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5 days ago
Current Event weekendhoboPoland broke EU law by logging in ancient forest: court
Poland's rightwing government broke the law by logging in one of Europe's last primeval forests, a UNESCO world heritage site, the European Union's top court ruled Tuesday. Logging in the Bialowieza Forest began in May 2016 but the European Commission took Poland to court last year arguing that it was destroying a forest that boasts unique plant and animal life. "The forest management operations concerning the Puszcza Bialowieska Natura 2000 site that have been undertaken by ...
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6 days ago
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Not really his fault that America is full of nutjobs with guns and an overwhelming need to get on TV regardless of how.
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6 days ago
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Michael Cohen Forced to Reveal His Mystery Client Is Sean Hannity
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11 days ago
Current Event weekendhobo
Woman accused of faking illness to avoid UK deportation died five days later
A South African woman who collapsed during an attempted removal from the UK was accused by immigration officials of faking illness to avoid being put on a plane but died five days later, the Guardian can reveal. The Home Office has referred the case of Nancy Motsamai, 35, who died on 12 March, to the independent prisons and probation ombudsman for investigation.
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2 weeks ago
Current Event weekendhobo
One solution to wreck privacy-hating websites: Flood them with bogus info using browser tools
Ad and JavaScript blocking is not enough to thwart privacy invasions by the likes of Facebook: more active countermeasures are needed. The internet ought to "route around" known privacy abusers, shifting from passive blocking of cookies, host names, and scripts to a more active deception model. Just like enterprises and other large organizations set up honeypots and decoys to misdirect hackers' attention, browsers and similar software should lure website operators into tar pits of...
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3 weeks ago
Current Event weekendhobo
'They made me feel like a criminal' - Irish dad imprisoned in US during family holiday over 1996 visa violation
An Irish family's dream holiday to Disneyland Florida turned into a nightmare recently when the dad was imprisoned for overstaying his visa in 1996. The man, who has only been identified as Darren, said that he was made to "feel like a criminal" during his ordeal, despite having been to the US four times since 1996 without any issues arising.
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1 month ago
Current Event weekendhobo
AI researchers embrace Bitcoin technology to share medical data
Dexter Hadley thinks that artificial intelligence (AI) could do a far better job at detecting breast cancer than doctors do — if screening algorithms could be trained on millions of mammograms. The problem is getting access to such massive quantities of data. Because of privacy laws in many countries, sensitive medical information remains largely off-limits to researchers and technology companies.
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1 month ago
Current Event weekendhobo
World's oldest message in a bottle found on coast of western Australia
More than 131 years after being thrown overboard, the world's oldest message in a bottle has washed up on a beach in western Australia. The bottle was found by Tonya Illman and Grace Ricciardo in the dunes near Wedge Island in January. Weeks of research and correspondence crafted a Sherlock-style web of clues that traced the historic note back to 19th century Germany.
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1 month ago
Current Event weekendhobo
Trump accepts invitation to meet with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un
Kim has also committed to stopping nuclear and missile testing, even during joint military drills in South Korea next month, South Korea’s national security adviser told reporters in Washington.
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1 month ago
Current Event weekendhobo
First UK polar bear cub in 25 years emerges
The first polar bear cub to be born in the UK for 25 years has emerged at the Royal Zoological Society of Scotland's Highland Wildlife Park at Kincraig. Previously, the birth had only been confirmed by high-pitched noises heard from the maternity den. The cub was born in the week before Christmas, after its mother Victoria mated with Arktos, one of two male polar bears at the park. Victoria's enclosure has been closed to the public.
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1 month ago
Level Up weekendhobo
Level 30
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View Unlocks- Invite codes You have been awarded 2 invite codes to invite your friends to join you here at Snapzu.
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1 month ago
Current Event weekendhobo
College Republicans Propose an Unusual Idea From the Right: a Carbon Tax
As the Republican Party struggles to find its footing with the next generation of voters, several conservative college groups have banded together to champion something anathema to the party: a carbon tax. The group is led by the Yale College Republicans, the main campus student organization for young Republicans at Yale, and includes other prominent GOP groups at 22 other schools around the country including Clemson University in South Carolina, North Carolina State University and Texas Christi...
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1 month ago
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Science teacher allegedly sent nude pics and bought marijuana for 14-year-old pupil
A married science teacher has been arrested over an alleged a sexual relationship with a 14-year-old boy. Stephanie Peterson, who taught at New Smyrna Beach Middle School, north Florida, is accused of sending nude photos of herself to the student and buying him marijuana when they spent late nights together.
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1 month ago
Current Event weekendhobo
Orlando pediatrician arrested for using partial vaccine doses
An Orlando pediatrician posted bond and has been released from jail after being accused of committing Medicaid fraud affecting hundreds of children. The Florida Department of Health said Dr. Ishrat Sohail provided only partial vaccines to more than 500 children, but charged them in full.
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2 months ago
Current Event weekendhobo
GOP Candidate Advocates Returning 'Prayer To The Classroom' To Stop School Shootings
"It's just so disturbing that society has deteriorated to this point morally that we are confronted with this." At a time when many people are fed up with the empty “thoughts and prayers” of politicians after every mass shooting, a Republican congressional candidate is doubling down and arguing that making thoughts and prayers more regular would perhaps be a solid step toward solving the problem.
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2 months ago
Current Event weekendhobo
Christian groups still promoting 'gay conversion therapy'
The idea that to be gay is to be sick and in need of a cure might seem archaic and bizarre by mainstream standards, but among a few fundamentalist Christian groups, it lives on today. Recently, one such group, the Core Issues Trust, booked a cinema in London’s West End for a film screening event which advocated conversion from homosexuality.
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2 months ago
Current Event weekendhobo
The 11 cities most likely to run out of drinking water
Cape Town is in the unenviable situation of being the first major city in the modern era to face the threat of running out of drinking water. However, the plight of the drought-hit South African city is just one extreme example of a problem that experts have long been warning about - water scarcity. Despite covering about 70% of the Earth's surface, water, especially drinking water, is not as plentiful as one might think. Only 3% of it is fresh.
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2 months ago
Current Event weekendhobo
Over $60 billion wiped off value of cryptocurrencies as bitcoin drops to lowest level since Nov 18
Bitcoin fell below $8,000 for the third time in four days on Monday amid a broader sell-off in cryptocurrencies that has seen over $60 billion of valued erased from the market in 24 hours. The price of bitcoin traded as low as $7,598.20 on Monday and sat below the $8,000 mark for most of the morning's trade, according to CoinDesk. It's the lowest price for bitcoin since November 18. CoinDesk's bitcoin price index tracks prices from digital currency exchanges Bitstamp, Coinbase, it...