Sunday, 31 January 2021

Coronavirus


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Myanmar Leader, Daw Aung San Suu Kyi, Is Detained Amid Coup Fears


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Farming needs to go back to old fashioned methods to help the environment, says PM's father as he takes on new climate change role



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Trump announces new legal team for second impeachment trial



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Myanmar 'coup': Aung San Suu Kyi detained by military in raid, ruling party says — latest updates



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More Republican Congress members linked to extremist groups



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Don’t post photos of your COVID vaccine card on social media, BBB says. Here’s why



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Billionaires are blaming the GameStop surge on Covid stimulus checks



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Biden news - live: Texas threatens to sue president over climate change plan, as GOP stalls Covid bill push



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Proud Boy who led the storming of the Capitol had manuals for homemade guns, bombs, and poisons on his computer, feds say



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Why North Korea still shows off the US spy ship it captured in a deadly attack more than 50 years ago



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New top story on Hacker News: Bedrock Linux – a meta Linux distribution

Bedrock Linux – a meta Linux distribution
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Melvin Capital, Squeezed by Its Bets Against GameStop, Lost 53 Percent in January


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Effort to Include $15 Minimum Wage in Relief Bill Poses Test for Democrats


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If Marjorie Taylor Greene Isn’t Beyond the Pale, Who Is?


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77 Days: Trump’s Campaign to Subvert the Election


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Black Power: Now or Never


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Captain Tom raised millions for Britain’s coronavirus response. Now he is hospitalized with Covid-19.


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Thousands join in Jerusalem funerals, flout pandemic rules



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Myanmar's Aung San Suu Kyi 'detained by military', NLD party says



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Republican Adam Kinzinger disowned by family members and told he’s ‘possessed by the devil’ for impeaching Trump



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Lincoln Project leaders ‘disgusted and outraged’ after 21 men accused co-founder of sexual harassment



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How a 60-vote threshold in the Senate threatens to slam the brakes on much of Biden's legislative agenda



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Saturday, 30 January 2021

Sundance Diary, Part 3: Documentaries That Don’t Despair


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Pentagon Halts Plan to Vaccinate the 40 Prisoners at Guantánamo Bay


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Family of four found dead in northeast Oklahoma home



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Small explosion near Israeli Embassy in New Delhi



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AOC Owes Ted Cruz an Apology for Saying He Almost Had Her Murdered, Rep. Chip Roy Says



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Congresswoman Lauren Boebert mocks Parkland school shooting survivor David Hogg as ‘tough’ and ‘child’



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New top story on Hacker News: ‘Meme stock’ rally rescues AMC theaters from $600M debt

‘Meme stock’ rally rescues AMC theaters from $600M debt
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Airwindows – Free VST Plugins for Mac, Windows and Linux
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Joseph Sonnabend, Early Force in Fight Against AIDS, Dies at 88


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Part of Highway 1 in California Falls Into the Ocean


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Product Misplacement


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Sylvia Lieber, Creative Kindergarten Teacher, Dies at 102


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The variant that emerged in South Africa has been reported in Maryland.


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Sonny Fox, Whose ‘Wonderama’ Mixed Fun and Learning, Dies at 95


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Steve Bannon appears to laugh off Giuliani’s latest conspiracy theory blaming Lincoln Project member for Capitol riot



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Biden tours vaccination site at Walter Reed



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Longtime DB Cooper suspect dies at 94, leaving mystery of daring hijacker unsolved



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Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene says she had a 'great' call with Trump, claims she has his support



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2 dead in massive California storms; Highway 1 washed out



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My 90s TV: Browse 90s Television
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New top story on Hacker News: Ecstasy and psilocybin are shaking up psychiatry

Ecstasy and psilocybin are shaking up psychiatry
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Fixing 200 broken raspberry Pis to prevent e-waste and donating the money raised
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Philosophical Landmines (2013)
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Friday, 29 January 2021

Hate crime charges added in gruesome Grindr attack on gay teen



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Republican Jewish Coalition Rebukes Rep. Taylor Greene’s ‘Indefensible’ Jewish Space Laser Theory



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Psychiatrists fear children are being 'coached' into accessing puberty blockers, Court of Appeal hears



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‘For Christ’s sake, watch yourself’: Biden warns family over business dealings



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A mostly Latino Chicago neighborhood pushes back after inheriting plant from affluent neighbors



