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Losing Earth: The Decade We Almost Stopped Climate Change

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“Thirty years ago, we had a chance to save the planet. The science of climate change was settled. The world was ready to act.”

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Why this ‘outlaw’ is fighting to keep an Ontario town dark

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“In the world of astronomy and cosmology, the name Mike Silver is at best a subatomic speck among names such as Nicholaus Copernicus, Galileo Galilei and Stephen Hawking. Silver does own a telescope. And he has been known to chase the occasional solar eclipse.”

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Safe, happy and free: does Finland have all the answers?

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“Skip to main content Supported by About this content”

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Avoiding meat and dairy is ‘single biggest way’ to reduce your impact on Earth

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“Avoiding meat and dairy products is the single biggest way to reduce your environmental impact on the planet, according to the scientists behind the most comprehensive analysis to date of the damage farming does to the planet.”

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7 Big IKEA Home Hacks That Make Huge Wall Statements

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“Some IKEA hacks are small. A little paint here, some new hardware there—they get the job done. And then there are the IKEA hacks that are so big and so dramatic, they make the room. If you have a wall to fill, or a problem to solve, check out some of these genius solutions.”

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Rimroller™

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“This product makes it easy to check for prize statements hidden under the rims of paper coffee cups in various contests.”

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I’m Not Black, I’m Kanye

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“Kanye West wants freedom—white freedom. I could only have seen it there, on the waxed hardwood floor of my elementary-school auditorium, because I was young then, barely 7 years old, and cable had not yet come to the city, and if it had, my father would not have believed in it.”

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Hair Dryer-Roasted Chicken Wins The 2018 Award for the Whitest Thing on the Internet

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“In a ceremony televised on Fox News and The Food Network, The New Yorker’s “roving food correspondent” Helen Rosner was awarded the 2018 “I Was Told By Applecare” Prize for Unapologetic Whiteness.”

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These Are the 100 Best Bodyweight Moves, All in 1 Place!

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“Muscles, are you ready? Because this burn is about to get intense! Using your body as the machine, these 100 moves sculpt and tone your arms, upper back, abs, legs, and booty — we’ve got your entire body covered! Many of these moves also burn calories as they build muscle, so high five for the”

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Why I’m Writing Captain America

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“Two years ago I began taking up the childhood dream of writing comics. To say it is more difficult than it looks is to commit oneself to criminal understatement. Writers don’t write comics so much as they draw them with words.”