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Jennifer Lawrence, please keep your butt off our ancestors | J Kehaulani Kauanui

The actor made light of sitting on sacred rocks in Hawaii during a Hunger Games shoot. But we’re not laughing

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Hasnain says:

I don't know why people were laughing at that segment when it came up. Replace these rocks with a symbol from a more mainstream religion/culture and it becomes verboten, so why is it OK in this case?

Double standards are way too prevalent

Posted on 2016-12-10T18:26:40+0000

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Breathing in poison – Lahore’s growing air pollution problem

Toxic smog in Pakistan’s second largest city risks the health of its residents, but the government is failing to address the issue

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Hasnain says:

This is slowly killing the population and unfortunately people aren't realizing it's a silent killer.

" Last year, almost 60,000 Pakistanis died from the high level of fine particulate matter in the air."

"Meanwhile, at Lahore traffic stops where groups of men sit out in the open, the lack of public messaging about the risks from prolonged air pollution exposure is apparent. “For the neediest, the government should provide environmental shelter and face masks,” says 22-year-old Lahore resident Noshien Shaukat. “The most vulnerable members of society have no information and remain at risk.”"

Posted on 2016-12-09T21:06:45+0000

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Hollywood’s finally getting hacking right. Here’s why you should care

The popular portrayal of computers as magic boxes capable of anything has done real societal harm. Now one TV show wants to save us.

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Should Travelers Avoid Flying Airlines That Have Had Crashes in the Past?

The downing of Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 in Ukraine on Thursday, following the disappearance of its Flight 370 in March, is the second mysterious incident involving the airline this year. The inc…

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Note to Breitbart: Earth Is Not Cooling, Climate Change Is Real and Please Stop Using Our Video to Mislead Americans

In this instance, we simply must clear a few things up.

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United Airlines will charge extra fee for use of overhead bins

So now you're stuck with either paying for a checked bag, or paying for a more expensive ticket to bring it on the flight with you.

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Hasnain says:

This paper is amazing. They take credit card numbers and try guessing CVV/expiry dates across many merchants at a time, staying under the fraud detection limits of any one merchant. Given just a card number they can get the rest of the info in ~6 seconds.

Posted on 2016-12-05T22:37:58+0000