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Shortly before AlphaBay took over the dark web’s top spot, Alpha02 had changed his username on the site to merely “admin” and announced that he would no longer accept any private messages sent to him by anyone other than AlphaBay’s staff. Instead, he left much of the site’s communications work to his second-in-command and head of security, a figure who went by the pseudonym DeSnake.The Alpha02 moniker had served its purpose, lending the site its initial credibility. Now the person behind it intended, like discreet criminal bosses the world over, to slip into the shadows, raking in his fortune as…

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Jin swung by the GQ offices to share the 10 things he can’t live without — including a BTS pajama set. Showing off the “Good Day”-themed PJs, the K-pop star explained that the few possessions he requires when BTS hits the road are always the same: his computer, keyboard, mouse and the pajamas emblazoned with little cartoon angels, which he designed himself. “When I planned to design pajamas, I just saw blue somewhere,” he said in Korean. “Or I saw something related to angels…I could’ve had a dream about angels, so I put angels into the design. Or maybe on…

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By necessity, Black Panther: Wakanda Forever had to take some big leaps away from established Marvel continuity. Although he has taken a few sabbaticals from his role as Black Panther, T’Challa never died in Marvel’s comics, and he remains an active hero. The man who played T’Challa onscreen, Chadwick Boseman, sadly died in 2020 after a battle with colon cancer.Marvel could have theoretically recast the role and continued on as if nothing had happened, but they chose instead to incorporate Boseman’s death into Wakanda Forever’s story, which takes place in the aftermath of King T’Challa’s death, and follows his family (primarily Letitia…

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From frankincense to cacao and vanilla, Scent: A natural history of fragrance shows how aromatic substances have helped shape human culture Humans 17 August 2022 By Chris Stokel-Walker Fragrances from plants such as roses help make established and new perfumesOliver Rossi/Getty Images Scent: A natural history of fragrance Elise Vernon Pearlstine Yale University Press FOR countless people worldwide, their first inkling that they had covid-19 didn’t come from a test, but from something far more visceral: anosmia, the loss of the ability to smell. Our sense of smell, and our understanding of it, helps us to navigate the world, protecting us from harm…

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The richest two days in horse racing take place Friday and Saturday, November 4-5, with the Breeders’ Cup World Championships at Keeneland Race Course in Lexington, Kentucky. Saturday’s $6 million Longines Breeders’ Cup Classic on Saturday is the highlight of the 14 races totaling $31 million in prize money. The field features 80-1 longshot Kentucky Derby winner Rich Strike, Derby and Preakness runner-up Epicenter, and 2021 Derby and Belmont Stakes runner-up Hot Rod Charlie. Race action begins Friday afternoon and continues Saturday on USA Network. NBC airs the Breeders’ Cup Classic on Saturday afternoon. Ahmed Fareed hosts coverage with analysts…

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Credit: ESA/Hubble & NASA, B. Reipurth, B. Nisini The lives of newborn stars are tempestuous, as this image of the Herbig-Haro objects HH 1 and HH 2 from the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope depicts. Both objects are in the constellation Orion and lie around 1,250 light-years from Earth. HH 1 is the luminous cloud above the bright star in the upper right of this image, and HH 2 is the cloud in the bottom left. While both Herbig-Haro objects are visible, the young star system responsible for their creation is lurking out of sight, swaddled in the thick clouds of…

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Skinny jeans will never go “out,” and that’s a fact. Just take a look at any one of the handful of celebrities who seem to cling to the perennial denim staple. Season after season, we turn to these style stars to inform us of the freshest ways to style our skinnies, and according to them, all signs point to one boot trend in particular—riding boots—that just so happen to pair flawlessly with classic skinny jeans.Kate Middleton has long been a fan of these flat, knee-high boots, and there are plenty of her outfits to get inspired by. They also happen to be approved by Mary-Kate Olsen. (When MK…

