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    Default What's The Best Earmuff?

    Winter is here. And its claimed its first torture victim: my ears.
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    Laura Loomer Is at It Again
    Alt-right provocateur and free speech martyr Laura Loomer is not content to rest on her laurels as the woman who locked herself to (one of) the doors at Twitter headquarters and demanded to be given back her God-given right to post. But Loomer wants more. She wants fame. She wants fortune. She wants, it seems... to…
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    E-Scooter Startup Bird: We're Sorry for Sending Wild Legal Threats to Media Over Scooter Hacks
    On-demand electric scooter startup Bird has backed down from its legal threats against Boing Boing editor Cory Doctorow for publishing a piece detailing how a $30 kit from China could be used to rewire the hoards of abandoned Bird scooters sitting around city impound lots, the BBC reported on Monday.

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    Default Gizmodo

    A couple of years ago, I learned that some women insert makeup sponges in their vaginas, all the way up to the cervix, in order to have mess-free period sex. After some googling and consulting with women who’d done it, I decided to give it a try. It was a revelation—suddenly oral sex and clean linens were…
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    Mount That New TV To the Wall Like the Prize That It Is - Just $40 Today
    If you got yourself a new TV during the holidays (or even more recently), it’s cheaper than you might think to mount it to your wall. This highly rated Perlesmith mount can support TVs up to 70" and 132 pounds, and it’s only $40 today with promo code UJQE85K9, complete with bonus accessories like a level, cord ties,…
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    The Mona Lisa Does Not Have the 'Mona Lisa Effect,' Scientists Claim
    The “Mona Lisa Effect” is a term used to describe the perception that the subject of an artwork’s eyes are following the viewer as they move. Scientists now say the actual Mona Lisa simply doesn’t have it.
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    Deadspin This Dude Really Served Clemson Boxed-Up Fast Food On A Bunch Of Fancy Trays | Jezebel Loui
    Deadspin This Dude Really Served Clemson Boxed-Up Fast Food On A Bunch Of Fancy Trays | Jezebel Louis CK, R. Kelly, and the Blurring of Work | Splinter Here’s All the Ridiculous Ways Trump’s Inaugural Committee Spent Its Money | The Root NJ Officials Are Still Targeting the High School Wrestler Who Was Forced to Cut…
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    Monoskier Trevor Kennison Is Racing Toward The 2022 Paralympics
    One of the most intriguing aspects of parasports is the way the mechanics of the sport change on an individual basis, depending on the person’s physical limitations. Often the sports include specialized equipment that allow the athletes to leverage their athleticism to the fullest extent. Monoskiing—also known as sit…
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    Tuesday's Best Deals: Razer DeathAdder Elite, LEGO London Tower Bridge, Cuisinart Cast Iron Cookware, and More
    A Frito Lay Variety Pack, Vegan Vitamins, and Gold’s Gym Equipment lead off Tuesday’s best deals.

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    Latest Apple Rumor Says There's a New iPod in the Works
    It’s been a long time since the iPod was Apple’s most important gadget, and while the iPod Classic, the iPod Nano, and the iPod Shuffle are no longer available, the iPod Touch is still keeping the name alive. And if rumors are true, it seems Apple’s last remaining iPod is in line for at least one more refresh.
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    Seeds Have Sprouted on the Moon for the First Time
    China’s miniature biosphere experiment has yielded sprouting cotton seeds, and they are the first plants to germinate on the Moon—an important first step in creating a viable, self-sustaining lunar colony.
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    Getting Up and Doing Even the Tiniest Bit of Exercise Will Keep You Alive Longer, Study Finds
    Yet another study highlights the importance of getting up and doing something—anything!—to be physically active. It suggests that sedentary people who replace some of their sitting time with even light physical activity are less likely to die early than people who remain in their chairs all day.

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    Razer's Fantastic DeathAdder Elite Is Down to Its Best Price For Prime Members
    Most gaming mice look like ***uristic EMP grenades or snacks for Optimus Prime, but Razer’s DeathAdder series is appealing because it keeps things clean and simple.

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    Flying Car Predictions Are More Pessimistic in the Age of Trump
    Last week, there was an interesting but subtle change in the way that Americans talk about the ***ure. And it’s probably a sign of bad things ahead for technology.

