Beating the Heat of Barbecue Season

Barbecue season isn’t just bad news for the animals who wind up on the grill, it’s bad for the environment and all the wild animals threatened by meat production.

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Rethinking the Internet: the Othernet With Dhruv Mehrotra

As Governments and large corporations like Google and Facebook take over control of the flow of internet traffic- it begs the question- is there a different, more decentralized and localized option? Is it even possible to protect your privacy online any longer? Recently I sat down with Dhruv Mehrotra, the creator of the Othernet to discuss his project and how we can change the way we think about and use the internet.

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Ale ‘n Wich Pub: An Oral History With Owner Robert D’Elia

I Have for the balance of my time in New Brunswick frequented the Ale ‘n Wich Pub, and I’ve always been stricken by the stories the place must have to tell. There is not much about it on the internet besides reviews of the bar. So I decided I’d ask Owner Robert D’Elia for an interview. Lucky enough for me he obliged and what he had to tell me certainly did not disappoint.

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On Memory: the Importance of Moments

When you’re a kid, you don’t realize it when a Moment is happening. At age six, you can stand at the window as your dad climbs a ladder high into a tree to cut down a dead branch, and you can watch him suddenly twist and fall and swiftly slice open his right thigh with the bow saw, and you can be freaked out by all of his wincing and cursing and by the helplessness of your mom’s panicked tears, but you go to bed that night — maybe a little shaken up from all the blood, maybe a little concerned about the possibility of nightmares — and you have no idea that 25 years later, you’ll still be able to replay the entire scene in your mind.

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Comey Insinuates Trump Romanced By Putin- Doesn’t Even Realize He’s Being Exploited

In what was perhaps the most interesting and revealing exchange of the Senate Intelligence Committee hearing on Russian Election Interference, FBI Director James Comey delivered a thinly veiled jab at President trump, insinuating when questioned that “romance” could be a potential factor in situations where a US government agent might be exploited into helping a foreign nation state.

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