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The Other Side of the Bridge, London, UK [11758 x 3919][OC] : CityPorn
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Pixel Art Is Dying Along With the Games That Made It Cool | WIRED
Mark Ferrari is widely admired for his pixel art, which appeared in the classic computer games Loom and The Secret of Monkey Island. He’s also created a popular series of color-cycling landscapes, and is working on the new Kickstarted adventure game…
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Remembering the life of Sheikh Ahmed Deedat – Al Jazeera English
Sheikh Deedat was a charismatic, self-taught Muslim scholar from South Africa, most famous for engaging Christian evangelists in public debate. In 1986, he debated Jimmy Swaggart and even challenged the late Pope John Paul II to a debate in the Vati…
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Electoral bias in the UK after the 2015 General Election : dataisbeautiful
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Need a manicure? Why not Zoidberg? : funny
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Executive relaxing in his chair : cats
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The families of those killed by a gunman at a Colorado movie theatre react to a jury decision to sentence him to life in prison. James Holmes was spared the death penalty after jurors failed to reach a unanimous verdict on executing the murderer.
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Sir Ken Robinson: We need ‘more creative’ schools – Al Jazeera English
Since his 20s, Robinson has been devoted to and obsessed with education and how it impacts societies around the world. His ideas about education and how to change it have resonated across cultures and audiences.
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Roaming the vegetable patch : cats
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30 annoying things cats do that we secretly love : cats
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I set my uncle up on a date. via /r/AdviceAnimals http://t.co/dshoOWITmE http://t.co/xWUayB5Pm0
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Peace Love Beauty Wisdom Balance Imagination Truth Consciousness, My Manager had a good Outlook…
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My Manager had a good Outlook – Imgur
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The Unbreakable Rebecca Black – BuzzFeed News
Rebecca Black just turned 18 and she’s forgotten how to flirt. It’s a problem.
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Long Beach police shoot dead man they say stabbed six people | US news | The Guardian
Long Beach police shot and killed a man they said stabbed six people. Officers were called to an area near a convalescent home shortly before 8.30pm on Friday where they confronted the suspect and shot him to death, Sergeant Megan Zabel said.
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Abbreviated Pundit Round-up: Debate fallout, Iran and voting rights
Clinton’s campaign set up a press filing room for reporters covering the debates at her headquarters in Brooklyn, New York. The walls of the room were covered with posters showing past statements from several of the Republican candidates praising Cl…
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Morning mist covers the valley : FoggyPics
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One magnificent looking creature : foxes
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Cap Engela, Tunisia, The northest point in Africa [OC] [6000×4000] : EarthPorn
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Why Villains in Scooby Doo Are Arrested : funny
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I told my dad this picture of him would make him Internet Famous. – Imgur
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The Tragic Roots of ‘Remembrance Day’ – The Atlantic
Eric Garner helped shape a local celebration of life, which has grown into a broader symbol of the effort against senseless, violent killing. On the western end of Coney Island, far from the hubbub of the rides and the clam shacks, the tenants of th…
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Adiola Barjami by Jason Harynuk / 500px
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Cameron Highlands , Malaysia (5472 x 3648) : EarthPorn
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How Computers Are Changing the Way We Explain the World | WIRED
Imagine it’s the 1950s and you’re in charge of one of the world’s first electronic computers. A company approaches you and says: “We have 10 million words of French text that we’d like to translate into English.
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England demolish Australia to regain the Ashes – Al Jazeera English
England have beaten Australia by an innings and 78 runs in the fourth Test at Trent Bridge to regain the Ashes. Stuart Broad took eight wickets in the first-innings as the tourists crubmled to 60 all out.
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Space Photos of the Week: Big Ol’ Bubbles of Color | WIRED
Caption: Hubble 47 Tucanae – UV. Caption: The giant elliptical galaxy Centaurus A (NGC 5128) and its strange globular clusters.
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The EPA Accidentally Turned This River Toxic—And Orange | WIRED
Skip Article Header. Skip to: Start of Article. Since Wednesday morning, a ribbon of bright orange water has been making its way down the Animas River southwest of Denver, Colorado. The cause? A million gallons of gunk pouring out of an abandoned ce…
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While You Were Offline: It’s Time to Say #JonVoyage | WIRED
Let’s just take it as read that you all paid attention to the first Republican presidential nominee debate this week, because it felt like the subject that couldn’t be avoided, especially during the debate itself.
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I Bought a Dumb Watch to Rescue Me From My Phone | WIRED
I’m 34 years old, and I’m wearing a watch every day for the first time in my life. No, I haven’t discovered the joys of midlife accessorizing. I’ve just finally found something that saves me from my phone. There’s a pitch for smartwatches you may ha…
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Politics and polemics: Europe’s immigration story – Al Jazeera English
The front pages of British newspapers have been dominated by one story these last few weeks – migrants trying to get into the country through the Channel Tunnel that connects the UK with France.
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The Science of Bad Music Playlists | WIRED
Back when 15 bucks was a lot of money to me, I bought Led Zeppelin’s debut album after listening to it on in-store headphones at HMV—every day for a week.
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Tube map of Roman London [3305×3512] : MapPorn
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This mirrored tree house : pics
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Who Am I? — Visualize your online interests just by clicking little squares : InternetIsBeautiful
Who Am I? — Visualize your online interests just by clicking little squares (tinsnail.neocities.org)
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Showing reddit to new people. : gif
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Cilic, Nishikori set for US Open final rematch – Al Jazeera English
Marin Cilic and Kei Nishikori will meet in the semi-finals at the Citi Open in Washington, their first encounter since the final of last year’s US Open.
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HONG KONG — A powerful typhoon pummeled Taiwan on Saturday, dumping rain, toppling trees and leaving millions without electricity as strong winds ripped across the island.
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This repairman understands : firstworldanarchists
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Shortloaf cooling at the window : Catloaf
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Dining room loaf. via /r/Catloaf http://t.co/p7boI0Qah4 http://t.co/bYapCCb5Nk
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Rider in the park via /r/FoggyPics http://t.co/j9O4uGFIV7 http://t.co/RtFbGsnyqQ
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Montana_1 by Cronos Studio [OC] : ImaginaryLandscapes
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How to ruin a coffee shop – Imgur
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Michael Kimmel stood in front of a classroom in bluejeans and a blazer with a pen to a whiteboard. “What does it mean,” the 64-year-old sociology professor asked the group, most of them undergraduates, “to be a good man?” The students looked puzzled.
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My friend’s cat sleeping : cats
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Frozen Kingdom by Stian N / 500px
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Average (Mean) Duration of Unemployment : dataisbeautiful
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August 8, 1939: Dustin Hoffman is Born | The Nation
Some days in the calendar are etched deeply into our hearts. One of those is August 8, 1939, when Dustin Hoffman was gifted to the world.
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As we hunkered down at Gregory Brothers headquarters in Brooklyn to songify the first debate of the 2016 election season, word broke that the Fox News team, inspired by their broadcast from Quicken Loans Arena, was considering using the Cleveland Ca…
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Readers continue to scrutinize Ta-Nehisi Coates’s bestseller. Does the book present a blinkered view of black Americans? Is it actually bigoted toward whites? The Atlantic has published five pieces inspired by Between the World and Me, from Michael …
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Nigeria to ramp up domestic weapons production – Al Jazeera English
Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari had said his country plans to ramp up the domestic production of weapons for its armed forces, in an effort to cut the country’s dependence on imported arms.
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ATLANTA – Donald J. Trump’s suggestion that a Fox News journalist who questioned him during the Republican debate was aggressive because she was menstruating led a conservative group on Friday night to disinvite the real estate mogul from a prominen…
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After Senator Marco Rubio of Florida insisted at the Republican presidential debate that rape and incest victims should carry pregnancies to term,
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One of us.. : firstworldanarchists
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Smudge loaf 🙂 via /r/Catloaf http://t.co/nho3bgeCvJ http://t.co/0fiY3etQLp
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What does virgin mean? : funny
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Can anything bring down Teflon Trump? | TheHill
Is Donald Trump bulletproof? At every step of his unlikely presidential campaign, the businessman’s detractors have predicted his downfall. Controversies created by his own words, at Thursday night’s GOP debate in Cleveland and elsewhere, have r…
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Corker: Deal would ‘industrialize’ Iran’s nuke program | TheHill
A key Republican on Saturday kept up his fight against the Obama administration’s nuclear deal with Iran, with a key Senate vote on it looming next month. Sen. Bob Corker (R-Tenn.
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Love Everyone Often Peace Beauty Balance Life Light Magic: Midnight run with Saturn. [1920×1080]
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The Maroon Bells – Aspen, CO [OC] [5312×2988] : EarthPorn
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Portable sink promoting hygiene among Cambodia children – Al Jazeera English
Lack of sanitation in Cambodia kills thousands of people every year, mostly children under the age of five. Now experts have designed a new, colourful plastic sink to help children learn the importance of hygiene.
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Donald Trump makes menstruation jibe at Megyn Kelly – audio | US news | The Guardian
In a CNN interview, Donald Trump implies he received hostile questioning during the first Republican presidential debate because the television moderator was menstruating.
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me_irl via /r/me_irl http://t.co/NfSBN8bTxM http://t.co/Wvh0csMQYI
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Refugee crisis heightens on Greek islands | Al Jazeera America
LESBOS, Greece — At the Kara Tepe refugee camp, a recent arrival named Ahmed talks about his plans for the future. “I want to go to Germany or Amsterdam,” says Ahmed, who asked that his real name be concealed out of concern for his family back home …
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Brain-Controlled Prosthesis Nearly As Good As One-Finger Typing : science
Brain-Controlled Prosthesis Nearly As Good As One-Finger Typing (cerats.com)submitted 5 minutes ago by loading…
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woke up to this blep. via /r/Blep http://t.co/wwPkSJWigq http://t.co/5E1eBnI1IK
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The best kind of tattoo coverup : woahdude
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Ronda at weigh in and during fight. 24hr apart via /r/pics http://t.co/R1NAYj2BGD http://t.co/8cCKbPCiXQ
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Abandoned barn in northern Germany [3264×2448] : AbandonedPorn
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Belltown Tilt-Shift – Seattle, USA [1024 x 683] [OC] : CityPorn
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A Year Later Ferguson Residents Reflect on Lessons | Al Jazeera America
FERGUSON, Missouri — Few people in Ferguson remember where they were on Aug. 8, 2014. On that nondescript Friday, people went to work, ran errands, ordered pizza. Ferguson was still a sleepy middle-class suburb known mostly for its farmers’ market a…
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Manga and the Bomb | Al Jazeera America
Keiji Nakazawa survived the bomb but didn’t talk about it for twenty years. People from his native Hiroshima were regarded as victims, not survivors, even in the wording of laws that gave them special medical care.
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Industrial Construction Scene Canary Wharf London[OC][2048X1366] : CityPorn
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There should be a lesbian version of Grindr called Mufflr : Showerthoughts
What do you call two lesbians in a canoe? Now this is clever.
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Over 113,000 Pakistanis still in flood relief camps – Al Jazeera English
The 2015 monsoon rains in Pakistan have so far killed 166 people, according to the country’s National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA).
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Stanler looking fabulous : aww
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Midnight run with Saturn. [1920×1080] : spaceporn
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Peace Love Beauty Wisdom Balance Imagination Truth Consciousness, Why not 4? http://ift.tt/1DC2KdV
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Cat accepts its fate – GIF on Imgur
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The last cave dwellers of Palestine – Al Jazeera English
Masafer Yatta, occupied West Bank – In the district of Masafer Yatta, in the southern part of the occupied West Bank, about 1,500 Palestinians in a dozen hamlets maintain a unique tradition of cave dwelling. “We live the same way my ancestors used t…
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English Premier League lacking quality on the field – Al Jazeera English
From Times Square to Timbuktu, they will be watching. Global interest has made the league a license to print money for two decades. There will be plenty of entertainment. Increasingly this is being provided off the pitch by the preening childish arr…
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Iran nuclear deal is a triumph of diplomacy – Al Jazeera English
On the surface, the historic nuclear deal between the Islamic Republic of Iran and the world powers is primarily a non-proliferation agreement.
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An entire room and he just has to sit on my jewelry box : cats
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My first time and I didn’t really know what to do… : InterestingGifs
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Magazine: Black Panther cub on new era of civil action – Al Jazeera English
What I remember most viscerally is the fear. It had been almost four hours, and I couldn’t get the handcuffs off. The lights in the underground subway station were flickering, and I had an almost phobic fear of the dark.
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Getting Wrought Iron Banister Rails : wheredidthesodago
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Now these are real relationship goals : TrollXChromosomes
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Yuno Gasai reaching to moon, hand-optimized (1.48MB) [Mirai Nikki] : animegifs
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Been sleeping with this blanket for a decade now. : firstworldanarchists
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Audrey Hepburn’s Moving Screen Test for Roman Holiday (1953) | Open Culture
When you think of Audrey Hepburn, you think of Roman Holiday, the 1953 film that launched her career. How can you forget Hepburn as Princess Anne? Originally, the part was written for Elizabeth Taylor, then a major star. But something happened durin…
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Sage wisdom from the Cosmic Beluga : AdviceAnimals
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Miss America via /r/funny http://t.co/9SYJuVnnwn http://t.co/xdMfxJw0l3
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Between 1837 and 1840 on the Glengarry estate in Inverness-shire, gamekeepers’ tally books show them to have killed 63 hen harriers, 63 goshawks, 98 peregrines, 27 white-tailed sea eagles, 15 golden eagles, 18 ospreys, six gyrfalcons, 11 hobbies, 27…
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Fourth Brazilian journalist killed since start of year – Al Jazeera English
A Brazilian radio journalist has been shot and killed in his studio, with one rights group suggesting a political motive for the murder.
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Bumblebee in Basil V [3548×5472] [OC] : AnimalPorn
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My cat balancing skill via /r/cats http://t.co/8iC8JsXLFN http://t.co/Cth5nqlOiv
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That boy ain’t right (i.imgur.com)submitted 14 minutes ago by loading…
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All STD’s are now named after brands of cereal. What do you hope you never contract? : AskReddit
All STD’s are now named after brands of cereal. What do you hope you never contract? (self.AskReddit) Now with blue colored pieces!
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Late morning swim in Kona Hawaii by Jon Mikan / 500px
Late morning swim in Kona Hawaii by mikanphotography http://t.co/p1hxzYoZCf http://t.co/fDQr50m2nj
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Prairie Dog. Pikes Peak, Colorado. [OC][4,608×3,072] : AnimalPorn
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Johnny Cash in a “shot for the warden” at San Quentin prison (1969) : OldSchoolCool
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Guardian at the gate. : FoggyPics
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RAMAT HASHARON, Israel — A Palestinian man who was severely burned in an arson attack last week that killed his 18-month-old son died of his wounds early Saturday, according to a hospital spokeswoman. Saad Dawabsheh, 32, was to be buried later Satur…
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‘Tigtone’ background by Patrik Hjelm : ImaginaryLandscapes
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Straight Outta Compton and into Cupertino (N.W.A 1988) : OldSchoolCool
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MRW I work at a taco factory in the sorting division : shittyreactiongifs
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His sister never bleps. : Blep
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Tre Cime di Laveredo, Italy [OC][2,764×1,843] : EarthPorn
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Yeah I Got Skills via /r/gif http://t.co/dDMrHFqCv1 http://t.co/ad55uSdw2B
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The Relevance http://t.co/5WgDXb2jdj http://t.co/djN6yYaciV http://t.co/Ft57322uqm
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George Carlin on the set of Bill & Ted’s Excellent Adventure (1988) : OldSchoolCool
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Pit stop POV via /r/woahdude http://t.co/ADtCG1WVL7 http://t.co/1l4a64mfFS
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A fierce regular visitor via /r/cats http://t.co/S0JfEF8Vy2 http://t.co/0Csz6ELW7B
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US finds ‘Soviet Taliban’ fighter guilty of terrorism – Al Jazeera English
A former Soviet army officer accused of being a Taliban fighter has been found guilty of terrorism charges by a federal jury in Richmond, Virginia, a court official in the US has said.
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There is no art in “Interstellar”. : movies
DiscussionThere is no art in “Interstellar”. (self.movies) Interstellar is a world without art. While re-watching Interstellar today I thought about what a director (Nolan, in this case) could be saying about a world without art.
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The wall had been covered in photographs of smiling children and grandchildren. Now there were gaps where pictures of a son used to hang, leaving behind bare nails. The pictures were there a week ago. But now they were needed at the funeral home.
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EARLIER this summer, we led a delegation of people concerned about the United States criminal justice system to visit some prisons in Germany and observe their conditions. What we saw was astonishing. The men serving time wore their own clothes, not…
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IT shows how gifted Jon Stewart is that his best moment happened on someone else’s show. He appeared in 2004 on “Crossfire,” a CNN yelling program, and asked the hosts to take seriously their responsibility to public understanding by having useful c…
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The Old Co-op [3264×2448] : AbandonedPorn
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My Little Corner of the World [2592 x 1944] [OC] : bookporn
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I work at an animal shelter, and this little guy stole my heart. : cats
I work at an animal shelter, and this little guy stole my heart. via /r/cats http://t.co/mQqK9rY7oF http://t.co/0a4zLwe0Hw
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That was from Ghostbusters 2, right? That’s Janosz with the painting of Vigo? That’s not the way I remembered it in my head. That’s pretty awesome.
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‘Smart meter left me with no hot water and put my home at risk of fire’ | Money | The Guardian
Last year, npower installed the latest smart central heating thermostat in Bill Stowe’s home, but he claims that rather than saving him money its botched installation caused a catalogue of problems and warns other households to think carefully befor…
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Captives rescued as Mali hotel siege leaves seven dead – Al Jazeera English
Captives held by gunmen during a standoff at a hotel in central Mali have been freed overnight and at least five foreigners evacuated from the site, according to Malian military sources.
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Gambier Island, BC [2048×1365] (OC) : EarthPorn
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Gambier Island, BC [2048×1365] (OC) via /r/EarthPorn http://t.co/ELhJ8T9UWY http://t.co/cRyIcqPSO2 http://t.co/sKNVo8iiaQ
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R.I.P. Kentucky http://t.co/vyPPoge95L http://t.co/LkVdLvGcCt http://t.co/DJQm909fWp
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R.I.P. Kentucky http://t.co/vyPPoge95L http://t.co/LkVdLvGcCt http://t.co/DJQm909fWp
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Love Everyone Often Peace Beauty Balance Life Light Magic: Full Earth, Full Moon
Full Earth, Full Moon http://t.co/g8sHIKc7rF http://t.co/LWPv6r6o4I
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me irl via /r/me_irl http://t.co/MR4eqqcCE8 http://t.co/2ipLkb1VC5
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The resurrection of Jesus : trippinthroughtime
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Session with the Devil via /r/trippinthroughtime http://t.co/JiH8DQkgc7 http://t.co/0jNQVsagcO
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Always flexing. : trippinthroughtime
Always flexing. via /r/trippinthroughtime http://t.co/GwFtNcH5oZ http://t.co/CGjlk6pK8X
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Found a really beautiful Saturn wallpaper, thought I would share. : space
Found a really beautiful Saturn wallpaper, thought I would share. via /r/space http://t.co/Ic0KQjelYw http://t.co/kp9zZMEfb7
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Sloths enjoying lunch at GHFS : sloths
Sloths enjoying lunch at GHFS via /r/sloths http://t.co/GdRudoulYj http://t.co/t4jyWnctFI
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If you are nice to outside cats, they’ll bring you pals. : cats
If you are nice to outside cats, they’ll bring you pals. via /r/cats http://t.co/8BnvVXGo1K http://t.co/vBuxVcCNpf
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Trump banned from RedState Gathering over ‘menstruation’ comment | US news | The Guardian
Donald Trump has been officially blackballed from one of the biggest gatherings of conservative activists after implying he received hostile questioning during the first GOP presidential debate because the moderator was menstruating.
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Joy Division was a huge gateway band for me—one of the first non-Top 40 acts that broke into my brain as a teen. When our family got our first CD player (R.I.P.
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Pope Francis Has Never Used The Internet, But He Gets It
Pope Francis has never been on the Internet in his life. But he has nine @Pontifex Twitter accounts and more than 20 million followers. The pope, since his election in March 2013, has become one of the world’s most intriguing figures, delighting and…
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From Space, Astronaut Snaps Photo of Planets Aligned
American astronaut Scott Kelly, who is on a one-year mission on board the International Space Station (ISS), has become a real shutterbug. His cosmic snapshot of Earth and its neighboring worlds may be his most impressive work yet.
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LONDON — For one African migrant, there was nothing left to lose.
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me irl via /r/me_irl http://t.co/yxm7thFejv http://t.co/bCG0G2bMV1
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Just noticed something odd about these shorts… : funny
Just noticed something odd about these shorts… via /r/funny http://t.co/Wa8OUgU8AA http://t.co/ldZuvl6eHL
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Angry wombat is angry [Binan Koukou Chikyuu Bouei-bu LOVE!] : animegifs
Angry wombat is angry [Binan Koukou Chikyuu Bouei-bu LOVE!] via /r/animegifs http://t.co/twDMmi5iSk http://t.co/8M1DxNS8wY
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Meet Petunia. via /r/aww http://t.co/PxTxexPMj7 http://t.co/tcJvkMthU8
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A True Friend maybe : AnimalsBeingBros
A True Friend maybe via /r/AnimalsBeingBros http://t.co/ByUDeU6BDa http://t.co/oqcCGWRqZy
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My boss brought his new puppy to the office today : AdviceAnimals
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Deadliest rocks in the world : woahdude
Deadliest rocks in the world via /r/woahdude http://t.co/zpZV6qyvKA http://t.co/C66uF4my5o
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MRW my fellow cat movers drop the client’s expensive bureau : shittyreactiongifs
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Jordan Pond, Acadia National Park, Maine [4160×2340][OC] : EarthPorn
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For days after the shooting death of Michael Brown on Aug. 9, 2014, protesters faced off with the police as racially charged demonstrations gripped the streets of Ferguson, Mo.
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A federal judge on Friday ruled that a new licensing exam for teachers given by New York State did not discriminate against minorities, saying that even though they tended to score poorly, the test evaluated skills necessary to do the job.
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A federal judge said on Friday that the Food and Drug Administration could not prohibit the truthful promotion of a drug for unapproved uses because doing so would violate the protection of free speech.The decision, by a district judge in Manhattan,…
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LOS ALAMOS, N.M. — Ellie Voutselas, 78, pulled from a cardboard box the sacks she had fashioned into ponchos, slicing holes in the burlap for the head and arms. Cayla Turain, 22, grabbed hers, smudged ashes on her face, and joined a silent march for…
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Peace Love Beauty Wisdom Balance Imagination Truth Consciousness, Full Earth, Full Moon via NASA…
Full Earth, Full Moon via NASA http://t.co/yEE2RUEHC6 http://t.co/oO7EHvrNYz http://t.co/OZm7gKEtHf
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GOP debate gets the Gregory Brothers’ signature Songify treatment
While the country continues to recover from what turned out to be an entertaining Republican presidential debate on Thursday, here’s something that fans of politics are in desperate need of at this hour (particularly since Donald Trump, whether he’s…
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Farewell to an ancient landmark | Environment | The Guardian
The rough track up from Redmires to Stanage Pole used to be dismal, so deeply rutted that even off-road vehicles were forced out onto the moor alongside. Now it is closed to motorised traffic and the surface repaired.