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The race to remove CO2 from our atmosphere is on. In an effort to draw down carbon at a meaningful scale, people are looking to the ground. The top meter of the world’s soil holds over three times the amount of carbon currently in our atmosphere—and if we treat our land better, it could suck up even more.ContentThis content can also be viewed on the site it originates from.This is good news for farmers. Companies and individuals desperate to offset their emissions by purchasing carbon credits are willing to pay farmers to use sustainable agricultural practices and sequester carbon in…

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Sometimes interactions between musicians and fans can get ugly, resulting in an artist threatening to destroy one of their followers.Sebastian Bach had a good reason to go off on a fan, as the crowd member allegedly pushed or bumped into the singer’s mother. “That’s my f—ing mother right there, you jack-off! I’m gonna f—ing beat your f—ing face in,” Bach screamed from the stage. “Don’t f— around with my f—ing mother if you f—ing wanna get out of here alive! Don’t anybody f—ing touch my f—ing mother or I’ll jump right the f— in here! F—ing Google that s—.”Queens of…

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The following post contains very minor spoilers for Black Panther: Wakanda Forever.Almost the entire supporting cast of Black Panther returns in the sequel, Black Panther: Wakanda Forever, to continue Wakanda’s story, and to pay tribute to the late Chadwick Boseman. Other than Boseman’s T’Challa, almost every key character (who wasn’t killed) from the first movie is back for Wakanda Forever, including Letitia Wright’s Shuri, Angela Bassett’s Ramonda, Winston Duke’s M’Baku, Lupita Nyong’o’s Nakia, and Danai Gurira’s Okoye. But one key name is not among those back in this sequel, and the only reference to him is brief and easily missed.That would be Daniel Kaluuya, who…

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Disney+ is moving forward with The Acolyte. The streaming service announced the entire cast for its upcoming Star Wars series on Monday. Lee Jung-jae (Squid Game), Manny Jacinto (Nine Perfect Strangers), Dafne Keen (His Dark Materials), Jodie Turner-Smith (Queen & Slim), and Rebecca Henderson (Inventing Anna) have joined the cast. Additionally, Charlie Barnett (Russian Doll), Dean-Charles Chapman (1917), and Carrie-Anne Moss (The Matrix) have all been cast in undisclosed roles. They join Amandla Stenberg (The Hate U Give), who was the first cast member announced for the series. The Acolyte is a mystery-thriller that will take viewers into a galaxy…

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Scientists have sequenced the oldest plant genome on record, and it comes from watermelon seeds chomped on by Stone Age sheep herders in the Sahara, a new study finds.The 6,000-year-old watermelon seeds resurfaced in the 1990s during an archaeological dig of the cave site, known as Uan Muhuggiag, located along a swath of the Sahara that is now Libya. Due to the cave’s dry, salty air, the seeds, which may have fallen to the ground during a meal, were well preserved, enabling scientists from the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, in the United Kingdom, to sequence their DNA, according to a…

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Celebrity hair colourist Justin Anderson (who tends to the hair colour of Jennifer Anniston and Margot Robbie) summed it up best when I asked him about his hair colour predictions for this season. “I think that hair colour should always suit you; it should suit your lifestyle and it should suit your skin tone,” he said. “Think: when you see someone walk out of a workout and their hair is just a beautiful, natural colour that suits them, even if they’re not wearing any makeup—that’s good hair colour. It just works with every part of your lifestyle.” And other hair colourists…

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Oppo is believed to be working on a new Oppo A series smartphone. The Chinese smartphone brand has usually released entry-level or mid-range smartphones in this lineup. However, if recent rumours are to be believed, then the next Oppo A series handset could be an upper-mid-range offering. This smartphone is expected to bear the Oppo A98 moniker. A notable tipster has suggested that this smartphone could be powered by a Qualcomm Snapdragon 778G SoC. This Oppo smartphone could feature a 5,000mAh battery as well.According to a post by tipster Digital Chat Station, the Oppo A98 could feature a full-HD+ display…

