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The oldest U.S. polar bear turned 37 years old and she had a better birthday than you(图1)

Coldilocks is the oldest Polar Bear in the United States and she celebrated her 37th birthday on Thursday at the Philadelphia Zoo.

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The average lifespan of polar bears in captivity is usually 23 years old according to zoo officials but Coldilocks is benefiting from personal care at the Philadelphia Zoo.

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Coldilocks was joined by some guests from the zoo who sang “Happy Birthday” and presented her with a peanut butter, honey, raisin, and fish-filled cake.

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Coldilocks previously lived with her partner Klondike until he died in 2015 at 34 years old.

Lets hope Coldilocks got some presents to go along with that wild cake.

The oldest U.S. polar bear turned 37 years old and she had a better birthday than you(图2)

Happy birthday! And here's to many more.

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Queer Eye's master of decor, Bobby Berk, is in Washington, D.C., for a week and he has some big plans.
Berk reached out to Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez on Twitter to let her know he's in the area and ready to help with any office decorating needs she may have.
"Have time ... will work for democracy!" he tweeted.
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Ocasio-Cortez, who appears to be just as big a fan of Berk as he is of her, replied to his tweet and extended a personal invite to the office.
"We've barely had time to hang anything up, three of my staffers are expecting babies, and we've got a bach pad/warehouse type of situation out here. SOS!" the 29-year-old Congresswoman tweeted.
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Though AOC's office sounds like it's in need of a Queer Eye glow-up, it does have one thing going for it: the "rainbow of positive Post-its" supporters left her now covers a wall.
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Though Ocasio-Cortez already has a flair for fashion and an inspiring level of confidence, we'd love to see a Congress-themed episode of Queer Eye.
Can you imagine her hanging out with Bobby, Jonathan, Tan, Antoni, and Karamo?
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Reuniting with teachers on Twitter is so incredibly wholesome
Most days, Twitter is a digital hellscape. But the social media platform isn't all bad. Sometimes it helps reunite old friends, and in extremely wholesome cases, it reunites people with their former teachers.
Student/teacher reunions are one of the most delightful interactions you can find on Twitter. And luckily for us, the summer of 2020 has brought together several noteworthy teachers and students.
The most recent reunion, which took place on Wednesday night, was between actor Kerry Washington and her eighth grade teacher, Tiffany Bluemle.
Washington hosted the third night of the 2020 Democratic National Convention on Wednesday. During her remarks, Washington gave a shoutout to her eighth grade teacher for teaching her about the Constitution.
"When I was in seventh or eighth grade, we memorized the preamble of the Constitution," Washington said. "And I've never forgotten it. The first 15 words of our Constitution are, 'We the People of the United States, in Order to form a more perfect Union.' We say 'more perfect' because our union is not without flaws."
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Bluemle, Washinton's former teacher, tweeted that she "nearly fell off the couch" when she heard the actor mention the eighth grade Constitutional Law class that she taught.
"I was her teacher. And so proud of her professional accomplishments and political advocacy," Bluemle wrote.
It wasn't long before Washington saw Bluemle's kind words, and tweeted her own response: "OMG!!!! Hi Thank you for watching!!!!! And thank you for inspiring me and sooo many other students!!!"
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Washington's heartfelt Twitter reunion with her eighth grade teacher came just days after Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez caught up with one of her former educators on the platform.
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Ocasio-Cortez's second grade teacher, Ms. Jacobs, replied to the tweet with supportive words, and the two shared and emotional moment.
"You've got this. Remember all those poems we recited together in 2nd grade? It was prep for this moment. You've got this," Jacobs wrote.
Ocasio-Cortez replied by saying, "Ms. Jacobs! Is that you?! Yes, I do remember the poems we recited in second grade! You prepared me perfectly for this moment. Thank you for teaching me, encouraging my growth, and believing in me as a child."
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Ms. Jacobs replied to her former student's tweet once more, and said, "You are my superhero!" She also said she still has the page Ocasio-Cortez wrote in her end-of-year teacher book, which we're going to need to see ASAP.
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Other Twitter users who have had especially influential teachers in their lives are able to appreciate reunions like these on a deeper level. And some just found it extremely touching to witness such unexpected reunions.
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For those who think that students are the only ones who benefit and learn from relationships with their teachers, just know, teachers cherish the bonds made, too. Just look at how much reconnecting meant to Ocasio-Cortez's second grade teacher.
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Stop sneeze-shaming. It isnt even a coronavirus symptom.
Stop sneeze-shaming. It isnt even a coronavirus symptom.
Everyone in the path of the novel coronavirus, which at this point is pretty much all of us, should know by now the best advice to avoid catching this highly communicable bug. Wash your hands frequently, for 20 seconds at a time, and stop touching your face. You should also know what pointless panicky behavior looks like: Wearing a mask when you're not actually sick and buying up all the toilet paper.
And then there's one behavior that seems like it might be sensible, but in fact falls under the panicky column. It has nothing to do with actual coronavirus symptoms, and only serves to increase the growing levels of fear and distrust. We speak of sneeze-shaming.
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According to the WHO and the CDC, the main symptoms(Opens in a new tab) of coronavirus are a fever, a dry cough, and difficulty breathing. Very few of the afflicted — some 5 percent, according to statistics from China — find themselves sneezing. "Runny nose is rarely a component of the illness," Dr. Marta Feldmesser, chief of medicine of infectious diseases at Lenox Hill Hospital, told(Opens in a new tab) the New York Post. "If people start sneezing, that's not something that should trigger concerns."
Someone should tell that to the sneeze-shamers, whose overblown reaction in recent days is starting to look a little like this:
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There is, of course, a perfectly innocent reason to find yourself sneezing around this time of year. Spring has sprung across much of the U.S., and it's a particularly bad one for the more than 50 million Americans who suffer from seasonal allergies. California plants have already begun their annual shedding; as I write this, the pollen count in both the north and south of the state is ranked(Opens in a new tab) "medium-high." Thanks to above-average rainfall and temperatures, meteorologists are forecasting(Opens in a new tab) a "long and severe" season for tree, weed, and grass pollen.
The perfect storm of allergy season and coronavirus panic seems almost designed to increase paranoia among a fearful population. "As an allergy sufferer, I can't deal with the glares," one sneeze-shamed California friend told me. "It's frustrating as hell." Her response breaks down into one of two categories: saying "don't worry, it's just allergies" if there are kids present; "resting bitch face" if there aren't.