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APOD: 2015 August 7 – Full Earth, Full Moon
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. Explanation: The Moon was new on July 16. Its familiar nearside facing the su…
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Sometimes you just have to go full JoJo : animegifs
Sometimes you just have to go full JoJo via /r/animegifs http://t.co/JtZHexK8if http://t.co/SdBTHPDFhB
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Lake Matheson and Mt Cook [OC] [4232×2832] via /r/EarthPorn http://t.co/aSHtjxYc3C http://t.co/1Gm9fYsmgn http://t.co/3vNNBaDnhv
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Catnip. Not even once. via /r/cats http://t.co/Bp7mAsU0xU http://t.co/UhIUU9dvk9
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Palestinian baby’s dad also dies after settler attack – Al Jazeera English
The father of the Palestinian 18-month-old baby boy who died in last week’s settler arson attack in the occupied West Bank has also died from his wounds. Sa’ad Dawabsheh, the father of Ali, died early on Saturday morning, his brother told Al Jazeera.
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1940’s. Skirt Mishap. : OldSchoolCool
1940’s. Skirt Mishap. via /r/OldSchoolCool http://t.co/bm1zb8bWeq http://t.co/Tp2h1YOd4M
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Creepiest GIF I’ve ever seen. : gif
Creepiest GIF I’ve ever seen. via /r/gif http://t.co/zwT0svQSGm http://t.co/f4DDh1pvON
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Lake Nanita, Rocky Mountain National Park, Colorado, USA (1290×960)[OC] : EarthPorn
Lake Nanita, Rocky Mountain National Park, Colorado, USA (1290×960)[OC] via /r/EarthPorn http://t.co/ibq3qdtJbk http://t.co/40knxru0tG
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NYC bar releases edited surveillance video after woman accuses employee of rape
After spending one recent evening at a New York City establishment called Happy Ending, a woman named Pepper Ellett took to Facebook late last month and said she had been drugged and raped by a bar employee.
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Environmental officials in Colorado are working to clean up one million gallons of wastewater containing heavy metals that spilled from an abandoned mine, turning an adjoining river a murky, mustard shade of yellow.
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Stop Disturb Me or I’ll Eat Ya ❤ : AnimalsBeingBros
Stop Disturb Me or I’ll Eat Ya ❤ via /r/AnimalsBeingBros http://t.co/u1L0M0y0bH http://t.co/lUvXAyB6OR
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This is her good side via /r/cats http://t.co/P5XcMlaEBt http://t.co/sHUlesYMVD
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Ex-Chile spy chief dies while serving 500-year sentence – Al Jazeera English
General Manuel Contreras, who headed the feared spy agency that kidnapped, tortured and killed thousands during Chile’s military dictatorship, has died at a military hospital while serving a combined sentence of more than 500 years for crimes agains…
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meow_irl via /r/MEOW_IRL http://t.co/KnGaYzqZBT http://t.co/7PH9lJcXYJ
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What Does Reddit Think of My Friend’s Painting Style? : pics
What Does Reddit Think of My Friend’s Painting Style? via /r/pics http://t.co/MrrHUhn981 http://t.co/jAtUnqQSsc
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Peeking through the Hobbit Hole | Basque, Spain [OC][2000×3000] : EarthPorn
Peeking through the Hobbit Hole | Basque, Spain [OC][2000×3000] via /r/EarthPorn http://t.co/yGHqklGZ1v http://t.co/qzc16uyTJl
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me irl via /r/me_irl http://t.co/bVy402K51A http://t.co/Lp2pFk9amS
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As late-night talk show finales go, Jon Stewart’s wasn’t exactly a knockout, but it did have two moments that will stand the test of time. One, seemingly unscripted, left Mr. Stewart choked up. The second was a sort of valedictory built around a sin…
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“The Moomin Project” Gives Tove Jansson’s World A Creepy New Look
Better call Moominpappa, because this is kind of intense. Artist Ingela Hallberg has been reimagining Tove Jansson’s beloved children’s books, with a series of artworks called The Moomin Project. And the results are pretty striking.
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Bernie Sanders, After Call From Obama, Announces Support for Iran Deal A day after Senator Chuck Schumer of New York announced his decision to vote against President Obama’s deal to curtail Iran’s nuclear program, he and the president each placed a …
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when it kicks in during story time : trippinthroughtime
when it kicks in during story time via /r/trippinthroughtime http://t.co/ed838AzsAh http://t.co/gyszxqiApJ
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Aletris farinosa, Colic Root [3264×2448] : BotanicalPorn
Aletris farinosa, Colic Root [3264×2448] via /r/BotanicalPorn http://t.co/Lbq51KRtkv http://t.co/tukIWarnOY
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Miradouro das Portas do Sol – Lisbon, Portugal [6003×2000] [OC] : CityPorn
Miradouro das Portas do Sol – Lisbon, Portugal [6003×2000] [OC] via /r/CityPorn http://t.co/M5DFXcvUEE http://t.co/2YLgJWOD59
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MRW I get a random friend request on Facebook. : reactiongifs
MRW I get a random friend request on Facebook. via /r/reactiongifs http://t.co/shXOu8yFVx http://t.co/dNdJQRK4Zq
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Duck slide via /r/aww http://t.co/wDXVtj8mc3 http://t.co/1dh8hAkoD8
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Open thread for night owls: Planned Parenthood speech shows us Warren is the badass America needs
I’ve long been of the opinion that Elizabeth Warren should inherit the mantle from Harry Truman for her direct poke-’em-in-the-eye, poke-’em-in-the-chest style.
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If England were like… [5600×10000] : MapPorn
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I love my dog, and this is a very real concern. : AdviceAnimals
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meow irl via /r/MEOW_IRL http://t.co/0BF4ExSICR http://t.co/PhBFHilDNa
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Dog in the fog [Xpost /r/CanineMajesty] : FoggyPics
Dog in the fog [Xpost /r/CanineMajesty] via /r/FoggyPics http://t.co/VhDbi7dHUk http://t.co/ckcLsDjTiC
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1940’s. Lady Love. : OldSchoolCool
1940’s. Lady Love. via /r/OldSchoolCool http://t.co/APYJoIyXhe http://t.co/Cvl4Xq5rca
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In the end they are all just cats : gifs
In the end they are all just cats via /r/gifs http://t.co/osI77BAgZB http://t.co/7G2TR3ec4N
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Don’t let those trash pandas fool you with their funny hijinks. They will rob you blind with no remorse. TIL a racial epithet for raccoons.
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Trump takes a crude dig at Fox nemesis Megyn Kelly
Donald Trump’s unlikely beef has boiled over. Following Thursday’s GOP debate, Republican candidate Trump used Twitter to complain about Fox News moderator and anchor Megyn Kelly. Speaking to CNN’s Don Lemon on Friday, Trump offered direct, incendia…
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TCA roundup: “2015 or 2016 will represent peak TV in America” · Newswire · The A.V. Club
You hear it more and more, especially from members of the Television Critics Association: There’s so much new TV out there, it’s impossible for any one person to keep track of it all—let alone watch it. And FX has the numbers to prove it.
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Panama Canal to limit ship size due to drought – BBC News
The Panama Canal Authority says it will temporarily cut the size of ships allowed through because of drought caused by El Nino. From 8 September, the maximum draft of ships will be cut to 39ft (11.89m), which may affect up to 20% of traffic.
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BL via /r/animegifs http://t.co/J9aCjRrK3p http://t.co/IxoSs5JOzy
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Brooklyn, NYC, USA [5043 x 3225] : CityPorn
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Rio de Janeiro – Brazil [1024×819] : CityPorn
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General motors tech centre 1950’s : OldSchoolCool
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Garden of the Gods [OC][2560×1536] : EarthPorn
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It’s national beer day. : firstworldanarchists
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Lake Matheson and Mt Cook [OC] [4232×2832] : EarthPorn
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Happy at his new home via /r/aww http://t.co/qrUkRrqYHZ http://t.co/qVqPlwMzlB
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The Man Who Invented Corn Flakes Really Really Really Hated Masturbation
We know John H. Kellogg as the man who invented Corn Flakes and unleashed bran-filled diet fads on an unwary 19th century public. But he was also the author of an influential sex education book that was all about the dangers of self-pleasuring.
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All The Best Content From The GOP Debate – Digg
The first presidential debate, the Republican primary debate, of this election cycle is happening Thursday evening. Here are best, funniest, and most important moments here! • The Primetime Debate had 10 candidates.
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Gay Rehab Camp http://t.co/B78GlmpLRa http://t.co/AiDQvA26Zk http://t.co/oBGRphvikg
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Gay Rehab Camp http://t.co/B78GlmpLRa http://t.co/AiDQvA26Zk http://t.co/oBGRphvikg
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A gag gift backfires. This little guy loves bananas. – GIF on Imgur
A gag gift backfires. This little guy loves bananas. http://t.co/9obrX9FlMz http://t.co/jJxEFsMYDU http://t.co/2UWguYdqjJ
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Water balloon on a trampoline : woahdude
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A gag gift backfires. This little guy loves bananas. http://t.co/9obrX9FlMz http://t.co/jJxEFsMYDU http://t.co/2UWguYdqjJ
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HMJB while I go on this ride. : holdmyjuicebox
HMJB while I go on this ride. via /r/holdmyjuicebox http://t.co/1qIYPPbbSk http://t.co/Y3B6xYWgi4
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Gollum the precioussssssss : LazyCats
Gollum the precioussssssss via /r/LazyCats http://t.co/6kEyM8RoKc http://t.co/9mQh70ti49
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A giraffe and it’s keeper : AnimalsBeingBros
A giraffe and it’s keeper via /r/AnimalsBeingBros http://t.co/5mG9WbGawW http://t.co/E0OJ4hWyEA
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[OS] Frederik De Wit’s 1654 Dutch Sea Atlas [902×768] : MapPorn
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Trump Says Female Moderator Who Confronted Him About Sexism Was On Her Period | ThinkProgress
Donald Trump, who leads the polls for the Republican presidential nomination by a wide margin, received a series of tough questions during the Fox News debate on Thursday. Notably, Fox News anchor Megyn Kelly confronted Trump about his history of in…
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UN opens door for Syria chemical attacks inquiry – Al Jazeera English
The United Nations Security Council has unanimously passed a United States-drafted resolution laying the groundwork for an inquiry that would assign blame for chemical weapons attacks in Syria’s long and bloody civil war.
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US Intelligence Agencies Reviewing Clinton Emails for Classified Information | VICE News
Intelligence Community officials have started working with the State Department team assigned to review all 55,000 pages of former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton’s emails in an effort to identify any information in the communications that they b…
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WASHINGTON — President Obama had a tough message for the American Israel Public Affairs Committee, or Aipac, the powerful pro-Israel group that is furiously campaigning against the Iran nuclear accord, when he met with two of its leaders at the Whit…
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me irl via /r/me_irl http://t.co/G1x3D6XQUn http://t.co/hz8TghVwKP
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Environmental Peace Ecology is out! http://t.co/FENsbSXMOb
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Hopefully my bad luck is used up for a while. : AdviceAnimals
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Contact the author at rtgonzalez@io9.com.
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Aurora, Colorado, Jury Sentences James Holmes to Life Without Parole – The Atlantic
The Aurora theater gunman is sentenced to life imprisonment without parole, as a national decline in capital punishment continues. Three years after James Holmes stormed a theater in Aurora, Colorado, killed 12 people and wounded 70 more, a jury sen…
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The awe inspiring beauty of a Martian sunrise as taken by the HiRISE orbiter. : space
The awe inspiring beauty of a Martian sunrise as taken by the HiRISE orbiter. via /r/space http://t.co/63PfqhFldJ http://t.co/LXjzZUd1hG
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Mountain paths at Olympic National Park [6016×4000] [OC] : EarthPorn
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BUFFALO — The police in nearby Hamburg, N.Y., confirmed Friday that Patrick Kane, one of the N.H.L.’s most high-profile players, was under criminal investigation.
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US Intelligence Agencies Reviewing Clinton Emails for Classified Information | VICE News
Intelligence Community officials have started working with the State Department team assigned to review all 55,000 pages of former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton’s emails in an effort to identify any information in the communications that they b…
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Mildred and Patty Hill rank among the most interesting progressive thinkers in the 19th century, and yet they are popularly remembered only for a copyright debate. Why is a song they didn’t precisely write still a corporate moneyspinner, at least 12…
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It’s time for CEOs to stop running for president
Following Thursday’s GOP debates, CEO of the Trump Organization Donald Trump and former Hewlett-Packard CEO Carly Fiorina walked away winners over their respective challengers. (Fox News split the top 10 candidates and the other seven running into t…
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field of lawnmowers [2722 x 1814] : AbandonedPorn
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New apartment blep via /r/Blep http://t.co/he6V7qE5Zn http://t.co/8rTmwfsRZm
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Fish Slime Inspires New Eco-Sunscreen Ingredient – Scientific American
Anyone who’s gone snorkeling at a coral reef lately may have been discouraged from slathering on too much sunscreen. In some places, the non-biodegradable skin protection is actually banned.
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Gorgeous meadow [598×336] : EarthPorn
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Despite appearances, Haitians not wild about elections – Al Jazeera English
At the Scoop FM talk-radio station in Port-au-Prince, it’s all politics all the time. In a country so poor that televisions are a luxury and more than half of adults can’t read or write, radio is the best way for political candidates to reach out to…
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Queen’s Crown – Rhodiola rhodantha [2448×2448] [OC] ue : BotanicalPorn
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Friendship for the introverted troll : TrollXChromosomes
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Gawker has kicked off a trend. Following the decision by the news-and-gossip site’s writers to unionize earlier this summer, Vice Media’s US editorial staff voted to do the same today—about 80 employees in all.
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WASHINGTON — The decision by Senator Chuck Schumer of New York to oppose the Iran nuclear deal has rattled the Democratic bulwark around the acc
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No death penalty for Colorado theatre massacre gunman – Al Jazeera English
United States theatre gunman James Holmes will be sentenced to life in prison without parole after a jury failed to agree on whether he should get the death penalty for his murderous attack on a packed movie premiere in Colorado in 2012.
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levant : To abscond or run away, especially to avoid paying money or debts.. http://t.co/4Lk6PJANcH
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Brooklyn Bridge and NYC Skyline during sunset last night…[OC] [2248×1260] : CityPorn
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Peace Love Beauty Wisdom Balance Imagination Truth Consciousness, Why? http://ift.tt/1DB66hd
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Avalanche Lake, Adirondack State Park,NY [OC] [6750×2354] : EarthPorn
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Uber’s Desperate Fight to Avoid a Massive Class Action Suit | WIRED
Silicon Valley behemoth Uber is no stranger to court battles. Still, this week saw the tech giant face one of its biggest courtroom confrontations yet: Trying to convince a judge to block a lawsuit from proceeding to class-action status.
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Fox has named the female character who’ll be appearing alongside Remy LeBeau in Channing Tatum’s upcoming Gambit movie, with the equally accent-afflicted Bella Donna Boudreaux sharing screen time with the card-throwing cajun thief.
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Stephen Colbert Brings Jon Stewart To Tears With Heartfelt Send Off – Digg
Stephen Colbert appeared, of course, on the final episode of “The Daily Show.” But when Stewart tried to cut to commercial after their segment, Colbert waved it off and delivered a heartfelt thank you to Stewart, bringing his former boss to tears.
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Even The Dome Isn’t Watching Under The Dome Any More
So I guess a new episode of Under the Dome aired last night. To be honest, I totally missed it. There was a snail-eating competition on the Gastropod Channel, and it was neck-and-neck for a long time, so I got fascinated. But I gather some stuff hap…
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Inside The Wes Anderson Art Show | Vanity Fair
1/15Photograph by Daniel Arnold.+−zoom
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Cheers and Jeers: Rum and Coke FRIDAY!
“Personally, I do not know how this son of a poor Appalachian turd miner would do if you hadn’t brought me on this show. I’d be back in those hills mining turds with Pappy. I would have dung lung!”—Stephen Colbert, paying tribute to Jon Stewart la…
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Wastewater Spill Shuts Down Colorado River | Al Jazeera America
Nearly one million gallons of orange-colored mine tailings wastewater has spilled into the Animas River in southwestern Colorado, forcing several river recreation businesses to close and irrigation companies to suspend water delivery to hundreds of …
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A girl got a text from a boy asking to see her in her bra, dad replied. : funny
Lucky he didn’t ask for nudes. Well at least he saw that she owns a nice bra.
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Two Young Canadians Who Allegedly Tried to Join the Islamic State Returned to Quebec | VICE News
Two Montrealers who earlier this year traveled to the Middle East with the alleged intent of joining the so-called Islamic State (IS) have reportedly returned to Canada.
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Two Montrealers who earlier this year traveled to the Middle East with the alleged intent of joining ISIS have reportedly returned to Canada. In January, a group of four men and two women, aged 18 and 19, from the Montreal-area traveled to Turkey an…
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Two Montrealers who earlier this year traveled to the Middle East with the alleged intent of joining ISIS have reportedly returned to Canada. In January, a group of four men and two women, aged 18 and 19, from the Montreal-area traveled to Turkey an…
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Colorado movie gunman gets life sentence | Al Jazeera America
Last month, the panel of nine women and three men found the former neuroscience graduate student guilty on all counts related to the July 2012 massacre. They were not unanimous, however, on the death penalty, which means Holmes receives an automatic…
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Firefly Larvae are Venomous and Pitiless Hunters
Did you know that, before they romantically illuminate the night, fireflies start out as fierce hunters that track down otherwise protected animals and kill them with venom? Learn about the cutthroat life of firefly larvae.
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The privilege of employer-sponsored parental leave
Netflix made big news by increasing its maternity and paternity leave to a year. But in a really interesting piece, The New Yorker’s Vauhini Vara provides some historical and economic background and makes the case why not all paid family leave regul…
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HMCS Ojibwa II by Alex Lau / 500px
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Uncomfortable Laugh – Reaction GIFs
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Haters gonna hate http://t.co/0epJaXdtVK http://t.co/u9wxAh1ZdL http://t.co/ExYDeG40m9
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R.I.P. Kentucky via /r/pics http://t.co/lQSBjCLaCz http://t.co/RcxJXgNSwa
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Upper Canyon Falls During Sunset [OC][2048X1356] : EarthPorn
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Monkey teaching human how to crush leaves : AnimalsBeingBros
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Indigenous Land Titling in Australia [1018×872] via /r/MapPorn http://t.co/LHtOC14xkQ http://t.co/096JbYkt36
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A French Woman Held Hostage for 153 Days Yemen Has Returned Home | VICE News
A 30-year-old French woman who was abducted by an unknown group in Yemen in February and freed on Thursday arrived back in France today, where she was greeted by French President François Hollande.
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Republican presidential candidates Marco Rubio and Carly Fiorina took the momentum each earned in Thursday’s night’s debates and carried it on to an Atlanta stage at RedState Gathering, a conference of conservative activists, on Friday.
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A French Woman Held Hostage for 153 Days in Yemen Has Returned Home | VICE News
A 30-year-old French woman who was abducted by an unknown group in Yemen in February and freed on Thursday arrived back in France today, where she was greeted by French President François Hollande.
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Putin bulldozes tons of perfectly good (and illegal) cheese | Grist
Cheeseheads of the world, it’s time to mourn. Earlier this week, Russian President Vladimir Putin ordered literal tons of imported European cheese, meats, and produce to be bulldozed and incinerated. While I grab us some tissues, I’ll let NPR tell t…
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The Deep Influence Of The A-Bomb On Anime And Manga – Digg
At the end of Katsuhiro Otomo’s dystopian Japanese anime film Akira, a throbbing, white mass begins to envelop Neo-Tokyo. Eventually, its swirling winds engulf the metropolis, swallowing it whole and leaving a skeleton of a city in its wake.
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Cities As Platforms | TechCrunch
Take a look at the last decade’s fastest-growing companies. You’ll notice they have one thing in common: They’re all platforms.
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Read a Collection of Eerie Six-Word Science Fiction Stories
These short stories feature two lonely time-travelers locked in a doomed inter-dimensional romance, a cyborg frantically searching for their lost charger, and a typewriter with something to prove—and they do it all in just six words. Time Traveler s…
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Kerry Ryan needed a new place to live; her crazy Yugoslavian roommate had become unbearable. So, as people did in 1991 in New York City, she turned to the classified ads in The Village Voice. Ms.
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We’ll Probably Never Know What Happened to Freediver Natalia Molchanova
The sport of freediving lost one of its premier athletes this week. Esteemed Russian freediver Natalia Molchanova was diving recreationally off the eastern coast of Spain on Sunday, when she attempted to descend, untethered, to what for her was a mo…
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Big Island Hawaii by Jon Mikan / 500px
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A gag gift backfires. This little guy loves bananas. : gifs
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Hunting Sharks at Night by Ortwin Khan / 500px
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Floyd Mayweather defends choice of Andre Berto as his final opponent | Sport | The Guardian
Floyd Mayweather’s latest title defence has begun outside the ring as he fights to validate his upcoming bout against Andre Berto.
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Sloths taking a bath will make you squeal in delight
In a clip from Meet the Sloths, viewers get to learn how the Sloth Sanctuary of Costa Rica keeps its residents clean and parasite-free. But on top of being educational, the clip is also incredibly cute. The mammals look like they’re loving the TLC d…
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German barn converted into austere house. [1700×1358] : RoomPorn
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Dreamy Loft – Capitol Hill, Seattle [OC] [2308×1536] : RoomPorn
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Sleepy morning loaf via /r/Catloaf http://t.co/XbJYSxPd94 http://t.co/KeC04Vsbg3
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Ad Tech Startup C1X Raises $5.1M | TechCrunch
C1X is announcing that it has raised $5.1 million in Series A funding. Founder and CEO Mukundu Kumaran spent seven years as an engineering director at Yahoo.
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EPA Team Spills Million Gallons of Waste Water into Colorado Rivers – Scientific American
Aug 6 (Reuters) – A team of U.S. regulators probing contamination at a Colorado gold mine accidentally released a million gallons (3.8 million liters) of orange-hued waste water containing sediment and metals into a local river system, the Environme…
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Stop us if you’ve heard this one: by day, Ben Affleck is an Oscar-winning director of crowd-pleasing political thrillers and gritty, social-minded crime dramas.
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The threat of ISIL in Saudi Arabia – Al Jazeera English
On Thursday, 15 people were killed in one of the worst attacks against Saudi Arabia’s security forces, at a mosque in the southwestern town of Abha, close to the border with Yemen. And this is not the first time ISIL has targeted Saudi Arabia.
