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  WIRED

• AMC's Latest Move Proves MoviePass Changed Moviegoing for Good an hour ago

  Now that even AMC has gotten in on the subscription game, there's no going back.
  

• China Won’t Solve the World’s Plastics Problem Any More 2 hours ago

  China stopped taking in most of the world’s recycling. Where does it go now?
  

• Europe Considers a New Copyright Law. Here's Why That Matters 3 hours ago

  Critics say a proposal in the European Parliament would lead to legal content being blocked, even outside the EU.
  

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  NYT > Home Page

• Trump Retreats on Separating Families, Signing Executive Order After Outcry an hour ago

  The order said that officials will continue to criminally prosecute everyone who crosses the border illegally, but will seek to find or build facilities that can hold families together...
  

• Where Trump’s ‘Zero Tolerance’ Immigration Policy Began 19 hours ago

  Presidents George W. Bush and Barack Obama both increased enforcement on the U.S.-Mexico border. Here is how their approaches differed from the Trump administration...
  

• On Mexico’s Migrant Trail: Confusion and Tough Choices 13 minutes ago

  As word of the Trump administration’s “zero tolerance” policy reached migrants, some reconsidered their trips but others pressed on amid the possibility of a policy change...
  

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  India News, Latest News in India, Live News India, India Breaking News - Ti

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  Centre overhauls J&K administration, pads up for security challenges 40 minutes ago

  A key appointment was that of B V R Subrahmanyam, who had earlier served as private secretary to former PM Manmohan Singh, as chief secretary in place of B B Vyas. He will assist governor...
  

• One cop killed, 2 injured in attack in Pulwama 3 hours ago

  
  

• SDM among five booked on graft charges in Sambhal dist 3 hours ago

  ​ ​The SDM is alleged to have taken a bribe from Sopali Singh, whose wife Ramvati contested for the post of village pradhan in 2015, during his stint in Gunnaur subdivision. Police...
  

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  BBC News - UK

• Gosport hospital deaths: Prescribed painkillers 'shortened 456 lives' 6 hours ago

  There was "disregard for human life" in prescribing drugs at the Gosport hospital, a report finds.
  

• British Airways cancels 'incorrectly' cheap tickets 7 hours ago

  Passengers are angry after tickets to Tel Aviv and Dubai were cancelled for being the incorrect price.
  

• Prince Louis to be baptised on 9 July 7 hours ago

  The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge's youngest son will be baptised at the same place as his brother George.
  

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  National Geographic News

• Some Rivers Are So Drug-Polluted, Their Eels Get High on Cocaine 11 hours ago

  Illegal drug residues in the water could be affecting native fish.
  

• These Groundbreaking Photos Show Two Worlds in One 11 hours ago

  Photographer David Doubilet's "over-under" images present a view of the ocean most people will never get to experience.
  

• Why This Rare Lobster Is Colored Like Blue Cotton Candy a day ago

  The critter’s pastel rainbow hues may be the result of a genetic mutation or an unusual diet.
  

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  Reuters: World News

• Exclusive: Pope criticizes Trump administration policy on migrant family separation 5 hours ago

  VATICAN CITY (Reuters) - Pope Francis has criticized the Trump administration's policy of separating migrant families at the Mexican border, saying populism is not the answer to...
  

• Saudi-led coalition seizes Yemen's Hodeidah airport, fears for population grow 4 hours ago

  ADEN (Reuters) - Fears of a humanitarian crisis in Yemen's main port city Hodeidah grew as fighting spilled into residential districts on Wednesday after Arab coalition forces seized...
  

• Special Report: Trump's catch-and-detain policy snares illegal immigrants long in U.S. 5 hours ago

  OCILLA, Georgia (Reuters) - Morena Vasquez didn’t want to drive that February night last year, but a co-worker at her job cleaning offices near Atlanta needed some keys dropped...
  

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SPACE.com

• Japan's Hayabusa2 Asteroid Probe Snaps Best Pics Yet of Its Target Ryugu 13 hours ago

  As Japan's Hayabusa2 spacecraft approaches the asteroid Ryugu, the probe has grabbed its best photos yet of the rocky body — and they'll only get better...
  

• Best Astronomy and Astrophysics Books 15 hours ago

  Space.com's editors present a list of the astrophysics and astronomy books worth a read-through.
  

