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Chile Protests

    Throughout October the Chilean people have been protesting against a rise in transport fares, high living costs, and inequality in the country.   On October 1, 2019, the Panel of Public Transport Experts decided to raise fare prices to CLP$10 for buses and CLP$30 for the Santiago Metro and Metrotén a t peak hours with a fare decrease of CLP$30 at off-peak hours; scheduled to begin on October 6(cooperativa.cl).   According to La Tercera, the protests began on October 7 as a fare-dodging campaign organized by students. The Metro began controlling access to stations, but the fare-dodging continued on with the slogan   ¡ Evade! , and grew into more violent forms of protests such as breaking gates, shattering glass, and setting fires.   One notable and outrageous event occurred last Friday; during all the destruction caused by the protests, tear gas, and rubber bullets, a Tweet surfaced showing President P i ñera attending a grandson's birthday par...
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Area 51 Raid

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  Just last Friday, a historical event took place-- thousands came to Nevada for the sole purpose of finding aliens.   Area 51 has been the subject of conspiracies since the 1950s, a popular topic being aliens hidden within. On June 27th, streamer Matty Roberts(SmyleeKun) created a joke event on Facebook that would later become the legendary Storm Area 51, They Can't Stop All of Us . He severely underestimated the power of the Internet, and millions had signed up to storm the highly classified government facility.   Of course, the actual government took note and Roberts switched gears, and started promoting Alienstock, a music festival to be held in Rachel. However he then backed out, claiming it would be a "humanitarian disaster".  Alienstock will take place in Las Vegas, though.   On the fated day, September 20, the actual storming was... less than stellar, but it was still quite an event. Only about 200 people actually showed up, while a few thousand o...
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Sirfetch'd Revealed

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Yesterday a new Pokémon has been revealed! Previously teased as a "glitched" sprite on the official   Pokémon  website with a heavily redacted  Pokédex entry , Sirfetch'd has finally made its debut. What a duck. Sirfetch'd (ネギガナイト Negiganaito) is the Galarian evolved form of the Kanto Pokémon Farfetch'd. The official site's Pokédex entry states that only Farfetch'd that have survived many battles can attain this evolution. Whether that specifies a level or specific number of battles it must fight in is unknown. It is exclusive to Pokémon Sword. Below is its reveal trailer, in which it displays its signature move Meteor Assault: With the release of Sword and Shield just under 2 months away, fans are eagerly awaiting more Pokémon news all the time. Thus, information like this is crucial to keep the hype up!
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