For a quick read about memes in Africa (specifically the DRC), see an article I wrote with my colleague Dr. Ribio Nzeza Bunketi Buse, a prof of communication at the University of Kinshasa. theconversation.com/how-memes-in-t…

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Le Louvre fermé hier pour cause de pickpockets ow.ly/jXlZe

Check out the new NYPL Digital Collections beta site! Courtesy of NYPL Technology + NYPL Labs Feedback welcome! ow.ly/lMnKI

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Ocean acidification at highest for 300m years and mass extinctions may already be inevitable t.gu.com/prY1A

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'Obama's funeral selfie is a fitting end to my Tumblr – Selfies at Funerals' gu.com/p/3y574/tw Selfies At Funerals Guardian Opinion

Ancient Chinese cat bones shake up domestication theory: gu.com/p/3y9tb/tf

Princess Margaret’s morning routine c 1955. Yassgirl.

People killed annually by Sharks 10 Elephants 100 Hippos 500 Snails 10,000 Dogs 25,000 Snakes 50,000 People 475,000 Mosquitoes 725,000

Early 20th-century photographs of animals form an archive of how we use animals, from clothing and meat to scientific experiment. Aeon Video: ow.ly/ou5P30hJhNJ

Expulsion.