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  WIRED

• 'Westworld' Recap, Season 2 Episode 7: Decoding Da Vinci 2 hours ago

  On 'Westworld,' Robert Ford is a modern-day da Vinci, taking his inventions to their natural—possibly dangerous—conclusions.
  

• WWDC 2018: How to Watch Apple's Keynote on Monday, June 4 3 hours ago

  On Monday, Apple will lift the lid on its Worldwide Developers Conference. Here's how to tune in.
  

• Crime Fighting Gets High-Tech Advances Palantir, Axom, and More 17 hours ago

  Beyond big data, officers are increasingly turning to software and ­predictive analytics from companies like Palantir to anticipate when and where misdeeds are likely to occur...
  

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  NYT > Home Page

• Europe Edition: Populists, Britain, Denmark: Your Monday Briefing 3 hours ago

  Here’s what you need to know to start your day.
  

• Asia and Australia Edition: North Korea, South China Sea, Breast Cancer: Your Monday Briefing 10 hours ago

  Here’s what you need to know to start your day.
  

• Trump’s Lawyers, in Confidential Memo, Argue to Head Off a Historic Subpoena a day ago

  The legal memo takes an expansive view on the president’s authority. Lawyers argued that, as president, Mr. Trump has the power to end investigations...
  

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

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  Supreme Court refuses to stay announcement of NEET 2018 results an hour ago

  
  
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  Local manufacturing, cheap prices defeating ban on plastic carry bags in India: Study 3 hours ago

  
  
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  Paucity of central budget may force soldiers to buy uniforms on their own 4 hours ago

  While looking at the budget for the 2018-19 financial year, officials explained that the Army has no other option but to reduce the supplies from ordnance factories...
  

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  BBC News - UK

• Learner drivers now allowed on motorway after law change 7 hours ago

  Those wanting to gain the extra experience will need to do so in a dual-control car.
  

• Minute's silence for London Bridge terror attack victims 15 hours ago

  "Love is stronger than hate," says the dean leading the service one year on from the attack.
  

• Breast cancer: Test means fewer women will need chemotherapy 20 hours ago

  From Monday, about 70% of women with early stage cancer may be able to avoid the gruelling treatment.
  

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  National Geographic News

• Why Mongooses All Give Birth on the Same Day 2 days ago

  These small, sleek mammals have some intriguing quirks in the animal kingdom—like male childcare.
  

• Why Today is the Golden Age for Dinosaur Discoveries 2 days ago

  As more countries open their borders to paleontology, a new generation of dino hunters is uncovering almost one new species a week.
  

• As Tigers Become Rarer, Poachers Are Targeting Lions 3 days ago

  Growing numbers of wild lions in Africa are slaughtered for their teeth and claws, sought in Asian countries for jewelry.
  

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  Reuters: World News

• North Korea shakes up top military brass ahead of Trump summit - U.S. official 15 minutes ago

  SEOUL/WASHINGTON (Reuters) - North Korea's top three military officials have been removed from their posts, a senior U.S. official said, a move analysts said on Monday could support...
  

• Guatemala's Fuego volcano eruption kills 25, injures hundreds 36 minutes ago

  GUATEMALA CITY (Reuters) - An estimated 25 people, including at least three children, were killed and nearly 300 injured on Sunday in the most violent eruption of Guatemala's Fuego...
  

• U.S. urges China to come clean on Tiananmen anniversary 3 hours ago

  BEIJING (Reuters) - The United States urges China to make a full public account of those killed, detained or who went missing during a crackdown on student-led pro-democracy protests...
  

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SPACE.com

• Pre-Flown SpaceX Rocket Launches Commercial Communications Satellite in 9 hours

  A Falcon 9 rocket with a used first stage successfully launched the SES-12 commercial communications satellite from Florida's Cape Canaveral Air Force Station early this morning...
  

• This Week's Top Space Stories! 17 hours ago

  A Hawaiian observatory filmed stars streaking over Kilauea's volcanic glow, space enthusiasts mourned the loss of two astronauts and researchers discovered exotic dunes on Pluto...
  

