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Can America ever rebuild its neighborhoods and communities?

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We talk a lot about startup ecosystems around these parts, and for good reason. Strong ecosystems have great reservoirs of talent congregated close together, a culture built around helping one another on ambitious projects, and sufficient risk capital to ensure that interesting projects have the resources to get underway. Strip off the ecosystem layer though, and you are left with the actual, physical manifestation of a city or region — its housing, its transportation and mobility options, and its infrastructure. And if Charles Marohn’s Strong Towns: A Bottom-Up Revolution to…

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Anti-Nazi Tweet Mass Reposted in Solidarity With Activist

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Two years ago, a viral tweet that said Nazis deserve to be shot ignited a storm of controversy. On its two-year anniversary, Twitter users are copying and pasting the tweet in solidarity against antisemitism. Zipporah Arielle (@coffeespoonie), a 26-year-old disability activist whose grandparents were Holocaust survivors, was temporarily banned from Twitter for sharing her thoughts in 2017. On Sunday, she reflected on the tweet and reiterated her opinion on evildoers. I somehow missed the two year anniversary of the greatest tweet I ever wrote!! I cant repost it because Twitter…

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The new Mac Pro goes up for order December 10

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After more than a year of teasing, Apple finally unveiled the new Mac Pro at WWDC in June. The long wait was finally over — though Apple left out one key detail: when, precisely the high end desktop would arrive, beyond a purposefully vague fall timeframe Earlier this, however, the company began sending out pre-pre-order notifications to potential consumers (spotted by Marques Brownlee), noting the orders will open December 10. When, precisely, they’ll start shipping is another question entirely, of course, but at the very least, you can get a…

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Bunq launches metal card and plants a tree for every 100 spent

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Fintech startup Bunq is launching a metal card called the Green Card. While some banks offer a cashback program with premium cards, Bunq is offering a special kind of “cashback”. For every €100 spent, Bunq plants a tree. The company has partnered with Eden Reforestation Projects to finance reforestation around the globe. Manufacturing a metal card isn’t particularly environmentally friendly. That’s why the Green Card expires after six years instead of four years. It is also made of recyclable material (even though I’m not sure it’s that easy to recycle…

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Behind every successful woman is a tribe. A tribe of women who could choose to compete, but take the higher road of collaboration instead.

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ShareTweetPin “Behind every successful woman is a past. Most likely a difficult past she had to walk through and trudge through and claw through inch by inch and ugly day by ugly day. A past that knocked her down but didn’t keep her down. A past that broke her down, but also allowed her to break through. A past that caused her tears but didn’t tear her apart. Behind every successful woman is a list of failures. Probably a fairly long list of moments she fell flat on her face…

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Gas Giants’ Composition Doesn’t Match That Of Their Stars And Scientists Are Puzzled

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If you collected data about a group of parents, and considered the same measurements for their offspring, you’d expect them to look at least somewhat alike. Yet when the “parent” is a star, and the “child” a giant gas planet, they turn out to have much weaker relationships than anyone anticipated. The astronomers who discovered it don’t yet have an explanation, but it certainly suggests holes in our understanding of planetary formation. Planets and stars are formed out of the same cloud of gas and dust. The nature of the…

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Police Question Meghan King Edmonds’ Ability To Care For Her Children After Night Out Drinking With Friends – Perez Hilton

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There’s An insider close to the couple first revealed this interaction to the cops via Us Weekly on Thursday, informing the outlet the momma of three was dumbfounded by the presence of police in her home. The source revealed the entire chain of events from Wednesday, too, saying (below): “Meghan came home from being out with friends and she had a couple glasses of wine. It was the first time Jim stayed at her house and put the kids to sleep since he filed for divorce, so she met up with…

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You Can Create A Best Nine Video For 2019 In A Few Easy Steps

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picture alliance/picture alliance/Getty Images Here’s How To Make A Best Nine 2019 Video To Show Off Your Year In Style By Cianna Garrison Dec 7, 2019 You’re all set and ready to create those Best Nine photos for Instagram, but don’t put it down when you’re done, because you can make a video, too. Here’s how to make a Best Nine video so you can show off your year in a fun video post, instead of just using a collage photo. To create your Best Nine photo collage or video,…

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This Major City Won’t Renew Uber’s License, So Good Luck Calling A Car

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NurPhoto/NurPhoto/Getty Images Does Uber Work In London? You Might Have Trouble Calling A Car By Shelby Black Nov 25, 2019 Attention car-share riders and drivers based in the UK: calling a car might be about to get lot more difficult. Since car services such as Lyft and Uber were created, getting to and from destinations have become significantly easier, but unfortunately in London that may not be a reality for much longer. So, does Uber work in London? Some changes may be coming very soon. On Monday, Nov. 25, CNN…

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Brenda Song says she was told that she wasn’t ‘Asian enough’ for ‘Crazy Rich Asians’

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Jon M. Chu wants everyone to know the rumors arent true. In an interview with , Song said she never got to read for the filmwhich has two sequels in the works. I said, This character is in her late to mid-20s, an Asian-American, and I cant even audition for it? Ive auditioned for Caucasian roles my entire career, but this specific role, youre not going to let me do it? Youre going to fault me for having worked my whole life? I was like, Where do I fit? she…

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