• Best Space Books and Sci-Fi: A Space.com Reading List 15 hours ago

  Space.com's editors present a reading list for space and sci-fi lovers, as well as children who are interested in astronomy and spaceflight.
  

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  CBC | Canada News

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  Senate passes pot bill, paving way for legal cannabis in 8 to 12 weeks 21 hours ago

  Senators have voted to pass the federal government's bill legalizing recreational marijuana by a vote of 52-29, with two abstentions, paving the way for a fully legal cannabis market...
  
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  Ex-MP received 'secret' cut of $12.4M deal in resort town run by his sister, OPP probe alleges 2 days ago

  A former Liberal MP may have used his connections with municipal officials in Collingwood, Ont. — including his sister, the mayor — to secure a $756,000 consulting fee that was...
  
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  Wettlaufer dressed up as Grim Reaper for Halloween at nursing home, inquiry told a day ago

  When she dressed up as the Grim Reaper for the nursing home Halloween party, nurse Elizabeth Wettlaufer raised eyebrows, but her colleagues say they didn't know she was killing residents...
  

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  Eyes on Trade

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  For G-7, Trump’s racism and misogyny are ok, but his trade policies are intolerable 12 days ago

  Most G-7 leaders have worked with Trump despite his xenophobia and racism. But taking on the trade status quo was a bridge too far.
  
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  Corporate Lawyers Hijack UN Meeting, While Civil Society Is Sidelined a month ago

  By Melinda St. Louis As originally published in TruthOut Thanks to years of public education and organizing around the globe, the once-obscure investor-state dispute settlement...
  
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  NAFTA Talks Should Continue Until a Good Deal Is Achieved a month ago

  Statement of Lori Wallach, Director, Public Citizen’s Global Trade Watch Lori Wallach, director of Public Citizen’s Global Trade Watch, released the following statement...
  

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• Can We Change Others Without Changing Ourselves 3 days ago

  Man by nature is gifted with intelligence. From childhood to adolescence his perception of  life would be one of youthful vigour with lofty ideals and aspirations. As he reaches...
  

• 6 Qigong Exercises for Cultivating Healing Energy 4 days ago

  The Powerful Effects of Qigong Qigong, which combines meditative and physically active elements, is the basic exercise system within Chinese medicine. Qigong exercises are designed...
  

• Thich Nhat Hanh’s 14 Principles of Engaged Buddhism 5 days ago

  How to Put Compassion into Action In the tumult of the mid-60s, a Vietnamese monk formed the Order of Interbeing (Tiep Hien). It was a time of escalating conflict in the Vietnam War and...
  

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Featured Health News from Medical News Today

• Medical News Today: Are you getting enough vitamin D? 3 hours ago

  Vitamin D is an essential nutrient, but it can be difficult for people to know if they are getting the right amount. Some people will be able to get enough vitamin D from sunlight. Others...
  

• Medical News Today: What is causing this rash on my wrist? 4 hours ago

  There are many different causes of a rash on the wrist, including eczema, allergic reactions to metals in jewelry, and other skin conditions. Here, you can try to identify your skin...
  

• Medical News Today: Rare case of bubonic plague reported in Idaho 4 hours ago

  This week, the case of a young boy contracting plague has been in the news. Here, we cover the details and offer advice for those who are concerned.
  

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  Desdemona Despair

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  Global warming set to exceed 1.5°C and slow economic growth: U.N. draft 4 minutes ago

  By Alister Doyle; editing by John Stonestreet20 June 2018OSLO (Reuters) – Global warming is on course to exceed the most stringent goal set in the Paris agreement by around 2040...
  
• ( Guess we have to wait another 22 years to prove they don't know anything. It reminds me of the historical revisionism attributed to Jehovah's Witness. BTW I would be an ingrate not to note I have benefited from one of their outreach policies. )
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  UN chief calls for “solidarity, compassion, and action” on World Refugee Day 36 minutes ago

  20 June 2018 (UN News) – The appeal by Secretary-General António Guterres comes in a video message for World Refugee Day, observed this Wednesday, 20 June 2018.In it, he reported...
  
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  How the Koch Brothers are killing public transit projects around the country – “Stopping higher taxes is their rallying cry, but at the end of the day, fuel consumption helps them” a day ago

  By Hiroko Tabuchi19 June 2018NASHVILLE, Tennessee (The New York Times) – A team of political activists huddled at a Hardee’s one rainy Saturday, wolfing down a breakfast of biscuits...
  

