barbara : space
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HMB while I do a dangerous song game with a knife : holdmybeer
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“I’d stop you from posting this but.. too cosy” : LazyCats
“I’d stop you from posting this but.. too cosy” via /r/LazyCats http://t.co/jSmDoXLeiO http://t.co/RRkIDWm3Zp
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The Seahorse of the Large Magellanic Cloud js – Just Space
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Kickstarting a middle-grades SF anthology – Boing Boing
Corie writes, “We have a project Happy Mutants may be interested in — an anthology of science fiction stories for middle grade readers, with a focus on diversity and representation.
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Some Missouri state lawmakers have a controversial idea for preventing future sexual harassment cases in the legislature: Imposing a new “modest” dress code for teenage interns. State representatives are trying to figure out how to respond to severa…
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Turkey PM gives up on forming new government – Al Jazeera English
Turkish Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu has formally given up trying to form the next government after weeks of coalition talks failed, raising the prospect of a fractious interim administration.
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Jessica Alba Thinks Gwyneth Paltrow Business Comparisons Are Unfair and Sexist | Vanity Fair
This past June, Gwyneth Paltrow took down a reporter who compared her Web site Goop to businesses launched by other actresses, calling any correlations “slightly misogynistic.” And now Jessica Alba, the brain behind the $1.
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Living cartoon Elvira to become actual cartoon · Newswire · The A.V. Club
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Comedy Central introduces Trevor Noah in new Daily Show teaser · Coming Distractions · The A.V. Club
Comedy Central has just released its first teaser for The Daily Show With Trevor Noah with the tagline “Same chair, different ass.
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How Labour’s Jeremy Corbyn Would Govern Britain – The Atlantic
Most polls show Corbyn easily winning the Labour Party election. He has a large following among Labour’s party faithful, but those backing him also include Green Party members as well as some gleeful Conservatives hoping that his victory will sink L…
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Stephen Hawking’s Speech Software Is Now Open Source and Free to Use | Motherboard
Stephen Hawking has, for decades, had the most recognizable computer voices out there. It even got an upgrade late last year.
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Dr. Dre, Ice Cube Want Out of Suge Knight-Related Wrongful Death Suit | Rolling Stone
Dr. Dre and Ice Cube have filed a motion asking a judge to remove them as defendants in a wrongful death lawsuit, stemming from the incident when rap mogul Suge Knight ran over and killed a man named Terry Carter earlier this year.
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Here’s What’s Missing From Straight Outta Compton: Me and the Other Women Dr. Dre Beat Up
On January 27, 1991, at a record-release party for the rap duo Bytches With Problems in Hollywood, producer/rapper/then-N.W.A. member Dr.
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Will Virtual Reality Get Lost in the Uncanny Valley Of Sound? | Inverse
If you know anything about robotics or CGI or have ever seen an animated Robert Zemeckis movie, you know about the “Uncanny Valley,” the dip in the relatability of manufactured beings as they progress from being representational to photorealistic.
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Google will now tell you whether you should put solar panels on your roof | Grist
This story was originally published by Slate and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. Google’s been busy rebranding itself as a 21st-century jack-of-all-trades.
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Muslim leaders call for climate action in new declaration | Grist
Sixty Muslim leaders from around the globe are calling for serious action to address climate change.
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Wisconsin Man Plants 4-Mile Stretch of Sunflowers in Tribute to Wife Who Died of Cancer – ABC News
Babbette Jaquish loved a lot of flowers, but sunflowers were her favorite. So when she passed away from cancer at 66 last November, her husband Don Jaquish planted nearly 400 acres of sunflowers for her.
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SEATTLE—In response to accusations of an abusive workplace environment, Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos assured employees Tuesday that the company’s human resources staff was working 100 hours a week to address their complaints.
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Watching Unseen YouTube Videos Is One of the Internet’s Weirdest Pleasures | Inverse
For every YouTube video that goes viral, there are countless others inoculated from relevance that garner exactly zero views. These are the Tube’s forgotten works and seeing them — now you’re alone in having had that pleasure — is weirdly intimate a…
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Look at this adorable little smiling guy. : aww
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Downtime at the International Space Station : space
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Reflexes overriding reasoning : gif
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Drought in California…people used to swim here : pics
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Kik Raises $50M From Strategic Partner Tencent | TechCrunch
Kik, the Canadian company behind the messaging app of the same name has announced $50M worth of funding from one of its partners, China’s Tencent. The deal brings the company valuation into unicorn territory (the $1 billion mark.)
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Enormous Red Sprites Seen From Space (Update)
Editor’s note: Updated to include a second photo of another sprite captured moments later by the same camera (added at bottom of article). This gorgeous photo, captured from the International Space Station on the night of Aug.
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Study Says 80% Of Apple Watch Users Are Already Using Apple Pay | TechCrunch
Well it turns out that people who are willing to drop hundreds or thousands of dollars on gadgets like to use gadgets to spend more dollars.
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How Deep Are Greenland’s Glacial Lakes?
By analyzing satellite photos, geologists are able to measure the depth of the lakes that form on glaciers during the summer months. Fascinatingly, the process that produces these lakes is also responsible for their remarkable depth.
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Japanese Supply Ship to Launch Toward Space Station: How to Watch Live
Japan’s fifth H-II Transfer Vehicle (HTV-5) is scheduled to blast off from the nation’s Tanegashima Space Center tomorrow at 7:50 a.m. EDT (1150 GMT; 8:50 p.m. local Japanese time). You can watch a webcast of the HTV-5 launch live, beginning at 7 a.…
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There are 38 new emoji candidates, and one needs to be rejected immediately
The next time you go to send an emoji to a friend, there may be more options. The Unicode Consortium has accepted 38 new mock-ups as candidates for inclusion — but I accept only 37 of them. There are some cute ones, like a cowboy or a prince.
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Kansas City woman’s death is 17th reported transgender murder this year | US news | The Guardian
A transgender woman was found dead early on Saturday morning after being run over by a black SUV in a parking lot behind a church in Kansas City, Missouri, it has emerged.
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Kid-friendly edit of ‘Straight Outta Compton’ is straight huggin’
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You can now rate U.S. government agencies on Yelp
On a scale of zero to five stars, how would you rate the U.S. federal government?
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White House appoints first openly transgender full-time staff member | Society | The Guardian
The White House has appointed its first openly transgender staff member, officials have confirmed. Raffi Freedman-Gurspan began work this week as an outreach and recruitment director for presidential personnel.
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One major title stands between Serena Williams and a Grand Slam, and she’s enjoying this “awesome” and “crazy” ride. Related: Serena Williams transcends sport. We’re lucky to be living in her time
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Why League of Legends pros need an in-house solo queue
Every day, the best League of Legends players log into the game client, find the “ranked game” option, and press the button that says “Match me with teammates.
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Nick Kyrgios deflects spotlight from tennis at Cincinnati Masters | Sport | The Guardian
The roar of juvenile invective that has enveloped tennis over the past couple of months rumbles on in the deceptive quietude of Mason, Ohio.
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Who’s the Watchman? | The Nation
From reports in the press regarding the recent “discovery” of Harper Lee’s novel Go Set a Watchman, it is clear that neither Lee nor her editor thought the manuscript fit to publish when it was first submitted.
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Even the GOP’s ‘Serious’ Candidates Are Way Out of Step With Mainstream Americans | The Nation
Donald Trump continues to bring comic relief and mean-spirited bombast to the Republican campaign trail.
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Whose Side Are the Oath Keepers in Ferguson On?
Sam Andrews received three phone calls during an hour-long lunch at a Pizza Hut in St. Louis County, Missouri, last week.
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A Tale of One City: Casablanca | These Football Times
WHEN THE PIERCING RAYS OF THE MORNING SUN creep between the towering minarets and high-rise building on Casablanca’s Atlantic coast, they don’t shine on a peaceful corniche as one might romantically expect.
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TWENTY-THREE years ago, my wife and I were having an argument about how to celebrate our first anniversary. Money was tight, and we had to choose between taking a beach vacation or buying a couch, which we did not have. Being a Spaniard, she natural…
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Tripitos Arch Paxos Greece (oc) (1024×649) : waterporn
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Putin Goes Under the Sea in Tiny Submarine — NYMag
Russian president Vladimir Putin descended to the bottom of the Black Sea in a tiny submarine on Tuesday to visit a shipwreck — all while dressed in head-to-toe beige.
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Anne Hathaway Pulls a McConaughey, Heads to Television | Vanity Fair
As the old saying goes, if it’s good enough for Matthew McConaughey, it’s good enough for Anne Hathaway. O.K., so that’s not a saying, but the fact is, like McConaughey before her, Anne Hathaway is headed to television.
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Streaming service wars: the battle for original programming, charted | The Verge
Welcome to the second annual Verge Hack Week.
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Americans Rebel Against Their Surveillance State in Preview for Comic Young Terrorists
Matt Pizzolo and Amancay Nahuelpan’s new near-future political thriller Young Terrorists hits shelves this week, a striking take on 21st century America and a group of young rebels who want to disrupt it. But what are they fighting for? Find out in …
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How Dangerous Is the Sodium Cyanide at the Tianjin Explosion Site – Scientific American
Smoke billows from the site of an explosion that reduced a parking lot filled with new cars to charred remains at a warehouse in northeastern China’s Tianjin municipality, Thursday, Aug. 13, 2015.
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Is It Just Me Or Has Autocorrect Gotten Worse Lately? | TechCrunch
We’ve all had it happen. You’re typing away on your iPhone when autocorrect shifts the entire tone of your chat. We joke, but in the age of texting (let alone sexting), any change to our algorithmical spelling safety net can be disastrous.
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Arizona militia men caught in plot to steal cocaine from drug smugglers | US news | The Guardian
Three men affiliated with an Arizona militia group were charged in federal court with trying to replicate a tactic long used by smugglers: Stealing drugs from people who have already sneaked them across the Mexican border.
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Google just announced an uber-router to make your home Internet better
It’s futuristic in design, it glows, and it looks sort of like a trash can you’d find on the starship Enterprise, but Google insists that the new OnHub router is exactly what you need in your connected home.
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Rosie O’Donnell’s daughter Chelsea missing in New York for over a week | US news | The Guardian
Rosie O’Donnell’s 17-year-old daughter Chelsea has been missing for more than a week, according to a statement posted on the actor’s website. Chelsea O’Donnell was last seen in her home in Nyack last Tuesday, according to the statement.
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Q&A: will Donald Trump’s immigration plan blow up the US economy? | US news | The Guardian
An immigration plan released by Republican presidential frontrunner Donald Trump over the weekend has been embraced by conservatives as a starting point for Republican candidates preparing to make their pitch to voters in 2016.
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‘Wizard of Oz’ gets queered in campy new HIV positive campaign
What if the Wizard of Oz was an allegory for a newly HIV positive girl trying to find her way to health and happiness? That’s the question asked by The Institute of Many, an Australian peer-run social and advocacy group for people with HIV.
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induction heater levitation melting aluminum – YouTube
Plans at http://inductionheatertutorial.com This is a 3kw induction heater levitating and melting aluminum. A small cylindrical chunk is levitated with 2-2.5kw of input power. I transform it into a molten, glowing ball before releasing it to the gro…
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60 percent of teen girls play games—but most turn their mics off
Last year, studies showed that adult women had taken over as the largest single demographic in gaming. Still, many men rejected that data on the basis that those women were playing the ‘wrong’ games—mobile games and those outside the core shooters a…
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South Sudan’s President Threatens To Kill Journalists | ThinkProgress
The pressure to sign a civil-war ending peace agreement may be getting to South Sudanese President Salva Kiir. On Sunday, the embattled leader threatened to kill journalists reporting “against the country.”
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VICE News and On The Line want to hear from you! Let us know your questions for Jason on Twitter with the hashtag #ontheline, or send us a video message on Skype.
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I’m a gay man who loves sex—and here’s why that’s suddenly a problem
Oh, the hours—the afternoons! The days! The weekends I have spent looking for and having sex. And oh, the incomparable joy it’s brought me! But you’re not really that shocked, are you? Of course, you’re not. After all, gay men have always had a bit …
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The Ignatz Award Nominations Are a Big Win for Women Cartoonists
The Ignatz Awards, the top award for indie and small-press comics, just announced its 2015 nominees. More than half the nominees are women, an increasingly common phenomena in comics awards.
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It was inevitable: Twitch is now trying to play Dark Souls · Great Job, Internet! · The A.V. Club
As Twitch, the internet’s foremost home for video game livestreams, continues to grow and evolve, at least one observable law of nature has emerged from its vast, raging sea of content: If you have a good idea, then other people will copy it and do …
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When you think Batman, you probably don’t think “high-fat, low-nutrition diet.” Luckily, you are not JT Network, the company that owns a string of officially licensed DC Comics retail stores throughout Asia.
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Teens Who Try E-Cigs Are Also More Likely to Start Smoking – Scientific American
(Reuters Health) – U.S. teens who try electronic cigarettes may be more than twice as likely to move on to smoking conventional cigarettes as those who have never tried the devices, report researchers from the University of Southern California.
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How To Find The Best Fanfiction On the Internet
Fanfiction is one of the internet’s most reviled and beloved genres. Its authors write tales set in their favorite pop culture worlds, from Star Trek and X-Files, to Hogwarts and boy band concerts.
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Trump Argues For Huge Corporate Tax Giveaway, Low Minimum Wage
In his extended “Meet the Press” interview, with Chuck Todd interrupting constantly, Republican front-runner Donald Trump advocated for a huge, huge giveaway of tax money to giant, multinational corporations, for a lower corporate tax rate and for a…
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thank darth skeltal : ledootgeneration
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Pressure Washing the Sidewalk : oddlysatisfying
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Dawn now mapping Ceres in its new orbit (1470 km, previous orbit was 4400 km) : space
Dawn now mapping Ceres in its new orbit (1470 km, previous orbit was 4400 km) via /r/space http://t.co/j9CKUpDB1l http://t.co/QIinOiHJrO
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HMB while I jog during high tide. : holdmybeer
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Beijing Lightning [8247 x 2850] : CityPorn
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My cat loved plastic bags until… : cats
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So…. sleepies…. via /r/awwgifs http://t.co/qy7j7yAQ5Y http://t.co/LnUuFvOSw0
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Star trails in my backyard (NJ) [2736 x 1763] : ExposurePorn
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Amazon Exposé Alleges Mistreatment Of Workers – The Onion – America’s Finest News Source
The New York Times’ recent exposé on Amazon’s treatment of its workforce has caused public outcry, though the online retail giant’s CEO, Jeff Bezos, has denied the allegations, saying that if such accusations were true, employees would be “crazy to …
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How Intel Is Giving Your Devices ‘Senses’ | WIRED
Intel has very big plans for RealSense, the technology meant to enable our gadgets to learn and understand us, in order to better do the things we want. And the best way to achieve that? Make them mimic humans.
