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8 days ago
Achievement rookshookTrend Setter
Have 2/2 snaps reach the maximum grid size on the front page grid view! Congratulations rookshook on this achievement!
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9 days ago
Level Up rookshook
Level 24
rookshook is now level 24 with 930,935 XP.
View Unlocks- Tribe submission The maximum amount of tribes you can publish a snap to has been raised by 1 to a total of 5.
- Tribe membership The maximum amount of tribes you can join has been raised by 5 to a total of 135.
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10 days ago
Expression rookshook
The seven-year-old making $22m on YouTube
An American boy who reviews toys is this year's highest-earning YouTube star, according to Forbes.
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2 weeks ago
Analysis rookshook
600K Bitcoin Miners Shut Down in Last 2 Weeks
Between 600,000 and 800,000 bitcoin miners have shut down since mid-November amid declines in price and hashrate across the network, F2pool's founder estimates.
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1 month ago
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The Creator Of ‘Dilbert’ Will Teach You A Shit Load
Growing up, my dad bought me many books each month as a treat. One of those was a small book of office cartoons called ‘Dilbert.’ I don’t have the book any longer, but it stuck in my head. It’s simplicity and beautiful design was a work of art. Years later, through listening to a podcast, I got to know who the author was — a man named Scott Adams. He’s no ordinary guy and his recipe for success and for life have some really valuable insights. He doesn’t pretend to know it all...
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2 months ago
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How a fraudster got $12 million out of a Canadian university: They just asked for it
In the most comprehensive picture of the case ever published, StarMetro follows the money stolen from Edmonton’s MacEwan University as it crosses the ocean and back before being reinvested in Vancouver real estate.
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2 months ago
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Deep in Human DNA, a Gift From the Neanderthals
Long ago, Neanderthals probably infected modern humans with viruses, perhaps even an ancient form of H.I.V. But our extinct relatives also gave us genetic defenses.
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2 months ago
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A Mysterious Fossil Points to the Origins of Lizards and Snakes
The ancestors of today’s squamates were lost in time. Now paleontologists have identified the earliest known example: Meet Megachirella.
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2 months ago
Achievement rookshook
Hat Trick
Maintained a 3 day login streak 50/50 times! Congratulations rookshook on this achievement!
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2 months ago
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China Censors Bad Economic News Amid Signs of Slower Growth
New directives betray a mounting anxiety among Chinese leaders that the country could be facing a worsening slump as the trade war with the United States intensifies.
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2 months ago
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In El Chapo’s Trial, Extraordinary Steps to Keep Witnesses Alive
Prosecutors have not only kept the names of those who will testify secret, but they have placed those witnesses under round-the-clock protection.
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2 months ago
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Apple is reportedly being a huge prude with its TV shows
Apple’s mythical entertainment business is finally starting to take shape, and that shape is anodyne, family-friendly, and thoroughly non-confrontational.
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3 months ago
Analysis rookshook
Italy’s famous dome is cracking, and cosmic rays could help save it
Filippo Brunelleschi left no detailed blueprints for how he built his famous structure.
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4 months ago
Comment rookshook
Google Docs for me.
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4 months ago
Analysis rookshook
Extreme temperatures 'especially likely for next four years'
Cyclical natural phenomena that affect planet’s climate will amplify effect of manmade global warming, scientists warn
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4 months ago
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Notes Nearing Ninety: Learning to Write Less
Donald Hall, who died in June this year at the age of eighty-nine, compiled one final book of essays before his death.
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4 months ago
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12 Common Mistakes New Bloggers Make and How to Avoid Them
Warning: The 4,500 word post you’re about to read is PACKED with helpful tips and musings, resources, and proven strategies to make it in…
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4 months ago
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Are they blank because they are still unwritten?
Posted in: The three unwritten rules of life.
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4 months ago
Analysis rookshook
Why diagnosing Alzheimer’s today is so difficult—and how we can do better
Bill Gates believes we need a better way of diagnosing Alzheimer’s before we’re able to slow the progression of the disease.
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5 months ago
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Archaeologists in Egypt discover mummification workshop
Archaeologists in Egypt stumbled upon a new discovery dating back to more than 2,500 years ago near Egypt's famed pyramids at an ancient necropolis south of Cairo.
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5 months ago
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Crop circle reveals ancient ‘henge’ monument buried in Ireland
A mysterious crop circle in an Irish farmer's field is actually the outline of a buried monument from 5,000 years ago, archeologists say.