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  The Daily Sheeple

• ‘Mystery Animal’ Turns Out To Not Be A Mystery At All 2 hours ago

  A “mystery creature” shot on a ranch in Montana turn out to be not all that mysterious after all.  The animal was a gray wolf. Montana Fish, Wildlife, and Parks officials initially...
  

• Why Do We Crave Junk Food so Much? We Explain the Gut-Brain Connection and How You Can Train Yourself to Want Healthier Food 5 hours ago

  If you’ve ever decided to start eating healthier but soon found yourself reaching for a bag of chips, it’s not just because you lack self-control. You’re probably fighting...
  

• Horses Grazing in Face of Swirling Tornado Captured in Stunning Video 6 hours ago

  Severe thunderstorms brought hailstone damage and a spate of tornado sightings in Colorado on Tuesday, however one eyewitness captured picturesque video footage of grazing horses...
  

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  Exceptional Delaware 2017

• Legislation Aims To Have Teacher Of The Year & A Delaware Student On The State Board of Education 17 minutes ago

  How did I miss this one?  It was filed last week!  Not only would this add two new members to the State Board of Education but could also make the State Board of Education a wandering...
  

• **UPDATED**The Clock Is Ticking For The State Board Of Education 7 hours ago

  The State Board of Education still has four members.  Which is their quorum amount.  Governor Carney, with ten days left in the 149th General Assembly, has not put forth ANY nominations...
  

• Will The State Auditor, Treasurer, Div. of Accounting, Delaware DOE or Attorney General Act On Petty Cash Abuse? And What Happens To DAPSS? a day ago

  A few days ago I put an article up about petty cash abuse in our districts and charter schools.  No state agency has yet to give an official response even though they are all well aware...
  

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  Have You Heard

• Teaching Machines: The Dream of Automating the Teaching Profession Goes Way Back 15 days ago

  TweetIn episode #43 of Have You Heard, Jennifer and Jack talk to Audrey Watters, expert on all things #edtech, about the age-old quest to automate teaching. You’ll laugh, you’ll...
  

• Wisconsin Wakes Up a month ago

  TweetNearly a decade has passed since Scott Walker took on teachers and other public employees in America’s Dairy Land, virtually eliminating their right to engage in collective...
  

  Din Merican: the Malaysian DJ Blogger

• Immanuel Kant and the Myth of Perpetual Peace 26 minutes ago

  June 21, 2019 Immanuel Kant and the Myth of Perpetual Peace Can the procedures of democratic decision making offer a constitutional solution to the problem of war? by Andrew Beddow...
  

• Mahathir: The comeback statesman is Prime Minister Again 6 hours ago

  June 20, 2018 Mahathir: The comeback statesman is Prime Minister Again by Phar Kim Beng http://www.malaysiakini.com COMMENT | With the exception of a Mahathir studies centre in...
  

• If the US military withdraws from Korea, China will be a big loser 6 hours ago

  June 20, 2018 If the US military withdraws from Korea, China will be a big loser by Michael Heng http://www.scmp.com Michael Heng says while Beijing has good reason to be wary of American...
  

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Featured Health News from Medical News Today

• Medical News Today: What is causing this rash on my wrist? 4 hours ago

  There are many different causes of a rash on the wrist, including eczema, allergic reactions to metals in jewelry, and other skin conditions. Here, you can try to identify your skin...
  

• Medical News Today: Rare case of bubonic plague reported in Idaho 4 hours ago

  This week, the case of a young boy contracting plague has been in the news. Here, we cover the details and offer advice for those who are concerned.
  

• Medical News Today: Catatonic depression: What to know 5 hours ago

  Catatonic depression is a subtype of depression characterized by not speaking or responding to things for a prolonged period. Catatonia can be a part of several other mental health...
  

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  Fast Company

• Ava DuVernay becomes the first black woman to direct a $100 million-grossing film 4 hours ago

  With A Wrinkle In Time, Ava DuVernay has become the first black female director whose movie grossed more than $100 million at the domestic box office. Of course, there have been recent...
  
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  Here’s IGTV: Instagram’s vertical answer to YouTube 5 hours ago

  At an Instagram event this morning in San Francisco, CEO Kevin Systrom strode onstage and began talking about “old and outdated,” “clunky and unnatural” video services...
  

