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The Side That Won the Civil War is Now Banning Books...
The Side That Won the Civil War is Now Banning Books About Why the Civil War Was Fought.
Torrid News
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25h ago
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Supermountains, the Boring Billion, and Their Connection to Life on Earth
Twice in the Earth’s history, massive ranges of supermountains have formed on ancient continents.
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30h ago
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Why Lionel Messi is a genius on the football pitch .
Why Lionel Messi is a genius on the football pitch.
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29h ago
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Assume You Will Be Hacked . “As AI tools have...
Assume You Will Be Hacked. “As AI tools have become extremely good at writing code, they’ve also become extremely good at pulling off cyberattacks.
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48h ago
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A digital clock where the numbers are made from dozens...
A digital clock where the numbers are made from dozens of analog clock hands. Hard to describe…just go take a look.
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42h ago
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Watch Baseball Games in Realtime in 8-Bit View
This is kind of fantastic: Ribbie lets you watch actual MLB baseball games “rendered pitch by pitch in a cozy 8-bit view while they happen”.
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24h ago
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“The prevailing emotions among scientists right now...
“The prevailing emotions among scientists right now are rage and shock.” U.S. Science Is in Chaos. “This compact that has existed since World War II, that made the U.S.
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47h ago
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Full set of Underworld playing live at EDC Las Vegas...
Full set of Underworld playing live at EDC Las Vegas back in May.
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26h ago
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Due to FIFA’s poor security practices, this person...
Due to FIFA’s poor security practices, this person stumbled into their wide-open broadcast portal w/ full access. “An attacker could have rickrolled the entire FIFA World Cup. Or played Subway Surfers gameplay. Live.
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25h ago
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The Founding Story Behind Japan’s Oldest Whisky Maker ....
The Founding Story Behind Japan’s Oldest Whisky Maker. “Success in the Japanese market required a lighter, more delicate flavor profile than Western spirits typically offered.” And so Suntory was born.
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27h ago
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Inspired by Ukraine, and Worried by China: Taiwan...
Inspired by Ukraine, and Worried by China: Taiwan Teaches Its Citizens How to Fly Drones.
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23h ago
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Monty Python: The Philosophers’ Football Match
As the World Cup gets underway here in the Americas, here’s a look back at a football battle for the ages: Germany vs. Greece in The Philosophers’ Football Match. Germany’s lineup included Nietzsche , Kant, Hegel, Wittgenstein, and Marx while the likes of Plato, Socrates, Sophocles, and Archimedes took the field for Greece.
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22h ago
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Record winter temperatures in Antarctic raise fears over...
Record winter temperatures in Antarctic raise fears over speed of climate breakdown. “This is absolutely crazy. It is also about 20C above normal for this time of the year.
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27h ago
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Craigslist founder Craig Newmark has given away half a...
Craigslist founder Craig Newmark has given away half a billion dollars against a backdrop “where a growing number of billionaires are lashing out against philanthropy”.