Tuesday, May 14, 2019

Is This 1994 Or Hell?

I Tried To Live For A Week Like It Was 1994, White House wants $1.6 billion extra for NASA to accelerate astronaut return to the Moon, and more.
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WE'RE GOING BACK
A QUARTER-CENTURY CRISIS
I Tried To Live For A Week Like It Was 1994
nytimes.com
I bought a genuine 1994 Radio Shack television set with a built in VCR on eBay. It arrived broken. A Radio Shack cassette tape recorder also purchased on eBay also arrived broken. 1994 was not that long ago, but everything from 1994 was broken, or seemed so.
`TO THE MOON, THEN MARS`
White House Wants $1.6 Billion Extra For NASA To Return To The Moon
theverge.com
The president has finally shared a number for the expected budget amendment.
SO CHARMING, SO MUCH POTENTIAL
WATCH: A 1998 Interview With A Young(ish) George R.R. Martin
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"I suspect I will still be writing these books 5 or 6 years from now," the author said of his book series that now — 20 years later — has become a worldwide phenomenon and still is not finished.
BUILD YOUR OWN FEED
Group Chats Are Making the Internet Fun Again
nymag.com
Over the last few years, I and most of the people I know have slowly attempted to extricate our social lives from Facebook.
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JUNK SCIENCE
IT'S SOMEONE'S TURN TO TAKE IT OUT
The Curious History Of Junk — Human, Animal And Chemical
wired.com
From a distance, Earth looks pristine, but up close you would see a gleaming cloud of space junk orbiting it. Our planet has come to resemble Pig-Pen from the Peanuts comic strip. Right now, there's almost three thousand metric tons of space junk continuously circling us.
THAT'S ALL IT TAKES
The '3.5% Rule': How A Small Minority Can Change The World
bbc.com
Nonviolent protests are twice as likely to succeed as armed conflicts — and those engaging a threshold of 3.5% of the population have never failed to bring about change.
BRAIN, HEAL THYSELF
A New Mental Health Treatment Is Non-Intrusive, Game-Like And Effective
aeon.co
Neurofeedback can put thoughts in your head and help you conquer phobias — even when you're unaware of what it's doing
VIDEO OF THE DAY
WE LOVE THIS
Guy Welds A Gosh Darn Lawn Mower Engine Into An Old Pickup Truck
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His buddy gifted him the 1980s Dodge Ram 50 for free — raccoon in the front seat and all — and he decided to turn it into something surprisingly sort of functional.
IN THE NEWS
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Felicity Huffman Pleads Guilty In College Admissions Scheme
Former President Jimmy Carter Suffers Broken Hip
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No matter where it came from, it's time to rev up your engine.