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ift.tt/2zuKQvp Yesterday, NASA’s Mars InSight lander successfully touched down on the Martian surface after spending seven long months in space. Over the course of the next few hours, the lander began the surface operations phase of its mission, which involved…

ift.tt/2Q0gJWF If climate change models are correct, humanity is working itself—and dragging the rest of life on Earth with it—into a corner. Scientific pleas to control emissions and battle climate change are starting to have some effect, but not enough.…

ift.tt/2AxKJi6 Before she started posting memes on Instagram, the person behind the account @gayvapeshark “didn’t know shit about socialism,” she said “I was raised by parents and society to think socialism was the worst possible thing,” she told me in…

ift.tt/2DWfy4e Donald Trump ran a campaign promising to refill the notorious Guantanamo Bay prison, to “bring back a hell of a lot worse than waterboarding,” to “take out” the families of suspected terrorists, to ban Muslims from entering this country,…

ift.tt/2Kwrme2 The blue and white chopper dipped low over the old white farmhouse and the muddy green river. Seventy-three-year-old Reynaldo Anzaldua, sporting a tan Vietnam vet baseball cap, squinted up at the chopper blotting out the blue sky. “Border Patrol,…

ift.tt/2PS5rnB Philosophy was once a woman’s world, ranging across Asia, Africa and Latin America. It’s time to reclaim that lost realm By Dag Herbjørnsrud Read at Aeon via ift.tt/2qYI8cM aeon.co

ift.tt/2FDBkvo (1 of ) A 1908 color postcard of Sebastopol’s Main Street shows the Petaluma and Santa Rosa Railroad line. (Courtesy of the Sonoma County Library) (2 of ) Heres a south view of Main Street in Sebastopol in 1890.…

ift.tt/2SbI8BX The death of an American missionary on a remote Indian island has cast a rare spotlight on the Sentinelese, one of the world’s most reclusive hunter-gatherer tribes. John Allen Chau, 27, was killed with arrows last week as…

PARIS/TOKYO (Reuters) – French carmaker Renault tapped its chief operating officer and a senior board member to fill in for embattled boss Carlos Ghosn, after an investigation by alliance partner Nissan led to his arrest on suspicion of financial misconduct.…

ift.tt/2S30vcc Conservation advocates have long touted the need to preserve Sonoma County’s bucolic landscape, but a report…

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ift.tt/2E4Uiou The 101 Course On Crafting 404 Pages Shelby Rogers 2018-11-01T09:48:57+00:00 2018-11-20T12:55:14+00:00 A lot of people toss around the phrase, “It’s not about the destination. It’s about the journey.” And those people are telling the truth — until they hit…

ift.tt/2FAg0Xz Tracking Hate Crimes and Bias Incidents This story was co-published with Frontline PBS. It was a grisly scene inside Apartment 3722 at the Hamptons, a gated community in Tampa, Florida. One body lay face up on the floor, wedged…

ift.tt/2K7Juuq Nicole Antebi | Longreads | November 2018 | 18 minutes (4,438 words) For the past few years I’ve been working on a topographical film titled Fred’s Rainbow Bar and Other Stages on the International Border featuring a variety of…

ift.tt/2qSwIaC Why did the scarecrow win a prize? Because he stood alone in his field! He stood there for years, rotting, until he was forgotten. – – – I tell my kids, you’re allowed to watch the TV all you…

ift.tt/2KdRvyg Baumgartner painting restoration videos Posted onSunday, November 11, 2018Monday, November 12, 2018AuthorCharley ParkerLeave a comment If, like me, you find the conservation and restoration of historic artworks interesting, you will probably enjoy this series of videos (YouTube link) from…

ift.tt/2z956T5 The most luminous galaxy in the universe has been caught in the act of stripping away nearly half the mass from at least three of its smaller neighbors, according to a new study published in the journal Science. The…

ift.tt/2DIpq1u Retirement is an exciting time in your life that gives you a chance to enjoy the freedom of no longer having to work a 9 to 5 job. Many people look forward to spending more time with their friends…

ift.tt/2OQvsOy Content marketing is a tough strategy to implement because there are so many small things you have to keep in mind. These factors will influence how successful your campaign is, and the future of your company. Many bloggers don’t…

ift.tt/2PtFlH8 The Weakest Link is Motherboard’s third, annual theme week dedicated to the future of hacking and cybersecurity. Follow along here. With some dirt cheap tech I bought from Amazon and 30-minutes of set-up time, I was streaming sensitive information…