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The One Thing Windows Vista Did Right

Gizmodo.com 

Vista was bad. Coming five years after XP, it was heavily anticipated by Windows users who were impatiently awaiting something interesting from Microsoft as Apple’s star was on the rise. Yet when the OS dropped publicly in January 2007, it was immediately reviled by, well, everyone (except our expert reviewers). It…

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Week In Politics: Reactions To The Trump-Putin Summit

NPR (npr.org) 

NPR's Ari Shapiro speaks with E.J. Dionne of The Washington Post and Brookings Institution and Margaret Hoover, host of Firing Line on PBS, the Helsinki summit between Russian President Vladimir Putin and President Trump and Russian interference in elections.

Democrats find not-so-secret weapon in Trump controversies

«SFGate» (sfgate.com) 

RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — As Democratic congressional candidate Abigail Spanberger mingled Wednesday night with supporters at a Richmond brewery, one person hung like a shadow over the gleaming brew tanks and grilled food truck pizza. As they watched their kids play with Legos in the corner of the bar, Kristen Martin and William Caulder grumbled about President Donald Trump's latest scandal, a controversial news conference with Russia's president. Liberal activists made their way through the crowd, recruiting... Читать дальше...



Writer-director James Gunn fired from Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 over offensive tweets

The Verge 

Disney has fired writer-director James Gunn from Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 after a right-wing media personality resurfaced a series of offensive tweets Gunn made, in many cases from 2009 and 2010. “The offensive attitudes and statements discovered on James’ Twitter feed are indefensible and inconsistent with our studio’s values,” Walt Disney Studios chairman Alan Horn said in a statement to The Hollywood Reporter, “and we have severed our business relationship with him.”

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'Sleepless, sick, and terrified': Heartbreaking testimony from immigrant children describe their experiences in border facilities

BusinessInsider.com 

Customs and Border Protection via Associated Press

  • Immigrant children described in first-hand accounts being hungry, abused, and fearful at border facilities.
  • The testimonies are part of a long-running lawsuit over the way the government treats detained immigrant children.
  • The Justice Department has defended conditions in the facilities, pointing to a recent government report declaring the conditions meet the proper standards.

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Friday's road contest in Lexington postponed

West Virginia Power 

Due to inclement weather in the Lexington area, tonight's West Virginia Power game against the Lexington Legends has been postponed. The two teams will play two seven-inning games on Saturday, July 21, beginning at 5:05 p.m.

The Walking Dead gets a season 9 trailer and October 7th release date

The Verge 

The Walking Dead is preparing for a life after Rick Grimes, as both actor Andrew Lincoln and comic creator Robert Kirkman confirmed this week at San Diego Comic-Con that the show’s season 9 will be Lincoln’s last. Now, at The Walking Dead’s official Comic-Con panel today, AMC has released the first trailer for season 9 and confirmed an October 7th, 2018 premiere date.

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France and Russia to jointly deliver humanitarian aid to Syria

France24.com (en) 

France and Russia will jointly deliver humanitarian aid to the former Syrian rebel enclave of Eastern Ghouta, the French Presidency announced Friday, while it was also revealed that Moscow has offered to work with the US on returning Syrian refugees.

Against Dead Things

The American Conservative 

Complacency is the deadliest enemy of the faith in post-Christian America





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