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Brandi Carlile feels the long-overdue love from the Grammys

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When Brandi Carlile reaches the stratospheric climax on her song “The Joke,” her voice does exactly what she intends: It cracks, nearly shattering into little jagged slivers. It’s raw and visceral and not always pretty.

“When my voice gets to a certain volume and pitch, it breaks apart,” Carlile…

The data-sharing at the heart of Facebook’s latest scandal isn’t an anomaly — it’s how Facebook does business

Facebook’s business model has always been simple: acquire as much personal information from users as possible, then find a way to make money off of it.

For more than a decade, it proved to be a remarkably successful strategy, bringing to the social platform 2 billion monthly users to friend, feud…

Elon Musk Not Working On A Hyperloop Out Of This LES Basement

Nails the Trump like fakery of Musk!

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I know next to nothing about Elon Musk and work hard to keep it that way. So if someone were to say to me, “Have you heard that the eccentric billionaire has set up shop on Rivington Street, built himself a tiny little tech hub from which he will preside over the digging of a tunnel to connect the city’s trendier spots?” then I would eye them suspiciously and shrink slowly away. I would not blame you for doing the same now, but should you find yourself in the aforementioned social scenario, know that the “Hypeloop” is a hoax. At least as it pertains to NYC in this moment of time. [ more › ]

Fleeing a hell the US helped create: why Central Americans journey north

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The region’s inequality and violence, in which the US has long played a role, is driving people to leave their homes

Jakelin Caal Maquín, the seven-year-old Guatemalan girl who died this month in US custody, is the latest victim of a long, dysfunctional relationship between the US and its southern neighbours that has cost countless lives over the past half-century.

Related: Why did a little Guatemalan girl die after crossing the US border?

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Why Bernie Sanders is (still) the most progressive choice for president | Nathan Robinson

It would help if he were a democrat.

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With less than two years until election day, no other Democratic candidate has the ability to defeat Donald Trump

Speculation over the 2020 US presidential elections has already gotten contentious. The Democratic field looks as if it’s going to be crowded, and new prospects are floated by the press seemingly every week, from Oprah Winfrey to Beto O’Rourke. With just under two years to go until election day, it’s best not to become too consumed by presidential speculation. But for those on the left who want to defeat Donald Trump and advance egalitarian political values, it’s important to start to think about who can succeed. For those of us who believe in radically transformative political change, the choice is already clear – Bernie Sanders is the only viable option.

Based on his record, Sanders should be the progressive favorite by default. In 2016, he ran an impressive insurgent campaign that came close to defeating the party elite’s handpicked candidate. Savvier Democrats have already recognized that Sander’s message is the one that best suits the mood of the electorate.

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Trump surprises allies and advisers with plan to pull US troops out of Syria

Pay back time for Vlad…

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Administration nears end of campaign to retake territory once held by Isis as Trump tweets: ‘We have defeated Isis in Syria’

Donald Trump is reported to have ordered a full, rapid withdrawal of over 2,000 US troops in Syria, declaring victory over the Islamic State, and taking allies and his own advisers by surprise.

Pentagon and state department officials were left scrambling to interpret an abrupt change in course from the US policy decided over the summer to keep forces in Syria to ensure the “enduring defeat of Isis” and act as a bulwark against Iranian influence.

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Washington DC sues Facebook over Cambridge Analytica data use

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DC attorney general alleged in lawsuit the company’s ‘misleading privacy settings’ allowed firm to harvest information

Washington DC has sued Facebook for allowing the political consultancy Cambridge Analytica to gain access to the personal data of tens of millions of the site’s users without their permission.

Related: 2018: a terrible year for Facebook – podcast

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Former Blackwater guard convicted for 2007 massacre of civilians in Baghdad

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Nicholas Slatten, 35, found guilty of murder for his role in the killing of at least 14 unarmed civilians in a bustling square

A former security guard for the US firm Blackwater has been found guilty of murder for his role in a notorious massacre of unarmed civilians in downtown Baghdad in 2007.

Nicholas Slatten, 35, was convicted of first-degree murder by a federal jury in Washington on Wednesday after five days of deliberations.

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