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Related Link thraenthraenBernie Sanders becomes the first candidate to speak out on Sandra Bland: “We need real police reform”
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'Close Up Baltimore' Tells Stories Of The City, One Portrait At A Time
Inspired by the popular Humans of New York blog, a photographer is aiming to take 200 portraits of his fellow Baltimore residents.
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Trying To Keep Your Data Safe? You're Probably Doing It Wrong
A new study by Google indicates that experts and non-experts have very different approaches to securing their online data. And the non-experts should probably rethink the way they're going about it.
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Welcome! Hm, tips.... Well, I'm still pretty new here, actually. I've only been here a few days, so we'd both benefit from some tips!
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NASA’s Kepler Mission Discovers Bigger, Older Cousin to Earth
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- Kepler Data Reveals What Might Be Best 'Goldilocks' Planet Yet
- Kepler has Discovered Earth's Older Sister
- Nasa announcement live: 'Earth 2.0' planet Kepler 452b discovered by Kepler Telescope
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Why the Greek Deal Will Work
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I came here because I just had the same problem. :(
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Greece clears final reform hurdle before new bailout talks
Greek lawmakers approved more reforms demanded by the country's international creditors in return for a third bailout
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Dreams of legally slapping drones out of the sky may come true
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- Attack on the drones: Legislation could allow California firefighters to take them down
- Drones Keep Getting in the Way of Firefighting in California. That Seems Bad.
- Fighting fires — and drones
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Protesters question Denver police killing of mentally ill Native American
Death of Paul Castaway reflects that American Indians are most likely racial group to be killed by law enforcement
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Well, "defenestration" (the act of throwing something or someone out of a window) and "tintinnabulation" (the ringing sound of bells) are my favourite words, but they're probably too rare to be simply uncommon.
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[Dutch/French] Kenny B - Parijs (plus lyrics, translation, and parodies)
The song is about the singer (who is Surinamese-Dutch) being in Paris and meeting a woman. When he speaks to her in French, she says she's Dutch, which is where the chorus ("praat nederlands met me," roughly translates to "talk with me in Dutch") comes in, and the song is basically about finding someone who speaks your language (literally or metaphorically) and connecting with them. More content below.
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I am opposed to the death penalty in all cases, campaigned hard to repeal it in CA (barely failed), and do not want it for the Charleston terrorist, but I disagree that this specific case is a good time for debating it. Unless of course your only goal is to repeal the death penalty, in which case this is the perfect opportunity, as many see this man as a poor troubled boy who deserves a second chance (whilst not doing the same when it is an unarmed black person the same age). That, to me, is taking one step forward and two steps back. Why not instead frame the debate from the side of police violence and disproportionate criminalisation rates for black and brown communities and ask how we could expect that we could fairly administer the death penalty when we cannot even fairly deal with traffic and noise violations or nonviolent drug possession crimes? The Boston Marathon bombing killed six people, and the culprit was just recently given the death penalty for it (which, again, I disagree with because I am opposed to the death penalty in all cases). To immediately turn around after that and decide that this man, who killed more people, all of whom were black, deserves a seemingly lighter sentence is only feeding into the national narrative that white lives matter more than others, and that narrative is central to so many of the problems in the justice system.
Again, I agree that the death penalty must be repealed. I disagree that the case of the Charleston terrorist attack is the right way to frame it. While I understand arguments that this terrorist would elicit more empathy and therefore be most effective for gathering opposition to the death penalty, I disagree on the grounds that doing so would exacerbate other problems in the justice system and indeed the country, namely systemic racism and white supremacy. The entire justice system needs reform, and focusing exclusively on the death penalty without regard to the rest of the systems seems misguided at best to me.
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A young person in my life once explained to me the purpose of tampons: "that's what girls use to pee!"
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When I was 20, I went on a two-month couchsurfing trip across the USA (South, Midwest, and Pacifc Northwest). It was my first time really travelling on my own (I'd started flying alone when I was still in primary school, but I was only alone for the flights), and the trip gave me the confidence to start travelling on my own to other countries, too. I also met so many amazing people on the way, and it expanded my world and got me more interested in understanding diverse perspectives. I'm not a fan of hyperbole, but I think "transformative" really is the only way I could describe the trip.
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I eat the entire strawberry without removing the leaves.
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Gagging rights: British comedians set up UK Comedy Guild trade union
After endless disputes over non-payment, sexism and exploitation, leading players such as Sara Pascoe have joined forces to stamp out funny business
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Laura Kuenssberg confirmed as the BBC's first female political editor
Newsnight host ‘completely delighted’ at new role and will take over from Nick Robinson, who is joining BBC Radio 4’s Today programme as a presenter
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University In U.K. Finds Muhammad-Era Quran Pages Among Its Possessions
The manuscript is one of the earliest versions of Islam's holy book to survive. Radiocarbon analysis dates the parchment on which the text is written to between the years 568 and 645.
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Dylann Roof Indicted on Federal Hate Crime Charges for Charleston Shooting
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- Charleston Shooting Suspect Roof Could Face Death Penalty Over Federal Charges
- South Carolina church shooting suspect to face federal hate crime charges
- Charleston shooter charged with federal hate crimes
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