Monday, December 4, 2017

Internet Black Magic

Norilsk, once a slave labor camp, now prospers as a source of palladium. Not bad, except for the two months of darkness and temperatures of minus 80 F.
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OUT OF ORDER
SCENES FROM A RUSH
The Lure Of A Better Life, Amid Cold And Darkness
nytimes.com
Norilsk, once a slave labor camp, now prospers as a source of palladium. Not bad, except for the two months of darkness and temperatures of minus 80 F.
THE TRUTH IS EMERGING
The Lawyers Protecting Trump From Robert Mueller
newyorker.com
Ty Cobb, John Dowd, and Jay Sekulow are setting out to prove that there is no such crime as collusion.
HOW DID THIS HAPPEN?
Purdue University Mounted a Child Nutrition Study, And It Went Very, Very Wrong
undark.org
Camp DASH was supposed to be a gold-standard study of diet-mitigated hypertension in adolescents. Instead, it became a venue for chaos.
RAZORS WE DIGG | SPONSORED
Shaving Without The Gimmicks
leafshave.com
Leaf Shave lets you build your own razor, eliminating wasteful plastic and packaging. You get a beautiful tool for shaving without overpaying for blades each month.
GOOD QUESTION
GOOD QUESTION
Do I Have To Comfort My Neighbor For Killing My Cat, And Other Advice Column Questions
digg.com
A roundup of the most interesting, thought-provoking and surprising questions that our favorite columnists addressed in recent days.
WHAT HAVE WE GOT HERE?
WHAT THE HECK?
You Can 'Hear' This GIF, And It's Breaking Our Brains
digg.com
GIFs are literally inescapable on the internet and, mercifully, they're silent. So is this one, except for the sound it makes you hear.
PLAYING DEVIL'S ADVOCATE
The Al Pacino Matrix
theconcourse.deadspin.com
There is Good Good Pacino and Bad Good Pacino; there is Bad Bad Pacino, and there is Good Bad Pacino.
LOST TO A HEX
When A Magician's Curse Swung Boxing's Biggest Bout
narrative.ly
In 1939, Tiger Jack Fox got his first and only shot at the title, and lost it thanks to black magic, a woman with a razor blade, and a manager with a knack for hypnosis.
VIDEO OF THE DAY
WE ARE SO CONFUSED
This Cheerleader's Levitation Trick Is Black Magic And We Can't Figure It Out
digg.com
​An invisible box? Literal magic? Inconceivable levels of body control? Can someone please explain how she does this? Anyone?
IN THE NEWS
Trump Endorses Alabama Senate Candidate Roy Moore Despite Sexual Misconduct Allegations — Here's Where He Stands Now
CVS To Buy Aetna For $69 Billion In A Deal That May Reshape The Health Industry
Attempted Implosion Of Pontiac Silverdome Fails Spectacularly
US War Games In South Korea Trigger 'Nuclear War' Warning From North
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amazon.com
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Only four weeks of 2017 to go. Surely the rest of it will be calm and uneventful.