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5 votes
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The video game creator who became Barry Bonds
5 votes -
Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine goes to US Food and Drug Administration today for emergency authorization
12 votes -
Donald Trump's election power play: Persuade Republican legislators to do what US voters did not
12 votes -
The pandemic, the Clean Power Plan, and the Paris Agreement: US emissions drop 7% year on year due to effects of COVID-19
4 votes -
Grateful Dead - Bird Song (1972)
6 votes -
Verizon 5G DSS isn't the 5G you want
9 votes -
You know that NYC pizza rat? Here's his story.
5 votes -
The Game Awards 2020 nominee list
9 votes -
Philosophers’ Argument Check: In this episode Socrates vs. Giuliani
3 votes -
Boeing 737 MAX cleared to fly after deadly crashes forced a two-year US ban
8 votes -
Hear audio from NASA's Perseverance rover as it travels through deep space on its way to Mars
7 votes -
Earth has captured a tiny object as a satellite for the next few months, which is likely the rocket booster from the failed Surveyor 2 mission to the Moon in 1966
12 votes -
Campaign for a Green Nuclear Deal: Forging a new America
16 votes -
The case against single family zoning
7 votes -
Baseball Hall of Fame releases 2021 ballot
4 votes -
Can economic growth last?
8 votes -
Shaquille O’Neal and Kobe Bryant on the 2003 Los Angeles Lakers
5 votes -
Iconic Arecibo Dish suffers more damage as second cable breaks
13 votes -
Eminem - It's Okay (1996)
3 votes -
The next decade could be even worse: A historian believes he has discovered iron laws that predict the rise and fall of societies. He has bad news.
24 votes -
United Launch Alliance Atlas 5 with new GEM-36 solid rocket boosters launches NROL-101 satellite
4 votes -
Minneapolis violence surges as police officers leave department in droves
14 votes -
Dan Reeder - Clean Elvis (2003)
5 votes -
NASA, Artemis, a US Space Force and the election results
4 votes -
Twitter: An update on the features related to the 2020 US Elections
11 votes -
It’s time to restore scientific integrity
11 votes -
TikTok can continue to operate in the US, Commerce Department says
10 votes -
NASA and SpaceX complete certification of first human-rated commercial space transportation system
7 votes -
"The intelligence coup of the century" - For decades, the CIA read the encrypted communications of allies and adversaries
12 votes -
John Waters bequeaths his art collection to Baltimore Museum of Art, whose bathrooms will be named in his honor
13 votes -
Stadia offering a free Premiere Edition bundle for US YouTube Premium members
7 votes -
US COVID-19 hospitalizations have hit an all-time high
14 votes -
Vulfpeck - Disco Ulysses (2019)
7 votes -
The FBI says ‘Boogaloo’ extremists bought 3D-printed machine gun parts
13 votes -
NASA chief plans to step aside under Biden
15 votes -
A look at the future of abortion from Colorado
9 votes -
What prevents former US presidents from disclosing national secrets?
I have tried to answer this myself and come up empty handed. When a U.S. president leaves office, they take intimate awareness of many national secrets with them (weapons systems, intelligence...
I have tried to answer this myself and come up empty handed. When a U.S. president leaves office, they take intimate awareness of many national secrets with them (weapons systems, intelligence gathering techniques, etc.). What prevents a former president from selling this information to the highest bidder?
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Husband of Wanda, everyone's Grandmother, died of Covid (old news)
3 votes -
Estonia's far-right minister resigns over Biden remarks
12 votes -
American incarceration, in real numbers
14 votes -
Hakeem Olajuwon and the Rockets beefed so hard he almost left Houston before they ever got a ring
6 votes -
2020 Election News and Information (Week of November 1st)
A thread you can easily ignore A new week a new thread As the pace and the quantity of information that is coming out of the election increases. Instead of creating a new post for everything, or...
A thread you can easily ignore
A new week a new thread
As the pace and the quantity of information that is coming out of the election increases. Instead of creating a new post for everything, or not posting things because it is a smaller item, please feel free to post here.
Feel free to break out any information posted here into its own thread if the discussion warrants it.Major news can/should be broken out into its own topic. (use your own discretion)
Final thread before the election
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Joe Biden elected president
69 votes -
'Jeopardy' host Alex Trebek dies at 80 after pancreatic cancer diagnosis
36 votes -
US President Joe Biden’s victory was just what tech wanted. Now what?
6 votes -
Joe Biden is the next President of the United States
Race called by Decision Desk HQ at 08:50 AM EST: https://twitter.com/DecisionDeskHQ/status/1324710866516905984 Other sources will follow as there is no path back for Donald Trump to win PA. Update...
Race called by Decision Desk HQ at 08:50 AM EST: https://twitter.com/DecisionDeskHQ/status/1324710866516905984
Other sources will follow as there is no path back for Donald Trump to win PA.
Update #1: Called by Business Insider
Update #2: Called by Vox (thanks @dubteedub)
Update #3: The Economist is coming as close as they can to calling it (explanation: https://twitter.com/gelliottmorris/status/1324860925745229824)
Update #4: The AP, NBC, CNN and ABC News have called the race. It's over.
Update #5: New York Times, BBC
Update #6: Meanwhile in Trump's fantasy land
Update #7: Fox News has called it as well.72 votes -
Florida votes to raise minimum wage to $15 an hour
21 votes -
John Boyega on possible ‘Star Wars’ return and educating Disney execs on racist backlash
5 votes -
Oregon legalizes psilocybin mushrooms (for therapeutic purposes) and decriminalizes all drugs
32 votes