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He Knows The Stars' Dirty Laundry. Because He Washes It

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He Knows The Stars' Dirty Laundry. Because He Washes It Hans-Jürgen Topf has traveled with many of the world’s biggest music acts, including Madonna, Pink and Beyoncé. He often spends three to four hours ironing every afternoon. January 22, 2019 at 11:18PM Continue: https://nyti.ms/2S0Bn9z

The Age Of The Self-Own

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The Age Of The Self-Own Why it's the defining maneuver of our stupid times. January 22, 2019 at 11:18PM Continue: http://bit.ly/2HqPb9d

The Fight Over The Future Of Football Has Become A Battle For California's Soul

The Fight Over The Future Of Football Has Become A Battle For California's Soul California has long been known as a hotbed of football talent. Yet as research into the game's dangers has spread, politicians, advocates, and parents have clashed over how to protect youth, high school, and college athletes. What happens to a state intractably divided by sport? January 22, 2019 at 11:13PM Continue: http://bit.ly/2T9eHB8

This Bronco Restoration Shop Is Run By A Man Who Doesn't Drive

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This Bronco Restoration Shop Is Run By A Man Who Doesn't Drive Bronco Barn does some of the finest first-gen Bronco restorations on earth, but founder Amos Zook won't sample his work with a test drive. January 22, 2019 at 11:09PM Continue: http://bit.ly/2U7RbEJ

How Trump Offered NASA Unlimited Funding To Go To Mars In His First Term

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How Trump Offered NASA Unlimited Funding To Go To Mars In His First Term Donald Trump nearly derailed a televised call to the International Space Station after he got distracted by a sudden fantasy of going to Mars before the end of his first term in the White House. January 22, 2019 at 11:09PM Continue: https://nym.ag/2DsqpBD

The Superride Self Balancing Electric Unicycle

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The Superride Self Balancing Electric Unicycle This is the closest you'll get to owning a Batbike. January 22, 2019 at 10:23PM Continue: https://amzn.to/2Hp8HDa

A Ton of Sonos Gear Is On Sale Right Now

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A Ton of Sonos Gear Is On Sale Right Now Get up to $200 off on select Sonos speakers. January 22, 2019 at 10:18PM Continue: http://bit.ly/2sEZxrN

Is Clutter Also Making You Bad With Money?

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Is Clutter Also Making You Bad With Money? Like everyone else with a Netflix subscription, I spent a recent Saturday watching Marie Kondo’s new show and then dumping the contents of my dresser onto my bed. Per Kondo’s instructions, I thanked my ratty undies, fondled my socks, and folded my shirts into pert little rectangles. I hauled a bunch of crap to Goodwill. And then I saved $138. January 22, 2019 at 10:08PM Continue: http://bit.ly/2sDPVO1

Why Is My Gmail Suddenly Full?

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Why Is My Gmail Suddenly Full? And why do I have to pay to make this problem go away? January 22, 2019 at 09:28PM Continue: http://bit.ly/2RXoA7T

The Great Divide in How Americans Commute to Work

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The Great Divide in How Americans Commute to Work We are cleaving into two nations — one where daily life revolves around the car, and the other where the car is receding in favor of walking, biking, and transit. January 22, 2019 at 07:13PM Continue: http://bit.ly/2Mq1mSy

A Rogue Mascot Causes Headaches for a Japanese City

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A Rogue Mascot Causes Headaches for a Japanese City January 22, 2019 at 07:03PM Continue: https://nyti.ms/2Mneh7T

Focus Groups Shape What We Buy. But How Much Do They Really Say About Us?

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Focus Groups Shape What We Buy. But How Much Do They Really Say About Us? Even in the age of big data, brands can’t quit the focus group. January 22, 2019 at 06:43PM Continue: http://bit.ly/2B0ij1g

Why Trump's Press Conferences Are Sorta Like Pro Wrestling

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Why Trump's Press Conferences Are Sorta Like Pro Wrestling President Trump and his aides are excellent at dodging and weaving through tough questions from reporters... but so was pretty much every administration before him. January 22, 2019 at 06:33PM Continue: https://www.youtube.com/watch?utm_source=ifttt&v=qh70RfWqSBo

The Hunt For The Biggest Missing Object In Our Solar System

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The Hunt For The Biggest Missing Object In Our Solar System On January 20, 2016, Mike Brown and Konstantin Batygin made the announcement proposing that our solar system has a giant planet orbiting far away from everything else. They told all astronomers with access to the most powerful telescopes to go and find it. They wanted to find it too. January 22, 2019 at 06:33PM Continue: http://bit.ly/2RExo2W

Mitch McConnell Got Everything He Wanted. But at What Cost?

Mitch McConnell Got Everything He Wanted. But at What Cost? The president whom the Senate Republican leader helped elect has turned out to be the one thing he can’t control. January 22, 2019 at 06:13PM Continue: https://nyti.ms/2FSqUqf

How Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and a 50 Hour ‘Donkey Kong 64’ Twitch Stream Restored My Faith in Humanity

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How Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and a 50 Hour ‘Donkey Kong 64’ Twitch Stream Restored My Faith in Humanity Ocasio-Cortez crashed a Twitch stream raising money for a charity that focuses on helping transgender children. January 22, 2019 at 05:38PM Continue: http://bit.ly/2DsG8ke

Order The Congee

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Order The Congee Chefs around the country are turning to porridge to show diners who they are. January 22, 2019 at 04:58PM Continue: http://bit.ly/2DsAsGQ

Toxic Masculinity Is Under Attack. That's Fine.

