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Environmentalists Seek Endangered Species Listing for Alaska’s Freshwater Seals NOAA

Environmentalists Seek Endangered Species Listing for Alaska’s Freshwater Seals

(ANCHORAGE, Alaska) — The only known freshwater harbor seals in the U.S. should be listed as threatened or endangered, an environmental group said Thursday in its second petition for the animals. The Center for Biological Diversity petitioned for additional protections for the 400 harbor seals that live at Iliamna Lake…
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February 7, 2020
Oscars 2020 predictions and snubs: 1917, Parasite, Joker, Once Upon a Time in Hollywood Joker

Oscars 2020 predictions and snubs: 1917, Parasite, Joker, Once Upon a Time in Hollywood

Parasite recently won best film not in the English language at Oscars precursor the BAFTAs. Warner Bros. Today's the day we cap off awards season with the Oscars, which kick off at the Dolby Theatre in Hollywood. At this stage, one question surrounds the best picture category: Will it be Parasite or 1917?…
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February 7, 2020
AOC invokes MLK to defend comments calling ‘bootstrap’ meritocracy ‘a joke’ – Washington Examiner Meritocracy

AOC invokes MLK to defend comments calling ‘bootstrap’ meritocracy ‘a joke’ – Washington Examiner

Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez defended comments she made about the "bootstrap" meritocracy by invoking Martin Luther King Jr. "I see that the right is worked up that we pointed out the myth of bootstrapping when 60% of the wealth in this country is *inherit…
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February 7, 2020
To The Economist: Planning, Not Home Ownership Caused the Housing Crisis Singapore

To The Economist: Planning, Not Home Ownership Caused the Housing Crisis

The January 16, 2020 cover story in The Economist magazine trumpeted “The West’s biggest economic policy mistake: It’s obsession with homeownership undermines growth, fairness and public faith in capitalism. “The Economist explains: “The soaring cost of housing has created gaping inequalities and inflamed both generational and geographical divides. In 1990…
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February 7, 2020
World of Warcraft’s Latest Boss Finally Goes Down After Glitchy, 10-Day Race Between Top Guilds eSports

World of Warcraft’s Latest Boss Finally Goes Down After Glitchy, 10-Day Race Between Top Guilds

Image: World of WarcraftThe “Mythic” difficulty version of World of Warcraft’s latest raid, Ny’alotha, is a doozy. Top guilds began racing to complete the 12-boss hero sandwich of a dungeon on January 28, but it wasn’t until today that one guild, Limit, finally planted its flag at the top of…
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February 7, 2020