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  • Venture Kapitalist Karen loses his lease after complaining that black men were in an office building gym

    a group of young black entrepreneurs have owned a office building in uptown minneapolis for over a year& got racially profiled at the private gym today🤦🏾‍♀️smh pic.twitter.com/iKmAuW5Tli — nisa (@anisalrh)… Read the rest of the article: Venture Kapitalist Karen loses his lease after complaining that black men were in an office building gym

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  • Twitter hides Trump tweet calling for "THUGS" to be shot

    Twitter last night hid one of President Trump's tweet behind a warning, saying that it broke the company's policy against glorifying violence. In the tweet, Trump branded protestors in Minneapolis… Read the rest of the article: Twitter hides Trump tweet calling for "THUGS" to be shot

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  • Drone filmmaker captures Children's Fairyland from the view of a flying fairy — and it's downright magical

    A fairy's-eye view of Fairyland! | Children's FairylandWatch this video on YouTube There's still magic in the world, as evidenced by this fairy's-eye view of Children's Fairyland, that charming 70-year-old… Read the rest of the article: Drone filmmaker captures Children's Fairyland from the view of a flying fairy — and it's downright magical

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  • John Waters gives an in-quarantine, green-screened commencement speech

    John Waters, SVA Commencement Speech 2020Watch this video on YouTube John Waters was slated to give the New York's School of Visual Arts' commencement speech at Radio City Music Hall.… Read the rest of the article: John Waters gives an in-quarantine, green-screened commencement speech

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  • Minneapolis ablaze after prosecutor suggests no crime was committed by cops who killed George Floyd

    Fires rage in Minneapolis after the killing of George Floyd, an unarmed black man, by local cop Derek Chauvin. Though four officers were immediately fired, local prosecutor Mike Freeman said… Read the rest of the article: Minneapolis ablaze after prosecutor suggests no crime was committed by cops who killed George Floyd

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  • Astronaut shows what happens when you drop a hammer and feather at the same time on the moon

    Watch this video on YouTube Astronaut David Scott re-created, in 1971 during the Apollo 15 mission, Galileo's "falling bodies" experiment by dropping a hammer and feather on the moon at… Read the rest of the article: Astronaut shows what happens when you drop a hammer and feather at the same time on the moon

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  • The cop who killed George Floyd has a long record of police brutality

    A 46-year old black man named George Floyd was killed by police in Minneapolis on Monday, May 25, 2020. A police officer named Derek Chauvin kneeled on Floyd's neck, after… Read the rest of the article: The cop who killed George Floyd has a long record of police brutality

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  • With Learnable, learning to code doesn’t have to turn your brain into a pretzel

    “Live as if you were to die tomorrow. Learn as if you were to live forever” – Mahatma Gandhi Of all the skills you feel like you should probably know,… Read the rest of the article: With Learnable, learning to code doesn’t have to turn your brain into a pretzel

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  • Men hired to tie up and tickle client break into wrong house

    Two men hired to break into their client's house, menace him with machetes, tie him up, then tickle him with a broom, have been acquitted of armed break-in after hitting… Read the rest of the article: Men hired to tie up and tickle client break into wrong house

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  • Learn how to utilize Amazon's FBA services with these training classes

    Even though it feels like Amazon is a singular retail juggernaut crushing everybody else, you might be surprised to learn that half of Amazon’s $280 billion in revenue last year… Read the rest of the article: Learn how to utilize Amazon's FBA services with these training classes

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  • The wonderful Flair felt tip pen

    Paper Mate introduced the Flair felt tip pen in the 1960s. I liked them when I was a kid because the lines were so clean and you could vary the… Read the rest of the article: The wonderful Flair felt tip pen

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  • Driver does a back-up-of-shame on narrow mountain road

    Thought you were smarter than a queue? Enjoy the shame! The video does not show the circumstances that led up to this situation, in which a driver is backing up… Read the rest of the article: Driver does a back-up-of-shame on narrow mountain road

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  • Giant 3D topographical wood map of Westeros ('Game of Thrones') made by a cartographer

    Wow. This is a thing of great beauty. A giant 3D topographic wood map of Westeros, the world of Game of Thrones, by IMGURian @ARUNK55. It's 60"x35".

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  • Woman's toaster oven caught on fire, Whirlpool told her to take it up with a company in China

    Valerie Hammond was cooking a roast in her KitchenAid toaster oven when she smelled something burning, reports CBC. She discovered that the toaster oven had caught fire, causing smoke and… Read the rest of the article: Woman's toaster oven caught on fire, Whirlpool told her to take it up with a company in China

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  • Still thinking about a bidet? This attachable unit could easily solve your TP problems for good

    Amidst all the deadly serious concern and fallout from our global battle against COVID-19, you’ve likely been forced to confront more than a few moments that you never expected to… Read the rest of the article: Still thinking about a bidet? This attachable unit could easily solve your TP problems for good

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  • Postcard mailed to Americans to boast of Trump’s role in stimulus checks cost $28 million

    A postcard mailer that went out all American homes to highlight President Donald Trump’s role in the stimulus check program cost the government $28 million.

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  • Teen Vogue: How to safely and ethically film police misconduct

    Teen Vogue posted a useful guide for what to do and what not to do when videotaping police. 5. Try to provide evidence that your footage is real In an… Read the rest of the article: Teen Vogue: How to safely and ethically film police misconduct

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  • 'A riot is the language of the unheard.' —Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King

    September 27, 1966: MLK—A riot is the language of the unheardWatch this video on YouTube Three years after "I Have a Dream" and the March on Washington, the Reverend Dr.… Read the rest of the article: 'A riot is the language of the unheard.' —Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King

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  • Forklift mishap annoys man

    Watch this video on YouTube I felt sorry for this fellow, whose minor forklift mishap creates a domino effect that sends everything sprawling to the floor. But the perfect cartoon-farmer… Read the rest of the article: Forklift mishap annoys man

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  • Exhaustive tour of video game bathrooms

    It's been four years since Cory posted a supercut of video game bathrooms, but the industry hasn't been slacking since. Curious Reviewers posted a series collecting the typically revolting, sometimes… Read the rest of the article: Exhaustive tour of video game bathrooms

    • Rob Beschizza
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