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As I ascend ever higher into my twenties, I find myself increasingly obsessed with the gym. Perhaps it is the startling notion, that, already - even imperceptibly - I am teetering toward the precipice of decline from which I will one day topple, hapless, into bloated, broken oblivion. Possibly it…
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The world has felt the force of mother nature in recent months. Hurricane Harvey devastated vast swathes of southern American and then Hurricane Maria ripped through Puerto Rico shortly after. Regarded as the worst natural disaster on record in Dominica, the hurricane which struck on the 20th September, has caused…
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Actress Rose McGowan has been perhaps the most vocal and powerful voice in the wake of the Harvey Weinstein allegations. Using Twitter as her platform, she called out Weinstein for his sexual abuse and even said that he had raped her, a fact which nobody wanted to hear for years.…
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On Friday, giving a speech, President Trump said he had "met with the president of the Virgin Islands" to discuss hurricane relief. Which is all well and good, except for the fact that Trump IS the President of the Virgin Islands, which is part of the US. Does he know? Who…
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Since time immemorial, human kind has held an unabating obsession with the stars. For some a much needed reminder of just how small and insignificant we are as individuals in the wider context of the universe we inhabit, to others a terrifying vortex of unknown mysteries; capable at once of…
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I don’t care how much baseball you watch, you’ve never seen a reach like this. CNN has been embroiled in a feud with President Trump that has blown its ratings through the roof. Portraying themselves as courageous truth-tellers, maligned as fake news, the network has profited enormously off of Trump…
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If you're the King of Saudi Arabia – the country with one-fifth of the world's oil reserves – you're probably going to have a lot of luxuries at your disposal. King Salman bin Abdulaziz al Saud, who has been Saudi Arabia's leader since 2015, is said to have a net worth…
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When you think of people who use magic mushrooms, it'd be fair to say that the common depiction would be a pretty flamboyant character. You think of a tie-dye t shirt, some dreadlocks maybe, and 100% someone that knows way too many conspiracy theories regarding why drugs are illegal and…
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The Las Vegas shooting, perpetrated by domestic terrorist Stephen Paddock, is the deadliest firearms killing spree ever perpetrated by an individual in the United States. After all the memorials and funerals, the speeches from politicians and pundits, we are still no closer to establishing why Paddock was compelled to murder…
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Many of us will have grown up with Pokémon, whether it was the cards, the numerous video games or the anime series. With those quirky creatures burned into the memories of even those of us who stopped playing long ago, it can be strange to see that its huge fanbase…
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You know Hayao Miyazaki. The filmmaker behind the genius that is Studio Ghibli, he's the man responsible for My Neighbor Totoro, Kiki's Delivery Service, Spirited Away, Princess Mononoke and Howl's Moving Castle. No matter what your opinion is on anime, odds are you have watched and enjoyed a Miyazaki film.…
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There is a certain cynical point of view implicit in some critiques of the Harvey Weinstein sexual assaults. Some internet personalities and political commentators on the right are using it to score obvious political points, without much concern for the issue of sexual assault. It fits into everything else in…
