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03 Mar 03:37

This is London’s first cat cafe, Lady Dinah’s Cat Emporium

by WIRED UK
Nate Lanxon

Lady Dinah's Cat Emporium opens this weekend, so it seemed only right that I stopped by for a tea and a scone ahead of opening day—1 March.

I was greeted by an exhausted Lauren Pears, proprietress of Lady Dinah's, who has successfully reached the end of a lengthy development period. It's been a challenging 18-month journey rewarded with 7,000 bookings in the first 24 hours. "I think I'm a bit stunned still," she told me. "It's been a lot of work for a really long time. I think I have to pinch myself to check it's actually still happening."

Walking into the cafe on Bethnal Green Road in London's Shoreditch, I was first struck by the legitimacy of its aesthetic. In a pocket of the capital known for its pop-up shops and a rough-and-ready approach to spontaneous commerce, Lady Dinah's feels like the permanent fixture it's intended to be. It's a real cafe, with a Starbucks-size coffee-making area busied by baristas and serving staff.

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02 Mar 19:14

thranduilings: “And I still have the message on my phone where...













thranduilings:

“And I still have the message on my phone where Viggo says “Hey Jane, good news, I’ve got Florian, you can go pick him up”. And I was just like Oh My God, and I rang him and said thank you thank you, how much do I owe you? And uhm, he says, no no, I want to give him to you. It’s just Viggo you know? He’d do it cause he understood.”

(Jane Abbott, Liv Tyler’s stunt rider, on how Viggo Mortensen bought Arwen’s horse at the end of filming for her.)

02 Mar 19:11

Every New Yorker is (an) Animal in New Muppets Commercial

by Robert T. Gonzalez
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OMG OMG OMG

Every New Yorker is (an) Animal in New Muppets Commercial

Get it? DO YOU GET THE JOKE?

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02 Mar 19:05

Rina Takeda

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'Takeda was first inspired to get into karate at the age of 10 when she witnessed her father get eliminated from a tournament and became determined to avenge his defeat.'

Rina Takeda (武田 梨奈 Takeda Rina?, born June 15, 1991) is a Japanese actress and black belt in Ryukyu Shorin-ryu Karate. She was born on June 15, 1991 in Kanagawa Prefecture. She got her first major break in High Kick Girl! after trying to audition for a role in Shaolin Girl and is set to star in Karate Girl.[2][3] Rina Takeda has also starred in The Ancient Dogoo Girl.[4] Takeda was first inspired to get into karate at the age of 10 when she witnessed her father get eliminated from a tournament and became determined to avenge his defeat.

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02 Mar 19:02

At Least 28 Dead, 162 Injured In Chinese Stabbing Attack

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the only way to stop a bad guy with a knife

At least 28 people were killed in a "violent terrorist attack" at a train station in the southwestern Chinese city of Kunming by a group of unidentified people brandishing knives, five of whom were shot dead, state media said on Sunday.
02 Mar 18:59

you’re not hardcore unless you live hardcore



you’re not hardcore unless you live hardcore

02 Mar 18:47

Tomorrow it is time to be reunited with my TV Dream Friends



Tomorrow it is time to be reunited with my TV Dream Friends

02 Mar 18:40

Apparently sitting at a loading screen for 20 minutes is my...

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Elder Scrolls MMO



Apparently sitting at a loading screen for 20 minutes is my fault so I got kicked off the servers for inactivity. Well done.

02 Mar 18:37

Lose Yourself in these Stunning Lunar Maps

by Robert T. Gonzalez
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ETERNAL AUTORESHARE

Lose Yourself in these Stunning Lunar Maps

From the Lunar and Planetary Institute's Lunar Map Catalogue comes a gorgeous series of charts of the Moon's nearside, farside and poles.

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02 Mar 18:34

The HMO That Kills Terrorists

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re: DoD benefits

“Today we’re on the path in the Department of Defense to turn it into a benefits company that may occasionally kill a terrorist.”
02 Mar 18:27

The Story Of Conor Oberst And His Accuser

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'Not only must he prove that Faircloth's statements damaged his reputation, he also has to prove that he didn't rape her and that she lied about it because she intended to harm him. Proving malice could be tricky: Why would she want to hurt Oberst? And why would someone lie about being sexually assaulted? What could be gained from that? Nothing, really.

