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Open Internet Advocates Vow to Fight Trump FCC’s Plan to Kill Net Neutrality

Activists are organizing a grassroots movement to resist Trump’s FCC.
Sam Gustin
4.27.17
advocacy

The Rundown

Your daily guide to what’s working, what’s not, and what you can do about it.
Impact Staff
4.27.17
Oh Snap

Zac Goldsmith: Failure's New Posterboy

What sort of masochist sets himself up to be rejected by voters for the third time in a year?
Gavin Haynes
4.27.17
#TBT

Remembering the Whizzinator, America’s Favorite Fake Plastic Penis

Former NFL player Onterrio Smith's 2005 airport arrest for possessing the drug-test-beating "Original Whizzinator" generated national headlines and punchlines, but the device's strange saga was just getting started.
Aaron Gordon
4.27.17
we built this city

Future Martians May Be Living in Houses Made of Mushrooms, Bone, and Dust

This little Martian made a house out of regolith, this little Martian made a house out of biomass.
Daniel Oberhaus
Becky Ferreira
4.27.17
It's Easy Being Green

Forget the Dot Com Era, It’s Time for Dot Eco

The '.eco' top-level domain is here, and its creators say they will funnel proceeds to environmental projects.
Ben Dickson
4.27.17
This Is a Cheerocracy

Who Won the Showdown Between Cheerleading Twitter vs. Baseball Twitter?

A feud you didn't even know existed.
Mallory Locklear
4.27.17
head transplant

Scientists Just Transplanted Small Rat Heads Onto Bigger Rats

Researches successfully avoided brain-damaging blood loss while the donor head was being attached to the recipient rat.
Mallory Locklear
4.27.17
Chinese food

A Guide to 14 of the Most Iconic Foods in Shanghai

Xiaolongbao, shengjianbao, red-braised pork, crayfish, hairy crab—these are just some of the dishes I believe to be the most representative of Shanghai.
Clarissa Wei
4.27.17
THE LOOKING GLASS ISSUE

How Roberto Ferdman, of 'VICE News Tonight,' Found His Good Luck Charm

While on location in New Orleans, people gave us multicolored cakes. Inside each one was a miniature baby Jesus, apparently meant to bring good luck to whoever finds it.
Roberto Ferdman
4.27.17
trade

Trump says Trudeau and Peña Nieto convinced him not to pull out of NAFTA immediately

Trump was to announce the American withdrawal from the trade agreement in “two or three days,” but was swayed by Canada and Mexico in a phone call last night
Justin Ling
4.27.17
homeland security

Texas just made it a crime for sheriffs to not cooperate with ICE

Taylor Dolven
4.27.17
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