Friday Links (spooky season edition)

It's a Friday! And it's the final Friday in October! Halloween is only days away!

This week was better at work. Still scrambling toward crazy deadlines. At home, still trying to wrap things up before NaNoWriMo starts.

Anyway, here are links to some of the interesting things I read on the web this week, sorted into various topic areas.

Links of the Week

Deodorant Ad Perfectly Nails What’s Wrong With The Trans Bathroom Debate.

Kickstarted in the Butt: A Chuck Tingle Digital Adventure.

This week in white privilege

Bundy Brothers Acquitted in Takeover of Oregon Wildlife Refuge.

This Week in Difficult to Classify

Ballot selfies: A look at where they are allowed or not. Bet you didn't know that it's illegal to take a picture of your ballot in some states...

This week in awful news

As Standing Rock Protesters Face Down Armored Trucks, the World Watches on Facebook.

Developing: 100+ Militarized Police Raiding #NoDAPL Resistance Camp Blocking Pipeline’s Path.

This week in evil people

Former WikiLeaks Employee James Ball Describes Working With Julian Assange.

News for queers and our allies:

Ex-gospel singer drags black Christians in song who shame him for being gay.

Why ‘LGBTQ’ Will Replace ‘LGBT’.

Most football fans would have ‘no problem’ with gay players – but 8% would.

This 93-year-old gay man powerfully explains why he doesn't want a pardon from the U.K. government. A pardon implies it was a crime that needs forgiving, whereas the crime was that the original laws against being gay existed at all.

Politicizing Homophobia: How Director Otto Preminger Challenged Hollywood—Then and Now.

Remembering Jerry Smith, a gay NFL star who never got his due.

Loving the Whole Me: A Bisexual Mom on Coming Out to Her Family.

Gibraltar unanimously legalizes marriage equality.

Orlando Magic honors victims of Pulse Orlando terror attack.

Science!

Gene Study Clears ‘Patient Zero’ As Cause Of U.S. HIV Epidemic. Scientists have long suspected that HIV had been circulating in the U.S. for a decade before the first few AIDS cases were identified in Los Angeles 1981.

Physicists Beat Yet Another Challenge To Dark Matter's Existence.

Six contractors have begun work on NASA’s gateway to deep space.

Science Fiction, Fantasy and Speculation!

Larry Niven's Ringworld: A Sexist Sci-Fi "Classic".

Connie Willis: Open Channel.

This week in Writing

The Election and Productivity.

Almost November again, and that means it’s NaNoWriMo time!

IF WOMEN WROTE MEN THE WAY MEN WRITE WOMEN.

7 Things You Need to Know About Plotting and Editing.

This Week in Tech

Chinese IoT device manufacturer recalls products amidst mass DDoS attacks.

This Week in Inclusion

Escapism & Representation.

MARLON JAMES: WHY I’M DONE TALKING ABOUT DIVERSITY.

Culture war news:

Democrats Draw Line Over LGBT Provision in Defense Authorization Bill.

Voter Suppression Is a Much Bigger Problem Than Voter Fraud.

Support of Trump exposes ugliness, hypocrisy of religious right.

Trump's popularity with evangelicals is a disaster for the religious right.

A Lawsuit Challenges Utah’s Ban on Students and Teachers Saying Nice Things About Gay People.

Church drops lawsuit on transgender bathroom issue.

The Mormon church has a new campaign for LGBTQ acceptance—but it’s still insanely homophobic.

LifeWay pulls Hatmaker books over LGBT views of the author. For some christians, dehumanizing LGBT people is more important than loving us.

This Week Regarding the Lying Liar:

Donald Trump ‘crossed a line,’ made Al Smith dinner ‘uncomfortable,’ namesake’s great-great-grandson says.

WHY DONALD TRUMP HAS NEVER WON A LIBEL CASE.

Man waving “Blacks for Trump” sign at rallies is former member of violent cult.

Many Trump Supporters Want Trump TV — But Don’t Want To Pay For It.

This week in Politics:

Jill Stein Blames John Oliver for Declining Donations, Continues to Double Down on Dangerous Ideas.

