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Current Event funhonestdudeBritain No Longer Permitting Rape Scenes, Sexual Violence in Films Rated for Under 15 Year Olds
The British Board of Film Classification (BBFC) has announced a major change to the way it assigns ratings to films featuring scenes of rape and other forms of sexual violence. According to The Guardian, films with scenes of sexual violence will no longer be assigned a rating less than 15s, which means only films suitable for moviegoers 15 years and older will contain rape scenes. The BBFC said the change was a result of a shift in public opinion over the last five years.
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1 day ago
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Facebook's '10 Year Challenge' Is Just a Harmless Meme—Right?
If you use social media, you've probably noticed a trend across Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter of people posting their then-and-now profile pictures, mostly from 10 years ago and this year.
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1 day ago
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Lil Peep & XXXTENTACION - Falling Down
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3 days ago
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Americans see themselves in debt forever, even as they continue to borrow
Although shoppers kept credit card machines busy this holiday season, growing evidence indicates that Americans are starting to feel uneasy about the pile of debt to which we continue to add. A new survey from CreditCards.com finds that more than two in five Americans currently carrying debt don’t know when they’ll pay off those balances — and one in four say they expect their debts to outlive them. “It’s definitely a depressing statistic,” said Ted Rossman, industry analyst for the ...
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4 days ago
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Lax state gun laws linked to more child, teen gun deaths
States with strict gun laws have lower rates of gun deaths among children and teenagers, and laws to keep guns away from minors are linked with fewer gun suicides in this age group, a Stanford study found. Compared with U.S. states with the strictest gun control legislation, gun deaths among children and teenagers are twice as common in states with the most lax gun laws, a study from the Stanford University School of Medicine has found.
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7 days ago
I ain't eating any of that, thats for sure
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8 days ago
Current Event funhonestdude
BP just discovered a billion barrels of oil in the Gulf of Mexico
BP's investment in next-generation technology just paid off to the tune of a billion barrels of oil. The British energy company has discovered 1 billion barrels of crude at an existing oilfield in the Gulf of Mexico. BP also announced two new offshore oil discoveries and a major new investment in a nearby field. BP is the Gulf of Mexico's biggest producer, and it's making strides to hold that title.
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9 days ago
Current Event funhonestdude
Chinese Analysts Say Bear Market for Bitcoin Likely to Persist in 2019, Calls Crypto 'A Zero-Sum Game'
“Bitcoin became an investment black hole,” in 2018, says Beijing Times reporter Pan Yichun, and according to several Chinese analysts, the prospect of significant Bitcoin price gains in 2019 are small, though there may still be opportunities brought by “small bulls” in the market, Beijing News reports.
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9 days ago
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The French Burglar Who Pulled Off His Generation’s Biggest Art Heist
The skilled climber and thief Vjeran Tomic, whom the French press referred to as Spider-Man, has described robbery as an act of imagination.
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10 days ago
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Saudi Arabia Will Now Notify Women by Text If They've Been Divorced
Women in Saudi Arabia—who have long been subjected to a litany of misogynistic restrictions on their behavior, including totalitarian male guardianship laws—will soon receive text messages to inform them of changes to their marital status as part of Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman’s “reforms” of the country’s monarchic government, CNN reported on Sunday.
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11 days ago
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xkcd: Earth Temperature Timeline
When people say "the climate has changed before" these are the kinds of changes they are talking about.
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12 days ago
Analysis funhonestdude
Why exercise alone won’t save us
The long read: Sedentary lifestyles are killing us – we need to build activity into our everyday lives, not just leave it for the gym
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13 days ago
Current Event funhonestdude
Hackers seize control of more than 70,000 Chromecasts, promote YouTuber PewDiePie
A pair of hackers have hijacked Google Chromecasts and called on their owners to follow YouTubers PewDiePie. The hackers, known as HackerGiraffe and j3ws3r, are estimated to have accessed more than 70,000 devices so far with the exploit, according to the CastHack website the hackers launched (via The Verge). Affected Chromecasts cast a message stating their device is exposing sensitive information about them and advising owners to visit the CastHack page for more information.
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13 days ago
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2019 Porsche Cayenne Review: SUV, Thy Name Is (Finally) Porsche
A Porsche is a Porsche, of course of course, unless the Porsche is an SUV. So goes the lament of the unappeasable purist, who sees every stilted hotcake built by an exotic automaker as an affront to history. Time for a reality check: Today's performance car market mostly rides on the subsidies provided by booming SUV sales. If you're a 911 fan, that means you, by definition, also better be a fan of the company's crossovers if you know what's best for the fabled sports car...
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2 weeks ago
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Apple shared Wallpapers on Their Instagram Story
Today on Apple’s Instagram page they shared ten wallpapers from the #shotoniphone campaign. Now is your chance to download them if you missed it earlier. I enjoy getting Apple “official” wallpapers so I hope they keep this up in the future. Follow their Instagram @apple.
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2 weeks ago
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Fitness YouTuber Dies After Being Tased By Police As He Stabbed His Tinder Date
A sleepy town in Massachusetts is in the headlines after a 25-year-old man died while being arrested for viciously attacking his Tinder date. Erich Stelzer, 25, a bodybuilder who shared fitness videos on YouTube, died in custody after he was tased by police in Cohasset, Mass. The incident took place Thursday evening after Cohasset police received a call about a disturbance and arrived to find Stelzer assaulting a 24-year-old woman with weapons, including a knife.
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2 weeks ago
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Mom Busts Son Using Alexa to Solve His Math Homework
If you got an Amazon Alexa device for Christmas, you might want to keep a closer eye on the wily kids in your house. Last week, a New Jersey mom caught her son red-handed using the virtual assistant to cheat on his math homework.
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2 weeks ago
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States make climate policies a 2019 priority
Despite federal climate policy rollbacks, governors and cities have decided to take up the mantel on climate leadership. Nine Northeast and Mid-Atlantic governors and the mayor of Washington, D.C. announced that they will move forward with a plan that prioritizes clean transportation and ambitious climate goals.
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2 weeks ago
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Army called in to help with Gatwick airport drones problem
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Russia’s New Hypersonic Missile Travels Nearly Two Miles a Second
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Russia’s New Hypersonic Missile Travels Nearly Two Miles a Second
“Zircon” would likely be unstoppable by today’s cutting edge air defenses.
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2 weeks ago
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China’s Great Wall Motor unveils $8,680 all-electric ORA R1 urban car with nearly 200-mile range
Great Wall Motor is launching its new flagship vehicle under its new ‘ORA’ electric car brand: the ORA R1.
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2 weeks ago
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Our Cellphones Aren’t Safe
America’s cellular network is as vital to society as the highway system and power grids. Vulnerabilities in the mobile phone infrastructure threaten not only personal privacy and security, but also the country’s. According to intelligence reports, spies are eavesdropping on President Trump’s cellphone conversations and using fake cellular towers in Washington to intercept phone calls. Cellular communication infrastructure, the system at the heart of modern communication, commerce and gover...
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2 weeks ago
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Financial institutions are planning more ways to buy Bitcoin
So far, this year has been marked by bad news for institutional investors interested in pursuing cryptocurrencies. One of the most lauded and most highly anticipated crypto investment instruments, the crypto Exchange Traded Fund (ETF), has faced steady regulatory headwinds as the SEC continually rejects attempts to bring ETFs to market.