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Loyalty360 Reads: August 20, 2019
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loyalty360.org - Programs Marriott to Introduce Dynamic Pricing for Bonvoy Award Bookings Taking a cue from the airline industry, the hospitality brand has opted to use dynamic pricing in its loyalty program. “Starti…
POLITICS
Trump admin erases key environmental enforcement tool
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thehill.com - The Department of Justice (DOJ) is doing away with an enforcement tool that has been used in the past to get states and localities into compliance with environmental laws. Assistant Attorney General …
ART & ENTERTAINMENT
Elizabeth Warren meets her lookalike at Minnesota rally: 'We need to talk!'
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www.startribune.com - But try telling that to a crowd of fans gathered to see the U.S. senator and 2020 presidential candidate at a town hall at Macalester College on Monday evening. Oyen arrived at the rally wearing a bl…
BUSINESS
Sweden: Pepper Spray Sales Surge 90% Amidst Rape Concerns
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www.zerohedge.com - Sales of pepper spray in some areas of Sweden have surged as much as 90 per cent amidst concerns over the country’s rape problem. According to a report by Swedish newspaper Expressen, the Kjell & Com…
LEISURE
The Hottest Thing in Food Is Made of Peas, Soy, and Mung Beans
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www.bloomberg.com - Ethan Brown, chief executive officer of Beyond Meat Inc., doesn’t want to talk about his company’s stock price. He’s more than happy to talk about Beyond’s plant-derived meat matrix or its athlete sp…
TECHNOLOGY
A Guide to Deploying your React App with AWS S3
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medium.com - I’m Andrew and I am a JavaScript contractor based in London. In this post I will be guiding you through the process of deploying a React app on AWS S3. This tutorial includes setting up HTTPS, buying…
ART & ENTERTAINMENT
Opinion | Americans are racist or they are antiracist — there is no passive middle ground
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www.nbcnews.com - American University professor Ibram X. Kendi's new book, “How to Be an Antiracist,” begins with an account of how he once delivered a racist speech. Kendi participated in Prince William County’s 2000…
SPORTS
Colin Kaepernick reveals the specific police shooting that led him to kneel
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www.nbcnews.com - Free-agent quarterback Colin Kaepernick, about to enter a third consecutive autumn of NFL unemployment, revealed that a specific police shooting led to his activism. In an interview with online magaz…
TECHNOLOGY
Mercedes Caught Spying On Drivers With Tracking Devices, Sending Info To Bailiffs
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www.zerohedge.com - Mercedes has admitted to spying on drivers with covert tracking devices. The company says are only activated in "extreme circumstances," such as when finance customers have defaulted on payments - ho…
BUSINESS
The $30 Billion Exodus: Foreign Oil Firms Are Bailing on Canada
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www.bloomberg.com - Capital keeps marching out of Canada’s oil industry, with Kinder Morgan Inc.’s sale of its remaining holdings in the country on Wednesday adding to more than $30 billion of foreign-company divestitur…
ENVIRONMENT
Cooling goo sidewalks and other strange new weapons in the war on urban heat
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www.theguardian.com - Los Angeles can sometimes feel like a sprawling hellscape of heat: in the northern valleys and the southern city, metal playground equipment, car steering wheels, even the ground itself effectively b…
TECHNOLOGY
Kodak Moments Launches Compact, Affordable Photo Printing Experience
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loyalty360.org - We’re seeing many retailers innovate in customer experience to drive foot traffic. Macy’s is using seasonal installations. Kohl’s is accepting Amazon returns. Now, retailers can purchase a product to…
ENVIRONMENT
Hasbro Expands Program that Combines Recycling and Engagement
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loyalty360.org - If you’ve been watching the news or spending time on social media lately, you know that consumers are more concerned than ever about their plastic use. Eco-conscious consumers aren’t necessarily tryi…
HEALTH
Are Weight-Loss Pills Safe? | NutritionFacts.org
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nutritionfacts.org - Below is an approximation of this video’s audio content. To see any graphs, charts, graphics, images, and quotes to which Dr. Greger may be referring, watch the above video. Despite the myriad menu o…
POLITICS
CoinMarketCap Algorithm Changed: Is The Ranking Flawed?
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www.forbes.com - Out of those that were affected by the change, DAPS Coin was by far the worst. Adel de Meyer, the CEO of DAPS Coin woke up this weekend, discovering that DAPS Coin shifted out of position 176 to posi…
LEISURE
How Important Is The Land Around A Potential Home? - Lisa Eagan
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leaganrealty.com - When viewing a potential home, how much consideration should you give to the surrounding land? In many ways, the land should be carefully regarded, since land is the thing that is hardest to alter. Y…
SCIENCE
Drug Enforcement Administration Awards 130K Contract to Chainalysis
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www.thecoinspost.com - The Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA) has awarded Chainalysis with a $134,000 USD contract for a one year license to use their platform track cryptocurrencies used in drug related activities in Dark Web.…
SCIENCE
How Much CO2 Does A Single Volcano Emit?
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www.forbes.com - When volcanoes erupt, a large amount of material from the Earth's interior, including extraordinary amounts of carbon dioxide, are released into the atmosphere. European Geosciences Union Every volca…
LEISURE
Meet The 'Marrot,' Arby's Horrifying Meat Carrot
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www.cracked.com - If you're the type of person who wants to eat Arby's more now that they've dyed turkey breast orange and called it a carrot, you're also the type who slams into mountainsides that have tunnels painte…
ART & ENTERTAINMENT
How to Accept Yourself for Who You Are and Be Happy
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www.lifehack.org - We live in a world that constantly tells us what to do, how to act, what to be. Knowing how to be true to yourself and live the life you want can be a challenge. When someone asks how we are, we assu…
SCIENCE
Motivation in the workplace: create it with Octalysis - The Octalysis Group
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octalysisgroup.com - Most businesses are struggling to create happy and motivated people in the workplace. Unfortunately, this is not a new phenomenon. In fact, workers have been disengaged at work for decades. Despite a…
BUSINESS
Crypto Markets Dump $15 Billion as Bitcoin Heads Back Towards Four Figures – tribetica.com
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tribetica.com - A market wide dump this Wednesday has seen $15 billion exit crypto markets as Bitcoin leads them back down again. The choppy conditions have continued and BTC has remained range bound for now but thi…
TECHNOLOGY
Klompenmarkt Twello 40 Jaar – Nieuws – FORZA NIEUWS en FORZA MAGAZINE NIEUWS
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055nu.com - Op FORZA! vindt u realtime het allerlaatste nieuws verzameld uit meer dan 1000 online nieuwsbronnen waaronder: Voetbal, Politiek, PS3, Showbiz, Verkiezingen, Xbox360, Voetbal, WK, Financieel, Wielren…
WORLD
Ebola outbreak reaches remote, militia-run territory in Democratic Republic of Congo
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abcnews.go.com - A new case of Ebola has popped up in a remote, militia-controlled area in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo, hundreds of miles away from the epicenter of the yearlong outbreak. The patient…
ADULT
Porn Still Turning Up in the Federal Workplace Despite Ban
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www.rollcall.com - It’s been six years since Congress began banning federal employees from watching pornography in the workplace. But even though lawmakers have gradually added the rule to spending bills, implementing …
TECHNOLOGY
How Video Became a Dangerous Delivery Vehicle for Malware Attacks
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securityintelligence.com - Most employees have some awareness about malware attacks. Many probably know that you should never open an executable file from a stranger or install a thumb drive found in the parking lot, for examp…
ART & ENTERTAINMENT
Alyssa Milano Boasts About Her Past Abortions and the Joy They Brought Her
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pjmedia.com - In the neverending debate about abortion we often hear from the left how abortion is such a difficult, private decision—that we’re even having a public debate on the issue is somehow degrading or ant…
ART & ENTERTAINMENT
BuzzFeed’s new MoodFeed recommends content based on how you’re feeling – TechCrunch
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techcrunch.com - BuzzFeed is offering readers a new approach to finding content that fits the way they’re feeling right now. It’s not the boring old approach of following a link on social media or search, or of typin…
LEISURE
Facebook has coffee shops now. It’s only the beginning of the branded city of the future
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www.fastcompany.com - After facing years of privacy scandals, Facebook has announced plans to open a series of five “Facebook Cafes” across the U.K. by early September. There, you will be able to get a privacy checkup alo…
BUSINESS
Volocopter reveals its first commercial aircraft, the VoloCity air taxi – TechCrunch
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techcrunch.com - It’s a race to the skies in terms of which company actually deploys an on-demand air taxi service based around electric vertical take-off and landing aircraft – for its part, German startup Volocopte…
BUSINESS
Ryanair loses High Court battle over pilots strike - but says flights will go ahead
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news.sky.com - Ryanair has lost a High Court battle to stop pilots from going on strike - but says flights will go ahead as scheduled on Thursday and Friday. In a statement posted on Twitter, the airline said that …
TECHNOLOGY
TPS Consulting Daily
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tpsconsulting.blogspot.com - WORLD There could have been three more mass shootings if these men weren't stopped, authorities say Shared by MJ www.cnn.com - He faces four charges of illegal possession of large capacity magazines,…
ENVIRONMENT
PayPal-backed money lender Tala raises $110M to enter India – TechCrunch
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techcrunch.com - Tala, a Santa Monica, California-headquartered startup that creates a credit profile to provide uncollateralized loans to millions of people in emerging markets, has raised $110 million in a new fina…
BUSINESS
This Factor Makes You 45% Less Likely to Land a Job Interview | The Motley Fool
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www.fool.com - There are different reasons job candidates might struggle to land interviews. Sometimes, it boils down to missing skills. But in other cases, your lack of interview requests could be a matter of a pr…
BUSINESS
China Is Racing to Launch a Digital Currency Ahead of FB’s Libra
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cointelegraph.com - The People’s Bank of China (PBoC) is almost ready to launch its government-backed digital currency, official sources say. An Aug. 20 report from the CPC-owned English-language news portal China Daily…
ART & ENTERTAINMENT
Famosos ARV: Elton John defiende al príncipe Harry y más entretenimiento
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www.telemundo.com - El cantante Elton John salió en defensa de los duques de Sussex después de fuertes críticas, Jenicka López honra a su madre con su figura y más. Jenicka López enfrenta críticas recordando que es hija…
EDUCATION
Prohíben hablar español a grupo de enfermeras puertorriqueñas en Florida
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www.telemundo.com - A estas enfermeras puertorriqueñas las contrataron por ser bilingüe pero ahora les prohíben hablar español Jenicka López enfrenta críticas recordando que es hija de Jenni Rivera Arrestan adolescente …
POLITICS
Computer from NASA’s Apollo program reprogrammed to mine bitcoin
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arstechnica.com - Among the many technological breakthroughs of NASA's Apollo project to land a man on the Moon was the Apollo Guidance Computer that flew onboard Apollo spacecraft. In an era when most computers were …
BUSINESS
At this rate, the rich could truly have it all just 33 years from now
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www.dallasnews.com - Mark your calendars. The rich will truly "have it all" just 33 years from now. Yup, that's when the top 10% of all households could have 100% of all the net worth in America. I learned that when I pr…
LEISURE
Bring your posse to Disrupt SF 2019 with group discounts – TechCrunch
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techcrunch.com - Disrupt San Francisco 2019, our flagship event on October 2-4, features three full days of programming, more than 10,000 attendees, over 1,200 exhibiting startups and sponsors — and that’s just for s…
TECHNOLOGY
Peak Design’s Travel Duffel 35L is as simple or as powerful as you need it to be – TechCrunch
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techcrunch.com - A good, solid duffel bag is a mainstay for many travelers — especially those who like packing up a car for a weekend away, or frequent flyers who disdain the thought of checking a bag. Peak Design in…
BUSINESS
African incubator MEST has a new MD and 11 fresh startup investments – TechCrunch
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techcrunch.com - Pan-African incubator MEST announced investments in 11 startups from its 2019 cohort that will each receive $100,000 in financing. The $1.1 million backing for a graduating class is the largest to da…
TECHNOLOGY
YouTube is closing its private messages feature…and many kids are outraged – TechCrunch
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techcrunch.com - People love to share YouTube videos among their friends, which is why in mid-2017 YouTube launched a new in-app messaging feature that would allow YouTube users to private send their friends videos a…
SCIENCE
Waymo releases a self-driving open data set for free use by the research community – TechCrunch
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techcrunch.com - Waymo is opening up its significant stores of autonomous driving data with a new Open Data Set it’s making available for the purposes of research. The data set isn’t for commercial use, but its defin…
BUSINESS
Crossbeam gets $12.5M Series A to help companies organize their partnerships – TechCrunch
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techcrunch.com - When Crossbeam CEO and co-founder Bob Moore was working at previous startups, he noticed a problem around sharing information with potential partners. In fact, it was so acute he decided to create a …
TECHNOLOGY
Xiaomi launches Mi A3 Android One smartphone with 48MP rear camera in India for $181 – TechCrunch
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techcrunch.com - Google has found a committed Android One partner in Xiaomi . The Chinese electronics giant today launched in India the Mi A3 (its third Android One smartphone in recent years) as the company looks to…
LEISURE
Cosi raises €5M for its ‘full-stack’ hospitality alternative to boutique hotels – TechCrunch
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techcrunch.com - Cosi, a new Berlin-based startup operating in the hospitality space with an alternative to boutique hotels and managed short-stay apartments, has picked up €5 million in seed funding pre-launch. Lead…
TECHNOLOGY
Twitter picks up team from narrative app Lightwell in its latest effort to improve conversations – TechCrunch
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techcrunch.com - Twitter’s ongoing, long-term efforts to make conversations easier to follow and engage with on its platform is getting a boost with the company’s latest acquihire. The company has picked up the team …
BUSINESS
Only 3 days left: Get your 2-for-1 passes to Disrupt Berlin 2019 – TechCrunch
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techcrunch.com - Holy sonderangebot, startup fans — yet another special offer you don’t want to miss! You’ve got just three days left to take advantage of our a 2-for-1 summer flash sale on passes to Disrupt Berlin 2…
TECHNOLOGY
Daily Crunch: DoorDash acquires Scotty Labs – TechCrunch
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techcrunch.com - The Daily Crunch is TechCrunch’s roundup of our biggest and most important stories. If you’d like to get this delivered to your inbox every day at around 9am Pacific, you can subscribe here. 1. DoorD…
BUSINESS
ThredUp, whose second-hand goods will start appearing at Macy’s and JCPenney, just raised a bundle – TechCrunch
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techcrunch.com - ThredUp, the 10-year-old fashion resale marketplace, has a lot of big news to boast about lately. For starters, the company just closed on $100 million in fresh funding from an investor syndicate tha…
BUSINESS
Verified Expert Growth Marketing Agency: We Are Off The Record – TechCrunch
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techcrunch.com - Unlike most agencies, We Are Off The Record’s (WAOTR) mission is to advise and train in-house growth teams to scale their business. CEO and founder Bas Prass prides his team’s “train and transfer met…
ART & ENTERTAINMENT
The founding story of Patreon – TechCrunch
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techcrunch.com - It’s May 7, 2013 and Jack Conte is, in his own words, “totally exhausted, slash, totally wired, in that really weird in-between zone.” He has spent 18 hours per day for the last 50 days building a re…
TECHNOLOGY
After a breakout year, looking ahead to the future of podcasting – TechCrunch
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techcrunch.com - 2019 has been a breakout year for podcasting. According to Edison Research’s Infinite Dial report, more than half of Americans have now listened to a podcast, and an estimated 32% listen monthly (up …
ART & ENTERTAINMENT
Eminem’s publisher accuses Spotify of copyright infringement in new lawsuit – TechCrunch
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techcrunch.com - Eminem’s music publisher Eight Mile Style has filed a lawsuit against Spotify, accusing the service of “blatant copyright infringement” in streaming “Lose Yourself” and other Eminem songs. As explain…
TECHNOLOGY
Apple exec Susan Prescott is coming to TechCrunch Sessions: Enterprise – TechCrunch
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techcrunch.com - Susan Prescott, Apple’s vice president of markets, apps and services, has been at Apple since 2003. She worked with the company’s co-founder Steve Jobs, and has witnessed such milestones as the launc…
TECHNOLOGY
Deadline extended one week: apply to Hardware Battlefield @ TC Shenzhen – TechCrunch
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techcrunch.com - Whether you’re a time-crunched procrastinator or a last-minute decision-maker we have great news for early-stage hardware startup founders! You get one more week to apply to compete in Hardware Battl…
BUSINESS
Workspace provider Knotel secures $400M, putting it in WeWork’s rear-view mirror – TechCrunch
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techcrunch.com - While some analysts are calling WeWork’s IPO filing a “masterpiece of obfuscation,” the esteemed tech observer Professor Scott Galloway simply calls it “WeWTF.” There is another company that is comin…
SCIENCE
Second docking adapter for commercial crew vehicles installed on International Space Station – TechCrunch
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techcrunch.com - The International Space Station is now more than ready for crew-carrying spacecraft flown by commercial companies to pay it a visit: The second planned International Dock Adapter (IDA) was installed …
TECHNOLOGY
Box introduces Box Shield with increased security controls and threat protection – TechCrunch
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techcrunch.com - Box has always had to balance the idea of sharing content broadly while protecting it as it moved through the world, but the more you share, the more likely something can go wrong, such as misconfigu…
BUSINESS
Splunk acquires cloud monitoring service SignalFx for $1.05B – TechCrunch
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techcrunch.com - Splunk, the publicly traded data processing and analytics company, today announced that it has acquired SignalFx for a total price of about $1.05 billion. Approximately 60 percent of this will be in …
TECHNOLOGY
Andrew Ng’s AI companies expand to Medellin, Colombia – TechCrunch
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techcrunch.com - After his tenure as chief scientist at Baidu, Andrew Ng, the founder of the Google Brain project and former CEO of Coursera, set up a number of different projects that all focus on making AI more app…
TECHNOLOGY
Google denies reports of unannounced changes to Android app review process – TechCrunch
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techcrunch.com - Multiple reports this week claimed Google had quietly rolled out a more in-depth app review process to all developers — changes designed to keep the Play Store safer from spam, malware and copycat ap…
TECHNOLOGY
Kobiton raises a $5.2M Series A round for its mobile testing platform – TechCrunch
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techcrunch.com - Kobiton, an Atlanta-based mobile testing platform that helps developers test their apps on real devices using the open-source Appium automation framework, today announced that it has raised a $5.2 mi…
WORLD
Europe’s top data protection regulator, Giovanni Buttarelli, has died – TechCrunch
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techcrunch.com - Europe’s data protection supervisor, Giovanni Buttarelli, has died. His passing yesterday, aged 62, was announced by his office today — which writes: It is with the deepest regret that we announce th…
BUSINESS
MoviePass security lapse exposed customer card numbers – TechCrunch
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techcrunch.com - Movie ticket subscription service MoviePass has exposed tens of thousands of customer card numbers and personal credit cards because a critical server was not protected with a password. Mossab Hussei…
TECHNOLOGY
SiriusXM undercuts rivals with $4 per month student subscription – TechCrunch
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techcrunch.com - SiriusXM is making its streaming service more affordable for younger consumers with the launch of a new subscription package for college students. While SiriusXM’s Premier package is $12.99 per month…
SCIENCE
Porsche invests in ‘low visibility’ sensor startup TriEye – TechCrunch
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techcrunch.com - Porsche’s venture arm has acquired a minority stake in TriEye, an Israeli startup that’s working on a sensor technology to help vehicle driver-assistance and self-driving systems see better in poor w…
TECHNOLOGY
Google updates to a cleaner, simpler Play Store design [Updated] – TechCrunch
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techcrunch.com - [Update: the Music tab has been relocated] Google’s Play Store has gotten a big visual makeover, the company announced today, with changes that include a cleaner look-and-feel, new navigation, an eas…
LEISURE
