Don’t show these to anyone in Minnesota…Christmas Chocolate Lollipops (set of 30) Leonidas offers an wide and exclusive assortment of Belgian chocolate and Belgian prelines, truffles, orange peel, and marzipan, imported from Brussels. Opened in 1991, our store on Madison Avenue is the original and busiest Leonidas US location. We air freight Leonidas’ complete assortment …

Blue whale! #abyssriumAbyssrium cross-posted on Facebook

Weston cross-posted on Facebook

This has been the most jarring experience of moving to the Netherlands. Last night I saw a Muslim family, the daughter of 10 or 11 years was in full Zwarte Piet costume with black face. I can’t even imagine the experience of being a child of immigrants, trying to culturally adapt to your home and …

Dutch immersion lesson: snackbarsThe Dutch Snackbar Story by Ena Scheestra This unique take-away restaurant concept can only be found in the Netherlands. Read this, and many other stories on Honest Cooking today. cross-posted on Facebook

Is Trump’s Deal With Carrier A Form Of Crony Capitalism? cross-posted on Facebook

I have more questions than this article has answers.Swedish Revelers Get Their Goat — Again — As Holiday Tradition Meets Annual Arson Every year, the town of Gavle, Sweden, builds a giant Christmas goat. And every year, people try to bring it down. This time around, despite a guard, the Gavlebocken didn’t even last for …

“America has lost more than 7 million factory jobs since manufacturing employment peaked in 1979. Yet American factory production, minus raw materials and some other costs, more than doubled over the same span to $1.91 trillion last year […] trade accounted for just 13 percent of America’s lost factory jobs. The vast majority of the …

How NASA Will Choose Astronauts for Its Incredible Journey to Mars When the agency put out its latest application call, it specified that the lucky few might fly in Orion, a deep-space vessel meant to make the Journey to Mars. cross-posted on Facebook

Standing Rock Sioux Tribe Mni Wiconi. Water is life. Hear our story. Stand with us. Tell Obama #NoDAPL, DENY the easement. Call the White House today at 202-456-1111 or send a message to http://ift.tt/1S05VPP. “This film tells the story of our prayerful and peaceful demonstrations by water protectors that have motivated thousands of tribal members …

The New York Times Legal disputes have delayed construction, but the pipeline is nearly complete. cross-posted on Facebook

NPR Finds The Head Of A Covert Fake News Operation In The Suburbs “The whole idea from the start was to build a site that could kind of infiltrate the echo chambers of the alt-right,” says Jestin Coler, whose company, Disinfomedia, is behind fake news sites. cross-posted on Facebook

“Sheriff’s spokesman Rob Keller told NBC News that no water cannon were deployed and that water was sprayed from a fire truck to control fires as they were being set by activists. However, video posted to Facebook by activists clearly showed authorities spray a continuous stream of water over demonstrators in areas where there were …

Dutch immersion lesson of the day: Elfstedentocht TLDR: If the canals freeze over they throw a huge nation wide party. “As soon as a few days pass with sub-zero temperatures, the media start speculating about the chances for an Elfstedentocht. The longer the freezing temperatures stay, the more intense this “Elfstedenkoorts” (eleven cities fever) gets …

George Takei: They interned my family. Don’t let them do it to Muslims. The United States apologized for locking up Japanese Americans. Have we learned nothing? cross-posted on Facebook

Federal Reserve Chair Throws Cold Water On Trump’s Economic Plan Janet Yellen warned Congress Thursday the timing might not be right for infrastructure spending and questioned Donald Trump’s assertions that the Dodd-Frank stock market rules stifle economic growth. cross-posted on Facebook

No need for an NRT, just bulk shift all the charts by -2 meters.New Zealand quake lifted seabed by 2m The 7.8 magnitude earthquake that hit New Zealand’s South Island lifted up the seabed by two metres, pushing it above the ocean’s surface. cross-posted on Facebook

Astronauts launching to ISS in about 30 minutes!I fucking love science Watch live as three astronauts launch to the ISS. Three new crew members will begin their journey to the International Space Station today. The launch is scheduled for 3.20pm EST (8.20pm GMT) and you can watch it live right here. The three crew members …

Allie Drennan their doing a pilot of basic income here in Utrecht. But they can’t call it basic income…Dutch city plans to pay citizens a ‘basic income’, and Greens say it could work in the UK Utrecht takes step towards paying people a salary whether they work or not cross-posted on Facebook

How Cross-Cultural Dialogue Builds Critical Thinking and Empathy Generation Global helps students build empathy for those in different cultures by engaging in dialogue about their experiences. The goal is to make the exotic familiar. cross-posted on Facebook