After two years work analyzing more than 400,000 stories, the American Press Institute is beginning to find general patterns in what works to attract and hold the attention of digital readers.
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Student Apologizes for Rainbow-Colored Noose Art on Tennessee Campus
The university president called the display “deeply disturbing and hurtful,” and students say they plan to meet with school officials.
Student Apologizes for Rainbow-Colored Noose Art on Tennessee Campus
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How Old Are Fairy Tales? – The Atlantic
Using techniques from evolutionary biology, scientists have traced folk stories back to the Bronze Age.
How Old Are Fairy Tales? – The Atlantic
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US feels ‘overwhelming frustration’ with Israeli government, says Biden
Biden described the Obama administration’s “overwhelming frustration” with Israel, adding that “profound questions” existed about how the country could remain both Jewish and democratic.
…“Both sides have to take responsibility for counterproductive steps that undermine confidence in negotiations.”
…“No matter what legitimate disagreements the Palestinian people have with Israel, there is never justification for terrorism,” Biden said. “No leader should fail to condemn as terrorists those who commit such brutalities.”
Source: US feels ‘overwhelming frustration’ with Israeli government, says Biden | US news | The Guardian
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Biden admits to ‘overwhelming frustration’ with Israeli gov’t
WASHINGTON — Vice President Joe Biden acknowledged “overwhelming frustration” with Israel’s government on Monday and said Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s administration has led the country in the wrong direction, in an unusually sharp rebuke of America’s closest ally in the Middle East.
There is no will for peace among Palestinian and Israeli political leadership, Biden bemoaned during J Street’s annual gala Monday evening. Painting a dim picture of a conflict that is becoming increasingly intractable, the vice president stressed that the United States would maintain its security support for Israel through an extensive defense aid package delineated in a renewed Memorandum of Understanding.
“I firmly believe that the actions that Israel’s government has taken over the past the past several years — the steady and systematic expansion of settlements, the legalization of outposts, land seizures — they’re moving us and more importantly they’re moving Israel in the wrong direction,” Biden said.
Biden admits to ‘overwhelming frustration’ with Israeli gov’t | The Times of Israel
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Dad’s Texts To Daughter Go Viral When He Attempts To Buy Her Pads Scary Mommy
This right here is #dadgoals.
Dad’s Texts To Daughter Go Viral When He Attempts To Buy Her Pads Scary Mommy
ahahahahahah
Shakespeare’s lost puns and rude jokes revealed in new guide to Elizabethan pronunciation – Telegraph
English accents and pronunciation has changed so much since Shakespeare wrote his plays that his jokes are often missed by today’s audiences
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Hillary Clinton Faces a Liberal War Against the 1990s – NBC News
The 2016 campaign is forcing Hillary Clinton to distance herself from her husband’s record.
Hillary Clinton Faces a Liberal War Against the 1990s – NBC News
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There is no Bernie Sanders movement.
Bernie Sanders isn’t leading a new movement, and he doesn’t represent the dawning of liberal ideology. To the extent that there is a movement at all, it is simply a movement to get Sanders elected president. Nothing more and nothing less. This is a classic insurgency, updated for 2016. But that doesn’t mean it’s insignificant. This year, the insurgency is larger than it’s ever been, and that in itself is an opportunity. A chance for the insurgents to play the long game, to co-opt the institutions that have held them back and to emerge as the leaders of a new Democratic Party. Sanders may not be the Democratic nominee, or the president of the United States, but if his supporters take the opportunity, they’ll accomplish what past insurgent candidacies couldn’t, and he’ll stand as a key figure in the origin story of a new, new left.
There is no Bernie Sanders movement.
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Ex-NYPD officer Peter Liang gets probation in fatal shooting of Akai Gurley – LA Times
Ex-NYPD officer Peter Liang will not serve time behind bars for fatally shooting an innocent, unarmed black man in 2014 in a case that has drawn the attention of both Asian American and African American protesters.
Ex-NYPD officer Peter Liang gets probation in fatal shooting of Akai Gurley – LA Times
This is bullshit.
Clearly NYC does not value the lives of its citizens or put any premium on their safety or right to live free from the danger of uniform killers shooting them down whenever they feel like it.
No jailtime = no justice!
The Evolution of Little Red Riding Hood
Researcher applies technique used to compare species to trace origin of famous folktale
Source: The Evolution of Little Red Riding Hood | Science | AAAS
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Fairy tale origins thousands of years old, researchers say – BBC News
“By comparing the folk tales that we find in different cultures and knowing something about the historical relationships among those cultures, we can make inferences about the stories that would have been told by their common ancestors.”
Source: Fairy tale origins thousands of years old, researchers say – BBC News
Victorian worldview was so limited….