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More than Space Salad: Zero-G Botany is Rewriting Textbooks
This article was originally published at The Conversation. The publication contributed the article to Space.com’s Expert Voices: Op-Ed & Insights. Gravity is a constant for all organisms on Earth.
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Apple’s App Store Saw $1.7B in Billings And Broke Customer Records In July | TechCrunch
Perhaps to counter concerns over iPhone sales and China, Apple this week released numbers related to the App Store’s growth that demonstrate the very real impact China is having on its app ecosystem and developer community.
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That wasn’t the response I expected : AdviceAnimals
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Believe In Yourself by Isaac Gautschi / 500px
Believe In Yourself by IsaacGautschiPhotography http://t.co/I0wqkO3cDd http://t.co/68xcBsALwD
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Adopted this weirdo when he was 7 years old. He’s eccentric. : cats
Adopted this weirdo when he was 7 years old. He’s eccentric. via /r/cats http://t.co/JS64tuvwpV http://t.co/yCYooDqFDy
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Typhoon Soudelor slams into Taiwan packing savage winds – Al Jazeera English
Typhoon Soudelor has made landfall in Taiwan, packing wind gusts of up to 210km/h and heavy rainfall, according to Taiwan’s Central Weather Bureau (CWB). As expected, the typhoon hit Taiwan in the early hours of Saturday morning. There were no immed…
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Protip: Don’t Buy Porn Ads to Pitch A Startup to Investors | WIRED
Last night a reader of the tech blog The Next Web noticed something strange on adult entertainment site PornHub: an ad asking people to pass on a video message to Sam Altman, the president of prestigious Silicon Valley startup incubator Y Combinator.
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Can You Protect Your Tummy From Traveler’s Diarrhea? : Goats and Soda : NPR
It goes by many names: Delhi belly. Montezuma’s revenge. The Aztec two-step. But doctors use one not-so-glamorous term: traveler’s diarrhea.
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Robot finger clicking endlessly through the Internet is your life
You know, inventions like the ungodly creation in the video below: a solitary, disembodied finger continuously pressing the lone button of a vintage mouse. Over and over again. Forever. The finger is a fiendish facsimile of Thing from the Addams Fam…
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She’s actually terrifying : aww
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The art of flirting via /r/funny http://t.co/N2HTbOmqtS http://t.co/8R4oTSJpWR
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The Obama administration has urged a federal judge to reassess a ruling that ordered the release of thousands of immigrant mothers and children from family detention centres, arguing that the controversial federal facilities are an effective tool to…
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A white Ferguson court clerk who was fired over racist emails uncovered by the US Justice Department after a police officer killed 18-year-old Michael Brown has a new job with another St Louis-area court.
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Oregon anchor fired for positive marijuana test turns to pro-cannabis activism
Marijuana may be decriminalized in some states, but that doesn’t mean employers will turn the other cheek to an employee’s usage. Former local Oregon news anchor, Cyd Maurer, experienced this firsthand when she was fired from Eugene’s ABC affiliate,…
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Grounded Satellite Internet Service May Open Sky to SpaceX | WIRED
Satellite internet provider StarBand said on its website today that it will shut down, citing increased costs and competition from other forms of broadband.
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Trump’s Antics Are Making Facebook and Twitter Money | WIRED
To Facebook and Twitter, your attention is everything. And last night’s first GOP primary debate—especially a certain wispy-haired candidate—most definitely captured it.
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Ian the Climate Denialist Ombudspotato? We can only dream. Illustration: First Dog on the Moon for the Guardian
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The winner of the Republican primary debate was Fox News.
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Toxic mine water accidentally released by EPA in Colorado river flows south | US news | The Guardian
A cloud of orange-brown, toxic mine water and sludge accidentally released by the US Environmental Protection Agency is flowing down the Animas River through the hearts of towns in Colorado and New Mexico, and ultimately toward a lake in a national …
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Good evening. Here’s the latest. 1. The winner of the Republican primary debate was unequivocally Fox News.
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The Runaround adds fresh victims for J.K. Simmons’ rage · Newswire · The A.V. Club
As we’ve previously noted, getting yelled at by J.K. Simmons is something of a rite of passage in Hollywood these days. (Just ask rising star Miles Teller.) Next in line for the full treatment is Emile Hirsch, fresh off a real-life shoutfest of his …
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Cartoon: Merit badges for modern times
Click to enlarge. The Boy Scouts finally lifted their ban on gay scout leaders. Church affiliated troops are still allowed to discriminate as much as they please, for freedom.
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The Republican race: Who were the debate’s winners and losers? | The Economist
LAST night’s Republican debate was wildly entertaining, at least as far as American political debates go.
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Typhoon Soudelor Takes Aim at Taiwan : Image of the Day
After a period of rapid intensification on August 1, Typhoon Soudelor became the sixth category 5 storm of 2015. While the typhoon weakened during the ensuing days, it was poised to make landfall in central Taiwan on August 8 as a category 3 storm.
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Whatcha’ doing, human? via /r/cats http://t.co/Tkhweoo4kD http://t.co/iU7W9be876
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Volcanic Lightning via /r/Breathless http://t.co/tyEsThnUsW http://t.co/TZiFdoTZHJ http://t.co/iK048IRhiA
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Rio Grande Gorge, Taos, New Mexico [1920×1080] [iphone] : EarthPorn
Rio Grande Gorge, Taos, New Mexico [1920×1080] [iphone] via /r/EarthPorn http://t.co/92rURCQS9G http://t.co/odGYCLOdva
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A huge, toxic algae bloom is basically eating the West Coast alive | Grist
Remember that big algae bloom that was sweeping the West Coast a few weeks ago? Here’s an update: It’s still there, and it’s bigger, denser, and more toxic than anyone suspected.
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Jon Stewart gets in one last great dig at climate deniers | Grist
Jon Stewart’s celebrated 16-year-run on The Daily Show ended last night in part with a spirited lesson on how to spot his most constant adversary: bullshit.
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Hack The Planet! (Before It’s Too Late) | TechCrunch
Greetings from the gaudy hellscape of Las Vegas, and that overcrowded maelstrom of surly hackers known as DEF CON! What follows is a brief rundown of the talks here (and its big corporate sister Black Hat) that seemed particularly interesting.
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Nascar star Tony Stewart sued over Kevin Ward death – BBC News
The family of a racing driver who was struck and killed by Nascar star Tony Stewart has filed a wrongful death suit against him. Kevin Ward, 20, died after he got out of his car in the middle of a road race in New York in August 2014 and was hit by …
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See What Happens When The New Batman Catches Up With The Old Batman
A few months ago, Bruce Wayne died—and Jim Gordon took on the heavily armored Batman-mantle. But, this is comics: a magical, wonderful land where Death is more a temporary check-in at a fancy hotel than a permanent rest.
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Hailee Steinfeld shows true grit by releasing her first single · Newswire · The A.V. Club
Plenty of actors have made the leap from popcorn fare to critical acclaim, but Hailee Steinfeld is taking the opposite path.
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One of the pleasures I wasn’t expecting back when I discovered, to my surprise, that I liked a lot of indie music was that of following the progress of favorite bands.
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Stonehenge August 1, 2015 [5312×2988] 3MB : EarthPorn
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Cats’ first snowstorm : StartledCats
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Freeballing accident at work via /r/funny http://t.co/FW4quAatc6 http://t.co/gUPPGr5tkM
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Greens grown in space are now on Space Station astronaut menu – Boing Boing
Fresh veggies grown in space microgravity are on the menu for the first time for NASA astronauts on the International Space Station. Crew members on Expedition 44, including NASA’s one-year astronaut Scott Kelly, harvested some “Outredgeous” red rom…
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A Limited Victory for Voting Rights in Texas – The New Yorker
In 2013, when the Supreme Court effectively struck down a crucial section of the Voting Rights Act, the disagreement between the five conservative Justices in the majority and the four moderate liberals in dissent was about history as much as law.
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CrunchWeek: Earnings Beatdown, Twitter’s Palace Intrigue And VR Goes Full Weird | TechCrunch
Hello friends and welcome back to another episode of CrunchWeek, TechCrunch’s recurring roundup of the biggest tech stories of the week. Our execrable inimitable leader Matthew Lynley took the helm, while our recent addition Megan Rose Dickey and my…
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Three Federal Courts Hand Down Major Summer Decisions – The Atlantic
The U.S. Supreme Court might have the summer off, but the rest of the American judiciary doesn’t. The U.S. Supreme Court may be on summer recess, but the lower courts continue to hear cases and issue rulings. Three rulings this week from the Fourth,…
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Wink Fun is looking for reviewers – Boing Boing
Calling all writers! Wink Fun is looking for reviewers. Reviews should be 1-3 paragraphs, and need to include 5-9 photos of the Fun item.
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What’s The Most Amazingly Snarky Narrator In Science Fiction or Fantasy?
Science fiction and fantasy contain lots of stories that bend the walls of reality—so it should come as no surprise that there are also tons of narrators who break the fourth wall or otherwise disrupt normal storytelling. But which story has the mos…
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OITNB’s Uzo Aduba and Glee’s Amber Riley join The Wiz Live! · Newswire · The A.V. Club
The casting process for NBC’s The Wiz Live! continues to stay on the positive side of credible, with news coming today that Orange Is The New Black breakout star Uzo Aduba and Glee’s Amber Riley have both joined the live-broadcast musical, which is …
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As you may know, we work in an office full of funny people. Much of their energy is channeled into ventures like Clickhole and The Onion, but sometimes they need to step outside those walls and create something else.
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Mighty Citadel by Jeremiah Humphries : ImaginaryLandscapes
Mighty Citadel by Jeremiah Humphries via /r/ImaginaryLandscapes http://t.co/UAWXcDHh7q http://t.co/lDizFOZbJV
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Elephant in a forest, Zimbabwe : Breathless
Elephant in a forest, Zimbabwe via /r/Breathless http://t.co/9dQo5pxPIC http://t.co/wlHrWpFf9e
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Why Yes, Little Girl, Lexington EMS would definitely like some lemonade. : aww
Why Yes, Little Girl, Lexington EMS would definitely like some lemonade. via /r/aww http://t.co/QiwpDJtwoK http://t.co/XZZZ8p8HrY
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My cat relaxing in my backyard : cats
My cat relaxing in my backyard via /r/cats http://t.co/P3qGlkJuHk http://t.co/AD9d5X52P6
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Oddball Asteroid Outcasts Spied by Infrared Space Telescope
NASA’s NEOWISE mission has tracked down an elusive family of asteroids that shun regular orbits in the asteroid belt, instead preferring a crazy roller coaster ride through the solar system’s equatorial plane. ANALYSIS: Russian Meteor: How Many Tiny…
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California child diagnosed with plague after camping at Yosemite | US news | The Guardian
A child who camped in California’s Yosemite national park has been diagnosed with the plague, the latest of several such infections in the western United States this year, health officials said.
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Boeing Gets Another $6.6 Million for XS-1 Military Space Plane
This artist’s concept art depicts one possible Boeing design for the U.S. Military’s XS-1 Experimental Spaceplane concept.Credit: Boeing View full size image Boeing has gotten another $6.6 million to continue developing its concept for the United St…
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Sen. Chuck Schumer draws fire for opposing Obama’s Iran nuclear deal
President Barack Obama’s Iran nuclear deal has stumbled toward the ropes—and it’s a fellow Democrat who threw the punch. “After deep study, careful thought and considerable soul-searching, I have decided I must oppose the agreement and will vote yes…
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A Look Back In Earnings | TechCrunch
Tired of earnings and financials and share price changes and non-GAAP operating margins and future cash positions? Too bad.
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Fox News scrubs debate question on Jeb Bush link to Planned Parenthood?
Huh. Well, it is Fox News. It’s only blind luck that the network didn’t happen to put up onscreen graphics accidentally declaring some of them “Democrats.” It’ll be interesting to see if the omission gets fixed, though.
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Apple’s Fitness Guru Opens Up About the Watch | Outside Online
Photo:In Jay Blahnik’s first extended interview since Apple hired him to help launch the Watch, the company’s director of fitness for health technologies insists activity tracking is overemphasized, elite athletes have a sitting problem, and the rea…
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The Strain, FX’s show about a vampire apocalypse that terrorizes mildly annoys the inhabitants of New York City, has been renewed for season 3. Presumably it will cover the third book of Guillermo del Toro’s trilogy, where the vampires have won.
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In Trump’s idea of a great country, big business rules the health system, buys elections and receives massive tax breaks. Replacing Obamacare with a privatized healthcare system would be President Trump’s first step to a totally privatized America.
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cherry tomato + microwave = arcs of plasma [OC] : perfectloops
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Precious cargo. : TrollXChromosomes
Precious cargo. via /r/TrollXChromosomes http://t.co/I9KbVwt42Y http://t.co/69N1mp89ia
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I boop your nose while you sleep : cats
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Hiking up Mt. Gimli, Valhalla Park, British Columbia [OC][4592×2809] : EarthPorn
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Grenadier Island, New York [OC] [5312×2988] : EarthPorn
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Landmannalaugar, Iceland July 2015 [OC] [8936×1351] : EarthPorn
Landmannalaugar, Iceland July 2015 [OC] [8936×1351] via /r/EarthPorn http://t.co/7tveyFSwfj http://t.co/IigLvp15tv
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Near Gilpin Lake, Routt National Forest, Colorado. [4320×2432][OC] : EarthPorn
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8 Truly Good Things That Happened This Week — The Cut
This week was actually the longest week ever known to man, according to science* (*not according to science).
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BBC Sport – Lille 0-1 Paris St-Germain
Foul by David Luiz (Paris Saint-Germain). Sofiane Boufal (Lille) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
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Federal and state officials are calling for a Michigan lawmaker to resign after it emerged on Friday that he used his taxpayer-funded office to launch a smear campaign against himself, claiming that he had been caught having sex with a male prostitu…
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Doctor Who casts trans actress Bethany Black in season nine guest role · Newswire · The A.V. Club
The new season of Doctor Who begins September 19 on BBC One, and we’ve been fielding guest star announcements all summer in anticipation of the premiere. We know Maisie Williams will drop by as a new-to-Who character, and season nine will also see t…
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When feedback becomes dangerous
I’ve always been fascinated by the music industry. Not necessarily the labels, insane deals, and celebrity status, but more the process of how a new album or song is created and how we only ever really see the final product.
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James Holmes death penalty case: Jury reaches verdict – BBC News
Jurors are deciding whether to sentence Colorado cinema gunman James Holmes to death or send him to prison for the rest of his life. Holmes, a former neuroscience graduate student, killed 12 people and wounded 70 others at during a late night screen…
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Norway massacre survivor returns to Utoya Island – Al Jazeera English
Eirin Kjaer was gravely wounded by Anders Behring Breivik, the self-proclaimed “militant nationalist”, on Norway’s Utoya island. On that Friday in July, 2011, Eirin waited to die in shallow water on the island’s edge.
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Elle Fanning prepares to transition in the About Ray trailer · Coming Distractions · The A.V. Club
Movies about or featuring transgender people are relatively few and far between, so they can act as guideposts for social attitudes about the subject, often dealing with the difficult, sometimes dangerous marginalization that comes with being transg…
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Stop airline ban on animal trophies, says South Africa – Al Jazeera English
A recent decision by international airlines to ban the transport of animal trophies will damage South Africa’s economy, the government has said.
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A Rarity Reclaimed: Stolen Stradivarius Recovered After 35 Years : NPR
The denouement of a 35-year drama takes place Thursday at the U.S. attorney’s office in Manhattan. And I trust that my father, virtuoso violinist Roman Totenberg, who died three years ago, will be watching from somewhere. For decades he played his b…
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Miles Teller vs. Meryl Streep: Inside This Weekend’s Summer Movie Show | Vanity Fair
Summer 2015 is bringing a fascinating series of showdowns between some of our biggest stars, as two (or more) famous faces bring their respective movies to the box office on the same weekend.
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Somebody Get Katie Ledecky A Time Machine | FiveThirtyEight
The 2012 London Olympics were filled with so many dramatic victories for the U.S. swimming team that the debut of then-15-year-old Katie Ledecky was a bit overshadowed. She entered only one event and won it easily. Three years later, Ledecky is the …
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The purpose of war, military or economic, is to get your enemy to do something it would rather not do. Over the past several years the United States and other Western powers have engaged in an economic, clandestine and political war against Iran to …
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It’s the end of an era. – Album on Imgur
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Obama leaves DC for Martha’s Vineyard vacation | TheHill
President Obama left Washington on Friday for his family’s annual vacation in Martha’s Vineyard, Mass., hoping for a brief respite after one of the most eventful stretches of his presidency.
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A woman who was killed this week in a shooting outside a Toronto nightclub had reportedly been refused a ride by cabbies minutes before she was struck by gunfire.
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Two female meth-heads kept a “special needs“ boy and his sister locked in cages – Boing Boing
Two women in northwest Georgia are facing child cruelty charges after police officers discovered an 11-year-old boy trapped in a makeshift cage in a bedroom. The boy was described as a child with “special needs” by police.
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Gillmor Gang LIVE 08.07.15 | TechCrunch
Gillmor Gang – John Borthwick, Robert Scoble, Kevin Marks, and Steve Gillmor. LIVE recording session today at 1:30pm PT.
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Apple’s Next iPhone Rumored To Debut On September 9th | TechCrunch
I’m not a betting man — but if someone were to say “Quick! When will Apple announce the next iPhone?!”, I’d say September. It’s… just what they do. Sure enough: word around the rumor mill is now that the next announcement will come on September 9th.
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Game Of Thrones superfan accused of fraud demands trial by combat · Newswire · The A.V. Club
How many times have you had this exact same experience: You’re just an average guy, living his life, practicing the law like a good lawyer should. Also, you happen to be a fan of the HBO series Game Of Thrones.
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The #BlackLivesMatter movement is for everyone
One year after Ferguson, America has yet another high-profile case involving a police officer shooting an unarmed, young man. The teenager’s name: Zachary Hammond. He is white—and so is the cop who killed him.
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Antoine Fuqua is making a Training Day TV series · Newswire · The A.V. Club
Possibly sick of spending the last 15 years as “The Training Day guy” no matter how many times he tries to make The Equalizer a going concern, director Antoine Fuqua is finally steering into the skid. Fuqua announced today that he’s teaming up with …
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Agent Carter executive producer reveals season two’s villain · Newswire · The A.V. Club
Agent Peggy Carter of Marvel’s Agent Carter is moving to Los Angeles for season two, where she’ll be welcomed by palm trees, the Pacific, and a new foe to hurl household objects at: Marvel villain Madame Masque will be Peggy’s main enemy in season t…
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Four Roman Catholic nonprofits in New York must allow employees access to contraception, a federal appeals court panel ruled on Friday, reversing a decision by a lower court that allowed the organizations to get around a requirement in the Affordabl…
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Pearl Jam, Guns N’ Roses Members to Perform Stooges Tribute | Rolling Stone
Pearl Jam, Guns N’ Roses Members to Perform Stooges Tribute Mike McCready, Duff McKagan, Mark Arm and Barrett Martin to salute pioneering band in Seattle later this month
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Inside the YouTube journey of a competitive eating star
Wearing a silicone swim cap and goggles, Matt “Megatoad” Stonie stares down his meal: more than 12,000 calories stretched out over a dining table, including several helpings of french toast, ham sandwiches and pasta with tomato sauce.
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Dave Grohl Joins Hardcore Band Bl’ast! for First New Music in 20 Years | Rolling Stone
Long dormant hardcore act Bl’ast! have unleashed their new two-track EP For Those Who’ve Graced the Fire!, the Santa Cruz band’s first new music in over 20 years.
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10 Former Internet Trolls Explain Why They Quit Being Jerks
For some people, the internet is like the wild west: a lawless play-pen where they can get away with being an asshole to anyone they’d like. You know—trolling. Over the last couple of weeks, I’ve collected stories from people who have, at some point…
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Israel Destroys Palestinian Homes After Announcing New Settlements | VICE News
Israeli authorities had 18 homes and shops belonging to Palestinians in the West Bank demolished on Wednesday, according to Palestinian news sources, a week after the government announced the construction of hundreds of additional Israeli settlement…
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Smartwatches Decimated Traditional Watch Sales Last Month | TechCrunch
An NPD survey is suggesting that the Apple Watch has pushed watch sales to the lowest point since 2008. NPD has found that watchmakers sold $375 million worth of watches in July, down 11% from last year. This decline is the largest since a similar d…
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Vice Media Writers Vote to Unionize — NYMag
Those working on the editorial side of Vice Media voted to unionize this week, according to The Wall Street Journal. The writers and editors at Vice will join the Writers Guild of America, East — the same union that Gawker Media and Salon staffers v…
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WATCH: The GOP primary debate, songified – Boing Boing
“We Need Brain” is a quotation from Donald Trump at last night’s GOP presidential primary debate, and it’s the title of the songified version by the Gregory Brothers.
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A woman who was killed this week in a shooting outside a Toronto nightclub had reportedly been refused a ride by cabbies minutes before she was struck by gunfire.
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Speedy Stitcher – a $10 pocket size sewing machine – Boing Boing
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This Week in TV: We Say Goodbye to Jon Stewart (Sniffle) | WIRED
We feature The Daily Show, and specifically Jon Stewart, a lot in our Best TV roundups. And the last few weeks have been no exception. But if you’ll indulge us once again, we’d like to tip our hat to Stewart one last time. And since Stewart did his …
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Report: Apple will unveil iPhone 6S, new Apple TV and iPad Pro on September 9
Anxious for the new iPhone? You may not have to wait long before Apple unveils it. According to “sources” speaking to Business Insider, Apple will hold an event on September 9 to announce the new iPhone.
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Louis CK Puts Show on Hiatus to Totally Not Work on That de Blasio Pro | Vanity Fair
So how much time will this Louis CK mystery project involve? Remember, the one that prompted him to shadow New York City mayor Bill de Blasio as he went about his mayorly business for unknown reasons this week? Enough time, apparently, for CK to tak…
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Aurora jury reaches decision on death penalty for James Holmes | US news | The Guardian
The jury in the Colorado movie theater shooting trial has reached a verdict in the death penalty phase of the proceedings against convicted gunman James Holmes, a court spokesman said on Friday.
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These Worms Can Only Live in Glaciers, and Liquefy When They Get Warm
There are creatures that spend their entire lives inside a glacier. They come out at night. They scavenge relentlessly. They thrive in the cold. If they weren’t totally harmless, they’d be the perfect horror movie creatures. Solifugus means “flees f…
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Week in Fashion: Hollywood Has a Psychedelic, Kaleidoscopic-Print Moment | Vanity Fair
1/10KATE MARA — Starting off on the softer side of patterns, Kate stepped out with a ton of flower power in a dainty Giambattista mini. © NIGNY/Splash News/Corbis.+−zoom
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10 Former Internet Trolls Explain Why They Quit Being Jerks
For some people, the internet is like the wild west: a lawless play-pen where they can get away with being an asshole to anyone they’d like. You know—trolling. Over the last couple of weeks, I’ve collected stories from people who have, at some point…
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Gigi Hadid Explains How She’s Related to Kendall Jenner | Vanity Fair
Gigi Hadid’s family may not be any more complicated than anybody else’s. But when it comes to explaining how she and BFF Kendall Jenner are actually related, well, you’re going to have to climb over more than a few branches on the family tree.