• Soyuz Capsule Returns Station Crew to Earth After 168 Days in Space 18 hours ago

  A Russian Soyuz spacecraft with three crew members landed after five months docked to the International Space Station. Cosmonaut Anton Shkaplerov, Norishige "Neemo" Kanai with...
  

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  CBC | Canada News

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  New guidelines recommend hepatitis C screening be done for those born between 1945 and 1975 9 hours ago

  Canadians born between 1945 and 1975 — essentially the baby-boom generation — should be tested for the potentially liver-destroying virus hepatitis C, a new set of guidelines...
  
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  'They are now a part of us': Makeshift memorial for Toronto van attack victims comes down 12 hours ago

  Just over one month after a deadly van attack left 10 people dead and 16 more injured, Torontonians gathered for a public closing ceremony to dismantle the makeshift memorial, whose...
  

• Court clerk with PTSD fighting province, insurer to go back to work 7 hours ago

  A court clerk who developed PTSD from ‘relentless’ exposure to gruesome trial evidence has been fighting the Ontario government and Manulife insurance for over a year, to get...
  

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  Eyes on Trade

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  Corporate Lawyers Hijack UN Meeting, While Civil Society Is Sidelined 11 days 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 23 days 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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  New Data Show Trump’s First Quarter 2018 China and Mexico Trade Deficits Largest on Record as All Eyes Focus on This Week’s Trade Discussions in China, Looming NAFTA Deadline a month ago

  U.S. Trade Deficit With World Largest Since 2008 Financial Crisis, Contrary to Trump’s Campaign Pledge to Quickly Reduce Deficit to Bring Back Manufacturing Jobs WASHINGTON...
  

  

• The Tzolkin and The Haab: 13 Moon Calendar Explained! 17 days ago

  The Maya calendar is a system of calendars used in pre-Columbian Mesoamerica and in many modern communities in the Guatemalan highlands, Veracruz, Oaxaca and Chiapas, Mexico. The...
  

• Thanks To New Law, Animal Abusers Will Now Be Registered Like Sex Offenders 21 days ago

  Now that animal abuse is being taken far more seriously than ever before, more and more jurisdictions are altering their laws to reflect this new reality. A number of United States...
  

• Underwater Robots Just Discovered the Largest Dead Zone on Earth 24 days ago

  Last week, researchers made a disturbing discovery. With the help of underwater robots, they found the largest ocean dead zone in the world. The area is larger than the size of Scotland...
  

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Featured Health News from Medical News Today

• Medical News Today: Can we 'switch off' the pleasure of sweet tastes? 21 hours ago

  A study investigates how different tastes are processed in the brain. Scientists find that by manipulating nerve cells, they can 'switch off' some tastes...
  

• Medical News Today: Antifungal drug kills dormant colorectal cancer cells a day ago

  Dormant tumor cells in colorectal cancer are therapy-resistant, but a new study has found that a drug used to treat fungal infections could eliminate them...
  

• Medical News Today: What is a pseudoseizure? a day ago

  The symptoms of a pseudoseizure are nearly identical to those of an epileptic seizure. However, while misfiring neurons in the brain cause epilepsy, pseudoseizures occur as a result...
  

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  Desdemona Despair

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  Think the big banks have abandoned coal? Think again 13 hours ago

  By Emily Flitter28 May 2018(The New York Times) – Starting three years ago, the largest American banks vowed to cut back on lending to the coal industry.“The bank has a responsibility...
  
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  Global warming hits poorest nations hardest – “The richest countries that produced the most emissions are the least affected by heat” 13 hours ago

  30 May 2018 (University of Melbourne) – Australia will still be the lucky country when it comes to changes in local climate as a result of climate change if global average surface...
  
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  Government raid fails to stop illegal gold mining, death threats on Amazon’s Tropas River 13 hours ago

  By Rosamaria Loures, Sue Branford, and Maurício Torres31 May 2018(Mongabay) – “The gold mining in our territory is bringing a lot of illness, a lot of malaria. It’s bringing...
  