Defense Secretary Orders Suspension of Attempts to Recoup Bonuses From Veterans.

Sanders is prepared to be a liberal thorn in Clinton’s side.

anders raises $2.4 million on Ryan's budget panel warning.

Attempting To Woo Latino Voters, Marco Rubio Gets Booed At Orlando Festival.

Why Do So Many People Hate Hillary? Meet Your Press.

Rep. Ellison calls for DOJ to investigate Joe Walsh tweet.

Chris Christie's epic collapse.

This Week in Racism

Meet the Dapper White Nationalist Who Wins Even if Trump Loses.

This Week in Internalized Homophobia

“STRAIGHT ACTING” GAY MEN ARE 37% MORE LIKELY TO BELIEVE FEMININE GAYS GIVE THE COMMUNITY A BAD NAME, STUDY FINDS.

This Week in Hate Crimes

White high schoolers in Miss. put noose around black student’s neck and ‘yanked,’ NAACP says.

Farewells:

RIP, Sheri Tepper.

Sci-Fi and Mystery Author Sheri S. Tepper, 1929-2016.

Sheri S. Tepper (1929-2016).

Pete Burns, frontman of Dead Or Alive, dies aged 57.

Dead or Alive singer Pete Burns dies at 57.

In Unmourned Departures:

R.I.P. Jack Chick, comics scaremonger.

Dead To Rights: Based on characters created by Jack T. Chick.

Things I wrote:

Oppressed oppressors: make America great like it was before The Homosexuals….

Why I hate hay fever reason #6312.

Stay Sane Inside Insanity – more of why I love sf/f.

Videos!

Hallelujah - Pentatonix:



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Eli Lieb acoustic cover of Britney Spears' Make Me:



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Sweet Transvestite as performed on September 17th 2015 in the Playhouse Theatre, London, with David Badella as Frank N Furter:



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I Put A Spell On You - Bette Midler - Hocus Pocus :



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Friday Links (bad hombres edition)

It's a Friday! And it's the third Friday in October! Halloween is sooooooo close!

I'm still trying to recover from the cold/flu thing, so I haven't had much energy to do anything other than work.

Anyway, here are links to some of the interesting things I read on the web this week, sorted into various topic areas.

Links of the Week

Why I Was a Teenage Hoarder. “only some compulsive hoarding is comprised of the need to acquire; many hoarders are driven only by the need to retain.”

"They Were Taken Alive, We Want Them Back Alive!" (Artists for Empathy, Part 2).

This Week in Restoring Our Faith in Humanity

City says liens against Pulse nightclub property will be nixed.

This week in mildly unnerving

Hospital Ward Gripped by Mysterious Hallucinations Quarantined After Five Fall Ill.

This week in Comments, Trolls, and Wankers

A third of pro-Trump tweets are generated by bots.

Twitter's troll problem likely killed Disney's bid.

Anti-Semitic Posts, Many From Trump Supporters, Surge on Twitter.

This Week in Difficult to Classify

The white flight of Derek Black: one man's journey out of White Supremacy.

Voices From Wells Fargo: ‘I Thought I Was Having a Heart Attack’.

News for queers and our allies:

The most important gay rights case since marriage equality was won.

LBGT Students Are Not Safe at School.

New survey finds more U.S. cities protecting LGBTQ rights.

MICHELLE VISAGE HELPS GAY TEEN FIND SHELTER AFTER HE WAS KICKED OUT OF PARENTS’ HOUSE.

Hillary Clinton: “It is important that we not reverse marriage equality”.

Thousands of Men to Be Pardoned for Gay Sex, Once a Crime in Britain.

The Gay Film That Survived the Nazis Is Premiering in NYC.

Science!

5 Ways to Deal With a Psychopath.

A possible ninth planet may be the reason for a tilt in our solar system.

Radio galaxies: the mysterious, secretive “beasts” of the Universe.

Biggest map of giant voids and clusters in the universe solves major cosmological puzzle.

'Extremely rare' ancient swordfish fossils unearthed in outback Queensland.

Science Fiction, Fantasy and Speculation!

