Bullying has found its place among our culture. Despite efforts to lessen the prevalence of bullying in its many forms, it has only become more commonplace with the rising influence of social media and online communities. We’ve seen the effects of bullying across news headlines reporting tragic events that result from ceaseless harassment, and one …
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The doom-and-gloom Republican National Convention was filled with speeches warning of an imminent, violent apocalypse. America is, apparently, weak. It’s been humiliated. The opponent, one Hillary Clinton, deserves to be locked up for her “crimes.” Yet beyond the usual chest thumping, the RNC crowd seemed bouncier than expected at times. If this is indeed the end of …
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Click:微信过滤 Maud Fernhout is a 19-year-old Dutch photographer with a penchant for people — not just men and women, nor the simple exterior versions of themselves. Fernhout is in it for her subject’s deepest thoughts and feelings. Fernhout’s most recent project started as a written work on stereotypes, gender roles, the media and human rights, and …
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There’s an age-old saying that goes something like, “Don’t talk smack if you can’t back it up.” Yesterday, David Johnson of Mayville, North Dakota put his putter where his mouth is at the Ryder Cup at Hazeltine National Golf Club after being called out by a golf legend. While standing in the gallery watching four-time …
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We’ve all been there. The guy you matched with on Tinder looks like a fun house-mirror version of his profile picture, orders piña coladas at a dive bar, and is a secret Trump supporter. Normally in this kind of nightmare scenario, you might pretend to get an emergency phone call from a friend or blame …
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If you’ve ever wondered what the sunlit world looks like over the course of a year from one million miles away, then good news: NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center released a video to YouTube on Wednesday that speeds through an entire year on Earth in the span of just under three minutes. The DSCOVR satellite has …
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Whether it’s climate change, a vengeful El Nino, or just an angry God to blame, Americans must prepare for the unthinkable this Fourth of July weekend: curbing their guacamania. In a supreme act of poetic injustice, Southern California is hardest hit. “Growers in Fallbrook, De Luz and Temecula reported record temperatures between 110 and 117 …
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On Monday, Donald Trump Jr. took to Twitter to share his thoughts on the Syrian refugee crisis. In fewer than 140 characters, Trump compared the millions of displaced Syrians to Skittles. The tweet’s idea is simple: Don’t allow any refugees into the United States because one bad Skittle will spoil the whole bunch. Except that’s not how …
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Just when you think the world is devoid of magic, one tiny, pony-filled town in Appalachia comes onto our radar to change all of that. That’s right, more than 100 wild ponies roam freely in the Mount Rogers National Recreation Area and Grayson Highlands State Park, both located in southwestern Virginia. One silver-haired stallion in particular is famous for, well, getting …
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I had been at my new job in Washington, D.C. for exactly one week when the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001 began. I worked for a publication called The Hotline, a daily political briefing catering to the most diehard insiders in and around Washington. Our readership was small but influential—subscribers ponied up $5,000 annually. Years …
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