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NFL Owners and Executives Who Protested Donald Trump Are the Biggest Hypocrites Yet

NFL Owners and Executives Who Protested Donald Trump Are the Biggest Hypocrites Yet

As long as Colin Kaepernick is frozen out of the NFL, support for protesting players from team owners and executives rings hollow. Source: NFL Owners and Executives Who Protested Donald Trump Are the Biggest Hypocrites Yet

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White House releases sensitive personal information of voters worried about their sensitive personal information - The Washington Post

White House releases sensitive personal information of voters worried about their sensitive personal information – The Washington Post

Source: White House releases sensitive personal information of voters worried about their sensitive personal information – The Washington Post

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Technology Produces Artificial Video of Obama

Technology Produces Artificial Video of Obama

https://www.engadget.com/2017/07/11/researchers-surprisingly-smooth-artificial-video-obama/

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Ex-President of Brazil Sentenced to Nearly 10 Years in Prison for Corruption - The New York Times

Ex-President of Brazil Sentenced to Nearly 10 Years in Prison for Corruption – The New York Times

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/07/12/world/americas/brazil-lula-da-silva-corruption.html?hp&action=click&pgtype=Homepage&clickSource=story-heading&module=first-column-region&region=top-news&WT.nav=top-news

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Inspecting Algorithms for Bias - MIT Technology Review

Inspecting Algorithms for Bias – MIT Technology Review

Courts, banks, and other institutions are using automated data analysis systems to make decisions about your life. Let’s not leave it up to the algorithm makers to decide whether they’re doing it appropriately. Source: Inspecting Algorithms for Bias – MIT Technology Review

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Leaked Documents Reveal Counterterrorism Tactics Used at Standing Rock to “Defeat Pipeline Insurgencies”

Leaked Documents Reveal Counterterrorism Tactics Used at Standing Rock to “Defeat Pipeline Insurgencies”

Internal TigerSwan documents provide a detailed picture of how the mercenary firm surveilled Dakota Access Pipeline opponents and infiltrated protest camps. Source: Leaked Documents Reveal Counterterrorism Tactics Used at Standing Rock to “Defeat Pipeline Insurgencies”

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NYTimes: Filipinos Flee Duterte’s Violent Drug Crackdown

Filipinos Flee Duterte’s Violent Drug Crackdown https://nyti.ms/2sErmyg

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NYTimes: Filipinos Flee Duterte’s Violent Drug Crackdown

Filipinos Flee Duterte’s Violent Drug Crackdown https://nyti.ms/2sErmyg

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Which Obama-Era Rules Are Being Reversed in the Trump Era - The New York Times

Which Obama-Era Rules Are Being Reversed in the Trump Era – The New York Times

https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2017/05/01/us/politics/trump-obama-regulations-reversed.html

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Daily chart: The decline of Arctic sea ice | The Economist

Daily chart: The decline of Arctic sea ice | The Economist

The Arctic could be free of sea ice by 2040, 30 years earlier than previously suggested Source: Daily chart: The decline of Arctic sea ice | The Economist

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SpaceX makes aerospace history with successful launch and landing of a used rocket - The Verge

SpaceX makes aerospace history with successful launch and landing of a used rocket – The Verge

Source: SpaceX makes aerospace history with successful launch and landing of a used rocket – The Verge

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Rex Tillerson to Lift Human Rights Conditions on Arms Sale to Bahrain - The New York Times

Rex Tillerson to Lift Human Rights Conditions on Arms Sale to Bahrain – The New York Times

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/03/29/world/middleeast/rex-tillerson-bahrain-weapons-sales.html

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High Above, Drones Keep Watchful Eyes on Wildlife in Africa - The New York Times

High Above, Drones Keep Watchful Eyes on Wildlife in Africa – The New York Times

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/03/13/science/drones-africa-poachers-wildlife.html?ribbon-ad-idx=5&rref=science

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Large Sections of Australia’s Great Reef Are Now Dead, Scientists Find - The New York Times

Large Sections of Australia’s Great Reef Are Now Dead, Scientists Find – The New York Times

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/03/15/science/great-barrier-reef-coral-climate-change-dieoff.html?_r=0

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'Extraordinary' levels of pollutants found in 10km deep Mariana trench | Environment | The Guardian

‘Extraordinary’ levels of pollutants found in 10km deep Mariana trench | Environment | The Guardian

Presence of manmade chemicals in most remote place on planet shows nowhere is safe from human impact, say scientists Source: ‘Extraordinary’ levels of pollutants found in 10km deep Mariana trench | Environment | The Guardian

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Japanese firm to open world’s first robot-run farm | Environment | The Guardian

Japanese firm to open world’s first robot-run farm | Environment | The Guardian

Spread says it will open the fully automated farm with robots handling almost every step of the process Source: Japanese firm to open world’s first robot-run farm | Environment | The Guardian

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Disappearing Seagrass Protects Against Pathogens, Even Climate Change, Scientists Find - The New York Times

Disappearing Seagrass Protects Against Pathogens, Even Climate Change, Scientists Find – The New York Times

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/02/16/science/seagrass-coral-reefs-pathogens-global-warming.html?rref=science

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