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Arweaves permaweb stops coronavirus censorship, raises $8M

The Chinese government has been removing criticism of its coronavirus response from apps like Weibo, the local equivalent of Twitter. But before it can, that content is being saved, decentralized and highlighted thanks to Arweave’s permaweb. Today it’s announcing another $8.3 million in funding from Andreessen Horowitz, Union Square Ventures and Coinbase Ventures. Arweave has developed a new type of blockchain based on Moore’s Law of the declining cost of data storage. Users pay upfront for a hundred years of storage at less than a cent per megabyte, and the…

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Starbucks’ New Iced Pineapple Matcha Drink Is A Perfectly Sweet Sip

Starbucks What Does Starbucks’ Iced Pineapple Matcha Drink Taste Like? It’s Perfectly Sweet By Daffany Chan March 3, 2020 Starbucks unveiled a new collection of spring sips that’ll keep you refreshed throughout the day. The lineup includes two exciting non-dairy options: the Iced Golden Ginger Drink and the Iced Pineapple Matcha Drink. If you’re wondering what Starbucks’ Iced Pineapple Matcha Drink tastes like, read on for more details. Beginning on Tuesday, March 3, customers can get their hands on exciting seasonal drinks at the coffee chain. The bright green Iced…

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Twitter’s Reaction To Dipping Oreos In Mustard Is High-Key Relatable

SOPA Images/LightRocket/Getty Images These Tweets About Dipping Oreos In Mustard All Ask The Same Question By Lara Walsh Feb 18, 2020 The internet is reeling after a recent crossword puzzle went viral. In one of the clues, it claimed some people eat their Oreos with everyone’s go-to yellow condiment. Whether you identify as team chocolate wafer or team cream filling, you’ll likely be so entertained while reading these tweets about dipping Oreos in mustard. As you’d expect, most of the responses question who would do such a thing. While Oreos…

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The rise of the winged pink unicorn

Claire Diaz-Ortiz Public opinion agrees. Alongside TruePublic, where I am an advisor and angel investor, I ran a study asking if people believed we would see more female-led unicorns in the 2020s.6 At the time of this article, 68% of the 6,500 respondents said they believed we would see more, with 30% of women responding “many more” (as opposed to only 16% of men). Only 4% of women, but 9% of men, responded “no, not a chance.”7 Kaben Clauson, founder and CEO, says “to represent Gen Z, Millennials and Gen…

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Stanford cancels classes in response to novel coronavirus outbreak

Following on the heels of several major cancellations of events the past few days, including the SXSW conference in Austin and the tech conference SaaStr, Stanford University, which is located in the heart of Silicon Valley in Palo Alto, California, announced late Friday that the school would cancel in-person classes for the final two weeks of the university’s winter quarter in response to the expanding outbreak of novel coronavirus, or COVID-19. In a statement posted by the university, Stanford’s provost Persis Drell announced that the university would cancel two weeks of…

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Dad Ran a Sex Cult Out of Daughters Sarah Lawrence Dorm, Feds Say

azZThe father of a former student at New Yorks elite Sarah Lawrence College has been charged with starting a sex cult in his daughters dorm room, eventually forcing one woman into prostitution and holding a knife to a male victims throat until he confessed to a crime he didnt do, authorities said Tuesday. Lawrence Ray, 60, faces nine federal charges, including sex trafficking, extortion, and forced labor for allegedly subjecting his victims to sexual and psychological manipulation and physical abuse, and laundering about $1 million from five different victims under…

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White Claw Released 3 Brand New Flavors That Are Basically Summer In A Can

Courtesy of White Claw These New White Claw Flavors For 2020 Are Like A Taste Of Summer By Cianna Garrison March 5, 2020 In the summer of 2019, White Claw emerged as the go-to drink of choice. Now, the spiked seltzer brand is creating even more heat with its announcement of a second flavor collection. Three new White Claw flavors for 2020 are here, so get ready to give them a taste test. On Thursday, March 5, White Claw announced its new flavors on Twitter. It’s been over a year…

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All She Wanted Was a Birthday Party at Target and This Store Made It Happen

For 8-year-old Brayden Lawrence, she only wanted one thing for her birthday this year.. a birthday party at Target. According to her aunt, Rikki Jackson, Brayden is obsessed with Target, and when Rikki shared pics on twitter of the birthday celebration it went viral. Rikki said Target doesn’t actually do birthday parties so they asked Alberto Sanchez, the local manager of the Campcreek location near Atlanta and he granted Brayden special permission for her and 10 of her closest friends. The family got all the kids uniforms and walkie talkies…

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Amazing Footage from 1929-30 of Construction Workers on the Historic Chrysler Building

New York City’s Chrysler Building, one of the city’s most iconic skyscrapers, was built in a remarkably short time. Foundation work began in November 1928, and the building officially opened in May 1930. Even more remarkably, the steelwork went up in just six months in the summer of 1929 at an average rate of four floors a week. At 1,046 feet (318.9 m), the Art Deco-style skyscraper was the world’s tallest building for 11 months before it was surpassed by the Empire State Building in 1931.It is the tallest brick…

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1 In 30 People Say They Have Done A Poop In The Shower

Take a look around you. Can you see more than 30/50/100 people? Maybe they’re colleagues, maybe they’re strangers, but now you are cursed with the knowledge that – statistically speaking – one or more of them has made a poop in the shower. If you ask 29 of them and they all deny it, congratulations, the shower pooper is you (this is a joke before you start informing me about statistics thankyouverymuch). A survey of the bathroom habits of Americans and British people by QS Supplies has found out all sorts of stuff…

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