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You say you want a revolution? Well, in 1991 you got one in the most spectacular of ways. Music fans were treated to what is likely the most impressive six-month run of album releases in music history. There was something for just about everyone (as we’ll demonstrate), but it was a particularly great time to be a rock and metal music fan as a changing landscape played out before us, giving us a wealth of iconic and hugely successful albums in just a short period of time.So how did we get here? It could likely be due to a matter…

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Meet Panos H Koutras: Greece’s own King of Trash 3 && args[2] === 2 && typeof args[3] === ‘boolean’ ) { gdprApplies = args[3]; if (typeof args[2] === ‘function’) { args[2](‘set’, true); } } } else if (args[0] === ‘ping’) { var retr = { gdprApplies: gdprApplies, cmpLoaded: false, cmpStatus: ‘stub’ }; if (typeof args[2] === ‘function’) { args[2](retr); } } else { if(args[0] === ‘init’ && typeof args[3] === ‘object’) { args[3] = { …args[3], tag_version: ‘V2’ }; } queue.push(args); } } function postMessageEventHandler(event) { var msgIsString = typeof event.data === ‘string’; var json = {}; try { if…

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In his new book, David Peña-Guzmán argues that animals that can dream have a sense of self, and therefore a far more complex kind of “animalhood” than we thought possible Life 17 August 2022 By Simon Ings When Animals Dream David Peña-Guzmán Princeton University Press HEIDI the octopus is dreaming. As she sleeps, her skin changes from smooth and white to flashing yellow and orange, then to deepest purple and, finally, to a series of greys and yellows, criss-crossed by ridges and spiky horns. David Scheel, Heidi’s human carer, has seen this pattern before in waking octopuses: Heidi, he says,…

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08 Nov 2022 Literary fiction readers are in for a treat. This week’s latest releases list is full of intriguing reads you won’t want to miss! The new releases list includes so many bestselling authors like Nowick Grey, Mike Murphy, Kevin Wilson, and many more. Enjoy your new literary fiction books. Happy reading! Related grant scrolls_pure; if (shouldBeFixed && !isFixed) { header.addClass(“sticky”); isFixed = true; } else if (!shouldBeFixed && isFixed) { header.removeClass(“sticky”); isFixed = false; } e.preventDefault(); }); }); }); ]]> Read The Full Article Here

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Netflix is staying in business with Ryan Murphy. The streaming service revealed Monday that after the success of Monster: The Jeffrey Dahmer Story, the series would continue in the anthology format. Two new installments have been ordered and “will tell the stories of other monstrous figures who have impacted society.” Netflix revealed that the series is projected cross 1 billion hours viewed in the coming weeks. The series starring Evan Peters, has currently amassed over 934 million view hours. It is the second most popular English TV season on Netflix, coming in behind Stranger Things Season 4. The series broke…

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Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain A new study shows for the first time that wildfires burning in West Coast states can strengthen storms in downwind states. Heat and tiny airborne particles produced by western wildfires distantly intensify severe storms, in some cases bringing baseball-sized hail, heavier rain and flash flooding to states like Colorado, Wyoming, Nebraska, Kansas, Oklahoma, and the Dakotas. Typically, western wildfires and storms in the Central U.S. are separated by seasons. As blazes begin earlier each year, however, the two events now strike closer together. Earth scientist Jiwen Fan, a Laboratory Fellow at the Department of Energy’s Pacific…

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Photography by Getty Images Elizabeth Holmes explains why we’re still so obsessed with Princess Diana’s fashion after all this time. By Katherine Singh Date November 7, 2022 This article was originally published in November 2020. Season 5 of The Crown premieres on Netflix Canada on November 9, 2022. If you’re under the age of 30, chances are that you never *actually* knew much about Princess Diana (a.k.a Diana Spencer, Princess of Wales), or at least didn’t — like many people in our parents’ generation — watch in real time her meteoric rise to worldwide adoration and her untimely and tragic…

