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When the world seems like it’s going to hell in a hand basket, as it so often does these days, what’s a person to do?
The world recently. Artist’s rendering. GIF via NinersNation/Giphy.
Basically, you’ve got three options.
You can hide under the…
http://www.updatemind.com/this-woman-loving-her-talking-chewbacca-mask-is-exactly-what-we-all-need-right-now/
Wren Handman at Vice writes—You Can’t Talk About Robots Without Talking About Basic Income:
Conversations about basic income, a government-funded salary given to every citizen, used to take place in the dingy offices of extremist left-wing politicians, or in the campus dorm rooms of idealistic st…
http://www.updatemind.com/open-thread-for-night-owls-talking-about-robots-requires-talking-about-basic-income/
At the Campaign for America’s Future, Dave Johnson writes—Icahn Joins Business Leaders Begging Congress: Start Spending:
Billionaire investor (he’s always described that way) Carl Ichan is calling on Congress to start spending. You read that right: Ichan is saying there is a “day or reckoning” co…
http://www.updatemind.com/open-thread-for-night-owls-even-austerity-fans-are-talking-about-the-need-for-more-govt-spending/
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Getting older isn’t easy, but it can be especially complicated if you identify as gay, lesbian, bisexual, or transgender.
“We never thought that marriage was gonna be possible,” Christian Halvorsen, 62, told The Chicago Reader. “We didn’t think adoption…
http://www.updatemind.com/4-pressing-concerns-facing-older-lgbt-adults-that-no-one-is-talking-about-2/
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Getting older isn’t easy, but it can be especially complicated if you identify as gay, lesbian, bisexual, or transgender.
“We never thought that marriage was gonna be possible,” Christian Halvorsen, 62, told The Chicago Reader. “We didn’t think adoption…
http://www.updatemind.com/4-pressing-concerns-facing-older-lgbt-adults-that-no-one-is-talking-about/
Bernie Sanders and Hillary Clinton clashed Sunday in a testy debate over trade policies and the 2009 auto bailout. Sanders, defending his vote against the auto bailout as one against a Wall Street bailout, cut Clinton off.
“Excuse me, I’m talking,” he said to Clinton,…
http://www.updatemind.com/bernie-sanders-to-hillary-clinton-excuse-me-im-talking/
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More anticipated than Rousey vs. Holm! More shocking than McGregor vs. Aldo! Hillary and Bernie leave the trash talk behind and jump into the octagon for MMA’s ultimate battle of Democrat contenders!
Pick your fighter and start swinging! But, seriously, how ugly can it …
https://www.updatemind.com/interactive-comic-clinton-and-sanders-stop-talking-and-start-fighting-mixed-martial-arts-style/
Quasimodo and other special needs dogs are in need of loving, compassionate homes.
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For a dog without much spine, Quasimodo is pretty brave.
The 4-year-old German Shepard has Short Spine Syndrome, an incredibly rare condition where an animal’s vertebrae stay in cartilage form …
https://www.updatemind.com/a-special-dog-named-quasimodo-has-the-internet-talking-now-its-time-to-find-him-a-home-2/
Quasimodo and other special needs dogs are in need of loving, compassionate homes.
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For a dog without much spine, Quasimodo is pretty brave.
The 4-year-old German Shepard has Short Spine Syndrome, an incredibly rare condition where an animal’s vertebrae stay in cartilage form …
https://www.updatemind.com/a-special-dog-named-quasimodo-has-the-internet-talking-now-its-time-to-find-him-a-home/
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Yesterday marked the one-year anniversary of the shooting at the Charlie Hebdo office in Paris.
In 2015 two men walked into the offices of the French satirical magazine and opened fire, killing 12 people. The tragedy sparked an international period of mourning and an inundation of…
http://www.updatemind.com/3-important-things-to-remember-when-talking-about-terrorism-guns-and-free-speech-2/
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