Three top editors at the independent Russian media group RBC left the company last week, following several investigative pieces that rubbed Kremlin in the wrong places, including one about a problematic oyster farm. Yesterday, the former editor-in-chief Elizaveta Osetinskaya finally hinted that…
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To say that it was “shorts weather” in Rajasthan, India, yesterday would be … a bit of an understatement.
Phalodi in Rajasthan, India recorded 51.0 Deg C Temperature on 19 May, 2016, which is the highest ever recorded temperature in India.— India Met. D…
http://www.updatemind.com/india-just-set-a-scary-new-heat-record-it-should-be-a-warning/
Drake’s beef with Meek Mill may be far behind him, but he started a few more during his return to Saturday Night Live on Saturday.
In one of the night’s standout sketches, Drake reworked his scathing diss track “Back to Back” for members of the SNL cast after…
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LONDON — “Here’s a pen, and some paper, and a typewriter, now start your zine.”
These were the instructions given to readers on the back cover of Counter Intelligence, a catalogue of self-published print creations from 1995.
More than two decades on, Hamja…
http://www.updatemind.com/just-do-it-the-diyers-building-a-new-golden-age-for-zines/
April was the warmest such month on record for the globe, and yet again, we saw a near-record large margin compared to average, according to NASA data released Saturday.
The record all but assures that 2016 will set another milestone for the warmest calendar year in NASA’s…
http://www.updatemind.com/earth-just-recorded-its-warmest-april-on-record-and-it-wasnt-even-close/
Facebook has been under fire recently over allegations that some of the contractors working on its “Trending Topics” had prevented conservative media outlets from showing up in the section.
On Thursday, a document purporting to be Facebook’s internal guidelines for that…
http://www.updatemind.com/finally-proof-that-facebooks-trending-news-is-just-old-stories-from-mainstream-media/
After launching an effort to redefine “bullying,” supporters of North Carolina’s anti-LGBT bathroom law apparently have a new term they’d like to revisit: revenge.
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Read more "North Carolina Lawmaker Says It’s Just a Coincidence He’s Targeting Companies Opposed to Bathroom Bill"Back a dozen years ago after the initial reports and photos of Abu Ghraib appeared and proved torture had been used on suspected terrorists, foes of the practice—which you would think would include everyone, but obviously doesn’t—made three basic arguments: moral, legal, and utilitarian.
The mor…
http://www.updatemind.com/studies-show-what-we-already-knew-torture-isnt-just-evil-it-elicits-false-information/
Earlier today, reports surfaced about an email sent to House of Representatives staffers about ransomware. Gizmodo has obtained the email in full.
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Read more "YahooMail is So Bad That Congress Just Banned It"It’s easy to feel hopeful when the federal government, of all things, can move you to tears in the name of justice.
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It’s pretty rare that a Department of Justice press conference will bring people to tears — today was a rare and historic exception.
Today, Attorney General L…
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