Oberst's complaint implies that a different set of questions can be raised—about Faircloth's credibility and the veracity of her claims—from her long trail of online activity. According to court documents, she has a history of "catfishing"—posing as a boy online, even passing herself off as a cancer patient. And while none of that has anything to do with rape allegations, Oberst's legal team is making use of these details in order to tear down both Faircloth and her side of the story.'

Last week, Bright Eyes musician Conor Oberst filed a lawsuit for libel against a reported "anonymous commenter" who posted on various websites that he raped her. But Joanie Faircloth was not anonymous.
02 Mar 18:22

With Dogecoin Faucets, There Really Is Such A Thing As Free Money

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' Hugo Vacher, who runs a Dogecoin faucet called (appropriately enough) Dogefaucet.com, says that in the two months his site has been in existence, it has given out around 364,000 dogecoins.

Reddit has its own Dogecoin faucet subreddit, where users create posts asking for donations. The site’s moderators shell out a few Dogecoins at a time from a central account.'

When someone offers you free money, your first inclination should probably be to run the other way as fast as possible. However, when it comes to virtual currencies like Dogecoin, that truism doesn’t necessarily hold.
02 Mar 18:21

How Slavery And African Food Traditions Shaped American Cooking

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'The primary challenge, Harris says, is reconstructing history when one group of people—in this case, white slave owners—did their best to subjugate Africans to the point where they were nearly left out entirely. "Black people have been in the room, but for so long they were so good at being invisible" that they were easy to leave out of the historical record, Harris says.'

Slaves planted the seeds of favorite foods they were forced to leave behind.
02 Mar 18:19

Vincent D'Onofrio is the villain in Jurassic World, not a dinosaur

by Meredith Woerner
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Thor autoreshare

Vincent D'Onofrio is the villain in Jurassic World, not a dinosaur

We were kind of hoping it would be a dinosaurs-with-guns Jurassic World.

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02 Mar 18:18

Capybarabarabara Capybara Capybarabarabara Capybara!!

by VodouChild


GET IT OUT OF MY HEAD!!!!!
02 Mar 18:12

This Is Your State's Least Favorite Artists

by hodad
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artists whose songs are ignored the most in the top 50, top 100, and top 200 plays in Spotify

Top 50:
hated bands 50

Top 100:
hated artists 100

Top 200:
hated artists 200

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02 Mar 18:07

The triumphant story of native Oregonians successfully fighting back against gentrification. Goonies is playing Wednesday on Cinetopia's XL screen.

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hey saucie

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02 Mar 18:07

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google or montessori



02 Mar 17:59

Ian McKellen and Patrick Stewart take over Late Night

by Robert T. Gonzalez
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it's a great show of confidence that one of your first bits is to replace the host and marvel at how great the show has become without him

The best friends and frequent collaborators appeared on Late Night with Seth Meyers Friday night to promote their Broadway performances of Waiting for Godot and No Man's Land before McKellen decided to live out his dream of hosting a late night show of his very own. Stewart was obviously booked as McKellen's first guest.

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02 Mar 17:59

Google Glass-wearing woman posts video of alleged S.F. bar attack - latimes.com

by macdrifter
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everyone was mad at her for recording with glass, so of course she posts something proving she was recording with glass, and it's not even remotely flattering to her

02 Mar 17:56

TV Club: Saturday Night Live: “Jim Parsons/Beck”

by Dennis Perkins
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'the appearance of another boyish, bland young white guy in the cast is sort of bewildering...Keenan Thompson never seems happier than when playing broad characters that get to yell “dookie.”'

otoh, I cannot wait for Kate McKinnon to blow up, she's great

Sometimes, SNL is the platform for a host to really bust out, wowing the crowd with a range of talents theretofore unimagined by a public all too willing to file him/her away in a preconceived little box. Honestly, I could not have conceivably cared less about Justin Timberlake before he first hosted, and now I want him installed as treasurer of the Five Timers Club—or for him to just throw over that whole movie and music thing and join the cast full time. Other times, however, someone comes in to host and makes you realize that—yeah—he’s just fine staying where he is. 

