A Week A Way from California: February 2018

Wednesday, February 28, 2018

White South African farmers to be removed from their land after parliament vote

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Facebook deems 30,000-year-old sculpture of voluptuous, naked woman ‘pornographic’.

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World’s most widely used insecticides pose serious danger to both honeybees and wild bees, according to major new assessment from EU’s scientific risk assessors...conclusion makes it highly likely neonicotinoid pesticides will be banned from all fields across EU when nations vote on issue.

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China banned the letter N from the internet after people used it to attack Xi Jinping's plan to rule forever

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Mueller asking what Trump knew about hacked emails

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This Bottomless Pit Effect Using The iPhone X's Face-Tracking Parallax Is Super Trippy

This Bottomless Pit Effect Using The iPhone X's Face-Tracking Parallax Is Super Trippy
We're not sure how convincing this effect is in person, but it's disconcertingly convincing in this video.

February 28, 2018 at 02:58PM
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Russian hacker group breached German ministries, took data - Reuters

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Elon Musk: China’s progress in advanced infrastructure is 100 times faster than the US

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Russian escort Nastya Rybka offers to reveal Trump-Russia links in exchange for jail release.

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Examining the mysterious past of St. Louis' toasted ravioli

Examining the mysterious past of St. Louis' toasted ravioli
In Italy, pasta cooked any way other than al dente is considered inedible. Frying it? That would be sacrilege. But in St. Louis, ravioli that’s both breaded and fried in a vat of bubbling oil is revered.

February 28, 2018 at 12:48PM
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Coca-Cola, Nestle seek to privatize world's second largest aquifer in Brazil.

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Comfort Measures

Comfort Measures
I can track her decline in the spiral notebooks that she used to record her medications and appointments and bodily functions, alongside notes she wrote to herself and to my father and me, reminders of the tasks she was afraid we would forget.

February 28, 2018 at 12:03PM
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One of the World's Most Irreplaceable Books Was Used as a Cutting Board

One of the World's Most Irreplaceable Books Was Used as a Cutting Board

February 28, 2018 at 11:53AM
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Acoustic Office Furniture Won’t Save You

Acoustic Office Furniture Won’t Save You

February 28, 2018 at 11:28AM
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Guy Makes A Funky-As-Heck Song Out Of The German Hold Melody

Guy Makes A Funky-As-Heck Song Out Of The German Hold Melody
Hey if you aren't sold on this yet, the video features a man in a tux dancing the robot with a rotary telephone.

February 28, 2018 at 11:23AM
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Do This Teen's Walmart Puns Cut The Mustard? We Sure Hope They Do

Do This Teen's Walmart Puns Cut The Mustard? We Sure Hope They Do
Funny internet video? Let's hope it is.

February 28, 2018 at 11:03AM
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The Dirty Secret of ‘Secret Family Recipes’

The Dirty Secret of ‘Secret Family Recipes’

February 28, 2018 at 10:53AM
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How the “I Cut, You Choose” Method of Redistricting Could Fix a Broken System

How the “I Cut, You Choose” Method of Redistricting Could Fix a Broken System

February 28, 2018 at 10:48AM
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Pop Punk Cover Of 'Blitzkrieg Bop' Is As Good As Coffee

Pop Punk Cover Of 'Blitzkrieg Bop' Is As Good As Coffee
In a funk? This double-time cover of the Ramones classic is a solid not-quite-pop-goes-punk jammer.

February 28, 2018 at 10:48AM
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Oligarch 'Sex Huntress' Requests U.S. Asylum After Arrest: A self-described Belarusian “sex-huntress” has requested asylum in the United States in exchange for information about “Russian government crimes” after she was arrested with her partner in Thailand.

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Two sex workers at the center of #RussiaGate allegations against a top Moscow official request U.S. asylum, saying their lives are in danger

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The Radical Left-Wing Theory That the Government Has Unlimited Money

The Radical Left-Wing Theory That the Government Has Unlimited Money

February 28, 2018 at 10:08AM
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Pesticides harm bees — EU food safety watchdog confirms 2013 findings. The latest study has confirmed that finding and sets the stage for the ban to continue.

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The ‘exorcism’ thatturned into murder

The ‘exorcism’ thatturned into murder
When a young Nicaraguan woman became mentally ill, the pastor in her village decided to carry out an exorcism to expel her "demons." Soon, she was dead.

February 28, 2018 at 09:53AM
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What Is the Perfect Color Worth?

What Is the Perfect Color Worth?
Inside the mysterious art — and big business — of color forecasting.

February 28, 2018 at 09:38AM
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World's first plastic-free aisle opens in Netherlands supermarket

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Scotland, Wales defy London with laws to keep powers after Brexit. They will introduce their own "continuity laws" to prevent London weakening their autonomy as a result of Brexit.

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Rome, one of Europe’s most traffic-clogged cities and home to thousands of ancient outdoor monuments threatened by pollution, plans to ban diesel cars from the centre by 2024, its mayor has said.

