Photographer Steve Winter is used to working in tough terrain. But the urban jungle—Griffith Park, in central Los Angeles—has its own challenges, as he learned while trying to photograph an elusive big cat that calls the park home. ➡ Subscribe: http://bit.ly/NatGeoSubscribe About National Geographic: National Geographic is the world’s premium …
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The Vergecast 104: Amazon drones, Healthcare.gov, and Topsy
The Vergecast is a discussion of all things relevant and irreverent in the worlds of art, culture, science, and technology. On this week’s episode, Josh Topolsky, Nilay Patel, Paul Miller, and Ben Popper discussed Amazon’s Prime Air delivery drones, the trials and challenges facing Healthcare.gov, as well as a healthy …
Read More »Archie Comics CEO Fights ‘Penis’ Allegations | Bizarre Story
“The co-CEO of Archie Comics’ says she couldn’t have discriminated against her underlings – because they’re white men. In papers filed in Westchester Supreme Court, Nancy Silberkleit’s lawyer says a gender discrimination lawsuit filed against her earlier this year by a group of Archie Comics employees should be tossed in …
Read More »Post-Pregnancy Selfie Highlights Pressure For New Moms To Be Hot
“Fitness blogger, soccer wife and new mom Caroline Berg Eriksen has caused a stir online after posting a nearly naked selfie, showing her chiseled stomach, mere days after giving birth. Eriksen, 26, is the wife of Norwegian Premier League player Lars-Kristian Eriksen and the woman behind the biggest fitness blog …
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Read More »Second Scott Walker Staffer Canned For Online Racism
“The campaign of Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker (R) fired deputy finance director Taylor Palmisano on Tuesday after learning that she’d tweeted out bigoted comments about Hispanics in 2011. Shortly after Milwaukee Journal Sentinel columnist Daniel Bice notified Walker’s campaign of the tweets, which made derogatory comments about a housekeeper in …
Read More »Dubai Jails US Citizen For Parody Video
“A U.S citizen and former Minnesota resident has been in jail in Dubai since April 2013 for a video he made last year about poking fun at a group of suburban would-be tough guys. KARE-TV reported that 29-year-old Shezanne Cassim was accused by authorities in the United Arab Emirates (UAE)of …
Read More »‘Fit Mom’ Criticizes ‘Regular Women’ Campaign
“Thanks to CNN, Maria Kang (a.k.a. “Fit Mom”) is back, facing off with Curvy Girl lingerie owner Chrystal Bougon. And her fat-shaming message is just as misguided as ever. Kang first made headlines in October after she posted a photograph to her Facebook page of herself in a sports bra …
Read More »Counterfeit Banksy Prints Sold By Walmart
“Mega-corporate Walmart has been selling prints of the celebrated graffiti artist’s work for an everyday low price of $25 to a whopping $869 on its website, and mislabeling other artists’ work as Banksy’s in the process.” Cenk Uygur (http://www.twitter.com/cenkuygur) host of The Young Turks discusses. Read more: http://laist.com/2013/12/02/wal-mart_sells_banksy_artwork_on_we.php#photo-13 Download audio …
Read More »YouTube ‘Radicalizers’ Targeted By NSA
Read more by Glenn Greenwald, Ryan Gallagher, and Ryan Grim: Top-Secret Document Reveals NSA Spied On Porn Habits As Part Of Plan To Discredit ‘Radicalizers’ http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/11/26/nsa-porn-muslims_n_4346128.html “The NSA believes the targeted individuals radicalize people through the expression of controversial ideas via YouTube, Facebook and other social media websites. Their audience, …
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