New investments to protect Montréal against floods and help create the largest urban park in Canada
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pm.gc.ca - Canadians are seeing firsthand the consequences of the climate crisis. Year after year, extreme weather events are becoming more frequent and more severe, threatening our health, safety, and local ec…
ENVIRONMENT
Des nouveaux investissements protégeront Montréal contre les inondations et contribueront à créer le plus grand parc urbain au pays
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Justin Trudeau
pm.gc.ca - Les Canadiens constatent de leurs propres yeux les conséquences provoquées par la crise climatique. Année après année, les phénomènes météorologiques extrêmes s’aggravent et se multiplient, menaçant …
CRIME
'Joke or not, these types of comments are felonies': Police arrest Florida teen
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Guy Kawasaki
abcnews.go.com - A 15-year-old student was arrested in Central Florida after authorities said he made an online threat to shoot up his school. The teenage boy, who attends Seabreeze High School in Daytona Beach, alle…
LEISURE
60 free calligraphy fonts to bring charm to your designs – Learn
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Guy Kawasaki
www.canva.com - Finding the right calligraphy font for your needs can be a hard and arduous task. They are either too decorative and flashy for your simple designs or too simple and modern for your formal designs. C…
ART & ENTERTAINMENT
A Crash Course in Microcopy for Social Media Managers
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buffer.com - Copywriting is one of the most essential skills for a marketer to have. Good copy is everywhere! Websites, advertisements, blog posts, and especially on social media. We want to give you the tools to…
BUSINESS
Trump administration proposes daring cure for recession: More tax cuts for the rich
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www.salon.com - The Trump administration has floated a new round of tax cuts for the rich and slashing the payroll tax used to fund Social Security and Medicare to ease worries of a recession, which the White House …
LEISURE
Create an awesome design portfolio with these 20 pro tips – Learn
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www.canva.com - These days designers can easily share their work on the internet with just a few clicks. But back before the internet, designers had to put together physical, printed portfolios and get an interview …
ENVIRONMENT
Cleaning up the plastic in the ocean
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www.cbsnews.com - Take a look around, odds are you're surrounded by plastic. It's in our kitchens and in our bedrooms, it keeps our food fresh and our medicine safe. It is, in many ways, a miracle product. Cheap to pr…
SCIENCE
Iceland commemorates first glacier lost to climate change
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www.ctvnews.ca - Iceland on Sunday honoured the passing of Okjokull, its first glacier lost to climate change, as scientists warn that some 400 others on the subarctic island risk the same fate. As the world recently…
ART & ENTERTAINMENT
The Obamas’ first film, ‘American Factory,’ debuts on Netflix—and it’s getting crazy good reviews
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www.fastcompany.com - In May 2018 former President Barack Obama and Michelle Obama inked a multiyear agreement with Netflix to produce original series and films for the streaming giant, and today the first of those is ava…
LEISURE
The ‘minterns’ taking internships in their 30s
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www.bbc.com - Some, like Cavazos, have even renounced high-paying management positions for a chance at personal fulfilment. As an industrial engineer Cavazos lacked a sense of purpose; the unease deepened every ti…
ART & ENTERTAINMENT
‘I am the chosen one’: Trump again plays on messianic claims as he embraces ‘King of Israel’ title
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www.washingtonpost.com - By Sarah Pulliam Bailey Sarah Pulliam Bailey Reporter covering religion Email Bio Follow August 21 at 3:35 PM President Trump on Wednesday tweeted a fawning quote from a non-Jewish conservative radio…
POLITICS
German Colonists also Separated Children from Their Parents - Center for Holocaust & Genocide Studies
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thesocietypages.org - Germans also separated children from their parents. In a previously unknown collection at the National Archives of Namibia in Windhoek, I recently discovered documents that confirm colonial authoriti…
SCIENCE
One could fly to Mars in this spacious habitat and not go crazy
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arstechnica.com - Under a NASA contract, Sierra Nevada has built a prototype habitat module for the Lunar Gateway. Here, the expandable module is shown with an additional cargo storage area. The single module has the …
ART & ENTERTAINMENT
Review: Pitch-perfect Ready or Not is a sharp and witty blood-soaked delight
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arstechnica.com - An unsuspecting bride finds herself fighting for her life on her wedding night in Ready or Not, a wickedly funny, blood-soaked thriller that made its world premiere last month at the Fantasia Interna…
TECHNOLOGY
The US Navy says no to touchscreens—maybe automakers should, too
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arstechnica.com - The US Navy has had enough of touchscreens and is going back to physical controls for its destroyers, according to a report last week in USNI News. Starting next summer the Navy will refit its DDG-51…
TECHNOLOGY
Ring asks police not to tell public how its law enforcement backend works
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arstechnica.com - Amazon's Ring line of consumer home surveillance products enjoys an extensive partnership with local police departments all over the country. Cops receive free product, extensive coaching, and pre-ap…
TECHNOLOGY
After seven roof fires, Walmart sues Tesla over solar panel flaws
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arstechnica.com - Walmart filed a multi-million dollar lawsuit against Tesla on Tuesday. The retail giant says Tesla's "negligent installation and maintenance" of solar panels caused fires on the roofs of as many as s…
SPORTS
Dicey Dungeons review: Well, there goes another 100 hours of my life
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arstechnica.com - Apart from the whole “sentient die in a game show” thing, it’s a pretty apt metaphor for my experience with the highly addictive modern roguelike genre (or “roguelite,” depending on how uppity you wa…
SCIENCE
Your heatwave could be worse because of a drought somewhere else
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arstechnica.com - Long-lived heatwaves in the mid-latitudes are typically the result of an atmospheric pattern known as a “blocking high.” In a blocking high, the jet stream bends in a north-pointing ridge (in the Nor…
ART & ENTERTAINMENT
Badge life: The story behind DEFCON’s hackable crystal electronic badge
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arstechnica.com - LAS VEGAS—There are many things that make the DEFCON conference stand above all other hacking conferences. It's the largest, of course, with over 30,000 attendees, sprawling over four hotels in Las V…
TECHNOLOGY
GameStop lays off 120 corporate staffers as stock continues to tumble
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arstechnica.com - “While these changes are difficult, they were necessary to reduce costs and better align the organization with our efforts to optimize the business to meet our future objectives and success factors,"…
TECHNOLOGY
The year-long rash of supply chain attacks against open source is getting worse
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arstechnica.com - A rash of supply chain attacks hitting open source software over the past year shows few signs of abating, following the discovery this week of two separate backdoors slipped into a dozen libraries d…
TECHNOLOGY
Guidemaster: The best Nintendo Switch accessories you can buy in 2019
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While one Texas county shook off ransomware, small cities took full punch
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arstechnica.com - Few details have emerged about the coordinated ransomware attack that struck 22 local governments in Texas last week. But five local governments affected by the attack have been identified. On August…
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Spider-Man is out of the MCU thanks to Sony/Disney standoff [Updated]
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arstechnica.com - Update, August 21,2019, 11:15 AM: Sony Pictures has released an official statement via Twitter, mostly focusing on what happened with regard to Kevin Feige's producer role: Much of today’s news about…
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Remembering the best shareware-era DOS games that time forgot
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Dealmaster: Get an Amazon Fire TV Stick for $30, or the 4K model for $40
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arstechnica.com - Greetings, Arsians! The Dealmaster is back with new deals to share today. Topping our list this afternoon are discounted Amazon Fire TV streaming sticks: now you can get the regular Fire TV Stick for…
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Guidemaster: The best gaming headsets for your console or gaming rig
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arstechnica.com - Most people can meet their gaming audio needs with a good pair of headphones. But if you play lots of multiplayer games or frequently use your console/rig to chat with friends, a good gaming headset …
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Why one PC developer turned down the security of Epic’s exclusivity offer
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arstechnica.com - Rise of Industry creator Alex Mochi, for instance, said in a screengrabbed Discord conversation that Epic's "deal didn't appeal to me" because "I want for as many people to have access to the game as…
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New Nvidia driver update cuts latency down to the bone (Updated)
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arstechnica.com - In the world of high-end gaming graphics cards, improvements in benchmarks like frame rate, resolution, and sharpness dominate much of the discussion. But a new driver update for Nvidia cards today a…
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First trailer for Jacob’s Ladder reboot looks as spooky as the 1990 original
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arstechnica.com - Over the last 19 years, Director Adrian Lyne's 1990 art house psychological thriller Jacob's Ladder has garnered a strong cult following for its unusual camera work, surreal nightmarish visions, and …
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Color-changing metal may provide early sign of illness
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Building a better trivia game with a Jeopardy master and Magic’s creator
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arstechnica.com - Most of these seem like they could poke a kid's eye out. Richard Garfield and Ken Jennings' names feature prominently on the box. There aren't a lot of complicated rules or boards mucking things up. …
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Tesla delays Autopilot price hike after missing “smart summon” deadline
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arstechnica.com - Elon Musk admitted Tuesday that Tesla is delaying a planned $1,000 price increase for its full self-driving package. The move comes after Tesla failed to release "smart summon" technology for parking…
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Researchers are creepily close to predicting when you’re going to die
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arstechnica.com - If death is in the cards, it may also be in your blood. Measurements of 14 metabolic substances in blood were pretty good at predicting whether people were likely to die in the next five to 10 years.…
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German physicists build “Schrödinger’s cat” out of 20 entangled qubits
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arstechnica.com - Schrödinger's cat is quite possibly the most famous paradox in physics, and rudimentary real-world versions have even been built in the laboratory. Now a team of German physicists has set a new recor…
ENVIRONMENT
Un conductor en Los Ángeles ha creado un método eficiente para lidiar con el tráfico (VIDEO)
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www.telemundo.com - Los Ángeles se encuentra en la lista de las 10 ciudades más congestionadas de los Estados Unidos. Es por eso que los conductores que residen en esta metrópolis tienen que encontrar la manera de “sobr…
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5 señales de que tu trabajo está destruyendo tu matrimonio
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laopinion.com - Si eres de los que trabajan día y noche pensando que haces todo ese sacrificio por tu familia, mejor piénsalo dos veces, ya que tu pareja podría estar sufriendo las consecuencias de que seas un worka…
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Un gran asteroide potencialmente peligroso se acercará a la Tierra
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laopinion.com - Después de los pases próximos a la Tierra de los asteroides 2006 QQ23 y 2019 OU1, se informa que otro asteroide gigante se acercará más allá de la Tierra. El asteroide 1998 OR2 está siendo monitoread…
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Murió un hombre por comer tacos de más
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www.telemundo.com - Un hombre que participó en un concurso de comer tacos, sufrió una convulsión y murió en el acto Prohíben hablar español a grupo de enfermeras puertorriqueñas en Florida Jenicka López enfrenta crítica…
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Dos ex peloteros de grandes ligas arrestados por narcotráfico
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www.telemundo.com - Arrestan a 2 ex peloteros de las grandes ligas en República Dominicana acusados de participar en red de narcotráfico. Arrestan a turistas franceses por robar arena de una playa en Italia Rescatan a t…
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Rescatan en alta mar a 4 venezolanos náufragos por 11 días
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www.telemundo.com - Rescatan en alta mar a 4 venezolanos perdidos por 11 días, después que naufragaron cuando intentaban llegar a República Dominicana. Turba ataca a policía que les pidió que bajaran el volumen de la mú…
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Un hombre armado secuestra un autobús en Brasil con 37 pasajeros
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www.telemundo.com - Momentos de terror en un autobús en Brasil donde un sujeto tomó de rehenes a 37 pasajeros y amenazaba con incendiar el vehículo. Elton John ataca a la prensa en defensa del príncipe Harry Dos ex pelo…
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3 Ways To Stop Following The Crowd And Trust Yourself | Dr. Isaiah Hankel | Focus, Create and Grow Your Way To Intelligent Achievement
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www.isaiahhankel.com - “Surround yourself with good people. People who are going to be honest with you and look out for your best interests.” Derek Jeter (MLB Player and 5X Gold Glover Winner) “Think twice before you speak…
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How I Stay Sane when Life Spirals Out of Control
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byrslf.co - I don’t need to give you all the details of my wonderful, overly full life for you to understand that sometimes it feels like I’m spinning out of control. It is the norm for most of us. Stress is so …
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How to Be Present When the Present Is Difficult
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goodlifezen.com - Courage doesn’t always roar. Sometimes courage is the quiet voice at the end of the day saying, ‘I will try again tomorrow. – Mary Anne Radmacher Courage doesn’t always roar. Sometimes courage is the…
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15 lessons on money and marriage from couples who have been married 10+ years - I Will Teach You To Be Rich
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www.iwillteachyoutoberich.com - We asked members of the IWT community who have been married at least 10 years (aka “forever” in Hollywood years) to share their #1 piece of financial advice for couples. “Marry someone with the same …
TECHNOLOGY
Instagram and IGTV Video: 3 Examples of Great Business Content
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smallbusinessonlinecommunity.bankofamerica.com - Next to real-life communication, video on social media is the best way to connect with prospects, clients and customers. Yet social channels need to make video adjustments if they hope to compete wit…
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Vitalik Buterin Talks Scalability: ‘Ethereum Blockchain Is Almost Full’
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cointelegraph.com - Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin says the Ethereum blockchain is almost full. In an interview with The Star published Aug. 19, he said the hurdle that faces big organizations interested in the Eth…
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Binance Reveals ‘Venus’ — Its Own Project to Rival Facebook’s Libra
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cointelegraph.com - Top cryptocurrency exchange Binance is launching an open blockchain project “Venus” focused on developing localized stablecoins worldwide. In an announcement published today, Aug. 19, the exchange ar…
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Bank of America Files Patent for Multi-Tiered Digital Currency Wallet
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cointelegraph.com - United States-based investment banking company Bank of America (BofA) has filed a patent for a digital currency wallet with multiple layers of asset access. The proposed wallet would accept different…
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Sound Marketing: How Small Businesses Can Use Podcasts
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smallbusinessonlinecommunity.bankofamerica.com - Do you remember the first season of the podcast Serial, way back in 2014? Not only was it a captivating story, but the show launched podcasting into the stratosphere, becoming “an event.” The lone ad…
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Bringing A Better Design Process To Your Organization — Smashing Magazine
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www.smashingmagazine.com - Eric is the founder of UI UX Training where he leads workshops focused on UX research, design facilitation, and UX copywriting. He has spent the past 18 years … More about Eric … Upgrade your inbox a…
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3 ways to use questions in usability testing
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blog.maze.design - Let’s be honest: we all know that good design is good business. Over the past decades, design rose to occupy an essential role in business success. Design-centric organizations such as Google and Air…
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What's the Best Way to Share Your Work Online? | Webdesigner Depot
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www.webdesignerdepot.com - One of the things you must do as a freelancer is take charge of your professional (and financial) destiny. You have to be successful in finding and convincing clients to work with you because no one …
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The Art and Science of Designing with Motion
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medium.com - One year ago, I knew next to nothing about building motion. It didn’t help that the prospect sounded scary — motion means animating, right? And animating means I have to, what, design across time? I …
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Minimalist websites: what you need to know | Inside Design Blog
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www.invisionapp.com - In a day and age when users are becoming more impatient and tech burnout is becoming increasingly common, designing for calmness and clarity—so, minimally—is important for the success of any Internet…
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10 Modest yet Compelling Business Cards for Men - Onextrapixel
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onextrapixel.com - What do you expect from business cards for men? I believe the majority of people out there await for a piece of paper with a plain design that looks businesslike but boring. While this might have bee…
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Third-party JavaScript performance | web.dev
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web.dev - Find out how third-party JavaScript can affect performance and what you can do to keep it from slowing down your sites. Third-party JavaScript generally refers to scripts embedded in your website tha…
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Bounce Element Around Viewport in CSS | CSS-Tricks
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css-tricks.com - Let's say you were gonna bounce an element all around a screen, sorta like an old school screensaver or Pong or something. You'd probably be tracking the X location of the element, increasing or decr…
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How To Cultivate The Rare Leadership Skill Few Possess
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www.forbes.com - When was the last time you were wrong? Did you freely admit it? And were you willing to accept it? This quality is known as "intellectual humility," and for leaders, it's become increasingly rare. Ma…
ENVIRONMENT
The Chrysler Air Raid Siren Was So Powerful it Could Induce Rain
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www.amusingplanet.com - The Chrysler Air Raid Siren was the size of a car. It measured twelve feet long and six feet high, and weighed an estimated 3 short tons. The gigantic siren was powered by a 180 horsepower eight-cyli…
POLITICS
Trump "damaging" our democracy with baseless voter fraud claims, Federal Election Commission chair warns
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www.newsweek.com - Federal Elections Commission Chair Ellen Weintraub called out President Donald Trump on Monday for making repeated and unfounded claims about rampant nationwide voter fraud. "Facts matter," Weintraub…
BUSINESS
How a Network of Small Town Hospitals Was Driven Into the Ground
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www.thedailybeast.com - By Barbara Feder Ostrov and Lauren Weber | Kaiser Health News SWEET SPRINGS, Missouri—The money was so good in the beginning, and it seemed it might gush forever, right through tiny country hospitals…
SCIENCE
Space Photos of the Week: Sun Spotting
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www.wired.com - Much of how the Sun works remains a mystery: It has its own weather cycles, which we are just beginning to understand, for starters, and scientists are unsure how the solar wind—a major component in …
BUSINESS
The professor who was ostracized for claiming the Civil War was about slavery – in 1911
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www.rawstory.com - Sometimes when we’re poking around in an archive, we come across century-old documents that are strangely relevant. That’s what the story of Enoch Marvin Banks became to me. An aging letter from 1911…
SCIENCE
A new biography reveals the Koch brothers' very early role in creating organized climate denial