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The New Soul of SZA

The New Soul of SZA
Critics loved her. The charts loved her. The Internet formed a hive for her. She racked up five Grammy nominations...none of which turned into awards. So how is 2017’s favorite new artist holding up in 2018?

February 28, 2018 at 08:43AM
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Herr's 'Red Hot' Potato Chips Review

Herr's 'Red Hot' Potato Chips Review
In what will hopefully a long and fruitful series of chip reviews, Esquire's Ben Boskovich

February 28, 2018 at 08:33AM
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Direct Eye Contact

Direct Eye Contact

February 28, 2018 at 08:03AM
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By Day, a Sunny Smile for Disney Visitors. By Night, an Uneasy Sleep in a Car.

By Day, a Sunny Smile for Disney Visitors. By Night, an Uneasy Sleep in a Car.
Orange County is known for its affluence, and for its tourist industry. But the thousands of workers who keep its resorts, restaurants and hotels running are sometimes struggling to stay afloat.

February 28, 2018 at 08:03AM
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Scientists Want to Completely Rethink How They Make the Flu Vaccine

Scientists Want to Completely Rethink How They Make the Flu Vaccine
This year's deadly season has given drugmakers a sense of urgency in the war on the ever-mutating influenza virus.

February 28, 2018 at 07:58AM
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What Are Active-Shooter Drills Doing to Kids?

What Are Active-Shooter Drills Doing to Kids?

February 28, 2018 at 07:53AM
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We live in a post-truth “Rashômon” world—filmmakers know it, but philosophers don’t

We live in a post-truth “Rashômon” world—filmmakers know it, but philosophers don’t
Regardless of whether films satisfy some technical definition of philosophy, the fact remains that they can have on us the same effect that the great, perennial works of philosophy do: Shake and awaken us, breathe new life into our minds, open us up to new ways of seeing ourselves and the world around us.

February 28, 2018 at 07:03AM
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How Defective Guns Became the Only Product That Can’t Be Recalled

How Defective Guns Became the Only Product That Can’t Be Recalled
Taurus sold almost a million handguns that can potentially fire without anyone pulling the trigger. The government won't fix the problem. The NRA is silent.

February 28, 2018 at 06:58AM
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World's first plastic-free supermarket aisle debuts as momentum builds to reduce waste

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Israeli officials discussed ways to manipulate ‘naive’ Kushner

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Mueller's team asking witnesses about what happened at the 2013 Miss Universe in Moscow

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Egyptian singer Sherine Abdel Wahab sentenced to prison for joking about the cleanliness of the Nile

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U.S. intel: Russia ‘compromised’ seven states prior to 2016 election

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Tuesday, February 27, 2018

Norway set to ban semi-automatic guns from 2021, says lawmaker. Move is belated response to 2011 massacre of 69 people by neo-Nazi.

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NATO researcher warns of Russian interference in 2019 Canadian election

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Two members of the Pussy Riot punk group disappear on their way to Moscow after being harassed by police in Crimea

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How Cosmologists Determined That the Universe Is Expanding Faster Than Anyone Thought

How Cosmologists Determined That the Universe Is Expanding Faster Than Anyone Thought

February 27, 2018 at 04:53PM
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Aliens Exist

Aliens Exist
Tom DeLonge quit Blink-182 to become one of the world's leading UFO experts.

February 27, 2018 at 04:43PM
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Canada: Federal NDP, Liberals considering decriminalization of all drugs

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Kushner loses access to top-secret intelligence

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Here's What A Building Painted With Vantablack, The World's Darkest Black, Looks Like

Here's What A Building Painted With Vantablack, The World's Darkest Black, Looks Like
The walls on this installation in Pyeonchang, South Korea are actually all curved, but they look straight.

February 27, 2018 at 04:03PM
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Why Is It So Hard for Clothing Manufacturers to Pay a Living Wage?

Why Is It So Hard for Clothing Manufacturers to Pay a Living Wage?

February 27, 2018 at 03:43PM
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North Korean leaders Kim Jong-un and Kim Jong-il used Brazilian passports under false names to apply for Western visas, source says

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The Cast of ‘Atlanta’ on Trump, Race and Fame

The Cast of ‘Atlanta’ on Trump, Race and Fame

February 27, 2018 at 03:23PM
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Palantir has secretly been using New Orleans to test its predictive policing technology

Palantir has secretly been using New Orleans to test its predictive policing technology
Palantir deployed a predictive policing system in New Orleans that even city council members don’t know about

February 27, 2018 at 02:43PM
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Inside CL’s four-year struggle to make it big(ger) in America

Inside CL’s four-year struggle to make it big(ger) in America

February 27, 2018 at 02:43PM
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Apple, Tencent and Microsoft: How Norway’s massive oil fund made $130 billion in one year

Apple, Tencent and Microsoft: How Norway’s massive oil fund made $130 billion in one year
2017 was a big year for Norway’s sovereign wealth fund, already the largest in the world.

