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Kathleen Hale Came For Her Goodreads Critic. Then The Internet Came For Her

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Kathleen Hale Came For Her Goodreads Critic. Then The Internet Came For Her Five years ago, Kathleen Hale wrote an essay for the Guardian — about targeting a Goodreads reviewer — that nearly ended her career. Now, she's back with a new book that some people say never should have been published. June 20, 2019 at 10:32PM Continue: http://bit.ly/2WXEb5T

Sparkles, Bows And Millions Of Dollars: Inside Jojo Siwa's Glitter-Covered Empire

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Sparkles, Bows And Millions Of Dollars: Inside Jojo Siwa's Glitter-Covered Empire At 16 years old, the Nickelodeon star has turned reality-TV and YouTube fame into a global brand. Will she be the traditional teen idol machine's saving grace? June 20, 2019 at 10:03PM Continue: http://bit.ly/2Kt98Nf

Enjoy 100 Hours Of Audio With These 100% Recycled Plastic Bluetooth Earbuds

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Enjoy 100 Hours Of Audio With These 100% Recycled Plastic Bluetooth Earbuds It seems like everyone is doing their part to reduce plastic waste, but these Brio Phantom X7 True Wireless Earbuds + Charging Case might be winning the charge: made out of 100% recycled plastic, these sleek earbuds deliver rich, balanced audio and can even be wirelessly charged. June 20, 2019 at 09:02PM Continue: http://bit.ly/2WTt0jj

Monitor Your Home From Your Phone With Ring Alarm

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Monitor Your Home From Your Phone With Ring Alarm Grab this 14-piece security system at a great price, and receive notifications directly on your smart phone. Better yet, you can control everything with your voice thanks to Alexa integration. June 20, 2019 at 09:02PM Continue: https://amzn.to/2XYSJmJ

Digg Deals: Save 20% On Sunski Sunglasses Today Only

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Digg Deals: Save 20% On Sunski Sunglasses Today Only To celebrate the summer solstice, Huckberry is discounting all of their Sunski sunglasses. This sale is only available today though, so don't wait to grab some new shades. June 20, 2019 at 09:02PM Continue: http://bit.ly/2WSed8u

How An Asteroid Could Destroy The World Before Impact

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How An Asteroid Could Destroy The World Before Impact In the event of a collision, humanity would not fare well June 20, 2019 at 07:45PM Continue: http://bit.ly/2KuIrrs

America’s Achilles’ Heel: The Old River Control Structure

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America’s Achilles’ Heel: The Old River Control Structure America's Achilles' Heel lies on a quiet, unpopulated stretch of the Mississippi River in Louisiana. Four monolithic concrete and steel structures rise up from the flat, wooded floodplain of the Mississippi River: the $2 billion Old River Control Structure. June 20, 2019 at 07:03PM Continue: http://bit.ly/2FmGh9j

On Truth and Lying in the Extra German Sense

On Truth and Lying in the Extra German Sense What's the German word for "the world’s most forthright people have deceit in their DNA"? June 20, 2019 at 06:53PM Continue: http://bit.ly/2WWpAfP

A Gay First Lady? Yes, We’ve Already Had One, And Here Are Her Love Letters

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A Gay First Lady? Yes, We’ve Already Had One, And Here Are Her Love Letters When Evangeline Simpson Whipple died in 1930, she was buried at her request in Italy next to the love of her life — a woman with whom she had a relationship that spanned nearly 30 years. That woman, Rose Cleveland, had served as first lady. June 20, 2019 at 06:49PM Continue: https://wapo.st/2Iu2rs6

How To Talk About Climate Change In Rural America? Don’t Say Those Two Words

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How To Talk About Climate Change In Rural America? Don’t Say Those Two Words "We talk about it, but no, we don't use the term climate change." June 20, 2019 at 06:43PM Continue: http://bit.ly/2IUKP7P

This Father Of Three Put Everything Into Bitcoin. Here’s What Happened Next.

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This Father Of Three Put Everything Into Bitcoin. Here’s What Happened Next. The Bitcoin Family are traveling the world, unencumbered by centralized currency. June 20, 2019 at 06:38PM Continue: http://bit.ly/2Rr6qIS

Judge Judy Is Still Judging You

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Judge Judy Is Still Judging You For more than 20 years, Judith Sheindlin has dominated daytime ratings — by making justice in a complicated world look easy. June 20, 2019 at 05:31PM Continue: https://nyti.ms/2KXM8We

Want A House Like This? Prepare For A Bidding War With Investors

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Want A House Like This? Prepare For A Bidding War With Investors This house in Atlanta was sold three times in one year, a sign of exploding investor interest in starter homes that is reshaping the nation’s housing market and driving up prices. June 20, 2019 at 05:02PM Continue: https://nyti.ms/31O5Aui

Why Working Out Is Becoming More Like High-Status Work

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Why Working Out Is Becoming More Like High-Status Work With their invite-only policies and coworking spaces, high-end urban gyms aspire to be fitness studio, social club, and office rolled into one. June 20, 2019 at 04:02PM Continue: http://bit.ly/2ZBcAsB

There’s a Legal Loophole That May Leave Some of Rock’s Greatest Riffs Up for Grabs

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There’s a Legal Loophole That May Leave Some of Rock’s Greatest Riffs Up for Grabs Could the most famous passages of the most famous song by one of the biggest rock bands really not be protected by copyright? June 20, 2019 at 03:31PM Continue: https://bloom.bg/2Zx7UnN

How A Rare Solar 'Superflare' Could Cripple Humanity

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How A Rare Solar 'Superflare' Could Cripple Humanity Our networked, electrified society makes us uniquely vulnerable to the effects of sudden solar weather. June 20, 2019 at 03:31PM Continue: http://bit.ly/2IXaOeK

An Excellent And Very NSFW Story About A Comedian Being Seduced While On Acid

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An Excellent And Very NSFW Story About A Comedian Being Seduced While On Acid Comedian Mark Vigeant has a story to tell, and Comedy Central's hilarious animations elevate it to a top-tier party tale. June 20, 2019 at 03:02PM Continue: https://www.youtube.com/watch?t=0s&utm_source=ifttt&v=oT-9BiUEnDE

Disney's New Lion King Is the VR-Fueled Future of Cinema

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Disney's New Lion King Is the VR-Fueled Future of Cinema The new Lion King rides an atomically thin line between CGI animation and live action. June 20, 2019 at 01:02PM Continue: http://bit.ly/2WVJzX4

What It's Actually Like To Be On House Hunters—Twice

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What It's Actually Like To Be On House Hunters—Twice For starters, we already had a house. It just got weirder from there. June 20, 2019 at 01:02PM Continue: http://bit.ly/2WT3jiY