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boingboing.net - The Koch brothers are quite an enigma: on the one hand, they owe their vast fortune to extremely long-range planning: Charles Koch is famously contemptuous of entrepreneurs who take their companies p…
TECHNOLOGY
Unearthing the Ancients: Discovery of the Tomb of Tutankhamun
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www.ancient-origins.net - The ancient age of Egypt, the enigmatic pharaohs and the rich history of the Nile valley , are without a doubt one of the most exciting and wondrous aspects of modern archaeology. Filled with several…
LEISURE
This is how to tell if your boss really likes you
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www.fastcompany.com - In an ideal world, people would get promoted and advance their careers based on their actual job performance and what they contribute to their organization. In the real world, however, most people mo…
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New York Times Magazine’s powerful ‘1619 Project’ is now in podcast form
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www.fastcompany.com - Four hundred years ago, the first African slave was dragged against their will to the land that would become the United States. To mark that solemn occasion and reflect on the impact of slavery throu…
POLITICS
Stacey Abrams Is Playing the Long Game
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www.theatlantic.com - Read: The Georgia governor’s race has brought voter suppression info full view In recent years, a wave of GOP-led states, under the guise of staving off voter fraud, has pushed initiatives including …
LEISURE
Pre-Columbian Explorers in the Americas: The Hard Evidence
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www.ancient-origins.net - These days, few people still believe Christopher Columbus was the first explorer to travel to the “New World.” But there is still a debate over whether adventurers and explorers from Europe, Asia, an…
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Building Virtual Worlds Is a New Form of Self-Expression
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www.wired.com - Recently, a 23-year-old college student named Nick tried out a new pastime: building 3D virtual worlds. He got his hands on Dreams, a game by Media Molecule that gives people tools to create digital …
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This startup wants to clear cities of cigarette butts using crows (yes, the bird)
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thenextweb.com - Sometimes you run into an idea that seems so ridiculous, you simply have to know more about it – even if it’s just to scoff at idiocy. In most cases, thankfully, that’s where it ends. But in some rar…
BUSINESS
Wriggling Around Law, Insurers Deny Coverage for Breastfeeding Help
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undark.org - Amy Bassett, an international board-certified lactation consultant (IBCLC) in Orlando, Florida, was surprised when she started getting calls for breastfeeding help from families with Aetna insurance …
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A Brand New Type of Supernova Was Just Discovered - Nerdist
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nerdist.com - It seems like black holes or exoplanets are constantly in the news these days, as telescopes pick up more and more celestial objects in more and more detail. But supernovas haven’t been getting too m…
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Local Historians To Rebuild A 2000-year-old Romano-Celtic Temple
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www.ancient-origins.net - A group of local history enthusiasts in Britain have announced an amazing project. They have secured permission to rebuild a 2000-year-old Romano- Celtic temple. The remains of the place of worship w…
WORLD
The US Army Is Struggling to Staff Its Cyber Units: GAO
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www.nextgov.com - The U.S. Army is struggling to staff, train, and equip its new cyber and electronic warfare units, and officials haven’t assessed how those challenges will affect the Pentagon’s digital capabilities,…
TECHNOLOGY
Stop Falling For This Facebook Scam
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www.forbes.com - Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg Photo credit: ASSOCIATED PRESS People are still falling for this Facebook scam - and it needs to stop. If you're on Facebook, undoubtedly you've seen this scam. Your frie…
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We Can Be Heroes: How the Nerds Are Reinventing Pop Culture
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www.wired.com - Pay attention to the structure. That's one of the first things they teach you when you start writing for television. If you want to tell a decent story, you have to be sure of its shape. You have to …
BUSINESS
Why Are We So Bad at Choosing the Right Job?
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hbr.org - What would be your perfect job? Although there are well-defined parameters around what people actually want from work, our career-related choices are not always consistent with those parameters — eve…
LEISURE
This Australian company gives employees 12 weeks of ‘life leave’ every year
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matadornetwork.com - While Americans are struggling to cram all their vacation dreams into their two weeks of PTO each year, Australians — at least, those who work for this company — are planning epic three month-long tr…
TECHNOLOGY
Google Go now available for “regular” Android devices
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androidcommunity.com - If you have an Android device that’s not so great when it comes to memory or storage space, Google’s lightweight versions of their most popular apps are pretty handy to have. One of these apps is Goo…
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Disney+ will be available in almost all devices, platforms
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androidcommunity.com - When Disney officially announced their upcoming on-demand streaming service Disney+, they didn’t specifically mention where it would be available at launch. They mentioned you would be able to access…
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XIAOMI MI 9T PRO arriving soon in Europe, still affordable
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androidcommunity.com - As expected, Xiaomi is launching another variant of the flagship Mi 9. The Xiaomi Mi 9T Pro is ready. It’s slightly different from the Xiaomi Mi 9 and Mi 9T if we are to look at the list of specs and…
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Messages 4.7 update now allows quick delete of several messages
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androidcommunity.com - Android Messages may be not as popular yet but once Google rolls it out to a wider audience, expect more people will love it. The feature has been around for years now and it’s been integrated with m…
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Facebook now lets you view (and delete) Off-Facebook Activity
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androidcommunity.com - If you’ve always wondered why ads from websites you’ve visited follow you on Facebook, that’s because they have tools like Login with Facebook, like and comment, and pixels. But you don’t really have…
TECHNOLOGY
Moto RAZR foldable phone will be more compact, more affordable
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androidcommunity.com - Motorola foldable phone has already been confirmed earlier this year. It could be the new MOTO RAZR with some of the specs listed. We’ve already seen the patent granted and several image renders. The…
TECHNOLOGY
OPPO Reno 2 surfaces on TENAA, official launch impending
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androidcommunity.com - The OPPO Reno 2 is coming and it seems the official launch is about to happen. The new phone has recently reached TENAA. This is the Chinese FCC which tells us a device is almost ready for announceme…
TECHNOLOGY
Microsoft’s SMS Organizer now available in US, UK, Australia
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androidcommunity.com - You’ve probably gotten used to having your emails automatically sorted into categories with apps like Gmail, Yahoo, Outlook, etc. But what if you could do the same to your text messages? Microsoft, w…
TECHNOLOGY
Nokia 3V launched by HMD as a Verizon-exclusive phone offering
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androidcommunity.com - The Nokia 3 phone has been around since the early days when HMD Global gave the Finnish brand a new lease in life. The budget phone has received several updates including Android 7.1.1, Oreo, and And…
POLITICS
Florida Man Has Firearms Rights Taken Away Over Mistaken Identity
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www.ammoland.com - St. Cloud, FL –-(Ammoland.com)- Last Wednesday, Jonathan Carpenter of Osceola County, Florida was sitting at home when a mail carrier knocked on his front door. The postal carrier had Carpenter signe…
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Sebring man arrested for botching castration on victim he met on dark web, deputies say
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www.wfla.com - SEBRING, Fla. (WFLA) – A Highlands County man is behind bars after deputies say he performed a botched castration in his home on a man he met through the dark web. The Highlands County Sheriff’s Offi…
SCIENCE
A new theory describes how hate travels across social media platforms and around the world — and one researcher compares it to water boiling
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www.cnbc.com - The study found that hate clusters often regenerate and spread across platforms and around the world, even when they are banned. For example, after Facebook banned the KKK, nearly 60 KKK clusters con…
TECHNOLOGY
The Death of the Customer Journey: an Interview With Judd Marcello
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loyalty360.org - Marketers are quick to throw around the term “customer journey,” which has no doubt become the marketing buzzword for the digital age. But does it truly exist? And do we as marketers have any real in…
POLITICS
The Morning Briefing: Trump Triggers the Israel Haters
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pjmedia.com - While it is true that President Trump's mere presence in the White House is a constant thorn in the sides of leftists everywhere, it is often quite entertaining when he takes things up a notch and de…
TECHNOLOGY
SPI 385: The Next BIG Thing for Marketers Is . . . Email?
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www.smartpassiveincome.com - Pat Flynn: It is getting harder now. It’s getting harder to reach the audience who has said they want to hear from us on our Facebook pages. That’s where I first saw this happening. This was a number…
WORLD
5 Indicted for Alleged Scheme to Steal Millions From Military Members and Veterans
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www.govexec.com - The Justice Department unsealed a 14-count indictment Wednesday charging five people with identity theft and fraud that targeted military members and veterans. U.S. Attorney John Bash charged Robert …
LEISURE
TSP Flexibilities Are Weeks Away, and More
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www.govexec.com - In less than four weeks, the agency that administers the federal government’s 401(k)-style retirement savings program will flip the switch and implement several changes aimed at making it easier for …
POLITICS
Leaked Immigration Court Official’s Directive Could Violate Rules That Protect Families From Deportation
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www.revealnews.org - A high-ranking immigration court official has issued a requirement to judges in New York City that deportation cases involving families “MUST BE COMPLETED WITHIN 365 DAYS,” according to documents obt…
LEISURE
The Best Mod Clothing Stores in London
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www.ldnfashion.com - Mod fashion most certainly didn’t die out after the ‘60s. On the contrary, the Mod subculture continues to thrive – although it’s evolved significantly from its coffee bar and Vespa scooter beginning…
TECHNOLOGY
Microsoft Contractors Listened to Voice Recordings of Xbox Owners - Thurrott.com
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www.thurrott.com - Microsoft has been listening to audio recordings of Xbox users. A new report from Motherboard claims that Microsoft contractors listened to audio clips of Xbox users collected from Kinect and Cortana.
TECHNOLOGY
Facebook Now Lets You Control Data That It Gets From Third-Party Apps and Sites - Thurrott.com
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www.thurrott.com - Facebook is soon going to give you control over your data around the web. As you may already know, Facebook gets a lot of data from third-party websites and apps which it then uses for advertising. T…
TECHNOLOGY
NVIDIA GPUs Get New Ultra-Low Latency Mode, Integer Scaling, More - Thurrott.com
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www.thurrott.com - At Gamescom, NVIDIA announced the launch of an update to its Game Ready Driver for its GPUs. The company is introducing a number of new features aimed at professional gamers. NVIDIA is adding a new u…
TECHNOLOGY
Microsoft Has No Further Plans to Bring Xbox Exclusives to Nintendo Switch - Thurrott.com
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www.thurrott.com - Microsoft’s been doing something we haven’t really seen the company do much in the past: bringing it’s exclusive Xbox games to third-party consoles. The company first brought Studio MDHR’s Cuphead to…
TECHNOLOGY
Twitter Tests Tweaked Navigation on Mobile As It Looks to Push Explore - Thurrott.com
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www.thurrott.com - Twitter is testing a tweaked design for its iOS app. The company quietly rolled out a small update to the Twitter for iPhone app to a small number of users this evening. The update introduces a coupl…
TECHNOLOGY
Apple Delays Privacy Crackdown in Kids Apps Following Developer Concerns - Thurrott.com
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www.thurrott.com - Back at WWDC, Apple announced some changes to its App Store policies. One of the main changes the company announced was its crackdown on kids apps to help keep kids safe online. As part of the change…
BUSINESS
NSA Houston Professional Workshop - September 2019 Phil Gerbyshak - Power Selling with LinkedIn
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nsahouston.org - Do you want to grow your business faster? Do you know how to leverage the leads you already have? Wondering how to earn referrals? Join Phil Gerbyshak as he answers all these questions and more in Po…
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The Person Always at the Scene of the Crime… by Randy Gage
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www.randygage.com - Home | Blog | The Person Always at the Scene of the Crime… I want to build on the last post and the new podcast coming out today, going deeper on the subject of taking responsibility for your own pro…
SPORTS
7 Rules for Giving Feedback to the Boss and Surviving to Tell About It
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leadershipfreak.blog - Few things in organizational life are more dangerous than speaking truth to power. But isolated leaders become arrogant, indulgent, and authoritarian. Incompetent leaders count on reluctance to maint…
ADULT
08-21-2019 - [X&Y] What Every Man With A Hot, Sexy Girlfriend Must Know
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archive.aweber.com - ===== GET IT RIGHT THE FIRST TIME...AND KEEP DOING WHAT'S RIGHT So many couples break up nowadays that many people are saying, "Why bother?" when it comes to relationships. That's a shame. Despite th…
TECHNOLOGY
Scientist: Major cyberattack could be as bad as nuclear war
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futurism.com - We already know what kind of damage a nuclear weapon attack can do — and according to a computer science expert, a cyberattack could now be just as devastating. “As someone who studies cybersecurity …
LEISURE
'Rip-off' wine duty tax targeted by UK campaign group - Decanter
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www.decanter.com - Eighty-one percent of adults surveyed drank wine in the past year, compared to 79% for both beer and spirits, according to a YouGov poll of 2,000 UK drinkers. And 28% of those surveyed chose wine as …
LEISURE
Green wine: Top organic Napa wineries to visit - Decanter
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www.decanter.com - Organic and sustainable farming practices have long been a part of the winemaking ethos in Napa Valley, long before organics became trendy. Today, many of Napa’s organically certified wineries are gl…
LEISURE
Larkmead considers life after Napa Cabernet with trial vineyard - Decanter
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www.decanter.com - Larkmead Vineyards has started planting a 1.2-hectare (three-acre) research vineyard at its base in Calistoga. Grape varieties to be planted include Chenin Blanc, Petite Sirah and Zinfandel, as well …
BUSINESS
Fresh Features & Functionalities: A Six Month Look back at What’s New in Moz Pro
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moz.com - If you’re anything like me, you might be wondering how the heck it's already August — where did the first half of the year go? As we move into the last months of 2019, it’s a great time to reflect on…
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Santa Maria Valley AVA and must try wines - Decanter
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www.decanter.com - In 1981, Santa Maria Valley became the first region in Santa Barbara County to receive AVA status, and the second in the state behind the Napa Valley. Jim Clendenen and Adam Tolmach founded Au Bon Cl…
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Record numbers sign up for WSET wine courses - Decanter
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www.decanter.com - A record 108,557 people took a qualification with the Wine & Spirits Education Trust (WSET) or one of its approved partners around the world in the 2018/19 academic year. That is a 15% increase from …
LEISURE
Lucas Dobson: Body found in Kent river confirmed as missing six-year-old boy
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news.sky.com - A body found in a river in Kent has been confirmed as that of six-year-old Lucas Dobson, who fell in during a fishing trip on Saturday. Lucas was swept away by the current after falling into the Rive…
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Spain issues international alert after country's biggest ever listeria outbreak
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news.sky.com - Spain has issued an international alert after the number affected by the country's biggest ever listeria outbreak rose to 150. A 90-year-old woman has been killed by the infection as the health minis…
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UK Bank Holiday weather: Record temperatures may be ahead
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news.sky.com - The UK could be set to enjoy record-breaking August bank holiday temperatures of 33C (91.4F) after a wet and windy month, the Met Office has said. South-easterly winds are expected to draw warm air f…
ENVIRONMENT
Jeremy Corbyn calls urgent meeting on tactics to halt no-deal Brexit
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news.sky.com - Jeremy Corbyn has invited the leaders of other political parties from across parliament to an urgent meeting to discuss "all tactics available" to prevent a no-deal Brexit. The Labour leader has also…
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Microplastics that can be absorbed into the body found in UK tap water
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news.sky.com - The World Health Organisation has called for urgent research on the risks of microplastic to human health after confirming that tiny fragments are found in drinking water. In its first assessment of …
SCIENCE
Daily Readiness Monitoring: Utilizing the PUSH Band in the Sport of Track Cycling // PUSH // The Ultimate VBT System
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www.trainwithpush.com - The PUSH Band provides an excellent way to solve all of these problems by gauging performance in a small and portable way that can be implemented in all scenarios. Specifically, the “Arms Fixed Count…
TECHNOLOGY
Australian Investigative Journalist Exposes Mainstream Media Betrayal of Assange - Global Research
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www.globalresearch.ca - At a Sydney “Politics in the Pub” meeting on Thursday night, award-winning Australian journalist Mark Davis revealed new first-hand information exposing the extent of the betrayal of Julian Assange b…
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The Strategic “Gamification” of Training and Why I Love “Speed Gate Golf” - Just Fly Sports Performance
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www.just-fly-sports.com - - Find the best lifts for sprinting vs. jumping - How to peak when it counts, and more! Please allow up to 12 hour to recieve response. Email may be filtered into a spam file according to your email …
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Over Recovery Syndrome - ELITETRACK
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elitetrack.com - I have identified a new syndrome – the over-recovered athlete. I look at the landscape and I see athletes and teams spending as much or more time doing ice baths, cryotherapy massage etc. as they do …
ART & ENTERTAINMENT
Chillwave: a momentary microgenre that ushered in the age of nostalgia
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www.theguardian.com - When I think of the so-called “summer of chillwave”, I remember sitting at a desk in a giant office in midtown Manhattan, shivering in the air conditioning and listening to songs about the beach. It …
BUSINESS
Australia Joins U.S.-Led Shipping Protection Mission in Strait of Hormuz
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www.breitbart.com - A series of attacks on merchant vessels in the past few months has disrupted shipping through the area, which the United States has blamed on Iran. Tehran has denied the accusations. Australia’s effo…
ADULT
Wild Video: Woman Stabs President Trump Piñata with Knife in Fit of Rage
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www.infowars.com - A Mexican woman furiously stabs a Trump piñata, in a shocking video circulating on social media. In the video, the woman who is shouting obscenities in Spanish uses a large butcher knife to repeatedl…
POLITICS
Trump Tells LaPierre That Universal Background Checks A Non-Starter
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bearingarms.com - According to polling, universal background checks are pretty popular in this country. In fact, if the numbers are accurate, it almost stands to reason a fair number of gun owners also support univers…
WORLD
Tlaib Goes Toe to Toe with Detroit Police over Facial Recognition Software
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www.breitbart.com - “@detroitpolice You should probably rethink this whole facial recognition bulls**t,” Tlaib tweeted Tuesday, linking to a Vice article detailing Sen. Bernie Sanders’ (I-VT) exhaustive criminal justice…
TECHNOLOGY
Tucker Carlson Examines Sen. Mike Lee's Evolution on Google -- 'Maybe It's Every Bit as Corrupt as It Seems' | Breitbart
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www.breitbart.com - Tuesday during his prime time Fox News Channel program, Tucker Carlson offered an assessment of Sen. Mike Lee’s (R-UT) evolution on Google. According to the “Tucker Carlson Tonight” host, Lee was onc…
WORLD
Virginia Republicans Offer Real Alternative To Gun Control Push
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bearingarms.com - The Virginia Crime Commission has concluded two days of hearings on gun control bills, crime fighting measures, mental health proposals, and more. The commission, which is an offshoot of the Republic…
WORLD
Take two: New DHS rule to restart zero-tolerance border enforcement?
