Saturday, October 13, 2018

That's Weird. Like, Really Weird.

The post-apocalypse is a nice place to spend the weekend. This year, some 4,100 people trekked out to an enormous, dusty patch of rocks, scrub, and dirt near Edwards, California to do just that.
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QUANTUM WEIRDNESS
BURNING MAD MAX
The Strangest Desert Festival In The World
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The post-apocalypse is a nice place to spend the weekend. This year, some 4,100 people trekked out to an enormous, dusty patch of rocks, scrub, and dirt near Edwards, California to do just that.
SPOOKY ACTION
Have Balloons And Ice Broken The Standard Model Of Physics?
nautil.us
How five anomalous events at two neutrino experiments provide evidence for supersymmetry.
ADORABLY WEIRD
WATCH: The Noises Hungry Otters Make Do Not Even Sound Real
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Boo the otter sounds like a voice-over from a person who inhaled a bunch of helium and tried to make cat noises. It's delightful.
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Happy Sweater Weather! Now Here's A Sale On A Bunch Of Jackets
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If you need a new fall coat, you've stopped at the right story. Moosejaw is having a big fall sale on everything from half zips to backpacks, plus free two-day shipping on orders over $49.
LOOKING GOOD
DRAW THE LINE
A Half-Million Dollar Watch, And More Of The Week's Coolest Design
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Beautiful alternative limbs, sculptures made of sewing machines and typewriters and other coolest design of the week.
PICTURE THIS
The Best Photography Of The Week
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Inside the psychiatric hospitals and churches of China, a camp bringing outer space to the blind and what it's like turning 18 for girls around the world.
NOT IN KANSAS ANYMORE
LIVING ON THE EDGE
The People Who Moved To Chernobyl
bbc.co.uk
The Chernobyl nuclear disaster of 1986 left a ring of ghost villages as residents fled, fearing radiation poisoning. But now people are choosing to live in the crumbling houses on the edge of the exclusion zone.
LOVE HIM TENDER
This Bizarre YouTube Channel Is Devoted To A Long-Lost Chuck E. Cheese Robot
vice.com
The creature before you is the King, a robotic, leonine version of Elvis that Chuck E. Cheese phased out in the early 90s.
HOME BITTERSWEET HOME
A New Ikea Report Is An Unsettling Look At Life In The 21st Century
fastcompany.com
Two years ago, the company asked thousands of people about where they felt "most at home." At the time, 20% of subjects said it wasn't the space in which they lived. Two years later, they asked again, and found the number has risen by 15% among people who live in cities.
VIDEO OF THE DAY
TWIST IT
Superstar Gymnast Simone Biles Absolutely Nails The Hardest Vault In The World
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And since no one has ever actually completed this skill (a back handspring-half twist onto the vault table, a front double full off) in international competition, there's a good chance this will soon be called the Biles.
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These Four Pillows Will Help You Sleep Better
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Changing your pillow is a lot cheaper than changing your mattress. And it could be more effective in helping you get a better night's sleep.
Hey, you. Have one heck of a weekend.