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    Okay, This Argument for 8K TVs Is Kinda Convincing
    I am not on board with 8K. The TVs will be expensive, there’s zero content for them, and they’ll heavily rely on internal processors for upscaling that already struggle to upscale HD content properly to 4K. It seems smarter to work on HDR tech, which makes a more substantial improvement at this time than higher…
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    Netflix Is About to Cost You More Money
    Netflix, the video streaming service no one can seem to quit despite its increasingly poor collection of titles, is about to hike up its prices.
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    The Lego Movie 2 Will Feature a Few DC Movie Stars
    The Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles are getting a movie reboot (again). There’s more rumors about who could be the villains of The Batman and Detective Pikachu. Get a look at Men In Black: International’s intergalactic agents. Plus, new Supergirl pictures, and what’s to come from the Roswell reboot. Spoilers away!

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    If You're Missing a Colossal Disk of Ice, This City in Maine Definitely Found It
    This week in the city of Westbrook, Maine, a huge, rotating circle of ice formed on the Presumpscot River. While it seems like it could be an omen of the impending apocalypse or a particularly low-effort attempt at a crop circle by extraterrestrials, in reality it appears to be another example of a natural yet rare …
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    In the First Trailer for Spider-Man: Far From Home, Vacation Looks Far From Fun
    It’s off to Europe and a date with Mysterio in the first trailer for Spider-Man: Far From Home, which has arrived at last!

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    The Totally Unofficial CES 2019 Meta Awards
    Every year, CES sets the stage for all the wild, wonderful, and boundary-pushing tech we expect to see later in the year. But sometimes, as cool as all those gadgets are, some of the most interesting things at CES are all the inane stunts, absurd observations, and oddly touching moments that happen away from the…
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    Make the Biggest Little Purchase of Your Life
    There’s no such thing as too much storage, but this... this 512GB microSDXC card from PNY may be overkill for most people. If you’re a dedicated Nintendo Switch user with a lot of games and plan on buying a whole lot more, this could be a solid $200 investment.
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    Huawei CEO Denies Company is Spying For China, Praises Donald Trump as 'Great President'
    Ren Zhengfei, the billionaire founder and CEO of Chinese tech company Huawei, gave a rare roundtable interview with reporters today to discuss security concerns. The 74-year-old insisted that his company isn’t beholden to the Chinese government and he called Donald Trump a “great president” because the American leader…
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    Bonkers Post Making Up Stuff About Female Microsoft Developer Advocate Backfires Big Time
    The tables turned big time on a supposed software developer posting under the identity “Tee Medlin” on Friday after he sent an Instagram post accusing Microsoft senior cloud developer advocate Chloe Condon of stalking him at a conference—something that never occurred—and other social media users quickly discovered…
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    Everything We Know About The Twilight Zone Reboot (So Far)
    There’s a lot of great stuff coming in 2019, but few things have us as curious as The Twilight Zone reboot. On one hand, it’s an iconic franchise that could lose some of its luster by coming back. On the other hand, the more we hear about it, the better it sounds. In case you’ve missed all that’s going on around the…
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    Default Hide Unsightly Wires With This $14 Cord Cover Kit

    The one downside of owning a lot of cool electronics is that you are forced to stare at a bunch of decidedly uncool wires all the time. Put those things away for good with this CordMate II Kit, now on sale for just $14 on Amazon. The kit includes 12 pieces: 4 CordMate II cord channels, 3 couplings, 2 flat elbows, 1…
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    Twitter CEO: We'd 'Talk About' Banning Trump If He Told Followers to Kill Journalists
    Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey thinks the company’s “protocol” for politicians who seem to violate the site’s rules is clear. So clear, in fact, that he refused to say if Twitter would ban the president should he explicitly ask his followers to do a bunch of murders.

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    Maybe Now Google Can Stop Dragging Its Dang Feet on a Pixel Watch
    Google announced plans today to acquire a portion of Fossil’s smartwatch technology for $40 million. As part of the deal, Google will also get a portion of Fossil Group’s research and development team. It’s not exactly clear at this moment what specific tech Google is shelling out for—but the acquisition paradoxically…
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    Twitter Oopsie: Bug Made Some Android Users' Private Tweets Public
    Twitter shared some unsettling news for Android users today.

