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2 days ago
Current Event funhonestdudeThis is why the FCC listens to Comcast—not you—on Net Neutrality
Net neutrality—the rule that protects the Internet from government and corporate censorship—is incredibly popular. In poll after poll, overwhelmingly majorities of Independents, Republicans, and Democrats say they support net neutrality and oppose efforts to overturn it. So why is the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) trying to kill net neutrality? As usual, follow the money.
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7 days ago
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Turkey dismisses 7,400 more police, soldiers and public sector workers a year after failed coup
Almost 7,400 police, soldiers, civil servants and academics have been dismissed from their posts in Turkey as the country marks one year since an attempted coup against Recep Tayyip Erdogan. The ensuing crackdown has seen 150,000 public sector workers suspended and 50,000 people from the military, police, judiciary, education and press arrested on terror charges.
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7 days ago
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Rights group slams Japan’s latest executions as ‘inhumane’
Japan executed two convicted murderers on Thursday, the justice ministry said, ignoring calls from international rights groups to end capital punishment. The hangings of Masakatsu Nishikawa and Koichi Sumida bring the total number of executions since Prime Minister Shinzo Abe took power in 2012 to 19. Nishikawa, 61, was convicted of killing four women in western Japan in 1991, while Sumida, 34, was sentenced to death for killing a female colleague in 2011 and dismembering her body.
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8 days ago
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Palestinian baby ‘dies from tear gas inhalation’
A Palestinian toddler in the occupied West Bank has died from complications arising from an incident in which tear gas canisters were fired by the Israel Defence Force (IDF) into his home earlier this year, the Palestinian Authority has said. 18-month-old Abdul Rahman Barghouti of Aboud, near Ramallah died of asphyxiation on Friday after being hospitalised on 19 May, the Palestinian Ministry of Health said on Monday.
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10 days ago
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Amazon to throttle services for internet protest
Some of the world's largest internet companies are preparing to throttle their own websites in a day of protest against the United States' Federal Communications Commission (FCC). The 170 organisations involved - including Amazon, Reddit and Netflix - are preparing to choke their own services on Wednesday 12 July as a warning against FCC proposals for deregulating how internet service providers (ISPs) treat customers.
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10 days ago
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Wasn't on all day since morning so I didn't notice but thanks for taking the time to fix it.
Posted in: Unexpected server downtime/maintenance
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10 days ago
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This nothingburger is starting to taste like a Whopper Jr!
(stole this from twitter)
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10 days ago
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James Cameron Produces New Vegan Documentary
Jump to navigationThe Game Changers is a new vegan documentary being directed by The Cove's Louis (Louie) Psihoyos, with James Cameron as the executive producer and mixed martial artist James Wilks as the producer, and is set to be released later on this year. In an interview with GetBoulder, Psihoyos stated that "the best way to turn a culture around is by making a film about it," and added...
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2 weeks ago
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NJ Transit Train Derails at Penn Station; No Injuries
New Jersey Transit says limited service has been restored in and out of Penn Station following an earlier train derailment at the nation's busiest train station. Service was suspended in and out of Penn Station Thursday night for several hours after a NJ Transit train derailed in a tunnel at 9:10 p.m., officials said.
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2 weeks ago
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Why are China's leaders such snowflakes? Is it because of what they are seeing what's happening in the US with the whole left/right divide?
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2 weeks ago
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Spider-Man: Homecoming's Michael Keaton likes playing the villain
After taking part in the first wave of comic book films that graced movie screens in the 1980s and ‘90s, Oscar-nominee Michael Keaton is back on familiar turf. Only this time, instead of playing the hero, he’s stepping into the villain’s shoes as the Vulture in Spider-Man: Homecoming.
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2 weeks ago
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Frog evolution linked to dinosaur asteroid strike
The huge diversity of frogs we see today is mainly a consequence of the asteroid strike that killed off the dinosaurs, a study suggests.
