Tuesday, July 2, 2019

Elon Musk Walks Into A Bar...

The Most Sincere Man On The Internet, Elon Musk Wanted The Onion; He Got Thud, and more.
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TOO GOOD TO BE TRUE?
VERY ONLINE, VERY REAL
The Most Sincere Man On The Internet
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The surreal online life of James White, a young Chinese man with one of the most disarmingly sincere presences on the internet.
WE HEAR BRYAN GOLDBERG HAS MONEY
Elon Musk Wanted The Onion; He Got Thud
theverge.com
Thud launched, crashed and disappeared, without getting its biggest, boldest work out the door. Its story is both a warning about the difficulties of launching a digital media startup in 2019, and a parable about the extreme highs and lows that can come with working alongside the unpredictable founder of Tesla and SpaceX.
RIDE OR DIE
Remembering Action Park, America's Most Dangerous, Daring Water Park
si.com
For almost 20 summers Action Park was Jackass-meets-Disneyland for East Coasters — booze, bare butts and broken bones. Nostalgia, though, is a complicated thing.
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THE DUALITY OF HUMANS
THIS AIN'T IT, MASTER CHIEF
The Time I Tried To Ruin 'Halo 2'
polygon.com
How two otherwise competent researchers drew the wrong conclusions about an innovative piece of game design and made bad recommendations, and how the game succeeded in spite of that.
AN ODYSSEY
When Pirates Studied Euclid
aeon.co
How did the sailors of early modern Europe learn to traverse the world's seas? By going to school and doing maths problems.
DEPOSIT IT IN THE TRASH
The Number 1 Ladies' Defrauding Agency
longreads.com
What a 19th-century scammer can teach us about women, lying and economic boom-and-bust cycles.
DO YOU LIKE YOUR COFFEE COOL, OR CHILL?
Is Cold Brew Better Than Iced Coffee?
nytimes.com
Is there really less acid in cold brew? Will drinking it in the afternoon keep me up at night? Should I just make it at home? The good news is, we have answers.
VIDEO OF THE DAY
700 RIDERS, ONE BIG MESS
Two People Crash At 'Mountain Of Hell' Bike Race — And Then All Hell Really Does Break Loose
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The "Mountain of Hell" — a race in Les Deux Alpes, France that starts with a terrifying descent down a glacier — is not for the faint of heart.
IN THE NEWS
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Ivanka Trump Awkwardly Tried To Join A Conversation With World Leaders, And Twitter Is Having A Field Day With It
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