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Pokmon Sword and Shield will be the first entries in the massively popular franchise to feature full-blown expansions through downloadable content (DLC) passes. layers can expect new gyms, rivals to battle, accessories, and even new Pokmon. In the Pokmon Direct, Game Freak said the expansions would be accompanied by the addition of more than 200 Pokmon including new forms of existing creatures. It seems t
Read MoreIf you’ve been anywhere near the internet over the last couple weeks, you’ve probably heard about some drama going on with the British Royal Family. Harry and Meghan are doing their thing, and then Queen Elizabeth did another thing, but there’s a lot to process when it comes to the reality of what’s happening. Especially if the only time you usually pay attention to the royals is when there’s a wedding, you might be confused about what’s actually happening right now. While I don’t expect most of you to learn…
Read MoreAlaska Highway shooting investigated as attempted murder, RCMP say CBC.ca Read more: www.cbc.ca
Read MoreVanessa Hudgens is opening up about a sore subject from her past. As you may recall, the High School Musical star’s privacy was breached in 2007 when her nude images were leaked. At the time, her violation was one of the first to occur from a major celebrity, and she was widely blamed instead of viewed as a victim. Later, a second set of images were leaked in 2009. In her February cover story with Cosmopolitan UK, the 31-year-old discussed the breach: “It was a really traumatizing thing for me.…
Read MoreBrianna Wiest Updated January 25, 2020 By Daria Shevtsova Overthinking how you feel is not healing how you feel. Analyzing the past, tracing traumas to their roots, figuring out who deserves blame, recognizing the circumstances that brought you to where you are today… all of that is great for understanding your problem, but it doesn’t solve the problem. If you feel as though you’re always stuck in negative feeling cycles and nothing can bring you relief, it’s probably because you’re not letting your feelings out in a real way. You’re…
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Read Moreposted this call for people’s best stories of times they experienced a “glitch in the matrix,” or a moment when reality just didn’t check out, and reading the thread is a journey down a rabbit hole. My friend Sarah was in a nightclub, drunk off her face, when she got an overwhelming urge to tell a total stranger that her leg hurts (edit: it didn’t). All a bit strange, she ignores it but it doesn’t stop so she walks up to this guy and says, ‘I know this is crazy…
Read More‘Power loss’ on 2 LRT trains leads to hours-long delay for riders Saturday CBC.ca Read more: www.cbc.ca
Read MoreAs more data on the new coronavirus circulating in China emerges, it’s becoming clear that whatever the country is experiencing now—dozens of deaths, hundreds of people hospitalized, cities of millions quarantined—is just the tip of the outbreak. On Friday, a team of researchers based in the UK and US up to 729. Using case data scraped from official reports, a team led by Jonathan Read at Lancaster University plotted a temporal map of the coronavirus’s spread, starting on January 1, when local authorities closed the meat-and-animal market where the virus…
Read MoreOn a recent whale watching excursion in Maui, guests were treated to nature and wildlife in all its splendor, as a rainbow in front of them was punctuated by a humpback whale breaching directly behind them! Luckily the camera person was quick on the draw and caught both moments just in time! Read more: https://twistedsifter.com/videos/whale-breach-while-filming-rainbow/
Read More“I am deeply sorry that I have to cancel my concert scheduled for Monday 27 January in London,” she said. “Under doctors’ guidance I have been told to rest for a few days. “As you all know I have injuries that have plagued me since the beginning of the tour but I must always listen to my body and put my health first. “The last thing I want to do is disappoint my fans or compromise the integrity of my show. So I will keep going until I cannot.” ‘How…
Read MoreYouTuber NightHawkInLight demonstrates the workings of a Tesla Valve using a high-speed camera and the combustion of propane as a visible medium. Read more: https://twistedsifter.com/videos/tesla-valve-explained-with-fire/
Read MoreFive creatures special to Wales 1) Blind cave spider (Porrhomma rosenhaueri) Image copyright National Museum Wales Image caption The ghost slug sucks up earthworms If spiders lurking in caves sound creepy, then how about the flesh-eating ghost slug? Unknown to science, the mysterious worm-eater was discovered by a Cardiff gardener in 2007. It has no eyes and lives underground and, unlike most slugs, it is carnivorous. It kills earthworms at night with powerful, blade-like teeth, sucking them in like spaghetti. Although similar species exist in eastern Europe, the Welsh example…
Read MoreWetaskiwin shelter fire deemed suspicious after body found inside CBC.ca Read more: www.cbc.ca
Read MoreThere will soon be a new bobby on the beat in London: artificial intelligence. London’s Metropolitan Police Big Brother Watch in the UK. She says activists in Hong Kong, Russia, or South America may find it more difficult to push back against expanded use of facial recognition as a result. Carlo says facial recognition is already being used in dubious ways in the UK, for example to monitor the Notting Hill Carnival, a major event in British Black culture. “We talk about mission creep, but the mission is already well…
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