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2 weeks ago
Analysis funhonestdude
Confirmed: OnePlus 5's Display is Upside-Down - Likely Causes Jelly Scrolling
A widely circulating theory on the official OnePlus forums, Reddit’s /r/OnePlus, and our very own forums is now confirmed: OnePlus mounted the display panel upside-down on the OnePlus 5. While we have yet to directly link the display panel orientation as the cause of the odd jelly scrolling behavior some users have been encountering, the two appear to be undeniably correlated. In this article, we will attempt to summarize the jelly scrolling behavior and how it relates to the OnePlus 5’s dis...
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3 weeks ago
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Venus Williams ‘at fault in fatal car crash’
VENUS Williams has broken her silence about the fatal car crash that killed a 78-year-old man in Florida. Police told TMZ Sports the tennis superstar was at fault for the accident, which occurred earlier this month. Speaking through her lawyer on Friday (AEST), the 37-year-old attempted to explain her side of the story.
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3 weeks ago
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ABC, meat producer settle in $1.9B 'pink slime' libel suit
ABC and a South Dakota meat producer announced a settlement Wednesday in a $1.9 billion lawsuit against the American network over its reports on a lean, finely textured beef product that critics dubbed "pink slime." The terms of the settlement are confidential. Dakota Dunes-based Beef...
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3 weeks ago
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Sony's Spider-Man Movies Happen in the "Same Reality" as the MCU
Ahead of the release of Spider-Man: Homecoming, a joint venture between Sony Pictures and Marvel Studios, FANDOM spoke to Sony boss Amy Pascal and Marvel chief Kevin Feige to try and clear up the confusion over exactly how Sony’s Marvel Universe and the Marvel Cinematic Universe are connected.
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3 weeks ago
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FBI agent pleads not guilty to lying about shooting at rancher in Oregon standoff
An FBI agent pleaded not guilty Wednesday to charges of lying about firing two shots at Robert “LaVoy” Finicum, one of the leaders of the armed standoff at a wildlife refuge in Oregon last year. W. Joseph Astarita, stone-faced and wearing a dark-gray pinstriped suit, entered the plea in a two-minute arraignment before U.S. Magistrate Janice M. Stewart. Stewart ordered that he remain free pending trial.
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3 weeks ago
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And the first Darwin award of Summer 17 goes to....
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3 weeks ago
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London police arrest four in Windows support scam bust
City of London Police, collaborating with Microsoft, have made four arrests as the result of a two-year investigation into rings of "Windows support" fraudsters. The arrests, London Police Commander Dave Clark told the press, "are just the beginning of our work, making the best use of specialist skills and expertise from Microsoft, local police forces, and international partners to tackle a crime that often targets the most vulnerable in our society."
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3 weeks ago
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Man who punched kangaroo to save his dog calls police over animal-rights activist fear
The zookeeper who punched a kangaroo in the face to save his beloved pet dog called police to his home after animal-rights supporters called him "ruthless" and a "pathetic excuse for a human being" online. Greig Tonkins achieved internet fame when footage emerged of him punching the male kangaroo to defend his dog Max. The pair squared off during a boar-hunting trip organised for a young terminal cancer sufferer.
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3 weeks ago
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The EU doesn't fuck around.
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3 weeks ago
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Don't Worry, Capcom's Not Dumbing Down Monster Hunter
Our big interview with the men tasked with bringing Monster Hunter to the current-gen. If you’re a longtime Monster Hunter fan and came out of that Sony E3 keynote with a few worries about World, I have just the quote for you, straight from executive director Kaname Fujioka: “We're not taking things that people in the west hate and fixing them to make western players buy it. People sometimes make that assumption, or they've got that fear, but that's not the case at all.”
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3 weeks ago
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'SNL': Alec Baldwin Will Return as Donald Trump in Season 43
The ’30 Rock’ alum says he’ll be back — but in a more limited role.