Post Overview
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Current Event
6 years ago+19 19 0Petition: Google, don't kill Inbox!
The title says it all. Google, please don't kill Inbox. It's a great service and you don't have an adequate substitute.
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Expression
6 years ago+16 16 0Trump ordered his 2020 elections banners in China now to avoid paying tariffs he is going to slam on China
Hypocrisy level: maximum
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Current Event
6 years ago+11 11 0NASCAR driver Conor Daly loses sponsorship over N word his father said 30 years ago
A company has pulled its sponsorship of Conor Daly’s No. 6 car in the NASCAR Xfinity race at Road America, citing a racially insensitive remark made by the driver’s father in the 1980s that surfaced this week. Also Indianapolis company WISH-TV where ...
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Current Event
6 years ago+11 12 1Russia still attacking U.S., trying to help Trump
Just as President Donald Trump was openly pondering the possibility of lifting sanctions against Russia, Microsoft revealed it has uncovered yet another Russian intelligence operation aimed at assaulting America's democratic
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Analysis
6 years ago+16 16 0The Rich Drive Differently, a Study Suggests
Jokes about BMW drivers being, on average, somewhat less than courteous are fairly common. Now scientific research supports the unwritten and broadly circulated theory that people in BMWs are lacking in road manners.
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Analysis
6 years ago+10 10 0We have more forests now than in 1982
Contrary to the prevailing view that forest area has declined globally — tree cover has increased by 2.24 million km2 (+7.1% relative to the 1982 level). This overall net gain is the result of a net loss in the tropics being outweighed by a net gain ...
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Current Event
6 years ago+11 11 0Apple is reportedly arguing that buildings at its headquarters are worth just $200 so that it can reduce its tax bill
Apple CEO Tim Cook has previously said the company pays its taxes properly.
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Expression
6 years ago+8 8 0White House 'ends foreign call summaries'
No White House logs. No readouts of calls with foreign leaders. 2 hours with Putin with no one else present. No press conferences. Two days a week at his private club. No tax returns. Close family members as senior advisers.
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Current Event
6 years ago+1 1 0Rick and Morty creators announce show renewed for 70(!) more episodes
We're Squanching over here!
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7 years ago+2 2 0Lessons from history
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Video/Audio
7 years ago+1 1 0The coolest complex machine I have seen
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Current Event
7 years ago+2 2 03D-printed metamaterial device reflects sound perfectly
"Not only did we figure out a way to design such a device, we could also make one and test it. And lo and behold, it actually works."
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Expression
7 years ago+4 4 0China is "sputniking" the US so the US needs to spread Elon Musk and SpaceX methods
China is “sputniking” the USA with military technology surprises. Technologies like hypersonic missiles, railguns, electromagnetic launchers and metamaterials. It is not that China got fast. It is that the USA got slow.
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Expression
7 years ago+7 7 0The UK refused to aid French investigation on Lycamobile suspected of money laundering, citing its Tory donations
The British government refused to assist a French investigation into suspected money laundering and tax fraud by the UK telecoms giant Lycamobile – citing the fact that the company is the “biggest corporate donor to the Conservative party” and gives ...
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Current Event
7 years ago+9 9 0Netflix apparently wants to buy its own Theaters
Netflix wants to get into the movie theater business, according to a new report from The Los Angeles Times. Anonymous sources told the paper that the Los Gatos-based entertainment giant pursued a deal to buy the Mark Cuban-owned Landmark Theaters but ...
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Current Event
7 years ago+13 13 0Southwest Reportedly Protested Safety Checks Designed to Prevent Engine Failures
In September 2016, a Southwest flight suffered a similar engine explosion that resulted from a broken fan blade and tore a nearly foot-long hole into the wing of the aircraft, which forced to make an emergency landing. Reuters reported the airlines f ...