washington
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‘Genius’ Rats Are Flooding DC And Adapting Too Fast To Control
Washington, DC, has a serious rat problem on its hands, and it has little to do with the shady goings-on at some of the highest levels of government. No, we’re talking real, honest to god rat kings who are wreaking havoc on the nation’s capital.
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Republicans Fail To Sabotage Net Neutrality In US Government Spending Bill
A new $US1.1 trillion budget bill has excluded Republican-backed efforts to block implementation of the US FCC’s open internet rules, the Senate Appropriations Committee reported earlier this week.
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Can The Lightest Mountaineering Boots Ever Handle Mt Rainier?
At less than 500g, these new Salomon S-LAB X ALP CARBON GTXs are the lightest mountaineering boots ever. That means they’re uninsulated, lack ankle support and aren’t compatible with traditional crampons. Can you still climb a mountain in them? We summited Rainier to find out.
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A Toxic And Deadly Week In Landscape Reads
The U.S. had a pretty toxic and deadly week in landscape reads. We learn how, remarkably, tourist poop is flown by helicopter out of national parks, how Silicon Valley exports toxic waste all over the country, how poison lurks in old televisions, and how the land can just fall away in the form of Washington’s…