Friday, December 1, 2017

The Real Deflategate Is Still To Come

​Welcome to What We Learned This Week, a digest of the most curiously important facts from the past few days. This week: Applebee's introduces the $1 Long Island Iced Tea, Britain loves the sandwich and the NFL is doomed.
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IN THE BAD PLACE
WHAT WE LEARNED THIS WEEK
The NFL's Days Are Numbered, 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: Applebee's introduces the $1 Long Island Iced Tea, Britain loves the sandwich and the NFL is doomed.
STUCK UNDERWATER
The Neverending Foreclosure
theatlantic.com
How can the country survive the next economic crash if millions of families still haven't recovered from the last one?
SEEMS PRETTY GOOD RIGHT ABOUT NOW
The Case For Not Being Born
newyorker.com
The anti-natalist philosopher David Benatar argues that it would be better if no one had children ever again.
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1993 Called, It Wants Its PDFs Back
hellosign.com
HelloWorks eliminates redundant data entry and builds conditional logic into any document workflow. The result is an experience that's intelligent and personalized to everyone and every workflow. Can your PDFs do that?
STOP COPYING ME
PLAYING WITH HIMSELF
Genetically Engineering Yourself Sounds Like A Horrible Idea — But This Guy Is Doing It Anyway
gizmodo.com
"If something goes wrong, I can just chop off that part of the skin."
WHAT A STORY, MARK
Is 'The Disaster Artist' Any Good? Here's What The Reviews Have To Say
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James Franco directs and stars in this adaptation of Greg Sestero's autobiographical book about being in Tommy Wiseau's "The Room," the best worst movie you've ever seen. Is the film actually good, or is it cheep cheep cheep cheep cheep?
BOTH SIDES OF THE STORY
Raising My Teen Daughter (Annotated By My Teen Daughter)
story.californiasunday.com
Liz Weill on the difficulties of raising a teen daughter, with commentary from her daughter Hannah.
MONE– OH, YOU'RE NOT SAYING MONEY?
What Marvel Has That Everyone Else Wants
theringer.com
The Marvel Cinematic Universe — an overlapping world of movies, TV shows, and the licensing that goes with them — has changed the way that Hollywood approaches storytelling. Does the industry know what it's getting into?
VIDEO OF THE DAY
'2, 4, 6, 8, WE DON'T CARE WHAT AGE HE DATES'
Jimmy Kimmel Sent A Correspondent To A Roy Moore Rally, And It's Quite Something
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Jake Byrd says he's Roy Moore's #1 fan, but something seems off...
IN THE NEWS
Michael Flynn Charged With Lying To The FBI
Undocumented Immigrant Acquitted In Kate Steinle Death, Will Be Deported
What To Read About The Sweeping Tax Reform Republicans Are About To Pass
The Supreme Court Is About To Decide If The Government Can Track You Without A Warrant — Here's What You Need To Know
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This power bank has the capacity to fully charge an iPhone 6s 9 times, while still managing to be decently portable. Here's to never having to find an outlet in an airport again.
Michael Flynn may have lied, but we aren't lying when we tell you that tomorrow is Saturday.