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hotair.com - Fourteen months after a court order ended the Trump administration’s zero-tolerance policy on illegal immigration, Homeland Security will take steps to undo the basis of that action. Later today, DHS…
POLITICS
Trump backs off background checks -- but green light on red flag laws?
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hotair.com - Hey, he never promised you a Rose Garden … ceremony. After publicly endorsing the expansion of background checks for firearms sales, Donald Trump has reversed himself after hearing from Republican al…
POLITICS
Hawley, Bozell Slam Facebook Bias Report
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www.newsmax.com - A Facebook audit of anti-conservative bias claims was panned by liberals for being inconclusive and slammed as a "smokescreen disguised as a solution" by Sen. Josh Hawley, R-Mo., Politico reported. "…
BUSINESS
Rand Paul Renews Call for Auditing Federal Reserve
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www.newsmax.com - Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky., on Wednesday reiterated his longstanding call for an audit of the Federal Reserve in an all-capital-letters tweet that echoed similar concerns by President Donald Trump. "IT SH…
ART & ENTERTAINMENT
Spike Lee on Trump: 'Why Are We Still Asking Is This Guy a White Supremacist?' -- 'It’s Not Even the Question' | Breitbart
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www.breitbart.com - Tuesday on CNN’s “Anderson Cooper 360,” director Spike Lee declared President Donald Trump was a white supremacist. Discussing the legacy of slavery in America, Lee said, “I think that most woke hist…
POLITICS
The moment I realized Biden's candidacy is doomed
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hotair.com - I mentioned this clip in a post this morning but reading about it is one thing and watching it is another. I don’t think I’ve ever seen a pitch based on “electability” quite this naked — or depressin…
WORLD
EXCLUSIVE VIDEO: Los Zetas Cartel Blames Mexican Border State Violence on Fake Rivals
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www.breitbart.com - A video exclusively obtained from U.S. law enforcement sources shows the moment when two CDN gunmen identified as “Pantera” and “Santos” hang a banner from a pedestrian bridge near one of Monterrey’s…
ART & ENTERTAINMENT
Piano-Playing Cat Inspires Musical Copy-cats
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marcome.com - August 28, 2009 by Marcomé Filed under New Age Music, Well Being & Self Growth Nora, the adorable, has been all over the Internet and talk show television recently. She is the amazing piano-playing c…
POLITICS
'Storm Area 51' Prompts Nevada Officials to Examine Emergency Plans
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www.newsmax.com - Fearing they could be overwhelmed with visitors, officials in the remote Nevada county that's home to the Area 51 military base have drafted an emergency declaration and a plan to team resources with…
EDUCATION
1,000+ Kentucky Teache Broke the Law in #RedforEd 'Sick Outs'
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www.breitbart.com - But none of the 1,074 teachers who broke the law will be fired or prosecuted, Secretary of Labor David Dickerson said. Instead, they were given a one-time warning, with the promise of future conseque…
ART & ENTERTAINMENT
Wednesday August 21st – Open Thread
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theconservativetreehouse.com - Romans 5:1 ¶ Therefore being justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ: 2 By whom also we have access by faith into this grace wherein we stand, and rejoice in hope of …
WORLD
Trump to Stop Fast-Tracking Work Permits for Migrants to Take U.S. Jobs
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www.breitbart.com - An order issued this week by the United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) gives guidance to federal adjudicators to only consider providing foreign nationals who are paroled into th…
WORLD
India Weighing Preemptive Nuclear Strike In Response to Kashmir
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www.breitbart.com - The declaration came days after Beijing, through its state-run Global Times, cautioned of a potential nuclear war over its Kashmir moves. Any steps taken by a nuclear-armed India to provoke a nuclear…
WORLD
Psych researcher hits back at Hillary’s ‘blatant lies’ about Google voter manipulation
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www.infowars.com - Renowned psychologist Robert Epstein blew the lid off Big Tech’s censorship and voter manipulation, and now he’s shifting focus to the woman who gained the most from the scam in 2016. .@HillaryClinto…
ART & ENTERTAINMENT
Retaliation: White House staffers now leaking about how badly Scaramucci treated them
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hotair.com - How pissed is Trump at Scaramucci for turning on him? Exhibit A: Pushing innuendos about the guy’s wife. ….got fired. Wrote a very nice book about me just recently. Now the book is a lie? Said his wi…
WORLD
Swedish Police Accidentally Blow Up Own Building After Bomb Discovery
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www.breitbart.com - The moped containing what has been described as some form of plastic explosive covered with nails was discovered on Monday afternoon by officers in a stolen property room, and led to the evacuation o…
ART & ENTERTAINMENT
City ignores business owner's pleas for help: 'Downtown LA is a hellscape'
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hotair.com - NBC4 in Los Angeles reported Tuesday that a business owner in downtown LA has been trying for months to get the city to clean up a homeless camp set up in an alley directly behind his business. Howev…
POLITICS
Mitt Romney: Putin, Kim Deserve 'Censure,' Not 'Flattery'
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www.breitbart.com - Romney, an outspoken critic of the administration, jabbed the president without naming him in a prepared speech at an event held by the Sutherland Institute, a right-of-center think tank based in Sal…
ADULT
Cardi B to NYPD: ‘F*ck You' 'Suck a Fart and Suffocate On It'
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www.breitbart.com - “I find that shit so fucked up by the NYPD … it’s like this is really for the kids; Shorty was really coming out her pockets, just to help the community, and it was for kids to have a fun, positive d…
ART & ENTERTAINMENT
History forgot these female composers. An L.A. music writer is helping us remember
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www.latimes.com - American composer Anita Owen wrote her biggest hit song, “Sweet Bunch of Daisies,” in 1894. She was 20 at the time, a student at a convent outside Terre Haute, Ind. According to a 1910 article on fem…
WORLD
Confirmed: We've been negotiating with Venezuelan socialist party leaders
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hotair.com - Somebody needs a quick update on the definition of “secret.” Yesterday we talked about an Associated Press report claiming that the United States has been in secret discussions with some of the most …
BUSINESS
March For Our Lives Unveils Their Radical Gun Control Agenda
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bearingarms.com - March For Our Lives is one of many gun control groups out there, and there’s little to differentiate them from the other groups save for the youth of their founders. Like Brady or Giffords, they spaw…
BUSINESS
Media Preparing The Public For A Future Of Eating Bugs
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www.infowars.com - Though our ruling oligarchs are richer than ever and dining on $400 steaks covered with 24-karat edible gold leaf sheets, they’re actively preparing us plebs for a future of eating bugs. Videos and a…
TECHNOLOGY
Professor Robert Epstein: Hillary Clinton 'in Google's Pocket' | Breitbart
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www.breitbart.com - “This is going to hurt me to write, because I & my whole extended family have been strong supporters of the Clintons for decades,” wrote the liberal professor “I have a framed, signed letter from Bil…
ART & ENTERTAINMENT
Pilot: Prince Andrew Flew on Epstein's Jet with Teen 'Sex Slave' | Breitbart
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www.breitbart.com - Pilot David Rodgers, 66, said in a deposition that Prince Andrew and other VIP guests— including former President Bill Clinton, disgraced actor Kevin Spacey, and model Naomi Campbell— also flew on th…
POLITICS
CNN Poll – Democrat Candidates: Joe Biden Gains 7%, Kamala Harris Drops 12%…
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theconservativetreehouse.com - The latest CNN tracking poll shows the top five haven’t changed. However, Joe Biden increased by 7 percent from the previous poll (was 22%, now 29%); and the biggest loser is Senator Kamala Harris wh…
WORLD
Epstein’s Cellmate Told There Will be a “Price to Pay” if He Talks
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www.infowars.com - Jeffrey Epstein’s former cellmate claims he was told there would be a “price to pay” if he talked about the sex trafficker’s alleged suicide and is begging to be transferred to another jail. Ex-cop N…
EDUCATION
Poll: 60% of Americans Favor Free Public Four-Year College
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www.breitbart.com - According to the survey, respondents were asked two questions: The results of the 2019 #ENpoll reveal that free college now commands the support of three in five Americans. https://t.co/waQmEu7qFL @B…
ART & ENTERTAINMENT
Questlove to Executive Produce ‘Soul Train’ Broadway Musical
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www.rollingstone.com - Questlove will co-executive produce an upcoming Broadway musical based on Soul Train, the iconic music variety program that aired from 1971 to 2006. The play, tentatively slated to arrive in 2021 to …
POLITICS
Dem-Controlled House Set To Move On Banning Magazines
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bearingarms.com - Democrats currently have a lock on the House of Representatives, one they’ve used to pass tons of bills they know will go nowhere in the Senate. In fact, they’re trying to use that as a campaign tool…
SCIENCE
Incredibly Sick, Federally-Funded Experiments Are Happening Behind Closed Doors In Secret Laboratories All Over America
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www.infowars.com - Some of the things that are being done in the name of “scientific research” are almost too horrifying to talk about. But it is vitally important that we shine a light on these practices, because most…
WORLD
Biden reportedly told Obama he was too old to run
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hotair.com - Yesterday, Ed Morrissey talked about a report in Politico where the current crop of Democratic candidates (along with President Trump) who are above the age of 70 were described as “super-agers” who …
LEISURE
The 10 Dirtiest Places in Your Home That Can Make You Sick
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www.newsmax.com - When you think about the germiest parts of your home, the toilet and trash can seem like the obvious culprits, so it will come as a surprise to know that the less obvious places tend to be the dirtie…
WORLD
NBC: Draft Order Plans to Allow States, Cities to Deny Refugees
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www.newsmax.com - President Donald Trump and his administration are considering an executive order that would allow state and local jurisdictions to deny allowing refugees who have been approved for resettlement to en…
POLITICS
DOJ Dusts Off '68 'H. Rap Brown Law' to Prosecute Antifa
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www.newsmax.com - The U.S. Department of Justice is dusting off a rarely used 1968 anti-crime measure known as the "H. Rap Brown Law" to launch prosecutions of both the far-left Antifa and white supremacists, DOJ sour…
SCIENCE
Ivanka Trump Pushes Gun Control, Red Flag Laws at Trump 2020 Fundraiser Headlined by Dick Cheney
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www.infowars.com - The all new and advanced Super Male Vitality formula uses the newest extraction technology with even more powerful concentrations of various herbs and extracts designed to be even stronger. https://w…
WORLD
August 21st – 2019 Presidential Politics – Trump Administration Day #944
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theconservativetreehouse.com - — * USA * 🇺🇸 —-” Summer of MAGA ” —- 🇺🇸 * USA * –(440 days to E-Day) 🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸 2 days til President Trump leaves for G-7 in France 🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸 🦅 KAG while Making America Greater Again Thank …
TECHNOLOGY
American Gulag Death Of Jeffrey Epstein: Will Julian Assange Be Next?
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www.infowars.com - The death of millionaire sex offender Jeffrey Epstein behind bars should trigger “system-wide self-reflection” on how prisoners are treated. The Metropolitan Correctional Center “is sort of like an A…
SCIENCE
The Truth About Greta
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www.infowars.com - The all new and advanced Super Male Vitality formula uses the newest extraction technology with even more powerful concentrations of various herbs and extracts designed to be even stronger. https://w…
WORLD
Lawsuit: Epstein coerced girl into sex acts ... while on "work release" from the Palm Beach County jail
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hotair.com - I remind you up front that the “work release” in this case was only made possible through the largesse of Alex Acosta’s U.S. Attorney’s office, which allowed this remorseless degenerate to negotiate …
WORLD
New Rules on Migrant Children, Family Detentions Unveiled
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www.newsmax.com - The Trump administration unveiled new rules Wednesday that would allow officials to detain migrant families indefinitely while U.S. judges consider whether to grant them asylum. Acting Homeland Secur…
SPORTS
Feeling down? Read this and smile
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hotair.com - It’s only Tuesday, still with some 80 hours til the weekend starts. So, here’s a sweet little story to help get you through. You know Nathan Patterson? Probably not. A pretty nice kid, fresh-faced, 2…
POLITICS
Another Gaffe: Joe Biden Claims MLK, RFK Assassinated in the '70s'
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www.breitbart.com - The former vice president, who has worried even his staunchest allies in recent weeks for often confusing times and places, made the slip-up during a campaign appearance in Urbandale, Iowa. “Just lik…
WORLD
Biden Attacks Reporter: ‘You're Going to Go After Me No Matter What'
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www.breitbart.com - The incident in question started when Biden told voters he was not worried about the crowds his more liberal opponents were drawing. “What I’m trying to do is go around from town to town. And I’m dra…
BUSINESS
Infowars On The Ground In Hong Kong To Cover Anti-ChiCom Protests
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www.infowars.com - Infowars reporters Savanah Hernandez and Greg Reese are on the ground in Hong Kong to cover breaking developments on the pro-democracy demonstrations against Communist China, which have stretched int…
WORLD
Monitor: ISIS Expanding to Turkey, Afghanistan, Sri Lanka | Breitbart
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www.breitbart.com - ISIS members have established a footprint in India, Afghanistan, Sri Lanka, Saudi Arabia, Turkey, Democratic Republic of Congo, Burkina Faso, Mali, and Libya, the Hindustan Times (HT) reported on Aug…
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Computers, Technology and the Future!
Loyalty360 Reads: August 20, 2019
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loyalty360.org - Programs Marriott to Introduce Dynamic Pricing for Bonvoy Award Bookings Taking a cue from the airline industry, the hospitality brand has opted to use dynamic pricing in its loyalty program. “Starti…
POLITICS
Trump admin erases key environmental enforcement tool
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thehill.com - The Department of Justice (DOJ) is doing away with an enforcement tool that has been used in the past to get states and localities into compliance with environmental laws. Assistant Attorney General …
ART & ENTERTAINMENT
Elizabeth Warren meets her lookalike at Minnesota rally: 'We need to talk!'
