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Aretha Franklin honored at Buckingham Palace by British Army during Changing of the Guard

The life of Aretha Franklin is being celebrated today in Detroit, at what is already described as a legendary memorial service. Earlier tod...

Ian M. Smith, Homeland Security staffer tied to white supremacists, was in White House policy meetings with Stephen Miller

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This guy worked for DHS. This is really bad stuff: “Smith responded to a group dinner invitation whose host said his home would be 'jud...

In-N-Out donates $25,000 to California Republican Party, under Trump. There's a boycott.

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In-N-Out, the popular California burger chain, just dropped $25,000 on the California GOP under Donald Trump. (more…) from Boing Boing ht...

Good kit for starting out with Raspberry Pi

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I've been doing a lot of work with the Raspberry Pi lately for a book my daughter and I are writing, and I'm really liking the inex...

DO NOT travel to North Korea, what's left of the U.S. State Dept. warns Americans

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“Do not travel” to the Democratic People's Republic of Korea, the U.S. State Department warned American citizens in a renewed advisory ...

TSA + CBP test new facial recognition tech & computed tomography scanners at LAX

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A new facial recognition technology screening system will soon be used on some travelers who pass through Los Angeles International Airport...

Fortnite Battle Royale and "The Mystery of the Weird Cube"

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Speculating about what the hell is actually happening to the in-game universe, and odd backstory, is a Fortnite fan favorite activity. (mo...

RIP The Village Voice

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"Today is kind of a sucky day," Village Voice owner Peter Barbey told newspaper staff in a phone call Friday. "Due to, basi...

My 12 y-o niece really loves Maxine the corgi

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Maxine seems to represent the breed standard well. Thanks, Lana. from Boing Boing https://ift.tt/2N8sgky via IFTTT

Racist robocalls from an Idaho Neo-nazi group plague Floridians

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Idaho Nazis. I hate Idaho Nazis. These assholes used a mocking dialect and jungle noises while impersonating the Florida democratic candid...

Japanese Whisky: beautiful book about the best booze east of Glen Garioch

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For me, it amounts to a useful guide to the next step. I like Suntory Toki a lot... ...but haven't wanted to commit to more expensive ...

Philippine president Rodrigo Duterte says "beautiful woman" are to blame for rape crisis

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Philippine dictator Rodrigo Duterte, whom Trump envies and greatly admires for his ruthlessness and cruelty, told people at a public event ...

American Conservative magazine says stop calling Trump a racist because there are bigger racists in the world

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The replies to The American Conservative's exceedingly stupid tweet make for good reading. There are sandwiches with far more ham an...

Thousands of fish dropped from the sky

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Since the 1950s, wildlife departments have airdropped fish from planes to repopulate remote lakes. Above is video shot by Kamas State Fish ...

Bank of America is freezing accounts of US citizens for not proving residency status

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It's legal to have a bank account in the US without being a citizen. But Bank of America has been freezing accounts of people who don...

San Francisco rejects permit application for Bird and Lime scooters

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E-scooter sharing companies Scoot and Skip scooted and skipped their way to the head of the permit approval processing line in San Francisc...

Trump's approval rating hits rock bottom in latest ABC-Washington Post poll

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A new ABC News/Washington Post poll that was conducted between August 26-29 shows Trump's approval and disapproval ratings to be at the...

Mad Musk: Tesla CEO angrily headbutted car after safety sensor paused assembly line

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The first paragraphs in this Washington Post story about the Tesla CEO's ego problems are absolutely b🔥o🔥n🔥k🔥e🔥r🔥s. During a tou...

61 year-old swimmer punches shark and escapes, just like on TV

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I guess Shark Week is educational. Via CBS News : "I'd been gone 20 minutes and that's when my leg was seized," said ...

Ghostbuster arrested for firing gun at an apparition

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Paranormal investigator Christian J. Devaux of Tolland, Connecticut called 911 to report an intruder in his home. While on the phone with t...

Mysterious doorbell ringer is now safe, boyfriend is dead

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Earlier this week, police in Montgomery County, Texas were searching for this mysterious woman who was apparently ringing multiple doorbel...

Sigh... I bought a 'Gene Frenkle and his cowbell' Funko Pop

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Evidently, I have developed a fever. It seems the only solution is a Gene Frenkle Funko Pop . (more…) from Boing Boing https://ift.tt/2o...

Weird time-jumbling quantum device defies "before" and "after"

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In normal life, you open the car door before getting into the car. Operation A happens before operation B. That's the causal order of t...

Michael Jackson's "Thriller" suit reissued by Hugo Boss

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In 1982, Michael Jackson wore a snazzy white suit by Hugo Boss on the cover of Thriller. Now, Hugo Boss has reissued the iconic suit in a l...

Vinod Khosla, Beach Villain

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Billionaire investor Vinod Khosla has spent years trying to block public access to a public beach in California adjacent to property he ...

How to boost your job prospects with this Excel and Office training

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There's more to Microsoft Office than meets the eye. From automating tedious tasks in Excel to visualizing data in Access, the Microsof...

Telco lobbyists accidentally send TechDirt all their bullshit talking points

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USTelecom emailed a 12-page document to Mike Masnick , founder and editor of TechDirt, detailing the talking points to be used by company p...

Trump volunteer tries to block reporter from photographing rally protestor

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Evan Vucci's incredible photo from last night's Trump rally in Evansville, Indiana, shows the moment one of his volunteers "bl...

Five dead after air conditioners break down in Japanese hospital

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Between August 26th and 28th at the Fujikake Y&M Daiichi Hospital in Gifu City, five elderly patients (all in their eighties) died aft...

Review: Blendy Black Lemon Coffee from Japan

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In Japan when I see the name Blendy , I imagine coffee. Usually I think instant coffee, or some kind of stick thats contents can be stirred...

His Dream of Skyland, a mysterious and touching journey through opium-drenched colonial Hong Kong

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Duplicitous Catholic Bishop buys $2.3 million home with church funds after pleading for parishioners to help the homeless

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A couple of years back, the Most Reverend Patrick J. McGrath , Bishop of the Diocese of San Jose, California, wrote an impassioned missive....

New Mexico Greyhound Bus Crash: Multiple deaths and serious injuries reported

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