My open Instant Articles feed

My open Instant Articles feed Friday, February 26, 2016 by Dave Winer I believe this is the first public and live Instant Articles feed.  http://scripting.com/fb/rss.xml  As you can see it’s also RSS 2.0, something I’m quite proud of.  When I was developing my Instant Articles feed, I desperately needed a working example to follow. It…

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The boomer supremacy: The dominance of baby boomers is becoming total | The Monthly

Mike Baird, the premier of New South Wales, can’t have been prepared for this. Two months ago he was probably the most popular politician in Australia, presenting a wet Liberal surfer persona that gelled with the state’s better nature. There were travel concessions for asylum seekers. There was an earthy social media presence. Talking to…

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Chris Rock’s Oscars monologue stuns: “When your grandmother’s swinging from a tree it’s really hard to care about best documentary foreign short” – Salon.com

Chris Rock opened the 88th Academy Awards on ABC tonight with a bang, addressing diversity amongst the nominees pointedly and at times, brilliantly. Rock was called on to quit his hosting gig for the ceremony from some observers after the all-white list of nominees was announced by the Academy. The resulting #OscarsSoWhite conversation pushed Will…

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Jeff Sessions endorses Donald Trump – Business Insider

Tom Pennington/Getty ImagesDonald Trump.Sen. Jeff Sessions of Alabama endorsed Republican presidential frontrunner Donald Trump’s campaign on Sunday. Trump announced the endorsement alongside Sessions at a massive campaign rally in Madison, Alabama. “At this time in America’s history, we need to make America great again!” Sessions exclaimed, echoing Trump’s campaign slogan. “I am pleased to endorse Donald Trump…

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Chris Christie Struggles To Explain Trump Endorsement In Train Wreck TV Interview

New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie (R) had trouble on Sunday explaining his decision to endorse Donald Trump’s candidacy for president in light of his past differences with the Republican front-runner. On ABC’s “This Week,” George Stephanopoulos asked Christie question after question about his previous criticism of Trump. Whether it was Trump’s plan to get Mexico to pay…

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Milo Yiannopoulos says college rape culture is a myth.

  Milo Yiannopoulos.Photo illustration by Lisa Larson-Walker. Photo by Kmeron/LeWeb/Flickr CC. This post originally appeared on Inside Higher Ed. In a packed auditorium Wednesday, several students at the University of Minnesota, Twin Cities, interrupted ultradivisive conservative writer and speaker Milo Yiannopoulos with blaring air horns. Outside, more student protesters held signs reading “End rape culture”…

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DNC vice chair resigns, endorses Sanders, blasts Clinton’s “interventionist, regime change policies” – Salon.com

Congresswoman Tulsi Gabbard, vice chair of the Democratic National Committee, resigned on Sunday in order to endorse presidential candidate Bernie Sanders. Gabbard — who was the first Hindu and first American Samoan to be elected to Congress, as well as the youngest person ever elected to the Hawaii legislature, at age 21 — commended the…

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