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Former BC Student Accused of Talking Boyfriend Into Suicide Before Graduation Will Face Trial



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Archaeologists to excavate ancient beach at Herculaneum, Roman town destroyed by Vesuvius eruption



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DeSantis is right: Florida doesn’t need Biden’s vaccine plan. His has been a flaming success | Opinion



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Crochet artist turns viral Bernie Sanders image into a doll that sells for $20,000



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Filipino American Father, Daughter Electrocuted by Downed Power Lines in LA



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GOP lawmaker demands AOC apologize to Cruz for tweets



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Two gay men in Indonesia publicly caned 77 times each after vigilantes broke into their flat



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Biden visits wounded soldiers at Walter Reed, thanking staff for their service and caring for son Beau in 2015



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Storm could produce feet of snow along stretch from California to Maine



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Pressed on Nursing-Home Deaths, Cuomo Sticks to the Script That Made Him a Media Darling



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Two hunters dead, a 70-year-old missing. What happened in this Tennessee duck blind?



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Obama speechwriter criticises Biden’s calls for unity: ‘There’s an entire party blocking it’



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The Inside Story of How Alexey Navalny Uncovered Putin's $1.3 Billion Palace



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12-year-old, teens accused in beating of Arlington officer ordered to remain in custody



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Major snowstorm to impact Midwest and Northeast



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Canadian couple who got vaccine meant for Indigenous people may face jail time



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China warns Taiwan that 'independence means war’



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New top story on Hacker News: Pixel Shaders in Windows Terminal

Pixel Shaders in Windows Terminal
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Thursday, 28 January 2021

Pelosi blasts GOP leaders for putting Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene on Education Committee



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Singapore detains 16-year-old over plans to attack mosques



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Covid: US pharmacist in vaccine tampering guilty plea



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Why it takes 2 shots to make mRNA vaccines do their antibody-creating best – and what the data shows on delaying the booster dose



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Republicans disavow Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene's 'disgusting' comments, give her a committee seat



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Iran, Taliban officials say US pushing war in Afghanistan



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Pakistani suspect admits to role in Daniel Pearl’s beheading



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Republicans who cheered Trump's executive orders now grumble about 'record number' from Biden



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Jill Biden spent her first week as First Lady reshaping the role. Melania Trump spent hers isolated in a tower



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Extradited teacher appears in Australia court on sex charges



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Feds withheld info on virus cases following executions



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Congress prepares for major fight over voting laws in the wake of Trump's false fraud claims



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Active-Duty Troops May Help with Nationwide COVID-19 Vaccine Distribution



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Newly found Fukushima plant contamination may delay cleanup



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Auschwitz survivors mark anniversary online amid pandemic



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With Senate Republicans balking at convicting Trump, Democrats explore alternative censures



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Texas takes on Biden but Republicans keep distance from AG



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Kevin McCarthy pleads with Republican lawmakers to 'cut this crap out'



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New top story on Hacker News: Over 100'000 of 1-star reviews for Robinhood app suddenly disappeared

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New top story on Hacker News: High Short Interest Stocks

High Short Interest Stocks
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New top story on Hacker News: A framework that makes things worse on purpose

A framework that makes things worse on purpose
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New top story on Hacker News: Robinhood is said to draw on bank credit lines amid tumult

Robinhood is said to draw on bank credit lines amid tumult
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New top story on Hacker News: Show HN: krunvm – Create and run lightweight VMs from OCI images

Show HN: krunvm – Create and run lightweight VMs from OCI images
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Wednesday, 27 January 2021

Harvey Weinstein Accusers Agree to $17 Million Settlement


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The leader of the Proud Boys has cooperated with the police before to help convict others.


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Thousands in Poland Protest Against Near-Total Abortion Ban


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A Letter to My Conservative Friends


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Toxic ‘Black Mayonnaise’ Seeps Into Gowanus Bay After Barge Accident


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After the presidency, the Trump hotel in Washington is a limited draw.


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George Springer Chose Toronto Because ‘This Team Is Built to Win’


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Far-Right 'Proud Boy' leader arrested ahead of Capitol riots revealed to have been police informer



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Biden announces government's intention to increase total U.S. COVID-19 vaccine orders by 50 percent



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Russian authorities target Navalny's associates and wife in series of police raids ahead of protests



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Romney wants to preserve some of the damage from Capitol riot for posterity



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Trump-appointed judges could slow down the Biden revolution



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DHS issues bulletin warning of 'heightened threat environment' in the U.S.



