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America

The last survivor of the 1921 Tulsa Race Riots

NPR interviewed Olivia Hooker, 103, who may be the last surviving witness of the Tulsa Race Riots. In under 24 hours white mobs destroyed more than 1,000 homes and businesses. They set fire to schools, churches, libraries, and movie theaters.

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Science

Did we just discover the 'sterile neutrino'?

We may have another fundamental discovery OR another false alarm regarding another theorized particle - the so-called "sterile neutrino".

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Sports

The Stupidest Game in NBA Finals History

Questionable refs, an historic mental error, flagrant fouls and everything is horrible.

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Travel

Let's chase an eclipse

Hey folks! Long time, no see. I’ve been off plotting some big things that I hope will bring a bit of joy and wonder to the world. 🎉

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Art

The amazing, endless battle between rural Eastern European partisan fighters, demons, mecha, and werewolves

Jakub "Mr Werewolf" Rozalski is a great painter with one hell of an imagination.

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WebDev

Off with their head! The decoupled CMS model

There has been increasing buzz recently around 'headless' or 'decoupled' content management systems. In short, remove the presentational aspects of your content management system in favor of robust API support [1]. ALA On

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Comedy

Gene Wilder, master of the comedic pause

Raging Cinema pays tribute to the late Gene Wilder and his use of the comedic pause. On Twitter, Edgar Wright, who knows a thing or two about funny, called for a moment of silence for Wilder.

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QuickBits

Your December Reading List

A collection of links updated regularly. This time we talk about Rogue One, Nietzche's writing style and Pokemon Go updates.

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Sports

Unorthodox: Steph Curry, Donald Trump & Leicester City succeed for exactly the same reason

They’re playing against ancient and predictable strategies. In turn, their opponents are up against novel tactics which throw away just about all assumptions of “how the game is played”.

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