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Statue of Edward Snowden Erected In Fort Greene Park

Statue of Edward Snowden Erected In Fort Greene Park

VIA “gothamist.com” by Lauren Evans, reporting by Maud Rozee Gothamist Soaw Nyce A bust of Edward Snowden was erected overnight in Fort Greene Park—and it’s already been covered up by authorities. [UPDATE BELOW] The 100-pound bust of the (in)famous NSA whistleblower was erected near the park’s Prison Ship Martyrs Monument early Monday morning. The artists […]

Poachers Kill Endangered African Animals… This Women Kills Poachers

Poachers Kill Endangered African Animals… This Women Kills Poachers

VIA “higherperspectives.com” Higher Perspectives Kinessa Johnson is a former Army veteran who spent 4 years of her life in Afghanistan. She just recently made a trip to Africa in order to take on a new mission. Here’s how she described her new endeavor: “We’re going over there to do some anti-poaching, kill some bad guys, […]

Water Shut off For Portion of Baltimore Residents Due to Outstanding Business Debt

Water Shut off For Portion of Baltimore Residents Due to Outstanding Business Debt

VIA “thinkprogress.org” by Carl Gibson Think Progress Starting this week, 25,000 households in Baltimore will suddenly lose their access to water for owing bills of $250 or more, with very little notice given and no public hearings. Rita, a renter in Southeast Baltimore who asked to remain anonymous for this story in order to protect […]

5 of The Healthiest Cities on Earth

5 of The Healthiest Cities on Earth

VIA “iheartintelligence.com” by Tanaaz Chubb I Heart Intelligence Do you live in one of the healthiest cities in the world? To determine what constitutes a healthy city, experts looked at the following statistics – Safety Cleanliness Social Connectedness Thriving Economy Access to Healthy Food Quality Medical Care Efficient public transit Easy access to parks and […]

April 15th at Fast Food Restaurants Is Going To Be Incredible

April 15th at Fast Food Restaurants Is Going To Be Incredible

VIA “attn.com” by Mike Vainisi ATTN Low wage workers will participate in a nationwide strike on April 15, and they’ll be asking Americans to support their efforts to push Congress to increase the federal minimum wage to $15. According to the organizing group, the Fight for 15, the strike will include fast food employees, retail […]

Google Maps Has Been Tracking Your Every Move, and There’s a Way To Check

Google Maps Has Been Tracking Your Every Move, and There’s a Way To Check

VIA “truth-code.com” Truth Code Remember that scene in Minority Report, where Tom Cruise is on the run from the law, but is unable to avoid detection because everywhere he goes there are constant retina scans feeding his location back to a central database? That’s tomorrow. Today, Google is tracking wherever your smartphone goes, and putting […]

Ex NYPD Cop Admits To Police Corruption

Ex NYPD Cop Admits To Police Corruption

VIA “countercurrentnews.com”  Counter Current News It’s not your imagination: the New York Police Department has been planing evidence and framing innocent people all in order to meet arrest quotes. This comes as an a former New York City narcotics detective, Stephen Anderson, testified in court that the NYPD routinely plants drugs on innocent people. He […]