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Guest column: Remembering genocide an important part of fighting against it Genocide

Guest column: Remembering genocide an important part of fighting against it

Author of the article:Reader LettersPublishing date:Jul 19, 2020  •   •  3 minute readEmir Ramic, left, from the Institute for the Research of Genocide Canada, and Imam Adnan Balihodzic, lead a service at Jackson Park, Saturday, July 11, 2020, to mark the 25th anniversary of the Srebrenica massacre. Dax Melmer /…
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July 19, 2020
Torture Porn for Highbrows Holocaust

Torture Porn for Highbrows

Petr Kotlár in The Painted Bird (IFC Films) Even in a Holocaust-adjacent movie, what’s the point of ramming home the same point in a hundred sickening ways? NRPLUS MEMBER ARTICLE T here is so much grim knowledge about the Holocaust available to us, that sticking close to the factual record…
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July 19, 2020
‘The Old Guard’ Is a Record-Shattering Success—So Let’s Stop Being Squeamish About Gay Superheroes Super Heroes

‘The Old Guard’ Is a Record-Shattering Success—So Let’s Stop Being Squeamish About Gay Superheroes

Remember that time Marvel boss Kevin Feige said we’d have a gay superhero within the next decade and we were supposed to clap? Or the time Marvel gave us a bisexual Thor: Ragnarok character but then failed to make her sexuality explicitly clear in the actual movie? Or the time…
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July 18, 2020
PA searching for alternative to Google after Palestine ‘removed’ from map Palestine

PA searching for alternative to Google after Palestine ‘removed’ from map

Since the post went viral, the communications minister has said that it was reason enough to find an alternate search engine for the PA. Map of Israel - Google Maps (photo credit: Courtesy of Google Maps) The Palestinian Authority's communications minister has reportedly announced that the government is searching for…
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July 18, 2020
GitHub, the world’s largest open-source software site, just had mounds of data stored in the permafrost chamber of an old coal mine deep in an Arctic mountain for 1,000 years Seed Vault

GitHub, the world’s largest open-source software site, just had mounds of data stored in the permafrost chamber of an old coal mine deep in an Arctic mountain for 1,000 years

GitHub just stored a full archive of all current public repository data in a frozen Norwegian mountain.Dubbed the GitHub Arctic Code Vault, the project was designed "to preserve open-source software for future generations" for the next 1,000 years.Similar to how you'd back up a disk drive, GitHub is archiving all…
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July 18, 2020
Watch a Doctor Review 5 Different Types of Meatless Burgers, Including the Impossible and Beyond Burger Beyond Meat

Watch a Doctor Review 5 Different Types of Meatless Burgers, Including the Impossible and Beyond Burger

With meat-free burgers becoming an increasingly common fast food option as more people try to reduce their meat product consumption and adopt a plant-based diet, YouTube's Doctor Mike decided to try out five of the most popular veggie versions — including the Impossible burger and Beyond burger. In the interests…
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July 18, 2020