Wednesday, August 1, 2018

@20:50, 8/1/18

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U.S.

Illinois Lawmaker Resigns After Ex-Girlfriend Says He Used Her Nude Photos to ‘Catfish’ Men

State Representative Nick Sauer, a Republican, said he would leave office hours after a report that he used an Instagram account with the photos to “catfish” men online.

Catfishing: bait and switch? 

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Technology

Facebook Grapples With a Maturing Adversary in Election Meddling

The influence campaign revealed on Tuesday is adapting and evolving to better disguise itself, which limits the social network’s approach to stopping it.

The Facebook business model is evil.

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Style

What You Need for a Mental Vacation

Five strategies for how to mellow out in August.

Actual swimming in sea water does the trick.
Get wet all over.

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Style

Worshiping the False Idols of Wellness

Charcoal, “toxins” and other forms of nonsense are the backbone of the wellness-industrial complex.

Do what works.

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Well

Take a Vacation From Exercise? Your Body May Not Thank You

Two new studies look at what happens when we do not exercise or move around much for a period of time.

At the beach, swim.
Take a boat offshore if the beach scares you.

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U.S.

Trump Says You Need an ID to Buy Groceries. Shoppers Say, ‘Huh?’

Two billionaire friends of President Trump say they cannot recall him ever doing his own grocery shopping, although he can handle a shopping cart.

Trump keeps his feet in his mouth.

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Food

What to Cook Right Now

Make some Italian sausage sandwiches, or cook up a cowboy ragù inspired by a fire-loving oysterman on Long Island.

Food.

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Watching

The Best TV Shows and Movies New to Netflix, Amazon and More in August

Every month, subscription streaming services add a ton of new movies and TV shows. Here are the ones we think are most interesting this month.

Your choice.

I watch PBS only these days.

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Business Day

Alaska Airlines Apologizes to Gay Couple Asked to Move for Straight Couple

David Cooley, who owns a gay bar in West Hollywood, said his partner was given a choice: Move for the straight couple or get off the plane.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Klondike_Gold_Rush
http://www.montanatrappers.org/history/fur-trade.htm
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mountain_man

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World

Parisian Woman Stood Up to Her Harasser, and Then He Hit Her, She Says

Video of a young woman getting hit in the head after chastising a man she said harassed her has drawn new attention to the #MeToo movement in France.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prostitution_in_France

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prostitution_in_France#Abolitionism_in_France


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