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Syrian government airstrikes have killed at least 200 civilians over the past four days on the outskirts of Damascus. 1/25

Sixty-two percent of Americans fault Trump for not doing more to prevent mass shootings; sixty-six percent now support stronger gun laws. 2/25

Trump’s talk about regulating bump stocks is, again, likely only window dressing. 3/25

A bump stock maker ran a President’s Day special last weekend, and now its site is down after too many visits from eager buyers. 4/25

“You came through big for me, and I am going to come through for you,” Trump promised at the NRA’s convention last year. “To the NRA, I can proudly say I will never, ever let you down.” Worth remembering. 5/25

American teachers know that one day they may need to die for their students. 6/25

Inspired by Three Billboards, three real-life billboards in Miami troll Florida Senator Marc Rubio over gun control. 7/25

Thirteen percent of guns are purchased without a background check—not 40 percent, as Bernie Sanders likes to claim. 8/25

Despite hitting a record low in 2016, reported cases of measles jumped by 400% in Europe last year. 9/25

Video: Developing countries get diabetes, too. 10/25

The pace at which cash is vanishing in Sweden, the most cashless society on the planet, has authorities worried. 11/25

Venezuela’s new digital currency, the “petro,” is backed by oil reserves. 12/25

Apple and carmakers compete for control over cobalt, which is used to make batteries. 13/25

Yuri Milner, who owns eight percent of Facebook, has been coy about his funding. Much came from the Kremlin. 14/25

For decades, NYPD officers have used flimsy arrests as a scheme for generating overtime pay. 15/25

Malcolm Harris: Capitalism created a planned economy. It’s called Amazon. 16/25

Two meteorologists explain how the “Fujiwhara Effect” applies to Trump—his scandals are lessened for being among so many. 17/25

Poor people in India have the world’s best smiles! Says Donald Trump, Jr. 18/25

In other news: Donald Trump Jr. likes conspiracy theories about students who survived the Florida massacre. 19/25

A straight white guy tries to explain to the Donald Trump Jr.'s of the world exactly what “privilege” means. 20/25

See also: What is intersectionality and what does it have to do with me? 21/25

In remote northern Ethiopia, a lone priest makes an 800-foot climb each day, barefoot and without ropes, to reach a church carved out from the side of a mountain. 22/25

The legacy of Doug and Kris Tompkins, founders of The North Face and Esprit, is a National Park System in Chile. 23/25

How a small town in North Carolina became the world’s greatest producer of NBA talent. 24/25

A round-up of things that people found between the pages of old books. 25/25

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