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MANAFORT DENIES

6 diggs The New York Times
Ukrainian government investigators have come across $12.7 million in cash payments to Paul Manafort, as they try to untangle a corrupt network they say was used to loot Ukrainian assets and influence elections during the administration of Mr. Manafort’s main client, former President Viktor F. Yanukovych.
TURNED OFF

0 diggs The Verge
This lack of guidance, let alone customization, is increasingly onerous as I see that time spent surfing channels is time I could be spending catching up on the dozens of shows in my back catalog that I already know I want to watch.
LET'S MAP THIS OUT

10 diggs Video
Some of us might already know that the world map isn't horribly accurate because it stretches a globe-shape onto a flat surface, but this video goes deep into specific comparisons of what things should look like.
NO MONSTER IN THE CENTER

2 diggs Amusing Planet
On the Italian island of Sicily, about 70 km from the capital city Palermo, is a huge labyrinth of concrete hugging the side of a hill like an enormous grey-white tortoise shell, the lines corresponding precisely to the street-plan of the old town of Gibellina that once stood here before it was destroyed by an earthquake in 1968.
A CATEGORICAL IMPERATIVE

3 diggs Quartz
We all carry expectations about our own deaths: to be respected, mourned, missed, by at least a few; some kind of cultural ceremony or ritual; a few last wishes dutifully carried out. What you might not expect is to be assigned a new race.
THE MOON LANDING HOWEVER...

6 diggs Popular Mechanics
A group of conspiracy theorists are dead set on proving that contrails are not just innocent ice crystals, but a government conspiracy to spray the populous with chemicals, what they call "chemtrails". Celebrities as diverse as Kylie Jenner and Billy Corgan have used Twitter to align themselves with the theory. It's all bullshit.
YOUR CHILDHOOD, REMASTERED

21 diggs Video
One of the most influential and beloved video games of all time, "GoldenEye 007" didn't age so well. Thankfully, a team of awesome, detail-minded fans has recreated the original game with enhanced graphics, more content and online multiplayer. Most importantly, "GoldenEye Source" is free on PC.
JENNIFER ANISTON IS FREE

0 diggs Collectors Weekly
TGIF Friday's is going minimalist. No tin signs or pedal cars adorn the walls; there’s no dark wood or Tiffany-style lamps; there are no chipper red-and-white stripes to be found anywhere. So where's all that stuff going to end up?
WHAT THE SWIVE

21 diggs macleans.ca
Profanity sinks deep emotional roots in our brains. When words develop dueling meanings, the bad stuff almost always wins out. But what's going to happen when we get bored of saying "fuck?"
FLASH FLOOD PHOTOGRAPHY

6 diggs NPR
Rescue efforts are underway in Southeast Louisiana as the state is drenched and battered by what the governor has called an "unprecedented and historic flooding event." More than 1,000 people have been rescued so far.
IMPOVERISHED THEORIES

20 diggs Washington Post
According to this new analysis, those who view Trump favorably have not been disproportionately affected by foreign trade or immigration, compared to people with unfavorable views of the Republican presidential nominee. The results suggest that his supporters, on average, do not have lower incomes than other Americans, nor are they more likely to be unemployed.
KEEP IT BUTTONED UP

15 diggs Jalopnik
Even if you’ve never heard someone use the term “zipper merge” or traveled to a country where this is more common, you’ve nevertheless experienced someone trying to execute this maneuver ad hoc.

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