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By Kyle Buchanan Sept. 30, 2020 Updated 6:19 p.m. ET In the new Netflix adaptation of “Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom,” it’s a sweat-slicked summer day in Chicago 1927 and everybody wants something. White music-industry bigwigs want a new recording from the indomitable Ma Rainey (Viola Davis), a Southern singer dubbed the “Mother of the Blues,” and they want…

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Just a question – when was the last time you cleaned your washing machine and dishwasher? I mean, thoroughly – cleaning gaskets and filters – not just a cycle run with vinegar? If you can’t remember, it’s time to go online, get instructions for your machine, and get cleaning.

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Advances in forensic science reveal the most famous face in history. BY MIKE FILLON APR 10, 2020 Originally published in December 2002, the Popular Mechanics article “The Real Face of Jesus” created a face for the most famous historical figure in human history. Since then, science has continued reconstructing faces from throughout history, from Stone Age humans to European royalty. [W]e are reproducing…

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Part of the reason we’re in the predicament we’re in is, the president’s a landlord. No one has less compassion for humans than a landlord. And we’re shocked he’s not engaged. Chris Rock

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Take a 2-quart pitcher and put 1 cup of sugar (or 1/2 cup sugar and 1/2 cup granulated artificial sweetener like Splenda), 1 thinly sliced lime, 4 or 5 sprigs of mint in the bottom, and muddle. If you have a wooden spoon, use that. Let sit while you are cooking dinner. In a pot,…

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By ELLIOT HANNON SEPT 25, 2020 A federal judge on Thursday dismissed a defamation case against self-styled Fox News instigator Tucker Carlson. Do Fox News viewers think Tucker Carlson tells them the truth? Are they, in fact, reasonable? The federal judge, Mary Kay Vyskocil, who herself was appointed to the federal bench by Trump nine months ago, dismissed the…

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Interested in going back to college or uni? Need Money? Check out Academia and find humanities and social science grants and fellowships HERE. Don’t you want your PhD? We found 855 humanities and social science grants worth $174,731,132 with deadlines in the next 3 months. Academia

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