The 13 Most Insane Things Happening Right Now (8/11)

The news reads like a very long PSA on why civilization was a bad idea. No reasonable person can be expected to keep up with every important headline while maintaining their sanity, so we have taken it upon ourselves to quickly summarize the most important and/or ridiculous news stories from the last week (or so):
Source: Washington Post
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Source: NBC News
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Source: Wired
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Source: BBC
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Sources: ComingSoon.net, RogerEbert.com
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Source: NPR
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Sources: Netflix blog, Washington Post
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Source: CNN
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Source: Variety
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Source: BBC
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Source: CBS News
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Source: BBC