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It’s been a week since Obama was reelected, and residents of many states are petitioning to secede from the United States. Most of these are Southern states, but even New York and New Jersey have sent letters. None of these cite the reelection, but suspiciously the rise in their arrival began last Tuesday… (Politico)

In a shocking but unsurprising turn of events, the puppeteer who played Elmo in Sesame Street has been accused of having a relationship with a sixteen-year old boy. This can’t go unprotested. #OccupySesameStreet (Detroit Free Press)

The Institute of International Education released its annual open doors survey yesterday, showing that US colleges are welcoming a record number of international students. These supposedly contribute $23 billion to the US economy every year, which still somehow doesn’t eliminate our student life fees. (Yahoo)

Oxford University Press has named “GIF” the word of the year for 2012. But the debate rages on, is it pronounced “jiff” or “giff”? (Wired)

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