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  The Daily Sheeple

• This Could Be Bigger Than The DotCom Boom 2 hours ago

  We’re entering the second phase of the crypto revolution. And, it may be following a similar pattern set by the Internet revolution back in the early 2000’s...
  

• Bloody And Brutal Videos: America’s First Sanctioned Bare Knuckle Boxing Championships Since 1889 9 hours ago

  In the first sanctioned bare knuckle boxing event in 130 years male and female warriors faced off Friday night in Cheyenne, Wyoming
  

• “Free” College Comes at a Price 2 days ago

  Were it not for the subsidized loans and — in the case of public colleges — directly subsidized tuition, the number of students able to afford such degrees would shrink considerably...
  

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  Exceptional Delaware 2017

• All Delaware 149th General Assembly Education Legislation Passed, Defeated, Pending, Tabled & Vetoed 14 hours ago

  There are 13 working days left in the Delaware General Assembly.  The last day is Saturday, June 30th.  There is a ton of pending education legislation for them to work.  Some won’t...
  

• And Then There Were Four… State Board of Education Down Three Members 2 days ago

  It appears former State Rep. Liane Sorenson and longstanding State Board member Barbara Rutt have resigned from the Delaware State Board of Education leaving four members left. ...
  

• Hot Off The Press: Regulation 225 Changes Released By Delaware Department Of Education 3 days ago

  While the June 1st issue of the Registrar of Regulations has not come out today, the Delaware Department of Education just issued a press release on what the changes to Regulation 225...
  

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  Have You Heard

• Wisconsin Wakes Up 14 days 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...
  

• Getting Fundamental: Do Americans Have a Right to Public Education? a month ago

  TweetWhat does the 14th Amendment, ratified in 1868, have to do with the teacher walkouts that are sweeping across the land today? Everything, explains law professor Derek Black...
  

• Takeover! What’s Behind the State Takeover of School Districts? 2 months ago

  TweetHave You Heard looks at what’s behind state takeovers of school districts. As guest Domingo Morel explains, laws authorizing states to take over urban districts appeared...
  

  Din Merican: the Malaysian DJ Blogger

• The Californization of America 11 hours ago

  June 4, 2018 SOQUEL, Calif. — Across the country, Democrats are winning primaries by promoting policies like universal health insurance and guaranteed income — ideas once laughed...
  

• Mahathir 2.0 Government stands firm on Tommy Thomas as Attorney-General of Malaysia 13 hours ago

  June 4, 2018 Mahathir 2.0 Government stands firm on Tommy Thomas as Attorney-General of Malaysia https://www.thestar.com.my/news/nation/2018/06/03/dr-m-on-tommy-thomas-impasse-we-are-holding-on-to-our-principles/...
  

• With Anwar pardoned, Dr M must now clear my name, says Munawar Anees 17 hours ago

  June 3, 2018 With Anwar pardoned, Dr M must now clear my name by Munawar A Anees http://www.freemalaysiatoday.com OPEN LETTER: Dear Dr Mahathir Mohamad, congratulations on being...
  

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Featured Health News from Medical News Today

• Medical News Today: What happens when calcium levels are high? 2 days ago

  Hypercalcemia occurs when a person has too much calcium in their blood. Possible causes include overactive parathyroid glands, too much vitamin D, cancer, and a range of other factors...
  

• Medical News Today: Can you treat vulvovaginitis at home? 3 days ago

  Vulvovaginitis is an inflammatory condition that affects the vulva and vagina. There are many potential causes, including yeast and bacterial infections, and sexually transmitted...
  

• Medical News Today: Engineered antibody summons immune system to kill cancer cells 3 days ago

  Researchers have engineered an anti-cancer antibody that attaches specifically to cancer cells and summons immune killer cells to destroy the target.
  

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  Fast Company

• Why don’t more apps work with Siri? 2 days ago

  When Apple opened up Siri to third-party apps a couple years ago, the consensus among developers was that the system was still too limited. Instead of letting app makers build whatever...
  

• As Google quits controversial Project Maven, mystery deepens over role of other tech firms 2 days ago

  In the wake of revelations about Google’s role in a military image recognition project that led to the resignation of about a dozen employees and a petition signed by thousands more...
  