Mary W. Shelley: Life After the Monster.

GeekGirlCon Seattle 2016.

This week in Writing

Ann Leckie: On Blacklisting.

This Week in Tech

Samsung Issues Takedown On Video Of Grand Theft Auto 5 Mod Turning Galaxy Note 7 Into A Weapon.

Samsung sets up airport kiosks for last-minute Galaxy Note 7 exchanges.

7 LESSONS FROM SAMSUNG’S GALAXY NOTE 7 CRISIS.

This Week in Inclusion

There were enough women outlaws in the old west to justify an entire nonfiction comic series.

This week in Topics Most People Can't Be Rational About

First criminal case filed from Washington state's two year old background check law.

Culture war news:

After Pulse, coalition wants to drive change on gun laws.

GOP State Lawmakers Sign Brief Opposing Same-Sex Benefits.

Outrageous! Felony Charges Given to Journalist Filming Anti-Pipeline Protest.

How Trump Took Hate Groups Mainstream.

Louisiana attorney general wins court victory in fight against gay rights order.

Memo For The NY Times - The US Has Inequality, Not Child Poverty.

‘Calm down, dear’: how bishops talk down to gay people – by leading bishop.

Hyperpartisan Facebook Pages Are Publishing False And Misleading Information At An Alarming Rate.

This Week Regarding the Lying Liar:

Burning Down the House.

How Trump's Casino Bankruptcies Screwed His Workers out of Millions in Retirement Saving.

Trump Incorrectly Blames Clinton Campaign For Rally Violence.

Hillary Clinton’s 3 debate performances left the Trump campaign in ruins.

This week in Politics:

‘Rigged?’ Western PA Republican circulates fake meme about online voting in PA.

Miami Herald recommends Patrick Murphy for U.S. Senate.

Inequality Defines the American Election.

Why Was There No LGBT Question in the Debates?

RNC Warns Against Poll Watching, Citing Decades-Old Court Decree.

The American Public Overwhelmingly Sides with Clinton over Trump on Immigration Policy and Politics.

This Week in Racism

How Interracial Romance 'Loving' Became the Most Relevant Movie This Election Season. Ruth Negga and Joel Edgerton star in the true-life story of Richard and Mildred Loving, a Virginia couple arrested in 1958 for marrying.

New report details Trump-inspired surge in anti-Semitism.

This Week in Hate Crimes

'Walking while trans' can be a death sentence in the U.S..

This Week in Misogyny

The silver lining of Trump's misogyny? More men are decrying his ways.

'I refuse to be victimized anymore': Former WA first lady on sexual harassment.

2016’S MANIFEST MISOGYNY.

Think It’s #NotAllMen? These 4 Facts Prove You’re Just Plain Wrong.

Farewells:

Bhumibol, a King of the People, Leaves Them to the Generals.

Things I wrote:

Amazing and heart-wrenching: Cracked explains this election so accurately it hurts.

Judging or policing, or maybe just taking note.

False dichotomies: talking weather, mostly.

Trust the reader to keep up.

Videos!

Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 Sneak Peek:



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BAD HOMBRES, NASTY WOMEN (ft. "Weird Al" Yankovic):



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Cher: I Got You Bae:



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Friday Links (smart cuttlefish edition)

It's a Friday! And it's the second Friday in October! Tomorrow is the third Saturday, though, so we'll be hosting Writers' Night, which means it's even closer to Jack O'Lantern time that it seems!

This has been a weird week. Started out absolutely wonderful with Geek Girl Con last weekend, then back to work for extra special busy-ness (always the case when you take time off), and then a bunch of us at the office all came down sick in the middle of the week. A bit over 24 hours after the first symptoms hit me, I seem to be over it. But it means that I didn't do as much reading this week as usual, so this week's list of links is a bit shorter than usual.

Anyway, here are links to some of the interesting things I read on the web this week, sorted into various topic areas.

Links of the Week

Hillary’s Honorary Gay Nephew On Why She’s The Right Woman For The Job. Hot sauce on eggs to keep you healthy ^_^

News for queers and our allies:

Republican Texas Judge Officiates Gay Wedding, Comes Out As A Democrat.

