Friday, February 9, 2018

There Are Seams, They're Just Hard To See

Welcome to What We Learned This Week​, a digest of the most curiously important facts from the past few days. This week: The CRT's cult status, Seamless's stranglehold on food delivery and the potential benefits of an all-meat diet.
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FALLING OFF THE PLATFORM EDGE
WHAT WE LEARNED THIS WEEK
Seamless Is Bad, 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: The CRT's cult status, Seamless's stranglehold on food delivery and the potential benefits of an all-meat diet.
ALEXA, FEED ME
The Amazon-ification Of Whole Foods
theatlantic.com
In the broader context of Amazon's ambitions — to build an operating system for the home, to expand into pharmacies and health care, to become a hit-making television production studio — this is the logical next step in turning Prime into the ultimate "life bundle."
URGENT RETWEET NEEDED
A Classic Scam Finds New Life Stealing Bitcoin On Twitter
wired.com
A new twist on the classic Nigerian Prince scheme has jumped from gaming communities to Twitter. And now it's spreading.
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EXTENDED PLAY
Artist Hilariously Imagines What's Just Out Of The Frame Of Famous Album Covers
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A handful of particularly great album covers have reached icon status over the years, but that doesn't mean a clever artist with some killer photoshop skills can't have some fun with them.
THE COLOR WHITE
'The New Yorker' Loves To Put Black Women On Its Covers. But Black Women Still Don't Draw Them.
slate.com
An empty avatar of change is different from change itself.
GRETA'S STORY EVER TOLD
How 'Lady Bird' Changes The (Overly Small) Landscape Of Best Picture Nominees Directed By Women
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Aptly described as "light as a feather and slight as a reed" by one critic, "Lady Bird" is the kind of intimate female-centric film that tends to slip through the cracks come awards season.
VIDEO OF THE DAY
'JIM... ARE WE OKAY, BUDDY?'
TV Host Breezes Through World's Hottest Chip Challenge, Mercilessly Roasts Her Co-Anchor Who Can't Handle It
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"You can just give up now and drink some milk."
IN THE NEWS
Overnight Government Shutdown Set To End As House Passes Sweeping Budget Bill
Stocks Plunge As Market Enters 'Correction' Territory
What To Know About The Rob Porter Domestic Abuse Scandal Rocking The White House
Trump Considers Targeting Immigrants Who've Previously Been On Welfare
A College Student Says Spirit Air Told Her To Flush Her Hamster Down The Toilet
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