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An asylum seeker accused of raping and murdering a student in Germany has told a court he posed as a minor to improve his immigration chances in 2015. Maria L was 19 when she was raped and murdered last October in Freiburg, south-west Germany. Her body was found in a river; she had been strangled.…

I just want to mention that IQ isn’t everything. Some people have lower IQs. Some have higher. It turns out that having an IQ over a certain level – I can’t remember the exact number now but I think it’s around 130 – people with IQs over 130 actually do less well. I actually am…

I just downloaded a beta version of soon-to-be released Lubuntu 17.10 “Artful” and ran it from a USB key and have to say it’s really amazing. If you want to install a very capable yet lightweight and straightforward system Lubuntu 17.10 is an excellent choice. It has a really good file manager. Networking is easy…

I read the Wikipedia page of one of the prominent people who was at the Charlottesville Unite the Right rally (David Duke), and then saw video of another person who was there (Cantwell). Both of these people are never people I would want to follow nor who I would ever consider to be leaders of…

Mouth clicks used in human echolocation captured in unprecedented detail Findings could aid efforts to use synthetic mouth clicks to better understand human echolocation

Democrats are now blaming Donald Trump for the blowback from years of their own failure to deal with the massive illegal immigration problem in America. They had ample time to stand up for American workers – especially those on the margins of society who are disproportionately displaced by the jobs and other opportunities (think housing,…

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Companies Who Bailed on Trump Councils Have History of Offshoring Jobs The CEOs who fled President Donald Trump following his response to violence in Charlottesville, Virginia, last week have a history of importing foreign labor.

Think of how exciting it is to see the eclipse. It is exciting. To any human it is naturally exciting. It’s ok to be excited about it. Before the event there is discussion about it. People travel to far away places. People get special viewing devices. News reports talk about it. NASA has a whole…

That felt good! 🙂