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Toxic Masculinity Is Under Attack. That's Fine. New guidelines for therapists who treat men, the Gillette ad, and backlash. January 22, 2019 at 04:48PM Continue: http://bit.ly/2T8GYb0

Study: Keep Craft Beer Cool And Drink In Three Months For Best Flavor

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Study: Keep Craft Beer Cool And Drink In Three Months For Best Flavor Concentrations of a key aromatic compound fall dramatically over three months. January 22, 2019 at 04:43PM Continue: http://bit.ly/2CHgOoK

How Electric Therapy Is Curing Navy SEALs Of PTSD … And Could Remake Brain Science

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How Electric Therapy Is Curing Navy SEALs Of PTSD … And Could Remake Brain Science Hundreds of vets have tried out an experimental new treatment that could change how the world addresses mental disorders. January 22, 2019 at 04:33PM Continue: http://bit.ly/2W9vNRn

El Chapo, “Narcos: Mexico,” And The Myth Of The Man In The Suit

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El Chapo, “Narcos: Mexico,” And The Myth Of The Man In The Suit Growing up in Sinaloa, I’ve been surrounded by the mythology of drug lords all my life. But the truth of cartel violence is stranger — and more complicated — than the legends. January 22, 2019 at 04:23PM Continue: http://bit.ly/2RKdB28

Bauhaus at 100: its legacy in five key designs

Bauhaus at 100: its legacy in five key designs January 22, 2019 at 04:13PM Continue: http://bit.ly/2Hqgvo3

Inside A Brazilian Chapel Made Out Of Wine

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Inside A Brazilian Chapel Made Out Of Wine During a drought, church-builders mixed their mortar with the local vintage. January 22, 2019 at 04:13PM Continue: http://bit.ly/2RYU8u6

Here's Why You Can't Tickle Yourself

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Here's Why You Can't Tickle Yourself Your brain knows the difference. January 22, 2019 at 04:03PM Continue: http://bit.ly/2R9hn05

What I Learned From Eating Only Meat For A Month

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What I Learned From Eating Only Meat For A Month This fall I joined the ranks of Shawn Baker's all-meat cult for 30 days. Here's what happened. January 22, 2019 at 03:58PM Continue: http://bit.ly/2WaoVDh

The Young Left’s Anti-Capitalist Manifesto

The Young Left’s Anti-Capitalist Manifesto January 22, 2019 at 03:03PM Continue: https://53eig.ht/2sOqOIB

The Disabled Guys Soaring To New Heights In The Vast Universe Of Flight Simulation

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The Disabled Guys Soaring To New Heights In The Vast Universe Of Flight Simulation "It gives me the sense that I'm actually achieving something, that there's a purpose to my existence rather than just sitting around feeling like crap all the time." January 22, 2019 at 02:38PM Continue: http://bit.ly/2U8tFY9

Research Suggests We're Not As Irrational As We Think

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Research Suggests We're Not As Irrational As We Think Decades of psychological research have emphasized the biases and errors in human decision-making. A recent approach challenges this notion. January 22, 2019 at 02:23PM Continue: http://bit.ly/2RWTtt7

How LiveJournal Pioneered (Then Lost) Blogging

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How LiveJournal Pioneered (Then Lost) Blogging George RR Martin's platform switch reminds us of an early blogging giant greatly changed. January 22, 2019 at 02:23PM Continue: http://bit.ly/2HsRRTG

Meet The Blind YouTubers Making The Internet More Accessible

Meet The Blind YouTubers Making The Internet More Accessible Visually impaired creators are a lifeline for those who share their disability — and they're educating and making allies of sighted people along the way. January 22, 2019 at 02:13PM Continue: http://bit.ly/2FPfi7m

Social Media Is Rotting Democracy From Within

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Social Media Is Rotting Democracy From Within How social platforms enable far-right politicians' campaigns to undermine democracy. January 22, 2019 at 02:08PM Continue: http://bit.ly/2MsVgB2

This 'Budget 120 FPS' Hack Is Extremely Clever And Effective

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This 'Budget 120 FPS' Hack Is Extremely Clever And Effective Of course, this won't work for everything (like, say, jumping), but it is pretty darn convincing here. January 22, 2019 at 01:58PM Continue: https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=27&utm_source=ifttt&v=pRx0CMfSS1E

How Geocities Suburbanized the Web

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How Geocities Suburbanized the Web In the 1990s, AOL and Netscape got Americans onto the web, but it was Geocities—with its suburban-style “neighborhoods”—that made them feel at home. January 22, 2019 at 01:48PM Continue: http://bit.ly/2R6VONE

Chris Brown arrested on suspicion of rape

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Chris Brown arrested on suspicion of rape January 22, 2019 at 01:28PM Continue: https://bbc.in/2DrDHy7

After Deadly Assault on Afghan Base, Taliban Sit for Talks With U.S. Diplomats

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After Deadly Assault on Afghan Base, Taliban Sit for Talks With U.S. Diplomats It is disputed how many Afghans working for the country's intelligence agency were killed in a militant assault on their base in Wardak Province, but it was certainly one of the single deadliest such attacks in 17 years of war. January 22, 2019 at 12:58PM Continue: https://nyti.ms/2TeEms4

Leading Journalist Flees Nicaragua, Citing 'Extreme Threats' From The Government

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Leading Journalist Flees Nicaragua, Citing 'Extreme Threats' From The Government Carlos Fernando Chamorro, editor of the online publication Confidencial, announced on Sunday that he has gone into exile in Costa Rica, citing suppression of independent press under Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega. January 22, 2019 at 12:58PM Continue: https://n.pr/2AZMFRw