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Which may explain why he’s so invested in rebutting any questions about the legitimacy of the program.
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Inside the YouTube journey of a competitive eating star
Wearing a silicone swim cap and goggles, Matt “Megatoad” Stonie stares down his meal: more than 12,000 calories stretched out over a dining table, including several helpings of french toast, ham sandwiches and pasta with tomato sauce.
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How your pot habit is making California’s drought worse | Grist
Bad news, stoners. The epicenter for this activity falls within a tricounty area in northwestern California known as the Emerald Triangle. Well over 10,000 growing sites dot the region.
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Power up with this charging roundup: Batteries and cables
To make charging time a little more convenient, TNW Deals has some major reductions on backup batteries and charger accessories… 28% off the Titan MFi-Certified Lightning Cable The Lightning cable that Apple supplies with its devices is desperately …
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Watch the wind swirl across Earth with this awesome map | Grist
This story was originally published by CityLab and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. Though software engineer Cameron Beccario did it first with “Earth,” now NOAA has launched its own real-time wind model displayed over t…
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Shell cuts ties with corporate bill mill ALEC, claiming high ground on climate (!) | Grist
A ray of sunshine above the oil rig: Royal Dutch Shell became today the latest company to leave the American Legislative Evil Exchange Council (ALEC), a conservative non-profit that pushes corporate-friendly cookie-cutter legislation at the state le…
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The Growing Movement to Restore Voting Rights to Former Felons
On August 6, the 50th anniversary of the Voting Rights Act, dozens of Baltimore ex-felons rallied and marched alongside community members to protest their disenfranchisement.
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Watch This Human-Controlled Robot Crush Cans And Punch Through Drywall | TechCrunch
Don’t worry: it’s less techno-horror-movie-esque than it sounds. We’re getting closer and closer to robots that can roam about on their own.
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Police officer pulls gun on man recording him, and is placed on leave. #fixthepolice – Boing Boing
A police officer in the Northern California city of Rohnert Park was caught on video pulling his gun on a resident who was recording the cop on his cellphone. The video shot by Don McComas quickly went viral on Facebook.
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Thousands of Ebola Survivors Face Persistent Joint Pain and Other Problems – Scientific American
The Ebola virus is leaving an indelible mark on survivors. Emerging findings, amassed by tracking unprecedented numbers of people who recovered from the disease in west Africa, suggest it causes joint pain in about half of Ebola survivors and often …
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DENVER — A Colorado jury has reached a decision on whether James E. Holmes, who carried out the 2012 massacre in the movie theater in suburban Aurora, should get life in prison or be sentenced to death.
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White House warns Chuck Schumer: disapprove of Iran deal at your own peril | US news | The Guardian
The White House fired a shot across the bows of New York senator Chuck Schumer on Friday for defying its position on Iran, warning that fellow Democrats on Capitol Hill may remember his voting record when deciding who to elect as their next leader.
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UN Moves Ahead With Plan to Blame Somebody for Chemical Weapons in Syria | VICE News
The United Nations Security Council unanimously approved a resolution on Friday that aims to investigate chemical weapon attacks in Syria and ultimately assign blame for those responsible.
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Doctors who colluded in US torture vote to crawl ‘out of the dark side’ | US news | The Guardian
The largest association of psychologists in the United States voted to begin reversing its policy of collusion in torture on Friday by prohibiting members of the American Psychological Association from participating in the interrogation of US prison…
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California man who took hundreds of ‘up-skirt’ photos gets more jail time | US news | The Guardian
A California man who prosecutors say secretly took pictures up the skirts of hundreds of women and is already serving 15 years in prison was sentenced on Friday to five more years behind bars.
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Here’s Why Those Exploding Bottles of Hard Cider Had to Be Recalled
Bottles of Angry Orchard hard cider were recalled this week with their manufacturer warned that cider from two recent batches may result in bottles that overflow or, much more dramatically, literally burst. But what makes a bottle of otherwise ordin…
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Migrants facing shameful conditions in Greece: UNHCR – Al Jazeera English
Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras has asked Europe to help in handling tens of thousands of refugees landing on its shores, drawing sharp criticism from the UN refugee agency. The UNHCR warned on Friday that migrants landing in Greece were facing …
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The stage lights have dimmed, the spin room has been shuttered, but for Republican presidential candidates, the debate goes on. As the horde of White House hopefuls departed from Cleveland on Friday morning, they continued to plead their cases on th…
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John Wick is being turned into a VR game, hopefully sans puppy death · Newswire · The A.V. Club
John Wick, a violent revenge actioner starring Keanu Reeves as a widower who goes on a rampage of payback after gangsters kill his dog, surprised just about everybody last year by being pretty great.
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Venezuela Is Jailing Mystics Who Make ‘Predictions’ on Twitter | VICE News
Lessi Marcano, a 48-year-old architect in Venezuela, took a turn in his life after an accident that he claims left him with the ability to have visions. He became a feng shui coach, and one of the primary platforms for his business was on Twitter, a…
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Postcript: Svetlana Boym, 1959–2015 – The New Yorker
Over roughly twenty years, my friendship with Svetlana Boym contained several periods of near-silence, lasting a year or two. At the end of each, one of us would reappear with a capsule update. Mine contained the recent events of my life; Svetlana’s…
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Based on the feature STRAIGHT UP currently in development. facebook.com/straightupthemovie SHORT OF THE WEEK – Review https://www.shortoftheweek.com/2015/08/06/normal-doors/ Starring: Justin Mark as Todd Milana Vayntrub as Rory Emily Bett Rickards a…
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Goose Lake Dries Up http://t.co/XcYFeztPWN http://t.co/1rXloFENqc http://t.co/rjDjn9C8YO
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Enjoy an atmospheric horror story about space travel – Offworld
You’ve just been accepted to university on Earth; you say farewell to your family and start your comfortable, luxurious trip through space. Once you’re on your way, though, you realize you might not be alone.
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How Consumer-Focused AI Startups Are Breaking Down Language | TechCrunch
Language is a distinctly human trait. Or is it? A new wave of consumer-focused startups are now developing artificial intelligence programs that can mimic, adapt and interpret the complex semantic patterns that were previously unrecognizable to logi…
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The GOP’s sexism problem is much bigger than Donald Trump
If the Internet is to be believed, Carly Fiorina was a smashing success in yesterday’s Republican first round of presidential debates. The former Hewlett-Packard CEO far surpassed her peers in Twitter mentions (according to Google and Topsy.
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Psychology Society Bans Work With Government Interrogators | WIRED
Today, the American Psychological Association voted to ban any collaboration between psychologists and national military and intelligence interrogators.
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Republican Assault on Trump May Only Make Him Stronger | Rolling Stone
Last night’s debate was the funniest political program in our nation’s history. Nothing really comes close. There have been moments, obviously. Bush ducking a shoe.
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Weekend Rock Question: What’s the Best Hip-Hop Song of the 1990s? | Rolling Stone
Weekend Rock Question: What’s the Best Hip-Hop Song of the 1990s? Cast your vote in our weekly poll
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How long can you hold onto something good? Is all pleasure fleeting? Is this a comic element of being alive, or a tragic one? Really, that’s all I’m going to say about Loss, a delicate little existential game by Michael HO3N and PixelPOW.
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Goose Lake Dries Up : Natural Hazards
Several lakes straddling the California–Oregon border are ephemeral. One of them, Goose Lake has a long history of filling and then drying out. In 2015, it disappeared again. The Operational Land Imager (OLI) on Landsat 8 captured these views of Goo…
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“Series Finale” · The Daily Show With Jon Stewart · TV Review · The A.V. Club
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Roland Emmerich responds to Stonewall whitewashing accusations · Newswire · The A.V. Club
Independence Day director Roland Emmerich appears to have stumbled into an entirely different sort of disaster movie as LGBT organizations are calling for a boycott of his new film, Stonewall.
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Map of Life: A phone app that helps track wildlife – Al Jazeera English
Walter Jetz has been working on the Map of Life app for four years. He’s an expert in biodiversity, teaching at both Yale University in the US and Imperial College in the UK.
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Utoeya survivor returns to the isle: ‘I’m seeing the faces’ – BBC News
Samuel Muyizzi was on Norway’s Utoeya island when Anders Breivik attacked and murdered 69 people there – mainly young members of the Norwegian Labour Party – and he survived.
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Major League Gaming has reset its Pro League after a spate of DDoS attacks
An esports league has reset its entire season in response to a series of DDoS attacks. The third season of the Major League Gaming (MLG) Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare pro league kicked off on June 29 with a schedule that spanned 22 matches and ran …
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Stephen Colbert has revealed his first Late Show guest · Newswire · The A.V. Club
The premiere of The Late Show With Stephen Colbert is roughly a month away, and Colbert has stayed in fighting/hosting shape with a lunchtime video series that saw him staying in touch with the common man and arguing with Neil deGrasse Tyson over Kl…
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Each week, Josh Duboff looks at the biggest celebrity news—and amuses himself by imagining how those celebrities might have reacted. Jennifer Aniston and Justin Theroux get married in a small ceremony held at their Bel Air mansion.
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Verizon just killed its 2-year contracts
Taking a page out of T-Mobile’s book and killing off one of the cell phone industry’s longest-held traditions in the process, Verizon Wireless has announced a new set of plans that don’t require contracts and don’t incorporate carrier subsidies on n…
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Mozilla patches Firefox exploit that let hackers remotely grab users’ files
If you use Firefox, it’s time to update your browser. Mozilla recently discovered an exploit in the wild that allows a malicious actor to remotely direct your computer to upload files to a server without permission.
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Can Apple Music Steal Radio’s Last Advantage? | WIRED
The last time Dr. Dre dropped an album, things were a little different. His lady, he informed us on the song “Fuck You,” was blowing up his pager. The iPhone didn’t exist yet. iTunes didn’t exist yet.
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Yet another Obamacare challenge could be headed to the Supreme Court
At least two lawsuits have now been filed arguing that this “shell bill” procedure violates the Origination Clause. Sure, the challengers argue, it’s OK for the Senate to amend House bills that raise revenue. But the Senate replaced the House bill.
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Call off the bee-pocalypse: U.S. honeybee colonies hit a 20-year high – The Washington Post
You’ve heard the news about honeybees. “Beepocalypse,” they’ve called it. Beemageddon. America’s honeybees are dying, putting honey production and $15 billion worth of pollinated food crops in jeopardy.
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A Solitary Place | Flickr – Photo Sharing!
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NGC 6334: The Cat’s Paw Nebula | We Heart It
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Osprey flying off with his catch – Pandion haliaetus [OC][2048X1365] : AnimalPorn
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Read This: @Seinfeld2000 interviews Newman himself · Great Job, Internet! · The A.V. Club
TV Great Job, Internet! Aug 7, 2015 2:28 PM For the past couple years, Seinfeld2000 has been exploring what Seinfeld would still be like if it were around today, and the voyage has been nothing short of fantastic.
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Marvel’s Shattered Empire Picks Up Right Where Return Of The Jedi Ended
As September gets closer with the beginning of the “Journey to Force Awakens”, we’re getting more of an idea of Disney’s post-Return of the Jedi world.
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Martin Rowson on political leadership races – cartoon | Comment is free | The Guardian
Photograph: Martin Rowson for the Guardian
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Seattle Sounders sign Paraguayan star Nelson Haedo Valdez | Football | The Guardian
The Seattle Sounders have strengthed their attack with the signing of Paraguayan striker Nelson Valdez. The 31-year-old joins fellow designated players Clint Dempsey and Obafemi Martins in Seattle’s attack. Seattle announced Valdez’s signing on Frid…
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The hottest looks from last night’s GOP debate
Thursday night’s Republican presidential debate was a certifiable hot mess, and we’re not talking about the constant interruptions or total lack of respect for women.
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Verizon Gives Up, Makes Cell Phone Plans Simple | WIRED
Say what you want about T-Mobile’s brash, bordering-on-NSFW Uncarrier shtick, but it’s forcing the rest of the wireless industry to keep up. Today, Verizon announced a total overhaul of the way it’ll offer cellphone service going forward.
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Oil Prices Are Near Six-Year Lows Amid Supply Glut – The Atlantic
U.S. shale-oil production is high, but Saudi Arabia, betting it can withstand losses better than its new rival, is pumping more crude. Oil prices are now near a six-year low, moving down earlier today to about $44 a barrel.
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This Tiny Titanium Tool Fits on Your Zipper | WIRED
The Fly Pry is a new, ultra-simple titanium multitool. The gadget was launched as a Kickstarter project (now successfully funded) by Boston-based designer and titanium tinkerer Flavio Pellegrino, who found his inspiration via the same vehicle as cou…
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Lee Daniels thinks Empire will “without question” get a spinoff · Newswire · The A.V. Club
Lee Daniels seems pretty confident about the possibility of an Empire spinoff. While Fox co-chairmen Dana Walden and Gary Newman got critics amped for more Empire at the Television Critics Association Press Tour on Thursday, Daniels got busy teasing…
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Four Percent Growth Can Be Done, But Not Jeb’s Way
Republican presidential candidate Jeb Bush says he has a secret plan to bring the economy up to 4 percent annual growth. The White House responds that 4 percent growth is not achievable.
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Kim Kardashian and Kanye West’s new baby boy’s name will be Easton | Daily Mail Online
Kim Kardashian West has gone on record at least twice to deny rumors that she’ll be heading in yet another direction for baby No. 2. But Daily Mail Online exclusively can reveal that the West couple will be, indeed, naming their baby boy a direction…
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Writers at Vice Media Vote to Unionize – CMO Today – WSJ
Writers at Vice Media have voted to unionize, said people familiar with the matter, giving organized labor its biggest foothold yet in digital media newsrooms. The writers will be joining the Writers Guild of America, East, and Vice’s management has…
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Sequoia National Park | Flickr – Photo Sharing!
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Moon: 6 Nights After Full | Flickr – Photo Sharing!
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Verizon simplifies its data plans and eliminates device subsidies for new subscribers
Verizon has followed T-Mobile’s lead, and is ending phone subsidies and contracts for new customers. Starting August 13, subscribers can choose how much data they want, and pay a flat monthly fee to connect devices. All data is shared.
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Why A Leading Democrat Announced His Opposition To The Iran Deal | ThinkProgress
Sen. Chuck Schumer (D-NY) announced that he would oppose the Iran nuclear deal Thursday, ending speculation over how one of Congress’ most influential Jewish voices would vote. It’s believed that Schumer is set to become the leader of the Democrat P…
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Lessi Marcano, a 48-year-old architect in Venezuela, took a turn in his life after an accident that he claims left him with the ability to have visions. He became a feng shui coach, and one of the primary platforms for his business was on Twitter, a…
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Gadget Lab Podcast: Enjoy Text Messaging While It Lasts | WIRED
Messaging apps are taking over our lives. But with so many to choose from, and the fact that so many of them do way more than just pass text and images, the endgame for these methods of communication isn’t clear.
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A Rape Survivor in India Must Balance a Heavy Rock on Her Head to Prove Her Purity | VICE News
A rape survivor in the Indian state of Gujarat is being asked to undergo a “purity test” that involves balancing an 88-pound stone on her head before she can live with her husband again.
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Goku’s Worst Foe Is the Dragonball Z Franchise Itself in Resurrection F
The new Dragonball Z movie, titled Resurrection F, is really more of a remix than a resurrection. Or, better still, a greatest hits compilation, albeit one where the hits happen at light-speed and can destroy the planet.
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During both Republican debates on Thursday, the issue of how, specifically, to combat terrorist groups like ISIS took a backseat to how they should be labeled. This semantic debate has been one several Republicans have engaged in to criticize Presid…
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Counter Logic Gaming appoints new CEO
One of North America’s top esports franchises introduced new leadership last night. Counter Logic Gaming has brought on Devin “Mylixia” Nash as CEO, allowing the team’s owner George “Hotshotgg” Georgallidis to take a step back from managing the team.
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NYPD’s federal monitor seeks to clarify stop-and-frisk guidelines | US news | The Guardian
The federal monitor overseeing changes at the New York police department asked a judge Friday to sign off on revised guidelines intended to make sure that street stops are lawful and to clarify a ban on racial profiling.
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Is 2015 The Year Baseball’s Projections Failed? | FiveThirtyEight
It took a couple of bold pickups the week of the trade deadline, but the Kansas City Royals had finally done it. Solidified themselves as clear front-runners for the American League pennant? Emerged as outright World Series favorites?
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RIO DE JANEIRO — Few Brazilians gave much thought until recently to their vice president, a 74-year-old scholar of constitutional law with a bearing so formal that a political rival once compared him to “a butler from a horror movie.
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The New York Interns Spending their Summer in a Cemetery | Atlas Obscura
It’s a Wednesday morning in August, and a heat wave in New York has turned the city air thick and hazy. Freed from the demands of school for the summer, most teenagers would choose to hit the beach or play video games.
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Verizon Eliminates Subsidized Phones for New Customers | Re/code
Taking its cue from the fast food and clothing industries, Verizon is announcing a new set of rate plans with just four sizes: Small, medium, large and extra large. The new plans, which go into effect Aug. 13, aren’t necessarily cheaper nor are they…
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Verizon is doing away with contracts | The Verge
Verizon is getting rid of contract plans, switching its offerings over to month-to-month plans like AT&T and T-Mobile did before it. Verizon’s new plans are all based around shared data buckets — there’s no single line or family plan.
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Donald J. Trump kept his vow to remain unbeholden to political correctness after Thursday night’s debate, continuing to criticize Fox News anchor Megyn Kelly for asking him questions that were too tough while he was on stage. Mr. Trump promoted twee…
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Noah Smith suggests that Reagan worship reflects a misunderstanding of how the economy works — that those who idolize Reagan believe in the Green Lantern theory of presidential power, that presidents can make stuff happen, in the economy and elsewhe…
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Yes, it really is that good. At this point, it would be almost a relief to report that “Hamilton” — the musical that opened at the Richard Rodgers Theater on Thursday night — has shrunk beneath the bloat of its hype.
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Photos of the Week: 8/1-8/7 – The Atlantic
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dis flower is dootiful : ledootgeneration
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NASA to Share the Universe with Tumblr Users | NASA
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Here’s Why Republicans Are Dooming Themselves With Millennial Voters
Millennials understand that the economy is not meant to work for us. We see a system that exclusively serves a tiny number of individuals at the top.
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Rand Paul And Chris Christie Spar Over NSA Surveillance | TechCrunch
Last night, Fox News hosted one of the most ridiculous, deeply entertaining GOP Presidential debates I’ve ever had the pleasure of playing a drinking game to.
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South Sudan’s War on Women | The Nation
When government forces launched their attack on the village of Bauw in South Sudan’s Unity State in early summer, Nyaduri and several other women fled into the bush. Their hiding place only gave them protection for so long. Fighters soon followed th…
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Midday open thread: Acid oceans will be with us a long time; ‘ratters’ are hacking women’s webcams
Researchers at Germany’s Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research examined the prospects for massive geo-engineering efforts to remove CO₂ from the atmosphere and say it would take centuries for the oceans to become less acidic.
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This Week On The TC Gadgets Podcast: HTC, OnePlus, Drifter, And Robot Sex | TechCrunch
It’s earnings season, and HTC is having a rough few years quarter. Meanwhile, OnePlus released the OnePlus 2, and the Samsung Galaxy Note 5 seems to have leaked all over the place. Plus, the Drifter waterproof speaker (with its own operating system)…
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What’s Going to Happen With the Iran Deal? — NYMag
Last night, during the attention-sucking Republican primary debate, the Huffington Post reported that Senator Chuck Schumer planned to announce his opposition to the Iran deal on Friday.
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Imagine and Odyssey merge, add Leviathan Dota 2 squad
Two North American esports organizations with teams in the League Challenger Series are merging into one. Imagine and Odyssey are now “Team Imagine,” and the new organization is already making one big move: It’s signed North American Dota 2 squad Te…
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Opera Acquires Bemobi, A Netflix-Like Subscription Service For Premium Apps | TechCrunch
Browser maker Opera today announced that it has acquired Bemobi — a subscription-based mobile-app-discovery service with a focus on the Latin American market. Opera expects the acquisition to close in the third quarter of 2015. Financial details of …
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‘Stonewall’ director and star fail to silence ‘whitewashing’ criticisms
The new film Stonewall, directed by Roland Emmerich (Independence Day, Godzilla), has caused so much controversy in the days since its trailer was posted on YouTube that a petition to boycott the movie garnered more than 15,000 signatures within a m…
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Prince Plots Imminent Release of New Album ‘HitNRun’ on Tidal | Rolling Stone
In exactly one month, Prince will release his new album HitNRun. The rocker announced his surprise LP Friday as part of an exclusive partnership with Jay Z’s Tidal, which will find the high-quality streaming service hosting HitNRun beginning Septemb…
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The Best Part of End of the Tour Isn’t David Foster Wallace | WIRED
There has been enough conversation over the meaning and implications of director James Ponsoldt’s fourth feature The End Of The Tour to rival the page count of Infinite Jest.
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How Does The Scarlet Gospels Stack Up To Clive Barker’s Horror Classics?
Sometimes, making a name for yourself, whether in Hell or in writing, can be a double edged sword. Sure, there’s all that warm and fuzzy “going-where-everybody-knows-your-name” type stuff.. But along with the good comes the not so good.
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Verizon Kills Off Subsidies And Contracts, Simplifies Data Plans | TechCrunch
Verizon announced a brand new line-up of monthly plans for new customers. Following T-Mobile’s model, plans are now a bit cheaper and easier to understand. But you should expect to pay more for your phone as Verizon (TechCrunch’s parent parent compa…
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How a 20-Year-Old Producer Turned ‘Cheerleader’ Into a Global Smash | Rolling Stone
At only 20 years old, German producer Felix Jaehn has the Number One song in America — but the track, his remix of Omi’s “Cheerleader,” also went Number One in Germany, the United Kingdom, France, South Africa and well near the entire world.
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Generic Teen Spirit – The New Yorker
There are two movies contained in Marielle Heller’s “Diary of a Teenage Girl,” the one that’s on view and the one that it implies, and the latter is far superior.
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Solar “Smart Palms” to Power Dubai’s Public Places | The Creators Project
The blazing Dubaian sun, enemy of moisture, comfort, and energy-sucking A/C units, now powers the city’s public spaces in nature-inspired style.
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Kitty blepping in the sunlight : Blep
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Great Smoky Mountains in North Carolina, U.S. [2447X2447] [OC] : EarthPorn
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Thai Man Sentenced to 30 Years in Prison for Facebook Posts | Vanity Fair
On Friday, a Thai man was sentenced to 30 years in prison for writing six Facebook posts mocking the King of Thailand—which, after the First Amendment fireworks display that was Thursday night’s G.O.P. debate, is a sobering reminder of the free spee…
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Fourth Bangladeshi Blogger This Year Hacked to Death by Machete-Wielding Gang | VICE News
A machete-wielding gang hacked a Bangladeshi blogger to death on Friday in the capital Dhaka, the latest in a series of violent attacks against secular authors in the country.