• Burger King Russia pulls ad that promised Whoppers to women impregnated by World Cup players 5 hours ago

  Burger King’s Russian division took down and apologized for an ad on social media promising 3 million rubles (about $47,000 USD) and a lifetime supply of Whoppers to women who could...
  

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  Chicago Boyz

• Continuing Derangement an hour ago

  By the Mystic Marbles of Matagorda, I thought that last week’s bout of Trump derangement was the far frozen limit, but here it is only Wednesday and the establishment media is already...
  

• This Post is Not About Footwear a day ago

  100th anniversary of the flip-flop   The quintessential digital device.
  

• Quote of the Day a day ago

  Assistant Village Idiot: The Cause of the Week is never reported accurately. It is chosen for emotional elements which suspend rational thought. It’s literally true!...
  

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  Centinel2012

• Trump v Trudeau 2 hours ago

  Armstrong Economics Blog/World Trade Re-Posted Jun 20, 2018 by Martin Armstrong Trump has been attacking Canada once again on trade. He blasted the North American Free Trade Agreement...
  

• Citigroup Becoming a Political Bank 3 hours ago

  Armstrong Economics Blog/Politics Re-Posted Jun 20, 2018 by Martin Armstrong   Citigroup has issued a press release back in March stating that it will penalize banking clients...
  

• Analysis of Global Temperature Trends, May, 2018, what’s really going on with the Climate? 6 hours ago

  The analysis and plots shown here are based on the following two data series. First NASA-GISS estimates of a global temperature shown as an anomaly (converted to degrees Celsius)...
  

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  CanadaFreePress.Com

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  New Utah State University Study helps cities budget for Water Main Breaks 2 months ago

  New data from Utah State University Buried Structures Laboratory quantifies water main breaks by pipe material type, helping towns and cities across Canada and the U.S. predict...
  
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  Trump to send $15 billion in spending rescissions later today a month ago

  You can argue it would have been better not to sign the Omnibus in the first place, but this will be a very positive end result if he can get it through Congress...
  
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  Former Dem Sen. Robert Torricelli: Dems don't deserve to govern, because their message isn't good enough a month ago

  There are a lot of reasons Democrats don’t deserve to govern.  Their ideas are horrible, they trend toward the destruction of the constitution at every opportunity, your rights...
  

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  The BRAD BLOG

• Judge Strikes Down Kansas 'Proof of Citizenship' Voting Law, Slaps Humiliating Sanction on Kobach: 'BradCast' 6/19/2018 19 hours ago

  On today's BradCast: GOPers in D.C. try to overcome Trump's wildly unpopular new border policy and Kansas' Secretary of State loses again in court and faces what may be his most humiliating...
  

• 'Green News Report' - June 19, 2018 a day ago

  IN TODAY'S RADIO REPORT: Hurricanes are moving slower thanks to global warming; EPA's weakening of clean air rules could kill 80,000 Americans over the next decade; China's retaliatory...
  

• SCOTUS Punts Partisan Gerrymanders; Outrage Grows Over Trump Separation of Kids/Parents: 'BradCast' 6/18/2018 2 days ago

  On today's BradCast: More disappointing (if not deadly) rulings on voting rights were released on Monday from the U.S. Supreme Court, and callers ring in on the growing outrage of...
  

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  Below 2C

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  Climate Economic Impacts From Kinder Morgan May Total $8.7 Billion 2 days ago

  Much has been written and debated about Kinder Morgan’s Trans Mountain Expansion (TMX) during the last months — its economic merits, job creation, the Tar Sands expansion, its...
  
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  Airpocalypse Moves China From Biggest Global Polluter To Climate Leader 5 days ago

  The world’s biggest emitter decided to take some serious climate action – and in the process renewed our hope that we will beat the climate crisis. Source: The YEARS Project: We...
  
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  Climate Change – Canada Doubling Down on a No-Win Bet 8 days ago

  “Continued investment in the oil sands generally, and in the Trans Mountain pipeline specifically, means Canada is doubling down on a no-win bet,” write Thomas Homer-Dixon...
  

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  bluebird of bitterness

• Wednesday weirdness 7 hours ago

  
  

• When you’re down to your last dollar a day ago

  Its value keeps shrinking, but you can still have some fun with it.
  

• Back in the saddle again 2 days ago

  A cowboy rode into a small town in Oklahoma and stopped at a saloon for a beer. What he didn’t know was that the locals had a habit of playing pranks on strangers. When he finished his...
  