• Rex Tillerson’s failures should send corporate leaders soul searching 2 days ago

  In his commencement address in May at the Virginia Military Institute, former U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson railed against his former boss. “When we as a people, a free people...
  

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  Chicago Boyz

• Sturm und Drang 9 hours ago

  Ah yes, a rousing round of storm and stress this week in our own very dear so-called entertainment media, starting with Rosanne Barr’s self-titled and relaunched sitcom being cancelled...
  

• Ugly Identity Politics and Ugly Language a day ago

  Inspired by a lovely photo of motherly affection and play, Samantha Bee diminished Ivanka Trump with ugly remarks. Such simplification comes from an ugly perspective, characteristic...
  

• Chicago Boyz Waiting Room Series: 10 2 days ago

  
  

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  Centinel2012

• North Korea Replaces Top Three Military Officials…. 6 hours ago

  Re-Posted from The Conservative Tree House on June 3, 2018 by sundance On the same day Vice-Chairman Kim Yong Chol arrives back in Beijing en route to North Korea from a meeting with...
  

• Secretary Pompeo Recognizes 29th Anniversary of Tiananmen Square Massacre… 7 hours ago

  Re-Posted from The Conservative Tree House on June 3, 2018 by sundance Oh boy… subtle like a brick through a window.  Lest there be any debate remaining about the U.S. position toward...
  

• Trade and Tariffs: Prime Minister Justin Trudeau Full NBC Interview… 7 hours ago

  Re-Posted from The Conservative Tree House on June 3, 2018 by sundance The essential argument made by Prime Minister Justin Trudeau during this interview was already addressed in...
  

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  CanadaFreePress.Com

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  New Utah State University Study helps cities budget for Water Main Breaks a month 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

• Sunday Toons of the 'Barr None' Moment 18 hours ago

  * * * Perry Dorrell blogs as PDiddie at Brains and Eggs, usually on topics concerning the strange brew of Texas politics. He's also on Twitter @PDiddie...
  

• Trump, Trudeau Fossil Fuel Nationalization Schemes Reveal They're 'More Alike Than Hoped': 'BradCast' 6/1/2018 2 days ago

  On today's BradCast: Both Trump in the U.S. and Trudeau in Canada have revealed schemes to prop up dying elements of the fossil fuel industry by having their respective governments...
  

• My Incredibly Bizarre Email Exchange With AL Sec. of State John Merrill: 'BradCast' 5/31/2018 3 days ago

  On today's BradCast: Just days from Alabama's mid-term primaries next week --- in which Sec. of State John Merrill (R) will be on the ballot himself --- we share a wild, and often inexplicable...
  

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  Below 2C

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  Canadians Now The Not-So-Proud Owners Of Very Own Pipeline 3 days ago

  I must admit that I did not see this coming. Canadians have been hearing for several weeks — since Kinder Morgan set its May 31 ultimatum — that Prime Minister Trudeau was considering...
  
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  The Political Risk Of Falling Short On Climate And The Environment 10 days ago

  Public opinion on climate change and the need to protect our environment is shifting and politicians who ignore this issue do so at their own peril. There is a political risk with falling...
  
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  The Last Nail In The Kinder Morgan Coffin 16 days ago

  There are many reasons why the Trans Mountain Kinder Morgan pipeline project should be nixed. The proposed use of Canadian taxpayer dollars to indemnify Kinder Morgan over the pipeline...
  

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  bluebird of bitterness

• Sunday funnies 12 hours ago

  One Sunday morning, an old man wearing patched overalls, a faded shirt, and a frayed jacket entered a church just as the service was about to begin. The church was in an affluent part...
  

• Sunday musical offering 18 hours ago

  O they tell me of a home far beyond the skies, They tell me of a home far away; And they tell me of a home where no storm clouds rise, O they tell me of an unclouded day. O the land of cloudless...
  
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  Caturday funnies — movie edition 2 days ago

  DRIVING MISS DAISY CAT ON A HOT TIN ROOF CINDERELLA THE WEDDING SINGER DIRTY HARRY A DAY AT THE RACES DAYS OF WINE AND ROSES THE HORSE WHISPERER SPIDERMAN HARVEY PUSS IN BOOTS DAMN YANKEES...
  