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Republican presidential hopeful Mike Huckabee waded into Middle Eastern politics by declaring the West Bank to be part of Israel. Huckabee made the remarks on Tuesday while visiting a West Bank settlement.
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How Elon Musk (probably) spends his vacations | The Verge
Welcome to the second annual Verge Hack Week.
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A review of every Android phone from the past, present, and future | The Verge
Welcome to the second annual Verge Hack Week.
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Donald Trump’s Curious Relationship With an Iraq War Hawk | Mother Jones
Donald Trump regularly boasts that he was opposed to the Iraq war. On Meet the Press this past weekend, he said, “And, as you know, for years I’ve been saying, ‘Don’t go into Iraq.’ They went into Iraq. They destabilized the Middle East. It was a bi…
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Convert your face into emoji – Offworld
Like most humans with a smartphone and a sense of joie de vivre, I enjoy peppering my communications liberally with emoji. But until today, I could not actually be emoji. All that has changed, thanks to the Emoji Mosaic tool created by Eric Andrew L…
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Midday open thread: Women Ranger grads not equal in Army’s eyes; Indian activists confront McCain
“This is an important moment and an important week because I see it as reality and perception catching up with each other,” said Davidson, former U.S. Air Force Aircraft Commander and Senior Pilot. “Women have been on the front lines in Afghanistan …
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Rosie O’Donnell Asks Fans to Help Find Missing Daughter Chelsea | Vanity Fair
On Tuesday, Rosie O’Donnell announced that her daughter Chelsea is missing, and enlisted the Internet to help find the 17-year-old. According to a post on O’Donnell’s official Web site, Chelsea was last seen on Tuesday, August 11.
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Fall Movie Guide: 30 Science Fiction and Fantasy Movies To Watch Out For
The summer movie season is over—but the biggest films of the year are still to come. This fall’s movies include some of the most long-awaited titles in history, but also some smaller films that could become instant classics.
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Reddit picks up Pinterest’s second employee as CTO
New Reddit CEO and cofounder Steve Huffman certainly seems to be stocking his cabinet with new and valuable intelligence. A report on TechCrunch today said that the company has brought on Marty Weiner, the second employee of Pinterest and its foundi…
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Huzzah for Jets Dressed Up as Star Wars Droids | WIRED
Game of Thrones just scored very big. The fantasy drama snagged 24 Emmy nominations this morning, beating out every other show in the bunch, and its network—HBO—lead all networks with 126 nominations total. Not bad for a show that weathered its shar…
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Amazon is testing a new ‘Flex’ pick-up service, plans Prime Now rollout to Seattle and Portland
Amazon is reportedly working on a new program that could let you pick up packages rather than wait for a drop-off. Called Amazon Flex, the goal is to allow customers to drop by a location (like a distribution center or retail store) and pick items u…
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The future of typography in Web design
With the rebirth of flat design and the popularity of minimalism, typography is taking a more central role in Web design. These styles are not mutually exclusive, and in fact are usually combined (as we’ll explain later).
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Seattle’s Ship Canal Bridge shot from U-District [OC][1024 x 585] : CityPorn
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A Map of the World’s Best Cheats, Fakes and Flat-Out Lies | Atlas Obscura
From the “Bangkok gem scam” to the fake mining companies of Gold Rush-era San Francisco, if there’s one thing that’s stayed constant throughout history, it’s swindlers trying to make an extra buck.
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Should you take Tylenol, Advil, or aspirin for pain? Here’s what the evidence says. – Vox
Welcome to Dear Julia, a weekly column where readers can submit everyday health questions on anything from the science of hangovers to the mysteries of back pain.
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Scientists remote control a mouse with a wireless LED brain implant – Boing Boing
Stanford scientists made mice walk in circles via remote control of a wireless LED implanted in the rodents’ brains. Switching the LED on and off controls neurons that have been previously genetically engineered to be light-sensitive.
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What song best describes the apocalypse that will kill you? | The Verge
Welcome to the second annual Verge Hack Week.
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The U.K. Just Launched A Highway Project That Charges Cars While They Drive | ThinkProgress
One of the electric car’s biggest criticisms is its lack of range and the need to frequently recharge the battery at designated supercharge stations.
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This App Is Shazam but for Robocalls, and the FTC Loves It | Motherboard
The Federal Trade Commission has awarded $25,000 to two developers to stem the tide of robocalling. In March, the agency put out a call for developers to find a way to handle pesky spam calls automatically through a competition dubbed “Robocalls: Hu…
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Now you can find out your state’s most popular emoji
People in Nevada use the eggplant emoji more than people in any other state, while smartphone users in New Jersey text more sad emoji than the rest of the country, according to new data from SwiftKey.
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The Internet of Things hype generator | The Verge
Welcome to the second annual Verge Hack Week.
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Watch This Livestream to Witness a Corpse Flower’s First Bloom | Motherboard
The Sumatran corpse flower called the titan arum doesn’t bloom like any other plant—it blooms sporadically, sometimes taking up to 10 years of cultivation before it open for the first time.
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Donald Trump drags Mark Zuckerberg into immigration fight
In an immigration reform policy paper posted to his website on Monday, Trump called for a fundamental restructuring of the H-1B visa program, which allows American companies to temporarily give U.S. residency to “highly-skilled” foreign workers.
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Who doesn’t love a good Rube Goldberg contraption? A bowling ball rolls down a chute, landing on a bellows, inflating a balloon that pops on a hunting knife, scaring a chicken into laying an egg that weighs down a basket, and well, you get the point.
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Chinese Cave Graffiti Agrees With Site’s Drought Evidence – Scientific American
Historical instances of dramatic societal upheaval have been attributed to changes in climate.
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Ancient Aquatic Flora Was Among the First Flowering Plants – Scientific American
This is a large intact specimen of the fossil, Montsechia. Usually only small fragmentary pieces of the fossil are found. Editor’s note: The following essay is reprinted with permission from The Conversation, an online publication covering the lates…
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Donald Trump Is Crushing the G.O.P. Lilliputians – The New Yorker
Oh, to have been a fly on the wall at the headquarters of the Republican National Committee, or at Jeb Bush’s campaign office, when the latest opinion poll from Fox News came in over the weekend.
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Yes, Paleo Dieters, Ancient Humans Ate Carbs Too
Yes, yes, you can tell me all about why I definitely shouldn’t be eating those mashed potatoes in a moment. But right now, I’ve got some news for you (and some potatoes to eat).
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This Glorious Fan Comic Explains the Importance of Music in Daredevil’s Life
With his heightened non-visual senses, it makes sense that music would take on a special significance for superhero Matt Murdock. This Daredevil fan comic explores Murdock’s relationship with music and how it has helped keep him sane. Tor.
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This past weekend at their annual D23 Expo, a veritable Comic-Con devoted to all things Mouse House, Disney unveiled plans for ‘Star Wars Land’—a pair of elaborate theme parks that will transport visitors to the land(s) of Star Wars, replete with a …
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Plague Warning Closes Campground in Yosemite
Gage explains that wet winters mean more food for the rodents, leading to more rodents for fleas to feast on, which in turn leads to greater disease transmission. Plus, fleas seem to like wet weather.
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What Some Pregnancy Centers Are Really Saying to Women With Unplanned Pregnancies
I first met Options Pregnancy Center’s director, Vikki Parker, at the 2014 Heartbeat conference. In Cabot, Parker and I sit in a meeting room in the center, describing how she started it after her daughter became pregnant at 15.
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Go to the Moon for Less than $10,000! One Catch: Dead People Only | Smart News | Smithsonian
For those who dream to make it to the Moon, and have cash in hand, the company Elysium Space just released an offer to send people to our planet’s luminous natural satellite for the discounted price of $9,950.
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Obama’s Post-Presidency Plans – The Onion – America’s Finest News Source
With his two-term presidency drawing to a close, Barack Obama has been meeting with several high-profile public figures to determine the trajectory of his post–White House legacy.
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‘Eiffel Tower’ Prominence Towers Over The Sun
From his backyard in Östersund, Sweden, professional photographer and astrophotographer Göran Strand took a look at the sun using his portable solar telescope “to see if something interesting was going on.” And sure enough, there was something VERY …
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NeuroTribes: The Legacy of Autism and the Future of Neurodiversity
Added to the series of things I thought I posted about but never did is new book, , out next week.
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Clinton Endorses a Proposal to Help Ex-Cons Find Work | Mother Jones
After her two leading rivals for the Democratic presidential nomination became targets of the Black Lives Matter movement, Hillary Clinton came armed with policy arguments when she met with members of the African American activist group last week.
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Couple says their viral pregnancy announcement was staged—by God
In a new video released Friday, Christian vlogger Sam responds to allegations that the recent pregnancy announcement and subsequent miscarriage were staged. He now wants everyone to know the joyous news and crushing disappointment were staged—by God…
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Tunisia’s Defense Against the Islamic State Is Sparking Fears of a Police State | VICE News
Five years after the self-immolation of a Tunisian street vendor sparked the outbreak of the Arab Spring, Tunisia remains the only country where democratic transition has not been derailed by authoritarianism, chaos, or civil war.
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Today’s Lesson is Don’t Get High With Bill Hader | WIRED
As you must know by now, Comic-Con International populated the city of San Diego last weekend, and Conan O’Brien moved his show down south for a few days in honor of the event.
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Maryland BatMan struck and killed performing roadside Batmobile repair – Boing Boing
He was pronounced dead at the scene, police said. The driver of the Camry was not injured and has not been charged. Robinson, who has three sons, spent much of his time in the Batman character, spending his money traveling to cheer up sick children …
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Smithsonian Raises Over $700,000 on Kickstarter for Neil Armstrong’s Spacesuit – The Atlantic
On Wednesday, Ben Carson came to Sylvia’s soul food restaurant, an iconic eatery in iconic Harlem, located along Lenox Avenue near 127th Street.
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Twitter’s new tutorials show devs how easy it is to use Fabric
There’s a lot more to making an app than writing code. If you want advertising, analytics or a proper sign-in page, you’ll likely need to adopt some APIs that tap into a platform. Now, Twitter is showing you how to do all that with Fabric.
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Cat. via /r/CatsStandingUp http://t.co/R6o7x5fEno http://t.co/QaQqIYbF5q
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A quick way down the escalator : gif
A quick way down the escalator via /r/gif http://t.co/awK735vlNv http://t.co/yuDFOx4TJg
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Jimi Hendrix filming Janis Joplin, 1968 : OldSchoolCool
Jimi Hendrix filming Janis Joplin, 1968 via /r/OldSchoolCool http://t.co/lACHxSsfYm http://t.co/0mAk2BCXNs
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Lysefjord taken from Pulpit Rock in Norway [1600×900] [OC] : EarthPorn
Lysefjord taken from Pulpit Rock in Norway [1600×900] [OC] via /r/EarthPorn http://t.co/n0TUcxaYqS http://t.co/SGBc5YajRR
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Stoppie via /r/gifs http://t.co/A21l5V3wsJ http://t.co/3K93DnEAki
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At least seven GOP candidates want to end birthright citizenship; Meet the new ‘Southern Strategy’
“I don’t mind changing that law. I think it’s a bad practice to give citizenship based on birth. We have evidence of people buying tourist visas for the express purpose of coming over here and having a child as birth tourism. I don’t think that’s a …
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Walker’s Immigration Policies Could Destroy Dairy | Al Jazeera America
These days, Bruenig’s employees looks much like the rest of the labor force powering Wisconsin’s $43.4 billion dairy industry, more than 40 percent of which is made up of immigrants, according to a conservative estimate from a 2009 University of Wis…
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Learning to live like I’m on vacation without a cell phone connection | The Verge
My family and I were on our 13th almost-annual trip to our family mountain house. Set on a picturesque private lake in upstate Pennsylvania, the home-away-from-home is our favorite place to celebrate the Fourth of July.
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Baseball had a saying for former Boston outfielder Manny Ramirez’s many oddities and indiscretions: “Oh, it’s just Manny being Manny.” The same could also be true of soccer fans referencing the latter stages of the recent Gold Cup: “Oh, it’s just Co…
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Streaming music is ripping you off
If you subscribe to a subscription music service such as Spotify or Apple Music you probably pay $10 a month. And if you are like most people, you probably do so believing your money goes to the artists you listen to. Unfortunately, you are wrong.
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Who are these people? | The Verge
Welcome to the second annual Verge Hack Week.
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Company Awarded Patent For ‘Space Elevator’ | TechCrunch
The space game is hot and only the strongest are going to survive. One Canadian company feels like its in a good spot to succeed, having just been awarded the patent for a “space elevator.”
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Stephen Hawking’s speech software is now available for free | The Verge
Stephen Hawking’s speech system has been released by Intel as open-source code. The company is hoping that developers will tinker with it and expand its application to a wider range of disabilities.
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Wake Launches Its Effortless Designer Feedback Tool Publicly | TechCrunch
Sometimes a designer can get sucked so deeply into a project that they don’t really even know whether it looks good or not anymore. Feedback is an essential yet strangely complicated part of the design process.
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Natural gas gathering and processing plants leak much more methane than producers have reported, and even more than the Environmental Protection Agency has estimated, according to a study released Tuesday. Researchers at Colorado State University fo…
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Lil’ Norman Bates to play a homewrecker in upcoming dramedy · Newswire · The A.V. Club
It’s possible to argue that Freddie Highmore has been playing a homewrecker for the past three years. Norman Bates is the ultimate homewrecker, doing it not only from within the family, but within the body of someone who is otherwise an exemplar of …
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Madonna turned 57 on Sunday, and—well, actually, instead of just telling you what happened, we instead present the following Mad Libs-style sentence for you: Madonna threw a [BLANK]-themed party, held in the [BLANK], attended by daughters Lourdes an…
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John Boyega to go from Galactic Empire to The Circle · Newswire · The A.V. Club
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Is Banksy Out to Ruin Disneyland? | Vanity Fair
The art rumor mill, which is powered by free cups of sauvignon blanc, is fixating today on news that street-art hooligan Banksy is possibly planning some kind of dystopian Disneyland parody thing at the British seaside resort Weston-super-Mare.