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    It Finally Happened: A 7.1 Gaming Headset Fell Below $20.
    Will Mpow’s EG3 gaming headset match the sound quality of a HyperX Cloud? Of course not. Do you want fancy LED lights? Try something from Razer. But if you’re on a budget and want to experience 7.1 surround sound (which really helps in games like Fortnite and PUBG), you can’t beat $19. Just clip the $5 coupon on the…
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    Default Jon Snow Must Die

    I don’t say this lightly: Jon Snow must die.
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    No, You're Not Hearing Things...These Noise Canceling Headphones Are Just $40
    While I’m sure the sound quality and noise cancellation abilities of these Mpow over-ear Bluetooth headphones don’t live up to the likes of Sony’s WH1000XM3s line or Bose’s QC35s, they annihilate the competition on price at just $40.

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    There's Already New Rumors About the Stars of the Next Ghostbusters
    Zoe Saldana and Karen Gillen say goodbye to their time on Avengers: Endgame. Star Trek: Discovery’s executive producer promises a lighter, more celebratory second season. The new Creepshow could be adapting a Stephen King story. Plus tons of posters for Alita: Battle Angel, Hellboy, and John Wick: Chapter 3. Hi-o…
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    The Best macOS Apps That Actually Make Good Use of the Touch Bar
    It’s fair to say that the Touch Bar—that little display strip above the keyboard on newer MacBook Pro laptops—hasn’t been the most successful of Apple’s recent attempts at innovation. It mostly sits unloved and unneeded, sacrificing keys that were useful for not much benefit. There are apps that try to make the most…
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    It’s Time to Audit All the Extensions You've Installed on Your Browser
    A lot of what we do on our computers goes through the browser, and that means any extensions you choose to add on top of that browser have a very privileged position: They can see where you’re going online, they can see the data you’re passing to and from the web, and they can send and receive data themselves.
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    Here Are Your Unofficial Super Bowl OLED TV Discounts
    LG’s 2017 OLED TVs have achieved something of a cult status thanks to their inky dark black levels and vibrant colors. Today though, we’ve got the best price we’ve ever seen on the 2018 55" model, and a solid deal on the 65" as well.
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    Netflix Says It Won't Pull Controversial Footage of Actual Deadly Incident From Bird Box
    After streaming giant Netflix came under fire for including footage of a real-life, deadly incident that occurred in Canada in its breakout monster movie Bird Box, the company said Thursday it will not pull that imagery from the film.

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    Facebook's AR Glasses May Be Getting Closer to Becoming a Reality
    Facebook is reportedly dumping resources into developing nifty new augmented reality hardware—but don’t put money on seeing its products anytime super soon.
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    Seeing M. Night Shyamalan’s Split Was One of My Most Memorable Moviegoing Experiences
    Imagine sitting down for a movie. You don’t know what that movie is but when it’s over you realize you’ve been watching a secret sequel to one of your favorite movies of all time. That’s what happened to me when I first saw M. Night Shyamalan’s Split, and it was one of the best experiences I’ve ever had in a movie…
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    Sixty Percent Of Us Chose the Frosties and More Black Mirror: Bandersnatch Stats
    Admit it: As you moved your way through Black Mirror: Bandersnatch, you wondered what your friends chose. Now, Netflix has begun to let us know.
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    Riverdale Is Doing a Musical Episode of Heathers
    We love that Riverdale is so regularly bonkers that at any point, the show can just up and do a musical episode. Last year, it was Carrie. This year, we now know it’s Heathers.
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    ACLU Is Suing the Federal Government for Information About Social Media Surveillance Practices
    The American Civil Liberties Union Foundation filed a lawsuit in the Northern District of California against the federal government on Thursday over its social media surveillance practices, specifically relating to the Trump administration’s controversial immigration policy known as “extreme vetting.”

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    In This Week's Star Wars Comic, Jar Jar Binks Gets to Be a Bit of a Badass
    This is something that should probably be described as Bombad. Perhaps even muy Bombad.
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    How Adventuring Along's Joe and Ali Olson Earn and Spend Credit Card Points
    Welcome back to Good Points, a weekly Q&A about credit card points, the people who collect them, and where they take us. This week’s guests are Joe and Ali Olson, who early retired in 2015 to travel the world full time.
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    The U.S. Government Was Supposed to Tell Us How Hot 2018 Was Today, But, the Shutdown
    If you’re wondering exactly how warm it was in 2018, you may have to wait for the U.S. government to start functioning again.

