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Reddit Bans /r/Coontown For All The Wrong Reasons
Today the community site Reddit finally banned several controversial forums, including /r/Rapingwomen and the racist forums associated with /r/Coontown. The problem is that CEO Steve Huffman did it by putting a terrible set of policies in place.
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Watch Obama Talk About His Clean Power Plan, Live Right Now
Right now, US President Obama is discussing his new Clean Power Plan. He began by saying that climate change is a threat to national security and health. Here’s what he’s proposing. Watch it live, right here.
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Terrible Things You Can Do With A Selfie Stick, Other Than Take Selfies
It’s a telescoping pole with a flexible gripper for your phone at the end. Inside, a cable connects the button on the handle with with your phone. Click the button and it takes a picture! From three feet away! People call them selfie sticks, but I’ve never used mine for selfies. I do things that…
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This Spacecraft Will Hunt The Solar System For Asteroids To Mine
Many components in your phones and batteries are made with “rare Earth metals“. You know why they call them that? Because they are actually rare on Earth, and we’re going to run out. But they’re not rare in space. Which is why today a company launched the prototype for a vehicle that will search for…