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Animals are self aware, Lolita got mansplained, and something about a Star War?

Prominent scientists have signed a declaration that animals have conscious awareness, so hug your dog: the animal uprising might not be so far away.Vice told us the rather incredible story of the white guy from Boston who became a Chinese mafia boss.We learned that Ents are totally real (ok not really, but there are trees that can walk!). #NatureIsAwesome.Rebecca Solnit continued to be a shining beacon of all things good, feminist, and rational with her essay, Men Explain Lolita To Me.An abandoned cathedral in Spain was transformed into a skate park andomg just look at it.Vox swooped in to rain on everyone’s parade by explaining just how bad sleeping in on the weekends is for us. Our response: shhh, just five more minutes…Some 2016 trailers dropped and we’ve been hyperventilating about Fantastic Beasts and Star Trek ever since. #soexcite.We got very relaxed watching this ASMR “Space Travel Agent” video. (Here’s an intro to ASMR for the uninitiated.)You might have heard about this little movie that came out last week - something about a war in the stars? People sure do seem to be talking about it a lot…And finally, this is what it’s like to dive between two continents:[embed]https://vimeo.com/42794722[/embed]

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