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    [Discussion] Bleach ending worse than Naruto's

    So I just caught up with Bleach after having stopped reading the manga at the Fullbringer arc ... you know while reading it I was honestly under the impression that it was going to end decently by shonen standards until the Yhwach vs Ichigo fight. Holy f*** did it go downhill from there. I...
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    The US wins the International Mathematical Olympiad again

    In recent years the US and Russia - once the undisputed world champions of these competitions - have been beaten by China again and again in pretty much all of the International Science Olympiads (a testament to the rise of China, if you ask me) but the US has now won its second consecutive win...
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    The coming student loan bubble

    I've never put much trust in the dismal science, whether the leftist variety or conservative economism, and the people who use it to talk about the real world, but every once in a while, they manage to see what's in front of their eyes, even if it's always too late. Michael Hudson - one of the...
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    [Spoilers] AoT 82 Spoilers

    The following spoilers seem to be legit (come from the Chinese scans of the chapter): My commentary:
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    Germans anger the neo-Ottoman state

    I used to respect Turkey a la countries like Kazakhstan or Indonesia for not being a complete sharia cesspool but ever since the ascension of Sultan Erdogan and his neo-Ottoman Islamist party it has fallen below Iran - and only because I infinitely prefer Shiism to the more militant Sunni sect -...
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    Trump wins the GOP nomination

    Count Cruz dropped out after getting wrecked in Indiana and Kasich the neocon quit not too long after. Google "Trump becomes presumptive GOP nominee" for a variety of news reports. Rejoice my friends for whatever you think of Trump, his victory signifies at least one wonderful thing for all of...
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    One step closer to the Terminator

    Boston Dynamics recently unveiled its newest humanoid ATLAS robot. Enjoy: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rVlhMGQgDkY
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    [Spoilers] AoT 78 spoilers

    Chapter summary spoiler from 4chan
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    The UK licences human genetic engineering research

    From the 1st February 2016 nature article "UK scientists gain licence to edit genes in human embryos:" Very exciting stuff - didn't personally think any western country would approve of CRISPR-Cas9 research on humans in the current political zeitgeist. In the end, however much strictly we...
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    Why they hate Donald Trump

    "Addendum: National Review adds luster to Trump's candidacy" by Michael Scheuer):
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