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Whew, over and done with!

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From the memories of flowers to the sociability of trees, the cognitive capacities of our vegetal cousins are all around us

I'm Dreaming Of A (Black And Brown And Native And) White Christmas

Boats made by kids save Washington Christmas river crossing

The Mysterious Tradition of Hiding a Pickle on Christmas Trees

Joy to the weed! Marijuana legalization comes bearing gifts

The Poll That Built a University

Wilson A. Bentley: The Man Who Photographed Snowflakes

Dead Squid Moms Are a Gift to the Ocean Floor

Looking for Love in One of the World's Tiniest Religions

Older Indians Drive Millennials Crazy On WhatsApp. This Is Why They're Obsessed.

South Sudan's orphans are finding solace through song

Inside the High-Drama World of Youth Competition Dance

The Irony of Specialized High Schools

Somali refugees who fled drought, extremism face ration cuts

They escaped child marriage. Now they're speaking out (is it just me, or have we seen a lot of child marriage articles in the past two months?)

Dozens of Companies Are Using Facebook to Exclude Older Workers From Job Ads (Side note, I'm also shocked by the fact that the first ad they mention made a your/you're error. One expects better from national companies like Verizon.)

Cadavers in the ballroom: Doctors practice their craft in America’s favorite hotels

Atlanta power outage highlights a larger problem with aging U.S. airports

Child abuse on planes can create 'gray areas' for airlines

Each year, US cities give thousands of homeless people one-way bus tickets out of town. An 18-month nationwide investigation by the Guardian reveals, for the first time, what really happens at journey’s end

How the baby boomers — not millennials — screwed America

See Dioramas Of Refugee Homes, Each Re-Created In An Old-Fashioned Suitcase

Mosul's morgue men sought glimmer of humanity amid atrocity

How ISIS Changed the Yezidi Religion

Syria war winds down but tangled map belies conflict ahead

How a secretive police squad racked up kills in Duterte's drug war

'They use black men as slaves': Migrants tell of brutality in Libya

Uighurs fighting in Syria take aim at China

No, #MeToo is not a sex panic

The hurricane in Puerto Rico has become a man-made disaster, with a death toll threatening to eclipse Katrina’s.

Autopsy Doctor Resigns, Says Sheriff Overrode Death Findings to Protect Officers

Trump Escalates His Attacks Against FBI Officials

Date: 2017-12-24 09:10 am (UTC)
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The snowflake story was wonderful... but the diorama one was heartrending.

Date: 2017-12-24 01:25 pm (UTC)
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From: [personal profile] wpadmirer
ARGH. Not much happy Christmas reading here.

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