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www.startribune.com - But try telling that to a crowd of fans gathered to see the U.S. senator and 2020 presidential candidate at a town hall at Macalester College on Monday evening. Oyen arrived at the rally wearing a bl…
BUSINESS
Sweden: Pepper Spray Sales Surge 90% Amidst Rape Concerns
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www.zerohedge.com - Sales of pepper spray in some areas of Sweden have surged as much as 90 per cent amidst concerns over the country’s rape problem. According to a report by Swedish newspaper Expressen, the Kjell & Com…
LEISURE
The Hottest Thing in Food Is Made of Peas, Soy, and Mung Beans
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www.bloomberg.com - Ethan Brown, chief executive officer of Beyond Meat Inc., doesn’t want to talk about his company’s stock price. He’s more than happy to talk about Beyond’s plant-derived meat matrix or its athlete sp…
TECHNOLOGY
A Guide to Deploying your React App with AWS S3
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medium.com - I’m Andrew and I am a JavaScript contractor based in London. In this post I will be guiding you through the process of deploying a React app on AWS S3. This tutorial includes setting up HTTPS, buying…
ART & ENTERTAINMENT
Opinion | Americans are racist or they are antiracist — there is no passive middle ground
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www.nbcnews.com - American University professor Ibram X. Kendi's new book, “How to Be an Antiracist,” begins with an account of how he once delivered a racist speech. Kendi participated in Prince William County’s 2000…
SPORTS
Colin Kaepernick reveals the specific police shooting that led him to kneel
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www.nbcnews.com - Free-agent quarterback Colin Kaepernick, about to enter a third consecutive autumn of NFL unemployment, revealed that a specific police shooting led to his activism. In an interview with online magaz…
TECHNOLOGY
Mercedes Caught Spying On Drivers With Tracking Devices, Sending Info To Bailiffs
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www.zerohedge.com - Mercedes has admitted to spying on drivers with covert tracking devices. The company says are only activated in "extreme circumstances," such as when finance customers have defaulted on payments - ho…
BUSINESS
The $30 Billion Exodus: Foreign Oil Firms Are Bailing on Canada
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www.bloomberg.com - Capital keeps marching out of Canada’s oil industry, with Kinder Morgan Inc.’s sale of its remaining holdings in the country on Wednesday adding to more than $30 billion of foreign-company divestitur…
ENVIRONMENT
Cooling goo sidewalks and other strange new weapons in the war on urban heat
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www.theguardian.com - Los Angeles can sometimes feel like a sprawling hellscape of heat: in the northern valleys and the southern city, metal playground equipment, car steering wheels, even the ground itself effectively b…
TECHNOLOGY
Kodak Moments Launches Compact, Affordable Photo Printing Experience
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loyalty360.org - We’re seeing many retailers innovate in customer experience to drive foot traffic. Macy’s is using seasonal installations. Kohl’s is accepting Amazon returns. Now, retailers can purchase a product to…
ENVIRONMENT
Hasbro Expands Program that Combines Recycling and Engagement
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loyalty360.org - If you’ve been watching the news or spending time on social media lately, you know that consumers are more concerned than ever about their plastic use. Eco-conscious consumers aren’t necessarily tryi…
HEALTH
Are Weight-Loss Pills Safe? | NutritionFacts.org
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nutritionfacts.org - Below is an approximation of this video’s audio content. To see any graphs, charts, graphics, images, and quotes to which Dr. Greger may be referring, watch the above video. Despite the myriad menu o…
POLITICS
CoinMarketCap Algorithm Changed: Is The Ranking Flawed?
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www.forbes.com - Out of those that were affected by the change, DAPS Coin was by far the worst. Adel de Meyer, the CEO of DAPS Coin woke up this weekend, discovering that DAPS Coin shifted out of position 176 to posi…
LEISURE
How Important Is The Land Around A Potential Home? - Lisa Eagan
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leaganrealty.com - When viewing a potential home, how much consideration should you give to the surrounding land? In many ways, the land should be carefully regarded, since land is the thing that is hardest to alter. Y…
SCIENCE
Drug Enforcement Administration Awards 130K Contract to Chainalysis
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www.thecoinspost.com - The Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA) has awarded Chainalysis with a $134,000 USD contract for a one year license to use their platform track cryptocurrencies used in drug related activities in Dark Web.…
SCIENCE
How Much CO2 Does A Single Volcano Emit?
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www.forbes.com - When volcanoes erupt, a large amount of material from the Earth's interior, including extraordinary amounts of carbon dioxide, are released into the atmosphere. European Geosciences Union Every volca…
LEISURE
Meet The 'Marrot,' Arby's Horrifying Meat Carrot
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www.cracked.com - If you're the type of person who wants to eat Arby's more now that they've dyed turkey breast orange and called it a carrot, you're also the type who slams into mountainsides that have tunnels painte…
ART & ENTERTAINMENT
How to Accept Yourself for Who You Are and Be Happy
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www.lifehack.org - We live in a world that constantly tells us what to do, how to act, what to be. Knowing how to be true to yourself and live the life you want can be a challenge. When someone asks how we are, we assu…
SCIENCE
Motivation in the workplace: create it with Octalysis - The Octalysis Group
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octalysisgroup.com - Most businesses are struggling to create happy and motivated people in the workplace. Unfortunately, this is not a new phenomenon. In fact, workers have been disengaged at work for decades. Despite a…
BUSINESS
Crypto Markets Dump $15 Billion as Bitcoin Heads Back Towards Four Figures – tribetica.com
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tribetica.com - A market wide dump this Wednesday has seen $15 billion exit crypto markets as Bitcoin leads them back down again. The choppy conditions have continued and BTC has remained range bound for now but thi…
TECHNOLOGY
Klompenmarkt Twello 40 Jaar – Nieuws – FORZA NIEUWS en FORZA MAGAZINE NIEUWS
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055nu.com - Op FORZA! vindt u realtime het allerlaatste nieuws verzameld uit meer dan 1000 online nieuwsbronnen waaronder: Voetbal, Politiek, PS3, Showbiz, Verkiezingen, Xbox360, Voetbal, WK, Financieel, Wielren…
WORLD
Ebola outbreak reaches remote, militia-run territory in Democratic Republic of Congo
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abcnews.go.com - A new case of Ebola has popped up in a remote, militia-controlled area in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo, hundreds of miles away from the epicenter of the yearlong outbreak. The patient…
ADULT
Porn Still Turning Up in the Federal Workplace Despite Ban
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www.rollcall.com - It’s been six years since Congress began banning federal employees from watching pornography in the workplace. But even though lawmakers have gradually added the rule to spending bills, implementing …
TECHNOLOGY
How Video Became a Dangerous Delivery Vehicle for Malware Attacks
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securityintelligence.com - Most employees have some awareness about malware attacks. Many probably know that you should never open an executable file from a stranger or install a thumb drive found in the parking lot, for examp…
ART & ENTERTAINMENT
Alyssa Milano Boasts About Her Past Abortions and the Joy They Brought Her
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pjmedia.com - In the neverending debate about abortion we often hear from the left how abortion is such a difficult, private decision—that we’re even having a public debate on the issue is somehow degrading or ant…
ART & ENTERTAINMENT
BuzzFeed’s new MoodFeed recommends content based on how you’re feeling – TechCrunch
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techcrunch.com - BuzzFeed is offering readers a new approach to finding content that fits the way they’re feeling right now. It’s not the boring old approach of following a link on social media or search, or of typin…
LEISURE
Facebook has coffee shops now. It’s only the beginning of the branded city of the future
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www.fastcompany.com - After facing years of privacy scandals, Facebook has announced plans to open a series of five “Facebook Cafes” across the U.K. by early September. There, you will be able to get a privacy checkup alo…
BUSINESS
Volocopter reveals its first commercial aircraft, the VoloCity air taxi – TechCrunch
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BUSINESS
Ryanair loses High Court battle over pilots strike - but says flights will go ahead
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TPS Consulting Daily
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tpsconsulting.blogspot.com - WORLD There could have been three more mass shootings if these men weren't stopped, authorities say Shared by MJ www.cnn.com - He faces four charges of illegal possession of large capacity magazines,…
ENVIRONMENT
PayPal-backed money lender Tala raises $110M to enter India – TechCrunch
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techcrunch.com - Tala, a Santa Monica, California-headquartered startup that creates a credit profile to provide uncollateralized loans to millions of people in emerging markets, has raised $110 million in a new fina…
BUSINESS
This Factor Makes You 45% Less Likely to Land a Job Interview | The Motley Fool
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www.fool.com - There are different reasons job candidates might struggle to land interviews. Sometimes, it boils down to missing skills. But in other cases, your lack of interview requests could be a matter of a pr…
BUSINESS
China Is Racing to Launch a Digital Currency Ahead of FB’s Libra
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cointelegraph.com - The People’s Bank of China (PBoC) is almost ready to launch its government-backed digital currency, official sources say. An Aug. 20 report from the CPC-owned English-language news portal China Daily…
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Famosos ARV: Elton John defiende al príncipe Harry y más entretenimiento
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www.telemundo.com - El cantante Elton John salió en defensa de los duques de Sussex después de fuertes críticas, Jenicka López honra a su madre con su figura y más. Jenicka López enfrenta críticas recordando que es hija…
EDUCATION
Prohíben hablar español a grupo de enfermeras puertorriqueñas en Florida
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www.telemundo.com - A estas enfermeras puertorriqueñas las contrataron por ser bilingüe pero ahora les prohíben hablar español Jenicka López enfrenta críticas recordando que es hija de Jenni Rivera Arrestan adolescente …
POLITICS
Computer from NASA’s Apollo program reprogrammed to mine bitcoin
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arstechnica.com - Among the many technological breakthroughs of NASA's Apollo project to land a man on the Moon was the Apollo Guidance Computer that flew onboard Apollo spacecraft. In an era when most computers were …
BUSINESS
At this rate, the rich could truly have it all just 33 years from now
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www.dallasnews.com - Mark your calendars. The rich will truly "have it all" just 33 years from now. Yup, that's when the top 10% of all households could have 100% of all the net worth in America. I learned that when I pr…
LEISURE
Bring your posse to Disrupt SF 2019 with group discounts – TechCrunch
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techcrunch.com - Disrupt San Francisco 2019, our flagship event on October 2-4, features three full days of programming, more than 10,000 attendees, over 1,200 exhibiting startups and sponsors — and that’s just for s…
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Peak Design’s Travel Duffel 35L is as simple or as powerful as you need it to be – TechCrunch
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techcrunch.com - A good, solid duffel bag is a mainstay for many travelers — especially those who like packing up a car for a weekend away, or frequent flyers who disdain the thought of checking a bag. Peak Design in…
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African incubator MEST has a new MD and 11 fresh startup investments – TechCrunch
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techcrunch.com - Pan-African incubator MEST announced investments in 11 startups from its 2019 cohort that will each receive $100,000 in financing. The $1.1 million backing for a graduating class is the largest to da…
TECHNOLOGY
YouTube is closing its private messages feature…and many kids are outraged – TechCrunch
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techcrunch.com - People love to share YouTube videos among their friends, which is why in mid-2017 YouTube launched a new in-app messaging feature that would allow YouTube users to private send their friends videos a…
SCIENCE
Waymo releases a self-driving open data set for free use by the research community – TechCrunch
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techcrunch.com - Waymo is opening up its significant stores of autonomous driving data with a new Open Data Set it’s making available for the purposes of research. The data set isn’t for commercial use, but its defin…
BUSINESS
Crossbeam gets $12.5M Series A to help companies organize their partnerships – TechCrunch
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techcrunch.com - When Crossbeam CEO and co-founder Bob Moore was working at previous startups, he noticed a problem around sharing information with potential partners. In fact, it was so acute he decided to create a …
TECHNOLOGY
Xiaomi launches Mi A3 Android One smartphone with 48MP rear camera in India for $181 – TechCrunch
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techcrunch.com - Google has found a committed Android One partner in Xiaomi . The Chinese electronics giant today launched in India the Mi A3 (its third Android One smartphone in recent years) as the company looks to…
LEISURE
Cosi raises €5M for its ‘full-stack’ hospitality alternative to boutique hotels – TechCrunch
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techcrunch.com - Cosi, a new Berlin-based startup operating in the hospitality space with an alternative to boutique hotels and managed short-stay apartments, has picked up €5 million in seed funding pre-launch. Lead…
TECHNOLOGY
Twitter picks up team from narrative app Lightwell in its latest effort to improve conversations – TechCrunch
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techcrunch.com - Twitter’s ongoing, long-term efforts to make conversations easier to follow and engage with on its platform is getting a boost with the company’s latest acquihire. The company has picked up the team …
BUSINESS
Only 3 days left: Get your 2-for-1 passes to Disrupt Berlin 2019 – TechCrunch
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techcrunch.com - Holy sonderangebot, startup fans — yet another special offer you don’t want to miss! You’ve got just three days left to take advantage of our a 2-for-1 summer flash sale on passes to Disrupt Berlin 2…
TECHNOLOGY
Daily Crunch: DoorDash acquires Scotty Labs – TechCrunch
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techcrunch.com - The Daily Crunch is TechCrunch’s roundup of our biggest and most important stories. If you’d like to get this delivered to your inbox every day at around 9am Pacific, you can subscribe here. 1. DoorD…
BUSINESS
ThredUp, whose second-hand goods will start appearing at Macy’s and JCPenney, just raised a bundle – TechCrunch
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techcrunch.com - ThredUp, the 10-year-old fashion resale marketplace, has a lot of big news to boast about lately. For starters, the company just closed on $100 million in fresh funding from an investor syndicate tha…
BUSINESS
Verified Expert Growth Marketing Agency: We Are Off The Record – TechCrunch
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techcrunch.com - Unlike most agencies, We Are Off The Record’s (WAOTR) mission is to advise and train in-house growth teams to scale their business. CEO and founder Bas Prass prides his team’s “train and transfer met…
ART & ENTERTAINMENT
The founding story of Patreon – TechCrunch
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techcrunch.com - It’s May 7, 2013 and Jack Conte is, in his own words, “totally exhausted, slash, totally wired, in that really weird in-between zone.” He has spent 18 hours per day for the last 50 days building a re…
TECHNOLOGY
After a breakout year, looking ahead to the future of podcasting – TechCrunch
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techcrunch.com - 2019 has been a breakout year for podcasting. According to Edison Research’s Infinite Dial report, more than half of Americans have now listened to a podcast, and an estimated 32% listen monthly (up …
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Eminem’s publisher accuses Spotify of copyright infringement in new lawsuit – TechCrunch
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techcrunch.com - Eminem’s music publisher Eight Mile Style has filed a lawsuit against Spotify, accusing the service of “blatant copyright infringement” in streaming “Lose Yourself” and other Eminem songs. As explain…
TECHNOLOGY
Apple exec Susan Prescott is coming to TechCrunch Sessions: Enterprise – TechCrunch
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techcrunch.com - Susan Prescott, Apple’s vice president of markets, apps and services, has been at Apple since 2003. She worked with the company’s co-founder Steve Jobs, and has witnessed such milestones as the launc…
TECHNOLOGY
Deadline extended one week: apply to Hardware Battlefield @ TC Shenzhen – TechCrunch
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techcrunch.com - Whether you’re a time-crunched procrastinator or a last-minute decision-maker we have great news for early-stage hardware startup founders! You get one more week to apply to compete in Hardware Battl…
BUSINESS
Workspace provider Knotel secures $400M, putting it in WeWork’s rear-view mirror – TechCrunch
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techcrunch.com - While some analysts are calling WeWork’s IPO filing a “masterpiece of obfuscation,” the esteemed tech observer Professor Scott Galloway simply calls it “WeWTF.” There is another company that is comin…
SCIENCE
Second docking adapter for commercial crew vehicles installed on International Space Station – TechCrunch
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techcrunch.com - The International Space Station is now more than ready for crew-carrying spacecraft flown by commercial companies to pay it a visit: The second planned International Dock Adapter (IDA) was installed …
TECHNOLOGY
Box introduces Box Shield with increased security controls and threat protection – TechCrunch
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techcrunch.com - Box has always had to balance the idea of sharing content broadly while protecting it as it moved through the world, but the more you share, the more likely something can go wrong, such as misconfigu…
BUSINESS
Splunk acquires cloud monitoring service SignalFx for $1.05B – TechCrunch
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techcrunch.com - Splunk, the publicly traded data processing and analytics company, today announced that it has acquired SignalFx for a total price of about $1.05 billion. Approximately 60 percent of this will be in …
TECHNOLOGY
Andrew Ng’s AI companies expand to Medellin, Colombia – TechCrunch
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techcrunch.com - After his tenure as chief scientist at Baidu, Andrew Ng, the founder of the Google Brain project and former CEO of Coursera, set up a number of different projects that all focus on making AI more app…
TECHNOLOGY
Google denies reports of unannounced changes to Android app review process – TechCrunch
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techcrunch.com - Multiple reports this week claimed Google had quietly rolled out a more in-depth app review process to all developers — changes designed to keep the Play Store safer from spam, malware and copycat ap…
TECHNOLOGY
Kobiton raises a $5.2M Series A round for its mobile testing platform – TechCrunch
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techcrunch.com - Kobiton, an Atlanta-based mobile testing platform that helps developers test their apps on real devices using the open-source Appium automation framework, today announced that it has raised a $5.2 mi…
WORLD
Europe’s top data protection regulator, Giovanni Buttarelli, has died – TechCrunch
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techcrunch.com - Europe’s data protection supervisor, Giovanni Buttarelli, has died. His passing yesterday, aged 62, was announced by his office today — which writes: It is with the deepest regret that we announce th…
BUSINESS
MoviePass security lapse exposed customer card numbers – TechCrunch
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techcrunch.com - Movie ticket subscription service MoviePass has exposed tens of thousands of customer card numbers and personal credit cards because a critical server was not protected with a password. Mossab Hussei…
TECHNOLOGY
SiriusXM undercuts rivals with $4 per month student subscription – TechCrunch
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techcrunch.com - SiriusXM is making its streaming service more affordable for younger consumers with the launch of a new subscription package for college students. While SiriusXM’s Premier package is $12.99 per month…
SCIENCE
Porsche invests in ‘low visibility’ sensor startup TriEye – TechCrunch
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techcrunch.com - Porsche’s venture arm has acquired a minority stake in TriEye, an Israeli startup that’s working on a sensor technology to help vehicle driver-assistance and self-driving systems see better in poor w…
TECHNOLOGY
Google updates to a cleaner, simpler Play Store design [Updated] – TechCrunch
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techcrunch.com - [Update: the Music tab has been relocated] Google’s Play Store has gotten a big visual makeover, the company announced today, with changes that include a cleaner look-and-feel, new navigation, an eas…
LEISURE
New investments to protect Montréal against floods and help create the largest urban park in Canada
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pm.gc.ca - Canadians are seeing firsthand the consequences of the climate crisis. Year after year, extreme weather events are becoming more frequent and more severe, threatening our health, safety, and local ec…