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When Pope Francis speaks outside Philadelphia’s Independence Hall in September, he will stand at the same lectern that President Abraham Lincoln used to deliver the Gettysburg Address.
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Most Used Words In The GOP Debate – The Onion – America’s Finest News Source
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By The Sea marks the return of Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt as onscreen lovers, but the trailer will disappoint anyone hoping to see explosive sparks a la Mr. And Mrs. Smith. Set in ’70s Paris, By The Sea follows Roland (Pitt) and Vanessa (Jolie) as…
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Editor’s Note – Michael Bonocore is the Editor in Chief for Resource Travel, a new division of Resource Magazine. Resource Travel is dedicated to bringing the world’s most inspiring travel photography to you each day.
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North Korea To Instate New Time Zone – The Onion – America’s Finest News Source
To honor the nation’s 70th anniversary of liberation from Japan, North Korea will create a new time zone later this month by setting the clocks back 30 minutes to “Pyongyang Time,” a move that many experts have warned could cause widespread confusio…
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Salt flat indicates some of the last vestiges of Martian surface water : space
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Coming home after a very long day : AdviceAnimals
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But seriously, wtf?!? : TrollXChromosomes
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The Night Jon Stewart Helped Make Elizabeth Warren a Household Name : progressive
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Jim Gaffigan’s kid will eat a hotdog however he wants : firstworldanarchists
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Nancy Sinatra’s 1966 classic “These Boots Are Made for Walkin’” – Boing Boing
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Help these middle school girls make a vengeful murder mystery game – Offworld
Not enough women make video games. While nearly half of the people who play games are female, they make up only about 12 percent of the professional gaming industry.
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The Obama Administration Doesn’t Want To Stop Detaining Migrant Moms And Kids | ThinkProgress
The government maintains that it should continue to detain migrant mothers and children when they cross the southern U.S. border, the Department of Justice is insisting through a response to a federal court order calling for their release.
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YouTuber mashes ‘Rick and Morty’ with Kendrick Lamar to delightful effect
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Whispering Imps Playing Cards – Inspired by an 1895 magic show poster – Boing Boing
Whispering Imps might be the most beautiful deck of cards I’ve seen.
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Murderball makes its Parapan Am Games debut – Al Jazeera English
Athletes from 28 countries across the Americas are gathering in the Canadian city of Toronto for the 5th Parapan Am Games, where the competitors are people with disabilities. For the first time, the sport known as murderball, or wheelchair rugby, wi…
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Could High-Dive Jumpers Leap Over This Whole Pool? | WIRED
This is an older video from the World Championship in Dødsing. That’s about all I know except that it’s in Oslo, Norway. Watching this shows several very entertaining jumps. There are also a few jumps that look a little too close to the far edge of …
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Spider-Man not doing so well in de Blasio’s New York
In the year since New York mayor Bill de Blasio took office, the very fabric of what made this city so great has begun to unravel.
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Jeb Bush and Scott Walker Suffer Disapointing First Republican Debate – The Atlantic
Most candidates survived Thursday’s debate intact, but two frontrunners failed to meet high expectations. Only one debater left Cleveland in a stronger position than when she arrived, and the pronoun gives away her identity: Carly Fiorina.
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Variety reports that Aaron Taylor-Johnson (Avengers: Age Of Ultron) and Michael Shannon (Boardwalk Empire) have joined the cast of Nocturnal Animals, Tom Ford’s follow-up to A Single Man that likely will continue the director’s obsession with charac…
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Displaying reckless disregard for their physical health and mental well being, last night millions of people tuned in to gawk at a room full of lizard people trying to out-pander each other, a spectacle also known as the Republican primary debates.
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Bobcat Goldthwait’s ‘Call Me Lucky’ shines a light on his mentor, Barry Crimmins
It’s fitting that new documentary Call Me Lucky is debuting just as Jon Stewart leaves The Daily Show. Earlier this week, Stewart poked fun at how he’s “eviscerated” corporations, media, and political systems over the last 16 years, but Barry Crimmi…
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Overstimulated: Bottles Of Angry Orchard Hard Cider Are Exploding | VinePair
There’s nothing like drinking a crisp cider alongside a summer barbecue. That burst of apple flavor on your palate can be, dare we say it, explosive.
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Why do the eyes of some animals, including goats, have horizontal-shaped pupils, while others, such as rattlesnakes and domestic cats, have vertical slits?
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We Finally Have Clues to How America’s Lost Colony Vanished
The search began when an anxious Englishman named John White waded ashore on North Carolina’s Roanoke Island 425 years ago this month. Appointed governor of the fledgling Roanoke colony by Sir Walter Raleigh, White was returning from England with de…
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Meet the Deep-Sea Devil Fish’s New Snaggletoothed Cousin
Many deep-sea animals look like they mean business: They can wield needle-like teeth, spit glowing mucous, or sport extendable jaws. But even amongst such extravagantly ugly company, a new species of deep sea anglerfish stands out.
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Rand Paul’s Eye-Roll Marked the End of the 9/11 Era | The Nation
Republicans didn’t bother to hold their 2004 nominating convention in some far-flung purple state where every county was going to count that November.
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Pupil shape linked to animals’ place in ecological web | Berkeley News
While the eyes may be a window into one’s soul, new research led by UC Berkeley scientists suggests that the pupils could also reveal whether one is hunter or hunted. An analysis of 214 species of land animals shows that a creature’s ecological nich…
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This is the exact moment that Jack Black became a movie star · Scenic Routes · The A.V. Club
In Scenic Routes, Mike D’Angelo looks at key scenes, explaining how they work and what they mean. Defining the moment of transition from actor to movie star can be a tricky business. Sometimes, it’s perfectly clear when it happened, but not exactly …
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Uncle kept this 35 years because his mom told him he wouldn’t. : pics
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Mount Fuji seen from the International Space Station : space
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The Grand Hotel, Scarborough, Yorkshire, England [3256×2304] : ArchitecturePorn
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Louis CK and Marc Maron, 1989 : OldSchoolCool
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13 TechCrunch Stories You Don’t Want To Miss This Week | TechCrunch
This week Apple.com got a significant redesign, a Time magazine cover featuring Palmer Luckey went viral, Netflix announced a huge perk for its employees, and we found out what it’s like to use Amazon Dash buttons. Here are the top stories of the we…
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Soak up the atmosphere in these short mood pieces – Offworld
Designer Connor Sherlock designs games that defy the idea that to absorb and immerse the player has to take time.
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From Atlas to Vulcan: 34 Years of Rocket Evolution in 1 Image
Tory Bruno, the president and chief executive of United Launch Alliance, took to Twitter July 29 to discuss the heritage of his company’s new rocket, known as Vulcan, and unveil the infographic above.
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De Blasio’s Homelessness Headache — NYMag
In 1989, Mayor David Dinkins belatedly sent cops and bulldozers into Tompkins Square Park to tear down a fetid homeless encampment. Bill de Blasio was a junior aide to Dinkins in those days; he’s mayor now, of course — and confronting his very own h…
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BBC Sport – Jose Mourinho signs new deal at Chelsea
Chelsea manager Jose Mourinho has signed a new four-year deal at the Stamford Bridge club. The new deal will keep the 52-year-old in his current role until at least 2019.
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Mollusk biologist describes how slugs make babies – Boing Boing
John Kelly of the Washington Post spotted a pair of leopard slugs mating on his driveway. He called Megan Paustian, a research biologist who consults for Smithsonian’s National Museum of Natural History, to explain how slug sex works.
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Kalief Browder’s Family to Sue New York City for $20 Million | VICE News
The family of Kalief Browder, the Bronx teenager who spent more than a thousand days imprisoned on Rikers Island — much of this time in solitary confinement — without ever being charged with a crime and who later committed suicide, is suing New York…
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The tentative identification of a scrap of wing washed up on the Indian Ocean island of Réunion as part of the missing Malaysia Airlines flight M370 is a reminder of a paradox of scientific investment and capacity.
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Banning the Sandra Bland hashtag won’t stop hate speech on Facebook
#BlackLivesMatter is not an easy undertaking. Those who have been fighting for justice on social media know this better than anyone else.
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Empire, which dethroned The Big Bang Theory as the most popular series on network television in its first season, returns to Fox this fall with a whole lot of expectations riding on it. Empire became so big, it took over television ratings and then …
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England three wickets from regaining Ashes – Al Jazeera English
England was three wickets away from regaining the Ashes and completing Australia’s humiliation at Trent Bridge after reducing the tourists to 241-7 by stumps on the second day of the fourth test on Friday.
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Here Are The Ways Smoking May Actually Be “Good” For You
The WHO calls tobacco “the single most preventable cause of death in the world”—but cigarettes may also provide a handful of paradoxical, if pyrrhic, health benefits: Smoking will probably take years off your life, but certain things in tobacco smok…
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Netflix: The New Golden Age of Television? – The Atlantic
Internet TV is growing globally in ways that have begun to outpace traditional TV. From desktop computers to wristwatches, the opportunities to watch what we want, when we want, and where we want have noticeably impacted our habits and desires.
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Nigeria to establish weapons factory, says President Buhari – BBC News
Nigeria is going to establish a domestic weapons factory in an effort to cut its dependence on imported arms, President Muhammadu Buhari has said. Nigeria has been battling the militant Islamist group Boko Haram for the last six years.
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It’s hard to fathom now how big of a hit Compton rapper Coolio’s song “Gangsta’s Paradise” was back in 1995. While Tupac and Suge Knight were beefing with the Notorious B.I.G.
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Greta Gerwig set to make her (solo) directorial debut · Newswire · The A.V. Club
Greta Gerwig could have made an obscene amount of money from that much-lamented, ultimately abandoned How I Met Your Mother spinoff, and she absolutely deserves all of it. But the fact that that project fell through also means she now has the time a…
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Keyboard Geniuses is our weekly glance at a few intriguing, witty, or otherwise notable posts from the Gameological discussion threads. Comments have been excerpted and edited here for grammar, length, and/or clarity. You can follow the links to see…
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Last night, the first Republican debates took place. Like any good American, I stocked up on wine, turned on Twitter and settled in to watch three governors, two former governors, three senators, a businessman and a neurosurgeon tell me why they sho…
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Space Mining Is Closer Than You Think, And The Prospects Are Great – Digg
In this week’s Q&A on the ABC, the American cosmologist Neil deGrasse Tyson gushed about the prospects of mining in space, and the benefits that might afford humanity.
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Which water technology will save California from its long, dry death? – Boing Boing
Water is complicated—especially in the West. For years, willful ignorance has prevailed. Infrastructure projects allowed water to flow in places it would not otherwise be found. Seemingly plentiful supplies allowed agriculture to flourish.
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CLEVELAND — They called it the undercard. The kiddie table. The happy hour debate.
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An unauthorized visitor at the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, seen on a videotape about 24 hours before the museum experienced the largest art heist in American history.
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West Wing Week: 08/07/15 or, “The Measure of a Leader” on Vimeo
This week, the President announced a new action to cut harmful carbon pollution, advocated for the Iran deal, celebrated his 54th birthday, and inaugurated a new class of Mandela fellows.
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$60 Trillion of World Debt in One Visualization : dataisbeautiful
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Plenty of other political party systems across the world are fragmenting under populist pressures both left and right.
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See Mercury, Jupiter and Bright Star Form a Celestrial Trio at Sunset
On Friday night, Aug. 7, at sunset, the three will have moved to form an equilateral triangle about 1 degree on a side.
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Holding a gay pride parade in a place as notoriously hostile to LGBT people as Uganda requires a lot of planning.
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Royal Dutch Shell have announced they will end their membership of the far-right American Legislative Exchange Council (Alec) because of its continuing denial of the science of climate change. Shell joins fellow oil major BP in a corporate exodus fr…
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Shell Just Broke Up With ALEC Over Climate-Change Denials | ThinkProgress
The American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC) just lost another high-profile member. Oil and gas giant Shell has announced that it will not renew membership to ALEC, a Koch-funded organization that does not support action against climate change.
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5 Principles for Designing Wearables | WIRED
Think back to around 2007 and try really hard to recall something that you’ve probably long forgotten: What was it like the first time you used a touchscreen phone? You don’t remember? Me neither. But that’s OK! In fact, that’s the mark of successfu…
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Gigantic 40-feet-tall spiderwebs found in Dallas – Boing Boing
A strange phenomenon is happening in Dallas, TX. Drivers commuting through the neighborhood of Lakeside Park have spotted a massive canopy of webs that runs the length of a football field. The canopy is draped over trees and bushes and reaches 40-fe…
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Apple and Amazon spend big bucks to keep Cook and Bezos out of harm’s way – Boing Boing
Apple spends nearly $700,000 to protect Tim Cook, reports CNN Money. This level of protection is fairly common for CEOs of massive public companies with a lot riding on the health of their leadership.
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See Mick, Liza, Lennon, and More in These Exclusive Warhol Polaroids | Vanity Fair
1/15Liza Minelli, 1978© The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts, Inc.+−zoom
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India Could Plateau Coal Use By 2025-2030, Leading Politician Says | ThinkProgress
Heading into the December global climate talks in Paris, India’s leaders continue to assert they will not announce when their greenhouse gas emissions will peak.
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‘Urban Cowboy’ Inspires New TV Show | Rolling Stone
Urban Cowboy is getting a 21st century reboot at Fox.
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Reddit: A Nine-Year Case Study in Absentee Management – Bloomberg Business
In 2006, Condé Nast, the New York-based publisher of Vogue and the New Yorker, among other magazines, bought a promising information-sharing and online-discussion startup called Reddit.
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Floyd Mayweather’s Response to Ronda Rousey? I Make More Money | Rolling Stone
Floyd Mayweather must be taking pointers from Meek Mill.
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Amanda Palmer Animates & Narrates Husband Neil Gaiman’s Unconscious Musings | Open Culture
Her husband, author Neil Gaiman, is no exception. Neil Gaiman is a total weirdo when he’s half asleep. in a GOOD way, usually. you know all that cray shit he’s been writing for the past 30 years? it has to come from *somewhere*.
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Random albums: Katanagatari : animegifs
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just a lizard and a cicada hanging out together on my back porch : AnimalsBeingBros
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I’m thinking about buying this sweater, thoughts? : firstworldanarchists
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Me_irl via /r/me_irl http://t.co/PVbt6Pj46v http://t.co/IIEIyGFd0j
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Watch Bruce Springsteen Close Out Jon Stewart’s Final ‘Daily Show’ | Rolling Stone
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This morning, I got out of bed, put on a yellow vinyl miniskirt with a tight black-and-white striped crop top and posted a picture of myself on Instagram.
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For $50 in bitcoin this laboratory will analyze recreational drugs – Boing Boing
People interested in learning what’s really in the drugs they bought (or manufactured) can send a sample to Energy Control in Barcelona, Northern Spain. This lab will check for adulterants and purity levels of MDMA, speed, cocaine, and other drugs.
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Dad gets tattoo to that looks like his daughter’s cochlear implant – Boing Boing
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Researchers Teach Robots To Avoid Childhood Bullies | TechCrunch
Kids are mean. Just ask any robot. Robotics engineers have discovered a tendency for little kids – kindergartners and grade schoolers – to be abusive towards robots when they’re not near their parents.
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New Zealand Pledges An End To Coal By 2018 | ThinkProgress
It appears that New Zealand is finally ready to throw their domestic coal habit into Mount Doom — by 2018, the country will cease to use coal as a source of domestic energy production.
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Two Killer Systems for Wireless Music Streaming | WIRED
The jams don’t have to stay in your pocket. Set your music loose with one of these wireless systems. Powered by a 60-watt amp and wrapped in your choice of walnut, black ash, or zebrawood, the Audioengine B2 is as muscular as it is handsome.
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The Mystery of Dwarf Planet Ceres’ Missing Craters
HONOLULU — Planetary scientists have a new mystery to investigate: Ceres, a dwarf planet that orbits the sun between Mars and Jupiter, appears to have significantly fewer craters on its surface than scientists had expected.
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Coal’s War On America | ThinkProgress
Coal stocks are falling. Coal companies are declaring bankruptcy at an astonishing rate. Is there, really, a war on coal? If there is, it isn’t being waged by the White House.
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Rick Springfield on What It’s Like to Jam With Meryl Streep | Vanity Fair
This has been a nice summer for Rick Springfield, the Australian-born actor and rock star whose career took off in the U.S. back in 1981. That year he had a No. #1 single, “Jessie’s Girl,” while also appearing as heart-throb Dr. Noah Drake on the so…
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Texas voter ID rules discouraged Hispanic people from voting | US news | The Guardian
The controversial voter identification rules employed by Texas that were found this week to be racially discriminatory have potentially had a major effect in discouraging Hispanic voters, according to a new study.
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BBC Sport – Ashes 2015: England on the verge of series victory over Australia
England are on the verge of regaining the Ashes after another dominant display against Australia on day two of the fourth Test at Trent Bridge. They lead by 90 runs, needing three Australian second-innings wickets to take an unassailable 3-1 series …
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YellOwStAr: ‘Remaining undefeated in Europe doesn’t mean much to us’
Heading into semifinal match of one of the biggest League of Legends tournaments of the year, it was only natural for SK Telecom T1 to be confident. They had a habit, after all, of streamrolling Western opposition. In previous tournaments, they held…
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Rand Paul and Chris Christie’s NSA debate exposes national-security rifts in the GOP
Paul, the Kentucky senator who mounted a lengthy filibuster of Patriot Act spying powers earlier this year, blasted Christie, the New Jersey governor and former federal prosecutor, for his embrace of the National Security Agency and his expressed de…
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Gunmen attack UN hotel in Mali, hostages taken – Al Jazeera English
Suspected gunmen have attacked a hotel in central Mali used by United Nations staff, killing at least five people and exchanging fire with troops encircling the building, residents and military sources have said.
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London Schoolgirl Who Fled to the Islamic State ‘Didn’t Know How to Pray’ | VICE News
When Shamima Begum’s family members rooted through the 15-year-old’s belongings for anything suggesting she planned to flee the UK in February to join the so-called Islamic State (IS), they were pretty unsuccessful.
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Prosecutor criticises judge for ending Adrian Peterson’s probation early | Sport | The Guardian
A Texas prosecutor has criticized the judge who cut short the probation of Minnesota Viking Adrian Peterson in a child abuse case.
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Outspoken Investor Chris Sacca Backs Jack Dorsey As Next Twitter CEO | TechCrunch
As Twitter marches closer to selecting its next CEO, outspoken early investor in the company Chris Sacca has made his personal choice known. Twitter should name @jack as full-time CEO and promote @adambain to President and COO. @ev should become Exe…
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GOP Debate: Donald Trump and the Disappointments — NYMag
Most weeks, New York Magazine writer-at-large Frank Rich speaks with contributor Alex Carp about the biggest stories in politics and culture. This week: The GOP’s first debate, Joe Biden’s prospects as a presidential candidate, and television after …
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Beautiful Mod Turns Skyrim’s World Into a Cartoon | WIRED
It’s called “Toon Skyrim,” and its creator “UniqueUses” uploaded a bevy of shots earlier today, highlighting some pretty enthralling work on the upcoming graphical rethink.
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Drug sniffing dogs are barely better than a coin-toss – Boing Boing
Lex is a drug-sniffing police dog. His owner trained Lex by giving him a treat every time he alerted, whether or not Lex was right.
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The trailer for horror film Hellions looks absolutely bananas · Coming Distractions · The A.V. Club
The trailer for Hellions, director Bruce McDonald’s new film, starts off with a standard-issue plot device. 17-year-old Dora learns she’s pregnant: So far, so normal.
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Lyft Invites Us Into A Fuzzy Van For Outside Lands | TechCrunch
More than 200,000 music lovers are about to don their spirit hoodies and flower crowns for San Francisco’s popular Outside Lands music festival this weekend. That means lots of traffic, congestion, and headaches for neighbors near Golden Gate Park.
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Man Surprises Wife With a Pregnancy | Vanity Fair
YouTube Digest is a look at some of the most popular new videos of the week. This week, we have a role-reversal pregnancy announcement that doesn’t sit quite right, BuzzFeed hanging out with Bobby Jindal for some reason, twins doing yoga, and a robo…
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Kiehl’s Paves the Way to Find a Cure for AIDS | Vanity Fair
Let’s face it, we have all been obsessed with Kiehl’s, right? We are all well aware of the brand’s amazing skin- and hair-care products (Ultra Facial Crème, Silk Groom, or Crème de Corps, anyone?).
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What Is the Future of Free Speech in China? – The Atlantic
Forces like market capitalism and the Internet have, in some ways, impacted freedom of expression in China. Is free speech making progress in China? Are there alternatives to this ideal in China? This discussion took place at the 2015 Aspen Ideas Fe…
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Donald Trump is the GOP’s new normal
If anything was made clear by last night’s Republican presidential debate, the first of the 2016 campaign season, it’s that billionaire businessman (and major-league Twitter troll) Donald Trump has the conservative establishment all shook up.
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Sometimes a fart can hide great beauty within. Maybe that’s the message of “Mortynight Run,” the second episode of the second season of Rick And Morty, in which the titular duo attempts to help a gaseous entity escape capture.
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There’s no shortage of great nude fine art photography on 500px, but I’m probably not alone in feeling that a lot of it feels more “nude” than “fine art”… if I’m being blunt I might even call it other things.
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Is streaming a threat to music? Not if musicians have anything to do with it – LA Times
Talk to recording artists, record collectors or various other music mavens, and they will count the ways streaming threatens to decimate music as they know and love it.There’s the sound quality. On the largest services, it’s perfectly awful.
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Kay, Zales, and Marketing Diamonds to the Middle-Class Man – Racked
A few weeks ago, over breakfast at New York City’s Waldorf Astoria hotel, executives from Signet Jewelers laid out a strategic plan for expansion. While Signet is not a name you’re familiar with, it is the largest specialty jewelry company in Americ…
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Did The Debate Hurt Or Help Trump? Watch His Favorability Numbers. | FiveThirtyEight
Will Donald Trump drop in the polls following his Thursday night debate performance? To be honest, I have no clue.
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What an Engineer Looks Like [OC] : dataisbeautiful
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Don’t tell me what to do! : firstworldanarchists
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Every. Damn. Time. : TrollXChromosomes
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Mushroom Glade by Chris Karbach : ImaginaryLandscapes
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Mexico’s Slavery Fields (Trailer) | VICE News
Coming soon: VICE News heads to northern Mexico to investigate the working conditions on farms, where day laborers and their children handpick crops, earning as much in a day as their US counterparts make in an hour.
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Fury of left falls on Schumer | TheHill
Liberals are livid at Sen. Charles Schumer’s (D-N.Y.) decision to oppose the White House’s nuclear deal with Iran, and have threatened to launch a full-scale war as retribution. But it’s clear that he will be Public Enemy No.
