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- And the greatest film of the 21st century is...
- Find out which SNL cast members are returning this season (spoiler: it's everyone except Taran Killam, Jay Pharoah and that new guy from last season who barely got any airtime, Jon Rudnitsky).
- Blimp that looks like butt goes splat.
- Trump is reportedly mulling a "softening" of his immigration plan, which almost sounds reasonable, except that he's probably going to change his mind in a week.
- Qatar’s sovereign wealth fund spent $622 million to acquire a minority stake in the Empire State Building.
- Bruce Springsteen played for over four hours at Metlife Stadium last night because we are not worthy.
- Remembering the 1971 prison uprising and massacre at Attica State Prison.
- The New York Times Magazine has a longread on Facebook's recent political awakening.
- Duke, a dog, was elected to his third term as mayor of the Minnesota town of Cormorant.
- Syphilis infections are on the rise.
- A reasonable plea: if your movie had "dog" in the title, it should have dogs in it.
- Gizmodo takes a farewell tour of Tekserve.
- And finally, a cat plays with a homemade whack-a-mole contraption:
Published Aug 24, 2016
Modified Aug 24, 2016
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