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Former teacher extradited from Israel lands in Australia



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Vaccine shortage disrupts Spanish regions as Madrid suspends first dose campaign



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'We owe this to them': Shoah survivors in vaccine spotlight



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Woman injured by police during Floyd unrest settles lawsuit



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Former GOP Congressman Denver Riggleman laments that ‘crazy’ has spread throughout Republican party



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Biden orders sweeping actions to pause energy drilling and fight climate change



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Trump supporter found with bombs and machine guns threatened to attack Democrats and Twitter, FBI says



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New top story on Hacker News: Discord bans r/WallStreetBets server, subreddit goes private

Discord bans r/WallStreetBets server, subreddit goes private
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New top story on Hacker News: Fix Terminals

Fix Terminals
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New top story on Hacker News: Time Series Density Plot

Time Series Density Plot
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Tuesday, 26 January 2021

Harthorne Wingo, 1970s Knick With Much-Chanted Name, Dies at 73


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Just how fast is the U.S. vaccine rollout rolling?


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A state representative is kicked out of Georgia’s House chamber after refusing a coronavirus test.


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Biden Will Restore U.S. Relations With Palestinians, Reversing Trump Cutoff


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Biden, With Powerful Allies and Foes, Targets Climate Change


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Man Charged With Threatening Congressman’s Family as Riot Raged


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Senator Patrick Leahy, 80, is hospitalized as a precaution after reporting feeling unwell.


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Four teenagers arrested over ‘live-streamed’ murder of 15-year-old girl in Walmart



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Iran sentences brother of senior vice president to 2 years



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McConnell Signals Support for Effort to Deem Trump Impeachment Trial ‘Unconstitutional’



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Judge refuses to toss case against defiant Louisiana pastor



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Federal Judge Blocks Biden Order Halting Deportations



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Germany denies false reports Oxford vaccine is ineffective in older people



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All About Kamala Harris’s Temporary D.C. Home



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Under Biden, China faces renewed trade pressure



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Keystone Pipeline worker on Biden canceling the project: 'This is totally political'



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Sikkim: Chinese and Indian troops 'in new border clash'



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New top story on Hacker News: ARK Invest's Big Ideas 2021 [pdf]

ARK Invest's Big Ideas 2021 [pdf]
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New top story on Hacker News: Mother's blood test predicts a sub-type of autism

Mother's blood test predicts a sub-type of autism
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New top story on Hacker News: The Pros and Cons of DRY Code

The Pros and Cons of DRY Code
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New top story on Hacker News: Netflix and Spotify on a Raspberry Pi 4 with Chromium and Widevine

Netflix and Spotify on a Raspberry Pi 4 with Chromium and Widevine
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New top story on Hacker News: How we made Typerighter, the Guardian’s style guide checker

How we made Typerighter, the Guardian’s style guide checker
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The Chromatic Effects of Late Nineteenth-Century London Fog (2016)
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Monday, 25 January 2021

Israel expands vaccination drive to include 16 to 18-year-olds in bid to save exams



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Trump spent his first weekend in office lying about crowd sizes. Biden used it to quietly enact major reforms



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Fourth Zimbabwean Cabinet member dies of COVID-19 in surge



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Putin calls pro-Navalny protesters 'terrorists', rejects claims about Black Sea 'palace'



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Israel targets flights, religious scofflaws, as virus rages



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Biden floats prospect of 1.5 million vaccinations a day



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New Georgia senators carry John Lewis' influence with them



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UAE cabinet approves establishment of embassy in Tel Aviv in further sting to Palestinians



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AP source: Lawmakers threatened ahead of impeachment trial



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Trump impeachment goes to Senate, testing his sway over GOP



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Americans Need Recurring Stimulus Checks Until the Pandemic Is Over



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CDC says severe allergic reactions to Moderna's COVID-19 vaccine are 'a rare event'



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States eye allowing concealed carry of guns without a permit



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Chinese fighter jets buzz Taiwan for second day as tensions rise days into Biden term



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Top Brazil court authorizes investigation of health minister



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Biden more bullish on vaccines, open to 1.5M daily shot goal