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SEATTLE—In response to accusations of an abusive workplace environment, Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos assured employees Tuesday that the company’s human resources staff was working 100 hours a week to address their complaints.
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Cat. via /r/CatsStandingUp http://t.co/I5yuMQCl9S http://t.co/msldkeDSxu
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Custom built wine cellar in Colorado [1500 x 1357] : RoomPorn
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Squishy’s too lazy to avoid dangling. : LazyCats
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Lake Tahoe, from the Flume Trail [2916×1944] (OC) : EarthPorn
Lake Tahoe, from the Flume Trail [2916×1944] (OC) via /r/EarthPorn http://t.co/ei6rt5wU8y http://t.co/2cuWGuD5e6
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1 in 5 Teenagers Will Experiment With Art – Imgur
1 in 5 Teenagers Will Experiment With Art http://t.co/XTIHVxFvx7 http://t.co/G9WG0NJ0hg
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Back in Kulusuk : Notes from the Field : Blogs
After 18 long days of successful science and arctic adventures on the ice sheet, we were finally done and ready to head back to civilization.
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Union: Amazon UK staff are ‘burning out physically and mentally’ – video | Technology | The Guardian
Amazon staff in the UK and abroad are being pushed beyond their limits and some are developing physical and mental illnesses, according to a UK trade union.
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Canada’s Mines Could Harm Alaska’s Salmon — and Its Economy | VICE News
By volume it was one of the biggest mining waste spills ever recorded, and it happened just over a year ago in central British Columbia.
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Meet Slick, A Motorized GoPro Stabilizer For Action Sports | TechCrunch
Slick is a new GoPro accessory launching today with an Indiegogo campaign. Instead of attaching your GoPro directly to something, you can put your GoPro into the Slick stabilizer and then attach the stabilizer to your helmet, drone or any other stan…
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Star Wars Actor John Boyega Will Romance Emma Watson in The Circle | Vanity Fair
First he gets to hold a light saber and now Emma Watson? Man, John Boyega has the best job. The 23 year-old star of Attack the Block and Star Wars: The Force Awakens has landed the coveted role of Watson’s love interest in James Ponsoldt’s The Circl…
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Yesterday, Kim Dotcom tweeted an audio recording of a phone conversation between himself and Universal Music Group, about a potential deal between the music label and Megaupload.
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The Joys of Purging Your Collection
Books, comics, movies, action figures—they all accumulate. And though we wanted them more than anything when we got them, getting rid of them is almost better than buying them in the first place. Here are the unexpected pleasures to be found while y…
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EPA proposes measures to dramatically reduce methane emissions in the US | US news | The Guardian
The US Environmental Protection Agency on Tuesday proposed a slate of measures meant to drastically reduce methane emissions over the next decade as part of the Obama administration’s broad effort to reduce greenhouse gasses.
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New Wake software package lets design teams track works-in-progress
Designers can be pretty sensitive folk — and like most artists, they prefer not to have every draft of an idea made public before it’s finalized. But sometimes a thought process is important, and interim status updates help a team complete a project…
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Western Wildfires Have Burned More Than 7 Million Acres This Year – The Atlantic
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Texas politician refuses to remove Facebook post about bombing Muslims
There are some thoughts better left off social media—especially if you’re an elected official. But apparently nobody told that to Texas’s Commissioner of Agriculture, who is refusing to take down a Facebook post that indicates the U.S. should attack…
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Democratic senator Bob Menendez says he will vote to kill Iran deal | US news | The Guardian
Democratic US senator Robert Menendez, in a scathing critique of the Iran nuclear deal negotiated by the Obama administration and other major powers, announced on Tuesday that he will vote to kill the pact.
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Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan (R) has decided that a man who believes low-income parents might intentionally poison their children with lead in order to score free housing from the state should continue to administer Maryland’s public housing system.
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The US Will Maintain Control of the World’s Internet (For Now) | Motherboard
The US Commerce Department has announced it would keep its hold on the global internet domain system for at least another year.
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It used to be a weekly occurrence on South Park: Something would kill the hooded youngster Kenny, Stan would exclaim “Oh my god! They killed Kenny!” and Kyle would then scream out “You bastards!” That trope has since faded as time has worn on, but i…
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Another Period gets another season · Newswire · The A.V. Club
Bring out the celebratory cocaine wine, because Comedy Central has renewed Riki Lindhome and Natasha Leggero’s double-parody series Another Period for a second season.
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Canada Is Legalizing Assisted Suicide, But That Doesn’t Mean Doctors Will Do It | Motherboard
Medically assisted suicide will be legal in Canada next year, following a Supreme Court decision that overturned a longstanding ban. But legality is just the first step in instituting the right to die in Canada. It will have to be accessible, too.
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Why Are Women Obsessed With Investigation Discovery’s Grisly TV Shows?
Jodie Gaines was 18 years old and on her way to a fish fry when she saw the blue lights of a cop car flash in her rearview.
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Someone Made an Interactive Sculpture Out of Ferrofluid and it is Mesmerizing
Ferrofluid is a magnetic liquid, invented by a NASA engineer in the 1960s, that has, in recent years, become a popular medium among scientifically inclined artists. Ferroflow is an interactive desktop sculpture that makes it possible to play with fe…
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Bernie Sanders on tour: Chicago feels the Bern | The Economist
BERNIE SANDERS is on a roll. His political rallies attract bigger crowds than those of any other contender for the presidency. More than 15,000 showed up to hear him speak in Seattle, 27,000 in Los Angeles and 28,000 in Portland. His audience at the…
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In 1924, Zenon Komisarenko, Youry Merkulov and Nikolai Khodataev produced Interplanetary Revolution, which might just be one of the strangest Soviet propaganda films ever produced.
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Astronauts in space have captured a rare image of a giant red sprite : space
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Follow up pic of Puma’s litter born July 13th. They have only gotten cuter. : cats
Follow up pic of Puma’s litter born July 13th. They have only gotten cuter. via /r/cats http://t.co/23ALozAT1a http://t.co/hsBVAj4KMo
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Right before she decided to go attack the dog : cats
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Lazy ball of cat… via /r/LazyCats http://t.co/Jgehy7f8KI http://t.co/526ywigDIg
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Majestic Sunrise in Melbourne, FL [2448×1377] : WeatherPorn
Majestic Sunrise in Melbourne, FL [2448×1377] via /r/WeatherPorn http://t.co/P7tGLOg5g0 http://t.co/EEzFrVlNP9
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Why Are Women Obsessed With Investigation Discovery’s Grisly TV Shows?
Jodie Gaines was 18 years old and on her way to a fish fry when she saw the blue lights of a cop car flash in her rearview.
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Thousands Of Sungrazing Comets Revealed By Orbiting Observatories | Video
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RocketJump Film School wants to teach you how to do exposition in movies
This is the exposition, the part where I have to tell you what’s going on as efficiently and effectively as possible. Just like in journalism, the exposition in film can be a tricky task, but thankfully RocketJump Film School is here to help us all.
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Traversal Networks Wants To Be Your Company’s Cyber Security Department | TechCrunch
Imagine a company that installs an appliance to monitor your network for malicious activity, then broadcasts that security data to a cloud service and has experts watching and responding to any real threats.
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Upstate Jurors May See Death-Ray Machine — NYMag
The trial for a man accused of building a death-ray machine in order to kill Muslims and President Obama began in Albany this week.
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Microsoft’s Windows 10 testing resumes with a new preview release | The Verge
Microsoft may have released the final version of Windows 10 last month, but the company is pressing ahead with updates to the operating system. Windows Insiders, testers of Windows, can now access a new preview build of Windows 10 with some minor ch…
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Washington forbids Robert Griffin III from talking to media | Sport | The Guardian
Washington has raised the prospect of a showdown with the NFL and local media after they banned Robert Griffin III from talking to reporters, in the wake of his “best quarterback in the league” claim that had social media in a frenzy.
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Gabon president vows to give inheritance to charity – Al Jazeera English
Gabon’s President Ali Bongo has pledged to give his share of the inheritance from his father to charity and said his family was also handing over properties including a villa in the capital and two homes in Paris to the state.
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BuzzFeed Seeks Bigger Screens With Huge NBC Investment | WIRED
Snapchat just booted some old school media for the new school. Today, the instant-messaging company rolled out new content partners for its Discover news portal, dropping launch partners Yahoo and Warner Music Group in favor of BuzzFeed and iHeartRa…
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R.I.P. David A. Prior, direct-to-video legend and director of Deadly Prey · Newswire · The A.V. Club
David A. Prior, a prolific low-budget filmmaker known for B-movies like Killer Workout and the infamous Deadly Prey, has died after what his brother Ted describes as “a long battle with failing health.” He was 59.
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George Zimmerman teams with ‘Muslim-free’ gun store to sell Confederate flag art
Some stories are only possible in America. Case in point: The man who shot and killed 17-year-old Trayvon Martin has joined forces with the owner of Florida’s controversial anti-Muslim gun store to sell artwork commemorating America’s former slave s…
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Professor to Dress as David Bowie for a Year for ‘Research’ | Rolling Stone
A professor from England’s Kingston University will be dressing as each David Bowie persona for the next year in an effort to better understand the elusive rock star.
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Chinese Arrest 15,000 in Cybercrime Sweep | Al Jazeera America
Police have investigated 7,400 cases of cyber crime, the Ministry of Public Security said in a statement on its website. It did not make clear over what period the arrests were made but referred to a case dating to last December.
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EPA Announces New Proposed Rule To Slash Oil And Gas Methane Emissions | ThinkProgress
Regulating carbon dioxide, by far the most common greenhouse gas, is critical to halt the emissions that cause climate change. But methane is a very close second, and for the first time, the federal government is moving to significantly rein in meth…
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Vanity Fair: Trans America, a Special Issue on Transgender Identity and Expression | Vanity Fair
This week, Vanity Fair and Condé Nast are publishing a special edition entitled Vanity Fair: Trans America, focused on transgender identity and expression, and featuring groundbreaking stories on the transgender community’s pioneers (including Caitl…
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Eat the New World Diet – The Awl
The website for Whole30, a faddish diet program in the high-protein/low-carb Paleo vein, claims that its restrictions, which include the elimination of dairy, sugars, grains, and legumes from your diet, can have miraculous effects on your life.
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Good Guy Mr. Skeltal : ledootgeneration
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Goose just being all business and shit : cats
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Doesn’t look like it but is actually asleep blep : Blep
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Some discrimination to start the day : funny
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Fracking in the pipeline as exploration sites offered to firms – BBC News
The Oil and Gas Authority has announced 27 more locations in England where licences to frack for shale oil and gas will be offered. The exploration sites include areas in the Midlands and the North East.
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Michelle Byrom Death Row Inmate Freed Interview
Saved! Access Favorites in your account profile. Removed from my favorites In the tranquil town of Murfreesboro, Tennessee, there’s a small house with an inviting backyard. There’s a sheepdog, Chelsea, who lovingly greets guests as soon as they get …
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New EPA Rules Would Cut Methane Emissions From Oil and Natural-Gas Industries – The Atlantic
“Today, through our cost-effective proposed standards, we are underscoring our commitment to reducing the pollution fueling climate change and protecting public health while supporting responsible energy development, transparency and accountability,…
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Inspiring and gorgeous patent drawings – Boing Boing
The best inventions are exciting, new and unique. Their line-drawn patents represent their technical essence, and with an excellent artist the same patents can also capture the beauty of an invention.
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Comedy Central ushers in the age of Trevor Noah on ‘Daily Show’ social media
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Silent Circle’s Blackphone 2 Landing In September | TechCrunch
Silent Circle showed off the second generation of its pro-privacy Android-hardened smartphone, the Blackphone, back in March at the Mobile World Congress tradeshow — touting a summer launch for the device.
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Boston Dynamics, the robot company owned by Alphabet, the company formerly known as Google, has taken on a new challenge: the great outdoors.
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Inmate at New York Prison Allegedly Died at Hands of Violent Correction Officers | VICE News
A lengthy New York Times investigation has revealed alleged systematic abuse of inmates by corrections officers at the Fishkill Correctional Facility in upstate New York, and has presented a clearer picture of the sequence of events that led to inma…
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This is Fossil’s Android Wear smartwatch | The Verge
Fossil, the watchmaker that’s carved out a home at Macy’s, JCPenney, and other retailers, is getting into the smartwatch game. The company previously signaled plans to release an Android Wear device, and today Fossil showed off its upcoming products.
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The Adventures of Brisco County, Jr.: the complete series – Boing Boing
Brisco County, Jr. is a Harvard educated laywer, futurist and bounty hunter, searching the old west for the gang that killed his father, a famed U.S. Marshall played by R. Lee Ermey. The series ran for 27 episodes on Fox, back in the days when Fox b…
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Big Question: Why Does Tap Water Go Stale Overnight? | WIRED
You go to sleep with a cool, fresh glass of tap water by your bed and wake up to it tasting decidedly…off. Ever so slightly more dirt-like, I’d say. Musty, heavy, or oily, others have said.
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EU Migrant Arrivals Pass Record 100,000 in July | Al Jazeera America
Nearly 340,000 such migrants were seen so far this year arriving in the EU, mainly in Italy, Greece and Hungary. That was a 175 percent rise on the same period last year and much more than the 280,000 registered arrivals in all of 2014.
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Saudi Arabia Is on the Cusp of Another MERS Outbreak | WIRED
Officially, it’s called the Ebola Outbreak of 2014. But it’s 2015 now, and the disease is still infecting people. For the past two months, that rate was about 15 people a week. But in the past two weeks, the rate has doubled. This is bad.
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How Horror Brings Human Beings Together
Horror stories can get our blood pumping and our hearts racing, but what is the social benefit of scary tales? In a roundtable on horror fiction for Mind Meld, Pretty Little Dead Girls author Mercedes M. Yardley shares an oddly sweet take on the pos…
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Hillary’s Problem: The Government Classifies Everything – The New Yorker
Hillary Clinton’s classified-information nightmare is just beginning—as her predecessor in the United States Senate might have warned that it would. As was often the case, Daniel Patrick Moynihan was ahead of all of us.
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The Unofficial State Cars of America
If you were to take a list of the most popular cars in each state in the U.S., it’d be a pretty monotonous list. A bunch of Ford F-150s, some Chevy Silverado and Ram pickups, the odd Honda Accord or Toyota Camry here or there.
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The Most Violent Man in Wrestling Lays Down His Staple Gun «
ne night in 1996, an 18-year-old kid named Erich Kulas walked into an Extreme Championship Wrestling show in Revere, Massachusetts, hoping to find work for the night. He claimed to be a trained wrestler. He wasn’t.