At a coronavirus press conference, Massachusetts Secretary of Health and Human Services Marylou Sudders demonstrates the proper way to cover a sneeze. Credit: Jessica Rinaldi / The Boston Globe via Getty Images

Of course, allergy sufferers should still follow good sneeze etiquette. Sneezing into the crook of your elbow is the best way to contain it; sneezing into a disposable tissue is also acceptable. If the sneeze sneaks up on you and you use your hands by accident — well, now you have another good use for all that hand sanitizer you're carrying around these days. (Again, washing your hands for 20 seconds is the best response.)
If you must grumble or glare in public, reserve it for the buffoons who cough on their cellphone screens like it's some kind of modern-day handkerchief (and like it isn't full of germs already). Disapprove of people coming into the office(Opens in a new tab) when they're clearly sick, so long as your main focus is on whether their employer has a retrograde work-from-home policy that forces them to come in.
Never forget, however, that coronavirus causes fever, coughing, and labored breathing. If you're worried about someone who's out and about when you think they shouldn't be, look for beads of sweat on their forehead. The logical (if extreme) preventative measure is to do what this Orange County, California restaurant(Opens in a new tab) chain has started doing to all its customers: test their temperature at the door. Perhaps in the future we'll all wear forehead temperature gauges in public during outbreaks, just to reassure the excessively nervous.
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This happened when Redditor u/sporite(opens in a new tab) went onto to the Ask Reddit(opens in a new tab) subreddit to get a general idea of what videos—viral or not—always manage to make Reddit users laugh hysterically. The result was a thread that contained a buffet of the best YouTube videos that are absolutely hilarious.
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This video is both hilarious and precious. You need to absolutely check out how impeccable this doggo's impression of an emergency siren is.
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RIP Vine, we hardly knew ye. This iconic 5 second clip of someone clearly not getting the point is a staple among those in Reddit. It's dark humor at its finest.
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This doggo was so excited to compete in the Agility Test at Crufts 2017. He was speedy, but he didn't necessarily keep his eyes on the prize, or his owner for that matter.
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Cookie Monster apparently has an affinity for German industrial metal music. Watch this amazing collab between Rammstein and Cookie Monster that Reddit apparently hails as the world's most iconic duo.
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And with a single plate of cookies, two of the world's biggest pop stars declared peace.
Katy Perry waved the sweetest white flag on Tuesday night when she uploaded an Instagram of a plate of cookies with "Peace At Last" spelled out in red frosting. The countertop kicker? She tagged none other than her ex(?) pop nemesis, Taylor Swift.