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China tackles pandemic with mass construction once again



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Ivanka Trump would face ‘tough race’ for Florida Senate, says Republican incumbent Marco Rubio



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Biden administration suspends some sanctions on Yemen rebels



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Future Plans for Autotools
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Time-lapse of a single cell transforming into a salamander (2019)
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New top story on Hacker News: Our Journey to PostgreSQL 12

Our Journey to PostgreSQL 12
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Sunday, 24 January 2021

Russia Arrests Hundreds of Protesters Calling for Kremlin Critic Navalny’s Release



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Republican split widens as Donald Trump intervenes in party elections in Arizona



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Florida man accused of being in Capitol riot arrested at Biden inauguration



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Michigan Mega Millions ticket wins $1.05 billion jackpot



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Five people, unborn child killed in 'act of mass murder' in Indianapolis



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A married Florida man used a dating app, cops say. They think he met his murderer



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States eye allowing concealed carry of guns without a permit



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Trump's pressure on DOJ to sue states over election in Supreme Court reportedly 'got really intense'



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Trump shuns ex-presidents club



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Biden to reinstate COVID travel rules, add South Africa



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Rioters who entered Capitol building may not be charged if they didn’t engage in violence, report says



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As Mexico enters the darkest days of the COVID-19 pandemic, its vaccination plan takes a hit



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Chinese fighter jets enter Taiwan air space for second day as tensions rise days into Biden term



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Many in Trump White House believed coronavirus was ‘hoax’, Deborah Birx says



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Biden reportedly bonded with UK leader Boris Johnson over their mutual love of trains, as the UK pushes for a new trade deal



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Arkansas senator is challenged on his claims of being Army ranger



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Trump spent his first weekend in office lying about crowd sizes. Biden used it to quietly enact major reforms



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Duke and Duchess of Cambridge 'besotted' with new puppy that has helped them get over death of Lupo



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Let's get real. Joe Biden, Democrats and America need results much more than unity.



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The computer revolution hasn’t happened yet (1997)
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New top story on Hacker News: The RustyHermit Unikernel: unikernel written in Rust

The RustyHermit Unikernel: unikernel written in Rust
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New top story on Hacker News: Bell Labs Holmdel Is Now Mainly a Food Court

Bell Labs Holmdel Is Now Mainly a Food Court
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New top story on Hacker News: Partial List of Software Patents (1992)

Partial List of Software Patents (1992)
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Saturday, 23 January 2021

Kenosha killing suspect Rittenhouse's bond terms changed after bar visit



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Biden reeled in a record-breaking $145 million in 'dark money'



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Trump shuns ex-presidents club



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Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez: Capitol rioter charged with threatening to ‘assassinate’ congresswoman



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Biden's acting attorney general signed off on reassigning prosecutor who objected to family separations



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Trump's team fired the White House chief usher right before Biden took office, maybe at Biden's request



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Atmospheric river means massive snow coming to the West



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Former police officer who climbed over fences to get into Capitol during riot claims he was there to see art



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Biden has stopped construction on Trump's border wall, but the fate of outstanding contracts is unclear



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A Michigan deputy was fired after he arrested a Black man who was going door-to-door collecting signatures



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Conspiracy theorist Alex Jones loses bid to throw out defamation cases from Sandy Hook parents



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President Biden turns to Hollywood to fill UK ambassador role



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Ivanka Trump’s rented DC home goes back on the market, for $18,000 a month



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A Michigan official held up his rifle during a livestream after a woman asked him to publicly condemn the Proud Boys



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Former Estonian president compares Trump Jr to ‘exceptionally small-brained fish’



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Bidens left stuck outside White House on Inauguration Day after ‘petty’ final Trump act



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Biden: Why everyone is talking about the new president’s watch



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The wife of Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny is arrested as mass protests defy Putin and call for his release from prison



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West Virginia governor on Biden pledging climate change action



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Giuliani admits his associate asked for a fee of $20,000 a day to help Trump overturn the election, but says he didn't know about it



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Friday, 22 January 2021

Fresh Starts at the Top in Both Washington and Ottawa


By BY IAN AUSTEN from NYT World https://ift.tt/2Mh1sA0

White House Orders Assessment on Violent Extremism in U.S.


By BY JULIAN E. BARNES AND HAILEY FUCHS from NYT U.S. https://ift.tt/397BlnW

The New Yorker returns an award for its story on a Japanese rent-a-family business.