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Toronto police exploring ‘clown guns’ for officers | Toronto Star
When the trigger is pulled, the bullet lands in the round silver projectile and is slowed down, Rhine said. “When it hits the assailant or the suspect, it generally knocks them to the ground,” Rhine said.
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Breathless & in awe. Podere Belvedere, Italy : Breathless
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Just a Danish Tourist http://t.co/uzPheiGuiH http://t.co/bGo3vsXYZp
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Map showing the decolonization of Africa [1006×1139] : MapPorn
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Clinton comes out against Arctic drilling | Grist
Because it’s 2015 and major policy decisions are conveyed throughout the land via 140 characters including emoji, Hillary Clinton took to Twitter to announce her position on drilling in the Arctic: We’ll fave this tweet. Thumbs up emoji, H.
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New Poll Suggests People Like Common Core — They Just Don’t Know They Do | ThinkProgress
A pair of polls released Tuesday show while Americans support the intent and ideas behind the Common Core standards, the term itself has taken a hit in popularity. This is potentially due to the fact that the public holds a lot of misconceptions abo…
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Arsenal’s Gedion Zelalem to join Rangers on loan until January | Football | The Guardian
Teenage midfielder Gedion Zelalem has agreed a loan move from Arsenal to Rangers, initially until January but with the option for him to stay at the Scottish club for the season.
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Jailer-owned “Christian business” forced inmates to make cornhole games – Boing Boing
Stand Firm Designs’ website was taken down for unknown reasons (archive.org snapshot), but when the website was operational you would have learned that the self-described “Christian Construction Business” employed “retired contractors” to make its b…
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Previously, Mark Hofmeyer of Movies, Films, and Flix spent countless hours and immense amount of nerd energy going through the top ranked horror films of the 21st century.
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Victor Frankenstein trailer: why do they have to be so hot? | The Verge
If you’re like me, a few standard images probably pop into your brain when you think of Frankenstein: a mad scientist with white hair sprouting from his ears, his grotesque humpbacked assistant who lives to serve, a zombie-like monster with greenish…
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Why A Major Architecture Firm Is Taking To Kickstarter | WIRED
Bjarke Ingels, the superstar architect behind high-profile projects like 2 World Trade Center and the Big U, just announced his latest project … on Kickstarter. The $15,000 campaign will finance the prototype of something Ingels calls the Vortex.
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Mike Epps’ wife caught him trying to slide into someone else’s DMs
Comedian Mike Epps just learned the hard way that social media isn’t as private as he might have hoped—as did his wife. On Aug. 15 Epps tweeted at ceciCitra, who had earlier tweeted about spoilers online.
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Why did Billie Joe McAllister jump off the Tallahatchie Bridge? · Hear This · The A.V. Club
In Hear This, A.V. Club writers sing the praises of songs they know well. This week: songs that tell a story. As I’ve mentioned before, I am a ginormous fan of the story song, popularized in the 1960s and ’70s, where entire sagas were spelled out in…
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Trevor Noah Debuts Cheeky, Self-Deprecating Daily Show Promo | Vanity Fair
When Jon Stewart made headlines yesterday for his upcoming gig hosting WWE’s Summer Slam, the phrase that cropped up over and over to describe him was “former Daily Show host.” That’s right, there’s officially a new host in town and he’s got his ver…
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Every day, Watch This offers staff recommendations inspired by the week’s new releases or premieres. This week: With Lifetime debuting The Unauthorized Full House Story, we take a look at some favorites from the TGIF era.
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Pan’s Levi Miller joins CBS’s Supergirl · Newswire · The A.V. Club
TVLine reports that Levi Miller, star of Joe Wright’s upcoming Pan, has been cast in CBS’ new superhero procedural Supergirl. Miller will portray Carter Grant, the son of Calista Flockhart’s Cat Grant.
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This KKK Guy Tried to Build an X-Ray Weapon To Kill Muslims and Obama, Feds Say | VICE News
A trial is underway in Albany for a Ku Klux Klan member who allegedly planned to use a remote-controlled X-ray weapon hidden inside a van to vaporize Muslims in upstate New York and launch an attack on the White House.
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Why Welfare Reform Is Keeping Poor, Single Moms From Getting College Degrees – The Atlantic
On Wednesday, Ben Carson came to Sylvia’s soul food restaurant, an iconic eatery in iconic Harlem, located along Lenox Avenue near 127th Street.
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WASHINGTON—Describing the findings as “deeply troubling,” the U.S. Department of Transportation released a report Tuesday revealing that the growing epidemic of distracted driving is responsible for more than 5,000 unfinished text messages a year.
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Sprint getting rid of phone contracts, calls them a “thing of the past” | Ars Technica
Sprint is getting rid of two-year smartphone contracts, following a move made previously by T-Mobile US and Verizon Wireless. Sprint CEO Marcelo Claure explained the move in an interview with CNBC.
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Peace Love Beauty Wisdom Balance Imagination Truth Consciousness, Dead Can Dance – Spirit…
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Going Home by Lijimoku : ImaginaryMindscapes
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infinite Will via /r/perfectloops http://t.co/d5ojC7XHJz http://t.co/tx6xNEo4Zh
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My God, this thing STINKS! : StartledCats
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Toronto, Ontario [2048 x 1387] : CityPorn
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Space elevator could lift people 12 miles into the air : space
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meow irl via /r/MEOW_IRL http://t.co/ZxAZmSPcZZ http://t.co/QBzClt80Vy
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Exploring abandoned ski roads in BC [OC][5184×3456] : EarthPorn
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My cat likes to groom me. : cats
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This wall has a tiny chair nailed to it. : mildlyinteresting
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Dead Can Dance – Spirit – YouTube
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To hear most of the Republican candidates tell it, all an American president has to do is talk tough, make demands, send more troops overseas, pour billions more dollars into the Pentagon and the world will fall in line.
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That means pediatricians taking care of infants and toddlers should routinely be advising parents about how important it is to read to even very young children. The policy statement, which I wrote with Dr. Pamela C.
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9 Star Wars Toys That Were Canceled Before Anybody Could Buy Them
Star Wars merchandising is infamous for making a toy out of almost everything in the movies and beyond. That fervor is something we’ll be seeing again next month, when new toys for The Force Awakens come out.
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Gentleman attempts to use rattlesnake as weapon – Boing Boing
Nathaniel Buck Harrison of Oracle, Arizona sought vengeance by hitting his victim on the head with a board and then attempting to sic a rattlesnake on him. Apparently, the snake declined to participate.
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Heidi Klum shrugs off Donald Trump’s ‘no longer a 10’ comment – video | US news | The Guardian
Supermodel Heidi Klum shrugs off comments made by the Republican presidential frontrunner Donald Trump that her looks were fading. In the video, which was posted on her Twitter page, Klum poses for a photographer in a cut-off white T-shirt that says…
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Chicago: Join Boing Boing, NoisePop and Joie de Vivre Hotels for Widowspeak, Aug 25 – Boing Boing
August 25th, on the roof of Chicago’s Hotel Lincoln, we’ll be presenting the next in our summer Good Measure Tour with NoisePop and Joie de Vivre Hotels!
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Yell Endlessly Into Your Phone, And Now Nuance Will Transcribe It | TechCrunch
Sick of typing up meeting notes or interviews? Speech recognition master Nuance’s new Dragon Anywhere transcription app can turn what you say into text with no limit on recording time. This is no toy. It will cost $15 per month when it comes out thi…
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Teenage cancer survivor Vicky Duval gets US Open qualifying wild card | Sport | The Guardian
Vicky Duval received a wild-card entry for US Open qualifying, a week after she returned to competition following a yearlong recovery from Hodgkin’s lymphoma.
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Cardwheel Is A Memories App That Recalls Photos Based On Context, Not Time | TechCrunch
Launching today, Cardwheel is an app that recalls a fresh set of memories each day. However, unlike year-ago-remembering apps, Cardwheel uses machine learning to recall relevant, contextual memories based on a number of different factors.
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This KKK Guy Tried to Build an X-Ray Weapon To Vaporize Muslims and Obama, Feds Say | VICE News
A trial is underway in Albany for a Ku Klux Klan member who allegedly planned to use a remote-controlled X-ray weapon hidden inside a van to vaporize Muslims in upstate New York and launch an attack on the White House.
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Game review: detectives hunt for the infamous Mr. X in Scotland Yard – Boing Boing
“Certainly there is no hunting like the hunting of man…” wrote Hemingway. It is precisely this Holmes-versus-Moriarty style rivalry that makes Scotland Yard worth an hour or more of your time. At the outset, a player is chosen to be the infamous “Mr.
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Following Outcry, the Red Cross Is Shifting Its Priorities in Haiti | VICE News
When an earthquake decimated Haiti’s capital and nearby cities in 2010, people around the world pledged $13 billion in aid, $488 million of which was donated to the American Red Cross — the largest branch of the world’s largest relief charity.
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This vibrator turns your Apple Watch into a sex toy controller
Like Lovense’s other devices, the Blush Vibe is a low profile, remotely-controlled vibrator, this time using the Apple Watch as mission command. The vibrator just hit Indiegogo, where it appears to be well on its way toward raising $10,000.
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Wi-Fi provider fined $750,000 for blocking mobile hotspots
The FCC has hit a company that operates Wi-Fi at many of the largest U.S. convention centers with a $750,000 punishment for multiple violations.
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Hayley Atwell Wants to Be Doctor Who and I Will Destroy Anyone Who Tries to Stop Her
In a casual Twitter Q&A session, Agent Carter actress Hayley Atwell was asked if she might want to make a guest appearance on Doctor Who. Her answer was no… only because she wants to BE the Doctor. So. Who do I have to kidnap and hold against thei…
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Every generation is getting a little more queer
As LGBT folks find more acceptance and equality, it seems that young adults—at least in Britain—are more open about same-sex attractions.
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Prince Harry’s Style: From Black Tie to White Tee | Vanity Fair
1/10Top-Hat Harry. Are we the only ones who used the top-hat piece in Monopoly expressly to sit on top of the money accumulated for Free Parking?by Stuart C. Wilson/Getty Images.+−zoom
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What you need to know about cyber sex and the future of sex tech | The Verge
My earliest memories of the internet are set in AOL chat rooms. I spent the summer of 1998 in chats about video games, the James Bond series, major league baseball, and whatever else interested my 10-year-old mind. Every conversation was different, …
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Trailer for Patricia Highsmith movie about troubled 1950s lesbian love affair – Boing Boing
Cate Blanchett and Rooney Mara star in Carol, a new movie based on Patricia Highsmith’s novel, The Price of Salt. Published in 1952 under the pen name Claire Morgan, it’s about a troubled love affair between a rich bored housewife and a poor frustra…
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Google Launches OnHub Router, Promises Faster Wi-Fi And Simpler Setup | TechCrunch
Google today surprised all of us by launching a router with the help of its partner TP-LINK. The $199.99 OnHub router promises to do away with many of the issues you’ve likely experienced with your existing router: Wi-Fi slowing to a crawl, videos b…
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Marco Rubio hit a kid in the face with a football
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Washington wildfire sends tourists fleeing as 200 troops are called in | World news | The Guardian
Tourists have fled a scenic lakeside town in the Cascade Mountain range that counts on money from summer visitors after wildfires burned dozens of homes and continued to threaten many more.
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Over the weekend, The New York Times published the latest edition of its fun consumer complaint resolution column, The Haggler, and this installment deals with an 81-year-old Price Is Right contestant who had trouble claiming her prizes.
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IFC has already renewed Documentary Now! for two seasons · Newswire · The A.V. Club
The new mockumentary series Documentary Now! hasn’t even aired yet but it’s already been renewed—The Hollywood Reporter announced that IFC has preemptively renewed the show for two more seasons, with the third season getting a bonus seventh episode.
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If you want to make a meme, you have to break a few journalists | The Verge
Welcome to the second annual Verge Hack Week.
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Action Comedy Monster Movie: Victor Frankenstein Trailer Hits | WIRED
It’s always fun to find the through lines in an actor’s career.
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A Whistled Turkish Dialect Is Challenging Theories of Languages and the Brain | Motherboard
In a remote hilltop village above Turkey’s Black Sea coast, a group of villagers occasionally prefer to whistle for long-distance communication.
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Former ‘Kremlin Troll’ Awarded $0.01 in Victory Over ‘Propaganda Factory’ | VICE News
A Russian employment case has been the key to exposing an organization that was paying employees to post internet comments that were complimentary towards Russian President Vladimir Putin. It was resolved on Tuesday, when an ex-employee won the case…
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Cecil the lion: Zimbabwe man charged for role in animal’s killing | Environment | The Guardian
Zimbabwe has charged a man on whose land the well-known Cecil the lion was shot by American dentist Walter James Palmer in July. Charges have not been filed against Palmer, according to prosecutors, while in Minnesota the dentist has reopened his pr…
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Women of the Haunted Mansion cosplayers at SDCC – Boing Boing
This year’s San Diego Comic-Con masquerade featured a cosplayer team dressed as the “women of the Haunted Mansion” — from a maid to a stretching portrait to a changing portrait to ballroom and graveyard ghosts, all doing a delightful dance routine.
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Follow this flow chart to the drone of your dreams | The Verge
Welcome to the second annual Verge Hack Week.
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ProtonMail Open Sources Its Encrypted Webmail Interface | TechCrunch
Secure encrypted email provider ProtonMail, which runs a “zero access” PGP mail service based in Switzerland has now open sourced its webmail interface — meaning all the code that runs locally on the user’s computer is available for inspection.
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Opera Max Can Now Compress YouTube And Netflix Videos | TechCrunch
Opera Max, Opera‘s data-saving proxy for Android, has long allows you to save some of your previous mobile data by compressing text, video and images when you surf the web or use apps like Instagram on your phone.
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Russia busts illegal cheese-making ‘criminal gang’ – Al Jazeera English
Russian police have detained an “international criminal gang” that produced contraband cheese worth about $30mn using banned Western ingredients.
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People are giving up on Apple Music, survey says | The Verge
Apple Music is having a problem retaining its users, according to a new survey. Forty-eight percent of Apple Music users have stopped using the service, while only 11 percent of iOS users have tried the streaming service so far, according to MusicWa…
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Trevor Noah takes a seat in the first ad for the new Daily Show | The Verge
After last week’s incredible sendoff for Jon Stewart, Comedy Central is letting Trevor Noah charge ass-first into his hosting duties for next month’s return of The Daily Show. Here, Noah saunters onto his new set — Kanye’s Powerpumping in the backgr…
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Any hero can use fists, feet, or guns to dispatch their enemies. But it takes a special breed of cinematic badass to take out villains using unconventional weapons like a ladder, an umbrella, or even an entire oil tanker.