February 27, 2018 at 02:38PM
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Women protesting against wearing the hijab in Iran will be charged with inciting "prostitution" and jailed for up to ten years as regime cracks down on growing dissent

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Billions Of Birds Migrate. Where Do They Go?

Billions Of Birds Migrate. Where Do They Go?
Migratory birds have made their thousand-mile flights for millennia, but we are just now learning to map their mesmerizing journeys.

February 27, 2018 at 02:08PM
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Footage discovered showing mass grave for wartime 'comfort women'

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In his own words: The world according to Bike Snob

In his own words: The world according to Bike Snob

February 27, 2018 at 12:48PM
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Taylor Kitsch Is The Most Charming Man On Instagram

Taylor Kitsch Is The Most Charming Man On Instagram

February 27, 2018 at 12:48PM
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A $10 billion lawsuit could finally unmask the creator of bitcoin

A $10 billion lawsuit could finally unmask the creator of bitcoin
Craig Wright outed himself in 2016 as the creator of the world’s most valuable cryptocurrency, but his claims were met with widespread skepticism. Now legal experts believe that a lawsuit being brought by the family of a close collaborator of Wright will once and for all confirm the true identity of Satoshi Nakamoto.

February 27, 2018 at 12:48PM
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A Brave Analysis Of 'Sonic Dreams Collection' And The Internet's Perversion Of The Blue Hedgehog

A Brave Analysis Of 'Sonic Dreams Collection' And The Internet's Perversion Of The Blue Hedgehog
Some might see Arcane Kids' "joke" Sonic game as a jab at the fandom, but Matthewmatosis argues that it might be the "best 'Sonic the Hedgehog' game ever made."

February 27, 2018 at 12:28PM
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China drowns out critics of lifetime Xi Jinping presidency, as 'disagree' among words censored online

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Impossible Not To Hit Replay On This Saria's Song/Brahms Medley

Impossible Not To Hit Replay On This Saria's Song/Brahms Medley
The only thing we're upset about is that it's only 18 seconds long.

February 27, 2018 at 11:58AM
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This Minute-Long Short About PB&J Is An Emotional Journey

This Minute-Long Short About PB&J Is An Emotional Journey
Just when you think you know where this jokey animation is going it fools you. And then it fools you again. And then again.

February 27, 2018 at 11:43AM
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The STD that keeps most contestants from competing on ‘The Bachelor’

The STD that keeps most contestants from competing on ‘The Bachelor’

February 27, 2018 at 11:13AM
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Life exists in the driest desert on Earth. It could exist on Mars, too.

Life exists in the driest desert on Earth. It could exist on Mars, too.

February 27, 2018 at 11:08AM
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How I Recovered from an Eating Disorder - One Woman's Story of Struggling with Anorexia

How I Recovered from an Eating Disorder - One Woman's Story of Struggling with Anorexia

February 27, 2018 at 10:58AM
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Are We Post-Lifestyle?

Are We Post-Lifestyle?
When everything can be sponsored, suddenly nothing seems authentic. The dream of a fantasmic Instagram is dead.

February 27, 2018 at 10:53AM
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Inside the Furry fandom, a fantastical world of animal alter-egos

Inside the Furry fandom, a fantastical world of animal alter-egos

February 27, 2018 at 10:29AM
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After rising for 100 years, electricity demand is flat. Utilities are freaking out.

After rising for 100 years, electricity demand is flat. Utilities are freaking out.
This historic shift has wreaked havoc in the utility industry in ways large and small, visible and obscure.

February 27, 2018 at 10:13AM
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Inside Amazon's Battle to Bring Conversational AI Into Your Home

Inside Amazon's Battle to Bring Conversational AI Into Your Home
Amazon is staging a contest called the Alexa Prize — a mad dash toward an outlandish goal: Cook up a bot capable of small talk.

February 27, 2018 at 10:04AM
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South Africa's new president wants to redistribute land from white farmers

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Escort girl embroiled in Manafort-linked Russian oligarch scandal is detained in Thailand, calls out to US media vowing to "reveal all"

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How long does it take to count to one million?

How long does it take to count to one million?

February 27, 2018 at 09:58AM
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This Man Is on Death Row for Killing a 6-Month-Old. But What If We're Wrong About Shaken Baby Syndrome?

This Man Is on Death Row for Killing a 6-Month-Old. But What If We're Wrong About Shaken Baby Syndrome?

February 27, 2018 at 09:33AM
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Finland Health Experts Call for Decriminalisation of All Drug Use, Igniting Public Debate

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Inside the World of NBA Barbers

Inside the World of NBA Barbers

February 27, 2018 at 08:53AM
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For Asian Americans, the 2018 Winter Olympics brought unexpected joy and familiar anger

For Asian Americans, the 2018 Winter Olympics brought unexpected joy and familiar anger
The Olympics have the tantalizing potential to expand the types of people we see as American, if we tell the stories of its athletes carefully.

February 27, 2018 at 08:53AM
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