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In addition to the tag, she also wrote "feels good 🧡 " in the caption. The location? "Let's Be Friends." If clicked, it drops a pin on the map in Monterrey, Mexico. Interesting.
Adding fuel to the fire, as she does, Swift commented 13 pink heart emojis.

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Like a suitcase on vacation, there's a lot to unpack here. Before we do, though, let's quickly take a jaunt down memory lane.
The feud between Katy Perry and Taylor Swift dates back to 2014, when an alleged falling out(Opens in a new tab) occurred because both pop stars wanted to have the same dancers on tour with them. Swift even told Rolling Stone(Opens in a new tab) that her song "Bad Blood" was about another female pop star, explaining, "She basically tried to sabotage an entire arena tour. She tried to hire a bunch of people out from under me."
A day after the interview was released, Perry posted a cryptic Mean Girls-esque tweet(Opens in a new tab), prompting fans to theorize that it was about Swift. Fast forward to 2017, during Perry's infamously rocky release of her album Witness, she brought up her feud with Swift, saying, "I'm ready to let it go.(Opens in a new tab)"
A year later, in May of 2018, Perry sent Swift a literal olive branch on the first night of Swift's Reputation tour. The plant seemed to signify that amends had been made.
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Now, in 2019, both singers are getting ready to release new albums, so the timing of their plated partnership is raising a lot of questions.
1. Does this mean there's a collab coming?
Perhaps the biggest head scratcher here is whether or not this plate of baked goods means that the two have been in the studio together. Personally, I'd like to believe that, yes, they have. And yes, if they recorded something, it's going to be the bop of the century.
2. Who baked the cookies?
Swift is known to be an avid baker(Opens in a new tab), so it's likely that she provided the feud-ending dough and beef-is-over oven.
3. Are they at Taylor's house or Katy's?
This is a tricky one, because I'm almost positive marble countertops are a standard in pop star homes. However, a quick zoom will show a marble lazy Susan, covered with polaroids. Given Swift's obsession with polaroids(Opens in a new tab), it's more likely that she is the owner of a marble lazy susan piled with polaroids. But that's just a marble inkling I have. A rare glimpse into Swift's Beverly Hills home during her 73 Questions(Opens in a new tab) interview with Vogue reveals some very similar marble counters in the singer's kitchen. Just saying.
4. What kind of chocolate chips did they use?
My gut says Toll House.
5. Is this just a stunt to get publicity?
If it is, it's working. Again, both are coming out with new music, so it wouldn't be surprising if this is their way of getting everyone hungry for a duet.
6. Have they been secretly hanging out all this time?
Honestly, probably! Swift has been known for keeping a very, very, very low profile recently, so it's easy to see her sneaking off to Perry's house, perhaps in a suitcase(Opens in a new tab).
7. What if there's cyanide in the cookies?
I had to ask.
8. Who else was in the room where it happened?
Orlando? Joe? The Haim sisters? The possibilities are literally ENDLESS.
9. Why does the photo's location tag lead to Mexico?
While I'm pretty positive that this is just a case of using a random location tag for the name of it, we can't ignore it. Though, on second thought, it is Perry's post, not Swift's, so it's probably a meaningless coincidence and not an Easter egg.
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10. Did they feed any of the cookies to Swift's cats?
Probably not.
11. Did they enjoy a glass of wine with their peace meal?
Probably.
12. Did they listen to their new singles and dance around the kitchen in the refrigerator light?
It's entirely possible.
13. Is this the beginning of a beautiful friendship?
I hope so!
I'm going to keep the defibrillator close, in case they do end up doing a collab. Because if that happens, my heart will surely stop.