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    Court Rejects FCC Motion to Postpone Net Neutrality Lawsuit Over Shutdown
    Shutdown or no, the consolidated lawsuits facing the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) over its 2017 rules that wiped out net neutrality protections nationwide will go forward on Feb. 1, a three-judge panel in the D.C. Circuit ruled Thursday.
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    How to Stop Worrying About Every 'Mega' Password Breach That Comes Along
    News of this week’s so-called “mega breach” might deeply trouble you. If so, that means it’s a perfect time to take control of your personal security. Yes, every company should be held responsible for practicing sloppy security, allowing your sensitive data to get into the wrong hands. But at this point, there’s…
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    The Top 10 Deals of January 17, 2019
    We see a lot of deals around the web over on Kinja Deals, but these were our ten favorites today.
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    World’s Oldest Known Periodic Table Found During Cleanup of Scottish Lab
    A classroom chart bearing an early version of the periodic table of elements has been discovered in a University of St. Andrews chemistry lab. Dating back to the 1880s, the chart is thought to be the world’s oldest.
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    MSI's Latest Laptops Are Smaller, Sturdier, and Some Even Vibrate
    When MSI released the GS65 last year, it took a risk. Instead of making something massively powerful like the GT75, MSI swapped out its typical red-and-black color scheme and focused on a thin-and-light to create a more portable, but still fast all-rounder. And as a result, the GS65 became the company’s best selling…
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    Default I Tried to Block Amazon From My Life. It Was Impossible.

    Week 1: Amazon

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    Life Without the Tech Giants
    Amazon, Facebook, Google, Microsoft, and Apple collectively make products that we love, products that we hate (but can’t stop using), and products that dictate how we communicate and how we are seen. Their devices and services make our lives easier than they’ve ever been before, yet more complicated in unforeseen…
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    Can You Pass Google's Phishing Quiz?
    Phishing is clearly bad, but it’s not always easy to suss out a sketchy email from a legitimate one. To help, Alphabet subsidiary Jigsaw has made a quiz with Google to teach people how to better spot malicious emails.
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    Tuesday's Best Deals: iPad Pro, Smart Scale, Uggs, Samsung TV, and More
    Samsung’s 65" QLED TV, Amazon Fire HD 8, and a pressure washer lead off Tuesday’s best deals from around the web.
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    Default Family Says Hacked Nest Cam Terrorized Them With Fake Ballistic Missil

    A California family said they got the scare of a lifetime this past weekend when their smart security cameras began falsely warning of three North Korean intercontinental ballistic missiles headed to Los Angeles, Chicago, and Ohio. Thankfully, the missile warning was a hoax. Less comforting was the fact that the…
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    What's the Best Coffee For Cold Brew?
    Calling all caffeine addicts! There’s an ice cold Co-Op a-brewing. Although it’s the dead of winter, we want to know which coffee makes for the best cold brew concoctions (it’s a year-round beverage, promise). Now, this is no ordinary cup of joe; it typically doesn’t make sense to pay top dollar for super flavorful…
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    How to Block Bands on Spotify
    Go ahead and get the “Thank U, Next” joke out of your system. I’ll wait. Because that’s exactly what you’ll be doing with Spotify’s latest feature: telling various bands you can’t stand that you no longer want them to pop up on the curated playlists you otherwise enjoy.
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    Is the Elusive 'Planet Nine' Actually a Massive Ring of Debris in the Outer Solar System?
    The odd orbital arrangements of objects beyond Neptune have led scientists to speculate about the existence of a so-called Planet Nine—a hypothetical large planet in the outer reaches of the Solar System. New research suggests a planet isn’t required to achieve the anomalous orbits, and that a massive ring of debris…
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    Supreme Court Won't Hear Case by Trump Lawyer That Would Threaten the Free Web
    A case against Yelp that could have had sweeping influence on the way U.S. citizens use the internet will not be heard by the Supreme Court, despite a petition from one of President Trumps’ oft-used lawyers for the court to reconsider the case.
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    The Davos Elite Say the Public Will Have to Pay to Retrain the Workers They Automate Out of Jobs
    One of the most egregious myths about automation is that it is a faceless and elemental force of nature that we puny humans are capable only of scrambling to adapt to. This is technological determinism at its most aggressive, and it’s generally a big fat fallacy.