ENVIRONMENT
Des nouveaux investissements protégeront Montréal contre les inondations et contribueront à créer le plus grand parc urbain au pays
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pm.gc.ca - Les Canadiens constatent de leurs propres yeux les conséquences provoquées par la crise climatique. Année après année, les phénomènes météorologiques extrêmes s’aggravent et se multiplient, menaçant …
CRIME
'Joke or not, these types of comments are felonies': Police arrest Florida teen
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abcnews.go.com - A 15-year-old student was arrested in Central Florida after authorities said he made an online threat to shoot up his school. The teenage boy, who attends Seabreeze High School in Daytona Beach, alle…
LEISURE
60 free calligraphy fonts to bring charm to your designs – Learn
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www.canva.com - Finding the right calligraphy font for your needs can be a hard and arduous task. They are either too decorative and flashy for your simple designs or too simple and modern for your formal designs. C…
ART & ENTERTAINMENT
A Crash Course in Microcopy for Social Media Managers
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buffer.com - Copywriting is one of the most essential skills for a marketer to have. Good copy is everywhere! Websites, advertisements, blog posts, and especially on social media. We want to give you the tools to…
BUSINESS
Trump administration proposes daring cure for recession: More tax cuts for the rich
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www.salon.com - The Trump administration has floated a new round of tax cuts for the rich and slashing the payroll tax used to fund Social Security and Medicare to ease worries of a recession, which the White House …
LEISURE
Create an awesome design portfolio with these 20 pro tips – Learn
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www.canva.com - These days designers can easily share their work on the internet with just a few clicks. But back before the internet, designers had to put together physical, printed portfolios and get an interview …
ENVIRONMENT
Cleaning up the plastic in the ocean
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www.cbsnews.com - Take a look around, odds are you're surrounded by plastic. It's in our kitchens and in our bedrooms, it keeps our food fresh and our medicine safe. It is, in many ways, a miracle product. Cheap to pr…
SCIENCE
Iceland commemorates first glacier lost to climate change
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www.ctvnews.ca - Iceland on Sunday honoured the passing of Okjokull, its first glacier lost to climate change, as scientists warn that some 400 others on the subarctic island risk the same fate. As the world recently…
ART & ENTERTAINMENT
The Obamas’ first film, ‘American Factory,’ debuts on Netflix—and it’s getting crazy good reviews
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www.fastcompany.com - In May 2018 former President Barack Obama and Michelle Obama inked a multiyear agreement with Netflix to produce original series and films for the streaming giant, and today the first of those is ava…
LEISURE
The ‘minterns’ taking internships in their 30s
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www.bbc.com - Some, like Cavazos, have even renounced high-paying management positions for a chance at personal fulfilment. As an industrial engineer Cavazos lacked a sense of purpose; the unease deepened every ti…
ART & ENTERTAINMENT
‘I am the chosen one’: Trump again plays on messianic claims as he embraces ‘King of Israel’ title
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www.washingtonpost.com - By Sarah Pulliam Bailey Sarah Pulliam Bailey Reporter covering religion Email Bio Follow August 21 at 3:35 PM President Trump on Wednesday tweeted a fawning quote from a non-Jewish conservative radio…
POLITICS
German Colonists also Separated Children from Their Parents - Center for Holocaust & Genocide Studies
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thesocietypages.org - Germans also separated children from their parents. In a previously unknown collection at the National Archives of Namibia in Windhoek, I recently discovered documents that confirm colonial authoriti…
SCIENCE
One could fly to Mars in this spacious habitat and not go crazy
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arstechnica.com - Under a NASA contract, Sierra Nevada has built a prototype habitat module for the Lunar Gateway. Here, the expandable module is shown with an additional cargo storage area. The single module has the …
ART & ENTERTAINMENT
Review: Pitch-perfect Ready or Not is a sharp and witty blood-soaked delight
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arstechnica.com - An unsuspecting bride finds herself fighting for her life on her wedding night in Ready or Not, a wickedly funny, blood-soaked thriller that made its world premiere last month at the Fantasia Interna…
TECHNOLOGY
The US Navy says no to touchscreens—maybe automakers should, too
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arstechnica.com - The US Navy has had enough of touchscreens and is going back to physical controls for its destroyers, according to a report last week in USNI News. Starting next summer the Navy will refit its DDG-51…
TECHNOLOGY
Ring asks police not to tell public how its law enforcement backend works
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arstechnica.com - Amazon's Ring line of consumer home surveillance products enjoys an extensive partnership with local police departments all over the country. Cops receive free product, extensive coaching, and pre-ap…
TECHNOLOGY
After seven roof fires, Walmart sues Tesla over solar panel flaws
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arstechnica.com - Walmart filed a multi-million dollar lawsuit against Tesla on Tuesday. The retail giant says Tesla's "negligent installation and maintenance" of solar panels caused fires on the roofs of as many as s…
SPORTS
Dicey Dungeons review: Well, there goes another 100 hours of my life
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arstechnica.com - Apart from the whole “sentient die in a game show” thing, it’s a pretty apt metaphor for my experience with the highly addictive modern roguelike genre (or “roguelite,” depending on how uppity you wa…
SCIENCE
Your heatwave could be worse because of a drought somewhere else
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arstechnica.com - Long-lived heatwaves in the mid-latitudes are typically the result of an atmospheric pattern known as a “blocking high.” In a blocking high, the jet stream bends in a north-pointing ridge (in the Nor…
ART & ENTERTAINMENT
Badge life: The story behind DEFCON’s hackable crystal electronic badge
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arstechnica.com - LAS VEGAS—There are many things that make the DEFCON conference stand above all other hacking conferences. It's the largest, of course, with over 30,000 attendees, sprawling over four hotels in Las V…
TECHNOLOGY
GameStop lays off 120 corporate staffers as stock continues to tumble
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arstechnica.com - “While these changes are difficult, they were necessary to reduce costs and better align the organization with our efforts to optimize the business to meet our future objectives and success factors,"…
TECHNOLOGY
The year-long rash of supply chain attacks against open source is getting worse
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arstechnica.com - A rash of supply chain attacks hitting open source software over the past year shows few signs of abating, following the discovery this week of two separate backdoors slipped into a dozen libraries d…
TECHNOLOGY
Guidemaster: The best Nintendo Switch accessories you can buy in 2019
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arstechnica.com - Welcome to Ars Gaming Week 2019! As a staff full of gamers and game-lovers, we'll be serving up extra reviews, guides, interviews, and other stories all about gaming from August 19 to August 23. The …
ENVIRONMENT
While one Texas county shook off ransomware, small cities took full punch
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arstechnica.com - Few details have emerged about the coordinated ransomware attack that struck 22 local governments in Texas last week. But five local governments affected by the attack have been identified. On August…
ART & ENTERTAINMENT
Spider-Man is out of the MCU thanks to Sony/Disney standoff [Updated]
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arstechnica.com - Update, August 21,2019, 11:15 AM: Sony Pictures has released an official statement via Twitter, mostly focusing on what happened with regard to Kevin Feige's producer role: Much of today’s news about…
SPORTS
Remembering the best shareware-era DOS games that time forgot
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arstechnica.com - Welcome to Ars Gaming Week 2019! As a staff full of gamers and game-lovers, we'll be serving up extra reviews, guides, interviews, and other stories all about gaming from August 19 to August 23. Anyo…
TECHNOLOGY
Dealmaster: Get an Amazon Fire TV Stick for $30, or the 4K model for $40
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arstechnica.com - Greetings, Arsians! The Dealmaster is back with new deals to share today. Topping our list this afternoon are discounted Amazon Fire TV streaming sticks: now you can get the regular Fire TV Stick for…
TECHNOLOGY
Guidemaster: The best gaming headsets for your console or gaming rig
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arstechnica.com - Most people can meet their gaming audio needs with a good pair of headphones. But if you play lots of multiplayer games or frequently use your console/rig to chat with friends, a good gaming headset …
TECHNOLOGY
Why one PC developer turned down the security of Epic’s exclusivity offer
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arstechnica.com - Rise of Industry creator Alex Mochi, for instance, said in a screengrabbed Discord conversation that Epic's "deal didn't appeal to me" because "I want for as many people to have access to the game as…
TECHNOLOGY
New Nvidia driver update cuts latency down to the bone (Updated)
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arstechnica.com - In the world of high-end gaming graphics cards, improvements in benchmarks like frame rate, resolution, and sharpness dominate much of the discussion. But a new driver update for Nvidia cards today a…
ART & ENTERTAINMENT
First trailer for Jacob’s Ladder reboot looks as spooky as the 1990 original
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arstechnica.com - Over the last 19 years, Director Adrian Lyne's 1990 art house psychological thriller Jacob's Ladder has garnered a strong cult following for its unusual camera work, surreal nightmarish visions, and …
SCIENCE
Color-changing metal may provide early sign of illness
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arstechnica.com - Many of you will know that I mostly write about physics. My knowledge of human biology is limited to being reasonably certain that I have a body. At one point, some of my research could have had a me…
SPORTS
Building a better trivia game with a Jeopardy master and Magic’s creator
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arstechnica.com - Most of these seem like they could poke a kid's eye out. Richard Garfield and Ken Jennings' names feature prominently on the box. There aren't a lot of complicated rules or boards mucking things up. …
TECHNOLOGY
Tesla delays Autopilot price hike after missing “smart summon” deadline
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arstechnica.com - Elon Musk admitted Tuesday that Tesla is delaying a planned $1,000 price increase for its full self-driving package. The move comes after Tesla failed to release "smart summon" technology for parking…
SCIENCE
Researchers are creepily close to predicting when you’re going to die
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arstechnica.com - If death is in the cards, it may also be in your blood. Measurements of 14 metabolic substances in blood were pretty good at predicting whether people were likely to die in the next five to 10 years.…
SCIENCE
German physicists build “Schrödinger’s cat” out of 20 entangled qubits
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arstechnica.com - Schrödinger's cat is quite possibly the most famous paradox in physics, and rudimentary real-world versions have even been built in the laboratory. Now a team of German physicists has set a new recor…
ENVIRONMENT
Un conductor en Los Ángeles ha creado un método eficiente para lidiar con el tráfico (VIDEO)
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www.telemundo.com - Los Ángeles se encuentra en la lista de las 10 ciudades más congestionadas de los Estados Unidos. Es por eso que los conductores que residen en esta metrópolis tienen que encontrar la manera de “sobr…
ADULT
5 señales de que tu trabajo está destruyendo tu matrimonio
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laopinion.com - Si eres de los que trabajan día y noche pensando que haces todo ese sacrificio por tu familia, mejor piénsalo dos veces, ya que tu pareja podría estar sufriendo las consecuencias de que seas un worka…
TECHNOLOGY
Un gran asteroide potencialmente peligroso se acercará a la Tierra
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laopinion.com - Después de los pases próximos a la Tierra de los asteroides 2006 QQ23 y 2019 OU1, se informa que otro asteroide gigante se acercará más allá de la Tierra. El asteroide 1998 OR2 está siendo monitoread…
ART & ENTERTAINMENT
Murió un hombre por comer tacos de más
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www.telemundo.com - Un hombre que participó en un concurso de comer tacos, sufrió una convulsión y murió en el acto Prohíben hablar español a grupo de enfermeras puertorriqueñas en Florida Jenicka López enfrenta crítica…
LEISURE
Dos ex peloteros de grandes ligas arrestados por narcotráfico
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www.telemundo.com - Arrestan a 2 ex peloteros de las grandes ligas en República Dominicana acusados de participar en red de narcotráfico. Arrestan a turistas franceses por robar arena de una playa en Italia Rescatan a t…
LEISURE
Rescatan en alta mar a 4 venezolanos náufragos por 11 días
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www.telemundo.com - Rescatan en alta mar a 4 venezolanos perdidos por 11 días, después que naufragaron cuando intentaban llegar a República Dominicana. Turba ataca a policía que les pidió que bajaran el volumen de la mú…
LEISURE
Un hombre armado secuestra un autobús en Brasil con 37 pasajeros
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www.telemundo.com - Momentos de terror en un autobús en Brasil donde un sujeto tomó de rehenes a 37 pasajeros y amenazaba con incendiar el vehículo. Elton John ataca a la prensa en defensa del príncipe Harry Dos ex pelo…
SPORTS
3 Ways To Stop Following The Crowd And Trust Yourself | Dr. Isaiah Hankel | Focus, Create and Grow Your Way To Intelligent Achievement
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www.isaiahhankel.com - “Surround yourself with good people. People who are going to be honest with you and look out for your best interests.” Derek Jeter (MLB Player and 5X Gold Glover Winner) “Think twice before you speak…
LEISURE
How I Stay Sane when Life Spirals Out of Control
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byrslf.co - I don’t need to give you all the details of my wonderful, overly full life for you to understand that sometimes it feels like I’m spinning out of control. It is the norm for most of us. Stress is so …
LEISURE
How to Be Present When the Present Is Difficult
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goodlifezen.com - Courage doesn’t always roar. Sometimes courage is the quiet voice at the end of the day saying, ‘I will try again tomorrow. – Mary Anne Radmacher Courage doesn’t always roar. Sometimes courage is the…
LEISURE
15 lessons on money and marriage from couples who have been married 10+ years - I Will Teach You To Be Rich
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www.iwillteachyoutoberich.com - We asked members of the IWT community who have been married at least 10 years (aka “forever” in Hollywood years) to share their #1 piece of financial advice for couples. “Marry someone with the same …
TECHNOLOGY
Instagram and IGTV Video: 3 Examples of Great Business Content
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smallbusinessonlinecommunity.bankofamerica.com - Next to real-life communication, video on social media is the best way to connect with prospects, clients and customers. Yet social channels need to make video adjustments if they hope to compete wit…
SCIENCE
Vitalik Buterin Talks Scalability: ‘Ethereum Blockchain Is Almost Full’
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cointelegraph.com - Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin says the Ethereum blockchain is almost full. In an interview with The Star published Aug. 19, he said the hurdle that faces big organizations interested in the Eth…
BUSINESS
Binance Reveals ‘Venus’ — Its Own Project to Rival Facebook’s Libra
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cointelegraph.com - Top cryptocurrency exchange Binance is launching an open blockchain project “Venus” focused on developing localized stablecoins worldwide. In an announcement published today, Aug. 19, the exchange ar…
BUSINESS
Bank of America Files Patent for Multi-Tiered Digital Currency Wallet
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cointelegraph.com - United States-based investment banking company Bank of America (BofA) has filed a patent for a digital currency wallet with multiple layers of asset access. The proposed wallet would accept different…
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Sound Marketing: How Small Businesses Can Use Podcasts
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smallbusinessonlinecommunity.bankofamerica.com - Do you remember the first season of the podcast Serial, way back in 2014? Not only was it a captivating story, but the show launched podcasting into the stratosphere, becoming “an event.” The lone ad…
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Bringing A Better Design Process To Your Organization — Smashing Magazine
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www.smashingmagazine.com - Eric is the founder of UI UX Training where he leads workshops focused on UX research, design facilitation, and UX copywriting. He has spent the past 18 years … More about Eric … Upgrade your inbox a…
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3 ways to use questions in usability testing
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blog.maze.design - Let’s be honest: we all know that good design is good business. Over the past decades, design rose to occupy an essential role in business success. Design-centric organizations such as Google and Air…
SCIENCE
What's the Best Way to Share Your Work Online? | Webdesigner Depot
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www.webdesignerdepot.com - One of the things you must do as a freelancer is take charge of your professional (and financial) destiny. You have to be successful in finding and convincing clients to work with you because no one …
SCIENCE
The Art and Science of Designing with Motion
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medium.com - One year ago, I knew next to nothing about building motion. It didn’t help that the prospect sounded scary — motion means animating, right? And animating means I have to, what, design across time? I …
TECHNOLOGY
Minimalist websites: what you need to know | Inside Design Blog
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www.invisionapp.com - In a day and age when users are becoming more impatient and tech burnout is becoming increasingly common, designing for calmness and clarity—so, minimally—is important for the success of any Internet…
LEISURE
10 Modest yet Compelling Business Cards for Men - Onextrapixel
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onextrapixel.com - What do you expect from business cards for men? I believe the majority of people out there await for a piece of paper with a plain design that looks businesslike but boring. While this might have bee…
TECHNOLOGY
Third-party JavaScript performance | web.dev
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web.dev - Find out how third-party JavaScript can affect performance and what you can do to keep it from slowing down your sites. Third-party JavaScript generally refers to scripts embedded in your website tha…
SCIENCE
Bounce Element Around Viewport in CSS | CSS-Tricks
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css-tricks.com - Let's say you were gonna bounce an element all around a screen, sorta like an old school screensaver or Pong or something. You'd probably be tracking the X location of the element, increasing or decr…
SPORTS
How To Cultivate The Rare Leadership Skill Few Possess
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www.forbes.com - When was the last time you were wrong? Did you freely admit it? And were you willing to accept it? This quality is known as "intellectual humility," and for leaders, it's become increasingly rare. Ma…
ENVIRONMENT
The Chrysler Air Raid Siren Was So Powerful it Could Induce Rain
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www.amusingplanet.com - The Chrysler Air Raid Siren was the size of a car. It measured twelve feet long and six feet high, and weighed an estimated 3 short tons. The gigantic siren was powered by a 180 horsepower eight-cyli…
POLITICS
Trump "damaging" our democracy with baseless voter fraud claims, Federal Election Commission chair warns
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www.newsweek.com - Federal Elections Commission Chair Ellen Weintraub called out President Donald Trump on Monday for making repeated and unfounded claims about rampant nationwide voter fraud. "Facts matter," Weintraub…
BUSINESS
How a Network of Small Town Hospitals Was Driven Into the Ground
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www.thedailybeast.com - By Barbara Feder Ostrov and Lauren Weber | Kaiser Health News SWEET SPRINGS, Missouri—The money was so good in the beginning, and it seemed it might gush forever, right through tiny country hospitals…
SCIENCE
Space Photos of the Week: Sun Spotting
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www.wired.com - Much of how the Sun works remains a mystery: It has its own weather cycles, which we are just beginning to understand, for starters, and scientists are unsure how the solar wind—a major component in …
BUSINESS
The professor who was ostracized for claiming the Civil War was about slavery – in 1911
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www.rawstory.com - Sometimes when we’re poking around in an archive, we come across century-old documents that are strangely relevant. That’s what the story of Enoch Marvin Banks became to me. An aging letter from 1911…
SCIENCE
A new biography reveals the Koch brothers' very early role in creating organized climate denial
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Reg Saddler
boingboing.net - The Koch brothers are quite an enigma: on the one hand, they owe their vast fortune to extremely long-range planning: Charles Koch is famously contemptuous of entrepreneurs who take their companies p…
TECHNOLOGY
Unearthing the Ancients: Discovery of the Tomb of Tutankhamun
