Friday, July 28, 2017

The Naked Truth

​Welcome to What We Learned This Week, a digest of the most curiously important facts from the past few days. This week: A week at a nudist retreat, the slow decline of the American college and the incredible cost of fixing an old, cheap truck.
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WHAT WE LEARNED THIS WEEK
Going Nude Isn't That Weird, And Other Facts
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​Welcome to What We Learned This Week, a digest of the most curiously important facts from the past few days. This week: A week at a nudist retreat, the slow decline of the American college and the incredible cost of fixing an old, cheap truck.
CHRISTMAS IN JULY
Gingerbread Is The Perfect Thing To Bake In The Summer
tastecooking.com
You know what goes great with ice cream? That's right, gingerbread — the most perfect summer bake.
JUST PANGLOSS OVER THE BAD
Do We Live In The Best Of All Possible Worlds?
theguardian.com
The headlines have never been worse. But an increasingly influential group of thinkers insists that humankind has never had it so good – and only our pessimism is holding us back
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This Credit Card Changes How We Use Credit Cards
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Final offers a modern credit card experience that lets you generate unlimited virtual card numbers with the click of a button. There's $0 annual fee, cash rewards, and the peace of mind knowing you can delete card numbers whenever and without any problem.
IT'S ALL CONNECTED
SANS SERIF, SANS CREATIVITY
Why Does Every Lifestyle Startup Look The Same?
racked.com
Sans serif fonts are a clue not just to what a company sells, but how they do it.
DRINK COKE
Social Media Has Hijacked Our Minds. Click Here To Fight It
wired.com
Here, an interview with Tristian Harris, a former Google product manager who wants to stop the industry's exploitative design trends.
WHERE THERE ISN'T THE CLOUD
The Worst Internet In America
fivethirtyeight.com
Colorado's Saguache County is one of the last holdouts of Manifest Destiny. The only problem? Just 5.6 percent of the population has access to broadband.
VIDEO OF THE DAY
SORRY, MATE, THIS IS MY WHEEL
This Video Of A Hamster Losing A Struggle To The Hamster Wheel Is Damn Near Perfect
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Listen, we don't want to be hyperbolic, but this probably one of the best hamster videos on the internet.
IN THE NEWS
Latest Obamacare Repeal Effort Fails As McCain Votes No
Anthony Scaramucci Sure Has Made A Lot Of Blunders In His First Week
Russia Demands US Reduce Diplomatic Staff In New Round Of Conflict Over Election Hacking
Pakistani Court Removes Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif From Office In Panama Papers Case
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95% Of Screenwriters Use This Program—You Probably Should, Too
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This version of the world's #1 screenwriting software is pretty remarkable.
It's Friday. Almost time to get off that hamster wheel.