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I can’t stop tracking my cats’ bathroom habits. Now that I’ve been using Purina’s Petivity Smart Litterbox Monitor, I know what time they visit the litter box and what exactly they’re doing when they’re in there. My cat Huxley, for example, is a late-night number-twoer.You may be thinking: Why do you need to know this? Cats are remarkably good at hiding health problems until it’s a serious issue, but their excreta, or lack thereof, doesn’t lie.Last year, I found this out the hard way when Huxley was diagnosed with lower urinary tract disease. When I noticed he was entering the…

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Lollapalooza’s apparent world takeover is coming to India next, with Imagine Dragons and The Strokes topping the lineup of the fest’s inaugural Mumbai iteration. It all goes down January 28th-29th, 2023. With festivals now spanning the United States, Chile, Brazil, Argentina, Germany, France, and Sweden, Lollapalooza India marks the first time the event has come to Asia, and it’s also the first time Imagine Dragons and The Strokes have performed in the country. Greta Van Fleet, Diplo, Zhu, Japanese Breakfast, Madeon, Chelsea Cutler, The Wombats, Raveena, and Alec Benjamin are just a few more of the 40-plus artists also on the…

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The following post contains spoilers for Black Panther: Wakanda Forever.After seven films and eight television shows, Phase Four of the Marvel Cinematic Universe is complete. It ended with Black Panther: Wakanda Forever, which spins out of the events of the first Black Panther and a couple dozen other Marvel movies and series. It will inevitably lead to many more films and shows, some of which have already been announced, some of which we don’t even know about yet.Here is what we do know: Phase Five of the Marvel Cinematic Universe commences on February 17, 2023, with the premiere of the movie Ant-Man…

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08 Nov 2022 Looking to fall in love with some new romance reads? You’ll adore these exciting new novels! This week you can get your hands on books by bestselling authors R.L. Matthewson, Stephanie Brother, Quinn Marlowe, and more. Enjoy your new romance books and happy reading! Related grant scrolls_pure; if (shouldBeFixed && !isFixed) { header.addClass(“sticky”); isFixed = true; } else if (!shouldBeFixed && isFixed) { header.removeClass(“sticky”); isFixed = false; } e.preventDefault(); }); }); }); ]]> Read The Full Article Here

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In the second half of our The White Lotus Season 2 video coverage, we find out more about creator/writer Mike White’s sun-dappled social satire/murder mystery set in Sicily. The guests this round are finance bro Cameron Babcock (Theo James) and his wife, stay-at-home mom/true crime fan Daphne (Meghann Fahy); a frustrated young assistant Portia (Haley Lu Richardson) yearning to embrace life after lockdown; and Albie DiGrasso (Adam DiMarco), an idealistic recent college grad traveling with his less enlightened dad and grandfather. “You think they’re a couple that has everything,” James tells TV Insider. “Quickly as the season evolves, you realize…

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[]Wildlife watchers wanting to zero in on certain identifiable details from afar, such as plumage that separates one species from another, will find plenty to relish in the Bushnell Forge 15×56 binoculars. And, despite being a little larger and heavier than some rivals, these binoculars are some of the most handsome on the market. []Specs[]Magnification: 15x[]Objective lens diameter:  56mm[]Field of view at 1000m: 78 meters[]Closest focusing distance: 12ft[]Eye relief: 21mm[]Weight: 1Kg[]Dimensions: 226mm in length[]You’ll definitely need a bag or rucksack rather than a jacket pocket to carry them around, although Bushnell does provide various pouches and straps in the box, as…

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As POPSUGAR editors, we independently select and write about stuff we love and think you’ll like too. If you buy a product we have recommended, we may receive affiliate commission, which in turn supports our work. On a crisp autumn day in Southern California, Quannah Chasinghorse sits relaxed on a folded chair that’s tucked into the corner of an old, two-story wooden barn. A square window behind the 20-year-old model frames the lush landscape, which is dotted by rolling hills and green treetops. “This place is amazing,” Chasinghorse tells POPSUGAR, admiring the view. Known as the White Buffalo Land Trust…

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