Drunk History Recaps the Stonewall Riots and Honors Marsha P. Johnson.

Iconic Gay Magazine XY Returns For A New Generation.

Science!

Decades-Old Mystery Put To Rest: Why Are There X's In The Desert?

Earth-like planets in solar system ‘habitable zones’ to be photographed for 1st time.

High blood pressure drugs impact depression, bipolar disorder.

Researchers are trying to figure out how to change your brain so you can learn like a kid again.

Physicists just witnessed quasiparticles forming for the first time ever.

Cuttlefish Can Count to Five.

The GOP’s Denial of Science Primed Them for the Illogic of Trump.

Anti-Vaxx Group Wants to Know Why Study They Funded Shows No Link Between Vaccines and Autism.

Try Not to Cry While Watching Earth Rise From the Moon in HD.

The bones in the Smithsonian’s ‘whale warehouse’ are relics of a lost world.

Why many ‘deadly’ gene mutations are turning out to be harmless..

Science Fiction, Fantasy and Speculation!

The H Word: The Darkest, Truest Mirrors.

GeekGirlCon panel highlights how there’s no age limit on being a fangirl.

Costumes of GeekGirlCon 2016.

GeekGirlCon: What the rest of the tech industry can learn from women in games.

This week in Writing

Bob Dylan Awarded Nobel Prize in Literature.

Reactions to Bob Dylan’s Nobel Prize: Shock, elation and concern for Philip Roth. If you're the kind of person who thinks Philip Roth has been robbed every time that the committee handed out the Nobel Prize in literature to anyone else, I can't help you.

This Week in History

What We Lose When We Don’t Teach LGBTQ History In Schools.

Culture war news:

The White House Must Be Exorcised Of Bisexual Native American Demons, Says Christian Write. Exorcised? No, sounds like the start of a great party!

North Carolina governor and wife 'shunned' over HB2 - even by friends.

Religion is the “Biggest Bully in the Room,” Says Gay Writer.

Suspended Anti-gay Alabama Chief Justice Roy Moore asked to clean out office, turn over keys.

Liberty University students protest association with Trump.

This week in so-called Christians

If Donald Trump has done anything, he has snuffed out the Religious Right. The author of this op-ed is the president of the Ethics & Religious Liberty Commission of the Southern Baptist Convention. And while his comments about the hypocrisy of some of his co-religionist is correct, he isn't quite right about why young people are fleeing the church.

Pew Research Center: Why America’s ‘nones’ left religion behind.

This is the last spastic breath from the Religious Right before its overdue death.

Strong evangelical support for Donald Trump this election year has baffled many inside and outside of Christian conservative circles.

This week in rape culture

Donald and Billy on the Bus."Such has it always been: powerful men sorting women’s bodies into property and trash and “good” guys, average guys, guys you know, guys you love, guys on the “Today” show, going along with it. Snickering." "But here is the thing, the big thing, that Paul D. Ryan and Reince Priebus and Mike Pence and all the spineless Billy Bushes of the world (and plenty of progressive men too, for that matter) don’t understand: Most of you are no better than Mr. Trump; you are just more subtle."

This Week Regarding the Lying Liar:

Trump Warns Of Dark Conspiracy By Clinton, Media, And International Banks.

Read the New York Times’ response to Donald Trump’s lawyers. It really is good!

A Timeline of Donald Trump's Creepiness While He Owned Miss Universe.

How Trump’s Squirming Supporters Tried to Spin the New York Times Report.

Why My East Texas Neighbors are Voting for Trump: It’s not because they’re stupid rednecks. Well... The difference between willfully ignorant and stupid is an awful thin line...

Trump, the GOP, and the Fall. “But note well: Donald Trump is not a black swan, an unforeseen event erupting upon an unsuspecting Republican Party. He is the end result of conscious and deliberate choices by the GOP, going back decades, to demonize its opponents, to polarize and obstruct, to pursue policies that enfeeble the political weal and to yoke the bigot and the ignorant to their wagon and to drive them by dangling carrots that they only ever intended to feed to the rich.”

