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2 hours agoCurrent Event baron778
How an endorsement from Tom Hanks and Stephen Colbert saved a small bookstore
Before last month's Super Bowl, Foggy Pine Books was one of the thousands of small, locally owned businesses floundering amid the coronavirus pandemic. Nestled in the Appalachian town of Boone, North Carolina, the bookstore had calculated that it needed to sell a minimum of 1,350 books per month to stay open. In January, it had sold 836.
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3 hours agoCurrent Event baron778
Watch this 6-year-old girl learn she’s going to get a bionic arm
A 6-year-old British girl born with one arm was thrilled to learn that her GoFundMe page had raised enough money for a new bionic arm. TODAY’s Hodo Kotb has your Morning Boost.
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1 day agoCurrent Event baron778
Having kids makes you happier, but only when they move out
Having children will cause you to happier than staying childless, consistent with a replacement study, but not until later in life, once they have flown the nest. A team of researchers at Heidelberg University in Germany found that oldsters tend to be happier than non-parents in adulthood , but this only holds if their kids have removed.
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1 day agoCurrent Event baron778
In the isolated grief of our pandemic bubbles, we are all Wanda Maximoff
Listen. I didn't think I'd be relating to a mythically powerful witch from a comic book superhero show who created her own alternate reality TV bubble to stave off the grief and isolation outside of it. But a year spent in quarantine surviving a pandemic does strange things to a person. In the latest episode of Marvel's WandaVision, we finally got answers to exactly how Wanda Maximoff birthed an entire universe of illusions that exist under her control.
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3 days agoCurrent Event baron778
‘Record companies have me on a dartboard’: the man making millions buying classic hits
Hit songs can be a better investment than gold – and by snapping up the rights, Merck Mercuriadis has become the most disruptive force in music...
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3 days agoCurrent Event baron778
Jonah Hill says he’s done feeling fat-shamed in body-positive post
Jonah Hill won’t be fat-shamed anymore. Responding to a recent tabloid photo taken of him drying off after surfing in Malibu, the “Get Him to the Greek” star is through feeling inferior due to his larger size.
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8 days agoCurrent Event baron778
WhatsApp Reveals What Happens to Users Who Don't Agree to Upcoming Privacy Policy Changes
WhatsApp has revealed how it will gradually cripple accounts held by users who do not accept the platform's impending privacy policy changes
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12 days agoCurrent Event baron778
Apple cracks down on apps with ‘irrationally high prices’ as App Store scams are exposed
App Store scams have recently resurfaced as a developer exposed several scam apps in the App Store making millions of dollars per year. Most of these apps exploit fake ratings and reviews to show up in search results and look legit, but trick users into getting subscriptions at irrationally high prices.
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12 days agoCurrent Event baron778
Bill Gates Says Wealtheir Countries Should Switch to Plant-Based Beef
Bill Gates is out with a new book on how to solve the climate crisis. How to Avoid a Climate Disaster: the Solutions We Have and the Breakthroughs We Need follows his general history of emphasizing technological innovation over policy changes. But, in an interview promoting the new book, he did propose one dramatic behavioral change: People living in wealthier countries should switch to plant-based meat alternatives.
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2 weeks agoCurrent Event baron778
Scientists confirm discovery of the most distant object of the Solar System
Scientists have confirmed the discovery of a planetoid four times farther from the Sun than Pluto, nicknamed 'Farfarout.'
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2 weeks agoAnalysis baron778
White cops are different from Black cops in 1 crucial way, study shows
A new study reveals crucial differences in the way Black and white officers in the Chicago Police Department respond to incidents on their beat.
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2 weeks agoCurrent Event baron778
Using Social Media ‘Actively’ Is Actually Good for Your Mental Health
All research in the world AF (After Facebook) tells us that social media negatively affects our mental health. It increases anxiety, depression, loneliness, and triggers FOMO (fear of missing out) in especially the young people who use it. Mindlessly switching timelines and profiles and doomscrolling scrolling is quite bad for us.
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2 weeks agoExpression baron778
Editorial: Impeachment is the last chance for the GOP to divorce itself from Trump's thuggery
Even if Trump had said nothing on Jan. 6., his conduct after his election defeat to Joe Biden was outrageous and, yes, impeachable.
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3 weeks agoCurrent Event baron778
Ford Makes $29 Billion Commitment to Electric and Self-Driving Cars
The automaker, which starts producing the electric F-150 in 2022, announced it will invest heavily in the future of powertrains and mobility through 2025.
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1 month agoCurrent Event baron778
Apple ramps up iPhone and iPad output shift to India and Vietnam
Apple is ramping up the production of iPhones, iPads, Macs and other products outside of China, Nikkei Asia has learned, in a sign that the tech giant is continuing to accelerate its production diversification despite hopes that U.S.-China tensions will ease under President Joe Biden.
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1 month agoCurrent Event baron778
Rabbi From Florida Arrested for Role in U.S. Capitol Riot
A rabbi from the Tampa Bay area became the latest person with ties to Florida to be arrested for their alleged role in the U.S. Capitol riot earlier in January. NBC affiliate WFLA-TV reports the United States Department of Justice has filed several charges against Michael Stepakoff, who was caught on camera among the group that stormed the building on January 6th following a rally for former President Donald Trump.
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1 month agoCurrent Event baron778
Facebook Preparing Antitrust Lawsuit Against Apple for 'Unfair' Approach to Privacy and Default Apps
Facebook is preparing to launch a lawsuit against Apple for alleged anticompetitive behaviour, particularly regarding App Tracking Transparency and iMessage, according to The Information.
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1 month agoCurrent Event baron778
The GameStop Bubble Is a Lesson in the Absurdity and Uselessness of the Stock Market
The online pranksters behind the great GameStop bubble of 2021 are probably going to lose a lot of money. But they’ve done the world a service by reminding us of the utter uselessness of the stock market, an institution that serves no purpose besides making a small number of undeserving people rich.