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    The 10 Best Deals of January 22, 2019
    We see a lot of deals around the web over on Kinja Deals, but these were our ten favorites today.

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    The Concourse Don’t Doubt What You Saw With Your Own Eyes | The A.V.
    The Concourse Don’t Doubt What You Saw With Your Own Eyes | The A.V. Club Rep. Alexandra Ocasio-Cortez tells rich guy Stephen Colbert why her 70 percent tax isn’t scary | Splinter AOC: A Society With Billionaires Cannot Be Moral | The Muse Here Are Your 2019 Oscar Nominees | The Grapevine In the Clapback Heard Around…
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    Google Threatens Pulling News From EU as Disastrous Copyright Legislation Flounders
    The European Union has spent the last year working on a controversial overhaul of its copyright laws and was scheduled to finalize the proposal on Monday. Lawmakers failed to come to an agreement and the legislation is stalled for the time being, but that hasn’t stopped Google from threatening to pull its News service…
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    9 Michael Crichton Sci-Fi Movies That Don't Involve Dinosaurs or Wild West Robots
    Author, screenwriter, producer, and director Michael Crichton would have left an incredible legacy even if the only sci-fi works associated with him were Jurassic Park and Westworld (and their many sequels and related titles). But he had so many more movie and TV credits to his name.

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    Drive Off With Anker's Wireless Charging Car Mount For $30
    Your car is a great place for a wireless charger, but if you use GPS, audio streaming, and crank your screen to full brightness while you drive, a 5W Qi charger might not quite keep up with your device’s battery drain.

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    The Four-Cylinder Chevy Silverado Got Worse MPG Than The V8 Because Fuel Economy Is Complicated
    The folks at Car and Driver, a publication like Horse and Rider or Sloop and Helmsman, but for cars, recently tested out Chevrolet’s new 2019 Silverado 1500 trucks, with both the new 2.7-liter turbocharged four-cylinder and the also recently-updated 5.3-liter V8, and found, to their surprise, that the V8 actually got …
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    Certain People—Maybe Even You—Have Special Poop That Can Save Lives
    There are plenty of people who are exceptional in one way or another. But a new review published this week suggests that even the poop we make can be extraordinary. It argues that some of us are super fecal transplant donors, with poop that is uniquely suited to treating digestive and gut problems.
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    Greenland's Ice Can No Longer Handle Hot Summers
    A team of scientists is warning that the double whammy of a naturally recurring weather pattern and rising temperatures is triggering dramatic melting on the Greenland ice sheet—a problem the researchers liken to recent global coral bleaching events, which have been fueled by the one-two punch of El Niño and climate…
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    See What Trees Look Like to a Bird's Ultraviolet-Sensitive Eyes
    A bird’s-eye view can completely change your perspective on things. And I mean that literally.

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    Keep Clinging to TouchID: Amazon's Blowing Out the 2017 iPad Pro
    While it may not be quite as svelte or speedy as the new, bezel-free 11" iPad Pro, the previous generation 10.5" model is still a fantastic tablet by any reasonable measure, and a great deal at $500 for 64GB, in the color of your choice.
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    The Expanse's Third Season Hits Amazon Next Month, Belters Still Waiting for That Season 4 Premiere Date
    Later this year, we’ll get to see the fourth season of The Expanse, after Amazon swooped in and saved the show from cancellation at Syfy’s hands. But good news: you can while away the time you’ll spend waiting for it by being able to watch all three seasons so far on Amazon Prime Video, starting next month.