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Robber with sword meets cashier with bigger sword – Boing Boing
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Supporters of Chelsea Manning delivered an estimated 100,000 signatures to the US army liaison office in Congress on Tuesday, urging the military to drop charges against the whistleblower for possession of unapproved magazines and other material and…
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WellPath Integrates With 23andMe, FitBit To Customize Your Daily Supplements | TechCrunch
These days, you can get a subscription box for just about anything. And today, that includes customized nutritional supplements.
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Gallery of deserted Chinese amusement parks – Boing Boing
China’s exuberant, weird, terrible and brilliant amusement parks sprang up like mushrooms after the Deng reforms, and now many of them have fallen on hard times — even as Disney makes ready to open Disneyland Shanghai.
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Winter weather preview: Thanks to El Nino, we know what’s coming.
There’s a silver lining to all this talk of a super mega record-breaking Godzilla El Niño: The seasonal weather outlooks for this fall and winter will be some of the most accurate ever issued.
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Major publisher retracts 64 scientific papers in fake peer review outbreak – The Washington Post
Made-up identities assigned to fake e-mail addresses. Real identities stolen for fraudulent reviews. Study authors who write glowing reviews of their own research, then pass them off as an independent report.
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Why You Can’t Use Dictionaries in Court | The Marshall Project
The Rule: Jury members cannot consult outside texts or resources – even dictionaries – during deliberation. The Reason: Even if they don’t know the meaning of a word, juries must confine their knowledge of a case to what’s presented in court.
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Manuel Lima: A visual history of human knowledge | TED Talk | TED.com
How does knowledge grow? Sometimes it begins with one insight and grows into many branches. Infographics expert Manuel Lima explores the thousand-year history of mapping data — from languages to dynasties — using trees of information. It’s a fasci…
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[Letter from Los Angeles] | The Speakeasy, by Dave Madden | Harper’s Magazine
Marty’s comedy club sits at one end of a strip mall on Sunset Boulevard in Los Angeles, above a cleaner’s and a take-out pizzeria. The entrance is up a side street and easy to miss. In the club, color eight-by-tens of past performers line the walls.
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Just Below the Surface : Longreads Blog
The following is an excerpt from Summer Brennan’s excellent The Oyster War: the True Story of a Small Farm, Big Politics, and the Future of Wilderness in America, appearing courtesy of Counterpoint Press. Buy the book here.
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The Crushing Weight of a Giant Chipmunk Costume | Narratively | Human stories, boldly told.
I was six. My family was at Disneyworld, making our way through Fantasyland toward the carousel, when we heard a chorus of trumpets. “Hear ye! Hear ye!” a voice boomed from a loudspeaker.
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How America’s Broken Service Academies Create a Broken Military | The Nation
Thomas Jefferson Hall, West Point’s library and learning center, prominently features two quotations for cadets to mull over. In the first, Jefferson writes George Washington in 1788: “The power of making war often prevents it, and in our case would…
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Working At Amazon Is Hell, And Other News – Digg
On Saturday, the New York Times dropped a big exposé on working conditions at Amazon. TL;DR? They’re not great! And not just for its overworked, automaton-like warehouse workers. Here’s one fun anecdote about life at the online shopping behemoth:
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Last year, we revisited the high school days of Neil deGrasse Tyson.
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Dead Can Dance – Spirit – YouTube
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Dead Can Dance – Spirit – YouTube
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Victoria, Australia. The Small and Large… – Just Space
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Incredible view of an active region on the Sun : space
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360Ball via /r/woahdude http://t.co/9sIKimlU8q http://t.co/CEYNCubACP
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A church in Brugges, Belgium [OC] [2132×2132] : ArchitecturePorn
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Storm blowing in on Mt. Olympus. Taken with IPhone [OC] [640×139] : EarthPorn
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Donald Trump on immigration reform: Blame Mexico! | The Economist
“I’M A huge fan of the Mexican people,” Donald Trump said in an interview this weekend with NBC’s Chuck Todd. “But they have to pay for the wall.
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Faint Praise: Why Israeli Moderates Aren’t Thrilled with the Iran Deal
When diplomats announced a landmark deal to curb Iran’s nuclear program last month, Tehran celebrated in the streets. Jerusalem and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu danced to a more morose tune: he promptly knocked the agreement as a “histo…
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Gender and sf awards: who wins and for what – Boing Boing
SF writer Nicola Griffith reports in from her Literary Prize Data, which is collating data on gender and genre awards (and showing a dismally predictable skew towards books by and about men and boys). At this stage I’m less interested in the Why tha…
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Not a Racist, a Racialist (Extra Scene from ‘The Smartest Guy in the Sea’) | VICE News
More than 2,000 migrants have drowned while attempting to cross the Mediterranean Sea already in 2015, according to the International Organization for Migration. As the Mediterranean migrant crisis continues in the face of apparent government inacti…
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Music: “Come and Get Your Love,” Redbone (1974) – Boing Boing
This fantastic performance from Boing Boing BBSer milliefink! You like good oldies and I don’t know if you’ve posted this great one yet. It gets better and better, and the end is the best part.
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Dozens of famous Mississippians write letter asking state to change their flag
A tag is a way to search for this diary. If someone is searching for “Barack Obama,” is this a diary they’d be trying to find? Use a person’s full name, without any title. Senator Obama may become President Obama, and Michelle Obama might run for of…
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Reminder: Early-Bird Tickets To Disrupt SF 2015 End August 21 | TechCrunch
You love technology and you love money. Why not combine both of those loves by purchasing an early-bird ticket to Disrupt SF 2015 before Friday and save yourself $1,000 in the process? But you have to act fast, because you only have four days left t…
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Reddit Names Marty Weiner, Founding Engineer At Pinterest, Its First CTO | TechCrunch
There are plenty of things on Steve Huffman’s to-do list since returning to Reddit as its CEO. Having a gifted technical mind himself, currently doing double duty as Hipmunk’s CTO, the need for a technical lead at Reddit was glaring.
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How The Blockchain Can Aid The Effectiveness And Use Of Complementary Currencies | TechCrunch
The blockchain provides the foundation to design complementary currencies that embellish community relationships, drive regional economic growth and encourage self-sustainability. The local multiplier effect is the underlying benefit of using comple…
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FCC fines company $750,000 for blocking Wi-Fi hotspots | The Verge
Blocking Wi-Fi hotspots is getting very, very expensive. Today, the Federal Communications Commission announced a $750,000 fine against Smart City LLC, a boutique telecom company that provides Wi-Fi service for hotels and convention centers.
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Who Loves the Eggplant? America’s Favorite Emojis, State by State | Motherboard
A surfer for Hawaii. A corn cob for Iowa. A cactus for Arizona. When it comes to emoji trends, a new analysis shows some states aren’t afraid to embrace their stereotypes. Keyboard app SwiftKey released a new report Tuesday that analyzed which emoji…
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Windows 10’s Xbox app updated to enable 1080p game streaming | The Verge
Microsoft’s “>Windows 10 preview for the Xbox One is set to arrive for testers next month, but the company is providing a minor update to its Xbox app today ahead of the upcoming refreshed look and feel for the console.
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United States of Emoji: SwiftKey tells you the most popular emoji where you are
SwiftKey’s keyboard for iOS got an update today that will show you the emojis you use the most. Yes, it has been keeping track of how many
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The Shape of Vapes to Come | Motherboard
In the beginning there was NJOY. The Arizona-based company was founded in 2006, and made some of the first vaporizer electronic cigarettes to gain mainstream recognition.
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Paper, the popular iPad drawing app, is coming to iPhone soon | The Verge
FiftyThree is bringing its award-winning iPad app Paper to the iPhone. The company revealed plans to bring the drawing app to smaller screens on its blog, though isn’t saying much else at this point.
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Daily Cartoon: Tuesday, August 18th – The New Yorker
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Nuance’s new Dragon Anywhere app will transcribe for as long as you can speak | The Verge
With voice dictation built right into the keyboard of most smartphones, dictation apps have become a hard sell.
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Everyone in Yemen Conflict May Have Committed War Crimes | VICE News
All participants in the Yemen conflict have “left a bloody trail of death and destruction” across the southern cities of Ta’iz and Aden and may have committed war crimes, Amnesty International said Tuesday.
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Watch Josh Groban Croon Donald Trump’s Most Bonkers Tweets | Vanity Fair
Back in 2011 (Were we ever that young? Was Twitter?), Josh Groban appeared on Jimmy Kimmel Live! to croon out the best and most ridiculous Kanye West tweets. He’s back behind the piano to give Donald Trump the same treatment.
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Meet the Urban Explorers Who Party in Moscow’s Underground Tunnels | Motherboard
The Central Academic Theater of the Russian Army majestically dominates Suvorov Square in northern Moscow.
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Chris Cuomo Saved a Man from Drowning This Weekend | Vanity Fair
Bravery on the high seas! Not but two weeks after Lena Dunham was rescued from certain doom in a paddle-boarding mishap, Chris Cuomo, New York’s First Brother and the host of some sort of news program on CNN, has saved a man from drowning in the tre…
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Google is bringing its Android One program for affordable phones to Africa
Google’s Android One program for affordable smartphones is expanding to a whole new continent: Africa. Today the company is launching its first Android One device for the region with the help of Infinix, one of the “fastest growing smartphone brands…
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Opera Max (Android) promises less buffering on YouTube
Data saving tool Opera Max has been updated to reduce buffering when you’re watching YouTube and Netflix videos on your Android device. The company says it can compress videos by roughly 50 percent on average before beaming them to users’ devices.
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The VR successor to Second Life is inviting its first testers | The Verge
Second Life creator Linden Lab’s virtual reality platform might be getting closer to actual reality. The company just announced that it’s invited the first outside testers to Project Sansar, its working title for a new VR world that is expected to o…
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Waimea Canyon, Kauai, HI. Smartphone panorama! [6352×1696] [OC] : EarthPorn
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MRW when people try and make plans with me after I have been working all day – GIF on Imgur
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This couple is adorable via /r/aww http://t.co/qSo9R9OxLf http://t.co/yzRHTd05Zs
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Has NASA Discovered the Brightest Galaxy in the Universe? (Today’s Most Popular) http://t.co/f5qrEtB5Zb http://t.co/bIQYodEB5F
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Han Solo frozen in carbonite beach towel
This beach towel featuring Han Solo frozen in carbonite is the only Star Wars merch I want in my life. (thx, meg)
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WEEKEND OF WONDER: Top 10 reasons to join us at our Boing Boing extravaganza – Boing Boing
Boing Boing’s Weekend of Wonder, in association with Baby Tattoo, is our 3-day extravaganza at the historic Mission Inn in Riverside, California September 18-20, 2015. Tickets are selling fast. If you are thinking about joining us, register now.
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Little Nemo: Dream Another Dream, 100 artists’ tribute to Jazz Age comic legend – Boing Boing
Locust Moon Press’s Little Nemo: Dream Another Dream is a kickstarted tribute to Winsor McKay’s seminal Jazz Age comic strip, with contributions from Peter Bagge, Paul Pope, Charles Vess, Carla Speed McNeil, Bill Sienkiewicz and many others.
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This might be the world’s earliest flowering life – Boing Boing
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Africa is massive—30.22 million square kilometers, in fact. It can easily swallow up the whole of Europe; it’s the second-largest continent in the world. Yet the familiar Mercator map does not actually reflect this reality.
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Footage of suspect emerges after Bangkok blast – Boing Boing
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Vic and Igor Are the Original Science Bros in the First Victor Frankenstein Trailer
I have no idea how to feel about this trailer for Victor Frankenstein. James MacAvoy and Daniel Radcliffe have a great chemistry as the doctor and his assistant, respectively, and I love how the movie seems to be doubling down on the mad science asp…
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Exorcism, Male Power, and the Murder of E’Dena Hines
A young woman lies on the floor of a candlelit room, screaming and sobbing. Surrounding her in a circle, are other members of her community, her pastor, a few of her friends, girls from her Sunday school choir. They begin chanting and praying, bangi…
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11 Tips To Intentionally Ruin A Mock Draft
Mock drafts are a charade within a charade. Fantasy football is fake; mock drafts are fake drafts to prepare for the “real” fake draft, for a fake team.
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1 in 5 Teenagers Will Experiment With Art : funny
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Me irl via /r/TrollXChromosomes http://t.co/nHL1FbBjeT http://t.co/H7coMGWvCq
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me irl via /r/me_irl http://t.co/w2aYY2NVYk http://t.co/EPWqrwTl8i
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It has become conventional wisdom among chemists that “chemophobia” is the root of many people’s trepidation about chemicals. Framing the issue as an irrational fear may not be the best way to improve chemicals’ public image, however.
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Hillary Clinton Just Came Out Against Obama’s Arctic Drilling Plan | Mother Jones
This story was originally published by the Huffington Post and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration.
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The End of the Internet Dream: the speech that won Black Hat (and Defcon) – Boing Boing
“The End of the Internet Dream,” cyberlawyer Jennifer Granick’s keynote at Black Hat, was all anyone could talk about at this year’s Defcon — Black Hat being the grown-up, buttoned-down, military-industrial cousin to Defcon’s wild and exuberant ana…
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Tourist Arrested for Brooklyn Bridge Selfie — NYMag
At the end of June, an adventurous tourist armed with a selfie stick climbed up onto a side railing of the Brooklyn Bridge and snapped a photo, which he obviously posted to Instagram.
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How Relay FM Proves That Podcasts Aren’t An Overnight Success | TechCrunch
When Myke Hurley and Stephen Hackett launched Relay FM, they expected to build a small independent network of weekly tech podcasts. Just a year later, Relay FM features 16 different shows and delivers 1.5 million episodes every month.
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With A New SMS Service, Gone Turns Your Unwanted Stuff Into Cash | TechCrunch
Gone, an app that helps you sell off unwanted stuff, has just launched an SMS service to make unloading your crap even easier. Gone launched its concierge service in San Francisco and Austin last July, which lets you sell nearly anything with a mini…
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Convert or die: Ethnic cleansing in CAR – Al Jazeera English
Muslims are only newsworthy when behind the gun, not in front of it. Modern journalism continually reaffirms this baseline with regards to domestic crises and, perhaps even more so, international human rights calamities.