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Republican debate left questions of guns, climate and race issues unsaid | US news | The Guardian
Pimps, prostitutes, messages from God, border walls and a child who is “a total superstar”.
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Islamic State Abducts 230 Christians and Sunni Muslims from Strategic Syrian Town | VICE News
The self-proclaimed Islamic State (IS) has reportedly kidnapped more than 200 people from the Syrian town of al-Qaryatain, which the militant group seized this week after deadly clashes with forces loyal to the regime of Syrian President Bashar al-A…
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Judge Forces Man To Marry Girlfriend Or Go To Jail | ThinkProgress
Last month, Josten Bundy was taken to court for fighting Jaynes’ former partner, who did not need medical assistance but pressed assault charges after the altercation. Court transcripts show that Judge Randall Rogers asked Bundy if Jaynes was worth …
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Inanimate Objects You Really Should Follow on Twitter | WIRED
Sometimes you follow someone on Twitter, someone you know, only to find that you don’t like them as much as you thought you did. And thus do tweets—especially tweetstorms—lead to familiarity, familiarity leads to contempt, and contempt leads to unfo…
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Boeing’s New Autonomous Sub Can Dive to 20,000 Feet Deep | WIRED
Exploring the bottom of the ocean is tedious, difficult work. Traditionally, there have been two good options. You go with a manned submersible, like James Cameron used in those scenes from Titanic, or try an unmanned craft, tethered to a ship on th…
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10 Scientists You Want on Your Side in a Bar Brawl
It’s two in the morning, you’re in a dive bar, and shit, as they say, is about to go down. You needn’t turn to action heroes to find a group that will help you take out the trash. The sciences offer a few heavy hitters. Here are ten scientists you’d…
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TORONTO — The American Psychological Association on Friday overwhelmingly approved a new ban on any involvement by psychologists in national security interrogations conducted by the United States government, even noncoercive interrogations now condu…
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‘Titanic’ soundtrack gets a ’50s remake from Postmodern Jukebox
Our heart will go on and on for Postmodern Jukebox’s latest cover of a true Celine Dion classic. Mykal Kilgore takes the reins on this ’50s Jackie Wilson-style cover of the Titanic hit “My Heart Will Go On.
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This maddening video game makes you the only driver in a world of self-driving cars
Bursting with the promise to end traffic jams and automotive casualties, the driverless car revolution is well underway, and the no-license-required paradigm to come will signal a weird, brackish shift on our highways.
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Cecil During Wartime – The New Yorker
On the first day of a trip to Zimbabwe, in 2008, at the height of Robert Mugabe’s campaign of land seizures, directed at his country’s minority population of white farmers, I met an American hunter.
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Rosie O’Donnell had a classy response to Donald Trump’s sexist attack
Donald Trump tore into his fellow Republican presidential candidates at Thursday night’s debate. Amid the many barbs aimed at those candidates and even the moderators, Trump also found time to insult comedian Rosie O’Donnell. But O’Donnell didn’t re…
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Wingnut Week In Review: Is Bill Clinton “The Donald Whisperer”?
News of former president Bill Clinton’s private phone calls to Donald Trump pin the weeks before the billionaire launched his presidential bid raised several eyebrows in Washington. It could cause wingnut heads to explode. It’s almost too delicious.
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Write Your Very Own Hit YA Novel With Our John Green Book Generator
John Green, author of bestselling novels-turned-movies The Fault In Our Stars and Paper Towns, is a superstar. Teens love him. Adults love him. Taylor Swift loves him.
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Watch Bruce Springsteen Close Out Jon Stewart’s Final ‘Daily Show’ | Rolling Stone
Watch Bruce Springsteen Close Out Jon Stewart’s Final ‘Daily Show’ “This is by request of the man himself,” Springsteen said before playing “Land of Hope and Dreams” and “Born to Run” with E Street Band
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Typhoon Soudelor Seen from the ISS : Natural Hazards
This photograph was taken at 08:44 UTC (4:44 p.m. local time) from the International Space Station (ISS) on August 5, 2015, as typhoon Soudelor pushed toward Taiwan. Forecasters project that the typhoon will make landfall in central Taiwan early on …
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Yo Dawg, I Heard You Like Coaching, So Coach.Me Put Coaching In Your Coaching | TechCrunch
You don’t just wake up an expert on how to write a crappy headline, someone has to coach you. Thanks to Panz, you are now reading this gem. Coaching is a big business though and there’s a platform for it called Coach.me that’s been seeing some picku…
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Steady US job figures could end the era of ultra-low interest rates | Business | The Guardian
The symbolism would be perfect. When the Federal Reserve announces its decision on US interest rates on September 17 it will be almost seven years to the day since Lehman Brothers went bust. That was the moment when the financial crisis went nuclear…
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The 6 Most Earth-like Alien Planets – Scientific American
Discovering the first true “alien Earth” is a long-held dream of astronomers. Recent exoplanet discoveries suggest that their dream will come true in the not-too-distant future A picture of Earth and artist’s interpretations of several exoplanets th…
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Fantastic Four director slams his own movie – Boing Boing
Fantastic Four is receiving the kind of blistering reviews usually reserved for an Adam Sandler movie. Rotten Tomatoes calls it “dull and downbeat… a woefully misguided attempt to translate a classic comic series without the humor, joy, or colorfu…
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When the cat says “I know you’re strong,” say it back · Hear This · The A.V. Club
In Hear This, A.V. Club writers sing the praises of songs they know well. This week: For Pets Week, we’re featuring songs written about or inspired by pets.
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One Direction number one breaks streaming records – BBC News
One Direction have topped the UK singles chart with their new single Drag Me Down. The track broke streaming records, earning the highest first-week streams for a single in the UK with 2.03m plays.
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FX has just announced the premiere dates for American Horror Story: Hotel, Fargo, and The Bastard Executioner, so get ready to schedule your (virtual) trips this fall to Minnesota, medieval times, and one scary-but-glamorous hotel. American Horror S…
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Hollywood’s pulp conscience imagines racism as a snarling dog · Watch This · The A.V. Club
Every day, Watch This offers staff recommendations inspired by a new movie coming out that week. This week: It’s Pets Week here at The A.V. Club, so we’re recommending movies about the sometimes sweet, sometimes weird, always meaningful relationship…
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Donald Trump retweets Megyn Kelly ‘bimbo’ jab as women react to insults | US news | The Guardian
Dissatisfied with his treatment by Fox News moderator Megyn Kelly in Thursday night’s first Republican presidential debate, Donald Trump added “bimbo” to an expanding list of unflattering terms he is comfortable publicly ascribing to women. In a Twi…
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Police academy in Kabul hit by suicide bomb – Al Jazeera English
A suicide attacker has struck near the Kabul police academy, officials said, with casualties feared in the second major attack in the Afghan capital in 24 hours. “A suicide bomber on foot blew himself up near the academy,” Deputy Interior Ministry S…
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Climate and energy feature heavily in national debate — in Canada | Grist
There was a reasoned, undramatic, policy-heavy debate in the race to elect one of the world’s next leaders Thursday night. In Canada.
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MRW I’m at Sonic and I think the carhop has my food but she doesn’t : reactiongifs
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Planned Parenthood was a favorite target for GOP attacks in Thursday night’s Republican debates.
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Early numbers show Donald Trump and GOP debaters drew in 10 million viewers | US news | The Guardian
Say what you like about Donald Trump’s late-career reinvention from golf baron and reality TV celebrity to politician – it appears to have been good for ratings.
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Nude images of Marilyn Monroe offer snapshots of taboo Hollywood history | Film | The Guardian
Rare handmade color separations of one of Marilyn Monroe’s most iconic images have gone on display in San Francisco, showing the iconic actress in the nude as well as the painstaking effort that went into creating posters before the computer age.
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Stars Wander Far From Home – Here’s How We Know | Video
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Why 80 Percent Of Mexicans Don’t Believe The Offical Story On El Chapo’s Escape | ThinkProgress
Many in Mexico were surprised when authorities managed to arrest one of the country’s most notorious drug kingpins after years of trying. That surprise slipped into shock with news that Joaquin Gusman Loera managed to escape from the most secure win…
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Police search NHL star Patrick Kane’s home in rape investigation | Sport | The Guardian
Police have confirmed that Chicago Blackhawks star Patrick Kane is under investigation in upstate New York after a woman accused him of rape.
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EFF’s Privacy Badger extension is finally ready to block ‘super-cookies’
There are a lot of privacy tools available already that promise to block a whole range of ads, but the Electronic Frontier Foundation’s (EFF) long-awaited Privacy Badger extension has finally officially launched after more than a year in testing.
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An ‘air traffic control’ system for drones is in testing
As companies like Amazon seem bullish on using drones for commercial purposes, a type of ‘air traffic control’ for unmanned aircraft is probably a good idea. Now we have one; a team at The University of Nevada, Reno has developed software that keeps…
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Stonewall sparks boycott row after claims film ‘whitewashes’ gay struggle | Film | The Guardian
LGBT activists are calling for a boycott of Stonewall, Roland Emmerich’s film about the riots that are often cited as the beginnings of the gay rights movement, after claims that the director has “whitewashed” the protest, according to the Hollywood…
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BBC Sport – World Swimming Championships: Britain win 4x200m relay gold
Great Britain’s men overhauled the United States in a dramatic 4x200m freestyle relay final to win gold at the World Championships in Russia. James Guy swam a superb final leg after Dan Wallace, Robbie Renwick and Calum Jarvis had put Britain in con…
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The Lohans Have Dodged a $60 Million Bullet | Vanity Fair
Turns out we maybe didn’t need to worry about whether or not Lindsay Lohan and her brother, Michael Jr., have $60 million to spare.
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Someone spoiled Pornhub with an ad about VCs
A mucky-minded reader sent us this tip which is just glorious. Someone trying to get the attention of Y Combinator (YC) president Sam Altman has placed ads asking people who know the investor to spread the word… on Pornhub.
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Strongside/Weakside: Ronda Rousey – The Onion – America’s Finest News Source
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Abercrombie & Fitch Will End On-Call Scheduling | Al Jazeera America
Retail workers for the national clothing chain Abercrombie & Fitch will soon no longer be expected to work shifts at a moment’s notice, thanks to a change in corporate scheduling policy made public Thursday evening and announced in response to press…
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Brother & Sister; We call them our Lannister cats. : cats
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My completed fox tattoo 🙂 : foxes
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‘We do this for Mike Brown’: a year on, Ferguson is a wound that won’t heal | US news | The Guardian
An unarmed black man is shot dead by a white police officer following a brief struggle at a car in a midwestern American city in the summertime. The police tell one version; his friends and family give another. But this year the script was not the s…
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All heroes are defined by their villains. The greater the threat, the more the hero must overcome and therefore demonstrate his or her worthiness. A great villain immediately improves any film, even those where the villain is the “hero” the audience…
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A look back at some of Jon Stewart’s least zen-like moments · Great Job, Internet! · The A.V. Club
As Jon Stewart said so appropriately last night, “this isn’t the end; it’s just a pause in the conversation.” While buffoonery was loosed upon Cleveland at the Republican debate, in New York there was a different celebration of silliness.
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Justice League United shares an acronym with the late, great television series Justice League Unlimited, and writer Jeff Parker and artist Travel Foreman have taken inspiration from that cartoon for their new run on the comic.
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One year after Ferguson, change moves slowly – video | US news | The Guardian
Last year’s shooting of Michael Brown by a police officer in Ferguson sparked a new wave of awareness of the contentious relationship between African Americans and police. Guardian reporters Jon Swaine and Jamiles Lartey discuss what has changed, fo…
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How New York City Plans To Treat Homeless People’s Mental Health Problems | ThinkProgress
Amid worsening perceptions of homeless people and calls to address mental illness, New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio has announced the rollout of a $22 million initiative under which mental health experts will aggressively canvass the city in searc…
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Two men suspected by the FBI of having masqueraded as police officers to rob a Boston art museum of $500m worth of masterpieces in 1990 are dead, investigators believe.
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Kim Kardashian Gets the Hillary Clinton Selfie She Always Wanted | WIRED
Who did you watch the debates with last night? Probably not Hillary Clinton! Or Kimye, for that matter. Earlier in the evening, Kardashian posted saying she was on her way to meet the “our next President” and hoped she would get a selfie with her, a…
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Meryl Streep’s On-Screen Children, Ranked | Vanity Fair
In Ricki and the Flash, Meryl Streep gets to play an aging rocker—stage performances and all—who returns home to her family and deals with a lifetime of estrangement. The central relationship is that between Ricki and her daughter Julie, played by S…
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FX picks up Pamela Adlon comedy, renews The Strain, feeds Archer to FXX · Newswire · The A.V. Club
FX has put in a 10-episode series order for Better Things, the Pamela Adlon comedy pitched as a female-fronted Louie and written by Adlon and Louis CK.
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Hydrogen Power Could Actually Make SF Commutes Suck Less | WIRED
Commuting across San Francisco Bay is a pain. The Bay Bridge is hell. The Bay Area Rapid Transit system is increasingly prone to delays. There’s a ferry service, but its diesel boats belch filth.
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Thursday night’s highly-anticipated Republican presidential debate was political theater at its finest, complete with hard-nosed questions, heated exchanges, and vaguely articulated policy positions that political pundits will continue to pore over …
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Free from the shackles of the ill-fated How I Met Your Dad, Greta Gerwig can go back to doing what she does best: Working with director Noah Baumbach, who directed her in Greenberg and Frances Ha. As with Frances, the two co-wrote Mistress America, …
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A female soldier at Army Ranger School using a rope to cross the Yellow River at Camp James E. Rudder in northern Florida. CAMP JAMES E. RUDDER, Fla.
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HONG KONG — It was a breakthrough in one of the biggest mysteries in aviation history.
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We Asked an Improv Coach to Rate the Republicans’ Debate Performances | Vanity Fair
On Thursday night, comedian Chris Gethard watched the first G.O.P. debate of the 2016 presidential election—not as someone evaluating the political viewpoints of the candidates, but as an improv teacher watching a freshman class of would-be performe…
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Is the Senate Finally Getting Behind Fair Pay for Government Contractors? | The Nation
August on Capitol Hill is, like many things in Washington, divided. Lawmakers take a summer break.
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The Trump hangover – Kevin Robillard – POLITICO
It’s a new day after the first debate, but the loud-mouthed GOP front-runner shows no sign of going away. The Republican presidential field nursed a Donald Trump hangover on Friday.
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Obesity in America : dataisbeautiful
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My cat and his rather unorthodox sleeping method… : cats
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Yuck It Up, Humanity, Because VR Is Going To Make Things Really Weird | TechCrunch
The Internetogencia was all in a tizzy this week as it commented upon a cover photo from Time magazine extolling the simple joys of VR.
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Elephant gives no f***s, drinks water from toilet
The elephant in the room has no regard for the boundaries of water designated for humans, even if we’d never drink it ourselves.
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All-Pro linebacker Aldon Smith arrested third time for DUI after hit and run | Sport | The Guardian
San Francisco 49ers linebacker Aldon Smith was arrested Thursday night on charges of hit and run, suspicion of driving under the influence and vandalism, Santa Clara police confirmed Friday morning.
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Here’s a Cool Conspiracy Theory About Ted Cruz — Science of Us
Facebook icon If you’re a connoisseur of conspiracy theories like I am, when a new one comes along it’s interesting to ask not only what it claims, but how it c
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How The Republican Candidates Want To Destroy Social Security | ThinkProgress
Last night, Social Security was the topic of much discussion during the first Republican presidential debate. New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie expounded on his proposals to raise the retirement age and means test benefits. Former Arkansas Gov.
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When your friend dies of a heroin overdose, what do you say in his obituary?
On the popular A&E show Intervention, the counselors guiding friends and families through the struggles of addiction always advised them to tell their loved one the same thing: “Stop using, or you will be cut off.” I, too, believed that was how it w…
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Tesla reveals robotic snake car charger – BBC News
An electric car charger that can find its own way into a vehicle has been unveiled by Tesla Motors. The company’s chief Elon Musk hinted at the device in December, describing it on Twitter as a “solid metal snake”.
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‘Is nothing sacred?’: Twitter responds to news of Jumanji remake | Film | The Guardian
Twitter users have reacted with fury to the prospect of a remake of the hit 1995 movie Jumanji, which starred Robin Williams as a man released from a magical board game in which he had been trapped for 26 years.
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Read This: Competitive Scrabble’s dictionary throwdown · Great Job, Internet! · The A.V. Club
Every Scrabble player knows the tense irritation when another player challenges their word. After all, it’s clearly not just a game; it’s an overall evaluation of the quality of your vocabulary, spelling ability, and dictionary memorization skills.
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Russians Launched ‘Sophisticated’ Hack On The Pentagon’s Email System | ThinkProgress
Russian hackers have reportedly accessed the Pentagon’s unclassified emails, causing a two-week shut down of the system. U.S.
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Fox News Debate Targets Donald Trump, But Can They Stop Him? | Rolling Stone
If Donald Trump represents something like the dark heart of the Republican Party, what we saw during the first official Republican Party debate on Thursday night was the machine trying to control itself.
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Mac Miller Details New LP, Plays Moon in Wacky ‘100 Grandkids’ Video | Rolling Stone
Mac Miller displays his verbal dexterity and quirky creativity in “100 Grandkids,” a track from his upcoming third LP, GO:OD AM, out September 18th via Warner Bros. Records/REMember Music.
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Suddenly, Hillary Clinton Is a Critic of the TPP – In These Times
In her quest for the Democratic presidential nomination, Hillary Clinton has lately promoted herself as a populist defender of the middle class.
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Jon Stewart’s Final ‘Daily Show’: Our Moment of Zen | Rolling Stone
After 16 years of being mad as hell, Jon Stewart finally doesn’t have to take it any anymore. On his emotional farewell to The Daily Show, he didn’t even try to hide his relief that he can now go entire weeks at a time without watching Fox News.
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CLEVELAND — Dredging up old misstatements. Questioning someone’s temperamental fitness to be president. Suggesting that someone else might let a woman die rather than allow her to have an abortion.
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‘Mission: Impossible‘ Director On ‘Jurassic World’ High Heels Debate
On Thursday afternoon, I was asked if I wanted to speak to Christopher McQuarrie, whose Mission: Impossible – Rogue Nation is still receiving commercial and critical accolades. With little time to prepare, an interview that was supposed to last 15 m…
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U2 and the Art of Digital Compromise | The Nation
In stagecraft, as in statecraft, there’s both satisfaction and capitulation in the art of compromise.
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Mount Raung volcanic ash cloud halts Bali-bound flights – BBC News
Persistent eruptions from Indonesia’s Mount Raung continue to bring bad news for Bali-bound travellers. Virgin Australia and Jetstar grounded flights again on Friday as forecasters warned westerly winds would send dangerous ash clouds over Denpasar.
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A few hours at the old abandoned service station. [3655×4244] : ExposurePorn
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She can be cute when she wants to be : cats
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Mildred and Patty Hill rank among the most interesting progressive thinkers in the 19th century, and yet they are popularly remembered only for a copyright debate. Why is song they didn’t precisely write still a corporate moneyspinner, at least 122 …
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Florida Republicans Claim Anti-Gerrymandering Law Is ‘Thought Policing’ | ThinkProgress
Two Florida Republican Party chairman filed a lawsuit in federal court Tuesday claiming the state’s redistricting law, which prohibits lawmakers from drawing districts that favor a certain party, violates their First Amendment right to free speech a…
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This Is the Closest Doctor Who Will Get to a Paternoster Gang Spinoff
Fans of Doctor Who’s Victorian-era “Paternoster Gang”—Silurian and human couple Madame Vastra and Jenny, alongside their Sontaran butler Strax—have been clamoring for a spinoff since they first appeared.
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Diary of a Sex Tourist, a photo essay – Boing Boing
Over at Vantage, Peter Schafer’s beautiful and moving photo essay, “Diary of a Sex Tourist,” pegged on Amnesty International’s vote in the next few days on whether or not the group will advocate for the decriminalization of sex work. From Schafer’s …
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Court Says Alabama Prisons Can Force Native Americans To Break Sacred Traditions | ThinkProgress
Dealing a harsh blow to Native Americans’ religious practices on Wednesday, the 11th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals upheld Alabama’s prison policy banning long hair. The decision comes decades after Native Americans’ fight to keep their long hair beh…
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Highlights from the Republican debate – BBC News
Donald Trump wants to build a fence, Ted Cruz is not afraid to say ‘violent Islamic extremism’, Jeb Bush wouldn’t have invaded Iraq – knowing what he knows now, and Rand Paul thinks Trump is already hedging his bets for the next President. The highl…
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‘Nowhere is safe’: Behind the Bangladesh blogger murders – BBC News
Bangladesh’s small community of online atheists is in shock after the murder of another blogger. Many are focussing on one detail of the latest killing – its location.
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Michigan politician tried to smear himself with fake gay prostitution rumor to cover up affair
It’s the weirdest news to come out of Detroit in a long time—and that’s saying something. A scandal has erupted after leaked recordings show Michigan’s Rep. Todd Courser planned to launch a fake smear campaign against himself to cover up a real affa…
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Donald Trump’s Surprising Resilience – The Atlantic
The unlikely frontrunner’s unpredictability and refusal to bow to party taboos is exactly why he will survive criticism about his first-debate performance. A candidate appears on the stage of a Republican primary debate and praises single-payer heal…
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That time in Latvia when some folks cut a huge circle of ice out of a frozen lake, attached an outboard motor to it, and made an ice carousel.
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15 Youth Movements to Dismantle White Supremacy Rising This Summer | The Nation
On April 20, Judge Dennis Porter dismissed charges against Chicago police officer Dante Servin in the killing of 22 year-old Rekia Boyd on the basis of technical differences between involuntary manslaughter and first degree murder.
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The Senior Loaf – 16 Years and Counting : Catloaf
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An abandoned Service Station [3655×4244] [OC] : AbandonedPorn
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Let me sleep, hooman… : LazyCats
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Dude swung backwards behind his back and hit a homerun : woahdude
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Found: This Old GE Comic Book Tells the Whole… – GE Reports
GE didn’t invent the jet engine, but it built the first one in America during World War II. It was no accident. The company had been making turbines for power plants and superchargers for propeller planes for decades. Without all that knowledge, the…
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You’ll Get a Massive Prison Sentence If You ‘Insult’ Thailand’s Monarchy on Facebook | VICE News
If you live in Thailand and aren’t keen on the country’s monarchy, you should definitely think twice before letting your feelings be known on Facebook. Thailand’s 87-year-old King Bhumibol Adulyjadej is revered by many Thais.
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Revealed: Chris Farley’s ‘humble, bumbling’ nice-guy Shrek | Film | The Guardian
No one knows how Back to the Future might have turned out had Eric Stoltz not been replaced by Michael J Fox five weeks into shooting, though the odd snatch of video has emerged in recent years and there are rumours that Fox’s predecessor can still …
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Airbus’s latest patent would strap rockets to conventional airplanes
Airplane designers and cartoon coyotes know this much: If you want something to go faster, simply strap rockets to it.