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    Arizona Lawmaker Wants to Tax Internet Porn to Pay for Border Wall
    Arizona state Senator Gail Griffin, a Republican, has introduced a new bill that would force computer and phone retailers to install porn-blocking software, which could only be removed for a fee of at least $20. The weirdest part? The money that was collected by the state would be used to help build President Donald…
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    The Best Cheap Wireless Headphones Just Got Better
    I’ve been a fan of the Jabra Move wireless headphones for years. They’re super functional, lightweight, attractive, great-sounding, and at $100, surprisingly affordable. Jabra just released an updated version of the headphones, the Move Style, with improved battery life and a new range of colors. The best part is…
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    Take Your Pick of Two FreeSync, Monoprice Monitors for Under $300
    Hold on to your butts, gamers. This deal on 32" 144hz Monoprice monitors may be a contender for the deal of the week.
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    Stonehenge-Like Circle Discovered in Scotland Not Ancient, Just Really Good 1990s Fan Art
    Archeologists were amazed when they first saw a newly-identified ancient arrangement of stones on a farm in Aberdeen, Scotland, in December.

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    Default Maybe Don't Charge an E-Scooter If You Plan to Do Crimes

    A man was reportedly arrested this week in connection with a recent bank robbery after his credit card that was used to rent a Jump e-scooter linked him to the scene of the crime.
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    For better or worse, Man Of Steel is the exact Superman movie Zack Snyder wanted to make
    Zack Snyder hates Superman.
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    James Wan Will Only Venture Into Aquaman's Sequel Depths if the Script Is a Pearl
    By the end of the weekend, James Wan’s Aquaman will have become the most financially successful superhero movie Warner Brothers and DC have ever produced together—a title previously held by The Dark Knight. That’d be a huge accomplishment for any filmmaker, but for Wan in particular given the studio’s recent pivot to…
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    How to Boot Freeloaders From Your Netflix Account
    There’s nothing worse than opening up your Netflix account to find a blacked-out screen with the caption: “Too many people are using the account.”

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    Rampant Looks to Blend the Zombie and Period Epic Genres With Gory Delight
    What happens when a bunch of zombies attack a medieval town full of sword-wielding warriors? You’re about to find out in Rampant.

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    Default Hide Your Kids, That Long Legged Teddy Bear Is On Sale

    He’s back to haunt your nightmares! That viscerally upsetting long legged teddy bear that went viral a few years ago is on sale for $100, the best price we’ve ever seen, and $10-$20 less than usual. Every time I look at that photo, I burst out laughing, so he should be a good conversation piece, even if he doesn’t…
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    Gerard Way's New Track For Umbrella Academy Is an Absolute Banger
    If I had to be reborn as any person, I’d pick Gerard Way. Great writer? Great musician (if you’re a Millennial, anyway)? Dude is unstoppable lately. And the song he put out for the newest wave of Umbrella Academypromotion just totally rules.
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    During Shutdown, Trump’s NY Golf Club Fired a Dozen Undocumented Workers, Report Says
    As Donald Trump’s government shutdown over a border wall dragged on earlier this month, one of his exclusive golf clubs quietly went about the business of firing undocumented employees, many who had worked there for several years, The Washington Post reported.
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    Brazilian Mining Disaster Leaves Dozens Dead, Hundreds Missing After Waste Dam Collapses
    Authorities said this weekend that the death toll from an industrial disaster in Brumadinho, Brazil in Minas Gerais state has climbed to at least 34, with some officials saying that the true toll could reach the hundreds, the Wall Street Journal reported on Saturday.

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    Measles Outbreak Worsens in Washington as Governor Declares State of Emergency
    Dozens of people have been infected in a measles outbreak that is currently spreading throughout parts of the Pacific Northwest, prompting Washington Governor Jay Inslee to declare a state of emergency in all counties on Friday.

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    Kingdom Hearts III: The Kotaku Review
    Early in Kingdom Hearts III, series primary protagonist Sora returns to his spaceship with his Duck Dad Donald and his Dog Dad Goofy. This nuclear family sits in silence and ponders a crisis.
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    Guess What, Everybody: Roger Stone Is the Real Victim Here
    The unscrupulous political hit man who led pro-Trump hillbillies and InfoWars zombies in attacks on Hillary Clinton with chants of “Lock her up!” wants you to look deep into your heart and realize how much he’s suffering at the hands of Special Counsel Robert Mueller.
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    The Lego Movie 2 Somehow Lives Up to Its Impossible Expectations
    The first Lego Movie is so good there’s a chance you don’t remember just how good it was. Not only did it tell a smart, hilarious, original story with a wildly famous IP, but it was filled with heart, eventually revealing itself to be a deeper story of a boy and his father bonding and the nature of the toy brand…
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    Australia Continues to Fry Under Scorching Heat Waves
    The second heat wave in two weeks in Southern Australia continued to punish the region, with temperatures in Melbourne hitting 109.4 degrees Fahrenheit (42.8C) on Friday afternoon, and the state of Tasmania struggling to deal with “30 uncontained fires,” according to the Guardian.

