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Amazon Is Thriving Thanks to Taxpayer Dollars
Amazon Is Thriving Thanks to Taxpayer Dollars
Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos has a net worth of about $100 billion. Take that down to $99.5 billion and nobody working at any Amazon facility in America would need assistance to eat.
newrepublic.com/article/146540/amazon-thriving-thanks-taxpayer-dollars/
It’s OK That Kendrick Lamar Didn’t Ether Donald Trump on Live TV
It’s OK That Kendrick Lamar Didn’t Ether Donald Trump on Live TV
Seeing Kendrick rip Donald Trump would’ve been amazing. But, he didn’t and that burden shouldn’t fall on him.
noisey.vice.com/en_us/article/kznnvx/its-ok-that-kendrick-lamar-didnt-ether-donald-trump-on-live-tv/
Why dolphins are deep thinkers
Why dolphins are deep thinkers
Dolphins can also use tools to solve problems. Scientists have observed a dolphin coaxing a reluctant moray eel out of its crevice by killing a scorpion fish and using its spiny body to poke at the eel.
Why Mickey Mouse’s 1998 copyright extension probably won’t happen again
Why Mickey Mouse’s 1998 copyright extension probably won’t happen again
On January 1, 2019, every book, film, and song published in 1923 will fall out of copyright protection—something that hasn’t happened in 40 years.
A Knockoff Roomba Forever Changed My Life
A Knockoff Roomba Forever Changed My Life
Mainly, people want to know, “Is the Roomba good?” to which I say, always, “HIS NAME IS DEEBOT, and, yes.”
motherboard.vice.com/en_us/article/vbyyxm/deebot-n79-review/
A video game that doesn’t click until you let go of the controller — and your need to win
A video game that doesn’t click until you let go of the controller — and your need to win
It turns out that you — the named person you consider yourself, with hands and a brainful of electricity, the individual who profoundly wants absolute control over this existence and moreover to win — is utterly dispensable. In fact, the game plays better when you’re not running it.
www.polygon.com/2018/1/9/16851376/everything-best-games-2017-year-in-review/