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What if your accepted characters had AIM? We imagined their away messages

After 20 years of passive aggressive away messages and terrible flirting, AIM is leaving us for good (presumably with a “brb showering.”) To honor its legacy, we’ve imagined a few away messages from our favorite fictional (and nonfictional) characters. Kylo Ren (Star Wars) Hannah Baker (13 Reasons Why) Daenerys Targaryen (Game of Thrones) Eleanor Shellstrop…

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Four Palestinians killed all the method thru Friday clashes

The death toll has risen to four as Israeli forces violently crack down on Palestinian protesters in besieged Gaza and the occupied West Bank and East Jerusalem. Local media reported that an 18-year-old Palestinian, Muhammad Amin Aqel al-Adam, died after being shot by the Israeli military during Friday protests near the West Bank city of…

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38 Gigantic Memes That Outlined 2017

In March, a photo of a drag queen and a woman in a niqab sitting next to each other on the subway went viral after a now-suspended far-right account tweeted it with the caption, « This is the future that liberals want. » It backfired pretty much immediately, with a ton of people saying, « Uh, yeah. This…

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Algeria’s Berbers impart for Tamazight language rights

Berber communities in Algeria are calling on the government to allocate state funding to promote and preserve their indigenous language, a demand that has prompted several protests in the country’s northern region this week. The protests come after an amendment to 2018 budget legislation that would have formalised the teaching of the Tamazight language in…

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Nigerians ask give as a lot as police’s SARS unit

Susan Emem remembers the time she encountered Nigeria’s feared Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS) one year ago. She and seven other friends were heading home after a night out in Enugu, in southeast Nigeria. « We were coming from Extreme Lounge, a bar, » she said. « They dragged us out of the taxi we were in and said…

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Dutch police shoot man armed with knife at Amsterdam airport

This is the terrifying moment loud gunshots are heard as armed police shot a man armed with a knife at a busy airport. Video shows four military police officers moving towards a Starbucks in an empty terminal after the alarm was raised at Schiphol Airport in Amsterdam. Authorities cleared the terminal although they are now…

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Brexit talks ‘can pass to subsequent stage’

Media playback is unsupported on your device Media captionBrexit: Theresa May says agreement is « important step » on the road to BrexitEU leaders have agreed to move Brexit talks on to the second phase but called for « further clarity » from the UK about the future relationship it wants. The first issue to be discussed, early next…

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Trump, tribalism and the kill of American capitalism

America’s first businessperson in the White House is doing more to destroy the American capitalist system than any previous president. A strong market economy needs a robust middle class, mechanisms for upward mobility, and clear rule of law to grow and sustain itself over time. US President Donald Trump has little allegiance to any of…

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Zimbabwe’s Mnangagwa requires solidarity in ruling safe collectively

Harare, Zimbabwe – Zimbabwe’s newly appointed president has called for the country’s ruling party to protect itself against factional divisions after tension within ZANU-PF reached its peak last month just before the resignation of longtime leader Robert Mugabe. Addressing delegates at a special extraordinary congress on Friday, Emmerson Mnangagwa urged ZANU-PF party members to remain vigilant against internal…

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Rinspeed’s notion EV puts swappable pods on a ‘skateboard’

The pods Rinspeed teases in the accompanying video (see above) are built for passengers and cargo. But, commuters get to have all the fun, thanks to an on-board digital assistant that taps into your preferences to make recommendations, like restaurants. To make its imaginary vehicle even crazier, the company is also touting an optional robotic…