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When the auto king fled house arrest, he captivated the world. Now, the guy who helped him is in jail—and never got paid a dime.

A Monk’s Life in Turmoil in Tibet

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21 Beautiful Places in Romania - Condé Nast Traveler

Turns out, Dracula's home country is staggeringly beautiful.

7 Weeks, 11,000 Miles, and 2 Tiny Cars: Tales from the Mongol Rally

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The Un-brrr-lieveably Good Frozen Beverage! Enjoy the nostalgia of the instantly recognizable ICEE logo - distressed and printed on a graphite gray heather tee. This Tee Luv ICEE shirt is officially licensed, and available in sizes Small to 2XL.

“This Was Abuse”: The Fall of a CBS Showrunner

Earlier this month, CBS fired Peter Lenkov, who’d overseen a powerful fiefdom. V.F. spoke to 30 sources about what happens when a network gives somebody a difficult job, then seems to let problems pile up for years because he’s making it money.

How to Make Sense of an Undrowned Town

Residents of Celles in France were evicted so their village could be flooded. Then, it wasn’t.

Lamb Biryani With Saffron, Yogurt, and Caramelized Onions

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Design an Open-Source SoC with Google SkyWater PDK, Get It Manufactured for Free - CNX Software

Tim Ansell of Google has announced the open-source SkyWater PDK, and plans to manufacture 40 open-source SoC projects for free by 2021.

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The search for Syrian war criminals in Europe

How viruses evolve

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California’s Lone Wolf Pack

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Alone in the Wilderness, Again and Again

Dick Proenneke has achieved something mythical: he seems happy.

Comprehensive list of 65 free and open source music production tools

Open source music tools can make it easy to create a music production studio on a $0 budget. Learn how to start making music with free music production software with this comprehensive roundup of tools and technologies

5 Lesser-Known Seaborn Plots Most People Don’t Know

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7 Advanced Python Dictionary Techniques

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17 Useful Ruby String Methods to Clean and Format Your Data

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The Six Main Stories, As Identified by a Computer - The Atlantic

A machine mapped the most frequently used emotional trajectories in fiction, and compared them with the ones readers like best.

How to Create a Charcuterie Board the French Way

Say cheese (and meat).

Misir Wat (Ethiopian Spiced Red Lentils)

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Why line-dried laundry smells so good

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SEO How-to, Part 7: Mapping Keywords to Content

Keyword research is the process of identifying the words that consumers use to search for your products on Google and other search engines. Keyword mapping assigns those terms to pages on your site. This is the seventh installment in my "SEO How-to" series.

Extraordinary Data Visualisation — Circular Chart

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How a Single Mom Created a Plastic Food-Storage Empire

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How Ultra-Black Fish Disappear in the Deepest Seas

Researchers have found fish that absorb more than 99.9 percent of the light that hits their skin.

How Japan’s pop culture became the ‘lingua franca’ of the internet

From toy jeeps and karaoke machines to the Game Boy and Tamagotchi, “Pure Invention” explores how Japan's cultural influence has spread across the globe.

Backdrop Filter effect with CSS

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Beyond-Line-Of-Sight Troposcatter Communications Primer

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How Nespresso's coffee revolution got ground down | Coffee | The Guardian

The long read: Nestlé’s sleek, chic capsule system changed the way we drink coffee. But in an age when everyone’s a coffee snob and waste is wickedness, can it survive?

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The Smell of America

When an Italian patriarch crosses the Atlantic, the family he left behind clings tight to the enticing promise of New York.

‘Eat the Buddha’ Reports From the ‘World Capital of Self-Immolations’

Barbara Demick’s new book covers an awe-inspiring breadth of history — from the heyday of the Tibetan empire to the present-day Tibetan effort at cultural and spiritual survival.

The French Girl’s Guide to Cooking Eggs

How to crack, poach, flip, and scramble like a seasoned chef.

The Donkey Farmer’s Magical Matchmaking Book

In the era of online dating, one septuagenarian Irishman clings tight to a method passed down through the generations—and thousands of happy couples are luckier for it.

Mozart in the Jungle | Grove Atlantic

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10 Actionable SSH Hardening Tips to Secure Your Linux Server

Worried about the security of your Linux server? Learn some easy to implement tips on securing SSH and make your Linux server more secure.

Coronavirus Conversations With One of America’s Richest Men

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Bob and Evelyn’s Seven-Decade Dance

In swinging 1940s Hawaii, an eager young sailor courts a trailblazing woman who dreams of joining the Navy herself. The attack on Pearl Harbor upends their lives and solidifies a romance that lasts 67 years.

Highway Through Hell

The human-smuggling route across the Sahara may have been the deadliest on Earth. Then the EU paid off Niger’s army to shut it down — and made it even more treacherous.

A California Type Foundry Is Keeping Vintage Printing Alive

“It’s a really neat feeling to help people be able to print from hot metal.”

The Kung Fu Nuns Of Kathmandu

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