By BY MARC TRACY from NYT Business https://ift.tt/3635mDs

Listen to ‘Nice White Parents’


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There Are Hall of Famers, and Then There’s Hank Aaron


By BY TYLER KEPNER from NYT Sports https://ift.tt/39P6ony

Capturing the Quiet Inauguration


By BY DAMON WINTER AND SHAWN MCCREESH from NYT Opinion https://ift.tt/2Y91vAg

How the U.S. Could Double Vaccination Pace With Existing Supply


By BY LAZARO GAMIO AND AMY SCHOENFELD WALKER from NYT U.S. https://ift.tt/3oe1ZzQ

Pfizer will ship fewer vaccine vials to account for ‘extra’ doses.


By BY NOAH WEILAND, KATIE THOMAS AND SHARON LAFRANIERE from NYT World https://ift.tt/3p9LDJL

Coronavirus Briefing: What Happened Today


By BY JONATHAN WOLFE AND AMELIA NIERENBERG from NYT U.S. https://ift.tt/3obygHE

Sharon Begley, a Top Science Journalist, Is Dead at 64


By BY KATHARINE Q. SEELYE from NYT Science https://ift.tt/398ET9o

C.D.C. Eases Coronavirus Vaccine Rules for ‘Exceptional Circumstances’


By BY SHERYL GAY STOLBERG from NYT U.S. https://ift.tt/39SUfyg

'We feel betrayed': Thousands of National Guard sent to sleep in car park after guarding Capitol



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Mexico finds 128 Central American migrants in freight truck



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‘The stupidity is extraordinary’: Morning Joe host slams GOP lawmakers for taking guns to Congress



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Kamala Harris: What the vice-president did on her first day



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Trump returns to a business empire ravaged by pandemic



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Sri Lanka approves vaccine amid warnings of virus spread



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Attorneys: Tennessee man in Capitol riot danger to community



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Senior Republicans quietly lobbying for Trump’s conviction in impeachment trial, reports say



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Syrian state media: Israeli warplanes strike Syria, kill 4



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New financial disclosures show how hard Trump's hotels have been hit amid pandemic



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Reince Priebus reacts to McConnell blasting Biden admin after calling for unity: Tough time for GOP



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New top story on Hacker News: Could Indoor Vertical Farms Feed Livestock?

Could Indoor Vertical Farms Feed Livestock?
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Thursday, 21 January 2021

The Corrupt, the Clueless and Joe Biden


By BY PAUL KRUGMAN from NYT Opinion https://ift.tt/39NZX4k

The Case for Biden Optimism


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The Morning Images


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Congress Grants Waiver to Austin to Serve as Defense Secretary


By BY CATIE EDMONDSON AND JENNIFER STEINHAUER from NYT U.S. https://ift.tt/2LLxxjD

Biden’s Inauguration Scores Bigger TV Ratings Than Trump’s


By BY JOHN KOBLIN from NYT Business https://ift.tt/3qLogXB

Tens of thousands of Floridians may be overdue for their second vaccine dose.


By BY PATRICIA MAZZEI from NYT U.S. https://ift.tt/3p7l7km

Buttigieg’s Climate Promises: What Could He Actually Do?


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McConnell threatens to block Senate's power-sharing agreement if it doesn't preserve the filibuster



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Pelosi weighs charges that GOP members gave 'aid and comfort' to rioters



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Michael Flynn’s brother reveals he was involved in Capitol riot response after Army denied it, report says



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3 new Democratic senators sworn into office



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Indian village cheers for Harris during swearing-in as US VP



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Capitol riots: Are US militia groups becoming more active?



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Can COVID-19 vaccines be mixed and matched?



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Michigan man arrested for hitting police with hockey stick during Capitol breach, FBI says



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A lone man knelt at Beau Biden's grave as President Biden gave his inauguration speech



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How a participant in the Capitol riot allegedly stole Nancy Pelosi's laptop



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Can Trump run again in 2024 election? OLD



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Fauci: It's ‘liberating’ to let the ‘science speak’ without fear of repercussions



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Congress poised for quick action on Biden's Pentagon nominee



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Kamala Harris, Hillary Clinton, and Elizabeth Warren all wore purple for Inauguration Day, likely as a sign of bipartisanship



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