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  Home

• Trump orders Perry to stop coal, nuclear retirements 3 days ago

  This breaking news is reported by Utility Dive. It comes on the heels of a scoop by Bloomberg that "Trump Prepared Lifeline for Money-Losing Coal [and Nuclear] Power Plants." Public...
  
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  Dirty, dangerous, and expensive versus clean, safe, and affordable 3 days ago

  Wind turbine in downtown Cleveland. Ohio's Lake Erie shoreline has some of the best wind power potential in the U.S.As Dick Munson of Environmental Defense Fund (EDF) has blogged...
  
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  Fukushima mothers visit France and the UN to demand their human rights 6 days ago

  A group of Japanese mothers and their children recently participated in a speaking tour in France and one mother, Akiko Morimatsu, (pictured above with her son) testified before...
  

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BlackListed News

• The Singapore Hotel Where Top Brass, Weapons Manufacturers and Spies Rub Shoulders a day ago

  Here, beneath pillared ceilings and chandeliers, they gather for an annual informal bash - called the Shangri-La Dialogue - organized by the London-based International Institute...
  

• Now It’s Against the Law in California to Shower and Do Laundry on the Same Day a day ago

  Governor Jerry Brown is retiring but not before he passes a few draconian laws as parting gifts for California. Two bills were signed into law on Thursday of last week to “help California...
  

• Two men busted in Ukraine’s "fake murder" ruse, turn out to be Ukrainian Intelligence (Video) a day ago

  Ukraine’s “fake murder” hoax of journalist Arkady Babachenko is turning into an international embarrassment for Ukraine and its security services. The two men ensnared...
  

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  Research Digest

• We’re taking a short break 3 days ago

  We’re taking a break. Normal service will resume June 18, 2018.
  

• A new study claims that, under pressure, imposter syndrome hits men harder than women 3 days ago

  The researchers said men with imposter syndrome may particularly struggle to cope with the cultural expectations that they be competent. By Christian Jarrett...
  

• Sending a supportive text to your partner can reduce their physiological stress levels, but only if you’re subtle about it 3 days ago

  The findings add to past research suggesting that “invisible” support can be one of the more effective forms of helping reduce others' stress. By Alex Fradera...
  

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  re: The Auditors

• Speaking Engagements/Conferences a month ago

  I added a link to the details for the May 2 fraud conference in New York, where I will be a panelist with Michelle Leder of Footnoted.org, Tracey Coenen, Donn Vickrey, and moderated by...
  

• Mick Mulvaney, the CFPB and a “thing” a month 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 a month 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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  Mustard Oil 2 days ago

  Mustard oil, made from the pressing or grinding of mustard seeds, is an essential cooking ingredient in South Asian kitchens. It's particularly popular in eastern India and Bangladesh...
  
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  The Lost Lingo of New York City’s Soda Jerks 2 days ago

  Throughout the 1940s, during the post-dinner lull, students and staff at Columbia University would make a beeline for Friedgen’s Pharmacy up on Amsterdam Avenue. There, they’d...
  
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  What You Told Us About Your Hometown’s Hidden Tunnels 2 days ago

  Many cities around the world have local legends about hidden tunnels running underneath the streets. Recently, we asked Atlas Obscura readers to tell us tales of hidden underground...
  

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  Accidental Deliberations

• On history repeating 16 hours ago

  I haven't yet commented much on Ontario's provincial election campaign - and readers interested in the race will find plenty of noteworthy observers on the blogroll.That said, it's...
  

• Sunday Morning Links 17 hours ago

  This and that for your Sunday reading.- Mariana Mazzucato discusses the dangers of confusing market prices with intrinsic values: Value has gone from being a category at the core...
  

• Saturday Morning Links 2 days ago

  Assorted content for your weekend reading.- CBC talks to Robert Frank about the role of luck and privilege in generating concentrated wealth. And Kate Bahn highlights the reality...
  

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