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‘Fantastic Four’ director blamed the studios for why his movie is so terrible
Fantastic Four is finally in theaters, and critics and fans alike don’t like it—and that’s putting it lightly. It’s so disliked that the man behind the film tried to respond to all of the criticism by shifting the blame onto someone else.
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Do black lives matter to the Republican Party? The answer was a resounding no if the Thursday night Republican primary debate on Fox News accurately reflected their views.
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The Voting Rights Act at 50: Why We Still Need It — All of It
Yesterday was the 50th anniversary of the Voting Rights Act, which has been both sword and shield for racial equity and inclusive democracy.
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New ‘Attack on Titan’ movie trailer is the most detailed and disturbing one yet
Like titans? You’re in luck, because apparently the two upcoming Attack on Titan movies have them in droves. Despite being panned by critics, the first of the new live-action movies loosely based on the hit anime and manga series just opened in Japa…
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LINCOLN, NE—Oblivious to the thoughts and looks directed toward her as she shopped for groceries, stopped by the post office, and ran several other errands with her three young children, single mother Karen Nichols, 29, was reportedly completely una…
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WASHINGTON—Testing out different phrases and vocal inflections as he has done almost every night for the past seven years, President Barack Obama sat at his desk in the early morning hours Friday rehearsing a defiant speech he’d give to aliens shoul…
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SPRINGFIELD, IL—In an effort to hold classroom instructors more accountable, the Illinois State Board of Education unveiled new statewide education standards Friday that require public school teachers to forever change the lives of at least 30 perce…
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Croatian anarchists spotted in Split : firstworldanarchists
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Veteran Russian Cosmonauts Set for Spacewalk on NASA TV | NASA
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The long-delayed $1bn clean-up of heavily oil-contaminated Ogoniland in the Niger delta has moved closer with Nigerian president Muhammadu Buhari setting up a restoration fund four years after a damning UN report advised the government and oil indus…
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If You Retweet an ISIS Message, You’re Being Recorded by the F.B.I. | Vanity Fair
ISIS, the extremist group currently in control of vast swathes of Iraq and Syria, has been ruthlessly adept at recruiting followers via social media, encouraging them to either join the group in the Middle East or commit acts of terror at home.
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Thursday night, Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker (R) named a darling of right-wing groups, who often speaks of a popular insurrection rising up to prevent the federal government from seizing people’s guns, as someone he turns to for advice on matters rel…
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Mistress America Exclusive Clip | Vanity Fair
When a girl steals your ideas and your fiancé, and she’s got the unbearably cute name of Mamie Claire, why would you ever feel bad about crashing her party? In this exclusive clip from Noah Baumbach’s Mistress America, Greta Gerwig’s socialite chara…
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Chicago police department agrees to independent stop-and-frisk evaluations | US news | The Guardian
The Chicago police department will allow independent evaluations of its stop-and-frisk procedures that critics say target black people under an agreement with the American Civil Liberties Union announced Friday, as police across the US face scrutiny…
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The Coast Guard Lost 4,000 Pounds of Cocaine in the Pacific Ocean During a Record Bust | VICE News
In the largest drug bust of its kind, the United States Coast Guard seized more than six tons of cocaine worth an estimated $181 million from a smuggling vessel 200 miles off the coast of Central America. The agency has released video of the operati…
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Metropolitan Celebrates Its 25th Anniversary | Vanity Fair
‘One shouldn’t be out at night eating hors d’oeuvres when one could be home worrying about the less fortunate.
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China to host 2019 Basketball World Cup – Al Jazeera English
China has won the right to host the 2019 Basketball World Cup. China beat the Philippines in a vote at a FIBA meeting in Tokyo on Friday.
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Some STIs Are Beneficial, and May Have Boosted Evolutionary Promiscuity – Scientific American
A little known sexually transmitted infection can boost the survival of patients infected with HIV—a more dangerous virus, researchers say. GB virus C (GBV-C) is the only known case of a potentially beneficial STI in humans.
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The 6 wildest Chinese cell phones—and how to buy them
If you have unconditional love for your phone, then we recommend ignoring this article altogether—things may never be the same between you and your phone again should you read. There are enough troubles in the world to tack on “my phone is boring” t…
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Yemen’s Future After the Siege (Extra Scene from ‘The Siege Of Aden’) | VICE News
VICE News filmmaker Medyan Dairieh spent two weeks in Yemen’s seaport city of Aden. Surrounded by Houthi militia rebels and under siege “from air, land, and sea,” Aden is the focal point of the Yemeni Southern Resistance.
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Why Did Chris Christie Say He Was A U.S. Attorney On 9/11 When He Wasn’t? | ThinkProgress
At the GOP primary debate Thursday night, New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie (R) misrepresented the timing of his appointment to a Department of Justice position by claiming to have been a United States Attorney at the time of the 9/11 attacks.
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Brazil inflation rate hits 12-year high – BBC News
Inflation in Brazil has hit a 12-year high of 9.56%, official figures have shown. The rising cost of electricity, in particular, has pushed the rate to its highest level since November 2003.
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Man Gets 30 Years in Jail for Facebook Posts — NYMag
A 48-year-old man from Bangkok was sentenced to 30 years in jail after insulting 87-year-old Thai king Bhumibol Adulyadej — in six Facebook posts. The man’s original sentence of 60 years was halved after he pleaded guilty.
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Will Schumer’s naysaying on Iran agreement sway enough other Democrats to smash it?
But Greg Sargent at The Washington Post is skeptical that Schumer’s decision will have as great an impact on his colleagues as other observers think it might. None of them has the kind of political pressures on them to oppose the agreement as Schume…
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Billy Zane to play an expat attorney in ABC Family’s Guilt · Newswire · The A.V. Club
Cool dude Billy Zane will soon see if he can keep his cool in a courtroom as Deadline reports that the Zoolander II actor has been cast as one of the leads in ABC Family’s Guilt. He’ll play defense attorney Stan Gutterie, who’s been banished to Engl…
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If you keep up with the animation we post here at Open Culture, you’ll know we have a strong fascination with techniques that require seemingly inhuman levels of devotion to the craft.
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Pimps, Prostitutes, Drug Dealers and the GOP’s Colorblind America | The Nation
At least two startling ironies marked the opening of the Republican debate season in Cleveland on Thursday night. One was that the two sets of debates occurred on the night that Jon Stewart left late-night television.
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500px ISO » Stunning Photography, Incredible Stories » The Top 10 Drone Photos Ever Shared on 500px
Drone photography is picking up steam as the little recreational multi-rotor copters become more and more affordable and easier to use.
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I fixed this week’s TIME Magazine cover : funny
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We worked a man to death : funny
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I get that at the end of the day I’m just another whore… : AdviceAnimals
I get that at the end of the day I’m just another whore… via /r/AdviceAnimals http://t.co/GDeoFGGNrx http://t.co/WqgGsp3le2
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7 Critical Topics Fox News Completely Ignored In The First Republican Debate | ThinkProgress
At the first official Republican debate, ten candidates talked about a lot of things, but what might be more notable is what never came up.
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US-trained Syrian fighters refusing to fight – Al Jazeera English
Syrian fighters trained by the United States are now refusing to fight. In the past few days, five of the US backed recruits have been detained by the al-Qaeda-affiliated al-Nusra Front. A sixth recruit has reportedly been killed.
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Henri de Castries might just be the most powerful man in the world. He is chief executive and chairman of one of the world’s biggest insurers, Axa, and a member of France’s illustrious noble house of Castries.
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Taylor Swift’s International Best-Dressed List Pop Elegance | Vanity Fair
From her massive 1989 global tour to her expert social-media presence, Taylor Swift has spent 2015 as the most influential 25-year-old in the world. The title extends to her style, a mix of youth and high fashion that always packs a little surprise.…
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Dustin Yellin’s Art Factory in Brooklyn Aims to Be a Cultural Utopia | Vanity Fair
On a frigid night last February, the California-and-Colorado-reared Brooklyn artist Dustin Yellin fidgeted in Row K of Lincoln Center’s David H. Koch Theater, next to his mother, Jackie.
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BBC Sport – World Anti-Doping Agency to investigate athletics doping claims
The World Anti-Doping Agency (Wada) is to begin an “urgent” investigation into allegations of widespread doping in athletics. Wada’s investigation will be led by its independent commission.
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10 Mr. Show Sketches to Get You Started | Vanity Fair
Watching Mr. Show sketches on their own can be an unwieldy experience because of the show’s format, which strung all of an episode’s bits into one continuous whole à la Monty Python.
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‘We Are Disorderly,’ from ‘Degrassi’ alumni, escapes the cliche of buddy comedies
There was big news in the Great White North this week. In the biggest concentration of Canadian creative talent since the awkward, star-crossed nuptials of Deryck Whibley and Avril Lavigne, there was a reunion of the cast of Degrassi: The Next Gener…
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Coolio’s ‘Gangsta’s Paradise’: The Oral History of the Pop-Rap Smash | Rolling Stone
During the last five months of 1995, it was virtually impossible to go anywhere without hearing the soulful, streetwise strains of “Gangsta’s Paradise” blasting out of somebody’s radio. Distinguished by Coolio’s thoughtful lyrics and distinctive ver…
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North Korea Push Clocks Back as a Snub to Japan | Al Jazeera America
North Korea will create its own time zone, moving its clocks back by 30 minutes to mark the 70th anniversary of Korea’s liberation from Japanese rule next week, the official KCNA news agency said on Friday.
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Watch Bruce Springsteen Close Out Jon Stewart’s Final ‘Daily Show’ | Rolling Stone
Watch Bruce Springsteen Close Out Jon Stewart’s Final ‘Daily Show’ “This is by request of the man himself,” Springsteen said before playing “Land of Hope and Dreams” and “Born to Run” with E Street Band
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Watch TV on the Radio’s Moody ‘Purple Rain’ Cover | Rolling Stone
Watch TV on the Radio’s Moody ‘Purple Rain’ Cover ‘Seeds’ rockers pay tribute to Prince at Minneapolis’ First Avenue
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Where Are The Republican Ideas?
Politico asked various folks to offer their initial reactions to the first Republican debate. Here’s mine: I didn’t watch the debate trying to guess who won or lost—pundit reaction often is not in sync with voter reaction.
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Phoenix, Arizona has made it mandatory for pet stores to only sell rescue animals : UpliftingNews
Phoenix, Arizona has made it mandatory for pet stores to only sell rescue animals (barkpost.com)submitted 3 minutes ago by loading…
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Donald Trump Won’t Win A War Against Fox News | FiveThirtyEight
Donald Trump is a master at playing off the public’s distrust for the news media, portraying every negative story as a needless distraction from his quest to “Make America Great Again.
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I’m an old man at the ripe ol’ age of 28. : AdviceAnimals
I’m an old man at the ripe ol’ age of 28. via /r/AdviceAnimals http://t.co/IeFNWFvPhr http://t.co/qjR6Xz8lpM
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When Darth Vader finds you in Battlefront : gifs
When Darth Vader finds you in Battlefront via /r/gifs http://t.co/oGUuyMdqkA http://t.co/KmH0dnyozT
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Fantastic Four is The Most Self-Loathing Superhero Movie I’ve Ever Seen
Superhero movies have tried hard to leave behind some of their Silver Age comic-book trappings in the past decade. We’ve seen darker, grimmer versions of Superman and other heroes—but the new Fantastic Four reboot goes beyond darkness, into actual s…
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Rad jazz cover of “Smells Like Teen Spirit” – Boing Boing
The Sunji Lee Quintet plays Nirvana. Far out! (YouTube)
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North Korea Is Set to Establish its Own Time Zone in Snub to ‘Imperialism’ | VICE News
In a typically conspicuous snub to “wicked imperialists,” North Korea is to launch its own time zone next week by taking back by 30 minutes — returning the country to the time standard it used prior to Japanese colonization in 1910.
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Graphic Science: A World of Food, Delivered to America’s Doorstep – Scientific American
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Fastest ever neutrino among slew of fresh findings – BBC News
Physicists have unveiled a raft of new findings about neutrinos bombarding the Earth from above, below – and within. An experiment built in a vast slab of Antarctic ice has doubled its count of “cosmic neutrinos” from outer space, by searching for a…
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Grateful Dead not done after all, playing Halloween show with John Mayer · Newswire · The A.V. Club
Apparently the big Grateful Dead Going Out Of Business Sale that occurred in Chicago over the 4th of July weekend was not actually the last we’d see of the band, formed in Palo Alto in 1965.
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Bloodshot: Reborn #5 embraces the surreal to explore a killer’s mind · Big Issues · The A.V. Club
Each week, Big Issues focuses on a newly released comic-book issue of significance. This week, it’s Bloodshot: Reborn #5.
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John McAfee arrested, charged with DUI and gun offenses – Boing Boing
The antivirus entrepreneur, who went on the lam in Belize when wanted for questioning about a murder there, has finally found his way behind bars under less romantic circumstances. Maranda Faris, The Jackson Sun:
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Considering it’s Pets Week here at The A.V. Club, we’d be remiss if we didn’t post something featuring one of our actual pets. Enter the very handsome Harley Morgan, Marah Eakin’s highly discerning and fart-filled French Bulldog.
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You’ll Never Lose Your Phone Again With This Cross-Body Bag | Vanity Fair
This Trunk Mini cross-body from Marni is the perfect bag to transition from summer to fall. It’s got everything you need: a print that will look great whether you are wearing patterns or a white blouse with khaki pants. (I am going to assume your lo…
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North Korea Creates New Time Zone — NYMag
North Korea, which already uses a different calendar than much of the world, reported on Friday that it plans to set its clocks back 30 minutes on August 15, creating a new time zone to celebrate the 70th anniversary of the end of Japanese rule.
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Today’s Best Media Deals: Hitchhiker’s Guide, Daily Show Guests, More
For a limited time, you can grab a compendium of all five Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy novels for you Kindle for just $4. [The Ultimate Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy, Douglas Adams (Kindle), $4]http://www.amazon.com/dp/B0043M4ZH0/…
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Meet the Marvel Villain Agent Carter Will Take On in Season 2
We just get more and more excited about the return of Agent Carter. And what’s building our anticipation is the news that long-time Marvel villainess Madame Masque will be Peggy arch-nemesis in the show’s second season.
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GOP’s War on Women alive and well; no exceptions!
Jeb! bragged about defunding Planned Parenthood as Florida’s governor, following on his pledge this week to defund the organization as president.
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Colbert’s speech to Jon Stewart – Streamable
Colbert’s speech to Jon Stewart – Streamable http://t.co/mN0Q9kzeX4
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[tiny soul] Tongues via /r/gif http://t.co/etIrgvjIx0 http://t.co/lf8uvYnsaW
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Looks leik Someone didn’t thank Mr.Skeltal : ledootgeneration
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HMB while I be a goalie : holdmybeer
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In the future, when time travel is a totally normal thing to do, people will use it to do stuff like tell their 10-year-old selves to learn the guitar so their adult selves can impress women.
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Dark New Books to Keep Cool in the Dog Days of August | Vanity Fair
August. Au-gust. The name says it all. An impressive month. A month to respect, or else. Bow down before the gods of summer, pray for the sweet, ephemeral relief of weekend ocean breezes and cool water swims. Because the rest of the time, you are go…
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Watch Stephen Colbert’s emotional goodbye to Jon Stewart – Boing Boing
“We are better people for having known you.” http://j.gifs.com/Kkpeno.
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What About the Bombing of Nagasaki? – The New Yorker
At 3:47 A.M. on August 9, 1945, a B-29 Superfortress took off from the American airbase on the island of Tinian, in the North Pacific Ocean. Operation Centerboard II, the mission to drop the second atomic bomb on a Japanese city, had begun.
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Democrats jubilant after chaotic Republican debate | US news | The Guardian
Democrats seized on Thursday night’s raucous first Republican debate as a helpful turning point in the wider presidential race, claiming a series of attacks on women’s rights and immigration would alienate many moderate voters.
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Walker Emerges as Leading Candidate to Run Enterprise Branch – The New Yorker
CLEVELAND (The Borowitz Report)—Based on his performance in Thursday night’s debate, Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker has emerged as a leading candidate to manage an Enterprise Rent-A-Car branch, Enterprise has confirmed.
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Daily Cartoon: Friday, August 7th – The New Yorker
Sign up for the daily newsletter.Sign up for the daily newsletter: the best of The New Yorker every day.
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They Were Known As The Mask Dancers | Best Of MetaFilter
Knowledge of their astonishingly bizarre and tragic art is obscure and largely based on the rediscovery in 1986 of artifacts deposited in a Hamburg museum back in 1925. The strange story of the 1920s German expressionist mask dancers Lavinia Schulz …
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Ancient Mars’ Lake Site Reveals Last Vestiges of Water
Mars turned cold and dry long ago, but researchers at the University of Colorado Boulder have discovered evidence of an ancient lake that likely represents some of the last potentially habitable surface water ever to exist on the Red Planet.
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“Forest Girl” by Kerem Beyit : ImaginaryLandscapes
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EU unemployment rate [OS] [600×702] : MapPorn
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Yeah, but…. that doesn’t answer the question… : TrollXChromosomes
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My electrician gets it : firstworldanarchists
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Covehead Harbour, PEI – Canada (2592 x 1936) : waterporn
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A Distant Pulsar –“Reveals Gravity as Constant Throughout the Universe” http://t.co/2BCpU0mx7f http://t.co/sKggzj4q7L
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Veiny, slick silicone ovipositors – Boing Boing
For when you want to role-play stern schwa and sweet, submissive Whitley Streiber; comes in two models but the $120-130 Splorch is the clear winner. (via JWZ)
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For the first time, Apple this year allowed the public to participate in beta testing the forthcoming version of its new mobile operating system, iOS 9. And now, the company has pushed out the latest release, iOS 9 Public Beta 3.
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Drifter Is A Waterproof Speaker That Lets You Leave Your Smartphone Behind | TechCrunch
While a waterproof, buoyant speaker seems like a viable option for boaters, fishers, and generally wet sport enthusiasts, most of them are powered by Bluetooth, meaning that a very delicate and usually non-waterproof smartphone needs to be within cl…
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MH370: Relatives stage protest outside Malaysian embassy – BBC News
Chinese relatives of passengers from missing flight MH370 have staged a protest at the Malaysian embassy in Beijing, demanding to go to Reunion where wreckage was found. The families of those aboard have been angered by the apparent discrepancies in…
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Treadmill for Slinkys – Boing Boing
It’s a powerful metaphor for something or other, from the good folks at woodgears.ca, with build notes for your own Slinky-torturing pleasure. (via JWZ)
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Nothing can prepare you for Walmart’s pantsless twerking dog toy
Finally, we can stop giving attention to twerking humans and set our gaze on twerking dogs. A YouTube video from Curtis Graham has captured the fine dancing moves of a toy dog reportedly being sold at Walmart. This mutt has attitude and sass, and he…
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Rediscovered Dr Seuss pet book breaking sales records | Books | The Guardian
Harper Lee’s Go Set A Watchman is not the only recently discovered work to be breaking records this summer. Dr Seuss’s long-forgotten manuscript What Pet Should I Get? has sold 200,000 copies in just a week, its American publisher has announced.
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Gina: One Woman’s Fight to Die Using Voluntary Euthanasia – The Atlantic
Gina has an extreme genetic disorder that has caused her muscles to deteriorate. Sound and light harm her ears, so she sits in complete darkness.
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Watch BBC series about Nietzsche, Heidegger, and Sartre! – Boing Boing
Impress the person sitting next to you at the coffeehouse or on the airplane with your knowledge of European philosophy! Human, All Too Human is the BBC and RM Arts’ fascinating three-part 1999 documentary series about Friedrich Nietzsche, Martin He…
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It’s Our Party and We’ll GIF If We Want to
Get it together, GIFs. There’s only a little summer left, in which for us to party. How are you and your gang of ragtag but lovable GIFs wrapping up the end of the season? Tell us what all you’ve got going on using the willfully obtuse, yet somehow …
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How True Detective’s Finale Could Redeem Everything | Vanity Fair
There’s no question that True Detective Season 2 wasn’t received with the same ecstatic enthusiasm viewers showed last year.
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Holy Cow: Micro Machines Are Returning For The Force Awakens
If you were growing up in the ‘90s and riding the new wave of Star Wars mania, then one of the stand out toys to accompany the films were Micro Machines, awesome miniature vehicles and playsets to use them in.
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Aurora, Lafayette and now Tennessee: are these copycat shootings? | World news | The Guardian
Clusters of violence, like the one seen in movie theaters in Aurora, Colorado, Lafayette, Louisiana, and most recently Antioch, Tennessee, are common when a traumatic event ripples through the media.
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New York Democrat Sen. Schumer Opposes Nuclear Deal With Iran – The Atlantic
The New York Democrat says the nuclear agreement does not prevent the Islamic republic from building a bomb after 10 years. Senator Chuck Schumer of New York has become the first high-profile Democrat to publicly oppose the nuclear deal the U.S. and…
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One Foot Tsunami: Get Off My Back, CVS
Sometimes I receive an email that fills me with existential sorrow. An email with a subject like: Paul, Are You Making the Most of Our App?
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Mapping NYC Taxi Data : dataisbeautiful
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When your pale friends show up to the pool party. : trippinthroughtime
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Nero – Two Minds http://t.co/e8d7argejK http://t.co/Pv5HmVykK3
The Official Music Video for “Two Minds” by NERO director . GREG JARDIN executive producer . JENNIFER HEATH producer . GAREN BARSEGIAN producer . JACK HOGAN production company . RADICAL MEDIA commissioner . CAROLINE CLAYTON 1st ad . DANIEL LEEF 2nd … -
Nero – Two Minds http://t.co/e8d7argejK http://t.co/Pv5HmVykK3
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HMB while I cross this river. : holdmybeer
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CONCACAF head Sanz sacked amid FIFA corruption probe – Al Jazeera English
The head of North American soccer’s governing body CONCACAF has been fired following the FBI investigation into corruption allegations at FIFA, a source and his lawyer said. Sanz’s lawyer, Joseph DeMaria, confirmed Colombia-born Sanz had been dismis…
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Rick Santorum Vows To Cut Every Anti-Poverty Program To End The Culture Of Handouts | ThinkProgress
At the early Republican debate on Thursday evening among the candidates who didn’t get a slot in primetime, the hosts and candidates took time to talk about their concern that the country has a culture of dependency thanks to anti-poverty programs.
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UN to probe Syria chemical weapons – BBC News
PM David Cameron defends the government’s decision to give Kids Company £3m one week before its closure, saying it had been right to give the charity “one last chance”.
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Coal billionaire Chris Cline claims to control “more than three billion tons of coal reserves in Illinois and Central Appalachia.
