Tuesday, April 30, 2019

And Don't Call Us Shirley

How To Land A Plane in 'Non-Normal' Situations, Failed Airlines That Were Too Weird For This World, and more.
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FLIGHT RISKS
SURVIVING WITH FLYING COLORS
How To Land A Plane in 'Non-Normal' Situations
wired.com
Let's imagine you find yourself on an airplane, in the sky, without a pilot. You are in a non-normal situation.
FLIGHTS OF FANCY
Failed Airlines That Were Too Weird For This World
paleofuture.gizmodo.com
Flying used to be more luxurious, but it also used to be much more expensive. Which is perhaps why America saw so many strange airlines crop up in the 1980s after the airline industry was deregulated in 1978, abolishing government mandates on the price of fares and the kinds of routes that airlines could fly.
THIS WILL NOT FLY
Just How BS Is The Pre-Takeoff Airline Safety Talk?
melmagazine.com
It's basically only applicable to a very narrow window between "normal flight" and "exploding flaming death all over the sky."
NOTHING IN THE WORLD LIKE IT
WATCH: The Most Dangerous Amusement Park In American History
digg.com
A local emergency room reportedly received between 5 and 10 people with injuries suffered at the park every single day.
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GRAB BAG
LIFTING THE VEIL
These Ads Think They Know You
nytimes.com
The New York Times picked 16 categories (like registered Democrats or people trying to lose weight) and targeted ads at people in them. But instead of trying to sell cars or prescription drugs, they used the ads to reveal the invisible information itself.
ANTE UP AND UP AND UP
How A Poker Expert Made His Fortune — One Cent At A Time
vox.com
Honing his skills at microstakes online poker allowed Nathan Williams to quit his job and move to Thailand.
'THE LAND BEFORE TIME' TIMES INFINITY
What If The Asteroid Never Killed The Dinosaurs?
gizmodo.com
If things had shaken out differently — if the asteroid had stayed in its place, and the dinosaurs allowed to proceed with their business — what would things have looked like?
VIDEO OF THE DAY
THE RINGS ARE... PORTALS?
The First 'Sonic The Hedgehog Trailer' Is Here And It's Exceedingly Dumb
digg.com
Whether this ends up being "good and fun dumb" or "just bad dumb" remains to be seen, but it will — 100% — be dumb.
IN THE NEWS
There's An Impossible 2.0 Burger Shortage And Restaurants Are Losing Out
Army Vet's Plot To Bomb White Nationalist Rally As 'Retribution' For New Zealand Shooting Foiled By Feds
Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein Resigns
'Boyz N The Hood' Director John Singleton Dies At 51
Uber And Lyft Stop Accepting New Drivers In New York City
Indonesia Is Moving Its Capital City Because Jakarta Is Sinking Into The Sea
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