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Palestinian hunger-striker regains consciousness – Al Jazeera English
A Palestinian prisoner on a hunger strike against his detention without trial has been brought out of sedation in an Israeli hospital and vowed to continue his fast.
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Seeing and Hearing for the First Time, on YouTube – The New Yorker
Ethan Scott, a twenty-four-year-old actor from Los Angeles, has been color-blind his whole life. He has trouble seeing green and purple. Earlier this summer, he received a high-tech pair of glasses for his birthday.
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Marco Rubio tries to join the grown-ups in talking healthcare policy, and fails
It’s an article of faith among Republicans that Obamacare has failed, despite all evidence to the contrary. Millions have obtained insurance. Jobs were not killed. People have more flexibility in leaving jobs or cutting their work hours. Premium cos…
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On the evening of April 21 in Building 21 at the Fishkill Correctional Facility, Samuel Harrell, an inmate with a history of erratic behavior linked to bipolar disorder, packed his bags and announced he was going home, though he still had several ye…
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The Supreme Court could use some fixing : progressive
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The Supreme Court could use some fixing – LA Times
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Me n my dad! via /r/aww http://t.co/SGpjswZWLb http://t.co/sjVuipgPcd
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PAUL SMITHS, N.Y. — To administrators of the financially troubled college here, Joan Weill’s appearance on campus more than 20 years ago may have seemed like the arrival of a fairy godmother. Mrs. Weill, the wife of the Wall Street billionaire Sanfo…
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Valley of Carpathia, Ukraine [OC] [2560×1440] : EarthPorn
Valley of Carpathia, Ukraine [OC] [2560×1440] via /r/EarthPorn http://t.co/ZrHBhsS0nv http://t.co/1UC2XLMEnl
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underground by Lennart Gelke / 500px
underground by LennartGe http://t.co/S3Bx8e2T7w http://t.co/UGlJDiS0DF
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Geometric by Alexander Riek / 500px
Geometric by alexriek http://t.co/4a7tptGIRB http://t.co/YZvaBzVAlU
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Put My Beautiful Daughter On The $10 Bill – The Onion – America’s Finest News Source
Commentary: Put My Beautiful Daughter On The $10 Bill http://t.co/keS94X89mP
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Timeline: The Amazing Multimillion-Year History of Processed Food – Scientific American
Humans have been “processing” food ever since we tamed fire and invented bread. Processed food has powered the evolution of the species, the expansion of empires and the exploration of space.
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Watch Hillary Clinton’s Tense Meeting with Black Lives Matter Activist | Vanity Fair
Whether they like it or not, presidential candidates from both political parties are meeting activists from the Black Lives Matter movement. Bernie Sanders, Martin O’Malley, and Jeb Bush have had their events disrupted by affiliated activists stagin…
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Large areas of Yorkshire, the Northwest and the east Midlands are being opened up to fracking as the government announced they will offer a fresh round of licences to companies bidding to explore for oil and gas.
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The design of the OnePlus 2 can best be described as utilitarian. That’s not really a knock — it’s a well-proportioned device that doesn’t have any glaring design problems. It’s just not head-turning or awe-inspiring, like Samsung’s recent Edge devi…
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Finally, a Novel That Admits “Making It” In New York Isn’t Just a Make | Vanity Fair
If TV and movies are to be believed, “trying to make it in New York” means living in a big loft but complaining to your John Varvatos-clad musician roommate that $7 coffee is a little bit ludicrous.
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Hollywood’s seniors “won’t put down the gun” – Boing Boing
It is easy to feel that the main event of celebrity culture is now the showing-up of the failing flesh, and all the acclaim of youth and freshness that goes before is only a pretext. When identification fails, when the idol fails to retire gracefull…
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Elephant breaks free to shop at Dutch flea market
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Ashton Kutcher and Mila Kunis Shared an Uber with Royalty | Vanity Fair
Ashton Kutcher and Mila Kunis: they’re just like us! When it’s one of their birthdays (as it was Mila’s, last Friday), they spend the weekend meandering around the Upper West Side, stopping for yogurt and burgers (with their daughter).
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If I were ever to write a memoir (I won’t), whole chapters would take place in Oz or Middle Earth or Watership Down.
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Clevenger’s three-run homer seals Orioles’ win – Al Jazeera English
Steve Clevenger hit a three-run homer while Chris Tillman won his seventh straight decision as the Baltimore Orioles beat the Oakland Athletics 4-2. Clevenger’s three-run homer, which came off A’s starter Sonny Gray (12-5), gave the Orioles a 3-1 le…
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Today’s Best Media Deals: Snowpiercer, Monty Python, and More
It’s certainly not for everyone, but many believe that Snowpiercer is one of the greatest science fiction films we’ve seen in years, and you can own the Blu-ray for just $9 today. [Snowpiercer, $9]http://kotaku.com/snowpiercer-is…http://www.amazon…
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From ‘Spectre’ to ‘Mockingjay’ to ‘Black Mass’: A Fall Film Preview – The Atlantic
Another major release that tackles LGBT issues is About Ray (Sept 18), which stars Elle Fanning as a teenager transitioning from female to male, with Naomi Watts playing her mother and Susan Sarandon her grandmother.
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Thailand Breaks World Record for Mass Cycling Event – Plugged In – Scientific American Blog Network
BANGKOK, Thailand — On Monday, a bomb exploded near the Erawan Shrine, one of this city’s most popular tourist venues, killing over a dozen people. The horrific attack has cast a pall over Bangkok, which just one day earlier had reason to celebrate.
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I was told my duct tape repair job belonged here. : funny
I was told my duct tape repair job belonged here. via /r/funny http://t.co/vJnQN0aCYJ http://t.co/39wmfwkj9t
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Rick Perry’s Broke Campaign and Our Broken System
The newly bespectacled Rick Perry is facing an existential crisis in his bid for the Republican presidential nomination.
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Your Horoscopes — Week Of August 18, 2015 – The Onion – America’s Finest News Source
Your feeling of impending doom shall come to nothing again this week as the world continues to turn and your life goes on as normal. Perhaps you should consider feeling useless and stupid instead.
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Put My Beautiful Daughter On The $10 Bill – The Onion – America’s Finest News Source
Like many people, I was thrilled when the U.S. Treasury announced its plan to put a woman on the $10 bill. Long overdue, if you ask me! The jury’s still out on who it will be, though. It might be Eleanor Roosevelt or Rosa Parks or any number of othe…
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Zanzibar women walking on the beach (1024 x 683) (OC) : HumanPorn
Zanzibar women walking on the beach (1024 x 683) (OC) via /r/HumanPorn http://t.co/uTeoKqEgHJ http://t.co/6Bv6gsQ05B
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Sad cat via /r/cats http://t.co/1AvYC0ZUL9 http://t.co/FWOw66CnZr
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Me too via /r/funny http://t.co/p23JNhNzUV http://t.co/pml3clK3kw
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Some Brazen Drug Marketplaces Are Operating on the Normal Web | Motherboard
In their relatively short history, dark web drug markets have gone from a niche corner of the internet to a multi-million-dollar-a-year industry. But some sites have moved in a surprising direction: onto the normal web.
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Do time management apps really make people more productive? | Business | The Guardian
Andrew Chen, an investor in the San Francisco Bay Area, used to think that reaching zero in one’s inbox was folklore. The tech entrepreneur now uses an app, Streak, to regularly clear his emails. He also gets all his scheduling done with the help of…
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Carly Fiorina Says Federal Government Shouldn’t Set A Minimum Wage | ThinkProgress
At a Q&A at the Iowa State Fair on Sunday, Republican presidential candidate Carly Fiorina staked out one of the more extreme positions on minimum wage articulated thus far in the 2016 race.
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Product Hunt LIVE is an AMA for the entrepreneur community
When a product or service gets featured on Product Hunt, founders typically show up to the page to answer questions from community members.
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Rescuers Find Wreckage of Indonesian Plane — NYMag
Nearly 100 rescuers reached the site of the Trigana Air plane that crashed on Sunday after being delayed by the difficulty of traveling through mountainous forests in bad weather. No survivors were found; the bodies of all 54 passengers were recover…
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Android One, Google’s Cheap Smartphone Program, Is Launching in African Markets | Motherboard
Google announced Tuesday that it’s bringing its low-cost smartphone service, Android One, to Africa. The Infinix HOT 2—with the up-to-date version of Android (5.
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Piracy vs the MPAA: yet another box-office record smashed – Boing Boing
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A peak behind the dark money curtain at one of Rand Paul’s sugar daddies
A tag is a way to search for this diary. If someone is searching for “Barack Obama,” is this a diary they’d be trying to find? Use a person’s full name, without any title. Senator Obama may become President Obama, and Michelle Obama might run for of…
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The Unofficial Amiiqo Device Makes Amiibo Piracy Possible | Motherboard
An unofficial device called the Amiiqo will now enable Nintendo Amiibo owners to back up the data stored on their figurines—and could also allow others to pirate the figurines’ data.
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Does Hollywood Have a Blockbuster Problem, or Do We? | Vanity Fair
With only a few stray major releases left—Jesse Eisenberg and Kristen Stewart’s stoner action comedy (yes) American Ultra, Zac Efron’s E.D.M. D.J. saga (yes) We Are Your Friends—it’s safe to say that the 2015 summer movie season is mostly over.
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EShares, Now Valued at $77 Million, Looks Far Beyond Silicon Valley | TechCrunch
Three-year-old eShares digitizes paper stock certificates along with stock options, warrants, and derivatives to create a real-time picture of who owns what at a startup. It also makes it far simpler to transfer ownership of all of the above — which…
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Are you painting a series of Hubble watercolors? 3D printing a full zoo of extinct animal figurines? Building an epidemiology videogame? Bring all those secret and not-so-secret projects you’ve been working on out into the light—because it’s io9 sho…
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Stephen Hawking’s speech synthesizer now free/open software – Boing Boing
Intel has released ACAT (assistive context-aware toolkit) under an Apache license in the hopes that people will improve it — it only runs on Windows XP at the moment, and has a limited range of input-sensors.
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Apple just lost a key fight in its patent war against Samsung | The Verge
The United States Patent and Trademark Office has invalidated one of the key patents in the battle between Apple and Samsung. Specifically, it has decided that design patent D618677 — essentially the front of the iPhone 3G — was not sufficiently des…
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I’ve been interested in the way the migrant crisis is being debated in politics and the media. It’s that word – crisis – that is particularly striking. It suggests that what we’re seeing in across Europe is an aberration, a temporary disaster to be …
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Introducing True Detective season 2: The sitcom · Great Job, Internet! · The A.V. Club
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Twin typhoons threaten western Pacific – Al Jazeera English
As was widely predicted earlier this year, due to the developing El Nino this is turning into one of the most active Pacific typhoon seasons on record. Taiwan is still recovering from the effects of Typhoon Soudelor which struck on August 11.
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Ali McGraw 1969 : OldSchoolCool
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Nick Offerman offers some great sex ed advice… : funny
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Existence of a Solar System Twice the Age of Ours –“Has Far-Reaching Implications” (Today’s Feature)
“There are far-reaching implications for this discovery,” said Tiago Campante, from the University of Birmingham’s School of Physics and Astronomy, who led the research. “We now know that Earth-sized planets have formed throughout most of the Univer…
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Clinton Makes Firm Commitment To Oppose Arctic Offshore Drilling | ThinkProgress
Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton is making a firm commitment to oppose offshore drilling in the Arctic Ocean, her campaign confirmed to ThinkProgress on Tuesday.
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Capcom puts kibosh on fan remake—and will do the job itself – Boing Boing
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Uganda Bans ‘Bride Price’ Reimbursement In Fight Against Domestic Abuse | ThinkProgress
In some areas of Uganda, a man asks for a woman’s hand in marriage by paying her family with livestock or money. And up until recently, if the woman chose to leave her husband a man could ask for a reimbursement of what is known as a ‘bride price’.
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The Real White House Hopeful: Trump’s Driver | Vanity Fair
White House hopeful Donald Trump fulfilled his civic duty by showing up for jury duty at Manhattan’s State Supreme Court on Monday. Even more hopeful about his bid for president, though, was his longtime driver on duty waiting outside the courthouse.
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Fox is bringing back Firefly (the arsonist) for Gotham season two · Newswire · The A.V. Club
Here is yet another update on Gotham’s villains list, with the requisite joke about overcrowding the show’s rogues gallery: TVLine reports that Fox has added Michelle Veintimilla to the cast as Bridgit Pike a.k.a Firefly.
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A Smart New Tool to Demystify the Design Process | WIRED
When Chris Kalani started at Facebook in 2011 he was one of 20 designers at the company. Two years later there were 100, and keeping track of everyone’s work was a logistical nightmare. “There were a lot of moving parts,” Kalani says.
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The Startup Scene’s Favorite Front Page Gets Its Own Techie AMAs | WIRED
Product Hunt has become the Silicon Valley startup scene’s de facto front page for showcasing new hardware, apps and services. Now, taking a page from that other front page of the Internet, Product Hunt wants to become the place where you connect wi…
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These Two Moons Smashed Together to Produce Saturn’s Unusual F Ring
Saturn’s discrete F Ring is a narrow 62-mile (100-km) band located some 2,110 miles (3,400 km) away from the outer edge of the main ring system. It’s the most active ring in the Solar System, exhibiting structural changes on an hourly basis.
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Kickstarter Superstars Launch a Crowdfunding Site for Games | WIRED
Three of Kickstarter’s biggest winners are launching a crowdfunding site for games, one that will bring together fans and investors alike in a system of rewards-based crowdfunding and equity investing.
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Chicago band Royale premieres a galactic sci-fi battle for “Robots II” · Newswire · The A.V. Club
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A First: Two Female Soldiers to Graduate From Army Ranger School – The Atlantic
“I always believed that, without having to change the qualifications, that there were women who could live up to the same standards that we required of others to be able to become Rangers and to be part of Special Forces,” he told the magazine.
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Deadspin Little League World Series Scandal: Softball Team Throws Game | Jalopnik Faulty Inspection Leads To Manslaughter Charge For Vermont Mechanic | Jezebel Rihanna and Chris Brown Have Been FaceTiming Because Their Love Is Eternal | Kotaku The 1…
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The Back-Flipping Black Figure Skater Who Changed the Sport Forever | The New Republic
In the 1980s and ’90s, competitive figure skating enthralled me. The sport’s balletic arm movements and glittery-glam unitards, along with its powerful leaps and dizzying triple axels, guaranteed that I’d be seated in front of a TV during every Wint…
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SARATOGA SPRINGS, Utah — As a lover of ancient rock art, Steve Acerson usually roams Utah’s backcountry searching for images of hunters and rams carved on boulders and canyon walls.
