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Le Cinq, Paris: restaurant review | The Guardian
It was supposed to be a joyous trip to one of France’s famous gastro palaces – what could possibly go wrong?
You’d almost think this reviewer was going out of his way to be as delightfully brutal as he possibly could be…
Continue reading Le Cinq, Paris: restaurant review | The Guardian
👓 Donald Trump launches US missile strike against Syria after chemical attack – live | The Guardian
American military strike hits airbase in Syria in retaliation for what US president called ‘horrible chemical weapons attack’ in Idlib
The lawsuit filed Thursday contends the government is threatening free speech.
In the past three years, police shootings have sparked an unprecedented series of protests across the country.
Interesting online storytelling here.
Trump ignored transition planners during the campaign, then did things his way after he won. The administration is still playing catch up.
A breakdown of purchasing habits shows where science books fall on the political spectrum.
In an interview, President Trump said Ms. Rice, a former national security adviser, may have sought the identities of Trump associates who were mentioned on intercepted communications.
West Africans are eating more like Asians. Asians are eating more like Americans. And the richest Americans…
👓 Mastodon Is Like Twitter Without Nazis, So Why Are We Not Using It? | Motherboard
I quit Twitter to join a kinder, nicer, decentralized open source version of Twitter.
Think like a bronze medalist, not silver
The Brooklyn Neighborhood Blogger with the Paul Manafort Scoop
A stray news tip led to the discovery that Paul Manafort, Donald Trump’s former campaign chairman, owns a brownstone in Carroll Gardens, Brooklyn.
A Long-Sought Proof, Found and Almost Lost | Quanta Magazine
When a German retiree proved a famous long-standing mathematical conjecture, the response was underwhelming.
I am an Arctic researcher. Donald Trump is deleting my citations | The Guardian
These politically motivated data deletions come at a time when the Arctic is warming twice as fast as the global average