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curated: the Patrick Stewart–Ian McKellen Inception…

Wed, Jan 25, 2017
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Mind. Blown.

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Gold movie review: this mine is tapped out

Wed, Jan 25, 2017
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Not a terrible excuse for entertainment, just very, very familiar, all paradigms that desperately require a shift, in Hollywood and in the real world.

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curated: the truth about Trump’s White House

Tue, Jan 24, 2017
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Plausible.

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Barcelona photos: sunset from Turó de les Tres Creus

Tue, Jan 24, 2017
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The highest point in Park Güell…

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Split movie review: time for another round of “What the Hell Was M. Night Shyamalan Thinking?”

Tue, Jan 24, 2017
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Lurid and squicky, Split treads water and keeps too many secrets on a dull path to the revelation of its self-satisfied cleverness.

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curated: CNN convenes eight men (and one woman) to discuss the Women’s Marches

Mon, Jan 23, 2017
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WTF, CNN?

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Antarctica: Ice and Sky (aka Ice and the Sky) (La glace et le ciel) documentary review: how we know we are burning the planet

Fri, Jan 20, 2017
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A deeply personal memoir from the scientist with a “wild empathy for the planet” who locked down the human responsibility for global warming.

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curated: this is how bad Donald Trump’s approval rating is

Fri, Jan 20, 2017
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Ha.

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it’s the hope I can’t stand…

Fri, Jan 20, 2017
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Fuck this shit. And fuck Donald Trump. Now and forever.

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Barcelona photos: the Sagrada Familia (view from the Nativity tower)

Thu, Jan 19, 2017
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If you’re claustrophobic, leery of heights, or prone to dizziness, you’d probably want to think twice about this.

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