Students at Humboldt State University in Arcata, Calif., took data from 150,000 tweets, searching for only 10 hateful words, as part of a study called “Geography of Hate”. It’s essentially a map of the US with a search bar, that lets you search where the most hateful words are used the most. Check it out and see where the most racist, hateful communities are, or use this tool to avoid them when planning a trip.
U.S. students create ‘hate map’ of bigoted tweets – Your Community.
Toronto better be ready for an explosion of cuteness. Pandas are coming to your zoo, and they are definitely going to bring lots of attention to this zoo. I know it will at least attract 10,000 more people per year.
Toronto Zoo gives sneak preview of giant pandas – Toronto – CBC News.
Burger King has just unveiled their summer menu, which includes a competitor to the McRib.
“While a Burger King publicist wouldn’t confirm if this menu is intended to lure customers away from the McDonald’s McRib, the Burger King rib sandwich does bare a BBQ-themed resemblance. ”
Burger King’s answer to the McRib – May. 15, 2013.
Ok you know that movie Contagion? It’s real, it’s killed people and is now going from person to person, including healthcare workers who are working around them. Lock up your doors and become anti social because the END IS NIGH. In all seriousness it’s probably not the same thing, but keep an eye out for this travelling to the part of the world where you live.
Health care workers sickened by new virus – CNN.com.
A Brazilian woman was shot by her husband, by accident mind you, in the mouth. It came within an inch of killing her when it went through her jaw mouth and lodged itself into her cervical spine.
#/video/world/2013/05/10/lklv-darlington-brazil-harpoon.cnn.
At least a tornado a year, but 355 days and counting. I really hope that this keeps up.
The shoe cables a repent reward near the visible.
This link is a collection of pictures that were recently taken from outer space looking down on the earth. Astronaut Chris Hadfield has been sending pictures back from his journey outside of the atmosphere. He’s scheduled to return before March 13.
Well this is kind of a step back for gaming.
Nintendo Patching Gay Marriage “Bug” in Popular Japanese Game
Oh boy. This is a strange one. This week Nintendo released a patch for their popular life simulator 3DS title “Tomodachi Collection” that fixes bug that allows for same-sex relationships. Tomodachi is a Japanese life simulator title for the 3DS in which players can use their Wii/3DS Created Miis to interact, fall in love, and socialize with other characters (Think Animal Crossing or the Sims). The patch supposedly fixes a bug in the game that allows for two male Miis to fall in love, get married, and even have kids. I use the word bug, because it seems that Nintendo did not initially intend for same-sex couples in this game at all ( In fact, the bug does not work for 2 female Miis). The bug only works when a Mii is transferred over using the 3DS’ Mii Transfer system.
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Only in America, a four year old was selected to be a mayor of the small town of Dorset, Minnesota. The only reason I could see this working out is because Dorset has a grand total of 22 for their population. That’s right, 22. I hope you enjoy this link and check back later for more stories.
http://ca.news.yahoo.com/blogs/daily-buzz/minnesota-town-selects-four-old-mayor-174423447.html
The International Space Station is leaking ammonia from an outside cooling system, and members of the crew will be taking a space walk to fix it. Talk about bad luck and I truly hope that they do fix it with no other complications. Link down below if you do want to check this out.
http://sourcefednews.com/the-international-space-station-has-a-leak/
News That Matters To Me. 