Wednesday, September 2, 2020

Come Seal Away

Someone Built A Circular Swimming Fixture For A Seal And It's Oddly Satisfying To Watch, The Privileged Have Entered Their Escape Pods, Could The United States Break Up?
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ROOM AND BORED
SURVIVAL OF THE RICHEST
The Privileged Have Entered Their Escape Pods
onezero.medium.com
Technology gave us the dream of a cocooned future. Now we're living it.
RENTAL TUG-OF-WAR
How Much Rents Have Changed Year-Over-Year In America's Most Expensive Cities, Charted
digg.com
Year-over-year median prices of 1- and 2-bedroom apartments across the top five rental markets went down, while median prices in smaller cities went up.
KEEPING THE FLAME ALIVE
COVID Snuffed Out Burning Man — But The Festival Goes On In VR
wired.com
No one in the meatspace is going to the Black Rock Desert this year. So I soared into the sprawling digital reconstruction that is BRCvr.
SAY IT AIN'T SO, JOE
Why Are These Episodes Of 'The Joe Rogan Experience' Missing From Spotify?
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Joe Rogan's wildly popular podcast has moved over to Spotify, and fans have noticed that a number of old episodes are missing from the platform.
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A LITTLE PERSPECTIVE
CALLING IT QUITS
Could The United States Break Up?
newrepublic.com
A new book argues that the threat of secession has never left American politics.
WTF USA?
Non-Americans Share Their 'Genuine Reaction' To The Current Situation In The US In A Viral Reddit Thread
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Non-Americans of Reddit weighed in on r/AskReddit with their genuine reaction to what's going on in America.
STAR WAR AND PEACE
John Boyega: 'I'm The Only Cast Member Whose Experience Of 'Star Wars' Was Based On Their Race'
gq-magazine.co.uk
In his first interview since finishing "Star Wars" and that unguarded address from a Hyde Park stage, he explains how both platforms inspired him to make a stand, but for very different reasons.
CHECK YOUR MATH
No, 94% Of COVID-19 Deaths Were Not Caused By Something Else
slate.com
COVID naysayers have cherrypicked a new piece of data to bolster their claims. This thinking isn't just morally repugnant — it's also a flat-out misunderstanding of the statistics.
VIDEO OF THE DAY
GREATEST LOADING SCREEN EVER
Someone Built A Circular Swimming Fixture For A Seal And It's Oddly Satisfying To Watch
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We could watch this seal do this for hours.
IN THE NEWS
US Won't Join WHO-Led Efforts To Secure Coronavirus Vaccine
DHS Withheld July Intelligence Bulletin Calling Out Russian Attack On Biden's Mental Health
Trump Denies Systemic Racism, Pushes 'Law And Order' In Kenosha
Los Angeles Sheriff's Deputies Fatally Shoot Black Man Stopped For Riding Bicycle
52 Black Former Franchisees Sue McDonald's Alleging Discrimination
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MYSTERIES OF THE UNIVERSE
Finding God On The Moon (2019)
theoutline.com
Fifty years ago, Buzz Aldrin took communion during the moon landing. At Webster Presbyterian, congregants continue to explore the ties between religion and space.
GO WEST, POOPING MAN
The Poisonous Laxative That Built America (2019)
melmagazine.com
As Lewis and Clark mapped the West, they depended on a hearty dose of mercury to cure both constipation and syphilis. It's a miracle they didn't die.
Don't let the increasingly short days get you down.

Tuesday, September 1, 2020

Great (Michael) Scott!

Why This Joke From 'The Office' Cost NBC $60K, How Long It Would Take A Hacker To Guess Your Password, Visualized, Bunkers Aren't Just For Preppers Any More
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HOW MUCH TIME DO YOU HAVE?
HACK TO THE FUTURE
How Long It Would Take A Hacker To Guess Your Password, Visualized
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We all know our passwords probably aren't as safe as they should be — but would it take a hacker nine months to guess yours, or 25 seconds?
WHEN WILL IT BE ON NETFLIX?
What Do George Clooney, Nazareth And A 16-Foot Mechanical Bear Have In Common?
theringer.com
Answer: "Grizzly II," a bonkers unfinished '80s monster movie that you've almost certainly never seen. It took Clooney, Laura Dern, Charlie Sheen and some fearless filmmakers to get it made. Now it's being resurrected for the world to see. But how? And why?
IT'S TIME TO BUNKER DOWN
Bunkers Aren't Just For Preppers Any More
fastcompany.com
Building a bunker and preparing for the end times has never seemed more relevant.
GO ON…
Mathematicians Report New Discovery About The Dodecahedron
quantamagazine.org
Three mathematicians have resolved a fundamental question about straight paths on the 12-sided Platonic solid.
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WHAT YOU SEE IS WHAT YOU GET
EVERYTHING REALLY IS BIGGER IN TEXAS
Yes, This Interchange In Houston Is The Same Size As An Entire City Center In Italy
texasmonthly.com
Siena, Italy, crams 30,000 people into the amount of space occupied by a five-stack interchange in the Bayou City.
SCAMMERS OF THE MONTH
The Eco-Yogi Slumlords Of 1214 Dean Street, Brooklyn
thecut.com
How did a couple, Gennaro Brooks-Church and his then-partner, Loretta Gendville, who built an empire of yoga studios, vegan restaurants and homes with "living walls" end up as pandemic villains?
GAME MANIA
You're Paying For Sports Stadiums You Don't Even Go To
lithub.com
Teams and leagues have perfected the art of exploiting the inherent fervor of sports fandom.
HISTORY REPEATS ITSELF
The Eerie Prescience Of 'Watchmen'
vox.com
Director Stephen Williams on the many real-world resonances of the HBO miniseries, from police violence to masks.
VIDEO OF THE DAY
THAT'S WHAT SHE SAID
Why This Joke From 'The Office' Cost NBC $60,000
youtube.com
You might want to check with your legal team before Steve Carell starts riffing.
IN THE NEWS
Portland Police Break Up Protest With Smoke Grenades And Pepper Balls; 19 Arrested
Remote Learning's Distractions Put Extra Pressure On Students With ADHD
Liberty University Announces Investigation Into Tenure Of Falwell Jr.
Family, Investigators And Police Offer Starkly Different Views Of Jacob Blake In Wake Of Police Shooting
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TICK TOCK. I HAVE A BOMB
The Rise And Fall Of The Bombshell Bandit (2015)
bbc.com
For two months in summer 2014, an unusual bank robber shocked, mystified and captivated the US. She was a woman, she was short, young and well-dressed, and she held up a string of banks in quick succession.
FINITE JEST
Academics Explain David Foster Wallace To Me (2018)
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A report from the 5th-annual David Foster Wallace Conference, where the author's most devoted readers are wondering how to approach him in 2018.
Sugar and spice make everything all right.