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1 day agoCurrent Event belangermira
A Site Published Every Face From Parler's Capitol Riot Videos
Faces of the Riot used open source software to detect, extract, and deduplicate every face from the 827 videos taken from the insurrection on January 6.
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3 days agoCurrent Event belangermira
Twitter and YouTube Banned Steve Bannon. Apple Still Gives Him Millions of Listeners.
Steve Bannon broadcasts election denialism and apocalyptic calls to action several times a day via Apple’s podcast app. He’s not the only one using the platform to spread claims that became a rallying cry of the mob that threatened the Capitol.
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12 days agoAnalysis belangermira
Coffee: here's the carbon cost of your daily cup – and how to make it climate-friendly
The process that brought you your morning latte could have produced half a kilogram of CO₂.
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13 days agoCurrent Event belangermira
Marvel's Chris Pratt accidentally confirms Thor 4 role to Tom Holland
It's official! Guardians of the Galaxy's Star-Lord will appear in Thor: Love and Thunder, Chris Pratt has confirmed – even if he didn't exactly mean to. Star-Lord has long been rumoured as a new addition to Taika Waititi's Ragnarok sequel given the events of Avengers: Endgame, but now Chris has formally announced his role.
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2 weeks agoCurrent Event belangermira
'Jeopardy!' posts a final message for longtime host Alex Trebek
"Jeopardy!" had a simple message ahead of the broadcast of the very last episode featuring the legendary Alex Trebek: Thank you.
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3 weeks agoCurrent Event belangermira
‘Gilligan’s Island’ Star Dawn Wells Dies Of COVID-19
Actress Dawn Wells, best known for playing Mary Ann on the hit sitcom “Gilligan’s Island,” has died at the age of 82 after becoming infected with COVID-19. Her publicist announced that Wells died Wednesday morning of complications due to the coronavirus. “Truly, at the top of the list of hardest things to do is announce the passing of a friend or family member,” publicist Harlan Boll wrote. “I feel I lost both this morning with the passing of Dawn Wells – America’s favorite casta...
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3 weeks agoAnalysis belangermira
For young Californians, climate change is a mental health crisis too
Growing up amid wildfires and polluted air, California's young are seeing firsthand the effects of climate change. The risk they face is not only physical, but also psychological and emotional.
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3 weeks agoCurrent Event belangermira
Why You Should Hate Your Job
Do you like your job? Maybe you do, but I think you should reevaluate. At the very least, I think you should be uncomfortable with the fact that you live in a system that compels you to have a job, particularly if that job is neither necessary for your own well-being nor the well-being of others.
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1 month agoCurrent Event belangermira
GoDaddy uses fake holiday bonus notification to test employees on email phishing
Internet domain company GoDaddy used a holiday bonus notification to test employees on email phishing scams, after workers had already been told they would not receive a bonus this year. The email to all staff, obtained by NBC affiliate KPNX in Arizona, was sent on Dec. 14 and read: "Happy Holiday GoDaddy! 2020 has been a record year for GoDaddy, thanks to you!"
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1 month agoCurrent Event belangermira
Men in Surrey treatment and recovery centre learn how to knit together
Nelson Mendonca is knitting his life together one stitch at a time. Technically, what Mendonca and a group of men at the Phoenix Society are doing isn’t knitting since it doesn’t involve traditional knitting needles.
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1 month agoCurrent Event belangermira
Thai man revives baby elephant with CPR after motorbike accident
A baby elephant struck by a motorbike while crossing a road in Thailand survived after it was revived by an off-duty rescue worker. Mana Srivate told Reuters news agency he had performed dozens of resuscitation attempts in his career - but never before on an elephant.
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1 month agoCurrent Event belangermira
40 Girls Do Porn Victims Are Suing Pornhub for $1 Million Each
Forty victims of sex trafficking operation Girls Do Porn have filed a lawsuit against Mindgeek, Pornhub's parent company, for a litany of accusations, including knowingly benefiting from Girls Do Porn videos on Pornhub and failing to moderate the images circulating rampantly on its network of tube sites.
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1 month agoAnalysis belangermira
Stealing to survive: More Americans are shoplifting food as aid runs out during the pandemic
Early in the pandemic, Joo Park noticed a worrisome shift at the market he manages near downtown Washington: At least once a day, he’d spot someone slipping a package of meat, a bag of rice or other food into a shirt or under a jacket. Diapers, shampoo and laundry detergent began disappearing in bigger numbers, too.
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1 month agoAnalysis belangermira
Explained: North Korea’s New Technology Law
Pyonyang has passed a new law “banning the spread of certain foreign cultures and ‘further cementing’ strict ideological policies.” In addition, the new body passed laws “boosting sci-tech policies, forestry policies and control over telecom networks.”
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1 month agoCurrent Event belangermira
Google promises “spectacular” city GPS improvement with 3D building data
Android GPS will work better in cities thanks to Google Maps' 3D building data.