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The James Brand Bento Pen

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The James Brand Bento Pen As a sword is to a knight, or a bow is to an archer, so is a pen to a writer. Sure, that sounds a little poetic, but if you wrote that using James Brand's Benton pen, you’d certainly feel like a poet yourself. January 2, 2019 at 08:41PM Continue: http://bit.ly/2VsXMuO

The Everlane Merino Ski Sweater

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The Everlane Merino Ski Sweater It's made of thick, 100% extra-fine merino wool yarn (spun in Italy) with intricate jacquard-knit stitching. No reindeer. No snowflakes. Sweaters you’ll actually wear all winter. January 2, 2019 at 08:36PM Continue: http://bit.ly/2BTNn2C

The King of Adventure Stares Down Death

The King of Adventure Stares Down Death January 2, 2019 at 07:36PM Continue: http://bit.ly/2SxmOHz

How ‘magic angle’ graphene is stirring up physics

How ‘magic angle’ graphene is stirring up physics January 2, 2019 at 07:26PM Continue: https://go.nature.com/2QgchhW

Four Things You Need For A Sexy Adult Sleepover

Four Things You Need For A Sexy Adult Sleepover Make sure your partner doesn't walk out as soon as she walks in. January 2, 2019 at 06:16PM Continue: http://bit.ly/2Aof17F

Your Face Is Going Places You May Not Like

Your Face Is Going Places You May Not Like Facial recognition has been explored for decades, and it is now reaching a tipping point where the impacts of the technology are starting to have real consequences for people, and not just in the ways dystopian sci-fi has portrayed. January 2, 2019 at 06:01PM Continue: http://bit.ly/2F4slSC

Here’s Who Would Win A Presidential Race Between Any Two People, Objects Or Concepts

Here’s Who Would Win A Presidential Race Between Any Two People, Objects Or Concepts Thanks to assistance from the Google Trends team, we’ve made a tool that allows you to compare any two things, concepts, people, figures, what have you and determine which might win a presidential race, based on search interest. January 2, 2019 at 05:56PM Continue: https://wapo.st/2AqYekm

What A Student Loan 'Bubble' Bursting Might Look Like

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What A Student Loan 'Bubble' Bursting Might Look Like That we're arguably in a sort of mass delusion about the value of a four-year degree is an essential part of the problem. January 2, 2019 at 05:51PM Continue: http://bit.ly/2VmVlKo

How to Hold Healthy Grudges

How to Hold Healthy Grudges Grudges can be good. They are one habit that humans have evolved to keep ourselves from the pain of breakups and also from eating mozzarella sticks for every meal. January 2, 2019 at 05:36PM Continue: https://nyti.ms/2F3PYef

Lock Picker Exposes A Critical Flaw In CAT Padlocks: They All use The Same Exact Key

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Lock Picker Exposes A Critical Flaw In CAT Padlocks: They All use The Same Exact Key These CAT locks are apparently popular on construction sites, despite the fact that they are extremely insecure. January 2, 2019 at 05:16PM Continue: https://www.youtube.com/watch?utm_source=ifttt&v=n1m9W_KppZY

How To Change Without Willpower

How To Change Without Willpower If you can convince yourself of a new belief, the desired behavior changes will follow, without an iron willpower. January 2, 2019 at 03:46PM Continue: http://bit.ly/2QjZFGH

Inside The Most Instagrammable Place On Earth

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Inside The Most Instagrammable Place On Earth Instagram playgrounds are a burgeoning form of mass entertainment. Here's how the creator of one of the most successful — the Color Factory — designs her spaces. January 2, 2019 at 03:41PM Continue: http://bit.ly/2F0L690

Why Do Film People Care So Much About Frame Rates?

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Why Do Film People Care So Much About Frame Rates? On the arbitrary love of choppy-looking visuals in cinema. January 2, 2019 at 03:21PM Continue: http://bit.ly/2St6Y0l

The Death Of Job Stability

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The Death Of Job Stability There is nothing more American than the temp worker. January 2, 2019 at 03:11PM Continue: http://bit.ly/2F3hGHY

People Who Never Break From Work On How To Shake Off The Holiday Rust

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People Who Never Break From Work On How To Shake Off The Holiday Rust CEOs and workaholics offer their best tips and tricks for settling back into the routine when it's feeling overwhelming. January 2, 2019 at 03:06PM Continue: http://bit.ly/2F2FFHd

The Priest of Abu Ghraib

The Priest of Abu Ghraib January 2, 2019 at 02:46PM Continue: http://bit.ly/2F2zmmc

What Is The Point Of Chores?

What Is The Point Of Chores? Is it to teach kids how to contribute to a family, or is it to actually get the dishes clean? January 2, 2019 at 02:31PM Continue: http://bit.ly/2F3epI4

The Grocery Store Where Stars Are Born

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The Grocery Store Where Stars Are Born The Northeast Los Angeles Super A — and its parking lot, where Lady Gaga's and Bradley Cooper's characters wrote "Shallow" — has become internationally famous. But it was a local landmark well before "A Star Is Born." January 2, 2019 at 02:26PM Continue: http://bit.ly/2RpJ74B

What Could Be Wrong With A Little 'Moral Clarity'?

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What Could Be Wrong With A Little 'Moral Clarity'? These are fighting words: They mean knowing the enemy, which is the first step to taking up arms against the enemy. But they’re potentially applicable to any side of a fight. January 2, 2019 at 02:16PM Continue: https://nyti.ms/2R2M77C

Farewell To Paul Ryan, An Ineffectual Wonk Without A Legacy To Call His Own

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Farewell To Paul Ryan, An Ineffectual Wonk Without A Legacy To Call His Own The outgoing speaker of the House leaves behind little more than Trump-era wreckage and lives on as an embodiment of how the quasi-populists overtook the pseudo-intellectuals of the Republican Party. January 2, 2019 at 02:01PM Continue: http://bit.ly/2R1IE9j

What Would Childbirth In Space Be Like?

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What Would Childbirth In Space Be Like? A start-up wants a woman to deliver a child in space. The first question: Why? January 2, 2019 at 01:56PM Continue: http://bit.ly/2BTwR2y

This Deep-Red State Decided To Make A Serious Investment In Preschools. It's Paying Off Big-Time.

This Deep-Red State Decided To Make A Serious Investment In Preschools. It's Paying Off Big-Time. Call it the Alabama miracle. January 2, 2019 at 01:46PM Continue: http://bit.ly/2SxyVV4

How To Lose Tens Of Thousands Of Dollars On Amazon

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How To Lose Tens Of Thousands Of Dollars On Amazon A growing number of self-proclaimed experts promise they can teach anyone how to make a passive income selling cheap Chinese goods in the internet's largest store. Not everyone’s getting rich quick. January 2, 2019 at 01:36PM Continue: http://bit.ly/2F2twSI