This week in Politics:

Christie Now Faces Official Misconduct Complaint Over Bridgegate.

Why it matters: Outcome of presidential race has implications for LGBT rights.

Married Republican apologises for sexting teenage boy.

Hillary Clinton is proposing a policy to tackle deep poverty.

Things I wrote:

Geek Girl Con.

Come Out and Celebrate!

Little things can make or break your story.

Videos!

Thriller Parody - Sofonda Cox:



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HRC Celebrates National Coming Out Day 2016:



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KELLY CLARKSON - INVINCIBLE PARODY:



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103 Years of Drag Queen Fashion | Vanity Fair:



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Randy Newman - Putin (Official Audio):



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Years & Years - Meteorite (Official Video):



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Friday Links (12th century gay werewolf edition)

It's a Friday! And it's the first Friday in October! That means it's almost jack o'lantern season. Hurrah!

My hubby and I are going to GeekGirlCon tomorrow and I'm soooooo looking forward to it! I need a vacation. Let's hope this one doesn't get interrupted.
v Anyway, here are links to some of the interesting things I read on the web this week, sorted into various topic areas.

Links of the Week

‘Superhero’ Dethrones ‘Princess’ As Favorite Kids’ Costume.

How Pennsylvania Rye Whiskey Lost Its Way: The near-extinction of America’s oldest brands and the death of a spirits category. This is actually a history of the American rye whiskey industry from the turn of the previous century to today, and is fascinating!

A gay werewolf tale from the 12th century.

This Week in Restoring Our Faith in Humanity

Famed Target Cashier Gets A Big Reward For His Viral Act Of Kindness.

This week in mass hysteria

The Wave of Evil Clown Sightings Is Nothing to Worry About. It Happens Every Few Years!

Here Are The Best And Most Ridiculous Evil Clown Safety Alerts.
v 'Killer Clowns': Inside the Terrifying Hoax Sweeping America.

Clowns were creepy long before they were fun.
v Professional clowns fighting back against ‘scary clown’ image.

Clown sightings: the day it all began.."Sociologist Robert Bartholomew at Botany College in New Zealand has studied mass hysteria for decades, and said the current clown scare is a result of two rising forces in the US: social media, and a fear of otherness"

This week in evil people

Creepy: This story about Ted Bundy before anyone knew he was killing women.

British book dealer slain for his first edition of 'The Wind in the Willows,' prosecutors say.

News for queers and our allies:

For many LGBTQ people, even a routine doctor visit can be a ‘degrading experience’.

How Exclusion From the Military Strengthened Gay Identity in America.

'Follow your current and love yourself': Meet the mermen swimming against stereotypes.

Kylie Minogue And Fiance Joshua Sasse Vow Not To Marry Until Same-Sex Marriage Is Legalized in Australia.

This week in weather

http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/ct-hurricane-matthew-florida-20161007-story.html.

Hurricane Matthew Makes Old Problems Worse for Haitians.

Why the 'tough love' on Hurricane Matthew evacuation?

Matt Drudge's Hurricane Conspiracy Theory Comment Is Irresponsible In The Worst Way.

Conservative Hurricane Truthers Downplay Danger Of Hurricane Matthew.

Orlando’s first post-Pulse pride celebration was postponed this due to the change in course of Hurricane Matthew.

Science!

Implication of sabotage adds intrigue to SpaceX investigation.

The Human Remembering Machine.

What if PTSD Is More Physical Than Psychological?

Scientists gave squirrels fitness trackers and found that males are lazy and females do all the work.

UW professor is co-winner of Nobel Prize in physics.

Science Fiction, Fantasy and Speculation!

Stopping Harassment After the Fact Just Isn't Good Enough.

Quick Thoughts - Some Opinions on the State of Short Fiction.

Real-Life Superhero Roxane Gay Is Writing Queer Black Women Into Comics.

The Rocky Horror Picture Show and four decades of queer sci fi punk.
v Three Easy Steps to Fix the World Fantasy Convention.
v A Gallery of George Salter F&SF Covers.