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Reg Saddler
www.ancient-origins.net - The ancient age of Egypt, the enigmatic pharaohs and the rich history of the Nile valley , are without a doubt one of the most exciting and wondrous aspects of modern archaeology. Filled with several…
LEISURE
This is how to tell if your boss really likes you
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www.fastcompany.com - In an ideal world, people would get promoted and advance their careers based on their actual job performance and what they contribute to their organization. In the real world, however, most people mo…
ENVIRONMENT
New York Times Magazine’s powerful ‘1619 Project’ is now in podcast form
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www.fastcompany.com - Four hundred years ago, the first African slave was dragged against their will to the land that would become the United States. To mark that solemn occasion and reflect on the impact of slavery throu…
POLITICS
Stacey Abrams Is Playing the Long Game
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Reg Saddler
www.theatlantic.com - Read: The Georgia governor’s race has brought voter suppression info full view In recent years, a wave of GOP-led states, under the guise of staving off voter fraud, has pushed initiatives including …
LEISURE
Pre-Columbian Explorers in the Americas: The Hard Evidence
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Reg Saddler
www.ancient-origins.net - These days, few people still believe Christopher Columbus was the first explorer to travel to the “New World.” But there is still a debate over whether adventurers and explorers from Europe, Asia, an…
ART & ENTERTAINMENT
Building Virtual Worlds Is a New Form of Self-Expression
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Reg Saddler
www.wired.com - Recently, a 23-year-old college student named Nick tried out a new pastime: building 3D virtual worlds. He got his hands on Dreams, a game by Media Molecule that gives people tools to create digital …
ADULT
This startup wants to clear cities of cigarette butts using crows (yes, the bird)
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Reg Saddler
thenextweb.com - Sometimes you run into an idea that seems so ridiculous, you simply have to know more about it – even if it’s just to scoff at idiocy. In most cases, thankfully, that’s where it ends. But in some rar…
BUSINESS
Wriggling Around Law, Insurers Deny Coverage for Breastfeeding Help
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undark.org - Amy Bassett, an international board-certified lactation consultant (IBCLC) in Orlando, Florida, was surprised when she started getting calls for breastfeeding help from families with Aetna insurance …
SCIENCE
A Brand New Type of Supernova Was Just Discovered - Nerdist
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nerdist.com - It seems like black holes or exoplanets are constantly in the news these days, as telescopes pick up more and more celestial objects in more and more detail. But supernovas haven’t been getting too m…
LEISURE
Local Historians To Rebuild A 2000-year-old Romano-Celtic Temple
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Reg Saddler
www.ancient-origins.net - A group of local history enthusiasts in Britain have announced an amazing project. They have secured permission to rebuild a 2000-year-old Romano- Celtic temple. The remains of the place of worship w…
WORLD
The US Army Is Struggling to Staff Its Cyber Units: GAO
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www.nextgov.com - The U.S. Army is struggling to staff, train, and equip its new cyber and electronic warfare units, and officials haven’t assessed how those challenges will affect the Pentagon’s digital capabilities,…
TECHNOLOGY
Stop Falling For This Facebook Scam
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www.forbes.com - Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg Photo credit: ASSOCIATED PRESS People are still falling for this Facebook scam - and it needs to stop. If you're on Facebook, undoubtedly you've seen this scam. Your frie…
ART & ENTERTAINMENT
We Can Be Heroes: How the Nerds Are Reinventing Pop Culture
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Reg Saddler
www.wired.com - Pay attention to the structure. That's one of the first things they teach you when you start writing for television. If you want to tell a decent story, you have to be sure of its shape. You have to …
BUSINESS
Why Are We So Bad at Choosing the Right Job?
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hbr.org - What would be your perfect job? Although there are well-defined parameters around what people actually want from work, our career-related choices are not always consistent with those parameters — eve…
LEISURE
This Australian company gives employees 12 weeks of ‘life leave’ every year
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matadornetwork.com - While Americans are struggling to cram all their vacation dreams into their two weeks of PTO each year, Australians — at least, those who work for this company — are planning epic three month-long tr…
TECHNOLOGY
Google Go now available for “regular” Android devices
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androidcommunity.com - If you have an Android device that’s not so great when it comes to memory or storage space, Google’s lightweight versions of their most popular apps are pretty handy to have. One of these apps is Goo…
TECHNOLOGY
Disney+ will be available in almost all devices, platforms
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androidcommunity.com - When Disney officially announced their upcoming on-demand streaming service Disney+, they didn’t specifically mention where it would be available at launch. They mentioned you would be able to access…
TECHNOLOGY
XIAOMI MI 9T PRO arriving soon in Europe, still affordable
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androidcommunity.com - As expected, Xiaomi is launching another variant of the flagship Mi 9. The Xiaomi Mi 9T Pro is ready. It’s slightly different from the Xiaomi Mi 9 and Mi 9T if we are to look at the list of specs and…
TECHNOLOGY
Messages 4.7 update now allows quick delete of several messages
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androidcommunity.com - Android Messages may be not as popular yet but once Google rolls it out to a wider audience, expect more people will love it. The feature has been around for years now and it’s been integrated with m…
TECHNOLOGY
Facebook now lets you view (and delete) Off-Facebook Activity
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androidcommunity.com - If you’ve always wondered why ads from websites you’ve visited follow you on Facebook, that’s because they have tools like Login with Facebook, like and comment, and pixels. But you don’t really have…
TECHNOLOGY
Moto RAZR foldable phone will be more compact, more affordable
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androidcommunity.com - Motorola foldable phone has already been confirmed earlier this year. It could be the new MOTO RAZR with some of the specs listed. We’ve already seen the patent granted and several image renders. The…
TECHNOLOGY
OPPO Reno 2 surfaces on TENAA, official launch impending
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androidcommunity.com - The OPPO Reno 2 is coming and it seems the official launch is about to happen. The new phone has recently reached TENAA. This is the Chinese FCC which tells us a device is almost ready for announceme…
TECHNOLOGY
Microsoft’s SMS Organizer now available in US, UK, Australia
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androidcommunity.com - You’ve probably gotten used to having your emails automatically sorted into categories with apps like Gmail, Yahoo, Outlook, etc. But what if you could do the same to your text messages? Microsoft, w…
TECHNOLOGY
Nokia 3V launched by HMD as a Verizon-exclusive phone offering
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androidcommunity.com - The Nokia 3 phone has been around since the early days when HMD Global gave the Finnish brand a new lease in life. The budget phone has received several updates including Android 7.1.1, Oreo, and And…
POLITICS
Florida Man Has Firearms Rights Taken Away Over Mistaken Identity
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www.ammoland.com - St. Cloud, FL –-(Ammoland.com)- Last Wednesday, Jonathan Carpenter of Osceola County, Florida was sitting at home when a mail carrier knocked on his front door. The postal carrier had Carpenter signe…
ADULT
Sebring man arrested for botching castration on victim he met on dark web, deputies say
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www.wfla.com - SEBRING, Fla. (WFLA) – A Highlands County man is behind bars after deputies say he performed a botched castration in his home on a man he met through the dark web. The Highlands County Sheriff’s Offi…
SCIENCE
A new theory describes how hate travels across social media platforms and around the world — and one researcher compares it to water boiling
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www.cnbc.com - The study found that hate clusters often regenerate and spread across platforms and around the world, even when they are banned. For example, after Facebook banned the KKK, nearly 60 KKK clusters con…
TECHNOLOGY
The Death of the Customer Journey: an Interview With Judd Marcello
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loyalty360.org - Marketers are quick to throw around the term “customer journey,” which has no doubt become the marketing buzzword for the digital age. But does it truly exist? And do we as marketers have any real in…
POLITICS
The Morning Briefing: Trump Triggers the Israel Haters
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pjmedia.com - While it is true that President Trump's mere presence in the White House is a constant thorn in the sides of leftists everywhere, it is often quite entertaining when he takes things up a notch and de…
TECHNOLOGY
SPI 385: The Next BIG Thing for Marketers Is . . . Email?
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www.smartpassiveincome.com - Pat Flynn: It is getting harder now. It’s getting harder to reach the audience who has said they want to hear from us on our Facebook pages. That’s where I first saw this happening. This was a number…
WORLD
5 Indicted for Alleged Scheme to Steal Millions From Military Members and Veterans
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www.govexec.com - The Justice Department unsealed a 14-count indictment Wednesday charging five people with identity theft and fraud that targeted military members and veterans. U.S. Attorney John Bash charged Robert …
LEISURE
TSP Flexibilities Are Weeks Away, and More
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www.govexec.com - In less than four weeks, the agency that administers the federal government’s 401(k)-style retirement savings program will flip the switch and implement several changes aimed at making it easier for …
POLITICS
Leaked Immigration Court Official’s Directive Could Violate Rules That Protect Families From Deportation
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www.revealnews.org - A high-ranking immigration court official has issued a requirement to judges in New York City that deportation cases involving families “MUST BE COMPLETED WITHIN 365 DAYS,” according to documents obt…
LEISURE
The Best Mod Clothing Stores in London
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www.ldnfashion.com - Mod fashion most certainly didn’t die out after the ‘60s. On the contrary, the Mod subculture continues to thrive – although it’s evolved significantly from its coffee bar and Vespa scooter beginning…
TECHNOLOGY
Microsoft Contractors Listened to Voice Recordings of Xbox Owners - Thurrott.com
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www.thurrott.com - Microsoft has been listening to audio recordings of Xbox users. A new report from Motherboard claims that Microsoft contractors listened to audio clips of Xbox users collected from Kinect and Cortana.
TECHNOLOGY
Facebook Now Lets You Control Data That It Gets From Third-Party Apps and Sites - Thurrott.com
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www.thurrott.com - Facebook is soon going to give you control over your data around the web. As you may already know, Facebook gets a lot of data from third-party websites and apps which it then uses for advertising. T…
TECHNOLOGY
NVIDIA GPUs Get New Ultra-Low Latency Mode, Integer Scaling, More - Thurrott.com
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www.thurrott.com - At Gamescom, NVIDIA announced the launch of an update to its Game Ready Driver for its GPUs. The company is introducing a number of new features aimed at professional gamers. NVIDIA is adding a new u…
TECHNOLOGY
Microsoft Has No Further Plans to Bring Xbox Exclusives to Nintendo Switch - Thurrott.com
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www.thurrott.com - Microsoft’s been doing something we haven’t really seen the company do much in the past: bringing it’s exclusive Xbox games to third-party consoles. The company first brought Studio MDHR’s Cuphead to…
TECHNOLOGY
Twitter Tests Tweaked Navigation on Mobile As It Looks to Push Explore - Thurrott.com
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www.thurrott.com - Twitter is testing a tweaked design for its iOS app. The company quietly rolled out a small update to the Twitter for iPhone app to a small number of users this evening. The update introduces a coupl…
TECHNOLOGY
Apple Delays Privacy Crackdown in Kids Apps Following Developer Concerns - Thurrott.com
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Paul Thurrott
www.thurrott.com - Back at WWDC, Apple announced some changes to its App Store policies. One of the main changes the company announced was its crackdown on kids apps to help keep kids safe online. As part of the change…
BUSINESS
NSA Houston Professional Workshop - September 2019 Phil Gerbyshak - Power Selling with LinkedIn
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nsahouston.org - Do you want to grow your business faster? Do you know how to leverage the leads you already have? Wondering how to earn referrals? Join Phil Gerbyshak as he answers all these questions and more in Po…
SPORTS
The Person Always at the Scene of the Crime… by Randy Gage
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Bob Burg
www.randygage.com - Home | Blog | The Person Always at the Scene of the Crime… I want to build on the last post and the new podcast coming out today, going deeper on the subject of taking responsibility for your own pro…
SPORTS
7 Rules for Giving Feedback to the Boss and Surviving to Tell About It
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Bob Burg
leadershipfreak.blog - Few things in organizational life are more dangerous than speaking truth to power. But isolated leaders become arrogant, indulgent, and authoritarian. Incompetent leaders count on reluctance to maint…
ADULT
08-21-2019 - [X&Y] What Every Man With A Hot, Sexy Girlfriend Must Know
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archive.aweber.com - ===== GET IT RIGHT THE FIRST TIME...AND KEEP DOING WHAT'S RIGHT So many couples break up nowadays that many people are saying, "Why bother?" when it comes to relationships. That's a shame. Despite th…
TECHNOLOGY
Scientist: Major cyberattack could be as bad as nuclear war
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Jay Oatway
futurism.com - We already know what kind of damage a nuclear weapon attack can do — and according to a computer science expert, a cyberattack could now be just as devastating. “As someone who studies cybersecurity …
LEISURE
'Rip-off' wine duty tax targeted by UK campaign group - Decanter
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Kelly Mitchell
www.decanter.com - Eighty-one percent of adults surveyed drank wine in the past year, compared to 79% for both beer and spirits, according to a YouGov poll of 2,000 UK drinkers. And 28% of those surveyed chose wine as …
LEISURE
Green wine: Top organic Napa wineries to visit - Decanter
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Kelly Mitchell
www.decanter.com - Organic and sustainable farming practices have long been a part of the winemaking ethos in Napa Valley, long before organics became trendy. Today, many of Napa’s organically certified wineries are gl…
LEISURE
Larkmead considers life after Napa Cabernet with trial vineyard - Decanter
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Kelly Mitchell
www.decanter.com - Larkmead Vineyards has started planting a 1.2-hectare (three-acre) research vineyard at its base in Calistoga. Grape varieties to be planted include Chenin Blanc, Petite Sirah and Zinfandel, as well …
BUSINESS
Fresh Features & Functionalities: A Six Month Look back at What’s New in Moz Pro
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moz.com - If you’re anything like me, you might be wondering how the heck it's already August — where did the first half of the year go? As we move into the last months of 2019, it’s a great time to reflect on…
LEISURE
Santa Maria Valley AVA and must try wines - Decanter
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Kelly Mitchell
www.decanter.com - In 1981, Santa Maria Valley became the first region in Santa Barbara County to receive AVA status, and the second in the state behind the Napa Valley. Jim Clendenen and Adam Tolmach founded Au Bon Cl…
LEISURE
Record numbers sign up for WSET wine courses - Decanter
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Kelly Mitchell
www.decanter.com - A record 108,557 people took a qualification with the Wine & Spirits Education Trust (WSET) or one of its approved partners around the world in the 2018/19 academic year. That is a 15% increase from …
LEISURE
Lucas Dobson: Body found in Kent river confirmed as missing six-year-old boy
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news.sky.com - A body found in a river in Kent has been confirmed as that of six-year-old Lucas Dobson, who fell in during a fishing trip on Saturday. Lucas was swept away by the current after falling into the Rive…
HEALTH
Spain issues international alert after country's biggest ever listeria outbreak
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news.sky.com - Spain has issued an international alert after the number affected by the country's biggest ever listeria outbreak rose to 150. A 90-year-old woman has been killed by the infection as the health minis…
LEISURE
UK Bank Holiday weather: Record temperatures may be ahead
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news.sky.com - The UK could be set to enjoy record-breaking August bank holiday temperatures of 33C (91.4F) after a wet and windy month, the Met Office has said. South-easterly winds are expected to draw warm air f…
ENVIRONMENT
Jeremy Corbyn calls urgent meeting on tactics to halt no-deal Brexit
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news.sky.com - Jeremy Corbyn has invited the leaders of other political parties from across parliament to an urgent meeting to discuss "all tactics available" to prevent a no-deal Brexit. The Labour leader has also…
SCIENCE
Microplastics that can be absorbed into the body found in UK tap water
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news.sky.com - The World Health Organisation has called for urgent research on the risks of microplastic to human health after confirming that tiny fragments are found in drinking water. In its first assessment of …
SCIENCE
Daily Readiness Monitoring: Utilizing the PUSH Band in the Sport of Track Cycling // PUSH // The Ultimate VBT System
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www.trainwithpush.com - The PUSH Band provides an excellent way to solve all of these problems by gauging performance in a small and portable way that can be implemented in all scenarios. Specifically, the “Arms Fixed Count…
TECHNOLOGY
Australian Investigative Journalist Exposes Mainstream Media Betrayal of Assange - Global Research
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www.globalresearch.ca - At a Sydney “Politics in the Pub” meeting on Thursday night, award-winning Australian journalist Mark Davis revealed new first-hand information exposing the extent of the betrayal of Julian Assange b…
SPORTS
The Strategic “Gamification” of Training and Why I Love “Speed Gate Golf” - Just Fly Sports Performance
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Mike Young, PhD
www.just-fly-sports.com - - Find the best lifts for sprinting vs. jumping - How to peak when it counts, and more! Please allow up to 12 hour to recieve response. Email may be filtered into a spam file according to your email …
SPORTS
Over Recovery Syndrome - ELITETRACK
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Mike Young, PhD
elitetrack.com - I have identified a new syndrome – the over-recovered athlete. I look at the landscape and I see athletes and teams spending as much or more time doing ice baths, cryotherapy massage etc. as they do …
ART & ENTERTAINMENT
Chillwave: a momentary microgenre that ushered in the age of nostalgia
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www.theguardian.com - When I think of the so-called “summer of chillwave”, I remember sitting at a desk in a giant office in midtown Manhattan, shivering in the air conditioning and listening to songs about the beach. It …
BUSINESS
Australia Joins U.S.-Led Shipping Protection Mission in Strait of Hormuz
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www.breitbart.com - A series of attacks on merchant vessels in the past few months has disrupted shipping through the area, which the United States has blamed on Iran. Tehran has denied the accusations. Australia’s effo…
ADULT
Wild Video: Woman Stabs President Trump Piñata with Knife in Fit of Rage
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www.infowars.com - A Mexican woman furiously stabs a Trump piñata, in a shocking video circulating on social media. In the video, the woman who is shouting obscenities in Spanish uses a large butcher knife to repeatedl…
POLITICS
Trump Tells LaPierre That Universal Background Checks A Non-Starter
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bearingarms.com - According to polling, universal background checks are pretty popular in this country. In fact, if the numbers are accurate, it almost stands to reason a fair number of gun owners also support univers…
WORLD
Tlaib Goes Toe to Toe with Detroit Police over Facial Recognition Software
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Chris From WI
www.breitbart.com - “@detroitpolice You should probably rethink this whole facial recognition bulls**t,” Tlaib tweeted Tuesday, linking to a Vice article detailing Sen. Bernie Sanders’ (I-VT) exhaustive criminal justice…
TECHNOLOGY
Tucker Carlson Examines Sen. Mike Lee's Evolution on Google -- 'Maybe It's Every Bit as Corrupt as It Seems' | Breitbart
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www.breitbart.com - Tuesday during his prime time Fox News Channel program, Tucker Carlson offered an assessment of Sen. Mike Lee’s (R-UT) evolution on Google. According to the “Tucker Carlson Tonight” host, Lee was onc…
WORLD
Virginia Republicans Offer Real Alternative To Gun Control Push
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bearingarms.com - The Virginia Crime Commission has concluded two days of hearings on gun control bills, crime fighting measures, mental health proposals, and more. The commission, which is an offshoot of the Republic…
WORLD
Take two: New DHS rule to restart zero-tolerance border enforcement?
