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7 votes
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Anybody watching the first NBA scrimmages in the bubble?
What were your thoughts so far? What do you think of the piped crowd audio? The sound in general? Plans for crowd participation? Has Adam Silver done a good job thus far in bringing basketball...
What were your thoughts so far? What do you think of the piped crowd audio? The sound in general? Plans for crowd participation? Has Adam Silver done a good job thus far in bringing basketball back?
It's lacking some excitement for me, but pleased to have basketball back in any way shape or form.
6 votes -
US congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez's response to colleague who called her a misogynistic slur
42 votes -
Survey of 760 US museums shows extreme financial distress from the pandemic, with almost all reporting that they have a year or less of financial operating reserves remaining
9 votes -
The Legend of Korra is coming to Netflix on August 14th in the US
@NX: She's the avatar, you've gotta deal with it. The Legend of Korra is coming to Netflix on August 14th in the US. pic.twitter.com/r16aGudm7s
13 votes -
Taylor Swift - Folklore (2020)
16 votes -
Lawyers demand US Military stop violating free speech on Twitch
10 votes -
The importance of resisting excessive government surveillance
5 votes -
No longer in shadows, Pentagon’s UFO unit will make some findings public
10 votes -
How the Democratic party went from being the party of slavery and white supremacy to electing Barack Obama
5 votes -
The Perennials - On Our Way (2017)
3 votes -
You can finally see your home team play baseball on a streaming service--but not all teams offer the same choices
2 votes -
How Southern socialites rewrote civil war history
3 votes -
Donald Trump is putting on a show in Portland; the president is deploying the kind of performative authoritarianism that Vladimir Putin pioneered
13 votes -
Washington DC's NFL team will go by "Washington Football Team" for 2020 season
8 votes -
Stephen Colbert interviews Mary Trump on her new book
4 votes -
A four-day, 65-mile walk along the Texas coast
4 votes -
Destroying a way of life to save Louisiana: The state’s $50 billion plan to re-engineer its coastline may wash some fishing communities off the map
4 votes -
Disney delays ‘Mulan’ release indefinitely, pushes back all upcoming ‘Avatar’ and ‘Star Wars’ movies by a year, and more
9 votes -
California’s Hog Fire is producing its own thunderstorms
4 votes -
KnowYourVote - An aggregated source for info about US candidates
4 votes -
Hiroshima (1946)
5 votes -
Sen. Hawley introduces bill to fine American companies relying on Chinese slave labor
17 votes -
The loneliest road trip: Travels through an empty America – in pictures
6 votes -
The United States has abruptly ordered China to close its consulate in Houston, accusing diplomats of aiding economic espionage and the attempted theft of scientific research
7 votes -
Caleb Kenna shares a collection of drone photographs from Vermont
5 votes -
The cost of reopening a restaurant in a pandemic
5 votes -
Why has the Republican response to the pandemic in the USA been so mind-bogglingly disastrous?
11 votes -
US phone carriers may soon be able to block all calls from robocallers' carriers
16 votes -
The United States needs a third Reconstruction; whatever its shape, the era ahead must rekindle the aspiration of a nation molded in the ideal of perfect equality that we have always seeked
21 votes -
MIT researchers created a deepfake of Nixon delivering the 'In Event Of Moon Disaster' speech
8 votes -
Teachers are ready to quit rather than put their lives at risk: "Most parents have no idea how bad this is going to be"
40 votes -
Twitter bans 7,000 QAnon accounts, limits 150,000 others as part of broad crackdown
@Twitter Safety: We've been clear that we will take strong enforcement action on behavior that has the potential to lead to offline harm. In line with this approach, this week we are taking further action on so-called 'QAnon' activity across the service.
19 votes -
Ohio House Speaker Larry Householder arrested in connection with $60 million bribery scheme
19 votes -
Building the Moroccan Court at the New York Met
4 votes -
Eight ways MLB is leaning on technology to keep fans engaged this summer
3 votes -
"Before I become your doctor, you have been intubated for weeks" - one doctor's experience during the pandemic
9 votes -
Homeland Security making plans to deploy some 150 agents in Chicago this week, with scope of duty unknown
25 votes -
For a $69/month fee, the nonprofit Safe Eats will help restaurants with coronavirus health guidelines and reassure customers. But so far, there’s no guarantee that members will follow the rules
3 votes -
Was the 2004 US election in Ohio unfairly tipped to Bush?
5 votes -
Spacecraft from three different countries are scheduled to launch for Mars in July, with arrival next February
8 votes -
Voices from the pandemic: "No mask, no entry. Is that clear enough? That seems pretty clear, right?"
13 votes -
The anti-semitism we didn’t see: DeSean Jackson’s Hitler moment—and mine—showed that Black Americans’ experience of racism doesn’t automatically sensitize us toward other forms of prejudice
11 votes -
UK, US, and Canada accuse Russia of trying to steal information from coronavirus vaccine researchers
15 votes -
US Postal Service memos detail ‘difficult’ changes, including slower mail delivery
24 votes -
Twitter disables video in Trump retweet after Linkin Park files copyright complaint
10 votes -
A risky bet by America’s mall owners: Plucking retailers out of bankruptcy to salvage a pandemic-hit industry
7 votes -
Weekly thread for news/updates/discussion of George Floyd protests, racial injustice, and policing policy - week of July 13
This thread is posted weekly - please try to post relevant content in here, such as news, updates, opinion articles, etc. Especially significant updates may warrant a separate topic, but most...
This thread is posted weekly - please try to post relevant content in here, such as news, updates, opinion articles, etc. Especially significant updates may warrant a separate topic, but most should be posted here.
14 votes -
If we want any US vaccine to actually work, we have to prepare for it now
12 votes -
Ask Historians: How did Lincoln's political agenda on slavery change before and during the war?
8 votes