Wednesday, August 7, 2019

Wham, Scam, Thank You Ma'am

The Great Escape, I Scammed Influencer Caroline Calloway at Her Event, The Scam, and more.
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ABSOLUTELY UNREAL
A TURNKEY SOLUTION FOR GETTING AWAY
The Great Escape
vox.com
In a chaotic world, escape rooms make sense.
IT'S SCAMS ALL THE WAY DOWN
I Scammed Influencer Caroline Calloway At Her Event, The Scam
vice.com
The Scam is a scam, and its winking self-referentiality serves in the end to do nothing much more than to gloss over that it is, in fact, a scam, perpetuated by someone who, probably like a lot of the people who attended the event, has a hard time meeting their rent.
TERABYTES FROM THE THAMES
The Large-Scale Effort To Replicate London's Tower Bridge For 'Spider-Man: Far From Home's' Finale
beforesandafters.com
Lidar, shooting panos and textures three times a day, and closing the bridge for just two minutes at a time.
RIPPLES IN TIME
In Brain's Electrical Ripples, Markers For Memories Appear
quantamagazine.org
Researchers found that elongating certain brain signals in rats improved their memory. The work revealed a new property to look out for in the hunt for "biomarkers" of learning.
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NOTHING MORE AMERICAN THAN...
A NATIONAL TREASURE
Nicolas, Uncaged
nytimes.com
Nicolas Cage on his legacy, his philosophy of acting and his metaphorical — and literal —  search for the Holy Grail.
BACK TO BLACK
Where The Last Pristine Skies In America Are
washingtonpost.com
Light pollution has been linked to a range of ailments in humans and abnormal behavior in wildlife.
THE COST OF WAR
The World's Military Spending, Visualized
digg.com
Which countries in the world spend the most on their military?
VIDEO OF THE DAY
'HEARD YOU WANTED BIGGER WAVES?'
Wake Sends Multiple Beachgoers To The Hospital After Ship Gets Too Close To Shore
digg.com
The ship's captain is under investigation for this unsafe maneuver off the cost of Vlissingen in the Netherlands.
IN THE NEWS
Chelsea Manning Can Remain In Jail For Another Year, Judge Rules
More Than 100 Immigrants Were Pepper-Sprayed At An ICE Facility
Joaquin Castro Doubles Down Amid Backlash Over Tweeting Names Of Trump Donors
8chan: Owner Of Extremist Site Lashes Out As Scrutiny Intensifies
DIGG PICKS
It Takes Material From All Over The World To Make Sunglasses This Good
huckberry.com
These glasses have hinges from Germany and wooden inlays from the Pacific Northwest — only the very best will do for such high-quality sunglasses.
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