Friday, October 6, 2017

Not With A Bang, But A Melt

Welcome to What We Learned This Week, a digest of the most curiously important facts from the past few days. This week: NJ Transit truly sucks, Santa Claus is dead and buried, and farmers markets are full of frauds.
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WHAT WE LEARNED THIS WEEK
Your Farmers Market Might Be Full Of Frauds, 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: NJ Transit truly sucks, Santa Claus is dead and buried, and farmers markets are full of frauds.
ON THE ALT-RIGHT TRACK
Here's How Breitbart And Milo Smuggled White Nationalism Into The Mainstream
buzzfeed.com
A cache of documents obtained by BuzzFeed News reveals the truth about Steve Bannon's alt-right "killing machine."
THE NAZIS AMONG US
I Snuck Into Seattle's Super Secret White Nationalist Convention
thestranger.com
It only took me about an hour to change my identity from David Lewis, Seattle historian, to Dave Lewis, Neo-Nazi film editor and aspiring book critic from Charlottesville, currently living in Los Angeles.
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This Financial Firm Does What Your Bank Can't
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HOW IT WENT DOWN
INNER SMILE
The Science Behind Mona Lisa's Smile
theatlantic.com
How Leonardo da Vinci engineered the world's most famous painting.
IF THE SHOE FITS...
WATCH: Why People In The Middle Ages Walked Differently Than We Do Now
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A difference in footwear may have led people in the modern era to develop a different gait than people in medieval times.
WILL IT END WITH A WHIMPER?
The Universe Began With A Big Melt, Not A Big Bang
nautil.us
There are two tantalizing mysteries about our universe, one dealing with its final fate and the other with its beginning, that have intrigued cosmologists for decades. The community has always believed these to be independent problems — but what if they are not?
BIKES, BREASTS, BAD IDEAS
'It Made Absolutely No Sense:' The Story Of 'BMX XXX'
motherboard.vice.com
How a room full of guys and one joke created a big controversy and a video game that made nobody happy.
VIDEO OF THE DAY
NOBODY MOVE
A Really Quick, Really Cool Demonstration Of Inertia
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​We all know how inertia works, but it's always cool to find a nifty new way to visualize the effect.
IN THE NEWS
Nobel Peace Prize Awarded To Anti-Nuke Group
US Economy Loses 33,000 Jobs After Hurricanes, First Decline In Seven Years
What To Know About Bump Stocks, The Firearm Modification That Republicans Are Open To Banning
Russia Used Security Software To Steal NSA Tactics — Here's What You Need To Know
Trump Administration Set To Roll Back Birth Control Mandate
Trump At Gathering With Military Leaders: 'Maybe It's The Calm Before The Storm'
DIGG PICKS
This Gadget Will Chill Your Beer Almost Instantly
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Here's to never drinking another room temp beer again.
We'd love to stick around, but our inertia is taking us to the weekend.