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Now you know what to put on your Christmas wish list for this year.

Watch this cool machine trim hedges into perfect spheres
If you thought you might live out your days without seeing an industrial hedge clipper form shrubs into perfect spheres while accompanied by Wagner, everything changes today.
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Cats like to sit in taped circles and hexagons on the floor. It’s been recently discovered that they can be trapped in squares, too.

Square cat traps work as well as circular ones
Cats like to sit in taped circles and hexagons on the floor. It’s been recently discovered that they can be trapped in squares, too. [via Neatorama]
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City officials have threatened to condemn man's home if he continues to help homeless people.

Man who invites homeless people to his home during freezing temperatures threatened by city officials
A man in Chicago who invites homeless people to spend the night at his house during brutally cold weather must stop his generous charity immediately or face consequences. City officials threatened …
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IT'S TIME FOR ANIMANIACS!

Hulu is rebooting Animaniacs!
The rumors were true: Hulu has just ordered two seasons of new Animaniacs cartoons (previously), reviving one of the greatest animated series of all time.
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There is a whole cottage industry of doctors helping parents skip their kids’ vaccines.

In California, an underground network of anti-vax doctors will write your kid a medical exemption letter to get them out of their vaccinations
After an outbreak of measles at Disneyland, California lawmakers had enough and passed SB277, banning kids from attending the state’s schools unless they were fully vaccinated, and eliminatin…
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The woman who says Moore molested her when she was 14 has filed a defamation lawsuit against him.

Roy Moore accuser files defamation lawsuit against him
Roy Moore, who still thinks God wants him to be a senator despite the fact that his opponent Doug Jones was sworn in yesterday, has a new problem to deal with.
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Of course, this would only work with a president who isn't psychopathic.

Proposal from 1981 - the president must commit murder before he can launch a nuke
From an article titled “Preventing nuclear war” in the March 1981 issue of The Bulletin of Atomic Scientists: An early arms control proposal dealt with the problem of distancing that the President …
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The acting ICE director said politicians who run 'sanctuary cities' should be charged with crimes.

ICE Director wants criminal charges against local officials in sanctuary cities
Thomas Homan is the acting director of the Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency; in an interview on (where else) Fox News, he said that local officials in “sanctuary cities” (citi…
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The far-right grapevine says that the Mercers are planning to fire Bannon, in order to ensure that Breitbart stays closely aligned to Trump. Bannon is said to be awaiting his fate while the decision is finalized.

Rumour mill says that the Mercers are going to axe Bannon from Breitbart over "Fire and Fury" remarks
In his new book Fire and Fury, Michael Wolff says that one-time White House chief strategist Steve Bannon accused the Trump campaign of “treason”, a revelation that sparked a hilarious …
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Wolff couldn't be more pleased by Trump's meltdown, and his attempt to stop the book's publication. "Where do I send the box of chocolates?" Wolff said in an interview

Author of 'Fire and Fury' says Trump "has less credibility than, perhaps, anyone who has ever walked on earth"
Trump is freaking out over Michael Wolff’s new behind the scenes book about the Trumpian White House, Fire and Fury: I authorized Zero access to White House (actually turned him down many tim…
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Google says it can mitigate Spectre with "negligible" effect.

Spectre
Two days ago, an industry/academic team released a terrifying alert about a pair of CPU bugs called Spectre and Meltdown that allowed one program to steal data from another, even with the best memo…
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What every baby needs, a Sarlacc Pit lounger.

A Sarlacc Pit baby-lounger: "allow the young one to snuggle in awesomeness without the fear of being digested over a thousand years!"
Bed Hog Shop, an Etsy seller from Bethlehem, PA, sells these custom made, $138 Sarlacc Pit baby loungers: ” (would also likely be suitable for small pets): “Own your Star Wars fandom an…
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Check out the human billboards of the 19th century.

The cabinet card fad saw 19th-century women dressing in ridiculous costumes
Back in the 1800s, a curious retailing trend began where strangely costumed women would pose for cabinet cards advertising various businesses, like Heinz pickles or J. M. Dolph & Co. Furniture …
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Even Trump supporters know this new tax plan benefits the rich.

Even though Trump supporters are impervious to fact-checks on most subjects, they still know that the GOP tax plan is a giveaway to the super-rich
Shortly after the election of Donald Trump, Russian exile Masha Gessen’s essay Autocracy: Rules for Survival swept the internet, offering both hope and caution for the years to come.
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Iconic photographer Nan Goldin is now on Instagram.

Photographer Nan Goldin now has an Instagram account
Following the move by Cindy Sherman (previously), iconic photographer Nan Goldin now has an Instagram account for her studio.
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Should tech companies be tolerating intolerance?

The Paradox of Tolerance: should intolerance be tolerated?
With the rise of white nationalist groups whose allies in government extend all the way to the President of the United States, tech companies are finding themselves in the uncomfortable position of…
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