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WASHINGTON—Citing “nearly unlimited” opportunities for the nation’s currency, an encouraging study released Tuesday by the Brookings Institution found that it has never been easier for U.S. dollars to enter the richest segment of American society.
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China Protects its Workers; America Doesn’t Bother
Confronted with a dire situation, a world power last week took strong action to secure its domestic jobs and manufacturing. That was China. Not the United States.
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Burglars Open 1,200 Bottles of Koenig Pilsener Beer, Steal Bottle Caps – NBC News
MAINZ, Germany — Maybe these burglars were wine lovers. Thieves who broke into a shop in Muelheim, Germany, opened 1,200 bottles of Koenig Pilsener beer — but left the otherwise untouched containers stacked neatly in their crates and the amber brew …
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August Puzzler : Earth Matters : Blogs
New posts in the Earth Matters blog – August Puzzler http://t.co/SVnMQOZsCQ
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Truck driver doesn’t give a damn. : firstworldanarchists
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A particularly good tall-truck-hits-overhead-sign video – Boing Boing
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The case for Hayley Atwell to play the Thirteenth Doctor
It pays to keep an eye on Hayley Atwell’s Twitter feed. You never know when she might let slip something like this: Sure, that was just a throwaway reply to a fan asking if Atwell would like to be on Doctor Who.
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Defector from Kremlin’s outsourced troll army wins 1 rouble in damages – Boing Boing
Lyudmila Savchuk was fired from St Petersburg’s Internet Research — the Kremlin’s troll factory — for talking to the media about her job posting messages rubbishing Putin’s opponents to Internet forums.
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Mexican Laborers Want Americans to Know Who Picks Their Fruits and Vegetables | VICE News
On March 17, 2015, hundreds of fed up Mexican day laborers in the Baja California city of San Quintin began a series of demonstrations to protest their awful working conditions. It was a milestone, and a moment that that drew international attention…
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BuzzFeed Confirms $200M Investment From NBCUniversal | TechCrunch
BuzzFeed just announced that it has raised $200 million from NBCUniversal. If the news sounds a little familiar, that’s because Vox Media announced a similar deal with NBCUniversal last week.
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Republican Candidates Can’t Come Up With Any New Health Care Ideas | ThinkProgress
As GOP presidential contenders begin to outline concrete policy plans ahead of the 2016 race, one thing is becoming clear: Even as the health care landscape has dramatically changed over the past several years, Republicans still can’t come up with a…
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Fotokite Phi Is A $349 Drone On A Leash That Needs No Pilot, Just A GoPro | TechCrunch
Drones are the future of photo journalism, but the problem is you usually need a dedicated pilot. Unless you have a Fotokite. It’s a quadcopter on a retractible dog leash.
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Fig Lets You Crowdfund Computer Games For Profit, Not Just Fun | TechCrunch
A conspiracy has been hatched by the world’s top Triple-A and indie developers to change the way computer games are financed. It’s called Fig. It’s a highly-curated reward and equity crowdfunding funding platform just for games.
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Viking Aurora: Northern Lights Wow Photographer in Newfoundland
This stunning image of an aurora was taken was taken in Norstead, a Viking village replica. The Norstead Viking Village in L’anse aux Meadows, Newfoundland is the only confirmed Viking site in North America. Astrophotographer Adam Woodworth took the…
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Fotokite’s Phi drone doesn’t have a controller, and that’s a great thing for content producers
If the appeal of owning a drone isn’t flying of the machine itself, but rather the amazing footage you could capture, then the consumer-oriened Fotokite Phi is well worth checking out on Indiegogo.
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Jon Krakauer Explains the Allure of the Mountain More Dangerous Than Everest | Vanity Fair
The most famous mountain in the Himalayas may be Mount Everest, but there’s another peak that’s an even more revered challenge for climbers.
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Connecticut Inspects 25 Nail Salons, Shuts 23 Down Over Wage Abuse | ThinkProgress
After the Connecticut labor department conducted random inspections at 25 nail salons, it found that 23 were violating wage laws and shut them down.
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Confide brings its screenshot-deflecting chat client to desktop
Off-the-record messaging app Confide, available for both iOS and Android, has spread globally in the 18 months since its release. Currently translated into 15 different languages, the app has provided destructible, screenshot-proof messaging in more…
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Khader Adnan Opposes New Israeli Force-feeding Law | Al Jazeera America
Former Palestinian prisoner Khader Adnan has carried out several hunger strikes in prison to protest an Israeli policy that allows detainment without charge or trial.
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The evolution of the selfie stick is just a drone on a leash | The Verge
There are many variations on the theme of the flying camera coming to market these days. Most are quadcopters that you pilot with a remote control or mobile app. Some can follow you and take commands from a wearable device that lets it track your mo…
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Meet the 15-Year-Old Prodigy Dominating Drone Fight Club (Video) | Re/code
Kyle Ettinger is one of the most feared pilots in the emerging world of drone combat — despite being half the age of most of his rivals.
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Donald Trump Tells GOP To Jump On Immigration, Candidates Say ‘How High?’ | ThinkProgress
On Sunday, GOP presidential frontrunner Donald Trump released a package of immigration proposals that placed him on the same side of the citizenship debate as an infamous pro-slavery decision by the Supreme Court.
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Cartoon: What they’re watering the fruit with
A tag is a way to search for this diary. If someone is searching for “Barack Obama,” is this a diary they’d be trying to find? Use a person’s full name, without any title. Senator Obama may become President Obama, and Michelle Obama might run for of…
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How Much Will Antarctica and Greenland Ice Raise Seas? – Scientific American
Scientists have figured out the worst that could happen if the mammoth chuck of continental ice at the bottom of the world—the West Antarctic Ice Sheet—continues melting. By 2100, ice sheet melt would raise sea levels by 7.
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Islamic Leaders Call For Phasing Out Global Fossil Fuels | ThinkProgress
Islamic leaders from 20 countries have unveiled a sweeping new declaration on climate change, calling on their fellow Muslims to care for the planet and asking world leaders to phase out their use of fossil fuels.
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Bitcoin is on the verge of a constitutional crisis – Vox
The Bitcoin community is facing one of the most momentous decisions in its six-year history. The Bitcoin network is running out of spare capacity, and two increasingly divided camps disagree about what, if anything, to do about the problem.
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The evolution of Donald Trump: A YouTube investigation
The Donald wasn’t always this way. Real-estate mogul Donald Trump, now a controversial presidential candidate, has for years been a mainstay of American pop culture.
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August Puzzler : Earth Matters : Blogs
Every month on Earth Matters, we offer a puzzling satellite image. The August 2015 puzzler is above. Your challenge is to use the comments section to tell us what part of the world we are looking at, when the image was acquired, what the image shows…
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Did NASA Discover the Brightest Galaxy in the Universe? (Today’s Most Popular)
A remote galaxy shining with the light of more than 300 trillion suns was discovered this past May using data from NASA’s Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer (WISE).
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Milky Way over Mosquito Lakes in the Sierra… – Just Space
Milky Way over Mosquito Lakes in the Sierra Nevadas, California … http://t.co/y7MXErTuCk http://t.co/LWnbrhnwRJ
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Islamic call on rich countries to end fossil fuel use – BBC News
Islamic environmental and religious leaders have called on rich countries and oil producing nations to end fossil fuel use by 2050. The Islamic Climate Declaration says that the world’s 1.6bn Muslims have a religious duty to fight climate change.
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Sounds that annoy people in noisy professions — Hopes&Fears — flow “Life”
Trains entering and leaving subway stations in NYC can reach over 100 decibels. As a train conductor for the MTA, Denaul Jenkins II is subjected to what many pay brush off as part of their commute for up to 8 hours at a time.
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The British royal family has issued a statement criticizing the “increasingly dangerous” means photographers are resorting to in order to snap photos of 2-year-old Prince George, including hiding in cars, pursuing vehicles leaving royal homes, and f…
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MRW…..dat faceplant. : AdviceAnimals
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Confide, The Self-Destructing Messenger, Goes Live On Desktop | TechCrunch
Confide, the app that lets you send self-destructing messages, is now transitioning to the desktop. Confide launched 18 months ago as a mobile app on iOS and Android, offering users the chance to send messages to each other that are only readable a …
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James McAvoy and Daniel Radcliffe in the First Victor Frankenstein Trailer | Vanity Fair
Take the Victorian-era buddy-comedy hijinks of Guy Ritchie’s Sherlock Holmes and add in a monster, and you’ve basically got Victor Frankenstein, the newest take on the Mary Shelley classic, which premieres its first trailer above. It’s got James McA…
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The future doesn’t look so bleak. – Imgur
The future doesn’t look so bleak. http://t.co/mAbl5eu98m http://t.co/9HGUuzGGMt
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Searching for the Last Lesbian Bars in America – YouTube
Subscribe here: http://bit.ly/Subscribe-to-BROADLYSan Francisco, New York, Washington DC, and New Orleans are four of the biggest gay party meccas in America, yet the cities’ lesbian bars keep shutting down. Why are lesbian bars dying while gay male…
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The weekend of 14-16 August, people from across Europe joined in an act of civil disobedience targeting the opencast lignite mine in Rhineland, Germany. Together with the three power stations in the area, it makes up Europe’s biggest source of Co2 e…
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Product Hunt Takes AMAs A Step Further With The Launch Of LIVE | TechCrunch
Product Hunt, the online community where members upvote products, games and books they like, is helping that community get more of a heads up on “Ask Me Anything” (AMA) events today with the introduction of LIVE – a scheduled AMA with different prod…
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Scandal at Little League Softball World Series — NYMag
Gifted kid athletes learned an important lesson at the Little League Softball World Series in Portland, Oregon: Sometimes grown-ups have intensely stupid ideas and you should follow their example sparingly. The U.S.
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This guy gets it. : firstworldanarchists
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Discover your Star Wars alter-ego in time for The Force Awakens | The Verge
Welcome to the second annual Verge Hack Week.
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Cops pull over speeding car, help deliver occupant’s baby – Boing Boing
Alas, cops don’t escort you to the hospital at 100MPH: “The couple’s baby was determined to beat medics to the scene,” police said, adding that the officers witnessed the ‘miracle of childbirth.
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Here’s what’s going on with Soylent’s lead and cadmium controversy | The Verge
Soylent, the cheap, venture-backed meal replacement, usually gets bad press for being weird, not necessarily for being actively unsafe. That changed last weekend with a press release from non-profit organization As You Sow, claiming that Soylent 1.
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Sri Lanka’s ruling party wins general election – Al Jazeera English
Sri Lanka’s ruling United National Party (UNP) has won the country’s parliamentary election, final results show, putting it in a position to form a stable government after eight months of minority rule.
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For example: An unfaithful spouse is, usually, in our daily lives, seen as a bad thing. But you have two novels, masterpieces, which refuse to condemn that behavior: Anna Karenina and Madame Bovary. In those two novels, the novelists try to explain …
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Jon Stewart to Host WWE’s ‘SummerSlam’ | Rolling Stone
Jon Stewart to Host WWE’s ‘SummerSlam’ Former ‘Daily Show’ icon – and Seth Rollins’ nemesis – will be on hand when the event invades Brooklyn’s Barclays Center on Sunday
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Lily Tomlin on Coming-Out Press Conferences & Kicking Nat Wolff’s Ass | Rolling Stone
In 2014, Michelle Obama and Tom Hanks toasted Lily Tomlin’s lifetime achievement at the Kennedy Center — an honor that didn’t mark the end of her career so much as kick off a comeback.
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Flashback: See Glen Campbell Join the Highwaymen at First Farm Aid | Rolling Stone
The idea of reincarnation hasn’t exactly pervaded country music through the years. But in 1985, a meditation on the evolution of one’s soul, penned by the great Jimmy Webb, had another chance at life after two previous incarnations.
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Sunset / Black Hole Flying Back to NYC – [OC] [2448×2448] : EarthPorn
Sunset / Black Hole Flying Back to NYC – [OC] [2448×2448] via /r/EarthPorn http://t.co/Aeeml1syoa http://t.co/RF5flD68AZ
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How America Learned to Love the Airstream Again – Bloomberg Business
Jordan Menzel had separated from his wife two years ago when he sold his Salt Lake City house for $350,000 and needed a place to live. “I didn’t want to buy a home again, and I didn’t want to spend obscene amounts on rent, either,” he says.
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A jokeless Bill Cosby works his audience · Great Job, Internet! · The A.V. Club
Until somewhat recently, Bill Cosby was known for The Cosby Show, hawking Jello Pudding Pops, and as the creative mind behind Fat Albert And The Cosby Kids. By “somewhat recently,” we mean 11 years ago, when sexual assault allegations first appeared.
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New video from The Mynabirds is all girl power all the time · Newswire · The A.V. Club
Fresh off a new album, Lovers Know, The Mynabirds have released a brand new music video. The clip for “Wildfire” is premiering exclusively on The A.V. Club and finds Mynabirds member Laura Burhenn rolling and raising hell with her lady friends young…
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Rights group condemns both sides of Yemen conflict – Al Jazeera English
An international rights group has said that all sides fighting in Yemen have left a “trail of civilian death and destruction” in the conflict, killing scores of innocent people in what could amount to war crimes.
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Ex-police Officer Faces Murder Charge in Va. Death | Al Jazeera America
A former Virginia police officer was charged with second-degree murder on Monday for a 2013 on-duty shooting death of a man who had his hands raised, police said.
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Old dog in a spinning wheel [20148×1024] [OG kush] : ExposurePorn
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Bernie Sanders Proposes To Boost Worker-Ownership Of Companies
Businesses are run for a profit that goes into the pockets of the business’ “investors.” To be an investor requires that you have money. This is a rigged system that by definition channels the returns and gains of our economy to the people who have …
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Walmart cuts annual earnings outlook after drop in second-quarter profits | Business | The Guardian
Walmart Stores cut its annual earnings outlook Tuesday because its profits are being squeezed by currency fluctuations, higher wages and investments in overhauling its US stores. The world’s largest retailer also reported an 11.
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The Golden Age of Fake IDs Could Be Over | Atlas Obscura
The past century has been a golden age of identification documents. As international travel and auto ownership boomed, so did the use of licenses and passports. And as the need for government-issued IDs grew, so did the demand for fake ones.
