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Nick Cannon Scoffs at Vasectomy Question, 'My Body, My Choice!'
Nick Cannon has words for anyone who thinks he's had too many kids ... "My body, My choice!" Nick appeared on CNN's NYE show and the ever-inquisitive Andy Cohen asked him if he'd consider getting a vasectomy. Nick's response was essentially ... not anyone's biz but mine.
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Impetuous, Unpredictable, Ruthless, Autocratic, Vindictive: Is Elon Musk the New Donald Trump?
Before Donald Trump was permanently banned from Twitter in early 2021, his mantra seemed clear: occupy as much of the Internet as possible by tweeting about everything, all the time. Whatever the topic, the important thing was to tweet about Donald Trump. The former president of the United States couldn’t help but give his opinion, create slang or simply hammer home his vision of society.
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Westerners live in denial, convinced they’re the good guys
Stark contradictions in West’s treatment of the Ukraine war and the occupation and siege of Palestine should serve as a wake-up call
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Why There's No Such Thing as a Good Billionaire
In which Adam Conover breaks down why billionaire "charity" is terrible for the planet, and why we should stop swallowing their myths.
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“Infantile Love For Batman And Other Superheroes Can Be Precursor To Fascism,” Comic Legend Alan Moore Warns
One of the world’s most admired comic creators has expressed his concern at the crowds queueing up to watch superhero movies in recent years, saying such urges can be “a precursor to fascism,” and pointing out the correlation with Donald Trump’s election.
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Netflix Dahmer doc backlash after critics remind viewers of real victims
Fans of Evan Peters are thrilled to watch him star as the titular serial killer in Monster: The Jeffrey Dahmer Story. But critics on social media are urging viewers to avoid "romanticizing" the actor in the role and to remember Dahmer's real victims.
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Unlike iOS, Android doesn’t need yearly updates anymore
Android 13 is here and will be rolling out to many more devices over the coming months. As I’m currently using the Galaxy S22 Ultra as my daily driver, I’m in for a little wait until Samsung gets around to rolling out all the new bells and whistles to my handset. But, to be honest, I’m quite happy to wait.
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NASA’s newest rocket is a colossal waste of money
In his new book, “The Crux”, Richard Rumelt, a professor of business strategy, writes about a conversation he once had with an air-force colonel. What, Mr Rumelt asked, is the perfect fighter jet? The colonel replied: “The perfect design would have contractors in each state and a part made in each congressional district.” The tale is told after Mr Rumelt has described the waste and incoherence of nasa’s Space Shuttle programme—something he blames squarely on Congress.
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How woke politics is destroying the Marvel Cinematic Universe
Ever since Phase 3, Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU) has been witnessing a severe decline in quality, with several movies such as Captain Marvel and Black Panther focusing more and more on identity politics and feminism. Nonetheless, we also got some of the finest of MCU in Phase 3, such as Captain America: Civil War, Thor: Ragnarok, Avengers: Infinity War and Avengers: Endgame. It is only from MCU Phase 4 that Marvel movies have truly become sub-par in every single aspect. Why is it so?
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The Biden-Trump Persecution of Julian Assange
For a good while one could blame Trump for the prosecutorial monstrosity perpetrated on journalist Julian Assange. But now it’s time for Trump to move over. The single worst assault on the first amendment and a free press in recent centuries is no longer solely his. Biden owns it. Biden could end this state persecution of a journalist today, if he felt like it. A persecution that a U.N. expert has called torture. A persecution that could easily lead to Assange’s death.
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Opinion: Loot Boxes in Games Aren't the Problem, Regulation is
The news making the rounds today is that FIFA 23 will be retaining loot boxes in its insanely popular Ultimate Team mode. Well, of course, loot boxes are staying in Ultimate Team. EA likes money, and Ultimate Team, via its loot boxes, generates an eye-watering amount of revenue for the company. So much so that smaller markets like Belgium and the Netherlands banning loot boxes in games barely causes EA to bat an eye.
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Silicon Valley's Push Into Transportation Has Been a Miserable Failure
When I first started driving, I had to print out directions from MapQuest before embarking on a trip to unfamiliar destination. If I didn’t plan correctly, I’d just have to stop and ask someone for directions. The smartphone and GPS changed everything. Suddenly, everyone had a little navigator in their pocket and getting lost became a thing of the past. Then, well, the tech sector kind of stopped improving transportation.
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You were asked to create the future — this is what you said
Creating our Future is an initiative unlike any other. A national conversation on research in Ireland, it engaged the public on the future on a scale never seen previously. Between July and November 2021 the public were invited to submit their ideas about what researchers in Ireland should explore to create a better future. It sought to engage people who are not usually invited to brainstorm about research and its role in Irish society.
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Your Wireless Earbuds Are Trash (Eventually)
Wireless earbuds are great, but their small batteries have a limited lifespan. Are you willing to sacrifice longevity for convenience? I love my wireless earbuds. Putting them on is akin to slipping into my favorite sweatpants—I instantly feel comforted and insulated from the outside world.
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Will.i.am on 2Pac and Biggie: "That kind of music doesn't speak to my spirit"
Will.i.am has opened up about 2pac and The Notorious B.I.G. in a new interview saying their their "kind of music doesn't speak to my spirit."
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Julian Assange’s Extradition: An Open Letter
In February 2011, a British Lieutenant Colonel in Afghanistan, in receipt of daily military Situation Reports from UK special forces, wrote of something he described as “quite incredible”. His surprise was regarding the number of Afghan detainees that UK SAS units had sent “back into a building”, only for those prisoners to grab a gun or grenade and to then be swiftly killed by their British captors.
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Let’s rebuild the US microchip industry – not give it a $50bn-plus check
For two months, a 107-member conference committee has been working to finalize an agreement on the US Innovation and Competition Act (USICA) which would provide more than $50bn in corporate welfare to the highly profitable microchip industry with no strings attached.
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It’s Time to Stop Living the American Scam
We’ve been “productive” enough — produced way too much, in fact. And there is too much that urgently needs to be done.
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The Sexist Pseudoscience at the Heart of Biology
FOR YEARS, STUDYING zoology made me feel like a sad misfit. Not because I loved spiders, enjoyed cutting up dead things I’d found by the side of the road, or would gladly root around in animal feces for clues as to what their owner had eaten. No, the source of my disquiet was my sex. Being female meant just one thing: I was a loser.
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Wrong Turn: America’s Car Culture and the Road Not Taken
With its highways and suburbs, modern America was built around the automobile and powered by fossil fuels. The oil crises of the 1970s provided an opportunity to change course and move to renewable energy, but any momentum achieved then proved to be very short-lived.
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