Saturday, April 13, 2019

The Rise Of Sleepwalker

Saturday's top stories are here.
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Take A Look Inside Some Abandoned Secret Mansions In Italy, Here's How Disney+ Will Take Over The World, and more.
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EXPIRED LUXURY
Take A Look Inside Some Abandoned Secret Mansions In Italy
vice.com
Thomas Jorion spent ten years photographing the faded glory of empty palaces and summer homes.
NETFLUMMOXED
Here's How Disney+ Will Take Over The World
wired.com
Candidly, if you live in a house with children, I don't know how you avoid buying this.
KEEPING UP WITH THE MEDIANS
What Qualifies As Middle-Income In Every State, Charted
flowingdata.com
The range of household incomes that qualifies as "middle-income" is a lot higher in Massachusetts than it is in Mississippi. Here's how each state breaks down.
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Here's An Adulting Task You've Been Putting Off. And It's Super Easy
trustandwill.com
Trust & Will has made it easy to literally create an entire estate plan over a glass of wine on your couch. You can do it after you watch GOT on your couch, and they will even mail you the documents for free.
LOOKIN' GOOD
DRAW THE LINE
Unzipping A Building, And More Of The Week's Coolest Design
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The wrapping of the Arc de Triomphe, an artist spends six years photographing life's perfectly-timed coincidences and other coolest design of the week.
PICTURE THIS
The Longest Train Ride In The World, And More Of The Best Photography Of The Week
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Hanging out at Japan's penis festival, photographing all 2,000 miles of the US-Mexico border and other great photos from this week.
IS THAT... EMPEROR PALPATINE?
ICYMI: Here's The First Teaser Trailer For 'Star Wars: Episode IX — The Rise Of Skywalker'
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There it is. We have the name — "Rise of Skywalker" — and the first trailer for "Star Wars" Episode 9, which features Daisy Ridley's Rey doing some wild fight moves.
HOW'D THAT WORK OUT?
WALK THIS WAY
Could Barcelona's Plan To Push Out Cars And Build Superblocks Work In The US?
vox.com
A few US cities, like Portland, Oregon, might have the infrastructure and civic will to follow in Barcelona's footsteps.
'THE BIG EASY' CAN'T GET A BREAK
After A $14-Billion Upgrade, New Orleans' Levees Are Sinking
scientificamerican.com
Sea level rise and ground subsidence will render the flood barriers inadequate in just four years.
STATIC SHOCK
What Happened When The US Government Shut Down Analog TV
tedium.co
The benefits of digital television conversion were clear, but convincing everyone to upgrade their sets? For the US government, that was the hard part.
VIDEO OF THE DAY
THE ANSWER MAY SURPRISE YOU!! (ACTUALLY)
Where Is The World's Most Isolated City?
digg.com
Why would a person choose to live in a city with astronomical import costs and that requires expensive airplane tickets to go anywhere else? Well, when you find out which city this is, it becomes abundantly clear.
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The Skywalker may be rising, but we hope you're sleeping in today.