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‘I Want To Want To Have Sex’ | International Business Times
On the night family and friends gathered in a familiar old church to watch her exchange vows with Pete, Kelly’s hair was piled high and she wore a strapless dress — the first one she had tried on at the bridal shop.
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It’s much more dangerous to be “nice”. : AdviceAnimals
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Who Killed the Venus Flytrap? | Motherboard
The woman flattened herself down in the tall, sharp grass and thick brush along the tree line. She lay still, silent. Her companions had already been caught, sacks of contraband sealing their fate. But she hoped she hadn’t been spotted.
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Samsung is deflating its own hype bubble | The Verge
Here’s a quick summary of Samsung’s accomplishments over the past week: it launched two high-spec smartphones with their own distinct features and design; it opened preorders immediately; it delivered some of the phones early, ahead of a full releas…
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7 ways to protect your privacy on the internet
The Internet can be a dangerous place these days. Malicious software apps (“malware”), viruses, and phishing scams are growing in number and sophistication. Data breaches and identity theft are becoming commonplace.
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Cooking Garlic the “Wrong” Way Can Make It Turn Blue
People who cook garlic have sometimes been alarmed to see their garlic turn green, blue, or turquoise as it cooked. What the hell happened? Bacterial infestation? Poison added by assassins? Actually, it was just chemistry.
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Not a vibrator or a tea machine? Bedroom tech sucks
I don’t want a smart mattress. I’m happy with my dumb mattress. At most, I’d like a more comfortable mattress. I don’t want a lamp that can remember what I was reading beneath its bulb. I don’t need to quantify my sleep. I need to get more of it.
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On Wall Street, in Silicon Valley, across the legal profession and the corporate world, a growing chorus of companies are singing the praises of a
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Gov. Scott Walker agrees that Republican Majority Leader Mitch McConnell is ‘part of the problem’
If there’s one thing that both Republicans and Democrats can reliably rally around, it’s hating Sen. Majority Leader Mitch McConnell.
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A brief history of chartreuse furniture – Boing Boing
I love it too! The colorful Poppin line of office equipment and furniture lets you buy everything in a “Lime Green” that is actually quite chartreusey.
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WATCH: Theremin Cat does the solo from Good Vibrations – Boing Boing
Play yourself out, Keyboard Cat. Theremin Cat is on the scene, showing effortless natural theremin skills on the solo from the Beach Boys’ “Good Vibrations.” You can get a novice theremin to play around with for about $100.
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Video: Spectacular aerial views of Los Angeles via drone – Boing Boing
Ian Wood created this aerial exploration of Los Angeles, capturing the feel of a day in the city. Perfectly accompanied by Boo Boo Davis. – Avoid busy periods, rush hours, special events, etc. – Avoid sensitive areas or anything that can be misconst…
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Podzook: a simply stunning backyard office pod – Boing Boing
If you have room for a 3-meter diameter sphere on your property, you can escape without leaving your yard with the Podzook. Just close the gull-wing door behind you and work or relax.
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WATCH: Remarkable 4K timelapse of glow worm cave in NZ – Boing Boing
New Zealand’s Waitomo Glowworm Caves shimmer with a constellation of glow worms, and Jordan and Jenna from Stoked for Saturday got this gorgeous footage after a lot of trial and error. The worms secrete sticky strings which capture insects attracted…
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Taking a ride with some checked luggage : interestingasfuck
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Yankees Pitcher Hit in Face With Line Drive — NYMag
In a scary scene at Yankee Stadium last night, rookie pitcher Bryan Mitchell was hit in the face with a line drive off the bat of Eduardo Núñez.
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Tennis, Anyone? Not on NYC’s Public Courts — NYMag
Each year the U.S. Open draws around 700,000 tennis fans to Queens, generating about $720 million annually for New York City’s economy.
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Banff National Park, Alberta [OC][3264×2448] : EarthPorn
Banff National Park, Alberta [OC][3264×2448] via /r/EarthPorn http://t.co/G5dSbu3OAG http://t.co/GblkDWb9bm
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Egg Russian Roulette with Zac Efron – YouTube
Jimmy and Zac take turns smashing eggs on their heads without knowing which are cooked and which are raw.Subscribe NOW to The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon: http://bit.ly/1nwT1aNWatch The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon Weeknigh… http://Twitt
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I don’t carry cash anymore. Ever. Sometimes I get caught in a situation where I need it, mostly when I want to tip someone. I use either a credit card or Apple Pay to pay for things, and I send money to people I know using Square Cash, almost exclus…
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Cambria, California (Sterling Lorence) [1596×537] : EarthPorn
Cambria, California (Sterling Lorence) [1596×537] via /r/EarthPorn http://t.co/FJgdzaGIR8 http://t.co/OzR8TBuKdT
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SkyHub Cloud Unlimited Backup: Lifetime subscription
We all have a growing mountain of data to keep safe, making online backup a good investment. SkyHub differentiates itself by offering unlimited storage space and uploads, along with convenient access to your files. This service is about as uncomplic…
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Lawyers for Boston Marathon bomber seek new trial in a different location | US news | The Guardian
Lawyers for Boston Marathon bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, sentenced to death for killing three people and injuring 264 in the 2013 attack, are arguing he deserves a new trial in a different place due to the intense publicity that surrounded the proceedi…
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Rob Gronkowski Interview – Gronk’s DraftKings Commercial Shoot
Frustratingly, for much of our interview, he would toggle in and out of the type of highly guarded and suspicious conversational style that athletes in general, and the New England Patriots in particular, are known for, something I was prepared for …
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What Is Killing America’s Bees and What Does It Mean for Us? | Rolling Stone
There was a moment last year when beekeeper Jim Doan was ready to concede defeat. He stood in the kitchen of his rural New York home, holding the phone to his ear.
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Whim Is A Dating App Focused On Actual Dates | TechCrunch
If you’re tired of all the chatting in the current batch of online and mobile dating apps, there’s a new service called Whim.
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Cutting Fat Works Just as Well as Cutting Carbs for Weight Loss – The Atlantic
This study, by contrast, was perfectly controlled. And though it relied on obese participants, it likely would have yielded similar results for people who were simply overweight.
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Just tell me he isn’t smelling my butt…! : cats
Just tell me he isn’t smelling my butt…! via /r/cats http://t.co/FGoANNK3ah http://t.co/WjIjDmkWhg
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Owen and Into It. Over It. team up for a new split EP · Newswire · The A.V. Club
This Friday Polyvinyl Records will release a split between bandmates Mike Kinsella and Evan Weiss. Together they’re two-thirds of the mathy monster known as Their / They’re / There, but separately they’ve worked under the names Owen and Into It. Ove…
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This Simulation Shows the Future of Climate Change for Antarctic Ice Sheets | Motherboard
Beneath the spectre of climate change, researchers have created simulations to reveal what vast swathes of melting ice sheets in the West Antarctica could look like.
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Harkening back to “The Locomotion,” “The Time Warp,” and the “Cha-Cha Slide,” Silentó’s “Watch Me (Whip/Nae Nae)” is the latest in a long line of songs that describe exactly how to dance to them.
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Square Cash for the Apple Watch lets you send money from your wrist
In its latest update for iOS, the Square Cash app now officially supports the Apple Watch. Now you can send your friends money without even reaching into your pocket — to pull out a wallet or a phone.
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Swipe relaunches its Web-based presentation platform with new design and Pro plans
Web-based presentation company Swipe has relaunched its newly redesigned platform with the hope that it will stand up against the likes of Microsoft’s Sway and LinkedIn’s Slideshare.
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Monotype launches Kairos, a new typeface with a sporty, industrial vibe
Kairos, a contemporary take on traditional Grecian-style slab serifs, is a brand new display typeface released today from Monotype.
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Close up of a burning match : woahdude
Close up of a burning match via /r/woahdude http://t.co/aybXfbNOm7 http://t.co/p2Ot9tZJIk
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How Internet nostalgia is ruining TV
The Internet is a cesspool of nostalgia. We’re constantly bombarded with listicles reminiscing about the glory days of the ‘90s and early aughts, when the world full of hope and great fashion, and our favorite TV characters had snappy catchphrases.
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PORTLAND, Oregon — The Central Iowa All-Stars won their final pool play game of the Little League Softball World Series 7-0 against Canada on Monday. The team finished pool play with a record of 3-1. For the Central Iowa team to advance to the semif…
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Dolphin shows snorkelers that it can do a triple barrel roll
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Is The Prometheus Sequel Hitting The Brakes on Neil Blomkamp’s Alien 5?
Could a member of Rogue One’s cast be a character from the original trilogy? The Guardians of the Galaxy cartoon reveals Rocket Raccoon’s origin. Gotham casts another Batman villain—with a twist. Plus, J.J.
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Chris Gethard, AJ Lee and the WWE’s Feminist Fans | Flavorwire
Actor and comedian Chris Gethard didn’t tell his wife about his wrestling fandom when they first started dating. While he has long been vocal in his support of women’s issues and unsparing in his mockery of the men’s rights movement, he had been les…
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Here Is Your WIRED Star Wars Challenge for Day 107 | 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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Hillary Clinton told Black Lives Matter activists her priority was to change laws, not hearts, after two confronted her at a campaign event with accusations that she was, in part, personally responsible for the mass incarceration of black Americans,…
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The Speedo Shine is a Misfit by another name | The Verge
Wearables company Misfit has partnered with Speedo to create a new activity tracker designed with swimmers in mind.
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Datameer Bags $40M Round Led By Singapore Investment Firm | TechCrunch
Datameer, the big data analytics company built on Hadoop, announced a $40 million Series E round today led by ST Telemedia, an investment firm based in Singapore.
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Why Designer Stella McCartney Admires Scientist Linda Greer | Vanity Fair
I have always admired women who go above and beyond the call of duty for a cause and show a true and honest commitment to something they believe in; Linda Greer is one such woman. A senior scientist with the Natural Resources Defense Council, she pu…
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100 Years of General Relativity: Scientific American Special Issue – Scientific American
Everyone knows what gravity is. A baby at three months will express surprise if a box does not topple as expected; a one-year-old knows whether a precarious object will fall or not depending on its shape.
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New research released 10 years after hurricane Katrina devastated New Orleans shows that more residents can access fresh, healthy food at grocery stores.
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Scientific American Editorial and Einstein – Scientific American
Along with his article submission, the scientist included an apologetic note to the editors: “The article is somewhat long and not quite easy to grasp. I should, therefore, not be astonished if you find it unsuited for publication in your magazine.
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General Relativity at 100 | Scientific American Reports – Scientific American
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Heidi Klum’s Funny Response to Donald Trump’s Insult | Vanity Fair
During what appeared to be a typically bombastic interview published this past weekend, Donald Trump told The New York Times’s Maureen Dowd that Heidi Klum’s beauty had faded. “Sadly, she’s no longer a 10,” he told the country’s paper of record.
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Two-year phone contracts are almost dead | The Verge
The two-year phone contract is almost dead. According to The Wall Street Journal, Sprint plans to stop offering contract phone plans by the end of 2015, focusing instead on off-contract, monthly plans.
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Morning Digest: Virginia Democrats punk Republicans hard over redistricting
• CO-Sen: Arapahoe County District Attorney George Brauchler’s name has come up as a possible statewide candidate for some time—as far back as last cycle, in fact, when fellow Republicans talked him up as a possible challenger to Democratic Gov. Joh…
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Sri Lankan PM Claims Victory Over Ex-strongman | Al Jazeera America
With election results still incomplete, Sri Lanka’s prime minister declared victory Tuesday over the country’s former strongman who was seeking a political comeback eight months after losing the presidency.
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A good insult requires no elaboration. We feel it before we understand it. That’s why some slurs resonate even when we’re not sure who or what they’re defaming.
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Good Luck Finding The End Of This Model Train Moving In An Infinite Spiral – Digg
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MRW I overhear a girl in my school saying that Miley Cyrus is a great rolemodel – Imgur
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Roundtable: Is The Republican Establishment Losing Control Of The Party? | FiveThirtyEight
The 2016 Republican presidential primary field is unusually large and unusually unsettled, and the first debate earlier this month didn’t do much to change either of those things. So we gathered FiveThirtyEight’s political writers in Slack to talk a…
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The Global Bike-Share Boom: An Interactive History – CityLab
It took 30 years for another major city to attempt a large-scale public bike program. Copenhagen’s Bycyklen, or City Bikes, allowed users to access sturdy, shared bicycles at specific locations throughout the city via a coin-operated system.
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The Soviet Architect Who Drafted the Space Race | Motherboard
During the space race in the 1950s and 1960s, the task of designing the look of the Soviet Union’s booster rockets, orbital laboratories, space shuttles, and other masterworks of engineering fell to one woman: Galina Balashova.
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Skylanders is turning into a mobile card game with real cards | The Verge
The $3 billion Skylanders franchise is poised to get even bigger: today publisher Activision announced a new digital card game spinoff called Skylanders Battlecast.
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The UK Is Putting Age Ratings on Online Music Videos | Motherboard
Under 18? The content in this post may not be appropriate for some readers. Oh well, we warned you.
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The scientific guide to napping – Vox
In many corners of our productivity-obsessed society, naps are associated with laziness. Everyone should sleep eight hours at night, the thinking goes, and work all through the day. But that’s backward. After all, the solid eight-hour block of sleep…
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Mars One debates MIT: CEO Bas Lansdorp still doesn’t have a plan to reach the planet | The Verge
In October 2014, Massachusetts Institute of Technology graduate students Sydney Do and Andrew Owens released an independent research report on Mars One — a not-for-profit organization that wants to create a long-lasting human colony on Mars.
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Daily Kos Radio is LIVE at 9 am ET!
Ways to Listen to Kagro in the Morning: Your options to listen LIVE: Click on the embedded player above Go to netrootsradio.
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How Doctors Tell Patients They’re Going to Die – The Atlantic
Pedro’s daughter almost seemed to sense my trepidation. She couldn’t have been more than 8 years old, but that didn’t keep her from staring at me with doctor-suspicious eyes, as if I might be the boss of her father’s fate.
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I tumble for you — What’s it like to go through cancer treatment?…
What’s it like to go through cancer treatment? It’s something like this: one day, you’re minding your own business, you open the fridge to get some breakfast, and OH MY GOD THERE’S A MOUNTAIN LION IN YOUR FRIDGE.
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Caffeine and sugar content in America’s top-selling drinks [OC] : dataisbeautiful
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Frankie’s good morning microblep : Blep
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