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Grandmother, 90, gets first Covid jab as UK starts vaccine drive – NPR

FDA Says Pfizer/BioNTech Vaccine Meets Success Criteria – WSJ

This book totally shifted my perception of investing and accumlating wealth and I seriously wish I had read it earlier – Amazon

With guns drawn, police raid home and seize computers of COVID-19 data whistleblower – The Verge

Supreme Court rejects Trump ally’s push to overturn Biden win in Pennsylvania – CNBC

Burner phones and banking apps: Meet the Chinese ‘brokers’ laundering Mexican drug money – Reuters

In 2020, AP photographers captured a world in distress – AP News

Former Israeli space security chief says aliens exist, humanity not ready – The Jerusalem Post

13 Highest Paid Dead Celebrities In 2020 – Ruin My Week

How Giving Up Refined Sugar Changed My Brain – Fast Co

Seven thought experiments that will make you question everything – Big Think

The 10 Most Analyzed Movies of All Time – Taste of Cinema

How Melbourne eradicated Covid-19 – VOX

This thing does an excellent job at trimming your beard, your mustache, your pubes and any other body hair – Amazon

The Man Who Found Forrest Fenn’s Hidden Treasure – Outside

Where Presidents Go to Dine in the Nation’s Capital: A survey of DC restaurants beloved by everyone from Ulysses S. Grant to Joe Biden – Inside Hook

Futurists Tell Us The Most Amazing And Scary Things To Expect In The Future – BuzzFeed

Unidentified illness hospitalizes more than 300 people in India – CNN

26 Pictures Of America After The Attack On Pearl Harbor – BuzzFeed News

The first Apple Silicon Geekbench results are in — and they’re damn impressive – The Next Web

In Order To Appeal To Suburban Christian Women, Vaccine To Be Distributed Through A Pyramid Scheme – Babylon Bee

Star Wars: Knight of the Old Republic 2 is coming to phones – Polygon

Kim Kardashian Models Tiny Green Bikini in New Instagram Photo Shoot – Maxim

20 Beautiful Actresses Who Famously Got Naked – Maxim

Smart Money-Saving Year-End Tax Moves To Make – Financial Samurai

Christmas came early thanks to these babes in – The Chive

Miss Thailand Bridge Collapse and Other Videos of the Day – Drunken Stepfather

What Explains the Decline of Serial Killers? – Discover

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Why Were So Many Japanese Pilots Willing To Conduct Kamikaze Missions?

The Japanese people were very, very patriotic. In addition, they firmly believed that the emperor was god on earth. He was a living god and whatever his decisions, they were from god himself. Between those beliefs and feelings, the opportunity to die for the preservation of the country was not even a question. They all knew that their country was in dire straits with a terrible enemy approaching their shores. As soldiers in the service of their living god, they were much more than willing to sacrifice their lives to save their country.

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The Worst Traffic Jam Of All Time Lasted 12 Days In China

The China National Highway 110 traffic jam was a recurring massive traffic jam that began to form on August 13, 2010, mostly on China National Highway 110 (G110) and Beijing–Tibet expressway (G6), in Hebei and Inner Mongolia. The traffic jam slowed thousands of vehicles for more than 60 miles and lasted for 10 days. Many drivers were able to move their vehicles only 0.6 mi per day, and some drivers reported being stuck in the traffic jam for five days.

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A damn fine collection of babes, awesomeness and everything in between – Leenks

The Mimic Octopus – Nature’s Most Astonishing Shape-Shifter – Ned Hardy

Make Peace With Your Unlived Life – HBR

Don’t buy oven mitts, get welders gloves! They can protect from higher heat, are built sturdier, and sometimes have flame decals on them so you can run faster – Amazon

The Death of Zappos’s Tony Hsieh: A Spiral of Alcohol, Drugs and Extreme Behavior – WSJ

25-year-old becomes billionaire overnight with company he founded at 17 – NY Post

10 Habits of Highly Resilient People – Psychology Today

30 Years On, the ‘Worst Car Ever Built’ Has a Fervent Fan Club – Atlas Obscura

‘They’re ripping us apart’: Bay Area small business owners talk new lockdown – SF Gate

Why Do Dogs Love Us? Science Explains – Inverse

Use This Method from a Former NASA Engineer to Defog Your Windshield in No Time – Life Hacker

2020 Has Been One Godawful Year, but Not for OnlyFans – Gizmodo

If you have to move or lift heavy objects and place it from one place to another, this is an absolute must have – Amazon

13 Highest Paid Dead Celebrities In 2020 – Ruin My Week

Michelin-star chefs share 7 easy dinners that take almost no prep – Insider

OnlyFans Suspended YouTuber Gabi DeMartino’s Account After She Sold A Video Of Herself As A Toddler Flashing The Camera – BuzzFeed

The Extremists Knocking on Doors and Claiming People’s Homes – The Daily Beasts

Trump is reportedly planning a made-for-TV exit on Air Force One from the White House to a rally on Inauguration Day – Business Insider

This family bet everything on bitcoin when it was $900 – and bought more when it crashed in 2018 – CNBC

7 Bizarre Witch Tests That Were Basically Impossible To Pass – All That’s Interesting

Woman Punches Cop In Face Twice, Instantly Regrets It – Linkiest

English Smokeshow Soccer Player Madelene Wright Gets Cut for Partying on Leaked Snapchat Videos – Egotastic Sports

Megan Fox, Caylee Cowan and Other Random Women – G-Celeb

The World’s Largest IPOs Adjusted For Inflation – Visual Capitalist

Just a Dude Using his Piss to Wash his Face and Other Videos of the Day – Drunken Stepfather

7 Common Investing Mistakes and How to Avoid Them – The Simple Dollar

Bob Dylan Sells His Songwriting Catalog in Blockbuster Deal – DNYUZ

Confessions Of An Obese Woman

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Most people will never understand what it’s really like for someone who carries extra weight around with them their whole lives. I am prepared to share the complete, brutal, admittedly terrible truth with anyone who will listen to me on this day. 

Allow me to answer: “What is life really like for the fat girl?”   We can begin with the most obvious…appearance. You stare wistfully at your reflection in the mirror. No matter which angle you turn, you just don’t quite look right. The features on your face, no matter how beautiful they may be, are dwarfed by the extra fat you carry in your face. Your eyes, which may be wide and lovely, look small and particularly deep set in your skull. Your stunning high cheekbones; hidden in totality by the layers of tissue covering them. Your chin; pronounced, is a buoy floating on the sea that is your double chin. You can apply makeup, and help make yourself look better to a certain degree, but you know that no one is going to compliment your shade of lipstick today. 

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The Interior of The Singer Williams DLS Porsche

The DLS started life as your average 1990 Porsche 964-generation 911. The project was commissioned by a Singer client who asked the company for something that’s not only wickedly fast, but also a car that would take lightweighting more seriously than anything Singer has ever built. For that, Singer leaned on its technical partner in the United Kingdom, Williams Advanced Engineering — part of the Formula 1 group.

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The Daily Man-Up

I created a simple blueprint for me to follow whenever I want something. It is the “If, then” mindset

So a great example of this is with a simple sentence:

  • I want to start working out, but I don’t have the time.
  • I want to make art but I am too exhausted.
  • I want a camera but I have no money

Here is how to change that with the “if, then” rule:

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