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  Home

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  Trump wants a Space Force and "dominance" in space 5 hours ago

  “Space is a warfighting domain,” said the White House statement this week. It came as the Trump administration once again proclaimed that it plans to create a “Space Force"...
  
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  One of the world's worst nuclear accidents was in Brazil 5 hours ago

  On September 13, 1987, Brazilian scrap metal dealer, Devair Ferreira, unwittingly opened Pandora’s box. Out spilled a bright blue crystalline powder that fell glowing to the...
  

• Women's voices from Three Mile Island 6 hours ago

  Accidents Can Happen: Voices of women from Three Mile Island is a film about about the silenced story of the women from the Three Mile Island nuclear accident.  This is the tale of the...
  

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BlackListed News

• Peter Fonda tweets he wants to 'rip Barron Trump from his mother' and put him in a 'cage with pedophiles' 17 hours ago

  Donald Trump Jr. stood up for his younger brother, who is 12, calling Fonda's since-deleted tweet "sick" and asking for Sony Pictures to drop the actor from "Boundaries," which is...
  

• VIDEO: Flying Dragon Robot Transforms Itself to Squeeze Through Gaps 17 hours ago

  At JSK Lab at the University of Tokyo, roboticists have developed a robot called DRAGON, which (obviously) stands for for “Dual-rotor embedded multilink Robot with the Ability...
  

• Israel Intensifies Efforts to Link the BDS Movement to ‘Terrorism’ 17 hours ago

  Israeli Strategic Affairs Minister Gilad Erdan upped his government’s efforts to link the Boycott, Divestment, Sanctions (BDS) campaign with “terrorism”, in a presentation...
  

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  Research Digest

• New trial finds that frequent aerobic exercise reduces the hard-to-treat “negative symptoms” of schizophrenia 13 hours ago

  There are various mechanisms that may explain the effects, including potential changes to levels of the neurotransmitter glutamate. By Emma Young
  

• Neurotic folk spend more time doing chores a day ago

  The researchers speculated that that high scorers on trait neuroticism may find clutter more distressing. By Christian Jarrett
  

• New literature review warns that current sexual assault interventions might actually increase offending among high-risk men 2 days ago

  There has been little systematic investigation of the sexual assault reduction programmes implemented on most US university campuses. By Alex Fradera
  

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  re: The Auditors

• Speaking Engagements/Conferences 5 days ago

  Lots planned for the fall including another visit to Ohio State and a return to DC by the Baylor MAcc program. Also on the agenda CalCPAs and a wonderful gig on October 9, 2018 for Grant's...
  

• Mick Mulvaney, the CFPB and a “thing” 2 months ago

   Warning:  Coarse language, because we may get a lot of snow in Chicago but we’re no snowflakes. Last week I went to an American Bankers Association Conference for bank government...
  

• Update: KPMG: The Indictments 2 months ago

  Just a reminder to my readers: The mystery outside consulting firm that helped KPMG analyze the data Brian Sweet andCynthia Holder allegedly brought over from the PCAOB is still a...
  

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  Atlas Obscura - Latest Articles and Places

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  Birdhouse Forest in South Hero, Vermont 41 minutes ago

  This isn’t your ordinary stretch of swamp. Wooden dinosaurs lurk within the mucky landscape, hidden within trees dotted with hundreds multi-colored birdhouses. The whimsical...
  
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  Cumbres & Toltec Scenic Railroad in Antonito, Colorado 41 minutes ago

  This preserved railway line offers the rare chance to ride through the mountains of Colorado and New Mexico along a 137-year-old railroad. Operating out of Chama, New Mexico...
  
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  Philly Taco an hour ago

  The Philly Taco has been called "a turducken for drunks and stoners." It's also been called a great idea. Philadelphians, left to their own late-night devices, cobble together this...
  

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  Accidental Deliberations

• Wednesday Morning Links 6 hours ago

  Miscellaneous material for your mid-week reading.- Andray Domise discusses both the U.S.' choice to be an intentionally safe destination for refugees, and Canada's complicity...
  
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  Tuesday Night Cat Blogging 19 hours ago

  Braced cats.
  

• Tuesday Morning Links a day ago

  This and that for your Tuesday reading.- David Ball offers a reminder that Canada's immigration system includes the needless detention of children - and that we should be working...
  

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