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Twitter users call out bugs and broken features on the platform
Twitter users call out bugs and broken features on the platform
It seems Twitter is full of bugs, and the exterminator won't be stopping by any time soon. The writing was on the wall. After massive rolling layoffs in November and December, Twitter's staff is dwindling. The company closed its Seattle office(Opens in a new tab) late last year, but not before things got so bad that employees started bringing their own toilet paper(Opens in a new tab) to work. Earlier this week, Twitter employees were evicted from their Singapore office(Opens in a new tab) due to unpaid rent.
The absence of those workers is now felt while using the site: features are visibly on the fritz, repeatedly glitching and bugging out. Users are making note of the issues, but Twitter doesn't seem to be paying attention. Instead of fixing them, they've been messing with features like image display and view counts — things that don't need changing in the first place. The lights at Twitter may be on, but is anyone actually home?
Here's a rundown of what users say need fixing right now:
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A video stops playing midway through, but its audio keeps playing, or the clip restarts
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A video's sound continues to play even after you've scrolled past it, or have left Twitter and opened another app
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Videos automatically mute when you like them
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Making edits to a tweet with a video turns that video into an image
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Edited tweets appear at the top of the home feed, sometimes multiple times
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Replies don't show up in notifications
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Both following and unfollowing an account increases its follower count.
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Tweets of users you have blocked can still be seen for a split second when first opened, and so can tweets that were deleted quickly after being posted.
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Michelle Obama on Trump: You don’t get results when you go low
Michelle Obama on Trump: You don’t get results when you go low
When they go low, Michelle Obama still goes high.
Though she's no longer America's first lady, Obama continues to use her voice to inspire people, and as she kicked off her Becoming book tour this week she reminded everyone how important it is to take the high road.
In an interview(opens in a new tab) with CBS This Morning's Gayle King, Obama explained why "going low" and behaving like Donald Trump has in the White House won't work in the end.
"Going low means you're operating from your place of emotion. It doesn't necessarily mean you're operating from a place of results," she explained. "More often than not, you don't get results when you go low. You just get your attitude out."
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Obama then went on to address Trump more closely, calling out how presidents especially have a responsibility to carefully consider each word and action.
SEE ALSO: Michelle Obama says she can 'never forgive' Donald Trump

"When you're in the White House and you have that platform and that responsibility where every word matters, you're often thinking — or at least Barack and I often thought — 'Is what we’re about to say going to help?' Is it going to move the needle forward? Or is it just going to make us feel vindicated in the moment?'"
"You learn that vindication in the moment is so short-term," she said.
"Going high doesn’t mean you don’t feel... that you don't acknowledge hurt or pain or anger."
"Going 'high' doesn’t mean you don’t feel and have feelings and that you don’t express feelings, that you don't acknowledge hurt or pain or anger," she went on. "That’s not what going high is. Going high means you have that feeling and how do you put that feeling in the world and how do you do that responsibly?'"
And though Obama has experienced her fair share of challenges throughout the course of her eight years in the White House and since leaving, she still holds her motto close to her heart and feels optimistic about the country's future.
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"I lived in the country. I traveled the country. I saw the heart of who we are. Forget race or party or ethnicity or gender," she said.
"[Whether] people agree with us or not, people were kind, people are worried, people have issues. But everybody's working for the same thing. The same goal. And I got to see that part of America."

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