And other news:

45 YEARS AFTER ATTICA UPRISING, PRISONERS ARE REBELLING AGAIN.

Man Steals Barrel Full Of $1.5 Million Worth Of Gold Flakes.

This week in Writing

WHAT MAKES A CHILDREN’S BOOK GOOD?

The doxxing of Elena Ferrante: the uproar over the novelist’s secret identity, explained.

This Week in History

British Fascist leader fo short shrift from his Welsh audiences.

This Week in Tech

Security Design: Stop Trying to Fix the User.

Yahoo 'secretly monitored emails on behalf of the US government'.

More details: Yahoo Adapted Email-Scanning Spam Filter to Satisfy 'Secret Court Order' Related to Terrorist Hunt.

Why an iPhone master key is better than a backdoor, but still too dangerous.

This Week in Police Problems

Why It’s So Hard to Stop Bad Cops From Getting New Police Jobs.

In the Chicago Police Department, If the Bosses Say It Didn’t Happen, It Didn’t Happen: story of a massive criminal gang operating within the police department.

Culture war news:

The states that siphon welfare money to stop abortion.

GOP Candidate: There's A Secret Gay Plot To Sodomize Your Children.
v Pope warns of 'ideological colonization' in transgender teachings.

Louisiana governor sues his attorney general for not following LGBTQ protections.

Leaked Videos Show Mormon Leaders Getting Possibly Classified Information from a U.S. Senator.

My Homeschooled Friend Killed Himself, And His Family Wouldn’t Talk About It.

Jack Falahee and Conrad Ricamora Speak Out After Philippine TV Censors Gay ‘HTGAWM’ Kiss.

This Week Regarding the Lying Liar:

Donald Trump: Terroristic Man-Toddler.

Don’t underestimate Cosmo. Women’s magazines are taking on Trump.

DONALD TRUMP'S TAX RECORDS: A TALE OF BUSINESS FAILURES.

Pence Spends Entire Vice Presidential Debate Pretending Trump Doesn't Exist.

Here's Why Mike Pence Advised Against Hiring Gay People: He also has opinions on "gaydom".

6 things Donald Trump definitely said that Mike Pence claimed he didn’t.

Democratic Congressman: Trump Will “Gut You,” “Walk Over Your Cold Dead Body”.

Mike Pence’s Defining Moment As Governor? Enabling An HIV Outbreak.

POLITICS George Takei Just Destroyed Mike Pence In Epic Tweetstorm.

This week in Politics:

Stephen Colbert Rips Mike Pence’s Anti-Gay Record in VP Debate Wrap-Up: WATCH.

Texas Newspaper Destroys The Myth That Hillary Clinton Is The Lesser Of Two Evils.

Whitewater Prosecutor Backs Hillary.

Years before ‘Aleppo moment,’ Gary Johnson showed little interest in details of governing.

Judges Who Are Elected Like Politicians Tend to Act Like Them.

Don’t Hold Your Breath For Gender Parity In Congress — It Could Take Another 100 Years.

For the third time since The Atlantic’s founding 159 years ago, the editors endorse a candidate for president. The case for Hillary Clinton.

Hillary is running on the most progressive platform in the modern history of the Democratic party.

This Week in Racism

The U.S. Owes African-Americans Reparations, Says United Nations.

When We Turned #ThatMexicanThing Into Stories Of Our Patriotism and Resilience.

Fox News fit an impressive number of offensive Asian stereotypes into 5 minutes.

This Week in Sexism

Students see male professors as brilliant geniuses, female professors as bossy and annoying.

“But, what was she wearing?”

Sarah MacLean: Bashing Romance Novels Is Just Another Form Of Slut-Shaming.

Farewells:

Rest in Power: Gloria Naylor, Author of ‘The Women of Brewster Place,’ Has Died.

'Thriller' Writer Rod Temperton Dies at 66.

Things I wrote:

Weekend Update 10/1/2016: Six-year-old in critical condition.

Oppressed Oppressors: Not all Christians….

Videos!

Stephen Colbert: Don't Paint All Clowns With The Same Giant Brush:



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Parekh & Singh - I Love You Baby, I Love You Doll:



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Katy Perry - Rise:



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