Phylogenetic analyses suggests fairy tales are much older than thought
Phylogenetic analyses suggests fairy tales are much older than thought
Phhhbbbt. Why is this such a surprise? Of course human being have told similar stories throughout the course of time. We’re the same fucking species, right?
It seems like being convinced of anything else is extremely arrogant, and ignorant.
Reserve officer who dined with Will Smith ‘removed’ from force: NOPD
NOPD spokesman Tyler Gamble said Billy Ceravolo was removed from the force “to protect the integrity of the investigation.”
Reserve officer who dined with Will Smith ‘removed’ from force: NOPD | NOLA.com
Um, isn’t he already retired???
Israeli convicted of murdering Palestinian teen – AJE News
The sentencing hearing is set for May 3, according to Jbara, who expects the court to hand down a life sentence at the very minimum, as stipulated by the Israeli law, and because of the horrific nature of the crime.
…Jbara said that with this conviction, the court had opened the door for Abu Khdeir family members, who were designated as “victims or terror” under Israeli law, to petition the Israeli interior ministry to demolish the homes of the convicted Israelis, who live in the illegal Israeli settlement Adam, in the occupied West Bank.
He also plans to submit requests to the government to revoke the citizenship of the convicted Israelis, in accordance with Israeli laws.
“This is an important step for the family because we want the Israeli government and justice system to treat the Palestinians who are victims of terror acts committed by Israelis as equal to what Israel considers as Palestinian acts of terrorism towards Israelis,” he added.
Israeli convicted of murdering Palestinian teen – AJE News
hmmm.
baby steps?
Israel’s attempts to monopolise Jerusalem will fail
The struggle for the heart of Jerusalem and for the sympathy of its visitors is still wide open.
Israel’s attempts to monopolise Jerusalem will fail – Al Jazeera English
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Poll: Hillary Clinton bests Sanders as the Democrats’ “change” candidate – CBS News
Democratic voters are looking for a candidate to bring about needed change and think Clinton is the best to do it, a new CBS News/ New York Times poll shows
Poll: Hillary Clinton bests Sanders as the Democrats’ “change” candidate – CBS News
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A whole bunch of problems with the author of “On Becoming Anti-Bernie”
A whole bunch of problems with the author of “On Becoming Anti-Bernie”
If his politics and approach weren’t already unappealing to me, I would probably have voted against Bernie just based on the revulsion I feel towards the hyperbolic, holier-than-thou, haters who post about him.
On Becoming Anti-Bernie — Medium
I concluded that the fact that Sanders only got three bills through Congress (two of which were for naming post offices) wasn’t the only meaningful measure, so I looked at the legislation he introduced during his senate career. It turns out that, every year, year after year, he introduced the same legislation to make a point, and no one else ever seems to have signed on to it. To me, this looked like showmanship rather than governance — an exercise designed to highlight his own support for a very progressive agenda.
...I concluded that Sanders was less interested in actually accomplishing anything than he was in staging protests where he could claim some kind of moral high ground, not interested in getting in the weeds and doing anything to actually achieve his goals within the Congress he worked in.This research put Sanders’ supposedly pristine progressive agenda in perspective: it is very easy to maintain that agenda if you never make the hard choices necessary to get things done.
On Becoming Anti-Bernie — Medium
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Boston Marathon bomber’s ex-classmates to release short film
Jahar, a 12-minute drama about the effects of the attack on Dzhokhar Tsarnaev’s peers, will premiere at the Tribeca festival
Boston Marathon bomber’s ex-classmates to release short film | Film | The Guardian
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Bobbi Gibb Led The Way For Women At The Boston Marathon | Here & Now
When she broke the rules to run the men’s-only race in 1966, “my father actually thought that I was deranged.”
Bobbi Gibb Led The Way For Women At The Boston Marathon | Here & Now
50 yrs.
Leading Philippine presidential contender: Gang rape victim ‘so beautiful’ he wishes he had ‘been first’
Mayor Rodrigo Duterte has been called “the punisher,” “Duterte Harry” and, most recently, the “Philippine version of Donald Trump.”
WTF?
How US covered up Saudi role in 9/11
In its report on the still-censored “28 pages” implicating the Saudi government in 9/11…
How US covered up Saudi role in 9/11 | New York Post
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Research Finds Effects Of Homework On Elementary Students
You might think homework is a great thing, but recent research suggests that maybe it’s time to re-evaluate our use of it.
Research Finds Effects Of Homework On Elementary Students
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Taking Notes By Hand May Be Better Than Digitally, Researchers Say : NPR
Researchers Pam Mueller and Daniel M. Oppenheimer found that students remember more via taking notes longhand rather than on a laptop. It has to do with what happens when you’re forced to slow down.
Taking Notes By Hand May Be Better Than Digitally, Researchers Say : NPR
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