Wednesday, January 17, 2018

Get Some Screen Time

Christiana Gilles was on her way to becoming a Vine celebrity, until the app suddenly shut down. Two years later, she's still finding her creative path.
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Life After Vine
theoutline.com
Christiana Gilles was on her way to becoming a Vine celebrity, until the app suddenly shut down. Two years later, she's still finding her creative path.
SAVE OUR BLACK BARS
WATCH: HBO Is Ruining Your Movies And You Might Not Have Even Noticed
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HBO and other streaming services are cutting off parts of shots to change a film's aspect ratio.
CHANGING OUR VIEW
Our Best Hope For Civil Discourse On The Internet Is On ... Reddit
wired.com
Change My View looks like a standard sub­reddit, a message board on which threads are organized by topic. Yes, you have to trudge through the Caledonian Forest of Reddit's UX and, as usual, risk being hazed when you trespass against Reddit's clubby customs. But it's worth it. CMV is a little heath of reason.
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What To Drink When You've Had Too Much
shared.com
If you want to avoid the terrible, horrible no good feeling after a night of too much drinking, you need to boost your body's defense system. This recovery drink does just that.
SCIENCE SCHMIENCE
MARKETING OVER SCIENCE
How DNA Testing Botched My Family's Heritage, And Probably Yours, Too
gizmodo.com
DNA testing can come with identity-disrupting surprises, be it an unexpected relative, genetic condition, or, in our case, heritage. But something about this particular surprise didn't feel quite right.
AQUARIUS SURPRISING
The New Age Of Astrology
theatlantic.com
In a stressful, data-driven era, many young people find comfort and insight in the Zodiac — even if they don't exactly believe in it.
FOUR FEWER YEARS
The Case Against College
bloomberg.com
"Education is like John Gotti," Bryan Caplan writes in a new broadside against the US system. "Guilty as sin, but everyone's petrified to testify against it."
VIDEO OF THE DAY
JUST FIND SOMETHING TO HOLD ONTO
We Did Not Realize Aircraft Carriers Could Go This Fast And Turn This Sharply
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You usually see aircraft carriers as stationary behemoths, but when they need to move, they can really truck it.
IN THE NEWS
GOP To Use Children's Health Insurance As Lure For Averting Shutdown
Trump's 'Overall Health Is Excellent' Says Doctor
Ex-CIA Officer Suspected If Compromising Chinese Informants Arrested By FBI
Fox News Shelved Story On Trump Hush-Money Payment To Porn Actress
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This Router Will Blanket Your Home In Reliable Wi-Fi
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Eero's wi-fi routers work great, look great, and their newest hardware has wireless range extenders and even more power than before.
It's Wednesday. Keep up the good work.