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Members Of Nevada's Largest Union Defied Their Leadership To Support Bernie Sanders

LPT: If your criticized or in a conflict, try to find the truth in what the other person is saying. This at times requires the death of own our ego, but can open the door to a resolution.

LPT: You can learn a lot about any new person you meet by playing a board game with them. If they overreact negatively when they lose or attempt to cheat at the game, that tells you a lot about their personality.

LPT: if your kid is a picky eater, introduce new food outside of already emotionally charged mealtimes

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Slow Starting Aurora Outside Reykjavík - Longish timelapse [0:38][OC]

US Gas Pipeline Shut After Ransomware Attack

TIL Queen Elizabeth has met 12 US presidents during her reign. Which is over a quarter of all presidents since the United States' inception.

Milky-Way over Middle Earth (namely Wanaka NZ) - still from a timelapse [OC]

Alexander Ovechkin becomes the 8th player in NHL history to score 700 Career Goals

New Zealands Taranaki and the Milkyway

This Gif demonstrates what the Moon would look like if it were same distance away as the International Space Station.

My best image of Saturn so far. 15,000 images photographed from my backyard in the city to make this photo.

1:2 scale Eagle Lunar Module - cardboard and ply built by me

Tuesday morning Mars was temporarily hidden by the moon. Here is my shot, captured right as Mars emerged from the dark side. [OC]

Justice Sotomayor warns the Supreme Court is doing special favors for the Trump administration

Dick Van Dyke Urges Fellow Way-Past-Boomers To Vote For Bernie Sanders

Digital Edits, a Paid Army: Bloomberg Is ‘Destroying Norms’ on Social Media

TIL that Sean Connery was targeted by a gang in Edinburgh in the 1950s. 6 gang members followed him up to a 15-foot high balcony. He singlehandedly beat them up. He grabbed one by the throat and another by the biceps and cracked their heads together. After, they treated him with great respect.

TIL in 2006 muggers accosted magician David Copperfield, who promptly turned all of his pockets empty despite carrying his wallet, cell phone and passport

LPT: If you want Google to return only very current results type "after:2019" in your search.

LPT: Keep up with your old coworkers (especially bosses). Not just on LinkedIn or FB, but in person. Go to lunch with them every so often, text them to see how they're doing, etc. They will be eager to help you find work or write you letters of recommendation when you need it.

LPT: Men -- Wear a dress shirt and tie for your driver's license photo. It will give you more credibility whenever you have to show your license to someone who doesn't know you.

Tragedy stole Aly Jenkins from her family, the sport she loved is helping them heal

Sources: Lakers waiving DeMarcus Cousins after coming to terms with Markieff Morris

Tyson Fury mocking Deontay Wilder.

TIL that J. K. Rowling was the world's first billionaire author. After giving away much of her earnings to charity, she lost her billionaire status.

TIL Syphilis used to be treated by infecting people with malaria to induce a fever. While about 15% of patients died from malaria, this was preferable to the almost-certain death from syphilis

The ESA's Ariane 5 has delivered two satellites, JCSAT-17 and Geo-Kompsat-2B, into their planned transfer orbits.

LightSail 2 captures stunning photos of Earth from space

Falcon 9 Slow Motion

Trump report bizarrely claims net neutrality repeal raised incomes $50B a year

Advanced leaf-out, or early sprouting and opening leaves, is a direct response to climate change. In northern hemisphere, leaf-out has advanced at a rate of 4-5 days per decade on average since 1980s, according to synthesis of over 40 satellite-derived phenology studies across decades and regions.

LPT: After buying a new vehicle, immediately learn how the headlight component in your vehicle works. Some vehicles are equipped with daytime running lights and when drivers drive at night, they assume their headlights are on but they aren’t since their brake lights are off.

LPT: if you knock your glasses off your nightstand, take a photo of the area to find them

TIL: Employees are more likely to steal from their workplace than the customers who shop there are.

That's what heroes do

She is the hero we didn't deserve

How to deflect an asteroid

SLS debut slips five months to April 2021, KSC teams working through launch sims

SETI Researchers Release Petabytes of Data in the Search For Aliens

SpaceX pushing iterative design process, accepting failure to go fast

SpaceX raising about $250 million, valuing Elon Musk's space company at $36 billion

LPT: For my depressed people out there leaning toward self harm, substitute your method with a workout.

LPT If you're mounting your new TV, tape the legs to the back of the TV for safe keeping.

Oscar "Ringo" Bonavena ridiculing the GOAT, Muhammad Ali.

LPT Know your visa requirements when you travel outside your country

AOC Responds After Conservative Calls Elizabeth Warren 'Mean and Angry': 'Anger at injustice is quite appropriate'