While I’ve been joking for years that Jim Parsons is stealing Danny Pudi’s Emmys (I still think that), there’s no denying that he’s reliably amusing playing a similarly mannered “on the spectrum” character on The Big Bang Theory. And ...

02 Mar 17:48

Apple Closes OpenNI the Open Source Kinect Framework

by samzenpus
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ha ha
thanks

mikejuk writes "The OpenNI website, home to the widely used framework for 3D sensing, will be shut down in April. When, in November 2013, Apple bought PrimeSense for $350 million, people speculated how this would affect the Capri mobile technology but no mention was made of what would happen to OpenNI, the open source SDK most often used as an alternative to Microsoft's closed SDK for the Kinect. After Apple acquired PrimeSense, its website quickly shut, but the Developers link still points to Open NI. The status of OpenNI is a not-for-profit whose framework allows developers to create middleware and applications for a range of devices, including the Asus Xtion Pro. It claims to be a widely used community with over 100,000 active 3D developers."

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02 Mar 17:47

Ukraine Puts Troops On High Alert, Threatens War

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great

Ukraine put its military on high alert Sunday in response to Russia’s move to seize control of the Crimean Peninsula, and it threatened war against Moscow if the Kremlin made further incursions into Ukrainian territory as Western powers scrambled to find a response to the crisis.
02 Mar 17:46

Rise of the Triad dev acquires Apogee Software, 3D Realms | Polygon

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huh

firehose shared this story from Polygon - All.

Rise of the Triad developer Interceptor Entertainment has acquired the game's publisher, Apogee Software, announced Interceptor CEO Frederik Schreiber on Twitter today.

"Yes, we have indeed acquired Apogee/3D Realms," said Schreiber, confirming a report from the Danish newspaper Børsen. Schreiber added that Interceptor will release a full statement tomorrow.

02 Mar 17:46

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02 Mar 17:43

Hollis Bulleit | About

by russiansledges
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via Russian Sledges

Miss Hollis is a trailblazer in the brown spirits industry; she is the first woman from a bourbon family to represent the brand on a national and global level. She is also one of the first female experts in her field, and has created an innovative teaching method on how to conceptulize the Kentucky bourbon portfolio.   Hollis is one of the few people in this industry position who has worked at a distillery and has an all-encompassing Master of Whiskey training. In addition to expanding the field through her female presence, she is also the first out lesbian representing a Kentucky Bourbon.
02 Mar 17:41

Submitted by gartenriese, who says: I found this on a wooden toy...

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surprised he didn't rag on the lack of color and the non-45-degree angles



Submitted by gartenriese, who says:

I found this on a wooden toy station from Brio. Unfortunately I didn’t have the time to look up what transit network this is supposed to resemble. 

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Transit Maps says:

Well, this is just adorable. I doubt that it represents any real world transit system, but it looks like it has both trains and buses!

02 Mar 17:40

I'm drinking and writing a story and somehow dragons are involved.

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English, College of the Holy Cross

02 Mar 17:38

FINALLY. FROM CHURNING MAGMA AND BILLOWING GASES I HAVE SHAPED...

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via Russian Sauces



FINALLY. FROM CHURNING MAGMA AND BILLOWING GASES I HAVE SHAPED AND MOLDED THIS PARADISE. ALL THAT REMAINS IS TO POPULATE IT WITH CREATURES MADE IN MY IMAGE. I DON’T WANT THEM TO HAVE TO WORK OR FORAGE FOR FOOD, THOUGH, SO I SHOULD PROBABLY MAKE SOME KIND OF ANNOYING, IGNORANT, SELF DESTRUCTIVE AND NEUROTIC BIPEDAL ASSHOLES WHOSE INTENSE LONELINESS EVEN IN THE MIDST OF THEIR OWN KIND WILL COMPEL THEM TO SHELTER, FEED, ADORE AND PAMPER MY PRECIOUS CHILDREN.

02 Mar 17:37

"Touch the screen" - Freshly Picked: Tingle’s Rosy Rupeeland...

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"Touch the screen" -

Freshly Picked: Tingle’s Rosy Rupeeland (Nintendo - DS - 2007)