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Politician Shows Perfect Way Not to Hide Scandal — NYMag
Michigan State House speaker Kevin Cotter is considering opening an investigation into state representative Todd Courser after his aide was mysteriously fired — following his refusal to help his boss fabricate rumors about his sex life in order
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Migrants arriving on Greek island of Kos hope for new life – BBC News
The refugee crisis on three Greek islands near Turkey is “total chaos”, the UN refugee agency UNHCR says. Accommodation, water and sanitation are all inadequate for the many asylum seekers on Kos, Chios and Lesbos, the UNHCR says, calling it “shamef…
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Republican Candidates Avoid Climate Change in First Debate – Scientific American
Republican candidates called the government “stupid” during their first debate, had testy exchanges on civil liberties, and said pimps and prostitutes are collecting public benefits. But they had nothing to say about the nation’s landmark climate pl…
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My mom Is a secret Twitter genius
My mother has four followers on Twitter: me, my bestie Sue, my college radio station, and a spam account. She only follows two people: an old friend of hers (he does not follow her back) and me. Pretty solid ratio.
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Book Review: Spurious Correlations – Scientific American
“Correlation does not equal causation” is an oft-repeated, yet oft-forgotten, maxim. When two quantities happen to vary together, people are apt to think one depends on the other, whether or not they do.
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How the US Military Helped Invent Cheetos | WIRED
Cheese purists the world over exalt their mummified milk. Their silken Goudas and savory Emmentalers. Their fetid fetas and squeaky queso frescos. Their moldy Roqueforts and runny Camemberts.
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Winning a primary debate isn’t about having the best one-liners or drawing the biggest applause. For top candidates, it’s an audition for party elites, moneyed supporters and, secondarily, voters.
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Teti’s mom on the foreboding crevices of Naked And Afraid · Mom On Pop · The A.V. Club
In the Mom On Pop podcast, Bonney Teti—mother of A.V. Club senior editor John Teti—shares her unfiltered thoughts on the pop culture of the day.
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NOAA Environmental Visualization Laboratory – Harmful Algal Blooms Spread Across the U.S. West Coast
A record-breaking algal bloom continues to expand across the North Pacific reaching as far north as the Aleutian Islands and as far south as southern California.
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This was, according to many commentators, going to be the election cycle Republicans got to show off their “deep bench.” The race for the nomination would include experienced governors like Jeb Bush and Scott Walker, fresh thinkers like Rand Paul, a…
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A Distant Pulsar –“Reveals Gravity as Constant Throughout the Universe”
Gravity, one of the four fundamental forces of nature, is a fundamental constant of physics, so it is important to test this basic assumption using objects at different places, times, and gravitational conditions.
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Don’t Forget The Workers The Recovery Is Leaving Behind | FiveThirtyEight
As the job market continues its steady recovery, it’s important to remember those left behind. U.S. employers added 215,000 jobs in July, the Bureau of Labor Statistics said in its monthly jobs report on Friday.
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Procrastination vs. impatience
We find substantial evidence of time inconsistency. Namely, more that half of the participants who receive their check straight away instead of waiting two weeks for a reasonably larger amount, subsequently take more than two weeks to cash it.
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Even Germans get it : firstworldanarchists
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Chicks are attracted to musicians : gif
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One Hyde Park (810px x 400px) : ArchitecturePorn
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Donald Trump’s body language dominates Republican debate | US news | The Guardian
Nonverbally (through his body language) Donald Trump won Thursday’s Republican presidential debate. His hand gestures, facial expressions, and tone of voice dominated, and made the competitors seem ineffective, even wimpish.
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Revolutionary tidal fence is set to trap the sea’s power | Environment | The Guardian
A British company has announced plans for an array of unique marine turbines that can operate in shallower and slower-moving water than current designs.
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Cartoon: Trophy Hunting and You
Trophy hunting is just an ego-centric pastime for men and women who are living some sort of Great White Hunter fantasy. While I’m no fan of trophy hunting, I think we should save some vitriol for ourselves.
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The Princess and the Pony, from Kate “Hark a Vagrant” Beaton – Boing Boing
It was a safe bet that Kate “Hark! A Vagrant! Beaton’s first kids’ picture book would be amazing, but The Princess and the Pony is incredible. Princess Pinecone is a the smallest warrior in a kingdom of warriors, and she lives for battle.
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WASHINGTON — The decision by Senator Chuck Schumer to oppose President Obama’s deal to limit Iran’s nuclear program rattled the Democratic firewall around the accord, but supporters said Democratic defections in New York and South Florida would not …
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President Obama Defends the Iran Deal After His American University Speech – The Atlantic
Why is Barack Obama saying, “It’s the deal—or war?” Is it fear-mongering? Or “the dictates of cold, hard logic”? He explains his thinking in a conversation with journalists.
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Donald Trump’s Poor Performance at the Republican Presidential Debate – The Atlantic
At the first Republican presidential debate, the unlikely frontrunner was too busy talking about himself to talk about the issues. Saying that Donald Trump performed poorly in last night’s debate is stating the obvious. By any sane standard he’s bee…
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Burning Questions About Jennifer Aniston’s Wedding: Answered | Vanity Fair
Hopefully it has settled in for everyone, by this morning, that we are now living in a world in which there is no longer a Jennifer Aniston Marriage Watch, a world in which your mom will no longer ask, while flipping though a magazine, if you think …
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The Hidden Burden of Exoskeletons for the Disabled – The Atlantic
A growing number of companies are developing assistive technologies to help disabled people walk—but these devices can distract from infrastructure changes that would make cities more disability-friendly. Last year, a man in an exoskeleton kicked of…
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Jenson Button robbery: Are French burglars really using gas? – BBC News
It could be straight from an episode of The Pink Panther: anaesthetic gas quietly pumped through the air conditioning of a racing driver’s home on the French Riviera before a daring jewellery heist.
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Comedy Central’s ‘The Daily Show’ Bids Farewell to Jon Stewart – The Atlantic
After nearly 17 years as the star, Jon Stewart tried his best to make his final night at The Daily Show about anyone but himself—and he almost succeeded.
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There was almost no discussion of the economy in last night’s debate, which is actually weird if you consider the Republican self-image. These guys portray themselves as high priests of growth, the people who know how to bring prosperity.
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Well, now at least we know where the Republican candidates stand on the minimum wage, paid sick days, student debt, climate change, CEO pay and four decades of American wage stagnation. Just kidding.
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COLUMBUS, OH—Engaging in stilted chitchat about their spouses, exercise routines, and weekend plans at a Buffalo Wild Wings a quarter mile from their workplace, employees from local software company Cortel Systems referred to making awkward conversa…
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Pope Francis Urges Compassion For Divorced Catholics – The Onion – America’s Finest News Source
Going against the Vatican’s long-held position that divorced Catholics cannot receive communion without officially annulling their marriage, Pope Francis encouraged the church this week to instead welcome them with “open doors” and praised those pas…
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SEATTLE—In an effort to ensure that none of his coworkers would be within earshot of his call, DocuSign employee David Olson reportedly retreated to a remote corner of the office Friday to complete a particularly disgusting food order.
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WASHINGTON—Emphasizing that the water seemed pretty chilly when they dipped their toes in earlier, the nation’s pansies announced at a press conference Friday their plan to gradually acclimate themselves to the pool.
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Looks like this guy’s hung over from watching the GOP debate too… : sloths
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My cat could be a bread model. : cats
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Mean looking Great Blue Heron (Ardea herodias) [OC][2048×1365] : AnimalPorn
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The Nutcrackers and ‘the Chainsaw Queen’: The Fight for Control Over Brazil’s Amazon | VICE News
Cradled in a huge forest of babaçu palms, the town of Codó is a single stretch of shops, bars, and gas stations along the highway, surrounded by a warren of dirt roads through the trees.
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Shores are ‘final frontier’ for archaeology project – BBC News
Archaeologists want to enlist the help of the public as they attempt to tackle what they describe as the “final frontier”: England’s coastline. They hope to establish a network of volunteers around the nation to survey and monitor stretches of the s…
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Jobs Report: Another Tepid Month Underscoring Cost of GOP Obstruction
The economy created another 215,000 new jobs in July, another tepid performance in a generally tepid economic recovery. We are continuing to reap the consequences of the conservative obstruction in Congress that has blocked the critical policies we …
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Google Maps’ New “Night Mode” Feature Makes It Easier To Navigate In The Dark | TechCrunch
The idea is that this could improve your night vision, as your eyes will no longer have to adjust as you switch between the bright display and the dark road ahead.
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Donald Trump slams Fox debate moderator Megyn Kelly – BBC News
Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump has taken to Twitter to criticise the three moderators of Thursday night’s debate – in particular Fox News host Megyn Kelly.
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Giant Mystery Ring of Galaxies Should Not Exist
An image of the distribution of GRBs on the sky at a distance of 7 billion light years, centred on the newly discovered ring. The positions of the GRBs are marked by blue dots and the Milky Way is indicated for reference, running from left to right …
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Birds Figured Out How to Cure Malaria a Long Time Ago
Over the years, different groups of humans have learned how to prevent or treat malaria by using quinine. It seems, though, that none of us are as advanced as sparrows, which have been regularly using quinine to treat themselves during malaria outbr…
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Bonkers Debates, Boring Jobs Numbers — NYMag
Last night’s Republican debate was a journalist’s dream: bombast and dads and pimps and hugs and disgusting animals and what seemed like the taunting of a member of Congress for using a hearing aid.
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Here is how to think about the July jobs numbers that the government released Friday morning: Whatever you thought about the economy, or financial markets or the proper course of Federal Reserve policy at 8:29 a.m.
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The Most Astounding Fact – Neil deGrasse Tyson : woahdude
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Radio enthusiast calls space station from his shed : space
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Watch: Tiny floating robot can jump from water’s surface – Boing Boing
Jumping on water is a unique locomotion mode found in semi-aquatic arthropods, such as water striders.
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African countries criticise airlines’ ban on transport of animal parts | Environment | The Guardian
Some African countries that allow hunting have criticised a decision by a number of international airlines to ban the transport of parts of animals killed in hunts.
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Third time’s the charm? Kim Dotcom is launching another file storage service
If at first you don’t succeed, try, try again. That’s how the saying goes, right? Clearly it’s an approach to life that Mega founder Kim Dotcom subscribes to as he’s announced plans to launch yet another file storage service, following his MegaUploa…
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How moving my digital life was harder than physically shifting countries
In April I moved from New Zealand to The Netherlands to work out of The Next Web’s Amsterdam office. The physical move happened mostly without a hitch, but shifting my digital one has proven more challenging.
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Nobody Wins Republican Debate, Trump Stays In – The New Yorker
“Get a warrant! Get a judge to sign the warrant!” Senator Rand Paul, of Kentucky, shouted, about a quarter of the way through the first Republican Presidential debate, last night in Cleveland.
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A New NOAA Weather Model Shows Animated Storms and City Lights – CityLab
Though software engineer Cameron Beccario did it first with “Earth,” now NOAA has launched its own real-time wind model displayed over the gorgeous backdrop of the world at night.
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Hybrid solar-powered hot air balloon’s inaugural flight – BBC News
More than 100 hot air balloons will be taking to the skies at the Bristol Balloon Fiesta, with one very special craft attracting a lot of attention. The world’s first solar-powered hot air balloon is to make it inaugural flight.
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Save Up to 80% on Kindle Books By Jon Stewart’s Guests, Today Only
In honor of Jon Stewart’s final farewell, Amazon is offering up to 80% off dozens of Kindle books from his most popular guests, today only. http://gawker.com/bloggers-jobs-… The titles start at $3, and none are more expensive than $6, so this is a…
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Deadspin Stop Pretending Donald Trump Is Running For President | Gizmodo Crazy people chainsawed a frozen lake to make a spinning ice carousel | Jezebel Leonardo DiCaprio Doesn’t Have Fleas in His Beard…Or Maybe He Does? | Lifehacker Jon Stewart’s…
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Week In Images / Highlights / ESA
This image shows the 35 m-diameter dish antenna of ESA’s deep-space tracking station at New Norcia, Australia, illuminated by ground lights against the night sky on 3 August 2015.
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Looking ahead at ‘Star Wars Rebels’ season 2 with Executive Producer Dave Filoni
Warning: This story contains spoilers for Star Wars Rebels season 1 and the season 2 premiere. Dave Filoni can’t wait for Star Wars fans to see the adventures that will unfold in Star Wars Rebels season 2.
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Drone footage of gray whales and calves – Boing Boing
Photographer Mark Carwardine got this lovely drone footage of a pod of gray whales frolicking off the coast of Baha California. Unfortunately, the boaters then approach and touch the whales.
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Urine danger from San Francisco’s pee-soaked light poles toppling – Boing Boing
Decades of dog and human pee have corroded the bases of some area light poles, and the city started a program to inspect them before more poles come crashing down.
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Gay/questioning teens’ pregnancy rates way higher than straight teens – Boing Boing
A surprising survey by Teenwise Minnesota found that bisexual females were five times more likely to have been pregnant than straight females. Questioning and gay males were four times more likely than straight males to report getting someone pregna…
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Thursday night’s prime time GOP presidential debate gave the leading candidates an opportunity to start staking out their positions. And there’s one area where the contenders are clearly working hard to prove their right-wing bona fides: reproductiv…
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See how China is shrinking – a cool radar chart : dataisbeautiful
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Facebook gets it : firstworldanarchists
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Jovana Djordjevic in her Hotel room. : gif
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Source: The Daily Show
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Best moment? Didn’t flub answer about Iraq, this time. Worst moment? Seeming ignorant of Planned Parenthood grants in a budget he approved for a Bloomberg charity.
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Gaza and West Bank football teams face off – Al Jazeera English
It was a moment 15 years in the making for the thousands of football fans at the Yarmouk stadium. Al-Shejaiya welcomed its West Bank opposition Ahli Al-Khalil to Gaza for the first time since 2000.
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The Republican Debate: There He Blows
Donald Trump commandeered the stage in last night’s Republican presidential debate. Planted in the middle by his lead in the polls, framed by his signature orange bird’s-nest hair, he presented a bloated, looming, ominous visage, a surly Gulliver su…
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A Live Action X-Men TV Show Is In The Works!
Doctor Strange will be dark and psychedelic, according to its Director of Photography. Sleepy Hollow will try to bring the focus back on Abbie and Ichabod this season. Plus, Clark Gregg teases Coulson’s prosthetic hand on SHIELD, and the new Nightma…
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Ban Autonomous Weapons before They Become the Next Weapons of Mass Destruction – Scientific American
SA Forum is an invited essay from experts on topical issues in science and technology. Last week the Future of Life Institute released a letter signed by some 1,500 artificial intelligence (AI), robotics and technology researchers.
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Obama defends comparing GOP to Iranian hardliners | TheHill
President Obama is doubling down on his comparison of Republicans with Iranian hardliners who oppose the Iran nuclear deal. The president inflamed his critics with his tough tone in a major speech on Wednesday defending the Iran deal.
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Your Lawyer May Soon Ask This AI-Powered App for Legal Help | WIRED
When Jimoh Ovbiagele was ten years old, his parents decided to get a divorce. But as the couple got deeper into the process, the legal fees grew more and more expensive, until they ended up abandoning the whole plan. “It had a negative impact on my …
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What We Witnessed at a French Migrant Camp Allegedly Controlled by People Smugglers | VICE News
The French ferry port of Calais has been in the news non-stop across Europe, as reports of desperate refugees and migrants attempting to get to England continue to inspire a mixture of anger and sympathy.
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Nobody Knows What To Do About Pesticides in Legal Marijuana | WIRED
The marijuana plant’s worst enemy is so small it’s practically invisible. On weed farms around the country, spider mites attack leaf cells one by one, sucking out chlorophyll like teeny tiny green vampires.
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Swan numbers down due to shootings, says Queen’s swan marker | Environment | The Guardian
Air rifle attacks and random shootings by vandals have been blamed for a sharp drop in the number of swans recorded during the annual swan upping census on the Thames.
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All NFL Players Are Getting RFID Chips This Season | WIRED
In terms of size, speed, and strength, NFL football players have always been superhuman. This season, they’re all about to become cyborgs, too.
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Bumble C.E.O. Tries to Change Dating After Dramatic Tinder Exit | Vanity Fair
Following Tinder co-founder Whitney Wolfe‘s dramatic departure—she sued the company for sexual harassment and published her text conversations with fellow co-founder Justin Mateen as evidence—the 26-year-old hasn’t retreated from the online dating s…
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Oklahoma teen charged with killing family said plans were on USB drive | US news | The Guardian
One of two brothers charged in the stabbing deaths of his parents and three siblings in suburban Tulsa told police that plans for the attack were on a USB flash drive inside the family’s home, according to an affidavit for a search warrant.
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After trying multiple dating websites. : AdviceAnimals
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Moraine Lake, Alberta Canada [OC] [1024×683] : EarthPorn
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Durer, age 28, self portrait, circa 1500 : OldSchoolCool
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The national unemployment rate continues to improve, but progress has been much slower for blacks and Hispanics. When the jobs numbers are reported each month, it’s easy to think of America’s workers as a single entity, moving (however glacially) to…
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Hannah Hart signs with Kin Community
Women’s lifestyle multichannel network Kin Community has signed a multi-year deal with Hannah Hart. The 28-year-old vlogger, actress, and author is best known for her show My Drunk Kitchen, which has driven her YouTube channel MyHarto to rack up mo…
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US unemployment falls again in July – BBC News
The US economy added 215,000 jobs in July, while the unemployment rate held at a seven-year-low of 5.3%. The Bureau of Labor Statistics said job gains came in retail trade, health care, professional and technical services, and financial activities.
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Obama allies slam Schumer on Iran opposition | TheHill
Current and former White House officials pounced on Sen. Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) after his opposition to the nuclear deal with Iran was made public, implying it might become an obstacle to his serving as the next Senate Democratic leader.
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Talking Heads: The Murder of the Young in Mexico | VICE News
VICE News and the New York Review of Books have partnered to create Talking Heads, a series about the big issues of the day as seen by the Review’s distinguished contributors.
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What We Saw at a Migrant Camp Allegedly Controlled by People Smugglers | VICE News
The French ferry port of Calais has been in the news non-stop across Europe, as reports of desperate refugees and migrants attempting to get to England continue to inspire a mixture of anger and sympathy.
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Critical Flaw IDed In ZigBee Smart Home Devices | TechCrunch
Security researchers have identified a critical vulnerability in devices using ZigBee, a wireless standard used for connectivity in multiple Internet of Things and smart home devices — raising the specter of hackers breaking into your smart home and…
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Government reports 215,000 new jobs added in July; official unemployment rate holds at 5.3%
But wages once again nearly flat, rising just 0.2 percent over June. A week ago, the Department of Labor reported that U.S. wages and salaries rose 0.2 percent in the second quarter, the slowest pace on record since records began in 1982.
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Why is Obama Silent on the Dominican Deportation Crisis?
The horror of statelessness, Chief Justice Earl Warren wrote in 1958, entails a “total destruction of an individual’s status in organized society. It is a form of punishment more primitive than torture.
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California wildfire evacuees return to destroyed homes: ‘All of it is gone’ | US news | The Guardian
Thousands of people driven from their homes by a massive northern California wildfire began to trickle back to their neighborhoods Thursday, and some saw what they most feared: nothing. “All of it is gone.
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Ugh. Why can’t I have robot hands like a terminator? : wheredidthesodago
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A May pipeline break near Santa Barbara, California, leaked far more oil into the Pacific Ocean than was previously disclosed by the pipe operator, Texas-based Plains All American Pipeline, according to the Associated Press.
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The week in wildlife – in pictures | Environment | The Guardian
Skip to main content Environment The week in wildlife The week in wildlife – in pictures A leopard ‘selfie’, fighting zebras and an elephant in the loo feature in this week’s pick of images from the natural world Friday 7 August 2015 08.
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The secret to podcasting success? There isn’t one
The registration desk at the Podcast Movement convention looked like the midday queue for Space Mountain.
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Stephen Colbert Announces George Clooney as First Late Show Guest | Vanity Fair
In the eight months he’s spent away from television, taking a well-deserved break and then prepping his version of The Late Show, Stephen Colbert has become a master of bite-size Twitter humor and web videos.
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Watch Jazzy the dog learn new tricks as she gets older
An old dog might not be able to learn new tricks, but at least one puppy is already a pro at her tricks. Jazzy is getting advanced training from her owner that extends far beyond sit, stay, and roll over.
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Jerry Lewis’ Fabled ‘Day the Clown Cried’ May Come Out – in 10 Years | Rolling Stone
A new agreement between Jerry Lewis and the Library of Congress will finally allow curious film buffs to see The Day the Clown Cried, the comedian’s storied, never-seen film.
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Jason Isbell’s New Morning | Rolling Stone
Jason Isbell Isbell turned his dark past into incredible music. Jason Isbell felt a rush of familiarity when he watched the final episode of Mad Men on his tour bus.
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Bel Powley: Sex, Drugs and a Breakout Star | Rolling Stone
Bel Powley would like to set something straight. “When I said ‘feminist,’ I didn’t mean the characters themselves have to be strong feminists,” says the 23-year-old British actress. She may not exactly be new to the spotlight (younger U.K.
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Love Everyone Often Peace Beauty Balance Life Light Magic: Sentinels catch traffic jam
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“Barefoot” by V-Any. : ImaginaryMindscapes
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“Barefoot” by V-Any : ImaginarySkyscapes
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ISIL Kidnaps Scores of Christians in Syria’s Homs | Al Jazeera America
Fighters from the Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) have abducted scores of people, including several Christian families, after seizing a strategically located town in the central Syrian province of Homs, an activist group has said. The U.…
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tl;dr: TDP-43 doesn’t do its job in 97% of all ALS cases. Scientists didn’t really know its function—now we do. We also show that it’s something that can be fixed! Cells in your body are constantly reading your DNA to make proteins.
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Economy Added 215,000 Jobs In July; Unemployment Rate Unchanged At 5.3 Percent | ThinkProgress
The economy added 215,000 jobs in July while the unemployment rate stayed unchanged at 5.3 percent, according to the latest data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Analysts had expected 225,000 jobs to be added.
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Unemployment rate remains steady at 5.3% as US economy adds 215,000 jobs | Business | The Guardian
The US economy added 215,000 jobs in July, while the unemployment rate remained steady at 5.3%, meeting expectations. The numbers released by the Department of Labor on Friday heighten expectations that the Federal Reserve will raise interest rates …
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Daily Kos Radio is LIVE at 9 am ET!
We’ll find more ways of saying all of that, and more people to join us in saying it, plus set you up for the weekend with all the best cocktail and barbeque party chatter, on today’s KITM! Listen LIVE, right here at 9:00 AM ET!
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‘Almost quarter of a million people’ dead in Syria war – Al Jazeera English
Almost a quarter of a million people, including nearly 12,000 children, have been killed in Syria’s conflict since it broke out in March 2011, a UK-based activist group has said.
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England declare first innings in Ashes fourth Test – Al Jazeera English
Mitchell Starc led a spirited Australian fightback as wickets continued to tumble on the second day of the fourth Ashes test against England at Trent Bridge on Friday.
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Sports quiz of the week: Ashes, Premier League and Mayweather v Berto | Sport | The Guardian
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