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    CDC Warns Against Kissing, Snuggling Pet Hedgehogs Amid Salmonella Outbreak
    It’s not every day that the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention issues an advisory about pet hedgehogs, but here we are.

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    This Video Runs Down the Fictional History of One of Star Wars' Most Recognizable Blasters
    Okay, the most recognizable blaster in Star Wars is probably Han’s Blaster, the Dl-44 Heavy Blaster Pistol. But this is the second.
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    Someone Tried to Set Comet Ping Pong on Fire
    Comet Ping Pong, the Washington, DC pizzeria at the center of the “Pizzagate” conspiracy theory a few years ago, is back in the news this week after a suspected arsonist attempted to set it ablaze.
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    Turn One Port Into Six With This Discounted USB-C Hub
    Update: This deal is working again!
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    Report: Citizen Lab Targeted in Botched Sting After Researching Israeli Firm's Ties to Saudi Arabia
    “International undercover operatives” have been hounding members of the internet watchdog Citizen Lab, whose researchers helped reveal that an Israeli cyber-intelligence firm named NSO Group may have played a role in dissident Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi’s murder at the hands of state-employed goons, the …
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    We see a lot of deals around the web over on Kinja Deals, but these were our ten favorites today.
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    President Trump Praises His Good Friend 'Tim Apple'
    Look at the photo above. “Why that’s Donald Trump and highly recognizable tech CEO Tim Cook!” you might think. But you’d be wrong, because below is video of the President calling the magnate by his true name during today’s Workforce Policy Advisory Board meeting.

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    George R.R. Martin Says There May Be 'Discrepancies' Between the Game of Thrones Finale and His Books
    Yes, George R.R. Martin is still working on The Winds of Winter. Yes, that means A Dream of Spring will come eventually. But before that happens, we’re getting the eighth and final season of HBO’s Game of Thrones. What will this spoil for fans of the A Song of Ice and Fire series? Hopefully: not everything.

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    Trump Rescinds Policy of Reporting Civilian Deaths by Drone Strike
    The head of the U.S. intelligence community is no longer required to publish an annual report detailing the number of civilians and enemy combatants killed in U.S. drone strikes abroad.

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    NASA Captures First-Ever Images of Intersecting Shockwaves From Two Supersonic Jets
    An air-to-air imaging technology developed by NASA has resulted in the first images ever taken of interacting shockwaves produced by in-flight supersonic jets. The new images, in addition to being beautiful, will help NASA design jets capable of producing gentle rumbles instead of loud sonic booms when breaking the…
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    Organize Your Gmail Inbox Fast by Right-Clicking
    I hang my geeky head in shame for never trying this earlier, but I just noticed the other day that you can right-click in Gmail to pull up a useful Gmail-themed context menu. In fact, it’s probably faster to organize your emails this way then to select an email and use the chubbier buttons toward the top of Gmail’s UI…
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    Amazon's Discounting All of Apple's Latest iPads
    Whether you require the raw power, advanced screen, and superior camera, and USB-C connectivity of the latest and greatest iPad Pros, or if the standard 9.7 iPad can fulfill your tablet needs, Amazon’s offering all of Apple’s latest tablets for some of the best prices we’ve seen.
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    Mark Zuckerberg: 'Privacy'
    And on the sixth day of March the clouds above Menlo Park parted, and lo, Mark Zuckerberg spoke of privacy.
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    Scientists Might Finally Know Why Some Icebergs Are Bright Green
    In the 18th-century English ballad The Rime of the Ancient Mariner, a storm drives a sailor’s ship toward the South Pole, where he encounters all manner of fantastical sights, including floating icebergs “as green as emerald.” It may sound like author Samuel Coleridge was taking some poetic license, but…
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