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Chris From WI
hotair.com - Fourteen months after a court order ended the Trump administration’s zero-tolerance policy on illegal immigration, Homeland Security will take steps to undo the basis of that action. Later today, DHS…
POLITICS
Trump backs off background checks -- but green light on red flag laws?
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hotair.com - Hey, he never promised you a Rose Garden … ceremony. After publicly endorsing the expansion of background checks for firearms sales, Donald Trump has reversed himself after hearing from Republican al…
POLITICS
Hawley, Bozell Slam Facebook Bias Report
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Chris From WI
www.newsmax.com - A Facebook audit of anti-conservative bias claims was panned by liberals for being inconclusive and slammed as a "smokescreen disguised as a solution" by Sen. Josh Hawley, R-Mo., Politico reported. "…
BUSINESS
Rand Paul Renews Call for Auditing Federal Reserve
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Chris From WI
www.newsmax.com - Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky., on Wednesday reiterated his longstanding call for an audit of the Federal Reserve in an all-capital-letters tweet that echoed similar concerns by President Donald Trump. "IT SH…
ART & ENTERTAINMENT
Spike Lee on Trump: 'Why Are We Still Asking Is This Guy a White Supremacist?' -- 'It’s Not Even the Question' | Breitbart
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www.breitbart.com - Tuesday on CNN’s “Anderson Cooper 360,” director Spike Lee declared President Donald Trump was a white supremacist. Discussing the legacy of slavery in America, Lee said, “I think that most woke hist…
POLITICS
The moment I realized Biden's candidacy is doomed
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hotair.com - I mentioned this clip in a post this morning but reading about it is one thing and watching it is another. I don’t think I’ve ever seen a pitch based on “electability” quite this naked — or depressin…
WORLD
EXCLUSIVE VIDEO: Los Zetas Cartel Blames Mexican Border State Violence on Fake Rivals
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Chris From WI
www.breitbart.com - A video exclusively obtained from U.S. law enforcement sources shows the moment when two CDN gunmen identified as “Pantera” and “Santos” hang a banner from a pedestrian bridge near one of Monterrey’s…
ART & ENTERTAINMENT
Piano-Playing Cat Inspires Musical Copy-cats
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marcome.com - August 28, 2009 by Marcomé Filed under New Age Music, Well Being & Self Growth Nora, the adorable, has been all over the Internet and talk show television recently. She is the amazing piano-playing c…
POLITICS
'Storm Area 51' Prompts Nevada Officials to Examine Emergency Plans
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www.newsmax.com - Fearing they could be overwhelmed with visitors, officials in the remote Nevada county that's home to the Area 51 military base have drafted an emergency declaration and a plan to team resources with…
EDUCATION
1,000+ Kentucky Teache Broke the Law in #RedforEd 'Sick Outs'
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www.breitbart.com - But none of the 1,074 teachers who broke the law will be fired or prosecuted, Secretary of Labor David Dickerson said. Instead, they were given a one-time warning, with the promise of future conseque…
ART & ENTERTAINMENT
Wednesday August 21st – Open Thread
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theconservativetreehouse.com - Romans 5:1 ¶ Therefore being justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ: 2 By whom also we have access by faith into this grace wherein we stand, and rejoice in hope of …
WORLD
Trump to Stop Fast-Tracking Work Permits for Migrants to Take U.S. Jobs
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www.breitbart.com - An order issued this week by the United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) gives guidance to federal adjudicators to only consider providing foreign nationals who are paroled into th…
WORLD
India Weighing Preemptive Nuclear Strike In Response to Kashmir
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www.breitbart.com - The declaration came days after Beijing, through its state-run Global Times, cautioned of a potential nuclear war over its Kashmir moves. Any steps taken by a nuclear-armed India to provoke a nuclear…
WORLD
Psych researcher hits back at Hillary’s ‘blatant lies’ about Google voter manipulation
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www.infowars.com - Renowned psychologist Robert Epstein blew the lid off Big Tech’s censorship and voter manipulation, and now he’s shifting focus to the woman who gained the most from the scam in 2016. .@HillaryClinto…
ART & ENTERTAINMENT
Retaliation: White House staffers now leaking about how badly Scaramucci treated them
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hotair.com - How pissed is Trump at Scaramucci for turning on him? Exhibit A: Pushing innuendos about the guy’s wife. ….got fired. Wrote a very nice book about me just recently. Now the book is a lie? Said his wi…
WORLD
Swedish Police Accidentally Blow Up Own Building After Bomb Discovery
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www.breitbart.com - The moped containing what has been described as some form of plastic explosive covered with nails was discovered on Monday afternoon by officers in a stolen property room, and led to the evacuation o…
ART & ENTERTAINMENT
City ignores business owner's pleas for help: 'Downtown LA is a hellscape'
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hotair.com - NBC4 in Los Angeles reported Tuesday that a business owner in downtown LA has been trying for months to get the city to clean up a homeless camp set up in an alley directly behind his business. Howev…
POLITICS
Mitt Romney: Putin, Kim Deserve 'Censure,' Not 'Flattery'
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www.breitbart.com - Romney, an outspoken critic of the administration, jabbed the president without naming him in a prepared speech at an event held by the Sutherland Institute, a right-of-center think tank based in Sal…
ADULT
Cardi B to NYPD: ‘F*ck You' 'Suck a Fart and Suffocate On It'
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www.breitbart.com - “I find that shit so fucked up by the NYPD … it’s like this is really for the kids; Shorty was really coming out her pockets, just to help the community, and it was for kids to have a fun, positive d…
ART & ENTERTAINMENT
History forgot these female composers. An L.A. music writer is helping us remember
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www.latimes.com - American composer Anita Owen wrote her biggest hit song, “Sweet Bunch of Daisies,” in 1894. She was 20 at the time, a student at a convent outside Terre Haute, Ind. According to a 1910 article on fem…
WORLD
Confirmed: We've been negotiating with Venezuelan socialist party leaders
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hotair.com - Somebody needs a quick update on the definition of “secret.” Yesterday we talked about an Associated Press report claiming that the United States has been in secret discussions with some of the most …
BUSINESS
March For Our Lives Unveils Their Radical Gun Control Agenda
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bearingarms.com - March For Our Lives is one of many gun control groups out there, and there’s little to differentiate them from the other groups save for the youth of their founders. Like Brady or Giffords, they spaw…
BUSINESS
Media Preparing The Public For A Future Of Eating Bugs
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www.infowars.com - Though our ruling oligarchs are richer than ever and dining on $400 steaks covered with 24-karat edible gold leaf sheets, they’re actively preparing us plebs for a future of eating bugs. Videos and a…
TECHNOLOGY
Professor Robert Epstein: Hillary Clinton 'in Google's Pocket' | Breitbart
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www.breitbart.com - “This is going to hurt me to write, because I & my whole extended family have been strong supporters of the Clintons for decades,” wrote the liberal professor “I have a framed, signed letter from Bil…
ART & ENTERTAINMENT
Pilot: Prince Andrew Flew on Epstein's Jet with Teen 'Sex Slave' | Breitbart
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www.breitbart.com - Pilot David Rodgers, 66, said in a deposition that Prince Andrew and other VIP guests— including former President Bill Clinton, disgraced actor Kevin Spacey, and model Naomi Campbell— also flew on th…
POLITICS
CNN Poll – Democrat Candidates: Joe Biden Gains 7%, Kamala Harris Drops 12%…
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theconservativetreehouse.com - The latest CNN tracking poll shows the top five haven’t changed. However, Joe Biden increased by 7 percent from the previous poll (was 22%, now 29%); and the biggest loser is Senator Kamala Harris wh…
WORLD
Epstein’s Cellmate Told There Will be a “Price to Pay” if He Talks
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www.infowars.com - Jeffrey Epstein’s former cellmate claims he was told there would be a “price to pay” if he talked about the sex trafficker’s alleged suicide and is begging to be transferred to another jail. Ex-cop N…
EDUCATION
Poll: 60% of Americans Favor Free Public Four-Year College
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www.breitbart.com - According to the survey, respondents were asked two questions: The results of the 2019 #ENpoll reveal that free college now commands the support of three in five Americans. https://t.co/waQmEu7qFL @B…
ART & ENTERTAINMENT
Questlove to Executive Produce ‘Soul Train’ Broadway Musical
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www.rollingstone.com - Questlove will co-executive produce an upcoming Broadway musical based on Soul Train, the iconic music variety program that aired from 1971 to 2006. The play, tentatively slated to arrive in 2021 to …
POLITICS
Dem-Controlled House Set To Move On Banning Magazines
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bearingarms.com - Democrats currently have a lock on the House of Representatives, one they’ve used to pass tons of bills they know will go nowhere in the Senate. In fact, they’re trying to use that as a campaign tool…
SCIENCE
Incredibly Sick, Federally-Funded Experiments Are Happening Behind Closed Doors In Secret Laboratories All Over America
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www.infowars.com - Some of the things that are being done in the name of “scientific research” are almost too horrifying to talk about. But it is vitally important that we shine a light on these practices, because most…
WORLD
Biden reportedly told Obama he was too old to run
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hotair.com - Yesterday, Ed Morrissey talked about a report in Politico where the current crop of Democratic candidates (along with President Trump) who are above the age of 70 were described as “super-agers” who …
LEISURE
The 10 Dirtiest Places in Your Home That Can Make You Sick
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www.newsmax.com - When you think about the germiest parts of your home, the toilet and trash can seem like the obvious culprits, so it will come as a surprise to know that the less obvious places tend to be the dirtie…
WORLD
NBC: Draft Order Plans to Allow States, Cities to Deny Refugees
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www.newsmax.com - President Donald Trump and his administration are considering an executive order that would allow state and local jurisdictions to deny allowing refugees who have been approved for resettlement to en…
POLITICS
DOJ Dusts Off '68 'H. Rap Brown Law' to Prosecute Antifa
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www.newsmax.com - The U.S. Department of Justice is dusting off a rarely used 1968 anti-crime measure known as the "H. Rap Brown Law" to launch prosecutions of both the far-left Antifa and white supremacists, DOJ sour…
SCIENCE
Ivanka Trump Pushes Gun Control, Red Flag Laws at Trump 2020 Fundraiser Headlined by Dick Cheney
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www.infowars.com - The all new and advanced Super Male Vitality formula uses the newest extraction technology with even more powerful concentrations of various herbs and extracts designed to be even stronger. https://w…
WORLD
August 21st – 2019 Presidential Politics – Trump Administration Day #944
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theconservativetreehouse.com - — * USA * 🇺🇸 —-” Summer of MAGA ” —- 🇺🇸 * USA * –(440 days to E-Day) 🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸 2 days til President Trump leaves for G-7 in France 🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸 🦅 KAG while Making America Greater Again Thank …
TECHNOLOGY
American Gulag Death Of Jeffrey Epstein: Will Julian Assange Be Next?
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www.infowars.com - The death of millionaire sex offender Jeffrey Epstein behind bars should trigger “system-wide self-reflection” on how prisoners are treated. The Metropolitan Correctional Center “is sort of like an A…
SCIENCE
The Truth About Greta
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www.infowars.com - The all new and advanced Super Male Vitality formula uses the newest extraction technology with even more powerful concentrations of various herbs and extracts designed to be even stronger. https://w…
WORLD
Lawsuit: Epstein coerced girl into sex acts ... while on "work release" from the Palm Beach County jail
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hotair.com - I remind you up front that the “work release” in this case was only made possible through the largesse of Alex Acosta’s U.S. Attorney’s office, which allowed this remorseless degenerate to negotiate …
WORLD
New Rules on Migrant Children, Family Detentions Unveiled
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www.newsmax.com - The Trump administration unveiled new rules Wednesday that would allow officials to detain migrant families indefinitely while U.S. judges consider whether to grant them asylum. Acting Homeland Secur…
SPORTS
Feeling down? Read this and smile
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hotair.com - It’s only Tuesday, still with some 80 hours til the weekend starts. So, here’s a sweet little story to help get you through. You know Nathan Patterson? Probably not. A pretty nice kid, fresh-faced, 2…
POLITICS
Another Gaffe: Joe Biden Claims MLK, RFK Assassinated in the '70s'
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www.breitbart.com - The former vice president, who has worried even his staunchest allies in recent weeks for often confusing times and places, made the slip-up during a campaign appearance in Urbandale, Iowa. “Just lik…
WORLD
Biden Attacks Reporter: ‘You're Going to Go After Me No Matter What'
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www.breitbart.com - The incident in question started when Biden told voters he was not worried about the crowds his more liberal opponents were drawing. “What I’m trying to do is go around from town to town. And I’m dra…
BUSINESS
Infowars On The Ground In Hong Kong To Cover Anti-ChiCom Protests
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www.infowars.com - Infowars reporters Savanah Hernandez and Greg Reese are on the ground in Hong Kong to cover breaking developments on the pro-democracy demonstrations against Communist China, which have stretched int…
WORLD
Monitor: ISIS Expanding to Turkey, Afghanistan, Sri Lanka | Breitbart
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www.breitbart.com - ISIS members have established a footprint in India, Afghanistan, Sri Lanka, Saudi Arabia, Turkey, Democratic Republic of Congo, Burkina Faso, Mali, and Libya, the Hindustan Times (HT) reported on Aug…
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